get posted on the Hannidate.

About 300 people, most of them Boy Scouts, were sickened by the heat Wednesday while waiting for President Bush to arrive at a memorial service for four Scout leaders who were killed while pitching a tent beneath a power line.

The president's visit to the Scout Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill was postponed because of severe thunderstorms and strong wind. Instead, Bush is scheduled to visit the gathering Thursday.

But before the president's appearance was called off, many Scouts fell ill from temperatures that rose into the upper 90s, made worse by high humidity.

Senior military lawyers lodged vigorous and detailed dissents in early 2003 as an administration legal task force concluded that President Bush had authority as commander in chief to order harsh interrogations of prisonersat Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, newly disclosed documents show.

Despite the military lawyers' warnings, the task force concluded that military interrogators and their commanders would be immune from prosecution for torture under federal and international law because of the special character of the fight against terrorism.

In memorandums written by several senior uniformed lawyers in each of the military services as the legal review was under way, they had urged a sharply different view and also warned that the position eventually adopted by the task force could endanger American service members.

The memorandums were declassified and released last week in response to a request from Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina. Mr. Graham made the request after hearings in which officers representing the military's judge advocates general acknowledged having expressed concerns


over interrogation policies.

The documents include one written by the deputy judge advocate general of the Air Force, Maj. Gen. Jack L. Rives, advising the task force that several of the "more extreme interrogation techniques, on their face, amount to violations of domestic criminal law" as well as military law.

General Rives added that many other countries were likely to disagree with the reasoning used by Justice Department lawyers about immunity from prosecution. Instead, he said, the use of many of the interrogation techniques "puts the interrogators and the chain of command at risk of criminal accusations abroad."

Any such crimes, he said, could be prosecuted in other nations' courts, international courts or the International Criminal Court, a body the United States does not formally participate in or recognize.

Other senior militarylawyers warned in tones of sharp concern that aggressive interrogation techniques would endanger American soldiers taken prisoner and also diminish the country's standing as a leader in "the moral high road" approach to the laws of war.

The memorandums provide the most complete record to date of how uniformed military lawyers were frequently the chief dissenters as government officials formulated interrogation policies.

"These military lawyers were clearly disturbed by the proposed techniques that were deviations from past practices that were being advocated by the Justice Department," said Senator Graham, himself a former military lawyer.

Meanwhile, the demonstrative effects of the policy that these lawyers objected to is out there in pictures already released, and especially in that documentation the Bush Administration still finds excuses for not releasing.

Wednesday, July 27, 2005

Famed editor


Jason Epstein, husband of jailed New York Times reporter Judith Miller, has lately been making himself scarce at the federal facility in Virginia where his wife has been incarcerated for the past three weeks...

In a frothy social column yesterday about a celeb-glutted Mediterranean cruise, featuring everyone from Isabella Rossellini to J.K. Rowling aboard the ocean liner Silver Shadow, the New York Sun's A.L. Gordon revealed:

"One passenger with his mind soberly on home is the literary icon Jason Epstein. ... Ms. Miller would have been on the cruise had she not gone to jail."

American voters disapprove of the job President George W. Bush is doing 53 - 41 percent, his lowest approval rating since becoming President. This compares to a 50 - 44 percent disapproval in a May 25the IAEA—demonstrating that the Iraqi Regime was willing to pursue uranium illicitly.

Regarding specific allegations of uranium pursuits from Niger, Ja’far claims that after 1998 Iraq had only two contacts with Niamey—neither of which involved uranium. Ja’far acknowledged that Iraq’s Ambassador to the Holy See traveled to Niamey to invite the President of Niger to visit Iraq. He indicated that Baghdad hoped that the Nigerian President would agree to the visit as he had visited Libya despite sanctions being levied on Tripoli. Former Iraqi Ambassador to the Holy See Wissam Zahawie has publicly provided a similar account.

Ja’far claims a second contact between Iraq and Niger occurred when a Nigerian minister visited Baghdad around 2001 to request assistance in obtaining petroleum products to alleviate Niger’s economic problems. During the negotiations


BIDEN'S) buddies.

Like Digby, I think this is a hell of a campaign issue for progressives.

Harlow, the former CIA spokesman, said in an interview yesterday that he testified last year before a grand jury about conversations he had with Novak at least three days before the column was published. He said he warned Novak, in the strongest terms he was permitted to use without revealing classified information, that Wilson's wife had not authorized the mission and that if he did write about it, her name should not be revealed.

Harlow said that after Novak's call, he checked Plame's status and confirmed that she was an undercover operative. He said he called Novak back to repeat that the story Novak had related to him was wrong and that Plame's name shouldnot be used. But he did not tell Novak directly that she was undercover because that was classified information.

And we get an additional window into the narrow mind of Bobby Nofacts:

In a strange twist in the investigation, the grand jury -- acting on a tip from Wilson -- has questioned a person who approached Novak on Pennsylvania Avenue on July 8, 2003, six days before his column appeared in The Post and other publications, Wilson said in an interview. The person, whom Wilson declined to identify to The Post, asked Novak about the "yellow cake" uranium matter and then about Wilson, Wilson said. He first revealed that conversation in a book he wrote last year. In the book, he said he tried to reach Novak on July 8,


and they finally connected on July 10. In that conversation, Wilson said he did not confirm his wife worked for the CIA but that Novak told him he had obtained the information from a "CIA source."

Novak told the person that Wilson's wife worked for the CIA as a specialist in weapons of mass destruction and had arranged her husband's trip to Niger, Wilson said. Unknown to Novak, the person was a friend of Wilson and reported the conversation to him, Wilson said.

Tuesday, July 26, 2005

Some of you may remember the post that received more attention on this blog than any other I've ever done -- about 90,000 hits in one day's worth. That was the story of one Phil Parlock, Republican Activist and systematic "victim" of democratic abuse.

Well,damaged planes from an airbase to and from aircraft carriers, he also saw other service as a Naval Pilot.

Anyone who has ever flown as a Naval "Aviator" can tell you that this is not exactly easy, or safe work. Harkin served in a combat zone no less than any non-aviator on a carrier in Vietnam, given the power of the vietcong's navy, yet somehow this is used as an attempt to diminish Harkin's service and question his patriotism, all in the guise of "he puffed up his record". As opposed to the "Badass of TANG"?

Is pervasive in this piece from the Washington Post, but at least it exposes Victoria Toensing as the partisan hack she is. Bitter Toensing and her other half hack Joseph DiGenova have been poisoning


"brain"; nor that he is owed a debt for building up Bush into the Presidency.

It is because Bush knew full well what Rove was doing the whole time. Rove gets indicted he'll have to leave, but until then, to dump Rove means the latter won't be the good soldier and spill the beans on how Karl and Georgie worked together to play some dirty tricks on a CIA Operative, which would mean the end of George Bush's Presidency and the GOP for a generation or two, for all intensive purposes.

Bush has always been a dirtier fighter than his father, just as there is no reason to believe he wasn't aware of Rove's earlier dirty tricks, there is no reason to think otherwise now, he has, at this timeplausible deniability, but if he shits on Rove, he knows Rove will make him "fair game".

On Friday of July 4, 2003, the Wilsons and I walked down Reservoir Road to MacArthur Boulevard for the annual Palisades neighborhood parade. The parade is a very small town kind of affair, with people marching their dogs in red, white and blue costumes and the local fire engines driving by with the crew throwing candy to the kids. As we watched, someone remarked that Karl Rove was down the street watching the parade. Little did I know then the role Rove would play in the Wilsons' lives.

As we walked back from the parade, the war in Iraq came up in conversation. Joe said he wanted to show me something he had just


written. When we returned home, he handed me the draft of an article he said was going to be published in Sunday's New York Times entitled, "What I Didn't Find in Africa." When I read it, I knew this was going to be news: the first real challenge to the administration's rationale for war.

That surprise was nothing compared with the shock I experienced 10 days later. On that sunny Monday morning, I was sitting outside at the table on my deck, having breakfast and reading The Washington Post. When I turned to the op-ed pages, I noticed a column by Novak entitled "Mission to Niger," addressing Joe's op-ed the previous week. I was stunned to read that "Wilson never worked for the CIA, but his wife, Valerie Plame,is an Agency operative on weapons of mass destruction," citing two administration officials as sources.

Stricken reaction

As I finished reading the column, Joe ventured out onto his deck and offered a neighborly hello. I held up the paper and yelled over, "I had no idea about Valerie!" Joe looked stricken and gestured to me to keep my voice down. I immediately realized the "outing" of Valerie as a covert CIA operative had had a devastating effect on the Wilson family. In the weeks to follow, I came to understand just how harrowing the disclosure was. Obviously, the identification of Valerie meant an end to her decades-long career. It also meant the country had lost an essential part of the services provided by someone who was an expert on weapons


had dropped by 14 per cent in just two weeks.

WAR ON BRITAIN: 85% BLAME BOMBS ON WAR IN IRAQ EXCLUSIVE By Rosa Prince, Political Correspondent

AN overwhelming 85 per cent of people blame the Iraq invasion for the London bombings, a Daily Mirror/GMTV poll reveals today.

The survey is a hammer blow to Tony Blair, who insists Britain's role in the war had nothing to do with the 7/7 terror attacks.

His words were greeted with incredulity by critics who are convinced Muslim anger on Iraq has fuelled Islamic extremism. And now that view has been borne out by our YouGov poll

In all, 23 per cent said the war was the main reason for the London bombings. Another 62 per cent believe that while Iraq was not the principle cause, itenraged enough to go after its presumed enemies so systematically can be found in a similar, now forgotten attack that was hatched on July 15, the day after the publication of Mr. Novak's column portraying Mr. Wilson as a girlie man dependent on his wife for employment.

On that evening's broadcast of ABC's "World News Tonight," American soldiers in Falluja spoke angrily of how their tour of duty had been extended yet again, only a week after Donald Rumsfeld told them they were going home. Soon the Drudge Report announced that ABC's correspondent, Jeffrey Kofman, was gay. Matt Drudge told Lloyd Grove of The Washington Post at the time that "someone from the White House communications shop" had given him that information.

