Jay's go-ahead double, 3 RBIs help Arizona beat Padres 9-4

San Diego Padres' Tyson Ross, left, greets Manuel Margot after they both scored on a double by Wil Myers during the third inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday, July 28, 2018, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)(Photo11: The Associated Press)

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jon Jay is getting into a more of a groove in his second month with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Jay hit a go-ahead, two-run double down the right-field line in the eighth inning and finished with three hits and three RBIs to lead the Diamondbacks to a 9-4 victory over the San Diego Padres on Saturday night.

Obtained from Kansas City on June 8, Jay has come out of a slump that started inlate June and extended into July.

"He just walks up there and gives you quality at-bats," manager Torey Lovullo said. "He's very patient, working counts. Obviously the results weren't there but he wasn't very far off the whole time. It was a really nice day for him. The big blow down the right-field line was the one that will stand out but there are so many more things he does inside the game that just sets the table."

Jay, who played with San Diego in 2016, also brought in a run with a groundout in the second, when the Diamondbacks took a 4-0 lead against Tyson Ross, who has been rumored to be on the trading block.

"I feel good," Jay said. "I'm happy to contribute. I feel I'm having good


one of the tougher guys to punch out," Padres manager Andy Green said. "He's a contact-oriented hitter with the game-winning run on the line at third base, so you're going to go with your best strikeout guy, and that's Kirby Yates. Phil can do those things too, but Kirby also hasn't pitched in forever, and you get down in that situation. You're not going to pitch Kirby in the ninth."

The Diamondbacks added two runs in the ninth off Phil Hughes.

Archie Bradley (3-2) pitched a perfect seventh for the win. Arizona starting pitcher Patrick Corbin struck out eight in six innings and also had two singles and an RBI.

Eduardo Escobar made his debut with the Diamondbacks a day after being acquired in a trade with Minnesota. He started atthird base and batted fifth, going 2 for 4 with a walk and two runs scored.

The Padres are 2-6 since the All-Star break and have lost 11 of their last 13 games.

Ross struggled badly in the second. He walked the first three batters and then the next four batters each drove in a run. Jeff Mathis and Corbin hit RBI singles, Jay drove in a run with a groundout and Goldschmidt hit a run-scoring single.

"I kind of lost my release point there in the second inning, unfortunately," said Ross, who has bounced back after shoulder surgery limited him in 2017. "Three walks and four runs later, I was able to find it again and after that I was good to go."

The Padres rallied, though, as three of the


first five Padres batters in the third hit a double off Corbin. Jose Pirela had a leadoff double to right and Ross beat out an infield single with one out. Manuel Margot doubled to bring in Pirela and Wil Myers followed with a two-run double.

Ross' RBI single to center with two outs in the fourth tied it.

Ross allowed four runs and six hits in five innings, walked four and struck out three. Corbin went six, giving up four runs and six hits while striking out eight and walking two.

"Would obviously love to have him around past the trade deadline, but I understand the landscape right now and I understand where he's at," Green said about Ross.

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SAN ANTONIO – On Wednesday, Alabama quarterback commit Tua Tagovailoa told 247Sports that he would be on the same flight as 247Sports Composite No. 1 prospect Najee Harris to Birmingham at the completion of the Army Bowl. That news seemed to indicate Harris' intention to enroll at Alabama in January, effectively ending his recruitment.

In the latest turn in what's been a dizzying few months of tracking Najee's every movement, 247Sports has since learned from two sources that Harris' departing flight from San Antonio actually has Oakland — his hometown — as its final destination. Both sources have knowledge of the logistics of Harris' travel plans to and from the Army Bowl.

The new information on Harris' flight plans comes following a week during which Harris has declined to providea final answer on his college intentions. He has instead indicated that he would simply show up at the school of his choosing, presumably Michigan or Alabama where he is currently committed to, as an early enrollee. At one point in the week, Harris suggested he'd shout out his final school at the end of the Army Bowl. He later said he wouldn't do that.

Harris' Antioch High School coach John Lucido, a guest coach at the Army Bowl, told 247Sports this week he thought Harris would need to fly home and pack, as he was barely packed for a week in San Antonio, let alone a semester of college.

As part of the invitation to play in the Army Bowl, travel is paid for, with a departing flight to


anywhere of the player's choice. For instance, five-star QB Hunter Johnson is flying straight to Clemson, where he'll enroll early. On the flip side, colleges are not permitted to fund the player's trip to school; whenever Harris decides where he wants to go, he'll pay for that his own way.

Harris' decision to fly home to pack up for college leaves both Michigan and Alabama very much in play for the five-star prospect.

Early-enrollees have already arrived at Alabama. Classes start Jan. 11. Classes have begun at Michigan. The Wolverines have three early-enrollees in San Antonio who will start classes in Ann Arbor once they arrive.

At 6-foot-2, 224 pounds, Harris has looked the part as the nation's No. 1 running back this week at Army Bowl practices, showcasing good handsVideo: Helmet-cam captures terrifying moment thief stole motorcyclist's bike at gunpoint before an undercover cop shot him DEAD

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emerging winner of last week’s presidential election after three previous attempts.
The group has also in line with the trend of events, endorsed the All Progressive Congress, APC governorship candidate, Chief Nyerere Anyim as the governor of Abia State.
In a statement in Aba, the chairman of the group, comrade Nnamdi Chidiebere in congratulating Buhari said the group was happy at the emergence of the former military Head of State as the winner of the polls.
Comrade Chidiebere said as agents of change, it was their belief that Buhari’s victory would not only bring sanity to the system, but also dividends of democracy particularly in Abia state which had suffered deprivation over the years.
He said notwithstanding the manipulations that took place after the election that denied the president-elect of the voteof the people, it was Abians belief in him that made a front line traditional ruler in the state, HRH (Eze) Isaac Ikonne to give him the chieftaincy title of Ogbuagu 1 of Aba when Buhari visited him at his palace in Aba in the course of his electioneering.
“It is Abia peoples’ belief in what the president-elect can do that made HRH (Eze) Isaac Ikonne to confer on him the title of Ogbuagu 1 (killer of lion) of Aba when he came on campaign.
“We are not surprised and are much delighted that Buhari has after three unsuccessful attempts, finally killed the lion”.
The group also said it was totally endorsing the candidacy of the APC in Abia State in the April 11 governorship polls, Chief Nyerere Anyim.
According to the


chairman of the group, “When the out-going president visited Aba some weeks ago on campaign tour, he urged residents of the city to vote for the PDP governorship candidate so that they would work together to develop the state if they won”.
He said that now the President Goodluck Jonathan had lost the election, it would be unwise for Abians to vote in the candidate of a party which will be in opposition at the centre from May 29.
His word, “When the out-going president visited Aba some weeks ago, he urged residents of the city to vote in Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu of the PDP so that they would work together for the development of the state.
“Now that the president and PDP have lost out and APC is going toof Rio, fret not because there are many more virtual tours (albeit not in awesome 360˚ Virtual Reality. yet) of places like the historic Prambanan Temple in Indonesia, Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and Humayun’s Tomb in India to visit and explore on Google Arts & Culture.


On May 16, Jeju Air revealed that they have signed with Yunho as a model and that Changmin, who is currently completing his mandatory military service, will join him as a model when he is discharged in August.

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The airline is focusing on the Japanese market with this strategy. With TVXQ’s strong Japanese popularity on their backs, they plan to maximize their profits from the Japanese market. Jeju Air is currently increasing the number of flights between Korea and Japan as another strategy.The Easter Egg "Scandinavian" (1899-1903)

Origin

Series: Other Eggs

Company: House of Fabergé

Made in: between 1899-1903 St. Petersburg, Russia

The Scandinavian egg is an enameled Easter egg made by Michael Perchin under the supervision of the Russian jeweler Peter Carl Fabergé between 1899 and 1903. The egg was made for a St. Petersburg client, one of the very few eggs that were not made for the Russian Imperial Family.

Design and Materials

Workmaster: Mikhail Yevlampievich Perkhin (Michael Perchin)

Materials used: Gold, Translucent Strawberry Red Enamel, Diamonds

Height: 7,5 cm (3 in)

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The egg opens to reveal an enameled yolk, which contains a miniature hen.

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Year of acquisition and current owner: 2004 Viktor Vekselberg / The Link of Times Foundation

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My name's Arthur Lookyanov, I'm a private tour guide,


When I accepted the position of team manager at a small European Overwatch organisation, I was told that the goal was Contenders within eighteen months. Contenders, which serves as a B-tier for the Overwatch scene, sits just under the Overwatch League itself.

