saying that he needed a strong presence beside him

‘Lindelof is very, very good in some aspects of the game,’ he said. ‘But he can be bullied in the one-on-one in the box, he’s not especially good in the air and Maguire has that kind of presence and physicality that is very, very important.

‘You know, I was not an idiot in the last pre-season when I was crying for a central defender.’

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was clearly of a similar mind. In came Maguire and, as pertinently, out went Chris Smalling on loan to Roma. Phil Jones has yet to play a minute in the Premier League.

MOURINHO AT UNITED Matches: 144 Won: 84 (58.3 per cent) Drawn: 31 Lost: 29 Points Per Match: 1.97 Honours: Europa League, League Cup, FAno great altering of his view on United’s fallacies and it comes down to recruitment. These are the same criticisms he aired as manager and it must serve as embarrassing having an ex-employee still lay them out so nakedly.

The striker situation - United were left with none at West Ham once Marcus Rashford hobbled off – is an astonishing turn of events. He queried why no replacement was sought for Romelu Lukaku and Alexis Sanchez, both his signings, before they joined Inter Milan.

United have struggled this season, and Mourinho says they may even struggle to make top six

The studio discussions would have made uncomfortable viewing for United's Ed Woodward

Are #MUFC worse than last season?

"Maybe people think that I am enjoying the situation. I am not enjoying it at


A Canadian tech magazine with the inside scoop. Info on everything from TVs, to digital cameras, cell phones, and MP3 players.

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Facebook Takes the Cake in T.O.

According to a recent study conducted by ZINC Research, Canadians are flocking to social networking Website Facebook.com in droves. Not only are half of all online Canadians now members of the Facebook community, but Toronto has been awarded the honour of the first North American city to achieve over one-million subscribers to the service! Facebook currently has about seven-million Canadian subscribers in total, which means that Torontonians account for almost 15% of the total number of Canadian members

"2007 is the year that Facebook took Canada by storm," said Brian F. Singh, Managing Director at ZINC Research. "Canadians love the Facebookthe article says 7 million CANADIAN users, and even the link you posted trying to prove the article wrong explicitly says Canada is the largest outside U.S. source of users with 7 million.

Canada has the most users outside of the United States, with more than 7 million active usersThe U.K. is the third largest country with more than 7 million active usersRemaining top 10 countries in order of active users (outside of the U.S., Canada and UK): Australia, Turkey, Sweden, Norway, South Africa, France, Hong Kong

There are 7 million users in Canada. From facebook's stats page...: "Canada has the most users outside of the United States, with more than 7 million active users" So 15 percent og Canadian facebook users are from toronto.

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the September 2012 dispute with China over the tiny, uninhabited Senkaku Islets (called Diaoyu in Chinese) southwest of Japan, illustrates just what is at stake. China, Japan, and Taiwan all claim ownership of the islets, located between these countries in the East China Sea. Beijing expressed outrage in response to the purchase of the Senkakus by the Japanese central government, and it didn’t matter that the only reason for doing so was to prevent Ishihara’s attempt to buy them.

The approval rating of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) is at an all-time low: 16 percent. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (the third prime minister in as many years) doesn’t fare much better. The DPJ rode in to national power in a landslide victory in the 2009 elections on awave of anti-Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) sentiment. The DPJ is a young party: in its forward-looking viewpoint, in its representation by thirty-something politicians, and in its support from young Japanese voters.

The DPJ leadership took the heat for the 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and radiation crisis, even though the Fukushima Nuclear Plant meltdown was found to be in part the result of lax oversight by cozy business-bureaucrat ties, cultivated for nearly a half a century when the LDP was in power. Only the DPJ has taken a strong stance against a return to nuclear power. Currently, two of Japan’s 54 plants are operating.

What should really cause concern is that Ishihara and his ilk are gaining popularity within the Japanese electorate, including a young generation of disenfranchised men. Japan is turning


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The Redskins put on quite the defensive display in Seattle, thanks in part to cornerback Jonathan Allen. At the end of the first quarter, he pulled off a Malcolm Butler-esque interception, cutting off wide receiver Doug Baldwin and returning it around 30 yards into Seahawks territory. Fuller’s interception was another indication of the big step he took in his sophomore year, with this play in particular highlighting his confidence and aggressiveness to make a play over the middle.

5. The Sunday Night Star

Nobody really knew what the Redskins had in Montae Nicholson until this moment. After missing a good portion of training camp due to injury and dealing with some more lingering ones into the regular season, Nicholson’s leaping interception of Derek Carr was impressive in and of itself,nineteenth century, when they moved indoors and the performances were put on in a variety of public or private venues, and the whole production was redesigned as a classical theatrical play in two parts, with the first part, performed in the morning, depicting the three years of Jesus' public life, and the second part, in the afternoon, showing his passion, death and resurrection.

After World War 2, the townspeople began to consider replacing the earlier text, and  began using other versions in 1944-1951, and 1952-1959. Local poet Ramon Torruella wrote the version performed today, ever since its 1960 premiere. Divided into the traditional two parts,  it consists of 35 scenes in four acts.

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With some schedule variation over the centuries, the Esparreguera Passion has been performed every


the kind commonly known as a billy,’ the documents read.

Finally, in the fifth court, he was also charged with possessing metal knuckles.

Malibu Patrol took him into custody and was held on a $170,000 bail.

However, all charges against the man were dismissed after he pled ‘not guilty’ to all five counts.

Aside from these accusations, Glennon was also hit with a restraining order by his former lover back in 2013 after they broke up and he because obsessive and staked her to the point that the woman started fearing for her life.

He used to show up at her house uninvited, and once in a fit of anger he even let the air out of her car’s tires.

Reportedly, Glennon even went to her work and delivered her flowers under a falseJohn Wight has written for a variety of newspapers and websites, including the Independent, Morning Star, Huffington Post, Counterpunch, London Progressive Journal, and Foreign Policy Journal.

John Wight has written for a variety of newspapers and websites, including the Independent, Morning Star, Huffington Post, Counterpunch, London Progressive Journal, and Foreign Policy Journal.

The US and the Taliban, we are led to believe, are close to agreeing a deal that would see the withdrawal of all US and NATO forces from Afghanistan. The question is though, will it?

First some context, beginning with the fact that the tortured history of this landlocked country, whose geographic location as a land bridge between Central Asia and the Middle East, and in modern times also as a potentially vital energy bridge, entitles the Afghan people


to believe that they are uniquely cursed.

The inordinate price they have been forced to pay since the US-backed Mujahadeen overran the country in the early nineties, all the way up to now at the end of 18 years of US/NATO attacks, occupation, and the propping up of a series of corrupt governments in Kabul, should be inscribed on the gravestone of what has passed for foreign policy in the West since the Soviet Union departed the scene.

Also on rt.com India, Pakistan or anyone but US must mop up Afghanistan quagmire, Trump says

As it did in Yugoslavia, as it did in Iraq, and as it did in Libya, Western intervention in Afghanistan only succeeded in making a bad situation many times worse. It has exacerbated religious, tribal and communalin a series of tweets, the entire thing smacks of a desperate cut and run exit by the Trump administration.

Here it should be borne in mind that Trump inherited this dog’s dinner of a military occupation in the country from Obama, a president who has much to answer for when it comes to the current state of the country.

Also on rt.com 2 American servicemen killed in Afghanistan – NATO

Currently there are 14,000 US troops in the Central Asian country, along with a further 17,000 troops from 39 NATO and other countries. This it must be stressed is the official occupation force.

There is, however, an unofficial element to the US presence in the country. It is a presence both sinister and conspicuous by its absence from the draft agreement,


celebrity, who is still deeply in love with his estranged wife Meryl (Claire Skinner). The other TS Sports office staff are the cool German receptionist Heidrun (Cosima Shaw), whose lesbianism obsesses Sammy; the young black trainee Barry (Abdul Salis); and strongly Christian office manager Theresa (Rosalind Ayres).

Andy Hamilton also appears in a minor role within the show, and several actors who have worked in his other comedy shows for television and radio appear. Neil Pearson was in Hamilton's Drop the Dead Donkey, as (briefly) was Michael Fenton Stevens who plays TS Sports' only regular client, fading celebrity Ralph Renton.

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Only one television series was made, and Hamilton felt mistreated by the BBC over the scheduling of the show. The first episodeA playful piece of performance art intended to draw attention to climate change appeared Sunday in downtown Vancouver.

Entitled Waiting for the Beach #rising #sealevels, the piece involved swimsuit-clad people lounging on the sidewalk as though they were on a beach.

Tianna Barton, the creator of the piece, has moved her art project around Metro Vancouver, placing it at locations where she says the sea level may rise in the future.

A spokesperson for the piece said it is meant to be thought-provoking, and shouldn't be taken as a protest. (CBC)

Sunday's performance — the fourth and final in the series — was set up at Denman and West Georgia streets. Performers sipped champagne, barbecued food and were watched over by a mock life guard.

Benjamin Christensen, a spokesperson for the art piece,


scope, it puts down a serious marker.

Intel Corporation—whose global privacy and security policy chief, David Hoffman, has been an industry leader on privacy—developed a draft Innovative and Ethical Data Use Act that was released for comments by invited experts and the public. Based on these comments, Intel released a revised draft this year on Jan. 28.

Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) released his Data Care Act in December 2018 to broach the concept of duties of stewardship on the companies that collect and hold personal data. Schatz is ranking member of the Communications Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce Committee and part of a bipartisan group working on privacy legislation that includes the new chair of the full committee and the chair and ranking members of the key Commerce subcommittees. As such,Sweden squeeze through with unbeaten Russia

Russia recovered from a slow start to earn first place in UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualifying round Group 10, finishing three points ahead of Sweden who held off Wales and hosts Slovenia for second place.

While only a fine display from Slovenia goalkeeper Aljaž Cotman prevented Russia from opening their campaign with three points – both teams also hitting the woodwork in a goalless draw – the introduction of Andrei Panyukov as centre-forward for the second game with Sweden proved crucial. Panyukov scored twice in the first 20 minutes, Ruslan Bolov adding a third to render Victor Söderström's late response academic.

Sweden had beaten Wales 3-1 in their first fixture, the Welsh resurrecting their own hopes with a 2-1 defeat of hosts Slovenia thanks to


a goal in each half from Gethyn Hill – whose own goal brought Slovenia level – and Jack Nardiello.

That meant all four teams had a chance of qualifying heading into the final round, when Sweden snatched a 19th-minute lead against Slovenia through Muamer Tankovic. Claes Eriksson's team were pegged back by Gregor Bajde's spectacular long-range effort early in the second period, however, the 1-1 draw leaving the Swedes sweating on the result from Bakovci.

There Hill put Wales in front in the 64th minute, giving them a lead that would have taken them through to the elite round, but Geraint Williams' side were unable to stave off Russia's all-out attack. Ilya Zuev equalised ten minutes after Hill's opener, and a clever lob from substitute Aleksei Evseev late on securedwords.

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Re-envisioning paediatric nurse training in a re-engineered health care system.
South African's infant and child mortality rates remain high and at the current rate of decline will not meet the Millennium Development Goals of a two thirds decrease by 2015. At the latest available count, there were fewer than 1500 qualified paediatric nurses on the National South African Nursing Council register, with only about 100 nurses graduating with this qualification from South African nursing schools annually. It is not clear, however, if current paediatric nurse training programmes adequately equip nurses to make a real impact on reducing the under-5 mortality rate. In their 2011 interim report, the Ministerial Committee on Morbidity and Mortality in Children under 5 years recommended strengthening paediatric nurses' training as a strategy to reduce theunder-5 mortality rate. In response to the Committee on Morbidity and Mortality in Children recommendation, a colloquium was convened as a national forum for schools of nursing, departments of health, health care facilities, clinicians and regulatory bodies to advance children's nursing in South Africa. The goals of the colloquium were to thoroughly investigate the situation in South Africa's paediatric nurse training, plot ways to strengthen and expand postgraduate paediatric programmes to meet priority child health needs, and to build relationships between the various schools and stakeholders. Outcomes included the clarification and strengthening of a 'stakeholder grid' in nurse training, recognition of the need for more active teaching and learning strategies in curricula linked to national child health priorities, as well as the need to develop and support clinical


Singles Chart. It rose to number forty-four and ascended to the top of the charts the following week. The song spent four weeks at one on the UK Singles Chart. It stayed in the charts for fifteen weeks and was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry, selling more than 300,000 copies. As of February 2018 the track has  529,000 combined sales to its name, including 6.7 streams since 2014. It also reached number one on the Irish Singles Chart for four consecutive weeks. The song peaked at number one in several European countries including Austria, Denmark, Germany, Italy and Spain. The song spent four consecutive weeks at number one on the Italian Singles Chart, and stayed in the charts for sixteen weeks. The song is currentlyepisode "Devil's Eyes". This theme was also featured as the opening song of the Chinese drama, Legend of the Heavenly Stones, as a Chinese language dub.

The song was parodied on the Australian sketch show Comedy Inc.. The video was also parodied on The Frank Skinner Show with Skinner playing Volkova and Jennie McAlpine playing Katina. Leigh Francis parodied the video in the second series of his comedy program Bo' Selecta!

In an interview with The Independent, Yulia claimed that the song had helped people to be honest about their sexual orientations. She said "People used to call us and say 'Thank you. That helped us to come out, [...] You helped us to feel like people.'" She then said "It was our teenage years, [...] You have to try


reports put the toll as high as 29.

The al-Qaida aligned al-Shabaab militant group claimed responsibility in a statement distributed on its Telegram messaging account.

It said the target was a military base close to the port.

Al-Shabaab is fighting to overthrow the internationally backed government of Somalia and regularly stages deadly attacks on government, military and civilian targets in the capital and elsewhere in the wartorn country.

The attack took place close to the entrance to Mogadishu’s port.

“The bomber targeted a civilian area, there were porters and other small scale traders in the area when the blast occurred,” said Ibrahim Mohamed, a senior police officer.

The attack comes as Somalia is in the process of electing a new government, with the much-delayed presidential vote due on 28 December.in which he experienced

abuse and homelessness, and his relatively short criminal history. Having done so, the

District Court selected a Guidelines sentence primarily of 151 months’ incarceration.

       Vasquez urges that, in imposing this sentence, the District Court failed to afford

adequate weight to his difficult childhood and the strong familial network made up of

his mother, sister, and wife, which currently supports him. He asserts as well that his

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omitted from the quoted language, without further mention.


Albarran no real

exoneration, factual or legal, on Count 8.

       In addition, as the District Court pointed out, the delay prejudiced the

government, which in mid‐September had been poised for trial. In the four‐month

interim, the government reported, several key witnesses had moved and might no

longer be available to testify at a trial. At oral argument on the motion to withdraw the

plea, the government further represented that, as a result of the delay, the government’s

experts would need to re‐familiarize themselves with the forensic analyses that they

15In his brief on appeal, Albarran asserts for the first time that he moved to withdraw his guilty
plea in a pro se motion drafted by Albarran and filed by Attorney Donovan on October 27, 2016.
As support for this assertion, AlbarranBy Kat English

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Lawrence Koomson is a doctor living and working in London. On the face of it, he seems no different from any other young man but Lawrence has a secret.

At 33, he has never been through puberty. He's never had a spot. He's never had an erection. And he's trapped in the body of a 12-year-old boy.

But this all changed in April 2005, when he began treatment to bring on puberty.

The thought of treatment scared Lawrence

Lawrence has Kallmann's syndrome, a rare condition affecting predominantly men, but also women. A small area in the brain called the hypothalamus cannot work properly causing a hormonal imbalance.

For men like Lawrence, this means his body doesn't produce testosterone, which prevents puberty being triggered. Another characteristic of Kallmann's


long awaited implants in April 2005. The next day, he was glued to the mirror watching and waiting for changes. What will happen first? A spot? An erection? Or signs of a beard?

Dating was a whole new world

"It happened today. I was so scared I wasn't sure if it was going to or not going to. I had an erection!

"It really woke me up! It lasted 10-15 minutes. I was happy! I wanted to call the doctor but it was too early in the morning."

For the next six months, Lawrence went through puberty.

As the massive implant of testosterone began to take hold of his body, Lawrence started to feel sexual attraction to women for the first time.

He also experienced all the usual teenage distractions - surfing internet chatroomstoo. Mary said that the benefits of having the 29″er front wheel are huge for her endurance racing. Rolling over the rough terrain more smoothly and keeping her from getting beat up. Overall, she really underlined the proportional feeling she gets when riding her 55. She also pointed out that since Brendan can dictate size specific tubing, the rear end of the bike was very comfortable while still being efficient as a race bike.

Brendan also pointed out that his designs are first and foremost race bikes, but since he can custom design the bike, several accommodations are possible. The other model that rounds out the Siren bikes line up is the Trauco, which is a 29″er. Brendan says the Trauco is currently his best selling model, but he


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Major Samson Young is a first generation Canadian who immigrated to Canada as one of those thousands of refugees from South-East Asia. He is a Signals officer (RCCS) who joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 1990 and has been to two peacekeeping missions and two taskings (one in Canada and one at SHAPE (NATO)): 2006 in Bosnia, 2013 in D.R. Congo, 2014 in North West Territories and 2016 in Belgium. He has lived in three countries in three different political systems, from monarchy to communist in Laos, to monarchy in Thailand and now in a democratic system in Canada. Below are links to his stories: Radio Interview by CKCU FM (Ottawa) for Asian Heritage Month (aired on 18 May 2015). His work experience inthe D.R. Congo in 2013. His participation with the Ex MERCURY TREK, a cross-Canada journey on a bicycle in 2003 as part of centennial celebration of the founding of Military Communications and Electronics Branch. Besides his daily military work, Major Young has been the Military Co-Chair of DVMAG-NCR (Defence Visible Minority Advisory Group – National Capital Region) from 2015 to 2017. As one of his volunteer works, he is working as an interpreter/translator with Languages of Life Inc. via an on-call basis. He is also a volunteer speaker with Passages Canada and during the week leading up to Remembrance Day, with National Veterans’ Week Speaker Program.

The Memory Project includes a community of over 1,500 veterans and Canadian Forces members who are committed to sharing their stories of service.


workers. In Iowa, Gov. Kim Reynolds is expected to sign legislation to that effect into law. She recently hosted Ivanka Trump to discuss the challenges of an evolving labor market and highlight her efforts to cultivate more opportunity for workers of all backgrounds, demonstrating that this can revolutionize both state and federal approaches to workforce development.

Americans are honoring the contributions women make across every corner of society by rejecting the politics that paint women as one-dimensional beneficiaries of public policy. By overhauling the tax code, President Trump and congressional Republicans took a significant step towards elevating the roles women fill each and every day. Their continued leadership in rolling back barriers and expanding opportunity is crucial to the success of all Americans and, importantly, to meeting the diverse'Quanterness, Orkney, Scotland' can also refer to...