Mr. McClellan denied White House involvement with any


Kofman revelation, a denial now worth as much as his denials of White House involvement with the trashing of the Wilsons. Identifying someone as gay isn't a crime in any event, but the "outing" of Mr. Kofman (who turned out to be openly gay) almost simultaneously with the outing of Ms. Plame points to a pervasive culture of revenge in the White House and offers a clue as to who might be driving it. As Joshua Green reported in detail in The Atlantic Monthly last year, a recurring feature of Mr. Rove's political campaigns throughout his career has been the questioning of an "opponent's sexual orientation."

In Rick Atkinson's recent Pulitzer Prize winning book, "An Army At Dawn" there is a specific reference about Dwight Eisenhower that particularly seemsto apply across the spectrum of American History:

"One of the fascinations of the war was to see how the Americans develop their great men so quickly"

There is no doubt that much of the "greatness" of individuals is a combination of depth of crisis and success in meeting it, with a liberal portion of fawning propoganda added to the mix. But a review of American History does reveal that in our history great crisis have produced great individuals, and we have been fortunate in their being chosen by and large, though not always.

Out of the Revolutionary War came the huge number of historical giants, some far too steeped in myth, some so awash in it that we lose the person to the myth and the examination goes to others.


to call Bush's Administration many things, as are Conservatives, but it takes a first-rate disillusionment, nay a serious psychological disorder, to call George W. Bush "great". Naive, sure; a martinet, you bet; an empty suit, uh-huh. That would be tolerable if he was supported by decent individuals, but alas, we have Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, Don Rumsfeld and Condi Rice. The "four horsemen of the fuckupolypse".

Saturday, July 23, 2005

It is telling that the insection of Bloodlust Street & War Mongering Avenue prattles on about a poll on the feelings of British Muslims, yet says nothing about the fact that the man killed, aparently in cold blood, on Friday was not Middle Eastern, not a terrorist, but was killed because, as a Brazilian there were communication problems.

People cannot seemus may have been expecting a Democrat or two to be there to thoroughly examine Ms. Hughes.

Friday, July 22, 2005

On July 22, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) denounced the latest efforts of the Bush Administration to block the release of the Darby photos and videos depicting torture at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison facility. On June 2, 2004, CCR, along with the ACLU, Physicians for Human Rights, Veterans for Common Sense, and Veterans for Peace filed papers with the U.S. District Court, charging the Department of Defense and other government agencies with illegally withholding records concerning the abuse of detainees in American military custody. Since then, the organizations have been repeatedly rebuffed in their efforts to investigate what happened at the prison.

In June, the government requested and received


testify:

I submit this statement to the Congress in an effort to correct a malicious and disingenuous smear campaign that has been executed against a friend and former colleague, Valerie (Plame) Wilson. Neither Valerie, nor her husband, Ambassador Joseph Wilson has asked me to do anything on their behalf. I am speaking up because I was raised to stop bullies. In the case of Valerie Plame she is facing a gang of bullies that is being directed by the Republican National Committee.

In her book "10 Minutes from Normal...and 4 Hours of your life you will NEVER get Back" Karen Hughes wrote the following:

"But regardless of the source, the leak compromised the confidential identity of a longtime public servant, which was wrong, and unfair to her and those who workedWhat appeared to be a routine drunken driving accident when California Highway Patrol officers arrived at the scene along Interstate 680 in Fremont turned out to be anything but that.

After the Oct. 9 crash, officers arrested a man who claimed he was the driver, then left after concluding no one had been seriously injured. But they overlooked one key thing: the body of a man killed in the crash, which wasn’t found until the next day about 100 feet away from the car.

The Highway Patrol never reported the crash and declined to explain why, other than to indicate the event is still under investigation and the real driver has not been arrested.

But on Tuesday the story took another bizarre twist — on social media. In a video posted


BMW driver apparently lost control, went off the side of the highway and crashed into a grassy, tree-lined embankment. Inside the car were three passengers: Walker, a 4-year-old girl and another person. The latter two were not seriously hurt, authorities said. The other car’s driver and single passenger pulled to the shoulder to assist.

A nearby resident saw the wreck and called 911. By the time officers arrived, along with fire trucks and ambulances, the people inside the BMW had climbed back up to the shoulder of the road.

A man who officers determined was under the influence told officers he was the BMW’s driver so they arrested him for DUI, according to Highway Patrol spokesman Officer Tyler Hahn. Alcohol was found in and near the car, he said.

“They werebe like, ‘Hey, where’s so and so?’ Not one person brought it up,” Hahn said.

Walker’s family held a visitation service for him Monday evening and buried him the next day.

Investigators later determined the person originally arrested for DUI was actually the passenger in the second car that had stopped on the shoulder. Hahn wouldn’t comment about why the man would lie to officers about being the driver, but said he was released and has not yet been cited.

Hahn said Highway Patrol investigators are reaching out to people who may have witnessed the accident, including those in the cars, but would not offer more detail, saying the investigation is ongoing.

Teresa Gutierrez, the grandmother of the child in the back seat of the BMW, said she believes the man who


initially took the blame for the crash is Underwood’s friend.

Underwood is the father of her granddaughter and has been arrested multiple times for drunken driving, she said.

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San Jose: Bicyclist dies after being hit by car Alameda County court records show a Tyler Underwood has been convicted of four misdemeanor DUI charges since 2008, with sentences including jail time and license suspensions.

The Highway Patrol would not confirm whether Underwood was even present at the scene of the accident, but dispatch archives show a BMW registered in his name needed to be towedpeople in the Tanzanian interior live on the brink of famine. Filming with a skeletal crew, Mr. Sauper has produced an extraordinary work of visual journalism, a richly illustrated report on a distant catastrophe that is also one of the central stories of our time. — A. O. Scott, The New York Times…"


same provisions us is extended to the county of hertford and lutitied the 20th december 1s62 2 an act to exempt the raleigh and gaston railroad company from rebuild ing the bridge acn-ss the roanoke at gaston â€” gives the company at a meet in of the stockholders the privilege of accepting or rejecting tho provisions of this act j 4 an act to decrease the expenses of eheriff'6 returns â€” provides that tbo re turns may be made through the mem bers of the general assembly 5 au act to empower provisional clerks of the county courts or the clerks of tho superior courts to administer oaths this act has been published in full and sent to each county ! 6 an act to declare tho danriver a water course sufficient instead of a law ful fence in caswell county 7 an act to extend the time for col lecting taxes extends tho time to the 20th of february 1866 for the sheriffs to settle with with public treasurer the tax levied by tbo state convention 8 an act to authorize tho holding of an election for commissioners of the town of goldsboro in wayne county and for other purposes 9 an act to reorganize the govern ment ot the city and academy of new bern 10 an act to continue in office the provisional commissioners of lincolnton and other towns â€” continues in office the provisional commissioners of linconton salisbury wilmington kin6ton ruther ford ton salem edenton asbcvill ilen dersonville ilillsboro louisburg mil


ton and kenausville until their succes sors are elected and qualified 11 an act to authorize the justices of carteret county to levy taxes for the sup port of tho poor and for otlier purposes 12 an act to incorporate the town of newport in the county of carteret â€¢ 13 an act-supplemental to an act en titled an imt for the government of the town of elisabeth city in the county of i'asqutank passed by the general assem bly in 1852 14 an act to attach the county of mitchell to the 8th judicial circuit and for other purposes â€” provides for the holding of tho spring and fall terms of the superior courts in tho following coun ties to wit i'olk county the second monday inlhat where tbero lias been no clerk appointed under i the provisional government the one in i oiiice before the surrender may hold i over until his successor is appointed and qualified even tho he may havo taken the oath to support the confederate states 24 an act to incorporate the portis gold mining company in franklin county 25 an act to authorize a court of please and quarter aession for cabarrus county authorizes a special term of said court to be held on tho third monday in february 1866 to qualify ami take the bonds ofthe officers cf tho county 20 an act fo legalize the election of mayor and commissioners in the town of morganton 27 an act to incorporate dill wood j cemetery in guilford


county 28 an act to amend tho charter of the town of fayetteville 29 an net for the benefit of the lire men of the town of wilmington â€” ex empts the members of the different tire companies from serving as jurors and performing militia duty except in time of actual hostilities ; 30 an act supplemental and amenda tory of an act to reorganize the corpora tion government of the city and academy of xewberne passed at this session of the general assembly â€” amended by pro viding that the person who receives the largest n umbel of votes for mayor shall be declared duly elected and also coun cilinen 31 an act to extend tho time for reg istering deeds and other conveyances â€” extends thetime three years from the passage of the act 32 an act to incorporate the town of company shops iu the county of ala mance 33 an act to amend chapter 101 sec tion 9 of the revised code entitled roads ferries and bridges â€” makes it the duty ofthe overseer ot public roads to summon all white male and free males of color three days previous to the day of working where to meet and what tools to carry and for failure to attend impose a line of 2,00 per day for each day 34 an act to incorporate the minis ter's relief society for the eastern bap tist association 35 an net to amend an act of incor poration of the town ot clinton in samp


son county 36 an act concerning the north car olina institution for the deaf and dumb and the blind â€” appropriates such sums iis is necessary not exceeding 20,000 for the year 1866 and tho same for 1867 and also appropriates 15,000 for repair ing the building and enclosures and pur chasing 6tieh furniture as is absolutely necessary 37 an act to incorporate enoe lodge of freo nnd accepted masons 88 an act to amend an act to incor porate tbe town of high point in guil i lord county passed by the general as sembly at its session february 18,ri9 i an act to incorporate catawba valley lodge n 217 of free and ac cepted masons 40 an act in relation to constaliles and other ofliccrs colleoting*>.">, and 18b8-'59 entitled an act to incorporate tho tucka segeo and keowec turnpike company â€” authorizes the state agent for the collec tion of cherokeo bonds to subscribe to the main truck road from webstei in jackson county to the south carol inn line instead of its branches until it is completed out of any bonds or money in his hands or that may como into his hands and that it shall not be lawful for him to apply said bonds jo any other purpose until said road is completed and that the president of s.tiil road may draw on said agent from time to timo 48 an act to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate macon county turn pike company passed at the session


