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Prime Minister David Cameron wished Tim well: "I am sure he will do us proud and I hope that he will inspire the next generation to pursue exciting careers in science and engineering."
Tim's classmate Luca Parmitano is heading for the International Space Station next week on a Soyuz from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Alexander Gerst and Samantha Cristoforetti will follow a year later in 2014. Andreas Mogensen and Thomas Pesquet will fly before the end of 2017.

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Born in 1987, Hayley Westenra hails from New Zealand. Classically trained as both a singer and a dancer, she is a former member of the New Zealand Royal Ballet. Westenra's voice is an operatic instrument and she has performed with the New Zealand Opera and Orchestra. She made her recording debut at the age of 14 with a self-titled collection that took her country by storm. Universal International then released Pure, an eclectic and very engaging set of pop, classical, and sacred songs, which exploded all over the globe. Westenra's voice is unusually suited to popular music because, unlike other classical singers, she doesn't resort to using vibrato technique. Instead, her delivery is extremely clean and full, hitting notes effortlessly and letting them draw out naturally.
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Westenra's second international album, Odyssey, was released in September 2005 and featured folk ballads as well as a wide selection of more pop-oriented compositions. Treasure, a personal collection of Irish and Maori folk songs, arrived in 2007, followed by the compilation River of Dreams: The Very Best of Hayley Westenra in 2008. The holiday-themed album Winter Magic appeared in 2009. Westenra returned in 2011 with her fifth international studio album, Paradiso. Working in collaboration with Ennio Morricone, the album featured songs especially written by Morricone for Westenra. Her sixth studio album, Hushabye -- a collection of classic children's lullabies -- was released in 2013. ~ Thom Jurek~ Rovi


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people never really walked down the side streets downtown, even tourists (unless they were walking from one of the few parking lots left), which is why anything on those streets folded and different businesses keep popping up, which is why the city keeps trying to expand down those streets with those expensive red bricks
wiperMan Low blow but thats the c-ville way isnt it ? Hi ya'll to your face then stick it in you back as you turn around.
Wow, Jeff Jim Jay -- what a bunch of negative nancys. I feel sorry for you. Go outside and take a breath of fresh air.
The barrack shopping center better beware . The "CITY" may fine them for having cleared the snow but not removed it to an environmentally friendly site.But then again they may pay for a five year study on how to do that! So just get a taco and a "LOCAL" beer and role with it.
You can get a local beer in this city at somewhere other than the brewery? Cville is a joke when it comes to getting local beers.
JAY C-Villes a joke anyway
Surprising we haven't all been fined for "Receiving snow without proper licences and permits". Would be a good way for government to gets its hands on more undeserved money to save government jobs at the expense of our jobs.
No need to feel sorry for us Sean. We live in the real world not tiny glass dome that surrounds c-ville and the county.You cant get fresh air unless you go over the hill or go east. Whatever this place has I hope they find a cure for it soon!
Sean, not being negative. Just would like to go out to dinner and be able to drink local beer. Usually I'm lucky to find a single Starr Hill beer on tap.
jay, every time i go to South Street, they seem to have a plentiful supply of local beer. jim s, please go find some fresh air, we'll all be happier for it.
jim s rocks! When is downtown getting a Chipotle rather than a 5 Guys? I'm somewhat surprised they haven't closed up shop yet.
cville owns, ya'll haters can leave anytime
5 guys is nothing but a bag of grease anyway
and downtown used to have a taco/burrito place where the box is now, btw
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wiperman you really think everyone is serious about this blog? Get a life have some fun .Then attack some personally face to face . not with the broken english, pig latin BS you just wrote.


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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD -- House Thursday, October 6, 1994 103rd Congress 2nd Session 140 Cong Rec H 11007
REFERENCE: Vol. 140 No. 144
Mr. MANDELA. Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, Members of Congress, this we understand fully, that it is given to very few, who came from outside the shores of this country, to stand in this lofty Chamber to address you, the law-makers of the United States of America.
And so we speak today feeling the great weight of an extraordinary and elevating circumstance that you have extended this rare honour to us twice in our lifetime in a period of less than half-a-decade.
We extend our humble thanks to you all and to the millions of people you represent. We express our gratitude that you have thus, as an Irish patriot once said, given to a subaltern all the tribute that is due to a superior.
When last we were here, we came to thank you for the things you had done which had flung open the prison gates of our troubled land and enabled the leaders of our enslaved people to tread the soil of our country unhindered.
We came to salute you for the place you had taken in the universal assault on apartheid, which had made it possible that once more the authentic organisations of our people should speak for the people freely and without seeking the permission of those who sought to ensure that the people had no voice except the voice of subservice.
We came also to share with you our dreams of genuine independence, democracy and the emanicipation of all our people, you whose forebears had, at earlier times , dreamt of independence, of democracy and of the emancipation of all the people of these United States.
The time that has passed since then has given it to us to come back to you to speak not of a dream deferred, of which your fellow-countryman Langston Hughes spoke.
The history that cannot be unmade has enabled us to repeat in this Chamber the poetry of the triumph of the oppressed.
For, as the representatives of centuries of white minority rule bowed to the results of the democratic process, the people did, like your fellow-countryman, Martin Luther King Jr, cry out: ''Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty we are free at last.''
We were moved that even at that first moment of celebration, representatives of the American people were present among us to help us sing and louder sing of freedom, justice and peace.
We were moved because you, like the great humanity to which we all belong, had committed your own human and material resources to ensure that for the first time in the entire history of our country, the people had the possibility to elect a government of their choice, without let or hindrance.
When the proclamation rang out that the elections had in the substance been free and fair, we knew that we could proudly return to these shores to say: Dear friends, brothers and sisters, your wishes and ours have been realised; democracy has won the day.
We were humbled and inspired that you honoured us again by sending a delegation of eminent Americans to join us at our inauguration.
As we began our new journey into a new future, we took the presence in our country, of so weighty a group of emissaries of what is good in the American consciousness, to be a declaration which none could either forget or ignore, that you stand by our young democracy and commit your prayers to its everlasting success.
Along the uneasy road to the victory of the cause of democracy and fundamental human rights, we, like the great revolutionaries who were the founders of this Republic, have had to rest the capacity of our people to break new ground in the history of human evolution.
Principal among these was, on the one hand, the willingness of the erstwhile minority rules to concede political power without first resorting to such resistance as would reduce our country to a wasteland.
On the other, was the ability of the oppressed majority to forgive and accept a shared destiny with those who had enslaved them.
That both black and white in our country can today say we are to one another brother and sister, a united rainbow nation that derives its strength from the bonding of its many races and colours, constitutes a celebration of the oneness of the human race.
It represents the triumph of that intangible nobility of spirit which, in a divided and unequal world, makes for peace and friendship among the peoples.
At the end, the bloodletting stopped. At the end, goodwill prevailed. At the end, the overwhelming majority, both black and white, decided to invest in peace.
In the end, it is all this that the ceremonial drums sought to salute as they throbbed to a rhythm both African and universal.
