Like this stuff? Get it delivered to your email inbox daily!

Archives | Subscribe | Share: My cousin Marc is shaving his head to raise money for pediatric cancer research. His goal: Raise $1,500. If everyone who receives this email donates a dollar today, he'll achieve that goal. Please consider donating a few dollars. -- Dan

Sounds From The Deep

During the Cold War, the United States built fence from Greenland, through Iceland, to the United Kingdom -- an underwater fence, that is, comprised of listening posts called hydrophones. The goal of this innovation: to detect Soviet submarines as they entered the North Atlantic -- which the hydrophones successfully did beginning in the early 1960s. But as technology advanced in the half-century following, their military importance waned. In 1991, their data(other?) animal has made before.

Bonus fact : The giant squid lives at depths of roughly 3,000 feet below the water's surface, making it incredibly difficult to get a picture of. In fact, almost everything we knew about the creature came from dead or dying specimines found from commercial fishing boats, and even then, the first time a live (captured, and dying) squid was photographed was in the late 1990s, as seen here. That changed in 2004, when a team of Japanese scientists succeeded where many before them failed -- by successfully taking pictures (over 500 of them!) of a live giant squid in the wild. You can view some of the photos here.

Archives | Subscribe | Share:


The Stonekeeper's Curse (Amulet #2)

Emily and Navin's mother is still in a coma from the arachnopod's poison, and there's only one place to find help: Kanalis, the bustling, beautiful city of waterfalls. But when Em, her brother, and Miskit and the rest of the robotic crew aboard the walking house reach the city, they quickly realize that seeking help is looking for trouble, dangerous trouble.

Product Information

Author description

Kazu Kibuishi is the founder and editor of the critically acclaimed Flight anthologies, as well as the creator of COPPER. He lives in Alhambra, California, with his wife and fellow comics artist, Amy Kim Kibuishi, and their son. Visit him online at www.boltcity.com.Pat Connolly's contribution to folk and
traditional music was a truly outstanding one, his association with the
performing arts stretching back to the 1960's. Pat's remarkable reputation as a
songwriter, musician and international ambassador for the Arts was unsurpassed
in Ireland, and his enthusiastic dedication to Downpatrick Folk Music Club as a
centre for artistic excellence was selfless and tireless.

The club and a lot of Pat's friends got
together with Lunasa and Jim Malcolm to celebrate the life of a man who touched
us all with his generosity of spirit and his love of music.

A bloody marvelous night of music and
craic was had and I have no doubt but that the spirit of Pat was very much alive
in the midst of the music.

Ian Clarke's ear in pensive mood!

This would appear to be the
ghost of a


directors are now taking the necessary steps with regards to the appointment of a liquidator to formally wind-up the business. As such your employment with Cavalier Construction Company is terminated immediately and you are dismissed because of redundancy.”

Bobcat Bahamas was formed in May 2001 and is a subsidiary of the Galaxy Group of Companies, which includes Cavalier Construction Company Limited.

Cavalier has been building throughout the Bahamas since 1956 and its fate is being called into question as well.

Attempts to reach company executives have proven unsuccessful up to this point but some industry sources have suggested that the company, which has developed numerous public and private sector projects such as Albany, the Critical Care Block at the Princess Margaret Hospital and the Straw Market, could be headed out ofThis is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States.

The new Defender of Rights institution started operations. Investigations into allegations of torture or other ill-treatment, including deaths in custody, remained inadequate. Roma continued to be forcibly evicted. A law banning the wearing of any form of clothing concealing one's face in public came into force. Many asylum-seekers were left homeless and destitute.

Legal, constitutional or institutional developments

In June, the new Defender of Rights was appointed, replacing the Ombudsperson, the National Commission on Ethics in Security, the Equal Opportunities and Anti-Discrimination Commission and the Defender of


Criminal Code continued to lack a definition of torture in line with the UN Convention against Torture. There was a lack of prompt, independent, impartial and effective investigations into allegations of ill-treatment by law enforcement officials.

Arezki Kerfali's trial for insulting a police officer (a charge he denied), was set for March 2011 but postponed until March 2012. Arezki Kerfali's complaint of ill-treatment against the police officers who arrested and detained him and his friend Ali Ziri on 9 June 2009 was not investigated. Ali Ziri died the following morning (see below), and Arezki Kerfali was declared unfit for work for eight days as a result of the injuries he sustained while in police custody. At the end of the year he continued to suffer from serious psychological trauma.

LambaSoukouna's complaint of ill-treatment by police officers on 8 May 2008 was heard by an investigating judge in September. Lamba Soukouna, who suffers from sickle cell anaemia, a serious genetic illness, said he was severely beaten by police near his home in Villepinte, a suburb of Paris, and had to remain in hospital for three days following the incident. An investigation was still pending.

Deaths in custody

There continued to be little progress in investigations into deaths in police custody, and concerns about the independence of those investigations remained.

In April, a new autopsy confirmed that Ali Ziri, a 69-year-old man, died of lack of oxygen due to the restraint techniques he was subjected to and repeated vomiting while in police custody on 9 June 2009. In December, the Prosecutor of


Pontoise asked that the case be closed, although the police officers involved in Ali Ziri and Arezki Kerfali's arrest and transportation to the Argenteuil police station had not been questioned.

In April, a reconstruction of Abou Bakari Tandia's detention in the police station at Courbevoie on the night of 5 to 6 December 2004 took place. He fell into a coma during his detention and died in hospital on 24 January 2005. In June, a new report by the Paris Medico-Legal Institute confirmed that the pressure on Abou Bakari Tandia's chest exerted by a police officer led to the lack of oxygen which caused his death. However, in December the investigating judge requested a sixth medical report to determine the cause of Abou Bakari Tandia's death. His family's lawyersubsequently requested that the case be transferred to the jurisdiction of another tribunal. At the end of the year the police officer who restrained him had not been questioned and was still in post.

In April, a reconstruction of the arrest of Mohamed Boukrourou, who died during arrest in a police van on 12 November 2009 in Valentigney, took place. A previous autopsy report had concluded that heart failure was the probable cause of death and noted injuries which could have been caused by third parties, and requested further medical examinations to clarify the circumstances. The four police officers involved in his arrest had not been questioned as suspects by the end of the year. In December the Defender of Rights found that Mohamed Boukrourou had been subjected to


"inhuman and degrading treatment", and called for disciplinary proceedings against the four police officers.

In October, the date was set in January 2012 for the trial of seven police officers involved in the arrest and transportation of Abdelhakim Ajimi, who died during his arrest in Grasse in May 2008. Two police officers were to be tried for involuntary homicide and five for non-assistance to a person in danger.

The investigation of Lamine Dieng's death during his arrest on 17 June 2007 in Paris made no progress. A face-to-face "confrontation" between his family and the police officers accused was due to take place in October, to help investigators decide whether to pursue the case. However, it was cancelled for the second time with no explanation and no new date was set.Lamine Dieng had been restrained by police officers in the street and then in a police vehicle, where he lost consciousness and died of mechanical asphyxia. At the end of the year the police officers were still in office.

Discrimination

Acts of discrimination against people belonging to ethnic and religious minorities continued to be documented by human rights organizations.

Discrimination against Roma continued. Camps and makeshift homes inhabited by Roma continued to be dismantled in alleged forced evictions. In June, the European Committee of Social Rights found that the evictions of Roma camps in mid-2010 "took place against a background of ethnic discrimination, involving the stigmatisation of Roma, and constraint, in the form of the threat of immediate expulsion from France", and that the expulsions of Roma to Romania and Bulgaria


in 2010 were discriminatory.

On 1 September, between 150 and 200 Roma were forcibly evicted from makeshift homes, which were then demolished, in a camp in St Denis (Paris). Anti-riot police forced the Roma to board a tram with no indication of its destination, violating their rights to freedom of movement.

In June, the Parliament rejected a proposal to legalize same-sex marriage.

A law banning the wearing of any form of clothing concealing one's face in public came into force on 11 April. On 22 September, two women were fined by an Administrative Tribunal, as allowed for in the legislation.

Throughout 2011, several political and legislative initiatives were put forward with the aim of enforcing the principle of secularism. On 2 March, the Minister of Education stated that parents accompanying children ondecision, which could prevent them from lodging an asylum application.

Around two thirds of the asylum-seekers in France did not have access to reception centres for asylum-seekers, contrary to their rights under national and EU Law. Consequently, many asylum-seekers were homeless and destitute. They were not allowed to work while their application was first being processed, and in the majority of cases they were refused permission to work during the appeal process.

In August, the Minister of the Interior stated that, if reached, the objective of expelling 30,000 irregular migrants would be the "best result historically recorded in France". In October, he announced that he would reach that objective.

In April, the Management Board of the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPRA) added Albania and Kosovo


to the list of "safe" countries of origin for asylum-seekers. Claims submitted by asylum-seekers from "safe" countries were examined under an accelerated procedure and they could be forcibly returned before their appeal had been examined. In November, the Minister of the Interior announced that the budget for asylum would be reduced and the list of "safe" countries of origin would be extended. He claimed that the French asylum system was "in danger" because it was used by economic migrants to enter and remain in France. In December, the Management Board of OFPRA added Armenia, Bangladesh, Montenegro and Moldova to the list of "safe" countries.Malcolm Latif Shabazz (October 8, 1984 – May 9, 2013) was the son of Qubilah Shabazz, the second daughter of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz. He was the first male descendant of Malcolm X.[2] In 1997, when he was 12 years old, Shabazz set fire to the apartment of his grandmother, Betty Shabazz, causing her death.

Shabazz died in Mexico City on May 9, 2013 at the age of 28. He was said to be on a tour to demand more rights for Mexican construction workers relocated to the USA.