of is."iii-'57 â€” provides that as soon as 500 shall have been subscribed and paid by solvent individuals it shall bo tho du ty agent of iho state for collection of cherokee bonds to subscribo of ihe stock of the company ou the part of the state 500 for lauds situated in macon chero kee ami clay counties and tho state to be represented by said agent or by 6omo person appointed by him in tho election of directors in proportion to the number of shares owned by the state in said company and the stale not to bo called on io pay her stock faster than the stockholders 44 aii act to incorporate richland female academy iu the county of otis low 45 an act to amendfor trial at lhe next term of the superior court of tho county in lhe same manner as though the said bills had been found nt a regular term of the supeiior court 55 an act to authorize tho county court o cumberland to appoint inspectors of naval stores 50 an act lo amend lhe county line of mitch ell county and to annex a part of yancey coun ty to lhe counly of mitchell â€” amended so as to run from the mouth of big rook creek down soe liver to the inuiith of lsiummil's creek and up lhe extreme height ol the ridge that divides the waters of pigeon roost creek and bruins mil's cnek to tbe top of lhe dig ridge to the funner lino


of lhe county uf mitchell ami then running with said line lo where it joins the ten liessee line nnd then running with the old line i lo ihe mould of big rock creek so as to leave i all west of the first named line lo the county of yancey 0 an act to incorporate the leaksville male academy in lhe county of rockingham and to appoint the trustees thereof ih an act to amend au act passed bv tin 1 general assemhly nt ho session of 1858-'50 entitled an act to amend nn ant pnssod by the general assembly of north carolina at thu ses sion of 1854-'5 to incorporate the town of lo uoir in caldwell county 69 an actio regulate salaries nnd fens nluntil their suseessors are elected nnd qualified and that the next election of clerks shall take place the first thursday in august 1866 and the next election for sheriffs the first thursday in august 186s 2 an act forthe relief of such per sons ns may suffer from the burning of the court house aud records of washings tun â€” extends the same provisions us is extended to the county of hertford and lutitied the 20th december 1s62 2 an act to exempt the raleigh and gaston railroad company from rebuild ing the bridge acn-ss the roanoke at gaston â€” gives the company at a meet in of the stockholders the privilege of accepting or rejecting tho provisions of this act j 4 an act to decrease the


goldsboro in wayne county and for other purposes 9 an act to reorganize the govern ment ot the city and academy of new bern 10 an act to continue in office the provisional commissioners of lincolnton and other towns â€” continues in office the provisional commissioners of linconton salisbury wilmington kin6ton ruther ford ton salem edenton asbcvill ilen dersonville ilillsboro louisburg mil ton and kenausville until their succes sors are elected and qualified 11 an act to authorize the justices of carteret county to levy taxes for the sup port of tho poor and for otlier purposes 12 an act to incorporate the town of newport in the county of carteret â€¢ 13 an act-supplemental to an act en titled an imt for the government of the townof elisabeth city in the county of i'asqutank passed by the general assem bly in 1852 14 an act to attach the county of mitchell to the 8th judicial circuit and for other purposes â€” provides for the holding of tho spring and fall terms of the superior courts in tho following coun ties to wit i'olk county the second monday in march and september ruth erford third monthly in march and sep tember mcdowell the ith monday in march and september tho spring and fall terms of the courts of pleas and quar ter session ns follows polk second mon day in march and september ruther ford third monday in march and hep tomber mcdowell fourth monday in march and september the spring anil fall terms of


company ratified tbo 8th day of february 1862 â€” amended so as to alter the gunge of the rottl 20 an act for the relief of such per sons as may suffer from the destruction of the records and otlier papers of tile several counties of this state and for o titer purposes 21 an net to incorporate salem fe male academy at salem in the couniy of forsythe 22 an net to atithorizo the public treasurer to collect and sell state prop erty â€” requires tho pr.blie treasurer to collect nil money and property of the state not held by some person by his au tliority and to sell such property at btich j time antl place anil on such terms as lie may deem best andplease and quarter aession for cabarrus county authorizes a special term of said court to be held on tho third monday in february 1866 to qualify ami take the bonds ofthe officers cf tho county 20 an act fo legalize the election of mayor and commissioners in the town of morganton 27 an act to incorporate dill wood j cemetery in guilford county 28 an act to amend tho charter of the town of fayetteville 29 an net for the benefit of the lire men of the town of wilmington â€” ex empts the members of the different tire companies from serving as jurors and performing militia duty except in time of actual hostilities ; 30 an act supplemental and amenda tory of an act to reorganize the


corpora tion government of the city and academy of xewberne passed at this session of the general assembly â€” amended by pro viding that the person who receives the largest n umbel of votes for mayor shall be declared duly elected and also coun cilinen 31 an act to extend tho time for reg istering deeds and other conveyances â€” extends the time three years from the passage of the act 32 an act to incorporate the town of company shops iu the county of ala mance 33 an act to amend chapter 101 sec tion 9 of the revised code entitled roads ferries and bridges â€” makes it the duty ofthe overseer ot public roads to summon all white male and free males of color three daysprevious to the day of working where to meet and what tools to carry and for failure to attend impose a line of 2,00 per day for each day 34 an act to incorporate the minis ter's relief society for the eastern bap tist association 35 an net to amend an act of incor poration of the town ot clinton in samp son county 36 an act concerning the north car olina institution for the deaf and dumb and the blind â€” appropriates such sums iis is necessary not exceeding 20,000 for the year 1866 and tho same for 1867 and also appropriates 15,000 for repair ing the building and enclosures and pur chasing 6tieh furniture as is absolutely necessary 37 an act to incorporate enoe lodge of


of auditor of public accounts passed at tho session of tho general assembly hold 1862-'68 and ratified the 20th day of december 1s(12 and for other purposes â€” abolishes the otlico of auditor and requires the comptroller to discharge its duties 42 an act to amend an net passed at tho session of 1850-'51 and amended at the sessions of 1854 i *>.">, and 18b8-'59 entitled an act to incorporate tho tucka segeo and keowec turnpike company â€” authorizes the state agent for the collec tion of cherokeo bonds to subscribe to the main truck road from webstei in jackson county to the south carol inn line instead of its branches until it is completed out of any bonds or money in his hands or that may comoagent or by 6omo person appointed by him in tho election of directors in proportion to the number of shares owned by the state in said company and the stale not to bo called on io pay her stock faster than the stockholders 44 aii act to incorporate richland female academy iu the county of otis low 45 an act to amend an act entitled an act for the hotter regulation of the town of greenville and to increase the powers of the commissioners of said town 4il an act to incorporate transylva nia seminary in transylvania county at or near the town of brevard 47 an act to authorize the clerk of court of pleas and quarter sessions of chowan county to qualify the sheriff elected of


to lhe same and allows her if she dissents from the will the same right of dower as if her husband died intestate 54 au act concerning indhttnent in the courts of oyer and terminer â€” provides that de fendants in all bills of indictment found hut nut disposed of at the several courts of oyei and ter miner shall be held for trial at lhe next term of the superior court of tho county in lhe same manner as though the said bills had been found nt a regular term of the supeiior court 55 an act to authorize tho county court o cumberland to appoint inspectors of naval stores 50 an act lo amend lhe county line of mitch ell county and to annex a partof yancey coun ty to lhe counly of mitchell â€” amended so as to run from the mouth of big rook creek down soe liver to the inuiith of lsiummil's creek and up lhe extreme height ol the ridge that divides the waters of pigeon roost creek and bruins mil's cnek to tbe top of lhe dig ridge to the funner lino of lhe county uf mitchell ami then running with said line lo where it joins the ten liessee line nnd then running with the old line i lo ihe mould of big rock creek so as to leave i all west of the first named line lo the county of yancey 0 an act to incorporate the leaksville male academy in lhe county of rockingham and


know than myself how terrible a struggle is required to free
the spirit from this second nature which tends to stifle the first. The
history of these struggles is the history of our contradictions. God be
thanked, this war--nay, it is more than a war, this convulsion of
mankind--will clear away our doubts, put an end to our hesitations,
compel us to choose.

Marcelle Capy has chosen. The strength of her book is to be found in
this, that through her _Woman's Voice from out the Tumult_ there
breathes the common sense of the French people, which has shaken off the
sophisms of ideology and rhetoric. This free vision, living, thrilling,
never deceived, is sensitive to every hint of suffering or ridicule. For
in the sightless epic which racks the nations of Europe, every type of
experience abounds: great exploitsthe _Relation by Mihail Novikov the Peasant, concerning the Night
of October 21, 1910, spent by him at Yasnaya Polyana_. The date was a
week before Tolstoy fled from his home. We read how Tolstoy conversed at
Yasnaya Polyana with a number of peasants. Among these were two village
lads who had just been called up for military service, and military
service was the topic of discussion. One of the young men, a social
democrat, said that he was going to serve, not throne and altar, but
state and nation. (We see that Tolstoy was fortunate in that he did not
die before making the acquaintance of the "socialist patriots," before
hearing a disquisition on "the art of turning the coat.") Some of the
other peasants protested. Tolstoy enquired what were the limits of the
state, declaring that for


not and
cannot suffice to avert economic pressure, which is an inevitable
outcome of the existing system of society. We have, therefore, to draw
the fatal conclusion that Switzerland is doomed should capitalist
imperialism endure. For Switzerland neither can nor ought to come to
terms with either group of allied powers. To take such a step would be
to pass sentence of death upon herself. "Her existence is inseparably
associated with the victory of the ideas of supra-national solidarity,
of world-wide socialism, world-wide individualism, world-wide
democracy." Grob boldly affirms: "To imperialist immoralism, with the
device, 'Our interest is our right,' we counterpose, 'Right is our
interest.'"

What are the leading tasks of Switzerland?

They are three: the universalisation of socialism; the universalisation
of individualism; the universalisation of democracy.