It was certainly an ambitious plan, given that over seven hundred teams had entered the European Open Division. Sixteen teams would enter the playoffs and the top four move on to compete in a round-robin tournament. All of this is for a chance to compete in Contenders — a long road for an uncertain trophy. But my employer’s pitch was good, and they had a former member of a high-finish Open Division team lined up to fill the position of head coach.

So, I said yes. Four monthslater, I would resign from my position on June 9th.

The team was in disarray. The head coach had become a modern Captain Ahab, locking himself away to pursue high-level free agents before occasionally storming into the management channel of the team’s Discord server to yell at his coaches for not doing jobs he had never assigned them. The three coaches that worked under him tried their best, but they had no real leadership and , relied solely on the head coach, their direct supervisor, for all tasks and solutions to problems. This enabled the head coach’s desire to control everything and shape the team to fit his image of a ‘perfect team’.

The server had over thirty players who were actively working on trial runs to play with the


team. Some players having been in the server since March, and more players were added daily. The team had failed to meet a deadline for naming a roster three times. The ship was sinking and yet the band played on. What was the root cause of all this chaos? The team had decided to go all in.

The advent of officially sanctioned Overwatch tournaments has been a double-edged sword for the community. On the one hand, the ‘Path to Pro’ program (Open Division -> Trials -> Contenders -> OWL) provides a very clear path for players who want to make the game their profession. It removes the obstacle that older players had to face, where they had to play around the pro circuit and cultivate a reputation before athat it is up to us to get it through how we train our inner world.
I worked with a professional footballer once. He was getting very nervous about shooting goals. He kept missing even though he was very talented. I insisted that he kept watching himself on TV scoring goals and burned that image into his consciousness. I didn’t want him thinking about anything else. Every time he had a negative thought he was to switch that picture, either on the TV or on the TV in his mind. And he was to surround the thought with positive emotions of love and respect for himself.
Michael Losier is the best on the law of attraction issue. He teaches one exactly how to master the art of "believe". It is


a snort as if this were all amusing to her.

"Why is he doing this to us?" Magdalena asked as she hugged Catherina close to her chest. "What happened to your face?" Beula asked in return to Eva as took a step forward to get a better look. "I was trying to stop them from taking my brother and one of the vile men hit me." Eva replied as she touched her swollen cheek and winced because it still stung a bit. "That serves you right, you should have not gotten involved." Beula stated as she looked down at the bucket and was silent for a second or two.

"What will happen to us?" Eva finally asked in a soft voice. "You will join all the other woman and smallbrave. An all that matters now is that we are together again." she said with a tearful smile as she lifted his head up to meet her loving eyes.

"Where is Papa and Frederick?" she asked as her eyes quickly changed from loving to fear when she did not see them with him. "They are back in the shed with 14 others." he replied and she sighed with relief. "Hans, I think we should go get mama, papa, Frederick and Angelica and leave this place and never look back." Eva stated as she took her hands in his. "No, we cannot Eva!" he said while shaking his head. "Look we will find a way to pay Mr. Defrock back, but I refuse to live in a place where I


Catherina.

"Sorry Eva." Angelica said apologetically as she tripped over her big sister who did not stir. "Eva?" Angelica said again as she bent down and felt nothing but a sack full of clothes. "Mama, Eva's gone!" Angelica announced in a panic and Magdalena looked around the empty room. "I told her not to go, why didn't she listen to me? She never went against my word before." Magdalena said out loud as she paced back and forth not knowing what else to do.

"Mama, what if someone took her?" Angelica asked with fear in her eyes. "No!" Magdalena said while shaking her head in denial as the door was kicked open and a man in blue came in and was carrying a small woman in his arms. "Eva!" Magdalenaand moved the bright red hair out of the woman's face. The woman immediately threw her hands up in the air and was crying and pleading with her to stop. "It's ok, you are safe now." Eva said soothingly and Magdalena handed Angelica the baby and kneeled down to the woman's other side and took the woman's hand in hers and patted it gently.

"Eva, change into dry clothes and get some rest I will look after her now." Magdalena stated as she untied the apron that was around her waist and dabbed the blood that came from the woman's broken nose and busted lip. "Yes, Mama." Eva replied as she got up and rummaged through the sacks for her other dress. Magdalena sighed out loud, this young lady


asked as he put a arm around his shoulder trying to comfort him.

"Chester tried to hurt Eva, we got into a fight, he was going to kill me! Then Isaiah came and saved my life, he.. he killed Chester." Hans started to say and Michael interrupted him. "Eva! you

seen Eva, where is she?" Michael asked as he took a hold of his shoulders and shook him a bit. "They took her back to the shed with your wife and and Angelica." Hans replied as his chin started to quiver and he buried his face in his hands again.

"Do not worry Hans, everything will be alright" Michael said as he pulled him into a comforting hug then he added. "We must have faith and we must pray, pray tolearned in life one of the best things ya can do is ta listen an learn from yer elders. Cause they are old an very wise, an ya can learn much from them. Then one day when ya grow as old as yer papa does, yall grow up ta be just as good as man as he is." Isaiah said to Frederick who's eyes lit up in excitement. "Really! Come on papa I wanna watch ya split some wood." Frederick said in excitement as he tugged on his hand then they left to do what they were told.

Chapter 14, The Lovely Singing Of A Negro Lady,

We all awoke to the lovely singing of a Negro lady named Mabel. Though I could not understand her words, I am sure


perspiration off. "It is probably the sun mama, please sit down for a bit, you will feel better then." Eva suggested as she shielded Catherina's eyes from the sun.

"This one's full." Angelica announced proudly as she set a sack down in front of them. "Good, now you can fill the rest of mamma's while she is resting." Eva stated as she went back to picking more cotton and Angelica did the same. Catherina made cooing sounds while they worked which made Eva smile, she is such a happy baby, Eva thought as she plucked the white puffs of cotton of the plant.

"You there!" they heard an angry shout and all eyes fell upon the man with the whip in hand. "Get back to work!" the man shouted athis head in anger and wanted to confront mama, but I begged him not too as it would only make matters worse. He slowly cooled down and we both vowed that we would never strike any of our children for it is a terrible thing to do.

I have not talked to mama since then, an she has not apologized either. An instead of asking me to do certain things like take care of Catherina she now asks Angelica who thinks I should just say I am sorry and get over with it, as she put it. I can tell she does not like doing all the extra work and in away I feel both relieved and guilty for putting such a big responsibility to my younger sister after


ya! Do it," Isaiah said with a stutter. "Do it now he said! Then one of the men threw a Fire stick on the straw roof of the shack an It went up in flames. I called out to them an I tried ta get away but it was no use as they tied me ta a wagon wheel. Then Mr. Defrock beat me with a whip I don't know how many lashes he did but, I could not feel the blows nor hear the whipping sounds. All I heard was the screams of muh wife, an Benjamin crying, calling for his papa to help them. We were far away but I could still feel the heat of the fire on muh face. Then the wails, the wailspursed, for a moment Eva thought that he would get on his knees and beg her to give in. "No, it's bad enough we got three of them in the house." She said as her eyes grew dark with anger. "But Alevia." He started to say and she stood up. "I said No!" She screamed as she threw the tea cup against the wall and it shattered into hundreds of little pieces as Nitta came running into the room to see what was going on Alivea glared at Nitta then her husband who was pale in the face at what she had done.

"You should have let that rapist, murder die in the fire along with her, why did you insist on having her here." she screamed as she


see Mr. Defrock and Eva sitting on the couch together holding hands. She hide behind the archway and peeked in to watch them. "You know, you are just as pretty as she was." Beula heard Mr. Defrock say to Eva as he brought his hand to her face and cradled it tenderly.

Chapter 27, As Good As Dirt,

"Do you believe him?" Hans asked Michael who looked around the pile of wood he was carrying in his arms. "Yes, there is no reason for Isaiah to lie to me." Michael replied as he threw the wood into the wagon and made a grunting noise. "You alright?" Hans asked in concern. "Yes, it's just my back acting up again." Michael replied while rubbing the lower half of it then changed thechance to slip away and we had a magical time together. I will not say what we did for it makes me blush, though it should not for we are man and wife and it is what a married couple does. I have to change the subject on paper for Nitta is looking at me strangely as she notices my flushing cheeks. When we returned I was surprised when mama came up to me and gave me a hug, squishing Catherina in between us. Then she told me that she was sorry for what she did and she will never lay a hand on me again and that she dearly loves me and hoped I could find forgiveness in my heart for her. I could see papa smiling,


grateful we finally made up for he hated the silence between us and I did too.

