SOS Ocean Racing - Approaching Bass Strait

In the first week of May 2010, Ian Thomson set off to break the current Solo Around Australia Record for monohulls which stands at 68 Days 8 Hours and 30 minutes set by David Beard aboard the 35ft Skaffie II.

SOS Ocean Racing is about raising awareness of what damage plastic bags does to the environment, in particular the marine environment. With over 100,000 marine animals and 1 million sea birds dying from plastic suffocation or entanglement every year, it is time to get rid of the 'Convenient' plastic bag and use other options.

SOS Ocean Racing has made excellent mileage in the last 24 hours and is nearing the top of Tasmania this morning. By the mid hours of the morning Ian Thomsonbefore the wind fills in which should take Ian to the finish in Airlie Beach early the following week.

In the meantime Ian encourages everyone to use their green bags when shopping. His campaign is about ridding the oceans of plastic bags that are killing our marine life. 100,000 marine animals every year and 1 million sea birds die of plasic suffocation or entanglement. Ian says 'once you have unpacked your shopping, put your green bags in the boot of your car, not in the bottom drawer in your kitchen, that way when you want to go shopping they are there with you not at home.

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Yoga guru Ramdev said accusing India of religious intolerance equal to degrading country's pride (File)

Yoga guru Ramdev today said actor Naseeruddin Shah's remarks on mob violence amounted to degrading the country's pride.

"Naseeruddin Shah has earned his popularity due to love of common people. I have not seen religious intolerance. I, of course, see political intolerance. I think accusing India of religious intolerance is equal to degrading country's pride," he said.

There is no country without internal violence and intolerance, but no one blames one's own country, said the yoga guru.

"Labelling one's own country with religious intolerance is akin to ungratefulness, disrespect and treason," he said on the sidelines of the inauguration of the Eastern India's first International Vedic Pathashala.

In an apparent reference to the killing of a policeman bya mob in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr, veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah has said that at many places the death of a cow is being given more importance than the killing of a policeman.

"There is complete impunity for those who take law into their own hands. In many areas we are witnessing that the death of a cow is more significance than that of a police officer," the 68-year-old actor had said in an interview recently. Mr Shah also said he was anxious over the well-being of his children, who he said have not been brought up as followers of any particular religion.


is legally mandatory, it becomes universal, and when anything is universal for long enough, the culture forgets that there were ever any alternatives.

Step 1: Pass Laws

Public school advocates in the early 19th century like Horace Mann and Henry Barnard sought to create tax-funded public school systems in the states that, because they wouldn't charge tuition, would outcompete private schools. Eventually, reformers pushed for laws making school attendance mandatory in all states (Massachusetts was first in 1851, and Alabama was the last in 1918).

In the early 1900’s reformers also succeeded in mandating all teachers (at least in public schools) must pass through state-approved teacher education programs. As historian Diane Ravitch describes, “Teacher certification eventually came to be identified with the completion of teacher education programs rather than with theStaples to get slice of Apple pie

Report: Office-supply giant to start selling gadgets in U.S. stores

Credit: AP

In this Nov. 15, 2010 photo, people pass a Staples store, in New York.

A Staples Inc. deal to sell Apple products in the United States would not be a “game-changer” for the Framingham company, but it could be a positive move, analysts told the Herald.

The nation’s largest office supply chain, which already sells Apple gadgets in Canada, reportedly finalized a plan to start domestic sales, according to tweets attributed to several of its employees.

Regis Mulot, a Staples senior vice president of global human resources, on Thursday reportedly tweeted: “After Canada, #Apple products are coming to #Staples in US. Great news!” The tweet since has been removed.

Apple-following websites also reported two other tweets,


Great Leap Forward

Great Leap Forward, 1957–60, Chinese economic plan aimed at revitalizing all sectors of the economy. Initiated by Mao Zedong, the plan emphasized decentralized, labor-intensive industrialization, typified by the construction of thousands of backyard steel furnaces in place of large steel mills. Wildly unrealistic planning, poorly planned communization of agriculture, and a poor harvest in 1959 caused mass starvation. Mao was forced to turn government administration over to Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping.children that
might be his.  He has been married four times and pays child support for "at least four" children.
The Department first got involved with the Trevinos in March 1994, when Juan's oldest daughter,
D.T., had bruises all over her body and face.  D.T. was sixteen at time of trial.  She testified that she
lived with Juan from the time she was three until 1994, when she was about ten and went to live with
her mother.  D.T. said when Juan and Virginia became involved, D.T. was about five or six.  When
she was six or seven, Juan and Virginia sometimes left her alone to babysit the other children.  D.T.
said Juan screamed at her and hit her with his hand, a broom, and a stick.


D.T. said Virginia was
present when Juan abused D.T. and never tried to stop the abuse; in fact, D.T. testified that Virginia
sometimes laughed while Juan beat D.T.  D.T. said once Juan hit her head against the floor until she
passed out.  Photographs were introduced from March 1994 that showed bruises on D.T.'s face,
head, and body inflicted by Juan.  D.T. said Juan only hit her and not the other children.
	Juan admitted spanking D.T. when he was frustrated and upset.  When asked about
bruises on D.T.'s shoulder, chin, and face, he said she got them falling off a bicycle or because he
"probably hit her by accident" or from his grabbing at her when "[s]he probably tried to escape" from
him.  Juan admitted that he hit D.T. on her backwith a belt and said he did not know how she got
bruises on her legs.  He denied hitting her with anything other than his hand or a belt, and said he
had since learned that he should not hit his children.  He also denied banging her head on the floor
and did not recall her passing out.
	D.T.'s sister was fifteen years' old at trial.  She testified about one night in 1994 when
she, D.T., and Juan shared a bed.  She woke up and felt Juan stroking her legs and stomach, which
felt inappropriate and made her uncomfortable.
	Jaime Ybarra, a Child Protective Specialist with the Department, became involved
with the Trevinos in March 1994, when D.T.'s bruises and injuries were reported.  Ybarra testified
that the Department, not the Trevinos, insisted


that D.T. see a doctor after she was hurt.  The children
were removed from the home due to medical neglect and physical abuse of D.T.  Ybarra testified that
the Trevinos initially denied abusing D.T., but then Juan said he had pushed her, causing her to fall
off her bicycle.  During therapy a couple months later, Juan admitted that he had physically abused
D.T.  The Trevinos told Ybarra that D.T. was a problem child.  Ybarra said that D.T. was the only
child abused and that she was "scapegoated" by the Trevinos, meaning she was blamed for things
such as problems in their marriage or with the other children.  During some visits, Juan was "very
aggressive towards [D.T.] blaming her for having the children removed."
	Dr. Jeffrey Alvis works at Children's Hospitalthat
C.A.T. might have hurt herself falling on a radio in Hights' house.  She also testified that Juan
approached her at church later and told her, "I was coming to let you know that the baby didn't fall
at your house.  The baby fell at my house, because I was outside working on my van.  And my little
boy came out and told me that the baby had fell."
	Denise Castaneda Ramirez, former Department investigator, testified that she became
involved with the Trevinos on November 10, 1998, when Children's Hospital reported C.A.T.'s
injury.  When Ramirez spoke to Virginia away from Juan, Virginia was upset and concerned because
she did not want to lose her children again.  Ramirez said Virginia "even went as far as to say that
she didn't think the


father did this, but she did not - she wasn't there.  And if she had to leave her
husband she would, because she did not want to risk losing her children."  After interviewing Juan,
Virginia, and the other children, Ramirez had no logical explanation for how C.A.T. was injured.
Ramirez said she gathered from Juan's statement that "[t]he only person that had unsupervised
access . . . from the time that the child could have sustained the injury was Mr. Trevino."  Therefore,
that night in the hospital Ramirez had Juan and Virginia sign the first safety plan limiting his access
to the children.  Juan was required to move out of the family house and was forbidden from having
any contact with the children.
	Ten days after C.A.T. was admitted toChildren's Hospital, Ramirez again talked to
Juan, who offered new explanations for C.A.T.'s injury.  Juan now blamed the other children for
C.A.T.'s injury.  First, he said their son told Virginia that A.T. had pushed C.A.T. into a wall.  Then
he said that on the day C.A.T. was injured, the son told him A.T. had pushed C.A.T.  He said he had
not reported this earlier because he was depressed.  Juan also told Ramirez that in 1994 D.T. had
bruised herself by falling off a bunk bed.  On November 24, Juan and Virginia signed a new safety
plan specifying that Virginia would supervise all contact between Juan and the children.
	Ramirez said Virginia was initially cooperative and very protective of the children.
As time went on, however, Ramirez became


if he
did not leave the house, the children would be removed.  Snyder testified that Juan told him that Juan
"was going to take his clothes out of the residence and . . . put them in his car . . . [and] sleep in the
car to make it look like he wasn't at the residence."
	Donald Cagle, who was eighteen at time of trial, worked with Virginia for about three
months in 1999 and lived in the Trevino home for about a month and a half when he ran away from
foster care.  During that time, Cagle said Juan stayed at the house as often as Cagle did.  Cagle said,
"They [Juan and Virginia] made many comments that they weren't supposed to be there.  They were
very sneaky." Cagle testified that he only heard Virginia tell Juan to leave the house once.  Virginia
and J.L. were teasing Juan, who suddenly turned on Virginia as if he was going to hit her.  Cagle told
Juan to stop and Virginia told Juan that if he could not take a joke, he should leave.  Cagle testified
that there were many times when Juan spent unsupervised time with Virginia's older daughter, J.L.
On several occasions, the police came to the house and Juan hid in J.L.'s room or in a closet.  Cagle
said Juan's worker's compensation claims were fraudulent, that he was not hurt and was capable of
lifting heavy objects.  Cagle said he thought Juan was a con man.  Cagle also testified that Juan
bragged to him about his


sexual relationships with women other than Virginia, including a sixteen-year-old neighbor.  Cagle admitted that he had been angry at the Trevinos, but denied that he was
testifying against them for revenge.
	Juan testified about his discovery of C.A.T.'s injury.  He said when he picked her up
from Hights' house on Friday, November 6, she was not crying and he did not notice anything wrong
with her.  Juan said he became aware of C.A.T.'s injury between about 6:00 and 7:00 that night when
J.L. told him that C.A.T. "had a soft spot on her head."  Juan testified that the children were alone
inside the house for about an hour that night while he was outside working on his car with a friend,
but that he supervised them through ahe knew that his failure to comply could
lead to further Department involvement.  Juan did not recall telling Snyder that he intended to
mislead the Department into thinking he had moved out of the house.  Juan said he never took care
of the children while Virginia was at work, but admitted to being in the house when she was not
home.  Juan also admitted being with J.L. in violation of a court order.  Juan denied asking Hights
to say C.A.T. had fallen while in her care and denied telling her C.A.T. was not injured at her house.
He said D.T., Hights, Cagle, and another witness had not testified truthfully.
	Gwen Lopez, a Department caseworker, testified her family preservation plan with
the Trevinos consisted of therapy, parenting classes, and home visits.


