Alabama.
She is survived by her husband, Daniel Duncan; three sons, John Duncan and his wife, Susan, of Odenville, Alabama, Marc Duncan and his wife, Michele, of Lakeland, Florida, and Scott Duncan and his wife, Heather, of Lincoln, Alabama; five grandchildren, Erin, Kathleen, Cameron, Ethan, and Kate.
Graveside services were held at 2 p.m. ET, Wednesday, October 19, in Lake Mystic Cemetery in Bristol with Reverend Alan McManus officiating.
Adams Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements (phone 674-5449). On-line condolences may be made at adamsfh.com

Mr. Charles Robert Tanner, 65, of Bristol, FL, passed away Friday night, October 14, 2011, in Gainesville, FL.
Charles was born on July 8, 1946, in Tallahassee, FL, and had lived in Bristol for the past 44 years. He was a retired stumper and a truckdriver. Charles was a veteran of the Vietnam Conflict, serving in the United States Army. He was a member of the VFW and River of Life Assembly of God Church in Bristol.
Survivors include his wife, Fonda Tanner, of Bristol; one son, Billy Tanner, of Bristol; one Daughter, Pam McDaniel, and her husband, David, of Bristol; two brothers, Sammy Tanner and his wife, Debbie, of Havana, FL, and Sammy Tanner, Jr. of Washington, DC; two sisters, Judy Banks and her husband, Joe, of Sylvester, GA, and Barbara Morris and her husband, Bill, of Doles, GA; and two grandchildren, Charlie McDaniel and his wife, Brandy, and Myncie Kate Carnley of of Bristol.
Funeral services were held Monday, October 17, at 4 pm (EDT) at the River of Life Assembly of God


Church in Bristol with Reverend Aaron Schwendeman officiating. Interment followed in the Meacham Cemetery in Bristol.
All arrangements were under the direction of Marlon Peavy at Peavy Funeral Home in Blountstown (ph. 674-2266).

Mrs. Della Amos, 70, of Blountstown, FL, passed away Saturday night, October 15, 2011, in Blountstown.
Della was born on March 8, 1941, in Atmore, AL, and had lived here for the past 15 years. She was a retired restaurant waitress and cook and a member of the Holiness faith.
Survivors include three sons, Dan Thomas Daniels, Jr. and his wife, Renee, of Wewahitchka, FL, Robert L. Daniels and his wife, Marcie, of Apalachicola, FL, Richard E. Daniels and his wife, Tammy, of Columbus, MS; two brothers, Norman Hall and his wife, Judy, of Bristol, FL, and Junior Halland his wife, Martha, of Rabon, AL; three sisters, Edna Brown of Bristol, Nell Bryant of Gatlinburg, TN, and Kathy Dabney and her husband, Eddie, of Bristol; and one grandson, Evan Daniels, of New Orleans, LA.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, October 18, at 2 pm (CDT) at Peavy Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Tony Floyd officiating. Interment will follow in Buckhorn Cemetery in Wewahitchka. The family will receive friends Tuesday, October 18, from 12 noon until 2 pm (CDT) at Peavy Funeral Home.
All arrangements are under the direction of Marlon Peavy at Peavy Funeral Home in Blountstown (674-2266).

Russell Bowdre of Blountstown passed away Sunday, October 16, 2011, in Blountstown at the age of 51.
He was born in Panama City, Florida February 24, 1960, and moved to Blountstown


from Chattahoochee, Florida, in 2010.
No services are planned at this time; memorialization will be by cremation.
Adams Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements (phone 674-5449). On-line condolences may be made at adamsfh.com

Barbara Kamiel of Blountstown passed away Saturday, October 15, 2011, in Blountstown at the age of 65.
She was born in New Jersey April 20, 1946, to the late Nathan and Laura Kamiel. She came to Blountstown in 1969 and was of the Jewish faith.
No services are planned at this time; memorialization will be by cremation.
Adams Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements (phone 674-5449). On-line condolences may be made at adamsfh.com

Mr. Lewis A. (Butch) Coombs, 63, of Tallahassee, FL, passed away Thursday, October 13, 2011, in Tallahassee.
Butch was born on April 24, 1948, in Kinston,NC, and had lived in Tallahassee since 2003. He served as a police officer in Sanford, FL, for eight years and was owner and operator of Butch’s Automotive and Towing Business. Butch was past president of the Corvette Club in Sanford and a member of the Truck Towing Association. He was a member of the Mt. Zion United Pentecostal Church in Hosford, FL.
Survivors include his wife, Michelle Coombs, of Tallahassee; two daughters, Barbie Ann Tate and her husband, Steve, of South Dakota and Cindy Reeves of Orlando, FL; two stepsons, Cody Phillips of Bristol, FL and Justin Brinson of Tallahassee, FL; one stepdaughter, Shanna Phillips, of Tallahassee; one brother, James Vernon Coombs, and his wife, Sibyl, of Palm Coast, FL; two sisters, Mary Langston and her husband, Robert,


of Deep Run, NC and Judy Hall and her husband, Michael, of Deep Run, NC; and four grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Monday, October, 17, at 11 am (EDT) at Mt. Zion United Pentecostal Church in Hosford, with Reverend Aaron Elkins and Reverend James Coombs officiating. Interment will follow in the Summerlin Family Cemetery in Telogia. The family will receive friends Sunday, October 16, from 7 until 9 pm (EDT) at Mt. Zion United Pentecostal Church in Hosford.
All arrangements are under the direction of Marlon Peavy at Peavy Funeral Home in Blountstown (ph. 674-2266).

Mr. C.L. Capps, Jr., 44, of Blountstown, FL, passed away Thursday, October 13, 2011, at his home.
C.L. was born on November 14, 1966, in Blountstown and had lived here all of his life. He wasself-employed in the construction business. He was of the protestant faith.

Survivors include his parents, Hazel and C.L. Capps of Blountstown; one son, Corey Capps, and his wife, Taylor, of Bristol; one daughter, Ceairra Capps, of Blountstown; two sisters, Cindy Lollie and her husband, Terry, and Tammy Waldron and her husband, Bob, all of Blountstown; one granddaughter, Kylynn Capps, of Bristol; two nieces, Clarissa Hayes Cooper and her husband, Daniel, and Kayla Waldron, all of Blountstown; two nephews, Cal Hayes and Jarrod Waldron, both of Blountstown; and two great-nieces, Rosa Bryanne Waldron and Avery Grace Cooper, both of Blountstown.

Funeral services will be held Sunday, October 16, at 2 pm (CDT) at Peavy Funeral Home Chapel with Carlton Van Lierop and Reverend David Goodman officiating. Interment will follow in the


Pine Memorial Cemetery in Blountstown. The family will receive friends Saturday, October, 15, from 6 until 8 pm (CDT) at Peavy Funeral Home Chapel.

All arrangements are under the direction of Marlon Peavy at Peavy Funeral Home in Blountstown (ph. 674-2266).

Donna Kaye Pope, 57, departed us on Monday, October 10, 2011, to live eternally with her Lord and Savior.

A memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, October 22nd followed by a reception at Christ Church Anglican, 3383 Coastal Highway (U.S. Highway 98), Crawfordville, FL. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Christ Church Anglican, Florida Wild Mammal Association (www.wakullawildlife.org/), or Friends of Wakulla Springs State Park (http://wakullasprings.org/) in memory of Donna Kaye Pope.

A native of Blountstown, Florida, Donna was a former member of Williams MemorialUnited Methodist Church and a 1972 graduate of Blountstown High School. After graduating from Chipola Junior College in 1974, and then the University of West Florida in 1976, Donna completed internship in the Tallahassee Memorial Hospital (TMH) School of Medical Technology in 1979. She worked as a registered medical technologist at TMH and other area hospitals until serving as an environmental scientist with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection until 1996. She was most recently employed by the Florida Department of Transportation (DOT) where she served as an Environmental Program Administrator in DOT’s Central Environmental Management Office.

A resident of Crawfordville since 1990, Donna was an active member of the St. Teresa Episcopal Church and then Christ Church Anglican. Donna loved music and among her greatest talents, of which


there were many, was to play the piano, keyboard, organ, banjo, or just about anything. Even when her health was increasingly deteriorating, she continued to play accompaniment for the early morning church service and make joyful music unto the Lord.

Survivors include her mother, Vilas Pope, of Blountstown, her brother Jim Pope and his wife Carole Pope of Rockledge, Florida, her devoted friend and caregiver Vicki C. Sharpe of Crawfordville, her extended family which include godparents Guy and Mary O’Donnell of Ft. Lauderdale, and Mike, Christine, and Jessica Beatty of Crawfordville, Adrian Sharpe also of Crawfordville, and many wonderful friends.

Donna greatly treasured the many friendships she had forged in life, and each was considered by her to be a special blessing from God. The family wishes to express theirmost sincere appreciation to all who helped care for Donna, especially Mary McMahan and Lynn Vickers of Big Bend Hospice in Wakulla County, Father John Spicer of Christ Church Anglican, and to all the friends, family, and fellow church members who visited, called, sent beautiful cards, gifts, flowers, thoughts and prayers throughout her long illness.

Bevis Funeral Home, Harvey-Young Chapel, in Crawfordville is assisting with the funeral arrangements (850-926-3333 or bevisfh.com).

