order states it amends the phrase "first year of the Agreement" to mean "the first full year following the date inserted in the immediately preceding sentence." August 31, 2006 is in the same sentence, not the "immediately preceding sentence." The "date inserted in the immediately preceding sentence" is December 1, 2002. Thus, the opening paragraph of the change order contains two specific but conflicting provisions concerning the starting date of the agreement. Under one provision, "[t]he date of the CSA is... August 31, 2006," and another provision states, "the first year of the Agreement" means "the first full year following... [December 1, 2002]." Either beginning date is a reasonable interpretation of the change order.
NextCorp cites another provision in the change order, the "Hosting Summary," which states the "HostingTerm" is "36 months beginning September 1, 2006 and ending August 31, 2009." This provision adds a third possible beginning date for the agreement, September 1, 2006. However, even if the beginning date of the "Hosting Term" were August 31, 2006, in light of the specific definition of "first year of the Agreement" meaning "the first full year following" December 1, 2002, the change order would not establish as a matter of law that Furmanite terminated the agreement either during the "first year of the Agreement" or during the agreement's term.
We conclude that NextCorp's motion for summary judgment on its breach of contract cause of action was based on an ambiguous term in the parties' agreement. Accordingly, the trial court erred in granting NextCorp's motion for summary judgment.


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By all accounts Bernhard Gubser was living the American Dream.

Born in Switzerland he moved to the Land of the Free in the early 1980s to work at an international shipping company based in Laredo, Texas.

Eventually Mr. Gubser worked his way up to be President of the company and began traveling around the world to expand the business.

He became a naturalized citizen of the United States in the 1990s, something that would eventually cost him $1.35 million.

As a Swiss native, Gubser had a Swiss bank account. And as he was routinely spending a lot of time in Switzerland for business, and he felt that he might one day retire there, he kept the account open.

But the federal government has a rule: US taxpayers mustago the former Secretary of the Treasury was found to have “accidentally” underpaid his taxes.

In this case, ignorance of the law was a perfectly valid excuse. Geithner was only required to pay back what he owed without additional consequence.

Hillary Clinton has been in the spotlight for having removed official, confidential, and classified documents from the State Department to her personal email server while she was Secretary of State.

She claims she didn’t know.

The President of the United States has closed ranks around her insisting that it was an honest mistake and that no crime was committed.

Funny thing, as anyone who’s ever held a security clearance in the Land of the Free knows, before being allowed access to confidential documents you sign a non-disclosure agreement known as the SF312.

I’ll never


WASHINGTONWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The special counsel investigating whether Russia tried to sway the 2016 U.S. election has taken over FBI inquiries into a former British spy's dossier of allegations of Russian financial and personal links to President Donald Trump's campaign and associates, sources familiar with the inquiry told Reuters.

A report compiled by former MI6 officer Christopher Steele identified Russian businessmen and others whom U.S. intelligence analysts have concluded are Russian intelligence officers or working on behalf of the Russian government.

A spokesman for special counsel Robert Mueller declined comment. The FBI also declined comment.

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Three sources with knowledge of Mueller's probe said his investigators have assumed control of multiple inquiries into allegations by U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia interfered in the election to benefit Trump, a Republican.

Russia has repeatedly deniedany meddling in the election.

Two officials familiar with the investigations said that both Mueller's team and the Senate Intelligence Committee are seeking any evidence that former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort or others who had financial dealings with Russia might have helped Kremlin intelligence agencies target email hacking and social media postings undermining Trump's election opponent, Democrat Hillary Clinton.

On Wednesday, the Senate panel's chairman Richard Burr told reporters that the issue of whether Trump's campaign colluded with Russia remains an open question.

"We have not come to any determination on collusion," Burr said.

Trump, who has called allegations of campaign collusion with Moscow a hoax, has faced questions about the matter since he took office in January.

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Trump was told by former FBI director James Comey that Steele's report contained salacious


the Senate Intelligence Committee Richard Burr (R-NC) and ranking member Mark Warner (D-VA) talk during a hearing about Russian interference in U.S. elections in Washington, U.S., June 21, 2017. Reuters/Joshua Roberts/File Photo FILE PHOTO - U.S. President Donald Trump makes a statement on the mass shooting in Las Vegas from the Diplomatic Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 2, 2017. Reuters/Joshua Roberts

Burr said the panel wanted to finish its investigation by the end of the year.

Although several news organizations, including Reuters, were briefed on Steele's dossier before the election in November, most decided not to report on the material because its inflammatory and sometimes salacious content could not be verified.

In a report published in January four U.S. intelligence agencies said they took the dossier's allegationsseriously.

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Separately, three Russian businessmen, Mikhail Fridman, Petr Aven and German Khan have sued Washington investigations firm Fusion GPS and its founder, Glenn Simpson, with allegations that they were libeled in Steele's dossier.

A spokeswoman for Simpson and Fusion GPS declined to comment on the lawsuit filed on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Washington.

The lawsuit said that Steele's reports were "gravely damaging" to the businessmen because they accused them "of criminal conduct and alleged cooperation with the 'Kremlin' to influence the 2016 presidential election."

The information on Trump collected by Steele, whom officials say was one of MI6's most respected Russia hands, was laid out last year in political "opposition research" initially financed by supporters of one of Trump's Republican primary election opponents. After Trump won the Republican nomination in


July, backers of Clinton picked up the support of Steele's work.

The lawsuit said the dossier's allegations are false in implying an improper "ongoing" relationship between the businessmen, the Alfa Group financial company in which they were investors and Russian President Vladimir Putin, and that a Russian government official acted as middleman in such contacts.Another heatwave is set to engulf parts of central and northern Europe this week, bringing expected record-breaking temperatures after a similar weather event in June.

The UK's Met Office said on Monday that the country's all-time temperature record could be broken by Thursday, surpassing the high of 38.5°C recorded in Kent in August 2003.

Paul Gundersen, the Met Office's chief meteorologist, said the setup was "broadly similar" to the June heatwave, when an area of hot air moving north from the Sahara desert embraced parts of the continent.

He added: "As well as high temperatures during the day, overnight temperatures will also be notably warm and could also break records."

This time around, the hot air is moving north from the Iberian peninsula.

Copernicus Sentinel data processed by Antonio Vecoli using @PlatformAdam

Record-breaking temperatures


Romero gave us the movie that would change everything:  Night of the Living Dead.  Although the word "zombie" is never used in the film, the modern concept of zombiehood was born:  dead people being reanimated, attacking and eating living humans, who then became zombies themselves.
This wasn't a huge leap from Plague of the Dead, of course.  If Romero had seen that movie, he could have simply combined the "reanimated dead" aspect with other preexisting ideas, like vampires who create more vampires by biting people, and - viola! - he would have invented the "Romero zombie".
Is this how it happened?  Has Romero ever revealed where he got the idea for his zombies?

A:

Referring the information from wikipedia.
The idea of zombies came fromfail to respond to this. That's really all [the zombies] ever represented to me. In Richard's book, in the original I Am Legend, that's what I thought that book was about. There's this global change and there's one guy holding out saying, wait a minute, I'm still a human. He's wrong. Go ahead. Join them. You'll live forever! In a certain sense he's wrong but on the other hand, you've got to respect him for taking that position."
Reference from Night of the Living Dead

The idea of flesh eating and dead people returning back to life came from their (John Russo and George A. Romero) initial draft for their horror movie.

A. Romero under the title Monster Flick, an early screenplay draft concerned the exploits of teenage aliens who visit


Earth and befriend human teenagers. A second version of the script featured a young man who runs away from home and discovers rotting human corpses that aliens use for food scattered across a meadow. Russo came up with the concept that they would be the recently dead only, because they could not afford to bring long-dead people out of their graves, or at least "we" thought. He also came up with the idea that they would be "flesh-eaters." Romero decided he liked those two ideas and without them, it would have been labeled a true 'rip-off' of "Richard Matheson's I Am Legend" novel
Reference from Night of the Living Dead

Richard Shotwell/Associated Press

Caitlyn Jenner is reportedly set to appear naked on an upcoming cover of Sports Illustrated to honor the 40th anniversary of her 1976 Summer Olympics decathlon gold medal.

Dana Rose Falcone of Us Weekly reported Wednesday a source confirmed the former track and field superstar will appear on the cover wearing "nothing but an American flag and her Olympic medal." It's the first time she'll pose with the medal since completing her gender transition in 2015.

