Lauren Davis during her 2nd round doubles match with partner Kurumi Nara against Ekaterina Makarova & Elena Vesnina. Day 5 of Wimbledon 2015.

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Adair, Michigan, USA

The unveiling of the J.C. Davis at the B&O Railroad Museum, the last steam engine damaged in the 2003 Roundhouse roof collapse.

Photo: B&O Railroad Museum, Amanda Barrett

Davis, a bicycle friendly town

French postcard by Cinémagazine-Edition, Paris, nr. 139. Photo: P. Apers.

French actress Dolly Davis (1896-1962) was a very popular comédienne in the 1920's, who was often paired with her then companion André Roanne. They even starred together in a film simply called Dolly (1928, Pierre Colombier).

Just having some fun at the Davis county fair using my 17mm f/1.8

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No, no es una crítica literaria del libro cuyo título quedará en la historia; es una frase que define lo que pasó en la final de la Copa Davis con el equipo argentino. La derrota consumada el pasado fin de semana es un resultado de una serie de errores y grietas que finalmente estallaron durante la serie y están teniendo consecuencias en lo que será la búsqueda de unidad con la renuncia de Luli Mancini y de un equipo fracturado, desunido y falto de confianza, en base a lo que viene en los años subsiguientes en búsqueda del premio más preciado en el mundo tenis.

Desde que se terminaba de gestar la victoria de Del Potro contra Andreev que remataba la victoria argentina sobre los rusos, ya se daba la primera muestra de quiebre de la organización como equipo y como país de lo que te lleva a la final: la desconfianza del equipo y del Capitán hace reemplazar la superficie que te llevó a la final por una carpeta super rápida bajo techo; ¿todo por qué? Por UN solo jugador: Rafael Nadal, tanto “respeto” por no decir otra cosa, le tenían los jugadores y el capitán, que decidieron cambiar la cancha y por ende la sede: Nalbandian con bombos y platillos pedía a Córdoba como sede de la final, en el Orfeo con 8000 espectadores, cifra lejana a los 14000 que pedía la ITF, la pelea recién comenzaba, ya que la política metía sus manos dudosas, proponiendo a Mar del Plata (capacidad muchísimo menor de 6000 espectadores que finalmente terminó con 9900 y mas de 9 millones de dólares gastados) como sede, ya que el Gobierno Central no quería la foto del Gobernador de Córdoba (actualmente enfrentado con el Gobierno Nacional) con los jugadores y la Ensaladera, lo que causa el primer cortocircuito en la unidad requerida para ganar este tipo de competiciones, y lo peor de todo, en una falta de decisión de la Asociación Argentina de Tenis, ésta envía a la Federación Internacional a ambas ciudades-sede como propuestas, para deslindarse de responsabilidades y costos políticos, recuerden que todo se origina para “complicar” a Rafael Nadal quien ya los argentinos al querer cambiar de superficie a carpeta, dieron por perdida la serie si es que se enfrentaban a él en polvo de ladrillo, lo que nada mas y nada menos fue la superficie te llevó a la final en casa.

Finalmente la ITF selecciona a Mar del Plata. Nalbandián, molesto, deslizó los intereses gubernamentales como culpables de la selección de Mar del Plata (con Scioli, referente de los K en la Provincia) como sede de la final, y ahí se desencadena un escándalo de algo que no debería haber sido problema al estar como local, el desaprovechamiento de la localía y la confrontación de intereses entre Jugadores, Asociación y Políticos quienes querían sacar su tajada y ventajas personales por sobre el real objetivo de ganar, daba ASCO.

Del Potro elige ir a Shanghai sabiendo perfectamente de su trajín de jugar casi 50 partidos (35 partidos los últimos cuatro meses), demostrando a las claras sus intenciones personales por sobre el equipo, decisión personal que causó polémica y mal humor en el plantel y en el capitán Luli Mancini quien no sabia ya cómo sostener los egos dentro del equipo. Y no solo eso, el fiasco del plan argentino ante el anuncio que Nadal no concurriría a la Argentina, hizo un mamarracho con la cancha al tratar de agregarle resina para “enlentecerla” ya que estaba rapidísima, finalmente, con la velocidad “cómoda” para los jugadores, solamente UNO de los cinco días estuvo disponible la cancha para los argentinos, otro desperdicio mas de la localía. Llegan los españoles y de inmediato tienen toda la cancha durante el fin de semana y tuvieron ya dos días de prácticas sin problemas, ya la ventaja de la superficie claramente dejó de ser para los argentinos y se movió a los europeos quienes se sintieron cómodos, esto se suma al casamiento de Chela, donde el equipo completo concurrió y desperdició horas que podrían ser de entrenamiento o de descanso previo a lo que sería para ellos “algo histórico”.

