Nathan Phillips, who will formally begin his freshman year at the University of San Diego(USD) on Aug. 31, will arrive on campus in an unusual and philanthropic manner.

Phillips is expected to arrive between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. Thursday on his bicycle, having pedaled 1,450 miles from Astoria, Ore.

Phillips combined his desire to complete a long bike ride before entering college with his interest in helping the children of Uganda.

He is raising funds for Invisible Children, a San Diegobased organization seeking to end conflicts annoying northern Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic and stop the use of children as soldiers.

Phillips had raised $1,540 before embarking Aug.11 and hopes to reach $2,000.

Phillips, who is from Redmond, Washington, visited Uganda during high school and worked in an orphanage there. He was also inspired by a presentation by Invisible Children at his high school.

"I have been to Uganda and personally gotten to know some of the kids affected by the war," Phillips said in a statement released by the university."I would do anything to help these kids."

Phillips' new roommate, Kyle Sharp, has joined him for the last 600 miles of the trip. Students and other members of the USD community are expected to join him for the last 13 miles.

"Nathan's passionate commitment to improving the lives of children more than 8,000 miles away resonates with USD's mission to prepare future leaders to change the world for the better," Pamela Gray Payton, assistant vice president of public affairs at USD, said in a prepared statement."We are delighted to have Nathan as a member of our campus community."

Supporters from USD and Invisible Children will greet Phillips and his followers when they arrive in front of Founders Hall on campus. The public is invited as well. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who is starting school on August 31?
2. Are his parents driving him there?
3. What mode of transportation is he using?
4. What institution is he attending?
5. Who is expected to be there to greet him?
6. Will it be a private ceremony?
7. If someone wanted to attend, where on the school grounds would they go?
Answer: 1. Nathan Phillips
2. no
3. his bicycle
4. University of San Diego
5. Students and other members of the USD community
6. no
7. in front of Founders Hall on campus

CHAPTER VIII

THE HAND OF MISFORTUNE

Between the two men, seated opposite each other in the large but somewhat barely furnished office, the radical differences, both in appearance and mannerisms, perhaps, also, in disposition, had never been more strongly evident. They were partners in business and face to face with ruin. Stephen Laverick, senior member of the firm, although an air of steadfast gloom had settled upon his clean-cut, powerful countenance, retained even in despair something of that dogged composure, temperamental and wholly British, which had served him well along the road to fortune. Arthur Morrison, the man who sat on the other side of the table, a Jew to his finger-tips notwithstanding his altered name, sat like a broken thing, with tears in his terrified eyes, disordered hair, and parchment-pale face. Words had flown from his lips in a continual stream. He floundered in his misery, sobbed about it like a child. The hand of misfortune had stripped him naked, and one man, at least, saw him as he really was.

"I can't stand it, Laverick,--I couldn't face them all. It's too cruel--too horrible! Eighteen thousand pounds gone in one week, forty thousand in a month! Forty thousand pounds! Oh, my God!"

He writhed in agony. The man on the other side of the table said nothing.

"If we could only have held on a little longer! 'Unions' must turn! They will turn! Laverick, have you tried all your friends? Think! Have you tried them all? Twenty thousand pounds would see us through it. We should get our own money back--I am sure of it. There's Rendell, Laverick. He'd do anything for you. You're always shooting or playing cricket with him. Have you asked him, Laverick? He'd never miss the money." What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What are the men discussing?
2. Do the men work together?
3. What room are they in?
4. Who is it suggested to ask for money?
5. What game does he play with Laverick?
6. Are either of the men crying?
7. Who?
8. Is the other man emotional?
9. Are they seated beside one another?
10. How long did it take to lose the money?
11. Did they feel that they could have prevented it?
12. What?
13. Do they believe that they will?
14. Do they need all of the money back to turn things around?
15. How much do they need?
16. Would that be a burden for Rendell to give them?
Answer: 1. The loss of forty thousand pounds.
2. Yes.
3. An office.
4. Rendell
5. Cricket.
6. Yes.
7. Arthur Morrison
8. no.
9. No.
10. A month
11. Yes.
12. By the Unions turning.
13. One seems to believe the will.
14. No.
15. Twenty thousand pounds
16. No

The law of the United States comprises many levels of codified and uncodified forms of law, of which the most important is the United States Constitution, the foundation of the federal government of the United States. The Constitution sets out the boundaries of federal law, which consists of acts of Congress, treaties ratified by the Senate, regulations promulgated by the executive branch, and case law originating from the federal judiciary. The United States Code is the official compilation and codification of general and permanent federal statutory law.

Federal law and treaties, so long as they are in accordance with the Constitution, preempt conflicting state and territorial laws in the 50 U.S. states and in the territories. However, the scope of federal preemption is limited because the scope of federal power is not universal. In the dual-sovereign system of American federalism (actually tripartite because of the presence of Indian reservations), states are the plenary sovereigns, each with their own constitution, while the federal sovereign possesses only the limited supreme authority enumerated in the Constitution. Indeed, states may grant their citizens broader rights than the federal Constitution as long as they do not infringe on any federal constitutional rights. Thus, most U.S. law (especially the actual "living law" of contract, tort, property, criminal, and family law experienced by the majority of citizens on a day-to-day basis) consists primarily of state law, which can and does vary greatly from one state to the next. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What is the US Code?
2. is there only one level?
3. what type of systems are included
4. who ratifies?
5. what?
6. anything else?
7. what must they agree with?
8. what does it limit?
9. in a disagreement who wins feds or state?
10. are there limits to the feds power?
Answer:
1. the official compilation and codification of general and permanent federal statutory law
2. no
3. Indian reservations
4. the senate
5. federal law
6. treaties
7. The Constitution
8. supreme authority
9. federal
10. yes