Dennis Chris McKnight of Port St. Joe, Florida, passed away Sunday, October 9, 2011, in Wewahitchka, Florida, at the age of 57.
He was born August 26, 1954, in Panama City, Florida, to the late George Thomas and Iris (Percival) McKnight. He was a long time resident of Gulf and Bay County and was a mill wright.
He was survived by


his brother, Scotty McKnight, of Candler, Florida; his sister, Elaine Raffield, of Callaway, Florida; sister-in-law, Linda McKnight; nephew, Rusty McKnight; and great-nephew, Chase McKnight.
A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. CT, Saturday, October 15, in the chapel at Adams Funeral Home in Blountstown.
Adams Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements (phone 674-5449). On-line condolences may be made at adamsfh.com

Mrs. Mary Ethell Harvell, 87, of Blountstown, FL, passed away Saturday, October 8, 2011, at her home in Blountstown.
Ethell was born on November 13, 1923, in Blountstown and had lived here all of her life. She was a homemaker and attended Rivertown Community Church in Blountstown.
Ethell was preceded in death by her husband, Barney Harvell; parents Dessie and Ardell Stone; three sisters, Estelle Hood, Maggie Martin andViola Rossen.
Survivors include one daughter, Sandra Cook, and her husband, Tommy, of Blountstown, FL; three stepdaughters, Patricia McGee and her husband, Gary, of Bristol, Eula Mae Stanfill and her husband, Mack, of Pensacola, FL, and Irma Kindell of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; two grandsons, William Thomas Cook and his wife, Celest, of Blountstown, and Corey Neal Cook and his wife, Patricia, of Clarksville, and 19 other grandchildren; five great-grandchildren, Chelsea Cook, Corybyn Cook, Carleigh Cook, Morgan Welch, and Aaron Welch; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, October 11, at 2 pm (CDT) at Peavy Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Michael Morris and Reverend Claude McGill officiating. Interment will follow in the Pine Memorial Cemetery in Blountstown. The family will receive friends Monday, October 10, from


6 until 8 pm (CDT) at Peavy Funeral Home.
All arrangements are under the direction of Marlon Peavy at Peavy Funeral Home in Blountstown (ph. 674-2266).

George Daniel Boggs of Jacksonville, Florida, and formerly of Blountstown, Florida, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family Monday, October 3, 2011, in Jacksonville at the age of 83.
He was born January 18, 1928, in Thomasville, Georgia, to the late Homer Boggs of Conneaut, Ohio, and Minnie Boggs Greene of Blountstown. He was a longtime Florida resident. George graduated as salutatorian from Blountstown High School in 1946, earned a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1953 and a Master in Business Administration from Georgia State University in 1971. He was a member of Phi Kappa Tau, Eta KappaNu and Tau Beta Pi, and Sons of the American Revolution. George was a Navy Veteran who served after WWII and during the Korean Conflict and then worked for 36 years for Southern Bell, Bell Labs and AT&T.
George was a deacon in several churches and a member of Deermeadows Baptist Church in Jacksonville.
He was also a Boy Scout Scoutmaster and proud that all three of his sons were Eagle Scouts. After retirement he volunteered for 11 years at St. Luke’s hospital in Jacksonville.
He was known for his warm smile and met the world and all people with a helping hand.
He was preceded in death by his brother, Louis Atkins.
He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Joyce Bridges Boggs; his three sons, David (Danuta), James (Monique), and


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The district court fully adopted the recommendations in the presentence report, with the exception of declining to determine whether appellant was a career offenderElicker has already started collecting the 121 signatures necessary to qualify for the November ballot as an unaffiliated candidate, and plans to submit that list before the Aug. 7 deadline, he said.

According to the City Clerk’s office records, Wendy Hamilton has also already qualified to run for mayor as an unaffiliated candidate in the general election in November. Urn Pendragon told the Independent that she too is in the process of collecting the 121 signatures necessary to make it onto the ballot in November. And Seth Poole has also pulled the necessary paperwork with the Secretary of the State’s office to petition his way onto the November ballot.

Correction: The original version of this article incorrectly stated that Elicker had already submitted the 121 signatures needed to appear on


Calif. prosecutors seek retrial in corruption case

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2013 file photo, former Bell, Calif., city officials, from left, Luis Artiga, Teresa Jacobo, George Cole, Oscar Hernandez and Victor Bello appear for a city corruption trial in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom. Los Angeles County prosecutors announced Tuesday, May 21, 2013, they intend to retry five former Bell city officials already convicted of misappropriating public funds by collecting exorbitant salaries. Artiga was acquitted; the other four plus George Mirabal, not shown, were convicted in March, but jurors deadlocked on a handful of counts against each of them. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Times, Francine Orr, Pool, File)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County prosecutors said Tuesday they'll seek to retry five former officials in the city ofBell who were accused of corruption and overpaying themselves with public funds.

Prosecutors want the retrial after jurors in March issued a mixed verdict for former officials in the scandal-plagued Los Angeles suburb, and the judge declared a mistrial on some counts, said Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office spokeswoman Jean Guccione.

The former mayor and four former Bell council members were convicted of stealing city funds by creating a bogus trash board to help pad their part-time salaries to nearly $100,000. However, the panel of seven women and five men acquitted the defendants of some counts and were deadlocked 9-3 in favor of guilt on others.

Prosecutors said city officials should have been earning closer to $8,000 a year, but they boosted their pay by serving on boards that hardly


RIYADH - As many as five thousand troops of Pakistan Army would likely be joining Islamic Military Alliance to help Saudi Arabia safeguard its southern region which borders Yemen, it emerged on Monday.

Although the former military head General Raheel Sharif has already departed to Saudi Arabia after securing No Objection Certificate to head the 41-nation military alliance but reports are rife that a brigade of Pak Army would now be joining the alliance.

The final decision regarding the number of soldiers and its terms of reference have not been finalised yet but it is being murmured that army chief General Qamar Bajwa in his Saudi Arabia visit decided to send the brigade in a bid to strengthen the alliance.

According to a report by Daily Khabrain, director General ISPR, AsifGhafoor had already hinted at the possibility that Pak Army would not indulge in any battle outside the territory of Saudi Arabia.

On the other hand, renowned US daily, Wall Street Journal published an interview of Major General Ahmed Asiri, the adviser to the Saudi minister of defence, who discussed the scope of the military alliance, its structure, mission and expressed that it would be used to wipe out terrorism from Muslim world.

He also clarified that the elimination of Houthi rebels would also be part of the agenda for the Islamic Military alliance but this point can cause a friction in coming days owing to DG ISPR clarification that Pakistan Army would remain restricted to Saudi Arabia, however, the final decision would be made after a meeting of council


of defence ministers of Muslim countries.

It bears mentioning that initially, it was reported that 34 Muslim countries would be a part of the alliance but the members have now clinched to 41 according to latest reports.

According to the sources, the Pakistan Army bridge comprising of latest military equipment would play a pivotal role to reach goals set by the alliance.

It has also been brought to notice that former military chief, who would be the head of Islamic Military Alliance has started searching top-notch officers mainly former military Brigadier Generals for assuming charge in the headquarters of the alliance.

Interestingly, investigations suggest that at the current moment, 1180 officials of Pak Army are stationed in Saudi Arabia for training and consultancy services. The officials were sent to Saudi Arabi aftercombustion. Some systems have involved catalytic converters or combustors for facilitating the secondary combustion of exhaust pollutants. A number of conventional systems which are effective in reducing pollutants are not effective under all conditions such as when the ash pan is opened and an "under fire" condition is produced in the firebox.
Van Dewoestine U.S. Pat. No. 4,373,452 discloses a wood burning stove which employs a catalytic burner converter for oxidizing various uncombusted matter in the exhaust produced by the primary combustion. In one embodiment, the catalytic burner is located in the flue immediately adjacent the combustion chamber of the stove. The catalytic converter may also be situated in the combustion chamber. The catalytic converter is a cellular ceramic honeycomb structure with a plurality of mutually parallel cells extending


through the converter. The catalytic converter may have a variety of forms such as a ceramic monolith having an alumina washcoat and coated with a precious metal catalyst such as palladium, platinum or alloys of the materials. A means for providing secondary air in the vicinity of the catalytic converter is also provided to enhance the operation of the catalytic converter.
Catalytic combustors of the type having a ceramic honeycomb substrate and precious metal catalyst coatings have been employed in connection with wood burning stoves for a number of years for facilitating the combustion of products in the exhaust from the primary combustion. The application of catalytic combustors in wood burning technology has engendered a number of problems. For example, non-uniform catalyst temperatures tend to cause cracking of theprohibited in these areas, and hunting with bows and arrows hasn't proven effective.

The new incentive would involve targeting overabundant whitetails in specific places—neighborhoods, parks, greenbelts, townships—for tightly controlled culls by specially qualified shooters. Hired sharpshooters already perform this task in many places, at taxpayer expense. The difference is that, instead of being donated to food pantries or sent to landfills, the venison and byproducts could be sold, perhaps as a locavore delicacy, to recoup some costs.

The costs of deer damage in the U.S. continue to mount—from collisions with motor vehicles, overgrazing in forests, habitat loss for smaller animals, and damage to crops, gardens and landscaping—as does concern about Lyme disease. In August, three ecologists with the Nature Conservancy, the habitat-protection group, asserted in an online article that, over


70 people in the room were open to the idea, with reservations, said several attendees.

By the end of the 19th century, the populations of many wild species in the U.S. had collapsed as a result of unregulated hunting: Professionals had killed any wild animals and birds they could sell for food, feathers, fur and other byproducts. That included deer, whose numbers fell from an estimated 30 million when Columbus arrived to 350,000 by 1900. Jurisdictions across the country responded by banning venison sales.

