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I got bonding done 6 months ago, and yesterday the inside corner of my from tooth chipped. I went in today and got it fixed, but after eating a piece of pizza, it chipped again. Should I expect this to happen again if I get it fixed tomorrow?
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Corner of front tooth bonding keeps chipping
I would not say this should be expected to happen that quickly. Often times the products used and the techniques applied to placing the restoration will determine the long term outcome of a filling. Do you need to have it fixed? It depends on how it makes you feel, does it hurt, are you feeling self-conscious about it? It seems to bother you enough to bring you here. I would think, at the very least, your dentist should repair this at no cost to you. Talk with your dentist about your concerns, let him know you are looking for a long term fix. You may discuss other treatment options for this tooth. If this is a large area that has chipped, you may have issues with this tooth frequently. Losing the restoration twice in a year period sometimes tells you an alternative is needed.
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Unfortunately, we hear this complaint from time to time. If the bonding is properly executed than the restoration should not chip this quickly. Its important for the treating dentist to understand the mechanics of the patient's bite and how to properly handle the composite material. The chipped area of the enamel/dentin should be treated with the correct clinical steps to adequately apply the adhesive bonding liquid and resin together. If you do not feel comfortable with your dentist's ability or how often the bonding has chipped or dislodged, than i would consider switching to a new dentist perhaps.
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If you go back to the same dentist who is doing the exact same bonding, you can expect the exact same results. Not every dentist is well-educated and experienced in bonding and in occlusion ( the study of how your upper and lower teeth hit eachother). If that issue is not dealt with correctly, the bonding will probably chip once again.
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Indiana Senate calls for U.S. con con
Does anyone see the danger if the Constitution is "opened" by a con con. A couple of years this narrowly averted in Ohio, as I recall. This post will probably be closed for being a drive-by, but the threat is real, so I'll just call it a heads up for members in Indiana. For those that don't know, a constitutional convention opens the whole Constitution and anything can happen.
It looks like the stated intent is good, and I agree with that intent, but the outcome could be a disaster!
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I don't know what a "limited constitutional convention is." The Constitution doesn't say anything about limiting the scope of what a convention might consider.
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You got it, Kyjim! If the Constitution is opened, any part of could be changed, the Indiana legislature would be only a small part of the voting process. A con con can be bad news and I think Indiana would be the 34th state needed to meet the 2/3 majority requirement.
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*EDIT: After some research, I have discovered that one scholar says that counting proposals over the past two centuries there are 33. Whether that will pass scrutiny is another question. Article V is pretty vague and has never been implemented, and some scholars say that all proposals must be worded exactly the same in order to open a Convention. All in all, there are more questions than answers and it would likely be left to the courts to sort out the requirements of calling an Article V Convention.
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With some of the things the government is doing and trying to do these days, is it any wonder people are afraid and there is such a rash of gun buying going on nationwide ? There seems to be a mass distrust in the government.
If the Constitution is opened there is practically no limit as to the damage that could be done.
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My first thought on this was much like KyJim's post. What is a "limited" constitutional convention? To my (somewhat cynical) ear, it sounds like "trying to have my cake and eating it, too." (by selectively editing out parts of the Constitution as it stands)
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When did 33 states vote in favor of having a "constitutional convention"? And even if that were true, a total of 38 states would have to ratify whatever is done at the convention for it to pass.
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Yeah, I don't recall reading any "limits" on constitutional conventions. A couple of things. First, can you imagine a group of people representing the states that could come together and agree on anything? I don't. Second, if there were a true threat of major changes those currently in power love the system as they profit from it. There is no way they would allow that to happen. They would claim it is treasonous, being held by "terrorist" and I am certain anyone that showed up would be arrested.
I read about all this a while back and discovered, to my surprise, that 33 or so states, indeed, had called for a convention at one point or another. There is no method for rescinding this call once it is made so it could be we only need two more to trigger the constitutional convention.
I am not losing any sleep over the threat of major changes as those in power do not want major changes.
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I am not doubting they want a limited convention, I am questioning under what authority they place these limits. I don't see any "limited convention" option in article 5. I am not a lawyer so maybe I am missing something.
The last time we had a convention it was proposed to amend the current system of government and actually ended up reforming the entire thing.
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While I have very strong opinions that the constitution needed an additional clause or two, with some further clarification on others, I feel that the net gain of reopening it is way too high risk of a situation to consider adding a little needed "punctuation".
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I may dislike Hamilton more then Burr did, so it is probably best I not comment on him and his interpretations further then that
Being that the conventions do not have a charter, and really even if they did, a simple vote of the members present could change those limits. That does not mean the legislatures of the states would approve changes outside of some limit, but who knows?
I think calling a convention has been used in the past to force the Senate and House to act on proposed amendments and I think that is where this process is put to good use. As leverage the states have over the federal government. AS I understand it, the reason this works is because if there is a convention called the federally elected officials lose all their power to control the situation. I think we all know how much the feds love their power and how loathed they are to give any of it up.
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I can't say I think a con con would be more conducive to ANYTHING happening than the 100 or more amendments submitted for consideration in congress almost yearly from what I've read. Sure, we MAY get something loopy though I think that's a long shot. And repeal isn't unheard of.
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I can think of fewer things more frightening than another Constitutional convention.
It would lead to a rewrite of the Constitution to comport with "modern" concerns and principles, and it would be full of holes, compromises, and ultimately, the Bill of Rights would suffer the most.
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America is too divided on every issue. No way 2/3 of all states legislatures will agree on much of anything.
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The Constitution would end up being 8000 pages long, no one would read it before they approved it, nor would they have any clue what it meant.
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This is by far the most terrifying thread I have ever read on this or any other forum.
The very thought of today's politicians reinterpreting the wisdom of our forefathers literally gives me goosebumps and turns my stomach.
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Again, 3/4 of states would have to ratify any proposed amendment "approved" in any constitutional convention or elsewhere.
