Singleton, who did not respond to the crime scene, was played in court. On it, Zimmerman stated that Martin seemed suspicious because he was, "taking his time, and looking at all the houses" while Zimmerman was patrolling the gated community. Zimmerman said Martin "jumped out" at him from the bushes and said, "What the f--- is your problem, homey?" The defendant claimed on the tape that he responded by saying that he didn't have a problem, to which Martin responded by saying, "Now you have a problem," and punched him in the nose.

Zimmerman said on the tape that the strike caused him to fall to the ground and Martin got on top of him and started to throw more punches.

"He was whaling on my head and I wasyelling for help," Zimmerman can be heard saying to Singleton on the tape. "He put his hands on my nose and said, 'You're going to die tonight.'"

He added that he thought Martin was going for his gun, before he pulled on it and shot the young man.

Zimmerman also said that he started the neighborhood watch after a break-in at his home, and others had made him nervous and that since he started patrols, he saw a few suspicious people in the neighborhood.

The testimony came as the prosecution began the second week of testimony in Zimmerman's murder trial with a voice analyst who said it was "impossible to determine" the age of the person who was heard screaming on the 911 call.

Hirotaka Nakasone, an FBI audio voice analyst who


examined eight audio recordings related to the February 2012 shooting of Trayvon Martin, said he was unable to identify or even peg an age to the person whose screams were heard on the tape. He said the pitch of one's voice goes "all over the place" under extreme stress.

It "was not possible to determine" the age of the person who was screaming, for approximately 2.5 seconds, he said under questioning from assistant prosecutor Richard Mantei. "Guessing age is a little complicated."

The issue is critical, because Zimmerman claims to have acted in self-defense when he shot the 17-year-old Martin. Determining who was doing the screaming could go a long way toward bolstering -- or undermining -- his defense. Prior to testimony beginning in the case, the prosecution had triedstation in which Serino raised the possibility of racial profiling by asking him, "had this person been white, would you have felt the same way?" Zimmerman replied, "Yes."

Also during his testimony, Serino said that he thought it was "different" that Zimmerman wanted to to go to work and class the next day and that he does not believe that he "fell as soon" as he was hit.

Serino also said that he expected more inconsistencies in Zimmerman's story. He originally suggested that Zimmerman be charged with manslaughter.

He thought that Zimmerman's injuries were "lacking" with his account and he had concerns as to why he didn't identify himself to Martin.

When asked at the end of the day by defense attorney Mark O'Mara about his suggestion to Zimmerman that there was


a strong chance that there would be videotape of the incident, Serino said Zimmerman was happy about the possibility.

"I believe his words were, 'thank god. I was hoping somebody would have videotaped it."

When asked by O'Mara what that response indicated to him, Serino said, "Either he was telling the truth or he was a complete pathological liar."

The defense followed up by asking Serino if pathological liar was taken off the table, did he think Zimmerman was telling the truth. Serino flatly replied, "Yes."

More than 20 witnesses testified during the opening week of a trial that has opened up national debates about race, equal justice, self-defense and gun control.

Zimmerman has said Martin was banging his head into the concrete sidewalk behind the town homes in a gated community. Zimmermanits opening statement that Zimmerman profiled and followed Martin in his truck and called a police dispatch number before he and the teen got into a fight.

Zimmerman has denied the confrontation had anything to do with race, as Martin's family and their supporters have claimed.

Over the first five days of testimony, jurors heard 911 calls from neighbors that included cries for help and the fatal gunshot. Zimmerman's attorneys are adamant that he is the one screaming on the recordings, while Martin's parents have said it's their son.

Jurors also listened to more than six hours of testimony from Martin's friend Rachel Jeantel, who testified that she was talking on the phone with the teen as the fight started.

She testified that Martin told her he was being followed by "a


Meanwhile the growing number of Australian scale-ups with offices in Silicon Valley would anxiously await a Trump administration's immigration policies, in light of his campaign threats to crack down on the skilled "H-1B" visas heavily relied upon by employers in the US tech sector.

"One saving grace for big tech is they've been able to buy a very strong lobbying presence in Washington DC. Looks like they are going to need it," Mr Jones said.

'Sick of status quo'

While most have been left reeling by Mr Trump's likely victory, Freelancer chief executive Matt Barrie said he predicted a Trump win and Brexit for the same reason.

"There are a lot of people who are sick of the status quo but wouldn't admit voting for Brexit or Trump if asked, because it'sAlmost 9 out of 10 citizens (85%) think that the level of corruption has declined compared to five years ago. In contrast, in 2014, 8 out of 10 (78%) said that there was more corruption than 10 years ago.

Citizens also say they that across almost all sectors, they are less likely to be asked for bribes in 2017 compared to 2014.

Percentage saying they were asked for a bribe in their last interaction with the following:

Police: from 60% in 2014 to 39% in 2017

Water: from 20% in 2014 to 6% in 2017

Land: from 32% in 2014 to 18% in 2017

TRA: from 25% in 2014 to 5% in 2017

Healthcare: from 19% in 2014 to 11% in 2017

NGOs: from 13% in 2014to 6% in 2017

The only sector in which reports of


Fianna Fáil could be prepared to negotiate a one-year extension of the confidence-and- supply arrangement to avoid a 'Brexit election'.

Senior party sources are anxious to avoid an election during crucial EU negotiations and are willing to discuss a new deal that could extend the Government's tenure to 2020.

Fianna Fáil will now turn the table on Fine Gael and insist it would be "extremely reckless" to call an election while crucial Brexit negotiations are still under way.

The proposal follows two days of escalating tensions between Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin over the stability of the Government.

Yesterday, the Taoiseach called on Fianna Fáil to stop sending "mixed messages" about whether it would support the Government in the long term as Brexit talks enter a critical stage

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Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) was unknown until about 60 years ago, when it was discovered in the form of fossils collected by paleobotanists. At the time, the tree was thought to have been extinct for perhaps a million years. One year later, Dawn Redwood was discovered alive and well in the remote village of Motao-chi in the Chinese province of Szechwan. A Boston arboretum sent a special expedition to the area. The seeds collected were shared with other botanical gardens around the world, and this deciduous conifer is now widely available.

Mature trees in China are broadly conical and grow about 100 feet tall from thick buttressed roots. Presumably they will eventually attain a similar size in the U.S. and elsewhere--young plants grow


CLEVELAND, Ohio - The young members of Michigan rock band Greta Van Fleet aren't rock stars yet. But that's quickly changing.

The band hit Cleveland last week, selling out the Grog Shop, something even some veteran acts struggle to do. Their first single, "Highway Tune," is one of the hottest rock songs in the country.

Greta Van Fleet's Josh and Jake Kiszka sat down for an interview with Cleveland.com and internet radio station oWOW Cleveland before the Grog Shop gig. You can see highlights of the interview - conducted by oWOW DJ's Ravenna Miceli and Steve Pappas - in the video above. The full interview can be heard in the podcast embedded below, or by clicking HERE.

Here's what we learned about a rock band that could be the next bigthing.

Jake and Josh Kiszka who are twin brothers (Josh is five minutes older, in case you're wondering) who began playing music in high school. Josh is the lead singer. Jake plays lead guitar. The band also features younger brother Sam Kiszka on bass and drummer Danny Wagner.

The band members are from Frankenmuth, known as Michigan's Little Bavaria. The tourist town known for its festivals, craft beer, arts events and shopping. It is also home to Bronner's Christmas Wonderland, a 96,000-square-foot retail outlet known as the world's largest Christmas store. The Kiszkas describe their hometown as "artsy" with a population of around 5,000 people.

The name Greta Van Fleet comes from the band's original drummer Kyle Hauck, who showed up to practice one day and said he had to go


chop wood afterwards for a Frankenmuth town elder named "Gretna" Van Fleet. The band eventually parted ways with Hauck, but "Gretna," which was converted to Greta, stuck.

The band's single "Highway Tune" is the first song Jake and Josh ever wrote when they were 16. "Highway Tune" surged up the charts, peaking at No.2 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart.

Greta Van Fleet has drawn a lot of comparisons to Led Zeppelin and other blues-influenced rock acts, and Josh's high-flying rock 'n' roll voice has been compared to that of Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant. But the Kiszka Brothers are actually self-taught musicians, never taking formal music lessons growing up.

Speaking of the blues, Jake and Josh list a variety of legendary bluesman as their chief influences, including Elmore James, Muddy Waters, Howlin'Wolf, Lightnin' Hopkins, Lead Belly and John Lee Hooker.

The success of "Highway Tune" has paid off. This is Greta Van Fleet's first tour and the Grog Shop show is just one of several sold-out shows.

Check out photos from Greta Van Fleet's Aug. 18 Grog Shop show in the gallery below:


The Humboldt Forum in Berlin, a new state-funded museum scheduled to open this fall, has become the target of great criticism. The Forum, which will include large African and Asian archaeological and ethnological collections, is being labelled by critics as an unethical monument to colonialism.

With these protests as the backdrop, and the recent restitution report from French President Macron still at the forefront of cultural heritage news, Germany just released an eight-page resolution with guidelines for the repatriation of colonial-era artifacts.