At the same time, conservationists adopted the so-called "North American model" of wildlife conservation. Wildlife would belong to all people to enjoy under rules enforced by governments—mainly state wildlife agencies—specifying when they could hunt or trap and what kind and how many creatures they could kill.

Itan attractant. Most concentrate on selective breeding to produce bucks with big antlers for high-priced hunts on fenced preserves—a practice decried as "junk hunting" by traditionalists, who insist on a "fair chase."

—Mr. Sterba is the author of "Nature Wars: The Incredible Story of How Wildlife Comebacks Turned Backyards Into Battlegrounds," available in paperback next month.

"Deer, whose numbers fell from an estimated 30 million when Columbus arrived to 350,000 by 1900 ..."

Seriously? Vast tracts of the US were unpopulated (and largely unvisited by humans) in 1990 -- areas far larger than most nations. It is inconceivable that only 350,000 deer roamed America 113 years ago.

To place this in perspective, there are now 3300 collisions involving deer and motor vehicles on the average DAY, and 1.2 million collisions every year.


Multiply that by several thousand dollars per accident (an average that involves major accidents and loss of life) and the costs run into the billions every year.

In Heart of the Stag (1984), a film from the hearty hunters down in Oz, Bruno Lawrence encounters a family. A father he gradually discovers is having sex with his teenage daughter, who, of course, Bruno is crazy about too. The unaware mother is wheelchair bound, the father owns what amounts to his own deer ranch kingdom. Gradually the old man discovers that Bruno is onto him, threatening to upset his hegemony in both the deer kingdom and his family. He warns: "Stay away from me stags.., and me dotter too!" Of course Bruno's having none of that. This little known filmhunters. Biggest complaints were leaving livestock gates open, city hunters shooting livestock and blatantly arrogant trespassing, etc.

The second phenomenon was lease hunting. Farmers began closing their land to the average hunter. More and more, hunting has become the sport for those who can afford to pay and pay they did. Hunting leases have gone out of sight and into the thousands of dollars for only a few days hunting.

The third change to hunting was large corporate farms, driving smaller family farms out of business. Corporate farms either prohibit hunting for liability reasons or turn to lease hunting.

Consequently, there were fewer and fewer places to hunt for the average hunter, causing fewer and fewer hunters taking deer. Hunters are evermore corralled into national or state forests and wildlife management


recently, the foundation was the very model of a peaceful community. And, if there were conflicts, they happened behind closed doors. But the recent changes in its bylaws have provoked a wave of outrage in the community.

In the past, any member of the foundation could stand for election to the board. This included big companies paying hundreds of thousands of dollars per year and individuals paying only $99. There were two board positions for the community members to ensure that the requirements of the community were represented at the board.

The new bylaws mean that only high-end supporters can become board directors. As a result, there is no longer a counterweight against the big corporations. There are fears that the board will support the interests of big business andneglect the needs of the community, and that's where the outrage is coming from.

The change was first brought to light by Matthew Garrett, a former contributor to the Linux kernel who now works on security for CoreOS. Garret believes the laws were changed because Karen Sandler (the director of the Software Freedom Conservancy) was standing for election to the board.

Karen's organization works to protect GPL-licensed works and is actively pursuing legal action against VMware. VMware just so happens to be a high-end member of the Linux foundation. Of course, it could be a coincidence, but the timing is convenient for VMware.

Although this is troubling news for the community, it's worth noting that the Linux kernel remains free. It doesn't "belong" to the foundation. The foundation's role is to


Democrats sizzle at party convention

Like the coming heat wave, state Democratic leaders, candidates and their supporters gathered in Lowell for the party's annual convention yesterday, brimming with confidence after recent victories and promising grass-roots campaigns for the governor’s office and 5th District focusing on health care, economic justice and education.

By Chris Bergeron/Daily News staff

The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, MA

By Chris Bergeron/Daily News staff

Posted Jul. 14, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated Jul 14, 2013 at 2:04 PM

By Chris Bergeron/Daily News staff

Posted Jul. 14, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated Jul 14, 2013 at 2:04 PM

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Like the coming heat wave, state Democratic leaders, candidates and their supporters gathered in Lowell for the party's annual convention yesterday, brimming with confidence after recent victories and promising grass-roots campaigns for the governor’s office and 5thDistrict focusing on health care, economic justice and education.

Soon-to-be former U.S. Rep. Edward Markey, who’ll be sworn in Tuesday as U.S. senator, predicted, "The Democratic Party will record clean sweeps across the state’’ in the coming race for governor and his former Congressional seat to explosive applause.

"The Celtics might be rebuilding but the Massachusetts Democrats are always champions of democracy,’’ said Markey, whose 5th District seat has attracted five candidates thus far.

In a brief but impassioned address, one of those candidates, state Sen. Karen Spilka, D-Ashland, promised members of the Massachusetts Teachers Association she’d "fight for better funding for kids and teachers’’ if elected to the seat Markey vacated after winning a special election for now-Secretary of State John Kerry’s Senate seat.

In a tent outside the Tsongas Center


occupied by about 80 MTA members, she introduced her son Scott, who teaches in New York City, and, citing her prior experience on the Ashland School Committee, said supporting teachers and students would be "a springboard’’ of her campaign.

Spilka noted the recent appearance at the United Nations of Malala Yousufzai, a teenager from Pakistan who was shot in the head by the Taliban for advocating education for girls. "Right here in Massachusetts, education can make a world of difference for our children. I look forward to continuing to partner with you,’’ she said.

Other candidates for the 5th District seat include Middlesex Sheriff Peter Koutoujian, state Sen. Will Brownsberger of Belmont, state Rep. Carl Sciortino of Medford and state Sen. Katherine Clark of Melrose.

The four declared candidates for governorother candidates, Joe Avellone, Donald Berwick and Dan Wolf, delivered brief but passionate addresses after the convention approved the party platform.

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While meeting delegates on the convention floor, Koutoujian described himself as "a kid from Waltham who learned about public service from my parents’’ and who "grew up in and lived in the district my entire life.’’

A former Middlesex County assistant district attorney, he served 14 years as a state representative until he was appointed sheriff in 2011.

There was an undercurrent of speculation about other potential candidates for governor.

Before addressing the convention, Attorney General Martha Coakley said she "was thinking about (running) but haven’t made a decision.’’

However, state Rep. Gloria Fox, D-Roxbury, predicted Coakley would run and others pointed to the legions of banner-carrying supporters


lining the sidewalk leading to the center.

Secretary of State William Galvin said he had "no plans’’ for a gubernatorial run and "was too busy running special elections.’’

While there was very little talk from the platform of potential Republican candidates of governor, U.S. Rep. James McGovern dismissed former U.S. Sen. Scott Brown as "yesterday’s news.’’

Before the convention began at 10 a.m., volunteers at tables passed out brochures for dozens of organizations including Planned Parenthood, Massachusetts Voters For Animals and Progressive Democrats of Massachusetts.

In a spirited address, Gov. Deval Patrick echoed earlier speakers’ assurances that Democrats’ superior grass-roots organizations reflected "the will of the people’’ and would triumph in coming elections over Republicans’ reliance on special interests like the National Rifle Association.

The only speaker to the cite the Boston Marathontwo categorized spoken sounds are the same. Ironically, these esoteric descriptors just mentioned seem to a layperson as a language from a distant world, yet they are in fact subset groupings of all spoken language sounds.
An International Phonetic Alphabet, or IPA, was developed and first published in 1888 by the International Phonetic Association, an organization founded by Paul Passy. The IPA was modeled on the 1847 works of Isaac Pitman and Henry Ellis, and eventually was revised in 1993, and again in 1996. The IPA is used by speech pathologists and others to transcribe the spoken word in dictionaries to describe the pronunciation of words, and to depict unwritten languages.
The most current chart showing the standard phonemes of the IPA is referenced as prior art within this application,


to be further discussed below, and may be accessed and reviewed in more detail at an Internet website http://www.arts.gla.ac.uk/IPA/pulmonic.html (See: Reproduction of the International Phonetic Alphabet, revised to 1993, updated to 1996; Department of Linguistics, University of Victoria, Canada.)
While unknown, or at best little appreciated, by a typical layperson, oral communication fairly flows on the science of the production of phonemes. In brief, it consists of the placement of tongue and teeth within a mouth with specific posture and combines with breath and voicing, which may resonate in the nose or mouth. By stringing these movements and sounds together, they collaborate to form and project the words common to a person's lexicon. In typical oral communications, the listening recipient takes in the uttered phonemes and tones. The recipientThere is a wonderful quote that has been making its way around the internet over the past year. It apparently was translated from an article published in the Czech Republic newspaper Prager Zeitung last April and reads as follows :

"The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency...Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president."

The first time I saw this, the Tea Party enthusiasm was in full force and Republicans were


on their way to taking back the House and gaining ground in the Senate. Optimism prevailed and the light at the end of the tunnel began to appear. But as Barack Obama announces his reelection bid and the GOP has yet to produce a strong, viable candidate for President, it would be prudent to question the present mindset of the electorate who got the country and the world into the current mess and whether it is possible that "the confederacy of fools" will elect him to a second term.

When Obama won in 2008, I wrote an article for AT in which I analyzed the various reasons that people had for voting for a person who was clearly incompetent, unprepared, unpatriotic, and basically void of any substance other thanmany more parts of the world by tyranny and human rights abuses.

