[Refugee movements in the post-Cold War era].
"This article briefly describes the scope and dimensions of contemporary refugee movements by analyzing some of the forces which shape these flows. Democratization, problems of nationality and minority rights, and structural, political, economic, environmental and social changes in the post-Cold War world (especially in large parts of the developing world and in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union), are likely to result in growing numbers of refugees and internally displaced persons in the years ahead. Refugees and asylum seekers are increasingly regarded not only as a major humanitarian challenge but as a political problem and a threat to the national security of Western states. Refugee policy involves much more than defining or adjudicating claims for asylum, safe haven and refugee statusSheyla Yakarepi Juruna, a leader of the Juruna people, is one of the most vocal indigenous opponents to the Belo Monte.

Belo Monte would be a project bigger than the Panama Canal, flooding at least 400,000 acres of rainforest, displacing 40,000 indigenous and local people, and destroying the priceless habitats of countless unique species -- all to create power that could easily be generated through investments in energy efficiency.

Pressure on President Dilma against the dam is rising, the President of Brazil's Environmental Agency just resigned, refusing to issue Belo Monte a construction license and challenging strong political pressure to go forward with this disastrous project. Environmental specialists, indigenous leaders and civil society agree that Belo Monte will be a massive environmental scar in the heart of the Amazon.

Construction could


FTC Accord in Dow/Sentrachem Merger To Maintain Competition in Market for Chelating Chemicals

FTC Accord in Dow/Sentrachem Merger To Maintain Competition in Market for Chelating Chemicals

For Release

November 28, 1997

The Federal Trade Commission announced today that it has reached a settlement agreement with The Dow Chemical Company that would allow Dow to complete its proposed $500 million tender offer for Sentrachem Limited, a South African chemical company that operates in the U.S. through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Hampshire Chemical Company. According to the FTC, Dow's proposed acquisition of Sentrachem would combine two of only three U.S. producers of chelating agents (also known as chelants). Chelants are used in cleaners, pulp and paper, water treatment, photography, agriculture, food and pharmaceuticals to neutralize and inactivate metal ions. The proposed settlement is designed tomaintain competition in the market for these chemicals by requiring Dow to divest Hampshire's chelant business to Akzo Nobel N.V., a Dutch chemical company that is a leading European producer of chelants.

The Dow Chemical Company, based in Midland, Michigan, produces chemicals, plastics, and agricultural and consumer products. Dow manufactures chelants through its Chemical Division in Freeport, Texas. Hampshire produces chelants in Nashua, New Hampshire, and Deer Park, Texas, and chelant intermediates in Lima, Ohio. According to the FTC, Dow and Hampshire are the two largest domestic chelant producers and together would control over 70 percent of approximately $140 million in North American sales, absent the divestiture.

The proposed FTC complaint detailing the charges in the case alleges that the merger may substantially lessen competition in the research, development, manufacture,


chelant sales that are subject to long term supply agreements, the Commission said.

The proposed consent agreement would preserve the competition that otherwise would be lost. The proposal would require Dow, simultaneously with its acquisition of Sentrachem, to divest Hampshire's chelant business to Akzo, which currently imports small volumes of chelants into the United States. Akzo would acquire Hampshire assets used in the production of chelants, including intellectual property and customer information, Hampshire's Lima, Ohio facility, and its contract for the supply of HCN at Lima. Once it acquired the Hampshire chelant business, Akzo would build additional chelant capacity at the Lima facility, which would curtail the need for inefficient, hazardous HCN shipments from Lima to Hampshire facilities in Nashua, New Hampshire, and Deer Park, Texas. The proposed orderwould set milestones for the construction of the additional chelant capacity at Lima. If the milestones are not met, Dow would have to reacquire the Hampshire chelant business from Akzo and then divest the entire Hampshire business unit, which includes other Hampshire businesses and facilities in New Hampshire and Texas. Dow would be required to maintain the viability and marketability of the Hampshire business unit in the interim.

The proposed order also would require Dow to toll manufacture chelants for Akzo from Hampshire's New Hampshire and Texas facilities while Akzo builds additional chelant capacity at Lima. In addition, Dow would be required to maintain the confidentiality of the Hampshire chelant business by creating a firewall between it and Dow's competing chelant business.

The Commission vote to announce this proposed consent


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Huang Tingxin, who has died aged about 91, was the last surviving Chinese naval officer to have served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War.

Published By Daily Telegraph: 6:36PM GMT 09 Dec 2009

In 1942 Chiang Kai Shek, the Chinese nationalist leader, asked the Admiralty
from his capital in Chungking for help in strengthening his navy in its War
of Resistance against the Japanese (1937-45). The Admiralty agreed to train
his officers. About 250 candidates were examined, and Huang – a native of
Anhui province who had graduated from the naval academy in Qingdao, Shandong
province,in the late 1930s – was one of only 24 young officers eventually
selected to travel via India to Britain.
Internal rivalry between Cantonese and Fukienese elements in the Chinese
National Navy meant that Huang did not arrive in London until late 1943,
when he began six months' training at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.

In March the following year he was appointed under training to the escort
carrier Searcher, in which he was employed as watchkeeping officer. Over the
next two months Searcher took part in Operation Tungsten, the Fleet Air Arm
attack on the German battleship Tirpitz in Altenfjord, Norway; and in May
she was part of Operations Croquet and Hoops, raids on enemy shipping off
the Norwegian coast.
By early June Searcher was deployed to provide anti-submarine air cover for
convoys in the North-West approaches. Huang, recalling


hearing on the
wireless on June 6 that the Allies had landed in Normandy, said: "All of us
were overjoyed at the news, but we didn't feel completely relieved until our
escort mission ended." He modestly told the Chinese press: "My part on the
ship was not much," but added proudly that "one of my comrades showered
thousands of artillery shells on the Nazi defences".
In August Huang saw action more directly when Searcher took part in
Operation Dragoon, the Allied landings in southern France.
In January 1945 he went back to Greenwich to attend sub-lieutenants'
courses, and three years later – shortly before China became a communist
state – returned to his home country. He served for a decade in the Chinese
navy and later taught English, and looked after the library, at Zhejiang
Sci-Tech University in the easterncity of Hangzhou.
In 2006 Huang received the French Légion d'honneur in recognition of his
wartime service, an accolade accorded to fewer than 200 of his countrymen.
He dedicated his medal to his former comrades.
Huang Tingxin died on November 11 and is survived by his three children.
During the Cultural Revolution he remained silent about his life in the
navy, but when he was confined to bed by Parkinson's disease he started to
dictate his wartime memories to his son, Huang Shansong.

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I have two or more citations in English of a gunboat named Baobi. The ship in question is always mentioned in operations around Guangzhou, from Wuzhou to Huangpu; during the 1920's. once as transport for Sun Yixian Oct 15th


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During the mayoral campaign, Marty Walsh argued that his union ties would give him a leg up in negotiations with city unions. Here, Walsh speaks in March after two city firefighters died battling a nine-alarm blaze. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

After almost three years without a contract, Boston firefighters would get an 18.8 percent pay raise over six years under the terms of a closely scrutinized deal that has emerged as a key test of Mayor Marty Walsh's young administration.

Before Walsh took office in January, he was a labor leader. During the mayoral campaign, Walsh told voters that his past work would make him an effective negotiator with city unions, butsome critics wondered if Walsh would be tough enough at the bargaining table.

Outlined Thursday, the tentative deal, retroactive to 2011, would cost the city $92.4 million.

The Negotiations

Richard Paris, president of Boston Firefighters Local 718, says the negotiations with Walsh got tense from time to time.

"Marty, excuse me, Mr. Mayor and I had some, ah, you know, you know — he grew up in Dorchester and I grew up in Hyde Park, so we were both streetfighters," Paris said. "So, yeah, we had our street fights in the room."

But Paris, whose union strongly supported Walsh's mayoral bid, emphasizes that a once-tense relationship between the city and the firefighters has improved under the new administration.

"When that new team came in, it was good," he said. "There was a breath of


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Former Green Bay Packers safety LeRoy Butler, here greeting fans at a game in July 2000 at Lambeau Field, has gotten an unwelcome greeting from a church that had invited him to speak. / Mike Roemer, AP

by Christine Brennan, USA TODAY Sports

by Christine Brennan, USA TODAY Sports

Former Green Bay Packers safety LeRoy Butler sent out a simple tweet Monday afternoon: "Congrats to Jason Collins." It wasn't even a full tweet. It was more of a quick, kind, electronic nod to a man in another sport who had made a big personal decision that became public that day.

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the spectrum of skylight — when analyzed — is about equal parts violet and blue.

Smith has written an article for the July issue of the American Journal of Physics that puts the physics of light together with the physiology of human vision.

"This is nothing that people who work with eyes haven't known for a long time," Smith told LiveScience. "I just had not seen it all in one place before."

The physics behind seeing blue skies

The physical explanation for the blueness of the sky is attributed to the work of Lord Rayleigh in the 19th century.