Contents

Malcolm Shabazz was born in Paris on October 8, 1984.[3] His father, L. A. Bouasba, was an AlgerianMuslim whom Qubilah Shabazz met there.[4][5][6] According to Malcolm, he never met his father.[7] Other sources say Malcolm knew his father, but they


had little contact with one another.[8]

When Malcolm was a few months old, he and his mother moved to Los Angeles. A little while later, they moved to New York City and then Philadelphia. One landlord there remembered frequently having to let young Malcolm into the apartment because his mother was not at home.[9] Malcolm showed some evidence of disturbance as a child. As a three-year-old, he reportedly set fire to his shoes.[10] He brought a knife to school in the third grade. About the same time, he suffered from delusions and was hospitalized for a short time.[11]

During the early 1990s, Malcolm often stayed with his grandmother Betty and his aunts in New York, while his mother Qubilah lived with various friends.[9] In 1994, Malcolm moved with his motherto Minneapolis. She was being drawn into a plot to assassinate Louis Farrakhan by an FBI informant, Michael Fitzpatrick. Malcolm saw in Fitzpatrick the father figure he had never known, calling him "my dad".[4] In January 1995, Qubilah was charged with trying to hire an assassin to kill Farrakhan.[12] She accepted a plea agreement with respect to the charges, in which she maintained her innocence but accepted responsibility for her actions.[13] Under the terms of the agreement, she was required to undergo psychological counseling and treatment for drug and alcohol abuse for a two-year period in order to avoid a prison sentence.[14] For the duration of her treatment, ten-year-old Malcolm was sent to live with Betty at her apartment in Yonkers, New York.[15]

Malcolm visited Qubilah in December 1996


in San Antonio, where she was undergoing treatment. She had remarried, and Malcolm quickly bonded with his stepfather. The marriage soon ended; Malcolm and his mother began to fight, sometimes physically. On February 26, 1997, she called the police saying she wanted him committed to a mental hospital. After a brief stay, Malcolm was released. In April, he called the police and reported that they had been in a fight. His mother said she was going to place him in foster care, but sent Malcolm back to New York on April 26 to live with his grandmother instead.[16]

On June 1, 1997, Malcolm Shabazz, then twelve years of age, started a fire in Betty Shabazz's apartment. She suffered burns over 80 percent of her body.[15] The police found Malcolmwandering the streets, barefoot and reeking of gasoline.[17] Betty Shabazz died of her injuries on June 23, 1997.[18] At a hearing, experts described Malcolm as psychotic and schizophrenic.[19] He was also described as "brilliant but disturbed."[10] He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 18 months in juvenile detention for manslaughter and arson, with possible annual extensions until his 18th birthday.[20][21] Shabazz was released after four years.

In a 2003 interview with The New York Times, Shabazz, then aged 18, gave his version of the fire and the events leading up to it. He explained that he had been unhappy living in New York with his grandmother and had stated: "being bad, doing anything to get them to send me back to my mother. Then I got the idea to


set the fire."[10] Expressing remorse for the event, Shabazz continued:

I set a fire in the hallway, and I didn't think the whole thing through thoroughly, but she didn't have to run through that fire ... There was another way out of the house from her room. I guess what she thought was I was stuck, and she had to run and get me because it was in front of my room as well. She ran through the fire. I did not picture that happening, that she would do that.[10]

Expressing regret for his actions, Malcolm said he would sit on his jail cot and ask for a sign of forgiveness from his dead grandmother. Shabazz said:

I just wanted her to know I was sorry and I wanted to knowshe accepted my apology, that I didn't mean it. But I would get no response, and I really wanted that response.[10]

In the same interview, Shabazz also dismissed the child psychiatrist's diagnosis of him at his trial that he was a paranoid schizophrenic, saying that he had only "made up" a story about hearing voices in his childhood "to get attention."[10]

Following his release, Shabazz lived for a time with his aunt, Ilyasah Shabazz. He was arrested in 2002 for stealing $100. He pleaded guilty to attempted robbery and was sentenced to three and a half years in prison.[10] Shabazz was arrested again in 2006, for punching a hole in a store's glass window.[22]

In February 2013, Iranian state-controlled Press TV reported that Shabazz had been arrested by the FBI while


en route to Iran.[24] The story was widely reported, but, two days later, Shabazz's family announced that the Press TV report was incorrect. They said Shabazz had been arrested, but his arrest had nothing to do with the FBI or Iran.[25]

Shabazz died in Mexico City on May 9, 2013 at the age of 28.[26] He was said to be on a tour to demand more rights for Mexican construction workers relocated to the USA. His body, which according to prosecutors had been badly beaten with a rod of some kind, was found in the street in Plaza Garibaldi, a busy tourist spot.[27] According to New York magazine, a friend who was with Shabazz the night of his death said the beating was related to a dispute over aChinese Bitcoin Exchange Huobi Partners with Tsinghua University in Research Initiative

Chinese bitcoin exchange platform Huobi, has announced a new collaboration with Tsinghua University for a new "Digital Asset Research Initiative."

843 Total views

413Total shares

Chinese bitcoin exchange platform Huobi, has announced a new collaboration with Tsinghua University for a new "Digital Asset Research Initiative." The research collaboration will be formalized on Saturday April 25, at the Wudaokou School of Finance in Beijing.

The official ceremony will mark the debut of a long-term research initiative that will be jointly conducted by finance and technology experts from Wudaikou School of Finance, and Huobi, the official sponsor of the project.

The scope of the research will be essentially focused on understanding how digital innovation is transforming the financial and economical landscape, as well as predicting


the future impacts and trends of relevant innovations.

Tsinghua University, a research university and one of the top institutions of higher education in Mainland China, has produced some notable graduates, especially in political sphere, including former General Secretary, president Hu Jintao, and the current Party General Secretary Xi Jinping, as well as two Nobel Prize in Physics winners, Tsung-Dao Lee and Yang Chen Ning,

As of 2014, Tsinghua University has 19 schools and 55 departments, among which the Wudaokou School of Finance, also known as the PBC School of Finance, an educational establishment founded in 2012 as a joint venture between the University and the People's Bank of China.

Wudaokou School of Finance's new collaboration with Huobi is yet another sign of the University's keen interest in digital currencies and blockchain technology.

Wu Xiaoling, the dean of the Wudaokou School of Finance and the former deputy director of China's central bank, gave a speech in December 2014, where she argued that virtual currencies and government money can co-exist.

She stated:

"While information technology will have a hard time changing money creation, it will have an easier time impacting the implementation of certain payment functions.

A new value transfer network based on open-source, distributed information technology will reduce costs and increase efficiency; it is worthy of exploration and development."

Huobi, one of the world's leading bitcoin exchanges, said it is "committed to promoting the healthy growth and development of bitcoin in China and around the world," adding that the new research collaboration should "provide quality information and insight to finance and technology industry professionals,


It is said that at the time Arbuckle's coffee could be found in the knapsack of every cowboy, and across the United States, it had become a household name that was well known. As a promotion in c1890, the Arbuckle company produced a colorful set of trading cards that showed a map of each state, territory, or country, surrounded by scenes particular to the region.Institute College of Art in 2008. Sara Greenberger Rafferty’s (b.1978) work is inspired by myriad sources, including popular culture, television, photographs of singular performers, and alternative color theories. She received her MFA from Columbia University School of the Arts in 2005, and a BFA from RISD in 2000.

Join us as we discuss the artists’ Biennial pieces as well as their current artistic practices. Finally, we’ll convene for drinks and snacks with more of the artists in LMCC's Workspace program this year.

Open to Whitney Contemporaries Patrons. Become a member or upgrade your membership by calling (212) 570-7746.


Ropes & Gray.

The other big question facing Republicans is what to do about the Medicaid expansion, which was adopted by 31 states, including Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania, three Rust Belt states that helped push Trump to victory on Election Day.

Kentucky, McConnell’s home state, also expanded Medicaid under ObamaCare. At the beginning of last year, nearly 500,000 people in Kentucky had gained coverage under Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program because of the healthcare law, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.

Republican healthcare experts say it’s unlikely that Congress will reverse the Medicaid expansion in these states. More likely, lawmakers will enact reforms to curb its costs and give states flexibility to administer smaller payments from Washington.

Repealing the Medicaid expansion was a sticking point within theDisclaimer

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has added a link to a translation service developed by Microsoft Inc., entitled Bing Translator, as a convenience to visitors to the DEC website who speak languages other than English.

In the Matter of Alleged Violations of Article 33 of the Environmental Conservation Law (ECL) and Parts 320 through 329 of Title 6 of the official Compilation of Codes, rules and Regulations of the State of New York

by:

Sentry Exterminating Company, and Moises Lorenzana,

RESPONDENTS.

Ruling Denying
Staff's Motion for a
Default Judgement

DEC # CO1-20060801-11

January 12, 2007

On August 21, 2006, Staff of the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC Staff) served a notice of hearing and complaint by certified mail which named Moises Lorenzana and Sentry Exterminating Company as respondents. In the affidavit of service, DEC Staff


pressure may also damage the lining of the blood vessels, accelerating the process of atherosclerosis and increasing the likelihood that a blood clot may develop. This could lead to a heart attack and/or stroke. Sustained high blood pressure may eventually result in an enlarged and damaged heart (hypertrophy), which may lead to heart failure.
Heart failure is the final common expression of a variety of cardiovascular disorders, including ischemic heart disease. It is characterized by an inability of the heart to pump enough blood to meet the body's needs and results in fatigue, reduced exercise capacity and poor survival. It is estimated that approximately 5,000,000 people in the United States suffer from heart failure, directly leading to 39,000 deaths per year and contributing to another 225,000 deaths per year.Inquiry findings Dr Hatton said when the WA government announced its scientific inquiry last year, there was a widely held view that preceding national and international inquiries made one in WA unnecessary. But there was a unique and distinctive picture of WA's risks and concerns and how those risks might be further reduced. There was also new science that made other inquiries somewhat dated. The panel was asked to recommend a scientific approach to regulating fracking and limit its scope to the technical risks of shattering rock to get gas. Instead, the panel took a "wider view" of the risks and impacts a fracking industry would have on the environment and communities.

"It was our view given the nature of the concerns ... that this broader interpretation would be


science told him and also take into account what people expected of their government.