1. World-wide Socialism.--The germ of this appears in the supra-national
union which is the essential characteristic   *

Paul Husson, _L'Holocauste_ (a collection entitled _Vers et Prose_,
published by F. Lacroix, 19 rue de Tournon, Paris, January 10,
1917).--This is the note book of a soldier from the Ile de France. The
author "went to the front without enthusiasm, detesting war and devoid
of martial ardour. As a soldier he did what all the others did."

p. 19. "In the name of what superior moral principle are these struggles
imposed on us? Is it for the triumph of a race? What remains of the
glory of Alexander's soldiers or of Caesar's? To fight, one must have
faith. A man must have faith that he is fighting in God's cause, in the
cause of some great justice; or else he must love war for its own sake.
But we have no faith; we do


for a coward. That's how it is. Don't you understand?
Heroes are in fashion now. The chic Madame Dill wanted a hero to match
her new hat. Ha, ha! That's why poor Dill had to have his brains
spilled. I must go; you must go; we must all go to die.... The women
look on, plucky, because that's the fashion now...."

He gazed round questioningly.

"Isn't it sad?" he asked softly. Then, in a fury once more, he cried:

"Weren't they humbugging us?... Was I an assassin? Was I a swashbuckler?
Didn't I suit her when I sat at the piano playing? We were expected to
be gentle and considerate! Considerate! And all at once, because the
fashion changed, they wanted us to be murderers. Do you understand?
Murderers!"

Speaking now in a lower tone, he went on plaintively:

"My wifewar are numbered, were it not that the most enthusiastic
disciples of war are shaken in their faith. But Nicolai is ruthless in
attack, and part of his book is a pitiless satire upon all the sophisms
wherewith in our folly we attempt to justify war--the executioner's axe
poised over our heads. These sophisms are: the sophism that war is a
biological means for ensuring the survival of the fittest; the sophism
of defensive war; the sophism of the humanisation of war; the sophism of
the alleged solidarity created by war, the so-called party truce; the
sophism of the fatherland--for the fatherland, in practical application,
becomes the narrowly conceived and artificially constructed political
state; the sophism of race; and so on.

I should have been glad to quote numerous extracts from these ironical
and severely critical passages. Of exceptional interest


right to claim racial purity.[56] Anyone who seeks a true
Teuton to-day had better go to Sweden, the Netherlands, or England.

4. If to the term race we attach a definite biological meaning, we can
hardly say that there is any such thing as a European race.

Patriotism based on race is impossible, and in most cases it is utterly
absurd. There is no such thing as ethnic homogeneity in any extant
nation. The cohesion of contemporary nations does not come down to them
as a heritage of which they can dispose at will. From day to day this
cohesion must be rewon. Unremittingly the members of each nation must
fortify their community of thought, feeling, and will. This is meet and
right. As Renan said, "The existence of a nation should be a daily
plebiscite." In a word,expatriate himself. We know how he
crossed the frontier, "in an aeroplane, two miles above the earth amid
clouds formed by bursting shrapnel."[89] At dawn after Saint John's
night, he saw the distant gleam of the sea of freedom. He reached
Copenhagen. For the last time he addressed himself to the German
government, offering to return upon guarantees that his rights should be
respected, and that he should be reinstated. After eight weeks, he was
declared to be a deserter. A raid was made upon his house in Berlin, and
upon the houses of some of his friends. His goods were sequestrated. A
demand was made for his extradition, upon the charge of stealing an
aeroplane.--Then it was that, resuming freedom of speech, Nicolai wrote
his "Open Letter" to the "Unknown" despot.

       *


Last month Adrien Broner TKO'd Khabib Allakhverdiev in the 12th round to become a four division champion. Now, a month after winning the WBA title, the organization's championship committee along with President Gilberto Jesus Mendoza Jr. has decided to make Broner their "Super Champion," pursuant to WBA Rule C.18 and taking into consideration his record and achievements.

"The appointment of Broner as Super Champion will not unduly burden the other ranked contenders and will permit activity in the division," explained Mendoza. "Pursuant to Broner being named Super Champion, Interim Champion Jose Benavidez shall face Michelle Di Rocco, currently ranked #3 by the WBA, for the title now vacant due to Broner's Super Champion status."

As a result, Broner will eventually have to face the winner of Benevidez-Di Rocco as hisall income earned. His back and posterior then slide down in a long graceful arch from the late '40s through the '70s. This is the period considered the Golden Age of America's middle class, when workers managed to capture a greater share of the pie, standards of living rising accordingly. Back then, our upper strata did just fine, too, enjoying a robust 10 percent of the pot. Then, in the '80s in the Reagan era, the graph starts to climb again. From there, it spikes up and up. This is where the snoozing baron now has his feet comfortably planted atop his magnificent wealth, while the rest of us tread water.

The numbers on the chart show that nationally, America's top earners are now taking in 24 percent of


the income, back to where they were just before their gluttony crashed Wall Street in 1929. But they are pikers compared to New York. Our state's most privileged class holds 35 percent of the dough. Here in the city, the fat cats do even better, with a whopping 44 percent. This is why New York State ranks last in terms of the income gap between rich and poor. And it is why New York City is the most polarized of the nation's 25 biggest urban areas.

"If New York City were a nation," reports James Parrott, economist for the institute, "its level of income concentration would rank 15th worst among 134 countries, between Chile and Honduras. Wall Street," he adds, "with its stratospheric profits and bonuses, sits within 15As much as I love being able to grow facial hair and how my new work attire involves flip-flops, I would go back to cubicle world in a second if it meant I was selling paper products at Dunder Mifflin. Unfortunately, Jenn is more of a McDreamy girl then crazy for Dwight Schrute. She apparently thinks PowerPoint is awesome and hates beets. On Thursday nights, this puts us in quite a predicament as the power of the remote hangs in the balance. The way we work this out is through a thumb-wrestling match where the loser gets relegated to the bedroom while the other relaxes in the living room to watch their show on the big screen.

Tonight I won the battle so I begin to settle in to


predetermined gap is formed between the reaction disk and a pressing portion 120A formed on a front end of the plunger 120. An atmospheric pressure valve 120B is formed on the rear end of the plunger 120. A vacuum valve 130A of a poppet valve 130 is pressed by a return spring 128. An end of a negative pressure passage 132 is open in the vicinity of the vacuum valve 130A of the poppet 130. An atmospheric pressure passage 134 is formed in the vicinity of the atmospheric pressure valve 120B of the plunger 120.
Additionally, a reaction disk 122 comprises a first reaction disk 122A and a second reaction disk 122B. The first reaction disk 122A has a convex shaped cross section and is positioned on the pushmoves from the brake start position to the end of the brake pedal stroke.
Accordingly, when the brake pedal is on the way to the start braking position, that is, when the brake pedal is in an idling range (may be referred to as a first fill range), the lever ratio is small. Thus, the travel of the output member connected to the brake booster is large relative to travel of the brake pedal. This results in a completion of the first fill by a short stroke of the brake pedal. Additionally, since a change in pressing force transmitted to the brake booster per unit stroke is decreased, a fine control of deceleration can be obtained. Especially, when the brake pedal is pressed strongly, a rigid brake operation feel


achieve the above-mentioned objects, there is provided according to one aspect of the present invention a brake apparatus for a vehicle comprising a link mechanism and a power generating unit generating a hydraulic pressure to each wheel of the vehicle, the link mechanism comprising:
a brake pedal including a lever portion having a first end and a second end, a pedal provided on the first end, the lever portion being pivotally supported at a pivot point between the first and second ends;
a pivot link having a first end and second end, the second end of the pivot link connected to a force transmission member connected to the power generating unit, the pivot link being pivotally supported at a pivot point between the first and second ends of the pivotlink; and
a connection link having a first end and a second end, the first end of the connection link connected to the second end of the lever portion of the brake pedal, the second end of the connection link connected to the first end of the pivot link,
wherein travel of the pedal of the brake pedal is transmitted to the force transmission member via the connection link so that a lever ratio of the link mechanism is changed while the pedal travels from an initial position to a stroke end position, the lever ratio defined as a ratio of a rate of change in movement of the pedal to a rate of change in movement of the force transmission member.
According to this invention, when a pressing force is


applied to the brake pedal, the brake pedal pivots about the pivot points. Thus the pressing force is transmitted to the second end of the lever portion in accordance with the lever ratio of the lever portion. The force transmitted to the second end of the lever portion is transmitted to the pivot link via the connection link. The pivot link transmits the force to the force transmitting member by pivoting in accordance with the lever ratio of the pivot link.
The lever ratio of the link mechanism as a whole is determined by a geometrical arrangement of the brake pedal, the connection link and the pivot link. Thus, a desired lever ratio of the link mechanism can be established with a relatively high freedom of design. This providesof braking is not decreased during a strong braking operation.
In one embodiment of the present invention, the increasing means may comprise an elastic reaction disk engaging the push rod and a plunger engaging the operating rod, the reaction disk being pressed by an end of the plunger when the input force is supplied, a space being formed around the end of the plunger, the reaction disk protruding into the space when the reaction disk is pressed by the end of the plunger.
Accordingly, a part of the force transmitted from the operating rod to the push rod via the plunger and the reaction disk is absorbed by an elastic deformation of the reaction disk permitted in the space formed around the end of the plunger. The force is directly


increasing relationship relative to the deceleration of the vehicle. This provides for an improved brake feel.
In one embodiment, the link mechanism may comprise:
a brake pedal including a lever portion having a first end and a second end, a pedal provided on the first end, the lever portion being pivotally supported at a pivot point between the first and second ends;
a pivot link having a first end and second end, the second end of the pivot link connected to a force transmission member connected to the power generating unit, the pivot link being pivotally supported at a pivot point between the first and second ends of the pivot link; and
a connection link having a first end and a second end, the first end of the connection link connected tothe second end of the lever portion of the brake pedal, the second end of the connection link connected to the first end of the pivot link,
wherein travel of the pedal of the brake pedal is transmitted to the force transmission member via the connection link so that a lever ratio of the link mechanism is changed while the pedal travels from an initial position to a stroke end position, the lever ratio defined as a ratio of a rate of change in movement of the pedal to a rate of change in movement of the force transmission member, and
the brake booster may comprise:
an operating rod connected to the link mechanism so that the input force is input from the link mechanism;
a push rod connected to the power


