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Avri's M.O.
Avri's Real Identity
Avri's Bio Debunked
Avri's Lies Matter
AvriSapir - Exodus Cry's False Flag
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TL;DR: AvriSapir has been identified. Her narrative is provably false.
Avri's Modus Operandi
A brief review of Avri's story and her typical behavior on social media
A thorough enumeration of Avri's links to her real-life identity
Avri's Biography Debunked
Extensive proof Avri's stories of abuse are fabricated
The motivation behind researching Avri and releasing this information
Why this information can be freely spread (i.e. it's not doxxing)
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AvriSapir's Modus Operandi
Avri tells harrowing stories of being trafficked and abused by her father.
Avri claims content showing her abuse is uploaded frequently, but her father escaped justice.
Avri claims a video removed by NCMEC features her, but alternately states she was a toddler and a 9-year-old in it.
Avri is detailed in telling her stories, but balks at healthy, skeptical questions because they're "re-traumatizing."
Avri offers extremely dubious forms of "proof" of her abuse and Blocks or ignores suggestions of actual proof.
Avri uses her "survivor status" as a shield against questions regarding the above and, often, as a weapon in arguments.
Avri claims her content is uploaded so often she has to spend six hours daily hunting for it (a gross exaggeration of CSEM's actual prevalence)
Avri has never attempted to explain how her "fans" could possibly have associated specific CSEM with her account
Avri's idea of proof is usually a screenshot of an interaction that could have been faked, which she then heavily redacts
The blacked out URL would not show any offending video, but would show meta-data proving its upload date, view count, etc.
Avri relies on testimony of "antis", social media users with no set qualifications who look for CSEM without law enforcement approval
Avri has a symbiosis with other Exodus Cry (EC) associates who refuse to share evidence like court documents to corroborate their claims of abuse
Avri borrows from her YouTube research into child abuse to discuss a maladaptive coping mechanism common among victims
The rest of Avri's essay, none of which is predicated on first-hand experience
Avri's initially claimed a video accumulated a paltry 600 views, later scaling her accusation up to match PornHub's actual traffic potential
Avri frequently claims that video of her as a toddler in diapers was uploaded
More than once, she refers to this specific screenshot as an instance of her rape as a toddler
Sometimes, however, she changes her story and refers to herself as being a 9-year-old instead
Avri characterizes her mother as verbally and emotionally abusive
Early on, Avri establishes that her "main abuser" was her father
Avri asserts her father trafficked and raped her from birth until age 15
Avri alludes to eventually being a captive of a brothel in Queens for years
Avri describes textbook grooming and confirms her father is not in prison for his deeds
Avri's father is wealthy from selling her content and trafficking her. Meanwhile, Avri describes her mother as living "in poverty"
Avri witnesses a pimp with the savvy to acquire these lucrative girls carelessly beat one to death
Despite the high value of the content, someone goes to a great deal of trouble to defeat digital fingerprinting and post it for free on PornHub, at great risk to themselves.
Avri's content is found so often that she made a graphic to preempt basic questions about it
Avri's graphic with link intact
Despite the abuse videos being uploaded so regularly, Avri avoids discussions about having her dad charged
AvriSapir's Real Identity
Even before her account was known, Avri engaged with a particular user, Noa S.
Avri's Twitter account had almost no activity until after Noa's 18th birthday.
Avri and Noa interacted several times on Twitter before Avri began telling her story.
Noa and Avri graduated from the same expensive private school (though Avri claims to be poor).
Avri has, on several occasions, shared photos of a dog owned by Noa's mother.
Noa's photo and Avri's portrait and self-description have obvious similarities.
Noa showed a peculiar interest in the CSEM/tech dynamic several months before Avri appears.
Noa openly expressed abolitionist leanings that Avri "walked back" as her account become popular.
Noa's political interests and alignments are exactly like those of Avri.
Noa has the same non-political interests (e.g. literature, graphic design, etc.) as Avri.
Noa has falsely assumed the role of a marginalized person online.
Avri tweets less than a dozen times in all of 2019, receiving almost no engagement except for Likes from user Noa S, and vice versa
Noa S. and Avri have a public exchange, over six months before Avri became a public figure
Avri likes Noa's Tweet, though both accounts are hardly active, let alone highly visible for them to have met by chance
Noa's griping has low engagement except for Likes from Avri and a mutual friend
Noa tweets about a local bookstore
Avri provides the sole Like for Noa's tweet about a local bookstore
Elizabeth Bogner, an employee of that book store, is Noa's mother
A picture of Pip, a distinctive-looking spaniel, on Elizabeth Bogner's Facebook
Noa's Mom's dog on Facebook, in situ (censored to obscure identity of the page's visitor)
Further confirmation that Pip is Elizabeth Bogner's dog
Noa's mother's Twitter, with profile picture featuring Pip
Noa and Maisie (or Maze) have a fairly close sibling relationship
Maisie Shiedlower, Noa's sister, posts a picture of Pip
In her private Discord server, Avri posts a photo of Pip
Avri can't resist following and retweeting one particular person out of her 15,000 followers. Pip makes an appearance in the video shown.
Noa's LinkedIn describes her as an Birch Wathen Lenox alumna
Birch Wathen Lenox, a private school with an annual tuition just under $50k, graduated the class of 2020 on May 21
Avri's diploma is endorsed by a "Headmaster" and describes a graduation day of May 21, 2020
A close-up of Avri's diploma
A portrait of Noa from her LinkedIn
Some details, both personal and tawdry, about Avri
Avri's icon and personal self-description have an obvious resemblance to Noa
Avri's 19th birthday was recent as of mid-April 2020, which is a bit old for a HS senior
Noa's birth announcement in an academic community newsletter
Noa's father, Jesse, announces her birth using his long-standing e-mail address
The AvriSapir reddit account was created on Noa Sheidlower's 18th birthday
Noa's interest in tech companies and CSEM predates Avri's activity by months
Noa insistently tweets a NY Times article about tech companies and reports of CSEM
Noa has a passionate gripe about an organization's criticism of a bill's effectiveness
Noa's Twitter interest in the NY Equality Model is shared by Laila Mickelwait of EC
Avri is also interested in the NY Equality Model
Noa's Twitter interests are in alignment with Avri's abolitionist tendencies
More of Noa's interest in trafficking
The words of Noa's Twitter friend, Ane Mathieson, herself a New Yorker and sex work abolitionist
Noa's retweet of a classic anti-SW sentiment, which Avri shared until recently
Avri publicly asserts one of her critics, Maya Morena, is blocked. Noa has her followed
Noa's alternate Instagram page, showing her taste in art is similar to Avri's
Noa has varied interests in YouTube content, including child abuse documentaries
Noa's review of costume jewelry using a familiar scathing tone
A decade-old Blogspot page showing Noa has always had a penchant for storytelling
Noa poses as a person who relies on a wheelchair in order to shame someone in a YouTube comment
Noa, in a homemade film, is quite ambulatory as seen on the right of the frame
AvriSapir's Biography Debunked
Avri has had a privileged, healthy upbringing.
Avri seems to enjoy a healthy relationship with her nuclear family, including her dad.
In the years she alleges she was trafficked, she was with loved ones, in private school, on vacation.
Despite claiming as Avri that her father is a pedophile abuser and her mom a narcissist, she is friends with both on Twitter
Noa doesn't just follow her dad, but retweets his congratulatory message
Noa retweets not only personal messages her dad writes, but casual ones as well
Avri often finds some current reason to describe her abuse, like being beaten bloody and forced to smile and pose on Halloween
Noa smiles for the camera for a picture with Dad (which Mom has left up even after Avri became active)
Avri's tawdry story of abuse sometimes includes a tangential reference to current politics to stay relevant
Avri describes being abused by a police officer at the height of the George Floyd media buzz
After six months of frequent Tweeting for the anti-PornHub cause, Avri branches out into FGM. Avri did not write a single Tweet about FGM prior to this
The doctor who cleared her to participate in a gymnastics meet failed to notice the FGM or signs of repeated sexual trauma
At age 9, she claims to have been pulled out of school to work in a brothel. (She later claimed she was an 8-year-old when interviewed by Australian journalist Ginger Gorman)
Avri's story consciously mirrors the COVID-19 pandemic and extends the "brothel era" time range into at least late 2012
In response to a storm that lasted a week, Avri's traffickers tried camming when New Yorkers suffered power outages that lasted for days
Avri names PornHub, of course, but also Tumblr and Backpage, two platforms that previously fell to abolitionist posturing
Noa, age 9, smiling in a private school uniform, when she was supposedly a brothel captive
Also at age 9, Noa was allowed by her trafficker to go to summer camp, when she was supposedly a brothel captive
Noa was not in any way sequestered from her mother or sister, when she was supposedly a brothel captive
At age 11, Noa is photographed with her sister, when she was supposedly a brothel captive
Noa was permitted Internet access and used it to make a YouTube video, when she was supposedly a brothel captive
Noa is vacationing in London, when she was supposedly a brothel captive
Two months after Avri's gritty Hurricane Sandy story, Noa poses in her "impoverished" mother's clean, upscale Manhattan co-op