But in the fullness of time, they too ceased to beat. Their powerful rhythms have been replaced by the great pulsations which represent and reflect a new society in formation. New challenges stand ahead of us.
The flame of freedom, under whose light we danced in joyful abandon, has thrown an unrelenting glare on the great human tragedy on which was built the tarnished, tinsel glitter of an unjust society.
As we look and look again at the reality that freedom brings, we see together with T.S. Eliot that we are, still:
In the uncertain hour before the morning Near the ending of interminable night At the recurrent end of the unending . . . While the dead leaves still rattled on like tin Over the asphalt where no other sound was . . .
The dead leaves that still rattle on over the asphalt, and ''the awareness of things ill done and done to others' harm'' which Eliot decried, speak to the pervasive poverty that afflicts our society; the despair of millions who are without jobs and without hope; the unborn whom we know will be born disabled and die before their maturity, because of poverty; the darkness that engulfs millions because they are both illiterate and innumerate; the many who will be victims of rape, robbery and other violent crimes because hunger, want and brutalization have warped and condemned many a human soul.
What we speak of is not unknown to this and other societies across the globe. And yet it is a reality which assumes its own special place because it superimposes itself on new and as yet fragile democratic institutions, democratic institutions that have sprouted out of the turbulent African soil.
This situation carries the features of a foundation that is, naturally, still in the process of setting. It represents the recurrent end of the unending process of the betterment of the human condition. It is to that unending process that we must turn our attention.
The question that arises is whether we shall embark on that road walking alone or whether you will be with us, having decided thus, in the process of the exercise of your own sovereign will.
It is perhaps right that we sit together again to evaluate this circumstance, to measure whether there is in it anything which demands of our people and yours that we enter into a compact founded on the imperatives of mutual gain.
The new South Africa has been born out of, and into a new age of great change. Because, perforce, we describe our country's transformation in words that have a familiar meaning, because they originate in the mists of time-democracy, justice and peace-we too may not yet see that this is a transformation born out of and into a new age of great change.
The new age will surely demand that democracy must also mean a life of plenty. As the images of life lived anywhere on our globe become available to all, so will the contrast between the rich and the poor within and across frontiers and within and across the continents, become a motive force impelling the deprived to demand a better life from the powers that be, whatever their location.
As the possibility of nations to become islands, sufficient unto themselves, diminishes and vanishes forever, so will it be that the suffering of the one shall, at the same time, inflict pain upon the other.
In an age such as this, when the fissures of the great oceans shall, in the face of human genius, be reduced to the narrowness of a forest path, much revision will have to be done of ideas that have seemed as stable as the rocks, including such concepts as sovereignty and the national interest.
What we speak of is the evolution of the objective world which inexorably says to all of us that we are human together or nothing at all.
The phrase you use, the concept of your being which is fundamental to the understanding of your society, the notion of a ''melting pot,'' has, in time, begun to address a reality that encompasses the globe.
In the world of mundane things, as opposed to the celestial and the imaginary, a buyer is a buyer. The profits that your great corporations make, derive from whoever has the capacity to purchase their products and services, regardless of whether the customers are Chinese or African, Indian or American, European or Arab or Polynesian, male or female, young or old, Christian, Jew, Hindu, Moslem or Animist.
The success of your entrepreneurs, and with it the capacity of your society to give work to your citizens, rests on the fact of the elevation of every person, anywhere in the world, to the position of a free actor in the market place.
It will perhaps come to pass that the imperatives of this commercial market place will produce that magical elixir which the great thinkers of all time have searched for, which sought to convince all societies that the assertion was true and self-evident that whatever our different complexions, whatever our different racial characteristics, whatever our different gender features, we are nonetheless all of us part of one, indivisible and common humanity.
It will perhaps come to be that this interconnectedness will produce among you, the distinguished members of these Houses of Congress, as among other actors on the world stage, policies which will spring from a common recognition of the fact that success or failure in the conduct of human ;affairs, can no longer be measured within the limited sphere defined by national boundaries that are the legacy of an ancient reality, away from which life itself has moved society a thousand leagues. If what we say is true, that manifestly, the world is one stage and the actions of all its inhabitants part of the same drama, does it not then follow that each one of us as nations, including yourselves, should begin to define the national interest to include the genuine happiness of others, however distant in time and space their domicile might be.
You, honourable members of the U.S. Congress, are part of and represent the most powerful Nation in our universe. I am, on the other hand, an African.
I come out of a continent with whose travails and suffering you are very familiar. You will therefore understand it easily why I stand up to say that for such a powerful country as yours, democracy, peace and propserity in Africa are as much in your national interest as ours.
Because I am an African, you will, I am certain, understand why I should stand here and say that it is our deeply held belief that the new world order that is in the making must focus on the creation of a world of democracy, peace and prosperity for all humanity.
Is the time therefore not upon us when we should cease to treat tyranny, instability and poverty anywhere on our globe as being peripheral to our interests and to our future.
Has not the end of the paralysis in world affairs, which resulted from the conflicts of the cold war and the threat of a nuclear holocaust, posed to us all the challenge to redefine the purposes of the world's system of international relations.
Can we not, then, move from the negative to the positive! The situation of conflict between two competing systems having been brought to an end, do we not now move away from the negative, of the global destruction of one system, to the positive, of the global creation of the conditions which will make it possible for all peoples to enjoy the right to full human dignity.
We are deeply moved by the commitment which the great people you represent, and which you yourselves and the President of the United States have made, that you will stay the course with us as we strengthen democracy in our country, ensure stability born of freedom and banish poverty and deprivation.
You have taken these positions not out of a sense of condescending pity for our people but because you have felt and recognised that our success advances the very principles on which this country is founded.
Such recognition can never be an end in itself. It must surely be the beginning of a process of embarking on actions that reinforce the independent activities of the peoples to address these matters.
If all of this is true, then great countries, such as this one, and great institutions such as the United Nations, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Monetary Fund and the European Union, must begin to put as a purpose central to their policies and actions, the creation of a world of democracy, peace and prosperity.
For the very first time in the history of humanity, we have arrived at the point where it has become possible to pose this challenge. That possibility has arisen from the fact that, given the will, humanity does in fact have the means to begin the creation of the new world order whose central features we have sought to define.
One of your poets, Walt Whitman, has written of an age that must dawn, when every hour of the day will bring peace and happiness to all the people of these United States, and not the uncertainties of the uncertain hour before the morning, of which T.S. Eliot spoke.
Here is what he wrote:
Lo, the most excellent sun so calm and haughty, The violet and purple morn with just-felt breezes, The gentle soft-born measureless light, The miracle spreading bathing all, the fulfill'd noon, The coming eve delicious, the welcome night and the stars, Over my cities shining all, enveloping man and land.
Shall we not awaken to the challenge of our times and bend every effort to achieve so magnificent a result!
I do firmly believe that the people of this country, who have done so much to write the history of the world, have the vision, the wisdom and the daring to strive so that what is good shines over the cities and the villages of that world, enveloping man and land.