The source told Us that Jenner, who's called the medal her "most prized possession," is happy about the opportunity: "She's excited about that."

Jenner set a new world record with 8,618 points in the decathlon during the 1976 Summer Games in Montreal. It's a feat that traditionally comes with the label of being


the world's best all-around athlete.

The 66-year-old New York native made the transition to become an openly transgender woman last year, a decision originally announced last April. She was honored with the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the 2015 ESPYs and asked for a greater level of acceptance for transgender individuals, per ESPN.com.

"Trans people deserve something vital; they deserve your respect," Jenner said. "From that respect comes a more compassionate community."

ABC News provided more of her acceptance speech:

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Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated noted Jenner's selection for the award didn't come without criticism, however. Bob Costas of NBC Sports called the choice "a crass exploitation play, a tabloid play" on the Dan Patrick Show before wishing her "all the happiness and peace of mindThe Washington Redskins hired Seattle Seahawks assistant Jim Zorn as offensive coordinator, league sources said, making a major addition to their coaching staff before deciding on a replacement for former head coach Joe Gibbs.

Zorn, who coached Seattle's quarterbacks, agreed to a three-year deal. Zorn could not be reached for comment but sources said he took the job with the expectation that former Giants coach Jim Fassel, Washington assistant head coach-defense Gregg Williams or Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo would become head coach.

Williams said he was considering withdrawing from consideration for the team's head coaching position late last night amid published and radio reports citing team sources that he was no longer a candidate. As of 11:30 last night, owner Daniel Snyder and executive vice president Vinny Cerrato had


no comment. Naming an offensive coordinator before the head coach is not unprecedented. The Dallas Cowboys did the same thing when they hired offensive coordinator Jason Garrett before head coach Wade Phillips last year.

Attempts to contact Al Saunders, who had one season remaining on a three-year contract as associate head coach-offense, were unsuccessful. But a source close to Saunders confirmed that the Redskins have told him he can interview with other teams and he does not believe he is welcome to return. League sources said that St. Louis has expressed interest in Saunders.

Word of Zorn's hiring comes a day after Gibbs called Redskins assistant coaches to tell them that the search for his replacement is likely to take several more weeks. One assistant said Gibbs did not tellthem about Zorn's hiring, which likely affects the future of every coach on offense. "They haven't told us anything [about Zorn]," the Redskins assistant said. "I heard about it on the radio. I have no idea what it means for us."

Spagnuolo is a candidate, a league source said, in part because of his experience in the NFC East. The Redskins also are interested in interviewing New England Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels after the Super Bowl.

During a meeting on Wednesday with Snyder and Cerrato, the team's executive vice president of football operations, Zorn was told that Williams, Fassel and Indianapolis Colts assistant Ron Meeks were the top candidates to replace Gibbs, said a source who spoke with Zorn.

Meanwhile, it appears Baltimore Ravens assistant Rex Ryan, a Fassel favorite,


will remain defensive coordinator for new Ravens coach John Harbaugh, a source familiar with the situation said. The Ravens are determined to keep Ryan, who is popular with players, on the staff. Ryan and Harbaugh had another productive meeting yesterday, the source said.

With the Redskins, Zorn, who was eager for the chance to direct his own offense, is expected to run an aggressive passer-friendly version of the West Coast offense, said a league executive familiar with Zorn's philosophy. Zorn developed a reputation as an outstanding teacher while working with Matt Hasselbeck and Seneca Wallace in Seattle, as well as with rookie Charlie Batch when Zorn was with Detroit. The development of young quarterback Jason Campbell is a top priority for the Redskins.

"He's very hands-on with his quarterbacks," saidRedskins cornerback Shawn Springs, who played in Seattle while Zorn was on the coaching staff. "He's a real bright guy. Very sharp. And [Seahawks Pro Bowl quarterback] Matt [Hasselbeck] would tell you he's done a lot for his career. I think he'll be real good for Jason [Campbell]."

Another reason Zorn was willing to relocate to Washington is that he remains close to former Seahawks wide receiver Steve Largent, a former Oklahoma congressman who lives in the Washington area.

Zorn's playing career began with the Seahawks in 1976, which was the franchise's first season, and he played nine seasons in Seattle. After leaving the Seahawks, Zorn continued his playing career with the Green Bay Packers (1985), the Canadian Football League's Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1986) and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1987).


Zorn is among only eight players inducted into the Seahawks' Ring of Honor.

Zorn spent eight seasons coaching in the collegiate ranks. He spent two seasons (1995-96) as quarterbacks coach at the University of Minnesota after coordinating Utah State's offense from 1992 to '94. His first collegiate coaching job was as an offensive assistant/quarterbacks coach at Boise State from 1989 to '91.

Snyder and Cerrato soured on the offense after two seasons under Saunders, who is owed about $2.5 million in the final year of his three-year contract.

In Saunders's first season, the Redskins scored more than 22 points in only four games and finished ranked 20th in the NFL in scoring and 13th in total offense. This past season, the Redskins were 15th in total offense and 18th in scoring.

Whilewith the Kansas City Chiefs, however, Saunders developed a reputation for being an innovative tactician, designing no-huddle plays that featured three- and four-receiver sets. For the first time in franchise history, the Chiefs in 2004 led the NFL in total offense. After Kansas City accomplished the feat again in 2005, Gibbs hired Saunders to modernize the Redskins' offense.

Saunders honed his pass-oriented offense under former Chiefs coach Dick Vermeil, who was "very disappointed" the Redskins ousted his longtime friend. "I really can't believe it," Vermeil said. "I understand every situation is different . . . but sometimes people don't know what they don't know. Al Saunders is an outstanding football coach and an outstanding person."


which he fired a warning shot from the top of the staircase into the wall below. Back

outside, Provitt called the police. Akron Police Officers Joseph Sidoti and Christopher Seiler

soon arrived. Armed with his AR-15 assault rifle, Officer Sidoti approached the house from the

backyard.

        The parties dispute what happened next. According to Ragsdale, he took one step out of

the side door while holding his gun and was immediately shot in the elbow by Officer Sidoti.

Sidoti, Ragsdale says, gave no commands prior to firing. After being hit, Ragsdale dropped the

gun and bolted up his neighbor’s driveway, dodging a barrage of bullets.

        Officer Sidoti tells a different story. After Ragsdale exited the house, Sidoti says he

overheard Officermark the puncture point. The contact zone (i.e., the region of the GI wall representing the shortest distance between the GI and gall bladder walls) was identified. Color Doppler was then used to identify interposing vessels in order to avoid these during the puncture. An EchoTip needle was introduced via the working channel of the echoendoscope, and the gallbladder was punctured under EUS guidance. A sample was aspirated to confirm that the punctured structure was gallbladder. 5 ml radiographic contrast (omnipaque) was injected into the gallbladder. Several loops of a guide wire were inserted into the gallbladder, and the needle was removed. The path of the needle was dilated using a Cystotome.

Under EUS and fluoroscope guidance, the stent was slowly deployed into the gallbladder and released until the flared


ex-officials, including former CIA Director John Brennan and former FBI Director James Comey, are under increasing scrutiny.

Asked by Hannity if he knows if Comey spied, Meadows said the former director was without a doubt privy to misconduct.

"He, actually, he was aware of it. He was aware of improper things that were being done, certainly," Meadows said.School police officers reassigned after using stun gun on teen girl

February 3, 2019

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iStock(CHICAGO) -- A violent and "disturbing" confrontation between a female high school student and two Chicago police officers caught on cellphone video at a city school has resulted in felony charges for her and the reassignment of both officers.

The 16-year-old student allegedly got into a confrontation with the assistant principal at John Marshall Metropolitan High School on Tuesday morning. She was asked to leave the school after she apparently began flipping over desks in a classroom, according to her father, who spoke to Chicago ABC station WLS-TV.

He didn't dispute his daughter has had behavioral issues at school, and said a teacher reprimanded her for using her cellphone in class, leading to the argument with the assistant


principal.

The teen's father, Laurentio Howard, was called to pick his daughter up from school and filmed the incident between the girl and the officers.

Chicago police said the teen began fighting with the two officers -- one male and one female -- who were escorting her from the building. The officers, who were not named and only identified as Officer #1 and Officer #2 in a narrative provided by police, were allegedly bit and kicked by the student. While biting Officer #1, the two fell down a flight of stairs, police said.