Avri tells her story to boost dubious legislation.
Avri is speaking against actual survivors and their interests, and even puts them in danger.
Avri's fabricated story is being cited by academics.
Avri is "hogging the mic" from abuse victims who have yet to share their stories.
Avri is harming efforts to "believe survivors" in the future.
Avri reveals her support for the EARN IT act, including a disingenuous oversimplification of what it is
This supporter was excoriated by Avri after he publicized her agenda, which legitimate groups like Human Rights Watch vehemently oppose
Avri, not for the first or last time, targets an actual abuse and trafficking survivor who does not share the abolitionist agenda
Avri has been cited by an academic, who will in turn be cited, possibly leading to policy change based on fabricated information
Avri is recruiting other unqualified (and possibly minor) social media users to actively seek out CSEM and dangerous predators
An interesting choice of words that sound confessional, from when Avri was new to lying about abuse. She no longer seems to have that issue.
Avri has demonstrably lied, and her sustained propagation of the sentiment "believe survivors" only hurts real victims in the long run
With no shame or irony, AvriSapir complains about narrative contortion when she is among the foremost perpetrators of such
Spread the Word on AvriSapir
This information isn't illegal to share.
Her family and the professionals who gave her a platform ignored opportunities to resolve this privately.
No one benefits more from Avri's lies than Exodus Cry
Sharing this information is the right thing to do.
Isn't this doxxing?
No. AvriSapir and her supporters use that word loosely, but it has a strict legal definition that is not being violated by disseminating this information.
How is this not doxxing?
Because it does not provide any information that could be used to harm her, nor does it suggest where that information might be found. There is no address, phone number, or mention of which Starbucks she likes to go to when it's time to invent vivid tales of a child being brutalized. (She actually made up a stalker who recognized her at Starbucks. But, again, never explained how this man matched the Avri Twitter account to the little girl in an illicit video to the young woman having a mocha frap in that specific New York City location. Those are some long odds.) This album concerns the pseudonym of someone who has worked very hard to become established as a spokesperson for a cause. She has invested hours daily Tweeting her personal grievances and her demands for remedy by a corporation and the government. She has allowed herself to be interviewed by journalists and academics in service of her political agenda. To put it succinctly, she has made herself a public figure. With all the information together as it is here, it's abundantly clear that she has not been telling the truth, which is something the public deserves to know. There was no way to make that connection clear without associating her real identity and her invented persona.
Isn't this cyberstalking?
No. The federal definition of cyberstalking necessarily involves an "intent to kill, injure, harass, intimidate". The intent of releasing this information is clearly to inform and makes no threatening or harassing gesture of any kind toward AvriSapir or her real-life identity. Despite her loathsome conduct, every effort was taken to minimize harm to the person calling herself AvriSapir. Her father, her sister, and her mother were each contacted (some multiple times) over various platforms, several weeks prior to the initial release of this information. Not one of them responded. The academic who consulted Avri for her first-hand knowledge of CSEM and CSA, Dr. Michael Salter, did not respond to an e-mail offering proof that Avri's story was full of falsehoods. The journalist who covered Avri, Ginger Gorman, meticulously answered every other Tweet in a thread except an attempt to share this information discreetly. Avri can take up the issue with those people. Perhaps for her they'll respond in a timely fashion.
Is this computer hacking?
No. All of this information was acquired legally, using only public information sources. None of the social media content, including photos, required any special access or deception to obtain. She even made the link to her "private" Discord publicly available.
It really feels like it's illegal, though.
Well, it isn't. In Avri's social media echo chamber, words can mean whatever she wants them to mean, but in the real world, words have some objective value. Avri was not offered any incentive to act in a certain manner (i.e. "bribery") nor threatened or coerced into taking any action in exchange for this information remaining hidden (i.e. "blackmail"). She was not contacted at all regarding this information, and will have learned of its existence in real time. Nothing in this report is orthogonal to the matter, which is the lack of veracity regarding AvriSapir's claims. In fact, several images that were irrelevant but potentially embarrassing were excluded to avoid causing her unnecessary emotional distress. Ergo, this information is definitively not the result of "cyberstalking" or any other illegal activity. If you're concerned about illegal activity, first consider how Avri was able to talk in detail about the content of a CSEM video that NCMEC requested be removed.
Why does Exodus Cry keep getting mentioned?
Because Exodus Cry is the root of the issue. Avri's behavior, while shameful, is merely a symptom. In all likelihood, Exodus Cry will throw Avri under the bus, say what a shame it is that someone would lie about being abused the way she has, and they had nothing to do with her misdeeds. They'll likely suggest it "doesn't matter" that Avri lied because stories like hers are far too common. However, few unverified stories approximate the level of horror and repugnance present in Avri's. No account that can be independently corroborated comes close. The truth is, Exodus Cry did not care whether Avri was telling the truth, and they have a history of disposing of survivors as soon as they have become no longer useful to the organization. Exodus Cry is a parasite that exists only to benefit its founders. It feeds on the suffering of real survivors and the imagination of fellow zealots who tell unconscionable lies to conflate all adult content with sex trafficking. If you were planning to donate to them, hopefully this information will give you pause. Consider making a donation to a charity that actually helps others. If you don't have a preference, the EFF are unsung and underappreciated heroes.
Who paid you to do all this work to discredit Avri?
No one paid for this. It was a labor of love. Avri may have slipped under the radar if not for her increasing viciousness towards actual CSA, CSEM, and trafficking survivors over political differences or even some mundane disagreement. In hindsight, it becomes clear that when a proclaimed survivor wields their past experiences like a cudgel, odds are they're affiliated with Exodus Cry. Avri got a little carried away and got the wrong kind of attention. She seems fairly bright. Hopefully, she learns from the experience and gets help overcoming the issues that led her to do these awful things.
What am I supposed to do?
Share this link freely. Recognize there's no such thing as a lie told "for a greater good." Be excellent to each other.
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The Company Men
Premise: Three corporate men must deal with the specific challenges of getting laid off during a recession.
About: The Company Men debuted at Sundance with many impressed smiles, despite its downbeat subject matter. Many are calling it, "The film Up In The Air should've been." Man, are we already committing verbal terrorism on the 37,000 foot Clooney vehicle? Well, I certainly had problems with it, but this isn't the time or the place to get into that. The Company Men stars Tommy Lee Jones, Ben Affleck, and Kevin Costner. Its writer, John Wells, is also its director. Wells has spent the majority of his career executive producing such films as Infamous, One Hour Photo, I'm Not There, and over a dozen more. He's also written and produced a ton of TV, including that tiny passing fad on NBC known as ER. This is his first feature writing and directing project.
Writer: John Wells
Details: 120 pages (January 2, 2009 draft)
Affleck will play Bobby
Being an executive producer for over a decade, I'm betting John Wells has read a thousand scripts. Looking through his resume, the man clearly thrives on risky independent fare, and you have to respect him for it, because producing films that sunbathe on the indie circuit more often leaves you with a bright red sunburn (both literally and in the old bank account) than a bronzy head-turning tan. I suppose residuals from ER even it all out though. That pedigree of limitless TV work, and not just reading tons of scripts, but reading tons of scripts that actually strive to be different and good, gives Wells a huge advantage on his first trip to the big screen as a writer-director.
I have no idea if this is Wells' first feature script or simply the first one he's done something with, but The Company Men suffers from a technical style that, combined with its technical subject matter, makes for a tough read. As always, it should be noted that this is a writer-director script, which means he's writing it just as much for himself as for others (namely actors he's trying to lure). Combine that with the fact that this seems to be a shooting draft, and I'm prepared to excuse at least some of the clinical storytelling. Still, there's so little warmth, in both the style and subject matter here, that I felt it difficult to connect with the material.
The Company Men follows three employees on different rungs of the company ladder. There's Bobby, the 30 year old "corporate warrior" with the pretty wife, the two kids, the mortgage, the Porsche, and the membership at the most expensive country club in town. There's Phil, the aging "Jack Lemmon in Glengarry Glen Ross" type whose difficulty keeping up with current trends may be why he can't pull in the same mega-deals he used to, and then there's Gene, one of the few corporate men who still has a heart, trying to save as many employees as he can, at the expense of the bottom line.