He said to impose a blanket ban would undermine the state’s reputation as a safe place to invest and he could not turn his back on industry. He believed the government had struck the right balance to support economic development, the environment and landowners. The government accepted all 44 recommendations of the report. The iconic Dampier Peninsula, national parks and other icons would be off-limits and beyond these areas, fracking would be restricted to existing petroleum titles representing just two per cent of the state. That meant 98 per cent of Western Australia would be "frack-free". This map represents existing and potential future petroleum leases in the Kimberley's Canning Basin. Credit:Department of Mines , IndustryUnion of Australia. The McGowan government also faces potential revolt from backbenchers; insiders told The Australian the issue had divided caucus and there was deep anger. Kimberley and Swan Hills MPs Josie Farrer and Jessica Shaw have already publicly broken ranks to call for a ban. But the Premier said he was confident of support from his back bench. The protest campaign

The protest campaign is backed by Australian scientists including WA Scientist of the Year Peter Newman, 2003 Australian of the Year Fiona Stanley, former premier Carmen Lawrence, former CSIRO atmospheric research team head Graeme Pearman and Climate Council chief Tim Flannery. It is also backed by public figures including Paul Kelly, Jimmy Barnes, John Butler, Peter Garret, Missy Higgins, Tim Winton and Janet Holmes a Court. Weekend


in Algiers. In 1989, Zebdi moved to
Alaska to attend the University of Alaska Fairbanks and obtain a master's degree in
No. 69260-7-1/2

fisheries. In 1992, Zebdi moved to Michigan to work on a research project at Michigan

State University.

       Hanaa Gomaa was born and raised in Cairo, Egypt, and graduated from

American University. In 1988, Gomaa moved to the United States to attend Michigan

State University and obtain a graduate degree in school psychology.

      Zebdi and Gomaa began dating in 1993 and on November 22, 1994, got married

in Michigan. In 1996, their son M.L.Z. was born. Two years later, another son A.R.Z.

was born. After the birth of A.R.Z., Zebdi obtained a master's degree in statistics and

started working as a computer programmer. In1998, Gomaa received a doctorate in

school psychology.

       In 2000, Zebdi got a job with a Seattle software company, Insightful Corporation,

and the family relocated to Washington. Gomaa stayed home to take care of the

children and assumed responsibility for homeschooling. In 2007, their daughter M.G.Z.

was born. That same year, Zebdi started his own computer consulting business, Ghalia

Technology LLC, and continued to work at AIIRecipes.com. From 2007 to 2008, Zebdi

worked at "WTS," and in 2008, he went to work for the Pacific States Marine Fisheries

Commission as a computer programmer.

       In February 2011, Gomaa and the three children visited her family in Egypt.

While in Egypt, Zebdi told Gomaa to send him divorce papers. Zebdi also asked

Gomaa to send passport photos


GAL concluded that "domestic violence did occur in the Zebdi home" against

Gomaa, M.L.Z., and A.R.Z. The GAL recommended that the children stay in Michigan

with Gomaa and that Zebdi enter a domestic violence treatment program.

       The trial began on July 23, 2012. Although the parties had few assets, Gomaa

and Zebdi disagreed about the nature and extent of their assets, and Zebdi denied

committing acts of domestic violence. Gomaa, Zebdi, the GAL, and several other

witnesses testified during the four-day trial.

       Gomaa testified that during the marriage, she did not have a separate bank

account and did not have access to Zebdi's personal bank account. Gomaa said that

she owned an apartment in Egypt that generated approximately $200 a month in rental

income,and she sporadically received some income from land her family owned.

Gomaa testified that she was currently working as a kindergarten teacher in Michigan.

       Gomaa testified that Zebdi's anger and abuse escalated during the marriage.

Gomaa said Zebdi would throw objects at her, push her, and slap her. Gomaa said that

one time when she was talking to her family on the phone, Zebdi pulled her out of the

room by her hair, and then shoved and kicked her. Gomaa said on another occasion,
No. 69260-7-1/6

Zebdi was upset because M.G.Z. was crying and yelled at Gomaa, slapped her, and

then grabbed her by the hair and shoved her onto the mattress while she was holding

M.G.Z.

         Gomaa's brother Omar Alim testified


that while talking to Gomaa on the phone,

he heard Zebdi shouting and heard his sister scream, "[Djon't do this, don't do this."

         The court admitted the GAL report and Gomaa's contemporaneous diary entries

into evidence. The diary entries describe the abuse that took place over the course of

several years. The court also admitted an assessment by a social worker in 2007

documenting the abuse, and e-mails between Gomaa and a domestic violence

advocate at the Mountlake Terrace Police Department in 2010.

         Zebdi testified. Zebdi admitted selling the Honda Odyssey on September 21,

2011 for $16,000. Zebdi also admitted that in December 2010, he had over $40,000 in

a personal bank account. But Zebdi said that half ofthe money was borrowed from

friends and he used $10,000 for Gomaa and the children to go to Egypt. Zebdi told the

court that prior to the start of trial, he was fired from his job with the Pacific State Marine

Fisheries Commission. Zebdi said he did not know if he was eligible for unemployment

or, if eligible, what amount he would receive.

         Zebdi testified that he never abused Gomaa. Zebdi admitted throwing "a slipper

at her once," and conceded that he may have pulled Gomaa's hair inadvertently when it

became "caught up, below my pillow" in the bed. Zebdi also admitted that he once put

his hand on Gomaa's chin and pushed her face to the side and that she "fell on the

bed," but denied shoving


denied ever hitting his sons hard

enough to leave a mark but admitted the boys would sometimes cry when he hit them.

Zebdi testified that because both of his sons were now out of "the training phase," he

would no longer physically correct them. Zebdi said he never hit M.G.Z. because

"there's no physical punishment for girls."

       A number of witnesses testified that Zebdi was an excellent father and that they

never saw him lose his temper. Uzma Haroon testified that she and her husband knew

Zebdi and Gomaa through the mosque, that she was friends with Gomaa, and that

Gomaa "never criticized" Zebdi and would "praise" him for being a good father. The

other witnesses admitted they did not observe the family at home and had little ifany

interaction withupon each party's financial resources at the time of the
       commencement of the case is appropriate in this situation.

       Because Zebdi had a "lengthy" 20-year work history and owned his own

company, the court found his "present unemployment is a temporary condition that will

most likely be rectified in the foreseeable future." The court also found that Zebdi had

significant assets in his personal bank account at the time the case was filed and owned

"his own IT business, Ghalia Enterprises, LLC[,]... from which he has received some

income." The court imputed income to Zebdi based on the State tables and the child

support worksheet Zebdi submitted to the court.


his
       employer (Ex. 35), and subpoena bank records (Ex. 37, 40).

       The court also found that Zebdi withheld information about financial assets,

including approximately $40,000 in his personal bank account, the $10,000 he borrowed

from friends around the time the dissolution action was commenced, the $16,000 in

proceeds from the sale of the Honda Odyssey, and the income he earned from his

       4The challenged finding states:
       The Wife's attorney has stated in her fee declaration that in her opinion, the Wife's
       attorney fees were increased 75% over what should have been necessary in this case,
      Buttfumble. Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez ran into the backside of guard Brandon Moore, which forced a fumble that was recovered by Steve Gregory and returned for a touchdown — one of three Patriots scores within 52 second of game time.

#85: Benjamin Watson tackles Champ Bailey: One of the greatest individual efforts in NFL history, Benjamin Watson was able to chase down and tackle Denver Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey to prevent a pick-six in the 2005 divisional playoffs. While the Patriots ultimately lost the game — in part because it was ruled that the football had not gone out of bounds through the end zone after Watson knocked it from Bailey’s hands — the play earned its place in franchise history.

#84: Randy Moss’ one-handed score over Darrelle Revis: Darrelle


Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the sequel stars Kyle Chandler as a scientist and Vera Farmiga and Millie Bobby Brown as his family members. Thomas Middleditch, Sally Hawkins, O’Shea Jackson and Ken Watanabe are also among the cast.

Michael Dougherty is directing King of the Monsters from a script he penned with Zach Shields. It is currently in production and scheduled for release on March 22, 2019. It follows Gareth Edwards' 2014 reboot, which earned $529.1 million worldwide, and is part of a giant monster cinematic universe being made by Legendary and Warners that also includes the recent hit Kong: Skull Island.

Whitford, widely known for his Emmy-winning role on The West Wing, was most recently seen in Jordan Peele’s horror hit Get Out. His upcoming projectsinclude Todd Robinson's war drama The Last Full Measure, Brie Larson's directorial debut Unicorn Store and Greg Kinnear's dramedy The Philosophy of Phil. He's also featured in the Kate Mara drama Megan Leavey, out next weekend, and Judy Greer's directorial debut A Happening of Monumental Proportions, which made its festival premiere last month. He is repped by ICM and Greenlight Management.


John Duerden investigates the domination of international sports stories over regional football stories in Asia.

News on Manchester United fill the pages of English papers in China, Japan and Thailand [EPA]

In Asia, they are familiar to business travelers who see them placed outside their hotel door, expats in their local pubs or students in their language schools.

The local English-language daily –The Japan Times, The Bangkok Post or the Gulf Daily News to name just a few - can provide valuable information and insight into the country in question.

Yet when it comes to sport and, especially, football, the content on offer varies wildly and increasingly, local newspapers are filling their sports pages with generic wire reports from international news agencies.

I think there’s a market for a wide range of sportsnews… with ad revenue declining for most newspapers, wire stories will continue to play an important role in bringing news to the public

Sports editor Ethen Lieser , The Korea Herald

A case in point was the June 24 edition of The Korea Herald, a well-established daily the East Asian nation and generally held to be the better of the two English-language publications in the country.

With the South Korean national team looking for a new coach and expected to announce one very shortly, former Manchester United star Park Ji-sung talking about his future, the K-League about to restart after the international break and news about European transfers of local players on the grapevine, one would have thought there would be plenty of Korean football news to interest English-speakers.

The two sports


pages were, however, full of generic news about US Ice Hockey, golf and Brazil playing in the Confederations Cup – mostly events at least 24 hours old. Anybody wanting any kind of insight into or information on any Korean football (Korea is an Asian powerhouse) would have been disappointed.