Maybe this was Christkindl's gift to us, as we are all in good health and get to see each other almost every day. I gave Iris a big hug as well, she is getting bigger every time I see her, her belly that is. I also said hello to Mabel and the other woman and children that I housed with before. As I ended my day walking back to the Defrock's house I could hear Mabel's singing fade as I got farther away., Eva

Eva set the diary down and closed her eyes blessed to sleep in peace and some what happiness for the first time in a long time.

Chapter 33, An Days Beforewould you kindly please tell your servant to quit babbling on like a fool and speak in English." she said while motioning over to Eva who frowned at her, she understood the words fool and speak English. Eva knew that she must have been talking about her for who else was there?

"I am Sorry Mrs.Wendlson, She had just arrived in September and has yet to learn all of the English tongue." He said apologetically to her and she shook her head at this. "Hmp, you would think a man of your stature would have picked a servant more appropriate for their guests." She said with her nose stuck in the air. "You are right Mrs. Wendlson, please forgive me and I will remember to do so at the


closer and Nitta closed her eyes in fear and clung to Eva's side.

"Alevia calm down you are making a scene. I told them that they could wear them for the party." He said calmly as he gently grabbed her by the elbow and tried to lead her out of the room but

she snatched it out of his grip. "You, you said they could wear Bernitta's dresses! You let them touch her things, does our daughter mean nothing to you?" Mrs. Defrock asked hysterically in a fit of tears. "Alevia, the guests they are all staring at you. Please go upstairs and compose yourself before you make yourself out to be a bigger fool then you have now." Mr. Defrock said through the grit of his teeth trying tothen he walked away from the crowed and outside and looked up at the moon and stars which shined brightly in the night's sky making it light outside.

As soon as he left the guests whispered to each other about what had happened moments ago. Eva felt sorry for them both, for Mrs. Defrock for the fact that she was still grieving over her dead daughter and for Mr. Defrock for the fact that his wife had just made as scene in front all these people and gossip was sure to spread around here, Eva thought as she motioned for Nitta to get back to work on serving the appetizer.

Chapter 36, The beginning of a new year,

It is the beginning of a new year as it is now January


know. All I know that there is a murderer living around here and he is getting away with it Scott free, it makes me shiver in fear at the thought of it. Oh how I wish life was as simple as baking a Loaf of brea.., Eva

Eva stopped writing and sniffed the air, upon smelling something quite familiar. She got up from the floor and slowly walked toward the door and quietly opened it. She looked from left to right and did not see anyone in sight. She inhale deeply as she stood there, the strong smell she smelled was making her nauseous so she pinched her nose or she would get ill.

Mr. Defrock! she thought in her head when the smell registered her thoughts on what itthe centuries, borne out of necessity around 200AD, before electric lighting was ever discovered. Thomas Edison's may pop into mind as we talk about electric lighting. But little do people know that Edison's was not the first ones to master this great invention. Many earlier inventors had previously devised incandescent lamps, including Alessandro Volta's demonstration of a glowing wire in 1800 or the inventions by Henry Woodward and Mathew Evans.

Others who developed early and commercially impractical incandescent electric lamps included Humphry Davy, James Bowman Lindsay, Moses G. Farmer, William E. Sawyer, Joseph Swan and Heinrich Göbel. Some of these early bulbs had flaws, like extremely short life, high expense to produce, and high electric current drawn, making them difficult to apply on a large scale commercially.

After many experiments


a rare gain of 17,000 driven by a jump in employment in local education of 20,100. This is likely a seasonal adjustment issue also, as there was a similar jump last year that was reversed in October. Employment in local education is down by more than 200,000 from its peak in 2008. One big job loser this month was the motion picture industry, which lost 22,200 jobs, 5.7 percent of total employment.

Job growth continued to be narrowly concentrated with retail adding 44,000 jobs, health care 32,700 and restaurants 21,200. The jump in health care employment follows three months in which growth averaged just 13,600, so growth is not likely to continue at this pace. Manufacturing added 14,000 jobs driven by a rise of 18,800 jobs in autos. ThisJacob Wolf ESPN Staff Writer 2 Minute Read

Counter Logic Gaming support Vincent "Biofrost" Wang, right, played on Team SoloMid in 2016 and '17. He'll rejoin the squad in the coming season. Photo by Tina Jo/Provided by Riot Games

Team SoloMid and Counter Logic Gaming are finalizing a trade that will see the two teams swap supports, with Vincent "Biofrost" Wang returning to TSM in return for Andy "Smoothie" Ta, league sources told ESPN.

The deal is expected to be completed on Monday evening, when the global League of Legends free-agency window opens at 7 ET, or shortly thereafter, sources said.

It will be the first of a couple of moves for TSM, who are also seeking a new AD carry and jungler during the offseason, according to sources. Meanwhile, Counter Logic


Gaming are expected to make minimal changes to their logic, sources said; CLG's only starter with an expiring contract is mid laner Tristan "PowerofEvil" Schrage.

Biofrost returns to Team SoloMid after two seasons under Counter Logic Gaming. During his time on TSM, he won three consecutive League Championship Series titles and competed at the 2016 and 2017 League of Legends World Championships in the United States and China.

After worlds 2017, Biofrost and then-TSM AD carry Yiliang "Doublelift" Peng were replaced by previous G2 Esports duo Jesper "Zven" Svenningsen and Alfonso "mithy" Aguirre Rodríguez. Team SoloMid have not qualified for the world championship since.

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coherent propagation of electron waves in these resonators. In this talk, I examine the probing of electron resonators in graphene confined by linear and circular gate potentials with the scanning tunneling microscope (STM). The tip in the STM tunnel junction serves both as a tunable local gate potential, and as a probe of the graphene states through tunneling spectroscopy. A combination of a back gate potential, Vg, and tip potential, Vb, creates and controls a circular pn junction that confines the WGM graphene states. The resonances are observed in two separate channels in the tunneling spectroscopy experiment: first, by directly tunneling into the state at the bias energy eVb, and, second, by tunneling from the resonance at the Fermi level as the state is gated by the tipchemical composition, adsorption capacity and morphology. The environmental scanningelectron microscope (ESEM) by ElectroScan, Inc., analyzes particle sizes, composition, and morphology. It is also used in this study to identify the attachment of colloids onto packing or rock surfaces in the development of a colloid remediation process. The ESEM has confirmed the composition of groundwater colloids in these studies to be generally the same material as the surrounding rock. The morphology studies have generally shown that colloids are simply small pieces of the rock surface that have exfoliated into the surrounding water. However, in general, the source and chemical composition of groundwater colloids is site dependent. The authors have found that an ESEM works best as a valuable analysis tool within a suite of colloid characterization instruments.

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Scanningelectron microscopy was used to characterize the erosion of annealed copper and aluminum surfaces produced by


on the silicon nitride (SiN) film surface within minutes. These results suggest the applicability of the ASEM for the study of mycoplasmas as well as for early-stage mycoplasma infection diagnosis. PMID:22226908

Nematodes of the family Aspidoderidae (Nematoda: Heterakoidea) Skrjabin and Schikobalova, 1947, are widely distributed in the Americas. The family Aspidoderidae includes the subfamilies Aspidoderinae Skrjabin and Schikobalova, 1947, and Lauroiinae Skrjabin and Schikobalova, 1951. These two subfamilies are delineated by the presence or absence of cephalic cordons at the anterior region. The nematodes in the subfamily Aspidoderinae, which includes the genus AspidoderaRailliet and Henry, 1912, are represented by nematodes with anterior cephalic cordons at the anterior end. The nematodes of the genus AspidoderaRailliet and Henry, 1912, are found in the cecum and large intestine of mammals of the2003. With the exception of the wavelength spectrometer (which has been undergoing design changes) everything is working well and the SEM is in routine use in our laboratory.