As a common prism reveals, sunlight is made of all the colors of the rainbow. When light from the sun enters Earth's atmosphere, it is scattered, or deflected, by molecules in the atmosphere —in hydrogen... look up positronium), they would both "revolve" around a point halfway between them, the center of mass of the system. (Of course this is a quantum-mechanical system so they don't revolve in the usual sense, but there is an analogous effect.)

As the mass of the nucleus increases relative to the electron, the center of mass shifts closer to the nucleus. In the limit as the mass of the nucleus goes to infinity, the center of mass approaches the center of the nucleus, in which case the nucleus wouldn't revolve at all.


to give a resumé of these facts.

4
The plaintiff is the surviving corporation in a statutory merger by which Affiliated Gas Equipment, Inc., was merged into the plaintiff on February 28, 1955. The company will be referred to as "Affiliated" hereinafter.

5
The United States in a supplemental agreement accepted the plaintiff as successor to Affiliated and agreed that the matters might be treated as if the contract had been made by the plaintiff.

6
In July 1951, Affiliated entered into a contract (referred to as "contract 506") for the manufacture of the projectile parts of the high-explosive shells referred to above. It was a negotiated contract. Deliveries were to commence upon the completion of an earlier contract (referred to as "contract 131"). Deliveries under contract 506 were to be completed within aat a cost of $969,561.85. Supplemental agreement dated June 26, 1952, increased the number to 604,105 shells; supplemental agreement dated March 31, 1953, increased the contract to 800,105 shells; and another supplemental agreement dated May 28, 1953, increased the contract to 1,117,105 shells, the total contract price being increased each time; the final contract price being $8,169,718.85. There were two other supplemental agreements in August 1953, one of which adjusted certain prices downward and the other certain prices upward, so that the total contract price was again slightly increased.

9
By supplemental agreement dated September 11, 1953, the actual delivery of shells by Affiliated during the period from June 1953 to August 1953 was established as the delivery schedule for that period.1 Subsequent delivery schedules were established at 80,000 shells


per month from September 1953 through July 1954, and a slight reduction for the final month of August 1954.

10
On October 30, 1953, the Army Ordnance delivered to Affiliated a written stop order. The reason for the issuance of the stop order was the discovery by Army Ordnance that Affiliated had devised and perpetrated a scheme whereby shells which failed to meet the specifications of the contract were delivered without first having been submitted to and passed by the appropriate Army Ordnance inspectors.

11
An elaborate system of inspection had been provided. Army Ordnance inspectors were placed at three different points on Affiliated's production line. The stations were officially designated as Classification of Defects Stations Nos. 1, 2, and 3, but were commonly known as "CD-1," "CD-2," and "CD-3." At eachcontract had been complied with. The Army Ordnance inspection at CD-2 related to the metal parts assembly of the shell, prior to painting. Shells at this station were inspected for impermissible variations in wall thickness, as well as for other defects. The shells had to pass this station before proceeding further along the production line.

14
After shells passed CD-2, the shells were painted by Affiliated's production personnel, and the finished shells were given a final inspection by Army Ordnance inspectors at CD-3.

15
Affiliated, through its own inspectors, conducted in-process inspection at each of the many machining operations on the shell; and Affiliated's inspectors conducted a final inspection after all the machining operations had been performed on the shell and immediately preceding the Army Ordnance inspection at CD-2. Affiliated maintained from


the information to be accurate, signed the form and certified that the information was correct. (3) The form was sent to the headquarters of the Cleveland Ordnance District, where the request was reviewed by the chief inspector of the District, who made a recommendation. (4) The request was next forwarded to the ammunition center which had the technical responsibility for the contract, and the center made a recommendation respecting the approval or denial of the request. (5) The request was next submitted to the contracting officer, who made the final determination. A copy of the contracting officer's action was furnished to Affiliated, and a copy was also furnished to Army Ordnance's chief inspector at the London Road plant.

19
Most of the requests for deviations submitted by Affiliated were grantedin December 1952, when the London Road plant was engaged in production of T-91 shells under contract 131 and later under contract 506, certain supervisors, including the plant manager, who were employed by Affiliated at the London Road plant devised and carried out a scheme, referred to above, which in their thinking was designed to "cut red tape" and to assist Affiliated in its attempt to meet the delivery schedule. A few of the workmen who were employed by Affiliated at the London Road plant performed the manual labor involved in carrying out the plan.

24
The details of the plan were as follows: A few times each month and usually near the end of the month, after midnight when the second shift had completed its work and production for


of substituting some of these shells and on October 30 ordered all production stopped.

28
The officers of the company, whom the proof does not show to have been involved in nor to have had knowledge of the substitution, asked for a conference to see if matters could be worked out in such a way as to enable the company to resume production of the shells.

29
On November 4, 1953, before scheduling a conference, the contracting officer communicated by long distance telephone with the Chief of the Industrial Division, Office of the Chief of Ordnance, Department of the Army, Washington, D. C. The Chief of the Industrial Division told the contracting officer there was no objection to the proposed discussion. However, he outlined to the contracting officer certain conditions which mustbe met before any approval would be granted for the resumption of production under contract 506, as follows:

30
"(1) it must appear that the top management of the company was not involved in the scheme that had led to the issuance of the stop order; (2) it would be necessary for Affiliated to discharge the persons who were involved in the scheme; and (3) it would be necessary for Affiliated to reimburse the Government for any damages that had been sustained." [Finding 20.]

31
A conference was held between the contracting officer and James A. Hughes of Affiliated at which the contracting officer outlined the above conditions as prerequisite to the granting of permission for the resumption of production under contract 506.

32
On November 17, 1953, the Chief of the Industrial Division,


first of which was sent to plaintiff by the Chief of the Industrial Division, Office of the Chief of Ordnance, and the second of which was prepared by the contracting officer in collaboration with Mr. Hughes of the plaintiff corporation, and submitted to the Chief of Ordnance together with a news release. Thereupon, the Chief of Ordnance made the statement of December 1, 1953, set out in finding 25.

48
The contracting officer reported to the Chief of Ordnance and the Chief of Ordnance wrote to the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Materiel), as set out in findings 27 and 28. There followed inter-departmental communications and meetings between various officials of defendant, as set out in findings 29 to 33, inclusive. In these communications, meetings, and discussions Affiliated had noagreeing that it should provide new staffing for the London Road plant, reassemble its working force, and keep it in operating condition for resumption of production; and then almost immediately begin interdepartmental huddles, meetings, and discussions to determine the best way to cancel the contract. In the interim the defendant's officials continued to discuss ways and means of canceling the entire contract, while the plaintiff incurred additional needless expense without its being advised of the nature of the discussion. While the decision was reached on December 16, plaintiff was not notified until December 29.

58
This contract was with the Ordnance Corps of the Department of the Army. All the matters were handled through that Department and its affiliated divisions. On November 4, 1953, the contracting officer communicated by long


distance telephone with the Chief of the Industrial Division, Office of the Chief of Ordnance, Department of the Army, Washington, D. C., and further advised him of the substituted shells, and discussed with him the question of conditions under which production could be resumed.

59
On November 17, 1953, the Chief of the Industrial Division, acting on behalf of the Chief of Ordnance, sent to the contracting officer a communication stating that it was agreed that production could be reinstituted if three conditions were met. The plaintiff agreed to meet these conditions.

60
According to the procedure in effect within the Department of the Army, a contracting officer was required to report promptly to the Chief of Ordnance any situation that seemed to involve fraud in connection with an Army contract. TheChief of Ordnance was required to forward the report to the Assistant Secretary of the Army, who was vested with the final authority to determine the action that should be taken. Such a report concerning the substitutions heretofore referred to was prepared by the contracting officer in charge of contract 506, "and was transmitted through channels to the Assistant Secretary of the Army." (Finding 18.)

61
It is impossible to escape the conclusion that the Secretary of the Army knew all about this alleged fraud early in November 1953, and that he was thoroughly familiar with the negotiations that were going on by the various officials of the defendant who were conducting the operations as well as the negotiations. We have not the slightest doubt that the Assistant Secretary of


seems to us, be driven inexorably to the conclusion that he knew all the essential facts not later than November 24, 1953. Fraud is somewhat unusual in the operation of public and private contracts. When such an issue is raised, therefore, it naturally attracts attention. It was the duty of the contracting officer to report promptly to the Chief of Ordnance any situation that seemed to involve fraud. The Chief of Ordnance was required to forward the report to the Assistant Secretary of the Army who had authority to take action. Such a report was transferred to the Assistant Secretary of the Army early in November. (Finding 18.)

63
In the facts and circumstances revealed here we cannot believe the Assistant Secretary of the Army was not familiar with theinduce them; they had no knowledge that they would be committed. As soon as they learned of them, they sought to purge the company of the fraud to the full satisfaction of the Government. They have reimbursed the Government for all that it has suffered on account of the fraud, and stand ready to comply with all else the Government requires of them.

74
In an effort to secure permission for a resumption of production under the contract, they had a number of conferences with the Contracting Officer, the person who had been authorized to represent the Government in the carrying out of the contract. The Contracting Officer outlined certain conditions which he thought it would be necessary for the plaintiff to fulfill as a condition of the grant of


permission to continue with the contract. He, however, informed the plaintiff that in fraud matters it would be necessary for him to get the concurrence of "Washington" before he could make any binding commitment, but he did not designate the official in Washington whose concurrence would be necessary.