Jones will play Gene
All of these men work for a huge company called GTX, a sort of "does-it-all" super-corporation whose divisions are vague enough that I can't remember any of them. This is one of the first things that turned me off of The Company Men. The company, in its vagueness, obviously acts as a stand-in for every mega-corporation in the U.S.A. Which would've been fine, except we spend an enormous amount of time discussing the boring specifics of how the company operates and what's going on inside of it. I wasn't sure if I was reading a screenplay or hanging out with Warren Buffet.
When the script gets hunkered down in this discussion about stock shares and sub-divisions and conglomerate theories, it almost enters the realm of anti-entertainment. I didn't understand any of it which means I had to work twice as hard to enjoy the story. And the problem is that Phil and Gene's stories through the first half of the screenplay are stuck inside this world. So it's nearly impossible to get into them.
The good news is that the script has a saving grace. And that grace is in the man who saved our planet from an asteroid. Or at least, the actor who's playing that part saved us. Bobby's (Ben Affleck) story isn't about stock shares or consulting tactics or board room politics. It's simply about a guy with a family and a mortgage who loses his 120,000 dollar a year job and quickly begins to freak the fuck out when he realizes he may not find another one. Every time we're with Bobby the script feels like it's been lifted out of molasses, because it becomes about something. Bobby hasn't hit any roadblocks in his life before this. He's one of those people who assumed the good life would just keep on being good. So when his shiny cars are threatened, when his country club membership is threatened, when the very bed he sleeps in is threatened, he refuses to accept it. He goes into Stage 4 denial and simply keeps on living the life he's used to living. But it doesn't last. It can't last. And watching his meltdown is depressing but also the most entertaining part of the script.
Costner will play Phil (now "Jack")
Unfortunately, Bobby only pops up every once in awhile, his story getting wedged between Phil and Gene's redundant boardroom politics and backroom parties. And we have to tread through all that molasses to find that little bottle Bobby's hiding in again, if only for a few minutes or a couple of scenes. Eventually, the Gene and Phil storylines take on a less technical tone, and focus more on the personal side of their journeys, and while it's a desperately welcome change, it's too little too late. I had a hard time caring by that point.
The weird thing is, I didn't feel much sympathy for any of these characters, despite their sympathetic situations. I mean, it's not like these are high-school flunkies working at Wal-Mart, getting fired from the only job they know how to do. That, to me, is the true definition of a catastrophe. These men all have nice houses, '59 Corvettes, and VIP memberships at every establishment in town. I mean, they're pissed at their company's outrageous overspending which resulted in their termination. But they're just as guilty, lavishly overspending in every aspect of their own lives. Who makes 120 grand, 300 hundred grand, 1 million dollars a year, and isn't smart enough to put a big chunk of it away in case things get bad? And maybe that's what Wells is trying to say. That we all live above our means and haven't shit-proofed enough of our fans. But I wanted to root for these characters and their stupidity gave me enough pause to think twice about it.
I guess people are now saying that Up In The Air is "The Company Men for Dummies." But I'd switch that around. I'd say The Company Men is "Up in the Air For Rocket Scientists." It's so entrenched in corporate-speak and CNBC'isms and the technical details of what's happening at the top, that unless you're familiar with that world, it's a tough story to get lost in. It'll be interesting to see if the movie stresses those things, or focuses more on the personal aspect, which is the where the focus should be.
[ ] What the hell did I just read?
[x] wasn't for me
[ ] worth the read
[ ] impressive
[ ] genius
What I learned: The Company Men was a huge reminder of how important it is to focus on your characters and their relationships. Whatever subject matter you choose to tell your story in, it's obviously important to give us enough of the details that it feels authentic. But if you go overboard, you're going to lose your general audience, the ones who don't know enough to be able to follow the specifics of that subject matter. Never forget that the thing your audience cares about is your characters' journey. We don't walk out of a theater remembering how GTX fucked over Phil by stonewalling his stockyard division by cutting a secret deal with the Koreans. That's not what stays with us. What stays with us is an embarrassed Phil having to tell his daughter she can't go on her school trip to Italy because he can't afford it. Never forget that. It's always about the characters.
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Kamala Falls is a condo development located in Kamala, Phuket, Thailand. It is 2km from the beach with 65 condo units across 6 floors completed in June of 2014. It features a swimming pool, a fitness center, a bar, a clubhouse, 24-hour security, a reception/lobby area, a shuttle to the beach, car parking, a spa, a sauna.
Kamala Falls is designed to incorporate both long-term residential facilities and amenities together with the shorter term requirements of the traditional holiday resort. The resort consists of 109 condominium apartments of mixed size and layout and enjoys sea views and a magnificent 100m long swimming pool divided by cascading walkthrough curtain waterfalls. Perfect for living or generating excellent returns as an investment property.
Kamala Falls represents the best balance of all that Phuket has to offer. Situated between Patong and Laguna on the beautiful West Cost of Phuket, Kamala offers easy access to a wide range of facilities and entertainment whilst retaining it's own ambience and charm. The resort was completed, including clubhouse and restaurant facilities, by in mid 2014.
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Mountaineers' 2020 Safety Preview
By: Travis Knobbe | August 2, 2020 July 31, 2020
We continue our West Virginia preseason football coverage with our Mountaineers' 2020 safety preview.
2019: Issues with Depth
The Mountaineers suffered at various points last season through depth and injury concerns. The offseason attrition at the position left West Virginia without several young, promising contributors. Ball-hawk Kenny Robinson and Derrek Pitts both left the program within months after West Virginia hired Head Coach Neal Brown. Robinson fell victim to academic issues, and Pitts may have left for other reasons. E.J. Brown also left the team.
As a result, the Mountaineers leaned heavily on a pair of freshmen, Tykee Smith and Kerry Martin, and second-year transfer Josh Norwood to fill its ranks. Norwood suffered a late-season injury on a tremendous interception that effectively ended his career in Morgantown. Of all safeties, Sean Mahone logged the most snaps (803) at cat safety. While the group showed plenty of promise at points in the season, the pass defense took a big step back overall in 2019. Issues with depth in this group represent a large part of the reason why.
2020 Safety Preview
The Starters and Backups
Fortunately, West Virginia returns six safeties who logged over 50 snaps in 2019. In addition to Smith, Martin, and Mahone, the Mountaineers bring back former walk-on Dante Bonamico (52 snaps), Noah Guzman (180 snaps), and Jake Long (74 snaps). These six represent the first- and second-string players at the safety positions for 2020.
Smith put up excellent numbers as a true freshman. He logged 50 tackles (two-and-a-half for loss), two interceptions (one a pick-six), a forced fumble, and a sack. Smith should continue to develop well and could be a second-team All-Conference player (or better) in 2020. He will start at the spear safety position. Bonamico will serve as his primary backup.
Martin took a bit longer to contribute in his freshman season, but he still logged over 500 snaps, 50 tackles, and a fumble recovery. Expect him to take a big jump in 2020 and start at free safety. Long will serve as his primary backup.
Finally, Mahone will continue to start at the cat safety position. Mahone led the Mountaineers in tackles last season, compiling 77 (five for loss). He also added an interception and forced fumble to his career lines. Guzman backs him up at the position.
Depth Remains an Issue
While only one of the starters (Mahone) graduates after this season, two of the backups (Bonamico and Long) also face expiring eligibility. Unfortunately, the third-string consists of three more seniors. Former walk-on Osman Kamara is expected to contribute, as is Alonzo Addae. If Arizona transfer Scottie Young gains eligibility (either by graduating or obtaining a waiver), he will also serve as a senior backup. Young has the most game experience of the three, as he was a three-year starter at Arizona.
Behind them, the Mountaineers brought in several recruits for the secondary over the past couple of seasons, including blueshirt Tacorey Turner. Turner, along with junior college standout Jackie Matthews, and true freshman Darryl Porter could fill in the ranks and earn snaps at the safety position through the season. While this group has not played Power 5 football yet, they should get opportunities, especially since the staff knows they need to build some experience for 2021 and beyond.
Finally, a group of walk-ons could earn scholarships this season. The best of the bunch might be Jayvon Thrift, a mid-tier three-star recruit out of high school. But Jordan Dempsey, Nick Yoho, and Naim Muhammad might also contribute in situations where the staff really needs depth.
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Saint-Zotique, anciennement Concession-du-Lac, Longueuil-sur-le-Lac et Moulin-Biron, est une municipalité québécoise située dans la municipalité régionale de comté de Vaudreuil-Soulanges en Montérégie. Elle compte  en 2016.