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And as always, we'll have to pass it to see what's in it.
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Of course a Constitutional convention would be dangerous, but to whom it would be dangerous depends on who controls the conventions. And even if you can get 2/3 of the states to agree to call a convention, whatever it produced would have to be ratified which means you have to get 3/4 of the states to agree with the results.
In the past, when there has been a call for a "Con con", Congress has met the demands in question to alleviate the perceived need.
As to a "limited convention", it was just such a limited convention to fix the Articles of Confederation that produced the Constitution in the first place.
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And as always, we'll have to pass it to see what's in it.
And we must not forget that the Court may read a radically different interpretation into the amendment once it was passed. The Fourteenth Amendment was designed to incorporate the Bill of Rights against the States from it's inception, but years passed before the United States Supreme Court acknowledged that it did little more than grant citizenship to former slaves (which it also intended, but was not limited to). In all honesty, I see a bright future for our country, especially given how well it is performing relative to the European Union. Unfortunately, we have to battle these Constitutional issues today. Oh well. These things happen from time to time.
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Let's break Article V down into its component clauses:
The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution,The above, are the only 2 methods by which the Constitution may be lawfully changed. There are basically 2 legal theories that are prominent in todays thinking.
The first being that the Constitution itself grants leave to be changed by amending it, by one of two methods. This is supported by the following statements within Article V:
which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States,You will notice that ratification, is made by either the State Legislatures or by the people in State Conventions (which can be as simple as a popular vote), as ordered by the Congress. In essence, it is not the people directly that ratify an amendment but by the States, by one of the 2 methods above, as directed by the Congress.
The essence of this first legal theory is that only amendments may be proposed, as the Constitution itself is protected from complete obliteration by its own language. There is therefore, no danger of destruction of the Constitution, by holding a Constitutional Convention (ConCon).
The second legal theory involves the precedent set by the First (and only) ConCon ever held. To that premise, these scholars hold forth Article XIII of the Articles of Confederation which stated:
Every State shall abide by the determination of the united States in congress assembled, on all questions which by this confederation are submitted to them. And the Articles of this confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the union shall be perpetual; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them; unless such alteration be agreed to in a congress of the united States, and be afterwords confirmed by the legislatures of every State.The alteration proposed by the ConCon, was to throw out the Articles of Confederation in its entirety, and substitute not only a new government, but a new Constitution.
So, which theory would actually prevail?
As in so many things, the only explanation that survives analysis is that past behavior can be predicative of future behavior.
The arguments over a ConCon, are many and deal not only with the subject matter of the convention itself but in how the actual application and call is made.
Many contend that once a call is made, a State cannot rescind it's call. Naturally, others contend that a State may rescind its call.
Currently, some people have said that 32 States have open Calls for a ConCon (for the purpose of an amendment for a balanced budget). These same people do not recognize that Alabama, Florida and Louisiana have rescinded their call. If a rescission is valid, then only 29 States have called for a ConCon for that specific purpose.
Then there is the case of Nevada. It made the call (for the reasons above), but later, the Nevada House of Representatives "purged" their call, but not the Senate. Is this call still valid?
Other arguments are over the subject matter of a call. Some say that a call must be made with specific subjects made in the application of the call. Others will argue that a blanket application may be made. Others say that any and all applications, that are still open, must be counted. Which, if true, would mean that we are long past the point that Congress should have made the Call.
What I think we can say with authority, is that once a call, by the US Congress, has been made, the Congress plays no further part nor has any power over what transpires.
While I agree with the Supreme Court1 that Article V is not ambiguous in any way, should the Call ever be made, the actual process of a ConCon is fraught with ambiguity. That should be enough to scare anyone.
1 United States v. Sprague, 282 U.S. 716 (1931): "[A]rticle 5 is clear in statement and in meaning, contains no ambiguity and calls for no resort to rules of construction. . . . It provides two methods for proposing amendments. Congress may propose them by a vote of two-thirds of both houses, or, on the application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the States, must call a convention to propose them."
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While a lot of major British Bridal Brands will be launching their 2013 collections at The White Gallery in May, some global brands have already released some images of their new collections. They include Pronovias, Manuel Mota and La Sposa and we're seeing romantic looks, with vintage-inspired pieces and lots of beautiful embellishment.
Pronovias showed some of the first pieces from its 2013 collection on Valentine's day and showed that next year is the year for flowers, 1920s-inspired looks, textured layers with tulle and classic cuts, including strapless and assymetric.
La Sposa's 2013 pre-colection is filled with pieces covered in microcrystals, layers of fabric and jewelled belts. We loved the simplicity of the cut complemented by the cutest of accessories – short veils, crown-like headpieces and fans.
And while Rosa Clará won't show her new 2013 collection until Barcelona Bridal Week, after last year's surprise with her 1980s gold lamé-inspired looks, 2013 is sure to be no less disappointing. Could it be the big year for 1920s-inspired looks from the Spanish designer?
We'll have to wait and see what comes out, but we're predicting heavy Art Deco and 1920s influence, pretty embellishment and lace lace lace! What about you?


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Santa Barbara, CA, United States, 2016/08/04 - Avesta Housing has adopted cloud-based Yardi Voyager® Affordable Housing as its business platform for its affordable housing management portfolio - AvestaHousing.org / Yardi.com.
Avesta will streamline its property management and accounting processes and replace several pieces of software with the Yardi Voyager Affordable Housing solution stack.
As a nonprofit organization, Avesta Housing describes its technology objectives as a component of the companys overall mission to facilitate communication and service. By replacing disparate software databases with Voyager, Avesta will have faster access to information, a more responsive operating platform, and reduced time managing data. Voyagers resident portal will allow them to engage residents more easily.
We expect Voyager will make us more efficient by improving communication between departments and residents. That efficiency will enable us to spend more time with our residents and achieve successful outcomes, said Chris Kilmurry, director of property management and resident services for Avesta.