75
After the Contracting Officer and a representative of the Chief of Ordnance in Washington had informally agreed over the phone on the conditions with which it would be necessary for the plaintiff to comply, the Chief of the Industrial Division, acting for the Chief of Ordnance, wrote the Contracting Officer confirming the prior telephonic conversation and stating that the contract might be continued upon the fulfillment of conditions which he set out. Thereafter, after the Contracting Officer, in a further conferencethe statement of the Contracting Officer that he could not make any binding commitment without the concurrence of "Washington." But, when the Contracting Officer came back to the plaintiff and informed it that he had communicated with "Washington" and that "Washington" had stated that the plaintiff would be permitted to continue with the contract upon compliance with the conditions which he set out in his letter, the plaintiff would seem to have been entitled to rely upon this representation of the Government's representative charged with the duty of supervising the performance of this contract. It would seem that if the concurrence of any other official in Washington was necessary, the Government's representative in charge of the performance of the contract was under the duty to so inform the


must respectfully dissent.

81
DAVIS, Judge (concurring in part and dissenting in part).

82
Affiliated broke the contract when its plant manager and other employees deliberately by-passed the defendant's inspection system and palmed off rejected shells as though the inferior goods had met the Government's test. This was a deliberate and serious fraud on the Government, materially breaching the agreement and subjecting Affiliated to cancellation for default. Only in the rarest of cases could a serious fraud fail to be a substantial breach; in this instance the materiality of the breach seems patent.8 Nor is it an excuse that the company's higher officers were wholly innocent of the misrepresentation and the breach. The contractor is tarred by its operating employees' conduct under the contract, just as it would be held liable ifif the private law of agency controlled.10 The contractor has the burden of discovering the true extent of the authority of the Government men with whom he deals.

85
Affiliated did not know (it appears) that final power to reinstate the contract had been withheld from the Ordnance Department, but the rule of actual authority has never been confined to contractors who knowingly make agreements with unauthorized officers. Moreover, the contractor here was not unaware that there was a problem of authority. Its representative was early told that the final decision on whether Affiliated would be permitted to resume production under the contract would be made "in Washington" (finding 21). The matter was plainly beyond the contracting officer's sphere; and Affiliated so understood. The phrase "in Washington" may have meant


the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, but it may also have referred to a higher echelon within the Army or the Defense Department; at the least, Affiliated was put on notice that someone at the Seat of Government would have the final word. So far as we know, the contractor did not seek to discover what officer "in Washington" had that power. Plaintiff assumed, without inquiry, that it was enough to obtain the concurrence of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance. Now that that assumption has turned out to be invalid under the Army's procedure, plaintiff necessarily finds itself relying on an asserted agreement with a level of the Department of the Army which was not authorized to act where fraud was suspected.

86
Harsh though the ruleSweden is set to send three of its naval vessels to the Gulf of Aden to help in the international effort to fight the scourge of piracy that has engulfed the seas off of Somalia. The government voted overwhelmingly to support the ongoing UN mission, code-named Operation Atalanta.

Sweden will be sending two corvettes and one support ship along with a security force, the government said in a statement. The Chinese news agency Xinhua reports that Sweden’s participation in the UN mission will start before the middle of 2009, and last four months at the longest.

Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt said in the statement that “Sweden’s participation is a response to the UN request for protection and security for the deliveries of food aid to Somalia from the United


Nations World Food Programme (WFP). In addition, the operation will help combat the increasing number of acts of piracy off the coast of the country.”

The EU officially started its anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden on 8 December 2008. This marked the first time the 27-nation union embarked on a joint naval mission. Currently, more than 90 per cent of all WFP aid to Somalia is delivered by sea. Continued interruption by the pirates could spell disaster for the people of this nation, which is now considered the world’s most lawless.The Unnao rape survivor and her family met with an accident in Rae Bareli on Sunday.

Two days after the Unnao rape survivor's road accident in Raebareli, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said in the Lok Sabha that the rape as "a blot on civilized society" and demanded a response from Home Minister Amit Shah. Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi, responded to Mr Chowdhury and urged the house not to politicise the matter as CBI was already investigating the matter.

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, who met the family members of the rape survivor at the hospital, held the government fully responsible for the accident. "Can the state government not ensure justice to this beti (daughter). What is the fault of the family members . If something happens


to the two injured who will be responsible for it," Akhilesh Yadav said.

Here are the highlights in Unnao rape survivor's accident case:

Jul 30, 2019 20:39 (IST) Read Here: UP Police Forms SIT For Probing Unnao Rape Survivor's Road Accident

The Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday constituted a Special Investigation Team to probe into a road accident in which the Unnao rape survivor and her lawyer were critically injured and her two aunts killed, an official said.

The Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday constituted a Special Investigation Team to probe into a road accident in which the Unnao rape survivor and her lawyer were critically injured and her two aunts killed, an official said.

Jul 30, 2019 18:51 (IST) Unnao Rape Survivor wrote letter to Chief Justice before meeting with accident

Within acouple of days of the car crash in which the Unnao rape survivor was seriously injured and two of her aunts killed, a letter written to the Chief Justice of India by the survivor's family has come to light, expressing threat and danger to their lives allegedly by the accused persons in the case, reported news agency PTI.

An official of the Supreme Court said the letter written in Hindi has been received by the office of the Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi who has asked the court's Secretary General to prepare a note out of it and place it before him.

"The CJI has asked the Secretary General to go through the letter written in Hindi for preparing a note of it for his perusal," he told PTI.

The letter dated


July 12, written by the survivor and two of her family members, was also sent to the Allahabad High Court and other authorities of the Uttar Pradesh government.

Jul 30, 2019 18:29 (IST) Unnao Case: Family of truck which rammed vehicle with Unnao rape survivor, denies having connections with BJP lawmaker Kuldeep Sengar

Family members of the driver and the owner of the truck, which rammed a vehicle carrying Unnao rape survivor, on Tuesday denied the allegations to have any connection with the rape accused BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar.

"Our family has no connection with the people associated with politics. We earn our wages by doing some meagre jobs," Babu Lal, uncle of the accused truck driver, told ANI.

The elder brother of the truck owner, Nand Kishore Lal, who wasformerly with Samajwadi Party (SP), contended that he has heard of the accused, but never met him.

On being asked why the vehicle's registration plates were covered with grease, he said that due to financial losses, his brother was unable to pay back the loan taken for the vehicle and adopted this method to evade the police.

The accident took place on Sunday when the survivor was on her way to Raebareli from Unnao.

Jul 30, 2019 13:54 (IST) One-day parole to Unnao rape survivor's uncle

Allahabad High Court grants one-day parole to Unnao rape survivor's uncle to attend cremation of wife, who was killed in a road accident on Sunday.

Jul 30, 2019 13:53 (IST) BSP chief Mayawati blames ruling party for shielding criminals

BSP chief Mayawati hit out at the BJP over


including Union ministers, asserted that the Uttar Pradesh government is taking steps to ensure justice for the girl and her family and urged the Opposition not to politicise the matter.

The protests, that began soon after the House convened for the day, was led by Congress members.

They were joined by members from the Trinamool Congress, DMK and BSP, among

others.

Congress, Trinamool Congress, BSP and DMK members walked out of the House. Trinamool Congress walked out twice.

More than 30 members, mostly from the Congress were in the Well, for nearly 40 minutes and were heard shouting ''we want justice''. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said the Uttar Pradesh government was doing everything to ensure justice. Minister of State for Rural Development Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti claimed the truck belonged to a workerof the Samajwadi Party.

BJP leader Jagdambika Pal claimed the truck that hit the car -- in which the girl, her family members and lawyers were travelling -- belonged to a Samajwadi Party leader.

He also alleged that the Congress was trying to tarnish the image of the BJP. BJP member Meenakshi Lekhi, who was in the Speaker's Chair, asked the Opposition to be constructive and said that the CBI is already probing the case.

Jul 30, 2019 09:55 (IST) Settle with BJP lawmaker, cops allegedly told Unnao rape survivor's family

Jailed Uttar Pradesh BJP lawmaker Kuldeep Sengar used to make calls from inside prison to the family of the Unnao teenager who he allegedly raped two years ago and threatened them, a police complaint filed a day after her accident notes.

A


murder case was filed against the politician and nine others after two women died and the rape survivor was injured when their car crashed.

The girl's family has alleged that the lawmaker got the car hit.

In the First Information Report (FIR), the teenager's uncle has alleged that they received threat calls from Sengar from inside the jail, asking them to change their statements in court "if we wanted to live".

Jul 30, 2019 09:14 (IST) NCP's Supriya Sule seeks a detailed inquiry

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Supriya Sule has sought a detailed inquiry into the road accident involving Unnao rape survivor and her family.

Jul 30, 2019 09:12 (IST) Congress party holds prayer meet

The Congress party held a prayer meeting for the well-being of the Unnao rape survivor in Lucknow.