generating unit to output the output force to the power generating unit, the output force being generated by increasing the input force: and
an elastic reaction disk engaging the push rod and a plunger engaging the operating rod, the reaction disk being pressed by an end of the plunger when the input force is supplied, a space being formed around the end of the plunger, the reaction disk protruding into the space when the reaction disk is pressed by the end of the plunger, the space being formed by a recess having a bottom surface with a taper toward the plunger.
In another embodiment, the link mechanism may comprise:
a brake pedal including a lever portion having a first end and a second end, a pedal provided on the first end,the lever portion being pivotally supported at a pivot point between the first and second ends;
a pivot link having a first end and second end, the second end of the pivot link connected to a force transmission member connected to the power generating unit, the pivot link being pivotally supported at a pivot point between the first and second ends of the pivot link; and
a roller rotatably supported at the first end of the pivot link, the roller engaging a surface of the lever portion of the brake pedal between the second end and the pivot point of the brake pedal,
wherein travel of the pedal of the brake pedal is transmitted to the force transmission member via the roller and the pivot link so that a lever ratio


force is supplied, a space being formed around the end of the plunger, the reaction disk protruding into the space when the reaction disk is pressed by the end of the plunger, the space being formed by a recess having a bottom surface with a taper toward the plunger, the end of the plunger having a tapered surface.
In this embodiment, a desired servo ratio can be obtained by appropriately changing a taper angle of the end of the plunger.
Other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.save money, IndyCar is also reducing the number of test days.
Preseason testing is therefore cut from six days to two, and engine manufacturers are being held to two such tests before the first race in St. Petersburg, Florida, on March 24. Another measure being taken is the cutting in half of tire allotments for these tests.

Teams have been unhappy with the running costs of the new car that was introduced at the start of the 2012 season, claiming their running costs jumped by a much as 40 percent in the first year.


Joseph Brady (1828–1908) was an Irish born, civil engineer active in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria, Australia, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, undertaking works on railways, water supplies and ports. Among his more important works were the Coliban Water Supply for Bendigo, and Melbourne Port improvements.[1]

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Joseph Brady was born on 18 August 1828 near Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland. He worked on the English Tithe Commutation Survey in 1842-44 working with his father where he gained skills in field surveying and draftsmanship. He then became an assistant engineer to Charles B. Vignoles on railway surveys in Lincolnshire and Kent as well as working on the Skipton, Sedbergh and Lancaster railway.[2]

Bradley migrated in 1850 aboard the Argyle to Sydney, Australia where he became a draftsman withthe newly formed Sydney Railway Company,[2] and then advanced to the position of assistant engineer on 24 July 1851, undertaking surveys and supervising construction for the company's Sydney and Parramatta Railway. He also took charge of surveys and construction of the Sydney - Mittagong line which served the newly opened iron ore mines. He acted as chief engineer, but shortly after a new chief was appointed in 1857, he resigned and returned to Victoria.[1]

In Victoria, Brady became engineer with Edward N. Emmett's Bendigo Water Works Company, for whom he designed and constructed the original town reservoir and reticulation services between 1858 and 1863. After a break on railway projects he won the Victorian government prize of £500 for the best scheme to supply water to the Bendigo and


Mount Alexander goldfields. By 23 December 1858 he had completed surveys and drafted plans for eight reservoirs and a system of connecting aqueducts.[3] Brady returned to the Bendigo waterworks in 1871 to construct an additional reservoir, settling ponds and extend reticulation. In 1873 country water supplies were taken over by the Victorian government Water Supply Department under chief engineer, George Gordon (engineer) who appointed Brady as engineer for the Bendigo district of the Goulburn River supply.[1]

Railway work followed for contractors Cornish & Bruce including the section of the Bendigo Railway between Woodend and Castlemaine, which had the heaviest earthworks on the line. In 1869-71 he moved to the first section of the north-eastern railway line from Melbourne to Seymour for O'Grady, Legatt & Noonan. This work included alarge plate girder bridge over the Goulburn River.[2]

In between these posts, Brady traveled to Queensland to provide advice and designs for the navigational improvements on the Brisbane and Bremer Rivers between Brisbane and Ipswich in 1864 involving much submarine blasting. He took on a position as Engineer of Harbours and Rivers to the Brisbane Board of Water Works, on 21 January 1865, as well as working for the Enoggera Water Works, designing and constructing a reservoir, gravitational works and reticulation systems for the City of Brisbane in around 1865-1867. He produced reports on the Bremer River railway bridge, and on 3 August 1867 accepted a role to manage construction on the Western railway line from Brisbane to Dalby which continued to about 1869. His salary of £600 and


monthly bonus of £25 were substantial for the time.[1]

When the Melbourne Harbour Trust was formed in 1877, Brady was one of the first applicants for the position of Chief Engineer. His previous success with railway and water projects appears to have impressed the commissioners, and so he won the position.[2] While the Trust engaged Sir John Coode to provide advice and designs on the harbour improvements, Bradey was able to convince the scommissioners to accept his modification resulting in consuiderable efficiencies and cost savings. these involved using Australian hardwood timber piled wharfs instead of Coode's masonry, and excavating a single large basin for what became Victoria Dock rather than several small docks. As a result, Melbourne gained one of the largest single excavated dock basins in the World,which put the Harbour Trust in good stead for the next 80 years.

Brady was in charge of works amounting to around £3,500,000, only about half of which was part of Coode's plans. He resigned in 1891 and was awarded a hororarium of £1500 for his service. He then continued as a private consultant and arbitrator on engineering disputes until his retirement in 1894.[1]

Brady married Adelaide Sarah Keck, (the daughter of Henry Keck, the governor of Darlinghurst gaol), at St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, on 14 February 1854. they had seven surviving children. The eldest son, Lyndon Francis, moved to Western Australia where he was a pioneer of the timber business as manager with the Millar Karri and Jarrah Co. Georgina was the only daughter to marry, her husband, Edward


and of producing and distributing indecent images of children.

Although he was sentenced to four years he will serve three under provisions made in Romanian law and will be released in October 2019, taking into account the time already served.

James Mullen, a detective chief inspector with the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), said: “A four-year prison sentence is no compensation for the loss of Ronan Hughes, a young man who had his whole life ahead of him. However, there can be no doubt that the sentence means others will be spared the pain and loss experienced by the Hughes family at the hands of Enache.”

He said it had been a complex and protracted investigation over two years involving Romanian police, the PSNI, Europol and the National Crime AgencyThrough the means of an Opposition Day Debate, Labour are today outlining how they’d deal with tax avoidance in the first couple of months of government.

The party will point out that following information passed on to HMRC in 2010 that HSBC were helping client to avoid taxes, only one person out of 1,100 who avoided or evaded tax will be prosecuted.

They’ll also call on David Cameron and former HSBC boss, Stephen Green, who went on to become Trade Minister, to make statements about the latter’s role at HSBC and his time as a minister.

Labour will outline key measures to deal with tax avoidance, which will be included in their first Finance Bill if they’re elected in May. Among them are:

Introduce penalties for those who are caught by the


This invention relates to rotary dryer drums, and in particular to a rotary dryer drum in which the drum may radially expand and in which heat transfer to the wheels and bearings of the drum is reduced.
Rotary drum dryers are used to dry a variety of products and to thermally treat foundry sand. When heating the products or sand, the heat from the product or sand is transferred to the drum, causing the drum to heat up and expand. Typically, the rotary drum is mounted on a base and includes wheels and bearings which allow to the drum to rotate on the base. When the drum does heat up, such heat is transmitted to the wheels and bearings. Such heat can be detrimental to the wheels and bearings.
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Arcueil is part of Paris, the national capital of France. Around 2,100,000 call Paris home. Arcueil is just 4 miles (6 kilometers) from the heart of Paris. The closest airport, Orly Airport, is 5 miles (8 kilometers) to the south.

Arcueil is the perfect place to stay while you are exploring Paris as a large number of the area’s star attractions are within easy reach. The Paris Expo Porte de Versailles and the Rungis International Market are two of the popular places to discover here. Two other recommended attractions that are within a short distance of Arcueil are Aquaboulevard and the Andre Citroen Park.

Paris is known as the home of the Eiffel Tower. This iconic landmark is 3 miles (5 kilometers) from the center of the


such as the Luxembourg Gardens, the Place de la Bastille and the Jardin des Plantes. See some sacred places such as the Notre Dame Cathedral. Relax in the calm atmosphere and gain a deeper understanding of the religious history of the area.

Treat yourself to a new outfit, stock up on food or just window shop at nearby shopping hotspots like the Le Bon Marche, Bercy Village and the Bazar de l'Hotel de Ville.

Come see popular sporting heroes, the Paris-Levallois Basket, do battle in the nearby Pierre de Coubertin Stadium. On weekends the stadium overflows with blue and white, as basketball fans join together to cheer on their beloved team.

When it’s time to rest your weary head after checking out the many charms of Arcueil, check in to oneStation Peak, but held this for only a short time.

On 1 June 1836 the leading settlers of Port Phillip held the first public meeting at the township and by popular decision appointed Simpson as arbitrator in all disputes, except in matters relating to land with power to impose and collect fines.

In April 1837 Simpson was officially made a magistrate by William Lonsdale and later police magistrate of Melbourne a position he held for a year.

A succession of official positions followed: Chairman of the market commissioners (1841), warden of the district council of Bourke (1843), temporary sub-treasurer (1846), commissioner of Crown lands (1849), sheriff (1851). At the same time Simpson was in the forefront of the business and cultural life of the Melbourne community. He was vice-president of


The police complaint commissioner of B.C. has ordered an investigation into the conduct of one or more members of the Vancouver Police Department during an anti-pipeline protest on May 22.

The alleged incident took place outside a Liberal fundraiser at Vancouver's Opus Hotel, where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was speaking.

In a statement, the police complaint commissioner says a video recorded during the anti-pipeline protest outside shows a woman approaching a man standing next to a uniformed police officer.

It says she appears to step forward and then falls to the ground after making contact with one of the men.

