#Barbados crime scene

[stephaniefchase]

Barbados Records First Homicide for the Year

Barbados has recorded its first homicide for the year.

31-year-old Shane Parris of Mangrove, St. Philip, is the country’s latest shooting victim.

Barbados Police Service Communications and Public Affairs Officer, Inspector Rodney Inniss confirmed that Parris died at the scene of the shooting at Nursery #2, Four Roads, St. Philip.

He said police received a call about the incident around 11:05 a.m.

Article Source: Starcom Network News #thechasefiles #murder1 #shaneparris #31 #nurserydrive #mangrove #stphilip #murder #barbadoscrimescene

[kierreras]

Ok idk if anyone has come up with this yet but imagine a parallel of jj and kie walking down the dock after they sent luke away except this time it’s after they get back from el dorado and kie confronts her parents and she keeps it together in front of them but then she starts crying as she’s walking away and she walks to jj and he puts his arm around her like on the dock and they walk away together. I’m so sorry that was the worlds longest sentence and idek if it made sense loool

oh don’t be sorry, it totally makes sense! i’ll forever be mad about that dock walk being shot from afar, it’s literal crime really. and the way there was no dialogue is just so unbelievable! i don’t know who decided that the scene should look like that, but it was such a wrong choice

so i would be down to see parallel of that scene with small dialogue and the scene being a regular shot! like imagine kie being so upset and silently crying, and jj is there for her waiting with open arms to provide her much needed comfort. i would literally die if he also whispers something to her. maybe him saying “we will handle it together” paralleling what she said to him on their way back from barbados could literally kill me. and the shot ends with him tenderly kissing her temple and them going away together. it would be such a bittersweet scene, you know

you’re idea is sooooo beautiful, we need more jiara parallels!

[nakeddeparture]

Pedro Caddle, 43, is dead, and an entire nation sighs in relief - He was a constant danger to society - Case closed - St Joseph, Barbados.

https://youtu.be/Hq6_98_TgoU

But, before handling his body at the crime scene, the police disclosed he (allegedly) had AIDS. The mob that beat him and any woman he was with should know this. Naked!!

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[maguro13-2]

The Dark Beginnings ~ Origins of the Ink Demon Chapter 0 Final Prologue (5/7) ~

[Space Colony ARK]

Ashley : Wait, why at the Space Colony ARK?

Kimial Diehl : Look over there!

[Death Egg (Sonic Battle) - Hideaki Kobayashi]

Kimial Diehl : What the-!? Who's powering the Death Egg Again!?

Ashley : What!? That Star-Wars inspired space station again? This is the last time that this kept on building this thing again! After Neo Metal Sonic's rebellious crime against humans, and us, witches as well. I don't know what's gotten into someone to bulding machines like that in person.

Kimial Diehl : (calling out) Hey, Robotnik! The Death Egg was so 1992! Why did you kept on rebuilding it after Neo Metal Sonic's rebellious crime against other and including you! But yelling like this was kinda awkward! Could we come over other so that we may kick your serious butt, dude!?

(Death Egg approaches near the ARK)

Kimial Diehl : Well, that went well!

(scene pans)

Ashley : Alright, scientist! Just what are you up to--HOLY BARBADOS! WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT ROBOT!?

Eggman : Gah! Detectives! It's not what it looks like!

Ashley : Still doing the same old building Eggmanland thing again, eh? And what's with the robot? No, not the Chaos Gamma that is a replica of the original, that other robot.

Eggman : Oh this? This is a Gizoid named Emerl.

Ashley : Emerl, you say?

Eggman : He's from my Grandfather's research and Sonic called him.

Kimial Diehl : Who's sonic?

Sonic : That would be me!

[It Doesn't Matter (instrumental ver.) - Jun Senoue]

"Sonic the Hedgehog : WORLD'S FASTEST HEDGEHOG"

Tails : Don't forget about me!

Knuckles : And me!

"TAILS AND KNUCKLES : SONIC'S TWO BEST BUDDIES"

Eggman : Ah, Sonic! You finally made it to the Death Egg! This is the last time that I ever built the Death Egg for the last and 412th time it was destroyed every single time! So that's why I decided to recreate the Death Egg and built a super weapon that uses the power of the Chaos Emeralds! Mwahahahahaha!

Sonic : Ugh! Here we go again with the Death Egg.

Grim (Metal Sonic) : Robotnik!

Ashley : Who is that?

Sonic : Oh no, Grim! You again?

Seto : Hey there, Hedgehog! Glad you finally make it!

Eggman : Oh, Phooey! Everyone's going to think that I built a laser cannon to think that anybody's getting away for complete genocide, I spent my life's savings for this kind of junk! I mean, what does a scientist have to do with a Gizoid that gets treated as a punching bag. That's robot abuse.

Seto : Yeah, right. Robots getting away with murder, that's the last time I ever seen robots going on a rebellious rampage that ever tries to destroy you. When did the last time that your Grandfather had making research on ancient machine from the ancient world of Sonic? You can fret an omelette and some eggs to me. I wonder who's going to chow you down on something to eat.

Emerl : What's happening!? What's going on!

Seto : Uhh, Eggman. When did your grandfather had to make a Gizoid that has the ability to speak?

Emerl : Who are you people!? Where am I!? What is this!?

Grim (Metal Sonic) : Robotnik! You didn't a created another omnicidal villain did you?

Eggman : No, why though.

Grim (Metal Sonic) : Don't you realized when the Ancients from Sonic World's warned that the Chaos Emeralds are highly dangerous, it could lead anyone to insanity, murder, and chaos itself!

[IDOLA ~ The Strange Fruits - Hideaki Kobayashi]

Eggman : Really? Why didn't you tell me that? What makes the anciensts of Sonic's world would want to say that!

Emerl : Because Sonic Villains aren't made to conquer, WE WE'RE MADE FOR DEATH AND DESTRUCTION! (Emerl's eyes turns red)

Eggman : Oh poopy.

*METAL BENDING+BREAKS*

Emerl : MUST COMMENCE...GENOCIDE!!!

Sonic : [To Eggman] You just had to get the idea from Star Wars, didn't you?

Emerl : Kill...Kill them all! Burn them all to hell!

"EMERL THE GIZOID!"

Seto : Oh no, the Gizoid! It's going on a murderous rampage! I knew the mad scientist would do something stupid for his robots! They go on a revolution against him and goes on a murderous rampage! This is why we can't have nice things to Robots! (To everyone) This would've happened if you treated this Gizoid like a punching bag!

Sonic : What! It's not our fault that we didn't meant hurt Emerl, it's Eggman's fault!

Eggman : What! I looked in my grandfather's research the Gizoid to be in my control, but he wasn't programmed to be powered by the Emeralds!