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Histoire
En 1734, la seigneurie de la Nouvelle-Longueuil est concédée au Chevalier Paul-Joseph Le Moyne de Longueuil, qui étend ainsi son domaine de la seigneurie de Soulanges, immédiatement à l'est.

La municipalité de la paroisse de Saint-Zotique est constituée en 1855. Elle est nommée en l'honneur de Zotique de Rome. La municipalité du village de Saint-Zotique se détache en 1913. En 1967, les municipalités de village et de paroisse fusionnent pour former la municipalité actuelle. Le , celle-ci changea son statut de municipalité de village pour celui de municipalité.

Dans les années 1930 ont lieu à Saint-Zotique des régates annuelles en canot ou en embarcation à moteur.

Quartier Notre-Dame-des-Rivières
Situé à l'ouest de la municipalité, Notre-Dame-des-Rivières est un quartier qui a la particularité d'être parcouru par un réseau de canaux navigables qui passent à l'arrière des résidences.

Anciennement une zone marécageuse, le terrain est acheté par Marcel Léger et s'inspire des nombreux canaux qu'on trouve à Fort Lauderdale. Les canaux ont été construits entre 1958 à 1990.

Démographie
La population de Saint-Zotique croît rapidement; elle a ainsi doublé en un peu plus de quinze ans.

Langue maternelle (2011)

Administration

Le mode électoral de la municipalité est en bloc et par district. À l'élection de 2013, le conseiller Yvon Chiasson devient maire avec 53,6 % des voix devant Patrick Lécuyer avec un taux de participation de 52,4 %. Le parti du candidat défait à la mairie, Lécuyer et son équipe, fait par contre élire quatre conseillers sur six.

La municipalité de Saint-Zotique est rattachée à la municipalité régionale de comté de Vaudreuil-Soulanges. Elle ne fait pas partie de la Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal bien qu'elle soit incluse dans le territoire de la région métropolitaine de recensement de Montréal. Aux ordres gouvernementaux, la population de Saint-Zotique est représentée à l'Assemblée nationale du Québec par le député de la circonscription de Soulanges et à la Chambre des communes du Canada par le député de la circonscription de Vaudreuil-Soulanges.

Économie
L'activité agricole est importante à Saint-Zotique, avec plusieurs fermes dont la Ferme Benoit Vernier. La marina La Grande Seigneurie, inaugurée en 2013 sur la rive du lac Saint-François, compte  pour les bateaux.

Culture
La bibliothèque municipale est créée en 1981 et déménage en 2013 dans un bâtiment neuf, abrite une collection de . Le peintre animalier Claude Thivierge voit son œuvre Harelde boréale imprimée sur un timbre de Postes Canada.

Éducation
La Commission scolaire des Trois-Lacs administre les écoles francophones :
 École de la Riveraine,
 École des Orioles, nouvelle école pouvant accueillir  qui a ouvert ses portes en 2013 en raison de la hausse rapide de la population.
 École Saint-Zotique
 L'école Léopold-Carrière aux Coteaux dessert la .

Pour le niveau secondaire, les élèves de Saint-Zotique fréquentent l'école secondaire Soulanges à Saint-Polycarpe.

La Commission scolaire Lester-B.-Pearson administre les écoles anglophones :
 L'école primaire Soulanges à Saint-Télesphore et l'École primaire Evergreen et l'École primaire Forest Hill (pavillons junior et senior) à Saint-Lazare servent à la ville.

Société
L'église catholique Saint-Zotique est rattachée au diocèse de Valleyfield.

Notes et références

Annexes

Articles connexes
 Seigneurie de la Nouvelle-Longueuil
 Vaudreuil-Soulanges (municipalité régionale de comté)
 Liste des municipalités locales de la Montérégie