While many Americans who voted for Obama in 2008 have woken up to the fact that it was a colossal mistake, there remain too many Americans who simply do not understand just how incompetent and ideologically driven his administration is. There are too many people who would rather watch Joy Behar's ineffectual interview with Helen Thomas, who continue to watch MSNBC's idiotic news programs hosted by the likes of Chris Matthews and Rachel Maddow, or who consider Jon Stewart and Bill Maher reliable sources of news. There are also those who read The New York Times without any critical analysis of its editorial board's disconnect from reality and publisher's extreme bias resulting in disingenuous reporting.

And then there


is the matter of Israel and the Jewish vote. While having little impact in terms of numerical votes, American Jews' continued monetary support of Obama makes explaining the irrationality of that voting bloc extremely difficult. While Israel was not a voting issue for the majority of American Jews in 2008, it may very well become one in 2012 -- and not necessarily because American Jews have suddenly woken up to the fact that the existential threat to Israel is increasing daily under Obama. I believe that Jews overwhelmingly supported Obama in 2008 due to their willful ignorance and lack of interest in his predictable contempt for Israel. Since that time however, Soros-led initiatives such as J Street have led to many American Jews, who have not taken thetime to investigate these organizations' missions, to grow contemptuous of Israel and supportive of the least Israel-friendly President since the creation of the Jewish nation.

American Jews are not only living on the left side of lala land, they are blinded by their progressive passions. How else can one explain supporting a President who has spent the better part of the past two and a half years weakening the only Mideast democracy and US ally, the world's only Jewish nation, and a beacon of hope and freedom that welcomes people of all faiths, especially Jews. How else to explain a rabbi who stands before a congregation of thousands and calls Israel "an occupying entity," 900 rabbis who say amen as Obama explains that "We are God's partners in matters


with a comfortable lead in the Palmetto State at 35 percent support, followed by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernie SandersThe Hill's Campaign Report: Trump faces backlash after not committing to peaceful transition of power Bernie Sanders: 'This is an election between Donald Trump and democracy' The Hill's 12:30 Report: Trump stokes fears over November election outcome MORE (I) at 14 percent, Sen. Kamala Harris Kamala HarrisHundreds of lawyers from nation's oldest African American sorority join effort to fight voter suppression Biden picks up endorsement from progressive climate group 350 Action 3 reasons why Biden is misreading the politics of court packing MORE (D-Calif.) at 12 percent, Sen. Elizabeth Warren Elizabeth WarrenHillicon Valley: Subpoenas for Facebook, Google and Twitter on the cards | Wray rebuffs mail-in voting conspiracies |called for greater international cooperation on issues such as climate change, and said the U.S. would rejoin the Paris climate accords under his administration.

Foreign policy is one of Biden’s strong suits. His experience chairing the Senate Armed Services Committee in the Obama administration gives him a leg up on virtually all of his opponents in the topic area.

DOUGLASS PLAN: Buttigieg revealed a number of key details in his plan to combat systemic racism on Thursday. The plan, which Buttigieg has dubbed “the Douglass Plan” after abolitionist Frederick Douglass, would take on racial inequities through reforming health care, education, entrepreneurship, criminal justice and voting rights on the federal level.

The plan is important for the Buttigieg campaign due to his struggle to connect with and gain traction among black voters.


is unique because it targets a voter bloc that typically turns out to the polls in higher numbers than any other demographic. Read more from Rachel.

NEW HAMPSHIRE: Sanders is staffing up in New Hampshire, the first-in-the-nation primary state that is near his home state of Vermont. The campaign says it has 45 staffers on the ground in the Granite State, which might be the largest presence there of any of the campaigns. They’ll be opening field offices soon in Manchester, Portsmouth, Dover and West Lebanon, adding to the six offices that are already up and running. The move comes as Sanders looks to beat out Warren in the first-in-the-nation primary state that has served as a sort of home state proxy for the two Democratic hopefuls. Both havegovernment cleared Apple to operate in the country a couple of months ago. The agreement with Jarir will have Apple working with Saudi Arabia’s largest books and electronics retailer.

When the iPhone 4 launched in the Middle East — specifically in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Qatar — it did so without support for FaceTime. Needless to say, this prompted some speculation. Why would Apple have dropped theFaceTime capability only from Middle Eastern iPhone 4? Was it a carrier restriction… or was Apple trying to sidestep Middle Eastern governments getting interested in regulating the new video chat standard?

It now seems like the real explanation probably has more to do with carrier restrictions than anything else. According to iRamadah, FaceTime works in the Middle East on the


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Show Caption Hide Caption Video: Fire at Clinton's Chappaqua home Chappaqua firefighters on the scene of a fire at the home of former President Bill Clinton on Old House Lane in Chappaqua Jan. 3, 2018. Frank Becerra Jr./Lohud

A fire broke out and was quickly extinguished Wednesday at a building on the property of Bill and Hillary Clinton in Chappaqua, New York, a town north of New York City.

The fire was in a facility used by the Secret Service on the Clinton property in a building not connected to their home, Nick Merrill, a spokesperson for Hillary Clinton, tweeted.

He said the Clintons were not home at the time.

The fire


main house, built in 1889, features five bedrooms over 5,232 square feet and a pool on its 1.1 acres.

In August 2016, the former president and past presidential hopeful bought the four-bedroom house next door, at 33 Old House Lane, for $1.16 million.

In October, they got in trouble for not having a permit for a kitchen renovation and to fill in the in-ground pool.having players who fans perceive as the best players in the world (often unrelated to which ones are actually the best in the world), and we spent the entire summer of 2011 beating ourselves up over how much we suck in comparison to Koreans.

While the trio of victories attained by HuK, IdrA, and Stephano were certainly wonderful for our perplexing and sometimes poorly defined sense of foreigner pride, there was a hidden benefit that outweighed all others: It won back our right to enjoy.

Imagine this ASUS ROG tournament with the very same players, being played in an alternate universe where MC had won MLG Orlando, Puma had won IEM Guangzhou, and Lucky had taken the gold at IPL3. Despite its star studded line up, I don't think it's


form – or at least to prominence, going to MLG Orlando and relegating many a Korean player to a supporting role in his glorious maybe-comeback victory. And of course, with the championship, he regained the unofficial yet prestigious title of "Best Foreign Player."

And for this huge success at MLG, HuK now has much to lose at ASUS ROG. Life is precarious at the summit, and one needs to watch his footing to make sure he keeps his place.

Elfi: Quietly, Elfi has made his presence felt in the ESPORTS world, putting Finland back on the Starcraft II map in the process. Let's take a look at this achievements, starting in August:

Top 8 ASUS ROG Assembly Summer

2nd place MSI Millenium Pro Cup #2

2nd place IEM Global Challenge Guangzhou

Top 8 IEMfinally won his first championship at another ASUS ROG event held in Finland, back at Assembly Summer 2011 in August. For DIMAGA it's never been a question of whether he had the skill. Even for a top-tier progamer, one has to keep top condition for four days, and have a not-inconsequential amount of luck go ones way (match-ups, opponents, builds, maps) on top of having a prodigious amount of skill to achieve a major tournament win. Perhaps DIMAGA underperformed somewhat relative to his skill until then, but it's tough to blame him given those conditions.

DIMAGA has been going strong as usual after Assembly Summer. He placed high in multiple smaller tournaments, though success at major tournaments like IEM Guangzhou and Blizzcon evaded him. So it's on to the


next one, and the next one, until all of the conditions for a championship come together again.

SeleCT: In regard to their tournament careers, SeleCT is the North American scene's own DIMAGA. They had both been two of the most popular, highly-regarded foreign players in the Starcraft II scene, despite their lack of a major championship. Similar to DIMAGA, SeleCT finally resolved this situation in August of 2011, defeating Sheth to become the champion of the North American Battle.net Invitational.

Where they go from here, however, might be greatly different. SeleCT has gone to Korea to train with the FXO team for the time being, and past experience shows us that Korean training can produce some prodigious results. This tournament will tell us if these results have had time tohalf-map defensive style on Shakuras), DIMAGA definitely showed that the games could have easily gone the other way with different maps or a slew of other changed circumstances.

On the whole, DIMAGA seems like a slightly safer bet. As early as last July, SeleCT's TvZ was considered the hole in his game, and DIMAGA has been slightly better against top level Terrans than SeleCT has against Zerg. Add in a favorable jet-lag situation for DIMAGA, and it's enough to give him the edge here.

Prediction: DIMAGA 3 – 2 SeleCT

EG.IdrA dignitas.SjoW IdrA: It was easy – if boring – to write about IdrA in the past, by simply repeating the broken-record sentiment of the Starcraft II community at large: He's got all the tools, but he's just got to get


2 : 3 – Sjow

It's funny that 'make IdrA tilt' was a semi-viable strategy at one point in time, but it's not something he would have worried about too much against SjoW, a methodical and safe Terran player. Taking into account that he was in Korea for about month, there's a very good chance that he'll go for the King of boring Korean macro builds in every game: Reactor Hellions into triple Orbitals.

This isn't good for SjoW, since methodical and safe is IdrA's game as well, and Idra's been really damn good at that as of late. Additionally, while SjoW hasn't had to play many Zergs as of late, he just hasn't had much momentum going for him in general. So while SjoW might be ahead in stats2 – White-Ra

Ret has been shaky in the past about getting sufficient defenses up in time after his trademark drone production, and he even lost a recent series to White-Ra in the MLG Invitational to two well timed attacks. However, in more recent games he looked much better about his drone-unit balance. In particular, his 4-2 win in the Battle for Berlin preliminaries over another skilled, warp-prism happy Protoss in mouz.MaNa suggested that he is prepared to take down White-Ra this time around.