As part of the Yardi Voyager solution stack, Avesta has also selected Yardi modules for affordable housing oversight, payment processing, construction management, marketing and resident services using RENTCafé® Affordable Housing. This is a great example of a single-stack approach to software. Centralizing on the Yardi platform has enabled Avesta to eliminate many unnecessary software costs and inefficiencies, said Boone Atkins, Yardis vice president of affordable housing sales.
Avesta Housing is a nonprofit organization based in Portland, Maine. Avesta has grown to become an innovative and respected leader in affordable housing since its start in 1972.
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Avesta Housing (AvestaHousing.org) is a nonprofit affordable housing provider with over 40 years of experience as a leader in affordable housing development and property management in southern Maine and New Hampshire. The organization is headquartered in Portland, Maine and currently has more than 80 properties and 2,000 apartments in its portfolio. Avestas mission is to improve lives and strengthen communities by promoting and providing quality affordable homes for people in need. Its five areas of focus are advocacy, development, property management, home ownership, and assisted living.
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Michaela Schulz went overtime to secure the final point as the Elk River Elks beat Park Center 7-0 at home on Tuesday.
Schulz, at No. 1 singles, handed Ogonna Ojiaku her first loss 6-1, 4-6, 11-9. Ojiaku led 9-7 in the tie-breaker, after Schulz hit long three times, but double-faulted on match point, and Schulz surged to the win.
The Elks won the other six points decisively, giving up just 10 games.
The Elks are 2-0 in conference and 6-1 overall.
"I'm proud of the way the girls have worked hard every day in practice, and have brought their best game to every match we've had so far," said coach LeRoyce Chapman. "But we have a lot of work to do too."
Next for the Elks is the St. Cloud Apollo Invitational on Saturday.
Elk River 7, Park Center 0
(1) Michaela Schulz, ER, def Ugonna Ojiaku 6-1, 4-6, 11-9
(2) Camille Kraljic, ER, def Kathy Huang 6-1, 6-1
(3) Ali May Kuebelbeck, ER, def Kelly Hauge 6-0, 6-0
(4) Jen Koehler, ER, def Ayanna Perry 6-0, 6-0
(1) Taylor Lussier Flescher-Katie O'Connell, ER, def Bao Yang 6-1, 6-1
(2) Becca O'Connell-Hadley Purdey, ER, def Nicola Tade-Kathryn Doan 6-0, 6-4
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Dulce Maria
This acting and singing sensation from Mexico is a major star in much of Latin America thanks to her association with the youth-oriented soap opera Rebelde and its spin-off vocal act RBD. She got her start on the Mexican version of Sesame Street in 1993, and has been a part of other youthful pop acts like Kids and Jeans before landing the role of Roberta Rey on Rebelde in 2004. She also starred on the popular telenovela Clase 406.
AppealAs far as we can figure, Dulce Maria must be the sexiest former cast member ever to emerge from Sesame Street or, in her case, Plaza Sesamo. Her seductive dance moves and that ever-present bare midriff had to be a major reason she and RBD have been nearly as popular with teenage boys as they've been with young girls. It's little surprise then that she was named Mexico's sexiest woman by Quien magazine in 2006, besting perennial favorite hottie Salma Hayek.
SuccessDulce Maria has been a celebrity in her native Mexico since the age of 8. Her career received a boost once she became part of the Rebelde and RBD crew. RBD-mania spread like wildfire throughout Spanish-speaking Latin America and Spain, as well as Brazil, where she and her singing partners are massive stars. They've even managed to make some headway in the U.S., where their albums have made the Billboard charts and received recognition from the Latin Grammy and Billboard Latin Music Awards.
RBD's self-titled debut disc achieved diamond sales status in Mexico and Brazil, and has sold nearly half a million copies in the U.S., even if no English language edition was issued. It went double platinum in Spain, where it topped the charts for five weeks. 2005's Nuestro Amor spent three weeks atop Billboard's Latin Albums Chart, and cracked the Top 100 mainstream chart as well. Celestial (2006) did even better, as it debuted at No. 15 on Billboard's Top 200 -- an impressive feat for a non-English language release. It also won RDB the Billboard Latin Pop Album of the Year by a Duo or Group award.
RBD's massive popularity has also earned Dulce and her singing mates lucrative endorsement deals in Mexico and Brazil. Those include contracts with a clothing line, a perfume, digital cameras, MP3 players, board games, toys, cosmetics, shampoo, and backpacks, among other merchandise. The group's licensing company has confirmed that they've sold more than 350 million bubble gums, 40 million stickers, and 400,000 dolls. Dulce herself signed major deals with Coca-Cola, Garnier, Kotex, and Cklass Shoe Ware all before the age of 20.
Dulce Maria BiographyDulce Maria Espinoza Savinon was born on December 6, 1985, in Mexico City, Mexico. Her career as an actress was launched in 1993 when, at the age of 8, she debuted on Plaza Sesamo, the Mexican version of Sesame Street. She was also featured on other children's shows, such as El Club de Gaby and Discovery Kids during the mid-'90s.
dulce maria joins kidsWhen she was 10, Dulce joined the Mexican pop vocal group Kids. They scored hits with "Prende el Switch" and "La Mejor de Tus Sonrisas" before she and Daniel Habif, her boyfriend at the time, dropped out of the lineup to start their own group in 1999. The duo, who went by the moniker of D&D, broke up before they had the chance to enter the studio to record a single. Dulce continued to make appearances on a number of Mexican TV series during this time, including Huracan, Inesperado Amor and DKDA.
