she had falsely accused him of sexual harassment and blackmail, as well as using threats of violence. (A repeated allegation of his in the Title IX proceedings, which he later reiterated to me, was that she had forcefully touched his arm, and that he feared her because of her training as a martial artist.)

The complaint against her says that in addition to not wanting to continue his relationship with the woman and being forced into “sexual acts,” his career and academic prospects and “earning potential” had greatly suffered from the Title IX investigation. “In fact, Pekgoz may have to give up pursuit of a PhD in English after two years invested and study instead for a degree in a different academic field, where the good name and reputationBOTTOM LINE: This creative and highly entertaining immersive show gives you an intimate peek into New York's dynamic dating scene at a trendy Lower East Side nightclub.

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an unnamed GOP strategist, told CNN.

The payments were first made public by adult film star Stormy Daniels’ attorney, Michael Avenatti. Daniels is suing Cohen separately over a $130,000 hush money payment Cohen made to her in October 2016. The corporate payments to Cohen, according to an unsourced document released by Avenatti, were made to the same account Cohen used to pay Daniels.

Investigators raided Cohen’s home, office and hotel room in April as part of a months-long criminal probe which encompasses, in part, the payment to Daniels.

Several companies that had business relationships with Cohen, including the American affiliate of a Russian investment firm, have been questioned by Mueller’s team, according to various reports or their own admissions.VIDEO: Niniola – Magun (Remix) ft. Busiswa

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When in August 2015 Michael Lane was made redundant from his job testing computer software, he needed to find work. A keen cyclist, Lane had noted the rapid rise in the number of bike couriers on the roads near his home in south London. Many of these riders wore the uniforms of app-based food delivery companies that enable customers to order burgers and pad thais using their smartphones.

Lane, whose curly, shoulder-length hair is pulled away from his eyes with an elastic band and whose earlobes are stretched by black plugs, was tempted by the chance to escape office life. So in November that year he signed up as a courier for Take Eat Easy, a Belgian-owned food delivery start-up. There was no interview or assessment of Lane’s cyclingluck!”

Uber has also drawn protests, including court action, from its drivers. In October, an employment tribunal in London found that its drivers were “workers” and had been mislabelled as self-employed; consequently, the drivers were entitled to rights including the minimum wage and paid holiday. The tribunal ruling said that Uber had been “resorting in its documentation to fictions, twisted language and even brand new terminology”. “The notion that Uber in London is a mosaic of 30,000 small businesses linked by a common ‘platform’ is to our mind faintly ridiculous,” the judges said.

This dispute was one of a number of tussles around the world between Uber and various courts and regulators, trying to determine whether drivers for the firm were employed or self-employed. In the UK, employment law offers


another category: that of “worker”, the one in which the tribunal placed Uber drivers. Workers enjoy some employment rights, such as holiday pay, and the right to receive the minimum wage, but lack others, such as the right to claim unfair dismissal and redundancy settlements.

Annie Powell, an employment solicitor at the specialist law firm Leigh Day, who worked on behalf of the GMB trade union on the case, says that Uber is one of many firms operating in the gig economy that are not complying with the law. “Lots of companies appear to be mislabelling their staff as self-employed and denying them their rights,” she told me.

The tribunal decision has emboldened others, including Deliveroo riders, to mount legal challenges to their status as independent contractors.

Uber said it willLane discovered, was all it took to start work. Yet he also found the tech that matches couriers with hungry customers and sets the rate and routes, in effect replacing the old radio-controller role, to be alienating. It meant that he rarely met or spoke to colleagues. There was no staff room in which to let off steam or chat about the spring sunshine, no ongoing relationship with a line manager.

“In a normal courier company . . . people both love and hate their controllers,” he said, and either way there was at least a “human connection”. If the tech went wrong, there was nowhere to vent, he says. Couriers just had to deal with it.

As Julian Sayarer, a former bike courier whose book, Messengers, recounts his experiences


principio de la amistad casi humana que el marqués mantuvo con aquel y con los muchos mastines que le sucedieron en la casa.

Desbordado por el terror en la heredad desierta, Ygnacio el joven renunció a su amor y se sometió a los designios del padre. A éste no le bastó con el sacrificio del amor, y le impuso la cláusula testamentaria de casarse con la heredera de un grande de España. Fue así como desposó en una boda de estruendo a doña Olalla de Mendoza, una mujer muy bella de grandes y varios talentos, a la que mantuvo virgen para no concederle ni la gracia de un hijo. De resto, siguió viviendo como lo que siempre fue desde su nacimiento: un soltero inútil.

Doña Olalla de Mendoza lo pusoideas for a better world” by Wired magazine Germany.

Some 80,000 people -- more than half of them children -- live in the Zaatari camp, a three-year-old shantytown which sprawls across the Jordanian desert a few kilometres south of the Syrian border. Every single family in the camp depends on the WFP for food assistance, along with the hundreds of thousands of displaced Syrians elsewhere in the region.

But the programme suffers from an unreliable source of income. In December 2014, the WFP announced cuts to 1.7 million Syrian refugees as it struggled to meet the demands of millions of people, and in July 2015, further cuts were made to the program after a lull in media interest led to a drop in donations.

“Public interest in the Syria crisis has


also infest other host plants. The larvae burrow into the stalks of the older plants causing the plant to weaken and break off or die. In younger plants, the inner whorl of leaves will die and yields will be impacted. Secondary fungal infections may also commonly occur as a result of seed cane predation. There has been some success in controlling sugarcane borers with insecticides but they need to be applied to the plants before the larvae burrow into the stalks.
Southwestern corn borers (Diatraea grandiosella) are a moth with a range extending from the southern United States to Central America. Southwestern corn borers are pest to highly consumed and profitable crops such as corn and sugarcane. The larvae feed within the whorl of the corn plant early inFor JRPG fans, the name Yasunori Mitsuda may ring a few bells. For others, he might as well be a household name. The acclaimed music composer of Chrono Trigger and Xenogears fame, and now a memorable name for Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and its DLC sequel Torna – The Golden Country, was gracious enough to answer some (a lot, now that I’m editing this!) of my questions about producing and composing music for Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and other titles such as Final Fantasy XV, and how music has changed since he started out.

Brandon Bui: When you started out as a musician, you also found an almost-calling in golf, but later re-discovered music after inspiration from Blade Runner and The Pink Panther, with the major step being taken after Railman.


The New York Times included two Detroit chefs and one former Detroiter in its list of "16 black chefs changing food in America" published Tuesday.

Kiki Louya, co-owner of the brunch cafe Folk in Corktown, and Max Hardy, who runs River Bistro in Grandmont-Rosedale and the COOP stall in Midtown's Detroit Shipping Co. food hall, both made the paper of record's first-ever list of its kind.

Tunde Wey, a native of Nigeria who spent his early adulthood in Detroit and co-founded the pop-up restaurant Revolver in Hamtramck, also made the list. (Wey now resides in New Orleans but frequently brings his confrontational equity- and justice-centered dining experiences to the Motor City.)

Penned by the Times' national race correspondent John Eligon and food writer Julia Moskin, the feature calls attention to theracial inequities pervasive in the restaurant world.

"Diners often look past them when asking to compliment the chef," Eligon and Moskin write of the featured chefs. "Eyes still go wide when people see them cooking Mexican, Japanese or just about anything that’s not considered soul food. They still have to navigate the same racial politics as other black professionals."

Read more:

Kuzzo's Chicken & Waffles closes until November for renovations

Fire breaks out at Parc restaurant in downtown Detroit

Hardy, whose River Bistro restaurant made the Free Press' annual Best New Restaurants list in 2018, told the Times he was influenced in part by growing up in Detroit. He moved to Florida as a teenager, but came back to his hometown in 2017 at least in part to give black chefs in Detroit


During the wars in Indochina, Americans exhibited little interest in the histories of the nations their country was ravaging. This is not so dissimilar from today, as the United States wages wars in Iraq and Afghanistan without any discernable uptick in the sales of history books which would allow for a greater understanding of current events in a broader historical perspective.

The vast majority of Americans remained ignorant of the history of Vietnamese-American relations; especially of one of the most fascinating and improbable events - the brief period when the Vietnamese nationalist and communist leader Ho Chi Minh worked for the US government.

During the war the US wartime intelligence service, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), was operating in southern China and Southeast Asia out of Kunming in Yunnanprovince. Their activities in Vietnam consisted of collecting reports from French agents then living under loose Japanese rule. In March 1945 the Japanese took full control of Vietnam and arrested all French citizens, including the OSS contacts, leaving American intelligence blind in that region.

Just about then a group of Vietnamese nationalists emerged out of the jungles escorting a downed U.S. flyer to safety in Kunming. The group was led by Ho Chi Minh who had been agitating, in one way or another, for Vietnamese independence for 25 years. The OSS knew from their counterparts on the French side that Ho, a leader of the nationalist Viet Minh, was a communist but instructions from Washington were to ignore that as he was too valuable at that moment and communists,


after all, were wartime allies against the Japanese.

Ho and his band of patriots had similar goals to the United States: defeat Japan and support, rhetorically at least on the American side, independence from colonial rule. The OSS decided to work with Ho and he became, in official OSS parlance, Agent 19, code name Lucius.

During the summer of 1945 seven Americans parachuted into Ho’s jungle base on the Vietnam-China border after Ho had returned from Kunming accompanied by Frank Tan, a Chinese-American OSS officer and a Chinese OSS radio operator from Hong Kong named Mac Shin.

The goal of this alliance was to have Ho’s group provide weather information, vital intelligence for the air force at a time before weather satellites, to interdict Japanese troops, rescue downed American flyers andto provide whatever intelligence about the Japanese that they could obtain.

The war ended soon after and the joint OSS-Viet Minh operation was never fully engaged. OSS officers were in Hanoi when Ho declared independence in September and were, in fact occupied in developing their own intelligence service in Vietnam, separate from the British and French. These activities caused considerable friction among the allies as did American sympathy for Vietnamese independence at a time when the British and the French were trying to re-establish French colonial rule in Indochina.