Jul 30,2019 09:10 (IST) UP government recommends CBI probe into road accident

The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday night recommended a CBI probe into a road accident in which the Unnao rape survivor and her lawyer were critically injured and her two aunts killed.

Principal Secretary (Home) Arvind Kumar said in a statement that a formal request for it has been sent to Government of India.


Spatial and temporal distribution of the zoobenthos community during the filling up period of Porto Primavera Reservoir (Paraná River, Brazil).
This study is part of the limnological monitoring undertaken by the Energy Company of the State of São Paulo (CESP) during the filling up process of the Porto Primavera Reservoir (Hydroelectric Power Plant Engenheiro Sérgio Motta). This reservoir, located in the high Paraná River between the States of São Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul, is the fourth largest in the country. The first filling up phase started in December 1998 and the second phase in March 2001. Samples for benthic community and sediment characteristics analysis were quarterly collected between August of 1999 and November 2001 and also in August of 2002 (11 sampling campaigns). Samplings were carried outat 13 stations distributed in the reservoir, and at one point located downstream of the dam. 128 invertebrate taxa were identified, being Mollusca, Annelida, Insecta and Nematoda the dominant groups during almost the whole study period. Insecta was the best represented class (9 different orders), and Diptera contributed with higher number of taxa, 63. The exotic species of bivalve Corbicula fluminea was recorded in all sampling stations showing its great capacity to colonize new habitats in the neotropical region. Noticeable variations in the fauna density were observed, considering both different periods and locations. The maximum density of organisms (mean value of 7812 ind.m-2) was recorded in the center of the reservoir, and the minimum (mean value 9 ind.m-2) in the more lacustrine area near the dam. The greatest


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(Nanowerk News) An international team of astronomers led by the University of Southampton has confirmed the discovery of the most distant supernova ever detected – a huge cosmic explosion that took place 10.5 billion years ago, or three-quarters the age of the Universe itself.

The exploding star, named DES16C2nm, was detected by the Dark Energy Survey (DES), an international collaboration to map several hundred million galaxies in order to find out more about dark energy – the mysterious force believed to be causing the accelerated expansion of the Universe.

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Unspent Child Care Funding - Legislative Report

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This report fulfills the requirement of the 2006-07 Budget Act Supplemental Report, dated June 28, 2006, requiring the California Department of Education (CDE) to provide a report addressing the issue of unspent child care funding.

Despite the goal of the California Department of Education to utilize all available funds and provide services to eligible children and families, there is a basic lack of congruence between the amount of funds available for services and the amount of funds earned by the existing pool of CDE contractors. The source of any unspent child care funding is made up of two broad categories, 'unearned' balances and 'unallocated' balances. Although the funds are not always spent in the year of appropriation as "authorized," the unearned fundsMonkey Torture Laboratory Must Pay

Written by PETA | August 22, 2012

In response to a series of significant animal welfare violations and complaints filed by PETA, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has taken the rare step of fining the Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC) almost $12,000 for repeated violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act. ONPRC imprisons, sickens, terrorizes, and mutilates thousands of monkeys each year in experiments with impunity, so it’s good to know that the facility will be punished for causing animals to suffer more by failing to uphold even minimum standards.

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car responded, the fight pretty well involved the whole place. By the time other officers arrived and broke it up, there were four individuals wounded, one mortally."

"Daniel Oliver."

She nodded. "He was the instigator. According to witnesses willing to talk, he started an argument with another male customer. When that customer's companion came over as backup, Daniel's friends jumped in to take his side, and before you know it . . ." She shrugged in distaste.

"Who was the other man?"

"That never came to light."

Green's eyebrows shot up. "You never caught him?"

She shook her head. "While the officers were breaking up the brawl, he apparently just walked out. Daniel's friends said they didn't recognize him, and the bartender said he'd never seen him before. He wasn't even a Nova Scotianstench for miles. Ian came back after two weeks of that . . . and he was a different man."

Green absorbed this information, trying to see if the explanation fit with what they knew. Had something awful happened during those two weeks? Across the table, Sullivan laid down his notebook and leaned forward, his blue eyes intense. "You said there were forensics experts. From the military?"

"No, civilians. Both forensic specialists and UN civilian police were brought in to interview witnesses and document crimes."

"Do you remember any names?"

Thompson shook his head. "No, the sweep team was in another unit. None of us met the cops."

"Except Ian."

"Well, yeah. I suppose Ian would have met them."

Green felt Sullivan's eyes upon him. If MacDonald and Weiss had served together in that sweep


lodge, a cottage . . . anything like that. Also work up a list of known associates. I'll put some guys on that from this end as well."

"And if Weiss comes back?"

Green thought about that for less than five seconds. Weiss had proved too elusive to risk losing him all over again, along with all chance of finding Twiggy and catching the other players in the game. "Apprehend the bastard and bring him in."

"On what charges?"

"I'll be working on that."

After he hung up, Green sat at his desk a moment, pondering that very question. He was about to arrest a fellow police officer and bring him in. All hell would break loose at that moment, from the police chief and Barbara Devine on down to the Police Association.Judge for the Western District of Virginia, sitting by designation.
Robert N. Hunter, Jr.  (Hunter, Hodgman, Greene, Donaldson, Cooke & Elam, on brief), for appellant.
Isham Barney Hudson, Jr., Special Deputy Attorney General (Lacy H. Thornburg, Attorney General;  Jean A. Benoy, Senior Deputy Attorney General, on brief), for appellees.
PER CURIAM:

1
This case turns on the proper interpretation and application of certain laws of the State of North Carolina relating to the filling of unexpired terms of judicial officers.

2
The factual basis for the controversy is relatively briefly stated.  In December 1985, Judge Ramseur resigned as District Court Judge of the Twenty-seventh Judicial District, effective December 31, 1985.  Thereafter, the president of the Twenty-seventh Judicial District convened a meeting of the members of that district bar for the purpose


of nominating candidates for appointment to fill the vacancy.

3
Judge Ramseur had been elected to the office of District Judge as the nominee of the Democratic Party, and the plaintiff is a licensed attorney who has registered as a Republican.  The Twenty-seventh Judicial Circuit Bar nominated three persons, all members of the Democratic Party, whose names were to be submitted to the Governor of the State of North Carolina, who, pursuant to the constitutional and statutory authority vested in that office, would make the appointment from these three nominees to fill the remaining portion of the term to which Judge Ramseur had initially been elected.

4
Article IV, Sec. 10, of the Constitution of North Carolina (hereinafter North Carolina Constitution) provides in part that, "Vacancies in the office of Districtauthority in Article IV, Sec. 10, of the North Carolina Constitution to adopt appropriate statutes, North Carolina has adopted North Carolina General Statute Sec. 7A-142, reading as follows:

8
A vacancy in the office of district judge shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment by the Governor from nominations submitted by the bar of the judicial district.  If the district court judge was elected as the nominee of a political party, then the district bar shall submit to the Governor the names of three persons who are residents of the district who are duly authorized to practice law in the district and who are members of the same political party as the vacating judge;  provided that if there are not three persons who are available, the


a liberty or property interest in being eligible for the remainder of the term of this office in North Carolina, second, that the defendants deprived the plaintiff of his state-created right to be eligible for office without equal protection or due process of law, and, third, that the defendants deprived the plaintiff of his constitutional rights to free speech and freedom of association without equal protection or due process of the law.

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As to the first two stated issues, this court can find no basis for saying that anything in the North Carolina statutes deprives the plaintiff of liberty or property interests in being eligible for office in North Carolina, nor can it find that the defendants, under this statutory pattern, have deprived the plaintiff of his state-created rightto be eligible for office without due process and without equal protection.  The provisions of the constitution and the laws of the State of North Carolina on which the plaintiff relies establish, in fact, eligibility for election to office, and do not deal with the question of filling vacancies in judicial office.  Article IV, Sec. 10, and the accompanying statutory provisions relate solely to the question of filling vacancies in the district court.

12
The provisions relating to filling such a vacancy are clearly supported by the state's interest in maintaining the will of the people as reflected in the general election vote which brought the vacating judge to the bench in the first place.  If we assume, as we do, that under North Carolina's system, the


electorate is willing to choose a member of a particular party to fill the judicial office, then it is appropriate for the General Assembly to see that the will of the electorate is carried forward in replacing the judicial officer who steps down before fulfilling the term of office to which that officer has been elected.

13
The deprivation of due process argument is further advanced by the plaintiff on the theory he has acquired a property right by virtue of Article IV, Sec. 22, of the North Carolina Constitution which provides that, "Only persons duly authorized to practice law in the courts of this State shall be eligible for appointment as a ... Judge of District Court."    From this, the plaintiff reasons that making nonlawyers ineligiblePopular Democratic Party, 457 U.S. 1 (1982).  In Rodriguez, the Puerto Rico statutes gave the political party of a deceased representative in the House of Representatives of the Puerto Rico legislature the right to appoint an interim successor for the deceased representative.  In Rodriguez, after the death of a representative, the party held a primary election in which only its members voted and from that vote, they selected a winner who was sworn in as the new representative.