Disclosed are lens apparatus in which a beam of charged particlesis brought to a focus by means of a magnetic field, the lens being situated behind the target position. In illustrative embodiments, a lens apparatus is employed in a scanningelectron microscopeas the sole lens for high-resolution focusing of an electron beam, and in particular, an electron beam having an accelerating voltage of from about 10 to about 30,000 V. In one embodiment, the lens apparatus comprises an electrically-conducting coil arranged around the axis of the beam and a magnetic pole piece extending along the axis of the beam at least within


An additional twelve teeth were used as references and were etched but were not furnished with brackets. Four teeth served as untreated controls. Eight brackets had fallen off one week later. The remaining brackets were removed with various instruments. All the teeth were extracted and examined by scanningelectron microscopy (SEM). On all of the teeth originally furnished with brackets, residual acrylic was found on the tooth surface. The SEM examination was supplemented with energy-dispersive x-ray analysis (ED) which confirmed that the observed residues differed in their chemical composition from the dental substance. PMID:326059

A conceptual design for the Two-Dimensional, Electronically Steered Thinned Array Radiometer (ESTAR) is described. This instrument is a synthetic aperture microwave radiometer that operates in the L-band frequency range for the measurement of soil moisture andcarried out by thermogravimetry and sorption/desorption isotherms. Differences in the properties of the cellulose ether films were described by time-dependent contact angle measurements. Changes in molecular structure of the raw materials, gels and films caused by water contact were studied using Raman spectroscopy. Differences between the substitution types and changes due to the gel or film formation were observed. An environmental scanningelectron microscopy (ESEM) technique was used to distinguish the morphological behaviour of the cellulose ether films in contact with water. Based on in-situ ESEM experiments, the swelling and drying behaviour of the various stages of cellulose ether films (film-hydrated film-dried film) were quantified by using image analysis. PMID:15969923

An easy and low-cost method to elaborate a container to dehydrate nematodes and other meiofauna in order to process them


of the destructive changes. PMID:24627077

We have used a combination of lead isotopes and scanningelectron microscopy to determine the relationships between different exhibits in a murder case. Samples involved lead projectiles removed from the deceased's head and a pillow, lead-rich scrapings and particles (gunshot residues) from spent cartridges and a silencer, and particles from a pillowcase. The lead projectiles had the same isotopic composition. with the lead being derived from the same dominantly geologically old source(s). The lead smear from the silencer had the same isotopic composition as the projectiles, and the lead was probably from the same source. The particles from the spent cartridges had varying elemental compositions ranging from PbO to PbCuZn +/- Ba with or without Si and are consistent with derivation from the primer. Thewere harvested and decellularized using detergent extraction methods. Following decellularization, the ECM of the bone, basilar membrane, spiral limbus, and ligament remained, and all of the cells were removed from the cochlea. A number of similarities and differences in the ECM of the mouse and human were observed. A novel, spirally directed structure was present on the basilar membrane and is located at the border between Hensen and Boettcher cells. These septa-like structures formed a single row in the mouse and multiple rows in the human. The basal lamina of the stria vascularis capillaries was present and appeared thicker in the human compared with the mouse. In the mouse, numerous openings beneath the spiral prominence that previously housed the root processes of the external sulcus cells were observed


for species identification only observed by this technique. PMID:19130086

Several plant preparations are administered for treatment of stone disease without scientific basis. This paper presents the results of in vitro and animal experimental studies using scanningelectron microscopy (SEM) in the identification of the therapeutic properties of trial drugs in medicine. In the first set of the study, urinary crystals namely calcium oxalate monohydrate and calcium oxalate dehydrate were grown in six sets of Hane's tubes in silica gel medium. Trial drugs namely scoparia dulcis Lynn, musa sapiens and dolicos biflorus were incorporated in the gel medium to identify the dopant effect of the trial drugs on the size and extent of crystal column growth. The changes in morphology of crystals were studied using SEM. In the second set, sixstudy the human cervical mucus through the various stages of the ovarian cycle, as well as to describe the significant variations of the meshed woof making up the ultrastructure during the ovarian cycle. While the slackening of the woof and the dimension of the meshes are minimal at both the beginning and end of the cycle, they reach a maximum on forteenth day. In the ovulatory period, lateral expansions from the filaments are numerous. On the other hand, median and terminal thicknesses are almost inexistant during the same period : their frequency decreases during the first part of the cycle, then increases during the luteal phase. During both the preceding and following days of ovulation, one can observe numerous twistings at the level of the filaments which probably


unfairly estranged from their children.

According to figures released by the Ministry of Justice under Freedom of Information rules, the number of non-molestation orders issued by the courts to protect people from harassment, intimidation or violence has increased by 21 per cent, from 4,925 to 6,101, between 2012 and 2014 in England and Wales.

But in some areas the rise was even higher – there was a 92 per cent increase in the Midlands over the past two years.

Family campaigners fear this has happened because solicitors in certain areas have been encouraging clients to make claims of abuse.

Separately, police say there has been a 31 per cent increase in the number of domestic abuse-related crimes recorded in England and Wales between 2013 and 2015 – from 269,700 in the yearto August 2013, to 353,100 in the year to March 2015. Forces say they are on the verge of being ‘overwhelmed’ by the ‘staggering’ increases.

Last night, Tory MP Andrew Bridgen claimed that the legal aid changes had led to people – usually men – being falsely accused of abuse.

He said: ‘It is obvious that making domestic abuse the gateway for legal aid has caused an explosion in the number of allegations of domestic abuse, many of which may be baseless and made simply to secure legal aid.

‘Domestic violence, of which both men and women are victims, must be taken seriously, but the rise in the number of non-molestation orders is alarming.’

The legal aid changes, designed to cut the £2 billion annual legal aid bill in England and Wales


Warriors hit the road to face Jazz

(SportsNetwork.com) - The Golden State Warriors just won all six of their games on a recent homestand and will play three of the next four on the road, starting with Tuesday's matchup with the Utah Jazz.

The Warriors averaged 118 points per game on the perfect stay in Oakland and handed the LeBron James-less Cleveland Cavaliers a 112-94 loss on Friday. Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry scored 24 and 23 points, respectively, with Curry dishing out 10 assists.

Justin Holiday scored 14 points off the bench, Marreese Speights added 12 points and Draymond Green ended with 10 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists for the Warriors, who shot 50 percent from the floor and improved to 19-0 when holding opponents under 100 points.

"Good winin the NBA with only 11.7 miscues a game.

"You can't turn the ball over that much and expect to win," Burke said.

Burke is averaging 19.2 ppg in his last six games.

The Jazz, losers in five of the last eight games, have a 6-11 record in Salt Lake City and will welcome the Los Angeles Lakers to town on this brief stay.

Golden State registered a 101-88 victory over Utah at home on Nov. 21 and the two teams will meet again Jan. 30 and March 21. The Warriors are riding a five-game winning streak in this series and have won three of the last four trips to the Beehive State.


BIA 2012 open for entries

British Baker is pleased to announce entries for the 2012 Baking Industry Awards are now open.

Organised by British Baker, the awards are now in their 25th year and will take place on Wednesday 12 September at the Park Lane Hilton in London.

The Baking Industry Awards acknowledge and reward bakery companies and professionals from around the country for their contributions to the industry.

Martyn Leek, editor of British Baker, said: "Now in its 25th year, the awards celebrate people from one of the most innovative trades in the world who show skill, passion, energy and enthusiasm. Perhaps you are a brilliant baker, or you have a talented 'rising star' among your staff. Just entering makes you look hard at your business and sends a positive messageWhere is Fair Isle?

Fair Isle is an island in northern Scotland, lying around halfway between Mainland Shetland and the Orkney islands. It is the most remote inhabited island in the United Kingdom and is roughly equidistant from Sumburgh Head some 38 km (24 mi) to the north-east on the Mainland of Shetland and North Ronaldsay, Orkney, some 43 km (27 mi) to the south-west. Fair Isle is administratively part of Shetland.

Note: this Google image was taken in 2008 and shows the old observatory building

Note: this Bing image was taken in 2012 and shows the new observatory building


Based on a very clever comedy by Claire Booth, wife of Time Publisher Henry Luce and later Ambassador to Italy. One of the surprises was an all-woman cast, novel in the 1930's. And although there were no men in the cast, most of the dialog was about them. The story is rather thin and depended on the fact that divorce, in the 1930's, was not only difficult but almost impossible in New York. Mrs. Stephen Haynes learns that her husband is seeing a salesgirl at Saks, and reluctantly divorces him, abetted by her friends, all of whom have romantic problems of their own. In the 1930's New York women who could afford it went to Nevada, where residency could be established quickly and divorce was relatively easy. Thejournalists and other musical professions. There are music movements, events and genres related to women, women's issues and feminism. In the 2010s, while women comprise a significant proportion of popular music and classical music singers, and a significant proportion of songwriters (many of them being singer-songwriters), there are few women record producers, rock critics and rock instrumentalists. Although there have been a huge number of women composers in classical music, from the Medieval period to the present day, women composers are significantly underrepresented in the commonly performed classical music repertoire, music history textbooks and music encyclopedias; for example, in the Concise Oxford History of Music, Clara Schumann is one of the only female composers who is mentioned.
Close the Kitchen at Night. Establish a time when you will stop


war and armed conflict, during military occupation, or ethnic conflicts; most often in the form of war rape and sexual slavery. Contemporary examples of sexual violence during war include rape during the Armenian Genocide, rape during the Bangladesh Liberation War, rape in the Bosnian War, rape during the Rwandan Genocide, and rape during Second Congo War. In Colombia, the armed conflict has also resulted in increased sexual violence against women.[63] The most recent case was the Sexual jihad done by ISIL where 5000-7000 Yazidi and Christian girls and children were sold into Sexual slavery during the genocide and rape of Yazidi and Christian women, some of which jumped to their death from Mount Sinjar, as described in a witness statement.[64]

3. (tie) The Mayo Clinic diet, Mediterranean diet, andLuke List made birdie from the bunker on the final hole Saturday for a 4-under-par 66 and a one-shot lead after the third round at the Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., as he goes after his first PGA Tour victory.