This unlikely and little known relationship is the subject of this extraordinary film. Jointly produced by the BBC television program, TimeWatch and the American Arts & Entertainment Network in 1995, the film’s strengths are its use of rare footage (including Ho


washing his clothes and demonstrating hand-to-hand combat, Ho declaring independence in Hanoi) and interviews with Vietnamese, French (who, astonishingly continue to spout colonist rhetoric four decades after losing their southeast Asian colonies), and American participants.

The film traces the history of this relationship between the OSS officers and their Viet Minh counterparts. The film also addresses the post-war rivalries among the allies. We hear a little about the motivations of the French and far more about the political disputes on the American side, but nothing about the thinking on the Vietnamese side apart from the most obvious. It will be a long time, I would think, before we have sufficient access to the Vietnamese archives for this period. Unfortunately the film ends in 1945 and does not mention therepeated attempts by Ho in the years immediately after the war to reach out to the United States for assistance and support in his anti-colonial struggle. He wrote several letters to Harry S. Truman and the Department of State; letters that were not only not answered, but never even acknowledged.

It is clear that the American participants in these events believed that the United States lost an opportunity in Vietnam. The unspoken, but pretty obvious conclusion they draw is that if Washington had been more accommodating to Ho in the 1940s, there would have been no Vietnam War years later. The OSS officers were quite fond of Ho and his band of rebels and believed that Ho was a nationalist more than a communist. Their superiors in Washington felt


otherwise.

In 1995 the living participants met in Vietnam for an oral history project sponsored by the Ford Foundation and the Vietnam USA Society. Then, in September 1997, they met again in New York City culminating in a public one-day conference on September 24 at the Asia Society. It was at that event that “Uncle Ho and Uncle Sam” was shown and it may have been the single public viewing in the United States. The film was shown in 1995 on BBC television in the United Kingdom and on the A&E Network in the United States as part of their “Investigative Reports” series.

You can see an annotated list of who participated in the oral history and the New York City reunion at this website.

This is a wonderful and compellingde Triomph

#ootd – of course

Pantheon in Paris

Place de Concorde

Versailles gardens

Louvre Pyramid at night

Arc de Triomph at Golden Hour

Eiffel Tower at Sunset

Versailles’ golden gates

Love locked on a bridge in Paris

Notre Dame de Paris

Walking under the Eiffel Tower at night

Rowing along

Arc de Triomph

Place de Concorde

View of the beautiful city of love from the Arc de Triomph

Macarons + Chocolate everywehre

Tour Eiffel

Walking in the beautiful Versailles Gardens

Louvre Pyramid

The Oprah house behind us in Paris, France

Paris at night

Gates of Versailles

Le Cliche – Baguette, strips, and a chapeau in front of Laduree

Views of Champs Elysees from the Arc de Triomph

Tour Eiffel from Place de Concorde

Along the Boulevards

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security in all of Iraq's provinces by November." He also faulted his critics--the Iraq Study Group, Congress, and most of the American people--who wanted a draw-down rather than a build-up in U.S. forces, saying that such a course "would result in our troops being forced to stay in Iraq even longer."

As we now know, the benchmarks that were the lynchpin of this strategy were abandoned within a few months. And by September, President Bush announced a new policy of "return on success," that is, U.S. troops would return home as conditions permit.

For the last few weeks, the President and Vice President, along with the Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, have been touting the many "successes" in Iraq. Apparently though, there is not enough "success" to allow forcesfrom December and January. And regardless of whether the economy has plateaued or dipped downward, workers appear in for a bumpy ride.

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System released the latest installment of its Beige Book, a summary of economic reports from the 12 districts that make up the system. The Beige Book gives an early look at economic conditions around the country. The current report is very downbeat:

Reports from the twelve Federal Reserve Districts suggest that economic growth has slowed since the beginning of the year. Two-thirds of the Districts cited softening or weakening in the pace of business activity, while the others referred to subdued, slow, or modest growth.

While the report avoids the "R" word, it should be noted that the


Album Review

Babyface took his sweet time to deliver the sequel to The Day, a rare flop in his catalog, waiting nearly five years to release Face2Face. He wasn't exactly in seclusion, since he still worked relentlessly as a producer and songwriter, even masterminding the tremendous pop-punk soundtrack for the 2001 film Josie & the Pussycats. All this activity, combined with the subtleness of The Day, is in no way preparation for Face2Face, a gleaming, stylish platter of urban funk and smooth soul that is easily among his very best records. As Babyface's sense of craft deepens, he's become more assured with what he wants to do on his own records. Though he's dabbled in funk since the beginning of his career, the grooves here cut deeper and areCatherine Does Big First Week Sales In The U.S.

Catherine’s done well for Atlus in North America. According to a tweet from the Atlus USA Twitter account, the game sold 200,000 copies in its first week following its release. Atlus celebrated the occasion with a cake:

Catherine also exceeded Atlus’ sales expectations in Japan. Atlus were expecting 150,000 copies in Japanese sales, and the game went on to sell 250,000 units by the end of February, which led to an increased goal of 300,000. Parent company, Index Holdings, then announced plans to expandCatherine as a new franchise.

200,000 in the first week in the US…for a game like this? I’m sorry but that’s phenomenal. Good on you Atlus. Can’t wait until this game hits Europe. I’m counting on Deep Silver to


Cuomo takes interest in Hotel Saranac project

Rabideau, Roedel meet with state economic development chief

August 21, 2013

SARANAC LAKE - Gov. Andrew Cuomo has reportedly taken an interest in a New Hampshire-based company's plan to buy and renovate the Hotel Saranac.

The governor participated in a conference call about Roedel Companies' proposal Monday with village Mayor Clyde Rabideau and Empire State Development President and CEO Ken Adams. That's according to Rabideau and Fred Roedel III, a principal in Roedel Companies and president of its hotel construction arm, ROK Builders.

Adams then traveled to Saranac Lake Tuesday for a face-to-face meeting with Rabideau and Roedel, who came from his company's headquarters in Wilton, N.H., for the sit-down.

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The meeting took place just over a week after the application deadline for state economic developmentfunds for projects across New York. Roedel Companies has applied through the North Country Regional Economic Development Council for $5 million from the state toward its overall $13 million plan to purchase the 86-room Hotel Saranac from the Arora family and "restore it to its historic grandeur."

"Hopefully we can get that application on the fast track and get it done," Roedel told the Enterprise prior to Tuesday's meeting.

Rabideau said he talked with Cuomo about the Hotel Saranac at the Adirondack Challenge whitewater rafting races in Indian Lake last month.

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"In our conversation with the governor, he expressed his interest in the Hotel Saranac and said to please let him know personally if something ever moved on it, to which I replied I definitely would," Rabideau said Tuesday. "So


after alerting his office about the potential deal that Mr. Roedel has put together with the current Hotel Saranac owner, the governor reached out in a conference call with himself, Mr. Adams and a high-ranking member of his office staff to find ways to make this deal happen. He asked the top person at Empire State Development to meet with us today to explore ways to make this project work."

Rabideau said he, Roedel and Adams had lunch at Nonna Fina restaurant on River Street, then met for two hours at the village offices in the Harrietstown Town Hall. The mayor said the meeting went well.

"We're just trying to be creative and get Ken Adams up to speed and look at different ways to make it go," he said.year.

Roedel said he also sat down last week to discuss the project with Rabideau, Harrietstown Supervisor Bob Bevilacqua and town Councilman Ron Keough, and Franklin County Legislator Tim Burpoe.

At a meeting Thursday, county legislators passed a resolution, sponsored by Burpoe, supporting Roedel Companies' funding application to the state. The resolution says the "acquisition will have a significant impact on tourism in Saranac Lake, Franklin County and the region as it will advance tourism promotion efforts and draw more visitors and their dollars into our region."


100 days: Day 19

21/12/2009

Intrepid.

The hollow clacking of horseshoes clipping cobbles resounded across the empty streets as dusk settled in. Jacob was tired and hungry as he imagined was his trusty mule. So far the kindness of strangers had seen his travels well, they seemed content to trade food for tales of his conquests. However, as his aimless journey commenced he’d begun to detect antipathy from the locals.

So far he’d been on the road for nine days. He saw his journey as being in its infancy making him both surprised and displeased by the toll it was already taking on his generally upbeat demeanour and overall strength.

The streets had merged into a continuous extension of the same drab functional architecture with little variation. The townsfolk busied themselves under hisscrutiny. He’d sit for hours in busy spots watching as swathes of inhabitants shopped, bartered, discussed the news of the day, fell in and out of love (perhaps he was projecting those instances,) and ate. He received some curious looks while jotting down notes on their regimented behaviour and was even moved on by constabulary on two occasions. Being confronted by something as unfamiliar as someone without an immediately apparent agenda scarred those so set in their systematic little lives, he internally scoffed.

What was he looking for? Everything and nothing he reassured himself, this lack of resolution fuelled his self image as an open nomadic soul and provided the impetus to keep clip clopping ahead. Life is a rich tapestry and he was going to obtain the pattern,


the stitch pattern. That was one of the things he wrote in his book.

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Margaret sat at the counter of her family run seven eleven. The idiot boy passed for the thirteenth time that day. She watched as he dismounted from his bike with its crudely constructed cardboard horse veneer and sat on the park bench with the notepad he’d purchased earlier that day. He pulled a theatrically rapt expression and made some annotations as he watched Terry sweep leaves.German engineering company to invest £200m and create thousands of jobs at new plant in Goole

Siemens is planning to invest up to £200m and create hundreds of jobs in a new UK train factory in a show of a faith in the drive to improve Britain’s flagging transport infrastructure.

The German engineering company said the new plant would be located in Goole, east Yorkshire, creating up to 700 skilled engineering and manufacturing jobs, and a further 1,700 jobs in the wider UK supply chain. The company said the plant would go ahead “subject to the company’s success in major future orders”, referring to contracts for HS2 and London Underground.