the
Trevinos participated in her group meetings only sporadically, often arriving late.  She said that later
they became more cooperative and attended more regularly.  Guckian made several home visits.
During one visit, Virginia was on the phone during most of the time and appeared uninterested in
talking with Guckian.  Juan was attentive to the children.  Guckian said she did not have a great deal
of experience observing the Trevinos, but she thought Virginia was not very engaged with the
children.  Guckian said the Trevinos never accepted that they had any responsibility for the
Department's involvement with the family and often complained about the Department.
	Mary Van Diggele, a court appointed special advocate and guardian ad litem for the
children, testified that she had been involved with the case since late JuneShe is normal in all aspects except
for speech, and is undergoing speech therapy.  Van Diggele said the two youngest children view their
foster family as their real parents.  Van Diggele said the Trevinos consistently blame A.T. for
C.A.T.'s injury.  Based on her observations of the children and their interactions with each other,
their foster parents, and Juan and Virginia, Van Diggele recommended that Juan and Virginia's
rights be terminated.
	Pastor Benjamin Smith testified that Juan and Virginia had been members of First
Baptist Church in Lockhart for almost two years.  On occasion, Virginia asked Smith to watch J.L.
Smith said Virginia deals with J.L. in a typical mother/daughter way and he believes Virginia is
capable of caring for and protecting her children.  He did, however, say there was room for
improvement


in Virginia's discipline.
	Taylor Skaar, a counselor with a women's shelter, testified about her work with
Virginia since October 1999.  Skaar said one of Virginia's major issues was her anger toward the
Department and a former therapist.  Skaar watched Virginia interact with a Department caseworker
and said the caseworker was unprofessional.  Skaar believed Virginia's anger toward the Department
was justified and said Virginia had made considerable progress in dealing with that anger.  Skaar
said she had never seen anyone more committed to complying with Department requirements than
Virginia.  As far as Skaar knew, Virginia attended all classes or events required of her.  Skaar
believed Virginia was capable of protecting her children, was "psychologically sound enough to
provide good mothering," and had "expressed deep caring for her children."  Skaar did notbelieve
Virginia was co-dependent on Juan.
	Stanley Harlan provided family counseling to the Trevinos at the Department's
request from February through October 1999.  Harlan testified that Virginia was depressed; he
believed she had a long-term depressive disorder stemming from low self-esteem and a sense of
worthlessness.  He said the Trevino family was very engaged in the counseling, and Virginia was
cooperative even though she disliked being required to undergo therapy.  Harlan said initially
Virginia seemed to have some ambivalence about Juan's involvement in C.A.T.'s injury.  She did
not think he had hurt the child, but was open to the possibility that he might have.  Harlan said
Virginia was very angry and dissatisfied with the Department's handling of the family's case.  Harlan
thought Virginia would be minimally functional and able to care for


the children.  At the time Harlan
stopped seeing Virginia, she was still depressed but had made progress in being less reliant on Juan.
Virginia told Harlan that she missed Juan but indicated that she was complying with the
Department's requirements.  Harlan believed Juan and Virginia were co-dependent on each other.
In April 1999, Harlan called the Trevino home to speak to Virginia.  Juan answered and said he was
watching the children while Virginia made a trip to work.  Harlan then reported a possible safety
plan violation to the Department, as required by his contract.
	Minnie Mae Hudspeth babysat the Trevino children for about three months at the end
of 1998.  She said Juan never picked up the children and the children were always in good condition.
Hudspeth saidthe children were glad to see Virginia when she picked them up and she was
affectionate with them.  Cindy Gray Tidwell educated Virginia about nutrition, child care, and stress
management for about six months and testified that Virginia was cooperative and seemed to
assimilate information from the training.  Maria Revas babysat for C.A.T. for about three months
up until April 1999 and testified that C.A.T. always appeared healthy, well fed, cared-for, and happy
to see Virginia.  Revas also testified that she had observed the entire family together before
November 1998, and that they were happy.
	Virginia's oldest daughter, J.L., testified that although Juan was not her biological
father, she called him "dad."  J.L. denied that she had been alone in the house with Juan on the day
before the Department removed the children.


 She said her grandmother had been there.  When asked
if she knew whether Juan was also there, she answered, "No, ma'am."  J.L. said Juan never came
to the home when Virginia was not there.  She testified that she was not afraid of Juan, he had never
hurt her, and she had never seen him hurt any of the other children.
	Virginia testified that she loved her children.  She said they were a normal but not
perfect family, and she never hurt the children or saw Juan hurt them.  Virginia said when she arrived
home from a week-long training session on November 6, Juan immediately asked her to look at
C.A.T.'s head.  She felt a soft spot and asked her sister to drive them to the Lulingthe children when she was not present and
denied leaving them with him the day before they were removed.  She said that day she worked until
about 2:00 p.m., picked up C.A.T. from the babysitter, and went home to make dinner and wait for
the other children to get home from school; her mother was visiting at the time.  After dinner,
Virginia left her mother with the children and left to run an errand.  Juan, who still had a key to the
house, was not there when she left but came while she was gone.  When Virginia returned, Gwen
Lopez was waiting outside.  Virginia said she refused to allow Lopez into the home because her
attorney had instructed her not to speak to the Department.  When Lopez called the


police and
insisted on entering the home, Virginia allowed her inside.  The next day, the Department removed
the children.
	Virginia testified that she had complied with all of the Department's requirements,
including attending parenting classes, Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, and anger management
therapy.  Virginia testified that she tried to reschedule two classes she missed due to conflicts with
a doctor's appointment and a job interview, but her caseworker refused.  Virginia said she never saw
Juan hit D.T. with a stick, although she did see him hit her leg with a fly swatter.  Virginia said she
had not filed for divorce or stopped seeing Juan because she loves him; she did not believe Juan had
injured C.A.T.  However, she agreed that if only Juan's parental rights were terminated, she would
move away whereor the children's environment endangered the children and
that "no one actually testified that they would be concerned for the children's safety" if they were
returned to Virginia's care.  Virginia also argues that the "relevant time frame" was before the
children were removed and because K.T. was removed immediately after she was born, there was
no evidence to support the termination of Virginia's rights as to this youngest child.
	Both Virginia and Juan downplay the evidence supporting termination.  They ignore
the conflicting evidence as to whether Juan was frequently alone with the children in violation of the
safety plan, and whether Juan told other people that he intended to deceive the Department.  They
also overlook testimony from experienced Department personnel who expressed concern for the
children's well-being if left in the Trevinos' care, and


motions for
a mistrial apart from motion in limine considerations.
	Juan testified that Doria was a friend of his.  The Department asked whether Doria was
in prison, and Juan said he did not know.  Virginia objected that the question was irrelevant, and the
district court overruled her objection.  Doria's name came up again, and the Department asked:

A:	Did you know that Oscar Doria was convicted of indecency --

Juan:	Objection, Your Honor.

-- with a child?

The Court:	Sustained.  I'll ask the jury to disregard that last comment.

Finally, the Department asked Denise Ramirez who else was at Children's Hospital when she
interviewed Virginia.  Ramirez answered, "Well, Mrs. Virginia Trevino arrived with Oscar Doria
and his wife."  Virginia moved for a mistrial, arguing that the Department kept bringing up Doria
in an attempt to taint theU.S. allies in the war against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have found and destroyed an massive cache of narcotics previously held by the jihadist group in Syria, the Pentagon said early Monday morning. The haul of "Captagon," an amphetamine-type narcotic often used by militants to stay awake and alert during prolonged battles, was worth an estimated $1.4 million, according to the U.S. military's statement.

The Pentagon statement said the allied Free Syrian Army group Maghawir al-Thowra found the drugs during anti-ISIS operations near al-Tanf, an area on Syria's southeast border with Iraq, on May 31.

"Despite Daesh's façade of Islamic purity, its criminal terrorists are known drug users and traffickers," the military statement said, referring to ISIS by an Arabic acronym. "The cache included more than


relatively unheard of in the Western world, Captagon has been a big problem in the Middle East for years. A Saudi prince was arrested in 2015 after Lebanese officials said his plane was stopped at Beirut airport before two tons of Captagon pills were loaded onto it.

The drug, first manufactured in the West five decades ago to treat hyperactivity, narcolepsy and depression, was banned in most countries by the 1980s due to its addictive properties. It is no longer prescribed anywhere for medical use. The active ingredient in Captagon, fenethylline, is metabolized by the body into the stimulants amphetamine and theophylline.There are as many kinds of dungeons as there are monsters: living dungeons, conquered dungeons, ruined places, and many more. But dungeons work best when they have a plausible reason for their existence. If it has living inhabitants, there needs to be a way for food to get in and out; and a reason for its inhabitants to be there in the first place. I want to discuss a underutilized kind of dungeon for your next fantasy game; a dungeon that was designed to serve the same purpose as fallout shelter during the cold war.