The document’s preamble includes the statement, “In our understanding, all people should have the opportunity to encounter their rich material cultural heritage in their countries and societies of origin, to deal with it and to pass it on to future generations. The injustice that took place during theForums & Tools

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market today!!! Most of the the name brand safes on the market today are either completly made china or made of chinese parts that are assembled in the U.S. and then said to be made in the U.S.A.

Not much truth here at all.

Chinese safes, and most other Chinese products can be placed into three categories: The first is cheap Chinese crap, designed and built by the Chinese, to meet a low price point. The second is better Chinese products, designed and built by the Chinese, designed to be a better quality item. The third is a US designed and specified product, built and imported for a US company. This last option can range from low end to high end depending on what the importer is looking for.

I sellsome very well built Chinese safes. In fact, the vast majority of the well built safes that I sell are imported from all over the world. Most of the best safes on the market are not US made. The most expensive safes, with the highest ratings, are not made in the US.

Chinese safes do not make up 99% of the gun safe market by any stretch.

There are several manufacturers that sell Chinese safes with their name attached. Some manufacturers assemble Chinese parts. Some manufacturers have their safes assembled in Mexico. Where a safe comes from has no impact on how it's built. How the safe is built is what has an impact on it's quality. I assure you that there are Chinese, Mexicans, Italians, French, Canadian, etc, etc,


Chinese products, designed and built by the Chinese, designed to be a better quality item. The third is a US designed and specified product, built and imported for a US company. This last option can range from low end to high end depending on what the importer is looking for.

I sell some very well built Chinese safes. In fact, the vast majority of the well built safes that I sell are imported from all over the world. Most of the best safes on the market are not US made. The most expensive safes, with the highest ratings, are not made in the US.

Chinese safes do not make up 99% of the gun safe market by any stretch.

There are several manufacturers that sell Chinese safes with their name attached.(Chicago), accountants with Inflammo in Nashville and bankers with Regions, Chase and Silicon Valley banks. Jammber's PR is with Rock Paper Scissors, a tech-centric firm based in Bloomington, Ind.

Cobb remains the majority equity-holder in the company, with a small equity stake having also been taken-out through the company's 2015 participation in the Project Music cohort accelerator class, which at that time operated from within the Nashville Entrepreneur Center.

By far, the majority of Jammber's capital has been raised in the form of convertible debt.

There are about 16 high net-worth individuals (11 of whom are from the Nashville region), plus Project Music and the InCrowd Capital angel group on Jammber's cap table, Cobb explained.

Cobb said he has personally "put in a total of 450K cash since inception."

Asked about the company's


recent project collaboration with investor-owned hospital giant HCA's Parallon subsidiary, Cobb said he was not at liberty to discuss the matter in detail.

He added only that Jammber's "isolated proof-of-concept with HCA was highly successful, for which they paid us to showcase how Jammber's machine learning technology we created for Entertainment has great value for the medical space as well."

Stephen Davis

Cobb credited entrepreneur Stephen Davis, who is also co-founder of Project Music startup earIQ, with leading Jammber's HCA engagement. Davis was recently engaged as Jammber advisor for strategic partnerships.

He said that, particularly given its footprint in Chicagoland and rising demand among Ad Agencies for original content, Jammber is soon likely to step-up its pursuit of business in that vertical.

Similarly, Publishing will get an early nod as the company expands.Cobb said Jammber is likely to collaborate with such companies as year-old Dexterity LLC, based in Nashville and led by Founder Matt West. West was previously the industry lead for the 1440 book-publishing accelerator, which was operated for a year by Ingram Content Group with support from the Nashville Entrepreneur Center.

Other verticals of possible interest include (small) Film, Television, Performing Arts and Video Games, among others.

Notes: Back-office and related functions within the full-service Jammbr SaaS platform and services-set are being freshly branded Jammber Bridge.The startup was first registered in Delaware in 2013, and is repurposing its Jammber Inc. dba to serve as its formal corporate name, supplanting its original corporate name: 8th Stage Inc., the CEO explained. VNC


grateful for what they got," said Sen. John Cornyn (R) of Texas, the Senate majority whip.

Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Sherrod Brown of Ohio are spearheading the effort to extend health benefits for one year. The current bill, which passed in the House of Representatives by a 326 to 96 vote, gives miners health benefits for only four months.

"We can do the right thing between today and tomorrow," Senator Manchin said on the Senate floor on Thursday, The New York Times reports. In his state, which is the largest coal producer east of the Mississippi, 68 percent of voters opted for President-elect Donald Trump, who frequently promised to revive the industry.

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want to know how tribesmen in remote regions of Pakistan came to be designated as “terrorists” deserving of US drone attacks on the citizens, schools and medical clinics of a country with which the US is not at war.

Instead the media protects and perpetrates the hoax that has given America the police state. The American media has become Leni Riefenstahl, as has Hollywood with the anti-Muslim propaganda film, Zero Dark Thirty. This propaganda film is a hate crime that spreads Islamophobia. Nevertheless, the film is likely to win awards and to sink Americans into both tyranny and a hundred-year war in the name of fighting the Muslim threat.

What I learned many years ago as a professor is that movies are important molders of Americans‘ attitudes. Once, after givinga thorough explanation of the Russian Revolution that led to communist rule, a student raised his hand and said: “That’s not the way it happened in the movie.”

At first I thought he was making a witty joke, but then I realized that he thought that the truth resided in the movie, not in the professor who was well versed in the subject. Ever since I have been puzzled how the US has survived for so long, considering the ignorance of its population. Americans have lived in the power of the US economy. Now that this power is waning, sooner or later Americans will have to come to terms with reality.

It is a reality that will be unfamiliar to them.

Some Americans claim that we have had police states during


governments that help Washington to kidnap, disappear, and torture people are European.

The opening decade of the 21st century has seen the destruction of all the law that was devised to protect the innocent and the vulnerable since the rise of the now defunct moral conscience of the West. The West’s moral conscience never applied outside of itself. What happened to people in Europe’s colonies and to native inhabitants of the US and Australia is a very different story.

Nevertheless, despite its lack of coverage to the powerless, the principle of the rule of law was a promising principle. Now America under Bush and Obama, two peas of the same pod, has abandoned the principle itself.

The Obama police state will be worse than the Bush/Cheney police state. Unlike conservatives whoThat Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi were said to have this power was part of their demonization as “brutal dictators,” a justification for overthrowing their governments and murdering the dictators and their supporters.

Ironic, isn’t it, that the president of the United States now murders his political opponents just as Saddam Hussein murdered his. How long before critics move from the no-fly list to the extermination list?

Paul Craig Roberts is a former Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury and Associate Editor of the Wall Street Journal. His latest book, Wirtschaft am Abgrund (Economies In Collapse) has just been published.


Aryan Terrorism is a National Socialist black metal side project from 'KV' (Knjaz Varggoth) of Nokturnal Mortum fame formed in 2002. So far "War" released by Resistance Records that same year is the sole released by the band. The music contains no signs of the symphonic/folk elements often associated with Nokturnal Mortum. Aryan Terrorism's style can be described as hateful mid-paced black metal with influences stemming from the RAC and hatecore genres at times (the most obvious example of this being in the song, "A National Socialistic Call"). The ideology and lyrical themes of this band revolve around war, violence, anti-semitism and anti-Christianity and will be deemed offensive by many.the Pines and
Roselands also, to see the cousins there."

"That would be nice," said Zoe, "but don't you suppose they may be
improving the sleighing opportunity as well as ourselves? may be driving
over here to call on us?"

"Then, when we meet, the question will be who shall turn round and go
back, and who keep on," laughed Rosie.

"But to avoid such an unpleasant state of affairs we have only to ask
and, answer a few questions through the telephone," said Edward.

"Certainly," said his grandfather, "and we'll attend to it the first
thing on leaving the table."

Everybody was interested, and presently all were gathered about the
telephone, while Edward, acting as spokesman of the party, called to
first one and then another of the households nearly related to
themselves.

The answers came promptly, and it was soon evident


from doing what they feel no temptation to
do?" said Evelyn, with an arch look and smile directed toward Lulu.

"And those that tease quick tempered people, and make them angry,
deserve at least half the blame," Rosie said softly in Lulu's ear,
putting an arm affectionately about her as she spoke. "I don't mean to
do so ever again, Lu, dear."

"I'm sure you don't, Rosie," returned Lulu, in the same low key, her
eyes shining, "and it's ever so good in you to take part of the blame of
my badness."

The visitors went away shortly after tea, Violet carried her babies off
to bed, and the older three of the Woodburn children were left alone
with their father.

They clustered about him, Grace on his knee, Lulu on one side, Max on
the other, while their tongues ranthey're taking off their skates! at least papa's taking
her's off for her, I think."

"Oh then they're coming in and we'll get our turn!"

"I don't want to try it."

"No, but you can walk down there, and then you're to have a ride on the
ice; you know Uncle Harold said so."

"I don't know what he meant; and I don't know whether I want to try it
either. Yes, papa and mamma are both coming back."

Violet had soon tired of the sport, and beside feared her baby was
wanting her. She went on up to the nursery while the captain entered the
parlor where his little girls were waiting for his coming.