Juergen Maier, chief executive of Siemens UK business, said the company believed the political will to improve Britain’s railways justified the


that upon the facts presented the state properly impeached its witness; and that the Court of Appeals erred in reversing these convictions.
The witness in question was Miss Roth, an acquaintance of Westberry's. On the day prior to trial Miss Roth had been interviewed by two GBI agents and told them that Westberry told her shortly following the burglary that he had stolen some 30 cases of beer, and that he had received numerous scratches on his feet while running through the woods in connection with this crime. However, when the prosecutor called Miss Roth to the stand her testimony was not to this effect and she denied having made the statements. The prosecutor claimed surprise and asked to impeach his own witness with the testimony of the twoofficers. After an initial showing out of the jury's presence, the two officers were permitted to give testimony before the jury that Miss Roth had made to them the statements incriminating Westberry.
During cross examination, however, Officer Sikes testified that on the morning of the trial he had heard Miss Roth telling the prosecutor that she had not made the statements concerning Westberry's confession. Because of the way in which defense counsel framed his question to the officer, it was obvious that he had known of the conversation prior to questioning him. In fact, he invited the witness to speculate with him that the prosecutor had not actually been "surprised" by Miss Roth's testimony.
This episode was adequate to convince the Court of *649 Appeals that no surprise occurred. However,


appellant and his wife home. Martin testified at the trial that while the three were on their way home the appellant struck his wife several times. Martin further testified that when the appellant failed to cease the beating of his wife, he threatened to stop at the police station and that after his threat, the appellant fled from the vehicle into the night. Mrs. Johnston informed Martin that she had no desire to return home. Martin then drove her to the Country Court Motel and registered under a false name. What transpired at the motel is in conflict, but appellant testified in an unsworn statement that he found his wife "buck naked" and that she admitted having intercourse with Martin. After finding his wife the appellant left themotel and took her home. Another witness for the state testified that on the morning appellant retrieved his mate from the Country Court Motel, he witnessed the appellant beating her with sticks and saw him "stomp her a time or two" and then pick her up and carry her into the couple's house trailer. Later on that day, the appellant stopped by the sheriff's office and informed him that he had whipped his wife a little and was going to take her to the hospital. After learning of the extent of the beating the sheriff held appellant in custody and upon his wife's death charged him with murder.
Wanda Johnston died on October 23, 1972, some 9 days after the beating. Three medical doctors testified as to the cause


of her death. The two doctors that participated in the autopsy performed on the deceased testified that her death was caused by pneumonia induced from the lengthy comatose state that resulted from the beating. The third doctor, who treated the deceased while hospitalized, testified that her death was caused by renal failure induced by the beating. All three doctors stated that death could have been caused by the injuries alone.
*270 As part of the general issue raised by appellant in his plea of not guilty, he contended that at the time of the beating he was legally insane and not responsible for his acts. The appellant was sent to the Central State Hospital for examination and evaluation. The examining doctor stated during the trial that in his opinionsticks. The sticks and the bat were found by the Lamar County Sheriff outside of appellant's house trailer. They were examined by the State Crime Lab and blood and hair were found to be present on the items. The trial judge did not err in admitting them into evidence.
The appellant contends that it was error to admit photographs of the deceased at the time the autopsy was performed because it was not shown that they were accurate representations of the object photographed, and further that there had been a substantial change in his wife's appearance between the time of the alleged injury and the time when the photographs were made. He further complains that no foundation was laid by the state to show that the photographs were a


by an additional number of core-aged women participating in the labour market.

In December, there were 33,000 more workers aged 55 and over, including 18,000 men and 15,000 women. The unemployment rate was little changed for this age group: 6.1% for men and 4.5% for women.

Employment for youth aged 15 to 24 held steady in December, following two consecutive monthly gains. An increase in part-time employment (+31,000) was offset by a decline in full-time work (-37,000). Despite little overall employment change in December, the youth unemployment rate fell 0.5 percentage points to 10.3% as fewer youths searched for work.

Quebec and Alberta leading employment growth

Employment in Quebec grew for a third consecutive month, up 27,000 in December. With more people employed and fewer searching for work, the unemployment rate fellNovember, employment in New Brunswick increased by 4,200 in December. The unemployment rate fell by 0.5 percentage points to 7.8%.

In Prince Edward Island, there were 900 additional people working in December, a second consecutive monthly increase. The unemployment rate for the province increased by 1.0 percentage point in December to 9.8%, the result of more Prince Edward Islanders searching for work.

In Ontario, employment was little changed in December, after a notable increase the previous month. The unemployment rate in the province remained at 5.5%.

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Unemployment rate by province, December 2017

Employment gains in a number of industries

In December, 25,000 more people were employed in finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing, following three months of little change.

Employment was up by 13,000 in the "other services" industry in December. "Other


services" include services such as those related to civic and professional organizations, and personal and laundry services.

In educational services, employment rose by 11,000 in December, a second consecutive monthly increase.

In December, 9,500 additional people worked in transportation and warehousing, the first notable employment increase in the industry since the summer of 2017.

Employment in natural resources rose by 5,800 in December.

The number of self-employed workers increased by 28,000 in December. At the same time, public sector employment rose by 22,000, while the number of private sector employees was stable.

Quarterly update for the territories

The Labour Force Survey collects labour market data in the territories, produced in the form of three-month moving averages.

In the fourth quarter, employment in Yukon rose by an estimated 500 people compared with the third quarter, andat the end of 2017, the lowest since comparable data became available in January 1976. See chart Unemployment rate in Quebec, January 1976 to December 2017.

In 2017, British Columbia closed out the year with an employment growth rate of 3.4% (+83,000), similar to that of 2016. The gains in 2017 were almost all in full-time work, and were mainly in health care and social assistance; construction; and finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing. In the 12 months to December, the unemployment rate in British Columbia fell by 1.2 percentage points to 4.6%, the lowest among all provinces.

Following a slide in employment from the autumn of 2015 to the summer of 2016, the labour market in Alberta added workers in 2017, with a growth rate of 2.4% (+55,000),


the best performance since 2014. The employment gains were attributable to manufacturing; wholesale and retail trade; natural resources; finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing; and transportation and warehousing. The unemployment rate fell from 8.5% at the end of 2016 to 6.9% at the end of 2017.

In Manitoba, employment grew by 2.1% (+13,000) in 2017, slightly below the national growth rate. This follows relatively stable levels of employment over the previous two years. The gains in 2017 were mainly in full-time work. The unemployment rate in the province fell by 0.6 percentage points to 5.7% at the end of 2017.

In 2017, employment rose by 6,300 in Nova Scotia, all in full-time work. The unemployment rate was little changed, closing the year at 8.0%.

Following little change in 2016, employmental. 2001, Morris et al. 2002, Kramer et al. 2003) is nearly complete and has more than doubled the number of radio pulsars with measured period derivatives from 445 to nearly 1300. Determination of pulsar distances from dispersion measure has been greatly improved with the development of a new model by Cordes & Lazio (2002). New radio luminosity and beam models have been developed by Arzoumanian, Chernoff & Cordes (2002), which describe core and conal components of the emission and their dependence on period and frequency. Arzoumanian, Chernoff & Cordes (2002) have also derived a new two-component distribution of radio pulsar space velocities. A new polar cap $\gamma$-ray emission model has been developed by Muslimov & Harding (2003), in which radiation from pair cascades at high altitude along


Late effects of cycle competition on arterial stiffness. A preliminary study.
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a cycle competition on the large arteries stiffness, 24-hours after the end of the effort. Two males elite cyclists were studied before and after performing a stage-race. Their heart rate (HR) was measured continuously during the two competition days. The impact of the competition on their vascular system was determined using the measure of pulse wave velocity (PWV), an index of regional arterial stiffness. HR and blood pressure were also measured before and 24-hours postexercise. During the race, mean cyclists HR were relatively similar. Changes in PWV and HR were found after competition: these measures increased for the offensive subject and decreased for the other. Despite theirand celebrating before they are conscripted into the country’s army — a requirement for all Israeli Jewish citizens over the age of 18.

Police allege the rape occurred on July 17 in the popular resort town where the woman and the dozen were staying separately.

The woman was said to be having medical treatment and was believed to have scratches on her legs.

All 12 suspects faced charges of rape and conspiracy to commit rape.

Lawyer Ioannis Habaris, who represents four of the suspects, told AP prosecutors informed the court the British woman was raped but it was unclear exactly how many of the suspects were implicated.

Prosecutors also told the court photographs and footage had been taken during the rape.

Mr Habaris said there was “some evidence” the British woman was involved in


TV Channel 12 two of the suspects admitted to engaging in sexual acts with the woman, but it was consensual.

He added all the other suspects insisted they had no sexual contact with the woman, and they weren’t alone in the room with her.

Ayia Napa Mayor Yiannis Karousos said yesterday on Cyprus state broadcaster RIK tougher policing was needed in his town to prevent what he suggested was an atmosphere encouraging acts of lawlessness.

Ayia Napa is a magnet for younger tourists attracted by its party reputation and white sand beaches.Repository of over 100 quilts dating from theearly 1800’s

The Museum houses over 10,000 artifacts in 30 living history permanent exhibits. Rotating exhibits highlight aspects of our collection in detail with the collaboration of community artists and local historians. Visit today and watch history "come alive"!

Rob Preston, president and CEO of the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce, is always running somewhere. His work keeps him on the go, but his favorite hobby for almost 20 years is running. He often is up before the roosters crow, pounding the pavement for a morning workout. At age 48, he has competed in 106 marathons covering the entire United States and five continents. He has a journal of his experiences with dates, places, weather conditions, race finishes, number of entrants, and special


handled by Toby Litt. Fables‘ Mark Buckingham will also provide layouts and painted covers.

December

The Discipline – Fellow Vertigo debut author Peter Milligan tells the story of a woman amidst a shadow war. It is also described as an “erotic thriller” (kinky!). Leo Fernandez will be on art duty.

Suiciders – Lee Bermejo tries his hand as both writer and artist in a tale of two boxers on opposite ends of the spectrum in a futuristic Los Angeles.Q:

Who are ET, GE and CB?

There once was a kid named ET,
  Whose father was known as GE.
      In his early years,
      ET soared over his peers,
  But then lost to a kid named CB.