During the cold war and the subsequent rise of fears of nuclear war lots of people and organizations began the grim task of building fallout shelters (by 1965, citizens in the US had constructed


an order served upon the Warden of Auburn Prison, the Attorney General of the State of New York, and the District Attorney of Kings County, to show cause why a writ should not be issued directing the production of the prisoner to inquire into his alleged unlawful detention. It is a good procedure and I have used it several times to avoid the personal appearance of a long-term prisoner with the risk to security when it may be shown that such production is unnecessary. Upon the return of the order to show cause, the Assistant District Attorney of Kings County, by convincing argument and affidavit, convinces me that under the circumstances present, the production of the relator and further hearing in the matter would be an abuse ofjudicial power and discretion. A complete record of the trial is before me, submitted by the attorney for the relator, and includes the briefs that were submitted to the Court of Appeals of the State of New York. I also have the further advantage of the detailed and clear petition for a writ of certiorari, outlining fully the questions involved, that was filed during the October 1954 term, in the Supreme Court of the United States. The completeness in presentation of the constitutional issue involved obviates the repetition of testimony that was given at the trial in 1942, and in my judgment the interests of justice would not be served by further hearing and oral testimony. Such position is established by Darr v. Burford, 339 U.S. 200, 215-216,


a review of decisions of the Court of Appeals, long noted as one of the most competent, distinguished and conscientious courts in the nation, I have reviewed the record of the trial exhaustively and to the best of my ability. The question of coercion and extortion of involuntary confession by force or threat can only be answered by reviewing the circumstances surrounding the confession. Leyra v. Denno, 347 U.S. 556, 557, 74 S.Ct. 716.
Caminito was convicted in 1942 of murder in the first degree, in the County Court of Kings County, New York. The case was submitted to the jury only under the theory of felony murder. After a recommendation by the jury, pursuant to the law of New York, he was sentenced to life imprisonment. Co-defendants, Noiato the task of appellate review, can give little indication of the demeanor of the witnesses, their attitude, their tone of voice, their hesitancy, their emotions, their frankness, which are of fundamental importance in the determination where the truth lies.
Much other testimony also affected this issue of physical punishment by the police: the failure to complain to the Assistant District Attorney who took the second statement, the pictures by the photographers immediately after the confessions were taken in the police station, the lack of complaint to the magistrate before whom arraignment was made, or to the lawyer who spoke to him at the arraignment, or to the court or prison personnel who interrogated him as to his physical condition. His attorney flatly stated that he did not claim


Sunderland have signed Welsh international midfielder Jonny Williams from Premier League side Crystal Palace on a season-long loan.

Williams, 23, progressed through the Palace youth system and made his senior debut for the Selhurst Park club in 2011.

He joined Ipswich Town on loan in 2014, returning for two spells the following season.

Williams represented both Nottingham Forest and MK Dons in 2015-16 and spent the entirety of last season back at Ipswich before extending his Palace contract this summer.

On the international front, Williams has made 17 senior appearances for Wales, for whom he qualifies through his father.

Before making his senior debut for Wales in 2013, Williams had won caps at U17, U19 and U21 level.Whitley had 30 tackles, four interceptions and a forced fumble in eight games this season before missing the last two games against Tennessee-Martin and Alabama.

Although the SEC West has been stacked this year, it’s nevertheless been a rough season for a team that had higher expectations following a nine-win season a year ago and Gator Bowl victory. MSU’s best chances at getting back to a bowl this year likely come in their season-ending game against Ole Miss.


stop sign governing the said intersection, thereby striking Mr. Maney's vehicle and causing his injuries and damages. At the time of the incident, Ms. Bennett was insured by a liability policy issued by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm) which provided for bodily injury limits of $25,000 per person and $50,000 per accident. Chicago was the uninsured motorist carrier for Mr. Maney.
Plaintiff filed a Petition for Damages against Ms. Bennett, State Farm and Chicago on October 18, 1996, alleging that Ms. Bennett was negligent in the operation of her vehicle. Chicago answered the petition and then filed a Motion for Summary Judgment on December 6, 1996, alleging that Mr. Maney rejected the uninsured motorist coverage under his policy with Chicago. Mr. Maney, in response to the(CNN) The FBI has joined the investigation of vandalism at a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia to determine whether a hate crime occurred.

Philadelphia police estimate 75 to 100 headstones were toppled Saturday night at Mount Carmel Cemetery, though people who visited the cemetery say the number is much higher.

Police have not offered a motive or made any arrests.

"The Philadelphia FBI Field Office, the Civil Rights Division, and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania have opened a civil rights investigation into vandalism at the Mount Carmel Cemetery," the FBI office in Philadelphia said in an email. "The FBI will collect all available facts and evidence."

The vandalism occurred less than a week after a similar incident at a Jewish cemetery near St. Louis and as dozens of


Jewish community centers across the United States have received bomb threats.

'I feel suddenly unsafe'

People of the Jewish faith in the area said they were disturbed, especially when they saw the vandalism in person.

Adrienne Berger of northeast Philadelphia came to check on her parents' headstone and found it intact. Still, she told CNN affiliate WPVI , "I felt suddenly unsafe as a Jewish person."

Millard Braunstein of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, told Philly.com he discovered his mother's tombstone had been knocked over. His elderly sister was not able to come with him.

"Yesterday was my sister's 97th birthday," he said, "and this was her birthday present."

Rebecka Hess of West Philadelphia came to help clean up.

"I'm a child of a Holocaust survivor, so I grew up with stories of destruction of Jewishcemeteries," she told WPVI . "I always thought we were done with that."

'This could be our grandparents'

Knocked-over tombstones in Philadelphia.

A range of groups decried the vandalism at the cemetery, which dates to the late 19th century.

Salaam Bhatti traveled from New York to see the damage for himself.

He was dismayed.

"This could be our cemetery," said Bhatti, a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA. "This could be our grandparents who have been attacked and are defenseless. We pray that justice is brought here for the Jewish community ... can move on and prosper."

He said as many as eight more members of his group came to Mount Carmel Cemetery to help out.

An interfaith group of religious leaders met in Philadelphia and agreed to not only help repair the cemetery, but


weeks ago, about a dozen headstones were damaged at a Catholic cemetery in Philadelphia, the Philadelphia mayor's spokeswoman Lauren Hitt told CNN.

The vandalism at the Holy Redeemer Catholic Cemetery didn't appear to target a specific group of people, and the investigation into that case is ongoing, Hitt said.

The cemetery is about two miles away from the Jewish cemetery.

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Bomb threats have also recently plagued Jewish groups, with a new wave of them Monday.

Twenty-one threats were called into 13 Jewish community centers and eight Jewish day schools in Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Virginia, said JCCA.

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…and from the constellation of Auriga some years after the birth and death of Rudolph Bloom, junior, and in and from other constellations some years before or after the birth or death of other persons: the attendant phenomena of eclipses,


Towards an understanding of the personal experience of the 'yips' in cricketers.
The 'yips' is a phenomenon that affects individuals who perform finely controlled motor skills. The result is involuntary movements that occur throughout the execution of a skill. A qualitative study was conducted to identify the psychological characteristics of the 'yips' experience in cricket bowlers. Eight bowlers of varying ability were interviewed about their thoughts, emotions and feelings before, during and after their initial experience of the 'yips'. After the interviews, inductive content analysis revealed 15 general dimensions that were descriptive of the overall 'yips' experience: conditions before the initial experience, the first experience, anxiety, emotions and feelings, conscious control of movement, self-presentational concerns, inappropriate focus, negative thinking, future performances, reasons for not bowling, bowling experiences after thescrappy title for Microsoft's latest console.

The Xbox One is in the hands of players now, but it's also in the hands of a large number of developers who've signed on for the ID@Xbox independent publishing platform. Today program director Chris Charla namedropped 32 of them, and they make for a very impressive list.


Back to school already?While some of you don't yet want to think about the beginning of the 2007-08 school year, it's time to start fixing up the classrooms, gathering supplies and getting ready for the first day of school in the Arkansas River Valley. Today's River Valley Living section includes our annual Back to School section, with supply lists, registration information and stories on preparing your children for the first day of kindergarten, elementary school, ...

My kind of senior citizenBy Sean Ingram News Editor I chuckled as soon as I saw the headline. "Arkansas man, 93, shoots robber after being beaten unconscious, police say." It even made the national news Associated Press wire, which meant it was in every newsroom in the country. Good for the senior citizen.It's about time. An elderly man beaten unconscious in El Dorado by an assailant wielding a soda can awoke and shot the man during an attempted robbery, police said....

Minimum wage needs to catch up with rest of usThe following shouldn't be read by Arkansas residents, because Tuesday's 70-cent increase of the federal minimum wage doesn't affect anyone in The Natural State. Why? Because we're already paying our minimum wage earners more than what the rest of the minimum wage earners make throughout the United States. More on that later. Meanwhile, everybody else in the country can rejoice in the first of three 70-cent increases that will set the minimum ...

Another Perspective: The verdictBy Holly Ruppel Courier freelance writer Ask people from the area their opinion of the recent


continued discussions after last Tuesday's agenda prep meeting at city hall in the parking lot. As you can imagine, the politicians of the day were probably sharing their opinions about Public Works Director Morgan Barrett's recent termination. To no one's surprise, it seems our council is divided. Arkansas is an ...

Hot weather calls for cautionIt rained for what seemed a month but now the summer heat has settled in over Arkansas warranting the annual warning of unfortunate heat-related deaths. The first-heat related death was confirmed Monday by the Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Health. According to the release, the person was middle-aged and resided in central Arkansas. The department did not release their name, age or exact location, citing privacy ...

Recycling: Make it yourbusinessMay was Arkansas Heritage Month and Recycle Works, a division of the West River Valley Regional Solid Waste Management District, in cooperation with the Arkansas Arts Council, focused on making it your business to recycle. Several communities within the district have been involved in a heritage month project involving Alice Guffey Miller, an artist with the Arkansas Arts Council Arts on Tour program. This program is supported by the Arkansas A...