Right behind was Justin Thomas, the PGA Tour player of the year.

Still in the mix was Tiger Woods.

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List bounced back from his only bogey of the round on the par-3 17th hole by blasting out of the bunker to tap-in range on the par-5 18th to move past Thomas and Webb Simpson. This is the second time he’s had at least a share of the 54-hole lead. The other was at the Sanderson Farms Championship in Mississippi in the fall of 2016, which was held the same


week as a World Golf Championship in Shanghai.

Thomas was never far away from the lead, and the final hour changed everything. The PGA champion had three birdies over his last five holes for a 65 to match the low round of the toughest tournament this year on the PGA Tour.

Particularly impressive was that two of those birdies were on the par-3 15th and par-3 17th, the second- and third-toughest holes at PGA National on Saturday. He essentially hit the same shot, a cut 6-iron into the wind to right pins and made 15-footers.

Simpson, the former US Open champion who has not won in more than four years, played bogey-free for a 66, a card kept clean by a remarkable bunker save with an awkward stance behind the 15thgreen.

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Woods broke 70 for the first time on the PGA Tour since August 2015 — a span of only 12 rounds because of three back surgeries — and his 1-under 69 at least raised his hopes. He was seven back. ‘‘I've got a shot going into tomorrow,’’ Woods said.

Ten players were ahead of him.

List has the lead, though it probably won’t feel like one with six players separated by only three shots. Tommy Fleetwood of England holed out from the fourth fairway for eagle and finished strong with a birdie on the 16th and an eagle on the final hole with an approach that rolled out to 8 feet. He shot a 67 and was at 205 along with Jamie Lovemark, whose round was spoiled by one shot.

Lovemark


holed a chip for birdie from just off the 12th green to become the first player to reach 7 under. On the next hole from the back of the 13th green, his chip from 70 feet broke toward the middle of the cup, dove into the left side and spun out.

But his 7-iron into the wind and over the water on the 15th ballooned in the air and never had a chance, leading to double bogey.

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Alex Noren of Sweden, who lost in a playoff at Torrey Pines, hit 3-wood that rolled out to 4 feet from the pin on No. 18 for an eagle and a 65. He was three behind.

Woods has been progressively better every day at PGA National, except for one hole — a double bogeyeach of the last two days — that slowed him. Saturday was an exception. He made his two bogeys on the notorious par 3s on the back nine, but he putted for birdie 14 out of 18 holes, and only one of those putts was longer than 25 feet.

‘‘Probably the highest score I could have shot today,’’ Woods said.

The course was playing slightly easier and the scoring average was at 70.9. Some of that was expected after the cut has been made, though it helped not to have as much foot traffic on greens that don’t have a lot of grass, a wind not quite as forceful and more accessible pins.

List was playing in the final group with Lovemark, neither of whom have won on the PGA Tour,


though they didn’t have to deal with the crowds. They were following Woods, and as the final group reached the eighth hole, there was no more than about 50 fans.

That might change slightly on Sunday with Thomas in the final group.

European — Oliver Fisher birdied his last four holes in the Qatar Masters third round to share the lead at Doha Golf Club. The 29-year-old Englishman shot a 7-under 65 for an overall 16-under 200. Eddie Pepperell (66) picked up shots on the 16th and 18th to catch his compatriot and the pair enjoy a two-shot lead over American Sean Crocker (67) in third.

LPGA — Jessica Korda fired a 4-under 68 in the third round of the LPGA Thailand to lead Moriya Jutanugarn by four strokes. A dayof meeting themes and the other supplement papers provide guidance and encouragement for those seeking to reduce the incidence of cancer in the coming decades by adopting a life course perspective on prevention through early intervention focused on young adults.

Publication of this article was supported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an Agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, under contract number: 200-2017-M-94637. The findings and conclusions in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of CDC.

The Cancer Prevention During Early Adulthood Writing Group includes Lisa Bailey-Davis, Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA; Leslie Best, National Association of Chronic Disease Directors, Orrtanna, PA; Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; Joan


Ellison (National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD); and Lisa Richardson (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) for their participation in and valuable contributions to the meeting. We would like to thank William F. Benson (Health Benefits ABCs, Silver Spring, MD) for facilitating the meeting.

All authors, including members of the writing group, contributed to the conception and design of the paper, critically revised the paper for important intellectual content, gave final approval of the version to be published, and agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work. Dawn Holman, Mary White, Meredith Shoemaker, Greta Massetti, Mary Puckett, and Claire Brindis contributed to the initial draft paper. Dawn Holman compiled the draft sections and incorporated all suggested revisions from all co-authors into the final version.

No financial disclosures were reportedThe DC Rebirth era of DC Comics is headed to HeroClix.

WizKids Games will release DC Comics HeroClix: DC Rebirth this April. The company has provided ComicBook.com with exclusive previews of three figures from the set.

First up is Raven, a rare figure. She can be played at 65 or 40 points. She has the Teen Titans and Mystics team abilities. Her keywords are Teen Titans, Monster, and Mystical.

Raven has the Titans Reborn trait, which reads: “When Raven is given a MOVE action, after resolutions she can use the Titans team ability at no cost.”

At both point costs her starting click features two specials powers. In her movement slot is Traveling Through My Soul-Self. The power grants raven Phasing/Teleport, Stealth, and Passenger:3, but only to carry characters that share a


ESPN recently let go of a number of talented employees in order to focus on "versatility and value". One of those employees that was let go was an extremely talented and vivacious personality, Ethan Sherwood Strauss. Ethan was not only a gifted writer (his piece on Steph Curry & Nike last year was ESPN.com's #1 most read article of all-time) but he also was a tireless benefactor to the host of podcasts that ESPN produces. If ESPN is trying to keep up with the changing demands of cable-cutters and millennials who get their sports news online, what better way is there to entice them then with a transcendent talent such as Ethan. Please support this petition to have ESPN bring back Ethan Sherwood Strauss (and possibly Radio Ethanof social media to connect activists on every platform.

Since she took the helm in 2006, Mitchell’s worked hard to morph the institution formerly known as Museum of Television and Radio into a productive hive of current programming and collaborations that’s moving the needle on women’s issues. Good thing she’s no stranger to breaking down barriers. Mitchell’s now more than 40 years into blazing her own trail in the media. She was the first female to nationally syndicate her own show and the first woman president of PBS. Not bad for someone who got into journalism—not once, but twice—because she was unemployed.

Mitchell’s garnered a slew of accolades, including a lifetime achievement award (which will also now bear her name) by the Women’s Media Center along with a clutch of


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Join us again for another year of award winning music and entertainment. Featuring two stages of live entertainment headlined by the legendary LAKESIDE, old school giant, TIERRA, toe stopping ROD PIAZZA AND MIGHTY FLYERS, BIG PAPA and the TCB and WUMBLUZZO playing blues the way it oughta be; the Caravan of All Stars high energy blues, rhythm and soul show and a special tribute to Motown and the Temptations, featuring the renown 5 Tempting Men. Our International Showcase stage highlights rock, pop, country, rock n Española, old school and more. Additional guests and artist will join this two day extravaganza. Arrive earlyso you can mark out your spot. Your blanket is welcomed at this family friendly event.

In addition to the music and entertainment, the HDMF host the HIGH DESERT BBQ SHOWDOWN. Gather your taste buds and experience the very best in BBQ as the nation's top pit masters compete in the High Desert BBQ Showdown. BBQ top grillers have been recruited to compete in this jaw droppin', smoke out that will crown the SHOWDOWN king. The prestigious Kansas City Barbecue Society has sanctioned this event which features competitions in four mouth-watering categories: Beef Brisket, Pork Ribs, Chicken and Pork. One team also will be named champion of the event and as a festival goer, you can cast your vote toward the People's Choice award.

