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86-F-108 - Attorney as substitute Trustee purchasing foreclosed property

Inquiry is made concerning the propriety of an attorney who acted as a substitute
trustee for a lender at a non-judicial foreclosure sale, and having sold the property
to the lender, now making an offer to purchase the property from the lender.

ABA Informal Opinion 804 (1964) citing In re Goldstein, 85 A2d 361 (Del. 1951) states:
A lawyer is not permitted to traffic in his client's affairs for his own
profit in disregard of the undivided loyalty commanded by his
professional duties.
The professional duties of the lawyer in such instances are prescribed in the Code of Professional
Responsibility as follows:
DR 5-101 Refusing Employment When the Interests of the Lawyer
May Impair his Independent Professional Judgment.
(A) Except with the consent of his client after full disclosure, a
lawyer shall not accept employment if the exercise of his
professional judgment on behalf of his client will be or reasonably
may be affected by his own financial, business, property, or
personal interests.
DR 5-104 Limiting Business Relations with A Client.
(A) A lawyer shall not enter into a business transaction with a
client if they have differing interests therein and if the client
expects the lawyer to exercise his professional judgment therein for
the protection of the client, unless the client has consented after
full disclosure.
ABA Informal Opinion 804 cites other authorities as follows:
In Stockton v. Ford, 52 U.S. 232, 247 (1850) Justice Nelson said:
"There are few of the business relations of life involving a
higher trust and confidence than that of attorney and client, or,
generally speaking one more honorably and faithfully discharged;
few more anxiously guarded by the law, or governed by sterner
principles of morality and justice; and it is the duty of the court to
administer them in a corresponding spirit, and to be watchful and
industrious, to see
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that confidences thus reposed shall not be used to the detriment or
prejudice of the rights of the party bestowing it."
In Equity Jurisprudence, 14th 3d, 1918, Vol. 1, Sec. 433, Story
"The situation of an attorney or solicitor puts it in his power to
avail himself not only of the necessity of his client, but of his good
nature, liberality and credulity to obtain undue advantages,
bargains and gratuities ... by establishing the principle that while
the relation of client and attorney subsists in its full vigor the latter
shall derive no benefit to himself from the contracts, or bounty, or
other negotiations of the former, it (the law) supersedes the
necessity of an inquiry into the particular means, extent and
exertion of influence in a given case, a task often difficult, and illsupported
by evidence which can be drawn from any satisfactory
sources. This doctrine is not necessarily limited to cases where the
contract or other transaction respects the rights or property in
controversy, in the particular suit in respect to which the attorney
or solicitor is advising or acting for his client; but it may extend to
other contracts and transactions disconnected therefrom, or at least
where from the attendant circumstance there is reason to presume
that the attorney and solicitor possessed some marked influence,
ascendancy, or other advantage over his client in respect to them.
In Thomas v. Turner's Adm'r et al 87 Va. 1, 12 (1890) Judge Lewis
"...all dealings between attorney and client for the benefit of the
former are not only regarded with jealousy and closely scrutinized
but they are presumptively invalid, on the ground of constructive
fraud; and the presumption can be overcome only by the clearest
and most satisfactory evidence. The rule is founded on public
policy and operates independently of any ingredient of actual fraud,
or of the age or capacity of the client, being intended as a
protection to the client against the strong influence to which the
confidential relation naturally gives rise."
In Galbraith v. Elder, 8 Watts (Pa.) 81, 94 (1830) Judge Kennedy
"The profession of a lawyer, when regulated by principles of
sound morality and high mindedness, as it ever ought to be, has at
all times been regarded as one of great honour and usefulness; but
to render such profession either honourable or useful, it is very
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obvious that a most scripulous fidelity must be forever observed on
the part of the lawyer towards his client, so that he shall never
betray or take advantage, either in word or deed, or anything that
has come to his knowledge by means of any communication from
his client or from papers or documents of the latter put into his
"In order that the interests of the client may, in this respect, be
protected and made secure, good policy would seem to require, as
well as every principle of honour and fair dealing, that the counsel
or attorney should not be permitted to do anything that would tend
to prejudice the interest of his client, or occasions a loss to him in
reference to anything upon which he was consulted.
"With a view, therefore, to remove all temptation, and to
prevent everything of the kind from being done, principles or
expediency, as well as those of justice, require that the counsel or
attorney shall
derive no advantage whatever from such acts, when done by him,
as may operate to the prejudice of, or occasion a loss to the client;
and that all the advantage which otherwise would have arisen
therefrom to the counsel shall enure to the benefit of the client."
In Young v. Murphy 120 Wisconsin 49, 51 (1903), Judge
Winslow said:
"Attorneys are ministers of justice as well as courts, and justice
will not be contented with half-hearted service on the part of her
ministers, nor will she tolerate a bargain counter within her temple.
If an attorney purchases his client's property, concerning which his
advice is sought, the transaction is always viewed with suspicion
and the attorney assumes the heavy burden of proving not only that
there was no overreaching of the client, but that the client acted
upon the fullest information and advice as to his rights. In other
words, the attorney must prove uberrima fides, or the transaction
will be set aside by the court of equity.
In the case of McFail v. Braden, 19 Ill. 2d 108, 166 N.E. 2d 46 (1960) the court held that an
attorney is not prohibited from dealing with his client or buying his property, and such contracts,
if open, fair and honest, when deliberately made, are as valid as contracts between other parties.
The court stated that important factors in determining whether a transaction is fair include a
showing by the fiduciary (1) that he made a full and frank disclosure of all the relevant
information that he had; (2) that the consideration was adequate; and (3) that the principal had
independent advice before completing the transaction.
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It appears that if all of the above caveats are considered and followed by the substitute trustee in
this instance there is no impropriety in now making an offer to purchase the property he sold to
the lender at a non-judicial foreclosure sale.
This 26th day of September , 1986.
Jerry C. Colley
William R. Willis
Cecil D. Branstetter


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Lisa will graduate from our Teen Challenge GTA Women's Centre on Thursday, October 24, 2013 at 7:30 P.M. Please join us in celebrating her accomplishments. The evening will consist of the main service, followed by cake and refreshments. You may also take the opportunity to personally congratulate Lisa!

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Scott takes control at ISAF World Cup

29 January 2014 / 07:05

Former world champion Giles Scott seized the lead of the competitive Finn fleet in light winds at the ISAF World Cup in Miami.

Scott won the only race of the day to take control of the leaderboard while British team-mates Sophie Weguelin and Eilidh McIntyre now front the 470 women’s class.

The new British pairing of John Pink and Stuart Bithell find themselves at the top of the 49er standings after three races, thanks to a race win in their only race of the day.

Overnight leader Bryony Shaw remains at the top of the pile in the women's windsurfing after a fourth and first while Ben Saxton and Hannah Diamond dropped to second in the multihull Nacra 17 class.

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Two entrepreneurs, neuroscience and a brain game!

This article is about two entrepreneurs who has pledged to make it big in the field of neuroscience by playing a brain game! Sounds uncanny? Let’s peep deep into the matter. Brain is an intangible conundrum which buries millions and millions of memories. Muraksin and his assistant Sherwin are devoting their tenacity in researching decision making within human brains. The study was being carried out on baseball player at Bradley University. The player wore a swim cap like helmet which was tracking his decision making ability and Muraksin was collecting his brain data into a Dell laptop. According to him the cap determined which type of pitch to expect: fastball, slider or curveball. The pitch is just a green dot that darts straight or swerves, depending on the pitch. If the pitch is what you were told to expect, you press the button, J, to swing. Simple.