Even at the bottom of the stairs, she continued to lash out at the officers, kicking and flailing her arms. The video shot by her father picks up after the two tumbled down the stairs and she canbe seen kicking the officers.

Students in the video can be heard shouting, "Don't Tase her," as one of the officers pulls out a Taser.

Not mentioned in the account given by Chicago police, but clearly visible in the video, is a large male officer taking a swing at the student as she was lying on the ground.

The officers both deployed their Tasers and the teen was taken into custody, police said. Only one of the officers can be seen using his Taser before the confrontation moves out of view of the camera.

Howard told WLS-TV that the male officer had his knee in his daughter's back and the female officer repeatedly punched her.

Both police officers were taken to University of Illinois Hospital, while the student was taken to Mount Sinai


Hospital. All were treated for minor injuries.

"The officers are currently on medical leave, and they will be reassigned to different duties within the District as COPA and the CPD Force Review Unit complete independent investigations into the incident," Anthony Guglielmi, chief communications officer for the Chicago Police Department, told ABC News in a statement.

The school district said the officers will not be returning to Metropolitan High School.

"CPS strives to create safe and supportive learning environments for all students, and this disturbing incident has absolutely no place in our schools," Michael Passman, chief communications officer for Chicago Public Schools, said in a statement to ABC News. "To ensure a thorough review of this situation is conducted, we are asking the district's Office of the Inspector General to review theobstructing a peace officer, according to WLS-TV.

She was fitted with an ankle monitoring bracelet, and her father said she has been sentenced to home confinement until her next court date on Feb. 19.

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We missed these earlier in the week. Along with the field exploration and videos of the main characters, Atlus also shared videos of the Black Samurai and other supporting characters in Shin Megami Tensei IV, like Tayama and Kaga, on the game’s website. Take a look at them below:

For some reason, the Black Samurai appears to have knowledge of both Mikado of the East as well as Tokyo, the two settings in which Shin Megami Tensei IV takes place. She shows up in front of the main character every now and again, speaking in riddles containing clues for him.

Meanwhile, Tayama is known for negotiating with demons in order to maintain order around Tokyo, while Kaga prefers to exterminate them instead, being opposed to Tayama’s methods. The two areMembers of the Television Critics Association also recognized "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" and Bill Hader's "Barry."

Sorry, Emmys, but the only awards show you can really trust — because they’re voted on by critics and journalists — have stolen your thunder. The Television Critics Association has announced its nominees for the 2018 TCA Awards, which features an eclectic group of nominees with a heavy emphasis on once-presumed underdogs.

“Killing Eve” didn’t just slay viewers (in a good way) this year, but is the leader in nominations with five mentions, including Outstanding Individual Achievement in Drama recognition for both stars Jodie Corner and Sandra Oh.

Also represented well is FX’s “The Americans,” which has been a TCA favorite in years past and racked up four nominations for its final season, including honors


In the
United States Court of Appeals
For the Seventh Circuit

No. 01-1173

Bliss Salon Day Spa,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

Bliss World LLC,

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the
Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division.
No. 00 C 2344--Joan Humphrey Lefkow, Judge.

Argued September 7, 2001--Decided October 4, 2001

  Before Bauer, Easterbrook, and Manion,
Circuit Judges.

  Easterbrook, Circuit Judge. Both parties
to this suit use the mark Bliss in
connection with beauty salons and beauty-
care products, such as shampoo. Bliss
Salon is the senior user between the two,
having opened in 1979 its one and only
outlet in Wilmette, a suburb of Chicago.
Bliss World adopted the mark in 1996 when
it opened Bliss Spa in the Soho district
of New York. It has set out to create an
international chain of beauty parlors,
also selling Blissout and Blisslabs products
in retail outlets such as Saks Fifth
Avenue,896 (7th
Cir. 2001). Plaintiff sealed its fate by
making an outlandish demand: Milwaukee,
Rockford, Gary, and South Bend all are
part of the 31,416 square miles that lie
within 100 miles of the Loop, yet few
residents of these cities are likely to
know about a one-store operation to the
northwest of Chicago, so there is only
slight risk that goods offered by Bliss
World will be mistaken for the products
of Bliss Salon. (Unless Bliss Salon
itself causes the confusion. For seven
months Bliss Salon printed the url of
Bliss World’s web site on its own price
lists and business cards, and in an
instance of cybersquatting plaintiff
registered the domain name
"blissdayspa.com", the name of
defendant’s flagship outlet, while
omitting the word "salon" that
distinguishes the two firms.) The risk of
confusion between Bliss World and Bliss
Salon is low even near Chicago, because
many other firms in the


Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Monday stoked a controversy when he invoked the rulers of the Mughal dynasty in the election of Rahul Gandhi as party president

New Delhi/Ahmedabad: Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Monday stoked a controversy when he invoked the rulers of the Mughal dynasty in the election of Rahul Gandhi as party president, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi latched on to quickly to call it "Aurangzeb Raj".

"When Shah Jahan came in the place of Jahangir did any election happen? And when Aurangzeb came in place of Shah Jahan did any election happen? It was known to everyone that the throne of the king will automatically go to the heir," Aiyar said, retorting to the "dynasty" jibes of the BJP on Rahul Gandhi's election.

"But ina democracy elections are held. I openly invite Poonawala to file the nomination and contest," Aiyar said, adding has anyone heard of Shehzad Poonawala.

He was replying to a question about BJP's criticism following Maharashtra Congress leader Poonawala calling Rahul Gandhi's election as party chief rigged.

Modi was quick to pounce on Aiyar's remarks. Addressing a public meeting in Dharampur constituency in Gujarat, Modi said: "Mani Shankar Aiyar, who never shies away from showing loyalty to one family, proudly said - When Shah Jahan came in the place of Jahangir did any elections happen? And when Aurangzeb came in place of Shah Jahan did any election happen? It was known to everyone that the the throne of the king will automatically go the son," Modi said.

"I congratulate the Congress on


fulfilling his or her will and purpose’?

Don Abbott
St. John’s,
Newfoundland, Canada

Rivers of blood
The article ‘Growing Up —Swastika Style’ in the June issue ignores some vital facts. Skinheads with whom I have spoken say that Enoch Powell is a true racial prophet as in his famous speech in Birmingham in April 1968 he warned the country that the continuation oF coloured immigration would lead to rivers of blood. The Skinheads and others are part of this powerful white backlash which is gaining strength. When young whites who are unemployed see blacks in jobs they naturally react because no government has ever had a mandate from the British electorate for the establishment of a multiracial society. Until the general election of May 1979 all political parties. the churches, the trade unionstook all possible steps to prevent the public debating the issue of coloured immigration. When for the first time the Conservative party raised this it took away many votes from the National Front.

The policy of Enoch Powell and others for an immediate halt to coloured immigration and a start to repatriation offers the only hope to white people of jobs and houses. In all future elections, parliamentary and local, the Nationalist Parties will raise the issue of coloured immigration and it cannot be ignored any longer.

Albert Elder
East bourne,
Sussex, UK

AGEING

Teaching pool
Congratulations on your issue NI 112 concerned with the problems of the over 60s. and against the unfortunate tendency to ever-earlier retirement, either forced or voluntary.

It would have been more pragmatic, however, to have emphasised the enormous pool of


passed on.

Many Third World libraries retain tatty, out-dated books on their shelves, while in one African reference library I saw three sets of a major French encyclopedia, two in pristine condition and with few textual changes. They had cost their donors hundreds of pounds. but not many of the library users spoke French!

The uses for a mobile library will be limited. Only the major roads may be tarred and even these may become damaged and flooded in the rainy season.

Indigenous publishers should certainly be supported. if possible. especially if they publish in local languages. They have tremendous handicaps, usually small markets. shortages of paper and spare parts for the printing machines. and few retail outlets. Book-week Africa’ at the Africa Centre, London. in June. was a stimulating experience,and the Sciences”, launched by HRH Princess Sumaya in Amman.

The event, organised for the first time in Jordan by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, gathered around 100 scholars from Jordan and abroad, with some researchers coming from South America and Japan.

According to Hayajneh, who is the ambassador scientist at the Humboldt Foundation in Jordan, the development of cooperation and exchange in the fields of culture is beneficial to all parties involved.