"Waiting patiently, my darlings?" he said, with an affectionate smile.
"I know it is rather hard sometimes for little folks to wait. But you
may


Eva
and Rosie each had a worn stocking drawn over her hand, and was busily
engaged in darning it; the other girls were mending gloves, the boys old
shoes; and as they worked they talked among themselves.

"Zoe," said Maud, "I should mend that coat differently."

"How would you mend it?" asked Zoe.

"With a patch much larger than that you are sewing on it."

"I shouldn't mend it that way," remarked Sydney. "I'd darn it."

"Thank you both for your very kind and disinterested advice," sniffed
Zoe. "But I learned how to mend before I ever saw you. And I should mend
those gloves in a better way than you are taking."

"If you know so well how to mend, Madam Zoe, will you please give me
some instruction about mending this shoe?" said Herbert. "Cobbling is
not in mysome preparations to be made for the entertainment of
to-morrow's guests, and the children were in a flutter of pleasurable
excitement.

I could not tell you how much they enjoyed their share of the planning
and arranging, and the consultations together and with the older people,
or how kindly indulgent the captain was to their wishes and fancies,
never saying them nay when it was within his power to grant their
request.

Evelyn Leland loved to watch Lulu and Grace as they hung affectionately
about their father, giving and receiving caresses and endearments; yet
the sight often brought tears to her eyes--calling up tender memories of
the past. She had not forgotten--she never could forget the dear parent
who had been won't to lavish such caresses and endearments upon her, and
at times her young heart ached with its longing to


was standing near, the present he had given her in her hand. She had
been looking from it to Lulu and Grace, thinking the while how good it
was in the captain to treat her so much like one of his own, and now at
these kind words spoken in tender fatherly tones, both heart and eyes
grew full to overflowing.

He saw that she could not speak for emotion, and taking her hand, drew
her to his knee and kissed her, saying, "Don't try to thank me in words,
my dear; your speaking countenance tells me all you would say."

"What you 'bout?" screamed Polly at that instant, just as if she were
calling the captain to account for his actions.

That made them all laugh; even Evelyn, who had been just ready to cry.
Then the breakfasthusband's absence at Union, if, as she supposed, Vi's
preference should be for remaining at home.

"Of course it will," said Violet, who was standing near. "Please tell
mamma I'll be delighted to have her company."

The captain delivered the message, then all hurried down to breakfast.

"Everything is in usual order, I see," Violet remarked, glancing about
the hall, and in at the library door as they passed it; "really the
events of last night seem more like an unpleasant dream than actual
occurrences."

"Christine has been up for several hours and busied in having everything
set to rights," the captain said in reply.

As usual family worship followed directly upon breakfast, and it was
scarcely over when the Ion carriage drove up with Grandma Elsie; Harold
and Herbert accompanying it on horseback.

"Captain, I am greatly interested in this affair,"


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Kentucky clerk Kim Davis switches to Republican PartyLOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, a longtime Democrat, says she is switching to the Republican Party because she feels abandoned by Democrats.

Davis made the announcement while in Washington, D.C., to attend the Family Research Council's Value Voters Summit, Liberty Counsel spokeswoman Charla Bansley said Friday.

Liberty Counsel represents Davis in her legal battles. Davis sparked a national firestorm by refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

She was ordered by a federal judge to issue the licenses and spent five days in jail for continuing to defy the order, propelling her to folk hero status among some on the religious right.

She was elected Rowan County clerk last fall as a Democrat. She replaced her mother, also a Democrat, who servedher in jail, prompting a fierce debate in the public square about religious liberty versus the civil rights afforded to all U.S. citizens.

Davis' office issued marriage licenses while she was in jail, but the licenses did not include her name. Bunning ruled those licenses were valid and released Davis on the condition that she not interfere with her employees. Davis, a Democrat, was greeted at the Carter County Detention Center by a crowd of thousands and a church choir, flanked by her attorney and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee.

Supreme Court says "I Do"
But when Davis returned to work last week, she confiscated the marriage licenses and replaced them. The new licenses say they were issued not under the authority of the county clerk, but "pursuant to federal court


order."

On Monday, lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union wrote that the validity of the altered licenses is "questionable at best," and the new licenses bring "humiliation and stigma" to the gay couples who receive them. They asked Judge Bunning to order Davis' office to reissue the licenses. If Davis interferes, the lawyers say Bunning should place her office in a receivership for the purposes of issuing marriage licenses.

"The adulterated marriage licenses received by Rowan County couples will effectively feature a stamp of animus against the LGBT community, signaling that, in Rowan County, the government's position is that LGBT couples are second-class citizens unworthy of official recognition and authorization of their marriage licenses but for this Court's intervention and Order," the lawyers for the couples wrote in acourt filing.

Kim Davis' lawyer explains her position
Mat Staver, Davis' attorney and founder of the Liberty Counsel law firm, did not directly respond to the ACLU's request for Bunning to put the office in a receivership. Staver said he would formally respond to the ACLU's motion Tuesday. But he noted that Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear said last week that the altered marriage licenses would be recognized by the state.

"Kim Davis has made a good-faith effort to comply with the court's order," Staver said. "The ACLU's motion to again hold Kim Davis in contempt reveals that their interest is not the license but rather a marriage license bearing the name of Kim Davis. They want her scalp to hang on the wall as a trophy."

In her Tuesday interview, Davis was


Dry ice bombs explode in LA airport two days in a row

Security is on high alert at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) after two dry ice bombs went off there on Sunday and on Monday and two more were found by police. An airport employee has been arrested in connection with the explosions.

The arrested man is a Servisair employee Dicarlo Bennett, 28,
according to an unnamed law enforcement official cited by AP.
Bennett allegedly took the dry ice from one of the planes.

The dry ice explosions on October 13 and October 14 raised
concern over the airport’s security measures. All four dry ice
bombs were found in areas only accessible by employees. The three
bombs discovered on Monday were near a plane at LAX’s Tom Bradley
International Terminal, which has just had a $1.9Grunwald, the sorority mother/Ali’s savior, and her secret panic room. Mrs. Grunwald is the psychic sorority mother who grabbed Ali from her shallow grave and stashed her in a panic room built within the walls of the sorority house at Cicero College. Why this panic room existed in the first place, and whether or not Mrs. Grunwald existed solely as a tie-in to PLL spinoff Ravenswood, is never established.

The preponderance of ghostly twins. The ghostly girl who shows up in the third season’s Halloween episode also made an appearance in the second season. You could chalk her appearance in Hannah’s house in the Halloween episode as mere coincidence, but casting the same actor twice in a year to play a twin obsessed with dolls in a show that


Trump references John Adams White House 'prayer,' leaves out 'honest and wise' part

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Show Caption Hide Caption Under pressure, Trump breaks silence on McCain Facing pressure, President Donald Trump broke his silence on John McCain Monday evening, saying he appreciates everything the late senator has done for the country. Trump made the remarks at a White House dinner for evangelical leaders. (Aug. 27)

President Donald Trump evoked a famous quote by founding father John Adams during a White House dinner honoring evangelical Christian leaders Monday — but he left out the part about Adams' hope that future presidents be "honest and wise."

Trump began his speech to the "nice group" of religious leaders by touting the success of the stock market, expressing condolences to the family ofthe late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and declaring an end to what he described as the government's "attacks on communities of faith."

Trump had been reticent to honor McCain, his former political rival, but earlier Monday he issued a proclamation in "respect for the memory and longstanding service" that McCain, a Vietnam War veteran and respected lawmaker, had given his country.

The president went on to quote the Adams' prayer, which was carved into the fireplace mantle of the State Dining Room in 1945.

"It says, 'I pray Heaven to bestow the best of Blessings on this House. And that’s really what it is. This is an incredible house. Means so much,'" Trump said. "Together, we will uplift our nation in prayer, defend the sanctity of life, and forever proudly remain


one nation under God."

Trump, who has repeatedly been accused of dishonesty by his critics, did not recite the full Adams quote, which reads, "I Pray Heaven To Bestow The Best Of Blessings On This House And All that shall hereafter Inhabit it. May none but Honest and Wise Men ever rule under This Roof."

The quote is taken from a letter Adams wrote to his wife Abigail the day after he moved into the White House on Nov. 1, 1800, while the executive residence was still under construction.