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The Supreme Court held that the Puerto Rico legislature could properly and lawfully select a procedure for filling interim vacancies, which procedure was calculated to perpetuate the recorded party preference of the voters, assuring that the party preference was maintained by the system which they devised, rather than having


the vacancy filled by some other official who might very well be a member of a different party and who would perhaps favor a member of his party as opposed to the party of the deceased representative.

19
Applying the rationale of Rodriguez to the facts in this case, it is apparent that the constitutional and statutory scheme in North Carolina for filling the unexpired term of office of a judicial officer comports well with the concept of maintaining for that unexpired portion of the term the party preference shown by the voters in the election itself.

20
For the reasons stated, and on the strength of the detailed opinion below, the action of the United States District Court is

21
AFFIRMED.

when, on October 24, 1941, application was made to this court for the writ of certiorari here involved; that the matter was pending in the District Court of Appeal until its order of denial of the petition became final thirty days after its rendition, and that in the interim this court had no jurisdiction; that when that order did become final it was res judicata on the issues now presented. That position is not tenable. The two proceedings were separate and distinct, the one for prohibition in the District Court of Appeal was before the contempt order here in question was made, and was an endeavor to restrain the superior court from further action, and was before the court at a time when it could not be assumed


at the date thereof. On July 26, 1941, and before the hearing on the contempt citation, employees Brady, Torrance, Magee and McNamara were ordered to report for duty on July 28, 1941; the first three reported for duty as ordered and have held their positions since that time. McNamara requested a leave of absence, he being employed privately. It was understood by him that the request would be denied unless he furnished a certificate showing his employment was necessary to national defense; he did not furnish such a certificate and has continued in private employment. Employee Hudelson was inducted into the United States Army on March 3, 1941, and has remained there since. Employee Long is not a party to the contempt proceeding, he having left his position,his salary having been paid in full. On July 3, 1941, the State Personnel Board attempted to reclassify the position of Brown from supervising liquor control officer, grade 2, to chief liquor control officer, also known as district liquor administrator. It is alleged in the petition and not denied that he was reinstated on September 22, 1941, as supervising liquor control officer and he has since held that position.
 The contempt order of October 9, 1941, commanded the payment of salaries to the employees from the date of the judgment to the date of their reinstatement, or their separation from state employment by their acceptance of employment elsewhere as the facts with respect to each employee indicated; the amount was expressed only in a lump sum. The total


petitioners should have at least paid the amount less the deductions. Warrants were offered to the employees on October 9, 1941, the date of the contempt order, but prior to its entry, insofar as it was known what other compensation had been received, and it appears that negotiations were conducted between the employees and the state officials with relation to the amounts, if any, that had been received.
 Respondent refers to the delay of the petitioners in reinstating the employees, that is, in waiting until July 28, 1941, after the order to show cause in the contempt citation was issued. But they were reinstated before a hearing in the contempt proceeding, and it was conceded by the employees at the hearing that there was no issue of contemptThe contempt order, however, commanded the payment of $300 per month to Brown and apparently fixing Brown's classification as a supervising liquor control officer, grade 3, also known as chief liquor control officer and district liquor administrator, the salary range of which is $300 to $380 per month. Presumably that was done on the basis of a resolution of the State Personnel Board dated July 3, 1941, reclassifying Brown as a chief liquor control officer, and a resolution of the Board of Equalization to create such a position in the Los Angeles district. There is a conflict as to whether the money became available for that position or the allowance thereof was approved by the Director of Finance. On September 22, 1941, the Board of Equalization reinstated Brown


is no doubt that the order of October 9, 1941, was a final order in a contempt proceeding, as is contemplated by section 1222 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The order adjudges "that unless within twenty days from the date hereof, that is to say, on or before the 30th of October, 1941, the respondents hereinafter named do and perform the acts hereinafter specified, the said respondents so failing in the said respective performances shall be guilty of contempt in disobeying and in failing to obey the lawful orders of this Court as aforesaid, they and each of them having the power to obey the said orders:" Thereafter follow the salary payments to be made and heretofore mentioned. Then it is ordered that:
 "Upon the failure ofthe said respondents or any of them within the time aforesaid to perform and do the acts hereinabove specified, said respondent or respondents so failing shall be, as of the 30th day of October, 1941, guilty of contempt; and the said respondents and each of them so failing and so adjudged in contempt shall be imprisoned in the County Jail of the County of Los Angeles until such respondents so guilty of contempt shall have complied with the orders aforesaid, and to that end a warrant of commitment shall on the 30th day of October, 1941, issue against the said respondents so adjudged guilty of contempt." It is clear the order was a *479 final order in a contempt proceeding such as is reviewable by writ of certiorari.


all have a more open-minded and expansive forum for people who've never really lost their love for the characterization that has become a non-issue with modern television, the private eye.

These were among the first shows that I fell in love with as a kid: Peter Gunn, Honey West, Richard Diamond, Cannon, Barnaby Jones, Dan August, Mike Hammer, Veronica Clare, among a host of others, and many of them are not available on home video, and that, ladies and gentlemen, is a CRIME!

I hope that justice is served by these great actors, actresses and their many fans (yes, some of us are still alive and very much aware of our surroundings), and these fabulous shows of yesteryear will be released on DVD in my lifetime. Thanks for letting mein Hinduism. The latest of his controversies is the UP-government’s proposal to start the Taj Mahotsav with a dance drama portraying the life of Lord Ram. This has little to no relevance to the celebration of Mughal arts and culture. The story of Lord Ram does not even offer an aesthetic parallel in the retelling of Mughal folklore.

Taj Mahotsav is a festive occasion for people from all over India and abroad to indulge in the lush revelry that celebrates our cultural heritage. It takes place at Shilpgram in Agra. Apart from being adorned by modern folk artists, musicians, and dramatists, it is also a celebration of the past. It is a nostalgic recollection of how India’s lovely social tapestry was woven.

The festival lasts for 10 days. The grand


across the news landscape during the election cycle, partially due to exploitation of intensive user tracking, has also been carefully catalogued.

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Plowing forward, though, the government-CA-SCL connections continue, as CA hired Darren Bolding away from the Republican National Committee in January, with him going from RNC CTO to CA CTO. As previously mentioned, Kirsten Fontenrose, formerly of the State Department, has also joined SCL.

America First Policies, a new Pro-Trump PAC — which, as an actively collusive third-party mouthpiece for a sitting president, is totally unprecedented since the days of Reaganomics — is having CambAnal pains of its own. After an apparent power struggle regarding CA’s involvement that included a yelling match inside Trump Tower between Brad Parscale, digital director for the Trump campaign & its Project Alamo,Activity types:

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Having set sail from the historic centre of Trogir, you will cruise along the mainland before bearing south to the islands, taking time each day to explore by bike these fantastic locations, where history and culture abound.

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More unfortunate, and, frankly, pretty damn frustrating news for Shanghai nightlife -- two of Shanghai's LGBT dance clubs have closed down in the last two weeks. Dance dungeon Shanghai Studio , which was packed with sweaty boys for nine years, shut down unexpectedly on Thursday, December 11. The very next night, (beloved) pansexual live house 390 (same owner) received a visit from The Man, who shut down the party at 2am and summarily carted off all the DJs and staff to jail, and were released after 20 hours.The Panyu Lu bar opened the next night and for a few more days but has been closed since December 16, when authorities returned on a comedy night and suggested closing up early at 9pm. City Weekend incorrectly reported that they'reThe move comes after Truvo defaulted on the mountain of debt raised to buy the company back in 2007.

It has debts of €1.8bn. The plan presented to creditors will see banks take control and debt written down to €550m.

Truvo is based in Belgium but ended up filing for bankruptcy protection in the US last July thanks to a complex capital structure featuring a US holding company.

It owns directories publishing business in Belgium, Portugal, Romania and South Africa as well as in Ireland.

Private equity owners Apax and Cinven paid €2bn for Truvo in 2007 in a leveraged buyout funded with a mix of senior bank debt and high yield bonds.

But since 2007 the displacement of traditional directories by online search engines has been rapid. Apax and Cinven effectively gave


the post caught the attention of Evernote CEO Phil Libin, who admitted that perhaps the company had focused too much on adding features and expanding its user base at the expense of the core experience. But those days are over Libin proclaimed. In fact, he says the staff quietly shifted its focus back to squashing bugs and improving stability a couple of months ago, but that there was still plenty of work to be done. In addition to boosting performance and fixing broken features, he says updates will be rolling out over "the next few weeks" that will greatly improve and simplify the user experience. He specifically said the engineers and designers will be targeting note editing, navigation, search, sync and collaboration features across all platforms.

2013 was adollar has been steady in recent weeks after the dollar lost its upward momentum.

In March, China's central bank sold the smallest amount of foreign exchange since May 2016, supporting the government's assertions that capital flows were becoming more balanced.

Premier Li Keqiang said last month that market confidence in the yuan had significantly improved and the outside world had stable expectations for the yuan exchange rate.