What are ET and CB? Who is GE?
(ET and CB are things, and GE is a person)

A:

I think ET is:

 The Eiffel Tower

ET's 'father', GE is:

 The French civil engineer responsible for the tower (which bears his name): Gustave Eiffel.

"In his early years, ET soared over his peers", since:

 When the Eiffel Tower was built (completed in 1889) it was the tallest man-made structure in the world, 300.6m in height, 'soaring above' all others.

"But then lost to a kid named CB"

 However, in 1930 the


Synopsis: After undergoing 36 months of continuous meditation, Buddhist monk Tashi (Shawn Ku) arrives at a prominent monastery and promptly has a troubling revelation -- he wants to experience sex. When Tashi fails to squelch his growing desire to explore life's carnal pleasures, he leaves the monastery behind. But, as he struggles to adjust after his sudden marriage to local peasant Pima (Christy Chung), he realizes he may lack the tools necessary to cope with everyday troubles and temptations.Google’s self-driving car in action. Reuters

Commuting may never be the same again in Nevada, the US state that is home to Las Vegas, legalised gambling and huge amounts of desert. Besides gambling, it is now legal there to have a self-driven car – providing it matches up to the specification achieved by Google's autonomous models.

The first fully licensed self-driven car – a modified Toyota Prius – won a special permit on Tuesday, the first of three applied for by Google, which allows it to be used on the state's roads, including the famous Las Vegas strip.

Autonomous vehicles are the "car of the future," said Bruce Breslow, the director of Nevada's Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), in a statement. The state also has plans to eventually license autonomous vehicles


hazards and traffic lights ahead.

In the event of a glitch, the human driver can override the computer with a tap on the footbrake or a hand on the steering wheel.

Officials tested the cars on drives along highways, in neighbourhoods in Carson City and along the Las Vegas strip itself. Nevada passed a law authorising self-driving cars last year, but the law only came into force on 1 March.

Google's cars, which have already driven more than 200,000 miles without driver interaction, emerged from projects inside the company in which it took part in contests such as the Darpa Urban Challenge. That challenged companies to build cars which could obey the rules of the road, avoid other cars driven by (human) stunt drivers, and evade obstacles. Thrun's team won then,and has won the race now to get their cars on to the road.

Since then, Google's self-driving cars have crossed the Golden Gate bridge and driven along the picturesque Pacific Coast highway.

Legislation to regulate autonomous cars is being considered in other states, including Google's home state of California.

"The vast majority of vehicle accidents are due to human error. Through the use of computers, sensors and other systems, an autonomous vehicle is capable of analysing the driving environment more quickly and operating the vehicle more safely," a California state senator, Alex Padilla, said in March when he introduced that state's autonomous car legislation.

Other car companies are also seeking self-driven car licences in Nevada, the DMV said.


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A male Caucasian patient developed nodular erythematous skin lesions, malaise, and clinical signs of progressive heart failure 4 months after renal transplantation. Bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage performed for a small infiltrate seen on a computed tomography scan revealed Trypanosoma, which had at this point not been suspected as a cause. Parasitemia was present, and reactivation rather than transmission of Chagas' disease was established by performing polymerase chain reaction and serology in the donor and recipient. Treatment with benznidazole and allopurinol successfully reduced parasitemia, but the clinical course was fatal owing to progression of severe myocarditis. The patient had never lived in an endemic area, but had an extensive travel history in South America. The last visit was more


park not only offers scenic views of the Atlantic and the Block Island Sound, but it also provides the opportunity for many water sports like surfing, windsurfing, and paddleboarding.

While you are exploring the park, visit the historic Montauk Lighthouse – the oldest lighthouse in New York, actively aiding in maritime navigation since 1796. The lighthouse is 111-feet-tall and provides breathtaking, 360-degree views from an incredible vantage point.

You might even catch a few seals sunning on the rocks just offshore!

4. Take a Stroll Across the Brooklyn Bridge

This is a leading landmark in NYC and the most famous bridge in this region. After moving to Long Island, walking across this bridge is a rite of passage.

A truly architecturally beautiful site, this bridge also gives you amazing views of the cityDemocrat of New Jersey and a former State Department official involved in the inquiry. Referring to Mr. Trump’s personal lawyer, he added, “And then to see the official policy undermined by this clownishly corrupt effort led by Rudy Giuliani on behalf of the president was just more than many people apparently could bear.”

Republicans who control the Senate view the fast-building case as serious enough to begin preparing for the trial in their chamber that would follow impeachment by the House. Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the majority leader, briefed fellow lawmakers over lunch on Wednesday about how a trial would work, expressing his hope of conducting it speedily and completing it by the end of the year, people familiar with his remarks said.

Facing accusations of secrecy


four of the Vintage side event at GP Cleveland.

Stephen Menendian’s UW Mentor list from the Vintage Super League also ran the BDEV.

At the same event, I cut the green from my earlier BUg Gush Through Time list and played blue and black to split the finals, beating Shops and a couple of Mentor and Pyromancer decks along the way. The Mentor and Pyromancer lists were playing a similar draw package to the BDEV but were a few cards off, cutting the last few Digs or Gushes for more counterspells or creatures. In both cases, I was able to out draw them and control the game with more cards in hand. Interestingly, since I was running the more powerful win conditions, I found the sideboard strategy against those decksTranslate

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Adam Foulkes & Alan Smith "This Way Up" (2009)

This Way Up, although nominated, failed to win the Oscar in 2009. It was unlucky. Adam Foulkes and Alan Smith make a lively romp as their hapless pair of undertakers set out to deliver the coffin and corpse of a little old lady in red slippers. Their task is not made any easier by malevolent circumstance, the journey to the grave jinxed; indeed, everything two resourceful animators can devise in the way of obstructions and near escapes. The two men are stoic throughout, in that stiff upper lip British tradition, not speaking and yet, in extremity, risking all for their client and each other, and in consequence supporting the highly exaggerated comic. Technically and artistically the film


On the first day of ObamaCare, Dear Leader gave to meA website that crashed constantly!

On the second day of ObamaCare, Dear Leader gave to meTwo weeks of typing andA website that crashed constantly!

On the third day of ObamaCare, Dear Leader gave to meThree times the premium,Two weeks of typing andA website that crashed constantly!

On the fourth day of ObamaCare, Dear Leader gave to meFour times the deductible,Three times the premium,Two weeks of typing andA website that crashed constantly!

On the fifth day of ObamaCare, Dear Leader gave to meFive cancelled policies!Four times the deductible,Three times the premium,Two weeks of typing andA website that crashed constantly!

On the sixth day of ObamaCare, Dear Leader gave to meSix unneeded coverages,Five cancelled policies,Four times the deductible,Three times the premium,Two weeks of typing andAwebsite that crashed constantly!

On the seventh day of ObamaCare, Dear Leader gave to meSeven scammers to hack me,Six unneeded coverages,Five cancelled policies,Four times the deductible,Three times the premium,Two weeks of typing andA website that crashed constantly!

On the eighth day of ObamaCare, Dear Leader gave to meEight phone reps dithering,Seven scammers to hack me,Six unneeded coverages,Five cancelled policies,Four times the deductible,Three times the premium,Two weeks of typing andA website that crashed constantly!

On the ninth day of ObamaCare, Dear Leader gave to meNine journ0lists bloviating,Eight phone reps dithering,Seven scammers to hack me,Six unneeded coverages,Five cancelled policies,Four times the deductible,Three times the premium,Two weeks of typing andA website that crashed constantly!

On the tenth day of ObamaCare, Dear Leader gave to meTen dems a-dodging,Nine journ0lists bloviating,Eight phone reps dithering,Seven scammers to hack


Casino owner Steve Wynn seems to have crapped out with some recent comments he made about the poor.

Wynn, the CEO of Wynn Resorts (WYNN), said during his company's investor day presentation late Wednesday that wealthy gamblers who come to his high-end casinos don't want the less fortunate hanging around with them.

"Rich people only like being around rich people," he said. "Nobody likes being around poor people, especially poor people." Wynn added that he was trying to make his company like a Chanel or Louis Vuitton of the gambling world.

Wynn Resorts was not immediately available for further comment about Steve Wynn's remarks.

But Wynn is notoriously outspoken and no stranger to controversy. A Democrat, Wynn told investors during a conference call in 2011 that the Obama administration is "the greatestwet blanket to business, progress and job creation" in his lifetime.

Related: Nevada casinos hit by massive losses

And in 2014, Wynn had a feud with Hollywood star George Clooney after Clooney claimed that Wynn called Obama an "a--hole." Wynn has denied he said that.

Wynn's most recent controversial remarks come at an interesting time for the company though.

Wynn Resorts has beaten long odds to be one of the hottest stocks of 2016.

Shares are up nearly 45% -- despite continued weakness at its casino in the Macau region of China and sluggish demand in Las Vegas.

Related: Macau's economy shrank 20% in 2015

There has also been a nasty battle for control of the company between him and his ex-wife -- former board member Elaine Wynn. Steve Wynn, who founded the company, has


Pass-catching specialist, who? Christian McCaffrey returned to his college workhorse roots under new OC Norv Turner, and quickly put up Fantasy MVP-worthy numbers. He continued to flash his otherworldly receiving abilities, hauling in an NFL record 106 catches for 875 yards and 6 TDs. Yet where the usage really rose was the carries, as McCaffrey nearly doubled his 2017 total for 215 carries, 1080 yards, and 7 scores. These 321 total touches ranked third behind only Ezekiel Elliott and Saquon Barkley, and this newfound volume created the ultimate ceiling / floor combination. In the process, McCaffrey flashed both the elusiveness, breakaway ability, and most shockingly underrated power to redefine the workhorse model.

New OC Norv Turner deserves immense credit for this outburst. His previous work with LaDanian Tomlinson provedthe sex offender registry.

The judge who sentenced Turner (Aaron Persky) to this bizarrely light sentence has stopped presiding over criminal cases, including rape. There are people who had a tiny amount of weed on them who are serving 20 year sentences, but a violent criminal gets off this lightly? Absolutely not.

