query: The President of Russia can grant reprieves and pardons.

pos: President of Russia The President of the Russian Federation ( -LSB- Президент Российской Федерации , r = Prezident Rossiiskoi Federatsii -RSB- ) is the elected head of state , Supreme Commander-in-Chief and holder of the highest office within the Russian Federation . The current President of Russia is Vladimir Putin .   In 1991 , the office was briefly known as the President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic until 25 December 1991 . According to the 1978 Russian Constitution , the President of Russia was head of the executive branch and headed the Council of Ministers of Russia . According to the current 1993 Constitution of Russia , the President of Russia is not a part of the Government of Russia , which exercises executive power .   In all cases where the President of the Russian Federation is unable to fulfill his duties , they shall be temporarily delegated to the Prime Minister , who becomes Acting President of Russia . The Chairman of the Federation Council is the third important position after the President and the Prime Minister . In the case of incapacity of both the President and Prime Minister , the chairman of the upper house of parliament becomes acting head of state .   The power includes execution of federal law , alongside the responsibility of appointing federal ministers , diplomatic , regulatory and judicial officers , and concluding treaties with foreign powers with the advice and consent of the State Duma and the Federation Council . The president is further empowered to grant federal pardons and reprieves , and to convene and adjourn the Federal Assembly under extraordinary circumstances . The president also directs the foreign and domestic policy of the Russian Federation .   The president is elected directly through a popular vote to a six-year term . The law prohibits anyone from ever being elected to the presidency for a third consecutive term . In all , 3 individuals have served 4 presidencies spanning 6 full terms . On May 7 , 2012 , Vladimir Putin became the 4th and current president .

neg: Government of Russia The Government of the Russia ( exercises executive power in the Russian Federation . The members of the government are the Prime Minister , the deputy prime ministers , and the federal ministers . It has its legal basis in the Constitution of the Russian Federation and the federal constitutional law `` On the Government the Russian Federation '' .   According to the 1991 amendment to the 1978 Russian Constitution , the President of Russia was the head of the executive branch and headed the Council of Ministers of Russia . According to the current 1993 Constitution of Russia , the President is not a part of the Government of Russia , which exercises executive power . But , the President does appoint the Prime Minister . The Chapter 6 of the Constitution of Russia says , that `` The Government of the Russian Federation consists of the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation ( Prime Minister ) , Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation and federal ministries '' .

neg: Prosecutor General of Russia The Prosecutor General of Russia ( also Attorney General of Russia , Генеральный Прокурор Российской Федерации ) heads the system of official prosecution in courts known and heads the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation . The Prosecutor General remains the most powerful component of the Russian judicial system .

neg: Governor (Russia) The highest official of the subject of the Russian Federation or the holder of the highest office of subject of the Russian Federation or the head of the highest executive body of state power of the subject of the Russian Federation , colloquially and collectively referred to as the title governor ( губернатор - gubernator ) or head of region ( глава региона - glava regiona ) , is the head and the chief executive of each the federal subjects of Russia , not directly subordinate to the federal authorities , but the political and ceremonial head of the federal subject , all of which are equal constituent entities of Russia .   The office is defined by the Constitution of Russia and Chapters 1 , 3 and 4 of Russia 's Federal Law No. 184-FZ `` On the General Principles of the Organization Of the Legislative ( Representative ) and Executive Organs Of State Power of the Subjects of the Russian Federation '' which came into force in 1999 . According to the current revision of the Russian Constitution , the Russian Federation consists of 85 federal subjects therefore there are 85 offices of head of region in Russia ( see List of current heads of federal subjects of Russia ) .   The certain title of office is defined by the federal subject 's Constitution or Charter . The names include : governor , president ( президент - president ) , head of administration ( глава администрации - glava administratsii ) , head of republic ( глава республики - glava respubliki ) , mayor ( мэр - mer ) , non-officially and collectively referred to as governors for short . The official title governor is most used in Russia and traditionally it is used in Oblasts of Russia . Presidents of Russia 's republics , mayor of Moscow and mayor of St. Petersburg are also governors in this sense .   A head of the subject in Russia is said to serve a administration or executive office , colloquially referred to as gubernatorial administration .

neg: Impeachment in Ukraine Impeachment in Ukraine is an expressed power of the legislature that allows for formal charges against the President . Article 111 of the Ukrainian Constitution states that `` The President of Ukraine may be removed from office ... by the majority of the constitutional composition of the ... Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine by the procedure of impeachment , in the event that he or she commits state treason or other crime . ''   Impeachment can also occur for People 's Deputies of Ukraine .

neg: Federal Archival Agency (Russia) Federal Archival Agency of Russia ( Федеральное архивное агентство России Rosarchiv ) is the federal executive body , held by the President of Russia which is responsible for providing public services , management of federal property in the field of archives .

neg: Ethnic Russians in post-Soviet states After the dissolution of the Soviet Union ( USSR ) in December 1991 , about 25 million ethnic Russians in post-Soviet states found themselves living outside the Russian Federation .   All former Soviet citizens had a time window within which they could transfer their former Soviet citizenship to Russian citizenship . Where they did not exercise that choice , their resulting citizenship status outside Russia varied by state : from no perceivable change in status - as in Belarus - to becoming permanently resident `` non-citizens '' - as in Estonia and Latvia , which restricted citizenship to their pre-World War II citizens and their offspring ( regardless of ethnic group ) upon restoration of their independence in continuity with their sovereign identities prior to June 1940 .   However , most people in practice found the `` time window '' concept not feasible , as the citizenship issue linked closely to the issue of owning property owned by the state before privatization . For many people , a change of citizenship would actually mean relocating and leaving behind everything - or most of what they had previously owned or been able to access .   the largest ethnic Russian diaspora populations outside Russia live in the United States and in the `` near abroad '' countries . The populations involved include those in : Ukraine ( about 8 million ) , Kazakhstan ( about 3.8 million ) , the United States ( about 3 million ) , Belarus ( about 780,000 ) , Uzbekistan ( about 650,000 ) Kyrgyzstan ( about 360,000 ) and Latvia ( about 556,422 ) .   In June 2006 Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a plan to introduce national policy aiming at encouraging ethnic Russian immigration to Russia .   Does not include Abkhazia ( 2011 census : 22,077 Russians or 9.1 % of the population ) or South Ossetia ( 2007 estimate : 2,100 Russians or 3.0 % of the population ) .   In Turkmenistan , there were estimated to be at most 150,000 ethnic Russians as of 2007 , or under 2 % of the population . In Uzbekistan the same year , the Russian population stood at some 800,000 people or under 4 % of the country .

neg: Awards of the Ministry for Emergency Situations of Russia Known internationally as `` EMERCOM '' , Russia 's Ministry for Civil Defence , Emergency Situations and Disaster Relief is composed of both military and civilian personnel . It encompasses land , naval and air assets , the State Fire Service , rescue teams and its own academies . This article is dedicated to the award system of this ministry of the Russian Federation . EMERCOM awards are subordinate to state awards . All awards herein were approved by orders of the Minister of Emergency Situations , these order numbers and inception dates are included as quick references to facilitate any further research .