It is a pattern oft-repeated around the continent. One has to wonder exactly what Japanese readers made of a recent report in the Japan Times informing them that a US basketball commentator was switching employers.

John Higginson, Managing Editor of SportAsia and an experienced media consultant on the continent believes that English-newspapers should have a healthy mix of local and international articles.

“English-language newspapers cater to expatriates and many overseas and tertiary-educated 'locals' who are looking for an international perspective on newsparticularly the club level, has stepped up…”

Some newspapers have committed feet to the football beat and been rewarded. The China Daily has had considerable success with its reporting of local sports stories. On the opposite side of the continent, The National of Abu Dhabi has a healthy amount of news and views from the UAE league.

Football Editor Thomas Woods feels that the time and resources spent is worthy.

“Our local football has generated reader interaction from as far away as Argentina, Romania and South Korea,” said football editor Thomas Woods.

“So it is a slow but steady job to generate more interest as each season goes by. It’s also very rewarding.

“The transient nature of the UAE means that some readers simply won't put in the effort to engage in local


feedback for my own efforts. Read more here. I have made the finals in the last 3 years and I was their winner in the 2016 Best in Show: Community and 2018 Best in Show: Blog announced on 26 Sep 2018. Check out my WEGO Health profile here.

Click the picture to watch the video of the live announcements

Social Media and Stats

Blog Milestone. At the end of last month, I accelerated past 777,000 blog views! Thank you all so much ♥ Keep sharing! On track for one million in the latter half of 2019.

Facebook Milestone. Almost 7200 ‘Likes’ by the end of the end of last month but my projected numbers are down so far in 2018 (despite a 20% increase in blog hits). The Facebook page is nowstarted before he even stepped foot inside of the White House.

Reagan’s first speech during his campaign for the presidency took place at the Neshoba County Fair in Neshoba County, Mississippi, that at the time was a white-supremacist stronghold.

Reagan’s campaign chose the event, and the area, for his first campaign speech because it was a way to gather votes from racists.

Neshoba County was the same county where several activists and civil rights advocates had been murdered in 1964. They were shot to death by racists who were enraged by the idea of African Americans having not only equal rights, but the right to vote.

During his presidency, Reagan opposed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and said that the Voting Rights Act was “humiliating to the South.”

In the years since


cost taxpayers billions of dollars and set the stage for the weak banking regulations of today.

And, if people like Senator Phil Graham, following Reagan’s philosophies hadn’t done away with regulation and oversight of America’s big banks, the financial scandals that have taken place over the last decade could have been largely prevented.

Meanwhile, as Reagan was helping out corporate America, he was waging an all-out war on labor in America.

His attacks on organized labor in America and the NLRB drove down employee wages. His all-out assault on labor, and his staunch opposition towards the minimum wage helped contribute to three decades of flat wages, while CEO and executive pay went through the roof.

Between 1983 and 1988, Reagan’s policies led to 10 million Americans losing their jobs through an epidemicof plant closings and layoffs. And of those 10 million who lost their jobs, many were forced to take lower paying jobs.

Under Reagan, the number of families living below the poverty line exploded by one-third, and these same families were then hit by Reagan’s cuts to social-welfare programs like Medicaid and food stamps.

And, since Reagan took office, the share of total before-tax income flowing to top 1 percent of Americans has doubled.

The destruction of our economy since Reagan took office is largely thanks to his failed theory of trickle-down economics, that has been debunked over and over and over again. And, since Reagan was so obsessed with this notion, he did nothing to reduce the levels of poverty, and the growing income gap in America.

But a strong economy


and government oversight of corporate America aren’t the only things America has lost since Reagan stepped foot inside of the White House.

America has lost its trust in government, and continues to struggle to get it back.

After all, The Reagan administration was one of the most corrupt in American history, including by one estimate 31 Reagan-era convictions, including 14 convictions in the Iran-Contra affair and 16 in the Department of Housing & Urban Development scandal.

As David R. Simon and D. Stanley Eitzen write in Elite Deviance, 138 appointees of the Reagan administration either resigned under an ethical cloud or were indicted criminally.

Reagan’s “government isn’t the solution, it’s the problem” mantra continues to cause record levels of distrust and dislike in the American government. As a result, civic participation hasfallen, and Americans are skeptical at best about participating in public service.

Meanwhile, how can Americans trust a government that threw hundreds of thousands of citizens onto the streets?

In the early 1980’s, in an attempt to cut costs, the Reagan administration directed the Social Security Administration to pare the SSI and SSDI rolls.

Social Security administrators responded by conjuring up definitions of mental illness that were different from those used in the past and from those used by mental health professionals in America.

And, in 1981, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act repealed the provisions of the National Mental Health Systems Act, cut federal mental health and substance abuse funding by twenty-five percent, and converted them to block grants disbursed with few strings attached, and fewer dollars going to the states.

As a


1 of 10 New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) hugs tight end Dan Arnold (85) after the two connected on a touchdown reception in the second half of an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons in New Orleans, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

1 of 10 New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) hugs tight end Dan Arnold (85) after the two connected on a touchdown reception in the second half of an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons in New Orleans, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Drew Brees made Atlanta pay for losing track of his inexperienced receivers, and New Orleans’ defense halted several promising Falcons drives with forced fumbles they could not afford.

Tommylee Lewis and Austin CarrKazee, his NFL-leading sixth this year.

NEW TARGETS

Brees’ ability to play to the strengths of unheralded receivers allowed the Saints to cash in on scoring opportunities. A week earlier, he found rookie Tre’Quan Smith 10 times for 157 yards and a TD, but Smith was ruled out against Atlanta with a foot injury. Another receiver, Ted Ginn Jr., has been out with a knee injury since Week 5.

Lewis, a third-year pro, was in his first game back after nine weeks on injured reserve and had not caught a pass all season before getting wide open for his 28-yard grab that made it 7-0. Carr is a second-year pro who played in only one game without a catch as a rookie. He, too, was wide open after Falcons defenders bit


but Euclid will have to be closed completely during this phase because it is so narrow.

Work on the replacement of the water main line in Ensign Street is scheduled to start the following Monday, July 7. The water line replacement will require the complete closure of one block of Ensign Street at a time, most likely for two days each. The water line replacement on Euclid will take place as soon as the Ensign Street water line work is finished.

The city's water distribution department will coordinate with affected residents and businesses during the water line work, to minimize the length of time these customers may be without water supply.

Both streets are scheduled to be repaved in August, but until then Ensign and Euclid are likely to be underHe sold and installed approximately 1100 scales from the inception of his business until creditors forced him into involuntary bankruptcy on March 3, 1982.  The State of Illinois had revoked his license to repair scales in March 1981, but much of his business had always come from outside Illinois, and he continued to do business until the creditors filed their bankruptcy petition.

3
On August 12, 1982, after defendant's creditors filed their petition for bankruptcy but before either the discharge in bankruptcy or the indictment, the United States Postal Service filed an administrative complaint against Peoria Scale Service.  The complaint, filed pursuant to 39 U.S.C. Sec. 3005, sought to enjoin defendant's company from receiving any mail connected to an alleged scheme to obtain money through the mails by


means of false pretenses.  On December 17, 1982, after a hearing, the administrative law judge denied the requested injunction, finding that the Postal Service had failed to prove that the company had been involved in a scheme to defraud.  Between the time the Postal Service filed its complaint and the decision of the administrative law judge, the Government indicted defendant on criminal charges based upon most of the same transactions through which the Postal Service had sought to establish its right to an injunction.

4
Defendant contended before the trial court that the Postal Service's unsuccessful complaint acted as a bar to the fraud charges and that the decision of the administrative law judge amounted to collateral estoppel against the Government from relitigating the claims of fraud. stated:  "To 'act with intent to defraud' means to act willfully and with specific intent to deceive or cheat;  ordinarily for the purpose of either causing some financial loss to another, or bringing about some financial gain to one's self."    The court then defined "knowingly" as an awareness "of the nature of his conduct."    The honest belief instruction, the instruction that it was no defense that not all of defendant's customers were defrauded, and the good faith instruction followed in order.  After the good faith instruction, the court discussed defendant's claim that he had relied in good faith on the advice of counsel and stated that, if defendant sought the advice in good faith, after revealing all material facts


 The discharge order included the debt that he owed to the bank, which had failed to protect its rights in the bankruptcy proceeding.  The Fifth Circuit stated that Carson's argument that the discharge precluded subsequent restitution was "untenable on its face."   Id. at 217.  Although the bank could no longer maintain a direct action against Carson after the discharge, the court noted that the discharge did not extinguish the bank's loss;  therefore, restitution was appropriate.  Finally, the court stated:  "If the principal aim of the probation condition were to make the bank whole, this argument might have some appeal.  In fact, though, while recompense to the victim is a usually laudable consequence of restitution, the focus of any probation'American Sniper' to Get Sneak Peek at AFI Fest

Clint Eastwood's Navy SEAL drama, which stars Bradley Cooper, is set to get an Oscar-qualifying run on Dec. 25

Clint Eastwood's latest film, American Sniper, will get a sneak peek screening at AFI Fest. The drama will be shown at a screening on Tuesday, Nov. 11, at 9 p.m. at the Egyptian Theatre.

The Navy SEAL drama, which stars Bradley Cooper, is set to get an Oscar-qualifying run on Dec. 25 in select theaters before expanding Jan. 16. The film, a Warners/Village Roadshow co-production, is based on a 2012 autobiographical book written by Chris Kyle.

The title was adapted for the screen by Jason Dean Hall (Paranoia). Sienna Miller, Luke Grimes, Jake McDorman and Kyle Gallner also feature in the cast of the


Mrs. Lipsey's children were present when she called her lover. Mrs. Lipsey's telephone bills for calls to her lover ran into the hundreds of dollars and consumed much time.
Mrs. Lipsey admitted that she and her lover had discussed marriage and the possibility of her living in Atlanta, Georgia with him.
The evidence also shows that for about two years prior to the divorce hearing, which is also the period when Mrs. Lipsey was involved with her paramour, most of the cooking and other household chores were performed by Mr. Lipsey and the children. Moreover, during this time Mr. Lipsey was the parent most concerned with the children's care and religious nurture. It appeared from the record that Mrs. Lipsey spent many hours each day at her sister's home whereA massive depression opened up during a Week 3 preseason game in Winnipeg, leading to the disappearance of Aaron Rodgers' primary protectors.