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Some of the women who worked for Harvey Weinstein as assistants during the height of his career shared the dirty details of their former jobs, saying their tasks included things like renting Weinstein an apartment and filling it with lingerie and procuring erectile dysfunction injections for the now-disgraced producer.

In another expose about Weinstein published by The New York Times, Sandeep Rehal, Lauren O’Connor, Michelle Franklin and other former employees shared some of the lurid details of working with Weinstein.

Rehal, who was 28 when she began working for Weinstein, said she and Franklin were in charge of getting Caverject and alprostadil for Weinstein, injectable drugs to treat erectile dysfunction. Rehal told The Times she had to, at times, deliver the drugs to the producer at his hotel room beforehe had meetings with women. She said she had to keep the drugs at her desk and transfer them into brown paper bags, bringing them to Weinstein when he needed them.

Rehal said she also had to rent an apartment for Weinstein and be sure it was stocked with things like flowers, bathrobes and lingerie.

Both Rehal and fellow former employee Lauren O’Connor said they took Weinstein to sex addiction therapy sessions in 2015. But the therapy seemingly had little impact, as The Times reported Weinstein allegedly tried to get two women massage him in his hotel room at the Toronto International Film Festival two years later in September, just weeks before a report was published by The New York Times in October that revealed Weinstein had paid settlements to


women who claimed he was sexually inappropriate with them. Days later, The New Yorker released a report that included accounts from women who claimed Weinstein raped them.

HARVEY WEINSTEIN: DETAILING ALL THE ALLEGATIONS

Rehal told The New York Times she complained about the tasks she was required to do but she felt backed into a corner when Weinstein allegedly revealed he knew where her sister was attending school. She said he threatened to have her sister expelled. Weinstein denied that claim in a statement to The Times.

The employees were also stuck with figuring out how to deal with Weinstein’s second wife, Georgina Chapman, who has since left him. According to The Times, a “bible” of sorts existed around the office that instructed employees on what to do if Chapman called.

AIn May 2010, an outbreak of disease at a duck farm at Cygnet River on Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia, occurred in 4-month-old Muscovy ducks (*Cairina moschate*). The ducks had been incorrectly fed during a week-long absence of the owner from the farm. The ducks were lethargic and had diarrhea, and the mortality rate among infected ducks was high. Of 150 ducks, 128 died in a 3-day period. Despite treatment with tetracycline, only 5 of the remaining 22 ducks survived.

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After disease was discovered among Muscovy ducks on a farm in South Australia, 5 ducks with signs of infection were submitted for investigation to Gribbles Veterinary Pathology (Glenside, SA, Australia); 2 ducks died during transit. The 3 remaining ducks were euthanized, and postmortem examination showed severe necrotising fibrinous


is supported in part by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization and by Biosecurity South Australia, South Australia and Australian Government, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.

Dr Kessell works as a pathologist at Charles Sturt University. His areas of interest are diagnostic pathology and practical veterinary pathology.
John McLaughlin is considered to be a pioneer of minimalism and hard-edge painting. His geometric abstractions are inspired by an interest in the Japanese philosophy of Zen and the idea of the void. Devoid of any rendering of the ‘real’ world, his purely abstract works provoke a state of meditation on man’s place in the natural world. McLaughlin was influenced by Kazimir Malevich and Piet Mondrian, as well as Japanese art and Eastern philosophy. My current practice addressing hard-edge, geometric abstraction, together with a long-standing interest in the Japanese aesthetic, has sparked my interest in the work of McLaughlin.


Naranja AreaLos PuertaGreater Los SantosAll of which are accompanied alongside smaller surrounding unincorporated areas. Some of which are within close by proximity. Others out in the outskirts of the county.All but the City of Los Santos itself will be making a more scaled-down appearance within the County: Santa Ana (aptly re-named Santa Monica), San Diego (San Dignos),Carlsbad (Wadsworth), Chula Vista (Chola Springs), and Anaheim (renamed Alemana, something along those lines, I think I misspelled it though) have been scaled-down drastically to fit in and around Los Santos. Trust me, it looks believable, and better yet, natural. The Greater Los Santos Area is in fact HUGE and the largest area of the three. Within Greater Los Santos are The San VenturaMountain Range, Bone Valley, Larry Andreasen Bridge, Lawrence Island,Monica and East Shore/South Central Los Santos make up the smallest province in the game, named The Greater Naranja Area. It's a really suburban area with beautiful mansions to the south/southeast-ish (looks similar to the Westdyke area in Alderney), the central portion is more modernized with the more urban areas to the north. Beaches to the west with "Charlie Harper" type of real estate bordering the shores. Since I've never been to California ever, that's the best description I can give.The southern most points in Los Santos County are known as Los Puerta. Incorporating this area is Wadsworth, Chola Springs, and San Dignos. To the south is blocked off by unpassable mountains with a fence along the range. Though clearly a reference to the Mexican-American border, sorry folks,


attitude. Adrian has pretty much been in the criminal underworld since his late teen years. No stranger to the risk needed to become the guy on top, Adrian made good use with the money, the woman, and the minor fame which have been good to him keeping him at such acclaimed success. Seeming untouchable, Adrian is on top until he's approached by an older gentlemen, Albert (man with the suit from the trailer), who views Adrian's wealth as opportunity to expand his own "interests". This why he mutters "... but you know how it is" in the reveal trailer. Adrian accepts and the craziest ride gamers will ever experience begins.Along the story it seems you meet 'strangers' in the streets for side-story/missions and money gaining (ala Red DeadHeadlines

Stars activate G Lehtonen from injured reserve

DALLAS (AP) - The Dallas Stars have activated goaltender Kari Lehtonen from injured reserve after he missed 12 games with a lower-body injury.

Lehtonen led the NHL with 13 wins when he got hurt Nov. 26 in a game against Phoenix. He could be back in net Thursday night when the Stars host Columbus.

Defenseman Stephane Robidas, who has missed three games with a lower-body injury, was placed on injured reserve by the Stars. That move was retroactive to Dec. 19, when he was hurt in a game against Anaheim.

Robidas has 11 points (two goals, nine assists) in 32 games for Dallas this season.


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join Cardiff Trades Council and anticuts campaigners at Cardiff Central on 27th May and be a part of the fightback!

The Queen's speech on Wednesday looks set to include details of the beginning of the most vicious attacks on trade union rights we have seen in the UK for decades.

The Tories intend to tighten the noose tied by Thatcher almost three decades ago when that government introduced some of the most restrictive anti-trade union laws in Europe. We are not going to let them.

The RMT trade union has struck the first blow against the newly installed Tory cabinet by embarrassing them with a ballot for industrial action that had a result which far outstripped both the intended new threshold and the majority which the governmentwas elected by, and so we intend to protest in the symbolic location of the railway station on the day of the Queen's speech.

Meanwhile there will be thousands of young people protesting across the UK against the austerity cuts in demonstrations called by Youth Fight For Jobs on the same day, let's show the government a nationwide demonstration of the collective power of the working class!

If you cannot make the huge London demo next month, join Cardiff Trades Council and anticuts campaigners at Cardiff Central on 27th May and be a part of the fightback!

Please contact P.Murry at yrrumuk@googlemail.com if you are interested.

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Join Rhonda Stearns on Wednesday, February 16 for an evening of cowboy poetry

National Velvet will be shown on February 23 at 3:30 p.m.

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The library will be closed on Monday, February 21, 2011 in observance of President’s Day, regular hours resume on Tuesday.

Wednesday, February 23 the film National Velvet will be shown at 3:30 p.m. as part of the Steed Reads Festival @ the Library. An Academy Award®-winning classic, this film is about two children (Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey Rooney), their passion for a horse and their determination to train in order to win the famed Grand National race. The film is 125 minutes and not rated; the library will provide popcorn, bring your own drink.

A new book by Jude Deveraux is “The Scentbuy online to bring the life changing trauma upon him.
The incident on Good Friday morning last year which so shocked celine outlet zweibrucken the cycling community in Ballarat and many more road users, has now reached its final stage in court.
The culpability of Rebekah Stewart, who has pleaded guilty to numerous charges including dangerous driving, is up for the courts to decide and to punish accordingly but it is worth reflecting on just how devastating the resonance of her near fatal decision.
Before the crash the ultrafit young man, Ashby believed life couldn't be better but now pain has become an everyday part of his life.
Ashby has undergone 12 operations, after suffering two punctured lungs, nine fractured ribs, crushed bones in his hand and a damaged kidney.
Ashby showed the


University of Oregon athletic directorannounced today thathas been named the head baseball coach for the Ducks. Wasikowski has served as the head coach at Purdue University for the last three seasons (2017-19) and was an assistant coach at Oregon the previous five seasons (2012-16)."We are excited to add a high-energy and experienced coach in Mark to lead our baseball program," Mullens said. "He has an outstanding work ethic and a track record as an excellent recruiter, and we expect to compete for championships under his leadership. Mark has a wide breadth of experience in both the Pac-12 and beyond, and we are confident that the success on the horizon as well as his high level of engagement will provide a first-class experience for our baseball student-athletes."Wasikowski led Purdueto a 39-win season in 2018, leading the Boilermakers to only the third NCAA Regional appearance in school history and only the second since 1982. The 2018 Purdue team won 22 of its last 27 regular season games, including a 13-game winning streak, and finished second in the Big Ten both during the regular season and the postseason conference tournament."I am honored and humbled to have this opportunity fromand the University of Oregon administration," Wasikowski said. "Roughly 12 years ago, a dream and a vision from Pat Kilkenny, Joe Giansante, and Hall of Fame coachstarted the Oregon baseball program. The program literally started from scratch and is now in a solid position moving forward. We will not shy away from the goal of playing for and winning a