Finalmente llega la semana previa a la serie, “Delpo” regresa al país con 30 horas de viaje de China a cuestas, con el dedo gordo de su pie derecho casi destrozado, demandado de descanso sin lugar a dudas, y eso le pesó a la hora de la serie, donde lo terminó de marginar una rotura fibrilar de 3mm le causó la derrota frente a López y el abandono de la serie de un pilar que fue crucial frente a los rusos. La serie 1-1 y el sábado de dobles con la presión de no tener al número 1 de Argentina, derrota consumada luego de estar 5-1 en el “tiebreak” del tercer set, terminó de derrumbar todo, peleas en el vestuario y el supuesto “líder”, David, abandona a sus compañeros luego de recriminaciones luego de la derrota frente a la dupla de López y Verdasco, y se retira al hotel, no presentándose a la conferencia de prensa post-derrota de dobles, lo que seguro le dará una sanción económica.

Finalmente el domingo, obviamente, sin energía anímica y cansancio físico por su falta de preparación previa, (entrenó seis horas el dia anterior para acostumbrarse a la cancha, al conocerse que Del Potro no jugaria) Acasuso no pudo sostener su tenis ni la presión durante cinco sets y perdió sin atenuantes. Y el escándalo que se produjo en la conferencia de prensa, sin Nalbandián otra vez, demostró la fractura entre los jugadores y entre ellos y la prensa que tanto los había halagado previo a la final.

Cañas, quien no participó en la serie y también muy cuestionado por sus movidas en Mar del Plata que nada tienen que ver con este deporte, otra vez puso leña al incendio al deslizar “el dinero y los dólares importaron mas y por eso se perdió”, claro y contundente, da la puntada final al fracaso rotundo de un país que así como vieron todo este proceso, NUNCA ganará la Copa Davis.

La torpeza un cóctel vomitivo: políticos que meten la mano buscando sus intenciones personales, la prensa que ya daba por ganada la serie y faltando el respeto a los españoles, jugadores que piensan más individualmente en beneficios propios que en el objetivo final, dirigentes que no ponen orden y delegan responsabilidades y además una falta de confianza de los jugadores y del capitán en sí mismos al intentar “cambiar” la superficie que te trajo COMO EQUIPO a la final, determinaron este fracaso histórico de esta Legión, que quizás sea en conjunto la más exitosa, pero aún es desunida para dar el paso final, tal como se dio en el 81 con Vilas y Clerc.

¿La Argentina estará preparada para ganar alguna vez la Copa Davis repitiendo actitudes mencionadas anteriormente? Este fin de semana, la respuesta dada fue un claro y contundente NO.

Just having some fun at the Davis county fair using my 17mm f/1.8

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Confederate President Jefferson Davis

JMT Mile Marker 124.2

Looking over Wanda Lake to the right, the saddle feature in the mid-ground is Davis Lake Pass. Over that and you can drop all the way back down the San Joaquin creek area and MTR. Or climb the next pass West, Davis McGee Pass and drop down into McGee Lakes.

Could easily spend a week in this area.

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Hovering beside the pier at Davis Bay. Not the best location, but the light was fading and I wanted to get something before the clouds rolled in. Also took a bit of juggling to keep 30 m from passersby.

This High Dynamic Range 360° aerial panorama was stitched from 78 bracketed photographs with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, processed with Color Efex, and touched up in Affinity Photo and Aperture.

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Original size: 25000 × 12500 (312.5 MP; 1.13 GB).

Location: Davis Bay, British Columbia, Canada

Flying over the Davis Strait at 39,000 ft. This is one of the most beautiful sights I have ever seen from a plane, accompanied by a huge thunderstorm on my way to Mexico City and a beautiful sunset in the far distance on a flight to Hong Kong.

Big East German card by VEB Progress Film-Vertrieb, Berlin, no. 131/71, 1971.

Sammy Davis Jr. (1925 -1990) was an American singer, actor, comedian, dancer, and musician. At the age of four, Davis began his career in Vaudeville with his father, Sammy Davis Sr.