Be aware of uninvited guestsDoes anyone remember the last time it rained this much in the month of July? As the grass grows out of control - and it rains just enough every other day to keep some of us from much-needed mowing - we are reminded of our much smaller neighbors to be aware of when it


shaped the presentation of real multiplication in genus 2, and to Curtis McMullen for helpful comments and corrections. I am also very grateful to Preston Wake, Clark Butler, Elise Goujard, Emre Sertoz, Paul Apisa, Ian Frankel, Benjamin Dozier, Zhangchi Chen, and Zhan Jiang for finding typos and making helpful comments on these notes.

This survey grew out of notes for a five lecture course at the Graduate Workshop on Moduli of Curves, held July 7–18, 2014 at the Simons Center in Stony Brook, NY, organized by Samuel Grushevsky, Robert Lazarsfeld, and Eduard Looijenga. The author is grateful to the organizers and participants.

The author is partially supported by a Clay Research Fellowship.

[[**Other resources.** ]{}]{} There are a number of very good surveys on translation surfaces and related topics, for examplecalendar-day or fraction of a calendar-day that the employee is unable to work.

Waiting period examples

For the following examples, the employee works Monday through Friday.

The first day of disability is Friday, March 4, 2005, and the return-to-work date – without disability – is Monday, March 7, 2005. The waiting period is March 4 through March 6. The insurer does not owe compensation, because the only disability occurred within the waiting period.

The first day of disability is Friday, March 4, 2005, and the return-to-work date – without disability – is Wednesday, March 9, 2005. The waiting period is March 4 through March 6, so compensation might be due for March 7 and March 8.

The first day of disability is Tuesday, March 1, 2005, and the return-to-work date – without disability


– is Tuesday, March 15, 2005. Compensation for the entire period of March 1 through March 14 might be due, because there is disability on or after the 10th calendar-day from March 1 (March 10).

The first day of disability is Tuesday, March 1, 2005, and the return-to-work date – without disability – is Wednesday, March 2, 2005. The employee again has disability beginning Monday, March 7, 2005, and another return-to-work date – without disability – Thursday, March 10, 2005. The disability extends beyond the waiting period, March 1 through March 3, so compensation might be due for March 7 through March 9.

The first day of disability is Tuesday, March 1, 2005, and the return-to-work date – without disability – is Thursday, March 3, 2005. The employee again hasdisability beginning Thursday, March 10, 2005, and another return-to-work date – without disability – Tuesday, March 15, 2005. The disability extends beyond the waiting period, March 1 through March 3. Compensation for both periods of disability (March 1 and March 2, and March 10 through March 14) might be due, because there is disability on or after the 10th calendar-day from March 1 (March 10).

For the following example, the employee only works Saturdays and Sundays.

The first day of disability is Saturday, March 5, 2005, and the return-to-work date – without disability – is Saturday, March 12, 2005. The waiting period is March 5 through March 7. Compensation is probably not due, because March 8 through March 11 are nonwork days.


is back for "And the Loom of Fate," announcing that he knows how they can bring back the Library. Unfortunately, Dulaque appears to ruin their plans, just as Flynn is admiring all of the great things the new Librarians in training have acquired throughout the season.

Dulaque cuts The Loom of Fate, sending Eve and Flynn to move sideways through time. We have the chance to see each of the new Librarians acting in place of Flynn, completely on their own in different times. It's a fun twist for each of them, though I think my favorite is that in Jacob's timeline, he and Eve have had a relationship.

Cassandra, of course, shows yet another side of herself as the sole Librarian. She's far more serious and powerful, and IBlog

Reduction in fuel consumption highlights need for fair fuel

The consumption of transport fuels has reduced dramatically in the second quarter of this year, according to new figures released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change.

The figures show that sales of transport fuels fell by 6.3% in the quarter compared to the same period in 2011m made up of a 10.6% fall in petrol deliveries and a 1.6% fall in diesel deliveries.

In total, 6.2 billion litres of diesel were delivered during the quarter, of which just over 4 billion litres, which was down 1.6%, went to retail outlets and just over 2.1 billion litres, which was down 1.7%, were bulk deliveries.

Deliveries of transport fuels were particularly low in April, according the Department of Energy and Climate Change, following


Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, captured near Karachi by a joint

U.S.-CIA operation in February 2010, has been talking with

the Afghans and by extension the United States about how

to resume talks. But some Pakistanis want their government

to extract concessions from the U.S. and allies for permitting

the talks with Baradar to take place.

U.S.-Afghan Talks with Taliban Chief Must Benefit Pakistan, and Not India (The Nation, Pakistan)

"If the U.S. and the regime it has imposed on Afghanistan derive any benefit from talking to Taliban number two Mullah Biradar, Pakistan should ensure that it, too, benefits. In this situation, Pakistan must remain wary of India lurking in the background. Brought into Afghanistan by the Americans and the Karzai regime, both will try to provide it a role in the Afghan endgame."

EDITORIAL

August 16, 2012

Pakistan The Nation  Original Article (English)

Photo from Ahmed Rashid's Taliban

Jalaluddin Haqqani, some time in the 1990s: A Pashtun and a fierce leader of the resistance to Soviet occupation, he now leads a pro-Taliban group of fighters who have been mounting increasingly effective attacks on U.S. and Afghan forces. The U.S. suspects that Pakistan is backing the group. CBS NEWS VIDEO: Taliban Commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar caught, Feb. 16, 2012, 00:06:34

The Afghan government has spoken to former Taliban second-in-command Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who has been in Pakistani custody since last December. Afghan National Security Adviser Rangin Spanta disclosed this to foreign reporters on Sunday. The disclosure signals that Pakistan must now play an enhanced role in the Afghan peace process, and that the Kabul government is


Stephanie Plum is thinking her career as a fugitive apprehension agent has run its course. She's been shot at, spat at, cussed at, fire-bombed, mooned, and attacked by dogs. Stephanie thinks it's time for a change. So she quits. She wants something safe and normal. But the kind of trouble she had at the bail bonds office can't compare to the kind of trouble she finds herself facing now...

Stephanie is stalked by a maniac returned from the grave for the sole purpose of putting her into a burial plot of her own. He's killed before, and he'll kill again if given the chance. Caught between staying far away from the bounty hunter business and staying alive, Stephanie reexamines her life and the possibility that being a bounty huntergood for the reader, since it plunges Stephanie back into the always seedy, often dangerous, and always colorful world of fugitives who'd rather flee than face their day in court. She may be tired of having her life threatened, her cars torched or blown up, and her apartment broken into, but one thing she can say about her job is that it's never boring... and neither is she. Despite her intentions of going straight at a job with a little more security and a bit less excitement, an old client won't let her--he keeps leaving her threatening notes, stalking and scaring her, and making sure she needs the protection of the two men in her life--Joe Morelli, the sexy cop who's been bedding her since high school, and


run its course. She's been shot at, spat at, cussed at, fire-bombed, mooned, and attacked by dogs. Stephanie thinks it's time for a change. So she quits. She wants something safe and normal. But the kind of trouble she had at the bail bonds office can't compare to the kind of trouble she finds herself facing now…

Stephanie is stalked by a maniac returned from the grave for the sole purpose of putting her into a burial plot of her own. He's killed before, and he'll kill again if given the chance. Caught between staying far away from the bounty hunter business and staying alive, Stephanie reexamines her life and the possibility that being a bounty hunter is the solution rather than the problem. After disturbingly brief careers atnormal. But the kind of trouble she had at the bail bonds office can't compare to the kind of trouble she finds herself facing now. Stephanie is stalked by a maniac returned from the grave for the sole purpose of putting her into a burial plot of her own. He's killed before, and he'll kill again if given the chance. Caught between staying far away from the bounty hunter business and staying alive, Stephanie reexamines her life and the possibility that being a bounty hunter is the solution rather than the problem. After disturbingly brief careers at the button factory, Kan Klean Dry Cleaners, and Cluck-in-a-Bucket, Stephanie takes an office position in security, working for Ranger, the sexiest, baddest bounty hunter and businessman on two continents. Tempers and


DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN

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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

President Abraham Lincoln believed that we are, at heart, one Nation and one people. At a time when America was torn apart and our very future was in doubt, he knew our country was more than a collection of States, and that we shared a bond that would not break. One hundred fifty years after President Lincoln's death, Americans join together across the Union he saved to honor his memory and celebrate the freedom for which he gave his last full measure of devotion.

A self-taught man, rugged rail-splitter, and humble lawyer from Springfield, Illinois, President Lincoln believed in the fierce independence that lies at the heart ofthe American experience. But he also knew that together, we can do great things -- that it is through the accumulated toil and sacrifice of ordinary women and men that our country is perfected and our liberty preserved.

President Lincoln understood the immense sacrifices required to give meaning to our founding principles. With enduring faith and steady resolve, he led our Nation through Civil War, knowing the blood shed was in painful service to those same ideals. He sought to reunite our people not only in Government, but also in a freedom that knew no bounds of color or creed. It was in this spirit that he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, forever joining the cause of our Union with the advancement of liberty. As our Nation gave birth to


a new era of freedom, President Lincoln charted a course that would help bind the wounds of a divided country and bring healing to a people who desperately needed it.

Even while his Presidency was characterized by war, his ambition was a just and lasting peace. Amid the discord of great conflict, President Lincoln demonstrated the wisdom to look forward. He knew a united America could serve the hopes of all its people if they seized the opportunity of their time. He established land-grant colleges and committed to a railroad connecting East to West, even as he fought to hold together North and South. He fueled new enterprises with a national currency, spurred innovation, and ignited America's imagination with a National Academy of Sciences.

As we reflect on the GreatStates, do hereby proclaim April 15, 2015, as a Day of Remembrance for President Abraham Lincoln. I call upon all Americans to honor his life and legacy with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities. I also call upon the Governors of the United States and its Territories, and appropriate officials of all units of government, to direct that the flag be flown at half-staff on the Day of Remembrance for President Abraham Lincoln. I further encourage all Americans to display the flag at half-staff from their homes and businesses on that day.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fourteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord two thousand fifteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-ninth.