Two entrepreneurs, neuroscience and a brain game

Sherwin and Muraksin are planning to implement the findings in sports which may earn them fame and money in the near future. But it is a matter of surprise how the duo plunged into a field which non of them are aware of. None of them has any connection with baseball or business.

Both the scientists cum entrepreneurs said they discovered that their independent studies into the process of decision-making in deoth. It finds the role that a brain plays when the person hits a baseball. Ted Williams addressed this act “the hardest single thing to do in sport”. According to SBNation, Late advancements in neuroscience research have permitted deeper inspections into the brain and its intricate network for interpreting 95 mph pitches than ever before. Sherwin and Muraskin elected to take a crack at it. Now they believe they have built a bridge between exploratory findings in the laboratory and real results on the baseball diamond.

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Music has been part of our life for many years, and it has become a universal truth that music softens manners. But finding some songs is sometimes difficult, only to listen them on streaming, before even hope to download them. This is indeed a situation that can in some cases be embarrassing. So here is JioMusic App, the application that […]

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Through Deaf Eyes: The First Permanent School

This documentary from PBS explores deaf life in the United States over the past 200 years or so. Read about how deaf education began in the early 1800s because of the serendipitous meeting between a man from Connecticut and a Frenchman who was fluent in sign language. As a result of this meeting, the American, Thomas Gallaudet, opened the first school for the deaf in Connecticut. The Frenchman, Laurent Clerc, became the first teacher of sign language in the United States. The famous college for the deaf, Gallaudet University, is named in honor of the man who introduced a new way of communication for the deaf in the U.S. December 9 through 13 is Clerc-Gallaudet Week, a time to focus on the importance of American Sign Language.

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Nintendo and Microsoft are teaming up to promote the cross-play feature coming to the Switch version of Minecraft. Microsoft is rolling out the Bedrock Engine for Minecraft on the Switch that will enable cross-play with PC, Xbox and mobile users, with the lone exception being the PlayStation 4.

It's quite unheard of to see two major console makers join forces but Nintendo and Microsoft are doing it for the Switch and Xbox to market Minecraft. This partnership was likely agreed upon a while back but it couldn't come at a more opportune time.

A new commercial promoting the cross-play aspect features two people playing Minecraft, one using Xbox One and one the Switch, showing off what people can do together. The commercial ends with the slogan: "Create Together, Explore Together, Survive Together."

This latest development continues to put the spotlight on Sony's odd cross-play policy that came into the limelight last week as Nintendo Switch users weren't able to login into their Fortnite account if they had set it up through the PS4. It is infuriating and frustrating, but Sony continues to be steadfast in its refusal to allow cross-play.

Sony doesn't appear to be changing its policy, which will only make Nintendo and Microsoft's partnership that much more refreshing and welcome.


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EU Unveils Ethics Guidelines for Artificial Intelligence

The European Union has presented ethics guidelines as it seeks to promote its own artificial intelligence sector, which has fallen behind developments in China and the United States.

The European Commission, the bloc’s executive arm, unveiled a framework aimed at boosting trust in AI by ensuring, for example, data about EU citizens are not used to harm them.

“Ethical AI is a win-win proposition that can become a competitive advantage for Europe: being a leader of human-centric AI that people can trust,” Commission Vice President Andrus Ansip said.

According to the guidelines, trustworthy AI should be:

(1) lawful –  respecting all applicable laws and regulations

(2) ethical – respecting ethical principles and values

(3) robust – both from a technical perspective while taking into account its social environment

The guidelines put forward a set of 7 key requirements that AI systems should meet in order to be deemed trustworthy. A specific assessment list aims to help verify the application of each of the key requirements:

  • Human agency and oversight: AI systems should empower human beings, allowing them to make informed decisions and fostering their fundamental rights. At the same time, proper oversight mechanisms need to be ensured, which can be achieved through human-in-the-loop, human-on-the-loop, and human-in-command approaches
  • Technical Robustness and safety: AI systems need to be resilient and secure. They need to be safe, ensuring a fall back plan in case something goes wrong, as well as being accurate, reliable and reproducible. That is the only way to ensure that also unintentional harm can be minimized and prevented.
  • Privacy and data governance: besides ensuring full respect for privacy and date protection, adequate data governance mechanisms must also be ensured, taking into account the quality and integrity of the data, and ensuring legitimised access to data.
  • Transparency: the data, system and AI business models should be transparent. Traceability mechanisms can help achieving this. Moreover, AI systems and their decisions should be explained in a manner adapted to the stakeholder concerned. Humans need to be aware that they are interacting with an AI system, and must be informed of the system’s capabilities and limitations.
  • Diversity, non-discrimination and fairness: Unfair bias must be avoided, as it could could have multiple negative implications, from the marginalization of vulnerable groups, to the exacerbation of prejudice and discrimination. Fostering diversity, AI systems should be accessible to all, regardless of any disability, and involve relevant stakeholders throughout their entire life circle.
  • Societal and environmental well-being: AI systems should benefit all human beings, including future generations. It must hence be ensured that they are sustainable and environmentally friendly. Moreover, they should take into account the environment, including other living beings, and their social and societal impact should be carefully considered.
  • Accountability: Mechanisms should be put in place to ensure responsibility and accountability for AI systems and their outcomes. Auditability, which enables the assessment of algorithms, data and design processes plays a key role therein, especially in critical applications. Moreover, adequate an accessible redress should be ensured.

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‘ForceTube’ May Not Make Its Kickstarter Goal, But Creators Still Aim to Fulfill Orders

With only a few hours remaining in ForceTubeVR’s crowdfunding campaign, the creators behind the VR haptic gun accessory are facing the facts: either their Kickstarter gains the outstanding €16,000 (~$ 18,00) for their all-or-nothing campaign to succeed, or they head to ‘Plan B’.

ProTubeVR CEO Romain Armand took to Reddit today to address concerns about just what will happen in the eventuality the campaign doesn’t reach its mark. To Armand, the potential lack of full crowdfunding support doesn’t spell the end for ForceTube though; the company is still seeing the project through as outlined in the campaign.

While the project may have a hard time hitting its €80,000 funding goal with so little time left (currently seven hours), Armand maintains that backers will still be able to get the exact package promised through the campaign at both the same price and order priority advantage. This, Armand says, will only be offered to Kickstarter backers though, which ought to put some fears to rest.

“Backers are safe and will get a ForceTubeVR at the kickstarter price by one way or the other,” Armand concludes.

ProTubeVR is a Marseille, France-based startup that’s been active since 2016, creating several versions of its eponymous modular motion controller accessory. ForceTube was new territory for the company though, as all versions of their previous products were essentially ergonomic controller cradles that allowed for more precise and immersive shooting, but didn’t include any form of integrated electronics.

ForceTube’s haptic engine is said to simulate impact with up to 60 newtons of force, rumble at different intensities, and do it all with a battery life that is said to deliver seven hours on intensive arcade use and more than 10 hours of regular at-home use.

At the time of this writing, ForceTube is said to work natively with a number of shooters, including H3VR, Onward, Contractors, Wardust, StandOut, VirtualBattleGround, and more yet to come. An OpenVR-compatible companion app is also said to ‘sniff’ an actual rumble signal and transfer them to the device “with a wide range of possible settings.”

Since the haptic portion connects to both their ProTube accessory, the company is offering versions for HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest, Windows VR, and Pimax.

Through its Kickstarter the company is still advertising early dev kits for €200 (~$ 225) with delivery slated for May 2019. The final version (at least for backers) is said to arrive December 2019. It’s uncertain how following through with ‘Plan B’ will effect the delivery times at this point though.