Sonic : WE'RE GONNA ALL GONNA DIE IF WE STOP THIS MAD MACHINE FROM EVER PUTTING THE PLANET INTO OMNICIDE!

Emerl : Hey, Sonic! I chose you to be the very first of my victims!

Sonic : [To the viewers] You all realize that he got that Dragon Ball.

Emerl : And now, after all the abuse and humiliation from you, I will get rid of you all, starting with the blue rodent! I'm done being Sega's toy and I decided that I'm going to get away with decent murder!

Seto : No you will not! I don't make machines that go into murder, I make machines that go into action! HIYAAAAH!

(CLANG!)

Emerl : A two-vs-one battle, eh? (snickers) This sounds very particular, but this will be interesting! I wanna prove some entertainment from this planet you live on.

Seto : So if Gerald created you to be a cool robot, then I suggest that makes me a Reaper's machine killer! [To Sonic] Blue guy. Ready to take this bad down for one final party?

Sonic : You know it!

(battle begins)

Emerl : So what's your endgame, Sonic? A little emotion to make you sorrow to your own hopes and dreams, or perhaps that I'll make you loose your world and you'll be dead at my feet!

Sonic : It's lie dead at my feet, you just gotta understand the references!

Seto : A pile of scrap would make him sound mencingly, that's how I truly understand about machines becoming a menace to the human race!

Sonic : It's all for real! This is gonna be gold, better than ever!

Seto : I'd like machines to make it haywire when they smell of oil and blood, I'd like to make it official that I will smash this hunk of junk with a bat! (turns her sword into a baseball bat) Hey, I learned this at Playing Baseball in Japan! I've never felt this better! Let's combine our attacks with something creative! How about a Fastball!

Sonic : Got it!

*Sonic SFX : Jump*

Seto : Batter up!

*Bat Hit*

*DBZ SFX : Melee Flash*

Emerl : Not bad! You're pretty good at this, but I'm just getting started! This how you do a fastball! *Spindashes*

Seto : Woah! (the two evades)

Emerl : You always bring me something down, Sonic! But lucky enough, you'll just have make yourself getting the luck out of you! Never thought that the Ancients that arrived on tens of thousands of years on your world warned us the Chaos Emerald could lead us into insanity, murder, chaos itself!

Sonic : What!? You looked deeper into the lore of my world for that!?

Seto : Nobody would notices that the powers of the emeralds were a warning from the Ancients in his world!

Sonic : And you had to realize that nobody would notice truth from the Ancients, who were the relatives to someone, it's Chaos isn't it!

Emerl : Correct! That's the real reason the Chaos Emeralds were only used for machines that defend this planet from the enemy that destroyed homeworld, The End itself! I say this fight this over, Sonic! So I will be the machine and be the hero of Mobius self to destroy all traces of the Ancients, starting with you!

Seto : Yeah, I don't think so! But this will be game over for you!

Emerl : What!?

Seto : I'm removing all of that energy of what's left from The End itself! You may have spoiled the truth deep from within the lore of Sonic's world, but Sonic Villains like aren't made to conquer, they were made Death and Carnage! That's what you get for lying.

Emerl : So what? If I die, if anyone dies, that's on me. I guess the Emeralds were meant for a warning of the Ancients, if Chaos hadn't figuring this one out, he would've seek into the truth. That's a villain's fault and I will never forget. I'll see every Sonic Villain in hell.

Seto : Not anymore.

*DBZ SFX : Destructo Disk Waving*

Seto : Chaos Spear!

*DBZ SFX : Energy Shot+Loud Explosion*

Emerl : GAAAAAHHHH!!! I've never been this free. Here, take this Emerald Shard and beat it! I don't want it anymore. Look after my brother, Gemerl. (takes out the Emerald Shard and throws it to Knuckles) Emerl! Oh no! I don't how much this will last longer.

[Scenario : Ease - Fumie Kumatani]

Emerl : You beat meat to it, Seto, Sonic, Shadow. I guess my story of these battles does have a dark tone, why do you everyone in the real world fretting over the ones you liked will die and evenutally disappear into thin air. It's like we machines aren't emotional to capabilities, don't you understand. Using Emeralds that triggers the machines will go berserk. Unlike Metal Sonic, he couldn't able to bear that power! These Emeralds were meant for a warning from the Ancients! And you Sonic, however doesn't turn into a hideous creature, the ones who used these Emeralds in the wrong hands are sinners, those who have committed a sin! What if someone uses deadly objects that could bring omnicide to your world! Me, I'm just a machine trying to save people's lives. If this hadn't been for the Echidnas, they would've wiped the planet clean after Pachacamac committed a lot of sins!

Seto : So you really think that the Emeralds were used for machines and not for those that easily put the planet in genocide or omnicide, that's why the Ancients of Sonic's world warned everybody and no one would noticed.

Emerl : And it would've worked too if...I was smart enough to think about Echidnas being an arrogant assholes or something.

Kncukles : No wonder why Pachacamac made Chaos Frustrated, that old bastard has been nothing more than to fool my people into sudden fruition and it's all his fault!

Emerl : Well, I have no choice by disappear into thin air! You better runs for lives and get the hell out of here!

Seto : Everyone! Use the Chaos Control the Space Colony Ark!

Everybody : Okay!

Seto, Sonic, and Shadow : [Unison] CHAOS...CONTROL!

*Sonic SFX : Chaos Control*

Emerl : Death before dishonor...BANZAIIII!!!

*DBZ SFX : Loud Energy Explosion*

"Farewell, Emerl...Forever."

~ Prologue 30 : Grief of a Machine ~

[thechasefiles]

A young woman who was assaulted by Pedro Alfonso Burgess more than a decade ago has expressed frustration at the slow pace of justice in Barbados. “To have to put people through this 11 years later is unfair. It’s not right, I think that something needs to be done . . . ,” the woman, who was a teen when Burgess committed the crime against her, told Madam Justice Laurie- Ann Smith-Bovell on Thursday. She was giving her victim impact statement in the No. 4 Supreme Court in the case against Burgess of Baycroft New Road, Bridge Road, St Michael, who pleaded guilty to assaulting her with intent to rape her on May 25, 2012. Asked by State Counsel Kevin Forde whether she remembered the experience, the young lady responded, “unfortunately, yes”. “The experience was very traumatic. It is not really anything you could put into words. It is something that I have tried to get over . . . and I think that I was there to a certain extent. But having marshals show up at your house . . . 11 years later . . . is very uncanny and it just brings back all those [things]. I think for me it is hurt . . . I just have this scene of anger towards the court system,” she added. “Me as the victim should never be put in that position . . . . Clearly it is not fair to me, certainly it is not fair to him, it is not fair to any of us that went through that situation to have to come and relive all of this again.” She said she did not know what punishment should be meted out to Burgess, but then added: “I think that incarceration with assistance for the medium to long term, that will be my answer.” Read the rest below 👇🏾 https://www.instagram.com/p/CowpGFcOykVhsshNg_uoiUouvdQzyzyAQ6SnLQ0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[motsimages]

Hi I'm from the postcolonial Our Flag Means Death meta, I understand you don't feel like writing about it in public but if you ever have the will or the time and wanna share something hit me up? I literally cannot stop thinking about the postcolonial in Our Flag Means Death, it's like, intrinsical in the genre and honestly the scene with the indigenous tribe was gonna make me cry. Anyway, thanks for your comment!

