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8 U.S. Code § 1229a - Removal proceedings
(a) Proceeding
(1) In general
An immigration judge shall conduct proceedings for deciding the inadmissibility or deportability of an alien.
(2) Charges
(3) Exclusive procedures
Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, a proceeding under this section shall be the sole and exclusive procedure for determining whether an alien may be admitted to the United States or, if the alien has been so admitted, removed from the United States. Nothing in this section shall affect proceedings conducted pursuant to section 1228 of this title.
(b) Conduct of proceeding
(1) Authority of immigration judge
The immigration judge shall administer oaths, receive evidence, and interrogate, examine, and cross-examine the alien and any witnesses. The immigration judge may issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and presentation of evidence. The immigration judge shall have authority (under regulations prescribed by the Attorney General) to sanction by civil money penalty any action (or inaction) in contempt of the judge's proper exercise of authority under this chapter.
(2) Form of proceeding
(A) In general
The proceeding may take place—
(3) Presence of alien
If it is impracticable by reason of an alien's mental incompetency for the alien to be present at the proceeding, the Attorney General shall prescribe safeguards to protect the rights and privileges of the alien.
(4) Alien's rights in proceeding
In proceedings under this section, under regulations of the Attorney General—
(A) the alien shall have the privilege of being represented, at no expense to the Government, by counsel of the alien's choosing who is authorized to practice in such proceedings,
(B) the alien shall have a reasonable opportunity to examine the evidence against the alien, to present evidence on the alien's own behalf, and to cross-examine witnesses presented by the Government but these rights shall not entitle the alien to examine such national security information as the Government may proffer in opposition to the alien's admission to the United States or to an application by the alien for discretionary relief under this chapter, and
(5) Consequences of failure to appear
(A) In general
Any alien who, after written notice required under paragraph (1) or (2) of section 1229 (a) of this title has been provided to the alien or the alien's counsel of record, does not attend a proceeding under this section, shall be ordered removed in absentia if the Service establishes by clear, unequivocal, and convincing evidence that the written notice was so provided and that the alien is removable (as defined in subsection (e)(2) of this section). The written notice by the Attorney General shall be considered sufficient for purposes of this subparagraph if provided at the most recent address provided under section 1229 (a)(1)(F) of this title.
(B) No notice if failure to provide address information
(C) Rescission of order
Such an order may be rescinded only—
(i) upon a motion to reopen filed within 180 days after the date of the order of removal if the alien demonstrates that the failure to appear was because of exceptional circumstances (as defined in subsection (e)(1) of this section), or
(ii) upon a motion to reopen filed at any time if the alien demonstrates that the alien did not receive notice in accordance with paragraph (1) or (2) of section 1229 (a) of this title or the alien demonstrates that the alien was in Federal or State custody and the failure to appear was through no fault of the alien.
The filing of the motion to reopen described in clause (i) or (ii) shall stay the removal of the alien pending disposition of the motion by the immigration judge.
(D) Effect on judicial review
Any petition for review under section 1252 of this title of an order entered in absentia under this paragraph shall (except in cases described in section 1252 (b)(5) of this title) be confined to
(6) Treatment of frivolous behavior
The Attorney General shall, by regulation—
(A) define in a proceeding before an immigration judge or before an appellate administrative body under this subchapter, frivolous behavior for which attorneys may be sanctioned,
(B) specify the circumstances under which an administrative appeal of a decision or ruling will be considered frivolous and will be summarily dismissed, and
(C) impose appropriate sanctions (which may include suspension and disbarment) in the case of frivolous behavior.
Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as limiting the authority of the Attorney General to take actions with respect to inappropriate behavior.
(7) Limitation on discretionary relief for failure to appear
Any alien against whom a final order of removal is entered in absentia under this subsection and who, at the time of the notice described in paragraph (1) or (2) of section 1229 (a) of this title, was provided oral notice, either in the alien's native language or in another language the alien understands, of the time and place of the proceedings and of the consequences under this paragraph of failing, other than because of exceptional circumstances (as defined in subsection (e)(1) of this section) to attend a proceeding under this section, shall not be eligible for relief under section 1229b, 1229c, 1255, 1258, or 1259 of this title for a period of 10 years after the date of the entry of the final order of removal.
(c) Decision and burden of proof
(1) Decision
(A) In general
At the conclusion of the proceeding the immigration judge shall decide whether an alien is removable from the United States. The determination of the immigration judge shall be based only on the evidence produced at the hearing.
(B) Certain medical decisions
If a medical officer or civil surgeon or board of medical officers has certified under section 1222 (b) of this title that an alien has a disease, illness, or addiction which would make the alien inadmissible under paragraph (1) of section 1182 (a) of this title, the decision of the immigration judge shall be based solely upon such certification.
(2) Burden on alien
In the proceeding the alien has the burden of establishing—
(A) if the alien is an applicant for admission, that the alien is clearly and beyond doubt entitled to be admitted and is not inadmissible under section 1182 of this title; or
(B) by clear and convincing evidence, that the alien is lawfully present in the United States pursuant to a prior admission.
In meeting the burden of proof under subparagraph (B), the alien shall have access to the alien's visa or other entry document, if any, and any other records and documents, not considered by the Attorney General to be confidential, pertaining to the alien's admission or presence in the United States.
(3) Burden on service in cases of deportable aliens
(A) In general
In the proceeding the Service has the burden of establishing by clear and convincing evidence that, in the case of an alien who has been admitted to the United States, the alien is deportable. No decision on deportability shall be valid unless it is based upon reasonable, substantial, and probative evidence.
(B) Proof of convictions
In any proceeding under this chapter, any of the following documents or records (or a certified copy of such an official document or record) shall constitute proof of a criminal conviction:
(iv) Official minutes of a court proceeding or a transcript of a court hearing in which the court takes notice of the existence of the conviction.
(v) An abstract of a record of conviction prepared by the court in which the conviction was entered, or by a State official associated with the State's repository of criminal justice records, that indicates the charge or section of law violated, the disposition of the case, the existence and date of conviction, and the sentence.
(vi) Any document or record prepared by, or under the direction of, the court in which the conviction was entered that indicates the existence of a conviction.
(C) Electronic records
In any proceeding under this chapter, any record of conviction or abstract that has been submitted by electronic means to the Service from a State or court shall be admissible as evidence to prove a criminal conviction if it is—
(i) certified by a State official associated with the State's repository of criminal justice records as an official record from its repository or by a court official from the court in which the conviction was entered as an official record from its repository, and
(ii) certified in writing by a Service official as having been received electronically from the State's record repository or the court's record repository.
A certification under clause (i) may be by means of a computer-generated signature and statement of authenticity.