Once you set out on this road, no one will need to be encouraged to follow.
Surely, the order of the day is forward march.
Thank you.
(Applause, the Members rising.)
At 11 o'clock and 48 minutes a.m., the President of the Republic of South Africa, accompanied by the committee of escort, retired from the Hall of the House of Representatives.
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New York City has extended its odd-even gas rationing system through Friday.
Gas rationing has ended in New Jersey and on Long Island.
But Mayor Michael Bloomberg says 30 percent of New York City's stations are still closed.
He also noted that it's a major travel week. He says the extension should help prevent long lines.
Rationing went into effect in the city on Nov. 9 in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. Damage to gas stations and distribution networks had led to hours-long lines.


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Standout Turkish Mezze at Grill 43
Update 12/30/12: This venue is now closed.
I came back to Grill 43 for the eggs, but there were none to be found.
The unassuming Turkish restaurant's menemen—scrambled eggs with tomatoes and peppers—is some of the finest I've had stateside, but it's only available for breakfast. If you visit later in the day, you should put yourself in the mood for mezze.
None of the grilled meat at Grill 43 wows me, but their cold salads and dips ($4 to $5 each) are worth a visit all on their own. A plate of four will run you $13.95 which, with endless refills of warm, crusty bread, makes a worthy light lunch for two (or a piggish meal for one).
The best of the lot may be the ezme, a sweet and piercingly spicy relish of finely chopped tomatoes, roasted peppers, and herbs that spreads its brightness and heat across the plate. Sauteed eggplant runs a close second with silky eggplant, peppers, and tomatoes dressed liberally with olive oil; it boasts a sneaky heat of its own.
Other eggplant dishes don't disappoint: the gently smoked patlican salad (Turkish babaganoush) is plenty creamy but almost weightless; whole grilled eggplant is meatier, smokier, and way more garlic-driven.
Less noteworthy but still substantial is the tarama, tangy cream whipped with fishy roe. Slather it on some bread, cut the fat with that ezme, and go to town. Grill 43's a sleeper of a restaurant, but don't sleep on it.


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Louisiana D.A.R.E. Advisory Board
WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States has enacted the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, 21 U.S.C.A. §801 et seq., as amended, in recognition of the serious problems occurring within the United States due to the increase of drug abuse;
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement has been created within the Office of the Governor to operate as a forum on drug abuse issues and to coordinate drug abuse projects;
WHEREAS, two-thirds of Louisiana's public, private, and parochial school systems have executed written agreements with law enforcement agencies to implement a Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program; and
WHEREAS, the D.A.R.E. Program is a nationally recognized and copyrighted drug education effort with specific criteria for implementation which requires strict replication of the parent project.
NOW THEREFORE, I, JOHN BEL EDWARDS, Governor of the State of Louisiana, by virtue of the authority vested by the Constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana, do hereby order and direct as follows:
SECTION 1: The Louisiana D.A.R.E. Advisory Board ("Board") is reestablished within the executive department, Office of the Governor.
SECTION 2: The duties of the Board shall include, but are not limited to, the following:
A. Develop, promote, monitor and evaluate the D.A.R.E. Program throughout the State of Louisiana; and
B. Serve as an advisory body to the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement regarding the performance of its duties in relation to the D.A.R.E. Program.
SECTION 3: The Board shall consist of thirteen (13) members, who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Governor, selected as follows:
A. The president of the Louisiana D.A.R.E. Officers' Association, or the president's designee;
B. One (1) representative from the Drug Policy Board;
C. Two (2) members from the Louisiana Sheriff's Association;
D. Two (2) members from the Louisiana Chiefs of Police Association;
E. Two (2) members from the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement;
F. One (1) principal representing a Louisiana public school;
G. One (1) teacher representing a Louisiana elementary school; and
H. Three (3) members representing community interests.
SECTION 4: The chair of the Board shall be appointed by the Governor from the membership of the Board. All other officers, if any, shall be elected by the members of the Board from its membership.
SECTION 5: The Board shall meet at regularly scheduled intervals and at the call of the chair.
SECTION 6: Board members shall not receive additional compensation or a per diem from the Office of the Governor for serving on the Council.
Board members who are employees or elected public officials of the State of Louisiana or a political subdivision thereof may seek reimbursement of travel expenses, in accordance with PPM 49, from their employing and/or elected department, agency and/or office.
Board members who are also members of the Louisiana Legislature may seek a per diem from the Louisiana State Senate or House of Representatives, as appropriate, for their attendance.
SECTION 7: Support staff, facilities, and resources for the Board shall be provided by the Office of the Governor.
SECTION 8: All departments, commissions, boards, offices, entities, agencies, and officers of the state of Louisiana, or any political subdivision thereof, are authorized and directed to cooperate with the Board in implementing the provisions of this Order.
SECTION 9: This Order is effective upon signature and shall continue in effect until amended, modified, terminated, or rescinded by the Governor, or terminated by operation of law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand officially and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of Louisiana, at the Capitol, in the City of Baton Rouge, on this 4th day of August, 2016.
John Bel Edwards
Tom Schedler
Secretary of State


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A First 5 Forever session focusing on language and literacy development for children aged 3 to 5 years. A half hour of sharing stories, rhymes and songs, followed by a simple craft activity and social interaction.
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Theater in Argentina and Uruguay, which together compose the Plata river region of Latin America, has been a predominant form of entertainment since the 19th century. Theaters abound in Montevideo, while its sister city. Buenos Aires, has its own Broadway in the famed Corrientes Street. In the age of digital culture, the theater remains a mainstay of cultural life for Argentines and Uruguayans. The success of theater and the making of a theatergoing public in the region have their roots first in the variety of entertainment offered by hemispheric travelers to the region from the 1820s through the 1880s and then, most significantly, in shows put on by itinerant circus troupes in the countryside that only later filled urban theaters. From the mid-1880s through 1900 these circus troupes performed plays known as dramas criollos that dealt with rural traditions and explored issues of migration, social stratification, and tensions of economic modernization. These Creole dramas, like the narrative and poetic tales of gaucho heroes that informed them, became wildly successful, attracting spectators in the countryside and city alike, in venues ranging from makeshift tents to the most opulent theaters. They also became the namesake of the circo criollo, which referred as much to types of performers staging the tales as to the circus event where people flocked to see the new main attraction—the dramas. In effect, the Creole drama phenomenon expanded the presence of popular entertainment across the region and consolidated a theatergoing public. It also gave way to a new strand of modern popular culture in which storylines and characters reappeared in other media, and the impact of the Creole drama experience long outlived the spectacle itself.
Keywords: Argentina, Uruguay, popular culture, Creole circus, theater history, entertainment, culture industry, modernization, gauchesque
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(Washington DC/Paris/Tokyo) Nissan Motor Company has refused a U.S. government offer of mediation to resolve a longstanding dispute with the United Auto Workers (UAW) and IndustriALL Global Union Federation over the company's anti-union practices in the United States, which the unions claim violate Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.