BARACK


News

FBC Alumni – Robert Mickey and Luke Brown

It was a blessing to have a couple graduates here this week to preach in chapel and teach in our Christian Education class. Robert Mickey (’89) is a missionary to Kenya, Africa, and Luke Brown (’90) is an assistant pastor in Cleveland, Ohio.of the crowd-sourced encyclopedia where web users could access the internet site without filters. Following that, Jimmy Wales said he would rather have no Wikipedia in China than comply with any form of censorship. The company would always refuse to comply with government requests to restrict information, he said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, adding that access to knowledge and education was a human right.

According to the founder of the knowledge-sharing website, China, as well as countries in the Middle East have been particularly active in filtering Wikipedia content to block access to certain information.

In August, the open encyclopedia announced plans to secure encryption for its logged-in users to minimize eavesdropping as it appeared the NSA targeted the site through its alleged XKeyscore program. The


Ken Kutaragi Steps Down

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"Father of PlayStation" shifted in "executive management transition".

By Rob Burman

Ken Kutaragi will step down from his position as SCEI's representative director, chairman and Group CEO on June 19, Sony has revealed. He will be replaced by Kazuo Hirai, current president and group COO, who will take on responsibility as leader of the PlayStation business worldwide.

According to the press release issued by Sony, Kutaragi is leaving to "pursue his dreams beyond PlayStation and to accelerate his network vision", whatever that means. Talking about the years he's spent building up PlayStation, Kutaragi said, "I am happy to graduate from Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. after introducing four platforms to the PlayStation family. It has been an exciting experience to change the world of computer entertainment by marrying cuttingA 23-year-old Indian student gang-raped on a bus in Delhi last week has died in a Singapore hospital.

Earlier, doctors treating the woman said her condition had deteriorated and there were indications she had severe organ failure.

The woman was brutally attacked by at least six men on a bus on December 16.

Police said she was raped for nearly an hour, beaten with an iron bar and thrown out of the moving vehicle.

She was transported to Singapore for medical treatment on Thursday and diagnosed with infections in her lungs and abdomen, as well as significant brain injury.

She had also suffered from cardiac arrest.

"We are very sad to report that the patient passed away peacefully at 4:45am on Dec 29. Her family and officials from the High Commission of India were


by her side," Mount Elizabeth Hospital chief executive officer Kelvin Loh said in a statement.

"Despite all efforts by a team of eight specialists in Mount Elizabeth Hospital to keep her stable, her condition continued to deteriorate over these two days.

"She had suffered from severe organ failure following serious injuries to her body and brain.

"She was courageous in fighting for her life for so long against the odds but the trauma to her body was too severe for her to overcome."

Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh said he was deeply saddened by the death and the best way to honour her memory was with constructive action.

"I am deeply saddened to learn that the unfortunate victim of the brutal assault that took place on December 16 in New Delhi has succumbedto the grievous injuries she suffered following that attack," he said in a statement.

"We have already seen the emotions and energies this incident has generated. These are perfectly understandable reactions from a young India and an India that genuinely desires change."

The attack had sparked demonstrations across India, culminating last weekend in pitched battles between police and protesters outraged over the lack of safety for women in the capital.

Mr Singh's government has been battling criticism that it was tone-deaf to the outcry and heavy-handed in its response to the protests in Delhi.

Some Indian medical experts questioned the decision to airlift the woman to Singapore, calling it a risky manoeuvre given the seriousness of her injuries.

They said she was already receiving the best possible care in India, which possesses world-class


medical facilities.

Six men are in custody in connection with the assault.

The rape victim has not been identified but some Indian media have called her "Amanat", an Urdu word meaning "treasure".

Most rapes and other sex crimes in India go unreported and offenders are rarely punished, women's rights activists say.

But the brutality of the assault on December 16 triggered public outrage and demands for both better policing and harsher punishment for rapists.

Delhi has the highest number of sex crimes among India's major cities, with a rape reported on average every 18 hours, according to police figures.

Government data show the number of reported rape cases in the country rose by nearly 17 per cent between 2007 and 2011.

ABC/wiresUNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

RICKY A. COX; SCOTT A.
TRACHTENBERG; FOREST EDGE FARMS,
INCORPORATED; CRAVEN COUNTY
LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATION; WADE S.
DUNBAR, III,
Plaintiffs-Appellants,

and

THOMAS L. MCCOY,
Plaintiff,

v.

DONALD L. PHILLIPS, individually and in
his official capacity as Chairman and
member of the Craven County Board
of Commissioners; CHARLES F. TYSON,
                                            No. 97-2207
individually and in his official capacity
as Vice-Chairman and member of the
Craven County Board of
Commissioners; LEE K. ALLEN,
Individally and in his official capacity
as a member of the Craven County
Board of Commissioners; GARY BLEAU,
Individually and in his official capacity
as a member of the Craven


County
Board of Commissioners; JOHNNIE
SAMPSON, JR., Individually and in his
official capacity as a member of the
Craven County Board of
Commissioners; ALBERT H. TOON, In
his official capacity as a member of
the Craven County Board of
Commissioners; EARL WRIGHT,
Individually and in his official capacity
as a member of the Craven County
Board of Commissioners; CRAVEN
COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA,
Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Greenville.
Malcolm J. Howard, District Judge.
(CA-97-57-4-H)

Argued: April 7, 1998

Decided: May 5, 1998

Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, and HAMILTON and
MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.

_________________________________________________________________

Vacated and remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion.

_________________________________________________________________

COUNSEL

ARGUED: Isaac Clark Wright, Jr., WARD & SMITH, P.A., New
Bern, North Carolina, for Appellants. Trawick Hamilton Stubbs, Jr.,
STUBBS & PERDUE, P.A., New Bern, North Carolina, for Appel-
lees. ON BRIEF: Robert E. Futrell, Jr., WARD & SMITH, P.A.,
New Bern, North Carolina,operations in the
county. Craven County, N.C., Ordinance Providing For A Morato-
rium On Intensive Livestock Operations in Craven County, North
Carolina (Feb. 25, 1997) ("Ordinance"). The ordinance defined inten-
sive livestock operations to include any enclosure, pen, feedlot, build-
ing or group of buildings intended for the confined feeding, breeding,
raising or hold of animals where animal waste may accumulate or
where vegetative cover cannot be maintained due to the concentration
of animals. Ordinance ¶1(a). According to the ordinance's preamble,
the Board was concerned about the environmental and health risks
associated with these operations such as water contamination and dis-
ease transmission. The Board enacted the moratorium in order to
study the growth of intensive livestock operations and to determine
whether to regulate them. The moratorium lasted through February
16, 1998.

At the time the moratorium took effect, plaintiff Thomas L. McCoy
was


upgrading and expanding his swine farm in Craven County.
Plaintiffs Ricky A. Cox, Wade S. Dunbar, III, and Scott A. Trachten-

                    3
berg had undertaken extensive preparations for a large swine farm in
Craven County and had formed Forest Edge Farms, Incorporated to
own and operate it. After the Board declined to exempt their activities
from the moratorium, these parties, as well as the Craven County
Livestock Association, filed suit against the board members and the
county. Their complaint alleged violations of the United States Con-
stitution and North Carolina law. In their prayer for relief, plaintiffs
requested only a declaratory judgment that the moratorium was
invalid, an injunction prohibiting its enforcement, and other relief as
the court should deemharm not just any woman, but a woman based on her own likeness. And you would be right. When someone made a game called 'Beat Up Anita Sarkeesian,' in which the player does just that, Anita and her supporters were outraged, and worked to have the game removed from Newgrounds(8).

Granted, the violence in the 'Beat Up Anita Sarkeesian' game was a lot more graphic than the violence in TowerFall, but Anita has never made any distinction between the depiction of graphic violence and non-graphic violence. In fact, Josh McIntosh, who is the head writer for Anita's thoughts and opinions(9), recently criticized Super Smash Bros. for, according to him, teaching people to solve conflicts with violence(10). The violence depicted in Smash Bros. is no more graphic than the violence


Rachel Brand, No. 3 official at DOJ, is stepping down

Rachel Brand, the associate attorney general in the Department of Justice, is stepping down from her position, Fox News has confirmed.
(Reuters)

Rachel Brand, associate attorney general in the Department of Justice, is stepping down from her position, Fox News confirmed on Friday. Brand, the No. 3 official in the DOJ, will be leaving following a nine-month tenure in the role.

A friend of Brand’s says she was “not looking to leave,” but was approached with a “dream job.” Brand will now head to work for Walmart as executive vice president, global governance and corporate secretary.

In the line of succession, Brand had been behind Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Rosenstein is overseeing Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian interference in thenumber of traditional venture capital firms, including Sequoia Capital, to build larger pools of money to compete. Funds from seven different firms are raising capital, according to the data provider Pitchbook.

But the Vision Fund is not even the most active mega-round investor. In the first seven months of 2018, Tencent Holdings participated in 31 rounds of funding of $100 million or more, compared with 18 for SoftBank, according to CB Insights. GIC and Temasek Holdings, investment funds associated with the government of Singapore, as well as Alibaba and Sequoia Capital China, have also been among the most active mega-round investors this year.

As a result, early investors must make sure their portfolio companies are friendly with the large funds, laying groundwork for a potential investment in the future.

"It feels


like there is a bit of a beauty pageant that early-stage investors put on for the mega-funds," said Patricia Nakache, a general partner at Trinity Ventures.

The hot funding market is pushing high-growth start-ups to change their plans. Flywire was not going to pursue more investment money until next year. It still had $15 million in the bank from a previous funding round. But the company saw "investment heat" in the payments industry and Mr. Massaro thought more money would help Flywire grow even faster.

Funding rounds can take as long as six months to put together, but Flywire's round wrapped up in just over two. As a result of the capital, the company will complete some of its hiring plans in half the time it previously planned and expandrefused in a prolonged gang attack that started at school and lasted all the way home on the bus. The beating was so egregious that his mother swore she was leaving the United States. This story is a tragic example of the small-minded bigotry that infects white Americans in small towns, except not a word of it is true.