neg: Mikhail Fradkov's First Cabinet Mikhail Fradkov 's First Cabinet ( March - May 2004 ) was a cabinet of the government of the Russian Federation during the presidential election of 2004 , preceded by the cabinet of Mikhail Kasyanov , who had been dismissed by President Vladimir Putin on February 24 , 2004 , and followed by Mikhail Fradkov 's Second Cabinet immediately after Vladimir Putin 's second inauguration . It was led by Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov , proposed by President Vladimir Putin for the approval by the State Duma on March 1 , 2004 . On March 5 Fradkov was approved by the State Duma and appointed Prime Minister by the President . Other 16 ministers of the cabinet were appointed by presidential decrees on March 9 . Seven of the ministers occupied the same positions in Mikhail Kasyanov 's Government : Yury Chaika , Alexey Gordeyev , German Gref , Sergei Ivanov , Viktor Khristenko , Alexey Kudrin , and Sergei Shoigu . The cabinet underwent no reshuffles and resigned on May 7 . It was a temporary cabinet , as Russian legislation stipulates that a new government has to be formed in the beginning of a new presidential term , so the ministers remained acting and were reappointed with minor changes as Mikhail Fradkov 's Second Cabinet few days later .

neg: Sino-Russian relations since 1991 Diplomatic relations between the People 's Republic of China and the Russian Federation dramatically improved after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the establishment of the Russian Federation in 1991 . American scholar Joseph Nye argues :  With the collapse of the Soviet Union , that de facto US-China alliance ended , and a China-Russia rapprochement began . In 1992 , the two countries declared that they were pursuing a `` constructive partnership '' ; in 1996 , they progressed toward a `` strategic partnership '' ; and in 2001 , they signed a treaty of `` friendship and cooperation . ''   The two countries share a long land border which was demarcated in 1991 , and they signed a Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation in 2001 . On the eve of a 2013 state visit to Moscow by Chinese President Xi Jinping , Russian President Vladimir Putin remarked that the two nations were forging a special relationship .

neg: Treaty of Stolbovo The Treaty of Stolbovo is a peace treaty of 1617 that ended the Ingrian War , fought between Sweden and Russia .   After nearly two months of negotiations , representatives from Sweden and Russia met at the ( now derelict ) village of Stolbova , south of Lake Ladoga , on .   From the outset , Sweden had gone into the negotiations with very high ambitions , with the hopes of fulfilling the old dream of making all Russian trade pass through Swedish territory . As a consequence of this ambition , the Swedes originally demanded far-reaching territorial gains into western Russia , including the important northern port of Arkhangelsk . At this point , however , James I of England sent a delegation to mediate , and so did the Dutch , mostly to make sure Arkhangelsk did not fall into Swedish hands , which would have made the extensive trade between Western Europe and Russia far more difficult . Arkhangelsk did not change hands in the resulting treaty , partly because of the Dutch and English efforts , but mostly because Russia finally managed to unite under one tsar , Michael Romanov . As word reached Russia that the Swedish war against Poland might soon be over , the Russians were quick to get negotiations going for real -- knowing that they could not afford Sweden 's renewal of the war effort on just one front .   In the resulting peace treaty , the tsar and the Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus agreed to the following terms :   Sweden gained the province and fortress of Kexholm ( Käkisalmi ) ( now Priozersk ) , south-west Karelia and the province of Ingria -- including the fortress of Nöteborg , known as `` the key to Finland '' ( now Shlisselburg , Russia )  Members of the upper classes in these conquered areas were allowed to migrate within 14 days , if they wished to , a right not granted to regular priests and farmers  Russia renounced all claims to Estonia and Livonia  Russia would pay Sweden war indemnities of 20,000 rubles  Novgorod and other Swedish territorial gains during the war would be returned to Russia  Sweden had the right to keep all spoils of war collected before 20 November 1616  The Russian city of Gdov was to remain in Swedish hands until the peace had been confirmed and the borders fully established  Sweden recognized Michael Romanov as the rightful tsar of Russia , putting an end to further Swedish claims in Russia  Russia was allowed free trade at normal trade tariffs , making sure Sweden could not cripple Russia completely  Russia was allowed to establish merchant houses in Stockholm , Reval ( Tallinn ) and Viborg in exchange for Sweden being allowed to establish merchant houses in Novgorod , Pskov , and Moscow .   Gustavus Adolphus is known to have said about this treaty , which granted Sweden natural borders to Russia , partly in the form of Lake Ladoga and Lake Peipus : `` jag hoppas att det skall bliva svårt för ryssen att hoppa över den bäcken '' -- `` I hope it will be hard for the Russians to jump across that creek '' .   England is officially credited with brokering this peace , through their mediator John Mericke , though the Dutch efforts were also of great importance . After the war , the leader of the Dutch delegation , Reinoud van Brederode , was granted the title Baron and given the barony of Wesenberg ( Rakvere ) in Estonia by Gustavus Adolphus .

neg: Powers of the President of the United States The President of the United States has numerous powers , including those explicitly granted by Article II of the United States Constitution .   The Constitution explicitly assigned the president the power to sign or veto legislation , command the armed forces , ask for the written opinion of their Cabinet , convene or adjourn Congress , grant reprieves and pardons , and receive ambassadors . The president may make treaties which need to be ratified by two-thirds of the Senate . The president may also appoint Article III judges and some officers with the advice and consent of the U.S. Senate . In the condition of a Senate recess , the president may make a temporary appointment .

neg: Governor of Vermont The Governor of the U.S. state of Vermont is the head of the government of the state . The governor is elected in even-numbered years by direct voting for a term of two years . Vermont and bordering New Hampshire are now the only states to hold gubernatorial elections every two years , instead of every four as in the other 48 states . There is no limit on the number of terms a governor can serve . If no candidate receives at least 50 percent plus one vote of all votes for governor cast in the election , the governor is then elected by the state legislature .   The incumbent governor is Phil Scott . He was sworn in on Thursday January 5 , 2017 , becoming Vermont 's 82nd Governor .   The governor 's working offices are located in The Pavilion in the state capital of Montpelier , Vermont . The governor 's ceremonial office , used during the legislative session of the General Assembly , is located in the Vermont State House , also in Montpelier .   The Constitution of Vermont details the powers of the governor :  To commission or appoint all officers ( `` except where provision is , or shall be , otherwise made by law or this Frame of Government '' )  To fill all vacancies in office until the office can be filled in the manner directed by state constitution or by state law  To correspond with other States  To `` transact business with officers of government , civil and military ''  To `` prepare such business as may appear necessary , to lay before the General Assembly .  To grant pardons and remit fines , except for cases of treason , in which the Governor may only grant reprieves until the end of the next session of the General Assembly , and for cases of impeachment , in which the Governor can not grant either reprieves or pardons  To `` take care that the laws be faithfully executed '' and `` expedite the execution of such measures as may be resolved upon by the General Assembly ''  To `` draw upon the Treasury for such sums as may be appropriated by the General Assembly ''  To `` lay embargoes , or prohibit the exportation of any commodity '' for up to 30 days during a recess of the General Assembly  To `` grant such licenses as shall be directed by law ''  To call special sessions of the General Assembly when necessary  To be the `` Captain-General and Commander-in-Chief '' of the `` forces of the State '' ( the Vermont State Guard and Vermont National Guard ) , although the Governor can not `` command in person , in time of war , or insurrection , unless by the advice and consent of the Senate , and no longer than they shall approve thereof ''   There is a separately-elected Lieutenant Governor of Vermont . The Lieutenant Governor becomes the new Governor , if the incumbent Governor dies , resigns or is removed ( via impeachment ) from office . The Lieutenant Governor is also the Lieutenant-General of the `` forces of the State . ''