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Though the recent GPU price hikes resulting from the cryptomining boom might make it difficult to actually play upcoming titles (if you're a PC gamer), most gamers probably have at least a few games on their 2018 watch list.

Personally, I'm looking forward to Kingdom Come: Deliverance (out on February 13), Mount & Blade: Bannerlord (out god knows when) and Cyberpunk 2077 - if CD Projekt Red ever gets around to announcing a release date. If you can't tell, I'm a pretty big fan of RPGs.

That said, we want to know what your most anticipated titles of 2018 are, for PC or otherwise. Are you looking forward to Red Dead Redemption 2? How about Far Cry 5? Or perhaps there are a few lesser-known games you aim to pick up? Regardless, let us know in the comments below!


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Tecsys Introduces Last Mile Delivery Management For Modern Era Logistics Operations

MODEX 2018, Tecsys Booth #B2615, April 9, 2018 — Tecsys Inc. (TSX: TCS), an industry-leading supply chain management software company, announced today an innovative Delivery Management Solution for the last mile that empowers regional distribution organizations and 3PLs to thrive in customer service in the digital era and achieve a significant competitive advantage.

In today’s world, customer experience is king,” stated Bill Denbigh, Director, Logistics Product Marketing at Tecsys, “Customer service expectations and the increasing cost of commercial carriers have driven many regional distribution organizations to take on the last mile delivery to their customers themselves. The question remains: can they compete with world-class courier companies on dependability, transparency, and efficiency?”

Tecsys’ Delivery Management solution is a powerful end-to-end event tracking and delivery management mobile system for a distribution organization, in-house courier and internal deliveries, including all unattended or unscheduled pickups and deliveries. It enables logistics management to create, pick up and deliver shipments directly from a smartphone and offers their customers real-time, online traceability of shipments similar to the functionality offered by major international parcel shipping organizations.

While it is a standalone solution, its full integration with our WMS means that there are no barriers for optimum process flows, resulting in uninterrupted order fulfillment and holistic visibility for logistics management throughout the order cycle,” added Denbigh.

Truly competing and differentiating a distribution organization with delivery means so much more than just getting a package from point A to point B. Top-performing distributors are beginning to use logistics — and last-mile logistics in particular — as a key competitive advantage. Delivering full service to their clients backed by security, accountability, efficiency and total transparency.

Security and accountability throughout the entire delivery network are the most important qualifications to be a world-class distribution courier. Tecsys’ Delivery Management (DM) has a razor-sharp focus on recording everything that happens throughout logistics operations and on the road from pick-up to drop-off.

Tecsys’ DM brings all the best principles of world-class courier qualities to distribution operations; from a web-based, self-service portal, offering shipment tracking for internal and external users on one end, to a customer self-service call for package pickup that automatically syncs up to a driver’s mobile device on the other end.

Efficiency throughout the entire chain of delivery is a critical driver for sustainability in the new era of the distribution logistics landscape. Tecsys’ DM will manage the sorting and staging of groups of orders and packages to similar destinations, driving significant efficiencies and accuracy gains in downstream deliveries. It also provides the driver with detailed work instructions at every stop on the route that allows the driver to perform every task at every stop, thus maximizing efficiency and reducing miles and time.

Tecsys’ DM combines best-practices of world-class couriers with the specific accountability and security requirements needed to manage a distribution organization’s entire delivery network; from the dock to the final delivery destination and/or pickups,” commented Denbigh.

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Tecsys provides transformative supply chain solutions that equip our customers to succeed in a rapidly-changing omni-channel world. Tecsys solutions are built on a true enterprise supply chain platform, and include warehouse managementdistribution and transportation management, supply management at point-of-use, as well as complete financial management and analytics solutions. Customers running on Tecsys’ Supply Chain Platformare confident knowing they can execute, day in and day out, regardless of business fluctuations or changes in technology, they can adapt and scale to any business need or size, and they can expand and collaborate with customers, suppliers and partners as one borderless enterprise. From demand planning to demand fulfillment, Tecsys puts power into the hands of both front line workers and back office planners, and unshackles business leaders so they can see and manage their supply chains like never before.

Tecsys is the market leader in supply chain solutions for health systems and hospitals. Over 600 mid-size and Fortune 1000 customers trust their supply chains to Tecsys in the healthcare, service partsthird-party logistics, and general wholesale high-volume distribution industries. Tecsys’ shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol TCS.

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By Masoud Hossein

Sport above politics

November 27, 2017

The Iranian football teams cannot play in front of their eager fans against Saudi Arabian teams just for political reasons, however sport is always above politics.

In March 2016, AFC had ruled the clubs from Saudi Arabia and Iran had to play each other at neutral venues.

The decision was taken after two countries failed to resolve their political differences ahead of a deadline set by Asian football's governing body and it imposed heavy costs on Iranian clubs to host Saudi Arabian teams in Oman and the UAE.

Iranian giants Persepolis were forced to play Saudi Arabian clubs Al Ahli and Al Hilal in Muscat and Abu Dhabi in the 2017 AFC Champions League.

Three other Iranian clubs Esteghlal Khuzestan, Zob Ahan and Esteghlal also met Saudi Arabian teams Al-Fateh, Al-Ahli and Al-Taawoun respectively in Oman.

The AFC decision has made it very difficult for Iranian fans to watch their favorite teams in their stadiums but needless to say, sport is above politics.

Head of Iran Football Federation Mehdi Taj attended a meeting held in Tokyo, Japan on Friday and protested the decision taken by AFC, imposing the ban on Iranian teams to play Saudi Arabian teams in neutral venues.

Iran is surely the safest country in the Middle East as the country has hosted Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq matches in the recent years.

Sport should be separated from politics as FIFA has already warned that any political or religious symbol is strictly prohibited.

The Asian Football Confederation’s Competition Committee, who has recently urged governments to exempt football teams from travel bans, will hold a meeting on the issue in Bangkok on Tuesday with participation of AFC president Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim al-Khalifa.

It’s expected the ban to be lifted because football is nothing without the fans.

“We should not allow any political interference in football because it would deprive fans the chance to watch their teams. Football needs sponsors but there is no sponsor under difficult condiditions,” Taj said.

“According to Fifa’s rule, football must be politically neutral and that national associations remain free from political interference,” he added.

“Saudi Arabian and Emirati teams have threatrend to withdraw from AFC Champions League if AFC orders there is no need the matchs to be played in neutral venues. I have to say, if AFC decides to keep the ban, we will pull out of the competition,” Taj concluded.

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TMCNet recognized the LifeSize Icon Series as one of the most innovative products of the year. The Series provides a new, simplified user experience designed to make video communication so simple and intuitive that anyone can use it without training. The secret of the LifeSize Icon Series is the wonderful optimization of original hardware and unique software solutions.

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Mobile data up 68%, says PTS H1 report

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Swedish regulator the PTS has reported that during the first half of 2013 total revenues in the retail market for mobile voice and data services rose by 3% year-on-year to over SEK14 billion (USD2.1 billion), with 59% of mobile revenue still accounted for by voice services, but with the share of mobile data (internet) services on the rise, reaching 28%. The watchdog calculated that the number of ‘active’ users of 4G LTE data services reached 811,000 by the end of June 2013, helping to drive up mobile data traffic in the first half of the year to 124,700 Terabytes, or 68% more than during the first half of 2012. The number of mobile broadband subscriptions with download speeds of 30Mbps or higher increased by more than two million in a year to nearly 2.7 million at 30 June 2013, while the number of subscriptions to smartphones increased by 30% y-o-y to 5.4 million. Meanwhile, the number of text messages sent declined by 8% while the number of MMS increased by 22%. Outgoing call minutes from mobile networks increased by 4% to 12.6 billion minutes in H1 2013, compared to the number of outgoing traffic minutes from fixed networks which declined by 17%, resulting in the total number of outgoing traffic minutes decreasing by nearly 5%.