National Championship, as challenging as that will be. My family and I are thrilled for the opportunity in Eugene, and I can't wait to get to work. Go Ducks!"During his first season at Purdue, Wasikowski led the Boilermakers to 29 wins, a 19-win improvement from the 10-44 campaign the team had the year before his arrival. Wasikowski is 87-82 (.515) in his three years as the head coach at Purdue, and the three years before his arrival saw the Boilermakers post a combined winning percentage of .272 (43-115). His consecutive winning seasons with Purdue from 2017-18 marked only the second such occurrence for the school since 2003-04. In his first season at Purdue in 2017, the team was 8-3 in one-run games after posting a 2-13 record inthose games the year before.During Wasikowski's five seasons as an assistant at Oregon, the Ducks compiled a 205-106 (.659) record and advanced to postseason play four times, including the 2012 Super Regionals. UO averaged 41 wins during that stretch, with three seasons of 40-plus wins that included a school-record 48 victories in 2013. From 2012-15 the Ducks won 176 games, tied for the sixth-most in the nation during that four-year span.The starting third baseman and a captain of the 1992 Pepperdine national championship team, Wasikowski began his coaching career as a student assistant for the Waves in 1994. In addition to his stint with the Ducks, he served as an assistant coach under Andy Lopez at Arizona for 10 seasons (2002-11) and at Florida for three years (1999-2001).


Wasikowski also spent two seasons (1997-1998) at Southeast Missouri State. The teams for whom he has coached have appeared in a Regional Tournament in 15 of his 23 seasons.Wasikowski is married to Lori Jo, and the couple has two daughters, Joelle and Kelsey.Season tickets for Oregon Baseball start at only $69 for the 2020 season, and for renewals or new season ticket purchases, please visit www.goducks.com/baseballtixpeople out at the site and they all kind of ran in different directions, and during the running of different directions three of them crawled into the pipe,” Boone County Sheriff Gregg Elsberry said. Elsberry said deputies asked the people to come out of the pipe, but they would not follow any commands. Over 12 hours later, the protesters remain in the pipe, which was supposed to be bored underneath the Des Moines River. Officials told KCCI that Bakken sent oxygen into the pipe for the protesters because they are so far in the pipe that it poses a safety risk. Protesters who spoke to KCCI said they are willing to put it all on the line in order to stop the pipeline. "These people are risking their


and the condominiums were built based on
their feedback, Mr. Nostre says.

1986: Government breaks ground on
the Lima Metro.

1990: Construction slows amid an
economic and political crisis that
forces President Alan García out
of office.

2009: Lima Metro is resurrected
three years after García returned
to power. Planning begins for the
construction of additional lines.

Construction begins on the first
phase of Line 1, which extends the
original line to the city center.

2011: Construction begins on the
second phase of Line 1, which
extends Line 1 from central Lima
to its northern neighborhoods.

2012: In January, trains begin running
on the first phase of Line 1.

2014: In July, service begins on the
second phase of Line 1.

Extended Service

Construction of the
second phase of Line 1 cut
through one of Lima’s most
populated neighborhoods.Explosive detonated at private English institute in Daegu. April. 25, 2013 07:29. jang@donga.com.

A handmade bomb exploded at a private English academy for elementary students in Daegu. There were no casualties because it happened before the academy opened class for the day. Fliers signed in the name anti-American, anti-fascist struggle committee were scattered at the facility.

A loud bang sounded on the third floor at a building in Manchon-dong in Daegu around 7:07 a.m. Monday. Housed at the building is American Culture Center (in Korean), or Independent Center for American Studies Daegu in English. A 41-year-old nurse working at a clinic on the ninth floor of the building said, Smoke came out from downstairs, and papers were seen scattered.

Doors to the academy and a portion of the lobby were smoked.


Five A4-size papers collected from the site had a message reading, The U.S. committed brutal crimes against the Korean people over the past 100 years. Worse yet, it is moving to cause a nuclear warfare in this country. It is time that we severe malign ties with the U.S. Yankees, you should be ready to leave. It was signed in the name of anti-American, anti-fascist struggle committee.

Surveillance camera footages showed that two men with large physique, seemingly in their 20s and early 30s, went up stairways at around 6:39 a.m. on the day, carrying sags and pulling down their hats, and hurriedly ran away from the building about two to three minutes later.

Police believe that anti-American activists mistook the building as an American culture center operated by theA 100,000-acre spruce beetle kill drapes this alpine mountain park like a heavy wool blanket. Except for a green strip of young trees along the old logging roads that crisscross forested areas like these, 90 percent or more of the rest of the forest has been killed. Groundhog Park, La Garita Range, Rio Grande National Forest, south central Colorado, elevation 11,000 feet. Background: Mesa Mountain, elevation 12,994 feet. (Photo: Bruce Melton)

We were awash for 19 days in a tumultuous sea of mountains and forests, drifting a course through the heart of the US Rockies on a 6,000-mile journey of observation. Our film, What Have We Done, the North American Pine Beetle Pandemic, was released in 2009. It was the story of what is now 89 million acres of


the first of these incredible journeys on which she has been able to accompany me. At an average of 285 miles per day, this was a little tamer than most, but still a grueling but exquisitely beautiful 21-day adventure across the Rockies.

The mountain pine beetle – a single species of native beetle – had attacked an area that was 20 times larger than ever recorded. From 60 to nearly 100 percent of the trees in those forests were killed. It began in the late 1990s and was widespread from New Mexico to British Columbia. The reasons for the attack were many but largely, warming has virtually eliminated the cold temperatures that have previously kept beetle populations under control.

Lodgepole pine, the original target, once made up about 20 percentof western North American forests. They haven’t disappeared, but their ecosystem is in shambles and warming will very likely preclude the maturation of new lodgepole forests to take their place.

Dendroctonus ponderosae, the mountain pine bark beetle on a domino. Up to 10,000 of these beetles can attack a single tree. The first year, their larvae eat out galleries between the bark and the sapwood, cut off the tree’s circulation and it dies. The second year, the mature beetles fly and the tree turns red or brown. The third year, the needles brown more and begin to fall. By the fourth year, the trees are skeletons of grey sticks. (Photo: Bruce Melton)

This attack has dwindled to 1.6 million acres in the United States as of 2014 reports. The mountain


how that prophecy begins. Half the forests in British Columbia have fallen victim – 44 million acres in total if we include Alberta. This is an area 20 times bigger than Yellowstone National Park, bigger than New England, New York and New Jersey combined. There were so many beetles at the peak in the mid- to late 2000s that strong winds transported them 100 miles over the spine of the Rockies. It was said, “they fell like rain.”

Central Colorado, north of the La Garita Range, along the northeastern edge of the 2 million-acre spruce beetle attack in this area. Most areas above 10,000 feet in south central and southwestern Colorado are seeing a lot more heavy to exceptional kill. Sage Park, Rio Grande National Forest, elevation 10,200. (Photo:across North America have been heavily impacted, this talk is revealing itself to be less and less meaningful.

The total lower 48 footprint of the mountain pine beetle alone, from 2000 to 2014, was 25.1 million acres.

Further separating recent events from history, there is no record of the attack crossing the Continental Divide, spreading to such wide-ranging geographic regions across the West or evolving to where the beetle was attacking more than just a single species of tree at a time. US Forest Service and logging industry management strategy for post-attack in the early days was that the trees would remain standing and ready for logging for decades. What we have found is that after three or four yours the wood gets too brittle to use for anything but


fall. We are entering this second phase of abrupt change now.

In total, there were 3.8 million acres of new impacted forest across the US West in 2013. The spruce beetle attack was a half million acres, up from 317,000 in 2009. The fir engraver beetle, western pine beetle, Douglas fir beetle, ips beetle and subalpine fir mortality complex, in which the trees succumb to multiple infestations and infections simultaneously, impacted about 250,000 acres each, with most of these categories seeing a significant increase since the late 2000s. The total lower 48 footprint of the mountain pine beetle alone, from 2000 to 2014, was 25.1 million acres.

Normal “abrupt” climate change has happened naturally over 20 times in the last 100,000 years. Evidence comes from highly accurate sources that includedirect the creation of policy.

We are undergoing the beginning of a grand reordering of ecological systems. This is more than simply a harbinger of things to come. An extinction bomb has gone off and it will not stop going off until we stabilize our climate.

In Canada, the mountain pine beetle attack is moving into a new phase. While the kill is smaller than what it was in the 2000s, it has now moved into the high latitude boreal forest of the subarctic and jumped species again to the black and jack pine forests of the North – the largest and most sensitive forests on the planet.

Despite the return of normal and even above normal rainfall across the Rockies over the last half-dozen years, beetle kill continues to advance.


in a new window). The peak of the redkill in this area was 2008. Note the tall trees between the road and the monument that have been logged to prevent them from falling on the road. (Photo: Bruce Melton)

Our course passed through 19 national forests and two national parks. It was cold, it was sunny, it rained, but there was no snow last summer (it does usually snow on us every summer at altitude in the Rockies). We had more than a few campfires and saw mountain range upon mountain range extending day after day in a blur of green, red and brown conifers, little towns, big mountains, camp meals, interstates, gravel roads, sunsets, wildlife, fabulous vistas and, where needles have already dropped, ghost forests of skeleton trees.