neg: Mikhail Kasyanov's Cabinet Mikhail Kasyanov 's Cabinet ( May 2000 - March 2004 ) was a cabinet of the government of the Russian Federation during most of Vladimir Putin 's first presidential term . It followed Vladimir Putin 's Cabinet after Vladimir Putin became President of Russia and was replaced with Mikhail Fradkov 's First Cabinet shortly before the presidential election of 2004 . It was led by Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov , proposed by President Vladimir Putin after his inauguration on May 7 and approved by the State Duma and appointed Prime Minister by the President on May 17 , 2000 . Prior to this , Kasyanov was the Finance Minister in Vladimir Putin 's Cabinet , and as Putin was promoted to acting President on December 31 , 1999 , de facto had led his cabinet since January 10 , when he was appointed also First Deputy Prime Minister . Other 28 ministers were appointed by the President on May 18 -- 20 . Only six of them were new to the government : Gennady Bukaev , Alexander Dondukov , Alexander Gavrin , German Gref , Alexey Kudrin and Igor Shuvalov .

neg: Alexei Navalny mayoral campaign, 2013 In 2010 , after the long-standing mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov 's resignation , then-President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev appointed Sergey Sobyanin for a five-year term . After the protests sparked in December 2011 , Medvedev responded to that by a series of measures supposed to make political power more dependent on voters and increase accessibility for parties and candidates to elections ; in particular , he called for re-establishing elections of heads of federal subjects of Russia , which took effect on June 1 , 2012 . On February 14 , 2013 , Sobyanin declared the next elections would be held in 2015 , and a snap election would be unwanted by Muscovites , and on March 1 , he proclaimed he wanted to run for a second term as a mayor of Moscow in 2015 .

neg: Medvedev Doctrine The Medvedev Doctrine is a set of five principles stated by President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev in an interview to Channel One Russia on Sunday August 31 , 2008 , in the aftermath of the Russo-Georgian War . They may be summarized as follows :   `` Russia recognizes the primacy of the fundamental principles of international law ''  `` The world should be multi-polar ''  `` Russia does not want confrontation with any other country ''  `` Protecting the lives and dignity of our citizens , wherever they may be , is an unquestionable priority for our country ''  `` As is the case of other countries , there are regions in which Russia has privileged interests ''

neg: List of Russian presidential candidates Candidate for President of Russia -- people officially registered as a candidate for President of the Russian Federation . As of , 29 people participated in the election of the President of Russia . Three more have been officially registered as candidates , but later withdrew from the elections ( however , one of them took part in the previous and subsequent presidential elections ) . Recently at the moment the elections were in 2012 , five candidates participated in them . The next elections will be held in 2018 .

neg: 1922 Moscow Trial of Socialist Revolutionaries The Moscow Trial of the Socialist Revolutionaries was one of the first show trials of the Soviet Union , beginning on June 8 , 1922 . The trial was part of a process that entailed eliminating all opposition in the nascent Bolshevik state . The trial stemmed from the failed Kerensky -- Krasnov uprising on October 29th , 1917 ( old style ) , when Alexander Kerensky attempted to overthrow the Soviet government that had just toppled him .   The previous years had witnessed the silencing of the Workers ' Opposition and the suppression of the Mensheviks , the other major proletarian party . The Socialist Revolutionaries had long been a nuisance to the Bolsheviks . The party enjoyed the support of the largest demographic of the old Tsarist Empire , the agrarian peasantry , whilst the Bolsheviks were primarily supported by the radical intelligentsia , with some , albeit small , representation amongst soldiers and workers . The dispersal of the Constituent Assembly in January 1918 was the first action Lenin took against the Socialist Revolutionaries . The results of the voting made it clear that the assembly would not be overwhelmingly Bolshevik , and Lenin decided that it was counterrevolutionary . Fanny Kaplan , Lenin 's would-be assassin , stated that her motive for the assassination was the dispersal of the assembly . The Brest-Litovsk Treaty of 1918 that ended hostilities between Germany and Russia was also a point of serious disagreement between the Bolsheviks and the Socialist Revolutionaries .   There were 12 main defendants in the trial and SR coup participants gave evidence for the prosecution . Among the notable Bolsheviks playing a part in the trial were Nikolai Krylenko , who was the prosecutor for the state , and Nikolai Bukharin , who was part of the defense counsel . Bukharin had even participated in demonstrations organized by the authorities that were occurring throughout Moscow , and demanded the death penalty for the 12 defendants . At the very outset , Georgy Pyatakov announced that `` the court does not intend to handle the case from a dispassionate , objective point of view but would be guided solely by the interests of the Soviet Government . ''  The evidence against the accused included statements of former SR participants in the military coup attempt such as G. Semyonov , who joined the Bolsheviks in 1911 , and became an agent provocateur . The trial concluded with death sentences for the 12 and acquittal for those who gave evidence . Upon further review by the tribunal , the death sentences were commuted . It was believed by Trotsky at least , that if the sentences were carried out , their party brethren would carry out terrorist violence against the Bolshevik government .   All of the defendants and participants in the trial would eventually become victims in Stalin 's purges .

neg: Economic history of the Russian Federation After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and collapse of Russia 's controlled economy , a new Russian Federation was created under Boris Yeltsin in 1991 . The Russian Federation had multiple economic reforms , including privatization and market and trade liberalization , due to collapse of communism . Though the economy is much more stable compared to the early 1990s , inflation still remains an issue for Russia .

neg: Decommunization in Russia Decommunization in Russia is the process of dealing with the communist legacies in terms of institutions and personnel that tends towards breaking with the Soviet past . Compared with the efforts of the other former constituents of the Soviet bloc and the Soviet Union , it has been restricted to half-measures , if conducted at all .   Notable anti-communist measures in the Russian Federation are the banning of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ( and creating the Communist Party of the Russian Federation ) as well as the names of many Russian cities reverting to what they were before the 1917 October Revolution ( Leningrad to Saint Petersburg , Sverdlovsk to Yekaterinburg and Gorky to Nizhny Novgorod ) .   However , Nostalgia for the Soviet Union is gradually on the rise in Russia . Communist symbols continue to form an important part of the rhetoric used in state-controlled media as banning them is seen by the foreign ministry as `` sacrilege '' and `` a perverse idea of good and evil '' . The decommunization process in neighbouring Ukraine was also met with criticism by Russia , and Soviet war crimes continue to be regularly dismissed as `` Western myth '' .

neg: List of Presidents of Serbia The following article contains a list of Presidents of Serbia .   The list includes the heads of state of the Socialist Republic of Serbia , a constituent country of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and heads of state of the Republic of Serbia ( 1992 -- 2006 ) , a constituent country of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia / State Union of Serbia and Montenegro . Prior to 1974 , Serbia 's head of state was the speaker of the Serbian parliament .   The President of the Republic ( Predsednik Republike , Председник Републике ) is directly elected to a five-year term and is limited by the Constitution to a maximum of two terms . In addition to being the Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces , the President has the procedural duty of appointing the Prime Minister with the consent of the National Assembly , and has some influence on foreign policy . The President 's office is located in Novi Dvor .


query: Las Vegas is the governmental center of its county.

pos: County seat A county seat is an administrative center , seat of government , or capital city of a county or civil parish . The term is used in the United States , Canada , Romania , China and Taiwan . In the United Kingdom and Ireland , county towns have a similar function .

