Watada Station 🐴

"Entrance of Watada Station is a railway station in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Chikuhi line. Lines *JR Kyushu Chikuhi Line Layout It is an elevated station with a single side platform. It is an unmanned station with a ticket machine and a bathroom. Environs *Karatsu Commercial High School *Karatsu City Daigo Junior High School *Karatsu City Sotomachi Elementary School *Karatsu Watada Post office History *1983-03-22 - Opening Adjacent stations Passenger statistics In fiscal 2016, the station was used by an average of 331 passengers daily (boarding passengers only), and it ranked 296th among the busiest stations of JR Kyushu. References Category:Chikuhi Line Category:Railway stations in Saga Prefecture Category:Stations of Kyushu Railway Company "

Geoffrey Martel (disambiguation) 🐴

"Geoffrey Martel primarily refers to Geoffrey II, Count of Anjou (1040–60), but may also refer to: *Geoffrey IV, Count of Anjou (1103–06) *Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou (1129–51) *Geoffrey, Count of Nantes (1156–58) "

Mary Yu 🐴

"Mary Isabel Yu (born 1957) is an Associate Justice of the Washington Supreme Court and former judge of the King County Superior Court. She is the state's first openly gay, Asian American, and Latina Justice. She is also the 6th woman currently serving and the 11th woman ever to serve on Washington state's Supreme Court. Early life and education Yu was born in Chicago, Illinois to a Chinese father and Mexican mother.Ronald K. Fitten, Top Prosecutor Is 'On Mission In Life' -- What Drives Her Is Need To Serve, The Seattle Times (June 7, 1999). She graduated from St. Mary's High School in 1975.Deborah D. Fleck, Mary I. Yu: Deputy Chief of Staff Office of the King County Prosecuting Attorney, Equal Justice Newsletter: Volume 3, Number 1 (March 2000). Yu then attended Dominican University and graduated in 1979 with a degree in theology. In 1989, Yu earned a graduate degree in theology from Mundelein of Loyola University. After completing her undergraduate education, Yu went to work for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.Maureen O'Hagan, A special ruling: judge of the year, The Seattle Times (November 26, 2005). She was initially hired by Rev. Francis J. Kane as a secretary for the Office of Peace and Justice for the Archdiocese of Chicago, but eventually rose to become director of the Office of Peace and Justice.Beth Barrett Bloom, Profile: Judge Mary Yu - Opening Doors and Passing on the Gifts of Mentorship , King County Bar Association. Yu enrolled at Notre Dame Law School in 1990. She graduated with her J.D. degree in 1993. Legal career and judicial service In 1999, King County Prosecuting Attorney Norm Maleng named Yu as his deputy chief of staff. In 2000, Washington Governor Gary Locke appointed Yu to replace retiring judge Janice Niemi on the King County Superior Court.Alex Fryer, Governor fills 3 positions on court for King County, The Seattle Times (March 2, 2000). Yu was considered a leading contender to replace Justice Bobbe Bridge on the Washington Supreme Court when Bridge retired in December 2007.David Ammons, Gregoire picks Spokane jurist for high court, Associated Press (December 4, 2007). Ultimately, Governor Christine Gregoire appointed Debra L. Stephens to fill the vacancy. On December 9, 2012, at midnight, Mary Yu officiated the first same-sex marriages in Washington state. Judge Yu's name (coincidentally pronounced as "marry you") was deemed "the perfect name for the job" by The Stranger columnist Dominic Holden. Appointment to Washington Supreme Court On May 1, 2014, it was announced that Judge Yu was appointed by Washington Governor Jay Inslee to the Washington Supreme Court, making her the first openly LGBTQ member of the court, in addition to the first Latina-American and Asian-American. She is the 11th woman to serve on the Washington Supreme Court (and one of six currently serving), the first person of Asian descent, the third person of Hispanic descent, and the first Hispanic woman. Yu, who is openly gay, is also the first LGBT person to hold this position. Yu is one of ten LGBT state supreme court justices currently serving in the United States. She was sworn in on May 20, 2014 as an Associate Justice of the Washington Supreme Court. Justice Yu ran unopposed in 2015 to complete the term and was the highest vote getter in the State.November 3, 2015 General Election Results, Washington Secretary of State, Elections Division Justice Yu was subsequently elected to the Supreme Court for a six-year term in 2016. In October 2018, Yu joined the majority when the court abolished the state's death penalty because they found its racist imposition violated the Constitution of Washington.. Personal Yu resides in Seattle and in Olympia.http://www.courts.wa.gov/appellate_trial_courts/supreme/bios/?fa=scbios.display_file&fileID;=yu Awards Judge Yu is a Distinguished Jurist in Residence at Seattle University School of Law. Judge Yu was the recipient of the 2014 "Judge of the Year" Award from the Washington Association for Justice; the 2014 Betty B. Fletcher Judge of the Year Award from Washington Women Lawyers, King County Chapter; 2013 Municipal League Foundation "Public Official of the Year" award; 2013 Latina/o Amicus Award from Seattle University School of Law Latina/o Law Student Association; 2012 "President's Award" from the Asian Bar Association of Washington; the 2012 "Difference Makers Award" from the American Bar Association Solo, Small Firm and General Practice Division; the 2011 "Judge of the Year" award from the Washington State Bar Association (shared with Judge Gonzalez); 2011 Seattle Girls' School Grace Hopper Award; the 2009 Norm Maleng Award from the Washington State Bar Association; the 2008 "Judge of the Year" award from the Asian Bar Association; the 2008 President's Award from Washington Women Lawyers; the 2006 "Model of Excellence" Award from the Latina/o Bar Association of Washington; the 2005, "Judge of the Year" award from the American Board of Trial Advocates, Washington Chapter (ABOTA); and the 2005 Reah Whitehead Public Leadership Award from Seattle University School of Law.http://www.kingcounty.gov/courts/SuperiorCourt/judges/yu.aspx External links * Washington Courts, Supreme Court Members: Justice Mary Yu, Official Court Biography * Official Justice Mary Yu Campaign Site References Category:1957 births Category:Living people Category:American women judges Category:American jurists of Chinese descent Category:American judges of Mexican descent Category:Dominican University (Illinois) alumni Category:Lawyers from Chicago Category:LGBT judges Category:LGBT lawyers Category:Loyola University Chicago alumni Category:Notre Dame Law School alumni Category:Lawyers from Seattle Category:Justices of the Washington Supreme Court Category:LGBT American people of Asian descent Category:LGBT people from Illinois Category:LGBT people from Washington (state) Category:LGBT Hispanic and Latino American people Category:21st-century American judges Category:LGBT appointed officials in the United States Category:21st-century women judges "