Turner was literally discovered in the act of sexually assaulting a passed out drunk victim. He should have gotten 14 years in California. He was sentenced to six months and only served three. Now we wants off the sex offender registry. But he has shown no remorse, and 60 pages of his lawyer's appeal focuses on how drunk his victim was. He is a clear and present threat to people around him and he must stay on the


not afraid of flying because she had no memory of the crash. In Belgrade, Vulović's hospital room was placed under 24-hour police protection because the authorities feared that the perpetrators of the bombing would wish to kill her. The guards changed shifts every six hours, and no one was allowed in to see her except for her parents and doctors. Vulović's hospitalization lasted until June 1972, after which she travelled to Montenegro to recuperate at a seaside resort, where her doctors visited her every two or three days. Vulović underwent several operations to restore her movement. At first, she could only move her left leg, and one month thereafter, she was able to move her right. Vulović's parents had to sell both of their cars to pay forSummary

When Sherlock leaves the envelope for John and Mary at their wedding, he forgets to take out another piece of paper from it - the paper on which he poured his heart out while preparing the Best Man's Speech at 221B Baker Street.

He intended to burn the piece right after he finished writing, but he was too exhausted from the emotions and accidentally slipped it amongst his composition for the Waltz.

As things work out, somebody reads his letter. That somebody is John Watson.


On 14 April 1865, president Abraham Lincoln was enjoying a boisterous performance of “Our American Cousin”, a farce about a boorish but honest American who travels to England to meet his aristocratic family.

Little did Mr Lincoln know that the famous actor-turned-assassin John Wilkes Booth was waiting for the moment when the audience’s laughter would drown out the sound of his gun.

A century and a half later, in the run-up to the New York primary on 19 April, what would Mr Lincoln make of the farce playing out on the election stage today?

Michael Vorenberg, associate professor of history at Brown University, said any president prior to 1900, or even later, would view current candidates' behaviour as “inappropriate”.

“Despite being someone who could be crass and enjoy purple humour and wasand Mexicans, his feud against women, his demolition of rent-controlled housing and the call for South Korea and Japan to obtain nuclear weapons are all examples of, as Mrs Mountchessington says, “bad manners”.

And in real life politics, the comedy and tragedy continues, with other candidates making cameos on the stage.

Donald Trump and his rivals continue to jab at each other in public (AP)

Texas Senator Ted Cruz has called for the racial profiling of Muslims and has bantered about the size of his rival’s genitals.

Democrat Hillary Clinton has been accused of dishing up classified information on her personal email server and has clashed with climate change activists.

Bernie Sanders, meanwhile, is calling for changes like the end of poverty and modern slavery - concepts that Mr Lincoln might well have


The migrants had paid thousands of dollars to travel to the United States

Mexican authorities say they've rescued 94 migrants who were crammed into the back of a hauling truck in "subhuman conditions."

They came from as far away as Nepal and as nearby as Guatemala, paying thousands of dollars to get to the United States, authorities said. Seven of them were minors. They showed symptoms of asphyxiation and serious lesions on their hands and feet when they were rescued, Mexico's National Migration Institute said.

X-ray equipment detected the migrants at a checkpoint in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas early Tuesday morning.

The driver of the truck has been turned over to prosecutors on suspicion of human trafficking, and the migrants are receiving medical, psychological and legal assistance, Chiapas state prosecutorsand Eritrea, while also suspending diversity visas — which grant green cards to people from countries with low levels of immigration to the US — for Sudan and Tanzania. The changes, which go into effect on Feb. 22, are expected to affect as many as 12,400 visa applicants and were put in place because the countries failed to meet minimal security and information-sharing standards, according to officials.

Last week, however, following the announcement of immigration restrictions on six additional countries , the reaction could not have been more different. Silicon Valley largely fell silent.

In January 2017, when the Trump administration first unveiled a travel ban targeting seven majority Muslim countries, the tech industry took up arms. CEOs wrote impassioned letters, a billionaire founder showed up to an airport protest,


President Donald Trump has commuted the sentences of 11 prisoners and pardoned 28 other people in his nearly four years in office.

Some of his recent clemencies include suffragette Susan B. Anthony and the Republican strategist Roger Stone, who was convicted in the Russia investigation.

Trump has developed a track record of using his clemency powers on controversial figures, political allies, or people who have been championed by the media or celebrities.

The Constitution grants the president sweeping powers to pardon people or grant clemency.

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With just months left in his first term, President Donald Trump has commuted the sentences of 11 prisoners and pardoned 27 people.

The figures pale in comparison with those of previous presidents — former President Barack Obama granted a whopping 1,927 clemenciesin his two terms, and former President George W. Bush granted 200.

Trump's clemency choices are also particularly notable, given that many of them have gone to political allies, or people who have been championed by conservative media, prominent Republicans, or celebrities.

He recently pardoned Alice Johnson, the woman whose life sentence he commuted in 2018 after her case was championed by Kim Kardashian West.

During the second night of the Republican National Convention, Trump also used footage of himself signing a pardon for the convicted bank robber Jon Ponder.

Trump also recently commuted the sentence of his longtime ally Roger Stone, who was convicted in the Russia investigation and sentenced to three years in prison.

The president's clemency power is sweeping — he can decide to legally forgive or free anyone convicted


Enterprise Expands EV Rental Inventory

Enterprise Rent-A-Car, the largest U.S. car-rental company, has almost doubled the number of its California electric-vehicle rental locations in an effort to give more customers a chance to drive Nissan Leaf battery-electric vehicles and Chevrolet Volt (above) plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Enterprise said that electric-drive vehicles now are available at its Encino, Newport Beach, Palm Springs, Riverside and Santa Barbara locations, giving it a total of 11 California EV rental stores. The company, which started renting electric-drive vehicles in January, also offers them at its locations in Ontario, Pasadena, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Monica and Thousand Oaks. The company said it operates the largest fleet of electric-drive rentals in the state.

With the new locations, the number of rental Volts and Leafs in theA man wearing a Trump campaign hat showed up near the scene of a school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas, on Friday.

He carried an American flag and had a handgun at his waist, telling a reporter he was there to "Make America Great Again" and offer "support."

At least eight people were killed in the latest mass-shooting incident at one of the nation's schools.

A man wearing a Trump campaign hat showed up near the scene of a school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas, on Friday with an American flag and a handgun at his waist, telling a reporter he was there to "Make America Great Again."

The man, who has not been identified, said he was there to offer his "support."

His presence generated confusion among other people at the scene.

"This


Tres citas con el destino

Tres citas con el destino ("Three Dates With Destiny") is a 1954 Mexican film directed by Fernando de Fuentes.

Cast
 Manuel Arbó
 Ricardo Argemí...(as Argemí)
 Félix Briones
 José Castellón
 Fernando Cortés
 Juana Cáceres
 Fernando Galiana
 Carmela de Gracia
 Sara Guasch
 Santiago Gómez Cou
 Narciso Ibáñez Menta
 Maurice Jouvet
 Jorge Mistral
 Tito Novaro
 Nathán Pinzón

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Category:Films directed by Fernando de FuentesNew music from Miranda Lambert is on the horizon! The star singer has announced the release date and cover art for a brand new album called 'Platinum.'

Lambert appeared on 'Good Morning America' Monday (March 10) to break the news, revealing that her fifth studio album will street June 3, 2014. To top it off, she also unleashed the album cover!

Going with the theme 'Platinum,' the palette is a mix of black, grey and silver, and Lambert is truly the star of the art. Adorned in a slinky black dress with a thigh-high slit, she's as evocative as ever.

The 'Mama's Broken Heart' singer has taken her time with her newest album. By the time 'Platinum' is released, it will have been two years and eight months since her last


3 months ago, my friend Colessmartshopper on steam won a tournament in Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, he was second place. He was told he would recieve a hat, however, he didn't receive any hats at all.

This was unfair to him, shattered a lot of peoples hearts and started the movement #hat4coles in the Chivalry: Medieval Warfare community. But no change happened, and coles never got his hat.

I want to change that. Coles rightfully deserved his hat that he won fair and square but was refused the right to have that hat. What gives? Jangles, the guy who is in charge of giving the hats didn't give him one, I asked him why today and he still avoided the question and didn't give him the hat. Coles rightfully deserved thatas Ozark and Justified have won this contest. As well as films such as The Judge and The Accountant.

Page International Screenwriting Awards

5. BlueCat Screenplay Competition Exclusively judged by Philip Seymour Hoffman's brother, Gordy Hoffman, BlueCat has had a number of its alumni go on to be a part of a number of successful projects.

BlueCat Screenplay Contest

6. Finish Line Script Competition A rare bird in the world of screenplay contests, Finish Line allows you to re-submit your script after you receive notes. This increases your chances of winning because as the old saying goes, "writing is rewriting."