pos: Las Vegas Las Vegas ( -LSB- lɑːs_ˈveɪɡəs -RSB- , Spanish for `` The Meadows '' ) , officially the City of Las Vegas and often known simply as Vegas , is the 28th-most populated city in the United States , the most populated city in the state of Nevada , and the county seat of Clark County . The city anchors the Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area and is the largest city within the greater Mojave Desert . Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city known primarily for its gambling , shopping , fine dining , entertainment , and nightlife . It is the leading financial , commercial , and cultural center for Nevada .   The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World , and is famous for its mega casino -- hotels and associated activities . It is a top three destination in the United States for business conventions and a global leader in the hospitality industry , claiming more AAA Five Diamond hotels than any city in the world . Today , Las Vegas annually ranks as one of the world 's most visited tourist destinations . The city 's tolerance for numerous forms of adult entertainment earned it the title of Sin City , and has made Las Vegas a popular setting for literature , films , television programs , and music videos .   Las Vegas was settled in 1905 and officially incorporated in 1911 . At the close of the 20th century , it was the most populated American city founded within that century ( a similar distinction earned by Chicago in the 1800s ) . Population growth has accelerated since the 1960s , and between 1990 and 2000 the population nearly doubled , increasing by 85.2 % . Rapid growth has continued into the 21st century , and according to a 2013 estimate , the population is 603,488 with a regional population of 2,027,828 .   `` Las Vegas '' is often used to describe areas beyond official city limits -- especially the areas on and near the Las Vegas Strip , which is actually located within the unincorporated communities of Paradise , Winchester , and Enterprise .

neg: Nevada, Texas Nevada ( -LSB- nᵻˈveɪdə -RSB- , unlike the state of Nevada ) is a city in Collin County , Texas , United States . The population was 822 at the 2010 census . First settled in 1835 by John McMinn Stambaugh and named `` McMinn Chapel '' , the area was settled by Granville Stinebaugh , who named it after the Nevada Territory . Nevada enjoyed some prosperity after becoming a stop on the St. Louis Southwestern Railway , and the town incorporated in 1889 .   On 9 May 1927 , a half-mile-wide F4 tornado ripped through Nevada , leaving 19 dead , 100 injured , and property damage exceeding $ 650,000 . The town had a difficult recovery ; citizens voted to unincorporate , and placed the restoration of the community in the hands of the Collin County authorities . However , the growing mechanisation involved in agriculture , along with the Great Depression , caused the town to fall into stagnation . The railroad later removed its tracks from the area .   Recent growth in Collin County during the last 25 years has moderately improved life in Nevada . The population has again reached the heights of 1927 , and the town reincorporated in 1988 .

neg: Opera Las Vegas Opera Las Vegas ( OLV ) is an opera company serving the Las Vegas Valley . Founded in April 1999 , Opera Las Vegas is a 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) nonprofit corporation with a volunteer board of directors from the fields of law , accounting , planning and marketing as well as the musical and theatrical arts .

neg: County Laois County Laois ( -LSB- ˈliːʃ -RSB- ; Contae Laoise ) is a county in Ireland . It is located in the south of the Midlands Region and is also located in the province of Leinster , and was formerly known as Queen 's County . The modern county takes its name from Loígis , a medieval kingdom .   Laois County Council is the local authority for the county . The population of the county is 80,559 , according to the 2011 census - 20 % higher than it was in the 2006 census , which is the highest percentage of population growth in the country .

neg: County judge The term county judge is applied as a descriptor , and sometimes as a title , for a person who presides over a county court . In most cases , such as in Northern Ireland and the Victorian County Courts , a county judge is a judicial officer with civil and / or criminal jurisdiction . In the United States , however , there are some County Courts which exercise primarily administrative functions , in which case the County Judge may exercise largely or solely executive authority and be equivalent to the county executive in other local government areas .

neg: Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation The Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation , formerly the Fort McDowell Mohave-Apache Community of the Fort McDowell Indian Reservation ) , is a federally recognized tribe and Indian reservation in Maricopa County , Arizona about 23 mi northeast of Phoenix .   The reservation was officially created on September 15 , 1903 by executive order , on a small parcel carved from the ancestral lands of the Yavapai people , encompassing 24680 acre . The acreage had been part of the Fort McDowell Military Reserve , which had been an important outpost during the Apache Wars . The original inhabitants of the reservation were members of the kwevikopaya , or Southeastern Yavapai , who lived in the nearby Mazatzal-Four Peak and Superstition Mountains area . In the 1970s , there was a proposal to build a dam at the confluence of the Verde and Salt Rivers . Due to the negative effects such a dam would have had on the reservation , the community voted not to sell the land for the dam to the federal government . What would have been called the `` Orme Dam '' was never built . The reservation celebrates this victory with a rodeo and pow wow each November .   After the passage of the 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act , a casino was built on the reservation . In 1992 , agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation attempted to seize the gaming devices of the casino . This raid took place in conjunction with raids at four other Indian reservations throughout the country . While the raids at the other four reservations went unopposed , members of the Yavapai tribe organized a protest . Using cars , trucks , and large mobile earth moving equipment , they blocked the egress from the property , preventing the trucks from carting off the machines . An agreement was reached between the tribe and Governor Fife Symington allowing the casino to remain in operation .   The outside communities of Fountain Hills and Rio Verde lie adjacent to the reservation . In addition to Rio Verde and Fountain Hills , the reservation 's economy is also closely tied to the nearby cities of Mesa , Scottsdale and Phoenix . Also in the area is the Salt River Indian Reservation of the Pima and Maricopa peoples . The tribe operates its own gas station , a large sand and gravel operation , a farm , and the Fort McDowell Casino . Other operations on the reservation include the Wekopa Resort and Conference Center , the Poco Diablo hotel , the Wekopa Golf Course , and Fort McDowell Adventures .   The area now occupied by the reservation was the birthplace of the Native American activist , Carlos Montezuma , who founded the Society of American Indians .

neg: Political party strength in Nevada The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Nevada :  Governor  Lieutenant Governor  Secretary of State  Attorney General  State Treasurer  State Controller   The table also indicates the historical party composition in the :  State Senate  State Assembly  State delegation to the U.S. Senate  State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives   For years in which a presidential election was held , the table indicates which party 's nominees received the state 's electoral votes .   The parties are as follows : ( D ) , ( R ) , ( S ) , ( S/D ) , and .

neg: Northern Arizona Northern Arizona is an unofficial , colloquially-defined region of the U.S. state of Arizona . Generally consisting of Coconino County , Yavapai County , Navajo County , and Apache County , it is geographically dominated by the Colorado Plateau , the southern border of which in Arizona is called the Mogollon Rim . Mohave County , located in the northwest of the state , may or may not be considered part of Northern Arizona , depending on local opinions .

neg: Nevada Senate The Nevada Senate is the upper house of the Nevada Legislature , the state legislature of U.S. state of Nevada . The Senate currently ( 2012-2021 ) consists of 21 members from single-member districts . In the previous redistricting ( 2002-2011 ) there were 19 districts , two of which were multimember . Since 2012 , there have been 21 districts , each formed by combining two neighboring Assembly districts . Each senator represented approximately 128,598 as of the 2010 census . Article Four of The Nevada Constitution sets that Senators serve staggered four-year terms . In addition , the size of the Senate is set to be no less than one-third and no greater than one-half of the size of the Assembly . Term limits , limiting senators to three 4-year terms ( 12 years ) , took effect in 2010 . Because of the change in Constitution , seven senators were termed out in 2010 , four were termed out in 2012 , and one is to be termed out in 2014 . The Senate met at the Nevada State Capitol in Carson City until 1971 , when a separate Legislative Building was constructed south of the Capitol . The Legislative Building was expanded in 1997 to its current appearance to accommodate the growing Legislature .