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The purpose of this project is to identify the determinants of non- insulin-dependent diabetes (NIDDK), various types of arthritis, and gallbladder disease, and elucidate the natural history of the diseases. Genetic and environmental risk factors for NIDDM have been studied in the Pima Indians. The residents of the study area, approximately 5000 people, have participated in a longitudinal population study since 1965, allowing observations of the natural history of diabetes mellitus. Risk factors for obesity, hypertension, and cholelithiasis are also studied, along with the relationships of these diseases to diabetes and their effects on mortality rates. The genetics of diabetes is studied by means of family studies and relationships of genetic markers to disease. The roles of obesity, serum insulin concentrations, impaired glucose tolerance, occupational and leisure-time physicalthey could use existing stocks of ammunition.  149 mm was an odd caliber since French produced artillery tended to be  caliber and 149 mm was more common in German, Austro-Hungarian, Czech or Italian artillery.  Denmark ordered four guns from Schneider and a license to produce another twenty guns at the Hærens Geværfabrik government arsenal in Copenhagen.  The last guns being delivered in 1931.

In Danish service the gun was known as the M.29 L/22 S and it used the same sprung single-axle split-trail carriage as the Canon de 105 modèle 1930 field gun.  The gun had steel wheels with solid rubber tires and could be towed by either a horse-team or artillery tractor.  It used the same Schneider spade plates as earlier guns that had


of added sugar they consume, and then cut that in half.

By doing this, Brukner hopes to make a dent in the ill-health of the nation, who he says is suffering at the hands of food companies who fill their products with added sugars – many of which are still marketed as being "health" foods.

"Our health system is set to be bankrupted by the escalating rates of obesity, type 2 diabetes, chronic illness and tooth decay – and all of these diseases have been scientifically linked to consuming too much added sugar over time," says Brukner.

Whether it's the glass of juice we have with breakfast, or the muesli bar we grab on the way out the door to catch the bus, most of us are unknowingly consuming far morenamed Jeevakumar (spelled in parts of the record as Jeeva

Kumar). Sri Lankan officials detained the whole group, but they released Rafeeldeen

soon afterward. However, authorities shortly thereafter requested that he report to a

police station, where they interrogated him about his supposed connection to Jeevakumar

(about whom Rafeeldeen said he had no knowledge). Sri Lankan officials apparently

believed that Jeevakumar, no longer in custody, was a spy for the LTTE, against whom

the government was waging a lengthy civil war. They kicked Rafeeldeen, took off his

clothes, taped his mouth, and hit him with belts until he fainted. His father secured his

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high-performance bearings. It’s most common use today is in liquid crystal displays and touchscreens.

Notable Science History Events for November 21

2005 – Konstantin Petrovich Feoktistov died.

Feoktistov is a Soviet cosmonaut/engineer who worked part of the team who designed Sputnik, Vostok, Voskhod, and Soyuz spacecraft. He would go on to head the design team which designed the Salyut and Mir space stations. He also worked on a design for an ion-powered spacecraft for a manned Mars mission.

1996 – Abdus Salam died.

Abdus Salam (1926 – 1996)Dutch National Archive

Salam was a Pakistani physicist that shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics with Sheldon Glashow and Steven Weinberg for work in postulating the existence of W and Z bosons. W and Z bosons are the elementary particles that mediate the weak nuclear force.I hate the way you lie

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Jan 23, 2013 at 12:01 AMJan 23, 2013 at 10:19 PM

Donít you just hate it when someone tries to spare your feelings by telling you what they think you want to hear. I have a relative that did that once. He bought a house for him and his "friend" to live in then told his wife he didnít own the house. In the end, when they divorced, the wife had to sign the paper work to sell the house that he didnít own. She knew all along he purchased the house. Wouldn't it have been better for him to be upfront or to try and hide the truth?

Let me know on the Adventures with Gadget Girl Facebook page on what you would do.

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you just hate it when someone tries to spare your feelings by telling you what they think you want to hear. I have a relative that did that once. He bought a house for him and his "friend" to live in then told his wife he didnít own the house. In the end, when they divorced, the wife had to sign the paper work to sell the house that he didnít own. She knew all along he purchased the house. Wouldn't it have been better for him to be upfront or to try and hide the truth?

Let me know on the Adventures with Gadget Girl Facebook page on what you would do.Timeline

1868

John Mackintosh was born on 7th July in the town of Dukinfield, Cheshire, moving to Halifax soon afterwards

1890

Marriage of Violet and John Mackintosh. Soon after they opened a small business in a rented shop at 53 King Cross Street

1892

Violet and John Mackintosh move from retail to wholesale selling in and production

1894

John Mackintosh Moves to a factory in Bond Street and into larger premises in Hope Street, Halifax

1895

The business moved to Hope Street under the name, the Steam Confectionary Works

1896

New flavours had joined his original culinary creation of toffee deluxe – including creamery toffee...

1898

The firm manufactures Christmas crackers

1899

J. Mackintosh Limited, a limited liability company, was established with a capital of £15,000. That year a new factory, Kingston Confectionary Works, was built on Queens Road; The business prospered and Mackintosh


toffee was being exported to Italy, Spain and China

1900

Greystones, John and Violet Mackintosh’s home, was built c.1900 in the Arts and Crafts Style in a prominent position on the corner of Manor Heath Road and Queen's Gate, Savile Park, Halifax

1904

Mackintosh opened a factory in the United States. In 1909 the Queens Road factory was destroyed in a fire but rebuilt soon afterwards.

1905

Mackintosh's Toffee Company (America) Limited was recorded with registered office at Halifax

1906

In Germany Mackintosh's established a factory at Crefeld, near Cologne

1907

On Feb. 21st the S.S. Berlin was totally wrecked off the Hook of Holland John Mackintosh had crossed only the previous night. His foreman, who followed the next night, lost his life.

1909

On November 2nd the Queen's Road Factory was destroyed in a fire

1914

In the autumn a full-pageadvertisement was issued showing the Kaiser standing astride the maps of Belgium and France and staring with angry eyes across the Channel to the British Isles, on which rested a tin of "Mackintosh's Toffee." The title gives the explanation, "So that is what makes them fight so well"

1917

John Mackintosh sent a letter to the Editor of the newly named Halifax Courier on 21st September, 1917 appealing for help for prisoners of war.

1919

In June John Mackintosh gave a great "Victory Ball" to celebrate the return of most of his men from the Great War

1920

John Mackintosh died on 27th January. His funeral took place at Queens Road Church. His son Harold became chairman of the company.

1921

Heath Robinson, is commissioned for an advertising campaign.

1922

A laboratory was opened in Halifax

Harold Mackintosh was


knighted when he was 31, one of the youngest ever people to be knighted for his work with Sunday schools

1925

The business of North Kerry Manufacturing Co. was purchased and NKM toffee introduced

1928

Harold Mackintosh was involved in the amalgamation of a group of Halifax building societies into the Halifax Building Society

1929

The company formed Anglo-American Chewing Gum Ltd

1930

Mackintosh acquired A.J. Caley and Son Ltd. in Norwich. The Caley company began in 1880 as a chemist’s shop

1931

Harold Mackintosh narrowly avoided merging the company with Rowntrees of York. Both companies already had a joint subsidiary in Ireland

1932

The Irish business of Mackintosh and Rowntree merge

1935

Harold Mackintosh was made a baronet

1936

Mackintosh's most famous creation Quality Street was produced in Halifax

1937

Rolo is launched in Halifax

1939

The Irish business of Mackintosh and Rowntree merged and reorganised asone company for the manufacture ofchewing gum led to the formation of Allied Confectionery Manufacturers Ltd

1942

During World War II, Mackintosh’s Norwich factory was destroyed by bombs, halting all production there

1946

Mackintosh’s was able to begin rebuilding its Norwich factory

1948

Harold Mackintosh became Lord Mackintosh of Halifax (a barony)

1950

The Quality Street brand was first exported to the United States

1951

In April, the company bought J & J Baldwin’s Bailey Hall mill which had originally been built by the Halifax Flour Society.

1956

Harold Mackintosh was Chairman of the National Savings Committee from 1943, becoming President in 1958. Under his leadership, National Savings introduced Premium Bonds

1957

Harold Mackintosh became Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax

Munchies were first introduced

1959

Caramac is first produced in Halifax

1963

Toffee Crisp and Tooty Frooties are launched in Halifax

1964

Mackintosh acquire the firm of Joseph Bellamy and


Sons of Castleford, liquorice manufacturers

1965

Mackintosh acquire the firm of John Hill and Sons, biscuit makers

1966

Mackintosh acquire the firm of Gainsborough Craftsmen Ltd who design machines for the food processing industry.

1969

Mackintosh acquired the firm of Fox Glacier Mints Ltd.