The State Department-based US National Contact Point (NCP) for the OECD Guidelines offered mediation in response to an April 2014 "specific instance" filed by the UAW and IndustriALL. The NCP's action followed a review of the evidence submitted by the unions, including implied threats of plant closing and other forms of management interference with workers' organizing efforts at the company's Canton, Mississippi factory. These actions violate OECD Guidelines on workers' freedom of association and trade union organizing rights. The NCP found that "the issues raised by UAW and IndustriALL are material and substantiated and merit further examination."
The UAW and IndustriALL accepted the NCP's offer of mediation and joined a preliminary information session in November with mediators from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to learn about the mediation procedures. Nissan rejected the offer of mediation and refused to meet with mediators. As the NCP's Final Statement says, "Nissan refused to participate in the mediation and in so doing it also declined to participate in an information session." The NCP stated that it "regrets Nissan's unwillingness to participate in the process."
Nissan argued to the NCP that entering mediation over issues raised might violate US national labor law. In response, the NCP said that it "strongly disagrees and is not aware of any applicable law or procedures that would weigh against offering its good offices in this case . . . The U.S. NCP works to facilitate a dispute resolution that is mutually drafted/composed and accepted by the parties and that does not violate applicable law."
In reference to assertions by Nissan that the unions violated OECD confidentiality rules in connection with the case, the NCP said flatly "there was no breach of confidentiality . . . public reference to the filing of the specific Instance is not inconsistent with [confidentiality] provisions."
The U.S. government is recommending that Nissan should "conduct a corporate-wide labor rights review" of its adherence to the OECD Guidelines and that Nissan should consider other forms of mediation to resolve the issues raised in the OECD case.
The U.S. NCP also noted that it had shared information on the case with the NCPs of Japan, France, and the Netherlands and that "those NCPs remain available to offer assistance to the parties." Nissan is a Japanese corporation, but France-based Renault owns 43.4 percent of Nissan and the Renault-Nissan Alliance is incorporated in the Netherlands. Following the U.S. NCP's Final Statement, the UAW and IndustriALL are now considering moves to those forums in an effort to resolve the dispute.
"It is clear Nissan behaves one way in some parts of the world but is grossly exploiting workers in the United States. The fact that the company continues to ignore the severity of the situation and its refusal to end these abuses or engage in dialogue that could result in a positive step forward for both workers and the company is absolutely unreasonable. " said UAW President Dennis Williams.
Jyrki Raina, head of IndustriALL which represents 50 million workers globally including 150,000 Nissan workers and a majority of Renault autoworkers worldwide expressed grave disappointment by the news.
"UAW and IndustriALL affiliates have repeatedly made attempts to meet with Nissan North America to resolve this issue. Nissan's unwillingness to engage in the OECD process sends a very worrisome message to its partners at Renault and Daimler as well as the global investment community." Jyrki said adding, "We have known Nissan for its respect of workers' rights elsewhere in the world, but in the US we have heard evidence of intimidation and exploitation of its workers and their communities. This is a troubling step backwards for Nissan."
Jyrki led a delegation of16 senior ranking union leaders from six countries who took part in a fact finding mission to Canton, Mississippi in October 2014. The mission corroborated the claims of intimidation and other labor rights abuses highlighted in the OECD case, and heard testimony from workers about ongoing management interference with freedom of association.
Final statement: http://www.state.gov/e/eb/oecd/usncp/links/rls/236972.htm
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Destination Highlight : Korea
Astounding Korea!
Adorned with marvellous mountains, cool crystal lakes, divine beaches, amazing food, fascinating culture and so much more, it's no wonder that Korea is one of the most popular countries to visit in the world. To find out why thousands of tourists flock to Korea every year, we travel to three very different but distinctively Korean destinations: breathtaking Seorak, well-known capital city Seoul, scenic Chungju and historical Gyeongju.
Sokcho: A diversity of natural wonders
To soak up the diverse land and sea atmosphere, stay at Kensington Resort Seorak Beach that's just minutes from Donghae Beach where you can swim or simply sunbath in front of a view that offers a beautiful view of sky and sea. Located in the Mount Seorak National Park area, the resort is a rare villa-style condominium and tucked into a pleasant landscape of pine trees. From Mount Seorak National Park you can scale up mountain peaks from many picturesque routes to catch a breathtaking sunrise and see many natural wonders such as the Ulsanbawi Peak, Biryong Waterfall, and Geuganggul Cave There is also a cable car that runs from Gwongeum Fortress and climbs to the summit in 10 minutes. Other nearby attractions includes the famous Sokcho Beaach, Singheusa Temple built in AD 652, Injae Naerincheon Ginseng Fields, Cheoksan Hot Springs and Yeongnang Lake. If you visit Seorak in winter, you can see enchanting prismatic ice sculptures at the Snow Festival held at Mount Seorak National Park. Don't leave this delightful province without trying some of its signature dishes. Sokcho is also known for its raw fish dish – hwaleo hoe, so make sure you try it! Sundubu (soft tofu) made from pure Mount Seorak water and seawater is chemical-free and very tasty. And only in Sokcho can you find a unique dish of Sundae that's made with squid instead of pork intestines.
The Seoul of Korean Delights
Boasting fancy modern architecture, stately tradition and an urban culture that ranges from funky individualism to classic modernity, Seoul is surely a distinct infusion of many cultural flavours found all over the entire city. Make for base camp at Somerset Palace that's located in the heart of downtown Seoul – Ganbuk district. This service apartment offers beautiful city views and features many restaurants, shopping and entertainment located right along Insa-Dong and throughout the Jongno-Gu area. Somerset Palace is also boasts a fully-equipped gym, rooftop swimming pool, Jacuzzi and garden, business center services and more.
If you're anxious to indulge in some retail therapy, Seoul has a number of vast (and I mean huge!) shopping districts you can definitely call shopping paradise. You can find anything you want from the famous chic shopping district of Myeongdong to the night markets of Namdaemun, the TechnoMarts in Gangbyeon station to the upscale boutiques of Apjujeong.
Head to Insa-Dong (the perfect place for souvenir shopping!) for a truly Korean evening as Korean dishes there are prepared with fresh seasonal ingredients with much emphasis placed on preserving the ingredients' natural flavours, scents and textures.
Chungju: A mirage of earth and sky
Moving away from the fast city beat, we head to Chungju for a fabulous boat ride in the biggest lake in Korea – Chungjuho. A perfect place to stay is at the Kensington Resort Chungju. The resort offers a wide range of water sports such as waterskiing, hovercraft rides, fishing, hiking, and also has fully-equipped facilities.
Now for the boat ride. The ferries operate in five areas of the lake and reach its final destination at Sindanyang Dock, with the most popular route departing from the Chungju dam and travel across the Eight Sceneries of Danyang. The ride also passes the Cheongpung Ferry Dock where you can see Asia's second highest water fountain.
