correspond to the collectible game
piece;designating an active player and at least one opposing
player;performing a draw round wherein the active player draws a
predetermined number of cards from the top of his deck and places the
cards in his hand and the at least one opposing player draws a
predetermined number of cards from the top of his deck and places the
cards in his hand;performing a ready round wherein the active player
selects a predetermined number of cards from his hand and places the
cards onto the flat playing surface and the at least one opposing player
selects a predetermined number of cards from his hand and places the
cards onto the flat playing surface;performing a challenge round wherein
the active player and the at least one opposing player cast a collectible
game piece onto the flat playingrelates to games of chance and strategy using
collectible game pieces used as random outcome generators and designed in
the form of miniature figurines that are cast onto a playing surface to
randomly land in one of multiple stable orientations.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0003]In 1993, MAGIC: THE GATHERING R burst onto the game scene and
essentially created a new category of game: the collectible card game
(CCG). Today, MAGIC is still going strong and collectible games now come
in many forms. The attraction for collectible games found its appeal by
combining strategic game play, personal customization and collectability.
On the heels of the huge success of collectible card games, Collectible
Miniatures Games (CMG) were introduced in 1999 with perhaps the most
popular and well-known CMG being HEROCLIX R. From these two niches, other
collectible games were created and became successful


active player
may now place required number of cards onto the table from their hand. At
the stage of the ready round various cards and combination of cards will
be brought into play and placed face-up on the table top. Examples of
cards to play but not limited to these cards include character cards,
event cards, location cards, equipment cards, effect cards, interrupt
cards, action cards, reward cards, grid cards and the like. Some cards
may affect one or all players in the game. In some embodiments of the
game rules, cards in the game will have a card cost to bring them into
play. Card cost is the number of cards you must discard from your deck to
play the card. When the active player has completed card placement, the
opposing player may now play his or herthe pain. For the longing and even for the loneliness. For God descending to us and covering us. For giving us a glimpse and a deeper understanding of his coming, of the beauty of the Incarnation…that the Savior of the World would come to the broken and the weak.

And so I leave you with the lyrics of that beautiful hymn.

The first Noel the angel did say was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay; in fields where they lay keeping their sheep, on a cold winter’s night that was so deep.

Refrain:Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel, born is the King of Israel.

They looked up and saw a star shining in the east, beyond them far; and to the earth it gave great light, and so it continued both


the age of 12 he starts a medium degree in Music at the Music Municipal Conservatory of Buenos Aires, where he studies Harmony with the well-known Argentinean composer Carlos Guastavino. He finishes his studies in the Music National Conservatory of Buenos Aires, obtaining in 1979 the title of National Teacher of Music, specialty in Guitar, under the professorship of Horacio Ceballos.

Over two consecutive years, 1978 and 1979, he obtained the prestigious scholarship of the Government of Brazil to participate in the X and XI International Guitar Seminar in the city of Porto Alegre where he had the opportunity to study Guitar with Abel Carlevaro, Álvaro Pierri, Miguel Ángel Girolet and Contemporary Music with the composer Francis Schwartz.

During his adolescence, he studies Composition with Luis María Corallini and GuitarThe Region IX NIOSH ERC for Southern California (SCERC) is composed of three academic programs: one each in occupational medicine (CM), industrial hygiene (IH), and Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing (OEHN). These programs typically have about 4, 12, and 13 trainees, respectively. The occupational medicine program is located at University of California Irvine (UCI); ail other programs are at University o California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Other proposed programs are a Continuing Education, Outreach, Center Administration, a Hazardous Substances Academic Training Program (HSAT), a Pilot/Small Project Program (P/SPP), and a Hazardous Substances Training (HST) Program and a Targeted Research Training Program (TRT). These programs represent a coordinated, interdisciplinary set of professional education, continuing education, research and outreach activities that have a positive impact on the region's and nation's occupational


of their lord. "Campus Crusade for Khorne"

Alternatively, this can be "Oil for the Oil God!"

Hint that it is a metaphor for the War on Terror outside of the work, but never actually suggest so within the work.

In the near dystopian future, politically motivated crime is considered a mental illness. Our protagonist, a bitter expert on terrorism and aberrant psychology, and strong critic of the government, is imprisoned for meeting with terrorists (as part of his research, however the government and farcical legal system indict him as a co-conspirator). Cue an ontological mystery set in a psych ward, where our protagonist attempts to outwit the guards, grind down the psychiatrists attempting to "cure" his "socio-political deviancy" and trying to not go insane as he is surrounded by less thanthe psychiatrists attempting to "cure" his "socio-political deviancy" and trying to not go insane as he is surrounded by less than sane people all day and drugged frequently.