In what was once believed to be a brilliant idea to spread the game of football to other countries - and also to avoid paying the Oakland Coliseum more money - the Raiders scheduled a meaningless preseason game against the Green Bay Packers at Investors Group Field in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

The game got off to a rollicking start for the first 15 minutes. An attendance of 200 fans attempted the wave in a stadium built for 33,000. Announcer Kevin Harlan affectionately referred to the effort as a scatter plot of sadness. Then, disaster struck.

A wide crack snaked unnoticed between the feet of tackle Bryan Bulaga. The ground then


cratered, eating Bulaga and pricy free agent addition, Billy Turner, whole. The ensuing sinkhole came for center Corey Linsley next. Linsley fell but was able to grasp some of the earth's crust on the side of the gaping opening. He soon found himself slipping.

Left tackle David Bakhtiari rushed to the edge, let down a long mane of hair, and urged his fellow lineman to Rapunzel his way back to safety.

A prepubescent fan, who had evidently wandered onto the field disguised as a water boy in football pads, noticed the players in danger and sprung to action. Guard Lane Taylor saw the young boy coming and set his mind to stop him from getting too close to the hole.

Although Taylor may have proved successful a couple years ago, thechild easily bull rushed him. As the boy got away from Taylor and attempted to aid Bakhtiari's rescue effort, Taylor angrily blocked him in the back, creating a chain reaction that sent the water boy, Bakhtiari, and Linsely careening over the edge. Authorities later identified the water boy as the actual Packers punter, JK Scott.

JK Scott, a hero. 2007-2019

Taylor, flooded with guilt, made a salute at the nearby Elgton Jenkins - a nice passing of the torch moment in an otherwise tragic affair - and jumped straight into the abyss.

Commissioner Roger Goodell gathered officials from both teams to examine the sinkhole once it stopped expanding. The league determined it best to continue the game. Crew members repainted lines to stage the remaining three quarters on a 30-yard field,


A longitudinal epidemiologic study of signs and symptoms of temporomandibular disorders from 15 to 35 years of age.
To study the development over 20 years of signs and symptoms of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) in an epidemiologic sample and to analyze possible correlations between these signs and symptoms and some other variables. The original group comprised 135 randomly selected 15-year-old subjects who were examined clinically and by means of a questionnaire for signs and symptoms of TMD. The examination was repeated after 5, 10, and 20 years by the same methods. After 20 years, when the original group had reached the age of 35 years, 124 individuals (92%) could be traced, and they were sent a questionnaire and invited for a clinical examination. The response rate was high: 114 subjectsThe famed UK-based Marks & Spencer retail chain was at the center of a political and financial power play in Libya two years ago, a secret U.S. cable revealed, according to a report published Sunday in the prominent British Guardian newspaper.

The classified document sent to Washington by the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli was part of a massive dump leaked by the WikiLeaks Internet site over the past few months.

According to the cable, dated June 18, 2008, M & S opened a location in Tripoli in April of that year, and immediately became “a magnet for controversy.”

The store was closed by Libyan authorities on at least two occasions, said U.S. foreign officer Chris Stevens, and the retailer was further harassed on numerous occasions. “M & S employees have received


(like every conflict zone), which is perhaps why
"liberal" outlets conveniently forget to talk about them (think Israel,
Palestine, Jewish exodus from Middle East, Europe).

The year 1971 was when a party from East Pakistan won the state elections;
this was rejected by the Punjabi-dominated Army, which started killing
Bangladeshis by the millions. A letter by the US Ambassador (in Dhaka,
Kolkata?) was completely ignored by Nixon and his henchman, Kissinger. This
led to a genocide, which took a religious turn (as it always does), and Hindus
were killed and raped en masse. The exodus, which was merely a repeat of the
one following partition, led Indira Gandhi (a brutal dictator in her own
right), to help create an independent state of Bangladesh.

The refugees were never repatriated, and the open border meant easy passage
for people. Governments from statesSawara

The areas called Sawara in Japan are as follows.

Sawara-ku, Fukuoka, (早良区), one of the seven wards of Fukuoka-shi (福岡市), Fukuoka-ken (福岡県), Kyūshū
Sawara, Fukuoka, former Sawara-machi (旧早良町), one of the towns of Fukuoka-ken (福岡県), Kyūshū and is part of Sawara-ku (早良区), one of the seven wards of Fukuoka-shi (福岡市), Fukuoka-ken (福岡県), Kyūshū
Sawara, Chiba, former Sawara-shi (旧佐原市),  one of the cities of Chiba-ken (千葉県), Kantō and is part of Katori-shi (香取市), Chiba-ken, Kantō
Sawara-gun (:ja:早良郡) — an ancient administrative region belonging to Chikuzen Province.

There is also a tree:

Sawara Cypress is a species of coniferous tree.

People:
 Sawara clan (:ja:佐原氏) — one of the Japanese influential families.
Megumi Sawara (:ja:早良めぐみ) — a Japanese actress and a fashion model.
Morizumi Sawara (:ja:佐原盛純) — a Japanese sinologist,
Prince Sawara — a Japanese prince, he was the son


Goodwill®, Walmart Foundation Expand Career Advancement Program to Help Women in 49 Communities Nationwide

Share Article

Goodwill Industries International is expanding an innovative pilot program designed to advance the careers of women across the United States.

“Beyond Jobs is designed not just to place women in jobs, but to provide them with the opportunity to earn credentials, enhance their careers in the emerging competitive labor market and support themselves and their families in the long-term,"

Rockville, MD (PRWEB)October 08, 2012

Goodwill Industries International is expanding an innovative pilot program designed to advance the careers of women across the United States. Through a $7.7 million grant from the Walmart Foundation, the Beyond Jobs program will now create a larger impact by reaching more women who are unemployed or underemployed. The funding will help broadenin the United States and Canada with 14 affiliates in 13 other countries. Goodwill agencies are innovative and sustainable social enterprises that fund job training programs, employment placement services and other community-based programs by selling donated clothing and household items in more than 2,700 stores and online at shopgoodwill.com. Local Goodwill agencies also build revenue and create jobs by contracting with businesses and government to provide a wide range of commercial services, including packaging and assembly, food service preparation, and document imaging and shredding. In 2011, more than 4 million people in the United States and Canada benefited from Goodwill's career services. Goodwill channels 82 percent of its revenues directly into its programs and services. To find a Goodwill location near you, use the online locator at locator.goodwill.org,


BARACK OBAMA began his presidency with an impassioned plea for a world without nuclear weapons. This week, in his last year in office (and as we went to press), he was to become the first American president to visit Hiroshima, site of one of only two nuclear attacks. Mr Obama has made progress on nuclear-arms reduction and non-proliferation. He signed a strategic-arms-control treaty (New START) with Russia in 2010. A series of nuclear-security summits helped stop fissile material getting into the wrong hands. Most important, he secured a deal in July to curtail and then constrain Iran’s nuclear programme for at least the next 10-15 years.

But in one area, his failure is glaring. On Mr Obama’s watch the nuclear-weapons and missile programme of North Korea has become steadilymore alarming. Its nuclear missiles already threaten South Korea and Japan. Sometime during the second term of Mr Obama’s successor, they are likely also to be able to strike New York. Mr Obama put North Korea on the back burner. Whoever becomes America’s next president will not have that luxury.

The other Manhattan project

The taboo against nuclear weapons rests on three pillars: policies to prevent proliferation, norms against the first use of nukes (especially against non-nuclear powers) and deterrence. North Korea has taken a sledgehammer to all of them.

No country in history has spent such a large share of its wealth on nuclear weapons. North Korea is thought to have a stockpile of around 20 devices. Every six weeks or so it adds another. This year the pace of


a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 70, without a hearing.
In 1997, petitioner was convicted of assault in the first degree (three counts), criminal possession of a dangerous weapon in the first degree and other crimes and was sentenced to, among other terms, consecutive prison terms of 12½ to 25 years for each assault and criminal possession of a dangerous weapon in the first degree conviction. On appeal, the convictions were affirmed, but the sentence was modified by ordering that the
terms of imprisonment for the assault convictions all run concurrently with one another, rather than consecutively, and the remaining sentences were left undisturbed (People v D'Amico, 296 AD2d 579 [2002], lv denied 99 NY2d 534 [2002]). His petition for a writ of error coram nobis was thereafter rejected (PeopleOn the sequestered slopes of the low mountain valleys green mosses once more carpeted the earth, buttercups and dandelions peeped pale golden eyes from the ground, in the teeming crevices of the high promontories delicate green and crimson lichens wove a marvellous lacery, and wherever the sun poured its encouraging springtime light beauteous small star - and bell-shaped flowers burst into an effulgence of pale rose and glistening white bloom.

He made her look up and showed her how the great ferns were hanging over in a fringe of green at the top of the bare rocks above, their delicate lacery standing out like green fretwork against the blue of the sky.


The only difference this time is that the Narendra Modi government has decided to go public with a surgical strike on terror launchpads.

On February 27, 2000, as Pakistani troops opened heavy fire on Indian positions in the Nowshera sector, a group of terrorists sneaked across into the Indian side. They struck on Ashoka Listening Post, killed seven soldiers, and severed the head of one of them to take back as trophy. When the news became public, outrage was instant.

The Pakistani media reported the incident with a twist, saying the cross-border raid was led by Ilyas Kashmiri, a veteran terrorist of Afghanistan operations, to take revenge for an Indian Army raid on a Pakistani village called Lonjot in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. According to those reports, Indian commandos raided the villageon February 25, 2000, spent the entire night there, and killed 14 civilians. The Ilyas Kashmiri-led operation by the Pakistani terrorists came a day later. The then Pakistan ruler, General Pervez Musharraf, congratulated the team led by Kashmiri, the reports said.