(4) Applications for relief from removal
(A) In general
An alien applying for relief or protection from removal has the burden of proof to establish that the alien—
(B) Sustaining burden
The applicant must comply with the applicable requirements to submit information or documentation in support of the applicant's application for relief or protection as provided by law or by regulation or in the instructions for the application form. In evaluating the testimony of the applicant or other witness in support of the application, the immigration judge will determine whether or not the testimony is credible, is persuasive, and refers to specific facts sufficient to demonstrate that the applicant has satisfied the applicant's burden of proof. In determining whether the applicant has met such burden, the immigration judge shall weigh the credible testimony along with other evidence of record. Where the immigration judge determines that the applicant should provide evidence which corroborates otherwise credible testimony, such evidence must be provided unless the applicant demonstrates that the applicant does not have the evidence and cannot reasonably obtain the evidence.
(C) Credibility determination
Considering the totality of the circumstances, and all relevant factors, the immigration judge may base a credibility determination on the demeanor, candor, or responsiveness of the applicant or witness, the inherent plausibility of the applicant's or witness's account, the consistency between the applicant's or witness's written and oral statements (whenever made and whether or not under oath, and considering the circumstances under which the statements were made), the internal consistency of each such statement, the consistency of such statements with other evidence of record (including the reports of the Department of State on country conditions), and any inaccuracies or falsehoods in such statements, without regard to whether an inconsistency, inaccuracy, or falsehood goes to the heart of the applicant's claim, or any other relevant factor. There is no presumption of credibility, however, if no adverse credibility determination is explicitly made, the applicant or witness shall have a rebuttable presumption of credibility on appeal.
(5) Notice
If the immigration judge decides that the alien is removable and orders the alien to be removed, the judge shall inform the alien of the right to appeal that decision and of the consequences for failure to depart under the order of removal, including civil and criminal penalties.
(6) Motions to reconsider
(A) In general
The alien may file one motion to reconsider a decision that the alien is removable from the United States.
(B) Deadline
The motion must be filed within 30 days of the date of entry of a final administrative order of removal.
(7) Motions to reopen
(A) In general
An alien may file one motion to reopen proceedings under this section, except that this limitation shall not apply so as to prevent the filing of one motion to reopen described in subparagraph (C)(iv).
(B) Contents
The motion to reopen shall state the new facts that will be proven at a hearing to be held if the motion is granted, and shall be supported by affidavits or other evidentiary material.
(C) Deadline
(i) In general Except as provided in this subparagraph, the motion to reopen shall be filed within 90 days of the date of entry of a final administrative order of removal.
(ii) Asylum There is no time limit on the filing of a motion to reopen if the basis of the motion is to apply for relief under sections [1] 1158 or 1231(b)(3) of this title and is based on changed country conditions arising in the country of nationality or the country to which removal has been ordered, if such evidence is material and was not available and would not have been discovered or presented at the previous proceeding.
(iii) Failure to appear The filing of a motion to reopen an order entered pursuant to subsection (b)(5) of this section is subject to the deadline specified in subparagraph (C) of such subsection.
(iv) Special rule for battered spouses, children, and parents Any limitation under this section on the deadlines for filing such motions shall not apply—
(I) if the basis for the motion is to apply for relief under clause (iii) or (iv) of section 1154 (a)(1)(A) of this title, clause (ii) or (iii) of section 1154 (a)(1)(B) of this title,, [1] section 1229b (b) of this title, or section 1254 (a)(3) of this title (as in effect on March 31, 1997);
(II) if the motion is accompanied by a cancellation of removal application to be filed with the Attorney General or by a copy of the self-petition that has been or will be filed with the Immigration and Naturalization Service upon the granting of the motion to reopen;
(III) if the motion to reopen is filed within 1 year of the entry of the final order of removal, except that the Attorney General may, in the Attorney General's discretion, waive this time limitation in the case of an alien who demonstrates extraordinary circumstances or extreme hardship to the alien's child; and
(IV) if the alien is physically present in the United States at the time of filing the motion. The filing of a motion to reopen under this clause shall only stay the removal of a qualified alien (as defined in section 1641 (c)(1)(B) of this title [2] pending the final disposition of the motion, including exhaustion of all appeals if the motion establishes that the alien is a qualified alien.
(d) Stipulated removal
The Attorney General shall provide by regulation for the entry by an immigration judge of an order of removal stipulated to by the alien (or the alien's representative) and the Service. A stipulated order shall constitute a conclusive determination of the alien's removability from the United States.
(e) Definitions
In this section and section 1229b of this title:
(1) Exceptional circumstances
The term "exceptional circumstances" refers to exceptional circumstances (such as battery or extreme cruelty to the alien or any child or parent of the alien, serious illness of the alien, or serious illness or death of the spouse, child, or parent of the alien, but not including less compelling circumstances) beyond the control of the alien.
[1] So in original.
[2] So in original. A closing parenthesis probably should appear.
Source(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 4, § 240, as added Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III, § 304(a)(3),Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–589; amended Pub. L. 106–386, div. B, title V, § 1506(c)(1)(A),Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1528; Pub. L. 109–13, div. B, title I, § 101(d),May 11, 2005, 119 Stat. 304; Pub. L. 109–162, title VIII, §§ 813(a)(1), 825(a),Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 3057, 3063.)
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (a)(3), (b)(1), (4)(B), and (c)(3)(B), (C), was in the original, "this Act", meaning act June 27, 1952, ch. 477, 66 Stat. 163, known as the Immigration and Nationality Act, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1101 of this title and Tables.
Section 1254 of this title, referred to in subsec. (c)(7)(C)(iv)(I), was repealed by Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III, § 308(b)(7),Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–615.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 240 of act June 27, 1952, was renumbered section 240C, and is classified to section 1230 of this title.
2006—Subsec. (c)(7)(A). Pub. L. 109–162, § 825(a)(1), inserted before period at end ", except that this limitation shall not apply so as to prevent the filing of one motion to reopen described in subparagraph (C)(iv)".
Subsec. (c)(7)(C)(iv). Pub. L. 109–162, § 825(a)(2)(A), (B), substituted "spouses, children, and parents" for "spouses and children" in heading and "Any limitation under this section on the deadlines for filing such motions shall not apply" for "The deadline specified in subsection (b)(5)(C) of this section for filing a motion to reopen does not apply" in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (c)(7)(C)(iv)(I). Pub. L. 109–162, § 825(a)(2)(C), which directed substitution of ", section 1229b (b) of this title, or section 1254 (a)(3) of this title (as in effect on March 31, 1997)" for "or section 1229b (b) of this title", was executed by making the substitution for "or section 1229b (b)(2) of this title", to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Subsec. (c)(7)(C)(iv)(IV). Pub. L. 109–162, § 825(a)(2)(D)–(F), added subcl. (IV).
Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 109–162, § 813(a)(1), substituted "battery or extreme cruelty to the alien or any child or parent of the alien, serious illness of the alien," for "serious illness of the alien".
2005—Subsec. (c)(4) to (7). Pub. L. 109–13added par. (4) and redesignated former pars. (4) to (6) as (5) to (7), respectively.
2000—Subsec. (c)(6)(C)(iv). Pub. L. 106–386added cl. (iv).