neg: Latah County, Idaho Latah County ( pron . -LSB- ` laytɑː -RSB- ) is a county located in the north central region of the U.S. state of Idaho . As of the 2010 census , the population was 37,244 . The county seat and largest city is Moscow , the home of the University of Idaho , the state 's flagship and land-grant university .   The county was created in 1888 and named for Latah Creek in its northwest corner . The name in the Nez Perce language means `` the place of pine trees and pestle . '' The tribe found shade under the white pine trees for doing their work and stones suitable for use in pulverizing camas roots to process as one of their food staples .   Latah County comprises the Moscow , ID Micropolitan Statistical Area , which is included in the Pullman-Moscow , WA-ID Combined Statistical Area .   The county comprises the majority of the eastern portion of the Palouse , famous for its rolling hills and rich agriculture . Latah County is the only county in the U.S. established by an act of Congress ; it was originally part of Nez Perce County , which was reluctant to lose its most populated area .

neg: List of tallest buildings in Las Vegas The city of Las Vegas , Nevada and its surrounding unincorporated communities in the Las Vegas Valley are the sites of more than 160 high-rises , 42 of which stand taller than 400 ft. The tallest structure in the city is the Stratosphere Tower , which rises 1149 ft just north of the Las Vegas Strip . The tower is also the tallest observation tower in the United States . Since the Stratosphere Tower is not fully habitable , however , it is not considered a building . The tallest building in Las Vegas is the Fontainebleau Resort Las Vegas , which rises 735 ft and was topped out in November 2008 . This building , however , is currently on hold . The tallest completed building in the city is the 52-story Palazzo , which rises 642 ft and was completed in 2007 .   The history of skyscrapers in Las Vegas began with the 1954 completion of the Castaways Hotel and Casino in Downtown Las Vegas ; the 216 ft structure stood as the tallest building in the city until 1961 , and was demolished in 2006 . Beginning with the completion of the Diamond of the Dunes Tower in 1961 , high-rise hotels began to become more concentrated on the Las Vegas Strip . The first high-rise hotel and casino resort to rise higher than 492 ft was the 529 ft New York-New York Hotel & Casino , completed in 1997 . Las Vegas entered into a skyscraper-building boom in the late 1990s that has continued to the present ; of the city 's 40 tallest skyscrapers , 39 were completed after 1997 . As of 2012 , the skyline of Las Vegas is ranked 66th in the world and 18th in the United States with 176 completed high-rises .   In what is being dubbed a `` Manhattanization wave '' , there are over 30 skyscrapers that are proposed , approved or under construction in the city that are planned to rise over 400 ft in height . The tallest building approved for the city is the World Jewelry Center , which is planned for construction in Downtown Las Vegas . The 815 ft tower is part of a proposal to construct a hub for the world 's jewelry industry , across from World Market Center Las Vegas . The tallest building under construction in Las Vegas is the Fontainebleau Resort Las Vegas , which has also been the tallest building in the city since its topping out in November 2008 ; construction on the building was suspended in mid-2009 and is currently on hold under owner Carl Icahn .  __ TOC __

neg: Clark County Shooting Complex The Clark County Shooting Complex , located on the northern outskirts of Las Vegas , Nevada , is the largest shooting facility in the United States . The 2900 acre park is being built in stages by Clark County , Nevada . At full build out is anticipated that only 900 acre will be developed with the rest of the site serving as a buffer for the surrounding community . The park is located at the northern end of Decatur Blvd in unincorporated Clark County , just north of the City of Las Vegas boundary .

neg: Montgomery County, Alabama Montgomery County is a county in the State of Alabama . As of the 2010 census , its population was 229,363 , making it the fourth-most populous county in Alabama . Its county seat is Montgomery , the state capital .   Montgomery County is included in the Montgomery , AL Metropolitan Statistical Area .

neg: Iowa Secretary of State The Iowa Secretary of State is a constitutional officer of the U.S. state of Iowa and is elected every four years . The Office of the Secretary of State is divided into four divisions : Elections and Voter Registration , Business Services , Administrative Services , and Communications and Publications . Elections and Voter Registration deals with supervising the 99 county auditors , elections , and voter registration . The division of the office helps the county auditors in telling them which election practices work best . The division also helps in increasing voter registration . The Business Services Division is a records center for businesses in Iowa . The Administrative Services Division and the Communications and Publications Division is involved in scheduling and providing media information , preservation of documents , recordkeeping , and publishing the Iowa Official Register and the Iowa Official Directory of Federal , State and County Officers . The Secretary of State 's office is housed in the Lucas State Office Building in Des Moines .

neg: Santa Fe County, New Mexico Santa Fe County ( Holy faith ) is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico . As of the 2010 census , the population was 144,170 , making it New Mexico 's third-most populous county , after Bernalillo County and Doña Ana County . Its county seat is Santa Fe , the state capital .   Santa Fe County comprises the Santa Fe , NM Metropolitan Statistical Area , which is also included in the Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Las Vegas , NM Combined Statistical Area .

neg: Downtown Laredo Downtown Laredo is the second main business district in Laredo , Texas . Downtown Laredo is the starting point for Interstate Highway 35 and State Highway 359 . It is home to all of Laredo 's high-rise buildings . Laredo 's and Webb County 's main government buildings are located in Downtown Laredo . Most of Webb County 's National Register of Historic Places are in this area .

neg: Justice courts (Oregon) Justice courts are courts of law in Oregon with jurisdiction within their county with the circuit court in criminal prosecutions except felony trials . They are held by a justice of the peace . These courts are outside the state-funded court system . Their jurisdiction is limited to traffic , boating , wildlife and other minor violations , but they may handle city ordinance violations if an agreement exists with a city . Justice courts do not have jurisdiction over certain types of civil cases , including disputes over title to real estate , false imprisonment , libel , slander and malicious prosecution .   Justice courts were established in Oregon when the region was governed by the Oregon Provisional Government prior to the creation of the Oregon Territory in 1848 , with the first justice of the peace chosen in 1847 . When Oregon became a state in 1859 , justice courts continued in every county . In the second half of the twentieth century , justice courts declined , but the circuit courts were not able to handle the volume of cases as quickly as the justice courts .   There are currently thirty justice courts operating in twenty counties , which are conducted using the mode of proceeding and rules of evidence similar to those used in the circuit courts . The court district boundaries are established and authorized by boards of county commissioners .

neg: Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas The Nevada State Museum , Las Vegas located at the Springs Preserve , in Las Vegas , Nevada is one of 6 Nevada State Museums operated by the Nevada Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs . The name was changed from the Nevada State Museum and Historical Society in 2008 when the museum moved from Lorenzi Park in Las Vegas to the Springs Preserve . The museum houses items from the development of Las Vegas as well as the natural history of the area .