I mentally drafted a few scenes of this while the hairdresser attempted to kill me.

I would like to take this opportunity to point out that a friend of mine worked this exact phrase into his Philosophy midterm paper. The teacher gave no comment and he got a B+.

That's another idea in itself: The antics, struggles, and victories of a college club devoted to missionary work in the name of laying more skulls before the throne of their lord. "Campus Crusade for Khorne"

Also, this same guy worked "skulls for the skull throne" into his final, but that was overshadowed by the fact


that his whole paper was an analysis of the D&D 9 alignments system.

The second to last idea in Cram's OP reminded me of an idea I had- the story follows a young boy without any sort of psionic powers in a world where telepaths are the norm. He's seen as if he were blind or deaf, and has to learn to cope with everyone else knowing what he's thinking all the time.

Logged

Formerly known as the Space Pope (then I was excommunicated), Father Kurt Christ (I was deemed unfit to raise children, spiritual or otherwise), and Vartox (the speedo was starting to chafe)

In the not-too-distant future, the decision is made to link parliamentary candidates to tabloid celebrities in an attempt to improve voter turnout. The corpses of Jade GoodyFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A Governor General, is a vice-regal representative of a monarch in an independent realm
or a major colonial circonscription.
Depending on the political arrangement of the territory, a Governor
General can be a governor
of high rank, or a principal governor ranking above "ordinary"
governors.[1]

Current
uses

Today, the title Governor General is used in the independent Commonwealth
realms (those Commonwealth countries which share Queen Elizabeth II,
as Sovereign), with the exception of the United Kingdom, which does
not have a Governor General, being the Sovereign's home realm.

In modern usage, the term "Governor General" originated in those
British colonies
which became self-governing Dominions within the British Empire
(examples are Australia,
Canada and New Zealand). With the
exception of New
Zealand, each of the previously constituent colonies of these
federated colonies already had a Governor, and the Crown's representative to
the federated Dominion was


therefore given the superior title of
Governor General. New Zealand was granted Dominion status in 1907,
but as it had never been a federal state there was no pressing need
to change the gubernatorial title. It was not until 28 June 1917
that the Earl of
Liverpool was appointed the first Governor General of New
Zealand. Another non-federal state, Newfoundland, was a Dominion
for 16 years with the Kings's representative retaining the title of
Governor throughout this
time.

Since the 1950s, the title governor general has been given to
all representatives of the sovereign in independent Commonwealth
realms. In these cases, the former office of colonial governor was
altered (sometimes for the same incumbent) to become Governor
General upon independence, as the nature of the office became an
entirely independent constitutional representative of the monarch
rather than a symbol of previous colonial rule. Inthese countries
the Governor General acts as the Monarch's representative,
performing the ceremonial and constitutional functions of a Head of
State.

The only other nation which uses the Governor General
designation is Iran, which has no
connection with either the British (or any other) monarchy or the
Commonwealth. In Iran, the provincial authority is headed by a
Governor General[2]
(Persian: استاندار ostāndār), who
is appointed by the Minister of the Interior.

British
colonialism and the Governor General

Until the 1920s, Governors General were British subjects,
appointed on the advice of the British Government, who acted as
agents of the British Government in each Dominion, as well as being
representatives of the monarch. As such they notionally held the
prerogative powers of the monarch, and also held the executive
power of the country to which they were assigned. The Governor
General could be instructed by the Colonial Secretary
on


the exercise of some of his functions and duties, such as the
use or withholding of the Royal Assent from legislation; history
shows many examples of Governors General using their prerogative
and executive powers. The monarch or Imperial government could
overrule any Governor General, though this could often be
cumbersome, due to remoteness of the territories from London.

The Governor General was also the head of the armed forces in
his or her territory and, because of the Governor General's control
of the military, the post was as much a military appointment as a
civil one. Indeed, until the late 20th century, the Governor
General's official attire was the court dress, Windsor uniform or other military
uniform.

In some colonies, the title of the royal representative was
never Governor General. The King's representative in New Zealand, for
instance, was simply titled Governoruntil after the country became
a Dominion.

Modern
Commonwealth

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Independent Commonwealth
realms

Following the Imperial Conference, and subsequent
issuing of the Balfour
Declaration in 1926, the role and responsibilities of the
Governor General began to shift, reflecting the increased
independence of the Dominions (Which were in 1952 renamed Realms;
a term which includes the UK itself). As the sovereign came to be
regarded as monarch of each territory independently, and, as such,
advised only by the ministers of each country in regard to said
country's national affairs (as opposed to a single British monarch
ruling all the Dominions as a conglomerate and advised only by an
imperial parliament), so too did the Governor General become a
direct representative of the national monarch only, who no longer
answered to the British government. These concepts were entrenched
in legislation with the enactment of the Statute of Westminster in
1931, and


governmental relations with the United Kingdom were placed in the hands
of a British High Commissioner in each
country.