Effective Date of 2006 Amendment
Pub. L. 109–162, title VIII, § 813(a)(2),Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 3058, provided that: "The amendment made by paragraph (1) [amending this section] shall apply to a failure to appear that occurs before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act [Jan. 5, 2006]."
Effective Date of 2005 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 109–13effective May 11, 2005, and applicable to applications for asylum, withholding, or other relief from removal made on or after such date, see section 101(h)(2) ofPub. L. 109–13, set out as a note under section 1158 of this title.
Effective Date of 2000 Amendment
Pub. L. 106–386, div. B, title V, § 1506(c)(1)(B),Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1528, provided that: "The amendment made by subparagraph (A) [amending this section] shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 304 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1229–1229c) [Pub. L. 104–208]."
Effective Date
Section effective, with certain transitional provisions, on the first day of the first month beginning more than 180 days after Sept. 30, 1996, see section 309 ofPub. L. 104–208, set out as an Effective Date of 1996 Amendments note under section 1101 of this title.
Subsec. (c)(3)(B), (C) of this section applicable to proving convictions entered before, on, or after Sept. 30, 1996, see section 322(c) ofPub. L. 104–208, set out as an Effective Date of 1996 Amendments note under section 1101 of this title.
Abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service and Transfer of Functions
For abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service, transfer of functions, and treatment of related references, see note set out under section 1551 of this title.
Elimination of Time Limitations on Motions To Reopen Deportation Proceedings for Victims of Domestic Violence
Pub. L. 106–386, div. B, title V, § 1506(c)(2),Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1528, as amended by Pub. L. 109–162, title VIII, §§ 814(a), 825(b),Jan. 5, 2006, 119 Stat. 3058, 3064, provided that:
"(A)(i) In general.—Notwithstanding any limitation imposed by law on motions to reopen or rescind deportation proceedings under the Immigration and Nationality Act [8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.] (as in effect before the title III–A effective date in section 309 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 [Pub. L. 104–208] (8 U.S.C. 1101 note))—
"(I) there is no time limit on the filing of a motion to reopen such proceedings, and the deadline specified in section 242B(c)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (as so in effect) (8 U.S.C. 1252b (c)(3)) does not apply—
"(aa) if the basis of the motion is to apply for relief under clause (iii) or (iv) of section 204(a)(1)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1154 (a)(1)(A)), clause (ii) or (iii) of section 204(a)(1)(B) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1154 (a)(1)(B)), orsection 244(a)(3) of such Act (as so in effect) (8 U.S.C. 1254 (a)(3)); and
"(bb) if the motion is accompanied by a suspension of deportation application to be filed with the Secretary of Homeland Security or by a copy of the self-petition that will be filed with the Department of Homeland Security upon the granting of the motion to reopen; and
"(II) any such limitation shall not apply so as to prevent the filing of one motion to reopen described in section 240(c)(7)(C)(iv) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229a (c)(7)).
"(ii) Prima facie case.—The filing of a motion to reopen under this subparagraph shall only stay the removal of a qualified alien (as defined in section 431(c)(1)(B) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1641 (c)(1)(B))[)] pending the final disposition of the motion, including exhaustion of all appeals if the motion establishes that the alien is a qualified alien.
"(B) Applicability.—Subparagraph (A) shall apply to motions filed by aliens who are physically present in the United States and who—
"(i) are, or were, in deportation or exclusion proceedings under the Immigration and Nationality Act [8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.] (as in effect before the title III–A effective date in section 309 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note)); and
"(ii) have become eligible to apply for relief described in subparagraph (A)(i) as a result of the amendments made by—
"(I) subtitle G [§ 40701 et seq.] of title IV of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–322; 108 Stat. 1953 et seq.) [see Tables for classification]; or
"(II) this title [see Short Title of 2000 Amendment note set out under section 1101 of this title]."
References to Order of Removal Deemed To Include Order of Exclusion and Deportation
For purposes of this chapter, any reference in law to an order of removal is deemed to include a reference to an order of exclusion and deportation or an order of deportation, see section 309(d)(2) ofPub. L. 104–208, set out in an Effective Date of 1996 Amendments note under section 1101 of this title.
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Recycling Tips
Big Red is going green! The University of Nebraska Athletic Department has increased recycling efforts and continues to take great pride in improving efficiency efforts on the University's campus and at all athletic events. Anyone can help simply by putting recyclables in the green bags.
The Go Green for Big Red 2012 effort had 31 volunteers contribute around 70 hours of volunteer hours to help us save more than 1200 lbs of recyclables from entering the landfill. Go Green for Big Red is an ongoing effort, and we ask everyone to do their part. On game days, simply look for the green bags. Whether you're tailgating around Memorial Stadium or enjoying the game inside Memorial Stadium, please place all recyclables in the green bags that can be found throughout the stadium.
In terms of an Athletic Department's commitment to recycling and sustainability, Nebraska is once again becoming a leader. Most recently, Nebraska was second in the Big Ten in the Game Day Recycling Challenge, recycling 4,000 lbs at one game. Nebraska Athletics, along with Recycling Enterprises and Pepsi, has steadily increased recycling efforts since the start of our partnership in 2009. Each football season, nearly 20,000 pounds of plastic is recycled. We will have a new program going into effect in the fall of 2012 that will increase our diversion rate to 95 percent. Next year, with the new recycling program in effect, Nebraska will be able to average 5,700 pounds per game of recyclables, which is 40,000 lbs of material that will be recycled during football seasons at Memorial Stadium. Sustainability and recycling programs are certainly not new to athletics, but Nebraska commitment to continue to be greener is a leading force in college athletics. By obtaining a mixed solid waste permit from the NDEQ (Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality), Recycling Enterprises will be able to sort recyclable materials from the waste in order to recycle as much as possible.
The Nebraska Athletic Department has improved its recycling efforts across campus. Athletic staff members have access to recycling bins on all floors of Memorial Stadium. Memorial Stadium now features an increased number of recycling containers at all events. Nebraska has also increased its post game recycling efforts at Memorial Stadium, as a staff is in place that is strictly dedicated to Memorial Stadium post-event cleanup. The recycling efforts at Memorial Stadium are co-sponsored by UNL Athletics, Pepsi and Recycling Enterprises of Nebraska. Also, on football game days at Memorial Stadium,
balloon released in Memorial Stadium is 100 percent natural latex
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we do not use plastic tabs to tie off the balloons.
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monitor the effects, if any, of our time-honored tradition.
Increased recycling containers can also be found at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Nebraska has even made effort to improve efficiency in their concessions operations. The University has transitioned to recyclable serving ware, cups and napkins. Nebraska has also repurposed almost $500,000 in furniture instead of throwing it away. Again, it's easy to do your part. If you're on the UNL campus or attending an athletic event, just throw your recyclables in the green bags.