Following the video and reports in the media, commissioner Clayton Pecknold determined it was in the public interest to disclose that he has ordered an investigation into the alleged incident to determineinto "pro-democracy" wars.

"War is peace" double-speak has become commonplace these days. And, the more astute foreign policy journalists and commentators are beginning to realize the extent of how "liberal interventionists" work in sync with neocon warhawks to produce and sustain a perpetual state of U.S. war.

More and more "peace and social justice" groups are even being twisted into "democracy promotion," U.S. militarism style. But rarely do we get a window to see as clearly into how this Orwellian transformation occurs as with the "Committee in Solidarity with the People of Syria" (CISPOS) based in Minnesota's Twin Cities, a spin-off of "Friends for a Nonviolent World" (FNVW), steering its Quaker-inspired founding in nonviolence to promote speakers and essayists with strong ties to the violent uprising to topple the Syrian


sponsoring speakers who justified and advocated "in favor of the NATO bombing of Libya.")

Often Syrian "experts" speaking to peace groups, such as FNVW/CISPOS's upcoming speaker, Mohja Kahf, have ties to the early destabilization of Syria. This American Prospect article documents how Najib Ghadbian, Kahf's husband of over 20 years (apparently up to last year when they divorced) was one of the Syrian dissidents who attended the early 2006 meeting with Liz Cheney (then-Vice President Dick Cheney's daughter), along with other Syrian dissidents to plan how to destabilize Syria and topple its government. Like some Syrian version of Ahmed Chalabi, the neocons' choice to run post-invasion Iraq, Kahf's husband apparently got himself invited to Liz Cheney's "Iran-Syria Operations Group" by having signed the "Damascus Declaration" in 2005, the yearbefore.

When Najib and Mohja sat down for a long 2011 interview with The Arkansas Traveler, they discussed their involvement with the Syrian Revolution, even joking about Ghadbian becoming the next Prime Minister. Kahf and Ghadbian reportedly divorced in 2013 but when CISPOS-FNVW first published her long essays, they were still appearing together at Syrian revolutionary meetings and speaking forums. Additionally, CISPOS's latest handout (December 2014) lists Ghadbian's organization, www.etilaf.us (The National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary Forces) as a resource "For More Information on Syria and How to Help."

Resources for information on Syria often come from "citizen journalists" with deep ties to neocons and U.S. government sources. From the State Department's website, the $330 million in support for the Syrian opposition includes training for networks of citizen journalists, bloggers


and cyber-activists to support their documentation and dissemination of information on developments in Syria.

Syrian dissidents received funding from the Los Angeles-based Democracy Council, which ran a Syria-related program called the "Civil Society Strengthening Initiative" funded with $6.3 million from the State Department. The program is described as "a discrete collaborative effort between the Democracy Council and local partners" to produce, among other things, "various broadcast concepts."

James Prince, the founder and President of the Democracy Council, is also an adviser to CyberDissidents.org, a project created in 2008 by the Jerusalem-based Adelson Institute for Strategic Studies, founded and funded by Sheldon Adelson, a patron and confidant of Benjamin Netanyahu.

Other resources include postings on social media and alternative websites with sensational stories such as the anti-Assad activist "Gay Girl in Damascus"In clearing up a reported $8.5 million in cap space with a seven-player trade on Thursday, the Chicago Blackhawks appeared to position themselves to add firepower to their veteran roster.

According to a couple of reports, that's exactly what they're doing.

First, The Fourth Period's David Pagnotta tweeted shortly after the trade that the team has "been in talks" with both the Montreal Canadiens about Max Pacioretty and the Carolina Hurricanes about Jeff Skinner. According to Pagnotta, with the trade complete, it's "possible these talks pick up steam now."

A little later, 670 The Score AM in Chicago's Jay Zawaski confirmed the club has discussed Skinner, but added, "this particular source had not heard the same about Pacioretty."

Earlier in the week, The Athletic's Marc Antoine Godin reported that Canadiens general manager


Marc Bergevin told Pacioretty, "there will be no contract negotiation and that his intention is to trade Pacioretty as soon as possible."

The Blackhawks on Thursday traded stalwart forward Marian Hossa, forward Vinnie Hinostroza, defenseman Jordan Oesterle and a third-round pick in the 2019 NHL Draft to the Arizona Coyotes. In return, forward Marcus Kruger -- a two-time Stanley Cup champion with the Hawks -- is returning to Chicago, along with forward MacKenzie Entwistle, minor league center Jordan Maletta, minor league defenseman Andrew Campbell and a fifth-round pick in 2019.

The Blackhawks now have more than $10 million they can use to sign the three or four players they need to fill out their roster, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

Hossa spent 19 years in the NHL. Over his career, hescored 525 goals and posted 609 assists with the Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, Pittsburgh Penguins, Atlanta Thrashers and Ottawa Senators. He had 186 goals and 229 assists in his eight seasons in Chicago.

Pacioretty, 29, has 226 goals and 222 assists in his 10-year career, all in Montreal. He has scored at least 30 goals five times, including a career-high 39 in 2013-14. Last season, however, he scored just 17 goals and had a career-worst minus-16 in 64 games. He has one season that carries a $4.5 million cap hit left on his contract.

Skinner, 26, is also coming off of a down season. Though he played in all 82 games, he scored 24 goals (his fewest since 2014-15) and registered a minus-27, worst of his career and in the


Nothing befitted US President Donald Trump more than his first real national security scare.

The urgent consultation with Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe, about a provocative North Korean missile launch, was played out by candlelight, then cellphone lights, against a backdrop of hotel muzak, high-paying guests and low-paid waiters.

One of the guests, retired investor Richard deAgazio, posted pictures of the bizarre scene on his Facebook page showing aides clustered around the two men on the dining terrace of Trump’s Palm Beach country club, Mar-a-Lago.

The North Korean regime puts a lot of thought into the timings of their missile launches. News of the test launch came as the leaders of the US and Japan, two of its greatest enemies, were about to start their first course. The piled iceberg lettuceby the Trump organisation, for government business raises a wide array of ethical and national security issues, and the Japanese prime minister’s visit vividly illustrated most of them.

Mar-a-Lago member who pays Trump hundreds of thousands of dollars posts pics of - and identifies - US official carrying nuclear football. pic.twitter.com/oyAfY0E9Fj

The same guest and Facebook member who had snapped Trump and Abe receiving the missile news also took a selfie with the presidential military aide carrying the “football”, the black leather satchel carrying the codes, manuals and equipment that are all that Trump needs to order a nuclear weapon launch.

The aide and football have often been photographed in the presidential retinue. But a smiling selfie with a member of the public is a first.

“It’s unheard of. These people operate


US$12.74 an hour, according to the Palm Beach Post. There is no mention of vetting.

According to the CNN account, the staff “cleared the wedge salads and brought along the main course as Trump and Abe continued consulting with aides”.

The heavy irony hanging over the staging as a bilateral emergency security consultation with a close ally as a reality event for paying clientele, is that Trump made Hillary Clinton’s security practices the dominant negative theme of his election campaign. Repeatedly he accused his opponent as “jeopardising the national security of the American people” by maintaining a private email server through which some classified material flowed.

Under the Trump presidency, however, operational security has taken a backseat. He has held on to his insecure Android phone, from which he tweeted whenhe was about to sit down with Abe.

At all times during their huddle over the missile launch, the two leaders were surrounded by aides and guests brandishing their own mobile phones, each one of which, it has been known since Edward Snowden’s revelations about NSA surveillance, can be used as an unwitting conduit for electronic eavesdropping by the world’s intelligence agencies.

Smith said it was up to Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Flynn, to press better security precautions on his boss, but Flynn is under a cloud of his own, having been caught by US intelligence agencies talking to the Russian ambassador to Washington in December, reportedly about the sanctions the Obama administration was about to impose on Moscow.


benches, where there was a complicated setup of exotic glassware, and began explaining how he was separating out the RNA and the capsid proteins from the Ebola virus.

Marissa's mind wandered. What she really wanted to see was where they stored the Ebola. She eyed the bolted insulated door. If she had to guess, she'd guess someplace in there. As soon as Tad paused, she asked if he would show her where they kept it.

He hesitated for a moment. "Over there," he said, pointing toward the insulated door.

"Can I see?" asked Marissa.

Tad shrugged. Then he motioned for her to follow him. He waddled over to the side of the room and pointed out an appliance next to one of the tissue-culture incubators. He wasn't pointing at the insulated door.

"Inlooking through the windows."

"How the hell did she find out about the lab?"

"I don't know and I don't care," said Heberling. "The fact of the matter is that she was here, and I'm coming into town to see you. This can't go on. Something has to be done about her."

"No! Don't come here," said Jackson frantically. "I'll come there."

"All right," said Heberling. "But it has to be today."

"I'll be there around five," said Jackson, slamming down the receiver.

Marissa decided to stop in Grayson for lunch. She was hungry, and maybe someone would tell her something about the lab. She stopped in front of the drugstore, went in and sat down at the old-fashioned soda fountain. She ordered a hamburger, which came on a freshly toasted roll with a


other barrels with exaggerated bluster, Wheeler proceeded to identify numerous barrels of "his" flour, "his" wheat, and "his" rye.

"Well," replied the officer rather glumly, "we do not injure private property," and with that he and his men withdrew, leaving the cache untouched.

Ephraim Jones doubled as a tavern keeper and the town jailer, but he had also been given custody of important papers from the provincial treasurer. Jones was initially taken prisoner and detained by a guard of five men with fixed bayonets, but after a short while they decided that he could be of better service if he opened his tavern and set up a round of drinks, which he did. But before they partook, the soldiers entered his house to search for rebel supplies. As the regularsday—thanks in part to some well-placed whispers by Wilkes—most informed citizens knew of the contest at Lexington and Concord and had been introduced to the rebel version of events.