Davis had a starring role on Broadway in 'Mr. Wonderful' (1956) with Chita Rivera and in the Rat Pack film Ocean's 11 (1960). In 1966, he had his own TV variety show, The Sammy Davis Jr. Show. His biggest hit, 'The Candy Man', reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1972. He became a star in Las Vegas, earning him the nickname 'Mister Show Business.' Davis's popularity helped break the race barrier of the segregated entertainment industry.

Sammy Davis Jr. was born in 1925 in Harlem, Manhattan. He was the son of dancer Elvera Davis (née Sanchez) and Vaudeville star Sammy Davis Sr. His father was African-American, and his mother was of Cuban and African-American ancestry. When he was three years old, his parents separated. His father, not wanting to lose custody of his son, took him on tour. Davis learned to dance from his father and his godfather, Will Mastin. Davis joined the act, and they became the Will Mastin Trio. Performing since the age of five, he was largely self-taught. Sammy often appeared in states and cities with strict child labour laws. To get around these laws, he was billed as 'Silent Sammy, the Dancing Midget', and conspicuously walked around backstage with a rubber cigar in his mouth and a woman on each arm. Davis Jr. was known as someone who could do it all: sing, dance, play instruments, act, and do stand-up. At age seven, Davis played the title role in the short film Rufus Jones for President (Roy Mack, 1933), in which he sang and danced with Ethel Waters. Throughout his career, Davis included the Will Mastin Trio in his billing. Mastin and his father shielded him from racism. A stint in the army in 1944 opened his eyes to the evils of prejudice. A slight man, he was often beaten up by bigger white soldiers. His nose was broken numerous times and permanently flattened. He was given the dirtiest and most dangerous assignments by white officers simply because he was black. He was reassigned to the Army's Special Services branch, which put on performances for troops. Davis, who earned the American Campaign Medal and World War II Victory Medal, was discharged in 1945 with the rank of private. Davis rejoined the family dance act, which played at clubs around Portland, Oregon. He also recorded blues songs for Capitol Records in 1949 under the pseudonyms Shorty Muggins and Charlie Green. In March 1951, the Will Mastin Trio appeared at Ciro's as the opening act for headliner Janis Paige. They were to perform for only 20 minutes, but the reaction from the celebrity-filled crowd was so enthusiastic, especially when Sammy Davis Jr. launched into his impressions. They performed for nearly an hour, and Paige insisted that the order of the show be flipped. Davis began to achieve success on his own and was singled out for praise by critics, releasing several albums. In the 1950s, Sammy Davis Jr. helped break down racial barriers in show business, particularly in Las Vegas, where he frequently performed. When he started there in the early 1950s, he was not allowed to stay in the hotels he played in, as they refused to take blacks as customers. He lost his left eye in a car crash when he was on his way to record the theme song for the Tony Curtis film, Six Bridges to Cross (1955). He wore an eyepatch for some time after that. Humphrey Bogart ultimately convinced him to unmask when he told him that he didn't want to be known as the kid with the eyepatch. Davis was fitted for a glass eye, which he wore for the rest of his life. Years after the accident, Davis converted to Judaism. In the hospital, Cantor already described to Davis the similarities between Jewish and Black cultures. In 1956, he was a success in his first Broadway show, 'Mr. Wonderful', which led to his career in Hollywood. He acted in the drama Anna Lucasta (Arnold Laven, 1958), starring Eartha Kitt, and the musical Porgy and Bess (Otto Preminger, 1959), starring Sidney Poitier and Dorothy Dandridge. He became even more famous as one of the Rat Pack, a group of free-wheeling entertainers that included Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford. All appeared in the Heist film Ocean's Eleven (Lewis Milestone, 1960), followed by the Western comedy Sergeants 3 (John Sturges, 1962) and the musical Robin and the Seven Hoods (Gordon Douglas, 1964). In 1957, Davis was involved with actress Kim Novak, who was under contract with Columbia Pictures. Because Novak was white, Columbia president Harry Cohn worried that public backlash against the relationship could hurt the studio. There are several accounts of what happened, but they agree that Davis was threatened by organised crime figures close to Cohn.