Sweden’s number of subscriptions for fixed broadband via direct fibre connections amounted to 1.1 million at the end of June 2013, up by 16% y-o-y, which offset a decline in accesses via other fixed technologies, meaning that the total number of fixed broadband subscriptions increased by almost 2%. In June 2013 there were 840,000 subscriptions for fixed broadband with download speeds of 100Mbps or higher, representing 27% of all fixed broadband subscriptions.

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NORTHBORO — David Brown said he and his wife, Carmel Seferian, looked in several towns before they found a parcel large enough — and far enough away from neighbors — to build a private firing range.

Mr. Brown, chief scientist at a laser company, and his accountant wife were competitive shooters in the early 1990s and often had to travel long distances from their Newton home to get to firing ranges.

In 1994, after the couple found 11 acres with a home and a barn on West Street near the Shrewsbury line, Mr. Brown said he called then Police Chief Kenneth Hutchins from his real estate agent's office to see if he could build a firing range. He said he was told he could, if it was in compliance with state laws.

Next he called the Planning Board office to ask about 20 abutting acres he was also interested in buying. He said he was told that nothing would ever be built on the 20 acres because it was not conducive to a septic system being installed.

The couple purchased the home and property at 261 West St. and eventually constructed a formal firing range. The couple mostly shoot pistols and rifles.

But around 1999 to 2000, homes began to be built on the neighboring 20 acres. Mr. Brown said eventually six "McMansions" were built on the property, known as Settler's Road. Some of the homes cost more than $1 million.

Police Chief Mark K. Leahy has sponsored a warrant article for the April 28 annual town meeting seeking to implement a bylaw restricting the discharge of firearms in town.

Mr. Brown said he never received any "hard" complaints about his firing range. A couple of neighbors who called to ask about the shooting were invited over to tour the property and the range. Mr. Brown said he and his wife provided their guests with cookies and milk and eventually worked out arrangements concerning the firing range. Since the couple was working during the week, they used the range on average once a week, mostly on Saturday, he said.

Three years ago, another neighbor, Geoffrey Mowry, contacted Chief Leahy to complain about the shooting range's less than 500 feet distance from the home he had built in 2007.

While there is no state law that regulates firing ranges, Chief Leahy sent Mr. Brown a letter ordering him to cease and desist from the use of the firing range or face prosecution with a possible penalty of a fine and-or jail time. The chief said he sent the letter "in the interest of public safety."

Mr. Brown appealed the order to Worcester Superior Court, where Judge Robert B. Gordon ruled in his favor in December. That same month, Mr. Mowry sold his home and property at 11 Settler's Road to Jeffrey B. Akin and Leah Arnold for $1,027,500. The home at 7 Settler's Road is on the market for $1.1 million.

Chief Leahy said the town lost the case because state laws that regulate the discharge of firearms do not apply to firing ranges.

"We had no bylaw that addressed it and the state law was not helpful. The judge said there is no definition of a firing range in the state law," the chief said. "It does appear Massachusetts law allows him to do this regardless of the fact homes have been developed nearby."

Mr. Brown, 79, said he sued the town for two reasons.

"We bought this piece of property exclusively for the purpose of building a firing range on it. We pay nearly $10,000 a year in real estate taxes," he said. "It seemed unreasonable the town would take from us the use for which we had specifically bought this piece of property.

"Another thing that concerned me was if the town could force me to stop using my range in clear contravention of the state law, which has an absolutely clear exemption for ranges, it would be a precedent for other towns to use to discourage firearms use," he said.

Mr. Akin said he and his wife would not have bought the home if he had known that the firing range can still be used.

He said the former owner did not disclose information about the nearby firing range. After putting an offer on the house, Mr. Akin said, he and his wife went back for a second viewing and that's when they noticed signs on trees between the house and Mr. Brown's cautioning people about the firing range.

He said that's when the real estate agent for the former owner gave his agent a copy of the cease-and-desist order. No one told him about the court case, he said.

"We were under the impression that he wouldn't be able to use it going forward," said Mr. Akin. "We have an 8-month-old daughter and we'll be setting up a (swing set) 100 yards from a firing range."

Mr. Akin, formerly of Newton and who works for a pharmaceutical company in Marlboro, said he will attend town meeting and voice his opinion.

Article 58 would prohibit anyone, except in the performance of a legal duty or in the lawful defense of a person or property, from discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a dwelling or other occupied structure, unless with the written permission from the owner of the land on which the dwelling or structure is located.

"We figure if you can't hunt within 500 feet of a house and other than when at a firearms range you can't shoot within 500 feet of a house, it seems reasonable to apply that to a regular firing range. But, ultimately the (town meeting) voters will decide who they agree with," Mr. Akin said.

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Łódź: the fairy tale city you can't pronounce

When it comes to fairy tale destinations, the Polish city of Łódź wouldn’t trouble many - if any - bucket lists. Nicknamed “the Manchester of Poland”, it was a smoking industrial behemoth during the 19th Century, before collapsing into catastrophic decline after the Great Depression.

But fairy tales are writ large here today - or rather, painted large. Across the city - Poland’s third largest after Warsaw and Krakow - colossal, colourful murals are appearing on the walls of derelict apartment blocks, warehouses and factories in ever-growing numbers. And many of these arresting pieces of art are enormous, ebullient interpretations of traditional Polish tales. One of the most impressive, “The Old Lady With The Chicken”, towers over a major junction, depicting a famous children’s poem where an amiable grandma and her gold-feathered hen fly to the moon.

“The Old Lady With The Chicken” towers over a major junction Credit: OLI HILLYER-RILEY

Łódź (pronounced “Woodge”) is on an upward trajectory of its own, with young artists and entrepreneurs flocking here in their tens of  thousands, drawn by cheap rents, a lively social scene and initiatives like Urban Forms, the street art project which spawned The Old Lady With The Chicken, along with dozens of other multi-storey murals across town.

Łódź is Poland's answer to Shoreditch Credit: OLI HILLYER-RILEY

From Manufaktura - a gargantuan Gothic factory now stylishly renovated into a boutique shopping and entertainment village - to the city’s Shoreditch-esque hipster heart “Off Piotrkowska”, this is a renaissance of Detroitian proportions, which should be putting Łódź firmly onto tourism radars around the world.

Our Mini Grand Tour - an epic road trip across 30 European countries in one calendar month, behind the wheel of our trusty racing red MINI Clubman, is unearthing a steady stream of these semi-hidden gems. A day after Łódź, we find ourselves admiring yet another one, just across the border in the Czech Republic.

Brno - the historic capital of Moravia - is a fairly tale city in the more traditional sense, with its twin-spired Cathedral, sloping cobbled streets and medieval market squares, jealously guarded by dramatic Spilberk Castle, which sits on a hilltop above this pretty Czech town.

Like Łódź, it seems borderline ridiculous that Brno isn’t a larger blip on the British travel radar. Both cities are of similar size (populations of 600,000 and 400,000 respectively) with good airports and plenty to do, making them ideal city break options for Britons. But both languish, in the truest fairy tale-tradition, under the shadow of overbearing big sisters - in this case Warsaw and Prague.