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Opening Remarks by Prime Minister SUGA at "Shared Values and Democracy" Symposium
I am SUGA Yoshihide, Prime Minister of Japan.
I wish to make a few remarks in opening the symposium "Shared Values and Democracy in Asia." This year marks the sixth anniversary of this symposium, which was launched upon the joint proposal by the leaders of Japan and India in 2014.
I thank Prime Minister Modi, who has kindly sent us a video message as this year's symposium is held online.
It gives me a great pleasure that this unique event which is a product of cooperation between Japan and India, the largest democracy in the world, has been steadily developing.
In Asia, diverse values have been nurtured since ancient times. Buddhism and Hinduism teach compassion. Confucianism teaches "Ren" or benevolence. Islam teaches tolerance. And in Japan, we have the spirit of "Wa" or harmony. These values have one thing in common: an attitude to cherish and respect diversity and tolerance. We can say that democracy in Asia have taken root, deeply and widely, and evolved based on such traditional thoughts and beliefs.
Last year marked the 150th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi. "If we want to cultivate a true spirit of democracy, we cannot afford to be intolerant," said Gandhi, who devoted himself to realizing democracy while never resorting or surrendering to violence. He also emphasized, "Democracy was something that would give the weak the same chance as the strong."
Looking back at my life, I was born and brought up as a son of a farmer in the snow country of Akita. Back then, I had no foundation to start a political career, nor any blood relatives to count on in the world of politics; I dove into politics despite literally starting from zero. What I always have in my heart since then is a resolution to create a society where everyone can fully unleash their own potential. It is my firm belief that such a society can only be realized when differences of individuals are respected and equal opportunities are guaranteed for everyone.
I believe that there are many friends in Asia who share the same passion and spare no efforts for the development of their own nation.
Today, His Excellency Maithripala Sirisena, former President of Sri Lanka, will give a keynote speech for this symposium. He has worked tirelessly for overcoming differences in languages and religions to achieve national reconciliation and consolidate democracy in Sri Lanka.
Indonesia, where I visited in October, also has a history of overcoming many challenges and successfully establishing democracy. Now, Indonesia is helping other countries to advance democratization through its initiative called the "Bali Democracy Forum."
Such experiences that Asian countries have gone through clearly speak of the fact that there are various historical and cultural backgrounds behind the consolidation of democracy and it takes a long time to nurture democracy.
With careful consideration to such backgrounds, Japan has actively extended assistance to build foundation and reinforce democracy through measures such as dispatching election observer missions and providing human resource development assistance. Japan will continue to stand side by side with each country and work together to further develop democracy in Asia.
Today's symposium has a session focusing on diversity and tolerance in the Olympic and Paralympic Games. During the session, prominent athletes will share their experience with you about their own efforts to realize fair Games without any discrimination.
The Olympic and Paralympic Games should be a venue where everyone respects diversity and demonstrate their fullest potential. I am determined to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games here in Tokyo next summer as a proof that humanity has defeated the virus. I will continue to spare no effort in preparation for the safe and secure Games.
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Mitt in 2019: protecting Kurds 'one of our most sacred duties'; Mitt in 2007: 'Kurdish nationalism could destabilize the border with Turkey'
Politician Mitt Romney has joined journalists like Bill Kristol and Jennifer Rubin in contradicting his previously-espoused positions when President Trump acts on them. Back in 2007 when he was running for president, Romney took to the pages of Foreign Affairs, the journal published by the Council on Foreign Relations, aka Globalism Central, to warn against the danger presented by unthinking American adherence to Kurdish nationalism. Joel Pollak of Breitbart remembered:
In an essay for Foreign Policy regarded as a definitive statement of his foreign policy views at the time, Romney warned that "Kurdish nationalism could destabilize the border with Turkey."
He meant the Iraqi border with Turkey, but Kurdish nationalism is widely recognized as a force throughout the region. Romney's statement, in full context, was as follows (emphasis added):
Today, the nation's attention is focused on Iraq. All Americans want U.S. troops to come home as soon as possible. But walking away now or dividing Iraq up into parts and walking away later would present grave risks to the United States and the world. Iran could seize the Shiite south, al Qaeda could dominate the Sunni west, and Kurdish nationalism could destabilize the border with Turkey. A regional conflict could ensue, perhaps even requiring the return of U.S. troops under far worse circumstances.
Romney delivered that statement to a live audience as part of a speech on foreign policy to the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas, on April 10, 2007.
The circumstances then were not too different, even though the war in Syria was several years away: Kurds in Iraq had already proved important U.S. allies. Yet Romney warned, correctly, that they could complicate relations with Turkey.
Mitt in 2007 photo credit: Gage Skidmore (cropped)
Romney was following the familiar diplomatic truism annunciated by 19th century British prime minister Lord Palmerston: "Nations have no permanent friends or allies, they only have permanent interests."
Yet now that President Trump has withdrawn fewer than 50 American troops from an area near the Turkish-Syrian border, suddenly we have a "scared" obligation to the Kurds:
The decision to abandon the Kurds violates one of our most sacred duties. It strikes at American honor. What we have done to the Kurds will stand as a bloodstain in the annals of American history."
I have plenty of sympathy for the Kurds. They have been badly screwed by the world powers that failed to grant them a state of their own as part of the redrawing of Middle Eastern maps at the Versailles Peace Conference that ended World War One. I wish they could have a state of their own. But their armed fighters come in many stripes, and they follow their own interests, even when they clash with ours.
People who wail that Trump has demonstrated that America is an unreliable ally whose commitments can't be trusted seem to think that he has broken a track record of perfect fidelity to our commitments to others. Sorry: that train left the station a long, long time ago because we follow Lord Palmerston just like everybody else. Ask the Ukrainians about the understanding reached in 1994 that if they gave up their nuclear arsenal (one third of the Soviets' stock of nukes), we'd protect them. Gee, who was president then? I think his name was Clinton…. And who was president when Russia took Crimea away from Ukraine? I think is name was Obama.
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The People's Republic of China: Law and Religion Framework Overview (2012) See also People's Republic of China: Law and Religion Framework Overview (2017) Taiwan (China): Law and Religion Framework Overview (2017)
Law and Religion in China
Religious Context Analysis
China has a population of approximately 1.3 billion. According to a 2007 survey, 31.4 percent of citizens ages 16 and older are religious believers. However, China does not recognize a wide range of religions, religious practices or groups.There are only five state-sanctioned religions in China: Buddhism, Catholicism, Islam, Protestantism and Taoism. There are estimated to be 100 million Buddhists in China, and up to 50 million Muslims. The number of Catholics in China is estimated to be around 12 million, while the Protestant population is somewhere between 70 and 90 million. Finally, Taoism is estimated to make up around 1 percent of the adult population of China.
China's current framework toward religion is best described as restrictive. According to Wang Zuo'an, the new head of The State Administration for Religious Affairs (SARA), "The starting point and stopping point of work on religion is to unite and mobilize, to the greatest degree, the religious masses' zeal, to build socialism with Chinese Characteristics." Policy regarding religion is usually adopted to further state economic and social goals rather than to promote religious freedom.
The 2005 State Council Regulation on Religious Affairs (RRA) provides some legal protection and benefits for religious groups that register with the government. This Regulation makes no mention of the five official religions, making it theoretically possible for other religions to register and attain "official" status as well (although no additional religions have been recognized to date). However this benefit comes with strings attached that impose governmental regulation and oversight, which can amount to political adjustments in doctrine and practice. Nonetheless, such protection largely prevents harassment from national and local government officials. unregistered groups and other religions are vulnerable to being labeled cults or superstitions, which are subject to official intervention and even criminal punishment. Also, there are no public criteria for determining or procedures for challenging such a label.
Constitutional Provisions and Statues on Religion
The Constitution of the People's Republic of China provides for freedom of religious belief within the framework of PRC state sovereignty. The Constitution text provides:
Citizens of the People's Republic of China enjoy freedom of speech, of the press, of assembly, of association, of procession and of demonstration.
Citizens of the People's Republic of China enjoy freedom of religious belief.
No state organ, public organization or individual may compel citizens to believe in, or not to believe in, any religion; nor may they discriminate against citizens who believe in, or do not believe in, any religion.
The state protects normal religious activities. No one may make use of religion to engage in activities that disrupt public order, impair the health of citizens or interfere with the educational system of the state.
Religious bodies and religious affairs are not subject to any foreign domination.
However, the PRC Constitution is not a document that can challenge laws promulgated by the National People's Congress. Freedom of religious belief must fit within existing laws and other statutory bounds set by the NPC, as well as the regulations promulgated by the State Council under the State Administration for Religious Affairs.