Fans are encouraged to contact Maggi Thorne, Assistant Director of Capital Planning and Construction, with any questions at 402-472-1000 or email@example.com. Please read below to learn more about recycling efforts at Nebraska's different athletic venues.
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'Canes stay unbeaten with win over Pilgrim
The Warwick Vets unified basketball team squared off with Pilgrim last Wednesday, with the 'Canes coming out on top to improve to 4-0 on the season. The Pats dropped to 0-4. Vets will be back in action on Wednesday, when it goes to Coventry for a 9:15 a.m. game. Pilgrim will host Toll Gate at 9:15 on Thursday.
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In the July 18 edition of the Sun Advocate letters to the editor, my old friend Walt Borla took exception to my previous letter that I had written and that the paper had printed.
This is what is great about the freedom democracy and the freedom of the press along with many other rights and freedoms we enjoy in this great land of America.
Walt has the right to disagree with me and I have those same rights to disagree with him and still argue and debate the same issue while still remaining old friends. And neither of us proving which is right or the other wrong.
It goes back to the first inaugural address that Thomas Jefferson made when he said Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle.
There is no way either of us can prove which one is right or which is wrong at this time. But if Al Gore becomes president of the United States his action will prove Mr. Borla right. That is because he will be promoting what Walt is writing about. And you the kind readers will suffer from his decisions.
To the readers of this letter, now is the time for you to email Senators Bennett and Hatch demanding they recall the Wilderness Act and the Endangered Species Act which was promoted and pushed by the Democrats. It has become a vicious tool in the hands of the radical environmentalists.
They had often used it to stop the oil and gas companies to proceed in developing and producing petroleum products which would make us self sustaining in terms of our energy use.
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In the terminal, in your window manager, or on the site?
Is there any chance of getting the usual option to configure the date display especially? The MM-DD-YYYY is confusing when you are used to DD-MM-YY(YY).
In the terminal, in your window manager, or on the site?
Sorry. I thought I was being clear. I mean the forum. I'd like to choose the date format displayed on the forum. It's a fairly standard option but I can't find it here.
I'm pretty sure it's a forum specific setting. If it was anywhere, it would be in profile options.
I've added an "English - UK" option with the new format. It's in your profile options.
You are too kind.
FYI, this is how the date displays in the first post in this thread:That's using the usual Western or UTF-8 encodings.%16-%10-%07, 07:00 AM
How about now?
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The Temporary Travel Office produces a variety of services relating to tourism and technology aimed at exploring the non-rational connections existing between public and private spaces. The Travel Office has operated in a variety of locations, including Missouri, Chicago, Southern California and Norway.
the science of driving directions
How do Mapquest and Google maps work and where did they come from? Nick Paumgarten investigates in this article on the science of driving directions in a recent issue of the New Yorker.
Summary of the Mobile Studio Web Conference, May 26, 2006
The Challenges of Curating Net Art
Summary of the Mobile Studio The Challenges of Curating Net Art Web Conference, May 26, 2006: After several attempts to connect all four parties with the festoon video conferencing system, which seemed to run quite unstable as a beta version, we switched over to the skype audio conferencing module.
Helen Thorington from Turbulence.org in Boston opened the discussion with a quote by Steve Dietz: "Internet art projects are art projects for which the net is both a sufficient and necessary condition of viewing/ expressing/ participating." This brought the talk immediately into the question of what net art actually is, versus new media versus contemporary art and what it means to all of us to work with this terminology.
Call For Work: State of Exception
Studio 27, a micro-cinema showcasing experimental media in the San Francisco Bay Area, is looking for recent short videos and films. Our next screening, in July, takes its title and theme from the book State of Exception by Georgio Agamben. Agamben describes a political condition that has a compelling contemporary resonance in the United States. In states of siege or war, governmental institutions have justified the suspension of civil law, arguing that the higher law of sustaining the state��'��"�s well-being requires that certain civil liberties be withheld. We are interested in showing documentary and experimental media that responds to this condition, or that opens a dialogue for discussing the necessity or consequences of the current administration��'��"�s direction. We welcome work from all sides of the political spectrum.
Possible themes might include: human rights and responsibilities, conditions of crisis that are under-represented, the impact of terrorism on everyday life, subversive action and celebration, the degradation of basic civil liberties, the resurgence of racism and discrimination, nationalism and xenophobia, $ymbols for a better tomorrow, new techniques for keeping the public anxious or apathetic, how enhanced surveillance technologies are eroding our privacy, immigration and alienation, and incarceration without due process.
For more information on our ongoing quarterly series visit www.studio27.org
We will accept work under 30 minutes in length on data DVDs (as a Quicktime movie file, especially for digital animations), playable DVDs (all region), or MiniDVs (ntsc).
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I think I first heard the slang "hairy" in Apocalypse Now. The American Heritage says: "Fraught with difficulties; hazardous: a hairy escape; hairy problems." In the anoted Wordworth edition of Joyce's Dubliners it says, "too hairy: experienced, canny." Have you ever heard this slang to be used in this sense? Joyce's sentence reads thus: "She doesn't know my name. I was too hairy to tell her that." Could it be that the editor(s) made a mistake and it was "it" instead of "I" which then would mean closer to the sense we know of the slang? or what?
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"hairy" is usually in reference to something that is tagled/problematic and is negative.
The main reference to it is usually "a hairy situation". It just means something that is not easily solved or possibly dangerous.
This of course is the American usage, James Joyce is a crazy Irishman who died long ago, and while I'm positive his usage made sense to him, I have never once heard "hairy" used in the context you found.
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While I can easily understand the term as a reference to (sexual) maturity, it's a new one to me, also.
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Wildlife Resources has planted 200 chukars in Southeastern Utah.
On Saturday, Sept. 29, chukar hunters in southeast Utah will begin a long-awaiting event-- the opening of the annual chukar partridge hunt. Southeast Utah is home to one of the most prolific, cagey and delicious upland game species in the state.
In order to make opening weekend much more attractive to hunters of all ages, Division of Wildlife Resources biologists will have planted 200 pen-raised chukars throughout a number of locations in Castle Country, immediately before the hunt. Stocking locations include the Gordon Creek Wildlife Management Area west of Price; the Farnum Road, southeast of Wellington; the south side of Cedar Mountain near the Jim Wilson Reservoir; the upland area adjacent to Millsite State Park; and finally Miller's Canyon, east of the town of Emery.
The truckload of 200 chukars will augment an earlier release of 200 birds, which were planted during the youth chukar hunt a week earlier.
Pen-raised birds and existing wild populations are expected to provide opportunities for shots and chukars in the bag. This may help even the playing field, where chukars have at a distinct advantage, relying on their instinctive wariness, camouflage and forbidding terrain. Prime chukar habitat is steep, rocky terrain, where they scramble around rocks and boulders to escape danger. They would rather run than flush front of a hunter, which would provide an easier target for the wing shooter.