More: White House flags return to half-staff to honor Sen. John McCain after outcry

Related: John McCain services: Joe Biden, Barack Obama and George W. Bush to eulogize senatorLearned motor sequences underlie most of human communication, yet remarkably little is known about how the nervous system learns to control the complex muscle actions involved. Our long term goal is to describe the neural circuit mechanisms underlying the acquisition of learned motor behaviors. The zebra finch, a songbird, provides a unique system in which to pursue this goal, as it acquires its song in much the same way that we learn many of our motor skills, including speech. Aims: Our proposal aims to describe how the motor program for song develops by recording from neurons in a motor cortex analogue structure (nucleus RA) in the freely behaving, juvenile zebra finch throughout song learning (Aim 1). Widely thought to be the site of vocal learning, RA receives convergent


Donna Shalala leads a question and answer session following Bill Clinton's speech at University of Miami

Though he admitted missing his role in the White House, Clinton said he's realized he can often get more accomplished now than he could as president, without the red tape of politics slowing him down. Under the William J. Clinton Foundation, he's brokered deals with snack and soda companies to keep them out of school in a fight against childhood obesity and negotiated to get cheaper AIDS drugs the Bahamas. The 42nd president of the U.S. said citizens must do a better job at cultivating partners in the world, instead of adversaries. "It is never possible to kill, jail or occupy all your adversaries," he said drawing cheers from students. "We must tryto have a world with more partners and few enemies." When asked what he would do if were president now, Clinton said he would "move to a different course on Iraq. I would essentially do what the Iraq Study Group recommended." He said he would cut the number of troops in Iraq, but send more to Afghanistan to prevent it from becoming a breeding ground for terrorism. A massive effort toward a "clean, green independent energy efficient environment" also topped his list. University of Miami President and former Clinton Cabinet member Donna Shalala served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Iran in the 1960's.

Caption: Former President Bill Clinton, left, hugs Donna Shalala, president of the University of Miami, before speaking to graduating students at the University of Miami


a kid who needs a helping hand ... it all counts," Clinton said. "Part of living in this country is some sort of service."

Though he admitted missing his role in the White House, Clinton said he's realized he can often get more accomplished now than he could as president, without the red tape of politics slowing him down.

Under the William J. Clinton Foundation, he's brokered deals with snack and soda companies to keep them out of school in a fight against childhood obesity and negotiated to get cheaper AIDS drugs the Bahamas.

The 42nd president of the U.S. said citizens must do a better job at cultivating partners in the world, instead of adversaries.

"It is never possible to kill, jail or occupy all your adversaries," he said drawing cheerssomething to improve this country," freshman Felipe Yanez said after the speech.

The former president only briefly mentioned his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who recently announced she is running for president in 2008. He marveled at how their roles had changed as she advances in politics and he in social service, saying "it's like we changed roles on the dance floor."

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Chris Dodd's Vision for the Peace CorpsSenator Chris Dodd (RPCV Dominican Republic) spoke at the ceremony for this year's Shriver Award and elaborated on issues he raised at Ron Tschetter's hearings. Dodd plans to introduce legislation that may include: setting aside a portion of Peace Corps' budget as seed money for demonstration projects


and third goal activities (after adjusting the annual budget upward to accommodate the added expense), more volunteer input into Peace Corps operations, removing medical, healthcare and tax impediments that discourage older volunteers, providing more transparency in the medical screening and appeals process, a more comprehensive health safety net for recently-returned volunteers, and authorizing volunteers to accept, under certain circumstances, private donations to support their development projects. He plans to circulate draft legislation for review to members of the Peace Corps community and welcomes RPCV comments.

He served with honorOne year ago, Staff Sgt. Robert J. Paul (RPCV Kenya) carried on an ongoing dialog on this website on the military and the peace corps and his role as a member of a Civil Affairs Team in Iraq and Afghanistan. Wethat Phase One of the "History of the Peace Corps" is now available online. This installment includes over 5,000 pages of primary source documents from the archives of the Peace Corps including every issue of "Peace Corps News," "Peace Corps Times," "Peace Corps Volunteer," "Action Update," and every annual report of the Peace Corps to Congress since 1961. "Ask Not" is an ongoing project. Read how you can help.

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The Dance of Superpowers

The Obama administration’s announcement of its intention three years ago to reorient U.S. foreign policy toward Asia seems to belong to an entirely different era. It was a time when the United States had the luxury to think geopolitically: to craft long-term policies rather than simply respond to immediate crises. The United States was drawing down its engagement in two wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, considering significant reductions in Pentagon spending, and focusing more and more on domestic issues such as the Affordable Care Act and immigration reform. It seemed as good a time as any for the United States to pursue the long-cherished goal of shifting its post-Cold War emphasis away from protecting Europe and securing access to Middle East oil to tapping therich markets of Asia and checking a rising China.

Since then, of course, the Obama administration has been blindsided by one global crisis after another: the leadership crisis in Afghanistan, the civil war in Ukraine and Russia’s seizure of Crimea, renewed hostilities between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, and the rapid growth of the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. The presidency has been forced by circumstance to refocus on foreign policy. But this focus itself has a focus. President Obama faces pressure from allies and domestic critics to reengage in the traditional arc of crisis familiar to students of geopolitics from the late 1970s, a zone that stretches from what had once been the Soviet Union through southwest Asia and into the Middle East and North Africa.

China is


are engaged in a dance of global partnership in which the two tightly embrace or wriggle warily in tandem at a distance, depending on the background music. At the same time, where there is overlap in the perceived spheres of influence—namely, across large swathes of East Asia—the music stops and the two countries argue over who calls the tune.

The U.S.-China relationship, then, is nearly the exactly opposite of what prevailed in U.S.-Soviet relations when Moscow and Washington had only negligible cooperation at the global level but generally tolerated what took place within each other’s spheres of influence. Over the next decade the challenge for diplomats in both countries is to prevent the disagreements at a regional level from destroying the global partnership and to bring some of themusic of concord into relations in East Asia as well.

Global Partnership

The Chinese dream, as Orville Schell and John Delury persuasively argue, has been to recapture the wealth and power of dynasties past.

When he became Communist Party chief at the end of 2012, Xi Jinping expressed this 200-year-old aspiration in his “China has a dream” speech. The dream consisted of four parts: a China that is strong, civilized, harmonious, and beautiful. When it comes to foreign policy, most observers focus on the first pillar, that is, to double per capita income by 2020, strengthen national security, and act fully as a global power. In the lead-up to the recent APEC summit in Beijing, Xi offered to export this dream to the region through a $40-billion Silk Road Fund, with


efforts to give China, among other countries, greater say in the financial institution.

But these pale in comparison to the sheer U.S. dependency on China. Beijing owns more than a trillion dollars in U.S. debt, and it accelerated its purchases of U.S. Treasury bonds at a record pace in 2014. This simultaneously boosts Chinese exports (by keeping the value of the yuan low) and keeps the U.S. housing market strong (by depressing U.S. interest rates). The United States also depends on Chinese manufacturers and consumers to sustain bilateral trade and the global economy more generally. Although the rate of U.S. growth is edging up and that of China dipping down, Washington still calls on Beijing to help keep the levels of trade and foreign investment high, which China alsoits carbon emissions (2030, though Beijing will aim for 2025) and accelerates emission cuts in the United States, particularly after 2020. It has narrowed the gap between the positions of the two countries but, unfortunately, it doesn’t quite put them on the same page.

The issue of military power—in other words, “security questions”—also offers several overlapping interests. One of these is counterterrorism. China has coordinated counterterrorism policies with the United States ever since September 11. It is increasingly concerned about separatism in Xinjiang and the connections between domestic terrorists and international terrorist organizations. So far, this hasn’t translated into Chinese support for the U.S.-led bombing campaign in Iraq and Syria. China continues to adhere, at least formally, to a non-intervention policy. But as it discovers links between the Islamic


State and Chinese nationals, China may very well change its mind. China’s significant energy interests in Iraq may also influence its decision.

China and the United States, both members of the nuclear club, are also very concerned about the proliferation of nuclear material and weapons. The two countries have cooperated on fashioning a multilateral response to North Korea’s nuclear program, though the Six Party Talks have produced only minimal results. There is perennial speculation in Washington policy circles that Beijing is on the verge of abandoning its alliance with Pyongyang. But while nonproliferation is the central issue in U.S.-North Korean relations, it is not the priority between China and its erstwhile ally, for they have important economic ties, border issues, and some residual geopolitical coordination. China has also supportedthat its voting power at the Bretton Woods institutions does not reflect its economic power. Now it has joined forces with other countries that want to level the global playing field—at the expense primarily of the United States, which enjoys disproportionate influence in the Bretton Woods institutions and through the use of the dollar as the global currency.

The most intriguing realm of U.S.-Chinese cooperation is military to military. In June 2013, after Obama met Xi Jinping at Sunnylands in California, military officials from the two countries met four times and identified eight different areas of potential cooperation. The most significant fruit of these discussions was China’s participation in 2014 RIMPAC exercises off Hawaii this summer. The invitation was not universally welcomed by U.S. politicians. “Given Beijing’s belligerent behavior


invited to join hands for a dance. But there remains the problem of who calls the tune in East Asia.

Regional Confrontation

The chief element that prevents the United States and China from having a more robust global partnership—apart from the usual existential rivalry that hegemons experience—is the pattern of confrontation that takes place in East Asia.

The United States has a set of bilateral alliances (with Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines), a military commitment to the defense of Taiwan, and a stated security interest in preserving access to sea lanes that run through the region. During the Cold War, Washington built up an unrivalled military presence in the region in support of these objectives. But it also aspires to maintain a balance of power by restraining its allies andif cutting back on the flights — which is what China has asked for — would improve the overall bilateral relationship. The United States has continued to maintain that the flights are necessary because of the “lack of transparency in China’s military modernization.”