The National People's Congress is directly involved with regulating religion through legislation. However, NPC legislation on religion is not as common as is administrative regulation through the State Council. According to Chinese law, while all citizens enjoy the right to freedom of religious belief they must also carry out duties prescribed by law. In China, all individuals and organizations, including all religions, must safeguard the people's interests, the sanctity of the law, ethnic unity and unification of the nation. The Chinese Government requires religions to conduct their activities within the sphere prescribed by law and adapt to social and cultural progress.
However, individual interference with religion is forbidden and, in some instances, criminalized. As regarding private parties, many of China's laws promulgated by the NPC disallow discrimination regarding education and employment based on religion. Also, China's criminal law clearly stipulates penalties for state officials' unlawful infringement of citizens' right to freedom of religious belief. Article 251 of the Criminal Law provides: "State personnel who unlawfully deprive citizens of their freedom of religious belief and infringe upon the customs and habits of minority ethnic groups, when the circumstances are serious, are to be sentenced to not more than two years of fixed-term imprisonment or criminal detention."
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Observer Sports Staff | Thursday, April 16, 2020
And we are into the Final Four and Championship. A 1-seed, 2-seed, and a pair of 3-seeds survived their regions to make it to the semifinals. But who's taking home the prestigious Observer-voted National Championship? Let's find out.
No. 1 Kansas def. No. 2 Florida State 83-72
Florida State was named the ACC champion based on its regular-season title, and they've been a top 10 team all season, but Kansas was quite simply the most consistent team all year. In a season full of crazy upsets and shocking results, the Jayhawks never suffered any stunning defeat, and consistency will usually pull through in March. Kansas was a unanimous pick in this game, and they moved on to the National Championship.
No. 3 Michigan State def. No. 3 Seton Hall 77-70
The preseason No.1, after a season of ups and downs, has ended up where they hoped to be in the fall. Xavier Tillman locks down Myles Powell, Cassius Winston hits a few clutch threes and the Spartans charge on to the National Championship, where they will attempt to unseat Kansas.
No. 3 Michigan State def. No. 1 Kansas 87-84 (Overtime)
As this was a virtual tournament, we will never get to see this absolute classic of a National Championship, but it was a tightly contested bout. Our voters were virtually split on this game, as Michigan State's shooting and potential clashed against Kansas's talent and consistency. Ultimately, the Spartans received one more vote than the Jayhawks, as Xavier Tillman locked down Udoka Azubuike inside, and Michigan State did enough to counter a strong shooting performance by Devon Dotson. Winston and the Spartans are your 2020 (virtual) National Champions.
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U.E. Grad Chandler Jones Will Have Season-Ending Surgery
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Union-Endicott graduate and All-Pro pass-rusher for the Arizona Cardinals, Chandler Jones will require surgery to repair an injury to his right bicep and that will end his season according to an ESPN report.
The injury came in the second quarter of the Cardinals win over the Jets on Sunday. Jones left the field holding his arm and made his way to the locker room. When he came back to the field he tried to test his biceps by pushing on one of his fellow teammates. He knew then that he wasn't ready to return to the game, and sat on the bench while holding his arm.
The thirty-year-old outside linebacker was named to the NFL's All-Decade Team at the beginning of the year. Last year Jones recorded 19 sacks, which was the most sacks recorded by a player since Chandler join the NFL in 2012. So far this year Jones only has one sack, but a lot of that is due to the fact that he gets double-teamed a lot by opposing teams.
ESPN reported that Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury expects recovery time for Jones to be at least three to four months.
After playing football at Syracuse University, the 2007 U.E. grad was drafted by the New England Patriots. He was part of the Patriots Championship team in Super Bowl 49. He was traded to the Arizona Cardinals in 2016 and has been there since. He has been named to the Pro Bowl three times, in 2015, 2017, and 2019.
Jones hasn't forgotten where he came from either, last year, Chandler donated new football cleats to the entire Union Endicott Football Team, and earlier this year, Jones donated more that 150,000 meals to a food pantry in Arizona, and to Mother Teresa's Cupboard in Endicott.
We wish Chandler a speedy recovery and we hope he has a great season in 2021.
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Live Dj Set Vs Studio Dj Set
Alex Dandi March 2, 2006 ArticlesDigimag - Issue 12, March 2006
ClubbingElectronic MusicFocusDigimag - Issue 12, March 2006
The forthcoming release of Miss Kittin 's Live At Sonar gives us the chance to consider the role of DJ sets (more or less live, more or less artificial) immortalised and marketed on CDs the discography market is overstocked with. Can a DJ set be considered a live in all respects by the same standards of a concert with a lot of musicians making music through instruments (either acoustic, electric or electronic)?
After all, a DJ set is nothing but a sequence of someone else's records mixed more or less. Miss Kittin's live was recorded live during her performance during last year's Sonar and was successively edited in some parts for some problems of licences and authorisations on some tracks. The fact that a live is not reproduced in its integrity but divided into some parts allows some conceptual doubts on the operation. But if a DJ is judged a musician in all respects (by the English musicians' union too) we absolutely must consider his simple mixing a live performance by full right.
Miss Kittin's case is rather peculiar because beyond mixing, this DJ born in Grenoble ( France ) likes to profit from her singer's role improvising several live karaoke. A human voice over -recording on a sequence of mixed tracks creates a more perceptible live effect, with vocal imperfections and the return of public's noise on the microphone.
The DJ set's axis shifts decidedly towards concert dimension when Miss Kittin talks to her public on the microphone and while the disc skips repeatedly for a technical problem, our heroine blathers to pretend nothing happened. All this bring us back in time, when you could listen to DJ sets only in clubs and the "records" were sold directly by DJs or by illegal stalls in Rimini such as in Camdem Town in full house music explosion were the only way to listen to legendary DJ's deeds. When music industry then realized illegally recorded DJ sets had a market decided to produce tons of compilations.
Just think about the series connected to the most important bars in the world, such as Fabric 's or Dj Kicks of! K7's , to understand its importance (commercial too). You should not undervalue it is not uncommon that mixed compilations sell much more then albums produced by DJs. If at the beginning DJ sets were exclusively live performances reproductions with two cymbals and a mixer ( and sometimes a sampler ), in time mix CD has become rather a studio practice, where the editing software replaced mixers and cymbals and target tracks licences replaced the spontaneity of selection.
The mystification in studio of a DJ set is a disgraceful practice because it does not tell us about a DJ's style, maybe it suggests just his artistic idea, but it does not tell us anything about his style. Try to compare Larry Levan al Paradise Garage 's live to any mix CDs released recently in order to understand the differences between a live experience on CD and a planned DJ set on CD.
There are exceptions indeed. In 1997 Coldcut managed with their 70 Minutes of Madness to define in a new way the concept itself of a CD mix, profiting from turntablism potentialities. Jeff Mills' Exhibitionist (in its DVD version too) shows the tension, the mistakes of someone who loves to perform with a live feeling, baring his soul to the public. Excess Luggage di Laurent Garnier is instead the quite perfect transposition of feelings different from live DJ set to live DJ set in different towns, although the mixing is probably rebuilt in studio.
Sometimes the raving computer editing, used above all to get perfect mixings or to disguise possible mistakes in post production, is used in a creative way. The perfect example is 2002 2ManyDjs ' As Heard on Radio Soulwax part.2 , able to recreate a sort of live feeling despite a selection evidently edited and studied up to the details in studio. The compilation opens with a live version of Emerson Lake & Palmer's "Peter Gunn", as if they wanted to emphasize their will to keep a sort of well-organized live chaos.
2 Many Djs succeed anyway, where Liam Howlett of Prodigy partially failed, in their The Dirtchamber Sessions Vol.1 of 1999. It was an experiment of total mash up becoming sometimes a mere exercise of style, revealing the scrupulous planning of the selection. This idea of list more or less planned raises a series of questions about live sets fruition mechanisms. In the case of a normal concert, the public knows perfectly the band will play the tracks with a certain order, maybe lengthening some parts or cutting some track from the list, following anyway a planned outline. In a DJ set instead a list should never be planned because the DJ should follow the dance floor's flow, try to seize the emotional inputs from the public and select the track list in real time, with continuous changes and last minute's choices.
When instead the selection of a CD mix is made, the DJ does not consider the reactions of the public; it is a listening selection even when it is dance music. A live recorded DJ set is a witness of what happened, maybe only a fetish for who was there. It is not our intent to find out what is better or what is worse, but it is to become aware that a DJ set on CD is a studio work; it is quite never a picture of a DJ's style. It does not tell us much about being a DJ, a creative talent able to express him never but during his performance in front of a public.
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This show is the perfect accompaniment to our Tenors and Divas act, so put down your coffee cups because our West End Stars are back and they're here to get the party (re)started. Renowned for their ability to take an already buzzing room to the next level, our team of elite performers will have even the most jaded wedding guest up on their feet and ready to hit the dance floor. Dripping in glamorous sequins, let our performers pull the final surprise on your guests as they enter the room one last time; the encore to end all encores, our pièce de résistance! Expect a high energy, contemporary set of pop and party hits. After this energetic and mesmerising performance your guests will be ready to dance the night away – what an introduction for the DJ or band!
She Plays Drums uses live congas, bongos, chimes, cowbells, timbales, djembe and shakers alongside the tracks to set herself apart from your usual DJ. She plays for the crowd, not the ego, meaning you and your guests will always get a playlist perfectly suited for your wedding. With her style ranging from ambient background music to upbeat party tracks, she's the perfect way to end your perfect day.