A chukar's only weakness is its gregarious nature. They will sometimes give away their location by responding to commercially made calls. Besides the advantage offered by artificial calls, a bird dog can help immeasurably by locating recently used trails and coveys of birds. Well-trained dogs will allow the gun handler to get into position, before plunging in to flush the covey.
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PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - While the older generation tends to hold onto traditions more tightly, the younger generation appears more open to change and that is helping same sex marriage gain more acceptance.
It was the voice of that younger generation that helped turn the tide for same sex marriage from a six-percentage point loss in 2009, to a six-percentage point win last year.
Will and Arlene Brewster grew up in a time when gay marriage wasn't even on the radar. The general thought was that it was wrong and it would never be something that was legalized.
"I think a lot of that is cultural, some of it is religious and they look to scripture", said Will Brewster, a retired Episcopal minister.
Religiously speaking, marriage was between a man and a woman, end of story.
"I don't think young people believe that any more, I don't think I believe that any more, I know I don't," said his wife Arlene.
Will and Arlene became strong supporters of same sex marriage after learning that their son is gay. While members of their own generation may still struggle with this issue, they have come to see how the younger generation views the subject much differently.
"My own generation there were some difficulties with that, but our children and their friends have no issue with it at all," Will said.
David Farmer was the communications director of the successful campaign that legalized same sex marriage. He says it appears the generational gap on this issue is closing.
"Younger people are much more supportive of allowing same sex couples to marry. But what we've seen in Maine and I think it's being replicated across the country is growing acceptance across demographic groups", Farmer said.
Farmer said besides strong support from younger voters the measure also needed support from many voters who had a change of heart since the 2009 vote that repealed same sex marriage in Maine.


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David Cronenberg film Cosmopolis, starring Robert Pattinson, takes place in a spectral world of global capital, digital information and virtual reality; based on a book by Don DeLillo, the film merges the distinctive sensibilities of a filmmaker and novelist who have both been called prophetic. MORE
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Don DeLillo got the idea for his new book, "Point Omega," when he happened upon Douglas Gordon's video installation "24 Hour Psycho" at the Museum of Modern Art.February 4, 2010 booksNews
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After eight novels, Don DeLillo has written his first play, "The Day Room." What the play is about, he says, "is performance and perception - it's about acting, in a peculiar way, not acting as a craft, but acting as a model of human identity."December 20, 1987 artsNews
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OGDENSBURG The same system that gave Ibrahim M. Abdulghani his spirituality is now taking it away.
The 41-year-old Ogdensburg man is a practicing Rastafarian, and smokes marijuana as religious sacrament, often accompanied by Bible study. On Wednesday, that sacrament was taken away after he was put on probation for a February arrest.
Visibly disturbed in court when he was told he had to stay away from any illicit substances, including marijuana, Mr. Abdulghani said he was going to be left in bad standing with the Lord.
In the days following, Mr. Abdulghani has had time to reflect on his conversion to Rastafarianism, the spiritual significance to him of smoking ganja and his struggle to prevail over a court system he says forces him to choose between God and jail.
The federal government, as well as several Western states with substantial Indian populations, exempts religious use of peyote from criminal narcotics laws; however, a 1990 Supreme Court ruling allows governments to prosecute those who use illegal drugs even in religious rituals without violating the First Amendment right of religious freedom. Marijuana use remains illegal in New York.
On a sunny Friday afternoon, sitting on the floor of his 315 Belmont Courts apartment, Mr. Abdulghani tucked the dreadlocks he started growing 16 years ago, when he converted to Rastafarian, back into his Rasta beanie.
Ganja, marijuanas ancient name, is a tradition of my ancestors, and we call it by its ancient name because we have ancient rights over it as a people, Mr. Abdulghani said. The ganja is older than the Constitution. The Sanskrit, where it is written, is older than the Constitution, so how can the Constitution outlaw a culture before its time, before its existence? It was the opinion of man that outlawed marijuana.
Mr. Abdulghani, a New Jersey native, was raised by a Muslim father and a Rastafarian mother and, at age 18, he converted to Rastafarianism from Islam and legally changed his name from Lester Gilliam to Ibrahim Abdulghani, a name his parents had called him from a very young age.
I started Rasan, and after I started Rasan I had gotten into trouble and had to go cut my hair and go to boot camp. As you know, I have a regular record, he said.
At the age of 25, Mr. Abdulghani was charged with the class C felony of criminal possession of a controlled substance and was sent to the Moriah Shock Incarceration Correctional Facility, a minimum security state prison in the hamlet of Mineville, Essex County.
When I was in Shock, it taught me about family values, core values of living, and when I got out, I realized that if I wanted to be righteous, noble and at peace with myself, I have to accept who I am, Mr. Abdulghani said.
He said he found himself more in tune with the practices of the Rastafarian movement and said his family taught him that the religious sacraments are the most important things and that he should never give them up, because if he were to do so, he would be lost.
So on Wednesday, when he was in court, where he pleaded not guilty to possession or transportation of unstamped cigarettes, he said he was placed in a situation that made him choose between God and jail. He was charged in February with possession of 10,080 individual untaxed cigarettes , a class E felony.
As a condition of his pretrial release on probation, Mr. Abdulghani is not allowed to test positive for marijuana; otherwise, he can find himself behind bars.
If I practice what I believe gets me closer to my lord, I am going to be incarcerated, he said. So now I have to decide between God and jail, and thats not fair because that is like saying I have to choose between heaven and hell.
He said the 30-day period that it takes for marijuana to get out of his system is 30 days for his god to leave him.
It takes a whole moon cycle, and that is what makes weed so spiritual, Mr. Abdulghani said. It is against my culture to use drugs, and when they gave me that drug test Wednesday, I tested positive for one thing and one thing only, and that was marijuana because it was a religious sacrament. I believe that ganja is the key and the cure to my mind, body and spirit, and he took that right from me to choose my sacrament with the Lord.
Mr. Abdulghanis wife, Danielle C., said her husband feels so strongly about not using narcotics that even after major surgery that left a scar up his back, he turned down a prescription for Vicodin.
Mrs. Abdulghani said that in the 12 years they have been together, he has always only smoked marijuana, and she considers their life together a normal one, with her husbands smoking a part of that.
She added that not smoking has changed him. Hes not like how he is now, Mrs. Abdulghani said, referring to his state of duress. He is a totally different dad, hes a totally different husband, and hes a totally different person. This is not him. Its just not him.
Mrs. Abdulghani said she disapproves of drugs in general as she has seen the impact they have had on her community.
We live here and we have to see it every day, so for him to do what he does, its normal, Mrs. Abdulghani said. It doesnt affect our children. They never see it.
Mr. Abdulghani said that he always has referred to smoking as his ancient rights, and that his wife accepted him for who he was because he was a spiritual man, and that was the person she fell in love with.
He added that he was informed by Family Court that he was able to smoke ganja as a religious sacrament; however, he would not be able to be left alone with his children until 24 hours after he last smoked.
Now, being ordered not to smoke at all, Mr. Abdulghani said, he feels as if he has had his culture beat out of him.