The forex regulator said on Wednesday that China would improve macro-prudential management on cross-border flows to ward off potential risks and "optimise" diversification of foreign exchange reserves.

The Chinese currency is forecast to weaken to 7.07 against the dollar in a year, according to a Reuters poll of 60 foreign exchange strategists.

The U.S. Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged on Wednesday and downplayed weak first-quarter


Image caption The pilot shows include Alpha House, which stars John Goodman

Fourteen pilot shows - including Alpha House and Zombieland - are to be put to the public vote on Lovefilm and Amazon.com.

Viewers can submit feedback influencing which shows get made into full series.

The 14 shows are made by independent production companies and produced by Amazon Studios, the film and series production arm of Amazon.

"This is the first time Amazon Studios has done this," said Simon Morris, Lovefilm's chief marketing officer.

Eight adult comedies and six children's animation series will be put to the public vote.

The shows will be aired on Amazon's pay subscription services - Amazon Prime in the US, and Lovefilm in the UK - but Morris told the BBC they would be available to everyone andnot just subscribers.

The adult pilot shows include Alpha House, about four senators who live together in a rented house in Washington DC and stars John Goodman, who was recently in Oscar-winning film Argo.

"Bill Murray has got a cameo in Alpha House, looking a bit older, a little bit more bedraggled, but definitely Bill Murray," Mr Morris added.

Onion News Empire is set behind the scenes of the Onion News Network, a satirical daily news service, and "shows just how far journalists will go to stay at the top of their game", according to Amazon Studios.

It stars Arrested Development's Jeffrey Tambor as the "egomaniacal lead anchor".

Musical comedy Browsers stars Cheers and Frasier actress Bebe Neuwirth as the "terrifying" boss of a news website in Manhattan.

Other pilot shows include Zombieland -


based on the film of the same name - featuring four survivors attempting to outwit zombies, while animated comedy Dark Minions, written by Big Bang Theory's Kevin Sussman and John Ross Bowie, is about two "slackers" working on an intergalactic warship.

The children's shows include animations Sara Solves It, where Sara and Sam solve maths-based mysteries, and Creative Galaxy, an interactive art adventure series.

Image caption The Zombieland pilot is based on the film of the same name

"This isn't X Factor for some new titles where you get to vote and they're fairly gimmicky," Mr Morris said. "It has a unique position in the world in that it has a platform that's a pay platform, it has an entertainment platform."

He said that the "world of digital has been growing, drivenin large part by the BBC iPlayer, from about 2008" and that he saw this move as the next stage.

"Mass-market digital consumption and streaming have come of age in the last few years," he added.

'Promotional tool'

But Toby Syfret, TV analyst for Enders Analysis, was sceptical about the venture, describing it as a "gimmick" and said he did not think it would make much of a dent in the TV landscape.

"I think the success of this will have a huge amount to do with the publicity they can get for it."

Image caption Kevin Spacey's House of Cards was made and broadcast on Netflix

Amazon and Lovefilm were able to put pilots to the public vote because "they are not TV channels with set budgets", he said, adding that "you cannot


Westport house, Winterval in Waterford or you can even visit him in a cave at the Ailwee Caves!

4. The Christmas tree:

A tradition still in Ireland as it is all around the world. The lights are always in a tangle even though you wrapped them up nice last year and there is the annual argument over who gets to put the angel on the tree – inevitable it is the youngest member of the house hold.

5. Candle in the window:

Although a religious tradition originally, many houses will light a candle in their window on Christmas Eve. This was to signal to Mary & Joseph that they were welcome at the house.

Nowadays, the candle is lit to welcome anyone who may need shelter for the night.

There is a permanent candleto play in it’s creation. The ”first Thanksgiving” was actually celebrated on Feb 21, 1621 when a band of starving pilgrims at Plymouth Rock were saved at the last minute by the arrival of a ship from Dublin bearing food from Ireland.

The Boston Post discovered the earlier date for the Thanksgiving ritual. It showed that the traditional date of the autumn of 1621 was actually incorrect. According to a columnist for the Boston Post, the Pilgrims in the winter of their first year were starving and faced the end of their project to colonize the new world when “a ship arrived from overseas bearing the much needed food.”

Because of anti-Irish prejudice at the time, they neglected to name it as an Irish ship. The Irish ship was called


and cheering )" "( band playing music )" "( audience applauding and cheering )" "NARRATOR:" "The German notes on this point were somewhat fragmentary." "Butbearin mindthatSigmund Freud came from this country." "( man speaks in German )" "( women screaming )" "( speaking in German )" "( audience applauding )" "MAN:" "Fraulein Lilly." "( band playing music )" "( singing in German )" "( audience laughing )" "( audience applauding )" "( speaking in German )" "( chuckles )" "( indistinct chattering )" "( singing in German )" "( audience laughing )" "( audience applauding )" "( man speaking in German )" "( chuckles )" "( chuckles )" "Oh!" "( audience applauding )" "( all speaking in German )" "( all singing in German )" "( dramatic themeAnand Mahindra and Mukesh Ambani.

"We are delighted to have been early-stage investors in Prana Studios. This bold move will make them animation, VFX leaders with global delivery capability and will substantially increase the scale and complexity of their work,” Mahindra said in 2013 to PTI.

Drogon, one of Khaleesi's so-called children, spews fire and comes roaring into to rescue the Mother of dragons from assassins. The black dragon eats people, attacks the assassins and flies away with Daenerys on his back. That however was shot in a studio.

The visual effects team is also credited with Life of Pi, The Golden Compass and Babe.


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EUGENE -- Charles Nelson is wearing a Mike Tyson T-shirt.

The Oregon freshman sits back into a couch away from the TVs inside the Hatfield-Dowlin Complex. He's got jean shorts on and his brick-red shoes are flashy, but it's the Baddest Man on the Planet pressed on cotton that really stands out.

Nelson didn't buy the shirt; a friend gave it to him. It fit.

Of course it did.

The 5-foot-9, 170-pounder doesn't have the frame of Iron Mike, but through the first eight weeks of Oregon's season he's packed the punch. The Daytona Beach, Florida, native has returned two punts for touchdowns. He wears De'Anthony Thomas' number, but DAT never hit like this. Nelson's forced fumbles, blown up returners and barreled through blockers. He's been so good, soearly that fans adore him and coaches fight for his services.

"Charles Nelson," defensive coordinator Don Pellum says, "can do anything he wants."

That may be so, but the Ducks aren't sure what to make of the Florida native. He's listed as a receiver, returns kicks, guns and has taken reps in the backfield. As the season wears on, the Ducks are searching for ways to further implement the small-packaged talent. Every week it seems the Ducks learn something new about Nelson. It's the same thousands of miles away, where an older Charles Nelson keeps learning about a son who never quite opened up.

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In Eugene, Nelson sits with his back to Monday Night Football. Watching doesn't interest him. The apartment he shares with Royce Freeman and Arrion Springs doesn't have


cable. He'd rather be playing, anyway.

Back in Florida, he didn't like the beach, either. Nelson's friends loved hanging out at Ormand Beach, one of those picturesque plots of sand just north of Daytona. Pick up a travel magazine. It looks like that.

It was boring, Nelson says.

"I don't like the sun like that," he says, rubbing his arms. "I'd rather be running. Or playing football or something like that. I don't want to just sit in the sun and tan. I'm already tan."

He's never been one to sit.

Nelson's grandfather once had a Chihuahua that drove everyone crazy. One of those wind-up small dogs that never stopped. Except for when Nelson came over. Bud hated Nelson.

"That dog would run everyone else crazy," Nelson's dad, Charles, remembers. "He ran that dogto death. The dog would hide every time he came over. He was dead tired."

It was the same way in fifth grade flag football, when Nelson was often flagged for unnecessary roughness. Or how when he took to music he chose the drums. Always going. Always moving.

At Seabreze High School he made varsity as a freshman. He'd rattle off 50-yard touchdowns and stay on as the team's long snapper.

"Somebody wasn't doing well and I just tried it one time," Nelson says. "We would score and I would snap the extra points. It was pretty easy."

Of course it was.

Over the next two years, Nelson's motor and explosiveness turned him into one of the state's most versatile prospects. Nelson was listed as a running back, receiver, safety and kick returner


during his junior year. He averaged 10.9 yards every touch and scored a touchdown every 8.4 times he got the ball.

Playing the game was perfect for Nelson. The field was a place for a relatively quiet kid off the field to expend energy.

In the Sand Crabs' seventh game of the season, he tore his ACL. And with football taken away, it left the always-moving Nelson immobile.

***

Charles Nelson fears Charles Nelson. No, the Oregon freshman isn't quote-on-quote afraid of his father. It's more about disappointment. Nelson has lived his his father primarily since the fourth grade, with his mother living about 50 miles north in Palatka. He'd see her just about every other weekend, but for the most part, it was Charles and Charles.

The elder Nelson is a contractorwasn't able to play after the seventh game of his junior year. In a 34-30 loss to Palm Bay Bayside his ACL snapped.

It was a major loss for the Sand Crabs, a team that would go on to lose two of three games without him. For Nelson, though, it was devastating. It wasn't great for the home dynamic, either.