These ‘Cinderella cities’ are a running theme of our second week on the road. The route, designed by UK adventure travel specialists The Flash Pack, sees us travel from Stockholm to the wonderfully rugged Aland islands and thence onto mainland Finland beyond, via a series of seamless connections. From here, we cross the Baltic Sea from Helsinki to Tallinn, before an extremely enjoyable day spent driving from Estonia (breakfast) to Latvia (lunch) and finally into the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, in time for dinner.

Post-Vilnius, we cross into central Poland and then south - through the mind-bogglingly beautiful Moravian countryside - to Brno.

"We end up learning a series of traditional dances from the region’s 'premiere folklore band', Straznican" Credit: OLI HILLYER-RILEY

Unhampered by airports - and thanks to our trusty Clubman - we are able to explore our neat string of fairy tale cities, from pretty Mariehamn (the capital of the Aland Islands) through the ancient Finnish capital Turku, to Baltic pin-ups Tallinn and Riga. Later - past Łódź and Brno - we arrive in the almost laughably beautiful Mikulov in South Moravia, where we end up learning a series of traditional dances from the region’s “premiere folklore band”, Straznican, before spending the night in Hobbit-style barrels on a local vineyard.

What we’ve learnt after 12 days on the road and 3,000 miles, is that this continent has a veritable embarrassment of riches when it comes to fairy tale towns of all shapes, sizes and flags. And the majority of them are hidden in plain sight behind the same old stories: places like Copenhagen, Krakow and Prague.

Accommodation in Mikulov was a Hobbit-style barrela on a local vineyard Credit: Oli Hillyer-Riley

In this context, it’s rather ironic that the original children’s poem which spawned The Old Lady and The Chicken was entitled The Aeroplane. The grandma and her golden hen gained a new perspective on the world from high in the sky. But for us, standing here on the streets of Europe’s most leftfield fairy tale city, the opposite perspective has reaped more rewards. It’s on the road - and in towns like Brno, Mariehavn and Turku - that Europe’s real magic lies.

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Or read last week's blog, in which he visited what might just be Europe's friendliest country

The Ultimate European Road Trip: Week Two

Day 6: Stockholm, Sweden - Mariehamn, Finland

Miles: 119
Stay: Havsvidden - a beautiful rural retreat with an open fireplace and seaside jacuzzi
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Day 7: Marienhamn, Finland - Turku, Finland

Miles: 126
Stay: Original Sokos Hotel Hamburger Börsissä, a great hotel perfectly located in the heart of the city centre, between the main square and Turku’s popular riverside bars and restaurants.
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Day 8: Turku, Finland - Tallinn, Estonia

Miles: 158
Stay: Three Sisters, a beautiful 14th century Relais & Chateaux property in the old city with a great restaurant. (The Queen and Prince Harry are both big fans).
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Day 9: Tallinn, Estonia - Vilnius, Lithuania

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Day 10: Vilnius, Lithuania - Łódź, Poland

Miles: 365
Stay: Apart Hotel. Admire the beautiful architecture of a 19th-century converted textile mill in the centre of Łódź.
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Day 11: Lodz, Poland - Brno, Czech Republic

Miles: 284
Stay:  Vinarstvi pod Hradem - unique and cosy, this property offers accommodation in specially converted wine barrels at the end of a vineyard. A unique way to spend the night after a tasting session of the excellent local wines.
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'I miss Air Force One': Obama on travelling as president and the one place he wasn't allowed to visit

The former US president was speaking at the 19th World Travel and Tourism Council Global Summit in Seville Credit: getty

Barack Obama has sent a message to the world of travel and tourism, saying that young people will no longer tolerate destinations that have archaic attitudes towards women or are not conservation conscious.

He was speaking this afternoon at the 19th World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) Global Summit in Seville, attended by leaders in the travel sector.

Here is what the 44th President of the United States had to say about his early backpacking years, going overseas as a parent, and how the industry must adapt to the societal and environmental changes we are experiencing today.

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On the Internet, information travels fast 💨. In a few minutes, it can reach tens, hundreds, or thousands of people, and it continues to circulate for a long time. Do you really want to send something that can cause so much damage?

Loss of control

When an act of cyberbullying is committed, no one can predict what will happen. One single action can be shared and spread instantaneously. It can go public and reach an unlimited number of people. That’s what we call the social multiplier effect. Once the info is sent, we have no more control over how it’s distributed, passed on, and interpreted. It’s impossible to turn back: the damage is done!

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On the Internet, time and boundaries are changed. A person’s reputation can be tarnished very fast, in lots of people’s eyes, and for a long time. Cyberbullying can do much more harm than you ever imagined!

Before writing or posting something that could humiliate, mock, frighten, or hurt someone, think carefully. Do you want to run the risk of ruining someone’s reputation? How will you feel if your message is reposted and distributed by tens or hundreds of people? And how do you think your victim will feel? Would you like to be in his/her place?

Remember that, behind your screen, there are living, breathing people, and your actions can have more serious consequences than you think.

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That’s right, we’re the ones that design, build, repair and maintain the billions of dollars’ worth of the infrastructure that keeps more than 12.5 million Canadians connected. And, we’re always looking for super-innovative, super-engaged, super-passionate people to help us keep the lights on, figuratively speaking.

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Canada’s a big, beautiful rugged place, and the only way to wire it up and fire it up, is to pull together. The Operations team put our collective shoulders to the wheel every day to make sure that the latest technology is supported on our Solutions and Services. We also take pride in standing shoulder to shoulder to solve and resolve any problem that stands in our way of getting that technology up and running...and running smoothly. In our books, when it comes to the kinds of complex problems we face every day, all of our heads are much better than one.

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You’ve probably already noticed this, but technology just doesn’t stop. Today, there are more connected devices on the planet than there are people. It’s scary stats like that…plus an unquenchable thirst to be ahead of the curve…that keeps us learning. All of us. All of the time. We challenge ourselves and each other to find new and even better ways to connect Canadians quickly and reliably…and we enjoy every moment of it.

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One of the great things about our technology is the flexibility it allows us in our personal and professional lives. We like that about what we do – and we believe the same flexibility we create for our customers through our solutions should be available to our team. Whether your idea of the perfect work environment is the great outdoors or the great indoors, we can find something that works for you.

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I lead a team accountable for delivery of large Enterprise programs and have recently concluded my role as the National Chair of the TELUS Diversity and Inclusiveness Council. I value an organization that provides opportunities for personal and professional growth, promotes diversity of thought and inspires me to bring my whole self to work every day. These are just a few of the reasons why I have proudly committed 18 years of my professional career to TELUS.

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Start date: 01 Sep 2019
Contract type: Full Time / Part Time
Salary: Competitive
Contract term: Permanent
Suitable for NQTs: No

Rare opportunity for a curriculum leader to have a truly transformational effect in a school that is on an exciting journey of improvement.

Are you ready to give countless young people the same chances and experiences that your schooling gave you; one that inspired you to get into teaching and one that will give you the opportunity to have a transformational effect on a school and community that has known sustained under-performance? If so, we need your help.

We want somebody who is looking to make a real difference. As a curriculum leader, you’ll be someone who has a ‘roll up your sleeves’ attitude to work. As a teacher, you’ll be someone who embraces and enjoys working in challenging circumstances. And we need someone who will champion our passionate vision about helping our students strive for a culture where hope, aspiration and ambition is not a thing of the past, but a reflection of their future adult lives.