Then they send you to a program that tells you that you are now a drug addict, and the only thing you are is a Rastafarian, a spiritualist, he said. They have taken away your spirituality, your way of getting answers.
Mr. Abdulghanis way of getting answers comes in the form of carving wooden staffs or walking sticks.
I zone out and I get in touch with my ancestors by doing ancient relic carvings. I smoke and I get creative, Mr. Abdulghani said. A mind without its sacraments and thats uncreative cant get in touch with its lord. I mean, how can you when something has been taken away from your lord?
The absence of smoking has broken his creativity, he said.
The understanding that it created within me and has always been with me, I have never been without it, Mr. Abdulghani said. This is the first time in my life that I have ever been made to stop using the substance that I consider sacred.
Mr. Abdulghani said he believed that until he is found guilty, he should be able to practice his religious rights.
If it is the separation between church and state, how can the state get involved with a religious sacrament while there is supposed to be a separation between the two? he asked.
Since he has been told he no longer can smoke marijuana, Mr. Abdulghani has been spending a significant amount of time in the courts law library, and even at home he sits on his floor and sifts through the pages of Blacks Law Dictionary, 6th Edition.
It got me very, very, very upset, and so I have been looking up things on ancestral rules and things that I can use to fight for my right to still smoke, he said. I understand that if you think Im guilty, but dont take away my culture. Its the same as cutting my hair. Why am I put in a Christian institution thats against my culture and tells me that my god, myself and my ancestors are all drug addicts, when we are not; we are people of peace?
What is Mr. Abdulghanis next move?
Im gonna fight, he said. Im gonna fight and Im not going to give up. Because I believe that I should not be separated from God or his sacraments.
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AUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Maine House Republicans have elected Rep. Kenneth Fredette of Newport to be the House Minority Leader for the next two years.
Fredette, who is serving his second term in the House, said he will work to put young Republicans and women in leadership roles in the caucus, and emphasize bipartisaship.
"I think that [bipartisanship] is critical," said Fredette. "We have work to do. We have people out there that are hurting, and we need to be thinking about them first."
Fredette represents District 25, which includes Corinna, Corinth, Exeter, Newport, and Plymouth.
Challenging Fredette were former House Speaker Rep. Robert Nutting of Oakland, and Rep. Paul Davis of Sangerville.
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Hundreds of people rallied on the Portland waterfront Saturday in what was billed as the largest protest yet against a possible plan to pipe tar sands oil from Canada through Vermont and New Hampshire into Maine. As Maine Public Radio's Susan Sharon reports, activists want the federal government to order a full assessment of any future project.
Hundreds rally in Portland to protest against a possible plan to pipe tar sands oil from Canada into Maine.
Critics of tar sands oil say it's heavier and more corrosive than traditional crude. And because it needs to be pumped at high pressure and diluted with chemicals they worry about the potential for a spill.
The Portland Montreal Pipe Line Company already has a presidential permit that allows for the transportation of oil across the U.S.-Canadian border, but it does not specify tar sands oil. Maine 1st District Rep. Chellie Pingree, a Democrat, says she'll ask the Obama administration to require a new permit application and a full environmental review before tar sands oil is allowed to be shipped.
"Let's just say here and now that Exxon Mobile shouldn't be allowed to go ahead with a risky scheme without a presidential permit, and I don't believe the facts will support one," Pingree told the crowd.
The president of the Portland Montreal Pipe Line Co. says there are no current plans to bring tar sands oil to Maine, but he says that could be a future option and it can be done safely. The New England Petroleum Council says tar sands oil is no more dangerous or dirty than convential crude oil.
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David G. Forcione, MD is the Associate Director of Interventional Endoscopy at Massachusetts General Hospital and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Forcione's has clinical expertise is in all aspects of Interventional Endoscopy, with particular focus on endoscopic evaluation of the pancreas and bile ducts, diagnosis and treatment of Barrett's esophagus, and management of early gastrointestinal malignancies. Dr. Forcione sees patients at MGH in Danvers and in Boston.
PublicationsKaraca C, Turner B, Forcione,DG, Brugge W. The Accuracy of EUS in the Evaluation of Small Gastric Subepithelial Lesions. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 71(4),722-727. 2010 Apr 17.
Telford JJ, Carr-Locke DL, Baron T, Poneros JM, Bounds BC, Kelsey PB, Schapiro RH, Huang, CS, Lichtensetin DR, Jacobson BC, Saltzman JR, Thompson CC, Forcione DG, Gostout CJ, Brugge WR. A randomized trial comparing uncovered and partially covered self-expandable metal stents in the palliation of distal malignant biliary obstruction. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 72(5) 2010 Nov. 18.
Genevay M, Mino-Kenudson M, Yaeger KA, Konstantinidis I, Ferrone C, Thayer S, Fernandez-del Castillo C, Sahani D, Bounds B, Forcione DG, Brugge WR, Pitman MB. Cytology Adds Value to Imaging Studies for Risk Assessment of Malignancy in Pancreatic Mucinous Cysts. Annals of Surgery (in press) 2011.
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CANAAN – The UCA Crusaders took to the road Tuesday night to face off against Canaan, but unfortunately both teams came home emptied handed, with the boys losing 66-48, and the girls falling 69-25.
To the boys game first. After trailing by 22 at half, Coach Tony DelaBruere said his team "came out ready to play in the 2nd half;" and that they, "had a certain game plan and they executed it in the 2nd half."
United Christian had 3 players score in double figures, led by Paul Samaan's 22, Dale Martell and Jon DelaBruere each chipped in with 12.
ST.ALBANS–The Falcons' boys basketball team traveled to Franklin County Tuesday night to face BFA St. Albans, and despite a strong outing, fell to the Bobwhites 52-49.
"It was a very exciting game," said coach Bonvechio, "We played some of our best basketball, especially in the second quarter."
After finishing the first quarter trailing by three, North Country came out flying in the second, outscoring the opposition 23-9, and took a 33-21 lead into the break.
In the third quarter it would be miscues and missed chances that would allow the Bobwhites to creep back into the game.
NEWPORT–The scoreboard said it all on Monday night when the North Country girls basketball team laid waste to the Missisquoi Valley Union Thunderbirds 53-18.
A game like that, while fun for the players on the winning side, can be a double edged sword for the victorious coach.
"It's nice to get points on the board and it is nice to get a win, especially when we are playing the best in the state every night, but unfortunately it ( a blow out) doesn't prepare us to get ready for what we are going to see, but it is nice to get the win," said coach Brown.
ORLEANS- It was not pretty and it was not the same type of Lady Rangers basketball the Ranger faithful have been used to over the past 5 years, but in the end it was the same result Thursday night when the Lyndon Institute Vikings traveled to Don Harter Gym: An LR Win!
NEWPORT CITY – The United Christian Academy Crusader's hosted the Craftsbury Academy Charger's Saturday morning, but it was the Charger's walking away with the victory 31-25.