The original shop in King Cross Street was demolished to make way for the new bypass

Mackintosh merged with Rowntree to become Rowntree Mackintosh Limited.

1971

The new Rowntree Mackintosh buy James Stedman Ltd. of Australia and the chocolate confectionery business of Chocolat-Menier S.A.

1972

An agreement was negotiated with Fujiyi Confectionery Company Ltd. to manufacture products for the Japanese market

1973

Rowntree Mackintosh acquired the Dutch Nuts Chocoladefabriek B.V.

1979

Rowntree Mackintosh acquired the Dutch Nuts Chocoladefabriek B.V.

1982

The parent company changed its name to Rowntree Mackintosh PLC

1986

It had added another 13 companies in the United Kingdom, France, Australia, theUnited States, and Canada. All of these acquisitions made a reorganization necessary

1987

The company incorporated four new trading subsidiaries in the United Kingdom: Rowntree Mackintosh Confectionery Ltd., Rowntree Mackintosh Distribution, Rowntree Mackintosh Export Ltd., and Rowntree Mackintosh European Exports Ltd

1988

Two Swiss companies, Nestlé and Jacobs Suchard, began a bidding war for Rowntree.


in uniform, left their vehicle and went

to the automobile.   Officer Smith approached the automobile on

the driver's side.   He saw five people inside and noticed that

the interior was "extremely smoky."     Officer Smith motioned for

the person in the driver's seat to roll down the window.    The

driver, who was not wearing a shirt, looked away.    Officer Smith

then tapped on the window and again motioned to the driver to

open the window.   After the driver partially rolled down the

window, Officer Smith detected a strong odor of marijuana.
     Officer Smith asked the driver to produce his driving permit

and vehicle registration.    The driver gave Officer Smith his

permit.   The passenger inthe front seat, Quanti Evans, looked in

the glove compartment for the registration card without success.

While this was occurring, Officer Smith noticed a cellophane

wrapper for a cigar on the ground outside the automobile.    He

testified that he concluded the occupants were smoking marijuana

in a hollowed-out cigar.

     Officer Smith ordered the driver out of the automobile.

                                - 2 -
After a brief conversation with Officer Smith, the driver

consented to a search of the automobile.      The officers then

removed Evans and the other three occupants and conducted pat

down searches.


 The officers found two small baggies of marijuana

and a cigar stuffed with marijuana on one of the passengers from

the rear seat.    The officer who searched Evans found $271 in his

front pants pocket.    After Officer Clark discovered cocaine in

the glove compartment, Officer Smith arrested Evans.
        At the police station, the officers placed Evans in a cell.

Because Evans was a minor, Officer Smith contacted Evans'

mother.    When Evans' mother arrived, Officer Smith advised Evans

of his Miranda rights.     Evans and his mother indicated that they

understood the Miranda rights, and they both signed a waiver

form.

        Officer Smith testified that he explained the charges and

told EvansUI from deregistering faith-based groups for asking leaders to align with their beliefs.

The ruling — which largely favors plaintiff InterVarsity Christian Fellowship — mirrors an order from the same judge months ago in an initial lawsuit filed by Business Leaders in Christ, or BLINC.

Three UI administrators implicated in case — Vice President for Student Life Melissa Shivers, Associate Dean of Student Organizations Williams Nelson and Student Organization Development Coordinator Andrew Kutcher — understood an earlier court order barred the university from selectively enforcing its human rights policy against some student groups and not others, according to the court order.

“Yet despite their (accurate) interpretation of that order, Shivers, Nelson, Kutcher and others … proceeded to broaden enforcement of the human rights policy in the name of uniformity — applying


community. She has proposed cutting taxes for middle-income and low-income families by providing tax credits and direct payments to those households.

She has also proposed to pay for these tax breaks by rolling back benefits for those making more than $100,000 and to put a levy on banks with more than $50 billion in assets.

Before being elected to the Senate in 2016, Harris served as the California attorney general and as the San Francisco district attorney. She’s scheduled to campaign in the important early state of South Carolina this week.

Harris joins several other 2020 hopefuls, including Senators Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar, in releasing more than a decade of tax returns. Democrats have been using the release of their tax information to contrast with President Donald Trump, who inthe national game truly was baseball. That game is skill-based, nonviolent and leisurely. Grunting effort has almost no part in baseball: It’s about subtle prowess, well deployed. You can win a baseball game without hating your opponents: In fact, too much passion will probably undermine your skills. But in football, as skilled as its players are, you had best hate your opponent, or at least simulate some hatred for the space of 60 minutes of play.

Football is urban, tough and based to a large degree on the capacity to overwhelm the other team with sheer force. Football is a tank attack, a sky-borne assault, a charge into the trenches for hand-to-hand fighting. Football is following orders and sticking to the strategy; it’s about acting as a unit and


money to pay $1.6 million in personal expenses, including $10,000/monthly credit card bills and a Mercedes. Kaleta denied the allegations of improper use of the money. These allegations were never proven and were not part of Kaleta's settlement with the SEC. Kaleta signed a consent order neither admitting nor denying wrongdoing, and while the radio network and DFFS were not accused of wrongdoing by the SEC, both the radio network and Frishberg's investment firm will need to repay the investors, as do all other borrowers.

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Who is using spies and lies to grab power in Kiev? We are

What would you think if Russia’s spy chief had been discovered last week, roaming round Ukraine?

The British media would have been raging and howling about sinister Kremlin meddling.

Well, as far as I know, no such visit took place. But something just as astonishing did happen. John Brennan, Director of the CIA, was, in fact, in Kiev last week, and I do not think he was there for the nightlife.

About three- quarters of what Russia is now doing in Ukraine is a bitter joke at the expense of the 'West', writes Peter Hitchens

It is, by any measure, a hugely interesting fact that such a person, who seldom ventures out at all, was in Ukraine at a momentBeant College of Engineering and Technology

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the 2017 Worlds.

Newcomer to the senior ranks, Ksenia Klimenko of Russia, could make a splash. The 15-year-old is the 2018 Youth Olympic Games uneven bars champion though she had a disappointing all-around competition in Buenos Aires. She was a favorite to continue the Russian streak of Youth Olympic all-around gold (Victoria Komova and Seda Tutkhalyan won in 2010 and 2014, respectively) but errors on the vault and balance beam dropped her to fifth.

On the men's side, Olympic champion and 2017 World all-around bronze medalist Kenzo Shirai of Japan will go to head-to-head with American Sam Mikulak who finished fifth in the all-around at least year's Worlds.

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'''Michael George Reuel Tolkien''' (b. January [[1943]]) is the grandson of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], being the eldest son of [[Michael Tolkien|Michael H.R. Tolkien]]. Michael was born in [[Birmingham]], raised in a rural community in the Chiltern Hills, and then moved several times due to his father's changes of employment. Michael is a poet and author of several books. He retired in 1994 due to ill health. He has been married three times since 1967 and has two daughters, Catherine (b. 1969, daughter of [[Irene Ferrier]]) and Ruth (b. 1982, daughter of Jan Turner). Michael is a member of the board of the [[Tolkien Estate]].

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The Conservative leader was at the Wilson Center on Wednesday explaining that he and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have their partisan differences, but not when it comes to preserving the Canada-U.S. relationship.

"On NAFTA, the Canadian Parliament ... is united," Scheer told the think tank.

"We have our partisan differences. When we hold the government to account, as is our role in our parliamentary system, we will absolutely point out what we think they should be doing differently," he added. "But when it comes to our relationship with the United States we do speak with one


on Capitol Hill.

It's his first working visit outside Canada in his new role.

The head of the Wilson Center, former nine-term Democratic congresswoman Jane Harman, contrasted Scheer's approach to NAFTA with the partisanship in Washington. She opined that the U.S. political model is broken, with politicians being rewarded by their primary voters for bashing the other party, and punished if they try working across the aisle to solve problems

"Your politics are more adult," she told Scheer.

To which the Conservative leader replied: "You haven't seen (our) question period."

Scheer said he's heard lots of anxiety from businesses in Canada, asking what he's hearing about NAFTA in Ottawa. He said he's now trying to learn more about the state of the negotiations from people in Washington.

The next round of negotiations is scheduledfor next week in Montreal. While U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to start pulling out of the agreement as a negotiating ploy, lately he has made more positive comments about the negotiations.

Asked later if his visit had reassured him, Scheer said he had mixed feelings: he's more confident that many people are fighting to keep NAFTA from being cancelled but cancellation remains a possibility.

"(So) yes and no," Scheer said.