In 2000, she replaced departing singer Angie in the group Jeans, and sang with them on their album 3:45 (Cuarto para las cuatro). That same year she guested on the series Siempre te Amare and Locura de Amor. When she landed the lead role of Marcela "Marce" Mejía on the television series Clase 406 in 2002, she left Jeans to concentrate on acting.
dulce maria on rebeldeMusic still remained a top priority for Dulce as she entered Fermatta, a music school in Mexico City, in the summer of 2004. That October, Mexico's Televisa network premiered the first episodes of Rebelde, a telenovela based on a popular Argentinean soap opera aimed at the youth market. Dulce costarred as Roberta Pardo Rey, and once again became part of a vocal pop act. Made up of the show's main young cast members, RBD quickly became a popular musical act as the show became a phenomenon across Latin America. RBD released the album Rebelde in 2004, followed by Nuestro Amor in 2005. The live DVD Tour Generación RBD en Vivo also saw the light of day that year.
dulce maria in rbd: la familiaThe RBD album Celestial and DVD Live in Hollywood were issued in 2006. The final episode of the series was aired in Mexico in June, while the Univision network in the U.S. broadcast the last show that December. Due to the immense popularity of Rebelde, a spin-off series entitled RBD: La Familia starring Dulce made its debut in 2007. To cash in on the success of the show, a similarly entitled CD as well as a Live in Rio DVD were issued around the time the series premiered.
In May 2007, Dulce and her RBD band mates performed live on the Miss Universe pageant held in Mexico City before a worldwide audience of millions.
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Russia has offered conditional support for Western efforts to persuade the U.N. Security Council to approve a Syria peace plan drafted by international envoy Kofi Annan.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday Moscow believes the Security Council should support Annan's continuing efforts to achieve agreement between all Syrians engaged in the country's year-long unrest.
But Lavrov said any Council statement or resolution on the crisis must not impose an ultimatum on the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a longtime Russian ally. He also said the details of Annan's peace plan for Syria must be released and debated.
Annan sent a five-member team of international experts to Syria on Sunday to try to secure a cease-fire between government and rebel forces leading an uprising against Mr. Assad's 11-year autocratic rule. Annan discussed his peace plan with Mr. Assad in Damascus earlier this month, but has said little about it since.
U.N. diplomats were meeting Tuesday in New York to debate a French-drafted Security Council statement that backs Annan's peace efforts but also warns of possible "further measures" if the Syrian government rejects them.
Russia and China have twice vetoed earlier Security Council proposals on Syria, saying the Western and Arab-backed draft resolutions amounted to interference in the country's internal affairs.
Russia Increasing Pressure
Vadim Saltikovsky, a professor of international relations at Moscow State University, told VOA that Russia now is increasing pressure on President Assad to negotiate because it fears Syria is on the brink of a full-fledged civil war.
Syrian activists say government troops shelled several opposition hubs across the country on Tuesday, killing at least 30 people, most in the central region of Homs. They say one soldier also was killed in southern Syria. Syrian state news agency SANA said seven other security personnel were buried Tuesday, after being killed in fighting with rebels.
Watch related video of U.N. Security Council
Opposition Faces Criticism
Syria's armed opposition faced its first significant criticism from a major rights organization on Tuesday, with New York-based group Human Rights Watch accusing some rebels of committing serious abuses, including kidnappings, torture and executions.
HRW made the accusation in an open letter to Syria's main exiled opposition group, the Syrian National Council. It said the Syrian government's "brutal tactics cannot justify abuses by armed opposition groups" against Syrian security forces and Assad supporters. The rights group said Syrian opposition leaders should urge the rebels to stop such abuses.
The Russian Navy
In other developments Tuesday, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov rejected reports that Russian warships have been visiting a Russian naval base in the Syrian port of Tartus, calling them "fairy tales."
Lavrov told reporters that a ship docked at the port is a Russian Navy oil tanker on a mission to supply Russian anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden. He said Russian security forces were on board to protect the tanker from pirates. It is unclear why the ship is docked 8,000 kilometers from the piracy area, off the coast of Somalia.
As violence has increased in Syria, Russia has rotated its Navy ships through Tartous, reportedly in case they are needed for emergency evacuation of Russian citizens from Syria.
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Winter Classic: Alumni have fun on new ice despite tieJanuary 1, 2011 5:00 AM
The set-up was perfect.
The ending wasn't.
Mostly because there wasn't much of one.
The Penguins' alumni game Friday against Washington ended in a 5-5 tie when -- to the audible displeasure of the 10,000 or so fans at Heinz Field -- there was not an overtime or shootout to determine a winner.
A shootout would have created the possibility for a storybook conclusion because Penguins owner Mario Lemieux, by far the primary attraction in the game, might have had a chance to score a goal that would have tilted the outcome in his team's favor.
"I think everybody's a little disappointed that we didn't get to the shootout, because it would have been great to see Mario," Penguins defenseman Phil Bourque said. "We would have gone with all Hall of Famers, of course, in our shootout group."
That was pretty much the plan, according to coach Ed Johnston.
"I had Mario No.1," he said. "I had Ronnie Francis. And then it was either [Larry Murphy] or [Paul Coffey]."
With a fifth Hall of Famer, Bryan Trottier, still in reserve.
Peter Bondra salvaged the tie for Washington when he beat Penguins goalie Frank Pietrangelo in the final minute of play.
Rob Brown, Rod Buskas, Craig Simpson, Jay Caufield and Francis scored for the Penguins; Paul Mulvey (two), Mark Lofthouse and Alan May got the other Washington goals.
The crowd likely was disappointed -- and surprised -- that Lemieux wasn't one of the nine players who managed to score a goal.
"They had a lot of defense on him," Brown said. "That was the chalk talk in their dressing room -- stop that [No.] 66. They heard he was pretty good."
That was one explanation. Murphy, noting that the format called for two 20-minute periods instead of the usual three, offered another.
Lemieux "is always big in the third period," he said. "And there wasn't a third period."
Brown scored 49 goals while playing on Lemieux's right wing during the 1988-89 season, and it didn't take long for them to rekindle their old magic Friday.
Just 4:22 into the game, Brown staked out a spot in front of the Washington crease and directed a Lemieux feed into the net for a 1-0 lead.