Such stories, of cross-border raids, many of them never verified or admitted by the Armies, have not been uncommon along the 740-km Line of Control for decades, especially since the Kashmir insurgency flared up in the late 1980s, say Army veterans. The only difference this time is that the Narendra Modi government has decided to go public with a surgical strike, they say.

According to veteran para commandos, they have regularly undertaken cross-border raids in the 1990s and up until the ceasefire along the LoC was declared in 2003.


such cross-border raids almost ceased, but resumed sometime in 2007-08, say Army sources. The new wave of cross-border actions peaked with the beheading of Lance Naik Hemraj on January 8, 2013.

Pakistan, which actively seeks to internationalise Kashmir issue, has repeatedly filed complaints with the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) accusing the Indian Army of doing cross-border operations.

Those complaints have accused the Indian troops of decapitating at least a dozen Pakistani soldiers and killing at least 30 of its citizens in raids across the border since 1998.

Indian Army do not file any such complaints with the UNMOGIP, but it emerged when Hemraj was beheaded that there have been at least three other instances of beheading of Indian soldiers in over a decade before thathave a beer after the game. Instead we have tribal war.

This culture has had consequences at an individual level for Australian opening batsman Cameron Bancroft, who planned to use yellow tape to alter the condition of a ball. Brad Hogg, former Australian international cricketer and current member of the Melbourne Renegades in the BBL, took to Twitter to express how ‘‘out of character’’ the actions were for a man whom Hogg has known for much of his life.

This culture has also had flow-on effects throughout this cricketing nation. Good mates of mine in lower grade cricket have reported they have encountered sledging from older players in lower grade cricket that has more often crossed the line into abuse than before.


Man, Jim Mason is quoted:"The Burning Man organization gave Mason $4500 to create the piece. “I wrote my first annoying Jim Mason project description, the first time I tried coopting Larry's writing style,” recalls Mason. “The art theme was fertility that year, so I wrote a bullshit mythic narrative relating solar cycles to fertility."

According to this link - http://www.topeventsusa.com/nevada-burning-man-nevada.htmlPast themes of Burning Man have included Fertility, Time, Hell, Outer Space, The Body, The Floating World, Beyond Belief, Vault of Heaven, Psyche, Hope and Fear, The Green Man, and The American Dream. The theme for 2009 was "Evolution", the 2010 theme was "Metropolis" and the theme for 2011 is "Rights of Passage".

From what I'm gathering from the website, and from Larry's quote above, is that "fertility" was planned asMonday, February 20, 2012

Two of the best first basemen in baseball signed mega contracts -- more than $200 million each -- this offseason while moving from the National League to the American League.

The Angels will give Albert Pujols $254 million over the next 10 years and the Tigers will give Prince Fielder $214 million over nine years. Only Alex Rodriguez has signed larger contracts.

Based on average draft position (ADP) from Mock Draft Central, that means that only one out of the first eight at the position to be drafted (on average) play in the N.L.: Cincinnati's Joey Votto. While first base is (one of) the deepest positions in fantasy baseball, it's especially deep in AL-only leagues.

Considering Pujols is in his early-30's, it made sense for him to transition


to the American League, where he can eventually DH toward the (middle or) end of his contract. Pujols is one of baseball's greatest hitters of all-time.

For the first time in his 11-year career, Pujols hit less than .300 (.299) and drove in less than 100 runs (99). In 2007, Pujols scored less than 100 runs (99) for the only time in his career. And he has hit 32-plus homers in all 11 seasons.

So, in other words, Pujols has had a line of .300-100-30-100 every year with the exception of one run scored, one run batted in and one batting average point.

While Pujols hit a career-low .299, Fielder, who will be 36 years old at the end of his contract, tied his previous career high of .299 last year.

Inthe past five seasons, Fielder has hit a total of 200 home runs with 565 runs batted in, which is an average of 40 homers and 113 RBIs per season. His career highs during that span were 50 home runs (2007) and 141 RBIs (2009).

With the addition of Fielder, Miguel Cabrera will earn eligibility at third base. As good as Cabrera is regardless of position, he will become even more valuable with third-base eligibility, especially considering the difference in depth at the two positions.

In his eight seasons since his rookie year (2003), Cabrera has driven in 100-plus runs every year and hit 30-plus homers seven times. A lifetime .317 hitter, Cabrera hit a career-high .344 last year.

Here are some more notes on first basemen:

- One player that is


often overlooked on draft day, and I'm guilty of it as well, is Chicago's Paul Konerko. Konerko has had back-to-back seasons with 30-plus homers, 100-plus runs batted in and a .300-plus batting average and plays half of his games in a great hitter's park.

- In 128 games last year, Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer, the third-overall pick in the 2008 draft, hit .293 with 19 home runs, 78 runs batted in and had 11 steals. While he's still only 22 years old and we may see a bit of sophomore slump, Hosmer is one of baseball's great young hitters.

- Switching from a pitcher-friendly park in San Diego to a hitter-friendly one in Boston, Adrian Gonzalez surprisingly hit only 27 home runs, which was a five-year low. That said,Gonzalez set career highs in average (.338) and runs scored (108). He also had 45 doubles and 117 runs batted in, both of which were the second-highest totals of his career.

- The clear top option at first in N.L.-only leagues (as noted above), Votto reached triple-digits in both runs and runs batted in for the second straight season, but he also reached triple-digits in walks (110) for the first time in his career. Not only does Votto hit for average and power, but he has a combined total of 24 stolen bases in the past two seasons.

- Although Boston's Kevin Youkilis has first base eligibiliy, he primarily plays third base, which adds to his value. However, Youkilis is coming off a season where he set a career low


in batting average (.258) and, even worse, he has averaged less than 120 games played over the past three seasons, which obviously detracts from his value. In fact, Youkilis has never played more than 147 games in a season.

- San Francisco's Pablo Sandoval played in only 117 games last year, but he still managed to hit 23 homers, only two shy of the career high he set back in 2009, and drove in 70 runs. After the All-Star break, KungFu Panda hit .325 with 15 home runs and 41 runs batted in over 67 games and offers the same 1B/3B versatility as Youkilis.

- Lance Berkman had a great year with a line of .301-90-31-94-2, but the first half told a different story for Berkman than the second halfdid. Berkman hit 24 homers and drove in 63 runs before the All-Star break and had only seven home runs and 31 RBIs after the break. In 52 games in August and September, Berkman hit only three home runs in 180 at-bats (or exactly one per every 60 at-bats).

- Not only is Michael Cuddyer eligible at first base, but he is eligible at second and outfield as well. In addition to offering fantasy owners positional flexibility, Cuddyer is moving to the friendlier confines of Coors Field this season. Although he played in only 139 games last year, Cuddyer set a career high in steals (11) and hit 20-plus homers for the third time in his career.


menu and a“Las Vegas” feeling!

A few new features of the Brand New bet365 Casino

The casino games menu has been moved from the top to the left hand side and each game category has its own distinctive icon. Players can see all the available games at a glance at the bottom of the page. The casino promotions page has been improved. Also players have a much better visibility of offers that are available. These are just some of the changes at the new bet365 casino site. We will let you explore it and discover even more improvements for yourselves!

The new bet365 live casino

The new bet365 live casino looks exactly like the rest of the new bet365 casino and has its own dedicated page. Same colours and same “Las Vegas”Dead Fetus Found In Airplane Toilet Was Left By Teenage Mother

NEW YORK — New details are emerging about events surrounding a dead fetus that was found Tuesday morning in an airplane toilet at New York City’s LaGuardia Airport. A law enforcement source told CBS New York the fetus was left on the plane by a teenager.

The New York Post, citing a law enforcement source, reports the teen suffered a miscarriage inside the plane’s lavatory.

The law enforcement source said police investigating the case are looking at sisters from Brooklyn who were traveling from Jamaica through Charlotte, North Carolina, and on to LaGuardia Airport.

After the American Airlines plane landed Monday night in New York, one sister allegedly ran to a lavatory in the middle of the aircraft while the other


requiring consistent attention at the wheel. At elevated speeds, the Soul never feels hunkered down, but the Soul Sport's flinty freeway traits pay dividends when it comes to carving up surface streets in the daily grind.

In town, the Soul Sport's quick reflexes make it a responsive and fun machine to squirt through traffic. At low speeds, the Soul's 2.0-liter mill is peppy, with a throttle tuned for energetic stoplight leaps, and the gearing of the five-speed seems well matched to the engine's power band. On the open road, the Soul has plenty of urge to run in the fastest freeway lanes, but a driver's calls for more speed once at this pace are met more with engine sounds than meaningful acceleration.

The 2010 Kia Soul does reasonably well at

A newborn baby girl left abandoned on the side of the road in southern Afghanistan has been discovered by a group of Polish soldiers.

The soldiers came upon the baby, who they have named Pola, after Poland, wrapped in a towel on Wednesday while they were checking a route near their Waghez military base for safety, Defense Ministry spokesman Janusz Walczak told The Associated Press.

The group of soldiers was first suspicious when they discovered the baby, as there is a risk of hidden roadside bombs across Afghanistan.

It is still unclear who left baby Pola on the side of the road. The AP reported that there was no one found in a mile radius of where the baby was discovered.

After the troops found her, she was brought to a medical


from the European Community, the Italian Ministry of Health, the Mariani Foundation, the Italian Epilepsy Federation, Telethon, the Tuscany Region, the Pisa Foundation, and the Italian Ministry of University and Research. I. Scheffer serves on the editorial boards of *Neurology®e*and *Epileptic Disorders*; may accrue future revenue on a pending patent regarding a therapeutic compound; has received speaker honoraria from Athena Diagnostics, UCB, GSK, Eisai, and Transgenomics; has received scientific advisory board honoraria from Nutricia, UCB and GSK; has received funding for travel from Athena Diagnostics, UCB, and GSK; and receives/has received research support from the National Health and Medical Research Council, Australian Research Council, NIH, Health Research Council of New Zealand, March of Dimes, the Weizmann Institute, Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy, US Department of Defense, andLife does often imitate art, but occasionally, real-life improves upon the art.