The tensions in East Asia are not simply the result of the United States refusing to alter its post-Cold War stance in the region. China’s maximalist claims to islands in the East China Sea and the South China Sea—and its moves to assert these claims—have presented the United States with a golden opportunity to strengthen relations with existing allies and make new friends. The United States has long encouraged Japan to break out of the constraints of its “peace constitution,” and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has


accelerated this trend. Washington has pushed Seoul to take a warier view of Chinese military developments, and the much debatednew South Korean naval base on Jeju Island will offer new missile defense and surveillance opportunities. The United States and the Philippines have negotiated a new basing agreement. Vietnam has been coordinating its security policy more closely with the United States. And even Malaysia, which has traditionally enjoyed good relations with China, agreed recently to host U.S. spy planes.

The United States has inserted itself into the middle of the South China Sea conflict. At the most recent ASEAN Regional Forum meeting in Burma in August, Secretary of State John Kerry offered a U.S. proposal to “freeze” potentially provocative actions such as setting up oil rigs in contested waters. Chinarejected not only the proposal but the very idea that the United States should be involved in the imbroglio. The United States has also supported the Philippine effort to bring its dispute with China to the arbitration court associated with the International Law of the Seas (UNCLOS), something China has also rejected.

Washington has been disingenuous. It has presented itself as an honest broker in a situation in which it clearly has taken sides—with traditional allies such as the Philippines and with new partners like Vietnam. This is, of course, nothing particularly new in U.S. foreign policy (compare Washington’s efforts to be an honest broker in the Middle East even as it pours money into the Israeli military). But if the United States believes in multilateral solutions in the


achieve the desired results—namely North Korean denuclearization and the establishment of a regional security mechanism. But they serve as a model for how disparate countries in the region can achieve at least interim agreements. A better example, but from outside the region, would be the Cold War-era Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, or OSCE. The United States and Soviet Union were engaged in bilateral arms control talks in the 1970s. The OSCE, meanwhile, became the forum that addressed the full range of multilateral questions that the Cold War generated (borders, human rights, economic exchanges).

China and the United States may continue the current trend of closer bilateral cooperation on global issues. Some of that cooperation may even spill into regional relations, as it did at the recentoption for either China or the United States.

An earlier version of this essay was given as a paper at a conference in Seoul, South Korea, on relations with China sponsored by Wonkwang University. The author would like to thank Dennis Florig for his comments.


should be individuated. As I argue in section Coupling, Constitution, and Taxonomical Practices in Cognitive Science, it derives from the rejection of individualism as a methodological strategy to individuate cognitive systems. Once the actual possibility of extended cognition has been accepted, and the traditional boundaries of the individual renounced, the observation of coupling relations is the fundamental guide in the individuation of cognitive systems---extended or otherwise. Section Conclusion: Metaphysics, Epistemology and the Mark of the Cognitive will close the paper with some final reflections on the relation between metaphysics and epistemology in the extended mind framework.

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From an argumentative point of view, the extended mind thesis was originally defended by means of a famous thought experiment in which two characters have the intention toafter he’d been forgotten. Assembled to organise for an end to colonial exploitation and racism, and for self-determination, their warm, formal reception by the British establishment – including a tea with prominent MPs on the terrace of the Houses of Parliament – is basically unthinkable to those agitating for such things today. The conference was attended by eminent black activists from all over the world, as well as a number of the British political bigwigs of the day – Liberal Party people, Fabian Society folk, the Cobden girls – who believed social justice was for everybody. Continue reading →

Soooo…my first experience of Carnival in Martinique takes place the same day that the French government passes a law permitting gay couples to marry and adopt children. I have yet


channel modeling.

My group developed, designed, and built novel internal antennas and receivers for cordless telephony, including extensive design software. A highlight was a single-chip transceiver for cordless telephones, based on direct up- and down-conversion. We also quantified the bit-error-ratio in mildly dispersive mobile radio channnels.

I initiated research and teaching of mobile communications at our university at a time when its sweeping success was not obvious (1984). For over twenty years I conducted a seminar on Mobile Radio Communications, with international speakers from industry, academia, and network operators. Altogether I am author or co-author of some 190 journal/conference publications and I contributed several patents on mobile radio technology. I taught English for electrical engineering students, and that the products of an engineer´s work must be viable in the market.

R&Din convincing the Austrian standards committee to follow ICNIRP philosophy, because it was strictly based on scientific findings.

Born on February, 1942, in Vienna, Austria

1966 Dipl.-Ing.

1972 Dr.techn., both in Electrical Engineering from Technische Universität Wien

1985 to 1990 Chairman IEEE Austria Section
1991 to 1994 Council member of the Austrian Science Fund, acting as speaker on engineering sciences
1991 to 1996 Austrian Member of COST 231 “Evolution of Land Mobile Radio (Including Personal) Communications”
Since 1992 Technical Auditor for European Commission projects
Member of Program Committee of numerous conferences on mobile radio communications and microwaves
1996 to 1999 Board of Directors of the re-organized Post und Telekom Austria (PTA), 1999 to 2000 Board of Directors of mobilkom austria AG
Summer/Fall 1997 Guest Professor at Luleå Tekniska Universitetet
1997 to 2000 Chairman of WG “Antennas and Propagation” of


COST 259 “Wireless Flexible Personalized Communications”
1998 to 2007 Member of International Advisory Board of the Competence Centre for Circuit Design (CCCD), Lund University, Sweden
1999 to 2002 Chairman Commission C “Signals and Systems” of URSI
1999 to 2002 Vice-President of Forschungszentrum Telekommunikation Wien (ftw., Telecommunications Research Center Vienna), which I initiated
2001 to 2005 Chairman of WG “Antennas and Propagation” of COST 273 “Towards Mobile Broadband Multimedia Networks”
February/March 2002 Guest Professor at NTTDoCoMo´s research laboratories in Yokosuka, Japan

May 2004: Retirement from Technische Universität Wien

2006 to 2011 Board Member of CHARMANT, a strategic research center about antennas, sponsored by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF), located at Chalmers University, Göteborg, Sweden.
2008 to 2014 evaluator of grant proposals to European Research Council (ERC), on Communications and Systems Engineering
May 2008, recipient of anHonorary Doctorate from the Faculty of Technology of University of Lund, Sweden.
April 2016, recipient of the EurAAP Propagation Award 2016 “For worldwide leadership and management of propagation research in general and specifically in the area of channel modeling for multiple-input multiple-output systems.”
Advisory Editor, Wireless Personal Communications


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“Hong Kong is facing a great sense of crisis among both men and women,” says Susanne Choi, whose research at the Chinese University of Hong Kong focuses on marriage trends. As the status of women has risen, she says, both men and women are struggling to readjust to new norms. Even as their education and job status has improved, she says, many ideas of traditional feminine roles at home and in the workplace have stayed the same. “And if they choose not to conform to thesegrowing problem with labor unrest while at the same time illustrating the difficulty the Communist Party faces in effectively addressing workers’ grievances.

For much of the last half-century, changing China through economic reform seemed to make far better sense than transforming the country through political revolution. Xi Jinping is trying to flip that on its head.

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much of what the literature of the Emerging Church movement says about the failure of mainstream evangelicalism. Many who are joining the Emerging movement have bailed out of the evangelical movement because they are rightly fed up with American-style late-20th-century evangelicalism.

I'm thinking here especially of the so-called "neo-evangelicalism" that rode the wave of Billy Graham's popularity and reached its peak in a handful of massive, worldly megachurches where serious teaching was deliberately ousted and replaced by entertainment. That kind of "evangelicalism" has utterly failed as a movement and will probably die out completely in a generation or so if serious and significant changes are not made.

And on one thing in particular, the Emergents are right: that movement needs to die. Good riddance to it.

But I could hardly disagreeRose

Venezuelan mail purchase brides could be the topic in the working day. Venezuelan tradition is heavily influenced by the Spanish, the African and the indigenous. It truly is located on the Upper coast of South America and it is home to millions of people. Venezuela is at the top of bio-diversity and has varied habitats to offer. Visiting Venezuela would mean your Andes Mountain range in the west plus the awe-inspiring The amazon website rain forest in the south. May be to be probably the most urbanized nation in Latina America along with the majority of the population residing the places, especially in it is capital Caracas.

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The men's football team currently plays in the 3. divisjon, the fourth tier of the Norwegian football league system. The team was newly promoted in 2016, and before that had a stint in the 3. divisjon from 2009 to 2012.

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Category:1917 establishments in NorwayMichael Morell explained that Clinton is "highly qualified" for the job and "will deliver on the most important duty of a president — keeping our nation safe." | AP Photo Former CIA chief: Putin recruited Trump as an 'unwitting agent' of Russia

For former acting CIA Director Michael Morell, Donald Trump does not have what it takes to be commander in chief.

In a New York Times op-ed published Friday, the 33-year agency veteran notes that he has been heretofore private with his political preferences and is registered as neither a Democrat nor a Republican.

"No longer. On Nov. 8, I will vote for Hillary Clinton. Between now and then, I will do everything I can to ensure that she is elected as our 45th president," wrote Morell.

Morell also suggested that


Russian President Vladimir Putin has successfully co-opted Trump's message in complimenting the political neophyte and getting exactly what he wanted in return with more praise even in light of his strongman tendencies toward journalists and dissidents.