However, trying to make predictions about White-Ra is like trying to make predictions about Brood War Boxer in 2005. You know he's not top, absolute top level anymore, but you're afraid to predict against him in a big game because God knows what kind of magic


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Eyewitness reports indicate that the participants were first photographed and filmed by security officers, who then forced the organizers to end the ceremony.

Ahmad Shamloo, an iconic figure in Iranian literature and modern poetry, passed away on July 25, 2000 at the age of 75.


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Dear Global Research Readers,

The US has been waging war with its allies in Syria and Iraq for a while now. Yemen has also become a battle field, where war for democracy is being waged by… monarchies. Mahdi Nazemroaya highlights the irony of the situation:

“The House of Saud and a military coalition that consists mostly of anachronistic monarchies are claiming to bomb Yemen as a means of saving the Yemenite people and their transition to democracy. The irony should not be lost on observers that recognize that the Saudi-led coalition — consisting of the Kingdom of Morocco, UAE, Kuwait, Kingdom of Bahrain, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Qatar, Pakistan, Egypt, Sudan, and Saudi Arabia itself — is comprised of an unhealthy mixture of backward family dictatorships and corrupt governments thatit is worth recalling the adoption by the U.S. Congress of an important legislation back in December 2014.

The adoption of a major piece of legislation by the US House of Representatives on December 4th (H. Res. 758) would provide (pending a vote in the Senate) a de facto green light to the US president and commander in chief to initiate –without congressional approval– a process of military confrontation with Russia. Global security is at stake. This historic vote –which potentially could affect the lives of hundreds of millions of people Worldwide– has received virtually no media coverage. A total media blackout prevails. (Michel Chossudovsky, America is on a “Hot War Footing”: House Legislation Paves the Way for War with Russia?)

Global Research works to give readers critical coverage of


"I’ve known Tunde for about twenty years," Kessler said about Adebimpe's involvement. "We met at university in New York, and he contributed some killer stuff to an internet 'zine I was doing at the time. The dude is a fantastic artist and was one of the first people I thought of when we started reaching out to directors to make videos for the Big Noble album."was employed by either International or Pacific.
Plaintiff contends that International may be held liable for the claims asserted against it as a successor corporation. Plaintiff has alleged that he was an employee of Potter Inc. and/or Potter Ltd. and that Pacific and Potter Ltd. were amalgamated as International after the time of plaintiff's employment. The court deems plaintiff's allegations adequate as against International.
As for Pacific, the only claim plaintiff has asserted against Pacific is intentional interference with economic relations. It is not necessary for plaintiff to allege that he was employed by Pacific in order to state a claim for intentional interference with economic relations. Defendants International and Pacific's first motion to dismiss is denied.

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her supervisor's son, Scott, who also worked for Oregon Beauty Supply Company (OBSC). After plaintiff decided to date other men, Scott began treating her in a hostile manner at work. The Court of Appeals described Scott's behavior and the employer's conduct as follows:
Several times daily, he stood outside her office and "glared" at her. He told coworkers that she was a drug addict and that she had given him a venereal disease. He cursed her, called her a whore, searched her personal belongings and threw things at her. He intentionally slammed a door into her. He refused to cooperate with her when she needed information from him about shipping and receiving to do her job. There also was evidence that Scott would "fling" paperwork and sample merchandise intoher office. He told other employes [sic] that she would not be working at OBSC much longer.
Plaintiff complained to Lawrence. He agreed to talk to his son about the problem. When the harassment continued, plaintiff complained to another supervisor. That supervisor was already aware of the problem. She also agreed to talk to Scott. After doing so, the supervisor was "in tears." The next week, she quit her job. Plaintiff met with Lawrence again. He informed her that Scott was going to continue working at OBSC and that, if she did not like it, she could quit. Still, he discouraged her from quitting and, again, said that he would talk to his son. Nevertheless, the harassment continued. About six months after the harassment began, plaintiff asked Lawrence for


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In 1953, a nine-year-old boy watched a prehistoric film called "Beast From 20,000 Fathoms", featuring the special effect magic of Ray Harryhausen. Enthralled by the movie but unsatisfied with what was available for at-home movie consumption, he decided to make his own science fiction thriller from dinosaurs to superheroes. This volume takes a firsthand look at the movie-making career of Don Glut. Beginning with his first movie, "Diplodocus At Large", at age nine, it explores Glut's various attempts and the increasingly creative processes he used to bring his vision to life. Through the course of the work, Glut discusses his filmmaking experiences at the University of Southern California; the inspiration he received (and gave) through fanzines such as "Famous Monsters ofFilmland" and "Castle of Frankenstein"; and the interest which his movies still generate. The films discussed include: "The Earth Before Man", "Spy Smasher vs. the Purple Monster", "Dinosaur Valley Girls", and "Frankenstein Meets Dracula". A chronological filmography lists each of Glut's 41 films with notes regarding cast and a brief synopsis.


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Elyse Dodgson, the Royal Court’s international director for the past 22 years, has died aged 73.

In a statement on Twitter on Wednesday, the Royal Court said Dodgson had died suddenly at home on Tuesday in as yet unexplained circumstances.

Dodgson has been hailed as “the queen of international theatre” and the “champion of writers everywhere” after coordinating long-term grassroots projects to develop plays throughout the world.

She joined the Royal Court’s artistic team in 1985, as director of the young people’s theatre, before becoming international director in 1996. Since then she has produced more than 30 new international plays.

Winning plaudits for her ability to nurture and inspire new international writers, Dodgson received the Young Vic Award


him know that I am an ‘ascetic’ (monk), and also godmarked, like the legendary Bart was. He mentions that, to his knowledge, Bart was the only godmarked ascetic he has ever found evidence of, although as godmarks are usually kept SUPER secret and ascetics are also generally rare AND secretive, he might have missed a few. Haven also shows her godmark to him, and eventually he shares a bit of info; he keeps a record of every godmarked individual he finds out about after their death. He is somewhat of an expert on the subject, and it is that reason that he does not let us peruse the books on the subject.

Evidentally, one of the books is a legend that states that at some time, someone will gatherair-balling like Hellen Keller at a half-court shootout! Next round, Haven goes bloodied (but barely, she’s built like a tank full of robots!), and Felix takes a HUGE hit, knocking him down to 2hp!

We keep it calm though, dropping 3 more soldiers in rapid succession. The halfling has already ordered the retreat, the archers have split and finally, his troops do as well. Haven gets saluted by the one on her, and then gives him a smack in the head on the way out, dropping a crit and damn near killing him. We let them run and focus fire on the halfling; Conner tries to convince him to surrender, but he says that his surrender would be a death sentence to him and his men’s families. With the


was betrothed to Fisher! Long story short, she fell for the shy, earnest fella at school, and they were secretly engaged to be married. Before they could tell anyone, Katherine murdered Dominique, was pole-axed by Roland, and poor Fisher was left in shambles…

Except a funny thing happened. Her locket became a focus for her, and as long as he had it, he could see and hear her. Using his magical knowledge, he even made a device that allowed others to do the same (the guy’s a genius inventor). He had knowledge of a place near campus, a warehouse, that school children would dare one another to try to stay in, as it was HAUNTED! It fit the bill for what we were looking for, and (leaving Fisher andwas the best for them to send. The kid in question, a soldier named Abel, put up a good show, despite being WAY out of his league. Haven was flummoxed by all the show, but an ACE nat 20 on a Diplomacy check kept her in the spotlight all night!

During dinner we were treated to a show by the Gypsy troupe in town; a comedy of errors about the followers of Viori and some of their not-so-noble hijinks. Its one of our fave plays, done better than it has ever been done, complete with a mini food-fight with audience participation! The head of the troupe, Grigori, slips Haven a tarot card depicting the Two of Swords, which we obsess over for a bit before bed.

Well, without further ado,


new Warlord training skills (which aren’t going well) – and the family watches until dinner – presents are passed out (and Haven giggles over her new Axe). During the dinner, Conner discovers that he can somehow can absorb languages – as he suddenly understands halfling for no reason. Victor also decides to risk informing his Aunt and Uncle about his new found powers – Victor has discovered he is not a swordmage as the family hoped – but… an Aesthetic.

5th of the Wolf:
The Gypsies arrive, and make a grand spectacle of their coming. They even come to court to properly introduce themselves, and request the royal family attend their play on the first night. Queen has requested that they perform for her niece Haven’s birthday party (on theAshurta), a dragon and interesting conversation over dinner. Suffice to say it was awesome roleplay.

9th of the Wolf:
Practice day – light roleplay – it is decided that the kids will accompany their Aunt and Uncle to go to WrathMourn. The young king, Luther, has asked that the Taur’on family foster his little sister, Victoria (named, in fact, after Queen Victoria – she was childhood friends with Luther’s mother, Beatrice). Tori will be 14 on her birthday, and Luther feels she could use some exposure to a happier court than his. The kids can go on the airship, and bring her back after Haven’s birthday. The Queen figures they can use a little adventure – and adventure she can control is a good thing.

10th of the Wolf:
First day of


the Howling. They arrive for the performance only to discover that their box has been moved WAY to the front of the show. Kids are being hand picked by the gypsy to sit in front of their box and in front of the stage. As the show begins, a lead actor comes forward and teaches the children a little rhyme-sing-song-hand-clap routine. He then pulls out a violin and begins to play – the Queen, paying that debt off, pulls out her own violin and begins to play and move toward stage. She and the gypsy play a stunning duet to the delight of the crowd, then she sits among the rest of the orchestra. Then, the play gets started.