Other must-do sights here include the Worak National Park and Suanbo Town where you can go hot spring dipping. After your boat ride, you can choose wander around Worak National Park and enjoy a majestic view of colossal rocks and stone peaks littered with Buddhist Shrines and historical sties. There are many hiking trails available and in the summer, you can also enjoy a cruise tour.
Or you can head to Suanbo Town for some hot spring action! This popular destination has even caught the fancy of Korean's emperors and presidents for almost a thousand years.
Gyeongju: Land of a thousand tales
Home to one a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Gyeongju was the capital of the Silla Kingdom for over 1,000 years. There are thousands of well-maintained ancient architecture and relics, making this site a true 'museum without walls'. Stay at the Kensington Resort Gyeongju that features 551 rooms, hot spring saunas, bike rentals and more.
There are many places worth seeing, but it can get expensive as some of the more popular sites have steep admission prices. However many of the sites are within walking distance from each other, making your sightseeing around the city very convenient.
Make it part of your agenda to visit the Gyeongju National Park, Bulkuksa (Buddhist temple), Gyeongju Museum and Sokkulam Cave (grotto). Dedicated to preserve the cultural relics of the Silla Dynasty is Gyeongju National Park, with the Namsan district sporting Buddhist statues, stone Pagodas and nearly 100 temples. Located in the Daebon district is the tomb of King Munmu along with a three-storey stone Pagoda built to honour the great king. The Tohamsan district features the Bulkuksa temple built by King Beopheung of the Silla Dynasty in AD 528. It remained intact for more than 1,000 years before the Japanese destroyed it in 1593.
If you've had your fill of historical grandeur, head to the Folk's Handcraft Village located in Ha-dong, between Bomun Lake Resort and Bulkuksa temple. Here you can find various shops selling traditional handicrafts made from techniques handed down from the Silla Dynasty. From pottery to wood carving, you can observe many craftsmen create their works.
Gyeongju is also famous for her Hwangnam ppang (bread), which is a small ball of sweet red bean paste wrapped with a thin pastry shell, and Gyeongju ppang, which has the sweet red bean paste wrapped with barley bread pancakes instead. Make sure you try them!


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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor gave Chicagoans a closer look into her life on Wednesday, sharing heartfelt details about the stories laid out in her new memoir, "My Beloved World."
She walked through the audience at the Harold Washington Public Library, gently touching people on the shoulder and embracing those who stood to ask her a question.
For someone charged with deciding some of the most important issues in the country, her message to the more than 750 people who came out, some of them forced into an overflow room to watch via video, was that she is no different than they.
Sotomayor wanted them to know that she is "not some god" up there on the bench.
"I want to be honest about my failures. Life is just not easy," Sotomayor said, adding that those in the audience can say the same. "I am hoping that as people read the book, they will be able to talk about that at least to themselves and maybe open up to their friends."
It is rare for Supreme Court justices to open themselves up to the public. But in recent weeks, Sotomayor has freely offered insight into her life, from the disappointments of a young child growing up with an alcoholic father to the ridicule she endured at Princeton University for speaking out for affirmative action.
She has made it clear that it was all of these experiences put her on the path to becoming a Supreme Court justice, the first Latina in America to attain such heights.
Chicago is the latest stop on her multicity tour to promote the memoir, which covers many personal aspects of her life, including her battle with Type 1 diabetes at age 7 and her decision not to have children.
The tour has allowed her to make a personal connection with the public, something she said is necessary in order for people to know that she strives to make the best decisions based on the law.
But the book tour is just one way Sotomayor has connected with the public. Earlier this month, she appeared on CBS' "60 Minutes," taking correspondent Scott Pelley on a tour of her old Bronx, N.Y., neighborhood. At one point, she stopped on a corner and pointed out the public housing project she lived in and greeted a current resident in Spanish.
Shortly after that, Sotomayor, 58, stood on the steps of the White House and administered the oath of office to Vice President Joe Biden, marking another historic first for Hispanics.
And last week, she was in Beverly Hills, Calif., answering questions from actress Eva Longoria in front of a live audience.
She has made no secret of the fact that she often disagrees with Justice Clarence Thomas, the court's only African American, on the issue of affirmative action. Instead of hiding from it, she has embraced the role affirmative action played in her life.
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In his introduction, Mayor Rahm Emanuel described Sotomayor as someone who has brought a "heartbeat" to the Supreme Court. At the end, she opened it up for questions, and then she spent another hour signing books.
Seven-year-old Tabbie Major, of Chicago's Austin neighborhood, wanted to know what her favorite book was at that age.
The judge lifted the young girl and gave her a hug.
Then she stood over her, with a hand resting on the girl's shoulder, and answered, "Nancy Drew" because she lived in a different world than hers.


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$15 for 2 Tickets to Margarita Trail Virtual Finale Party
- Regular Price$30
- Savings50%
Today's Houston Deal
$15 for $30 at Cyclone Anaya's Mexican Kitchen
Regular Price$30
You Save50%
Time Remaining00:00:00 -267169105
Company Info
Cyclone Anaya's713-520-6969 | Website
Cyclone Anaya's - Durham1710 Durham
Houston, TX 77009
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- Cyclone Anaya's wants to thank Houston for all the support and say Happy Mother's Day with this exclusive deal.
- Houston Press Best of Houston 2011 - Readers' Choice - Best Margarita.
- Houston Press Best of Houston 2010 - Readers' Choice - Best Ceviche.
- Among Robb Walsh's Top 11 Houston Restaurant Openings of the Decade.
- Among Culture Maps Houston's best bottomless brunches.
- "In a city with little sense of its own history, this place is a treasure" - Robb Walsh.
- The history of Cyclone Anaya's: Cyclone Anaya started his professional wrestling career at age 17 when he became the Champion of Mexico.
- Cyclone Anaya's has a well-earned reputation for legendary margaritas made with Blue Agave Tequila.
- Visit http://www.cycloneanaya.com for Events, Gifts and Newsletters.
Fine Print
- Expires 11/14/2012.
- Voucher cannot be redeemed until the day after deal closes.
- May purchase one per person, two additional as gifts.
- One per couple, per visit.
- Valid for all Houston locations, must choose location at the time of purchase.
- May redeem vouchers beginning Monday, May 14, 2012.
- Offer excludes daily specials.
- Excludes alcohol.
- Valid for dine-in only.
- See the fine print that applies to all deals.
Additional Information
After becoming the wrestling champion of Mexico and making a dramatic impact on the pro-wrestling circuit in the U.S., then overcoming an injury in the ring, Cyclone Anaya went into the restaurant business for the family as they all pulled together. This story should help you understand why Robb Walsh named Cyclone Anaya's one of the top 11 Houston restaurant openings of the decade. Accept the joint's sincerest gratitude for the city's patronage by experiencing this gem courtesy of today's deal of $30 worth of fare for just $15.