In 1960, Sammy Davis Jr. again stirred up a large amount of controversy by openly dating, and ultimately marrying, blonde, blue-eyed Swedish-born actress May Britt. Davis Jr. starred in the Broadway musical version of Clifford Odets' 'Golden Boy' (1964), for which he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in 1965. The show featured the first interracial kiss on Broadway. Internal tensions, production problems and bad reviews resulted in the musical's closing fairly quickly. Much of the bad press was directed at Davis for playing a role originally written for a white man. When someone later complained about discrimination, he said, according to IMDb: "You got it easy. I'm a short, ugly, one-eyed, black Jew. What do you think it's like for me?" His film and nightclub career were in full swing, however. He co-starred in the buddy spy comedy Salt and Pepper / Salt & Pepper (Richard Donner, 1968) with Peter Lawford and appeared in the popular musical Sweet Charity (Bob Fosse, 1969) starring Shirley MacLaine. Davis was a regular at many of Elvis Presley's concerts in Las Vegas. He appeared in the audience and backstage in the documentary Elvis: That's the Way It Is (Denis Sanders, 1970). He filmed a cameo appearance for the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever (Guy Hamilton, 1971). The scene was ultimately deleted, but can be seen on the DVD. In 1975, he performed the theme song from the Baretta television series, 'Baretta's Theme (Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow)', which was released as a single. He made appearances on the Soap Opera General Hospital (1982-1983) and had a recurring role as Chip Warren on another Soap Opera, One Life to Live (1979), for which he received a 1980 Daytime Emmy Award nomination. He turned up in the all-star cast of the successful action-comedy The Cannonball Run (Hal Needham, 1981) and the sequel Cannonball Run II (Hal Needham, 1983). Fis final feature film was the dance drama Tap (Nick Castle, 1989) starring Gregory Hines. After reuniting with Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin in 1987, Davis toured with them and Liza Minnelli internationally. During the tour in 1989, Davis was diagnosed with throat cancer. A chain smoker, Davis died at the age of 64. He was survived by his mother, Elvera Sanchez (1905-2000), and his grandmother, Elvera's mother, Luisa (who died in 1995 at 112). Davis was married three times. A 'contract' was allegedly put out on Sammy's life because of his interracial affair with Kim Novak, but Frank Sinatra intervened and saved the day. Nevertheless, Davis married a black showgirl, Loray White, in 1958 out of fear for his life. A year later, Davis got it annulled, and Loray allegedly received a $10,000 settlement and a Cadillac. His marriage to May Britt was from 1960 to 1968. They had a daughter, Tracey Davis, and also adopted two sons: Mark Sidney (born 1960, adopted on June 4, 1963) and Jeff (born 1963). His final marriage to Altovise Davis was from 1970 to his death in 1990. They also adopted a son, Manny Davis (born 1978, adopted 1989). When he died, he was in debt. He admitted to compulsive carousing, reckless gambling and spending $50 million over 20 years while earning $3 million a year. To pay for Sammy Davis Jr's funeral, most of his memorabilia was sold off. He was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California, in the Garden of Honor, next to his father, Sammy Davis Sr. In 2001, he was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and in 2017, he was inducted into the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame.

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Plaque on the wall of the garrison church in Portsmouth.

Royal Garrison Church was built in about 1212 by the Bishop of Winchester as part of a hospital and hostel for pilgrims. Used as an ammunition store after the Reformation, it became part of the governor of Portsmouth’s house during Elizabeth I’s reign. The church was restored in the 19th century, and although the nave was badly damaged in a 1941 firebomb raid on Portsmouth, the chancel is still roofed and furnished. Fine 20th-century stained-glass windows depict scenes from the Second World War and from the church’s own history.

Davis reaches high above the net to knock the ball back past Youngs.

Nicole Branagh/Elaine Youngs defeat Annett Davis/Jenny Johnson Jordan

AVP Crocs Pro Beach Volleyball Tour 2009

Muskegon, MI August 20-23

I've wanted to draw this for a while. I don't know who the Davis Psychic is but they have a sign on the freeway (maybe it's a telepathic sign). Anyway I drew it today, Labor Day.