Lord Dartmouth may have heard the news in some earlier fashion, but it is certain that Thomas Hutchinson, the ex-governor of Massachusetts so despised by Samuel Adams, carried the information to Dartmouth sometime on May 29. Having been effectively run out of Massachusetts for what many considered double-dealing, Hutchinson was nonetheless a darling of George III's inner circle and an unofficial adviser on North American affairs. Given Hutchinson's haughty personality and his unsuccessful tenure in Massachusetts, he was undoubtedly a poor choice for this role, but his presence was indicative of the less-than-balanced advice the king was receiving.

Hutchinson confided to


( _Boston Globe_ , July 20, 2009). Losing his first ship did not affect the career of young Thomas Graves. He went on to become an admiral and serve as Nelson's second in command at the Battle of Copenhagen.

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15. "James Lyons, Chairman of the Machias Committee, to the Massachusetts Provincial Congress," June 14, 1775, _NDAR_ , 1:676.

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20. South Carolina and Georgia had their own "Lexington of the Seas" some weeks later. After hearing news ofits fair share of triumphs and failures.

CNN Philippines's chief correspondent Pia Hontiveros with President Noynoy Aquino. Photo by JL JAVIER

On a humid Friday afternoon, his itinerary involves two road inaugurations: the NAIA Expressway Phase II and the CAVITEX road that will connect C5 to the southern arteries of the city. Along the way, news of the aforementioned call for alliances break. But despite the political tension surrounding the last several campaign days before the elections, he appears calm throughout his interview with CNN Philippines’s chief correspondent, Pia Hontiveros.

He talks about some examples of the products of all “the hard work,” as he puts it, that his administration has put in: a cold storage plant, a rice-making facility, and a new fish port in Camarines Sur; a pumping station


to address flooding in Legazpi City, part of the recently inaugurated P380 million’s worth of infrastructure improvements in the area; and the two aforementioned road projects.

President Aquino at a holding room during the groundbreaking of the C5 Cavitex South Link. Photo by JL JAVIER

But for him, the biggest shift is the change in attitude of the people from being powerless to being empowered and being able to affect the future. It is his legacy that he is proudest of. As another example, he cites the apparent decline of brain drain in the country. “Now, I think in one of the broadsheets, two or three days ago, they had a story above the fold to talk about the preference of finding jobs in the country that are comparable orneck of the hollow body, that is to say a nozzle having a blow-molding tube of which the free end, usually termed the “nozzle orifice” is able to collaborate sealingly with the mouth of the neck. In general, the nozzle orifice has a frustoconical external shape and the diameter at the base of the cone frustum is smaller than that of the opening of the neck thus allowing the blow-molding tube of the nozzle to be introduced into the neck. Because of the increase in diameter of the frustoconical section, contact is made between the cone frustum and the interior peripheral edge of the mouth of the neck of the preform, thus establishing sealed contact between the neck and the nozzle during the blowing operation. Alternatively, the end


In relation to last weeks controversy and protests surrounding the police fatally shooting Michael Brown, Saturday MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry made the argument that black men in America are still being treated as they were when slavery was still legal in large sections of the United States of America.

Harris-Perry referenced the infamous Supreme Court decision from 1857 when Dred Scott, a slave living in St. Louis, MO unsuccessfully sued for his and his families freedom.

Harris-Perry said, “Ferguson is just outside St. Louis, MO, the place where, as historian Kelly reminded us this week, Dred Scott sued for his freedom on the grounds that he and his wife had for three years, had for many years lived in a free state. This case eventually went to the Supreme Court andVideo: Cindy Anthony on her 911 calls

Word association: you hear "Orlando" and images explode of castles and rides, Mickey and Minnie, leaping orcas and slack-jawed children dazed with the wonder of it all. It's not much of an overstatement to say that the Orlando economy is all about making kids deliriously happy.

But for millions of TV viewers, since last summer there's one Orlando child, in particular, who's been a reminder that the flipside of children's happiest dreams can be the darkest of nightmares.

By now, you've seen their faces everywhere: Caylee Marie Anthony, the missing two-year-old girl, and her 22-year-old mother Casey. But tonight the question— where is Caylee? – may have been answered in the most unhappy way.

Thursday morning a meter reader for a local utility came upon


because there's that chance that I might not see Caylee again and I don't want to think about that.

So let’s begin here: a quiet, middle-class neighborhood of Orlando, where George Anthony, a former sheriff's deputy now in the security business, and his wife, Cindy, a registered nurse, raised their son, lee, and daughter, Casey.

CindyAnthony: Casey was always a good student. She was always the mom of the crowd. Always took care of everybody and they still call her Mom -- her friends.

After high school, Casey got a job working at the Universal Studios theme park, which is, incidentally, owned by this program's parent company NBC Universal. It was there Casey met a young guy named Jesse Grund.

Jesse Grund: It was kind of the love at first sight typeof thing.

Jesse and Casey started dating in January 2005, and their relationship blossomed, though it did come as something of a shock to Jesse when Casey told him six months later that she was pregnant, and that he was the father.

Jesse: My exact words to her were, "I'm not ready to be a parent, and you're not ready to be a parent. Let's give the child up to someone, some family who can't have kids, who is ready to be parents." And she said, "No, I'm not gonna carry this child around for nine months, and give birth to it, and then give it up to somebody else. This is my child."

On August 9th, 2005 little Caylee Marie Anthony was born. Her birth certificate never listed a father


-- a paternity test showed that it wasn't Jesse, the boyfriend. It didn't matter. Jesse was as smitten with the baby girl, as he'd been with her mother. Jesse proposed and Casey said “yes.”

Jesse: She was crying. And it was probably one of the happiest moments of my life.

But five months later, Casey -- who was still living with her parents -- broke off the engagement. She told Jesse she was happier on her own. And she did indeed seem happy. She took to motherhood with apparent joy.

And her parents couldn't have been more supportive. To them, Caylee's arrival seemed like a gift from heaven.

Cindy: Oh, absolutely. I mean, she lights the room and she controls the house.

All of which makes the events of last Father's Day weekend,when Caylee Anthony suddenly disappeared -- that much more of a mystery.

That Sunday, June 15th, grandmother Cindy took Caylee to visit her great grandfather in his nursing home. This home video, taken during that visit -- contains the last confirmed pictures we have of Caylee.

Cindy: We spent a wonderful day together, and then Casey came home and we had a great evening that evening.

The next morning, Monday, George remembered seeing Casey and Caylee at home before he left for work.

George: I was still home in the morning getting ready to go do my job, you know, later that afternoon.

Dennis Murphy: She's not coming to her bedroom and the child is gone and...

Cindy: Right, and you know, she had an explanation every day where she was. And a reasonable


explanation.

But four weeks later, she was still a no-show when on July 15th, George received notice that their car -- the white Sunfire Casey had been driving -- had been towed. She'd abandoned the vehicle two weeks earlier, in the parking lot of a check cashing business.

Orlando Sentinel Reporter Bianca Prieto: That's when it's like, "Oh my gosh, Casey's car's been towed. What's going on?" And so, they go to pick it up. They get there and they say there's this overwhelming stench just coming from the car. You're three feet away and you can smell it.

George, the former sheriff's deputy, later told investigators that he knew the odor well.

George: It smelled, uh, like a decomposed body. I'm being very straight with you guys. I've got a sicksmells like there's been a dead body in the damn car.

Dennis Murphy: That's a very alarming bit of information for a 911 dispatcher.

Ron Stucker: That is.

Ron Stucker is chief of criminal investigations at the Orange County sheriff's office.

Dennis Murphy: Deputies arrive at the house and say, "What do you have here?"

Ron Stucker: What they find out is they're getting really mixed stories and conflicting information.

The story investigators got from Casey is that one month before, she'd dropped Caylee off with her baby-sitter -- Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez -- before heading to work at Universal Studios. When she returned to pick Caylee up, no one was home.

Bianca Prieto: No, she doesn't call anybody. She says that she sits there for a few hours on the steps waiting, and then decides to


employee entrance at Universal Studios, telling the security guard she'd lost her ID.

Ron Stucker: And we said, "Well, go ahead and let her in. Let's just go walk down to her office." She walked with the detectives down a hallway and just walked down looking in offices and --

DennisMurphy: You got a breakthrough moment at that point, didn't you, Chief?

Ron Stucker: She reached the end of the hallway and she turned around. And when she ran out room -- and she said, "I'm lying to you. I don't work here."

She had once... But not for years. During a recorded conversation in a conference room at the theme park, casey broke down and confessed that she had been lying.

Police: Okay, so you purposely misled us. This was all anme a favor, just tell me what Tony's number is. I don't want to talk to you right now. Forget it.

One of Casey's friends got on the line, hoping she could get through to Casey.

RonStucker: She's expressing absolutely no concern for the location of her child.

Dennis Murphy: Behavior of a frantic, anxious mom?

Ron Stucker: Absolutely not. Absolutely not.

That apparent lack of concern was noteworthy because as investigators began to interview Casey's friends and family, they started to piece together a jarring picture of what Casey was up to in those 30 days since Caylee went missing -- the image they got was not one of a concerned mother.

Ron Stucker: She goes and gets a new tattoo which says "Bella Vita," which means "beautiful life." She is text messaging


and emailing her friends, setting up appointments do to things. And in none of those does she ever express concern about her child that is allegedly missing.

In fact, on that first evening after her daughter had disappeared -- June 16 -- Casey was spotted at a blockbuster video store, browsing for movies with a boyfriend, Anthony Lazzaro. He later told investigators that Casey never once mentioned anything about Caylee going missing.

Detective: No phone calls from babysitters?

Anthony Lazzaro: Nope. Like I said before, every time she'd talk on the phone she was pretty, not secretive about it, but you know.

Detective: Any conversation about her child at all?

Anthony Lazzaro: No.

Within hours of Casey's arrest on July 16, the story had gone national. And photos began to surface on the web,in July. She told police that during that time, Casey stole a checkbook out of her glove compartment.

DennisMurphy: Her friend's checkbook?

BiancaPrieto: One of her best friends. The girl she had been spending all summer with.

Dennis Murphy: And she goes and has a shop-up on her friend.

BiancaPrieto: Right. You know, she goes to Target, buys a bunch of stuff. It's interesting. The shirt that she's wearing, with the blue hoodie with the number on the front that she's wearing when she's arrested, bought with Amy's money.