Founded in 1966, this world-class Mexican kitchen serves up handmade, gourmet eats that are carefully prepared from scratch using quality ingredients and more than just a little love. Favorite fare in the Cyclone arsenal includes the Houston Press Readers' Choice Award winner for Best Ceviche, decadent lobster enchiladas in chardonnay cream sauce, lump crabmeat nachos and succulent carne asada tampiquena. Bring extra cash though, because their legendary Best of Houston Readers' Choice Award-winning Blue Agave Tequila margaritas are required drinking. The joint also does a bang-up job on brunch with "bottomless mimosas and poinsettias and a mean migas con fajita," according to CultureMap.
Today's deal is valid at all four Houston locations: Woodway Drive, Gray Street, Durham Drive and City Centre. Treat yourself to better, gourmet Mexican eats and see why Robb Wash said, "In a city with little sense of its own history, this place is a treasure," at Cyclone Anaya's.
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5/10/2012 9:34am
The deal states "One per couple, per visit" so if I am dining alone will I not be able to use this offer? Or if I am with a party that has any odd number ,say five, and two vouchers are use (for the couples) again will I not be able to use my voucher because I am by my self?
5/10/2012 7:42am
OMG I have the same question
5/10/2012 7:44am
Anitra, this offer is valid for $15 for $30. The purchase limit is one and two as gifts. The use limit is one per couple per visit. So if you have a table of 5, yes you would be able to use 3 vouchers. Please remember to be kind to your servers, Cyclone Anaya's is excited to see you!
5/10/2012 9:50am
Is this good for lunch specials too correct?
5/10/2012 9:54am
Hi Nancy, this deal is valid for all times of the day, however per the fine print, this offer excludes daily specials. Thank you!
5/10/2012 10:28am
Alison, thanks for responding to my question however you did not address if the offer is valid for me if I am dining alone. So if I am by myself will I not be allowed to use this voucher?
5/10/2012 10:01am
Hi Anitra, this offer is valid for one person dining alone. As with all VOICE Daily Deals, the voucher must be used in one visit and holds no cash value. The "one per couple per visit" explains that two people dining together may use only one voucher at a time. With your example, if five people were dining together, three vouchers may be used, one for each couple, and one for the fifth person. Tax and gratuity is not included, please be good to your servers. Thank you!
5/10/2012 10:33am
My wife doesn't dine out...only at home. I routinely dine out and take food home to her. Can I do that with this offer?
5/10/2012 10:04am
Hi Randy, per the fine print listed above, this offer is valid for dine-in only. Thank you!
5/10/2012 11:18am
Can the deal be used during happy hour?
5/10/2012 10:07am
Hi Diana, this deal is valid for all times of the day, however per the fine print, this offer excludes alcohol and daily specials. Thank you!
5/10/2012 11:38am
I just purchased one. It hasn't come in my email yet -- how long does it take? It took me from the "confirm purchase" button to the "now share the deal" button. Hmm?
5/10/2012 11:40am
oops, I guess I had to print it from the "account" button. Sorry, spoke too soon.
5/10/2012 9:58am
Thanks Teresa!
5/10/2012 1:52pm
I generally go for lunch, but never spend 30 by myself...... do I have to spend the whole 30 at once?
5/10/2012 1:59pm
Hi Adrian! This voucher must be used in one visit, but you may use a voucher for you and a friend as this is good for one couple. Enjoy!
5/10/2012 4:05pm
5/10/2012 2:06pm
Arian, you may use it if you are by yourself but it must be used in one visit, no change is given on the Vouchers.
5/11/2012 6:48am
Quick question...when prompted to select a location upon purchasing this deal, does that make the deal valid solely for the location that I chose??
5/11/2012 5:42am
Dominique, Yes the voucher will only be valid at the location you select.
5/11/2012 12:10pm
I bought a Cyclone Anya's certificate yesterday but did not receive a notification on my e mail confirming the purchase. Could you check on this for me. Murray
5/11/2012 10:14am
Hi William! These can sometimes get caught in your spam folder. But, you can view/print your vouchers in the 'My Account' tab. Hope this helps, thank you!
5/12/2012 8:09am
I brought 2 voucher by my phone. When i want to redeemed it, can i use and show my phone instead of a printed copy?
5/12/2012 11:42am
Hi Monica, thank you for your purchase! Please redeem a printed copy of your VOICE Daily Deal voucher for redemption tracking purposes. Thank you!
5/14/2012 3:30pm
I paid $15.00 on May 10th. When will I receive some sort of coupon or verification of my purchase?
5/14/2012 1:44pm
Hello Randy! Sometimes the purchase confirmation can get stuck in your spam folder, but you can view/print your vouchers at any time by clicking on the 'My Account' tab. Thank you!
6/11/2012 8:10am
Hello I used my deal over the weekend. I understood the deal to read you get $30 worth of food for $15, however I only received $20 worth. The guy said for every $30 you spent you got $15 off, but he gave us $20 off. I called the number on the deal and left a messege, but no one has returned my call. Please let me know if my thought process is correct or was the bartender correct? My bill was $43 and I was prepared to only pay $13 sicne the deal said $30. ($43-$30=$13) Thanks, Charmaine
8/15/2012 10:46am
Hello! Can someone assist by telling me if my voucher was redeemed or if its still available for use?
8/15/2012 9:29am
Hello Kodi! This voucher that you gifted to your friend has not been used yet. Thank you!
8/15/2012 12:22pm
Thanks Rayann!
8/15/2012 5:20pm
Is there a way for me to print the voucher out because I previously sent the voucher as a gift to a friend so she can print it for me since I didn't have access to a printer at that time, also I misplaced the voucher that was previously printed
8/16/2012 8:19am
Kodi, just login to your account and you can un-gift the voucher and you can print it. Thanks!
8/16/2012 11:24am
Thanks again Rayann!
8/16/2012 9:35am
No problem, have a wonderful day!
11/26/2012 5:01pm
My voucher expired before I used it - how do i get a refund?
11/26/2012 3:04pm
Hello Matthew! If you miss the expiration date on your deal, take heart, all is not lost! While the additional discounts are no longer available after the expiration date, the paid portion of the voucher will not expire until five years from the expiration date printed on the voucher. Thank you!
1/3/2013 10:29pm
Hello, In response to the paid portion of the voucher not expiring until five years later, how to I go about using my expired voucher at this point? Would I take the expired voucher into the restaurant to redeem the $15? If not, what are the steps at this point? Thank you.
1/4/2013 8:31am
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In The Court of Appeals
Ex parte: Stephen E. Lipscomb, Ron Safko, and L. K. Harrell, III, Appellants,
In re:
Glenn Y. Hollis, Jr., John E. Hollis, Joseph R. Robinson, Janette H. Robinson, Respondents,
Stonington Development, LLC, Appellant.
Appeal From Richland County
L. Casey Manning, Circuit Court Judge
Opinion No. 4961
Heard January 25, 2012 – Filed April 4, 2012
George Verner Hanna, IV, William Saltzman, and Timothy Quinn, all of Columbia, for Appellants.