If you apply for this post, you must already be a dynamic, innovative teacher who will inspire, motivate and challenge. As a Subject Leader in our school you will play a vital role in securing great outcomes through great teaching for every child within your curricular area.

In return, we will invest heavily in helping you to develop your career aspirations into reality. We can offer you a competitive salary, the chance to be part of a group of schools where you can develop, excel and flourish; with career progression unrivalled by any other MAT. However, most of all, we can offer you a school that is totally focused on ensuring that every child is supported and challenged to deliver outstanding personal progress.

We will offer you the support of a leadership team dedicated to helping young people striving for more and as a GLF Schools’ employee, you will enjoy the benefit of working within an excellent support and learning network and will be exposed to significant collaboration opportunities across our schools.

Ultimately, though, we can guarantee you the ultimate teaching project, one that on reflection, you can look back and are proud to say YOU were a part of.

If you think you could help, we would love to hear from you. Contact our recruitment team by calling 020-8716-4987.

We would strongly recommend that you let us arrange a visit for you to visit the school to see for yourself why this is such a special opportunity. We would welcome any potential applicants to book a tour in with the Headteacher via his P.A., Debbie Longhurst, at

GLF Schools is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Employment is subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). As a Trust, we are happy to discuss flexible working. GLF reserves the right to invite candidates for interview prior to the closing date. We would therefore recommend that you submit your application as early as possible. Please be advised that references may be requested on receipt of your application. Please state if you wish this to be delayed until shortlisting/interviews have taken place.

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Age Range: 11 - 16 years
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Tesla Supercharger Etiquette Explored

Maintain Tesla Supercharger etiquette by notifying others when your charging stall is available.

Charging Etiquette: Low ChargeI found myself low on charge today while I was out and about. A late night car wash Monday night due to an overloaded weekend messed up my normal routine so I didn’t plug in for my nightly charge. Normally I can probably go about 2 days on a charge, but yesterday was unusually heavy mileage and I faced more of the same today.

Charge Attempts

I swung buy the Tesla store in the AM to see if I could grab a quick charge before lunch but the two HPWC’s were occupied with test drive cars.

I was out of luck, so I went to work and ran my post lunch errands as usual. With 51 miles of rated range left and a 50 mile commute home ahead of me, I swung by the Tesla store again in hopes to find an empty charging stall. Lucky for me a test drive event had just ended. The Tesla employee helpfully moved the car so I could plug in.

Tesla Supercharger Etiquette

Charging Etiquette: SuperchargerQQI needed enough charge to get home and estimated that a 100 miles of rated range would suffice. It was an unusually warm day for Massachusetts and I knew I had to account for the extra power consumption due to having the A/C on.

I needed to get back to work and didn’t want to come back and move the car again until my day was done. At the same time I also didn’t want someone else who needed a charge to be blocked by me so this left me with a few options:

  1. Disrupt my afternoon and come back when I had my  charge.
  2. Use the new SuperChargerQR App to communicate with other Model S owners in need of my charging stall.
  3. Leave an old fashioned paper note on the dash with my phone number.
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Exam Season

Last week saw the start of the GCSE examinations for our Year 11 pupils. Over the coming weeks they will be busy revising to achieve the results they have worked so hard for. Good luck to all of you!

Getting Competitive In German

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This week in Mrs Knight’s Year 8 German lesson, pupils were able to get competitive trying out a new Modern Foreign Languages website. This website has been designed to promote challenge in learning through online competitions. You can have a go on the new website yourself  and see if you enjoy it as much as… Read more »

Watch Out for the Ninjas!

Our Year 9 pupils regularly take part in what is called Numeracy Ninjas in Mathematics lessons. Pupils complete a skills test in silence, answering as many of the 30 questions as they possibly can in five minutes. The number of questions they answer correctly converts into a points score and determines which ‘Ninja belt’ they… Read more »

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Carrying on in Design Technology

Over the past few weeks’ pupils in Year 7 have been busy making their own carrier-bag handles. Pupils have been given a brief to design a carrier bag handle to carry shopping bags. They have to come up with their own design and try out various prototypes before making the final product using wood. This… Read more »

Ten Years of StockFest

Can you believe StockFest has been running for ten years? Originally it was the brainchild of two Year 11 prefects in 2008 to raise funds for charity close to their hearts. At the time the school had been building a band culture and holding Christmas gigs for about three years. We also had a street… Read more »

This Week in Science

Over the past few weeks, pupils have been learning about various properties of rocks during their Science lessons. This week it was time to let the pupils conduct their own findings by designing their own test to compare the properties of rocks. Once they have conducted the tests they will then use this data to… Read more »

Key Stage One Festival

Test Valley School hosted a KS1 festival involving seven types of movement activity for our visiting younger pupils to take part in. The activities ranged from basic multi skills to parachute games and team building activities. The favourite of all the activities was the gymnastics ‘air track’ which was a giant inflatable which allowed various… Read more »

Pupil Council Event

Pupil Council

Test Valley School had the pleasure of welcoming 21 pupils from some of our local primary schools when we hosted the annual Pupil Council Cluster Event. The pupils who attended are all members of the Pupil Council within their own schools and worked alongside eleven of our own Pupil Council representatives.  The pupils began by getting to know each other… Read more »

Making a Splash this Summer

Making a Splash this Summer

Last week the swimming pool opened for the Summer Term. We are incredibly fortunate to have such a great facility to use and we plan on making the most of it come rain or shine. Swimming lessons are already taking place during PE sessions and many pupils are having lots of fun during their lunch… Read more »

The Key Stage 3 Spring Ball 2018

The Key Stage 3 Spring Ball 2018

Our first Key Stage 3 Ball was held on Friday 27th April. A large number of pupils turned out for a fun evening. The photographs tell their own story of the effort made by the pupils in preparation for their evening and we can only image the time, anticipation and excitement in getting ready. Pupils… Read more »

Year 7 Eisteddfod

Year 7 have just prepared and taken part in our second Eisteddfod as part of our Learn to Learn programme. This year we introduced a very popular art category with entries in 2D, 3D individual and small groups judged by Mr Murdoch-Smith. The other categories were performed on our school stage in front of the year group… Read more »

Enjoying the Sunshine in PE Lessons

With the Summer sun shining and a backdrop of the verdurous Test Valley, Year 7 spent their PE lesson concentrating on pacing over the 600 metres race. Pupils worked out the split timings needed over 50 and 100 metres to attain their target times, enabling them to improve their PBs.  Inspired by the recent Commonwealth Games they thoroughly impressed staff in… Read more »


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Lost Chalice The Real-Life Chase for One of the World's Rarest Masterpieces - A Priceless 2,500-Year-Old Artifact Depicting the Fall of Troy

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Mapping metamorphic rocks
Minerals, rock-types, compositions and grades
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"Race relations" are a controversial topic in today's Germany. Have Germans learned from the past? How far back must one go to understand the tensions, prejudices, and strategies that have marked race relations in the recently unified nation? The Imperialist Imagination explores the German preoccupation with racial and ethnic differences throughout the past two centuries, in a colonial and "postcolonial" context. Germany's belated national unification in 1870, its short colonial period (1884-1918), and the loss of its colonies as a consequence of World War I, rather than through wars of liberation, generated very different colonial and postcolonial conditions from those in Britain and…
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City Attacks Catholic Farmer for Belief in God’s Marriage

Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys challenge city policy that ousted farmer from market for his belief in God’s marriage as the union between one man and one woman.