Now along with child neglect and lying to investigators, authorities were looking into possible charges of check fraud. But back to their missing child investigation.

Investigators interviewed the Anthony's next door neighbor, who remembered that sometime between June 17-20 -- just a couple days after


George and Cindy - were growing frustrated. The police, they believed, had given up on looking for their granddaughter, Caylee, and were intent on implicating their daughter, Casey, for murder. But public sentiment was turning against them.

BiancaPrieto: I mean, the protesters are egging them on.

Dennis Murphy: So, people have gathered to taunt the family?

BiancaPrieto: People have gathered. Yes. All hours of the night.// There was one woman who brought her little child out there, and a baby, two years old, is holding a sign that said, "Why would you wanna kill a child like me?"

One month after Caylee had gone missing, the besieged Anthonys got a boost from an unlikely source: a black-hatted, black-dudded bounty hunter from out west, named Leonard Padilla.

Padilla, a reality show veteran, made apublic announcement about bailing casey out, and getting the real story out of her.

LeonardPadilla: I believe she's still alive. I believe she still can be found.

After five weeks in jail, Casey returned home. But just a few days later...

LeonardPadilla: I think she is a self-centered egotistical little spoiled brat.

It turns out, the bounty hunter got the same story from Casey that she'd given police, with some slight variations...

LeonardPadilla: She says, "Zenaida held me down. Samanatha, her sister, grabbed the baby put her in the car with the kids. Zenaida handed me a list. It's got 30 days instructions on what to tell the people."

DennisMurphy: Let's call it your baloney detector. Is it going off?

LeonardPadilla: Yeah.

DennisMurphy: And you called her on it at that point?

LeonardPadilla: Yeah. She says, "Get


outta my house. You're not gonna talk to me like a cop. Get outta here."

Anchor: Busted again. Casey Anthony is back in jail tonight just a few hours ago, deputies descending on her parent's home and rearresting her, as the crowd as you can hear outside that home cheered."

But Padilla didn't have to wait too long to get his bail money back. A week after getting out of jail on her original child endangerment charges, Casey Anthony was arrested again -- this time for fraud -- those checks she had allegedly stolen from her friend's car.

Within hours though, the check fraud charges would become old news, as the orange county sheriff's office revealed the preliminary findings of its forensic investigation into what happened to Caylee.

Orange County Sheriff's Office,can be taken away. Everyone lies. Everyone dies. Life will never be easy." There was also this eerie cartoon.

Dennis Murphy: What are you putting together about her?

BiancaPrieto: We don't know who this girl is. One thing that was very interesting, when we were trying to piece together a profile about her, is no one would talk.

Dennis Murphy: The best friends had clammed up?

BiancaPrieto: Yeah. No one. Friends wouldn't talk. The only people that were speaking on her behalf were George, Cindy, and Lee.

Her family was still standing by her, even after the flood of forensic evidence. On September 4, an anonymous donor once again posted bond on Casey Anthony. Hounded by protesters and media alike, she returned home to her parents.

People shouting: Casey, where's Caylee? Casey, did you


skull of -- that we believe is human.

911: what's the location?

Caller2: it's right off of suburban and Chickasaw in the Caylee Anthony area.

The call came after a meter reader for the water utility stumbled upon human remains in a patch of woods, just a quarter-mile from the Anthony home. He reported back to his office which then called 911.

Local reporter: You can see this is only a few blocks north of where the grandmother and Casey Anthony, the mother of missing Caylee Anthony, where they live at.

The remains, which authorities identified as those of a young child--gender undetermined--,were found inside a sealed plastic bag. When the meter reader picked up the bag, a skull rolled out. Neighbors who saw the remains say that duct tape was wrapped aroundOrganisms employ multiple conserved pathways to repair different types of DNA lesions. One important pathway is transcription coupled repair (TCR), which is responsible for rapid repair in the transcribed strand of an active gene. Defective TCR gives rise to the severe human disorder Cockayne's syndrome, and possibly other as yet unidentified diseases. Rpb9, a nonessential subunit of RNA polymerase II (Pol II), was recently found to mediate a TCR subpathway, which is superimposed on the Rad26 mediated TCR subpathway in Pol II transcribed genes. Rpb4, another nonessential subunit of Pol II, may play a dual role in regulating the two TCR subpathways, suppressing the Rpb9 mediated TCR and facilitating the Rad26 mediated TCR. The domains and critical residues of Rpb9 required for mediating TCR will be mapped by


China builds world's most powerful computer Published duration 20 June 2016

image copyright Jack Dongarra, Sunway TaihuLight System report

A new supercomputer from China has topped the latest list of the world's most powerful machines.

The 93 petaflop Sunway TaihuLight is installed at the National Supercomputing Centre in Wuxi.

At its peak, the computer can perform around 93,000 trillion calculations per second.

It is twice as fast and three times as efficient as the previous leader Tianhe-2, also from China, said Top500 which released the new list on Monday.

Its main applications include advanced manufacturing, weather forecasting and big data analytics, wrote Jack Dongarra in a paper about the new machine.

It has more than 10.5 million locally-made processing cores and 40,960 nodes and runs on a Linux-based operating system.

For the first time since thelist began, China has overtaken the US with 167 computers in the top 500 while the US has 165.

"Considering that just 10 years ago, China claimed a mere 28 systems on the list, with none ranked in the top 30, the nation has come further and faster than any other country in the history of supercomputing," said Top500.

The US has four supercomputers in the top 10 of the Top500 list, while China has two which currently occupy the top two places.

The other positions in the top 10, published twice a year, are occupied by machines from Japan, Switzerland, Germany and Saudi Arabia.

"As a computer scientist it's difficult writing software that can take advantage of and control large numbers of computer cores," said Professor Les Carr from the University


The report from the legal and constitutional affairs references committee determined that a referendum on marriage was a "redundant" path and that marriage ought not be decided on by a popular vote.

The decision is in direct opposition to the government's policy on marriage equality, which is to have a "people's vote" on the matter after the next election.

The senate committee, chaired by independent senator Glenn Lazarus, recommended that a same-sex marriage bill be introduced into the parliament "as a matter of urgency" and that all members ought to have a free vote on the matter.

Greens senator Janet Rice said that a plebiscite held after the next election would be harmful to LGBTI Australians and their families.

"The only ones suggesting a complicated and prolonged plebiscite or referendum are thosewho are resigned to being on the wrong side of history," she said.

However, Coalition senators Ian McDonald and Linda Reynolds delivered a dissenting report, writing a plebiscite was the appropriate avenue to deal with the "incredibly divisive social issue".

McDonald also used his additional comments to slam the inquiry itself, labelling it "an absolute and blatant waste of taxpayers money".

The cost of a plebiscite on same-sex marriage is estimated at $158 million, according to the Australian Electoral Commission.


I went: friends from my twenties and early thirties, friends from college, friends from high school, friends from junior high, even one of my elementary school teachers. Even a couple of real-life Cardboard Gods. The fast pace of the tour blurred this procession into one long joyful and also faintly melancholy farewell parade, like you see in movies when someone is breathing last breaths and seeing everything ever seen and loved one more time before going. This life is a short, sweet blessing. Things will change.

Doyle Alexander surely began learning this lesson around the time of this singularly odd 1977 card, the only card I can remember seeing in which an attempt was made to doctor the cap and uniform of a player in the midst of anon he became noted for being a well-traveled guy, often going (at least in my memory) from one team to the next during pennant pushes, his veteran steadiness called on to shore up fraying starting rotations. He became a traveler. It started around the time of this card, in which he seems easily removable, as if you could flick him loose from the picture with one fingernail, and then he’d flutter to the ground like a feather, still locked in his ambiguous open-mouthed pose.


Cobb EMC and Cobb Energy shines a bright light on some of the financial questions that surfaced before and after coal-fired Plant Washington was announced 8.5 years ago. Cobb EMC – like Washington EMC – was one of the original co-operatives that formed Power4Georgians, and has since been released from further obligations. Cobb Energy was a for profit company established in 1998 under Brown’s directive.system that allows instant anonymous payments. "When I get the money, I'll give you directions."

After transferring the money from a nearby shopping mall, Roman was told the stash, wrapped in plastic, was hidden in the snow under an empty beer bottle near the fourth section of the wall surrounding the station.

Inside the bag was the most shape-shifting illicit drug Russia has ever seen.

Highly addictive and known as "spice" or "mix" or "bath salts", it can be smoked, snorted or injected causing an intense high - as well as panic attacks, hallucinations, epilepsy-like spasms, temporary paralysis, cardiovascular problems and lung disease, according to health officials.

"It causes psychological disorders that are difficult to treat medically," Sergey Polozov, psychologist and head of the Stopnarkotic movement that has some 4,000 volunteers working


throughout Russia to counter the "spice" trade, told Al Jazeera. "Thirty percent of first-time users get addicted."

"Spice" also has carcinogenic effects and leads to an "increasing number of reports on suicides associated with preceding use of these products", said a 2013 report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

An especially strong strain of "spice" has killed more than 40 Russians since September and landed some 2,000 in hospitals. Russian officials purported that a Ukrainian regional governor is allegedly implicated in the distribution of the "killer spice" in Russia.

Chameleonic drug

"Spice" has nothing to do with pepper or saffron and is named after a drug that triggered an interstellar war in The Dune, Frank Herbert's sci-fi novel series. First synthesised in 2004, it is an umbrella brand forthe ever-growing family of substances whose chemical formula has been constantly changed to avoid blacklisting.

Banned in the United States and the European Union, it is widely available in Russia and several ex-Soviet republics in myriad variations.

But millions of Russians, mostly youngsters, who have tried "spice" in the past decade, believed that it was a harmless, cheap and legal substitute to marijuana. "Spice" pushers maintained the myth with online ads or business cards that can be found on trains or in nightclubs that show laughing cartoon characters, ganja-smoking musician Bob Marley, or slogans such as "100 percent harmless".

It had been openly sold in tobacco shops or tiny kiosks in underground passes, next to transportation hubs or shopping malls until 2009, when authorities started to ban one spice formula after