"Just go to the net with my stick on the ice," he said. The pass "was a little higher than usual. Usually, he puts it nice and flat."
Brown had an exceptional scoring touch, but was a decidedly subpar skater. That isn't as much of a liability for him these days, however.
"I never lost a step, because I never had one," he said. "Now, they're all at my speed. I wish it would have been like that during my NHL career. It would have been a lot easier."
Five participants in the game suited up for both the Penguins and Capitals when they were in the NHL.
Murphy, Rick Tocchet and Gary Rissling opted to play for the Penguins; Mulvey and Yvon Labre played for Washington.
Rissling joked that he ended up with the Penguins because "they lost the coin toss." Mulvey -- who got two goals for Washington -- said it was an easy call to be a Capital.
After all, he spent most of his career with them, his wife is from the Washington area and he resides there. Not that affiliations are a major issue in this kind of event.
"Camaraderie between all NHL players is tremendous anyway, so it doesn't matter that it's Washington alumni vs. Pittsburgh," he said. "It's just a bunch of ex-players playing against each other."
Perhaps Rissling's decision to play for the Penguins was influenced by a chance to skate alongside Lemieux, something he didn't do much when they were teammates.
"I just want to thank [coach Eddie Johnston]," he said. "I had more shifts on the first line than I did in my whole pro career."
It's unlikely that anyone traveled farther than Buskas to take part in the game.
A former defenseman, he is a pilot with Hawaiian Airlines, based in Honolulu.
"It's not so bad," he said. "I go to Paradise when I go to work every day."
Buskas resisted the temptation to fly himself here -- "I enjoyed relaxing coming out here," he said -- and said he never considered declining his invitation.
"When you get a FedEx letter from Lemieux, you don't say no," he said. "I couldn't pass this up. It's the chance of a lifetime, really."
Caufield was strictly an enforcer during his pro career.
He showed a pretty diverse repertoire during the alumni game, however.
Caufield, who works as an in-studio hockey analyst for FSN, scored the Penguins' fourth goal on a hard, low slap shot from along the right-wing boards.
"It came off the boards nice, and I had an opportunity for it," he said, suggesting that the only times he had scored such a goal during his playing days was "maybe in [training] camp, and maybe an exhibition game or something."
He didn't stop there, however. With about a minute to play, he threw himself in front of a shot to preserve his team's 5-4 lead, at least temporarily.
Not many guys placed themselves in harm's way like that, although his sacrifice didn't prevent the Capitals from salvaging a tie.
"The blocked shot would have meant more," he said, "if we had ended up winning the game."
Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury has his work evaluated by Gilles Meloche on a daily basis.
Friday, he got to return the favor.
Meloche, the Penguins' goaltending coach, played the first period of the alumni game, allowing three goals.
"On a scale of 1-to-5, I'd give him ... I think he did pretty well," Fleury said. "Like me, I think he would have been better off staying in the net on a couple of plays. Don't play the puck as much ...
"But other than that, it was pretty cool just to see how he moved around, how he reacted to shots."
The Penguins' fifth goal was produced by a power-play unit that, when assembled in the early 1990s, ranked among the most imposing in recent National Hockey League history.
It had Lemieux, Francis and Kevin Stevens up front, Coffey and Murphy on the points.
"It looked like we knew what we were doing," Lemieux said. "Pretty much the same setup we had 20 years ago."
Francis got the goal when he deflected a Murphy feed past Washington goalie Don Beaupre.
There tends to be little, if any, contact in games between retired players, which is why so many of those involved wore tassel caps instead of helmets.
Bondra, however, said things did get a bit nasty at times.
"A guy broke a stick on my leg," he said. "I had a half-breakaway, and a guy broke a stick that went flying.
"Paul Coffey, Hall of Famer, he's hooking. He's just basically told me, 'That's old-time hockey, what do you expect?' "
Stevens, one of the game's larger forwards during his playing days, has bulked up considerably since he moved into scouting.
"Five or six pounds," he said, laughing.
The Penguins had what could have been a winning goal disallowed with about two minutes to play, when Stevens fell on Beaupre before Murphy threw a shot into the Washington net.
"I'm used to falling on him," Stevens said. "I didn't feel like getting up."
He was joking -- probably -- and added that "I actually felt better as the game went along. The first two shifts felt like I was out there a month."
Stevens might feel the exertion today, though. Some of his teammates and opponents certainly expected to.
"I'm going to start popping Advils right now," Bourque said immediately after the game. "And maybe I can get through [today]."
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Had it injected under my eyes yesterday. Walked out of the office looking 10 years younger. She only used half a vial, so I can go back for touchups without purchasing more.
One tiny little bruise, no lumps, whiteness, etc. They applied numbing cream first, let it sit for 15 minutes or so and the injections were virtually pain free.


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Michele Clemons has been poll sitting for more than 30 years; she started right out of high school. "I inherited the job from my mother, and in our household we were raised to understand the importance of being involved; you need to take an active part in the process if you expect there to be any change. If you are not involved, then you don't have the right to complain," she says.
She goes on to explain that there are so many people who don't have the rights and freedoms that we have here in our country, that they don't get to participate or have any say in what their governments do. "In this country we have the right to vote; we live in a democracy. If you don't exercise that right, knowing that people in other countries don't have that right, it's almost offensive to me."
She and her daughter Caroline and her father, Frank Seward, have been at the polls at St. Mary of the Angels Church since 6 in the morning, and they will be there until 8 at night and finish up after 9 when they meet back at the County Administration Center on Low Gap Road.
"I don't believe it is presented to our kids in the schools anymore the way it was when I was growing up. When I was in school we were told we had this incredible opportunity and right to make choices. Now, for the most part, that's not happening. It's not discussed with our children at home, either. I believe it starts at home and needs to carry over into the schools. I love to see parents come in with their small children so they can watch."
She believes that voting is an important process and supports it for herself, her family, her community and her country. She raised her children as she was raised, knowing that if you have a voice then you need to use it.