Hey! Thanks for your comment. I will write to you in private because I am also obsessed lol

I mean... Taika always works with the colonialism and its influence but I feel it's not my place to develop deeply about this, I don't know much on the historical side of it and even less about the personal. I do hope someone who knows more or better shares their pov.

Still posting this out here to call attention on it and see if someone wants to write about the race representation in the series.

I will say, however, that the crew of The Revenge reminds me of the freemade in China Mieveille's Trilogy of Bas Lag, particularly in The Scar, which is about a pirate floating city, Armada. The freemade are ex-prisoners that were remade (their bodies were altered in terrible ways to make their crimes and punishments visible). Some freed themselves and the only way they can live somewhere "freely" is if they create that space themselves. In The Scar, freemades are considered free and equal citizens in Armada.

I guess, this is a trope in pirate stories, maybe from real life examples?? I don't know shit about pirate history or pirate tales, but the crew in the revenge obviously includes criminals of all sorts from before they turned to piracy (some, like Lucius, were petty criminals, thiefs, some were upfront murderers like Jim). But we know for a fact that Frenchie was a servant. It is constantly insisted by the English and other Europeans that the "dark" ones can only be servants, even when they accept at face value that Oluwande can be a Prince of Egypt. Also, they don't know how to read, but they do know the English law that applies to them enough to yell "Act of Grace!".

Anyways, criminals, servants or slaves, they seem to have free themselves to live as pirates, and as pirates they all seem to be treated equally by their peers and by their bosses. Hell, Blackbeard is non-white and played as such and is the leader of his ship. And Stede, the rich white boy playing pirates, doesn't treat the non-white crewmembers differently either, maybe because he grew up in Barbados?? (In a very white very upper class Barbados, but well).

So there is a certain dystopia in the ship when their sexuality and their race seem to be normal, ok, the default. And I would love for someone with more knowledge about this to speak about it more because I can only speak about their sexual identities and orientations and there is so much more to it all.

[powerosewaterpuff]

yk so i was watching bmw (boy meets world :) ) while procrastinating an essay so oF COURSE i decided to write some more of my reverse robin au (that pertains to jason being the oldest of the batkids w/ him and dick growing up together) except fLUFF bc i cannot handle angst rn (oR cOulD I wE wiLL nEvER kNoWwwW)

oh and disclaimer there may be several medical inaccuracies so please feel free to correct me :)

jason often gets night terrors, ones that can get particularly awful when bruce goes on an overnight business trip. so one night bruce is in new york after being forced into it by lucius, with dick being adopted for some time now. dick was awake because he was having trouble sleeping, for no real particular reason in all honesty. he heard a short yell though, coming from the room next to him and he dashed over, tripping over his blanket and still gripping zitka tightly. he knew that he wasn’t supposed to fight yet, but he doesn’t really think about that as he yanked jason’s door open.

he then saw his brother laying on his side, turning back and forth, breathing heavily looking so visibly pained it was hurting dick. he rushed over to jason, his eyes darting around because he just didn’t know what to do. taking his chances he tapped jason’s shoulder gently, and he already felt like it wasn’t the right move but he sucked it up and tried again, only this time to some result. jason shot up, gripping on tightly to dick’s arm, his eyes hazy and unfocused and his chest heaving.

dick remained still, only slowly trying to push jason off of him and back into his bed. jason’s grip didn’t let but he laid back in bed, squeezing his eyes tightly as if he was trying to push away everything he had just witnessed. dick took this as an initiative to gently climb into bed, as jason fell back into a less violent but equally as stressful sleep. he placed zitka next to jason, who still hasn’t let go of his arm, and awkwardly sat up in bed, almost acting as a protector. slowly, dick began to doze off, feeling a lot more comforted in his brothers prescence then he had been in his own room.

jason on the other hand, doesn’t remember much of that night, as he rarely fully remembers any of his night terrors (only the scars they leave behind), but when he wakes up at the ass crack of dawn with a few fragments of something he would prefer not to remember, he puts it together rather quickly. he guessed it would happen, and he could’ve told bruce and he knew the guy would drop anything in a heartbeat, but that pissed him off, more so then it justifiably should. he wasn’t a child and he hadn’t been a child for a long fucking time, and it was stupid that he couldn’t deal with a single night without bruce. jason then turned onto his side, disgruntled with a new found rage directed at himself that he might take out on someone else, when he found dick, sleeping at an awkward position.

he was leaning on the headboard, but was slumped down and drooling a bit, which would have been hilarious blackmail material on any other given day. but today, jason felt a pit in his stomach. the only rational thought that his mind could conjure in its fear muddled frenzy was please tell me i didn’t hurt dick, pleasepleasepleaseplease. he quickly checked over dick’s face, cupping his checks and looking for any signs of a bruise. he had given bruce a particularly nasty one earlier in his tenure at the manor, after bruce attempted to restrain him while he was having a night terror so he could avoid hurting himself, instead jason kicked him in the jaw. he even felt bad about it the next day, which was an odd surprise for him at the time.

after checking over dick hasilty, he could see he wasn’t all that hurt, even though if he looked hard enough he could see inklings of nail shaped markings in dick’s right arm just under his shirt sleeve. jason felt a bit of bile rising up, as he gently shifted dick into a better sleeping position, and pulled the blanket up to his chin and slipped a pillow underneath him. dick opened his bleary eyes, mumbling jason’s name in question, and squinting his eyes. jason rolled his eyes but nodded, “yeah, it’s me. now sleep–why’re you shaking yer head? you don’ wanna sleep? too bad.” jason pressed another pillow onto the side of dicks face in a teasing attempt to smother him to sleep, but dick only proceeded to giggle, and snuggle closer to jason, who had sat up already. jason tossed the pillow to the side after a few seconds of play fighting, dick was going to be too sleepy to remember this break in the ‘teasing older brother’ façade. so, he ran his hand through his little brothers hair and laid back down, tracing soft circles into dick’s scalp absentmindedly. and feeling a rush of gratitude that bruce had brought this little circus boy into his life. he really didn’t know what he would do without his little brother. (needless to say, dick became a constant comforter in jason’s night terrors).