Marcia Hafif (1929–2018) is highly regarded for her œuvre of monochromatic paintings, being associated with minimal and process art and the Radical Painting group. After graduating from Pomona college in 1951 she travelled to Italy and settled in Rome, living there for almost ten years, producing a cohesive body of work, titled as Italian paintings. In 1969 she returned to the United States and accomplished an MFA at UC Irvine in California, beginning to experiment with photography, video, film and sound. In 1971 she moved to New York—in a moment when painting seemed to be irrelevant as artistic medium—where she began to deal again with painting. In her essay “Beginning Again”(1) she undertakes a deconstruction of the medium—accentuating her as vivisector of painting in a crucial moment ofthe focus from her painting to the remaining, mostly overlooked body of work. Screenings of her videos/films at the Tate Modern (2019) and Lenbachhaus Munich (2018), as well as A Place Apart a show at Pomona College Museum of Art (2018) highlight Marcia Hafif’s work as thinker, writer, maker and the more intimate aspect of her works on paper.

Since her moving to New York, drawing and writing have played an important role in her breakthrough as an artist in 1972, e.g. the Mass Tone Paintings, shown 1974 at Sonnabend Gallery; in 1976 she was part of the inaugural show Rooms of MoMA PS1 with her piece Schoolroom—consisting of a pornographic text written on the former school boards and a mural painting in shades referring to murals in Pompei.


“I have always been a reader, a painter, a writer.”(5)—proving her approach across different media and her refusal of a singular narrative.

Looking closer on her diverse œuvre crystallizes out the influence of place and time on her practice. Each media and practice bears relation to a specific environment. Roman paintings, TGGT paintings, the photographs of Pomona Houses, videos like Vienna Suite, architectural work like the Lusthus Wanås or the designs for the museum A Place Apart, etc. are all characterized by an indexicality of space and time. This thorough examination is also displayed in a very distinct conceptualization of the difference between repetition and series. Vienna Suite, a series of photographs taken in Vienna (exhibited at Galerie Hubert Winter in 1998) and a video made out of thesehe fights extradition to California, said Nicholas Pacilio, a spokesman for the attorney general’s office. He is entitled to an extradition hearing within 10 days of his arrest.

A Napa County judge set his bond at $100,000.

The investigation began when a woman from Northern California found nude photos of her on the website and said they were stolen from her computer, according to prosecutors. They said the website encouraged posters to identify the victims by their city and state and sometimes used their partial or full names. At least one victim was under age 18 when her photographs were taken, prosecutors allege.

Victims who wanted their photos removed were forced to pay $250 through an account registered to Meyering at a non-existent Beverly Hills address, they said. Investigators said they


It looks like Zum on Airport Road is becoming closer to reality.

Proposed in 2014, the city’s newest Zum corridor would divert the 505 Zum line service off Humberwest Parkway and onto Airport Road.

New Zum stops are proposed at North Park/Cotrelle, Williams Parkway, Queen Street, Woodslea/Intermodal, and Airport Road.

Up until fairly recently, it was expect the route’s terminus would be at Bramalea GO, after turning at Steeles Avenue.

However, transit staff have proposed four different final stops, and are asking the public for their comments.

The four proposed terminuses are:

Bramalea GO Connecting to Brampton Transit, GO Buses, and GO Trains

Westwood Terminal at Morningstar Connecting to Brampton Transit, MiWay, and TTC Would require additional new stop at Morning Star Drive

Pearson Airport’s Terminal Link Station at Viscount, via Malton GO Connecting to MiWayNow Commenting On:

A's starters hitting their stride

A's starters hitting their stride

6/18/13: Jarrod Parker goes seven strong innings, giving up just two runs and striking out four to earn his sixth win of the year

By Christian Corona
/
Special to MLB.com |

ARLINGTON -- It's no coincidence that the A's season turned around at the same time the team's starting pitching did.

A's starters have gone 17-5 with a 2.84 ERA in their last 31 games after going 14-21 with a 5.09 ERA in their first 42 contests. The A's are 23-8 during that 31-game stretch, going from 7 1/2 games behind the Rangers in the American League West to three games ahead of them entering play on Wednesday.

"You look at all the different facets, and it's the biggest difference in this latest


Q:

Book about a man abducted by aliens - from a boat in mid-ocean

I read this book around 10 years ago. It is about a man who is abducted by aliens while on a boat in the middle of the ocean. He becomes a slave and then a  mercenary for the said aliens.
Another thing I remember is that the other character was a human-like looking alien woman that the main character falls in love with
Another scene I remember from the first chapter or so is when he wakes up he is shocked as he is in a cell with group of different aliens and he can understand them as had an operation and speech translator inserted in his throat.

A:

I think the book you are looking for is"Hunters of the Red Moon" by "Marion Zimmer Bradley" and her brother "Paul Edwin Zimmer" . The "Hero" is Dane Marsh and is kidnapped off of his boat .The kidnappers are the feline "Mekhar" and they are slavers ,as mentioned they install a translator in he's throat .He and others are sold to the "Hunters" an unseen race ,the slaves are formed into groups and allowed to train . They are then taken to the Red Moon and are hunted.
   Hope this helps ,as a side note there is also a sequel called "The Survivors"
Happy Hunting


Rural America is no longer where many young college graduates want to settle, with some fleeing for urban centers like New York or San Francisco. Aside from the glamour of living in those locations, there may be another culprit for the rural "brain drain" that's occurring across the U.S.: student loan debt.

Adults with student loans are less likely to remain in rural areas than those without it, and adults with the highest student loan balances are the most likely to migrate to cities, according to new research from the Federal Reserve. That's contributing to a growing college attainment gap between urban and rural America, which has diverged from about 5 percentage points in 1970 to 14 percentage points in 2016.

As fewer college-educated young people remain in rural locations,rural locations."

"That creates a self-fulfilling prophecy," said Dunne, who worked for Google from a remote office in Vermont before starting the Center on Rural Innovation.

Rural America's student debt problem

Rural America is increasingly old, shrinking in population and falling behind when it comes to its share of educated residents. About 19 percent of rural residents held college degrees in 2016, compared with 33 percent of urban residents, a gap that's widened over the past few decades, the Agriculture Department said last year.

To be sure, the Federal Reserve said it couldn't determine whether the student loan debt is causing young college grads to move to cities. Nevertheless, the trend is notable: About half of rural residents who took out student loans remained in those areas six years later, compared with


also blamed for the widening political gap between rural regions and big coastal cities.

"Any time you see a massive separation along demographic lines, it's not healthy," Dunne said. "You want to have diversity of skills, education and perspective in any part of the country."

In many cases, Americans who live in large cities would welcome an opportunity to move to a rural location, but may perceive smaller regions as lacking professional opportunities. Almost one out of four urban residents aid they would like to move to a different community, with a third of those saying they'd like to find a rural community to live in, Pew found in a 2018 study.

Loan forgiveness

Dunne, who credits his own lack of student loans with allowing him to return to Vermont to beginhis career, said he made a proposal in the state's last legislative session to create a program that would forgive up to $20,000 of student debt over two years for college grads who bought houses in rural parts of the state.

"The benefit would not only be to encourage young people to look at rural places to live and work and raise a family, but it would improve their financial profile in order to get a bank loan," he said, adding that he was inspired by corporations who offer loan forgiveness incentives when hiring, which they've found to be effective recruiting tools.

Other communities have developed similar programs, such as Marquette, Kansas, which offers free land to people who agree to build a house in the rural town. And there


a lead faculty on the study design team, co-led instrument development and was lead investigator of initial piloting of the instrument. She helped to provide editorial assistance to writing. PP participated in the design of the study and drafting of the manuscript. FJN participated in the design of the study and drafting of the manuscript. MCW was database administer creating analytic data files and helped to draft manuscript. AJB was the lead statistician on the project who oversaw data analyses and codebook development and provided assistance in manuscript conceptualization and editing. MG served as program coordinator, assisted in instrument as well as protocol development and editing of the manuscript, oversaw data collection, and literature review. MB served as program coordinators, assisted in instrument development, protocol development, oversaw dataThe Holy Father arrived at Denver's Stapleton International Airport on the
afternoon of Thursday, 12 August, where he was greeted by authorities of Church
and State, including President Bill Clinton, Cardinal Eduardo Pironio, President
of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, Archbishop Agostino Cacciavillan,
Apostolic Nuncio in the United States, and Archbishop J. Francis Stafford of
Denver. A delegation of young people was also on hand to welcome the Pope. After
being greeted by President Clinton the Holy Father gave the following address in
English.

Mr President,

Dear Friends,

Dear People of America,

Dear Young People,

1. I greatly appreciate your generous words of welcome. The World Youth
Day being celebrated this year in Denver gives me the opportunity to meet
you, and through you to express once again to the American people my sentiments
of deep esteem and friendship. I thank you


and Mrs Clinton for your kind gesture
in coming here personally to welcome me, coming together with your daughter.

I take this opportunity to greet the other representatives of the federal
Government, of the state of Colorado and of the city of Denver who are present
here, and to thank all those who have contributed in any way to preparing this
visit. I am grateful to the Bishops of the United States for their part in
organizing the Eighth World Youth Day, and in particular to Archbishop
Stafford of Denver and the Catholic Church in Colorado for serving as the local
hosts for this important international event.

I am aware that the United States is suffering greatly from the recent
flooding in the Midwest. I have felt close to the American people in their
tragedy and have prayed forthe victims. I invoke almighty God's strength and
comfort upon all who have been affected by this calamity.

2. There is a special joy in coming to America for the celebration of this
World Youth Day. A nation which is itself still young according to
historical standards is hosting young people gathered from all over the world
for a serious reflection on the theme of life: the human life which is
God's marvellous gift to each one of us, and the transcendent Life which
Jesus Christ our Saviour offers to those who believe in his name.