"In the intelligence business, we would say that Mr. Putin had recruited Mr. Trump as an unwitting agent of the Russian Federation," Morell wrote.

Morell laid out "two strongly held beliefs" that led him to the conclusion that Clinton should be president. The first of those, Morell explained, is that Clinton is "highly qualified" for the job and "will deliver on the most important duty of a president — keeping our nation safe."

"Second, Donald J. Trump is not only unqualified for the job, but he may well pose a threat to our national security,"he continued, noting his work with Clinton in her capacity of secretary of state and her resolute advocacy of the raid that led to the killing of Osama bin Laden in 2011.

Trump "has no experience on national security," Morell wrote.

"Even more important, the character traits he has exhibited during the primary season suggest he would be a poor, even dangerous, commander in chief," Morell said, naming Trump's "obvious need for self-aggrandizement, his overreaction to perceived slights, his tendency to make decisions based on intuition, his refusal to change his views based on new information, his routine carelessness with the facts, his unwillingness to listen to others and his lack of respect for the rule of law. The dangers that flow from Mr. Trump’s character are not just risks


that would emerge if he became president. It is already damaging our national security."

Trump's evolving proposal to ban Muslim immigrants from the U.S. has also undermined national security, playing "into the hands of the jihadist narrative that our fight against terrorism is a war between religions," he continued.

"My training as an intelligence officer taught me to call it as I see it. This is what I did for the C.I.A. This is what I am doing now," Morell concluded. "Our nation will be much safer with Hillary Clinton as president."

The forceful words from the former top official represent only the latest denouncement of Trump from within the intelligence community. Former CIA Director Michael Hayden, for example, has expressed strong reservations about Trump leading the nation's armed forces.

Clinton's campaignAdministration being called out for sending $400 million in cash to the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism is on every front page in the country," Trump said in a statement, in reference to the amount of money paid in cash to Iran earlier this year on the same day four American prisoners were freed. "Hillary Clinton has bad judgment and is unfit to serve as President,' he added.

A slew of Republicans have either said they will not support Trump or outright defected to supporting Clinton, including Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman, New York Rep. Richard Hanna, former National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft, former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage and former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson.

Frank Lavin, who served as director of the Office of Political Affairs under Ronald


blood” with his former team and even heaped praise on Jerry Jones. But he also made comments that revealed he'll play the game with a huge chip on his shoulder.

“... I don't care for them,” Jones, 29, told CincinnatiBengals.com. “I don't have nothing personal against them. I just have no love for the Cowboys.”

He saved his harshest words for former Cowboys coach Wade Phillips and his staff, which included then-offensive coordinator Jason Garrett, who replaced Phillips midway through the 2010 season.

“I was horrible in Dallas and the coaching was horrible, too — from the top down,” Jones said.

Dallas signed Jones after his one-year, NFL-imposed suspension in 2007 for violating the league's personal conduct policy. He played only nine games for the Cowboys, a stint that included another suspensionPolice officer dies in Bilbao during street battle with Spartak ultras Spanish Football - Athletic vs Spartak The 50-year-old suffered a cardiac arrest

Inocencio Arias Garcia, a 50-year-old Basque police officer, has died during a street battle involving ultras from Spartak Moscow.

There was a fear that ultras arriving from Moscow for Thursday night's Europa League match between Athletic Club and Spartak might cause some trouble in Bilbao and this has proven to be the case.

A group of around 200 Russian fans arrived at the stadium in the hours before the match and glasses and flares were thrown in a scuffle between Spartak and Athletic supporters.

The Ertzaintza - the local Basque police force - were able to get in the middle of it, although they struggled to bring the disturbance


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My partner hadn't ever experienced bullying before working at Sephora Highpoint, Melbourne.

Bullying can happen at any workplace. How it's handled tells us a lot about an employer. In Liam's case, it was handled so badly that he ultimately had to resign.

Liam was thrilled at his new role at Sephora. Just a short distance from home, it was both convenient and exciting to start a new role with a brand he loved and had worked for before.

Simone, a manager at the store, begun bullying Liam in 2019. Liam got on well with everyone at the store and wasn't used to negative treatment from colleagues, so was taken aback when Simone subjected Liam to:

micromanaging,

monitoring him on video surveillance throughout his shifts,

repeatedly giving him humiliating and pointless tasks todo,

hovering around him without reason,

publicly scalding him in front of others, and

giving him 'serious' warnings for unfounded or trivial reasons.

The complaint

Liam endured the bullying for some time before finally calling his manager, Rachel, to inform her of what had been happening.

Rachel told Liam that she had a 'crazy' friend, James, who always felt that wherever he went, he always felt like everyone was unkind to him. She explained that Liam reminded her of James, and that he should keep quiet and just put up with whatever was happening, even if it was unfair. She also told Liam to look up the definition of 'bullying' and to not use that term again.

I was present when this call took place and was concerned at what I had heard, so I


advised Liam to consider lodging a more formal complaint.

When Liam lodged his formal complaint, Sephora HR was brought in to assist with investigating and resolving the complaint.

Initially this looked promising, but the process unravelled quickly and became a major ordeal.

First Liam was told that he was not allowed to attend his rostered shifts because this would be stressful for the manager who was the subject of his complaint who was, according to Liam's manager, concerned she'd put a foot wrong in Liam's eyes. He was told that if he wanted to work, he'd have to carry out his shift at another store which was around 20x his usual commute. Liam hadn't worked at this store before and had in fact turned down a job previously at that storeof bullying.

The leak

While the matter was ongoing, Erica advised Liam that he should make a new complaint against his manager for the handling of his first verbal complaint (where she had compared Liam to her 'crazy' friend and dismissed his complaint).

Some further discussion took place on this through email between myself (Liam had asked me to act on his behalf) and Erica, with Liam declining the suggestion to raise a complaint against his direct manager on the grounds that Liam knew it would harm their relationship.

One evening, Erica wrote to Liam and his manager, Rachel, to advise that I would no longer be involved in discussions, and that from then on emails were to include Liam, Rachel and Erica only.

In this discussion Erica made reference to the previous


email chain between her and myself. Rachel stated that she hadn't seen it and asked Liam to forward it to her. Liam replied explaining that it was private and confidential, however, Erica sent it to Rachel, without Liam's permission.

This highly sensitive email included private discussions between myself and Erica. It included records of contact between Liam and his manager, Rachel, and discussions about Rachel's behaviour.

A short time later, after seeing Liam's response that the email could not be shared, Erica asked Rachel to not read the email and to delete it.

Erica then removed Rachel from the email thread and sent Liam emails throughout the night and into the next morning which included strange anecdotes and contradictory advice.

The resignation

The morning after the email leak, Liam submitted his resignation, citingthe privacy breach, the complaint and its handling as reasons he was unable to continue in his role.

This move was heartbreaking for Liam, but he knew he could not remain in his position with his manager now likely to be extremely hostile towards him.

Liam gave 4 weeks notice, as per his contract.

The warnings

These matters had caused untold stress and frustration for Liam. One afternoon during his notice period, he felt stressed and worried and left work around an hour early, advising a manager that he'd left sick.

That day the managers in the store had held a forum with staff advising them that now was the time to speak up if they were having problems. Liam took this advice literally and explained to the group that he'd had his


personal leave stolen, and that speaking up had not helped.

Straight away his manager, Rachel, begun trying to contact Liam. She sent him a message advising that she needed to speak to him ASAP about his behaviour.

I picked Liam up from work and within 15 minutes we were home. His manager called him, but I took the call as Liam was in tears.

Rachel demanded to speak with Liam, but I informed her that he was unable to speak due to his emotional state.

Rachel suggested that Liam should be man enough to take a call from his manager, and that he was behaving extremely unprofessionally.

Rachel threatened that Liam would receive 3 official warnings the following day for serious breaches of his contract (one serious breach is enough to be sacked)for:

swearing in the hearing of colleagues,

leaving the store early without notifying a manger,

sharing information about his complaint with a former Sephora staffer.

The first warning alleged that Liam swore when he spoke up in the forum that day about the theft of his leave entitlements. Rachel stated that she had received 'more than 6' written statements confirming the incident had taken place. This number later changed to three, and then two - none of which were ever produced.

The third warning was related to a recent matter where a former Sephora staffer had asked Liam why he was leaving, and he had told her that he didn't like the place. Rachel had previously told Liam that he would not receive an official warning for this, but had now changed her


mind.

The meeting

Rachel told me that she would meet with Liam on the morning of his next shift to officially hand him the warnings. I requested that I attend as Liam's support person, to which she agreed.

Overnight Rachel sent Liam an email setting out the meeting time and a notice that he'd receive two warnings (down from three, earlier).

During the meeting, Rachel stated that Liam would receive four warnings (up from two the night before, and three before that), with a new one added for 'failing to speak with his manager.'

Rachel also had a support person present, Catherine, a senior manager at the store. Catherine set out the rules for support people (herself, and myself), that we are to be silent, not ask questions, and provide emotional support only.