In other words, the political reality of a self governing
dominion within the British Empire with a Governor General
answerable to the sovereign of Great Britain became clear. British
interference in the dominion was not acceptable and independent
country status was clearly displayed. Canada, Australia and New
Zealand were clearly not controlled by the United Kingdom. The
monarch of these countries (Elizabeth II) is in law Queen of Canada, Queen of Australia, Queen of New Zealand and only acts on the
advice of the ministers in each country and is in no way influenced
by the British government. The monarch appoints a Governor General
as a personal representative only on the advice of the Prime
Minister of the realm. The Governor Generalof Canada is appointed
by the Queen of Canada on the advice of the Canadian Prime
Minister. The Governor General of Australia is appointed by the
Queen of Australia on the advice of the Australian Prime Minister
and the Governor General of New Zealand is appointed by the Queen
of New Zealand on the advice of the New Zealand Prime Minister,
etc.

Today, therefore, in former British colonies which are now
independent Commonwealth realms, the Governor
General is constitutionally the representative of the monarch in
his or her state, and may exercise the reserve powers of the monarch according
to their own constitutional authority. The Governor General,
however, is still appointed by the monarch, and takes an oath of
allegiance to the monarch of their own country. Executive
authority is also vested in the monarch, though it can be placed
with the Governor


person with a distinguished
record of public service, often a retired politician, judge or
military commander; but some countries have also appointed
prominent academics,
members of the clergy, philanthropists, or figures from the news
media to the office. The Governor General is formally appointed by
the Monarch, following the specific request of the Prime Minister of the country concerned; Papua New
Guinea and the Solomon Islands are the only realms
that elect their Governor General, in both cases by a parliamentary
vote.

Traditionally, the Governor General's official attire was a
military uniform, but this practice has been abandoned except on
occasions when it is appropriate to be worn. In South Africa, the Governor
General of the Union nominated by the AfrikanerNationalist government
chose not to wear uniform on any occasion. Most Governors General
continue to wear appropriate medals on their clothing when required.

Inmost Commonwealth realms, the flag of the Governor General
has been the standard pattern of a blue field with the Royal Crest (a lion
standing on a crown) above a scroll with the name of the
jurisdiction. In Canada,
however, this was replaced with a crowned lion clasping a maple
leaf. In the Solomon Islands, the scroll was
replaced with a two-headed frigate bird motif,
while in Fiji, the former Governor
General's flag featured a whale's tooth. In New Zealand, the flag was
replaced in 2008 with the shield of the coat of arms of New Zealand
surmounted by a crown on a blue field.

Governors General are accorded the style of His/Her Excellency. This
style is also extended to their spouses, whether female or male
(for an example of the latter, see Jean-Daniel Lafond).

In former colonies which are now Commonwealth


republics, the Governor
General and Monarch have been replaced by an elected or appointed
(sometimes non-executive) Head of State.

Appointment

Until the 1920s, the Governors General were British, and
appointed on the advice of the British Government.

Following the changes to the structure of the Commonwealth in
the late 1920s, in 1929, the Australian Prime Minister James Scullin
established the right of a Dominion Prime Minister to advise the Monarch
directly on the appointment of a Governor General, by insisting
that his choice (Sir Isaac Isaacs, an Australian) prevail over
the recommendation of the British Government. The convention was
gradually established throughout the Commonwealth that the Governor
General would be a citizen of the country concerned, and would be
appointed on the advice of the government of that country, with no
input from the British Government. Since 1931 as each former
Dominion has patriatedits constitution from the UK, the
convention has become law and no government of any realm can advise
the Monarch on any matter pertaining to another realm, including
the appointment of a Governor General. Today a country's
Governor-General is appointed by the Sovereign based solely on the
advice of the prime minister of the country concerned.

Other
attributes

Different realms have different constitutional arrangements
governing who acts in place of the Governor General in the event of
his or her death, resignation, or incapacity.

In Australia, an Administrator of the
Commonwealth may be appointed to perform the necessary official
functions, pending a decision by the Sovereign, on the advice of
the Prime Minister, about a
permanent replacement as Governor General. The Administrator has
usually been the senior state governor. Each
state governor normally holds what is known as a dormant
commission. There have been cases where


a governor has fallen
out of favor with the government, causing their dormant commission
to be revoked. The most recent example was that of Sir Colin Hannah,
Governor of Queensland, in 1975.