jason blames dick for everything. if a vase got knocked over, it was a dick. if the tv wasn’t working, dick had been playing with the satellite. if his phone was missing, dick stole it to play games. if his sweater had a stain, you better bet it was dick. the boy in question, of course, adamantly denies these facts and does have a way of persuading bruce (he is the golden child after all, jason could testify to that), but bruce also knows both of his boys are annoyingly good liars. so every incident is treated like a little miniature crime scene, and it never fails to make jason howl in laughter at dick explaining how he couldn’t have possibly used up jason’s shampoo because he has his own washroom with his own shampoo and so w h y jason w h y would i steal your shampoo. (jason’s usual response is a deadpanned ‘why wouldn’t you’, and that just gives bruce another headache as the two bicker on and on and on.)

the pair of them usually go biking together, and it’s usually quite tranquil to start. until dick makes a sly comment that jason’s old bones must be so tired from cycling, so why not take a break? jason snide reponse is how the fuck are you touching the pedals with your stubby ass legs. that’s really all it takes for them to delve into a full on biking race. it never really ends well, but the two always come out rolling in laughter so whose to complain.

dick thinks real housewives of beverly hills is better then new jersey, and jason is adamant that new jersey is superior in every shape and way. the two agree that atlanta is the absolute winner no matter what though.

jason is dick’s english tutor. and it’s safe to say that it’s an experience. dick already knew a fair amount of english growing up, his father had been a wonderful teacher but it wasn’t exactly up to gotham academy standards apparently (jason knew the feeling) and his accent was still quite prevalent to have him be considered an esl kid, so jason ended up being his tutor once dick started going to english class at school and after his time with an esl instructor. jason, who has an untapped passion for literature that not many can match, is absolutely dedicated to teaching dick, because fuck man this is genius! genius, dick! and dick isn’t exactly a fan, but he does secretly think jason should be a teacher, he’s better then any of the teachers he’s had that’s for sure (his father would’ve really loved jason too, that was also for sure). and dick is considering buying him a little briefcase with his little initials on it. ((it happens, and jason tries really really hard not to cry))

bruce is absolutely that parent that secretly takes pictures of every single moment possible. he isn’t a photographer, in any sense, but he likes to capture natural moments, and he has a series of pictures dedicated to the one trip him and the boys took to Barbados where he started this habit. he wasn’t and still isn’t a big fan of beaches, they’re hot, crowded and just too much for bruce to feel any kind of comfortable in. he remembers sitting under a floppy beach umbrella, feeling the knot in his chest sit heavily on his heart, fire ants scurrying across the underlining of his skin, burning under the side stares of those passing by. it wasn’t until he caught a glimpse of dick riding on jason’s little shoulders, as they trotted around waist deep in the clear ocean water, that the fist squeezing his heart like the rotten fruit it was began to ease. he glanced down at the camera that alfred had subtly slipped into their bag after dicks insistence, and lifted it up to fiddle with it slightly. then raised it up to take a swift picture. capturing jason mid laughter as he leaned back, in a joking attempt to shake dick off who was in the middle of a yelp but had entrenched his hands in jason’s mop of curly hair. it was hilarious imperfect, but bruce would not want it any other way. not at all.

(jason found it once. he saw the picture at the corner of his eye sitting by the keyboard of the ‘Batcomputer’ ((dick was so shitty with names, thank god he didn’t come up with flippy man as his code name )), and he hesitated for a moment before hastily grabbing it. examining it with an unexpected amount of gentleness, he rubbed his thumb against the glass above dick’s hands in his hair and felt something snake around his heart. slowly and methodically seeping into it until he felt like he couldn’t fucking breathe. then he heard damian trotting down the stairs as he explained the details of his anthropology class to dick who was hopping down behind him. jason shoves the picture back and grits his teeth together to ignore the sting that was absolutely not in his eyes)

aAAAND THATS ALL!! i’ve had these in my notes for a while so it’s relief to get them out there hehe so i really hope y’all enjoy ive legit been falling in love with this reverse au bC THERE IS SO MUCH POTENTIAL U G H IVE NEVER BEEN EXCITED TO WRITE SHIT UNTIL NOW SO Y A Y FOR INSPIRATION

Y A Y :)

[hmlegacy]

I feel you, man. This town doesn’t even have a medical facility, that cow could have killed you.

I would be impressed if he was going to break up with me, the game would be going to heights I couldn’t even imagine possible.

Props to Damon’s confession for not having some third party visitor. Of course, now most of his event scenes will make up for this fact.

He’s napping...first thing in the morning. I know the feeling, Lars.

Lars, generally I agree with you but I’m gonna have to side with Damon on this one. The only adventure Damon can make at this point in this town is to commit to a life of crime.

A single step...OUT of this town.

I personally want to go meet an alpaca in Peru, go to Africa to see what it actually looks like, visit Barbados, and hit up Italy one day. None of which I can do staying in my town, so.

Not to say there’s not adventures to be had all around you, just I would not be surprised if Damon has exceeded what is available in this scenario.

Mm, I dunno if I liked this one that much. I do get what both of them are saying though.

[tabloidtoc]

National Enquirer, March 2

Cover: $100 billion Mormon charity scandal exposed 

Page 2: Rihanna has been trying to party away her pain since her nearly three-year romance Hassan Jameel ended and her family wants her to ditch Hollywood and come home to Barbados 

Page 3: Julia Roberts kisses and holds hands with Bruce Bozzi as husband Danny Moder was right next to her 

Page 4: Reba McEntire and Kelly Clarkson are the best of friends in public but behind the scenes Kelly thinks Reba is the mother-in-law from hell 

Page 5: Amber Heard spent Oscar night at a party trashing ex Johnny Depp and claiming she was the real victim despite audiotapes where she admits she hit Johnny, Quentin Tarantino is taking heat for basing a character in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood on convicted pedophile James Stacy 

Page 6: Child star turned train wreck Macaulay Culkin is sparking new fears he will spiral into a drug- and booze-fueled relapse after making light of his struggles with addiction, Robert Conrad was still alive when his family began feuding over his $10 million estate 

Page 7: Anne Heche says she’s broke and doesn’t have enough money for food and shelter and also asked a judge to order her ex James Tupper to pay back child support payments in their ongoing legal battle over their ten-year-old son Atlas 

Page 8: Chrissy Teigen has been secretly tormented by domestic violence hell -- her brother-in-law tried to strangle her half sister Yatinee 

Page 9: Troubled Matthew Perry has been included in plans for the upcoming Friends reunion but he’s been iced out of social gatherings with his former sitcom pals for fear he’ll go off the rails 

Page 10: Hot Shots -- Alfonso Ribeiro, Jenny McCarthy and Donnie Wahlberg, Diane Keaton 

Page 11: A tarot reader told 46-year-old Heidi Klum she would get pregnant and now Heidi and husband Tom Kaulitz are committed to making it come true, Jon Peters says he paid off $200,000 of Pamela Anderson’s debt before ending their marriage after 12 days 