H. Freeman Belser, of Columbia, for Respondents.
WILLIAMS, J.: Stonington Development, LLC (Stonington), Stephen Lipscomb (Lipscomb), Ron Safko (Safko), and L.K. Harrell, III (Harrell) (collectively, Appellants) appeal the circuit court's order of civil contempt and assessment of attorney's fees against them for Stonington's failure to abate the discharge of sediment-laden storm water onto the Hollis's and Robinsons' (collectively, Respondents) residential properties. We reverse.
Stonington is the developer of a residential subdivision in the Blythewood area of Columbia, South Carolina. Respondents own properties immediately downstream from Stonington's development. On July 29, 2005, Respondents filed suit and asserted several causes of action against Stonington on the grounds that Stonington damaged their properties as a result of increased stormwater runoff and siltation from the development project. On April 6, 2007, after a four-day trial, a jury returned a verdict against Stonington for $400,000 in actual damages and $3,500,000 in punitive damages.[1] Respondents then filed a separate lawsuit against Lipscomb, Stonington's majority shareholder, to pierce Stonington's corporate veil. Lipscomb, in turn, joined Harrell and Safko as third-party defendants.[2]
After the April 6, 2007 jury verdict, Respondents elected to proceed under a private nuisance cause of action and accordingly moved to enjoin Stonington from discharging sediment-laden stormwater onto Respondents' properties. On September 17, 2007, the circuit court issued a Form 4 order granting Respondents' motion for a permanent injunction, and in a subsequent, formal order dated June 26, 2008, enjoined Stonington "from discharging sediment-laden stormwater onto [Respondents'] property and causing damage thereto." The circuit court then held the injunction was "binding upon Stonington Development, LLC and its officers, agents, employees, and members" in accordance with Rule 65(d), SCRCP. The same day, Respondents personally served the injunction on Stonington, Lipscomb, Harrell, and Safko.
Neither Stonington nor its members filed a Rule 59(e), SCRCP, motion to reconsider the injunction, nor did they appeal the issuance of the injunction. On September 11, 2008, Respondents filed a motion to hold Stonington and its members in civil contempt for willfully disregarding the court's prior injunction. The circuit court issued a rule to show cause on November 6, 2008, which was served on Stonington and each member. After one continuance, the circuit court held a hearing on April 14, 2009, at which time Respondent Janette Robinson (Robinson), Kevin Lee (Lee) of the Stonington Homeowners' Association, and Lipscomb testified.
During the hearing, Robinson testified that when it rained, muddy water entered Respondents' ponds by way of an unnamed tributary. She stated a seventy-two inch pipe coming out the back of Stonington's stormwater management system fed into this tributary. The sediment and discharge from the pipe discolored the water and caused erosion of the soil and ponds on Respondents' properties. When questioned, Robinson stated Respondents did not attempt to remediate the problems because it was Stonington's problem to fix. Robinson acknowledged Stonington laid hay bales and erected three sets of silt fences along the sewer line between the properties but stated siltation was not an issue in those areas. She testified she was aware Lipscomb hired Carolina Erosion Control to abate the problem of siltation. In addition, Robinson stated she had not taken any engineers to the property since the trial to assess where the siltation was coming from and had taken no samples from the pond since the date of trial. However, she stated Respondents failed to take any remedial action by removing the silt from the ponds because there "was no sense in cleaning out the pond until the problem is stopped." Robinson submitted numerous photographs of Respondents' ponds and wetlands to document her complaints and support her testimony.
Kevin Lee, chair of the Advisory Committee for the Stonington Homeowners' Association, testified at the hearing. He testified he had lived in Stonington for four years. During that time, he saw the development erect silt fences, lay hay bales, and he observed contractors in different areas attempting to remediate the siltation issues. Lee observed siltation in the sediment pond in Stonington's development as well as the main pond behind Stonington's clubhouse but acknowledged he had never been to Respondents' properties or ponds. Lee claimed the lawsuit forced Stonington to financially abandon the Homeowners' Association, which adversely affected the quality of the development and the homeowners' property value.
Lipscomb also testified about efforts he undertook on behalf of Stonington to abate the siltation and stormwater issues. He stated:
I've had – there's been three separate engineers to look over the plans. And I've also hired professionals to keep the necessary silt fencing and dams in place. And I also had some – another professional company to monitor that. And I hired – I asked all around and I hired the best people recommended – that I could get recommended in the state.
The circuit court excluded the reports from Carolina Stormwater Services due to the engineer's failure to appear at the hearing. However, Lipscomb testified Carolina Stormwater Services inspects the property and issues a report to him every seven days. He stated Carolina Stormwater Services also engineered a silt rock dam to prevent sediments from the stormwater pipes from entering Respondents' ponds. Lipscomb admitted there were other actions that could be taken to ameliorate the situation, but because of his inability to further develop upper lots in the development as a result of the injunction, the land surrounding Respondents' property that was contributing to the problems could not be fully stabilized.
After viewing photographs submitted by both parties and hearing the foregoing testimony, the circuit court issued an order on September 28, 2009, finding Stonington and its members in contempt of court. In the contempt order, the circuit court found Stonington, Lipscomb, Safko, and Harrell jointly and severally liable for compensatory contempt based on Stonington's "minimal efforts . . . to stop the siltation and increased runoff problems." The circuit court fined Stonington and its members $25,000 to be paid to Respondents. It also authorized Respondents to submit a motion and supporting affidavit for reasonable attorney's fees and costs specifically incurred as a result of Respondents' efforts to enforce the injunction. Respondents then submitted a motion for attorney's fees and costs, and the circuit court ordered Stonington, Lipscomb, Safko, and Harrell to pay Respondents $52,695, which included $25,000 in compensatory contempt as well as $27,695 in attorney's fees and costs. Stonington, Lipscomb, Safko, and Harrell submitted Rule 59(e), SCRCP, motions for both orders, which the circuit court denied. This appeal followed.
"A decision on contempt rests within the sound discretion of the [circuit] court." Floyd v. Floyd, 365 S.C. 56, 71, 615 S.E.2d 465, 473 (Ct. App. 2005). It is within the circuit court's discretion to punish by fine or imprisonment every act of contempt before the court. Miller v. Miller, 375 S.C. 443, 454-55, 652 S.E.2d 754, 760 (Ct. App. 2007). On appeal, this court should reverse the contempt decision only if it is without evidentiary support or the circuit court abused its discretion. Floyd, 365 S.C. at 71-72, 615 S.E.2d at 473.
A. Contempt
First, Appellants argue the circuit court erred in holding them in contempt because Respondents failed to present clear and convincing evidence that Appellants intentionally disregarded or willfully disobeyed the injunction. We agree.