Her daughter, two years out of high school, sits at the table with her. "I was fortunate to have two history teachers, Dwight Cawthon and Jeff Burrell, at Ukiah High, who impressed upon us how incredibly blessed and fortunate we are to have the power to govern ourselves."
?When a student in Cawthon's class turned 18, he would ask if he or she wanted to fill out a voter registration form. If yes, it was taken home and filled out and sent in to the registrar. If the student said no, Cawthon would thank the individual for giving him more power and taking that power away from him- or herself. "In that way, he made us really feel that voting is a strong bit of power," Caroline says.
She grew up coming to the polls with her mother before or after school, hanging out and watching while the voting was occurring. "For me it's involving myself and helping other people have that power; by poll sitting, I can help them understand the process."
It is her second year officiating, and this year she serves as clerk. She looks for names on the list and strikes them off when they come in to vote and also keeps the list outside the doors updated. "It's a lot of fun; I like the social part.
"I really think we need more people to receive the message I got from my mother so we have more people who are willing to be poll sitters. Voting is your power; it's important; it's a blessing; it's a right. For my part I hope being here will inspire people my age to do what I am doing."
Her grandfather, Frank Seward, seated between the two women, explains that you need a minimum of three poll sitters at any one polling place. The one in charge, his daughter, the elder Clemons, is the inspector; he is the judge and makes sure that the voters sign in and get their ballots; and the clerk, the younger Clemons, checks people off on the roster as they come in to vote.


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Media Capture: Foreclosure Industry Getting Friends in Press to Write Up Their Arguments
Over the past week or so, the banking industry has leaned on its allies in the media to try and change the narrative around the upcoming foreclosure fraud settlement and, more particularly, changes to the way mortgages get financed and serviced, as well as the legal exposure for the fraud that has been committed. Last Friday, the New York Times allowed the industry to basically plant a story about how the 30-year fixed mortgage may go away if the government doesn't issue a guarantee a la Fannie and Freddie on the mortgage market. This actually doesn't logically follow – there are other ways to ensure this kind of product, including the new institution of a qualified residential mortgage (QRM) as exempt from the requirement banks don't like of retaining a financial interest in the loan (QRM's could essentially mirror a 30-year fixed with a substantial down payment). At any rate, it's a scare tactic designed to keep the government guarantee of the market intact.
An even more pronounced pushback from banking interests came from Housing Wire's Paul Jackson over the weekend, who lashed out at Naked Capitalism's Yves Smith for her claim about potential major liabilities for mortgage servicers and trustees who messed up the securitization process and now have questionable claims on the underlying loans. Jackson used one case in Alabama to cry vindication, arguing that borrowers would not be able to challenge foreclosures based on faulty securitizations.
Smith replied that it seemed like a very broad statement to argue from one case in Alabama, U.S. Bank v. Congress, that banks have basically solved the securitization problem. This is the style of argument I see out of MERS, who proudly boasts of their court successes while neglecting to mention their defeats. In addition, the legal analysis from the individual judge in the case looked spotty at points. Adam Levitin, a law professor at Georgetown, adjudicates this dispute in favor of Smith:
My own take is that it is much ado about nothing. Before anyone gets too excited one way or the other about this case, let's remember that this is a ruling by one judge in an Alabama state trial court decision. It was unlikely to get much notice anywhere else in the country, but for the securitization industry grasping for a legal victory to parade around. This court ruling doesn't have precedential value anywhere, including in Alabama, and its persuasive value is very low too, both on account of it being an Alabama state trial court and because of the quality of its analysis. Put differently, this ain't an Ibanez type ruling, where a leading state supreme court issues a very thoughtful unanimous opinion.
Perhaps the most important thing to note about the opinion is what isn't there. There was no consideration of the chain-of-title issue in the opinion. Let me repeat, the court said nothing about whether there was proper chain-of-title in the securitization. Instead, the court avoided dealing with it. That means that this ruling isn't grounds for sounding the "all clear" on chain-of-title. At best, it is grounds for arguing that homeowners won't be able to raise chain-of-title problems. As we've seen with Ibanez, that's clearly incorrect, and a closer look at the Congress ruling shows that it might be an Alabama special, not applicable elsewhere.
Do read the whole thing for a deeper legal analysis. What I want to add is that this is the second time in less than a week that a media figure has basically operated on behalf of industry to advance one of their arguments. Whether it's fearmongering over the end of the 30-year fixed or chest-beating about how chain of title in securitization is legally untouchable, the two stories in question are less articles than conduits.
The fact is that the "nothing to see here" argument won't work in an environment where the relatively bank-friendly Obama Administration is about to sanction mortgage servicers and banks for their conduct. Not every reporter in the country has been captured in this fashion, and some are still addressing the key issues:
Never heard of MERS? That's fine with the mortgage banking industry—as MERS is starting to overheat and sputter. If its many detractors are correct, this private corporation, with a full-time staff of fewer than 50 employees, could turn out to be a very public problem for the mortgage industry.
Judges, lawmakers, lawyers and housing experts are raising piercing questions about MERS, which stands for Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, whose private mortgage registry has all but replaced the nation's public land ownership records. Most questions boil down to this:
How can MERS claim title to those mortgages, and foreclose on homeowners, when it has not invested a dollar in a single loan?
And, more fundamentally: Given the evidence that many banks have cut corners and made colossal foreclosure mistakes, does anyone know who owns what or owes what to whom anymore?
That's the heart of this issue, and Gretchen Morgenson does a fine job explaining it. And state judges have become clued in to this legal morass. Hundreds of foreclosures in Oregon have been stopped because of the legal rulings against MERS in the state. This appears to be the case in many states across the country. One or two rulings – and a phalanx of corporate-friendly reporters willing to tout them – isn't going to change that.