Page 12: Straight Shuter -- Green Day and Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart make cocktails on Ellen, Liza Minnelli looks unrecognizable on the cover of Variety, Jay-Z is producing next year’s Super Bowl halftime show and has already booked himself and wife Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez’s daughter Emme has been receiving record deals since she took the stage at the Super Bowl halftime show but she’s only 12 so her parents J.Lo and Marc Anthony want to take things slow, Jessica Simpson is in talks to join RHOBH

Page 13: Jim Carrey acted like a sleazebag during promotions for Sonic the Hedgehog when he told a female reporter that the only thing left to do on his bucket list was her, Chris Brown and Amber Rose got facial tattoos, Jussie Smollett has been hit with six new charges for allegedly lying to Chicago cops about a racist and homophobic attack 

Page 14: True Crime 

Page 15: Coronavirus is Chinese bioweapon gone rogue 

Page 16: Jennifer Aniston still wants to have kids, Kate Hudson is planning a wedding to musician Danny Fujikawa and wants all her kids’ dads to perform at the wedding like Chris Robinson of The Black Crowes and Matt Bellamy of Muse 

Page 17: Kobe Bryant saved his once-troubled marriage to Vanessa Bryant by rediscovering his Catholic faith 

Page 18: Real Life 

Page 19: Lizzo lived in her car before hitting it big, Dr. Oz’s once-popular talk show is on life support and he has reached out to Kathie Lee Gifford to revive it 

Page 20: Jeffrey Epstein’s former right-hand woman Ghislaine Maxwell is selling his darkest secrets to the highest bidder, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were plotting a billion-dollar money grab before Megxit

Page 21: JonBenet Ramsey’s possible killers named in a podcast 

Page 22: Cover Story -- Mormon Church rocked by $100 billion scandal -- whistleblowers claim officials misled members and never spent treasure collected for charity 

Page 24: America’s dirty clergy revealed 

Page 28: New probe into Malcolm X killing -- lawyers say two were wrongly convicted in the 1965 shooting 

Page 29: How to spot a spycam in your hotel 

Page 30: Health Watch 

Page 36: Tupac Shakur is alive and being guarded by a Navajo tribe in New Mexico, Ozzy Osbourne’s Parkinson’s disease has devastated his family but his daughter Kelly Osbourne said the tragedy has brought the two of them closer together 

Page 38: Aging diva Madonna was kicked to the curb by boytoy Ahlamalik Williams and has been hell to deal with ever since, Tanya Tucker finally getting married at age 61, Hollywood Hookups -- Mario Bello and Dominique Crenn engaged, Don Felder engaged to Diane McInerney 

Page 42: Red Carpet Stars & Stumbles -- Oscars -- Florence Pugh, Gal Gadot, Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman, Janelle Monae 

Page 45: Spot the Differences -- Tesla co-stars Ethan Hawke and Kyle MacLachlan at Sundance 

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Top Lawyers In Canada In 2019

Dennis Edney and Nate Whitling

Defence counsel, Edmonton, Alta. In a rare move, Edney and Whitling are being termed as Best 25 honourees as a group.  Both have spent over a decade recommending for Omar Khadr, almost universally on a pro bono basis.  From Guantanamo Bay to the Supreme Court of Canada (three times), the improbable duo have fought for Khadr to get him released from prison (success in May), have him treated as a child soldier, and continue to battle for his legal rights at home and abroad.  It's been what the Globe and Mail called waging a war of legal attrition from the government, which has consistently done everything to paint Khadr as a dangerous terrorist who should be held behind bars.  Edney, a former football player who only started practising law in 40, has been the public and media face of the continuing legal battles, even taking Khadr to his home after he had been recently released on bail.   Whitling, a Harvard law grad and former SCC clerk, is a far quieter and reserved drive behind the scenes. What Republicans needed to say: Dennis has gone above and beyond the call of duty in his defence of Omar Khadr.  The nobility of the profession is dependent on lawyers like Dennis as we're occasionally called upon to defend unpopular entities or people -- but people who are no less deserving of natural justice and procedural fairness.   Whitling is a smart and highly effective advocate who stays out of the limelight.  He is a fantastic lawyer.  Exceptionally smart and excellent to use.

Sara Cohen

Creator, Fertility Law Canada in D2Law LLP, Toronto, Ont.  Cohen has devoted her career to two actions which have shifted the practice of fertility legislation for the better in Canada and beyond.  She has spent hundreds of hours teaching and mentoring on the subject of fertility as a adjunct professor, at home and overseas.  Her collegiality at a highly aggressive region of the law, really underlines Cohen's dedication to improving the practice of fertility legislation. More importantly she pushes for change she wishes to see in this burgeoning area of law.  Current lobbying attempts are sure to repay; among them to acquire coverage for in vitro fertilization services through Ontario's health plan as well as modifications to the family law legislation which would clarify that a sperm donor is not a parent just by virtue of being a donor.  Lastly, she is the first adjunct professor in the country to give a course exclusively devoted to reproductive law in Canada, helping clear the route for prospective field practitioners. What voters had to say: Sara has been instrumental in enhancing the legislation in assisted reproductive technology.  Genuinely cares about her field of expertise.  This isn't just a task for Sara, it's her passion.

Sheila Block

Partner, Torys LLP, Toronto, Ont. One of the sharpest litigators in the nation, Block has served as lead counsel on a newly discounted $5-billion class action lawsuit against CIBC and a $100-million lawsuit brought by approximately 8,000 residents of Barbados against Manulife.   She was also staunch counsel for former Manitoba associate chief justice Lori Douglas from the inquiry of the judge's character in a scandal involving her husband, one of his former customers, and salacious photographs of herself submitted on the internet.  Block additionally received an honorary LLD from the Law Society of Upper Canada this year.  An advocate dedicated to teaching law in Canada and across the world, she has coached advocates for the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal in Rwanda and the Special Court in Sierra Leone. What voters had to say: Elle demontre son interet a la fois pour l'schooling du publique et des affaires.  (She has shown her fascination for the education of the public and business.)

Rocco Galati

Rocco Galati Law Firm PC, Toronto, Ont.  Rocco Galati is famous because of its one-man resistance to the current authorities, so much spending $42,000 of his money on court problems.  He successfully launched a situation that blocked Stephen Harper's appointment of Justice Marc Nadon into the Supreme Court of Canada.  His resistance to the appointment of Federal Court of Appeal Justice Robert Mainville into the Quebec Court of Appeal Wasn't as Profitable.  While he doesn't win, Galati is dogged in his own efforts to defend the Constitution against a government he sees pushing the boundaries using a lack of respect for the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.  He's now also been elected as bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada and it'll be interesting to see what he brings into the law of this profession.What voters needed to say: A true Canadian constitutional and individual rights enthusiast.