“It helps to strengthen mutual understanding and friendship between people of all countries, and will do good for the harmony and progress of human society,” he underlined.

The three-day meeting was held in Amman, Irbid and Madaba and aimed to connect the fields of humanities, history, anthropology, philology and social sciences.

“Alexander von Humboldt was born on 14 September 1769


Traumatic osteochondral defect of the first metatarsal head: a case report.
Osteochondral injury of the first metatarsophalangeal joint is described in most literature as "osteochondritis dissecans" and an early stage of hallux rigidus. Traumatic osteochondral lesions of the knee and ankle are relatively common and well described. A case of a traumatic osteochondral defect of the first metatarsal head is presented.the Veteran requested a personal hearing before a member or members of the Board. In a subsequent letter sent to the Veteran in March 2011, the RO informed the Veteran of a Board hearing scheduled for later that month. He failed to appear. Accordingly, the hearing request is considered to have been withdrawn. See 38 C.F.R. § 20.702 (2010).
After reviewing the contentions and evidence of record, the Board finds that the issues on appeal are more accurately stated as listed on the title page of this decision.
The issue of entitlement to a separate evaluation for a right foot scar residual resulting from a right foot disability is addressed in the REMAND portion of the decision below and is REMANDED to the RO via the Appeals Management Center (AMC),


up on his toes and rock back and forth on his heels. He had full strength for dorsiflexion, plantar flexion, inversion, eversion, bilaterally, with no pain on manipulation. However, deep pressure over the great toe and distally caused mild pain, bilaterally, providing more evidence against this claim.
The Veteran underwent another VA examination of his right foot in April 2009. At that time, the Veteran reported that he had painful stimulus in the right foot and that any textured surface that he stood on gave him a pain sensation like he was walking on coals. However, he also denied any swelling or treatment for his feet. The examiner noted that the Veteran retired from law enforcement in 1989 and since that time, he hikes and canoes. The Veteran reportedas long as he kept his socks and shoes in order, he could function at a high level. When he had flare-ups, the Veteran had to get off of his feet for short periods of time and it was returned to normal.
The examiner indicated that both feet had normal alignment when the Veteran stood, sat, and squatted. He had no high arches, claw toes, or hammertoes. He had no ligamentous instability on the right ankle to talar tilt or to anterior drawer. He had no malalignments of the Achilles tendon and was nontender to palpation. With standing, sitting, and squatting, there was no painful motion. He had no sensation on the plantar surface of the large toe on the right foot but he had full strength. He also


The 27-year-old has joined Blues on a two-year deal, with a further one-year option in the Club's favour.

Maghoma, who was born in Zaire, began his playing career in England with Tottenham Hotspur’s Academy in 2003.

He was a regular with the Spurs reserve side before leaving White Hart Lane in 2009 to join Burton Albion, where Gary Rowett was the assistant manager to Paul Peschisolido.

The powerful ball-playing midfielder, who can operate on either flank or off the front, enjoyed a successful spell with the Brewers. It culminated in him being named in the League Two PFA team of the year at the end of the 2012–2013 campaign following his 18 goal contribution.

After four years at the Pirelli Stadium, during which time he made 172 appearances and scored 32 goals,he made the switch to Sheffield Wednesday in the summer of 2013.

In his two seasons at Hillsborough he made 66 appearances and found the back of the net four times, before being released by the Owls earlier this month.


New Details Emerge in Sofia's Gruesome Quintuple Murder

The entrance door of the apartment in Sofia where the slain family was found. Photo by BGNES

Bullet wounds have been found on the bodies of all five victims of the gruesome murder of a family in the Bulgarian capital Sofia.

The State-owned Bulgarian National Television, BNT, reported the news, citing results of the autopsies, which have concluded late Friday evening. Previous police reports noted that the body of the family's oldest son, Vladimir, had only stab wounds.

In addition, during the final search of the apartment, where the bodies were found, the investigators found a fifth bullet shell.

The main lead is that the father killed his relatives since gunpowder residue was found only on his hands. The police, however, are still following thelead that one of the sons, who is said to have been mentally unstable, fired the shots.

It is presumed the blood bath occurred at the beginning of the week. The 5 bodies were discovered Thursday evening in a locked apartment of a residential building in the Sofia "Gotse Delchev" district. They were the ones of the father Vasil Savov, 55, his wife Nataliya, 54, their sons, Vladimir, 27, and Georgi, 21, and grandmother, Zdravka, who was Nataliya's mother.

According to Bulgaria's Trud (Labor) daily, before committing suicide, the killer washed the blood from his hands and face, and left the water in the sink running, which caused a flooding in the apartment underneath. The neighbors went to check what was going on and discovered the gruesome crime.

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by Trud speaking off-the-record, have said that the younger brother Georgi started the ordeal by attacking Vladimir with a knife. The father, an employee of the Defense Ministry, interfered and shot Geogri, then Nataliya who had been trying to help her sons, and then Zdravka to eliminate her as a witness.

Meanwhile, 24 Chassa (24 Hours) quotes Vladimir's former high school homeroom teacher voicing sheer dismay after learning the news. She says Vladimir has been a quiet boy, much slimmer than the parents, a boy who tried to fit in and has been liked and even protected by his classmates.

Bulgaria psychiatrists have commented after the murder made headline that parents in the country have a hard time accepting their children's psychiatric disorders and this delays treatment by years; thea provider of healthcare IT solutions in Honolulu.

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Under the stone arches of Sant’Eufemia, a 12th-century church in Spoleto, Italy, Grant Herreid took up his lute. His fingers moved deftly across the strings, plucking a melody line that may have been familiar to the church’s first parishioners.

While a student at St. Mary’s Academy, a high school for girls in Portland, Maureen Daschel used to sit with rapt attention as Sister Rosemary Ann Parker loaded filmstrips into the projector. Barely able to contain her enthusiasm, Daschel concentrated on images of what was then cutting-edge science, cast on a pull-down screen.

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he doesn't believe the poll, that he knows polls, and this poll is wrong.

He then pivoted back to his campaign finance stance, saying that if teachers are giving to campaigns to elect officials who will then face teachers at the bargaining table, those officials will be too corrupt to think of the children during the bargaining process. Because clearly teachers' unions, made up of teachers who have the interests of children at heart couldn't possibly be negotiating on behalf of the children.

Yes, this is why those same teachers who belong to unions pay for kids' school supplies out of pocket, bring fruit or snacks to school to help kids who come to school hungry because there's nothing for them to eat at home, who function as counselor andQ:

A man takes riskier and riskier jobs (involving a transportation ring) for more money

I'm looking for a story I read in 1980. It is a short story and may have been in one of Asimov's or Bradbury's collections.
It was about a man looking for a job.  He goes into an office with, I believe, a help wanted sign on it. Inside is a beautiful woman and a robotic(?) filing cabinet.
He is allowed to state what the risk he is willing to stake for the job.  The odds are his chances of coming back alive (1:1 = %50)  The woman is a secretary and she asks him what odds he would like.  He asks for one with a great chance of


return, something like a 1000:1.  The filing cabinet spits out a listing and she gives him a vague description.  He takes the job.  She gives him a ring and says if you want to return just press the center of the ring and you'll be transported back immediately.
So he arrives at his new job and instantly he is mobbed by the indigenous creatures giving him buckets of their money.  He didn't like it so he goes back and asks what it was all about, the secretary says he was collecting sin tax on an alien planet.  He didn't make much money because the odds were low risk.
Another job he had I particularly liked: he was a mechanoid being eating everythere are other people serving the same function.  He is able to look up his account and sees money pouring in and he says to himself only a couple more minutes and I'll have enough for a lifetime.  As he is waiting he sees one of the other people touch one of the wires running close by and is disintegrated.  Then another and another then he thinks he should go back and he tries to press the ring but wavers a little too much and suffers the same fate as the others.
Meanwhile back at the office as a woman walks in to inquire about the odd jobs, the secretary turns into a handsome man and awaits the next victim.
I read it


the complaint allege that the validating provisions of §§ 22-24 of Chapter 150 of the Private and Special Laws of 1969, the arrangements for determining the number and apportionment of directors to serve on the Board of the District (as contained in 20 M.R.S.A. § 303) and the manifold "guidelines" relating to School Administrative Districts delineated throughout 20 M.R. S.A. are illegal.
The factual allegations of the complaint provide a history by which the Towns of Kennebunk and Kennebunkport (under authority of 20 M.R.S.A. §§ 211-411, as amended) had created, and rendered operative, School Administrative District No. 71 in September and October of 1968.
On September 30, 1968 the voters of each of the Towns had accepted a proposal to form a School Administrative District (pursuant to 20 M.R.S.A. §business:
"SHALL THE MUNICIPALITY VOTE TO RESCIND ITS PRIOR ACTION TO JOIN WITH THE MUNICIPALITY OF KENNEBUNKPORT TO FORM A SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT."
According to the complaint, "the Selectmen unreasonably refused to act upon said petition." Although a warrant was later issued by a Justice of the Peace for an election on November 3, 1968, to vote on rescission of the vote of approval,[2] this election was never held. The reason was that prior to November 3, 1968 the State Board of Education had issued a certificate of organization of School Administrative District No. 71.[3]
*780 Approximately eleven months thereafter (September 17, 1969), and upon a petition for dissolution of School Administrative District No. 71,[4] the voters of the Town of Kennebunk voted 927 in favor of, and 673 against, dissolution.