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Scott L. Starr
If you've lost all -- or nearly all -- of your nest egg due to stock broker or advisor mismanagement, we understand your feelings of embarrassment, anger and despair. And we would like to help. As a trust and securities lawyer, Scott Starr focuses on litigating civil lawsuits, including class actions and various types of securities fraud. Scott is the only "Super Lawyer" north of Indianapolis specializing in Securities Fraud.
A partner at Starr Austen & Miller LLP, Scott Starr graduated from Ball State University summa cum laude, majoring in accounting (he passed the CPA exam), and from Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, magna cum laude. Since graduation, he has concentrated on litigating civil lawsuits, including class actions and various types of securities fraud. Scott also recently achieved an AV® Preeminent™ Rating from Martindale-Hubbell® – learn more about this distinguished rating by watching the video below.
Scott has participated in many jury trials and has acted as class counsel on a number of class actions. In August 2006, he served as lead counsel in a class action brought on behalf of 300 Ohio investors against Prudential Securities in Marion, Ohio. Scott estimates that he has represented more than 750 clients in pursuing claims arising from investment fraud.
Scott was also recently featured as a "Leader in Litigation" by Wilson, Kehoe & Winingham, a well-known law firm that recognizes some of Indiana's most interesting and accomplished lawyers. Learn more by visiting http://www.wkw.com/leaders/part-2/.
A past president of the Cass County (Indiana) Bar Association, Scott is a member of the Indiana State Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the American College of Trial Lawyers, the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana (DTCI) and the Defense Research Institute (DRI). He is also a member of the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA), a nationwide organization of attorneys who devote a substantial portion of their practice to representing individuals who are making claims against stock brokers and brokerage firms.
Scott sat on the DTCI Board of Directors for 11 years, was an officer for 5 years, and served as President in 1998. He received the Defense Research Institute Exceptional Performance Citation at its annual meeting in San Francisco in 1998 and was named a Diplomat of DTCI in 2003. He has lectured frequently on a variety of topics related to litigation for both the Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum (ICLEF) and DTCI. Scott was voted an Indiana Super Lawyer from 2003 through 2015 and was also voted one of the top 50 lawyers in the State of Indiana from 2004 through 2007.
Scott and his wife of 35 years, Phyllis Starr, are the proud parents of three sons.
Case History
Dale Burns, Gary Halpin and Key Hutchins v. Prudential Securities, Inc. and Jeffrey Pickett
Starr Austen & Miller was lead Plaintiffs' counsel in a class action filed on behalf of approximately 300 Ohio residents who had their brokerage accounts improperly liquidated without authority by Defendants. This case tried to a Marion, Ohio jury, taking over a month to try.
XYZ Company v. XYZ Brokerage Firm
Starr Austen & Miller was co-counsel for the XYZ Company that pended in the United States District Court for the Southern Division of Indiana. This Indiana company lost approximately $10 million when Morgan Keegan, without the Plaintiff's knowledge, invested approximately $10 million of the Plaintiff's working capital in what proved to be subprime mortgage backed securities which ultimately resulted in a loss of those funds.
Gladys Anderson, et al. v. Edward D. Jones & Company
This case was litigated for approximately three years in Indiana State Court. Starr Austen & Miller represented in excess of 70 investors who lost nearly all of their monies invested in failed oil and gas limited partnerships marketed by Edward D. Jones & Company. This case was tried to an Indiana jury taking approximately six weeks to try.
Rosemary Tam and Wayne Tam, et al. v. David M. Housworth and Edward D. Jones & Company
In this case Starr Austen & Miller represented a group of approximately 100 people in a mass action against St. Louis based Edward D. Jones & Company regarding misrepresentations made by the Defendants in a sale of Petro Lewis Oil & Gas limited partnerships. The case was in litigation in Indiana State Court for a protracted period.
John Doe v. McDonald Investments Inc. and Others
Starr Austen & Miller represented Plaintiff in a FINRA action against Defendants who lost a substantial sum when McDonald Investments sold Plaintiff various volatile, high risk investments.
Paul M. Baldauf, et al. v. Edward D. Jones & Company
Starr Austen & Miller represented a group of approximately 100 individuals in Indiana State Court against Edward D. Jones & Company for marketed shares or interests in certain real estate limited partnerships to the Indiana plaintiffs group.
Ms. Doe v. XYZ Bank and Others
Starr Austen & Miller represented Plaintiff in Indiana State Court in an action filed against XYZ Bank for its failure to diversify trust assets.
Lloyd Pinney and James Crawley v. Edward D. Jones & Company
This case pended in the United District Court for the Western Division of Arkansas. Starr Austen & Miller was co-counsel with the Rose Law Firm in Little Rock , Arkansas and represented Plaintiffs in a nationwide class action against Edward D. Jones & Company. The case was based on failed investments into various oil and gas limited partnership marketed by Edward D. Jones & Company.
Marvin Kistler v. Raymond James & Associates
Starr Austen & Miller represented Plaintiff in a FINRA action against Raymond James for its refusal to liquidate and lock in gains achieved on certain annuities.
Thurman D. Albright, et al. v. XYZ Company
Starr Austen & Miller represented a group of approximately 30 individuals in Indiana State Court against a national brokerage firm for marketed various oil and gas limited partnerships to the Indiana Plaintiffs group.
Court Approves Final Settlement With Motorola
Originally filed in 2005, the nationwide class action lawsuit claimed that the Defendant designed, manufactured, distributed and supplied cellular phones with defective charging ports. In February of 2010 a final settlement was reached.
Amy Faught vs. Whirlpool Corp. and Lowe's Home Center's Inc.
This lawsuit charged Whirlpool Corp and Lowe's Home Center 's Inc. with manufacturing and selling defective residential water heaters that included thermocouples that failed at an unacceptable rate. Every time the thermocouple failed, Class Members and their families were left with cold showers, piles of laundry and stacks of dishes. This case was ultimately joined with the Dawn Bowen v. Whirlpool Corporation, Lowe's Companies, Inc., Lowe's HIW, Inc., and American Water Heater Company in the United States District Court for the Central District of California for the class action settlement.