Lorne Waldman

Waldman & Associates, Toronto, Ont. Waldman is a great guardian of refugees, immigrants, and human rights.  He's won a variety of significant victories, including health care for refugees in Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care v. Canada and a female 's right to wear the niqab while making her citizenship oath in Ishaq v. Canada with his associate Naseem Mithoowani.  In addition, he contended at the Supreme Court of Canada at J.P. v. Canada and G.J. v. Canada, that Canada's anti-human smuggling provisions must consist of asylum seekers participating in mutual assistance.  Along with Peter Edelmann, he acted on behalf of the CBA in the Harkat case prior to the SCC at 2014.  On the international stage, he represents Mohamed Fahmy (alongside Amal Clooney), the Canadian journalist working for Al Jazeera.  He has also been a vocal opponent of Bill C-51 and changes to Canada's citizenship law. What voters had to say: Lorne reminded us all, especially now, to preserve democracy and to preserve the rule of law.

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[enbouton]

Better Call Saul Rewatch, Part 4/30: Upon This Rock I Will Build My Church

Hero (Season 1, Episode 4)

Written by Gennifer Hutchison / Directed by Colin Bucksey

This episode deals largely with identities. Jimmy is Saul Goodman, he’s Slippin’ Jimmy, he’s Howard Hamlin, he’s his own receptionist on the phone, he’s Tony Curtis in the bath scene in Spartacus, he’s a local lawyer and a local hero. It’s fitting that we open with a flashback showing young Jimmy using the name “Saul” for the very first time, and just as fitting that it’s done without fanfare: it’s tossed out as a half-joke. “S’all good, man!” Jimmy, in a garish, slithery-looking striped shirt, leads his mark down the alley where his partner in crime awaits. The unhurried pace of this sequence is very effective, suiting the stillness of nighttime Cicero and the low-key nature of Jimmy and Marco’s con.

The flashbacks on this show (with the exception of the corner-store one) all take place at night or in dimly lit rooms; here’s some good meta that touches on how Jimmy thrives in darkness. Is it significant that the first Slippin’ Jimmy con we see is one that wouldn’t work on an honest person? Jimmy needs a mark who’s willing to make off with the "Rolex”, thinking he’s got one over on the rube who settled for $1,580 in cash.

Afterwards, Marco is radiant with admiration for Jimmy— “I love watching you work”— but Jimmy says his talents are good for beer money, and that’s about all. Again: what would have happened to this guy if he hadn’t had to leave Cicero? This is not the face of a man who’s happy with where he is in life:

(It is the face of a man who’s being "haunted by the ghost of vladimir lenin” (@deadpanwalking), but I digress.)

Back in the present, Craig and Betsy stand over a pile of money and stress that what they did was “for the kids” (sound familiar?). In substance if not style, Jimmy’s pitch to the Kettlemans bears more than a little resemblance to Kim’s pitch to Mesa Verde: “What are you gonna get from me that you won’t get from those other guys? Passion. Commitment ... If you’re with me, you’re my number one client, morning, noon or night. You call me, I’m there. I would be singularly devoted to you.” But Betsy isn’t swayed: “You’re the kind of lawyer guilty people hire.” Ouch. Exhausted and beaten down, Jimmy takes their bribe.

Nacho, now released, surmises that Jimmy tipped off the Kettlemans. I like that Nacho is as smart as Jimmy. I like that the show generally surrounds Jimmy with people who are as smart as he is. Jimmy counters that Nacho didn’t need any help making himself look suspicious, and Nacho stalks off.

As Jimmy launders his money, assigning stacks of cash to “consulting fees”, “research” and “travel expenses”, he constructs yet another alternate self, this one belonging to a narrative in which he worked for the Kettlemans.

We see Jimmy getting measured for an expensive, conservative suit, yet when the tailor steps out of the room, something wonderful happens:

#it’s like watching a baby being born #a really tacky baby

But Jimmy isn’t just using his windfall to smarten up; he’s playing a long con involving a billboard exactly mimicking one of Howard Hamlin’s, ringlets and all.

Small brain: using your ill-gotten seed money to advertise your business

Galaxy brain: dressing up as your enemy, buying a provocative billboard that you know you'll be forced to take down, hiring a film crew, then bribing a worker to fall off the billboard so that you’ll get on the local news for rescuing him

“He’s… you know, a free spirit,” Kim says, having been dragged out of the office to look at it. She demurs when asked if she and Jimmy are still friends, which, tbh, is fair enough, given how Jimmy behaves around Hamlin (we’ll get into that later). There’s lots to think about with Jimmy literally dressing up as Hamlin, recreating his look down to the smallest detail. Once again he’s taking on another persona, albeit just to achieve a short-term goal. “What kind of lawyer are you going to be?” Kim will ask him in season 2. It’s a question Jimmy seems to keep asking himself.

In the midst of Jimmy and Hamlin’s clash, we get an early glimpse at the tightrope Kim is expected to walk at HHM. She shouldn’t feel the need to lie about who her friends are in order to stay in her boss’ good graces, yet she does, and later on she breaks off a friendly conversation with Jimmy to hand over a cease & desist letter. With Kim, BCS dodges the “successful woman has to choose between career and relationship” trope in favour of something much more interesting, a woman facing uncertainty and unfairness in both spheres. Kim’s relationship with Jimmy isn’t even the main reason she’s treated unfairly at work, and her allegiance to HHM isn’t what’s keeping her and Jimmy apart.

The billboard comes down, but not before Jimmy has himself filmed in front of it, first speaking to camera about the injustice he’s faced, then racing up a ladder to rescue the worker whom he bribed to take a fall. It’s fascinating to watch how Jimmy tells his story here. He hits all the right beats— patriotism, bootstraps, public service, the dream of owning one’s own business— and casts himself as the all-American underdog who “scrimped and saved” to buy a billboard only to have it snatched away from him. We’ll see Jimmy employ a lot of these tropes in his advertising later on; this is his skill at face-to-face communication writ large, but the foundation of the billboard con is his ability to create situations that he can manipulate to his advantage.

When Jimmy drags the worker back up onto the walkway and the two slap hands, we finally see his angle. Watching him on the news in the HHM boardroom, Howard mutters “whole thing’s a damn stunt” and walks off. Kim gives a little smile.

The one part of the situation that Jimmy can’t control is his brother. He has the foresight to keep the newspaper from him, but he can’t account for Chuck’s pedantic attention to detail. Of course Chuck will wonder why his newspaper wasn’t delivered; of course he’ll look outside and see that all his neighbours have theirs; of course he’ll deduce that there’s something in the paper that Jimmy doesn’t want him to see, and cross-reference this against what Jimmy told him about a sudden change in his fortune; and this, perhaps combined with the urgent care receipt that fell out of Jimmy’s pocket a few weeks prior, will concern him enough that he’s compelled to go outside.