NEWPORT – In the second game of the double-header, the UCA and Craftsbury boys faced off against each other on Saturday. For the fans that stuck around to see the second game they were treated to a great contest. The Crusaders entered the game still in search of their first win on the season and Craftsbury entered the contest fresh off beating Chelsea Thursday night. After a stellar first half, the Chargers pulled away with a convincing victory 69-45.
NEWPORT–In the game of hockey sometimes you have to be a little bit lucky. Wednesday night at the Ice Haus, BFA St. Albans goaltender Andre Morin had the luck of the Irish going for him as the North Country Falcons hit two crossbars amidst a flurry of third period pressure en route to a 3-1 loss in their home opener.
"This was a big time game for us," said coach Andrew Roy, "they came out firing hard, but we adapted well and I am happy about that.
LYNDON–It was not the start that North Country girls basketball team had hoped for on Wednesday night as the team fell to Lyndon Institute 42-37.
"They wanted it a lot more than we did and it was visible," said coach Christiane Brown after the loss.
The team came out and took an 8-7 lead after one quarter, but signs were showing early that LI was not going to go away. The Vikings were hot to trot in the second, dropping fifteen point on the Falcons and taking a 21-16 lead into the half.
NEWPORT–It has been a long time coming for the North Country boys basketball team. Victories were few and far between last season for the Falcons, and on Tuesday night the boys shed the weight of last year with a 70-65 win in their season opener against Lyndon Institute.
"It was nice to get a win this early in the season," said Coach Brian Bonvechio.
The Falcons used their long range attack along with a twenty-eight point performance from Caleb Prue, and nineteen from Clint Provoncha to topple their foes from down south.
ORLEANS – The Lake Region Rangers kicked off their 2011-2012 campaign Tuesday night, with a match-up against the rival Hazen Wildcats. The Rangers started off strong, building a commanding halftime lead, before finally putting away the Wildcats after a furious comeback.
Before the contest Lake Region held a moment of silence in honor of Kaylanne Matten, who tragically lost her life last week. Her parents Justin and Nichole Matten attended Lake Region.


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By RICHARD SHAWSun Advocate community editor
Last Tuesday morning I found myself in the middle of one of what will probably the most remembered news event in Carbon County this year: the bank robbery at Wells Fargo in Helper.
I had been in the town earlier in the day and had just arrived at my office when I heard the call over the scanner. In the course of a month we often hear false alarms about robberies on the scanner, usually because someone hit the wrong button behind a bank or credit union counter and set off the alarm. From the beginning I knew this was different. The report had come in as a 911 call.
I jumped in my car, got on the bypass road and headed back to Helper. Of course when I am in a hurry I seem to get behind every slow driver in the county, but in this case I found myself with a wide open road. Far behind me I could see the flashing red lights of police cars coming up quickly despite my slightly right on the speed limit motion. I moved over into the right lane and two highway patrolmen passed me at quite a clip.
When I arrived in Helper I saw one of the cars that had passed me just off the freeway, about at the middle of the parkway. The other one was at the Helper exit. The patrolmen were watching the parkway for anything they could see.
As I pulled near the outdoor equpment display behind the Western Mining and Railroad Museum, I saw Price police cruisers and county sheriff vehicles parked by each other in the parking lot. I pulled over there and saw one Price officer armed with a shotgun and a county sheriff deputy with an M-16. I have to admit, I was nervous with those big guns out, because I usually encounter these guys at accident scenes or somewhere around town doing something much more tame.
I talked with them for a minute and then walked down the street where some Adult Probation and Parole officers had pulled up. Across the street at the bank were Helper Police personnel.
Soon the dogs showed up, and as I walked nearby taking photos, they began their search of the parkway. In the group that was searching along that asphalt path behind Claudio, the Utah Highway Patrol's search and drug dog, were personnel from almost every law enforcement agency that I could think of existed in the county.
This is the way it should be, and we are lucky, because in many places in this state police agencies work only in their own interest and not in that of the citizens. In doing so, they seldom work together, have little in common, and in fact, fight each other (figuratively, not literally, for the most part).
The interesting thing is that no matter the rank, no matter which force they came from and no matter what they were asked to do they all seemed to know their duty, and they cooperated with each other. I saw ranking police officials working right along side fresh faced patrolmen. And often they weren't from the same agency. That says a lot for the police forces in this county.
I know that over the years it hasn't always been this way, even though I never directly witnessed any problems myselt. It has obviously taken a lot of hard work and determination to make this happen. But in the case of Tuesday's crisis, I could see these guys knew what they were doing, and that they had done a lot of cross training to make the problem much less about interagency "empire" disputes and more about catching the bad guys.
Though few of us knew it at the time, within an hour the authorities had suspects in custody and were already moving to recover the stolen money. I realize that this was not a complicated robbery and it appears the suspect was not really armed at all, but no one knew this when they came to the scene of the crime.
From my point of view, the whole operation was a compliment to our local law enforcement agencies operations and organization.