HallmarkCairo: As Egypt is gearing up for its first elections since former president Hosni Mubarak was ousted last February, the nation's Islamists and secularists are engaged in a high-profile sparring. Their latest battlefield is the social networking website Facebook.

The Islamists, whose power has been rising since Mubarak's toppling, fired the first salvo in the Facebook battle this month when they launched the "one-million-beard" campaign inspired by a series of one million-strong protests staged in Cairo's iconic Tahrir Square over recent weeks to prod Egypt's military rulers to expedite the pace of reforms and the purge of Mubarak's loyalists.

"We encourage Egypt's 80 million people to sport their beards," Mohammad Hassan, a famous fundamentalist Muslim cleric, was quoted as saying in promoting the campaign. "No one should stand in the


way of (religious) commitment," he added.

A few days later, the secularists picked up the gauntlet, unveiling the "one-million-bikini" campaign.

"The Salafists act as though they were living alone in this country," said Hassan Rashad, a commerce student, who is on the side of the pro-bikini campaign. "They forget that Egypt is for its Muslims and Copts alike."

Christians make up around 10 per cent of Egypt's population, and have voiced concern over Islamists' rising influence.

To Rashad, the campaign shows Egyptians' characteristic sense of humour while sending a clear message. "The new Egypt we want is a civil state where all citizens will be treated equally regardless of their religion, ideology or gender."

"Our slogan for the coming stage is: Freedom, transparency, and nothing to hide," reads one satirical comment on thefuture generations of financial consumers.’

ASIC has already consulted with a diverse range of stakeholders including primary school principals, parents, present and past students and organisations from the education and consumer advocacy sectors, as well as the authorised deposit-taking institutions offering the programs.

It is expected the review will be completed in early 2020.

ASIC’s role in building the financial capability of Australians

ASIC is the lead Australian Government agency for financial capability, consistent with its strategic priority and statutory objective to promote confident and informed consumers and investors. ASIC's financial capability program includes:

leading the National Financial Capability Strategy

providing consumer information via ASIC's MoneySmart

delivering ASIC's MoneySmart Teaching Program

implementing ASIC’s Indigenous Outreach Program.

The National Financial Capability Strategy, led and coordinated by ASIC, seeks to broaden reach and impact of financial capability initiatives that


A manhunt is under way after three men, believed to be armed with firearms and possibly a taser, held up an armoured transit van outside an Invercargill bank.

The van was robbed shortly after 9.10am on Wednesday while it was on Spey St, near Kelvin St, outside the ANZ.

One person, thought to be a security guard, received minor injuries.

The dark green and silver vehicle used in the robbery was dumped in Leven St near the old railway station. The three men possibly left in another vehicle shortly after 9.15am and are still on the run.

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Witness Heather Raywyn Park said she was walking along Kelvin St towards the ANZ when the armed robbery unfolded.

She saw what she thought was a black with silver Subaru Legacy drive up and three men dressed in black with firearms and what appeared to be a taser, Park said.

Kavinda Herath Police interview witnesses after responding to reports of person robbing a cash transit van outside an Invercargill bank.

The men assaulted the guards, taking bags from the armoured van before making their getaway heading south on Kelvin St, she said.

The armoured transport company ACM did cash pickups and drop-offs for the bank.

A spokesperson from ACM said: "Our guards are safe, however one has sustained an injury during the incident. We are


Police examine the getaway car used in the robbery of the armoured van on Wednesday morning and then dumped in car park on Leven St in Invercargill.

Police are still seeking any sightings of the vehicle involved on or around Esk or Dee streets shortly before 9.10am.

"We would also like to hear from anyone who saw this vehicle driving erratically either before or after the robbery."

Invercargill man Hayden Hillas said the vehicle, which belonged to his father, was stolen on Tuesday night between 7.30pm and 9pm.

They had been between 10 and 20 metres away from where the car was stolen and thought they would never see it again.

"We looked out the window and were shocked it was gone. Then we were shocked it was used in an attempted bankrobbery.

"It's quite intense."

ASB, on Deveron St, has shut its doors for the day citing unforseen circumstances.

Westpac Invercargill, The Co-operative Bank, BNZ and SBS Bank have remained opened, and SBS will have a security guard at the front door for the remainder of the day.

Kavinda Herath/Stuff Police interview witnesses after responding to reports of person robbing a cash transit van outside an Invercargill bank.

While it was believed to be the first armoured van robbery in the region, other notable bank robberies include:

- In January, 2009, Mataura man Bradley Owen Sherbourne tried, unsuccessfully, to enter Westpac Bank in Invercargill. He was sentenced to 12 months' supervision

- In April, 1998, three men attempted to rob the Riverton National Bank. They unsuccessfully tried to barge through the glass control-entry doors, wielding a


gold aluminium softball bat.

- On June 6 1985 Kevin David Fox, aged 32, and his wife Donna Terese Fox, aged 26, were shot dead in Gore's Main St. The pair had sent Steven Lines, who they had being holding hostage, into a bank to cash a cheque from the business account of Lines's employer.

- In March 1983, Alistair Barr and Gibson Grace stole $107,000 from the BNZ Bank in Lumsden. It was later known as the biggest bank robbery in the country.onto his ship and take him prisoner for the price of 50,000 pesos, a fortune at the time. Picaluga invited Guerrero on board for a meal on 14 January 1831. Guerrero and a few aides were taken captive and Picaluga sailed to the port of Huatulco, where Guerrero was turned over to federal troops. Guerrero was taken to Oaxaca City and summarily tried by a court-martial.

His capture was welcomed by conservatives and some state legislatures, but the legislatures of Zacatecas and Jalisco tried to prevent Guerrero's execution. The government's 50,000 peso payment to Picaluga was exposed in the liberal press. Despite pleas for his life, Guerrero was executed by firing squad in Cuilapam on 14 February 1831. His death did mark the dissolution of the rebellion in southern


British family fights for justice in Antalya

İpek Yezdani - ipek.yezdani@hurriyet.com.tr

The father of Andrew Smyth believes his son was robbed and murdered after ingesting a spiked drink at a night club in Side.

Chris Smyth, a devastated British father whose son Andrew Smyth, 32, was found dead four years ago in a forest in the southern city of Antalya, is preparing for a legal battle against a recent non-suit verdict in the case by a local court.The younger Smyth’s body was discovered on Sept. 12, 2010 in the Sorgun forest outside Side, near the popular Turkish holiday resort of Antalya.Chris Smyth believes his son was robbed and murdered after ingesting a spiked drink at a night club in Side. The family believes the alleged murder was covered up and ithas offered a reward of 15,000 Turkish Liras to anyone who provides concrete information or evidence to help solve the alleged murder.The prosecution in Antalya concluded that the cause of Andrew Smyth’s death was a heroin overdose, but his father bitterly contests this claim.“Andrew, a healthy, fit young man of 32 who went to the gym four times a week, was found dead deep within the Sorgun forest. When his body was found, his face and shirt were covered with blood. The photos also show that his shoes were heavily scuffed, suggesting that he had been dragged. Even though it was clear that Andrew had been badly beaten, the decision was immediately taken that there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death,” Chris Smyth said.He added that after


walking to work.

Now back to our pop quiz. When Congress was unable to agree on a budget for this current fiscal year because Tea Party Republicans saw this mess coming and wanted to dull its sting, and congressional Democrats refused to negotiate with them, the federal government partially shut down. The Democrats and the mainstream media went wild. They claimed the government would default on its obligations and that millions would suffer without the conveniences normally offered by the federal government. Yet, the only inconvenience we really heard about was the inability of a few hundred folks to visit federal parks and monuments. All federal services — defense, the courts, the airports, customs and meat inspectors — continued to operate the same as before the shutdown.

Yet, when Obamacarewas rolled out earlier this month, more than 5.5 million innocent Americans lost their health insurance. The president knew of this in advance and lied about it repeatedly, and caused it with the one-size-fits-all mentality of his signature piece of legislation. Last week, he caved and said that folks who have the old substandard policies could keep them for another year. This was too little and too late. He can no more change federal law than he can change the laws of economics, and he knows that.

In modern times, we have endured great lies told in the White House. One great lie was about a third-rate burglary, and it ended in a presidential resignation. Another great lie was about a private sexual affair, and it ended in a


NEW PAGE IN BLACK CROWES TOUR STORY

The band and touring partner Jimmy Page want compensation for loss of earnings...

THE BLACK CROWES launched a legal action against insurers LLOYDS OF LONDON in a LOS ANGELES court yesterday (February 28), over last autumn’s cancelled tour.

The band claim that the company failed to compensate them for losses they suffered as a result of a substantial portion of the tour with ex-Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page being cancelled, after Page injured his back at a gig in Albequerque, New Mexico, on August 12.