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7. Final Draft Big Break Contest The official contest of the most widely-known (and used) screenwriting software, many of the winners have gone on to sign deals with production companies


The Black List. The Black List used to be a poll conducted by executives, readers, agents, and managers where they voted on their favorite spec scripts floating around the market. The list was then tallied and released and, quite often, the number one script saw itself quickly gobbled up by a studio or production company. Since then, the Black List has morphed into something much larger. Now, the Black List uses a stable of professional readers to constantly rate and promote screenplays in a database. Every day, people upload their scripts, and over time they all get read. The ones that rank well are promoted and visible to producers and executives who've registered for the service. They still release the annual list, but in the previous years it’sMcConville and
the corporation’s CEO to meet with Cardinal and resolve
the billing dispute. McConville took copies of the largest
outstanding invoices to the meeting with Cardinal, leaving
behind the invoices with smaller balances.1 During the
meeting, McConville presented only the larger outstanding
invoices to Cardinal for payment. After the meeting,
Cardinal sent Akorn $ 913,000, which it viewed as full
payment to settle any debt it owed and creating a credit
balance with Akorn. Akorn, on the other hand, believed that
many outstanding Cardinal invoices remained unpaid, and
a March 15, 2001 letter from CEO Benjamin to Cardinal
stated that there was still a discrepancy of more than $5
million to be reconciled between the Akorn records and the
Cardinal records. (It is unclear from the record how the

1
  McConville testified that she believed she took only invoices
for more than


never viewed the report or discussed its
contents before it was submitted to the board of directors.
  On March 20, 2001, Akorn’s board of directors removed
McConville from her position as CFO, and demoted her
to corporate controller.4 As part of her new duties,
McConville reported to incoming CFO Kevin Harris, and
she was tasked with resolving the billing dispute with
Cardinal. McConville also continued her work, the degree
to which is disputed by the parties, compiling the figures for
Akorn’s 2000 fiscal year audit for the financial statements
that would be filed with the SEC. What is apparent from
the record is that McConville’s input in the fiscal year 2000
financial statements began while she was CFO of Akorn.5

4
  Also on March 20, 2001, the board of directors demoted
Akorn’s CEO Floyd Benjamin to vice president, andin exchange for a loan in April of 1990; the Tropfs took out a second mortgage with FNB in exchange for additional funds in June of 1992. According to the U.S. district court, the Tropfs defaulted on the loans, FNB foreclosed on the property, and the property was sold at a sheriff's sale on October 18, 1994.2 The U.S. district court also found that Lynne Wolenski, a principal of 20th Century Financial Corporation along with Jorg3 and Frank Bierekoven, subsequently paid FNB approximately $163,000 to redeem the Tropfs' interest in the property. On March 27, 1995, the Tropfs and Wolenski executed both a warranty deed, in which the Tropfs conveyed the property to Wolenski, and a land contract, in which the Tropfs repurchased the property from Wolenski for


Circuit Court and recorded a notice of lis pendens.5 On January 22, 1996, the state district court issued a writ of restitution of the property to Wolenski, finding that the Tropfs had failed to pay the arrearage as previously ordered. On February 21, 1996, Judge Breck of the state circuit court affirmed the state district court's judgment, and on January 3, 1997, the Michigan Court of Appeals denied the Tropfs' petition for leave to appeal for "lack of merit." J.A. at 360 (Order of Mich. Ct.App.). On April 30, 1997, Judge Breck discharged the lis pendens.

Second Action

4
While the appeal in the first action was pending, the Tropfs commenced an action against Wolenski and 20th Century Financial Corporation in the Oakland County Circuit Court in November of 1995, seekingto have the warranty deed and land contract declared an equitable mortgage.6 According to the U.S. district court, the Tropfs recorded another lis pendens while the second action was pending. After a hearing on May 29, 1996, Judge Nichols, acting for Judge O'Brien, granted the defendants' motion for summary disposition and dismissed the case without prejudice, on the basis that the first action was still being appealed. On April 30, 1997, Judge O'Brien discharged the lis pendens.

Third Action

5
On May 4, 1995, Midwest Guarantee Bank ("MGB") loaned Wolenski and her husband, Jorg Bierekoven, $300,000 in exchange for a mortgage on the property. Wolenski and Bierekoven subsequently defaulted on the loan, and MGB brought an action against them to foreclose on the property. Although only the warranty deed had ever


been recorded, MGB named the Tropfs as persons who could claim an interest in the property because they had filed a notice of lis pendens in regard to the first action. The third action was heard in Oakland County Circuit Court before Judge Gilbert. Represented by their current counsel, the Tropfs filed a counter-claim alleging that MGB had conspired with Wolenski in violation of the Michigan Truth in Lending Act, the Federal Truth in Lending Act, and RICO. On July 31, 1997, Judge Gilbert ordered the property sold to Andrzej and Kimberly Zajac, defendants in this appeal. The proceeds of the sale were placed in an escrow account pending resolution of the dispute between the Tropfs and Wolenski. On December 17, 1997, Judge Gilbert entered a default judgmentfor the Tropfs against Wolenski, the Bierekovens, and 20th Century Financial Corporation.7 However, after the Michigan Court of Appeals denied review of the first action and after a hearing on April 29, 1998, Judge Gilbert granted MGB's motion for summary disposition in an opinion and order on June 22, 1998. Judge Gilbert concluded that "the Tropfs knowingly executed a deed and are held to the consequences of the same." J.A. at 371-72 (Opinion and Order I of June 22, 1998). In a separate opinion and order issued on the same day, Judge Gilbert found that the Tropfs were collaterally estopped by the final judgment in the first action from contesting in the third action Wolenski's title to the property. J.A. at 373-74 (Opinion and Order II of June


of the order, it moved to intervene and set the order aside. On August 5, 1998, Judge Nicholson granted MGB's motion to intervene and set the order aside, but Judge Nicholson denied MGB's request for sanctions. Both parties appealed to the Oakland County Circuit Court, and on February 3, 1999, Judge Breck affirmed the district court's grant of MGB's motion to set aside the order granting relief from judgment and, in a separate opinion and order, reversed the denial of MGB's motion for sanctions.11

Federal Court Actions

8
While their appeals were still pending in state court, the Tropfs filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on June 8, 1999 against MGB and its agents, 20th Century Corporation, Lynne Wolenski and Frank andbriefs in this appeal. The first set consists of Fidelity National Title Insurance Company, a California Corporation, Fidelity National Title Insurance Company of New York, Chicago Title Insurance Company, a Missouri Corporation, and Andrzej and Kimberly Zajac [hereinafter Title Insurance defendants]. The second set consists of Midwest Guaranty Bank and Thomas Gammon [hereinafter MGB]. Other persons and entities are listed as defendants in this appeal. A Fidelity National Title Insurance Company, a Texas Corporation, is listed as a defendant, but, according to the Title Insurance defendants, there is no such company incorporated in Texas. Title Insurance Defendants' Br. at 24. And 20th Century Financial Corporation, Jorg Bierekoven, Frank Bierekoven, Lynne Wolenski, Mary Jane Diamond, Raymond Bischoff, and Atlas Appraisal Company have not filed briefs or appeared on appeal.


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What is the role of Armar?The 39-year old Armar, operating under various aliases like Shekhu, Mulla, Pandit and Pujari, like Riyaz and Yasin, also hails from the coastal town of Bhatkal in Karnataka and has emerged as one of the main conduits of QAJ. Recent investigations in Jaipur and Hyderabad have also pointed to his role in recruiting efforts for Al Qaeda and ISIS from Karnataka, Andhra and


meant to make and supply IEDs to the terror modules of both India and Bangladesh. The JMB is trying to settle scores with Sheikh Hasina's government for the heavy crack down on terror modules in Bangladesh.

What has the Assam police got to say?"The suspects were not yet given any task by their higher ups operating from Bangladesh but were instead asked to remain in total hiding until terror missions were assigned to them," said Singh over phone. Investigation by Assam Police has revealed that the six were part of the module operating under JMB whose cadre were involved in Burdwan IED blast. One of the arrested persons, Shaikhul Islam alias Abdulla, is a member of the module operating in Assam and an associate of Shakil Ahmed alias Shamin,can counteract each other. Read the labels of both products before combining.

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Kelp, otherwise known as seaweed, is useful in treating potassium and copper deficiencies. It is available in granular or liquid form. Kelp contains more than seventy vitamins, minerals and enzymes providing a wealth of health to the soil. Adding kelp to the compost pile aids in the decomposition process. An added benefit is the deterrence of (unwanted) weeds in the marijuana bed. Kelp has been used for centuries as a soil amendment for all types of gardens. When using the liquid form, it is best to apply in early morning or early evening and to avoid application when the temperature exceeds eighty five degrees.

14 – Lime

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crashing into a tree, a van and a dry cleaning shop Monday morning, authorities said.

As a few passengers stumbled out of the eastbound 28-19th Avenue bus before dawn, a tourist whose hotel room was nearly struck by the out-of-control coach worked with an arriving city police officer to free the driver from his smashed cockpit and give him CPR before paramedics arrived.

The unidentified driver was in life-threatening condition at San Francisco General Hospital, according to police, who were working with Muni officials to find the cause of the 5:44 a.m. wreck east of Scott Street — and determine whether the driver was conscious when the bus jumped the median. The driver has worked with Muni for 38 years, said Paul Rose, an agency spokesman.

“It sounded like some kindof bomb detonation,” said Tony Daleo, whose second-floor room at the Days Inn was nearly struck by the bus. “I had just woken up and opened my eyes. I heard a loud explosion. I looked out the window and saw the bus beneath me.”

The bus had wedged between Priority Express Cleaners and a white van parked on the street, while chopping a tree into pieces. The bus flattened bushes in the median, left a gouge in Lombard Street, and came to a stop with the front half of the bus on the sidewalk and the rear portion still on Lombard.

A dash-camera video from another driver showed the front of the bus popping into the air upon impact with the curb.

“Twenty more feet,” Daleo said, “and he would have


girlfriend at the Days Inn as they ventured north to Canada. After the wreck, he threw on some clothes and went down to the street, where he saw two people exiting the bus with facial injuries and a third complaining of arm and shoulder pain.

He said he didn’t smell gas or see smoke, so he figured it was safe to enter the bus.

“I hit the green button and the door opened,” he said. “I went in and found the driver. He was unconscious. I felt for a pulse, but he didn’t have one. ... He was just sitting in the bus by himself. It was kind of freaky.”

The driver was pinned in his seat by the partition behind him, Daleo said. He tried to free the driver, whichDavis at daylight to-morrow (Friday) morning with 125 mounted men, five days' rations, and such forage us they can carry to Doctor Ford's Landing, on Grand Bayou. From that point Major Davis will proceed with seventy-five dismounted men, cross Grand Bayou, and scout the country between Grand Bayou and Grand River, for the purpose of hunting out and capturing the remainder of Whitaker's gang, scattered in the engagement of Tuesday. The men left in charge of the horses at Ford's Crossing will be instructed to keep themselves well picketed to prevent surprise or disaster. Major Davis will communicate, if possible, with Lieutenant-Colonel Rice, in command of the expedition which left Bayou Boeuf in small boats on Tuesday last. He will forward a written report on his return.