I come to Denver to listen to the young people gathered here, to experience
their inexhaustible quest for life. Each successive World Youth Day has
been a confirmation of young people's openness to the meaning of life as a gift
received, a gift


nation is not without relevance to the privileged position which the United
States holds in the international community. In the face of tensions and
conflicts that too many peoples have endured for so long - I am thinking in
particular of the Middle East region and some African countries - and in the new
situation emerging from the events of 1989 - especially in view of the tragic
conflicts now going on in the Balkans and in the Caucasus - the international
community ought to establish more effective structures for maintaining and
promoting justice and peace. This implies that a concept of strategic
interest should evolve which is based on the full development of peoples -
out of poverty and towards a more dignified existence, out of injustice and
exploitation towards fuller respect for the human person andthe defence of
universal human rights. If the United Nations and other international agencies,
through the wise and honest cooperation of their member nations, succeed in
effectively defending stricken populations, whether victims of underdevelopment
or conflicts or the massive violation of human rights, then there is indeed hope
for the future. For peace is the work of justice.

6. The bounty and providence of God have laid an enormous responsibility
on the people and Government of the United States. But that burden is also the
opportunity for true greatness. Together with millions of people around the
globe I share the profound hope that in the present international situation the
United States will spare no effort in advancing authentic freedom and in
fostering human rights and solidarity.

May God guide this nation, and keep alive in it - for endless generations


16 balls to spare on the back of a thrilling assault by Davies and Roy, who flayed 67 from 39 balls.

Kumar Sangakkara then came in to hit his first two balls for four and although he fell for 12 it hardly slowed the Surrey chase with Gary Wilson and then Rory Burns helping Davies to propel Surrey to their victory target.

Although it was Pietersen's epic first innings 355 not out that had put Surrey into a winning position at the halfway mark, his strokeplay was not needed second time around as Roy and Davies launched themselves at the Leicestershire bowling to put on 145 for the first wicket in just 11.1 overs.

Sixes and fours flew from their flashing blades and Roy and Davies brought up Surrey's 50 inthe fifth over and the 100 in the eighth. At the ten-over mark Surrey were 133 without loss and victory was all but assured when Roy was caught on the cover boundary in the 12th over after hitting four sixes and six fours.

The excellent Oval batting pitch, which had earlier so frustrated Surrey when they were trying to winkle out the last five Leicestershire wickets, now gave the visiting bowlers little chance of containing Surrey's destructive top three - especially with a short boundary on one side of the ground.

Davies completed his fifty from just 24 balls - four balls less than it had taken Roy - and the left-hander displayed all the flair which has won him 13 limited-overs international appearances for England in a career which


has stalled somewhat in recent years.

Surrey's first championship win of the season earned them a maximum 24 points, while Leicestershire took just five points for what is their 20th defeat in 36 win-less championship games since September 2012.

And yet Leicestershire came so close to denying Surrey on a final day which, until the dramatic and thrilling finish, had seemed increasingly certain to end in a draw. This defeat will hurt them badly, because at tea - when they were 470 for 8 - they must have thought they had done enough to keep Surrey's bowlers at bay.

But Jigar Naik, who had batted for 102 minutes for 30, was caught at slip off Gareth Batty's off spin and then, five balls later, Rob Taylor - his partner in aninth wicket stand that had brought 62 in 28 overs of defiance - edged Zafar Ansari to keeper Gary Wilson after scoring 42 from 119 balls in two and a half hours.

Ansari, the 23-year-old whose slow left-arm spin is rapidly improving, took a career-best 6 for 152 from 51.1 overs of hard toil. Ansari and Batty, who took 2 for 100 from 46 overs, bore the brunt of the bowling responsibilities in the absence through injury of fast bowler Chris Tremlett, who could only send down seven overs in Leicestershire's long second innings.

The day began with Leicestershire only 45 runs ahead on 310 for 5 but Niall O'Brien turned his overnight 38 into a fighting 78, from 178 balls, and although he lost Ben Raine in the 11th


over of the morning, leg-before to Ansari, he immediately found another stubborn partner in Clint McKay.

Raine's 33 had helped O'Brien to add 72 for the sixth wicket, and 51 more runs came in alliance with McKay before O'Brien drove Tom Curran straight to short extra cover.

McKay batted almost two hours for 41, and when he was leg-before to Ansari it seemed as if Taylor and Naik would be equal to the task of guiding Leicestershire to safety. It was not to be, however, and Pietersen, who did not field all day because of a calf strain which required a scan, could at least celebrate a Surrey victory in what might yet be his last first-class match.of the Natives in the Americas etc etc, none of which have, I believe and correct me if wrong, have been acknowledged as "genocide".

A:

A Modern example of public apology:
Official Apology by Government of Canada to Aboriginal Peoples of Canada for Cultural Genocide:

The Canadian Encyclopedia
Government of Canada website

A:

German authorities are moving toward officially recognizing as a "genocide" the colonial-era crackdown in Namibia by German troops more than a century ago in which more than 65,000 ethnic Hereros were killed.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/07/10/germany-moves-toward-recognizing-as-genocide-colonial-era-crackdown-against/
The Auswärtige Amt declared ... : "The war of extermination in Namibia from 1904 to 1908 was a crime against humanity and genocide."
  ...
  Chancellor, President and the German Bundestag avoided a recognition of the genocide in the past. Presumably also for


Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd.[64] was a case that was decided by the United States Supreme Court in 2005. The defendant argued that as a vessel flying the flag of a foreign nation it was exempt from the requirements of the ADA. This argument was accepted by a federal court in Florida and, subsequently, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. However, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower courts on the basis that Norwegian Cruise Lines was a business headquartered in the United States whose clients were predominantly Americans and, more importantly, operated out of port facilities throughout the United States.

UPDATE: Since writing this post in August 2017, several important changes have taken place in the laws regarding ADA compliance for websites. On Decemberalso created disputes.

Mamdani came to Canada from Uganda with his family as refugees in 1973 when he was a small child, he told reporters last year when he was offering to help in the resettlement of Syrian refugees to Calgary.

A search of court records shows more than three dozen lawsuits involving Mamdani have been filed since 1993.

He is named as a defendant in two class action lawsuits, one of which claims $10 million in damages, and another in which investors claim they lost $200 million, which was certified last year.

The $10-million claim, filed in June 2014, alleges Mamdani was involved in an investment deal in which investors in Alberta, Ontario and B.C. agreed to purchase a parcel of land through two Platinum Lands corporation.

Their claim states the investors


Fitness 360: Brittany Tacy, True Brit

The 24-year-old bikini star works hard in the gym to make it look easy on the beach. Learn her secrets, get her full fitness plan.

Name: Brittany TacyFrom: West Palm Beach, Florida Age: 24Weight: 117 off-season, 113 contest Height: 5'4"Occupation(s): Personal trainer, bartender, student (on hiatus)Education: Studying exercise science and health promotion at Florida Atlantic University Role Model: I've always admired Amanda Latona. I love her body and admire everything she has done. She is one of the most recognizable bikini competitors in the industry, but you would never know it by talking to her because she is so down to earth and friendly.

An attractive woman with abs living in Florida will tend to collect bikinis almost as fast as she tosses unsolicited phonenumbers.

Brittany Tacy owns several competition suits, but her drawer runneth over with the beach-ready kind. "I've lost count of how many bikinis I have," she admits.

She lives in Florida, but not the Florida of retirement communities; we're talking West Palm Beach—Girls Gone Wild country. So it only makes sense that she'd become so proficient at rocking a 2-piece that she would come to star in a physique sport called "bikini."

Sanctioned and run by the NPC (amateur) and IFBB (pro), it's a cross between Hawaiian Tropics and female muscle building, emphasizing aesthetics over ergogenics.

Whereas Spring Break for some girls is about going crazy—and hoping it's not on YouTube when the hangover wears off—Brittany embraces bikini as a lifestyle. "I like the diet, and I like the discipline," she says,


noting that her weight doesn't fluctuate more than a meager five pounds between off-season and competitions.

It takes extreme dedication to keep your abs outlined and your glutes stage-ready year-round. Fact of the matter is, not everyone has what it takes physically and psychologically to do this.

Brittany is a throwback in the gym. She lifts heavy and keeps her routine basic. Her results speak for themselves.

Dreaming Lean

Brittany seems to have been born with the desire to be ripped. When other girls were dressing their Barbie Dolls, Brittany was looking for abs on hers. "I have always been obsessed with working out," she says. "I wanted a 6-pack since I can remember."

While her first gym membership was a gift—for Christmas, from her mom, when Brittany was 16—she had to workher butt off to get those abs and that butt. In fact, she's worked hard for everything. "My parents raised me [and my two sisters] with love but very tough," she says. "Nothing was ever given to me."

Brittany was handed a baton at 5, and she had the good sense to throw it straight up in the air. By middle school, she was practicing an hour each day in her driveway, and cheerleading as well. That was only a warm-up for high school, where she played a handful of sports, including varsity weightlifting and varsity flag football, as a wide receiver. Catching a spiral was no doubt a piece of cake compared to a spinning stick. "I was a natural at pretty much every sport I tried," she


says.

Scholastically, she was similarly gifted, taking advanced-placement and honors classes all the way through high school.

Upon graduating, she enrolled at Florida Atlantic University to study exercise science and health promotion. She also decided to compete.

Brittany, who only just turned 24, didn't even start training for her first show until right before her 22nd birthday. A natural, she won her pro card at the NPC USAs in 2011, and then qualified for this year's Bikini Olympia at the 2012 Greater Gulf States Pro contest.

She was preparing for the O when I interviewed her.

Recipe for Success

What does it take to succeed in bikini as Brittany has? Well, it doesn't hurt to be blonde and gorgeous. Having great body genetics isn't a liability, either. But the world is full of womenFP era and one good old vanilla scrub. I'm talking of course about SoldieR and Aizamk!Soldier is a man with little to prove. He was a strong player in FP times and is looking solid again now, being the only player besides Blackstar himself to take a game off _H2O in the Spring tournament. He and his brother GiveUAnxiety have been quite active in the community and streaming a whole bunch. They have our gratitude!Aiz hasn't been sitting around doing nothing either. His UI mod has become not a luxury but a necessity for any caster and I for one couldn't ask for a better way to improve my obs experience. He's known for unconventional builds and preference for cows over.. well pretty much anything, and he's coming


A letter detailing the experiences of a tunnel digger in the Gaza Strip has made its way to an Israeli from the center of the country, who says it was smuggled to him. Among other experiences, the letter tells of 10-day shifts carried out amid violent assaults by Hamas men.