Former Commonwealth
realms

Most Commonwealth countries that are now republics, have a President as head of state,
where previously they had a Governor General. Some became
parliamentary republics, like India, where the presidency is a ceremonial post,
similar to that of the British monarch, while others, like Ghana, adopted a presidential
system like the United States. Australia held a referendum on becoming a parliamentary republic in 1999, but this
was rejected.

The current governments of Barbados and Jamaica while having announced plans to hold
referendums on becoming republics (in each case with a
non-executive President replacing the Queen as head of state, as
occurred in Trinidad and Tobago in 1976), have
notproceeded any further.

Kenya: 12 December 1963–12
December 1964 Malcolm MacDonald (b. 1901–d. 1981),
formerly the last colonial Governor; the country became a republic
with Jomo
Kenyatta, formerly Prime Minister, as executive President.

Malawi: 6 July 1964–6 July
1966 Sir Glyn Smallwood Jones (b. 1908–d.
1992), formerly the last colonial Governor (until 1963 of
"Nyasaland") the country became a republic with Kamuzu Banda, formerly Prime Minister, as
executive President.

Mauritius: Sir John Shaw
Rennie (12 March–3 September 1968) formerly the last colonial
Governor. The country became a republic on 12 March 1992 with the
last Governor General Veerasamy Ringadoo as the first
ceremonial President.

Furthermore, in Napoleonic Europe successive French
Governors-general were appointed by Napoleon I in:

the German states of Brandenburg (various other got 'mere'
Governors), two incumbents during the 27 October 1806 - 10 December
1808 French occupation

Province of Courland
under the French occupation (from 1 August


1812, Duchy of Courland
and Semigallia and District of Pilten nominally re-established under joint
French-Saxon protectorate 8 October 1812 - 20 December 1812) :
Jacques David Martin, baron de Campredon (b. 1761 - d. 1837)

Parma and Piacenza under occupation, (after a Commissioner) 15
February 1804 - 23 July 1808, later annexed as département
under a Prefect of Taro

Portuguese

The equivalent word in Portuguese is Governador-Geral,
but this style was only used in a few major colonies, other
colonies lower titles, mainly Governador (Governor) or Captain-major,
prevailed

In the overseas province of Portuguese India (Estado da
Índia, capital Goa) the style was changed repeatedly for
another, mostly Viceroy, or
a commission

In Brazil, after a few
Governors, from 1578 till its promotion on 13 Jul 1714 to Viceroyalty

in Africa, from 1837 Portugal appointed a Governor-general to
govern the colony of Portuguese West
Africa (later Angola), and
anotherin Mozambique
(Portuguese East Africa); both offices were restyled in full High
Commissioner and Governor-general in 1921, and both existed
until their 1975 decolonisation.

U.S.

From 1905 to 1935 the Philippines (since 13 August 1898 a U.S
territory; first under three Military and two ordinary Governors)
was administered by a series of Governors General
appointed by the United States.

From 1939 to 1944, during the German occupation of Poland, part of the country was
designated the General Government and the Nazi
official Hans Frank
had the title Governor-General (Generalgouverneur für die
besetzten polnischen Gebiete).

the kingdom of Saxony had
a Governor general twice, under Allied control after French emperor
Napoleon I's defeat:

Asian
counterparts

From 1644 to 1911, in Qing DynastyChina, a Governor General or zongdu
(Chinese: 总督) was the highest official of joint military and civil
affairs in one or several provinces
(alternately translated as Viceroy)


They might be down, but they're not out. The four remaining full-time residents of Tilt Cove on Newfoundland's Baie Verte Peninsula have no plans to leave Canada's tiniest town anytime soon.

Margaret Collins is the town clerk. Her husband Don is the mayor. They live right next door to her brother and his wife who serve as town councillors. And that's it for a former mining town that was once home to 1,500 people.

"We still pay our taxes and still get a bit of money from the government, so we're still surviving," Collins told CBC Radio's Central Morning Show.

Margaret and Don Collins in their shed in Tilt Cove. (Adam Walsh/CBC)

But the town has seen a sharp drop in its population in the past couple of years.

Collins's mother-in-law died in2015, her own mother died last year, and another senior citizen decided to move 12 kilometres away to La Scie.

"There were three senior citizens here, two have died and one has moved to a nearby community in the wintertime, and comes here in the summertime, but then she's 91."

'It's a big loss'

Collins keeps busy as the town clerk — paying the bills to keep Tilt Cove's two street lights burning and water flowing to the two remaining households. They pay for garbage collection and snow clearing for the road on one side of the pond.

She and her husband also run the community museum out of their home, but it doesn't get much action during the long, cold, snowy months of winter.