neg: List of counties in Utah There are 29 counties in the U.S. state of Utah . There were originally seven counties established under the provisional State of Deseret in 1849 : Davis , Iron , Sanpete , Salt Lake , Tooele , Utah , and Weber . The Territory of Utah was created in 1851 with the first territorial legislature meeting from 1851 -- 1852 . The first legislature re-created the original counties from the State of Deseret under territorial law as well as establishing three additional counties : Juab , Millard , and Washington . All other counties were established between 1854 and 1894 by the Utah Territorial Legislature under territorial law except for the last two counties formed , Daggett and Duchesne . They were created by popular vote and by gubernatorial proclamation after Utah became a state . Present-day Duchesne County encompassed an Indian reservation that was created in 1861 . The reservation was opened to homesteaders in 1905 and the county was created in 1913 . Due to dangerous roads , mountainous terrain , and bad weather preventing travel via a direct route , residents in present-day Daggett County had to travel 400 to on both stage and rail to conduct business in Vernal , the county seat for Uintah County a mere 50 miles away . In 1917 , all Uintah County residents voted to create Daggett County .   Based on the 2010 United States Census data , the population of Utah was 2,763,885 . Just over 75 % of Utah 's population is concentrated along four Wasatch Front counties of Salt Lake , Utah , Davis , and Weber . Salt Lake County was the largest county in the state with a population of 1,029,655 , followed by Utah County with 516,564 , Davis County with 306,479 and Weber County with 231,236 . Daggett County was the least populated with 1,059 people . The largest county in land area is San Juan County with 7821 mi2 and Davis County is the smallest with 304 mi2 .   The Federal Information Processing Standard ( FIPS ) code , which is used by the United States government to uniquely identify states and counties , is provided with each county . Utah 's FIPS code is 49 , which when combined with any county code would be written as 49XXX . In the FIPS code column in the table below , each FIPS code links to the most current census data for that county .  __ TOC __

neg: Counties of Estonia Counties ( maakond , plural maakonnad ) are the first-level administrative subdivisions of Estonia . Estonian territory is composed of 15 counties , including 13 on the mainland and 2 on islands . The government ( maavalitsus ) of each county is led by a -LSB- County Governors of Estonia , maavanem -RSB- ( governor ) who represents the national government ( Vabariigi Valitsus ) at the regional level . Governors are appointed by the national government for a term of five years .   Each county is further divided into municipalities of two types : urban municipalities ( towns , linnad ) and rural municipalities ( parishes , vallad ) .

neg: History of Las Vegas This history of Las Vegas covers both the city of Las Vegas , Nevada , and the Las Vegas Valley .   The name Las Vegas was given to the area in 1829 by an Australian scout named Richard , a member of the Antonio Armijo trading party that was traveling to Los Angeles , and stopped for water there while heading north and west on the Old Spanish Trail from New Mexico . At that time , several parts of the valley contained artesian wells surrounded by extensive green areas ; Las Vegas means the meadows in Spanish . The flows from the wells fed the Las Vegas Wash , which runs to the Colorado River .


query: Jennifer Connelly has two children with Paul Bettany.

pos: Paul Bettany Paul Bettany ( born 27 May 1971 ) is an English actor . He is known for his voice role as J.A.R.V.I.S. in the Marvel Cinematic Universe , specifically the films Iron Man ( 2008 ) , Iron Man 2 ( 2010 ) , The Avengers ( 2012 ) , Iron Man 3 ( 2013 ) , and Avengers : Age of Ultron ( 2015 ) , in which he also portrayed the Vision , in the Marvel Cinematic Universe for which he garnered praise . He reprised his role as the Vision in Captain America : Civil War ( 2016 ) . He first came to the attention of mainstream audiences when he appeared in the British film Gangster No. 1 ( 2000 ) , and director Brian Helgeland 's film A Knight 's Tale ( 2001 ) . He has gone on to appear in a wide variety of films , including A Beautiful Mind ( 2001 ) , Master and Commander : The Far Side of the World ( 2003 ) , Dogville ( 2003 ) , Wimbledon ( 2004 ) , and the adaptation of the novel The Da Vinci Code ( 2006 ) .   He has been nominated for various awards , including BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture . Bettany is married to American actress Jennifer Connelly , with whom he has two children . His most commercially successful films have been The Avengers , which grossed over US$ 1.5 billion , its sequel Avengers : Age of Ultron , which grossed over $ 1.4 billion , Iron Man 3 , which grossed over US$ 1.2 billion , Captain America : Civil War , which grossed over US$ 1.1 billion , and The Da Vinci Code , which grossed US$ 758 million .

neg: Simon Fields Simon Fields is a native of London and received his education at Stowe School . After graduation , he worked his way through the television commercial production ranks in London to become production manager for the Moving Picture Company . In 1978 , Fields became a producer for Jon Roseman Productions and moved to L.A. within a year to join its U.S. division . He , producer Paul Flattery and director Bruce Gowers . soon left to form Gowers , Fields , Flattery . In 1982 , Gowers Fields Flattery started representing director Steve Barron , of the UK company Limelight in the U.S. . In 1983 Fields left Gowers , Fields , Flattery with Barron to form the US version of Limelight , a company focused on music video , commercial and feature film production , with operations in Los Angeles and London . As president and CEO , Fields oversaw a television commercial division whose accounts included Calvin Klein , Nike and Budweiser , as well as producing the feature film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles . Limelight also became distinguished as a leader in music video production , working on projects with Michael Jackson , Madonna , Prince , Peter Gabriel , A-ha , David Bowie and others .   Toward the end of his twelve-year tenure with Limelight , Fields teamed with director Peter Chelsom in developing and producing feature films . Together they shepherded the Ned Beatty romantic comedy Hear My Song , the Buena Vista distributed Funny Bones starring Oliver Platt and Jerry Lewis ( which earned Fields and Chelsom a London Critics Circle Film Award for British Producer of the Year ) , The Mighty starring Elden Henson , Kieran Culkin and Sharon Stone , Miramax 's romantic comedy Serendipity starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale , and the romantic comedy Shall We Dance , starring Richard Gere , Susan Sarandon and Jennifer Lopez .   Through Nuyorican , Fields has produced several feature films and served as Executive Producer on many television productions : The crime drama Bordertown , starring Jennifer Lopez and Antonio Banderas , the Picture House release of El Cantante , the story of salsa pioneer Hector Lavoe , starring Lopez and Marc Anthony , and the Sony Pictures release of Feel the Noise , a drama set in New York & Puerto Rico . The company has also produced Dancelife , a dance competition reality series for MTV . Nuyorican also has non-scripted/reality division , and had its first series South Beach Tow premiere on TruTV in July 2011 . Simon Fields currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife Melanie and two children .

neg: Shana Goldberg-Meehan Shana Goldberg-Meehan is an American television producer and television writer .   She was an executive producer of Friends and its spinoff Joey , which she also co-created along with Scott Silveri , whom she married in 2006 . In 2005 , she left Joey while Silveri stayed on the show . In 2010 , she created the series Better with You , which ended in 2011 .   Goldberg-Meehan 's father was comedy writer Gary David Goldberg , best known for creating Family Ties .