LANSING, Mich. – Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing an organic farmer in Michigan filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the city of East Lansing after officials ousted his family business from the local farmer’s market, where he has done business since 2010, because city officials learned he believes marriage is the union of one man and one woman. The farmer wants to be able to sell food to all people, but the city is preventing him from doing so at the farmer’s market.

At issue is an unconstitutional, unlawful, and complex “sexual orientation” policy that city officials adopted specifically to shut out Steve Tennes and Country Mill Farms—his family’s fruit orchard—purely because he posted on Facebook his belief in biblical marriage. The city did this even though Tennes, his family, and the orchard are in Charlotte, 22 miles from East Lansing, well outside the city’s boundaries and beyond its jurisdiction.

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“All Steve wants to do is sell his food to anyone who wants to buy it, but the city isn’t letting him,” said ADF Legal Counsel Kate Anderson. “People of faith, like the Tennes family, should be free to live and work according to their deeply held beliefs without fear of losing their livelihood. If the government can shut down a family farmer just because of the religious views he expresses on Facebook—by denying him a license to do business and serve fresh produce to all people—then no American is free.”

“Americans have always had the cherished freedom to believe and to express those beliefs. This lawsuit simply asks the court to uphold that freedom for a Catholic farmer, who should be free to sell his produce without coercion, discrimination, or intimidation by the government because of his beliefs about marriage,” added ADF Senior Counsel Jeremy Tedesco. “The city must respect Steve’s constitutionally protected freedom to express his religious beliefs on social media sites without being forced to surrender his right to participate in the marketplace.”

After seeing Tennes’ Facebook post from Aug. 24, 2016, city officials went to great lengths to force him out of the farmer’s market. First, they tried to pressure him, telling Country Mill Farms that they did not want the farm at the next scheduled market the following Sunday, that they had received complaints about Tennes’ post, and that protests would occur if Country Mill Farms continued to participate in the market. They urged Country Mill Farms to withdraw immediately, but Tennes persevered and continued to serve the market’s customers. No protests ever took place.

When Tennes posted something online about his belief in natural marriage again in December 2016, after the close of the market season, the officials decided that his expression conflicted with East Lansing’s policy regarding sexual orientation. But because that policy is codified in the city’s Human Relations Ordinance, which cannot be enforced against Country Mill Farms, the officials crafted a new policy, bypassing its jurisdictional limits under Michigan law, to expel Tennes and his farm from the farmer’s market as punishment for his views.

The policy requires vendors to agree to and comply with the city’s “Human Relations Ordinance and its public policy against discrimination…while at the market and as a general business practice.” The ordinance makes it illegal for anyone to “make a statement which indicates that an individual’s patronage or presence at a place of public accommodation… is…unwelcome or unacceptable because of…sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression…,” among other designated classes. Yet it does not define “discriminate” or any of the key terms that would govern enforcement.

Based on the new policy, and in response to Country Mill Farms application for the 2017 farmer’s market, an official informed Steve Tennes by letter that he was not in compliance and that, therefore, the city was prohibiting him from participating. The notice included an attachment of Steve’s December Facebook post as evidence, despite the fact that the post is constitutionally protected free speech.

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The complaint in Country Mill Farms v. City of East Lansing, which ADF attorneys filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, explains how the city policy violated the Constitution’s guarantees of free speech, freedom of religion, and equal protection—in addition to other protections. It requests that the court restore Country Mill Farms’ constitutionally protected freedoms and prevent a violation of Michigan’s law governing cities.

The suit also asks the court to halt the discriminatory policy, declare it unlawful and unconstitutional, and award nominal and compensatory damages, so that Tennes and Country Mill Farms can once again serve all customers at the farmer’s market.

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Fashionably late to work by eight minutes, would punctuality have made a difference or was Carmen doomed to steer her flying bus into a wormhole regardless? There’s a lot that readers don’t know when writer, Ricardo Mo, starts Colossi off quickly. Something went wrong. That much is in the context clues of people looking up after Shuttle 34’s takeoff, and Trans-Atmos losing contact with the pilot, Carmen. The cause of their distress is a wormhole but without the money shot of the shuttle being sucked into its orbit that’s not visually certain. The wormhole looks like the warp speed spaceships go into in the movies, and Shuttle 34, indistinguishable from the other aircraft, could be one of the buses on the platform after a failed assent. That’s not what happened, but the artwork leaves room for the cause and effect to be misconstrued. The art’s not unclear but missing a step.

    It’s the same with losing eyes on a handful of characters to where you start questioning if you missed a scene where they decided to turn back, or go their separate ways. This would happen on Lost, where the show would focus on the main cast and every once in a while remind you that there were other passengers on Oceanic Flight 815, but Colossi is dealing with a much smaller team to begin with. The likelihood of Mr. Loudmouth on the plane not making a peep after they left the cabin (a decision he wasn’t supportive of anyway) seems unassured, and they certainly didn’t leave the sick boy on the stretcher behind. After Zeus carries him solo for a way (a sight that takes getting used to, when stretchers usually require two people) there’s talk about getting the boy food but where is he? There’s always a plausible explanation—somebody dropped him off into the cave already—but you have to create those answers yourself. If anybody did want to wander off in Colossi, they’d have an easy time at it.

    These are all easy fixes, though. Since we’re not acquainted with the passengers beforehand no time is wasted having them put their cards on the table. For the unnamed jerk (previously dubbed Mr. Loudmouth) that means no flirting with being a decent guy before descending into a twit and the cursing is make-like-a-little-kid-giggling-because-somebody-said-a-bad-word good. It’s not that the profanity is excessive but when the situation calls for a “sh*t” there’s no pussyfooting around it. Nun, old lady, or captain, none are remiss about saying what needs to be said in the language most stinging.

    There’s a movie version of Colossi where Carmen would be played by Pam Grier and, while the story is futuristic, there’s a nostalgia to Alberto Muriel’s art. Should that conjure up images of watered down sci-fi there’s nothing tame about the mortality characters are faced with. Besides not knowing where they are, they’ve shrunk, surrounded by regular sized humans and the threat of wildlife featured in thumbnails. Is Shuttle 34 still safe to fly and where, who, and why has this happened? Issue two has its work cut out for it.

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ORRVILLE -- The J.M. Smucker Co. is among the honorees being recognized for philanthropic contributions to the greater Akron area by the North Central Ohio Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.

The J.M. Smucker Co. will be honored during AFP's National Philanthropy Day celebration on Nov. 16 at the Akron Urban League Community Center, 440 Vernon Odom Blvd., Akron.

Smucker is receiving AFP's Corporate Leadership Award, designed to recognize a corporation that has contributed significantly to a nonprofit organization.

"We are very honored to be recognized by the AFP as recipients of their Corporate Leadership Award and are proud to help support the valuable organizations that provide worthwhile, necessary services to the communities where we live and work," said Maribeth Badertscher, director, corporate communications, for Smucker.


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ESPN is an extremely profitable company and recently made two very expensive deals for television rights to tennis and college footbal. And yet, on Tuesday the network had its first round of layoffs since 2009. So what gives?

Deadspin's John Koblin and veteran ESPN expert James Andrew Miller are both reporting ESPN is laying off between 300 and 400 employees today. That's a fairly significant chuck of the estimated 7,000 employees at the Worldwide Leader. ESPN is owned by Disney, and the word came down from on high, like the top of Space Mountain, that ESPN needed to make cuts. ESPN brings in over $10 billion in revenue each year. It's worth almost half as much (an estimated $40 billion) as all of Disney ($84 billion). When you look at those numbers, the layoffs make no sense.