I. The


Former Google Chief to Chair Government AI Advisory Group

Eric Schmidt speaks at a press conference ahead of the Google DeepMind Challenge Match in Seoul, South Korea, in 2016. LEE JIN-MAN/AP

Federal leaders on Jan. 18 announced the 15 tech experts who will serve on the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence.

The commission, created by the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), will advise government on the national security implications of artificial intelligence and how to maintain U.S. dominance in the tech’s increasingly competitive market. The group is eligible for up to $10 million in funding through fiscal 2020.

Former Alphabet Chief Executive Eric Schmidt will head the group, and former Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work will serve as vice chairman. This won’t be Schmidt’s first foray in advisory jobs—he alreadyleads the Defense Innovation Board, which the Pentagon consults on a variety of tech issues.

Commissioners were appointed by the secretaries of Defense and Commerce, as well as the top Republicans and Democrats on congressional armed services, commerce and intelligence committees. Other members include:

Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon Web Services

Safra Catz, CEO of Oracle

Chris Darby, CEO of In-Q-Tel

Jason Matheny, former IARPA director

Eric Horvitz, director of Microsoft Research Labs

Mignon Clyburn, Open Society Foundation fellow and former FCC commissioner

Andrew Moore, head of Google Cloud AI

Steve Chien, supervisor of the AI Group at Caltech’s Jet Propulsion Lab

Ken Ford, CEO of the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition

Jose-Marie Griffiths, president of Dakota State University

Gilman Louie, partner at Alsop Louie Partners

William Mark, director of SRI’s Information and Computing Sciences Division

Katharina McFarland, consultant at


By Aruna Viswanatha

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino, star of reality TV show "Jersey Shore," and his brother have been charged with not properly paying taxes on $8.9 million in income, according to an indictment handed down on Wednesday.

Sorrentino, who popularized the phrase "gym, tan, laundry" to refer to the pre-party routine of the show's cast members, allegedly failed to report income and claimed clothes and cars as business expenses.

The brothers, who are charged with conspiring to defraud the United States and filing false tax returns, are expected to appear in federal court later on Wednesday, the U.S. Attorney in New Jersey said.

The MTV show "Jersey Shore," which stopped production in 2012, featured a cast of 20-something Italian Americans partying, tanning and complaining about their jobs atThe Corpse Walker introduces us to regular men and women at the bottom of Chinese society, most of whom have been battered by life but have managed to retain their dignity: a professional mourner, a human trafficker, a public toilet manager, a leper, a grave robber, and a Falung Gong practitioner...
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In 1953, Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot premiered at a tiny avant-garde theatre in Paris; within five years, it had been translated into more than twenty languages and seen by more than a million spectators. Its startling popularity marked the emergence of a new type of theatre whose proponents—Beckett, Ionesco, Genet...
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The late author Arysio Santos was a highly regarded climatologist, geologist, and nuclear physicist. He was also a scholar of history, folklore, languages, and


Hey there, time traveller!

This article was published 4/1/2011 (3556 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

A Christian-based youth centre under construction and a Wolseley- area church and nearby bakery were targeted with anti-Christian messages on posters during the Christmas season.

The posters, which appear to depict Mary on a donkey being led by Joseph to a building with the words Women's Health Care Services on the outside, state: "We wish you a pro-choice because God raped Mary Christmas."

WAYNE GLOWACKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS ARCHIVES John Courtney of Youth For Christ stands at the site of its youth centre, under construction on Main Street.

At the bottom of the poster is "Youth Against Christ."

John Courtney, executive director of Youth For Christ, denounced the posters and the personssame posters were stuck on a sign advertising Christmas services at St. Margaret's Anglican Church on Westminster Avenue and on the side of the nearby Tall Grass Bakery.

A spokesperson for the church could not be reached for comment.

Lyle Barkman, the bakery's co-owner, said they are still scraping off the poster from their wall.

"It's not the first graffiti we've had -- we're in the inner city," he said.

"It comes with the territory."

Lorna Dueck, a faith columnist for the Globe and Mail, was in Winnipeg during the holidays and heard about the Youth for Christ incident and another one at another church where parishioners found anti-Christian messages on flyers stuck under their windshields as they emerged from their Christmas Eve services.

"It's unthinkable to not raise the alarm over voices of


authority: the period when all players — the chairman, his board members, and, at a series of hearings next month, the riding public — begin to address the question of how to allocate the burden.Gus was walking through the forest when a rustle in a nearby bush caught his attention. Before he could act, a pair of Nuzleaf, followed by a small Seedot, walked out onto the path and began making strange motions. Before he could react, Aeris let out a piercing shriek and swooped to attack. The Nuzleaf evaded, and began attacking!

A buzzing sound drew Gus' attention. To his consternation, four Beedrills appeared in an ambush. Gus surmised that these were likely related to the swarm of Beedrill that he and Jasmine had butchered, probably out for revenge. Gus let out a soft curse as he remembered that Jasmine had stayed behind at the ranch today to mind a concoction he was brewing. Resigning himself to a difficult fight, as the


bees looked rather strong, he beckoned Aeris and braced himself.

Irritated at the Beedrills who managed to faint Aeris and worried that the unconscious ones may seek revenge on him later, Gus took out his Rambo hunting knife and butchered the three unconscious bees, before stuffing all of them into his "ingredients container" and then hightailing it back to the ranch.

Story Text:Gus decided to go on a nighttime jaunt around the forest outskirts, intending to search for some phosphorescent forest mushrooms.According to his research, they were effective in boosting certain Pokemon abilities. So he searched among the tree roots, Flutter hovering nearby to provide a soft but weak light.

Gus gave a small cry of triumph upon spotting some mushrooms. When he tried to pick it, it attempted to bitehim. He managed to withdraw his hand quick enough to see that what he thought were mushrooms was actually a small family of Paras!

Taking out a smaller knife and his ingredients container, Gus carefully removed the mushroom caps from the unconscious Paras, and then took some spore scrapings from the Parasects. After this, he quickly headed back to the ranch.

Gus smiled to himself as he waved goodbye to Fro Zenbrain. Two weeks ago, he had rescued the Water/Ice Ace Trainer from dying a chilling death at Regice's lair, and the slightly eccentric trainer had repaid him by giving him several items (among them his cherished Rambo Knife) and the open offer of a free Surf ride to anywhere around Hoenn. Gus had cashed in this favor recently, having


Fro take him to Dewford Town, where he had battled and defeated Brawly for the Knuckle Badge, and then back to Lilycove.

He smiled wider to himself. During the trip, Luke had called him up and proposed a multi-trade. Apparently the Mystic was up to his eyeballs in Eevee pups and was more than willing to accept what Gus could offer in return. So he had given away Appie (Kakuna), Jellia (Tentacool), and Rex (Goldeen), and had acquired in return a trio of female Eevees. Already he was considering what he should evolve them into. Perhaps a type that would fix any holes in his team?

In addition, the trip had become even more fruitful as he had continued his tutorials to his team, with the result that both Mariposaand Aeris were now significantly smarter. While he was away, news from the ranch was also well and good. He had left Belladonna in charge of caring for Lola, and the Rose Pokemon had reported that Lola was responding somewhat positively to the latest treatment that he had given her. His mother had also called to inform him that the egg he had acquired from his little sojourn in Petalburg two weeks ago had finally hatched into a female Trapinch.

Yes, Gus had good cause to smile widely as he walked back from Lilycove Port and towards the Ranch.

"Arevalo speaking. Ms. Winstrate! How are you doing? Got a mission for me?"

"Not yet, Gus. I received the update to your Trainer status. Congratulations on earning your third badge. I am


staying?"

"Mm-hm. I'm working on a few trial cures for Lola, her condition's getting a bit better."

"Alright. Winstrate out."

The call ended, and Gus closed his eyes and let out another exhale. He felt a touch on his arm and turned to Amber.

Gus lay in bed, pondering the past month. It had been surprisingly quiet, mission-wise. Taking advantage of the downtime, he had put his newly-developed Scientific skills to work, churning out batches of Super Potions and Hyper Potions for use at the Ranch and for his own private stock. He continued to work on a cure for Lola's rabbit pneumonia, and although he had managed to find a concoction that seemed to mitigate the worst of her symptoms, he was still no closer to finding a permanent cure.

Then therewas also the troubling information that he had learned. While Lola had become well enough to talk to him about the events of his sister's death - as well as giving him a description of her killer - Gus recognized that the person responsible was, for now, well out of his reach. So he simply plotted and planned, all the while teaching his Pokemon, mixing his medicines, and training with the tranquilizer rifle he had requisitioned from MEA.

On the tutoring front, he had managed to teach Aeris (Pidgeotto), Bloom (Gloom), and Mariposa (Butterfree) how to speak English, as well as tutoring Bartholomew (Cranidos), Felicity (Skitty), and Tala (Ledyba). The Arevalo Ranch was now becoming somewhat of a local curiosity as "that place near Lilycove where the bugs an'


birds an' plants done talk to yer."

Still, his parents did not seem to mind, as many of his more intelligent Pokemon had taken to helping around the ranch, providing a guiding and nurturing presence for the baby Pokemon being raised there as well as doing some of the other duties that would have otherwise required another human. It was now no longer unusual to see Flutter answer the telephone, or find Bloom and Bella sitting in front of the television and discussing the latest fashion. Aeris had even taken to learning and singing songs from the radio as a way of practicing her speech.

♫Is this the real life...♫♫Is this just fantasy...♫♫Caught in a landslide...♫♫No escape from reality...♫

As he fell asleep to Aeris' rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody, with Ambersnuggled to his left and Jasmine on his right, Gus could not help but feel that perhaps their quiet time would soon be coming to an end.

Story Text:A day after finishing with the whole Trembley Affair, we find Gus walking leisurely down Route 5 to Lumiose City. He had asked for, and been given, leave to stay at Kalos for a couple of days. Ostensibly, it was to help him come to terms with the bloodbath he had been "forced" to conduct during the previous mission. In reality, he was looking to train and maybe catch a few new additions to his team. The series of Pokemon battles the previous day had shown him that his team, while exceptionally strong in some areas, was also rather terribly unbalanced.