neg: Olivia O'Leary Olivia O'Leary ( born 1949 ) is an Irish journalist , writer and current affairs presenter .   Educated at St Leo 's College , Carlow and at University College Dublin ( UCD ) , she worked with the Nationalist and Leinster Times in Carlow . In the late 1970s she began working for The Irish Times as parliamentary sketchwriter .   She currently broadcasts a weekly a political diary on Drivetime , a radio programme broadcast by Raidió Teilifís Éireann 's channel RTÉ Radio 1 .   In 1972 she joined Raidió Teilifís Éireann ( RTÉ ) as a current affairs presenter and later worked as a presenter on Today Tonight , Questions and Answers and Prime Time . She became the first regular female senior presenter of the BBC 's current affairs programme , Newsnight and also presented First Tuesday , a monthly documentary strand produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV .   O'Leary won three Jacob 's Awards during her broadcasting career with RTÉ . Her first came in 1973 for her work as a radio news reporter . In 1982 , she won her second Jacob 's Award for her hosting of Today Tonight . Her chairing of Questions and Answers brought her a third award in 1986 . She has also won a Sony Award for her BBC Radio 4 programme Between Ourselves .   She has co-authored the book Mary Robinson : The Authorised Biography , with Dr Helen Burke , and in 2004 wrote Politicians and Other Animals , a sketch on Irish politics .   She was Chairperson of the Office of the Ombudsman 's 20th Anniversary Conference .   In 2009 she left the Roman Catholic Church over the cover up of clerical abuse scandals and the long-standing refusal of the church to ordain women .   She was married to Paul Tansey , Economics Editor of The Irish Times . He died suddenly in September 2008 . She has one daughter , Emily Tansey . On 5 December 2011 she was awarded an honorary doctorate by her alma mater UCD .   She is a cousin of TV personality and wine expert Oz Clarke .

neg: Duets (film) Duets is a 2000 American road trip film co-produced and directed by Bruce Paltrow and written by John Byrum . The motion picture features an ensemble cast co-starring Gwyneth Paltrow , Paul Giamatti , Maria Bello , Scott Speedman , Andre Braugher , Huey Lewis and Angie Dickinson , among others . The movie `` revolves around the little known world of karaoke competitions and the wayward characters who inhabit it . ''

neg: James Costigan James Costigan ( March 31 , 1926 -- December 19 , 2007 ) was an American television actor and Emmy Award-winning television screenwriter . His writing credited included the Eleanor and Franklin and Love Among the Ruins television movies .   Costigan was born on March 31 , 1926 in East Los Angeles , where his parents owned and operated a hardware store . He first achieved some level of success in the 1950s , when he began being hired to write television anthology series , such as Studio One and Kraft Television Theatre .   Costigan won his first Emmy for original teleplay in 1959 for Little Moon of Alban , a segment which appeared as part of the Hallmark Hall of Fame . He earned a second Emmy nomination in for his script adaptation of The Turn of the Screw in 1959 . He did not win , but Ingrid Bergman won an Emmy for her performance in The Turn of the Screw . He increasingly began writing for the stage as the format of television began to change . His Broadway credits included Baby Want a Kiss , a 1964 comedy which starred Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman .   He returned to screenwriting for television in the early 1970s . His 1970s work included A War of Children , written in 1972 , which was about two families , one Roman Catholic and one Protestant , in Northern Ireland , whose long time friendship is threatened by sectarian violence .   He won a second Emmy Award for Love Among the Ruins , a 1975 television movie set in Edwardian England , which starred Katharine Hepburn and Laurence Olivier . His third Emmy win was for Eleanor and Franklin ( 1976 ) , a two-part , four-hour-long television drama focusing on the lives of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt .

neg: Paul Ronan Paul Anthony Ronan ( born 21 March 1965 ) is an Irish actor . He has been a regular performer in TV and films since the mid - '90s , notably as Edso Dowling in the Ballykissangel TV series ; other TV appearances include Rebel Heart and The Tudors . He is the father of actress Saoirse Ronan .

neg: Jennifer Maguire Jennifer Zamparelli ( née Maguire ) ( born 9 April 1982 ) is an Irish television presenter . She is known for her writing and role on the TV show Republic of Telly , and as co-host of the 2FM morning show Breakfast Republic with Bernard O'Shea and Keith Walsh .

neg: Matthew Connelly Matthew Connelly is an American professor of international and global history at Columbia University in the city of New York . His areas of expertise include the global Cold War , official secrecy , population control , and decolonization . He is the author of Fatal Misconception : The Struggle to Control World Population , A Diplomatic Revolution : Algeria 's Fight for Independence and the Origins of the Post-Cold War Era , and articles on international and domestic politics for The Atlantic Monthly , The New York Times , and The National Interest . Connelly is also the founder and principal investigator of History Lab .

neg: Pat Toomey Patrick Joseph Toomey ( born November 17 , 1961 ) is an American businessman and politician . He is the junior United States Senator for Pennsylvania , in office since 2011 , and a member of the Republican Party . Previously , Toomey served as a United States Representative for three terms , from 1999 to 2005 , but he did not seek a fourth term in compliance with a term limits pledge he had made while running for office in 1998 .   Toomey attended La Salle Academy in Providence , Rhode Island before earning a B.A. in government from Harvard College . He was employed first by Chemical Bank and subsequently by Morgan , Grenfell & Co. beginning in 1984 and 1986 , respectively , until resigning from the latter in 1991 . Prior to being elected to the U.S. Senate , Toomey served as the U.S. Representative for from 1999 to 2005 . He narrowly lost the Republican primary for United States Senate in 2004 . From 2005 to 2009 , he served as president of the Club for Growth . After becoming the Republican nominee for the 2010 U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania , Toomey was elected to the seat on November 2 , 2010 , defeating his Democratic opponent , former U.S. Navy Three-star admiral and Congressman Joe Sestak . He is currently the only Republican holding statewide office in Pennsylvania .   In the U.S. Senate , Toomey serves on the Committee on Banking , Housing , and Urban Affairs , the Committee on the Budget , the Committee on Finance , and the Congressional Joint Economic Committee , among others including several subcommittees . In 2011 , he also served on the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction . In April 2012 , Toomey was named to succeed South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint as chairman of the United States Senate Steering Committee , a Senate Republican caucus . Toomey was re-elected on November 8 , 2016 , to his second term as the junior United States Senator from Pennsylvania , defeating Katie McGinty in the general election .

neg: My Family (series 2) The second series of the BBC family sitcom My Family originally aired between 31 August and 30 November 2001 . The second series was commissioned after good ratings from the first series . The opening episode , `` All Roads Lead To Ramon '' , re-introduces the five main characters from the first series , with the addition of Brian , played by Kevin Bishop , who appeared in nearly every episode in the series . All thirteen episodes in series two are thirty minutes in length . The series was produced by Rude Boy Productions , a company that produces comedies created by Fred Barron . The series was filmed at Pinewood Studios in London , in front of a live audience .

neg: America: A Tribute to Heroes America : A Tribute to Heroes was a benefit concert created by the heads of the four major American broadcast networks ; Fox , ABC , NBC and CBS . Joel Gallen was selected by them to produce and run the show . Actor George Clooney organized celebrities to perform and to staff the telephone bank . The marketing and public relations was headed by Warner Bros. . EVP Corp Comm with assistance from the marketing and publicity departments of all four broadcast networks . It was broadcast live by the four major American television networks and all of the cable networks in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in 2001 . Done in the style of a telethon , it featured a number of national and international entertainers performing to raise money for the victims and their families , particularly the New York City firefighters and New York City police officers . It aired September 21 , 2001 , uninterrupted and commercial-free , for which it won a Peabody Award . It was released on December 4 , 2001 , on compact disc and DVD .   On a dark stage illuminated by hundreds of candles , twenty-one artists performed songs of mourning and hope , while various actors and other celebrities delivered short spoken messages . The musical performances took place at three studios in Los Angeles ( CBS Television City ) , New York , and London , while the celebrity messages took place at Los Angeles . Some of the musicians including Neil Young and Eddie Vedder were heard working the phone banks taking pledges . The money raised amounted to over $ 200 million , and was given to the United Way 's September 11 Telethon Fund .   In 2004 , Rolling Stone magazine selected this concert , along with the later The Concert for New York City , as one of the 50 moments that changed rock and roll .   The show was also simulcast in Canada ; Young and another Canadian singer , Celine Dion , performed .