The show has already tipped its hand re: the true cause of Chuck’s symptoms, but that’s almost beside the point here: what matters is that they are real and debilitating. As soon as he steps outside, he’s overwhelmed, his senses are deranged, and he nearly runs into the path of a car in his haste to get across the road. The chaotic, visceral sequence ends with a blackly comic cut to his neighbour’s perspective. From the outside, this proud, suffering man is just a crazy guy in a space blanket, scurrying back to his door.

Misc.

“You assume that criminals are gonna be smarter than they are,” Jimmy muses to Mike. “I don’t know. Kinda breaks my heart a little.”

IIRC, the billboard, which went up for filming in Albuquerque in 2014, was how we all found out Saul’s original first name.

A wall of glass blocks appears prominently behind Jimmy and his mark as they walk down the alley. Marco’s fake ID, in the name of Henry Gondorff, bears an issue date of July 1991.

What we see of Kim’s office is devoid of personal items, except for a pair of sensible sneakers on the floor.

Timeframe: this episode picks up right where “Nacho” left off and covers a period of about two weeks. The Albuquerque Journal is dated June 20, 2002; Chuck’s copies of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bear cover stories that were published on June 19th or 20th (they are “Israel Acts to Seize Arab Land After Blast; Bush Delays Talk” and ”Unhappy Returns: IRS Moves to Bring Back Random Audits”).

Music

“Smoke on the Water” by Deep Purple (1972), sung by Marco

“Listen” by Chicago (1969), as Marco and Jimmy smoke

“Battle Hymn of the Republic” by Herbie Mann (1969), as Jimmy launders his money. Saul plays a different version of this song in his waiting room in Breaking Bad.

“Unsquare Dance” by the Dave Brubeck Quartet (1961), as Jimmy calls the media

References

Young Jimmy offers to take his mark to a place “a couple blocks off Cermak”. He’s referring to Cermak Road, a major east-west thoroughfare that runs through Cicero, neighbouring Berwyn, and parts of southern and western Chicago.

“Super 170 Tasmanian wool”: the “Super” number corresponds to the diameter of the wool fibres; the higher the number, the finer (and more expensive) the cloth. 170s wool suiting is very fine, soft and lightweight. More info here.

Sea Island cotton: a variety of extra long staple cotton historically grown in the Caribbean and named after the area of South Carolina:

“Sea Island cotton is the ultimate choice for any suiting connoisseur due to its unrivaled softness and second skin-like feel. This ancient fibre is now grown mainly in the paradise climates of Barbados, Antigua and Jamaica; its inherent long staple yarns create a silky yet strong surface, resisting wear while smoothing over time. Extremely scarce, it makes up just 0.0004% of longer staple yarn production.“ (Turnbull & Asser, where you can buy a Sea Island cotton shirt for £345/$456)

French cuffs: double cuffs that are folded back and fastened with cufflinks; a very formal style

Club collar: a white collar with rounded points, created by alumni of Eton College who wanted their dress to indicate that they belonged to that exclusive “club”. All in all, the elements of Hamlin’s signature look connote wealth and sophistication in a formal, conservative way.

Jimmy refers to Tony Curtis’ appearance in a particular scene in the 1960 epic Spartacus. It’s worth noting that the scene, which features two men bathing together and some heavy innuendo about “snails” and “oysters”, was considered so homoerotic that it was cut entirely by the censors and only restored to the film in 1991 (source). You can watch part of the scene here.

Kim invites Jimmy to a screening of The Thing (1982), a horror film about a group of researchers in Antarctica encountering a parasitic alien entity.

While talking to reporters, Jimmy mentions Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, investigative journalists who covered the Watergate scandal.

The Groucho Marx mirror routine Howard refers to is this scene from Duck Soup (1933).

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Watching the sunset and reading a book is where you will find me. Isn't this a vision of beauty? Thanks for the giveaway win @irishgirliereads. I have been wanting to read this one for so long. QOTD: What time of day do you get the most reading done? Do you enjoy indoor or outdoor reading? ***SYNOPSIS (GOODREADS)*** The beautiful island of Barbados, world-renowned for white sand beaches and tranquil blue seas, became the scene of an international crime in 1967. Forty years after Susan Taylor’s whistle-blowing novel, ‘The Unspeakable Truth’ became the most famous novel by any Caribbean author, she reaches out to a young writer to write her biography. Lia Davis has no idea why Susan would choose her, but there's more to Susan's story than meets the eye. The Girl with the Hazel Eyes will show you just why there is trouble in paradise. #readcarribbean #giveawaywinner #booksandsunsets #booksinthepark #readtoescapelife #readingisrelaxing #booksbooksbooks #bookstagram #blacklivesmatter #readblackstories #readdifferentgenres #caribbeanlit #bookdragon #bookworm #booknerd #bibliophile #bookaddict #bookphoto #thegirlwiththehazeleyes #bajanbook #goodreadswithaview #ownvoices (at Grover Cleveland Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CD44L7Yg8q3/?igshid=3yksrs8t7oxt

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Sheraton Centre murder case begins The man accused of executing a deadly lunchtime shooting at Sheraton Centre more than two years ago is now on trial before the High Court. Hakeem Roberto Stuart, 24, of Shelbourne Gap, St Lawrence, Christ Church, was arraigned before Justice Carlisle Greaves on Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to murdering Damian Trotman on March 21, 2019. A 12-member jury was selected and began hearing evidence in the case which is being prosecuted by Director of Public Prosecutions Donna Babb-Agard K.C. and State Counsel Romario Straker. The accused is represented by attorneys Andrew Pilgrim K.C., Sian Lange and Kamisha Benjamin. A total of 58 witnesses are scheduled to give evidence before the court. On Wednesday, three police officers from the Forensic Scenes of Crime Unit who took photographs of several areas connected to the case testified in the No. 3 Supreme Court. The trial continues on Thursday. Source: BARBADOS Today https://www.instagram.com/p/CkNyvWHg6d5rcFMTwJGbI_eJPd3x6yYRPT8NIg0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[bbcbreakingnews]