"He drove us all crazy. He would not sit still," Dad says. "Physically and mentally that was probably the toughest thing for him. To have to sit out. I've watched him cry. That first game he missed he didn't know what to do. He just wanted to be out there."

Naturally, Nelson attacked the rehab process as hard as he could. By the time track season came around, Nelson was convinced


he was ready to return to competition. The doctors agreed. His dad didn't.

While Nelson desperately desired to get back on the track to qualify for the postseason, his dad wanted him to wait.

The health clearance didn't meet his standard.

It didn't go over well.

The two got in a argument that resulted in Nelson staying with his mom for a couple of days to cool off.

Both concede it was a typical argument between a father and teenage son, though Nelson still contends that he was healthy enough to run.

"He wanted me to do training and I didn't understand what the difference was," he says. "He was (just looking out for me). I still feel like I had the right decision."

"He just wanted to qualify for districts for track," his dadadds. "'What if you trip? What happens? Now you have to start all over.'

"We got into a bit of an argument. He will not stop."

Nelson didn't run track that spring. He unleashed his pent-up energy that fall during football.

***

Nelson returned to full form. By the end of his senior season, he had racked up at least 18 offers. He didn't, however, have the one he wanted. Nelson was holding out for Oregon.

He finally got it with a little assistance from his coach.

To help bump up the stock of his two-way starter for three seasons, Seabreeze High head coach Marc Beach put the word out about Nelson. And one of his first calls was to a friend who happened to play in college at Nebraska.

That friend knew another former


Cornhusker, Oregon offensive coordinator Scott Frost, who soon was calling Daytona Beach after watching Nelson's highlight package.

USC was pushing hard. Schools out east were closing in.

"(Frost) said, 'Is it too late to get in on this guy?'" Beach said.

It wasn't.

"I was trying to make a decision soon and I hadn't really heard from them," Nelson says. "Didn't hear from them until January. They called and said they were going to offer me and I was excited. Seemed like a trip worth taking."

***

Nelson was convinced his teammates thought he was too small. He never heard anything, but he was sure they underestimated him. He's always been the competitive type, whether its with football, video games or on the track. In fall camp his goal was to quickly dispel thenotion about his size.

It was something that the 5-foot-8 Johnathan Loyd gravitated toward. The basketball star turned football player remembers seeing a kid running around camp at a million miles an hour. He was a blur, but his heart was easy to spot, Loyd says.

"He always says, 'I'm going to bring the train and the train don't stop,'" Loyd says. "That's what me and him say together, whether it's on the kickoff, punt or anything. He's just running full speed into that contact."

That's probably what Ducks fans recall the most about Nelson. Sure, he's had two highlight-reel punt returns for touchdowns. But as special teams coach Tom Osborne says, those are easy.

"If they block well, all he should have to do is beat the kicker," Osborne says.

Nelson's touchdown


against Cal was a little more complex, as he dipped and cut his way to a 58-yard score. What was more impressive to those who know him, though, was the fumble he forced as a gunner later in the game.

Nelson charged onto the defensive scene with a jarring hit against a Michigan State returner in Week 2, though he was flagged for early contact. Six games later against Cal, Nelson timed it just right, exploding into Bryce Treggs to force a fourth-quarter fumble. If he hits perfect, Nelson says it feels like hitting the sweet spot on a baseball bat.

Charles Alphonzo Nelson has watched each game from Florida, sometimes driving 15 minutes down the road to a friend's place that has the Pac-12 Network. None of the highlightshave surprised him. He's never doubted his son's abilities. He's been blown away by the way he's grown up. Nelson's been the focus of numerous interviews, press conferences and podcasts. Where Dad remembers a shy son that would squeak out one-word answers, he's doesn't quite recognize what Nelson's turned into.

"Everything was always, 'Yes sir' or 'No sir'," Dad says. "For him to do an interview and to actually speak, it's like, 'Is that really my son up there?'"

And if the Ducks vision of Nelson is correct, he'll be talking heavily for a few more years. Head coach Mark Helfrich and Frost keep saying he'll be more involved in the offense. Defensive backs coach John Neal is trying to lure him over to the defense. Some Ducks fans think


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Republicans are insisting the payroll tax cut bill includes language that speeds up government approval of the construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

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A Portland, Oregon man dressed in chain mail and calling himself a "high elf" claimed to be vanquishing the dark lord Morgoth when he stabbed a woman's car with a sword. It probably won't surprise you to learn that this J.R.R. Tolkien fan took LSD shortly before he decided to slay a sedan.

What's great is that despite this high elf's state of mind, he managed to reference a pretty obscure figure in Tolkien lore — Morgoth is mostly described in the Silmarillion. Nobody was hurt in his sword fight, other than the car and the pride of high elves everywhere.

In the picture above, you can see the high elf sitting on the ground in his helmet and armor. Apparently he was also carrying his trusty staff and shield.The Cowboys entered the Pontiac Silverdome in Detroit with an 8-2 record and tied with the Philadelphia Eagles for first place in the NFC East. The Lions were 4-6 and five of their six losses had come in the final minute. The Cowboys were considered Super Bowl contenders in 1981 and they came out in this game ready to hand the Lions their seventh loss. What this game came down too would be the leg of a certain Lions kicker as well as a penalty flag that never fell to the ground.

The Cowboys defense got the game started by forcing Lions running back Billy Sims to fumble at the Lions 39 yard line. Danny White drove the Cowboys offense to the Lions ten yard line and completed the


minutes remaining.

With the score tied the Cowboys thought that overtime would be the best way to go. It became obvious that the Lions were not thinking about overtime like the Cowboys were. The Cowboys ran three plays and were unable to gain a first down. The Lions used all their timeouts and forced the Cowboys to punt the ball back to the Lions with 1:13 left in the game.

Eric Hipple started the Lions drive at the 18 yard line. Quickly Hipple connected with David Hill on passes of 15 and 30 yards. Then with 25 seconds left he found tight end Ulysses Norris for an 18 yard completion to the Cowboys 30 yard line. With the Lions facing a third down and no timeouts it was thought thatHipple would just spike the ball to stop the clock, but the offense and special teams became confused. In what can only be described as confusion for the Lions as the clock continued to run, that certain Lions kicker came running out onto the field. Eric Hipple looked around not knowing whether to run a play or hold for a field goal attempt. Hipple went to a knee and took the snap from a makeshift offensive line. That certain Lions kicker approached the ball with just four seconds left. His 47 yard field goal attempt sailed up and through the uprights as time expired. The Cowboys just stood there in disbelief as the Lions celebrated their 27-24 victory.

In the newspaper the next morning a picture appeared showing the


Lions last second field goal attempt. What was interesting was that the Lions players all had a number listed above them. What was even more interesting was that the numbers totaled 12. The Lions had 12 men on the field on their last second field goal attempt. With all the confusion of the last play for the Lions the officials never saw that they had 12 players on the field and a flag was never thrown. Of course nothing could be done at this point as league officials admitted their mistake. The Lions had the last second field goal to win the game and the Cowboys with the loss had fallen one game back of the Eagles in the NFC East.

I’m sure you are all wondering why Ihave not mentioned the name of the Lions kicker in this game. There became a connection with the Cowboys and this Lions kicker many years after this game. Because of the way this game ended there were many Cowboys fans who took a disliking to this kicker. He not only beat the Cowboys, but he beat them on a play that should have never happened. But like so many other times, there are opposing players who are disliked until they become a part of your favorite team and help them win. The kicker in this game was Eddie Murray, who became a member of the Cowboys in 1993. Murray kicked the game winning field goal in overtime against the Giants in the final game of the season. The


elevation mechanism disposed ahead of the external magnetic field generating apparatus and the optical pickup device for elevating the rotation mechanism, etc.
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In such a conventional magneto-optical disk apparatus, a slider apparatus for moving a cartridge holder with the disk cartridge held thereon between a loading position and an unloading position has cam portions formed on right and left portions thereof for supporting the cartridge holder. It is difficult to form the cam portions with a proper positioning relation therebetween. As a consequence, it is frequently observedThe National Security Committee in its meeting on 24 August 2017 discussed the Trump Administration's South Asia Strategy

Ministry of Foreign AffairsGovernment of Pakistan

The Committee out rightly rejected the specific allegations and insinuations made against Pakistan. It was observed that to scapegoat Pakistan will not help in stabilizing Afghanistan. In fact, being its immediate neighbor, Pakistan has an abiding interest in peace and stability in Afghanistan.

The committee observed that Pakistan had to manage the blowback of a protracted conflict in Afghanistan that resulted in deluge of refugees, flow of drugs and arms and more recently in the shape of terrorist safe havens in eastern Afghanistan from where anti-Pakistan terrorist groups continue to operate and launch attacks inside Pakistan. The fact remains that the complex issues and internal dynamics inside


Afghanistan pose a grave challenge not only to Pakistan but to the broader region and the international community.

While noting the US commitment to continue to shoulder the burden of Afghanistan and reverse the expanding ungoverned spaces in the country, the Committee observed that Pakistan has consistently supported all international efforts for a stable and peaceful Afghanistan and has also committed more than a billion US dollars for infrastructure and social development in that country.