"Contempt results from the willful disobedience of a court order, and before a court may find a person in contempt, the record must clearly and specifically reflect the contemptuous conduct." Widman v. Widman, 348 S.C. 97, 119, 557 S.E.2d 693, 705 (Ct. App. 2001). "A willful act is one . . . done voluntarily and intentionally with the specific intent to do something the law forbids, or with the specific intent to fail to do something the law requires to be done; that is to say, with bad purpose either to disobey or disregard the law." Ex parte Cannon, 385 S.C. 643, 661, 685 S.E.2d 814, 824 (Ct. App. 2009). "Once the moving party has made out a prima facie case [for contempt], the burden then shifts to the respondent to establish his . . . defense and inability to comply with the order." Id. "If, through no fault of his own, the contemnor is unable to obey a court order, the contemnor cannot be held in contempt." Id. "Civil contempt must be [shown] by clear and convincing evidence." Poston v. Poston, 331 S.C. 106, 113, 502 S.E.2d 86, 89 (1998).
We find Respondents failed to present clear and convincing evidence at the rule to show cause hearing that Stonington and its members willfully and intentionally disobeyed or disregarded the circuit court's injunction.
Both Robinson and Lipscomb agreed that Stonington's efforts have not stopped all discharge of sediment-laden stormwater onto Respondents' property. As such, Stonington has failed to do everything required by the terms of the injunction. However, Stonington's failure to do so does not necessarily render it in contempt. Our case law is clear that contempt is only proper when a party voluntarily and intentionally disobeys or disregards a court order. See Ex Parte Kent, 379 S.C. 633, 637, 666 S.E.2d 921, 923 (Ct. App. 2008) (holding that a willful act is one "done voluntarily and intentionally with the specific intent to do something the law forbids, or with the specific intent to fail to do something the law requires to be done; that is to say, with bad purpose either to disobey or disregard the law").
Lipscomb testified he hired consultants and workers to monitor Respondents' property and to erect fencing, rock dams, and hay bales. Although Robinson testified the efforts Lipscomb made were insufficient because they did not alleviate the siltation and stormwater runoff issues, she acknowledged the presence of the silt fencing and hay bales and was aware of Stonington's hiring of consultants and engineers to address the stormwater and siltation issues. Furthermore, Lee's testimony that he saw Stonington erect silt fences and lay hay bales and observed contractors in different areas attempting to remediate the siltation issues supports Stonington's contention that it made good faith efforts to abide by the terms of the injunction.
A good faith attempt to comply with the court's order, even if unsuccessful, does not warrant a finding of contempt. See Abate v. Abate, 377 S.C. 548, 554, 660 S.E.2d 515, 519 (Ct. App. 2008) (holding father's failure to give child medication during summer visitation, despite court's order to do so, did not warrant a finding of contempt because father made a good faith effort to comply with the order so that his disobedience was not willful); Burnell v. Burnell, 359 S.C. 361, 365-66, 597 S.E.2d 24, 26-27 (Ct. App. 2004) (finding the family court erred in holding mother in contempt because mother made good faith effort to comply with joint custody order); see also State v. Spare, 374 S.C. 264, 270, 647 S.E.2d 706, 709 (Ct. App. 2007) (finding trial court erred in revoking probation for failure to pay restitution because probationer was making progress, albeit slow, toward paying his restitution obligation, which negated the trial court's finding that probationer willfully failed to comply with order). Because the evidence does not clearly and convincingly prove Appellants intentionally violated the mandates of the injunction, we find the circuit court's contempt order was without evidentiary support, and thus, we reverse the circuit court's decision to hold Stonington, Lipscomb, Harrell, and Safko in contempt.[3]
B. Attorney's Fees
Appellants raise several grounds in support of their argument that the circuit court erred in assessing attorney's fees against Stonington as well as Lipscomb, Harrell, and Safko. Because the award of attorney's fees was predicated on the circuit court's finding of contempt, we reverse the award of attorney's fees. See Myers v. Myers, 391 S.C. 308, 321, 705 S.E.2d 86, 93-94 (Ct. App. 2011) ("[I]t is not improper for this court to reverse an attorney's fees award when the substantive results achieved by trial counsel are reversed on appeal.").
Accordingly, the circuit court's ruling is
SHORT and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.
[1] Stonington appealed several aspects of the underlying punitive damages award in Hollis v. Stonington Dev., LLC, 394 S.C. 383, 714 S.E.2d 904 (Ct. App. 2011). This court affirmed the denial of the directed verdict motion on punitive damages and the jury charge on punitive damages but found the imposition of a $3.5 million dollar punitive damages award excessive and accordingly reduced the award to $2 million dollars. Id. at 407, 714 S.E.2d at 917.
[2] The suit to pierce Stonington's corporate veil in that action is not before this court on appeal.
[3] We need not address any of Appellants' remaining arguments on the circuit court's contempt ruling because our determination on this issue is dispositive; thus, we decline to address those remaining issues in this appeal. See Futch v. McAllister Towing Inc., 335 S.C. 598, 613, 518 S.E.2d 591, 598 (1999) (ruling an appellate court need not review remaining issues when its determination of a prior issue is dispositive of the appeal).


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Education Department Announces Resolution of Civil Rights Investigation of Christina School District in Wilmington, Del.
Education Department Announces Resolution of Civil Rights Investigation of Christina School District in Wilmington, Del.
The U.S. Department of Education announced today the successful resolution of a compliance review at the Christina School District in Wilmington, Del., the largest school system in the state.
An investigation by the department's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) established that African-American students were disciplined more harshly and more frequently because of their race than similarly situated white students at the elementary, middle and high school levels.
"Discrimination in the application of discipline policies is inherently wrong and all too common," said U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan. "Enforcing civil rights law is one of our most profound responsibilities, but our Office for Civil Rights also stands ready to work proactively with districts on strategies to prevent discipline-related discrimination before it occurs."
A resolution agreement between the district and OCR concludes this significant, proactive civil rights enforcement action.
The resolution affords the district the opportunity to improve its disciplinary system so that all students will receive equitable treatment under policies and procedures that will lead to less frequent exclusionary discipline and increased educational opportunities.
In announcing the agreement, Seth Galanter, acting assistant secretary for civil rights, said, "We conducted a comprehensive and robust investigation, and the district gave us their full cooperation. Today's agreement will go a long way toward preventing any further discrimination in the implementation of discipline."
Under the agreement the district will:
- Ensure to the maximum extent possible that misbehavior is addressed in a manner that does not require removal from school;
- Collaborate with experts on research-based strategies designed to prevent discrimination in the implementation of school discipline;
- Provide students who engage in disruptive behaviors with support services designed to decrease behavioral difficulties;
- Review and revise the disciplinary policies, and implement disciplinary practices that will effectively promote equity in discipline;
- Provide training for staff and administrators on the disciplinary policies, and implement programs for students, parents and guardians that will explain the district's disciplinary policies and behavioral expectations;
- Effectively address school climate issues; and
- Improve the disciplinary data collection system in order to evaluate discipline policies and practices.
OCR will monitor this agreement until it determines that the district has fulfilled the terms of the agreement and is in compliance with Title VI.
Enforcement of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is one of OCR's top priorities. To view the resolution letter text, click here. For a copy of the agreement text, click here.


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