Catherinewitnessed Liam swearing in front of his colleagues. In the meeting, this number changed to three, and then when Liam advised Rachel that one of the people she claimed had heard it wasn't present, the number changed to two. Liam denied the claim, and Rachel did not produce any evidence of the written reports. Staff present have confirmed that they did not hear Liam swear.

Rachel denied that she had said "more than six" the day before in reference to the number of written reports she had received about Liam swearing.

Rachel had asked to be placed on speaker during the phone call where she had said "more than six" and several people heard the call who all offered to provide a statement confirming what they'd heard.

Rachel and Catherine advised


that only Sephora staff could be witnesses in any Sephora-related matters.

Rachel and Catherine then cited the ex-employee who they claim had reported Liam for saying that he "did not like the place" when asked about why he was resigning.

Rachel and Catherine were reminded that they'd said only "Sephora staff" could be witnesses in any Sephora-related matters.

Rachel and Catherine, who referred to the ex-staffer as an ex-employee in their official warnings, then changed their story that this person was now a current employee so she could be used as a witness.

An official warning for leaving the store early stated that Liam had not advised a manager, however, Liam had advised a manager but that manager had not communicated it to other managers.

Liam's direct manager had alleged the day beforeon the phone call to me that Liam had 'stormed in' to the managers' office before he left the store the previous day.

When pressed on the 'stormed in' allegation, it was revealed by Catherine that Liam had knocked on the door, waited for it to be opened, and then 'started a conversation,' vastly at odds with the previous claim by Liam's direct manager that he had 'stormed in.'

As the meeting progressed, all four official warnings were found to be fraught with errors, and Rachel and Catherine agreed to rewrite them, but requested Liam sign them on the spot before they rewrite them later. I advised Liam that it was against his interests to sign anything that isn't finalised, and that he could reject the warnings if he wanted


to, which he did.

During the meeting, Rachel, Liam's direct manager, advised Liam that she was recommending to senior management that his employment is terminated (despite Liam having resigned almost two weeks earlier).

It is likely that had Liam accepted the four warnings, all of which were baseless, erroneous and unreasonable, he would have been terminated without entitlements.

Shortly after the meeting, I emailed Rachel and Catherine my 15 page transcript of the meeting which contained all of the inconsistencies and peculiarities that had emerged during the meeting. A short time later Liam was released from his notice period with full entitlements and no official warnings.

What I learned

During the entire process, Liam insisted that parties communicate in writing. This may have been frustrating for Rachel and Erica (from HR), who oftenthere were contributions on the talk page of Reliable sources which dealt particularly with science. As they had been generally approved of, I've added them to the main page. It doesn't conflict with more general comments such as Sonia's. Macdonald-ross (talk) 09:22, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

I tried to put the rule on self-published sources simply in the draft. Please take a look. Racepacket (talk) 09:54, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Thank you! Tweaked a bit, which I hope is fine. @Macdonald-ross: Those are sensible additions, certainly. sonia♫ 07:24, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Formal proposal

I'd like to replace WP:RS with the current contents of User:Sonia/On RS, plus what Macdonald-ross has recently added to the former about science-related reliable sources. Any objections? sonia♫ 23:24, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

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WEST HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa.–Police are looking for a missing 24-year-old man in Lancaster County. H. Joseph “Joey” Ressler III was last seen ...

WEST HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa.–Police are looking for a missing 24-year-old man in Lancaster County.

H. Joseph “Joey” Ressler III was last seen on March 26, according to police reports. His parents are concerned because of his drug history and the fact that he hasn’t been in contact with them since March 27.

Investigators say Ressler also has a warrant out for his arrest for a probation/parole violation.

Ressler is described as a white male, approximately 5’9″, 220 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a black t-shirt, black hoodie with white lettering, green pants and black sneakers. Ressler has numerous tattoos and a largeThe Integrative Power of Football

Those Who Score, Get to Pray to Allah

It appears as if Islam is always perceived only as a threat. Yet, when soccer players pray to Allah, it is a popularly acclaimed declaration of faith. Nonetheless, the football pitch still has a long way to go to becoming a multicultural paradise, says Claus Leggewie

Germany's football fans cheer on a "good times" Muslim, writes the German magazine "Focus". It is a rare occasion when people here discover that Islam can also display a joyous face. The fear of Islam is most probably part of the basic Teutonic profile, whereby even the better situated and educated middle class is unsurpassed in its hysteria. And good times are exactly what Franck Ribéry, an exceptional football midfielder with Bayern


Munich, offers fans with his goals, dribbles, and stepovers, as well as his practical jokes at training camp and on television, like when he knocks down a goal post. Ribéry has been a Muslim since he converted to the faith of his Algerian wife.

Before every game, just as the "born again" Lucio turns to his Christian God and the Catholic Silesian Miroslav Klose bows down to the God of the Poles, Franck, alias Bilal, prays to Allah. He is said to only drink mineral water off the pitch. And his homepage is emblazoned with the motto "always believe in God."

When Ribéry prays to Allah

What is accepted when it comes to Ribéry? The "Bild" newspaper engaged in a sort of inter-religious dialogue with the Bayern star. - "Your Muslimplan to do things – I'll fast on my days off and break the fast when I play." The interview was conducted in September 2007. Yet, the fact that Ribéry is a (as one sees, a somewhat slipshod) Muslim, is hardly a topic of conversation in the stands. There is a rumour making the rounds on the football blogs that he is a Turk or was forced to convert to Islam. Does he beat his wife, force his daughters to wear a burka, or finance Koran schools? Such accusations may be usual for the imam around the corner, but not for a football god who can send fans into a state of ecstasy. If he wanted, he could even demand a prayer room in the Allianz Arena.

Islam is


a part of football in Germany

Why is it that the foreign faith is all right for the football star, but arouses suspicion in the case of other Muslims? First of all, this must have something to do with the potential for veneration that football stars, whatever their faith, seem to foster, and also with the exceptional character of professional football, which tends to suspend many rules and overcome any typical opposition. Secondly, and perhaps most importantly, is that Bilal provides star performance on the pitch. As long as the play stays in top form, multicultural team sports are tolerated even in a racist society, and then it is only of secondary importance that multicultural is equally multi-religious – whether it's the tricolour of the French team or EnergieA simple internet search would have turned up news accounts of his criminal history, such as his assault conviction or the time a federal judge sentenced him to 6½ years in prison for being a felon in possession of firearms.

The judge in that case ticked off a string of allegations against Chammout at his sentencing: He had been accused of shooting a juvenile in the leg, seeking to smuggle rocket launchers into the Middle East, attacking his wife with a crowbar and plotting to hire a hit man.

Three years after he was released from prison, Chammout wanted to be an Uber driver. The company did not run a background check on him and he was allowed to drive in 2015. Three months later, he followed one of his


local officials say would help protect passengers.

Uber has played a key role in shaping the language of many state laws governing rideshare companies, giving the company authority to conduct its own background checks in most states with little or no oversight, unlike many taxi operations. The company has been particularly forceful in its opposition to requirements that would force it to check criminal records through an applicant's fingerprint.

Legislative sources from 25 states told CNN Uber directly influenced the writing of their laws.

"Uber has essentially regulated itself," said a former Uber employee and in-house lobbyist, who requested anonymity citing concern over possible backlash from a current employer. The former employee added that in most states, lawmakers just inserted Uber's language.

An email between an Uber lobbyist and a lawmaker underscoresof a felony for nonviolent crimes, such as trespassing or forgery, in their lifetime would not be eligible to drive for Uber in Colorado.

Uber, whose corporate culture has come under intense public and legal scrutiny this year, could not be reached for comment after business hours Monday.

Conner’s 13-page lawsuit is short on specifics, aside from the frightening ride she says happened “(w)ithin the year last past,” with an Uber “driver defendant” in the city of Ventura.

She says when the Uber driver picked her up he headed in the wrong direction. When she complained he told her “in essence, that he was taking a shortcut, according to the complaint. When it became clear he was not taking her where she wanted to go, Conner says, she told him she


continuing treatment for physical and psychological trauma, Conner says.

She is represented by Lewis Adelson with Costell & Cornelius, of Santa Monica.

Uber has been sued at least 433 times this year, according to the Courthouse News database, on claims of negligence, failure to train, exaggerating the background checks it claims to do on its drivers, many injury accidents, including an alleged death caused by an Uber driver using his mobile phone while driving, and class actions about its treatment of drivers, including failing to secure workers’ compensation insurance for them, and failing to serve disabled passengers. Its CEO Travis Kalanick stepped down after repeated complaints about an abusive workplace and a major shareholder recently sued the company to get Kalanick booted from the board.

The suit does not state whereRiddle picked up the pair on April 22. During the ride, Currey complained to Riddle about the loud volume of the music she was playing and the offensive lyrics, but the request only caused her to become "extremely confrontational and violent," the suit states.

"Riddle refused to turn the music down or off," the suit states. "So, Burget and Currey asked Riddle to let them out of the car. Riddle refused." Riddle only permitted the plaintiffs to leave the car after they called 911, the suit states.

"However, after they were out of the car, Riddle attempted to run them over four times," the suit states. "Riddle expressly stated to plaintiffs while she was doing this that she was going to kill them."

