Phanco, who has since moved on to the district attorney’s major-crimes division, spoke with me for two hours. He diagramed the byzantine system that is the Harris County criminal-justice system, one of the nation’s largest, and a study in dysfunction. There is no central database, no way to share information among all the tiny police departments that feed into the clerk’s office, which then divvies up crimes among 22 criminal courts, now scattered across the entire county. Basically, he said, unless someone tells him about a guy he’s prosecuting, he has no clue.

Environmental concerns are also helping sales. Some consumers are worried about the amount of water used in almond cultivation, while conflicting studies about soy consumption has ignited a debate about the legume’s health benefits and risks.

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This bed takes another approach and visually floats between fetching strings of custom beads that run between floor and ceiling.

In fact as the basketball bounced back toward Bird, surrounded by Lakers, stared at the sphere in disbelief. Then realization of grim reality and betrayal, as if to say "how could you not go in after all the times I practiced that shot and live for that moment?"

“Sure, the CIA has all these tools available,” Eliason wrote “Yes, they are used on the public. The important part is [that] it’s not the CIA that’s using them. That’s the part that needs to frighten you.”

When an earlier structure was built for the zoo’s chimpanzees, their keepers realized the primates were able to remove the bolts with their hands.

Along with several choice novels, eighth graders in my school read three core texts: “The Giver” by Lois Lowry; “Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry” by Mildred Taylor; and “Night” by Elie Wiesel. We often make connections to current events and how conflicts of the past are still prevalent today. In addition, these texts raise students’ awareness of themselves, and of the people, ideologies and experiences that shape a person’s identity.

That comes out to approximately $45 per month in electricity, but if you aren’t using the Bolt for daily commuting, you could spend less than that. In fact, that’s where I think some real game-changing potential comes into play. A few years back, I looked at leasing a Honda FitEV, which had about 80 miles of battery range. But it just wasn’t enough. With the Bolt’s 200-plus miles, you can forget about constantly finding electricity and relax. This will encourage far more people to check out the vehicle.

Zoo projects tend to be more complex than other projects when it comes to meeting client needs. Rather than just a single owner, zoo projects are designed with the animals, the visiting public and the zoo staff in mind — in that specific order of importance — said Andy Dykeman, project executive for Lease Crutcher Lewis, which is serving as general contractor for the current projects.

This time an angry Bird continued to harp at Strom, and their back-and-forth language became quite salty with the Celtic superstar dropping a few f bombs Strom’s way, who told Bird twice to "get off my ass."

Why was Worthy not thrown out or at least given a harsher punishment than Kite, who only defended himself after Worthy had taken two swings at him?