Such is the case with President Trump’s wise decision to call off the retaliatory strike against Iran for the downing of U.S. unmanned military drone.

In the 1995 movie titled “The American President,” the fictional president in the film, played by Michael Douglas, is faced with an eerily similar dilemma.

GEN. JACK KEANE PRAISES TRUMP'S PRESSURE CAMPAIGN ON IRAN: 'FIRST RATE'

The screenplay was written by liberal writer Aaron Sorkin and directed by equally liberal Rob Reiner. In an effort to make their fictional President Andrew Shepherd look more presidential, a sub-plot is created in which the Libyans bomb an unmanned surface-to-air defense system called C-STAD. It’s an election year, so President Shepherd must be decisive and strike back at


hard for the retaliatory strike – President Trump may have just made the most “presidential” decision of his term.

He decided that there was nothing “proportional” in taking human lives because of the loss of an unmanned drone. He decided it was not worth the risk of provoking Iran into their own “proportional” responses which would bring us closer to war.

A war, which could very well force Russia and China to side with Iran.

More than choosing not to take the lives of Iranian military personnel – and quite possibly, civilians – President Trump did one better and purposely gave the leadership of Iran some wiggle room in order for them to save face and deescalate the growing tension.

Said the president as he diplomatically offered Iran an olive branch: “TheyWASHINGTON — The Pentagon is considering an expanded and more aggressive role in Afghanistan, one that would include the American military once again targeting both Taliban and Haqqani network fighters, according to four U.S. defense officials.

Both Pentagon and White House officials have been considering the expanded authority for several months as they have worked through a strategy review for Afghanistan. The new strategy will also focus heavily on the relationship between Afghanistan and Pakistan and terror networks throughout the region.

An Afghan Army soldier mans a check point in Jalalabad, the provincial capital of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan on June 10. Ghulamullah Habibi / EPA

The review, run by National Security Adviser and former military leader in Afghanistan General HR McMaster, is expected to be presented to the president in early


July and released to the public mid-month.

Let our news meet your inbox. The news and stories that matters, delivered weekday mornings. This site is protected by recaptcha

If approved, this latest change would be another expansion of the U.S. counterterrorism mission in Afghanistan, one that would help drive the decision to deploy more American troops to the country. Defense officials expect Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis to approve a plan to deploy upwards of 4,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, some assigned to the NATO training mission and others assigned to a counter-terror mission. There are currently 8,400 U.S. troops there.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joe Dunford hinted at the need to fight the Taliban and Haqqani network during an event at the National Press Clubgains throughout the southern, eastern, and central parts of the country and Afghan National Security Forces struggled to maintain security. The U.S. military remained in the country in an advise and assist mission, working with the Afghan military and police and providing them some air support.

In June 2016, President Obama approved the American military playing a larger role in supporting the Afghans from the air, authorizing airstrikes against the Taliban to support an Afghan military offensive. But those strikes were still limited to circumstances when they would have what the military called “strategic effects” — such as stopping Afghan troops from being overrun or help them in a critical phase of a mission.

About six months later President Obama authorized the military to also hunt and target ISIS-Khorasan Province


The Newfoundland and Labrador government announced Monday that it has reached a tentative agreement with the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE).

In a release sent out Monday afternoon, government said the tentative four-year agreement will include the same framework as the previous deal reached with the Newfoundland Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE).

"We are pleased to announce a tentative agreement with CUPE, which includes benefits for hard-working public employees in a wide range of programs and services," Premier Kathy Dunderdale said in the release.

"This is a fair deal for employees, who will see general economic increases in 2015 and 2016, and it is a good deal for the people of Newfoundland and Labrador as our government works toward a sustainable future in a fiscally responsible way."

The dealYou are here

On the occasion of Teachers’ Day, allow me to share the story of Head Sir (as he is fondly called by his students, past and present), founder-principal of a low-fee private school in a remote town of Bihar, and his ordeal while trying to get government recognition for his school.

Head Sir started out as an educational entrepreneur – or edupreneur – in early 1990s by tutoring three kids of the same family at their home. He was dedicated to his job and keen to make a name for himself. He used to devote long hours to make sure that students under his care do better. His hard work started to bear fruit when he started getting requests from more and more parents who were desperate to


find a good teacher for their kids.

Soon he had enough numbers to start a school of his own. He started a school and ran it for the next 20 years during which time, the school went from strength to strength and became one of the most trusted name among a sea of low-fee charging private schools in town. So far Head Sir had run his school without any government recognition and was patronised by thousands of parents over the years. His school has now become a trusted name in town.

In 2010, a new law (www.righttoeducation.in) was passed by the central government which among other things, made it mandatory for all private schools to adhere to certain norms. Private schools were asked to meet these norms within the nextthree years, or face a shutdown.

Head Sir was worried, but also thought that this presents him an opportunity to take the next step and get government recognition that enables his students to take secondary school board exams at his facility. He started on an endeavour to meet these norms and what follows is an account of his experiences.

Recognition norms (Infrastructural or otherwise): Head Sir started out enthusiastically but the extensive list of infrastructural norms made it impossible for him to build a school in the city. Norms such as having a playground of certain size forced him to look for spots outside town. The spot closest to the town that he could find was some 14 kms away from his old school. He knew he ran the risk


City of Kansas City, Missouri, the same course of action as has the plaintiff and has entered into preliminary arrangements and agreements with PHA. Pursuant thereto the latter will agree to lend to the Intervenor as a Housing Authority large sums of money to be used in connection with the acquisition and construction of proposed low-rent housing and slum-clearance projects to be located in Kansas City, Missouri. Such indebtedness is to be repaid upon approximately the same basis as above set out (as to plaintiff) and Intervenor has entered into a "Cooperation Agreement" with the City of Kansas City, Missouri, similar in context and legal aspect to the "Cooperation Agreement" of plaintiff with the City of St. Louis.
The "Cooperation Agreement" instantly at issue is too long a documentand 1945 such rehabilitation problems existed and the framers of our Constitution and those who voted to adopt it took note of those conditions. The Constitution grants powers to alleviate those situations. Clearly the instant situation is one which was contemplated by the framers of the Constitution. That organic law confers powers under which plaintiff and defendant may act cooperatively to alleviate conditions in and to rehabilitate blighted areas.
Pursuant to the authority in that statute, Section 70.230, the plaintiff by resolution of its governing body and the defendant city by a duly enacted ordinance of its Board of Aldermen authorized the execution of the Cooperation Agreement and set out its terms. The Cooperation Agreement was thereafter executed. The city had express statutory authority to enact that ordinance (No.


declares that Intervenor, Housing Authority of Kansas City, and the City of Kansas City had and have the constitutional and statutory authority to enter into and execute a Cooperation Agreement, similar in context and of the same legal effect as that heretofore executed by plaintiff and defendant herein.
7. For reasons hereinabove set out this court finds and declares that the Cooperation Agreement heretofore executed by plaintiff and defendant is a binding and valid contract and legally commits plaintiff and defendant to the terms and conditions therein set forth.
The judgment, decree and declarations of the circuit court of the City of St. Louis instantly appealed from are therefore affirmed in part and reversed in part, as hereinabove set out and indicated; and the rights of the parties hereto are2 burnt alive, 8 injured in chemical factory blast in Udaipur

Udaipur : Two workers were charred to death and 8 others seriously injured when a chemical manufacturing factory in Sukher industrial area, exploded on Monday afternoon. Chaos prevailed in the area as fire fighters and policemen struggled to hold the flames. The injured were rushed to the government MB hospital and their condition were said to be critical. The unit, Deepak chemical factory, owned by one Amit Talesra, makes chemicals and solvents used for marble treatment.

According to eyewitnesses, a huge explosion occurred in the factory at around 3pm, followed by series of blasts and within minutes fire engulfed the entire premises and reduced the unit to ashes. Short circuit is suspected to be the reason for the fire,


sources claimed. Udaipur collector Rohit Gupta, along with Additional SP (city) Sudhir Joshi, Dy SP Bhagwat Singh Hingar, ADM city, O.P Bunkar and officials of the civil administration, rushed to the spot. Fire fighters and forces from various police stations including Sukher, Ambamata, Bhupalpura, Hathipole, Dhanmandi were called in for the rescue operation.

A magisterial inquiry into the incident has been called. Around 10 workers were said to be inside the factory when the blast took place and eight of them managed to run out of the factory. The flames were seen raised to some 400 meters as a big fire broke out in the premises. Fire fighters made more than 100 rounds but the flames raged even more. Later, foam fire extinguishers from Hindustan Zinc were pressed intoJulia Goldani Telles

Fans of the beloved, but short-lived ABC Family series Bunheads have something to smile about.

Julia Goldani Telles, who played Sasha, has signed on for the Showtime drama pilot The Affair, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.

Cult shows that deserve a movie

The 18-year-old actress joins an impressive cast including Dominic West (The Wire), Maura Tierney (ER), Joshua Jackson (Dawson's Creek) and Ruth Wilson (Luther). The Affair tells the story of Noah (West), a New Yorker spending the summer on Long Island with his family who begins an affair with Allison (Wilson)., a woman who works at a pancake house. Allison is married to Cole (Jackson), a tough cowboy who manages a ranch, and Noah is married to Helen (Tierney), his college sweetheart and best friend whose life is turned


upside down by Noah's infidelity.

Telles will play 16-year-old Whitney, Noah and Helen's eldest child. Bunheads, which was canceled in July after one season, marked her first television role.

The Affair pilot was written by In Treatment's Sarah Treem and Hagai Levi, who will also executive-produce the project with Shameless' Mark Mylod.

(Full disclosure: TVGuide.com is owned by CBS, which also owns Showtime.)No place like home for Brown

Posted: Monday, April 28, 2008

If returning 17 starters from a team ranked No. 2 in the nation isn't enough to get Georgia fans jacked up, this weekend's NFL Draft might have served as further validation that the cupboard remains full in Athens.