neg: Silver Linings Playbook Silver Linings Playbook is a 2012 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by David O. Russell . It was adapted from the novel The Silver Linings Playbook , by Matthew Quick . The film stars Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence , with Robert De Niro , Jacki Weaver , Chris Tucker , Anupam Kher , and Julia Stiles in supporting roles .   Cooper plays Patrick `` Pat '' Solitano , Jr. , a man with bipolar disorder who is released from a psychiatric hospital and moves back in with his parents , played by Robert De Niro and Jacki Weaver . Determined to win back his estranged wife , Pat meets recently widowed Tiffany Maxwell , portrayed by Jennifer Lawrence , who offers to help him get his wife back if he enters a dance competition with her . The two become closer as they train and Pat , his father , and Tiffany examine their relationships with each other as they cope with their problems .   Silver Linings Playbook premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival on September 8 , 2012 , and was released in the United States on November 16 , 2012 . The film opened to major critical success and earned numerous accolades . It received eight Academy Award nominations , including Best Picture , Best Director , Best Adapted Screenplay . It became the first film since 1981 's Reds to be Oscar-nominated for the four acting categories and the first since 2004 's Million Dollar Baby to be nominated for the Big Five Oscars , with Lawrence winning the Academy Award for Best Actress . It also achieved four Golden Globe Award nominations , with Lawrence winning Best Actress ; three BAFTA nominations , with Russell winning for Best Adapted Screenplay ; four Screen Actors Guild nominations ; and five Independent Spirit Award nominations , winning in four categories , including Best Film . The film was a success at the box office , grossing over $ 236 million worldwide , more than eleven times its budget .

neg: Calli Cox Calli Cox ( born Kristy Jo Connelly ; February 26 , 1977 ) is an American former pornographic actress .

neg: Jennifer Freeman Jennifer Nichole Freeman ( born October 20 , 1985 ) is an American actress , often credited as Jennifer N. Freeman . She is best known for playing the role of Claire Kyle in the sitcom My Wife and Kids .

neg: Jennifer Grant Jennifer Diane Grant ( born February 26 , 1966 ) is an American actress , the only child of actors Cary Grant and Dyan Cannon . She is best known for roles in the television series Beverly Hills , 90210 and Movie Stars .

neg: Renn Hawkey Renn McDonnell Hawkey ( born March 29 , 1974 ) , previously known by the stage name Dr. Nner , is an American musician , songwriter , film producer , and occasional actor . From 1996 until 2008 , he played the synthesizer for the band Deadsy , performing on their self-titled debut album ( 1996 ) , and the subsequent releases Commencement ( 2002 ) and Phantasmagore ( 2006 ) . Following his departure from the band , his main profession is now carpentry .   Hawkey has been married to Academy Award-nominated actress Vera Farmiga since 2008 . In 2011 , Hawkey served as musical director and producer on Farmiga 's directorial debut film Higher Ground . In 2015 , he had a recurring role as Paul Koretsky on A&E 's remake of The Returned .

neg: Akintunde Warnock Akintunde Warnock ( born October 23 , 1971 ) , better known as Akintunde or Ak , is a comedian , writer , director and actor from the United States .   Warnock first realised that he wanted to be a comedian whilst he was a pupil at Raymont Junior Academy in Savannah , Georgia . He was a fat child who was bullied and he enjoyed the laughter of his classmates when he mocked his tormentors .   After working as a barber he began a full-time career as a stand-up comedian in 1995 . He travelled the United States performing all over the country , on BET 's Comicview , and in the Turner South series That Comedy Show . He wrote material for the television show It 's Showtime at the Apollo , and comedians Monique and Chris Tucker ,   He became a Christian in 1999 and adapted Atlanta Bishop Eddie Long 's book I Do n't Want Delilah , I Need You into a movie screenplay .   He made a documentary on black comedians called No Joke , which he co-produced with comedian J. Anthony Brown from the Tom Joyner Morning Show . The documentary features life on the road with black comedians such as Steve Harvey , Renaldo Ray and Paul Mooney .   Warnock and his wife , Eunissa , have five children : Akintunde II ( born 1994 ) ; Jaleel ( 1996 ) ; Deja ( 1997 ) ; Khalia ( August 2000 ) ; Elijah Prince ( November 2002 ) . They live in Irmo , South Carolina .

neg: Katherine Connella Katherine Connella ( born December 12 , 1958 in Dallas , Texas ) is an American actress and writer . She had a variety of acting roles from 1976 until 2001 . Connella wrote an autobiography , Sugar and Spice and Puppy Dog Tails : Growing Up Intersexed in 2000 .   The initial idea for the screenplay of the 2005 film Transamerica occurred in conversations between Connella and her then-roommate screenwriter/director Duncan Tucker .

neg: A Beautiful Mind (soundtrack) A Beautiful Mind is the original soundtrack album , on the Decca Records label , of the 2001 film A Beautiful Mind starring Russell Crowe , Jennifer Connelly ( who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as `` Alicia Nash '' ) , Christopher Plummer and Paul Bettany . The original score and songs were composed and conducted by James Horner .   The album garnered nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score and the Academy Award for Best Original Score . Music critics felt that the musical score fit the film well , but believed it to be similar to several of Horner 's previous films .

neg: Patricia Arquette Patricia Arquette ( born April 8 , 1968 ) is an American actress . She made her film debut in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 : Dream Warriors ( 1987 ) at the age of eighteen . Her notable films include Tony Scott 's True Romance ( 1993 ) , Tim Burton 's Ed Wood ( 1994 ) , David O. Russell 's Flirting with Disaster ( 1996 ) , David Lynch 's Lost Highway ( 1997 ) , Stephen Frears 's The Hi-Lo Country ( 1998 ) , Martin Scorsese 's Bringing Out the Dead ( 1999 ) , and Andrew Davis 's Holes ( 2003 ) .   For her performance in Richard Linklater 's Boyhood ( 2014 ) , which was filmed from 2002 until 2014 , she received widespread critical praise and won the Academy Award , BAFTA Award , Critics ' Choice Award , Golden Globe Award , Independent Spirit Award , and SAG Award for Best Supporting Actress . Arquette 's Academy Award acceptance speech , which she used to bring female wage inequality to attention , received widespread news coverage .   On television , she played the character Allison DuBois -- based on the author and medium Allison DuBois , who claims to have psychic abilities -- in the supernatural drama series Medium ( 2005 -- 11 ) . She received three Golden Globe nominations and two Emmy Award nominations , winning the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama in 2005 . Arquette also appeared in the CSI franchise as Avery Ryan , the Deputy Director of the FBI , starring in CSI : Cyber ( 2015 -- 16 ) .