"I'm encouraged that there is a high level of engagement from people here in Washington -- both on the elected side and from people that represent industries. One of our concerns was, 'Will people here in the U.S. who support NAFTA become engaged and help make the case?' I've been very encouraged by that," he said.

"But at the


other two boys, to see if there was some compelling reason why I should have it done. Nope, couldn't find one. The hygiene point is moot because I was able to teach my oldest son how to clean it very well, and he's never as of yet had any sort of odor, problems, or infections.

My oldest is circumcised and my youngest is not. I did not know any better with my first.

My DH I have a close friend who was not circumcised at birth. When He was 9 years old, he saw his papa and asked all about penises and circumcision. He made the decision on his own to be circumcised at age 9 and he was very happy with his decision. He said he was not inThe 27 trustees of the Alumni Association voted unanimously not to certify the proposed chapter. It was the second year in a row the backers of the proposed chapter were rebuffed.

Jeff Petrie of San Francisco, a museum administrator who dreamed up the chapter and attended the trustees meeting with five fellow members of his group, called the vote "outright discrimination." No other chapter has ever been rejected.

But Skid Heyworth, a spokesman for the alumni association, said the group was denied because it is organized around "special interests" -- not geography, like all 94 other chapters. Fourteen of the group's 67 members live in the Bay Area. Also, it would be divisive by drawing members away from the San Francisco chapter and isolating gay graduates, he said.

"That's not consistent


with the practices and not consistent with our mission," he said. "They should join the San Francisco chapter."

Petrie said the Castro is the group's geographic base and the proposed chapter would be open to all alumni. Three members are heterosexual. He argued it is unfair that a recreational vehicle chapter -- for migratory alumni who hold meetings at predetermined campgrounds -- is not considered "special interest" while his group is.

Petrie, 37, who graduated from the Naval Academy in 1989, said hiding his sexual orientation during eight years of service was emotionally taxing. The military's policy known as "don't ask, don't tell" prohibits gays and lesbians from serving openly in the armed forces. Petrie said he had hoped to found a group that was welcoming and comfortable for gayalumni. "We just want to support our alma mater openly and honestly and be free of discrimination," he said.

He first applied for recognition a year ago. After the alumni association rejected his application, also largely on the grounds that the group wasn't organized geographically, he changed the group's name from USNA OUT to the Castro Chapter, rewrote the bylaws to comply with the requirements and reapplied.

"This shows that while many people inside the military are changing their minds about gays and lesbians, a critical mass remains committed to the principle of discrimination even though discrimination hurts the military," said Aaron Belkin, director of the Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military at UC Santa Barbara.


When a seaside property owner blocks beach access with a gate, the California Coastal Commission can order it removed.

When a developer builds along the coast without permission, the agency can rain down millions in fines.

But when tech billionaire Sean Parker chose a wedding venue in violation of the California Coastal Act, the state settled on a far more creative form of restitution: a mobile app.

Now after five years of collaboration between Parker — the founder of Napster and first president of Facebook — and the commission, YourCoast was unveiled Thursday at a commission meeting in Newport Beach and is available for download in the iOS app store.

The app marks an unusual convergence between two distinct California cultures: strict environmental regulators and rulebreaking tech types. It is also arare high-profile coastal violation case resolved with cooperation rather than a legal fight.

The saga began in June 2013, just before Parker was set to wed artist Alexandra Lenas in a Big Sur redwood grove on a hotel property.

Workers had installed a 20-foot-tall gate, and set decorators had built bridges, a ruined stone castle and Roman columns in the old-growth forest glade. Crews installed a dance floor and a 50-foot stage for the band, and brought in fur-covered beds for guests including Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris, Jack Dorsey and Sting to lounge on as the night wore on. The whole Tolkien-tinged event was on track to cost more than $4 million.

Then the commission crashed the party.

The app shows users a map of 1563 access points that the commission tracks


A British pedophile, who has been kicked out of Thailand before and served time in prison for molesting children in the country, was recently back in the kingdom — teaching kids again using a new name and new passport!

Alan Smith, 62, secured the false passport in order to assume a fake identity to return to Thailand and take the teaching jobs that put him in close contact with Thai children. And it wasn’t the first time he’d done it.

Smith spent six months in jail in 2005 and earned himself a place on the UK sex offenders’ registry for molesting a 14-year-old girl back then.

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Stay updated with Samui Times by following us on FacebookExxonMobil wants back into Russia. But it has one major hurdle to jump: U.S. sanctions.

Exxon has asked the U.S. Treasury Department for permission to bypass sanctions on Russia, as The Wall Street Journal first reported. A senior administration official told CNN that the request "has been in the works for some time," since before the election.

A waiver would allow Exxon to resume its joint venture with Russian oil giant Rosneft.

Exxon said it does not comment on "ongoing issues."

But there are powerful reasons why Houston-based Exxon would want to get back into business with the state-backed firm: Their agreement to form a joint venture, signed in 2011, allowed Exxon to conduct offshore exploration in the Black Sea and the Kara Sea in Siberia.

The undeveloped oil fields are thought to


be the most promising in the Russian Arctic, according to S&P Global Platts.

In 2012, the two firms agreed to jointly develop more oil reserves in Siberia and establish a research center in the Arctic.

Plans to build a large natural gas plant near Vladivostock in eastern Russia followed in 2013.

The deepening relationship was put on hold, however, after the U.S., European Union and other Western countries imposed sanctions on Russia in 2014 over its role in the crisis in Ukraine.

Exxon, which has been operating in Russia for more than 20 years, was allowed to finish some of its projects. But then the drilling stopped.

A lot has changed since then. The Russian economy has turned the corner, emerging from a painful recession in the final quarter of 2016.

Oil prices haveclimbed back above $50 per barrel.

Related: Russia could soon control a U.S. oil company

Still, the waiver request is a major political gambit for Exxon.

The Trump administration is under intense scrutiny over its ties to Moscow. The fact that the current secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, spearheaded the Rosneft deal while CEO of Exxon, has drawn even more attention to the waiver request.

Tillerson has recused himself from all government matters involving Exxon. He also sold all his stock in the firm, and is placing the shares he would have received over the next decade into an independently managed trust.

But a political storm appears to be brewing.

Sen. John McCain, a Republican, asked "Are they crazy?" when news of the waiver application broke. McCain is a leading critic of Russian President


Vladimir Putin.

Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intel Committee, said that the waiver should be denied.

"The Treasury Department should reject any waiver from sanctions which would allow Exxon Mobile or any other company to resume business with prohibited Russian entities," he said in a statement. "Until Russia abides by the Minsk accords and ends its illegal occupation of Crimea, the only changes to sanctions should be their intensification, not their dilution."

Still, the financial incentives for Exxon are powerful when it comes to Russia.

In March of 2016, Tillerson said that Exxon was "very anxious to get back to work there."

It's a hope echoed by his successor.

"In Russia, we're there for the long term," CEO Darren Woods said in a February interview with Forbes.

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The parties agreed to subsequent changes in the products, hosting services, and consultation services in the change orders. The change orders were created by Furmanite telling NextCorpOrder.
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On January 4, 2007, Furmanite sent NextCorp written notice that it was terminating the NextCorp's services "during a transition period that will be completed on or before July 31, 2007." The letter also explained that the hosting services term in Exhibit A.1 concluded on March 31, 2006, "[t]herefore, the contract term of the Client Service hosting agreement is now expired, as far as Furmanite


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On June 30, 2007, Furmanite sent NextCorp a letter stating the transition was completed on June 29, 2007 "and concludes our hosting service with NextCorp." The letter also requested refunds of amounts that NextCorp had overcharged Furmanite.
On August 31, 2007, NextCorp sued Furmanite for failing to pay the cancellation fee. NextCorp alleged that because the opening paragraph of the last change order had modified the starting date of the Client Service Agreement to August 31, 2006, and the opening paragraph had redefined the phrase "first year of the agreement" to mean "the first full year following" August 31, 2006, Furmanite had terminated during the first year of the agreement. Pursuant to the termination-without-cause provision of the Client Service Agreement, NextCorp demanded payment of the hosting fees fordate shall be equal to six (6) months hosting fees.
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This Change order amends the existing Client Service Agreement (the "CSA") between NextCorp, Ltd. ("NextCorp") and Furmanite Worldwide, Inc. ("Client") dated December 1, 2002. The date of the CSA is hereby amended to be August 31, 2006, and any reference to *333 the "first year of the Agreement" contained in the CSA shall hereafter mean the first full year following the date inserted in the immediately preceding sentence.
NextCorp argued this provision in the change order modified the Client Service Agreement to provide that the phrase "first year of the Agreement" meant the first full year following August 31, 2006.
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