For those that have read the entries – the Queen’sConsort, Adaron, died 8 years ago. (Almost to the day – she buried him on the morning of the Howling) His troops saved the adjoining eladrin city from certain destruction – and he protected his men’s retreat – dying to save them. His death was devastating to the Queen, and the people of Taur’on – for he was a true hero – and died as one. It takes only a moment before the crowd realizes the Gypsies have written a new play – “The Heroic Deed of Adaron.”

As the play wears on, the Queen is still performing in the orchestra. Occasionally, her family notes she will turn to see what is occurring on stage, and realize that was a bad idea and continue watching her sheet music. As


the death scene ends, the entire crowd is in tears – their father’s best friend and their protectors are in tears beside them (big guys trying not to be noticed sniffing into their shoulders) and the entire city is sobbing. As the actors lead the dead Adaron back to his Queen – the Queen herself stands, all light focuses on her as she plays a solo piece, reflecting the sorrow of her heart at the loss of her love. This is where a few of my own players almost cried on me. As she stops, the light dims from her. The stage is black for a moment until the gypsy that started everything is suddenly back on stage – he gives a stirring eulogy, and then he startsthe jury as to the proper use of the challenged evidence, and the district court did not abuse its broad discretion in admitting the challenged evidence pursuant to Rule 404(b). See Id. at 1433.

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The judgment is affirmed.

NOTES:

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  The Honorable John B. Jones, United States District Judge, United States District Court for the District of South Dakota, sitting by designation.

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  The Honorable Ann D. Montgomery, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota.


of AVB-Di Matteo and most recently Chelsea fans along with Mourinho's arch-nemesis, Rafa Benitez. But for two great European triumphs, from the pinnacle of European football, The Champions League to it's consequential secondary the Europa. Chelsea's league form has been inconsistent. while transitory, Chelsea finished 2nd, 6th, 3rd recently. There has been no Premier League Title since Ancelotti's first season in 2010 and 1 in 7 years since Jose Mourinho's original reign.

As these players decline, most supporters dislike this word. So as they encounter transitory periods of their football careers and are engraved as Chelsea Legends there will come a time when replacements have to be found. Petr Cech's Champions League run and penalty shootout heroics, Lampard becoming the Club's All-Time Top Scorer with 203 Goals while securingThe Belgian contingent of Lukaku, Courtois and De Bruyne were drawn up as eventual replacements to the departed Drogba, and transitory Cech and Lampard.

Mourinho's return has seen, Juan Mata, the club's two time player of the season finding himself out of contention earlier in the season with Oscar prefered in the #10 role for tactical reasons, and Juan Mata role requiring adapting of defensive responsibility. The sporadic defender but highly talented David Luiz has been linked with an exit from Chelsea as soon as Mourinho returned. A mistake thru bad communication with Cech and inept concentration against Cardiff saw him lose his position to the capable Cahill. Cahill himself has not been a drastic improvement. Lukaku has been loaned, Courtois arrival awaits and De Bruyne has struggled to


adapt. Their integration and future at Chelsea remain a concern due to speculation but their growth, form and development reeks positivity as Chelsea build a successful team again.

Eto'o, Schurrle Willian have strengthened Chelsea's squad as they compete for the Premier League title, a challenge which has all but diminished in previous campaigns at this current time in December mostly due to the proclaimed November slump. November saw some inconsistent results with losses and draws taking away from a rather consistent October of six straight wins in all competition. The start of Mourinho's campaign also encountered similar inconsistencies before October.

Currently Chelsea are 3rd tied with Liverpool, who are 2nd after demolishing a former Chelsea manager in AVB. Chelsea are two points off the leaders Arsenal with a bidding forthe Title match after a Cup Quarterfinal to a previous opponent Sunderland, who Chelsea just recently had a erratic performance despite winning. These erratic performances occurred twice against Basel while finishing first in the Champions League Group. Supporters have been skeptical at Stamford Bridge and thru the digital sphere of the internet as Chelsea transition and adapt to yet another Manager. Gratefully, Mourinho has seen success at Chelsea before and around Europe, hence his title the Special One. However his reputation was tarnished after his debatable success in dismantling Barcelona's throne of Spain yet failure in what his specialty was to bring in La Decima at Real Madrid.

Now titled the Special ONCE by critics, the damage at Real Madrid has left a doubtful and negative perception of Mourinho,


with fears of recurrence or continuity of his last season at Madrid in the minds of most, including Chelsea fans. Player fall outs, an apparent defensive mind and little consideration for Spanish youth were some of the criticisms. Jose's 2nd season saw Real Madrid score 120 goals with 100 pts, a historical La Liga championship, so much for being a defensive coach. Mourinho however does consider defence before attack and demands defensive responsibilities from all players. The expression Mourinho type of players has become prevalent, assuming he prefers workrate and defending before passing, flair or creativity.

This has seen concerns emerge about the long term future of David Luiz and Juan Mata, previous seasons best players who have had to be patient for game time while adapting to Mourinho'sThe woman known as "Jane Doe," who claims she was raped at a party by Donald Trump when she was 13, canceled an appearance at a news conference Wednesday because she received death threats, her attorney said.

Speaking in front of reporters near Los Angeles, Lisa Bloom said the unidentified woman was set to tell her story for the first time in public, but she "has received numerous threats today, as have all the Trump accusers that I have represented. She is living in fear. She has decided that she is too afraid to show her face. She has been here all day, ready to do it, but unfortunately she's in terrible fear."

Jane Doe filed a suit in June alleging that in 1994, Trump raped her at a party


in New York City thrown by Jeffrey Epstein, a financier convicted in 2008 of soliciting an underage girl for sex. Doe's original lawsuit was thrown out of a California court in May because it failed to state a specific civil rights violation, BuzzFeed News reports, and it was discovered that the house listed for sending court correspondence was in foreclosure under a different name. Trump's campaign is denying the allegations, with Trump telling Radar Online they are "disgusting at the highest level." Catherine Garciawith Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, defended Mexico's army crackdown.

"The biggest by far violators of human rights right now are the cartels themselves that are kidnapping people, extorting people and encouraging corruption. That's what needs to be stopped," Obama told a news conference in the western city of Guadalajara.

"I have great confidence in President Calderon's administration applying the law enforcement techniques that are necessary to curb the power of the cartels but doing so in a way that's consistent with human rights," Obama said.

Since coming to power in December 2006 Calderon has deployed thousands of troops to fight drug smugglers. The onslaught has failed to curb cartel violence, with about 4,000 people killed this year, most of them rival drug smugglers or police.

Mexico's human rights commission


Canadian authorities caught 887 asylum seekers crossing unlawfully into Canada from the United States in March, nearly three times the number in January.

This brings the total number of asylum seekers caught walking across the border to 1,860 so far this year. The new statistics suggest that those numbers could rise further as the weather warms.

Canada is on track to see the highest number of asylum claims in six years, given the pace of claims filed so far, as increasing numbers of people cross into Canada to make refugee claims following US President Donald Trump's election and his crackdown on refugees and migrants.

"The majority of irregular migrants are holders of visas for the United States," according to a statement released on Wednesday by the office of Canada's Public SafetyWest Indies have recalled Chris Gayle to their 13-man squad for the one-off T20I against India. The match is set to take place in Gayle's home ground of Sabina Park in Jamaica. Gayle came in at the expense of Lendl Simmons, who scored 6, 17* and 15 in the series against Afghanistan, West Indies' last T20 assignment. Jason Holder, the Test and ODI captain, who did not feature in that series, has been rested again.

Gayle last turned out in West Indies colours in the 2016 World T20 final against England at Eden Gardens. He is West Indies' highest scorer in the shortest format with 1519 runs at 35.32, including two centuries and a strike rate of 145.49. He has never played a T20I at Sabina Park.

"We welcome Chris


back to the T20 squad. He is the most prolific batsman in this format and will add value to our team at the top of the order," Courtney Browne, Cricket West Indies' chairman of selectors, said. "He will get the chance to play on his home ground and against a top-quality Indian team."

West Indies are currently engaged in a five-match ODI series that India are leading 2-1. They will chase a series-levelling win in the fifth and final match in Jamaica before the two teams clash in the one-off T20I on Sunday.of schedule, which is a calculation of the combined record of all of a team’s opponents in that year, with divisional opponents counting twice.

The next tie breaker is record against conference opponents and then divisional opponents.

The final tie breaker is a coin flip, if tie still exists.

After the first round, the order is determined by revolving the teams with the same records with the team that just picked first of the group picking last in the next round.

If there is an expansion team, that team will pick first, and if there are two expansion teams, they will flip a coin with one team getting the first pick in the draft and the other in the expansion draft of current players.


course of a turbulent year.

By Thierry Allafort-Duverger, general director of the French section of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). A version of this article originally appeared in Le Monde on November 30. This article has been translated from French.

The Saudi-led coalition's continuing blockade of Yemen's ports and airports is significantly hindering the efforts of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and other humanitarian organizations to provide lifesaving assistance to people in the war-torn country.

Justin Armstrong, the Yemen country director for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), discusses the cholera outbreak and the effects of the blockade by the Saudi-led coalition. View External Media.

The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), was told by the Pakistani authorities to close its medical activities in Bajaur Agencyin north-western Pakistan. The closure will leave thousands of people in Bajaur Agency without access to free vital healthcare. The announcement comes just seven weeks after MSF was forced to close its project in Kurram Agency, also in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).

More aid is urgently needed in rural areas of Kasai province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as people come out of hiding a year after conflict flared in the region, according to the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).


TESTIMONY ON FIRST CHARGE AGAINST MECHAM CONCLUDES

Testimony ended Tuesday on the first impeachment charge against Gov. Evan Mecham, and senators began considering whether to vote on the first charge or consider all charges before deciding whether to remove Mecham from office.