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LESLIE L. JEWETT

WW1

COURT BABCOCK

HARRY BATES

LEODORE BLAIN

WILFRED BLAIN

CHARLES BLUMENSHEID

RALPH BURCHNALL

RICHARD BURCHNALL

LINDSLEY COCHEU

WESLEY H. COLBURN

HERBERT COPELAND

ELLSWORTH DAVIS

HENRY L. DOROUS - KIA

HERBERT DUNEER - KIA

PERCY FORD

WILLIAM FORD

KARL FRIEMAN

SHERMAN GALLOWAY

JOHN GRAEBER

EDWARD GREENE

JAMES GREENE

ROBERT HAKENSON

LAWRENCE HANSEL

R. CLEVELAND HASTINGS

RAYMOND HAWKES

ALBERT HOFFMAN

WALTER HOFFMAN

HARVEY Q. HOWE

GEORGE HULING

MARIUS JEWETT

WILLIAM KIVLEN

CARL LAWSON

MARSALISI LUCIANO

ARTHUR D. MARSH

ROBERT MILLER

FREDERICK L. NOSWORTHY

CHARLES OLIVER

CLINTON OLIVER

WILLIAM OLIVER

JOHN L. PEASE

FRANK PHILLIPS

LEONARD PRUE

WILLIAM ROBBINS

RICHARD STAMBERGER

THOR E. STENSLAND

HENRY STREET

CLARENCE WEBSTER

WW2

STELLA ARENDARCZYK

CHARLES BARRETT

JAMES A. BOGAN

CLARK BURBANK

RUTH A. BURCHNALL

MALCOLM D. BURDICK

GEORGE A. COLBURN

OLIVER DOROUS

AUSTIN E. EMMONS

ARTHUR E. FITTS

RICHARD FITZGERALD

CHARLES P. FOX

PETER FREIMAN

RAYMOND FRIES

RUSSELL FRIES

JOHN H. GRENIER

CHARLES HAGBERG

ADOLPH R. HALBACH

CHARLES M. HALBACH

EDWARD J. HALBACH

LAURIER J. HENRI

DONALD E. HOFFMAN

ROGER A. HOFFMAN

DOROTHY M. HOWELL

GEORGE F. HOWELL

JOHN M. HOWELL

KENNETH N. HULING

LESLIE L. JEWETT - KIA

KURT KOENNICKE

WERNER KOENNICKE

GARDNER H. LEWIS

JOHN E. MARRY

LAWRENCE MASON

VINCENT McLAUGHLIN

FRED R. McMORRIS

GEORGE MERRELL

STEPHEN NEBORSKY

EDWARD S. NEWTON

BARNEY PAWLIKOWSKI

GEORGE PAWLIKOWSKI

ARTHUR B. PEARL

VICTOR POSTEMSKI

FRANCIS E. STONE

CHARLES STROMBERG

FREDERICK SURRIDGE

JEAN M. SURRIDGE

PAUL TUMEL

KOREA

HECTOR J. BURELLE

MURICE G. EDWARDS

JAMES A. ESTABROOKS

THOMAS F. HOWELL

WILLIAM H. HASTINGS

CLARENCE O. HOSFORD

WALTER F. KILLAM

LOUIS J. MARROTTE

GEORGE W. MILLER, JR.

JOHN D. MILLER

ARNOLD L. PAWLIKOWSKI

REV CHARLEY PEEPLES

JAMES W. RODRIGUEZ

CLARENCE E. STOCKING

WARREN A. STONE

ALFRED F. VARGAS, JR.

DONALD C. WEIDEMANN

DONALD C. WILLIAMS

VIETNAM

ALBERT C. AMEER

HENRY L. BECKER

WILLIAM J. BECKER

LAURIE MARIE BURELLE

MORRIS L. BURR, 3rd

BRUCE F. CHAPEL

JAMES J. CHARRON

WILLIAM A. CHESTERS

WILLIAM E. DOBLINGER

CAROLINE E. FILUPEIT

HOWARD S. LOEW

CURT A. MAIORANO

ROBERT D. MARQUIS

PETER R. MATHEWS

JOHN C. MOSHIER

JOHN F. OSBORN

RAYMOND L. PAWLIKOWSKI

DAVID W. RANDALL, JR.

DENIS T. RANDALL

THOMAS E. RODRIGUEZ

PHILIP V. SCARPINO

PETER W. STECKO

B. RANDOLPH THOMPSON

DAVID F. VARGAS

WAYNE F. VARGAS

This story is about Ward Arthur Davis (shown in his World War I uniform), a founding member of James O. Hall Post 19 of the American Legion, Department of Louisiana. He signed the Application for Post of American Legion on September 24, 1919. The Application was approved on October 10, 1919, which is considered the founding day of the Post.

Ward was born on December 17, 1901. Ward is a veteran of both World War I and World War II. The Americans joined in declaring war on Germany in World War I on April of 1917, and Ward would have been 17 when he joined the Army. He shipped to France and was a “Doughboy” in the “War to End All Wars.” While in combat he was exposed to some gas in the trenches and sustained some lung damage. Ward served in the U. S. Army from June 15, 1918 until August 5, 1919.

After his World War I service he married May Holmes Davis. They have four children: Marjorie, Dorothy, Elgie and Herbert. Between the wars Ward worked as an electrician, machinist and shop foreman. In the 1930’s he and his family resided in Los Angeles, California.