Riddle tried three times to run the two


over while driving in reverse at high speed, then turned around and aimed at them again, the suit alleges.

"The only reason Riddle stopped attempting to run them over was because the police were arriving at the scene," the suit states. "Riddle fled the scene in her Uber car and was eventually arrested by police."

Burget, who previously had knee implant surgery in one leg and a hamstring injury in the other leg, hurt himself while jumping out of the way of Riddle's car, the suit states.

Burget has had further surgery on the leg with the implant and he may lose that limb from the knee down, the suit states. He tore his hamstring in the other leg and has had flashbacks about the confrontation with Riddle, the suit states.

Curreyalso was injured while leaping out of the way of Riddle's car and both she and Burget suffered emotional distress, according to the complaint.

"Currey feared and still fears that Riddle would or will show up at her house and harm her, Burget, and/or Currey's children," the suit states.

The suit further states that Riddle swung an aluminum softball bat and chased for two miles in her car a process server who tried to serve her with papers the plaintiffs filed in support of their successful bid for a temporary restraining order against the Uber driver.

Uberhas hit back at claims by the police that it has been covering up sex attacks by its drivers.

On Sunday a letter emerged accusing the firm of failing to report incidents by its drivers to


the police.

Inspector Neil Billany, head of the Metropolitan Police's taxi and private hire unit, has expressed "significant concerns" that the firm is picking and choosing what it reports to the police to protect its reputation.

It alleges a driver committed a sex offence on a passenger and was allowed to continue in his job but later committed a second offence.

Uber says the first offence was when a driver hugged a passenger and the second offence involved the same driver touching a passengers leg.

It has expressed "surprise" at the letter as it says it works with the police and has even created a dedicated unit to tackling any incidents which is run by former Met officers.

In the letter, which was released under the Freedom of Information Act, the officer claimscar and punched Riordan in the face and tackled him.

Riordan went to a friend’s home afterwards and reported the incident to Uber about 2:30 a.m. He then called another Uber to take him home, according to the suit. When he got to his home in Logan Square, Abuseini attacked him from behind and hit him in the head with a metal baton.

According to the suit, Abuseini told Riordan “Don’t f— with Uber drivers,” during the attack.

Abuseini was arrested Jan. 23 in Lake View and subsequently charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, according to Chicago Police.

His bail was was set at $75,000 and he was released from Cook County Jail after posting bond, according to court records. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The suit accuses


does not attempt to obtain any physical evidence in its zero tolerance investigations

Finally, the report, spotted by SF Gate, suggests that reports of impaired driving by ride-hailing companies are widespread in California. While the regulator appeared to review only 154 of the Uber complaints, it states the company received a total of 2,074 complaints during the one-year period in question.

The controversy comes as Uber seeks a COO to help its embattled CEO, Travis Kalanick, address what many regard as a problematic "bro culture" at the company.

An Uber driver has been suspended after it was alleged that he assaulted a passenger and racially abused her one-year-old daughter.

Annastazia Merrett said she was hit twice by the driver when she was dropped off in Elephant and Castle.

She said the ‘Asian’ maninvolved. Enquiries continue.’

An Uber driver pleaded guilty to his involvement in aninterstate gun trafficking ring that funneled dozens of guns from North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee to New York City, New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced Friday.

Marlon Manswell of Brooklyn pleaded guilty to criminal sale of a firearm in the second degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and conspiracy in the fourth degree, officials said. He will be sentenced to four years in prison followed by five years of probation.

The NYPD's Gang Squad Brooklyn North seized 50 illegal guns smuggled into New York City from out of state through wiretaps and undercover surveillance, law enforcement officials said.

Three others — Donovan Bryant, Shantae Blue and Colby Inabinet — were also arrested and


charged for their roles in the illegal gun trafficking ring.

Bryant, a wheelchair-bound North Carolina resident, allegedly boarded a Greyhound bus from South Carolina to the Port Authority Bus Terminal, a 2015 investigation revealed. After disembarking, he then called Manswell to pick him up and drive him to meet with an undercover officer in Williamsburg in East New York. Bryant and his three accomplices helped sell dozens of guns to the cop between June and October 2015.

Inabinet previously pled guilty and the cases against Bryant and his girlfriend Blue are still pending, officials said. Manswell will be sentenced March 15.

POLK COUNTY (FOX 13) - A Bay Area doctor is suing Uber and his driver after being involved in a car accident.

On November 29, Dr. Nathaniel Stephens, an ER physicianat Lakeland Regional was in an Uber with a friend heading to dinner. On the way, he says, the driver caused an accident near Swann Avenue and Bayshore Boulevard in Tampa.

Moody says Dr. Stephens was forced to miss work due to a prolonged hospital stay. He says even now that he's back he's still in pain.

"Dr. Stephens has a right like anyone injured like as a result of someone else's fault to be compensated for his injuries," he said.

So he's filed a lawsuit in Hillsborough County Circuit Court against Uber and the driver, Marqus Baker, and his brother Steven who owns the vehicle. He's seeking damages in excess of $15,000. The suit alleges Marqus was driving negligently.

Moody also questions Uber's background-check policies.

"If Uber didn't screen the driver properly


or didn't do a proper background check of the driver then this case can go beyond a mere car accident," he said.

Uber does require drivers have insurance, but Moody says, in Baker's case, the policy didn't cover vehicles being used for compensation. That raises more questions about Uber's pre-screening.

"We all are here to make sure people that take Ubers are protected and the right safeguards are put in place," he said.

He says a full investigation is still in the early stages. We did reach out to the Uber driver and Uber itself; neither commented.

Arlington Heights Police said an Uber driver went home with her passenger and, with the help of a friend, burglarized the man's apartment while he slept.

Ethel D. Townsend, 25, and Kevin C. Pitts, 25, bothof the 2200 block of Windsor Lane, Country Club Hills, were arrested Monday and charged with residential burglary, a felony, in connection with a Sept. 4 burglary in Arlington Heights, according to Arlington Heights police officials.

Arlington Heights Police Sgt. Joe Pinnello said a 27-year-old Arlington Heights man contacted Uber about 2 a.m. on Sept. 4 after leaving a wedding in Rosemont, requesting a ride to his apartment in the 300 block of North Salem Avenue.

"He was driven home by the female Uber driver and upon arriving home, the female Uber driver accompanied him up to his apartment. They become friends during the Uber ride," Pinnello said. He said the man went to sleep and when he awoke the next morning, he found the Uber driver gone and several


things missing from his apartment, including an iPad mini and a PlayStation video gaming system.

Pinnello said the man contacted the driver through the Uber app and she denied taking anything and hung up on him. He reported the incident to Arlington Heights police later that afternoon, Pinnello said.

He said police worked with Uber to identify the driver. Pinnello said a friend later identified as Pitts was seen on security video leaving the apartment carrying items.

"Her acquaintance was summoned during the evening and arrived at the apartment and assisted in burglarizing this young man's apartment," Pinnello said.

The two were scheduled to appear in the Markham Courthouse in connection with an unrelated domestic battery case and when they arrived for court Monday, Arlington Heights police arrested them, Pinnello said. Theysex.

One week after their initial interaction on Nov. 8, police say Din and the undercover officer agreed to meet at the Rockville Metro station. That day at about 10:50 a.m., Din was identified by Montgomery County Police at the location and arrested.

Din, who court documents state was born in Pakistan, has a trial scheduled for late April. He is divorced and has one daughter. When asked for comment at his Germantown apartment complex, he declined.

Court records and a law enforcement source state Din was an Uber driver at the time of his arrest. On Monday, ABC7 contacted Uber to see if Din was still driving for the rideshare app. A spokeswoman called later in the day, explaining she could not find any record of Din in the company


which was captured on store surveillance cameras, cost Leon his job.

In effort to make ends meet, Leon applied to be an Uber driver. The rideshare app approved his application in early to mid-December. Police then filed criminal charges against the restaurant manager, turned chauffer, on December 28.

Last May, Jonathan Hemming, 52, of Gaithersburg, was arrested for allegedly attempting to shoot and kill Montgomery County Police officers with a homemade gun. The cops, assigned to the Repeat Offender Unit, were seeking to arrest Hemming on a bench warrant for multiple drug offenses, court documents indicate.

Hemming, however, allegedly resisted, abruptly slamming the front driver's side door of his silver Honda Civic - the same car he drove Uber passengers in. A dramatic struggle ensued, during which police say Hemming grabbeda homemade handgun capable of firing shotgun rounds from the front passenger glove compartment. He proceeded to point the gun at two detectives' heads, attempting, but unsuccessfully firing the weapon, police say.

After placing Hemming in handcuffs, officers found a needle cap, prescription vial, syringe, rubber tie off straps, live shotgun shells, live handgun rounds, pill bottle, metal pill holder, handcuff key, garden clippers, and pocket knife in his pant pockets. They located a second homemade weapon in his vehicle. According to court documents, during a sit down interview with homicide detectives, Hemming stated he researched how to build firearms online. He also explained that he knew the devices were capable of firing.

ABC7 learned Hemming has a lengthy felony record in Florida, Maryland and Ohio for crimes like weapons