The first of three broad charges alleges that Mecham, a first-term Republican, obstructed justice by trying to thwart an investigation into an alleged death threat."At this point, all evidence to be given on article one of the impeachment has been concluded," said Arizona Supreme Court Justice Frank X. Gordon, presiding at the trial.

The Senate's trial rules call for evidence on all three charges to be presented before a vote is taken, but Democratic Sen. Carolyn Walker moved to change the rules and vote on each charge immediately afterthe final argument on the individual count.

A two-thirds vote of the 30-member Senate would be required to change the rules. If Mecham was convicted on the first count the trial would end because he would no longer be governor, but final arguments on the count have not yet been made.

The last witness on the count was Mecham's lawyer, Fred Craft, who Tuesday morning seized the opportunity to give a lengthy speech in praise of Mecham's political philsophy. He called Mecham an "uncommon politician" who sought no personal aggrandizement and wanted only to improve the quality of life in Arizona.

The speech brought an objection from prosecutor Paul Eckstein and Craft was instructed to stick to answering questions.

Craft, in an abrupt role change, became a witness Monday and said Mecham


"didn't know that he was obstructing anything" when he told the state's top lawman he would not cooperate with the attorney general's investigation of the alleged death threat.

Craft was subpoenaed by the Democratic minority leader, Sen. Alan Stephens. Craft was a Mecham insider when the threat against a witness before a grand jury investigating Mecham was reported to the governor on Nov. 13.

"I never heard `felony.' I never heard `death threat' and I certainly never heard `tampering with a grand jury witness,"' Craft said Monday. "I never heard those words, which would have been an alarm to me."

Later, in his cross-examination, Eckstein asked Craft whether he had ever advised the governor to resign.

"We had these meetings and no one could see a political escape route for the governor,"over time.

In the following we will look at which variants are gaining most in popularity!

Choose a chess variant and click on it in order to directly jump to the corresponding plot!

Antichess

In antichess the objective is to lose all your peaces (or reach a stalemate).

The number of games played per month of antichess - the second most popular chess variant on lichess - increases steadily. In march, 154723 games were played!

Atomic

In atomic chess captures result in a nuclear explosion destroying all surrounding pieces - except pawns.

Atomic chess had its peak in february but is still gaining robustly in popularity.

Chess960

In Chess960 the starting position of the pieces on both players' home ranks is randomized (960 is the number of possible starting formations).

Also, more and more played is Chess960. What a


beautiful increase, right?

Crazyhouse

Crazyhouse allows players to introduce captured pieces back to the board as their own. Crazy, right?

While crazyhouse had its peak in march (183112 games), it's popularity isn't increasing that much. Still, it's the most popular chess variant on lichess!

Horde

In the horde chess variant a horde of (32!) bloodthirsty pawns has to be defeated.

Despite being scary, it's also getting more popular!

King of the hill

In King of the hill a player is victorious if she moves her king to one of the central four squares (or in case of the usual checkmate).

King of the hill seems to get played less lately. Do you know why?

Racing Kings

To win this chess variant you must race your king to the eighth rank ( a pure psychological and physical torture for theA mystery wave of cosmic radiation that smashed into Earth in the eighth century may have come from two black holes that collided, a study says.

Clues for the strange event were unearthed last year by Japanese astrophysicist Fusa Miyake, who discovered a surge in carbon-14 - an isotope that derives from high-energy radiation - in the rings of ancient cedar trees.

Dating of the trees showed the burst struck the Earth in either 774 or 775 AD.

Space scientists lined up the usual suspects as to what was the nature of the radiation.

But there was no evidence that an exploding star, also called a supernova, occurred at that time, they found.

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, a record in Old English, makes a dramatic reference to the appearance of a "red crucifix" seen


in teaching financial literacy. He is the Head of Financial Education at BankMobile and Editor-in-Chief at Paradigm Money. The views and opinions expressed are those of Ash Cash and not the views of BankMobile and/or its affiliates.

Amazon has 30,000 Jobs they Need to Fill + How the Gig Economy is Making it Hard for Them to Fill

Amazon has more open jobs than ever before. The company is attempting to hire 30,000 permanent employees in the U.S. alone. The jobs are spread out across departments and at locations throughout the country. Filling them is an especially tall order in such a tight labor market, with unemployment hovering near a 50-year low. To get started, the tech and retail giant will hold job fairs on Sept. 17 in six cities:Latest hike: Sanborn Skyline County Park

Just a shady walk through the hills of a county park I hadn’t been to before.

Sanborn Skyline is off Highway 9 west of Saratoga — nestled, as we love to say in the news biz — in the woods on the east-facing side of the Santa Cruz Mountains. It goes all the way up to Skyline Boulevard and you can even hike into Castle Rock State Park if the mood strikes.

The woods are mostly pine and madrone, two of my favorite trees. Not much in the way of eye candy like roaring waterfalls or redwoods that sprouted in the time of King Arthur, but it is a nice place to get away for a few hours. While a wedding reception was happening at


Heavy fighting raged between the Iraqi military and Sunni fighters in Anbar province, after gunmen seized control of several police stations there.

An interior ministry official told AFP news agency on Thursday that al-Qaeda-linked fighters were in control of large parts of Anbar's Fallujah and Ramadi cities.

"Half of Fallujah is in the hands of ISIL (the Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant) group, and the other half is in the control of" armed tribesmen, the official said.

A witness in the city west of Baghdad said that fighters had set up checkpoints each manned by six to seven people in central and south Fallujah.

"In Ramadi, it is similar - some areas are controlled by ISIL and other areas are controlled by" tribesmen, the interior ministry official said, referringto the Anbar provincial capital, which lies farther to the west.

On Wednesday, gunmen attacked the main police station in Fallujah and ordered its staff to leave, before raiding its armoury and freeing 101 prisoners from its cells, police said. Other police stations in the city were torched by fighters as most police abandoned their posts.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Wednesday ordered reinforcements to the mainly Sunni Arab province to tackle attacks by armed groups, reversing a decision just a day earlier to withdraw soldiers from Anbar cities and hand over control to police.

The fighting broke out on Monday, when security forces tore down a year-old Sunni Arab protest camp outside the provincial capital Ramadi.

The removal of the protest camp was seen as a victory for Maliki, who


had long wanted it gone and had termed it a "headquarters for the leadership of al-Qaeda".

Political fallout

But it has carried a high price, not only in terms of the deteriorating security situation in Anbar, but also in the political fallout.

Forty-four MPs announced on Monday that they had submitted their resignations, and called for "the withdrawal of the army from the cities and the release of MP Ahmed al-Alwani."

Alwani, a Sunni Arab MP who was a leading supporters of the protest camp, was arrested in a raid on his Ramadi home on Saturday in which his brother, five guards and a security forces member died.

Protests broke out in Sunni Arab-majority areas of Iraq late last year after the arrest of guards of then-finance minister Rafa al-Essawi, an influential Sunnistuck between two hulking siblings who’ve taken up all the legroom and media attention on our 78-year road trip around the sun.

Demographic shorthand for Americans born 1964-ish to 1980-ish says that most of our parents were divorced and distracted, leaving their latchkey offspring to fill up the black hole of after-school loneliness in their souls by mainlining Stouffer’s French bread pizza and waiting for the “Thriller” video to come on MTV.

As we emerged into young adulthood, the stock market crash of ’87 rode shotgun and recruiters stayed away from campuses in droves. So a generation with one of the highest rates of college education also immediately became one of the most underemployed, working those “McJobs” that the media lamented were all that the Slacker Generation aspired to.

The first


noticed the phone number of the head of the surgery department (Dr Swetank Prakash ) listed on the wall and I called him up from Mukesh’s phone. I made the head talk to his junior colleague who was standing with us. Mukesh was then admitted to the emergency ward,” the teenager’s father told TOI on Monday.Hours later, Mukesh was dead. What the doctors did not know, however, was that his father had recorded their conversation (TOI has a copy of the audio clip). After Mukesh died, his family listened to the recording and were shocked by the exchange.Prakash is heard instructing the junior doctor (Abhishek): “Admit zaroor kar lo, surgery me ya medicine me; maar daalo usse; blood likh do, apne aap bhaag jayega (Make sure you admit- How to win Liberty in RevWarIII - in a week

After the demise of the best Airborne plan, a most terrifying effect occurs on the battlefield. This effect is known as the rule of the LGOPs (Little Groups of Paratroopers). This is, in its purest form, small groups of pissed-off 19 year old American paratroopers. They are well trained. They are armed to the teeth and lack serious adult supervision. They collectively remember the Commander's intent as "March to the sound of the guns and kill anyone who is not dressed like you" - or something like that. Happily they go about the day's work...Little Groups of Patriots. Each group conducting their own Liberty Restoration operations to clear their respective AOs.

Leaderless Resistance, following only the Commander's Intent.

Commander's Intent:


Restoration of Rightful Liberty.

How: In the absence of orders, find something Evil and kill it.

Bring the materiel of war with you from home, but forage on the enemy... use the conquered foe to augment one's own strength.

III Battle Flag

The nine vertical stripes that form the foundation of the flag are taken directly from the original Sons of Liberty flag who helped win Liberty and Freedom in America the first time. The blue field means the same on this Battle Flag as does the field of blue on Old Glory: Vigilance, perseverance, and justice. And the III represents every Patriot of every American generation who has ever suffered the burden of having to stand opposed to family and friends for Liberty.