Despite the fact that ESPN brings in more revenue than almost any other arm of the Disney empire, the soaring costs of putting sports on TV were credited with a decline in Disney's profits last year. And Deadspin's Koblin reports ESPN's recent shopping spree forced some changes:

So where in the world did this come from? ESPN is monstrously profitable and we hadn't heard a word about this until this morning. Well, ESPN has been gobbling up live rights to events left and right, and those rights are really expensive. We've heard they needed to reduce costs as a result. Also: ESPN's parent company Disney is apparently asking all divisions to cut costs.

ESPN closed an 11 year deal worth over $770 million to broadcast the U.S. Open tennis tournament starting in 2015. The network also paid an unknown ransom for the rights to launch the Southeastern Conference Network in 2014, a channel dedicated to NCAA football's most powerful conference. That's the one with Alabama, LSU and Auburn, among others. ESPN declined to announce the financials of the deal, which, when you consider how much they paid for the Open, is not a good sign. So, yes, that means your already ESPN-inflated cable bill will be get even bigger next year.

"We are implementing changes across the company to enhance our continued growth while smartly managing costs," ESPN's statement on the layoff reads, via Sport's Illustrated's Richard Deitsch. Some back of the envelope math suggests the SEC network could fetch over $240 million in subscriber fees alone. That's a lot of money from one single source.

Sources are telling Deadspin the layoffs are tied to ESPN not meeting its profit margins for this year. They chose cutting staff was the best way to do it. The network also just finished building a new SportsCenter set that cost a reported $125 million.

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Dan D'Addario at The New Republic on Dan Savage's politics What kind of wisdom does sex columnist and gay activist Dan Savage impart? Dan D'Addario considers Savage's collected columns, in which he flays conservative figures for not accepting gay people into mainstream society: "In doses, Savage's writing is exhilarating—he may be viciously angry, jubilant, or poignant ... but between two covers, reading Savage is a jarring experience. Language that seems lively and spirited in column form becomes an argot of righteous rage, self-congratulation, and derision. ... Savage’s apparent strengths can seem like blunt instruments, used so indiscriminately that their impact practically vanishes." Chandler Burr at The Washington Post disagrees: "Reconciliation is at the heart of everything Savage writes and says. He’s not throwing bombs at all. Or rather, if he is, they are bombs aimed at shaking up small minds to extend traditional institutions to people considered outside them." Noah Cruickshank at The A.V. Club adds, "Savage can write cogently about anything ... [but] the only thing connecting these disparate topics is Savage’s own personality, and while he’s incredibly winning, he doesn’t show enough of himself to create a through-line."

Eugene Robinson at The Washington Post on victory in the War on Terror Eugene Robinson seeks a conclusion to the War on Terror, the decade-long U.S.-led effort to eliminate terrorism. "President Obama wisely avoided the phrase 'mission accomplished' in his major speech last week about the 'war on terror,' but columnists aren't obliged to be so circumspect: It is time to declare victory and get on with our lives," he writes. "Obama could never say this, of course, because there will surely be future terrorist attacks that kill Americans both at home and abroad. But he came close when he said that 'the scale of this threat closely resembles the types of attacks we faced before 9/11 — in other words, before we rashly declared war on a tactic rather than an enemy." The Guardian's Glenn Greenwald was less persuaded by Obama's rhetoric: "This speech was designed to allow progressives once again to see Barack Obama as they have always wanted to see him, his policies notwithstanding: as a deeply thoughtful, moral, complex leader who is doing his level best, despite often insurmountable obstacles, to bring about all those Good Things that progressives thought they would be getting when they empowered him."

Blake Zeff at Salon on Anthony Weiner's mayoral chance "It's true that the tabloids will try to one-up each other with penis puns," argues Blake Zeff, in his meditation on disgraced Congressman Anthony Weiner. "But two other things are also true. One, his scandal is a story that voters know already. Unless more developments rapidly unfold (which is possible), it’s a fairly static story at this point, about which voters have likely already made up their minds. ...  The second, less appreciated truth about New York tabloids, is that many candidates serve as their target and still manage to win races in New York; they’re called Democrats." He adds, "One of the great anomalies of the New York media scene is that the city’s signature tabloids often do not come close to representing the political views of their readers." Over at New York, Chris Smith weighs in:  "Weiner will dominate coverage for the next several weeks. This is good news for Christine Quinn, in the short run: It denies her rivals the spotlight they very much need to gain name recognition and ground ... but Weiner could be a serious headache for the vulnerable front-runner, if he chooses to aggressively articulate the case against her and grabs a decent share of outer-borough white votes."

David Dennis at The Guardian on the hidden side-effects of unpaid internships David Dennis begins by asking a provocative question: "Does your publication use unpaid interns as the prevalent mode of determining full-time jobs? If so, then I'm sorry to inform you that your publication is perpetuating a privilege-based upward mobility, and it's ruining journalism." He continues: "How many journalists can say they have firsthand knowledge of the mentality of someone from the inner-city? Many of these voices have been muted just because they simply can't navigate the landscape of privilege that most modern journalism encourages." Meanwhile, the investigative group ProPublica has decided to raise funds for a report on America's intern economy. On the report's Kickstarter page, the group writes, "The news media have yet to take a really deep look at this emerging workforce. And protection for interns – especially unpaid interns – has fallen through the cracks. That's why we’ve decided to investigate."

Ayaan Hirsi Ali at The Wall Street Journal on the Muslim reaction to violence How should the world's Muslim communities address violence performed in the name of Islamic extremism? Ayaan Hirsi Ali tries to untangle a difficult decision: "The question requiring an answer at this moment in history is clear: Which group of leaders really speaks for Islam? The officially approved spokesmen for the 'Muslim community'? Or the manic street preachers of political Islam, who indoctrinate, encourage and train the killers—and then bless their bloodshed?" She continues: "This week, Prime Minister David Cameron and London Mayor Boris Johnson have repeated the reassuring statements of the Muslim leaders to the effect that Lee Rigby's murder has nothing to do with Islam. But many ordinary people hear such statements and scratch their heads in bewilderment. A murderer kills a young father while yelling 'Allahu akbar' and it's got nothing to do with Islam?" But Russell Brand at the British newspaper The Sun blamed larger cultural forces beyond religion: "The main narrative thrust of The Bible though, like most spiritual texts including the Koran is: Be nice to each other because we’re all the same. When some football fans smash up shops and beat each other up that isn’t because of football or football clubs. It’s because loads of white, working-class men have been culturally neglected and their powerful tribal instincts get sloshed about in riotous lager carnivals."

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I agree with Bill Simmons. From a fan's perspective, it would be good to see Kevin Garnett demand a trade. By the numbers, he's one of the greatest players of all time, but that contention can't really be put to the test unless he's put in a situation with some decent teammates where he can show his stuff at the highest levels. What's more, the 'wolves are so mired in crappiness that there's a strong risk his skills will simply be lost to history -- a name future generations of fans won't even recognize.

The most logical candidate would seem to be the Bulls. Chicago lacks big contracts, except for Ben Wallace, so it's a bit hard to make the salaries match. That said, I think it works if Chicago gives up PJ Brown's expiring deal, Tyrus Thomas, Ben Gordon, Mike Sweetney, Luol Deng, and the Knicks' 2007 pick. That gives Minnesota cap relief, a high draft pick, a top prospect, and a few goodish young players. It leaves the Bulls with what I think would be a contending starting lineup of Wallace, Garnett, Nocioni, Duhon, and Hinrich with Malik Allen, Thabo Sefosha, and Adrian Griffin off the pench. Chicago would presumably need to find a backup point guard somewhere to sign.

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