For the first time since 2000, the Bulldogs didn't lose any players deemed by the league's talent evaluators as worthy of being taken in the first three rounds.

Actually, it wasn't until late in the fifth round Sunday - with the 161st overall pick - that defensive end Marcus Howard was the first Bulldog selected by Indianapolis.

"It's surprising," Howard said. "I thought myself and Thomas would go a lot higher. We won the Sugar Bowl and I thought when you win ballgames, players


get recognized.

"He's going through the same thing I'm going through. It's a height issue."

The 5-foot-8, 201-pound Brown is Georgia's fifth all-time leading rusher with 2,646 yards but his size and durability dropped him down draft boards.

It was quite the weekend for Brown, who married longtime girlfriend Jessica Brown on Friday at a small ceremony that included family and some Bulldogs teammates at West Mitchell C.M.E Church.

"Right down the street from the Georgia Dome," Brown said.

The Tucker native will try to land a roster spot on a team close to home that drafted former Bulldogs Martrez Milner and D.J. Shockley the previous two years.

The Falcons' tailbacks include Michael Turner and Jerious Norwood.

"I'm very excited," Brown said in a teleconference. "It's been a dream of mine, especially coming from GeorgiaWisconsin's Taylor Mehlhaff, a sixth-round pick of New Orleans.

Coutu will compete with Olindo Mare to replace the departed Josh Brown.

"They were vocal that they wanted me to be the next kicker for the next 10 years," Coutu said. "I hope I get the opportunity. I didn't think it would happen that late. I thought I'd go two rounds before that. What happened, happened. I was at Georgia without a scholarship and had a chip on my shoulder and everything worked out, and I feel like this is kind of the same situation."

Notes: Fernando Velasco said Sunday night he has signed as an undrafted free agent with Tennessee as a center/guard. Running back Kregg Lumpkin said he will sign with Green Bay. Receiver Sean Bailey said he will sign


Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has ruled out talks with the United States in significantly timed comments that were among his most pessimistic on prospects for relations with Washington, and even the west.

Ayatollah Khamenei, the high-ranking cleric who is Iran’s ultimate spiritual and political authority, denounced the policy of “maximum pressure” pursued by the administration of Donald Trump, and rejected the possibility of talks with American officials until the US returns to the 2015 nuclear deal it abandoned last year.

He also dismissed the possibility of a much-speculated upon meeting between Mr Trump and Iranian president Hassan Rouhani during the annual gathering of the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week.

“The maximum pressure policy is worthless in front of the Iranian nation, and every official in Irancollectively believes there will be no talks with America at any level,” he told seminary students, according to state media.

Until sanctions reimposed following the US withdrawal from the deal last year are lifted, he said “there will be no talks at any level between officials of the Islamic Republic and Americans, neither in New York nor elsewhere”.

The ruling out of talks follows an attack on crucial Saudi oil facilities on Saturday that took half of the country’s petroleum-producing potential temporarily offline.

Attack on major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia: In pictures Show all 10 1 /10 Attack on major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia: In pictures Attack on major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia: In pictures Smoke billows from multiple fires at the Aramco oil processing facility in Abqaiq,


Saudi Arabia on 14 September Reuters Attack on major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia: In pictures Thick black smoke billows from a fire following drone strikes on major oil facilities in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia Planet Labs Inc/Reuters Attack on major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia: In pictures The Aramco oil processing facility in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia prior to the drone strikes on 14 September AP Attack on major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia: In pictures Damage is seen to the Aramco oil processing facility in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia following drone strikes on 14 September, the previous day (Image 1 of 2) AP Attack on major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia: In pictures Damage is seen to the Aramco oil field in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia following drone strikes on14 September, the previous day (Image 2 of 2) AP Attack on major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia: In pictures Damage is seen to the Aramco oil field in Khurais, Saudi Arabia following drone strikes on 14 September, the previous day (Image 1 of 2) AP Attack on major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia: In pictures Damage is seen to the Aramco oil field in Khurais, Saudi Arabia following drone strikes on 14 September, the previous day (Image 2 of 2) AP Attack on major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia: In pictures Smoke billows from multiple fires following drone strikes on major oil facilities in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia AFP/Getty Attack on major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia: In pictures Smoke rises from a fire following a drone strike


at the Aramco facility in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia on 14 September Reuters Attack on major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia: In pictures Smoke is seen following a fire at the Aramco oil processing facility in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia on 14 September Reuters

Yemen’s Houthi rebels, currently fighting Saudi-led forces in a four-year war for control of their own country, claimed responsibility for the attack, but US officials insist it was Iran’s doing, without providing conclusive evidence.

Saudi Arabia has said its preliminary investigation suggests Iranian-made weapons were used in the attack, which left no injuries, but has been circumspect in assigning blame, calling for an international investigation overseen by the United Nations.

Iran has denied it was behind the attack, mocking the US accusations.

Both the Trump administration and Saudi Arabia’s leadershipOBSERVED: I would love to talk to you about things that happen to me back in the 60's south of Oregon, IL. along Rock River. I do believe it was maybe a Bigfoot.

I was raised in the Oregon, Illinois area. We had a place out where Castle Rock State Park is today. In the spring of 1960 I was 9 years old. One night about midnight we heard this terrible screaming coming from the woods. There was also this horrible smell. My dad went outside with his gun but did not find anything. This thing always came around in the spring and fall like it was migrating. He told my mom that he had no idea what it was.

Then in 1965 I was 14 years old. This time


a chicken house and positioned the trailer home on the same site. • The father had also been clearing some of the land behind their home and the river.

About BFRO Investigator Stan Courtney:

Stan Courtney has a special interest in wildlife audio recording. He has attended numerous BFRO Expeditions and travels throughout Illinois giving presentations on "Bigfoot In Illinois". See Stan's blog StanCourtney.com for recordings he has collected over the years.The power amplifier is one of the most important subsystems of modern communication systems. In the case of satellite downlinks, the power efficiency of high-power amplifiers (HPAs) is important because power requirements directly impact size, weight, and cost of the satellite payload. Because the power efficiency is relatively high when the amplifier is operated near the saturation region, as may be the case for satellite links, the HPA frequently must be operated in such a region. However, the nonlinearity of the amplifier in the near saturation region may introduce considerable distortion in the signal to be amplified. As the output power back off is reduced, the signal to distortion power ratio at the amplifier output is correspondingly reduced. This may place a significant restriction on the amount of


weak signals.
Previous techniques to mitigate the amplifier distortion effects generally fall into two categories. In the first category may be techniques that attempt to cancel the nonlinear term arising due to the power amplifier in a feedforward or feedback mode with the compensation operation at radio frequency (RF). The feedforward linearizer consists of two loops. The first loop subtracts samples of the input signal from samples of the amplifier output signal to produce samples of the main amplifier's distortion. The second loop subtracts the amplified sampled distortion from the delayed version of the main amplifier output to obtain the final linearized output. This arrangement is complex to implement, requires a second amplifier that needs to be linear to avoid generating its own distortion terms, and results in power(CNN) It was three days before the most important dinner party she has ever hosted, but Melania Trump was not at the White House, triple-checking details. Instead, she was in Houston, Texas, to pay her respects to one of her predecessors, Barbara Bush.

The current first lady sat among several former presidents and first ladies in the pews at St. Martin's Episcopal Church for Bush's funeral service on Saturday, including former President Barack Obama, whom her husband, President Donald Trump, has often criticized. Michelle Obama was there, too; in January, she joked on a talk show about the way Mrs. Trump awkwardly handed her a gift box on the steps of the White House on Inauguration Day. Mrs. Trump hasn't seen or spoken to either Obama since then.

Also nearby


was former first lady and 2016 presidential rival Hillary Clinton, a favorite target of the President's tweets, in which he likes to call her "Crooked Hillary," ribbing his former rival about investigations and emails.

And, naturally, there were many Bush family attendees. The President's constant primary campaign target, Jeb Bush, whom Trump nicknamed "low energy," delivered a eulogy to his mother.

In other words, the first lady was literally, and voluntarily, walking into a den of potential adversaries. But as has become a trademark reaction to the drama surrounding her husband, Melania Trump didn't let on that she cares about any of it, and she certainly wasn't letting it stop her.

"She was invited to attend and intends to pay her respects to not only Barbara Bush, but the entire family,"the first lady's communications director, Stephanie Grisham, told CNN, adding Trump is "a confident woman. ... I know politics will not be an issue."

The President was invited, too. But almost two days after his wife confirmed she would be attending the memorial service for Mrs. Bush, the West Wing released a statement saying the President would not, citing a desire not to cause undo disruption.

The services for Mrs. Bush capped a week that included hosting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife for two days at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, culminating in a dinner for the couple -- a smaller dry-run, perhaps, for the mountainous task of the full state dinner that lies ahead in Washington.

State Dinner prep

Planning for Tuesday's state dinner, being held


in honor of the official visit of French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, began months ago; it was then that Melania Trump started to think of the details, such as an ideal gift.

CNN has learned one of those gifts will be a framed section of upholstery from one of the chairs in the White House Blue Room. Featuring a golden eagle surrounded by laurels, the chair was part of the furniture suite inspired by Pierre-Antoine Bellangé, who designed royal palaces in France and created the 53 carved and gilded pieces for the Blue Room, which he was commissioned to create by President James Monroe. Monroe had previously served as a diplomat in France and had taken a shine to French décor. Though President James Buchanan gotrid of the set in a redecoration decades later, it was first lady Jackie Kennedy who found the spare pieces and brought them back during her quest to restore the White House. Kennedy worked with a French designer to reproduce missing items, including recreating the fabric through French textile firm Tassinari and Châtel.

The Marcrons will also receive from the Trumps a special photo album upon their departure, with pictures of their visit, as well as a Tiffany & Co. silver bowl, engraved with the presidential seal and the signatures of both Trumps.

The first lady has often sought to highlight history as she puts her stamp on White House events, say those familiar with her process.

Despite her willingness to buck precedent -- arriving solo to Trump's State of the