Originally published in the Daily Journal, October 8, 2018.
This term the Supreme Court has a chance to overturn a decades-old decision that kept many property owners out of federal courts.
Thirty-three years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court struck a serious blow to the constitutional rights of private property owners nationwide. A court decision to overturn the wrongly decided Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank decision will go a long way toward restoring the rights of property owners who have been trampled on by overzealous and abusive state and local governments. On Oct. 3, the court had an opportunity to set things right when they heard the case Knick v. Scott Township.
The case centers on Rose Knick, who lives in a home located on 90 acres in Scott Township, Pennsylvania. The land has been in her family nearly 60 years. In September 2008, Scott Township officials claimed there is an ancient burial ground on the land, although Knick could find no evidence of a burial ground in her property title.
Nevertheless, the township enacted an ordinance requiring that all cemeteries, private or public, must be accessible to the general public during daylight hours. The law also allowed the township's agents to enter the property to determine the existence of a cemetery. Any violation of the law could lead to fines of $300-$600 per day, court costs and attorney fees.
A town code enforcement officer entered her property without consent, determined that stones located on the property constituted a cemetery and ordered Knick to make her property available to the public. In response, Knick sued the township.
Her lawsuit is based on the takings clause of the Constitution's Fifth Amendment, which requires that private property shall not be taken for public use without just compensation. In response, the township claims it has not taken private property, and has declined to compensate Knick.
Williamson County requires property owners to seek and be denied compensation in a state court before they can ask a federal court to decide if the state or local government took their property. But once a state court has ruled on a case, a federal court must respect that ruling. Thus, the impact of the Williamson County decision has effectively deprived property owners of reasonable judicial access to the federal courts when their property is taken for a public use.
The argument in Knick included the question of whether the Williamson County decision should be reversed, as the attorney for Knick suggested, or whether Williamson County should be re-interpreted to include a remedy that would allow property owners to file takings claims in federal courts. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch were particularly concerned with the plight of property owners who have suffered under the Williamson County regime.
Oher justices appeared to support the ruling in Williamson County, but seemed willing to consider changing some of the procedures that have prevented property owners from getting a fair shake in federal courts.
For years, attorneys representing property owners have argued that when a state or local entity takes private property for a public use, the property owner should be able to litigate the matter in a federal court. They've described the Williamson process as a trap or a shell game, calling it confusing, opaque and unjust.
Numerous organizations and individuals submitted amicus briefs describing the harm experienced by ordinary citizens who, like Knick, are precluded from having their takings claims adjudicated in a timely manner, in a court of their choice (state or federal).
Among those weighing in on this case are the owners of a San Francisco hotel who sought a permit to rent rooms to tourists, rather than long-term renters. But the city would only allow that change if the hotel owners paid the city $567,000 to fund affordable housing. The hotel owners filed a lawsuit, which bounced between the state and federal courts for 12 years. They never got a federal court determination on the merits.
Others supporting Knick's case include Ohio farmers, who are frequently targeted for unconstitutional takings of their land; Washington state property owners fighting regulations requiring landowners to fund public benefits; the American Association of Retired Persons, representing vulnerable seniors fighting tax foreclosures; California mobile home park owners, operators and developers; homebuilders; and numerous public interest groups.
Like Rose Knick, these property owners will be watching the court's actions closely in this case.
Pacific Legal Foundation is representing Rose Knick at no charge in her case against the township.