constitutionality, rather than the wisdom, of the legislature's choice, in this instance, to depart from the principle of "strict majoritarian supremacy". We decide that the *783 legislature acted constitutionally[6] in requiring a 2/3rds majority vote of approval to render effective a petition for origination of procedures for the dissolution of a School Administrative District.
The attack of plaintiffs upon the constitutionality (under the Constitution of the United States) of the apportionment of Directors of the School Board of School Administrative District No. 71,a total number of 10 with 6 representing Kennebunk and 4 Kennebunkport,is likewise without merit.
Plaintiffs rely heavily for support of their position upon the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Hadley v. Junior College District of Metropolitan Kansas City et al., 397 U.S.a majority of the residents within each of the municipalities involved, voting on each of the articles or questions submitted to them, have voted in the affirmative, and have elected the necessary school directors to represent each municipality, and that all other steps in the formation of the proposed School Administrative District are in order and in conformity with law, the board shall make a finding to that effect and record the same upon its records. The board shall further assign a number to each School Administrative District so formed in the order of their formation in the following form, `School Administrative District No. ___,' which shall be the official title of the School Administrative District.
"The board shall, immediately after making its finding, issue a certificate of organization


this point clear as well. There is a sense that there has been a horrible crime. And indeed this is the case. We discover that Oedipus has killed his father and married his mother.

The characterization of Oedipus also adds to this theme of transgression. Oedipus is filled with pride. He thinks that he can solve the problem, when he is the problem. This blindness and arrogance nicely complements the theme.

In conclusion, in all good stories, characterization, setting, and plot develop the theme of the story.Midaortic pseudoaneurysm complicating extensive endovascular stenting of aortic disease.
We report a case of successful surgical management of a potentially life-threatening complication of aortoiliac stent placement. A 59-year-old man who had Leriche syndrome underwent bilateral iliac artery and infrarenal aortic stent placement at another institution. His history was significant for retroperitoneal lymph node dissection at 19 years of age for testicular cancer. One week after stent placement, the patient was readmitted with abdominal pain, poor oral intake, and diffuse intermittent tenderness. Evaluation with computed tomographic scanning and endoscopy was unremarkable, and the patient was discharged. He was admitted to our institution 1 week later with persistent abdominal pain. A computed tomographic scan of the abdomen revealed a large pseudoaneurysm of the abdominal aorta. The patient underwent urgent exploration, and


Greece’s neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, which critics said have been beating immigrants with impunity as the government is frozen over what to do, will find itself squaring off with people who fight back.

Black immigrants in Greece – many of them in the country unlawfully – have formed the Black Panthers, taking their name from a 1960’s black power group in the United States and said they will send out patrols to confront Golden Dawn.

In a report aired on Britain’s Channel 4 TV, Michael Chege, a Kenyan who lives in Athens, warned Golden Dawn it would be exterminated if it tries to mess with black people again.

He said he and a group of friends have set up a brigade and will protect themselves and neighbors in areas where heIn Case You Missed It:

A promise fulfilled

Janet Blakemore (left) made a promise to daughter, Holly (right) that she would finish her degree once Holly obtained her graduate degree from Tennessee State University. It is a promise Janet will fulfill when she graduates from the University on Saturday, Dec. 14. (Photo: Rick DelaHaya/TSU Media Relations)

NASHVILLE (TSU News Service) – Janet Blakemore always wanted to get her college degree. But sometimes life throws you a curve and your personal aspirations are put on hold while you take care of the things that are most important.

Such as family.

Janet was a single mom to daughter Holly, who grew up in a home where education was important, especially since some of her relatives attended Tennessee State University, and she witnessed first hand all


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A weird bit of rosterology here. After all their cuts – many of whom were claimed off waivers by other teams – the Packers retained only two running backs (Ryan Grant and Brandon Jackson) on their roster heading into Week 1. That includes the 53-man roster and the eight-man practice squad roster.

Strange, eh?

RB Kregg Lumpkin was claimed off waivers by the Buccaneers, leaving only Grant and Jackson behind, though James Starks, placed on the PUP list, could be back after Week 6.

The Packers, however, do have plenty of fullbacks – Korey Hall, John Kuhn and Quinn Johnson. That means Green Bay has more blockers for running backs than actual running backs.

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Which makes it slightly disconcerting that he left the Packers' preseason game with an apparent head injury, which could possibly be considered a concussion.

Grant suffered the injury on a helmet-to-helmet hit from the Browns' Sheldon Brown and walked quite woozily to the sidelines, where he was attended to by trainers.

The Packers obviously haven't classified the injury as anything in particular, but it would be surprising if there wasn't at least a discussion of "concussion-like symptoms," which force Grant to miss some extended preseason action.

At the time he left, it was considered unlikely he would return to Satuday's game.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s


in the league, is willing to play salary chicken. It’s because the Packers gave RB Ryan Grant a four-year, $20 million contract in 2008. As Bedard writes:

Up until that point, the Packers had been decidedly disciplined in how and when and to whom they gave contract extensions to. It was a big reason why they got in good cap shape in such a hurry after Mike Sherman.

The players that got new deals had put in their time, signed their tenders and just played along with the program.

But the decision by (Russ) Ball and Ted Thompson to do that deal then with Grant eroded much of what the Packers had done previously

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As many as 96 percent of expats from across Europe responding to our education poll feel that their children are benefiting from schooling abroad - although the system could do with some improving here and there.

As many as 96 percent of expats responding to our recent education poll feel that their children are benefiting from schooling abroad and, despite some grumbles, over 80 percent were pleased with the standard of primary and secondary education in their chosen country.

For expats with older children, or those in higher education themselves, views on tertiary education in their host-country were mixed. However, 88 percent were pleased with the general standard of education. Around half of those in higher education (or their children) were at university studying for


a Bachelor degree.

We also ran a questionnaire for those with a view of the system from the other side; teachers working abroad. The majority were women (63 percent), on their first expatriation, teaching in the English language (68 percent), with a BA/BSc. Read our full report, "The Challenges of teaching abroad", on the teachers’ survey, which includes comments from the teachers on the pros and cons of teaching children of diverse cultures.

For both surveys, the majority of expats responding – about a quarter – came from the UK, followed closely by those of American origin. The diverse mix of other countries of origin includes Angola, Belarus, Belize, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany India, Iraq, Lebanon, Switzerland, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.

Half of the respondents lived in the Netherlands and for thisreason 20 percent the spouses’ nationalities recorded were Dutch. Fifty-five percent of respondents said that they were on their first expatriation.Most children were in international schoolsThe majority of parents had children at international school at primary (35 percent) or secondary (43 percent) level followed by those with children in national primary (22 percent) and secondary schools (9 percent). Other types of schools (14 percent) included European school and private schools. In 75 percent of the cases, the language of instruction was English followed by the local language. Forty-eight percent of the parents said their children were going to government-subsidised schools.

Primary/Secondary schooling abroadEighty-one percent of respondents were pleased with the standard of education their children received at primary and secondary level and 96 percent feel that their children are


have no trouble because the school is offering the MYP/IB programme which they also had in their previous school and exists worldwide.”

A common fear was that children would lose their knowledge of foreign languages. One expat, an Australian in Germany worries that “our children will be academically behind kids their own age.”