In addition to being a founding member of James O. Hall Post 19 of the American Legion, Ward was the Post Commander from 1939 to 1940.

Ward volunteered for service in World War II and served from December 15 1942 to December 11, 1945. He was a mechanic, and he rose to the rank of Chief Warrant Officer. He was assigned to the European Theater of Operations and served in General George Patton’s Third Army. He was exposed to the harsh winter of 1944-45, when the 3rd Army broke through and relieved the 101st Airborne Division at Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge, and Ward suffered some frostbite to his face during those operations.

There has seldom been a drama-free moment during Pakistan’s short history. The themes have predominantly been of recurrent violence ranging from wars, civil upheavals, military coups, terrorist attacks, political assassinations, and natural disasters. Against this backdrop, the Raymond Davis affair may seem like a storm in a teacup but, if inappropriately handled, it could rapidly transform into a diplomatic tsunami.

To avert this possibility, emotions have to be set aside and replaced by a dispassionate appraisal of the incident in which a US national, Raymond Davis (or whatever his real name), shot dead two Pakistani men in central Lahore on January 27. A third citizen was crushed to death by an American Consulate vehicle that came speeding from the wrong end of a one-way street to aid Davis.

Davis has claimed that he acted in self-defense. He felt that the two men were armed and were about to attack him. If this is established, then he has not violated the law because self-defense is permissible under articles 96, 97 and 100 of the Pakistan Penal Code. The three men who were killed had not committed any crime either. The individual run over by a car was entirely innocent which the driver of the vehicle was not.

However, the eye of the potential storm is the US embassy demand that Davis be released forthwith on the ground that he has diplomatic immunity under article 29 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, 1961, which stipulates that: “The person of a diplomatic agent shall be inviolable. He shall not be liable to any form of arrest or detention. The receiving State shall treat him with due respect and shall take all appropriate steps to prevent any attack on his person, freedom or dignity.” This immunity is also applicable under article 37 (2) of the Convention to “members of the administrative and technical staff” of a diplomatic mission.

As per article 32 of the Vienna Convention, immunity can be waived by the sending state and this “waiver must always be express.” Had this been done, the brewing crisis could have been defused. However, far from waiving his immunity, Washington has insisted that Davis is under illegal detention and has sought his immediate release.

The incident is now sub judice and further comments on legal aspects cannot be made. But this does not preclude an analysis of the concept of diplomatic immunity in terms of its origin as well as some of the instances when it has been invoked by Pakistan and other South Asian countries.

It was recognised even in ancient Greece that emissaries between city states would not be able to function unless they were accorded safe passage and protection. Centuries later, in 1709, the British Parliament enacted legislation granting diplomatic immunity to resident ambassadors but its application was confined to England. However, it was not till the Congress of Vienna in 1815 that a serious attempt was made to codify diplomatic immunities and this was further fine-tuned and broadened in its application with the adoption of the Havana Convention regarding Diplomatic Officers in 1928. Several years after the establishment of the United Nations, the draft prepared by the International Law Commission was adopted as the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations on April 18, 1961 and has been ratified by 186 countries.

The privileges and immunities incorporated in the Convention are integral to modern diplomatic practice and have been availed of by all countries. Thus, last month, the Indian Embassy in Washington is reported to have made a demarche to the State Department requesting diplomatic immunity for Kamal Nath, a cabinet minister responsible for urban development. The minister had been summoned by a US Court regarding a law suit that alleged his involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. However, Kamal Nath’s lawyers have denied that he has been served any summons though he is quoted by the media as saying: “As far as I know, the US has not rejected it (the Indian Embassy demarche), at least not to my knowledge.”

In mid-January 2011, the British government requested a waiver of diplomatic immunity for Anil Verma, a senior Indian Administrative Service officer who had been appointed as Economic Minister at the Indian High Commission in London. Verma had earlier been questioned by the Scotland Yard regarding allegations that he had assaulted and inflicted corporal injuries on his wife after a heated argument on Dec 11, 2010. The British request was turned down by the Indian government which has, instead, recalled Verma to New Delhi.

Similarly, in 2004, as widely reported in the media, Pakistan also stood by its Permanent Representative in New York invoking diplomatic immunity after he had been accused of violence against a woman friend following an altercation. This was a relatively minor incident compared to the discovery of heroin in 1975 in the possession of Pakistan’s Ambassador in Spain or the recovery of 16 kilograms of high intensity explosives from Mohammad Arshad Cheema, First Secretary at the Pakistan Embassy in Kathmandu. On both occasions, diplomatic immunity was sought and granted.