While he would never even consider neglecting his 'girls', a little bit more variety would not go amiss. He also needed to get some physically-strong Pokemon as well, and so he was with a few of the more Attack-oriented members of his team, looking to level them up.

While he was walking down the road, Aeris singing (♫So she said what's the problem baby/what's the problem I don't know/well maybe I'm in love♫) while flying overhead, he heard a noise and some rustling ahead. Turning a corner, he came upon a rather curious sight.

Three Pokemon, a Pancham and two Pangoro, were standing in the middle of the road.The Pancham was apparently attempting to convince the two older Pokemon about something, although the other two were clearly reluctant to believehim. As Gus stood there wondering what was going on, the Pancham spotted him and started pointing at him and talking rapidly.

Aeris landed next to Gus and started to translate.

He wants to prove to his parents that he's strong enough to go out into the world on his own. He's asking for a match.

Gus thought things over for a while, then smirked.

"Tell him that I'll give him a match, but that if I win I get to catch him, train him, and make him strong."

Aeris translated his proposal to the waiting Pancham and its parents. Gus saw the Pancham's eyes light up in glee when the proposal was laid out. After a while, both Pangoro nodded and stood to the side. Gus' smile widened as he grabbed Bartholomew's


dazed and unable to fight any longer. Seeing that its opponent was almost unconscious, Bartholomew obediently trotted back to stand in front of Gus.

Gus turned to the Pangoros. The bigger one had a paw over its face and was shaking its head in disappointment, while the other one looked worried. Noticing his questioning stare, the Pangoros seemed to flinch in indecision for a moment, before the bigger one waved a paw as if saying "Go ahead." Gus gave a respectful nod and walked over to the still dazed Pancham. He crouched over to it and pulled out a Pokeball.

"You lost, little guy. You know what that means."

The Pancham shook its head to clear it, before looking over to its parents. The bigger Pangoro gave a sharp nod. Theinto the fight with gusto, bounding up and then coming down on one of the Bunnelbys, its front hooves glowing for a Jump Kick. The fawn's front hooves smashed into the Bunnelby's skull, and there was a disturbing crack as Bambi's weight and attack snapped the rabbit's neck backwards. The older rabbits sent angry looks at Bambi, while the smaller one started to try and escape.

Bambi quickly faded out of sight in a Faint Attack, and the last Bunnelby suddenly keeled over unconscious. Unfortunately, Bambi reappeared much too close to the two now irate Diggersbys, and took a Tackle and a Double Slap attack, although he was quick enough to dodge after getting hit by the first smack of the rabbit's overlarge ears.

Bambi leapt up in another Jump


defense, weakness, and resistance, Diggersby received 54 damage! Diggersby was knocked out!

The Diggersby sent a dark look at Bartholomew. The Head Butt Pokemon stared defiantly right back for a moment, before lowering his head and charging in for a Take Down. Injured from the early Headbutt, the rabbit could not avoid Bartholomew's second charge. The rock-hard helmet of the Cranidos' skull connected with the Diggersby's face and took it down for the count.

Gus shook his head at the sight of the four collapsed rabbits. By the unnatural angle of one of the Bunnelby's neck, he suspected that that one was already dead. He finished his sandwich and continued on his way to Lumiose City.

Gus relaxed on the bed in his hotel room at Lumiose City. All of his"girls" aside from Amber were in their Pokeballs, the hotel having a strict 1 Active Pokemon per Trainer rule. Amber, as usual, was snuggled into his side.

It had been an interesting day, having captured a Pancham, buffed up a few of his Pokemon, and then shopped for a few TMs at South Boulevard. He had then spent the rest of the day making pills.

Tomorrow there would be a flight to Hoenn from Lumiose, and despite being given leave, he intended to be on that plane. It would not be landing at Lilycove, but instead would be headed to Sootopolis. He planned on challenging the gym there, which as he recalled was a Water specialty Gym. He grinned, knowing that Bloom, Belladonna, and even Flutter and Jasmine had moves


in their repertoire ready for that. That grin just as soon faded away as he remembered that he still needed to expand his team's typing and repertoire. Perhaps it was time to look at other types aside from Bug and Grass...

Gus stared at the Evolutionary Stones sitting in front of him. He had been carrying them around for quite some time, undecided on whom to use them on, or even whether he should use them at all.

The primary Stone on his mind was the Sun Stone that he had purchased from Tenran some time ago. While he knew that he could use it to evolve his Gloom, he had a feeling that it might be a wasted effort. Bloom had given him note that she preferred to helpout at the ranch instead of join him on his missions. The fact that she had given such a poor performance at the Sootopolis Gym only further reinforced the fact that perhaps the Weed Pokemon was better suited as one of the caretakers on his parents' ranch, instead of a member of his battle team.

The other two stones were a Water Stone and a Thunder Stone. He had no idea what he was going to do with those two. He had no electric or water type pokemon that he particularly cared to use. He knew that both those types would be useful additions to his team, but at the moment he saw no particular need to get them. Nor did he have a suitable candidate that he wanted


to catch and acquire.

As he stared at the three stones glinting in the sun, he became aware of a series of yipping barks. He turned to their direction and saw to his amusement that the three Eevee triplets that he had gotten in trade from Luke several months ago were rambunctiously rolling and playing around. Despite his previous deep thoughts, watching the three puppy-like pokemon run and play brought a smile to his face.

That smile turned into a frozen look of horror when the trio leapt towards him, right on top of the evolutionary stones. When the blinding light brought about by three simultaneous evolutions had died down, he blinked several times and looked at the Espeon, Vaporeon, and Jolteon sitting at his feet.

Well, that pretty much solvedAir Cutter on Pinsir A! AC14! Aeris dealt 44 damage! After special defense, weakness, and resistance, Pinsir A took 68 damage! Pinsir A was knocked out!

Gus smiled as the Jolteon chewed and then swallowed the special meal he had given her. Not only was it healthy and suited for her tastes, he had also boosted it with 4 of his specialized Tigerheart Vitamins to pump up her Attack. Tina the Vaporeon had gotten something similar, only hers had 4 Quickheart Vitamins to boost the mermaid-like Pokemon's Speed. He had then given 2 Heartleaf Vitamins to boost Jasmine's HP, and 2 more Quickheart Vitamins to boost Amber's already ridiculous Speed. Amber had also gotten one of his "Baby One More Time" Frequency Pills, just so that she could use


her Super Friendship Finishers™ more often.

Even as his girls were eating, he was already calculating the cost for another set of 6 Offense Pills, 6 Body Pills, and 1 Frequency Pill and how long it would take for him to make them. Jasmine having read his mind was already preparing the necessary ingredients...

Story Text:Once more, Gus was out and about the woods, looking to train his Eeveelutions. A rustle near some leaves caught his attention, and on a whim he picked up a rock and threw it into some trees.

A small family of Leavanny, Swadloon, and a single Sewaddle came out of the trees. The Sewaddle had a mark on its forehead from where it was hit by the rock. The Leavanny saw him and began making angryhe reached into his bag and brought out a small vial filled with a clear fluid. Uncorking it, he poured the contents on the ground and waited.

Enamored by the smell of the attractant, four burly Raticates and a pair of Rattata emerged from the treeline. The biggest one took one look at Gus, hissed, and leapt forward, but was intercepted by Amber, who appeared out of nowhere in front of the large rodent.

After Amber and Bando had rendered the rodents insensate, Gus took out another vial and poured it on the exact spot that he had poured the attractant, neutralizing it. He then went on to the next clearing.

Story Text:Still waiting for both a mission and for the two Pokemon eggs he had at the Ranch to hatch


- the one he got from Unova was very close, he could feel it! - Gus resumed wandering around the woods, hoping to train his team. On a whim, he kicked a rock that was lying on the path. The pebble flew off into the bushes and struck something.

Three large mantis-like bugs stepped from the foliage. One of them was rubbing its head. It took one look at Gus and let out an angry "SCYTHE!". Gus let out a whistle, and Aeris dropped in from out of the sky and trilled out an answering battlecry.

Story Text:Fresh from the interdimensional portal hijinks yesterday, Gus had hitched a ride from Poni Island to MeleMele Island, and checked into a hotel at Hau'oli City. While there, he had managed to overheara group of locals preparing to go to a place called Melemele Meadow to gather nectar of some kind. Through liberal use of his naturally charismatic personality, he had managed to get an invite to their outing. Now, he was wandering around a veritable sea of yellow flowers, while his newfound acquaintances gathered their nectar.

Sweet scent, he mused, would probably be useless here as the overpowering smell of the flowers would mask any other aroma he could use. And so he just wandered around, until...

... a stray breeze blew a load of pollen into his nose, triggering a sneeze. Unfortunately, his sneeze disturbed a nearby flower bed. To his surprise, four of the most adorable things he had ever seen, looking like a cross between a bee and


a fly with a massive dose of cuteness, flew up from the flower bed and started buzzing around his head in an annoyed manner. Taking out his Pokedex, he confirmed that they were indeed, Cutieflies, and were precisely what he came to catch. Thinking that they were probably not that strong due to their tiny size, he sent out his Nidoran-M, Javier. The little creatures let out another buzz, then flew opposite his pokemon and got into formation.

Story Text:Gus continued wandering around MeleMele Meadow. While he had achieved his intended goal already of catching a Cutiefly, he very quickly realized that the locals with whom he had hitched a ride here were intending to stay for the entire morning, and being that he had no idea how toget back to Hau'oli City on foot, Gus opted to stay and see if he could find any other pokemon to add to his catch list.

Hearing a sound come from a nearby flowerbed, he moved some blossoms aside to find...

... a bunch of what first appeared to be tiny green sprigs buried near the flower roots. Brushing them aside, however, caused them to reveal themselves to be five Petilil. The little plant Pokemon popped up out of the ground and began making annoyed noises. Gus sent out Javier.

Two more captures, both pretty Bulb Pokemon that with some TLC, would hopefully blossom to two wonderful flowers. Truly, it was inspiring!

Gus' arm detached again. Grumbling in consternation, he went over to the locals, who were in the process of packing