This worry was also voiced by internationals (mostly British and American) with their children at primary school in the Netherlands.

International students – higher educationEighty-eight percent of respondents were pleased with the standard of tertiary education in their current country of residence with 80 percent are studying in English and 32 percent in the local language. Half of those involved in tertiary education said that they (or their children) were at university studying for a Bachelor degree. Aroundallow defendant to participate in a work-release program. The sentence has been stayed and defendant released on bail pending the outcome of this appeal. The appeal raises a large number of issues, including claims of (1) insufficiency of evidence, (2) improper admission of evidence, (3) prejudicial misconduct by the prosecutor, and (4) inadequate or erroneous instructions. We affirm.
Defendant and Martin Michalak, the victim, met in 1974 and lived together intermittently until early 1979. On March 9, 1979, Martin married another woman; a few days later, however, on March 12 and 13, he went back and stayed at defendant's residence. On March 14 he returned to live with his new wife; and that same evening defendant brought over some of his personal items, including his guns. After Martin, his


wife and the defendant conversed and drank beer for awhile, Martin accompanied defendant to her car to get his things and a shooting occurred, causing a severe gunshot wound to Martin's left wrist. Defendant claimed the shotgun accidentally discharged as she was preparing to give the gun to Martin. The state claimed intentional assault.
1. The sole issue at trial was defendant's intent. By then Martin was no longer living with his wife and had resumed his friendship with defendant. Although Martin had originally filed a claim with the Crime Reparations Board, he subsequently changed his tack and claimed that the shooting was accidental. He also had commenced a civil suit against defendant for his injuries, in which defendant's insurance company would only be liable to pay for an(CNN) Here's a look at weapons inspections in Iraq from 1991 to 2007.

Facts

At the end of the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War, the United Nations passed Security Council Resolution 687 setting the terms for the ceasefire between Iraq and the US-led coalition. Section C of the resolution called for the elimination of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and some ballistic missiles and established the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM).

Timeline

April 3, 1991 - The United Nations passes Security Council Resolution 687.

April 6, 1991 - Iraq accepts SCR 687.

April 18, 1991 - Under the terms of SCR 687, Iraq gives a detailed account of its weapons inventory and denies it has a biological weapons program.

June 9, 1991 - UNSCOM begins its first inspection looking for chemical weapons.

June 23-28, 1991 - Iraqis


fire warning shots at inspectors to prevent them from intercepting vehicles suspected of carrying nuclear equipment.

June 30, 1991 - UNSCOM begins its first missile inspection.

August 2, 1991 - Iraq admits to biological weapons research for "defensive purposes" only.

August 15, 1991 - The UN Security Council passes The UN Security Council passes SCR 707 , demanding that Iraq reveal all prohibited weapons and weapons programs.

September 6, 1991 - Iraq blocks the use of helicopters by UNSCOM teams.

September 21-30, 1991 - IAEA inspectors discover documents relating to Iraq's nuclear weapons program. Iraqi officials prevent the inspectors from leaving the site for four days.

October 11, 1991 - The United Nations passes The United Nations passes SCR 715 . It outlines the plans for ongoing monitoring and verification in Iraq. In response,Iraq says that SCR 715 is unlawful and that it's not ready to comply.

March 19, 1992 - Iraq declares that it once possessed 89 missiles and chemical weapons, but destroyed them in the summer of 1991. This unilateral destruction of weapons is a violation of SCR 687.

June 1992 - Iraq delivers its first "Full, Final and Complete Disclosure" on its chemical weapons programs.

July 1992 - UNSCOM destroys some Iraqi chemical weapons and production facilities.

July 6-29, 1992 - Inspectors are prevented from searching the Ministry of Agriculture by Iraqi officials. They stage a 17-day sit-in.

July 5, 1993 - UNSCOM leaves Iraq.

November 26, 1993 - Iraq accepts the terms of SCR 715.

June 1994 - UNSCOM destroys material and equipment relating to chemical weapons production.

October 15, 1994 - SCR 949 passes.


The resolution demands that Iraq begin cooperating with UNSCOM and withdraw its troops massed on the border with Kuwait.

March 1995 - Iraq releases its second "Full, Final and Complete Disclosure" of biological and chemical weapons programs.

July 1, 1995 - Iraq admits the existence of its biological weapons program.

August 1995 - Iraq releases the third "Full, Final and Complete Disclosure" relating to its biological weapons programs.

November 1995 - Iraq delivers its second disclosure report on its missile programs.

December 16, 1995 - UNSCOM has the Tigris River near Baghdad searched. They uncover over 200 missile parts, believed to have originated in UNSCOM has the Tigris River near Baghdad searched. They uncover over 200 missile parts, believed to have originated in Russia

May 1996 - Al-Hakam, a facility used to produce biologicalweapons agents, is destroyed.

June 1996 - Iraq releases a revised third "Full, Final and Complete Disclosure" on its biological weapons programs.

September 25, 1997 - During an inspection of a food laboratory, inspectors seize suspicious documents concerning bacteria and chemicals. The documents originate from the Iraqi Special Security Office. UNSCOM is prevented from inspecting SSO's headquarters.

August 5, 1998 - Iraq decides to suspend cooperation with UNSCOM until its demands for an end to the embargo and a reorganization of UNSCOM are met.

September 9, 1998 - The UN Security Council passes The UN Security Council passes SCR 1194, condemning Iraq's lack of cooperation.

October 31, 1998 - Iraq stops all UNSCOM inspections.

November 18, 1998 - Inspectors return to Iraq.

December 1, 1998 - Iraq halts cooperation with inspectors.

December 15, 1998 - Chief


weapons inspector Richard Butler delivers a report to the UN Security Council which details Iraq's lack of cooperation on inspections.

December 16, 1998 - Weapons inspectors leave Iraq.

December 17, 1998 - US and British forces launch air strikes against Iraq. US and British forces launch air strikes against Iraq. Operation Desert Fox lasts for four days.

January 8, 1999 - The United States admits that UN weapons inspectors installed surveillance equipment used to spy on The United States admits that UN weapons inspectors installed surveillance equipment used to spy on Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

September 16, 2002 - Iraq agrees unconditionally to the return of inspectors.

September 19, 2002 - Iraqi Foreign Minister Naji Sabri delivers a letter to the United Nations from Hussein stating that Iraq has no chemical, nuclear orbiological weapons.

October 1, 2002 - The UN and Iraq agree on terms they say are consistent with existing UN resolutions. The United States threatens to veto unless a US resolution is approved that would allow military action for non-compliance by Iraq.

November 8, 2002 - The UN Security Council passes The UN Security Council passes Resolution 1441

November 13, 2002 - Iraq delivers a letter to Iraq delivers a letter to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan , accepting the terms set forth in resolution 1441.

November 27, 2002 - Inspections resume in Iraq.

December 7, 2002 - Iraq submits a 12,000-page report on its WMD programs.

January 16, 2003 - Inspectors discover 12 chemical warheads, 11 of them empty, at the Ukhaider ammunition storage area.

January 20, 2003 - After two days of negotiation,


Hans Blix, After two days of negotiation, Hans Blix, Mohamed ElBaradei and Iraqi officials reach an agreement about Iraqi cooperation and concessions regarding the inspections.

February 5, 2003 - US Secretary of State Colin Powell briefs the UN Security Council on inspections. He presents evidence that the United States says proves Iraq has misled inspectors and hid proscribed weapons and equipment.

February 14, 2003 - Blix and ElBaradei brief the UN Security Council. Blix reports that the inspectors have not yet found any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Blix also reports that Iraq is in violation of UN resolutions concerning its Al Samoud 2 missile program.

February 19, 2003 - Inspectors visit a factory northwest of Baghdad and tag 32 Al Samoud 2 missiles.

February 27, 2003 - Iraq agrees todestroy the country's Al Samoud 2 missile stock. However, the letter doesn't specify a date that the missile destruction will begin.

March 18, 2003 - Inspectors withdraw from Iraq.

March 19, 2003 - Bush announces US and coalition forces have begun military action against Iraq.

October 2, 2003 - David Kay, who heads the US search for weapons of mass destruction, reports to congressional intelligence committees that the Iraq Survey Group has found no such weapons in Iraq. Kay says he will need six to nine months to conclude his work.