An even more sensational recourse to diplomatic immunity took place in 1979 when the Burmese ambassador to Sri Lanka killed his wife as she got out of her car after visiting a member of a music band with whom she was allegedly having an affair. The next morning neighbours informed the authorities that the envoy had built a funeral pyre in his back lawn on which he had placed his wife’s body. When the police arrived, the ambassador stopped them at the gate because he said that his residence was Burmese territory. In effect, he had invoked article 22 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations under which the premises of a diplomatic mission are inviolate. Despite the seriousness of the crime, the Sri Lankan Government was unable to proceed against the envoy who was eventually, but not immediately, recalled to his country.

The legal fiction of ex-territoriality of diplomatic premises that is conceded by the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations has at times been misused, albeit on few occasions, to undermine the security of states. Under such circumstances, the receiving state would be perfectly justified in entering the residences and offices of a diplomatic mission. Thus on Feb 10, 1973, Pakistani security personnel forcibly entered the Iraqi Embassy in Islamabad where, according to reports at the time, 300 Soviet-made submachine guns and 50,000 rounds of ammunition along with a substantial amount of cash had been stockpiled for distribution amongst Baloch separatist groups.

If law is reason, free from passion, as the ancient Greeks believed, there is need to temper the inflamed emotions that the Raymond Davis incident has understandably aroused. The death of three Pakistanis is undoubtedly tragic. But a dispassionate assessment has to be made on the question of diplomatic immunity that has been claimed on Davis’ behalf by the US government. The essence of law is not in the shapeless vapours of mere abstractions. It stands on the solid ground of its letter and spirit.

The News Pakistan (08/02/2011)

This is Another shot of CN Southbound Freight Train M342 coming around a nice curve at Ruby, Ms. 11/09/06. - William H. Davis, Jr. Photo

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Davis Dam near Laughlin, NV

318: Every Saturday in the park, downtown Davis there is a fantastic farmers market.

Sasha Davis Modeling - 2015

Abigail Davis

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Lakeside Aquatic Club (LAC)

North Texas Swimming

USA Swimming

Keller, Texas

2011-2014

Lakeside Aquatic Club

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Davis Station gets a new coat of paint the weekend of December 3&4 2011.

This is an example of some of the work going on while Red Line service is suspended on weekend for the floating slab project.

Catherine Davis is the Senior Fiscal Law Attorney and Audit Counsel with the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Office of the Judge Advocate General (CGJAG), Headquarters. Davis has been with the Coast Guard since June 2007.

Davis is also a retired Lieutenant Colonel from the U.S. Army Reserves. Prior to entering the reserves, she served six years of active duty with the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps. Davis’ first active duty military assignment was Fort Campbell, Kentucky, where she was a Legal Assistance Attorney, Installation Tax Center Officer-In-Charge, Administrative Law Attorney and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney. Next, she was assigned to the U.S. Army Claims Service, Fort Meade, Maryland, in April 1999, where she served as a Claims Judge Advocate, adjudicating medical malpractice and personal injury claims filed against the federal government. Davis officially left active duty in April 2002, and retired from the Army Reserves in November 2018. Following her active duty service, and prior to joining the CGJAG family, Davis served as a civilian attorney with the Department of the Navy’s Claims, Investigation and Tort Litigation Division, Washington D.C., where she continued in the medical malpractice and personal injury areas. In September 2005, Davis (a Major at the time) was mobilized for one year in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Davis served as Chief, Civil and Administrative Law Branch, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Kentucky and proved invaluable to the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate’s mission during the Division’s deployment. Lieutenant Colonel Davis’ military awards include the Meritorious Service Medal (2nd Award), Army Commendation Medal (2nd Award) and the Army Achievement Medal.

Davis was admitted to the State Bar of Georgia in November 1995 and commissioned an Army First Lieutenant in January 1996. Davis completed the Army’s Command and General Staff College in July 2009; followed by a Masters of Science in Management: Army Operations & National Security, at the University of Maryland University College.

Taken in Portland, OR. August 31, 2006.

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Co. E, 92nd OH. Infantry

History of Allen and Woodson counties, Kansas

embellished with portraits of well known people of these counties, with biographies of our representative citizens, cuts of public buildings and a map of each county

edited and compiled by L. Wallace Duncan, Chas. F. Scott.