III Chaplain Corps

Click the image to visit the IIII wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t read this message of a Danish group opposed to the plan. Greens clear-cutting trees in a national park and evicting people, whoda thunk?. Seems like a case of “we had to destroy the village to save it“. Here’s the description of the park from the Danish National Parks website:

The west of Thy has been designated as the first Danish national park. The National Park, Thy stretches for an up to 12-kilometer-wide belt along the Jutland west coast from Agger Tange in the south to Hanstholm in the north. It is an enormous and unspoiled natural area totaling 244 km2 – almost the size of the Danish island of Langeland. In the National Park you can go between outstretched, wind-swept wilds


and aromatic pine trees. You can also throw yourself into the sparkling waves of the North Sea or bike through cool dune plantations.

I’ve reposted the message from the opposition group below.

Dear environmentally aware citizen of the world! www.nationalttestcenter.dk

Copenhagen, December 2009

The Danish government plans to clear forests and destroy unique nature for the benefit of industry.

The Danish environment minister Troels Lund Poulsen decided, on behalf of the government, on 30th September 2009, that the clearing of 15 km2 of forest in the north west of Denmark will take place. A test centre for the development of offshore windmills is planned to take up 30 km2 of land in the Thy region, near Østerild. This deforestation will create an increase of 400,000 tonnes of CO2 emission, the equivalent of theCO2 emission of 100,000 people per year.

The government will force the local population out of their homes. The reasoning behind this is said to be for the benefit of the Danish windmill industry, which will in turn create more Danish jobs. The regulations to finalise the evictions goes against Denmark’s constitution and is therefore clearly illegal.

In current plans, the area is categorised as a recreational area, where the set up of windmills is prohibited.

The region is one of Denmark’s most beautiful areas. With its rugged landscapes and grand views, as well as many rare species of animals, birds and plants, the area is representative of authentic Danish nature. There are very few areas of Denmark left, where one can experience darkness at night and complete silence.

The windmills, which


are 250 meters tall, are planned to be along a 6 km linear south/north stretch. This will prevent birds in the international Ramsar-area, Vejlerne, which is situated to the east of the test centre, from flying west to the EU-habitat area Vullum Sø and to Thy National Park just south of Hanstholm.

The Danish government has not consulted properly about the plans. The Danish citizens had little time to put forward comments of the project. The hearing has only been 11 days long, with 9 of those being a national holiday.

The environment minister has decided that a report on this projects impact on nature and the wildlife will be completed by early December 2009. The consequence of this is that it is impossible to produce a well documented scientificassociated with the two were also executed.

Al Krux was stopped in his vehicle, in which police found 25 pounds of marijuana, Conway said. Adam Krux was stopped in his vehicle, in which police found 15 pounds of marijuana. The 90 plants were found inside the Ambergate Road house, Conway said.

Both father and son were arraigned in DeWitt Town Court and ordered held at the Onondaga County Justice Center on $20,000 bail.

Al Krux is widely known as a professional poker player who made the final table of the main event of the annual World Series of Poker three times. The last time was in 2004, when he came in sixth place and won $800,000. He was eliminated in that event by the eventual champion, Greg “Fossilman” Raymer.


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Leptospirosis is widely distributed among different animal hosts in the United States. A leptospiral serosurveillance reported a prevalence of 45% among horse populations in 29 US states and one Canadian province \[[@pntd.0007990.ref007]\]. Canine cases of leptospirosis in the US have also shown a steady increase over the years, with some areas being more affected than others \[[@pntd.0007990.ref008],[@pntd.0007990.ref009],[@pntd.0007990.ref010]\]. Arecent study on canine leptospirosis identified many Appalachian counties in Eastern Kentucky, Western Virginia, and West Virginia to have the highest overall predicted risk in the US \[[@pntd.0007990.ref011]\].

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got out of the truck, Johnson then hit Webb in the head with a baseball bat and Masquat poured gasoline on him and set him on fire. Webb was discovered alive the next morning, standing naked and badly burned in the road. Webb died approximately seventeen (17) hours after the attack.[8]
¶ 5 In Propositions I and V, Johnson claims that the trial judge and prosecutor impermissibly injected the possibility of commutation into the trial for the jury's consideration. He is correct and entitled to a new sentencing hearing.
¶ 6 At trial, Johnson called two Department of Correction employees, Emma Watts and Sharon McCoy, to testify regarding his exemplary behavior while incarcerated. Johnson's counsel asked both if either were aware of anyone being released who had been sentenced toof commutation, the jury had deliberated for approximately one hour and fifteen minutes, finding one aggravating circumstance (heinous, atrocious and cruel) and rejecting the other (continuing threat). Despite having done so and presumably in mind of Johnson's mitigation evidence, the jury turned to the "commutation" question and asked the trial judge for instruction. The trial judge informed the jury that Johnson's sentence could be commuted under any of their three sentencing options, confirming their concern that he might be released back into the community. A mere seven minutes later, the jury informed the bailiff that they had reached a verdict. Clearly, their verdict, a sentence of death, was a direct result of the commutation evidence, argument and instruction. As a result, this Court must reverse and remand for


video at the top of the page. Rather than switching to a map screen, you hold it up in your hands in front of you in real time, which is the best kind of video game map.

I recall seeing a video clip of Gunslinger way back in 2014 of an encounter with a controller, one of Stalker's most-dreaded mutants. Unlike the vanilla attack of psychic bolts that can eventually kill a player, the modded controller in Gunslinger can actually force the player to raise their pistol under their own chin and pull the trigger or stab themselves in the gut with their own knife. It's a difficult sequence to forget, especially due to the skillful animation that shows the struggle of the player to fight the deadly mindPutin to launch his military intervention in support of a dictator whose army had been massacring civilians since 2011.

I’m not writing this to whitewash European policies. British restraint, or rather abstention, on Syria predated Barack Obama’s. And France, whose fighter planes were ready to take off in August 2013, could hardly go it alone. Still, trying to connect the dots between the Middle East, Russia, Europe, and how the US chooses to act or not act, remains important. The ravages of war in Europe’s vicinity, and the spillover effect of Middle Eastern chaos, are developments whose impact is yet to be fully measured.

There have been half a million deaths in Syria, and we’re still counting. The first victims of the slaughterhouse were in the Middle East, not Europe.


David had just graduated in the US when he went to China, aged 22, to teach English, with one instruction from the dean of his college: not to fall in love. “So I didn’t have any sort of intentions of romantic involvement at all,” he says. He arrived at Yunnan University in the summer of 1989, weeks after the protests in Tiananmen Square.

In October, he asked to accompany a British teacher on a three-day trip through Yunnan province. She had already asked Yurong, who had studied English at university, to go with her as a translator. “I was waiting for them at the bus stop and, when they walked over, he was this tall, young guy,” says Yurong.

They spent all of their first day on the train. “Peasantsnoodles and said: ‘He wants his extra-spicy.’ I was eating this bowl of chilli noodles and she was smiling at me – she had a sense of humour, which I was attracted to.”

The couple in their early days. Photograph: Image provided by David Atwilll

When did they realise they had feelings for each other? “Day two,” says David. They both laugh. Their companion went to bed early and David and Yurong took a walk along the railway tracks out into the fields. “We made lots of jokes about what was surrounding us, the people walking by. Getting to know each other,” says Yurong. She was walking on the rail, with David holding her hand – “to keep her steady”, he says. “It seemed the right moment – and right


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The All-Russia Popular Front (ONF) organization led by the ruling United Russia party has declared itself an official political movement.

President Vladimir Putin, who initiated the creation of the ONF in 2011, attended the organization's congress on June 12.

During the meeting, the organization changed its name into the Popular Front for Russia -- Public Movement.

It also adopted a new charter and decided to establish branches in all regions of the Russian Federation.

The ONF was established to broaden the ruling party's electoral base with labor unions, nongovernmental organizations, business associations, and youth groups during Putin's 2012 presidential election campaign.

After winning his third presidential term last year, Putin said that the ONF should remain active as a public movement.Days of the New Live in Attleboro, MABy
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Tuesday, November 18, 2003 @ 4:23 PM

Days of the New Live at Jarrod

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REVIEW BY: Dakotarock

Ok, so I was traveling on business anyway, but once I realized that
Travis Meeks was playing nearby I had to check it out. I ordered a ticket online from Jarrod's Place in Attleboro, Mass. Once I arrived in the area and got the work out of the way, I headed to the venue. It was Tuesday night the 4th of November, and DOTN were supposed to start about 11PM. Although I drove around for about twenty minutes in the cold rain trying to find this place, I eventually did and went in.
This club in a basement setup was nearly completely dark and sprawled out


casually stepped on stage with one other performer on drums (I don't remember his name). The mostly acoustic set lasted an hour and a half then began.
Travis amazed everyone there with how strong his voice was as well as with his guitar abilities. The small group's variations of all DOTN material was brilliant. From popular crowd favorites like the “Downtown” and “Touch, Peel and Stand,” to new material (one song possibly called "Where Lies the Truth?"), to several other deep album cuts that I am sure that many in the crowd had never heard before, the two-man act blew me away. It was easy to get close to the stage (you could have walked onto it if you wanted to) because most of the people were going backand forth to the bar with equal parts of the crowd being split between the show and the rest of the club. That surprised me, like DOTN were some local band that was there every week or something.
At any rate, Travis announced three songs to go and then he was going to hangout in the crowd for a while. Three songs later, he walked off the stage and into the club area. He appeared to almost not realize how popular he is. All in all, incredible show and can't wait for the fourth album to come out. If you have the opportunity to catch one of these club shows, I highly recommend it.