'The Way We Were' museum contains many pictures


This 1st volume of contains the following 50 works, arranged alphabetically by authors’ last names:

Alcott, Louisa May: Little Women

Austen, Jane: Pride and Prejudice

Austen, Jane: Emma

Balzac, Honoré de: Father Goriot

Barbusse, Henri: The Inferno

Brontë, Anne: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Brontë, Charlotte: Jane Eyre

Brontë, Emily: Wuthering Heights

Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Tarzan of the Apes

Butler, Samuel: The Way of All Flesh

Carroll, Lewis: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Cather, Willa: My Ántonia

Cervantes, Miguel de: Don Quixote

Chopin, Kate: The Awakening

Cleland, John: Fanny Hill

Collins, Wilkie: The Moonstone

Conrad, Joseph: Heart of Darkness

Conrad, Joseph: Nostromo

Cooper, James Fenimore: The Last of the Mohicans

Crane, Stephen: The Red Badge of Courage

Cummings, E. E.: The Enormous Room

Defoe, Daniel: Robinson Crusoe

Defoe, Daniel: Moll Flanders

Dickens, Charles: Bleak House

Dickens, Charles: Great Expectations

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor: Crime and Punishment

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor: The Idiot

Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Hound of the Baskervilles

Dreiser, Theodore:Sister Carrie

Dumas, Alexandre: The Three Musketeers

Dumas, Alexandre: The Count of Monte Cristo

Eliot, George: Middlemarch

Fielding, Henry: Tom Jones

Flaubert, Gustave: Madame Bovary

Flaubert, Gustave: Sentimental Education

Ford, Ford Madox: The Good Soldier

Forster, E. M.: A Room With a View

Forster, E. M.: Howards End

Gaskell, Elizabeth: North and South

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von: The Sorrows of Young Werther

Gogol, Nikolai: Dead Souls

Gorky, Maxim: The Mother

Haggard, H. Rider: King Solomon’s Mines

Hardy, Thomas: Tess of the D’Urbervilles

Hawthorne, Nathaniel: The Scarlet Letter

Homer: The Odyssey

Hugo, Victor: The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Hugo, Victor: Les Misérables

Huxley, Aldous: Crome Yellow

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A greater number of Britons are in favour of Donald Trump’s state visit than oppose it, according to new polling data from YouGov.

When asked whether they thought the visit should go ahead or be cancelled, 49 per cent of British adults were in favour of the visit, compared to just 36 per cent who were against it.

These results come in the context of anti-Trump protests across the UK and a petition against his state visit, which has so far attracted 1.78m signatures on Parliament's website.

This opposition was fueled by the President's executive order imposing a 90-day ban on people entering the US from Syria, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. It also prevents all refugees from entering the US for 120 days.

Indeed, the YouGov poll foundAbout 500 pro-Trump demonstrators and counter-protesters faced off Saturday morning at a “Patriots Day” rally in Berkeley, where the two groups have violently clashed on city streets twice in the last three months. About 10 a.m., dozens of counter-protesters dressed in black and wearing masks tore down a plastic netting that separated the two groups in Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park. The Trump supporters moved forward with American flags and chants against “communists.”

Two counter-demonstrators were led away by police in handcuffs. At one point, a loud explosion could be heard in the park and fist fights broke out among members of both groups. Berkeley police, wearing riot helmets, immediately rushed in and the crowd moved back.

Stewart Rhodes, founder of the citizen militia group known as the


nationalist group Identity Europa was identified by multiple witnesses as the man seen in a viral video lunging at an unsuspecting woman with dreadlocks and viciously punching her before she had a chance to react.

Twenty-one people were arrested, including some on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, according to Officer Byron White of the Berkeley Police Department. Eleven people were injured with at least six taken to a hospital for treatment, including one stabbing victim.

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Will’s work has been referenced on suchhttp://www.JewishWorldReview.com |SAN FRANCISCO  California's former and perhaps future governor, Jerry Brown, says it took him 13 minutes to get here from Oakland, where he was mayor for eight years and now lives. He came on BART, the transit system launched by his father, Pat, who was Democratic governor for two terms until beaten by Ronald Reagan in 1966, which ended a political career that began in 1928 when Pat ran unsuccessfully, as a Republican, for the state Assembly.

For 80 years, a Brown has been active in California politics, and if Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who will be 77 in 2010, does not run for governor, Jerry Brown, who is attorney general, probably will, although he says being governor "is an impossible task and anyone will leave discredited." Then


why try? Because, he says, he is, in the formulation of the Italian Communist Antonio Gramsci, a pessimist of the intellect but an optimist of the will. He was 36 when he replaced a congenital optimist, Reagan, as governor, and will be twice that age when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger limps back to Los Angeles.