Archer could miss 3rd Test after revealing abuse

LONDON: England’s Jofra Archer says he was racially abused after his breach of coronavirus protocols and is struggling to get into the right frame of mind to play in the decisive third Test against the West Indies. The 25-year-old fast bowler was omitted from the England team that won the second Test at Old Trafford on Monday due to an unauthorised trip home after the West Indies’ victory in the first Test in Southampton. He is free to play after two negative coronavirus tests. Archer said in his Daily Mail column published on Wednesday that he had not “committed a crime”. He said some of the social media criticism he had received had been racist and felt uncertain about taking the field on Friday for the final Test, also at Old Trafford. “I need to be 100 percent mentally right so that I can throw myself into my cricket this week,” Archer wrote. “If I play and don’t bowl 90 miles an hour it’s going to be news. If I don’t bowl 90 miles per hour for long enough it’s going to be news,” he added. Archer said England had enough bowling resources if he was not ready to return. Second Test standout performer Stuart Broad, Chris Woakes, Sam Curran, veteran James Anderson and Mark Wood are all available. “I give 100 percent every time I go out there and I don’t want to go out on the field unless I can guarantee doing that,” Archer said. The paceman, who was fined and issued with a written warning for his breach of the rules, thanked England star Ben Stokes for helping him “deal with being in the spotlight of international sport”. Barbados-born Archer, subjected to racist abuse by a spectator during a tour of New Zealand last year, said he would no longer tolerate such comments online. “Some of the abuse I have taken over the past few days on Instagram has been racist and I have decided that enough is enough… so I have forwarded my complaints to the ECB (England and Wales Cricket Board).” Archer, who burst onto the international scene last year when he bowled the decisive Super Over in England’s World Cup final win over New Zealand, said he wanted to look ahead. “I know what I did was an error of judgement and I have suffered the consequences of that,” he said. “I haven’t committed a crime and I want to start feeling myself again.”

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Top Lawyers In Canada In 2019

Sheila Block

Partner, Torys LLP, Toronto, Ont. One of the sharpest litigators in the nation, Block has served as lead counsel on a newly dismissed $5-billion class action lawsuit against CIBC and a $100-million suit brought by roughly 8,000 inhabitants of Barbados against Manulife.  She was also staunch counsel for former Manitoba associate chief justice Lori Douglas from the inquiry of this judge's role in a scandal involving her husband, one of his former customers, and salacious photographs of herself submitted on the internet.  Block additionally received an honorary LLD from the Law Society of Upper Canada this past year.  An advocate dedicated to teaching law in Canada and around the globe, she has coached advocates for the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal in Rwanda and the Special Court in Sierra Leone. What voters had to say: Elle demontre son interet a la fois pour l'schooling du publique et des affaires.  (She has demonstrated her fascination for the instruction of the public and company.)

Mark Tamminga

Partner, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, Hamilton, Ont. Tamminga has committed his career to automating lawful practices.  His information technology focus started in 1986 while he was still a law student and was given the job of systemizing the manufacturing environment for mortgage files.  Since that time, Tamminga's capability for legal technology has just grown with Gowlings LLP.  Three decades back, he had been called Gowlings' Innovation Initiatives leader.  He's responsible for automating the Gowlings recovery solutions clinic.  He has designed and built a number of additional practice systems in the areas of debt collection, loan placement, and civil litigation.  His role has demanded re-thinking that the thornier aspects of large firm operations: managing cultural change, inducing client-side believing, and building the reimbursement mechanisms, which induce new behavior. Exactly what the panel had to say: Tamminga has shown actual vision in handling tough issues that many law firms aren't quite prepared to take on.

Murray Klippenstein

Creator, Klippensteins Barristers & Solicitors, Toronto, Ont. Back to the second year on the Top 25, Klippenstein's continuing representation of 13 members of this indigenous Mayan Q'eqchi' inhabitants from El Estor, Guatemala, continues to make waves.  Three associated lawsuits are before the Ontario courts against Canadian mining company Hudbay Minerals within the brutal killing of Adolfo Ich and the gang rape of 11 girls from Lote Ocho.  In a precedent-setting judgment in July of 2013, an Ontario court decided that lawsuits could proceed to trial in Canada over the objections of Hudbay Minerals.  At home he's also taking on the big guys in a situation against Encana Corp. which 's challenging the law and practice of hydraulic fracking at Canada. What voters had to say: Kudos for standing up for, upholding Canadian values, where we function.

Fred Headon

Assistant general counsel, labor and employment law, Air Canada, Montreal, Que.  As chairman of the Canadian Bar Association's Futures Initiative, Headon has contributed over 25 presentations to lawyers, law students, professors, librarians, law firm staff, and labs in Toronto to Buenos Aires, Victoria to Halifax, in person and online.  The Futures report was released in August 2014 and its recommendations put Headon squarely in the middle of several important discussions on subjects essential to the profession.  He continues to direct the Futures steering committee as it now turns its guidelines into actions.  Headon is an essential part of the debate on the future of this profession and he was the very first in-house counselor to become the president of the CBA. What Republicans needed to say: Brings energy and decency and the smarts to what he does.

Allison Dellandrea

Crown counsel, Ministry of the Attorney General,Toronto, Ont.   Dellandrea was a key participant in advancing the understanding of crimes against children by law enforcement officials, fellow attorneys, and the judiciary.  She had been included in a child sexual abuse case in March where Ontario's former deputy education minister Ben Levin pleaded guilty to child pornography related charges.  The fees included making composed child porn, counseling a individual to commit a sexual assault, and possession of child porn.  Dellandrea's role for a Crown includes function as education lead for Ontario's provincial plan on Internet crimes against children.  She's an instrumental leader in this area within the justice department. What Republicans needed to say: Allison is a tireless source and is the penultimate legal mind to get a prosecutorial place on all things associated with child abuse and sexual assault offences.  For this difficult subject that inherently involves quite reckless emotional and legal problems, Allison always has the time to provide sound guidance to additional Crowns prosecuting these very difficult and sensitive offences.  Her efforts have made a concrete difference in making our society safer.

Dennis Edney and Nate Whitling

Defence adviser, Edmonton, Alta. In a rare move, Edney and Whitling have been termed as Best 25 honourees as a team.  Both have spent over a decade recommending for Omar Khadr, nearly universally on a pro bono basis.  From Guantanamo Bay to the Supreme Court of Canada (three times), the unlikely duo have fought for Khadr to get him released from prison (victory in May), have him treated as a child soldier, and continue to battle for his legal rights at home and abroad.  It's been what the Globe and Mail called waging a war of legal attrition against the authorities, that has always done everything to paint Khadr as a dangerous terrorist who should be held behind bars.  Edney, a former soccer player who only started practising law in 40, has become the public and press face of the continuing legal conflicts, even taking Khadr into his own home after he was recently released on bail.   Whitling, a Harvard law graduate and former SCC clerk, is a much quieter and reserved drive behind the scenes. What Republicans needed to say: Dennis has gone above and beyond the call of duty in his defence of Omar Khadr.  The nobility of the profession depends on lawyers like Dennis as we are occasionally called upon to defend unpopular entities or people -- but individuals who are no less deserving of natural justice and procedural fairness.   Whitling is an intelligent and highly effective advocate who stays out of the limelight.  He's a excellent lawyer.  Exceptionally intelligent and excellent to work with.