January 28, 2004 - After retiring earlier in the month, After retiring earlier in the month, Kay tells the Senate Armed Services Committee that there should be an independent investigation into the flawed intelligence about Hussein's weapons capability.

February 6, 2004 -


Bush orders a seven-member commission to investigate the nation's intelligence operations, specifically to study the information about Iraq possessing weapons of mass destruction.

September 30, 2004 - The report concludes that Hussein did not possess weapons of mass destruction. The Iraq Survey Group comprehensive report is released. The report concludes that Hussein did not possess weapons of mass destruction.

March 31, 2005 - The Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction reports that the intelligence community was "dead wrong" in its assessments of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction capabilities before the US invasion.

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The Japanese government was rescued from the brink of financial collapse by the Sovereign Wealth Fund. For its citizens, however, life has not improved, and unemployment, crime, suicide, and despair are rampant. Kimimaro, raised by his maternal grandmother after the disappearance of his father and the death of his mother, is a scholarship student w… more The Japanese government was rescued from the brink of financial collapse by the Sovereign Wealth Fund. For its citizens, however, life has not improved, and unemployment, crime, suicide, and despair are rampant.
Kimimaro, raised by his maternal grandmother after the disappearance of his father and the death of his mother, is a scholarship student whose only dream is to avoid all this and live a


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“We’ve got fewer police officers now than any time since 2003, while the population has risen by two million,” Mr Khan said.


cuts."

Mr Khan said he had not yet spoken to the prime minister since Mr Johnson took office, although he had written to him after the former London mayor was elected by Conservative Party members.

There was no sense of admiration by Mr Khan for his predecessor, as he branded Mr Johnson as a “liar” who had filled his cabinet with ministers who have “seriously obnoxious views”.

"I'm 48-years-old and I can't remember a more right-wing government in my lifetime,” he said, citing those with opposition to abortion and LGBT+ rights in Mr Johnson's cabinet.

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Asked about his ongoing feud with Donald Trump, who recently claimed London would "never have safe streets" with him as mayor, Mr Khan joked: "I have no idea what Donald TrumpA chunk of airplane wing that may match the Malaysia Airlines flight that went missing more than a year ago was found on the island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean. Xavier Tytelman, a French former military pilot, was contacted today by a man on the island who found the piece, according to The Telegraph, and says it looks like it could be from the long disappeared Boeing 777, in part because it appears to have spent at least a year in the ocean.

"We all think it is likely that the wing is that of a Boeing 777 – the same plane as MH370," he told the Telegraph.

Flight 370 departed from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for Beijing, China early on March 8, 2014, with 239 people on board. A


Vladimir I. Mordachev - System Ecology of Cellular Communications

The monograph is devoted to the problems of system analysis and environmental safety of cellular communications in the case of its widespread use, including the situation in which the external electromagnetic-field background produced by electromagnetic radiation of radio transmitters of broadcasting, radar, and other services is present.

The work contains a review of energy criteria for environmental threat of electromagnetic fields and a survey of electromagnetic radiation characteristics of the subscriber and base-station equipment of cellular communications, wireless access, RFID, and other advanced and emerging telecommunication systems.

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In June and July, Portland, Oregon Mayor Tom Wheeler presided over 38 days of street anarchy by antifa and other fanatics who laid siege to the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) offices. They followed ICE employees home and assaulted city residents, including a woman who had asked them to stop loudly drumming. The occupiers disabled her electric wheelchair, hit her on the head, and lifted her in the air.

Police, who had been ordered by Mayor Wheeler not to interfere in any way, took a statement


Series will be exclusive to Bell-owned streaming service by end of 2016

The battle for streaming domination has now gone interstellar, with Bell Media’s CraveTV announcing that it has locked up the streaming rights to the popular British sci-fi series Doctor Who.

The new licensing agreement with BBC Worldwide North America gives CraveTV exclusive rights to the series beginning with season nine this summer.

The first eight seasons of the show will be available exclusively on CraveTV by the end of 2016, while episodes from season 10 and beyond will debut exclusively on the service following their full-season broadcasts on Space.

The first eight seasons of Doctor Who are currently also available on CraveTV rivals Shomi and Netflix Canada.

Mike Cosentino, Bell Media’s senior vice-president of programming, CTV Networks and CraveTV, called DoctorWho a “marquee offering” for CraveTV subscribers and an “anchor” of the service’s science fiction and fantasy offering.

Doctor Who is one of the most-watched specialty TV programs among the adult 25-54, 18-49 and 18-34 demographics. Season nine attracted an average audience of 697,000 in its Saturday 9 p.m. timeslot according to Numeris, becoming the most-watched season in series history among the adult 25-54 and 18-49 demographics.

Its 2015 Christmas special, The Husbands of River Song, was also the most-watched in Space history, attracting 856,000 viewers. It was the most-watched program on Christmas Day among the A25-49 and A18-49 demos according to Bell.

Matt Forde, executive vice-president of content production, sales and distribution for BBC Worldwide North America, called the series one the British broadcaster’s “crown jewels,” and said that Bell


List of Malian Grammy Award winners and nominees

The following is a list of Grammy Awards winners and nominees from Mali:

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GrammyI had the privilege of interviewing Donald Fagen for Keyboard Magazine back in 2006 after the release of his third solo record “Morph the Cat”. It was the first of a few features I did for Keyboard. Here is a scan of the article as it appeared in the May, 2006 issue, comprising part of our interview and some musical examples:

Donald Fagan Keyboard Magazine Feature–May, 2006 issue

It’s time, however, to release the full, unedited interview, all 4500 words of it, typos, explicatives deleted—all of it. I’d always wanted to ask Donald about his harmonic approach, his jazz influences, and of course what he keyboard he soloed with on “Do it Again”. I also stammered through the anecdote of the first time I played with him at a rehearsal


The Short North Grapples With Change

The Short North is one of Columbus’s most vibrant success stories. 40 years ago the area along N. High Street was in serious decline. But a group of art enthusiasts slowly raised the Short North from the ashes. Now rents are rising, threatening the art galleries that have made the district one of the city’s most popular destinations.

The sidewalks of N. High Street are filled with people during Gallery Hop. The Short North’s most popular event occurs on the first Saturday of every month. That’s when dozens of small art galleries keep their doors open after sunset and people come pouring in.

But the March Gallery Hop was probably the last for an aromatherapy candle shop on Buttles Avenue. Paul Robinett has been sellingformat and were analyzed off-line using Syngo VVI software. The endocardium was manually traced, with the blood interface of the left ventricles at end systole. On the three long-axis (apical 2-, 3-, and 4-chamber) views, the endocardium was manually traced, beginning with the free wall edge of the atrioventricular valve annulus, extending to the apex, and returning to the septal edge of the atrioventricular valve annulus, while on the three short-axis (at the mitral valve, papillary muscle, and apex level) views, the endocardium was manually traced beginning with the anteroseptum and returning to the original location in a clockwise direction. After placing the index at the apex for the long-axis views and at the middle of the cycle for the short-axis views, VVI myocardial deformation analysis was then


Senior officials have raised the prospect of abolishing relief on family homes from capital gains tax when they are sold.

The measure is one of a number of options on the reform of capital gains tax put forward by the Department of Finance’s tax strategy group.

At present, taxpayers pay capital gains tax at 33 per cent on the increase in value of any property or assets between the time they buy and sell it. However, the family home is exempt from the tax.

In a series of documents designed to inform the Minister for Finance and his Government colleagues of available options ahead of the budget in October, officials set down possible reforms that would involve the partial or complete elimination of the protection of the family home from taxationgains tax breaks considered in the paper. However, the officials warn that tinkering in the other three areas – relief for entrepreneurs, retirement relief and special incentives to help the property market recover between 2011 and 2014 – would be counterproductive or logistically complex.

No such warning is included in relation to changing the rules on the status of the family home.

Strategic options

The tax strategy group is charged with examining and developing proposals in relation to tax and levies for the budget and the subsequent Finance Bill within agreed Government parameters. It also looks at strategic options in the area of social welfare.

Other areas facing possible change in the budget include tobacco and betting.

Ireland has the highest rate of excise duty on tobacco products in the EU, but the


accredited and experienced agency working in the field of GIS (geographical information system) was hired to obtain the list of villages in the peri-urban areas, as defined above. We obtained geo-coded maps of 5-kilometer peri- urban fringes from the municipality boundaries of each selected site. The maps provided detailed information of the villages and their administrative boundaries. Systematic random sampling approach was used to select sample villages at respective site. In total, 170 villages were identified in 5 sites.