The tour had kicked off on June 24 in Chicago, and, in addition to European dates suffering, the gigs cancelled also included a co-headlining slot with The Who at New York Madison Square Garden. The set had included Crowes anda malingerer.
Americans pay billions of dollars every year to
safeguard the public health and safety through police protection, inspection
of
food and other products, and enforcement of laws and regulations in other
areas ranging from the environment to transportation and the workplace.
Yet one whistleblower can frequently accomplish more good than a roomful
of bureaucrats. Here are some examples:

In Niagara Falls, New York in 1978, controversy was
raging over the Love Canal. Countless tons of toxic, chemical wastes had
been dumped years before in the abandoned canal by Hooker Chemical Company.
A school had been built alongside the dump site and housing developments
had been built around it. Chemicals from the canal had leached into lawns,
playgrounds, and even into the basements of houses in the neighborhood
which was, in the words of New York State's commissioner of health, "a
great


and imminent peril to the general public residing at or near the
site." Frightened citizens were demanding government action while the government
did what governments usually do --- procrastinated--- asking for more time
and more studies. An atmosphere of mutual contempt and distrust had grown
up between the homeowners and the state government.
Into this scene stepped Dr. Beverly Paigen, a biologist,
geneticist, and cancer research scientist at the Roswell Park Memorial
Institute, a world famous research hospital in Buffalo and part of the
New York State Department of Health (DOH). The health concerns of the Love
Canal citizens were the very subject of her research interests, which were
to study family patterns of genetic reaction to chemicals and to develop
easy, efficient methods of assessing health hazards from environmental
chemical exposure.
The Love Canal homeowners, for their part, needed
scientific expertiseto give them credibility in pursuing their case with
the government's scientific bureaucracy. As a result, a close working relationship
developed between the homeowners and Dr. Paigen. She became their scientific
advisor and consultant and the homeowners in turn became the source of
data, as well as data gatherers, for her research. This, of course, did
not sit well with government authorities, who were trying to keep the lid
on all scientific data and analysis.
Soon, Dr. Paigen found herself being subjected to
petty harassments. Since she was a senior scientist engaged in basic research
at the institute, she alone decided the areas of her research and the government
could not call her off, but they could make her life miserable in many
other ways including a state tax audit and the denial of a research grant
which she would


have normally received. Nevertheless, she persisted in
her mission and freely expressed her findings and expert opinion to the
health bureaucracy as well as to the public, the press, the governor, and
the U.S. Congress.
Eventually, the state followed Dr. Paigen's recommendations
and relocated all the Love Canal residents. Moreover, although the state
health bureaucracy had criticized her research, they ended up adopting
its. results as their own. Her larger contributions, however, were to focus
national attention on the health hazards of toxic waste, and to join the
chorus of public advocates responsible for the passage of federal "Superfund"
legislation. Along with the persistent citizens of Love Canal, we owe her
our deepest gratitude.

Dr. Adrian Gross was a veterinary pathologist and
a senior science advisor with the EPA pesticides office. Both at EPA and
at his previous position with the U.S.Food and Drug Administration he
frequently spoke out against drug and pesticide manufacturers when he felt
their products were unsafe, and their health research shoddy.
Dr. Gross ran afoul of his own agency in 1982 when
he wrote a memo accusing his superiors of illegally aiding two major chemical
companies in their efforts to register the pesticide permethrin, which
he and other EPA investigators had found to cause cancer. A week later
he was transferred to an obscure division where he no longer had access
to the agency's health and safety files. Moreover, his colleagues were
instructed not to speak with him.
Despite the petty harassments he suffered throughout
his government career, Dr. Gross continued his life-saving work. Up until
his death in 1992, he also frequently appeared as an expert witness in
product-liability lawsuits against chemical companies and he continued
to


speak out whenever he felt the government was needlessly putting the
public health at risk, and encouraged his colleagues to do likewise.
Among the chemicals he had blown the whistle on
at one time or another are the drugs: DES, flagyl, aldactone, aldactazide,
bendectin, enovid, ovulen, aspartame (artificial sweetener) and several
pesticides -- aldrin, dieldrin, ethylene dibromide, malathion, and malaoxon.
His example of courage and commitment continues to inspire other scientists
to, in Gandhi's words, "speak truth to power."

The Alyeska Pipeline Service is the company that
operates the Trans Alaska Pipeline. It is owned by a consortium of oil
companies including Exxon, British Petroleum and Atlantic Richfield. In
the early 1980's, Charles Hamel, an oil broker, got involved in a business
dispute with Alyeska. Hamel felt he had been cheated and as a result began
leaking information about Alyeska's environmentalwrongdoing.
Sympathetic workers at Alyeska, who were disturbed
by their employer's harmful environmental practices but were fearful of
their jobs, began passing incriminating internal Alyeska documents to Hamel
who, in turn, passed them on to regulators and Congress. Eventually Hamel
accumulated a sizable network of fifteen whistleblowers within Alyeska
and its member companies who had access to information which was not available
to government inspectors and environmental enforcement officials.
This network provided Hamel with information about
violations of the Clean Water Act by Exxon and British Petroleum that resulted
in citations by EPA. They revealed air pollution violations at the Valdez
terminal. They supplied Hamel with documents which showed that the system
for detecting leaks in the Trans Alaska Pipeline was faulty, that the pipeline
was severely corroded, and that neither federal nor state regulators were
adequately monitoring its operations. This material


was used in a report
by the U.S. General Accounting Office. Hamel also exposed oil discoveries
which industry was trying to keep secret in order to convince Congress
of the need to drill in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge.
The network's revelations cost the oil companies
millions of dollars in fines and more millions to correct the environmental
problems. Hamel appeared frequently on television and in Congressional
hearings and his charges were reported in the press all over the world.
In 1990, in an effort to stop the leaks, Alyeska
hired the Wackenhut security agency to spy on Hamel. Wackenhut set up a
bogus environmental organization called Ecolit which offered to help Hamel
pursue litigation against the oil industry, but the real purpose was to
find out who was leaking the documents. Wackenhut agents watched Hamel's
home, picked through his trash,used sophisticated electronic eavesdropping
devices, and obtained his credit, banking and telephone records, as well
as personal information about his family. They even hired women to entice
Hamel into revealing his sources.
However, with information supplied by disgusted
Wackenhut agents at great personal risk, Hamel sued Alyeska, Wackenhut
and Exxon for invasion-of-privacy and in December of 1993, they settled
with Charles Hamel for an undisclosed amount, which is reported to be in
the millions. While Charles Hamel may not have been primarily motivated
by a moral desire to prevent Alyeska's defilement of the Alaskan environment,
his anonymous sources clearly were so motivated and Hamel earned their
and our gratitude by protecting those sources from Alyeska's wrath at great
risk to himself.

Greater Legal Protections Needed

Congress has recognized the unique position of workers
to monitor and report violations of environmental law, noting in


crafted to
encourage and protect both government and private industry employees, who
report violations of environmental, health and safety regulations. Congress
also mandated that employees who blow the whistle should be protected from
retaliation, harassment, intimidation, and other forms of discrimination
by their employers.
The laws were intended to cover Americans from all
walks of life. Among those covered have been a painter who cooperated with
an investigation into toxic dumping,(11)
a teacher who complained about asbestos in a school house,(12)
an engineer who filed reports regarding a shipyard's noncompliance with
hazardous waste regulations,(13) and an
employee who told a newspaper reporter about the discharge of sludge into
the Cedar Rapids.(14)

Serious Defects in the Laws

However, while the intent of these six laws was good,
there are several serious defects which almost undo the good intentions.
The laws' two most significant defects are theFor example,
Joseph Guttman, whose position as head of a laboratory at a major water
treatment plant in New Jersey had been eliminated, filed a whistleblower
complaint with the U.S. Department of Labor in 1985. The Secretary of Labor
did not issue a final and enforceable order requiring Mr. Guttman's reinstatement
until seven years later in March of 1992.(15)
The infamous delays in the issuance of final orders by the Secretary of
Labor are unfair to both complainant and employer, typically taking three
to six years to render a final order upholding a whistleblower claim. Justice
delayed is still justice denied.

Proposals to Strengthen whistleblower Protections

A similar situation previously existed in the whistleblower
provisions of the laws administered by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
In October of 1992, Congress remedied these problems for nuclear whistleblowers
with amendments to the Energy Reorganization Act.


This law enlarged the
statute of limitations from 30 to 180 days and required employers to post
notice of the remedies available to whistleblowers in the workplace. To
speed up justice, the amended Energy Reorganization Act provides that,
if an employee wins before an administrative law judge, he or she is entitled
to immediate reinstatement pending the review of the judge's decision by
the Secretary of Labor and the Court of Appeals. As a result, many more
serious flaws in nuclear power plants may now be brought to light. Already,
seven times more employees in the nuclear industry report wrongful activity
than workers reporting under the six environmental laws.
Nevertheless, Congress has not yet seen fit to make
the same changes to the six environmental laws. The following simple and
technical modifications of these acts would make them more effectivean active whistleblower since 1979. He has been an Environmental
Research
Foundation associate since 1991.
In the late seventies, Sanjour fought from within
the EPA to make the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act work in the
true spirit of its regulations, some of which he drafted. The Agency responded
by transferring him to a position with no duties. He successfully fought
that transfer and in 1980 was made head of the Hazardous Waste Implementation
Branch.
He continued to expose Agency abuse, testifying
against EPA policy in Congressional hearings and actively helping grass-
roots environmental groups. Sanjour's reward for years of dedicated environmental
service has been harassment and a succession of superficial job assignments.
Since 1989, he has had no substantive assignments.

Stephen M. Kohn

Mr. Stephen M. Kohn is an attorney in Washington,
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DC 20001-1850; telephone: (202) 667-7515.There is a post-mortem currently taking place in the Premier League. For the first time in 17 seasons, not a single team from the English top flight will be involved in the Champions League quarter-finals. This, just a few years on from the all-conquering 'EPL' breaking new ground by becoming the first league to see all four of its representatives reach the last eight, an event that happened back-to-back in 07-08 and 08-09.