Published 1901

WILLIAM DAVIS—Among the conspicuous characters and successful farmers of Allen County is William Davis, of Marmaton township. He has been in the county more than a generation, for he came to it in April 1878, and, as is well known, settled upon a piece of the disputed land. He aided for twenty years in carrying on an honest and aggressive legal fight for land which he believed the settlers were entitled to and only ceased when the court of last resort said he was in the wrong. His home place, the southeast quarter of section 19, township 25, range 21, presents such an appearance of unusual development as to warrant a passerby in believing it an old-settled, pioneer place. While it is a new farm practically, yet it is an old one for there hadn't been a plow .stuck into it nor a post driven on it before Mr. Davis took possession of it.

Mr. Davis came into Allen County from Appanoose County, Iowa, to which point he went two years after the close of the Rebellion. He was born in Noble County, Ohio, May 21, 1844. His father, Elijah Davis, was also reared in Noble County, Ohio, but was born in Virginia. He

was married to Mary Buckley in Noble County and died there in 1887 at the age of seventv-nine years. He was a successful and prosperous farmer, was identified with the Republican party and maintained himself, as a citizen, honorable before the world.

Our subject's paternal grandfather was Thomas Davis. He was a schoolteacher and farmer and was a native of the "Old Dominion', .state. He died about 1854, aged seventy years and was descended from Scotch ancestry.

Mr. Buckley, grandfather of our subject, died in the military service of the United States in the War of 1S12. He went into the service from the state of Pennslvania. Mrs. Elijah Davis died in 1897, leaving the following children: Catharine, who married William Fowler, resides in Noble

county, Ohio; Levi Davis, of Taylor County, Iowa; William, our subject; Eli Davis, of Noble County, Ohio; Thomas Davis, of the old home county, and Mary, wife of Lowry Smith, of the same point. Those who passed away in early life are: Joseph, died in Appanoose County, Iowa; Abraham,

died in the army, and Eeroy, died in Ohio.

William Davis acquired no more than a country .school education. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company D, 92nd Ohio Infantry, Captain E. G. Dudley and Colonel B. F. Ferring. He was mustered into the regiment at Marietta, Ohio, and it was ordered up the Kanawa valley. Among the important things done, unofficially, on that trip was the raiding of apple orchards and chicken roosts. The regiment was ordered by boat from Charleston, to Nashville, Tenn., where it went into camp for a time. From this point it proceeded to Carthage, Tenn., where it guarded the river a few months. Actual hostilities with the regiment began at Chicamaugua. Then followed Missionary Ridge where Mr. Davis lay at the foot of the hill and watched Hooker drive the Rebels off of Lookout Mountain. His own command helped drive them off the other side of the mountain. About this time Mr. Davis was called in for a detail and he was informed that he was the only man who had not been off duty in his company or on detail. The special service detail which he got took him away from his regiment permanently. He did not again see it till all were mustered out, in June, 186,5.

Mr. Davis took up the serious responsibilities of life when he left the army. He went back to the farm and was married November 1 , of the same year to Eliza J. Nicholson. They remained in Ohio till 1867 when they moved out to Iowa as previously stated.

Mr. and Mrs. Davis' children are; Abraham L-, of Stroud, Oklahoma; Mary C, wife of A. Morris, of Pawnee, Oklahoma: Margaret, wife of Chas. H. Ford, of Allen County; Joseph M. Davis, whose wife was Rachael Culbertson; Thomas E. Davis, whose wife was Ethel Wood; Minnie, now wife

of Frank Miller.

Davis Bay is a small community located just south of Sechelt on BC’s Sunshine Coast. Its most notable feature is the long pebbled beach with a paved walking path lined with viewing benches and a pier jutting out from the shoreline. Often the pier is occupied by fishermen. At low tide sand bars and tidal pools appear. On a clear day Vancouver Island can be seen across the Georgia Strait.

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This High Dynamic Range 360° aerial panorama was stitched from 105 bracketed photographs with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, processed with Colour Efex, and touched dup in Affinity Photo and Aperture.

Original size: 18000 × 9000 (162.0 MP; 681.73 MB).

Location: Davis Bay, British Columbia, Canada

This is a waterfall that I have driven past many times and had never asked the owner if I could shoot it. I finally asked tonight, and I am glad that I did. Not only did I get to see and shoot a beautiful little waterfall, but I also got to talk and get to know a very nice owner. I named this waterfall after the owners. Gaston County, NC.

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