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Jul. 30, 2013
Iran's Pres Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been granted license to start an international university in Tehran after his tumultuous two-term tenure as president ends. MORE
Jul. 16, 2013
Iran's president-elect Hassan Rouhani, during speech in Parliament, paints a bleak picture of country's economy; blames the departing administration of Pres Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for high inflation and unemployment, saying it left much work to be done. MORE
Apr. 30, 2013
Pres Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's record is under fierce attack just six weeks before Iran's presidential election, as politicians and clerics openly take swings at him for his handling of the economy; change in tone signals hardening among Iran's top leadership toward Ahmadinejad, who cannot run for another term but is championing Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei as his successor. MORE
Apr. 16, 2013
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran begins three-nation Africa trip that includes a visit to Niger, leading producer of uranium. MORE
Apr. 10, 2013
Iranian Pres Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces expansion of country's uranium production and claims other atomic energy advances, striking combative tone in aftermath of diplomatic talks; actions emphasize how talks failed to narrow divide between Iran and six world powers that are demanding curbs in its nuclear program. MORE
Apr. 4, 2013
Iran's Pres Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, with only three months left in his last presidential term, is surprising many critics by challenging coalition of traditionalists; has raised series of controversies seemingly intended to reshape his public image and secure support of dissatisfied urban Iranians for his handpicked successor Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei. MORE
Feb. 12, 2013
Ali Larijani, speaker of Iran's Parliament and open rival of Pres Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is pelted with shoes and stones at shrine in Qom, forcing him to cancel speech there; episode occurs less than week after high-profile clash between two men in which Pres Ahmadinejad released video of what he said were secret business dealings involving Larijani's family member. MORE
Feb. 8, 2013
Yemen asks United Nations Security Council to investigate ship Yemeni authorities say they seized in January that was carrying cargo of Iranian-made missiles, rockets and other weapons; Yemeni Pres Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi has asked Pres Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran to stop sending arms to Yemen and supporting southern separatist movement there. MORE
Feb. 7, 2013
Release of Saeed Mortazavi, imprisoned aide to Iran's Pres Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, marks new turn in fight between president and Iran's most influential political family. MORE
Feb. 6, 2013
Pres Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran makes visit to Egypt, first by Iranian leader since two countries broke off diplomatic relations three decades ago, but trip is marred by unscripted attacks on Ahmadinejad. MORE
Feb. 5, 2013
Iranian Pres Mahmoud Ahmadinejad escalates bitter political fight with Iran's most influential political family by disclosing secret film recordings of what he purports are fraudulent business deals in which Parliament chief Ali Larijani took part. MORE
Oct. 23, 2012
Iranian Pres Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accuses Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani, head of powerful judiciary, of protecting high officials, including his brother, from prosecution for corruption; attack publicly unveils bitter rivalry between two men, and signals new fracture in facade of unity as country confronts worsening economic conditions and isolation over disputed nuclear program. MORE
Sep. 28, 2012
Ramin Mehmanparast, spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, is shoved and shouted at by small group of Iranian protestors near the United Nations not long after Pres Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's speech at the General Assembly. MORE
Sep. 25, 2012
Iranian Pres Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stokes the anger of Israel, the United States, Syrian insurgents and gay rights advocates, on the first full day of his final visit to the United Nations as Iran's leader; Ahmadinejad uses a series of public appearances to portray Iran as a principled and upstanding member of the global community. MORE
Aug. 18, 2012
Iranian Pres Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers a violent anti-Israel message on Quds Day, annual Iranian holiday that calls for the Palestinian reclamation of Jerusalem from Israel's control, further stoking tensions between the two countries. MORE
Jul. 31, 2012
Iran's Pres Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suffers embarrassments in two politically delicate judicial cases; four people are sentenced to death in a $2.6 billion embezzlement scandal indirectly linked to top aide of Ahmadinejad's; Supreme Court also orders the dismissal of Saeed Mortazavi, enforcer who helped crush protests that erupted after Ahmadinejad's lopsided 2009 re-election, from his post administering welfare aid in Iran. MORE
Jul. 20, 2012
Iranian Pres Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in his first major speech since a European Union oil embargo took effect, says that the West has begun a battle with Iran by tightening sanctions over its disputed nuclear program. MORE
Jul. 4, 2012
Iranian Pres Mahmoud Ahmadinejad acknowledges that new sanctions imposed by Western powers are the most onerous ever, but says they will have no impact on the Iranian position in a protracted dispute over its nuclear energy activities; comments come as Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps defiantly begins test-firing missiles capable of hitting Israeli and American military bases in the Middle East. MORE
May. 5, 2012
Election officials in Iran report a high voter turnout in runoff parliamentary elections, following a nationwide vote in which the conservatives won a resounding victory; outcome is not expected to provide much, if any, comfort for Pres Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who had a rocky relationship with the departing Parliament. MORE
May. 1, 2012
Iranian Pres Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is enjoying a surge of support and nationalism in territorial feud with the United Arab Emirates over Abu Musa, small island in the Persian Gulf that has about 2,000 inhabitants; for many Iranians, whose country's borders have shrunk in the past 200 years after wars and unfavorable deals by corrupt shahs, dispute is a delicate matter. MORE
Mar. 15, 2012
Lawmakers in Iran subject president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, to an unprecedented interrogation, questioning his economic policies, cabinet appointments and tense relationship with the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a publicly broadcast parliamentary session that seemed intended to humiliate the president in the final few years of his tenure; it is the first time since the 1979 Islamic Revolution that an Iranian president was required to appear before lawmakers to answer their questions. MORE
Mar. 5, 2012
Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's allies win the bulk of seats in Iran's parliamentary elections; Khamenei, who has jousted repeatedly with Pres Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is expected to eliminate the presidential post entirely. MORE
Feb. 8, 2012
Iranian lawmakers muster enough votes to compel Pres Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to testify before them about what they refer to as 'irregularities' related to his handling of the country's struggling economy; summons reflects an unusual display of a domestic power struggle that has been simmering within Iran's conservative hierarchy. MORE
Jan. 7, 2012
Iranian Pres Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's four-nation tour of Latin America is meant to showcase his support in region against a backdrop of international tensions over his country's nuclear program, but the fact that he is not visiting any of the region's economic powerhouses underscores the increasing isolation of his country. MORE
Nov. 23, 2011
Tensions between Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his rivals in the conservative religious hierarchy play out through apparent protest at main government-run newspaper, which publishes photographs of skirmish at its headquarters during arrest of top media official Ali Akbar Javanfekr in lieu of front-page headlines. MORE
Nov. 22, 2011
Simmering rivalry between Iran's Pres Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and powerful adversaries within the conservative hierarchy spill into the open with the brief arrest of a Ahmadinejad's top media adviser Ali Akbar Javanfekr. MORE
Oct. 27, 2011
Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's unusual remarks about eliminating the position of president highlights increasingly bitter struggle within the country's political elite as the leader and his allies continue to try to undercut the powers of Iranian Pres Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. MORE
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September 10, 2014, Wednesday
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Parliament dismissed Iran's science minister on Wednesday over his supposed support for pro-Western voices at universities, dealing a blow to moderate President Hassan Rouhani.
August 21, 2014, Thursday
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London has been gradually moving to restore full diplomatic relations with Iran, whose role in the region is crucial amid the violence in Iraq and Syria.
June 19, 2014, Thursday
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The well-documented mass killings by Sunni militants in Iraq have caused ordinary Iranians to rethink their views of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.
June 18, 2014, Wednesday
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Iran Offers a Window to the West
Given a chance – and a week – to visit Iran, John Moore took to the road in central Iran to see daily life in a place that has opened a bit to the West.
June 4, 2014, Wednesday
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Iran Delivers Surprise, Money, to Jewish Hospital
Accompanying the donation was a message that the Health Ministry would give more attention to hospitals that traditionally serve Christian and Jewish Iranians.
February 7, 2014, Friday
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Youth in Iran: Inside and Out
The photographer Hossein Fatemi explores the contrast between how young Iranians present themselves in public and in private, when they are beyond the watchful eye of the Islamic republic's authorities.
January 16, 2014, Thursday
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The Ayatollah's Disarming Wit
When asking why Iranians tolerate a regime more brutal than the shah's, humor may explain a great deal.
January 14, 2014, Tuesday
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December 16, 2013, Monday
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United States Department of Agriculture Secretary, Thomas J. Vilsack has signed a Secretarial Disaster Designation making 19 Utah counties eligible for federal relief.
The declaration is in response to damage caused by extreme weather conditions such as drought, cold temperatures, high winds, fire, and freezing temperatures that existed in 2008 in the affected counties. The 19 counties are Carbon, Emery, Beaver, Box Elder, Cache, Garfield, Iron, Juab, Kane, Millard, Piute, San Juan, Sevier, Sanpete, Tooele, Utah, Washington, Wayne, and Weber.
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