Estate of Robert Buck v. Prime Line Transportation, Inc. and Hercules Manoukarakis
This was a wrongful death claim resulting from a side-swipe tractor trailer collision on I 65 in Boone County, Indiana. Suit was originally filed in state court, but was removed to the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division.
Bobby L. Young and Sharon Young v. Ronald Shane Bannister, P.I.& I. Motor Express, Inc. and ISPAT Inland, Inc.
This was a catastrophic injury claim involving a truck driver waiting to load at a Gary, Indiana steel mill who was run over by a fellow truck driver.
Terry Simons v. Yellow Freight Lines
This was a catastrophic brain injury claim involving our client's car that ran under a semi trailer that was blocking his lane of travel on a very foggy morning.
Please note that results of past cases cannot guarantee future success. To our present and future clients, we commit our best efforts. However, because each case involves many different factors, results will always be different from case-to-case. Cases that may seem similar to the cases listed here are not guaranteed to have the same or similar result. Each case is dependent upon its own set of facts and the only common factor in all the cases summarized here and throughout our website is that Starr Austen & Miller, LLP represented the client.


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The social changes currently taking place in Tibet are seen through the eyes of a young family in Summer Pasture, a documentary by Lynn True, Nelson Walker, and Tsering Perlo. Although the lifestyle of nomadic yak herders in Tibet's Kham region has been going on for the past 4,000 years, modernization is now steadily encroaching on its harmony. Some damage has already been done, and the people that this documentary focuses on quietly reveal that, despite their best efforts, it may soon become completely unsustainable.
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The daily routine of a Tibetan nomad is pretty difficult as it is "" getting up before sunrise and working hard all day, preparing food and caring for the animals – but it's something the community knows very well, and would be able to handle if not for the complications that drift over from the outside world. Locho and Yama show that it is getting increasingly difficult to provide for a family by trading the yield of their labours, and when traveling into town, it's not easy to get by without the ability to read or understand Chinese. Being independent from the influences of the Chinese society is impossible, and the effects are only increasing. While Locho and Yama are fairly certain they would like their child to be literate and get a chance to compete in the modern world, they're not too happy about the prospect of moving to a city.
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[16] Auxit etiam gloriam regni sui quibusdam regibus ac gentibus per amicitiam sibi conciliatis. Adeo namque Hadefonsum Galleciae atque Asturicae regem sibi societate devinxit, ut is, cum ad eum vel litteras vel legatos mitteret, non aliter se apud illum quam proprium suum appellari iuberet. Scottorum quoque reges sic habuit ad suam voluntatem per munificentiam inclinatos, ut eum numquam aliter nisi dominum seque subditos et servos eius pronuntiarent. Extant epistolae ab eis ad illum missae, quibus huiusmodi affectus eorum erga illum indicatur. Cum Aaron rege Persarum, qui excepta India totum poene tenebat orientem, talem habuit in amicitia concordiam, ut is gratiam eius omnium, qui in toto orbe terrarum erant, regum ac principum amicitiae praeponeret solumque illum honore ac munificentia sibi colendum iudicaret. Ac proinde, cum legati eius, quos cum donariis ad sacratissimum Domini ac salvatoris nostri sepulchrum locumque resurrectionis miserat, ad eum venissent et ei domini sui voluntatem indicassent, non solum quae petebantur fieri permisit, sed etiam sacrum illum et salutarem locum, ut illius potestati adscriberetur, concessit; et revertentibus legatis suos adiungens inter vestes et aromata et ceteras orientalium terrarum opes ingentia illi dona direxit, cum ei ante paucos annos eum, quem tunc solum habebat, roganti mitteret elefantum. Imperatores etiam Constantinopolitani, Niciforus, Michahel et Leo, ultro amicitiam et societatem eius expetentes conplures ad eum misere legatos. Cum quibus tamen propter susceptum a se imperatoris nomen et ob hoc eis, quasi qui imperium eis eripere vellet, valde suspectum foedus firmissimum statuit, ut nulla inter partes cuiuslibet scandali remaneret occasio. Erat enim semper Romanis et Grecis Francorum suspecta potentia. Unde et illud Grecum extat proverbium: ton Phragkon philon echis, gitona ouk echis.
[16] He added to the glory of his reign by gaining the good will of several kings and nations; so close, indeed, was the alliance that he contracted with Alfonso [II 791-842] King of Galicia and Asturias, that the latter, when sending letters or ambassadors to Charles, invariably styled himself his man. His munificence won the kings of the Scots also to pay such deference to his wishes that they never gave him any other title than lord or themselves than subjects and slaves: there are letters from them extant in which these feelings in his regard are expressed. His relations with Aaron [ie Harun Al-Rashid, 786-809], King of the Persians, who ruled over almost the whole of the East, India excepted, were so friendly that this prince preferred his favor to that of all the kings and potentates of the earth, and considered that to him alone marks of honor and munificence were due. Accordingly, when the ambassadors sent by Charles to visit the most holy sepulcher and place of resurrection of our Lord and Savior presented themselves before him with gifts, and made known their master's wishes, he not only granted what was asked, but gave possession of that holy and blessed spot. When they returned, he dispatched his ambassadors with them, and sent magnificent gifts, besides stuffs, perfumes, and other rich products of the Eastern lands.. A few years before this, Charles had asked him for an elephant, and he sent the only one that he had. The Emperors of Constantinople, Nicephorus [I 802-811], Michael [I, 811-813], and Leo [V, 813-820], made advances to Charles, and sought friendship and alliance with him by several embassies; and even when the Greeks suspected him of designing to wrest the empire from them, because of his assumption of the title Emperor, they made a close alliance with him, that he might have no cause of offense. In fact, the power of the Franks was always viewed by the Greeks and Romans with a jealous eye, whence the Greek proverb "Have the Frank for your friend, but not for your neighbor."
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