A detailed census for smallholder dairy farms was conducted in all 170 villages. A list of households with smallholder dairy farms was prepared for each village. In each village, three dairy farms were selected through random sampling using the random number generator module of OpenEpi online version. This module generatesOn 15 July, 2012, in the afternoon, the weather was cool, the sky was cloudy and it was drizzling. The hundreds of Adivasis of Nagri village entered into the central hall of the Birsa Agriculture University, Ranchi with the single point agenda to get back their agriculture lands, which has been captured by the State with the power of Gun. In fact the Birsa Agriculture University was also built on their land after snatching it from their ancestors. They have been resisting against the forceful and illegal land acquisition because the present government has been attempting to grab rest of their land in the name of growth and development. They are well aware that if they surrender their land in front of the Gun, they’ll become landless, homeless


Jharkhand. On 23 November, 2011, the Jharkhand Government began to capture 227.71 acres of fertile land of the villagers and handed over the entitlement of the major part of the land to the IIM, the IIIT and the Law University. Thus these institutions started constructing the boundary wall. The government claims that the land was acquired in 1957-58 for the extension of the ‘Birsa Agriculture University and Seed Bank’ under the ‘public purpose’ provided in the section 17 (4) of the Land Acquisition Act 1984. However, Rs, 155,147.88 was allocated for the compensation but out of 153 Raiyats (tenants), 128 had declined the compensation offered and merely 25 Raiyats of a particular community had received it. When 128 Raiyats declined the compensation, the Government deposited their money Rs.the Indian Penal Code within the distance of 1 km of the project area and the villagers were not even allowed to move on their own land. When they strongly resisted against it, an FIR was filed against 12 villagers including 85 year-old Dhuchu Toppo in allegation of breaching of peace. Ironically, Dhuchu Toppo could not even walk properly but he was threat to peace in the region. However, when the construction work of boundary wall was started, the villagers again went to the Jharkhand High Court and pleaded to stop the construction work on their land, the Court rejected their petition on 26 April, 2012. After decline of the Court to hear their plea, the villagers sit in indefinite protest on the spot and also gathered support


from nearby villagers and outsiders and halted the construction work. They sit in protest, which went on for record 125 days in the history of displacement movement.

On the other hand, on 30 April, 2012, while hearing a public interest litigation filed by the Bar Association of the Jharkhand High Court, pleading for the completion of construction work of the Law University Campus, the Jharkhand High Court ordered the state government to start the construction work within 48 hours. Finally, the villagers went to the Supreme Court through a Special Leave Petition (SLP) with the last hope to get justice. However, they were not only denied justice but also humiliated in the Supreme Court. On 28 June, 2012, a legislator Bandhu Tirkey and a few villagers were present inthe Supreme Court and they were shocked to see the Judges’ behaviour. The vacation bench was hearing the petition and while hearing it, Justice H.S. Gokhle and Justice Ranjna Prakash Desai didn’t even open the file and threw it on the ground. They said, “Acquisition of the concerned land has taken place in 1957-58, we do not see any reason to interfere with the impugned judgement.” They dismissed the petition.

Since, Nagri village comes under the Fifth Schedule Area in the state of Jharkhand as per provisions made in the Indian Constitution, where the Governor is the constitutional head, who has been empowered by the President of India with special power to issue Public Notification and Regulation to protect and promote the interest of Adivasis in Scheduled Area and


the Supreme Court fuelled their anger.

On 4 July, 2012, they gathered near the site of the IIM and started breaking the boundary wall. They destroyed the boundary wall of one side of the IIM in presence of the Rapid Action Force. Meanwhile, the Sub-Divisional Officer of Sadar (Ranchi), Shekhar Jamuar reached to the spot and ordered for lathi charge. The clash started between villagers and the police forces. The Police forces not only bet the villagers with lathis but also pelted stone on them. Consequently, Dubhan Toppo, Dukhni Toppo, Jammi Toppo and Bandhni Toppo got severe injuries and admitted to the Rajendra Institute of Medical Science, Ranchi. However, the police filed an FIR against 100 villages alleging them for attacking on police and also destroying the government property.the support of Sibu Soren the chairperson of staring committee (Govt of Jharkhand) and two Cabinet Ministers of the Jharkhand Mukti Morch also openly supported the villagers. The Minister of Revenue and Land Reform, Mathura Mahto said that injustice has been done to the Raiyats of Nagri by the government. Hence, the Government was unable to deal the situation.

After seeing the people’s resistance, the Jharkhand High Court also changed its behaviour. On 10 July 2012, the Court ordered the state government to find out the ways with the villagers within a week. On the basis of the order, the Chief Minister constituted a five members ‘High Power Committee’ under the chairmanship of Mathura Mahto, the Minister of Revenue and Land Reform along with four bureaucrats as members including


the coalition government therefore; it had a ripple impact in the state. The support of Sibu Soren fuelled the Nagri movement. Finally, the High Power Committee decided to meet the villagers near their village therefore, the meeting was organized at Birsa Agriculture University, Kanke on July 16.

On 16 July, 2012, the Jharkhand High Court also asked numbers of questions to the state government while hearing the petition of the Bar Association in the matter of Law University. The Court asked to the State Government whether it is a government policy that law will prevail or the issues will be decided on road in all matters in future? Whether the land in dispute is the only or last land, which is cultivable land, acquired after coming into force ofquestion that why did the Bar Association file a case in the High Court instead of the Law University? Is the Bar Association really worried about the development of the state or its intention was something else behind the case? Was the Law University incapable in filing case or it had some other legal obstacles? The fact is that according to the ‘National University for Research and Studies on Law, Ranchi Act 2010’ enacted by the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly in 2010, the Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court will be the Chancellor of the University. The National University for Research and Studies on Law (NURSL), Ranchi was inaugurated in 2010 by its first Chancellor and the Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court, Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra. When


Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra was elevated as the Judge of the Supreme Court in August, 2010, Justice Bhagwati Prasad was elevated as the Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court and he became the Chancellor of the NURSL too.

Presently, Justice Prakash Tatia is in the capacity of the Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court and also working as the Chancellor of the NURSL, Ranchi. Interestingly, Justice Prakash Tatia has been hearing the PIL filed by the Bal Association regarding the land dispute between the Law University and the Raiyats of Nagri village. This is why the Law University didn’t file the case in the court and it went through the Bar Association. It would not have been possible for Justice Prakash Tatia to hear the case if theaccept the fact that it was acquired for the extension of the Birsa Agriculture University and Seed Bank. If that is true then why land has been transferred to the IIM, the IIIT and the Law University in free of cost? Is it not the breach of law? And how can the government deceive the Raiyats like this, since, the land was supposed to be acquired for the BAU? According to the Land Acquisition (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance 1967, the acquired land cannot be used for other purposes than said during the acquisition. In the case of the Heavy Engineering Corporation, Ranchi, the Deputy Commissioner of Ranchi wrote to the Land Reform Commissioner in 1991 that the HEC has sub-leased 300 acres of land to other private institutions,


and thousands of acres of lands have been acquired illegally after bypassing the CNT Act 1908, SPT Act 1955, PESA Act 1996, the Provisions of Fifth Schedule and Forest Rights Act 2006 but why the Court is silence especially in the matters of the Adivasis? Why is the High Court enforcing a colonial law in the state?

The High Court has also said that ‘a country where the laws are framed by the members of state Legislative in the State or by the Parliament in the Parliament and these persons projecting themselves leaders questioning the land acquisition after more than half century, in the year 2012 at time when construction started on the land and they become wiser now and they tried to instigate the innocent persons against theprotesting to protect their land. They sat on protest for 125 days, which had begun on 5 March, 2012. They were sitting, eating and sleeping on their agricultural land in day and night even during the mid of summer, consequently, three women – Mangi Oraon, Dashmi Oraon and Tebo Oraon died due to hit by the sun stroke. They died while fighting to protect their ancestral land. Similarly, on 4 April, 2012, when the boundary wall of the IIM was pulled down, only the villagers were present at the spot. The villagers have taken all the decisions and they executed it accordingly. Obviously, the people of 35 villages of adjoining areas are supporting the movement as they have also given the notice for acquisition of their 28,000 acres