Please pray for "S" . Father, I pray for resolution & Your peace in a matter, Give "S" Your gentleness and help to do Your will. Ease "S" s heart with a clear conscience. Thank You, Father.
Please pray that my marriage with Brandy is restored. God please give me favor in Brandy's eyes and heart. Please pray that God changes her heart and mind and guides her back to me. Deliver her from alcoholism. Deliver her from having a hard heart towards me and our marriage and deliver her daughter from having a hard heart towards me.
Grant me strength, energy and wisdom at work today. Please help me get through. Protect my love ones.
Asking prayer that the LORD bless, direct, and give favor in every area of my musical career, as well as in my other callings and ministries. Asking prayer that He open every opportunity, supply every need, sends all the right people, that I be discipline to do my part and that all things be blessed and fulfilled according to God's will, without hinderance.
God please help me find the things I need by your will. Thank you for all of the good and give me strength for the bad.


The capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia, Sydney has been represented onscreen since the earliest days of cinema. An eclectic combination of tough inner-city suburbs, beachside communities, and green outlying exurbs, Sydney offers many intriguing possibilities to filmmakers. The tensions and differences found among its many multicultural inhabitants, poorer and wealthier suburbs, and central business district and beaches are reflected, exaggerated, and critiqued in memorable movies such as The Last Wave, Puberty Blues, Strictly Ballroom, and Little Fish, among many others. Sydney is a city where sun, sports, and surf rub shoulders with crime, racial tensions, and class divides. The contributors to this collection take readers on a virtual tour of Sydney, from Kings Cross, the city's red light district and frequent film location, to the famous beaches to explore how representations in movies have both played into and influenced how we think of these spaces and those that frequent them. Essays also consider the experimental film group UBU Films, who shot shorts and features in and around Sydney's inner city suburbs during the 1960s and early 1970s, and the Sydney Opera House, one of the world's most recognizable landmarks, and its role in movies both Australian and international. Packed with full-color photographs, this is the first book of its kind to deal specifically with Sydney and film. It will find a grateful audience among film lovers, casual viewers, tourists, and film historians.
Neil Mitchell is a freelance writer, editor, and critic with an interest in all aspects of cinema. He is the editor of World Film Locations: London.