The league had a major wake-up call last year, when only Chelsea made the quarters, albeit the Blues went on to lift the title in Munich. However, this year the league has gone one worse, with Manchester United and Arsenal's defeats to Real Madrid and Bayern respectively capping a disastrous English campaign in Europe's premier club


competition. Chelsea and Manchester City had earlier failed to make it out of the group stage, meaning PSG's David Beckham is the last man left flying the St George's Cross.

The Champions League has existed under this name since 92-93, when the erstwhile European Cup was rebranded. The English teams took to the new competition like fish out of water, floundering as they failed to qualify for the last eight in any of the first four editions (it is, however, worth noting that there were no quarter-final knockout ties in the first two seasons – 92-93 and 93-94 – as a second group stage was instead contested by two four-team groups).

Manchester United was the first English club to break the last eight, in the 96-97 season. Since then, theSteve McCan cruised along the Southwest Freeway in his new Grand Prix on a Tuesday morning in 1976, happy to be home from Vietnam and free from the confines of a Navy submarine.

McCan, 27, glanced at a green Volvo and noticed the driver, a young woman with a baby. She's pretty, he thought, as he drove past and into the shadow of the 610 overpass.

Above McCan, in the right lane of Interstate 610, a tractor-trailer struck the bridge rail. McCan watched in his rearview mirror as the truck rolled over the edge and fell about 15 feet onto the freeway. The tractor separated from the trailer, and its tank exploded, spewing 7,509 gallons of anhydrous ammonia. The toxic fog killed six people and injured 178.

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2014, four workers died at a DuPont plant in La Porte after being exposed to a toxic gas. Responding emergency workers weren’t sure what was in the air. The surrounding community wasn’t, either. This Houston Chronicle investigation explores how another fatal mistake could have the largest consequences and probes the regulatory failures that put us in jeopardy. Click here to read the series.

Afterward, the National Transportation Safety Board praised the city of Houston for having designated the 610 Loop as the official route for hazardous materials, keeping trucks from more populous areas.

Forty years later, however, the 38-mile route remains the city's designated hazardous transportation route. No longer the outer loop, 610 snakes through a congested city that has doubled in population, leaving Houston vulnerable to a catastrophic accident.

About400 trucks a day loaded with tons of hazardous chemicals, such as chlorine, butadiene and formaldehyde, inch along 610 in bumper-to-bumper traffic and pass within a mile of NRG Stadium, Memorial Park and the Galleria shopping center.

Nearby cities and towns have even more dangerous routes, designating their main thoroughfares for transporting hazardous chemicals, including Mont Belvieu and Conroe. The last time a route was updated anywhere in the Houston area was more than 20 years ago, according to data from the state Department of Transportation.

Other Texas cities, including Austin, have no designated routes at all.

Designated hazardous materials routes in the Houston area Source: Texas Department of Transportation | Created by Rachael Gleason/Houston Chronicle

Old or nonexistent routes aren't the only safety issue. The U.S. government systematically does not track


what's coming and going on the highways and rails, a Houston Chronicle investigation has found. It has the authority to demand manifests but largely relies on companies to operate safely.

Hazardous chemicals roll on tracks past Saturday morning soccer games at the YMCA in Garden Oaks and through congested Highland Village at rush hour. Union Pacific tracks also cross Lake Houston, a major water storage reservoir.

The potential for calamity is real. Since 2000, Texas has lead the nation in fatalities, injuries and evacuations related to moving hazardous chemicals on roads or rails, according to an analysis of incident data from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.

The 19 fatal accidents in Texas included a two-train collision in Bexar County involving a tank car carrying chlorine.That accident in 2004 killed three and injured 66.

In February 2014, a state trooper driving near the 610 East ramp and Interstate 45 saw a diesel truck explosion. The trooper found the truck driver lying on the grass by the road. He was on fire.

Last spring, a semi-truck carrying propane collided with another truck. The explosion killed one, injured two and forced 120 people to evacuate.

Fatal hazardous materials incidents in the United States Source: U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration | Created by Rachael Gleason/Houston Chronicle

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State and local officials seem confused about who has the power to designate a hazardous materials route.

State law requires all cities with populations greater than 850,000 to have such routes, and the Texas Department of Transportation is responsible for


putting up signs. Austin is the only one of that size without a route. The capital city exceeded that population level in 2012, according to U.S. Census estimates, but is still in the process of choosing a route, according to City Council minutes.

A spokesman for the state Department of Transportation said it is up to municipalities to designate hazardous materials routes. Houston officials insisted, however, that the state also has the power, outlined in Texas Administrative Code, Title 43, Chapter 25, Section 104.

Houston's Office of Emergency Management doesn't know why the city's designated route hasn't been updated in decades. The department said Houston Fire is responsible for oversight of hazardous materials, including transportation.

Spokespersons for the fire department did not reply to requests for comment.

City Council member Larry Green,chair of the Transportation, Technology and Infrastructure Committee, said in response to questions from the Chronicle that he plans to review the 610 Loop's designation and that dangerous cargo should be routed through less-populous parts of Houston.

Steve McCan, who survived the deadly tanker accident in 1976, wishes officials would update Houston's hazmat route and get chemicals off 610. "If something like that was to happen today, how many more people would suffer?" less Steve McCan, who survived the deadly tanker accident in 1976, wishes officials would update Houston's hazmat route and get chemicals off 610. "If something like that was to happen today, how many more people ... more Photo: Michael Ciaglo, Staff Photo: Michael Ciaglo, Staff Image 1 of / 11 Caption Close Hazardous routes to a


secretary of transportation.

Mapping transportation accidents from just one plant Source: U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration | Created by Rachael Gleason/Houston Chronicle

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On that May day in 1976, after the ammonia tank exploded, a piece of metal hit McCan's car, and he pulled over. Two men who drove up beside him fell over onto the payment as fumes poured out of their car.

McCan looked for the woman in the Volvo, but the car had disappeared in a white cloud. He glanced across the highway and saw a businessman step out of a Lincoln town car. They locked eyes for a moment.

The man ran one way; McCan ran the other.

McCan, now a Peterbuilt truck salesman and grandfather of eight, remembers holding his breath that day andtrying to outrun the vapor cloud. He remembers jumping into the car of a good Samaritan, who drove him out of danger.

He remembers hearing that afternoon that a car crushed under the ammonia tank held a woman and her baby.

He'd always assumed it was the young mom in the Volvo. But the forensic investigator's reports, stored in the old county archive, show that the woman whose car was crushed was driving an Oldsmobile. The baby in the car, a 5-month-old boy, survived.

He remembers learning that the man that he had locked eyes with had died in a field on the other side of the highway. He had run the wrong way.

Kenneth MacKenzie, Houston's former air pollution control chief, said even in the '70s, the ammonia tanker explosion was


kind of chemical in the world coming through Houston," he said. "We've been very fortunate with the amount of problems we've had."

MacKenzie testified at an NTSB hearing on July 22, 1976.

The 610 Loop "was probably reasonable routing at one time, but Houston has grown rapidly," he said then. "Routes for these types of trucks must be put farther away, even if it costs you something extra."

Forty years, three months and 22 days later, nothing has changed.

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Read part 8: Efforts to improve laws eroded by the influence of chemical industry

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Susan Carroll joined the Chronicle in 2006 and works as an investigative/projects reporter. Along with colleagues Matt Dempsey and Mark Collette, her 2016 work on the danger posed by chemical plants in southeast Texas won awards from the National PressFoundation and Investigative Reporters and Editors. Carroll previously covered the U.S.-Mexico border for the Arizona Republic and the Tucson Citizen. She can be reached by e-mail at Susan.Carroll@chron.com or by Twitter: @_SusanCarroll

Matt Dempsey is the data editor for the Houston Chronicle. He joined the Chronicle in 2014 and has worked on several major projects, including the investigation on the dangers of chemical plants. Matt previously worked for the Arizona Republic and Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Contact him at matt.dempsey@chron.com. Follow him on Twitter at @mizzousundevil.

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Orexins originally describedbeen heard out, and Valley Forge officials seem unable to wait for the court's views rather than whipping out the rifles. There is no good reason for their lethal urge."

As reported in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Friends of Animals and CARE halted the Park's deer-control plan last winter. The litigation team at the University of Denver is poised for a hearing on the lawsuit pending in federal court at the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. If so ordered by the court, the Motion for Summary Judgment would set aside the deer-control plan for good.

"Many of those who live near and use the Park, including our clients, question the legality--as well as the morality--of the Park Service's plan to kill off the deer," said Kevin Lynch of the University of Denver's


Environmental Law Clinic.

Lynch questioned the National Park Service's reason to rush ahead with an ill-conceived plan, and explained the urgency of the motion for the injunction: "Once the Park Service starts shooting the deer, there is no going back, whether the plan is lawful or not."

Friends of Animals and CARE are championing Valley Forge as a sanctuary for deer and other animals living there, as well as a place where people come to appreciate both our natural and human histories.

Said Lee Hall, "The United States Congress intended to promote such places by barring humans from interfering with the ecological balance in National Parks."

Hall added, "The point of the required public meeting at Valley Forge, with Pennsylvania Game Commission officials present, was to provide the public access to aCorporatism: the Secret Government of the New World Order

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In the race to legalize marijuana, it looked like New Jersey was the frontrunner in the Northeast.