Feinstein is wealthy, well known and popular, so she can wait until 2010 to decide, thereby paralyzing other possible Democratic candidates. If she then does not run, Brown's name recognition will make him the front-runner. His last year as governor was 1982, when there were 24.5 million Californians. Now there are 38 million, most of whom have only vague, if any, memories of him as governor. But in this mega-state, becoming known can cost afortune, and his name is known from Oregon's border to Mexico's. That is why he says he may become the last gubernatorial nominee not rich enough to personally finance his campaign. Besides, he says, in a "TiVo world," where people watch only what they select and "political news is not as salient as it used to be," a famous name becomes more salient.

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Brown, who was 7 when the Second World War ended, remembers rationing, and sometimes  when the former seminarian is in a San Francisco frame of mind, fretting about "unsustainable" growth and


thick with factions fiercely protective of the status quo, whoever becomes governor at the sufferance of those factions can only nibble at the edges of problems. The state government, which is hemorrhaging red ink, is heavily dependent on income taxes, which are volatile, and thanks to the state's populist tradition, initiatives promoted by the public education lobby and other factions have restricted budget flexibility.

When, as Oakland's mayor, he launched a military school for low-income children, he endured protesters who were, he says, suffering "misplaced concreteness." These gray-bearded "remnants" of the anti-Vietnam War movement "were looking for a war to protest." He preserved the school, promoted condominiums "to bring disposable income" back to the inner city, increased the number of charter schools from three to 24, expanded the policeand violate people’s rights without having to answer to anyone.”

According to a Voluntary Statement Form from CSUPD, where CSOs recount interactions with violators, CSOs have pursued violators who have refused to stop. In one instance, CSOs wrote that they followed a female from the Behavioral Science Building to the Aylesworth Residence Hall, then followed her into the Aylesworth Residence Hall Building after she said she was not going to stop.

“BEEP officers do not physically restrain or pursue alleged violators,” Zurgish wrote.

Lowrey wrote that issues regarding authority of CSOs and rights violations were brought to his attention in 2011. He said he has brought up his concerns to Student Legal Services, CSUPD Chief of Police, General Counsel, Dean of Students and President Tony Frank.

“There was no substantive response to


STUART — Hidden Oaks Middle School will get to fill an open assistant principal position but Indiantown Middle School won't, thanks to action taken Tuesday by the Martin County School Board.

Schools Superintendent Nancy Kline asked the board to fill both assistant principal positions despite a board-imposed hiring freeze on administrative posts, saying in an Aug. 31 memo the positions are fully funded in the district's 2012-13 budget, included in the district's organizational chart and crucial to performing state-mandated teacher evaluations.

"To block the hiring of critical administrative positions within the district is harmful to district operations and places the health, safety and welfare of children and staff at risk," Kline wrote.

Lisa Gray of Palm City, who has a daughter at Hidden Oaks and a son who will attend nextyear, also asked that the board fill the positions, saying the schools are being "penalized" because other middle schools are fully staffed with administrators.

Board member Maura Barry-Sorensen's motion to fill the positions, which was seconded by Michael Busha, seemed doomed to fail by a 2-3 vote after board Chairwoman Sue Hershey and members Laurie Gaylord and David Anderson spoke against it.

The three said Kline should temporarily assign other district administrators to take over assistant principal duties at the two schools until November, when Gaylord, who defeated Kline in the Aug. 14 superintendent election, and three new board members take their seats.

Gaylord said she also was concerned that Kline wanted to move Kathryn Morem from her position as coordinator of the district's federal Race to the Top grant to


the Indiantown post during a "critical year" for the grant.

Before the motion on both positions could crash and burn, Busha suggested breaking it up.

His motion to "unfreeze" the Hidden Oaks assistant principal position was approved unanimously, as was his motion to move David Axton, a Martin Middle School guidance counselor, to the job.

Gaylord and Anderson said filling the Hidden Oaks job was necessary because the school has more than 1,000 students, but filling the Indiantown job wasn't because that school has about 400 students.

"In a case like this," Busha replied, "size shouldn't matter."

Kline said after the meeting she was "shocked that the board would fill an assistant principal position for a Palm City school but not for an Indiantown school."

In other action, the board:

Approved a $119,085 contract withSong & Associates, a West Palm Beach architectural firm, to provide design documents for renovations at the Martin County High School Auditorium, which was damaged in a Jan. 2 fire.

As initial cleanup work was being done at the auditorium, district officials discovered that upgrades such as improved ventilation, sprinklers, entrances and exits were needed to bring the building up to current safety codes. One of the district's insurance carriers has balked at paying for the upgrades, but Julian G. "Jay" Angel, the district facilities director, told board members that paying for the plans will enable renovation work to continue while a settlement is negotiated.