Over the years, Pakistan has worked with both the United States and Afghanistan to promote peace through a politically negotiated outcome which, in Pakistan's view, remains the best option to bring stability to this war torn country. A prolonged military campaign in Afghanistan has resulted in destruction and killing of hundreds of thousands of Afghanalso misleading to the extent that the reimbursements to Pakistan since 2001 only account for part of the cost of ground facilities and air corridors used by the United States for its operations in Afghanistan, rather than any financial aid or assistance.

Pakistan's effective counter-terrorism operations have clearly proved that tide of terrorism can be reversed and we are willing to share our experience with both the US and Afghanistan. This would require working together and focusing on core issues of eliminating safe havens inside Afghanistan, border management, return of refugees and reinvigorating the peace process for a political settlement in Afghanistan.

The Committee stressed that India cannot be a net security provider in the South Asia region when it has conflictual relationships with all its neighbours and is pursuing


a policy of destabilizing Pakistan from the east and the west. The Committee expressed deep concern at Indian policies inimical to peace in the region including interference in the internal affairs of neighbouring countries and using terrorism as an instrument of state policy. The Committee condemned state-inflicted repression on the people of Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir and reiterated Pakistan's continued diplomatic, political and moral support for their struggle for self determination.

The Committee reaffirmed Pakistan's resolve to protect its sovereignty and territorial integrity.

The Committee underscored that as a responsible Nuclear weapon state, Pakistan has in place a robust and credible command and control system which has been universally recognized and appreciated.

Pakistan will continue to extend all possible cooperation to the international community for achieving the common objectives ofpeace and stability in Afghanistan and in the broader region.

President Trump's Strategy on Afghanistan and South Asia was discussed in the regular session of the Cabinet today. While the Cabinet has mandated the Prime Minister to take up the issue in detail in the meeting of the National Security Committee, already scheduled to be held on 24 August 2017, for a comprehensive policy response, the preliminary comments of the Foreign Office are as follows:

Pakistan has taken note of President Trump's statement outlining elements of a new US policy on Afghanistan and South Asia.

No country in the world has done more than Pakistan to counter the menace of terrorism. No country in the world has suffered more than Pakistan from the scourge of terrorism, often perpetrated from outside our


borders. It is, therefore disappointing that the US policy statement ignores the enormous sacrifices rendered by the Pakistani nation in this effort.

Pakistan has been and will continue to be part of the global counter terrorism efforts. Pakistan and the United States have been close allies in the fight against terrorism, which is a common threat for all nations of the world. As a matter of policy, Pakistan does not allow use of its territory against any country. Instead of relying on the false narrative of safe havens, the US needs to work with Pakistan to eradicate terrorism.

The threat to peace and security cannot be isolated from the complex interplay of geopolitics, continued existence of festering disputes and pursuit of hegemonic policies. Non-resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir disputeremains the primary obstacle to peace and stability in the region.

Pakistan reiterates its view that there is no exclusive military solution to the crisis in Afghanistan. The military action during the last 17 years has not brought peace to Afghanistan, and it is not likely to do so in the future. Only an Afghan-led, Afghan-owned politically negotiated solution can lead to sustainable peace in Afghanistan.

Pakistan is committed to working with the international community towards the common objective of defeating the forces of terrorism and to promote peace and stability in the South Asian region.

Pakistan 70th Independence Anniversary CelebratedGovernor Khyber Pukhtunkhwa special guest on the occasion, for closer cooperation between Afghanistan and Pakistan

Embassy of PakistanKabul

The 70th Independence Anniversary of Pakistan was celebrated in Embassy of Pakistan with great national


fervor and enthusiasm. The flag hoisting ceremony commenced with the recitation of the Holy Quran followed by the National Anthem and hoisting of Pakistan's national flag by the Governor of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, Mr. Iqbal Zafar Jhagra, who was the chief guest of the ceremony, and Ambassador Mr. Zahid Nasrullah Khan.

Pakistan envoy Zahid Nasrullah Khan welcoming the Special Guest, Governor Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, Iqbal Zafar Jhagra, impressed upon the Embassy officials and members of the armed forces that Pakistan has made unprecedented progress in a short span of 70 years and a bright future awaits the country. The Ambassador read out the messages of the President and Prime Minister which were received with applause by the audience.

Speaking on the occasion, Governor Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, said that Pakistan had made remarkable progressduring the last seventy years in the fields of education, defence and science and technology. He congratulated the participants and the people of Pakistan on the 70th Independence Day Anniversary of Pakistan. He underlined the need for closer cooperation between Afghanistan and Pakistan, saying that Afghanistan is very important neighbor of Pakistan. He paid rich tribute to the security forces of Pakistan who have offered immense sacrifices against the war on terrorism.

Responding to a media query regarding statement attributed to the Governor of the Afghan province of Kunar, the Spokesperson rejected the allegation that Pakistan military operation Khyber-IV was meant to push militants into Afghanistan. The Spokesperson underlined that such statements were contrary to the spirit and understanding arrived at during recent engagements at the leadership level of


of terrorists, drug and human smugglers and other undesired elements.

Pakistan's newly appointed Ambassador presents credentials to the President of Afghanistan

Embassy of PakistanKabul

Pakistan's newly appointed Ambassador to Afghanistan, Mr. Zahid Nasrullah Khan, presented his credentials to President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani at a ceremony in Kabul, today.

The ceremony was followed by a courtesy call of the Ambassador on the President. The Ambassador conveyed a message of goodwill on behalf of the President and Prime Minister of Pakistan.

The Ambassador iterated that Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif shared President Ghani's vision of regional connectivity that was essential for the prosperity of the region. Ambassador expressed his determination to work for the promotion of bilateral relations in all fields.

The Embassy of Pakistan, Kabul, is seeking tenders from Afghan companies/firms to bid for supplyingexpress their heartfelt sympathies and deepest condolences to the Government and the people of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and to the bereaved families in this hour of grief.

Our thoughts are with the victims of the attacks and we pray for the speedy recovery of the injured.Pakistan stands shoulder-to-shoulder with its Afghan brethren in their anguish and mourning.

Pakistan strongly condemns the terrorist attack in Kabul this morning that has caused loss of precious human lives and injuries to many. The blast has caused damage to the residences of some Pakistani diplomats and staff, living in the close vicinity, and inflicted minor injuries to some.

Pakistan being a victim of terrorism understands the pain and agony that such incidents inflict upon the people and society. The people and Government of Pakistan


the creation of a separate homeland. Mr. Hussain said the Day reminded us to work collectively to build a strong and stable Pakistan. He said that Pakistan had made remarkable progress in various fields since independence but still there were challenges which required unity and sincerity to overcome them. The Ambassador also reaffirmed his country's commitment to elimination of extremism and terror. In this regard, he highlighted the anti-terror achievements made under the Zarb-e-Azb and Rad-ul-Fassad Operations.

The Ambassador also emphasized the need for cooperation against militancy and terrorism. He said that Pakistan was strongly committed to the peace and stability in Afghanistan, and had made sincere efforts in this regard. A peaceful and prosperous Afghanistan was not only in the interest of Pakistan but of the whole region.He assured that Pakistan would continue its efforts for the reconstruction and development of Afghanistan.

Pakistan strongly condemns the terrorist attack on a hospital in Kabul today (8th March 2017), resulting in the loss of many precious lives and injuring several others.

We extend our heartfelt condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in this heinous terrorist attack and convey our prayers for early recovery of the injured.

Pakistan reiterates its unequivocal condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. In this regard, we reaffirm our commitment to cooperation with the Afghan government and the international community for the elimination of the scourge of terrorism.

In order to provide an opportunity to those nationals of Afghanistan who had come to Pakistan on valid visas, and wish to return


to their country, the Government of Pakistan has decided to open the border crossings at Torkham and Chaman on 7th & 8th March 2017. The crossing points will also be opened on these two days for those nationals of Pakistan who had gone to Afghanistan on valid visas and wish to return to Pakistan. The decision has been conveyed by Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Mr. Sartaj Aziz to the Afghan Ambassador by telephone. All concerned at the two crossing points have also been informed.

We are deeply saddened to learn about the sad demise of our dear colleague, His Excellency Jumaa Mohammad Abdullah Al-Kaabi, Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates in Kabul who got injured in a terrorist attack in Kandahar on 10 January 2017.

Weexpress our heartfelt condolences to the family and the brotherly people as well as the Government of the United Arab Emirates.

May Allah Almighty rest the departed soul in eternal peace in Jannah (Ameen) and give courage to the bereaved family to bear this irreparable loss.

Message from H.E. Mr. Mamnoon Hussain, President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on the occasion of Kashmir Solidarity Day

President's OfficeIslamic Republic of Pakistan

The Government and the people of Pakistan reaffirm their continued and resolute moral, diplomatic and political support to the oppressed people of Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IoK) in their valiant struggle for the fundamental right to self-determination. India continues, not only, to deny the people of Jammu and Kashmir the right to self-determination for the last seven decades, but is