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The letter, written by Ahmed, a 30-year-old Palestinian and published by his late father's Israeli friend, describes his acceptance of a job offer, after which he was taken to a windowless truck with five other excavators who were forced to do grueling work for long periods of time while underground.

“We drove for an hour and finally they stopped and took us into a closed building. We didn’t know where we were,” Fox News citedcome to the shop and give us orders to make winged metal pipes. Straight away I understood that they were used to launch rockets. One day a pickup truck came and the Hamas members took my father from the shop. We never saw him again. Later I learned they killed him and threw his body into a pit," Fox News quoted the letter as saying.

The letter went on to describe the difficult work carried out in the non-ventilated tunnels, with Hamas men supervising them and yelling out orders. Several of the workers were beaten, after being accused of not working hard enough.

After ten days, the six workers, including the author of the letter, were taken back to their homes and given their salaries – a meager amount of


in central Israel who worked in a metal workshop in south Tel Aviv in the early 1970's.

In those days, Palestinian workers had been employed in workshops, construction sites and garages throughout the country. One of Azar's colleagues was Musa, Ahmed's father, who made the hour-long trip from Gaza to Tel Aviv every day.

"Since Musa and I were relatively of the same age, we became close friends," Azar told Ynet on Saturday. "As the years went by with him living in Gaza, we grew distant. When we met he had a young son named Ahmed, who is about 30-year-old today," he said. "Lately, our relationship was renewed due to the fighting in the Gaza Strip," he continued.

Azar refrained from revealing details of how exactly he received the letter, whichRatings / Reviews

GigiAcademy Award® WinnerGaston (Louis Jordan), the scion of a wealthy Parisian family finds emotional refuge from the superficial lifestyle of upper class Parisian 1900s society with the former mistress (Gingold) of his uncle (Maurice Chevalier) and her outgoing, tomboy granddaughter, Gigi (Leslie Caron).

When Gaston becomes aware that Gigi has matured into a woman, her grandmother and aunt (Jeans), who have educated Gigi to be a wealthy man's mistress, enjoin on him to become her provider and on her to accept such a golden opportunity. However, love adds a surprise twist to this delightful turn-of-the 20th century Cinderella story.


20 Years

In 1992, the world marked the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ “discovery” of America. That year, a new journal began publication featuring fresh and exciting directions in scholarship of the era that followed and lasted until the Latin American independence movement began in the early 19th century.

CCNY Historian Barbara Ann Naddeo Wins Jaques Barzun Prize

Dr. Barbara Ann Naddeo, City College associate professor of history, is the winner of the 2011 Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History for “Vico and Naples: The Urban Origins of Modern Social Theory,” published by Cornell University Press.

Warmer Temperatures Make New USDA Plant Zone Map Obsolete

Gardeners and landscapers may want to rethink their fall tree plantings. Warming temperatures have already made the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new cold-weather planting guidelines obsolete, according toDr. Nir Krakauer, assistant professor of civil engineering in The City College of New York’s Grove School of Engineering. He developed a new method to map cold-weather zones that takes rapidly rising temperatures into account.

CCNY Announces Hispanic/Latino Heritage Month Events

Whether it is called Hispanic Heritage Month or Latino Heritage Month, it is a fiesta of lectures, concerts, parties and forums celebrating the cultures and traditions of the peoples who comprise the largest segment of The City College of New York’s student population. Events run September 13 through October 17 and take place on CCNY’s main campus at 138th Street and Convent Avenue and at the Center for Worker Education, 25 Broadway, New York.

Princeton Review Selects CCNY as One of Nation’s Best Colleges

For the first time, The Princeton Review


principles of sustainability with design excellence.”

CCNY Radio Station Health Initiative Garners Accolades

In a neighborhood where health issues are prevalent, Angela Harden, general manager of The City College of New York’s community radio station, WHCR 90.3 FM, has made spreading awareness and prevention to Harlem listeners one of her missions. Since 2006, the station has carried a weekly talk show, “Health in Harlem,” that offers practical information about medical problems that are prevalent in the community.

Rewriting Quantum Chips with a Beam of Light

The promise of ultrafast quantum computing has moved a step closer to reality with a technique to create rewritable computer chips using a beam of light. Researchers from The City College of New York (CCNY) and the University of California Berkeley (UCB) used light to control thespin of an atom’s nucleus in order to encode information.

Gene May Link Diabetes and Alzheimer’s, CCNY Researchers Find

In recent years it became clear that people with diabetes face an ominous prospect – a far greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Now researchers at The City College of New York (CCNY) have shed light on one reason why. Biology Professor Chris Li and her colleagues have discovered that a single gene forms a common link between the two diseases.

Alumni to Honor CCNY Professor for 61-Year Academic Career

K.D. Irani, professor emeritus of philosophy at The City College of New York, will receive the 2012 CCNY Alumni Association Faculty Service Award. The Association’s Administrative Service Award will go to Wendy J. Thornton, executive director, Student Services and Conduct.

CCNY Appoints New Deans


for Humanities and Education

The City College of New York announced today that Dr. Eric Weitz, an internationally recognized scholar of modern European history, has been appointed Dean of Humanities and the Arts and that Dr. Mary Erina Driscoll, currently chair of the Department of Administration, Leadership and Technology at NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, will become Dean of the School of Education. CCNY Provost Martin Moskovits announced the appointments.

Technology Eases Migraine Pain in the Deep Brain

A team of researchers that includes Dr. Marom Bikson, associate professor of biomedical engineering in CCNY’s Grove School of Engineering, has shown that a brain stimulation technology can prevent migraine attacks from occurring.

CCNY Robotics Professor Receives NSF Commercialization Grant

Dr. Jizhong Xiao, assistant professor of electrical engineering in CCNY’s GroveSchool of Engineering was awarded a six-month, $50,000 commercialization grant from the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program. Professor Xiao will use the award to assess the commercial readiness of the City-Climber, a mobile robot capable of climbing walls and running along ceilings.

CCNY Art Lecturer Tom Thayer Exhibits in Whitney Biennial

Tom Thayer, a lecturer in The City College of New York art department, is one of 51 American artists participating in the 2012 Whitney Biennial. The biannual exhibition, which takes place at the Whitney Museum of American Art and runs through May 27, gauges the current state of contemporary art in the United States.

Mitchell B. Schaffler Named CUNY Distinguished Professor

Dr. Mitchell B. Schaffler, Wallace H. Coulter and Presidential Professor of Biomedical Engineering in CCNY’s Grove School of


The Historic Rivers Chapter of the Virginia Master Naturalists recently graduated 21 new members from Basic Training. New volunteers started their training in September and completed required classes and field trips early in March, according to a news release.

The Virginia Master Naturalists Program is a statewide corps of volunteers providing education, outreach, and service dedicated to the beneficial management of natural resources and natural areas within their communities.Thursday, September 10, 2015

Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Three seers, if you like, or three seekers: the tiny, rectangular old man, possibly newly arrived from a China Southern airbus -- the one who was pushing a trolley of suitcases on the narrow feeder to the ring road when we left the airport behind him; the one whose purple-skinned fingers were pulling at the wires at the back of a burst-apart analogue television in the gutter opposite when we parked; the narrow-faced, white-haired one who, only a week earlier, had blurred one word into another, not from dementia -- or perhaps also that -- as she developed the most beautiful stories of envy and longing from the glass of red wine she had been given at the door.


JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon explained why he walked back his comments that he could beat President Donald Trump in the 2020 election in an interview with ABC News that aired Sunday.

Dimon had made the original comments at a JPMorgan event on Wednesday.

He told ABC News that he made those remarks "more out of frustration and a little of my own machismo."

In an interview with ABC News that aired Sunday, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon took back his recent comments about beating President Donald Trump in a 2020 election.

During a JPMorgan event September 12, Dimon said, "I think I could beat Trump," Business Insider's Bob Bryan reported.

Dimon continued: "Because I'm as tough as he is, I'm smarter than he is. I would be fine. He could punch mehe'd ever run for president, Dimon told Jarvis, "I never say never to anything, but no."

This isn't the first time Dimon has raised speculation about whether he'd run for office, Bryan reported. In recent annual letters, Dimon has discussed national issues such as education, infrastructure, and healthcare.

Yet Dimon told Business Insider in February, "It's not what I've been trained to do — I've never run for office, I've never thought of things like that, so I think you have to be a sort of kind of person to be a politician."

On ABC News, Dimon highlighted Trump's economic contributions: "When President Trump was elected, confidence skyrocketed, consumers, small business, large corporate and because pro-business, pro-competitive taxes, pro some regulatory reform, and that has helped the economy."

He said he would


often located close to the bottom and to the top of the garage door. Such positioning permits escape of hot air through the upper vents due to convection and a compensatory inflow of cooler air through the bottom vents. Such plurality of apertures promotes air circulation with attendant cooling benefits but also provides a plurality of locations for intrusion into the confines of the garage.characters are only seen in the game as 75 pixels tall, all were modeled and rendered in high resolution for use on the character selection screen and in promotional materials. Here, the Paladin stands tall.

The Diablo II team comprised three main groups: programming, character art (everything that moves), and background art (everything that doesn't move), with roughly a dozen members each. Design was a largely open process, with members of all teams contributing. Blizzard Irvine helped out with network code and Battle.net support. The Blizzard film department (also in Irvine) contributed the cinematic sequences that bracket each of Diablo's acts, and collaborated on the story line.

Almost all of Diablo II's in-game and cinematic art was constructed and rendered in 3D Studio Max, while textures and 2D interface elements