"We still expect the insurance company to fund the project," Angel said.

Approved an agreement with the Martin County Parks and Recreation Department for high school


swim teams to use swimming pools at the county-owned Sailfish Splash Waterpark for practices and competitions.

More than 150 swimmers from Martin County, Jensen Beach and South Fork high schools and the private Martin County Aquatics team have been sharing the 10-lane pool at Martin County High School, which required staggered practice sessions and up to 10 kids in a lane at a time.

According to emails between district and parks and recreation department officials, swim teams from Jensen Beach and South Fork will use the Sailfish Splash pool for practice sessions, while the Martin County High School swim team and the Aquatics team will continue to practice at MCHS' pool.

Met behind closed doors with legal counsel to discuss a lawsuit filed in October in U.S. District Court in FortPierce by Dorothy Mershon, widow of Gordon Kent Mershon, who alleges her husband's contract as district energy manager was not renewed for the 2009-10 school year because he was 64 years old.

Gordon Mershon died of a heart attack Sept. 23, 2010, at age 65; the lawsuit claims the death was "a direct and proximate result of the defendant's wrongful conduct."

According to a district court document, the case is scheduled to go to trial during the two-week period beginning Sept. 24 in Fort Pierce.


Annagry

Anagaire (anglicised as Annagry) is a Gaeltacht village in The Rosses district of County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland. , the population was 236.

Name
The Irish and official name for Annagry is Anagaire, which in turn derives from Áth na gCoire meaning "ford of the whirlpools".

Language

There are 2,354 people living in the Anagaire ED and 55% of whom are native Irish speakers.
Annagry is in the Gaeltacht region which means the official language of the area is Irish. However, the use of the language has been in decline since the 1950s. Despite this, it has an Irish language college in the summer months which runs courses for students from English-speaking areas of the country, Coláiste na Rosann.

History

Annagry has a long history of emigration, much like the rest of County Donegal. InWelcome to Revolution Wrestling Alliance

The RWA Tag Team Champions Contract Killers took on The Totem Pole of Love in a first-ever Casket Match at RWA Halloween Haywire. Tricks, treats, and coffins slams – did they defend the gold or lose it all? For more RWA action, check us out on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube!

After accepting Damon Knight’s offer to join the Contract Killers, Garrisaon Creed stepped into the ring against Moses Mayhem, intent of exiting the new RWA US Champion. Moses Mayhem had different plans. For more RWA action, check us out on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube!

At Halloween Haywire, Garrisaon Creed battled Spider Baby in a Halloween-style Four Corners Match. At the end, Damon Knight of the Contract Killers made a special appearance, with an offer to Creed


support. N.H. was financially supported by a BMBF PhD scholarship provided by the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Berlin, Germany. T.B. and R.B.Y. were supported by the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive (grant no. 2013-67019-21359) from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture and a National Science Foundation SusChEM Award (grant no. EAR1451494). The co-composted biochar was obtained from a compost that was produced during a 'Short Term Scientific Mission' (STSM) granted to NH by the EU COST Action TD1107 'Biochar as option for sustainable resource management'. Access to the ASTEM Titan3 60--300 at TU Graz was enabled by European Union through the EC Grant ESTEEM2 (20141212‐Hagemann and 20150703-Hagemann). Research described in this work was performed at the Canadian Light Source, which is supported by the Natural Sciencesdown from below the south end of the threshold of the temple, south of the altar. Then he brought me out by way of the north gate and led me round on the outside to the outer gate that faces towards the east; and behold, the water was trickling out on the south side.

Going on eastwards with a measuring line in his hand, the man measured a thousand cubits, and then led me through the water, and it was ankle-deep. Again he measured a thousand, and led me through the water, and it was knee-deep. Again he measured a thousand, and led me through the water, and it was waist-deep. Again he measured a thousand, and it was a river that I could not pass through, for the


water had risen. It was deep enough to swim in, a river that could not be passed through. And he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen this?”

Then he led me back to the bank of the river. As I went back, I saw on the bank of the river very many trees on one side and on the other. And he said to me, “This water flows towards the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah, and enters the sea; when the water flows into the sea, the water will become fresh. And wherever the river goes, every living creature that swarms will live, and there will be very many fish. For this water goes there, that the waters of the sea may becomeThe San Jose Earthquakes announced Thursday the signing of midfielder Cordell Cato to a new multi-year contract.

Cato, 23, a Trinidad and Tobago international entering his fifth MLS season, is coming off a career year in 2015, during which he set career highs in games played (28), starts (18) and minutes (1,814) and tied his career highs in goals (three) and assists (two). Cato was the only San Jose player last season to make at least one start at four different positions: left back, right back, left midfield and right midfield.