Now, with the green finish line finally in sight, there's suddenly a new rival: New York.

On Dec. 17, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo — who just won re-election to a third term — announced that marijuana legalization would be one of his top priorities.

CUOMO TO NY: "Legalize it," governor says

It's a turnabout for Cuomo, who described marijuana as a "gateway drug" as recently as 2017, telling reporters that he was "unconvinced" when it came to marijuana legalization.

There's a lot to unpack when it comes to the race for legal weed, so let's break it down:

What is Cuomo actually planning?

In short, Cuomo now says he wants to legalize marijuana for adult use —joining Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Nevada, California, Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine and Michigan.

“Let’s legalize the adult use of recreational marijuana once and for all,” Cuomo told the New York Bar Association, in his first public comments supporting legal weed.

New York legislators have not introduced a bill yet, but if the Empire State follows the usual protocol, it would mean:

Possession of up to 1 ounce of marijuana would be legal.

Marijuana would be taxed and sold at new, licensed dispensaries.

You would not be able to consume marijuana in public, including parks and bars.

Driving while high would still be illegal.

The timing is the most interesting aspect of Cuomo's announcement: He wants to legalize weed within his first 100 days of his new term. Fun fact: April 20, the unofficial marijuana holiday, would


be the 110th day.

Sound familiar? New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, starting his second year in office, ran on a campaign that included marijuana legalization and also pledged to legalize marijuana within his first 100 days.

SPOILER ALERT: Murphy's 100 days passed without legal weed

That obviously has not happened.

Is New York going to beat us to marijuana legalization?

Probably not — though nothing is guaranteed.

While Cuomo and Murphy's pledges are similar in scope and audacity, the New Jersey legal weed discussions have proven that support from Democrats is not a sure thing, despite being a major progressive tentpole.

In New Jersey, a number of Democratic legislators who are usually reliable votes on such progressive issues have remained adamantly against marijuana legalization, including black Democrats in urban cities with large black populations. Watchthe videos at the top of the page for more on the New Jersey marijuana legalization debate.

COLUMN: Legal weed won't stop the drug war, top Democrat says

African Americans have historically been arrested for marijuana possession at three times the rate of whites in New Jersey, despite similar usage rates.

"This is a newer position for (Cuomo)," said Bill Caruso, co-founder of New Jersey United for Marijuana Reform, a legalization advocacy group. "And there's a lot in this beyond just the legalization of marijuana — like the creation of a market that's racially diverse and fair takes some time, especially one that takes into account a very diverse state like New York."

And this is in a state where Democrats have controlled both the Senate and Assembly since 2004. In New


York, Democrats just took control of the state Senate for the first time in nearly a decade. Voting to legalize weed could be a risky move for a newly elected Democratic legislator in a conservative area.

Even if Cuomo and his Legislature are on the same page, 100 days may still be a pipe dream. Crafting the current New Jersey marijuana legalization bill has taken many years and many forms since Sen. Nicholas Scutari, D-Union, introduced it in 2014.

For example, the proposed tax rate for New Jersey weed has fluctuated, anywhere from 7 percent to 25 percent. Some versions of the bill toyed with a mandated cap on the number of marijuana dispensaries, and the state's biggest marijuana legalization advocates are still holding out hope for the legalization ofmay simply stay home and pay marijuana taxes elsewhere.

How close is New Jersey to legalizing marijuana, anyway?

Two things need to happen.

First, there needs to be a compromise. Murphy's 2018-19 budget called for a 25 percent tax rate, while the current legal weed bill — which cleared committee in November — has just a 12 percent tax rate.

And the bill calls for the creation of a full-time autonomous Cannabis Control Commission to regulate the marijuana industry.

Three commissioners would be appointed by the governor, with Senate approval, while the Senate President and Assembly Speaker would each nominate another member. One member would come from a social justice organization.

"New Jersey is really close, and I think there's an ability to work out some of the substantive details in very short order,"


North Korea holds what can only be called as the "world's most pointless" election exercise, in which voters will have the choice to vote for only one candidate, and abstention from voting is usually considered treason.

On Sunday, 19 July, the cloistered state will conduct its local polls for the first time since Kim Jong-un came to power. The country conducts the local polls every four years since 1999, often seen as a futile exercise to legitimise the regime's rule.

Though there are two options, "Yes" and "No" given on the ballot paper to mark against the candidates nominated by ruling party Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland, it is hard to imagine anyone casting a "No" vote.

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Nigeria is situated at the extreme inner corner of the Gulf of Guinea on the west coast of Africa. It borders with Chad to the northeast, Cameroon to the east, Benin to the west, Niger to the northwest and by the Atlantic Ocean (Gulf of Guinea) to the south.

Along the entire coastline of Nigeria lies a belt of mangrove swamp forest from 10 to 60 miles in width, which is intersected by branches of the Niger Delta and innumerable other smaller rivers and creeks. Beyond the swamp forest is a zone, from 50 to 100 miles wide, of undulating tropical rain forest. The country then rises to a plateau at a general elevation of 2,000 ft but reaching 6,000 ft to the east, and


the vegetation changes from woodland to savannah. In the extreme north, the country approaches the southern part of the Sahara.

The Niger, the third largest river in Africa, enters Nigeria from the Northwest and runs in a southeasterly direction, meeting its principal tributary, the Benue, at Lokoja, about 340 miles from the sea. It then flows south to the Delta, through which it runs into the Gulf of Guinea via numerous channels. Other main tributaries of the Niger are the Sokoto and Kaduna rivers. The second great drainage system of Nigeria flows north and east from the central plateau and empties into Lake Chad.Ship embryos, caps come off during shipping, 12embryos lost.Now,start over,fast forward 5months,shipment arrives in Mumbai safely. Feb 10 brings a transfer and a negative. March brings another transfer and another negative.July 6th, 2010, transfer of three embryos, same day as recent egg retrieval! And now, July 19th another negative. July 29th, embies arrive at new clinic, transfer done August 17th. BFN, Dec 2010 fresh transfer 2SM and ONE POSITIVE, Aug 17 2011 SHE ARRIVES!!!

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Elementary School in Whitehall, Pa., for the past 42 years. She earned a Master of Education in 1983 and received her reading specialist certification in 1985.

Susan Newman, a member of the Living Word church in Glen Burnie, Md., sought a new way for her congregation to help the homeless population in the community, and, as a result, founded EMBRACE Street Smart Ministry. She spent a year volunteering with a group that takes hot soup to homeless populated areas in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore. Then, during the summer of 2016, she took her newfound knowledge and experience and applied it in Brooklyn, an area south of Baltimore, and Glen Burnie.

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He also says that he failed to scrutinize Farrakhan’s positions sufficiently. Today, Ellison proclaims brotherly love, and all is forgiven.

But facts are stubborn things.

Ellison’s support for Farrakhan dates from at least 1989, when he wrote an article defending “Minister Farrakhan” for the Minnesota Daily. In 1995, he was a Minnesota organizer for the Million Man March, which the Nation of Islam convened. In 1997, Ellison publicly supported the executive director of the Minneapolis Initiative Against Racism when she allegedly called Jews “among the most racist white people.” The Star Tribune described Ellison as a “representative” of the Nation of Islam in an article about the incident. In 1998, when Ellison made his


September 18th, one of the girls testified before the grand jury that Suitor had created and printed half of the checks cashed that day. In addition, Suitor's fingerprint was found on one of the checks. On September 19, 1998, Isbell cashed three counterfeit checks at various NationsBank branches. The proceeds from these checks totaled approximately $2,941.47.

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Winners of five of their last six, the Celtics will face the Nuggets, 76ers and Spurs this week.

Kyrie Irving averaged 30.5 points, 10.5 assists and 10.5 rebounds in his last two and posted his second career triple double.

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Additional notes:

The Thunder will be without Westbrook Monday against the Heat after he picked up his 16th technical foul on the season.

Oklahoma City is 5-8 since the All-Star Break and now fifth in the West.

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Condoleezza Rice has said the US wants to reach out to Iranian people The US has refused to deny reports that it will establish a US diplomatic presence in Iran in the next month. The UK's Guardian newspaper reports the US plans to open an interests section in Tehran, its first diplomatic presence in the country for 30 years. The state department said its policy towards Iran was unchanged, but that it wanted to reach out to Iranians. It comes as the US announced that a top diplomat would attend talks in Geneva with the Iranians on Saturday. The talks will be the first time in 30 years that such a high-ranking US diplomat - the third-most senior in the US - has met Iranian officials. Change ofProphecy of Pythia, giving one of the characters a vision of an Earth-like planet, and placing a clue in the ruins that would direct the fleet to yet another planet. All were rejected.

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Correctional Facility in Carson City, Michigan. In April 2002, then-23-year-old Mabry began a

twenty-year sentence for the possession with intent to distribute illegal narcotics. At the time he

began his sentence, Mabry had no diagnosed neurological problems, though he had a history of

seizures during his childhood.

       Those seizures began to resurface while in prison. In May 2002, Mabry experienced his first

bout with “blurred vision, dizziness,” and an inability “to keep [his] balance,” which ended with him

blacking out and waking “up on the ground.” (Joint Appendix (“JA”) 93-94.) Prison officials

treated him with Dilantin and Depakote, anti-seizure medication, which appeared to work until

February 18, 2003, when Mabry fell again, hit his head, and was taken to the