"Cordell is an excellent young player and we believe he has a very bright future ahead of him," said Earthquakes general manager John Doyle, in a team statement. "It's easy to forget that, given all the experience he already


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Watch full movie online Hairspray (2007) in HD quality. Movie Hairspray (2007) was released in July 13, 2007 in genre Family. Movie Hairspray (2007) is movie directed by Adam Shankman. and starring by John Travolta. Movie Hairspray (2007) tell story about Pleasantly plump teenager, Tracy Turnblad and her best friend, Penny Pingleton audition to be on The Corny Collins Show – and Tracy wins. But when scheming Amber Von Tussle and her mother plot to destroy Tracy, it turns to chaos.for the charge–namely, that
appellant had intentionally exposed his genitalia in an indecent manner between 1
January 2014 and 30 November 2014.

        Appellant admitted he took photographs of his penis and sent them to others,
knowing the pictures were indecent. He further expounded upon the indecency
element of the charge in that he photographed his penis next to a water bottle to
illustrate its size–and then sent the photographs via social media to persons under
the age of 18.

       Although appellant did not mention it during the providence inquiry, appellant
also sent videos of himself unclothed, masturbating, and ejaculating to the same two
underage girls on different occasions during the same timeframe as the charged
indecent exposure. The two girls reciprocated by sending appellant


construct used before computers or even printing. Mine is based on the first floor of Lord British’s castle from Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds, a game that was the peak of the Western RPG before Morrowind. In UUII, you play the Avatar, a hero trapped in a castle whilst an enemy invades his world, and who must explore the maze of the basements to find the way out. Consider this, then, a retrospective about the sadly-defunct Ultima series, a discussion of an archaic psychological technique used by mystics since the dawn of time but curiously in abeyance during the modern era, and a pyx about the potential for the things we call games to become more than the structural limitations of engine design.

MentorsTurn left out of mycreation of the art of memory centers around the story of Simonides of Ceos, a famous Greek poet, who was invited to chant a lyric poem in honor of his host, a nobleman of Thessaly. While praising his host, Simonides also mentioned the twin gods Castor and Pollux. When the recital was complete, the nobleman selfishly told Simonides that he would only pay him half of the agreed upon payment for the panegyric, and that he would have to get the balance of the payment from the two gods he had mentioned. A short time later, Simonides was told that two men were waiting for him outside. He left to meet the visitors but could find no one. Then, while he was outside the banquet hall, it collapsed,


dungeon-crawlers, like the classic Wizardry, back around when most of us were being born. Amongst these was the precursor to the Ultima series ‘Akalabeth: World of Doom’ (1979), made by the teenage Richard Garriott for the Apple II (and parodied in one of the levels of UUII). Though monochrome and line-based, Akalabeth featured the basics of most RPGS, Eastern and Western – underground first-person dungeons and a top-down map. If we’re to refer to Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers theory, Garriott had a full 10 years of developing first-person roleplaying games, giving him a tremendous advantage in knowing what worked, what was easy and what was currently impossible when it came to making the Underworld games. That kept the Ultima series at the front of the pack until everyone elseThe eco-contribution, also known as the bed-tax, will be of 50 cents a day capped at €5 per stay.

Dr Zammit Lewis made the announcement this afternoon shortly after a court rejected a request by a number of touristic operators to prohibit the government from implementing the law to collect the tax from accommodation providers.

The Tourism Minister said the new implementation date had been agreed upon with the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Assocation.

He said those behind the request for prohibitory injunction were responsible for the confusion in th industry and the loss of around €140,000 in the space of one week. These funds would have been used to improve the tourism product.

Dr Zammit Lewis said the eco-contribution had been announced in this year’s budget and the government had done


the national economic performance, has the best possible operating environment so it can continue to grow and compete in the global market.

The Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry represents the Federated Association of Travel and Tourism Agents (FATTA), the Federation of English Language Teaching Organisations Malta (FELTOM), the Malta Association of Hospitality Executives (MAHE) and the Professional Diving Schools Association (PDSA).”Elizabeth Weise

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SAN FRANCISCO — After making moves into trucking and air freight, Amazon appears to be turning its thoughts to the sea.

The e-commerce company's Chinese affiliate, Amazon China, has registered with the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission to become a licensed ocean freight forwarder.

The filing was spotted Wednesday by Flexport, a San Francisco-based freight forwarder for consumer product makers.

The filing is just the first part of a longer regulatory journey required before Amazon China could actually ship packages. But it's a tantalizing piece of the puzzle as the Seattle company appears to be building out its own delivery service.

In the last two years Amazon has moved into leasing its own trailers and cargo jets, both in the United States and Europe. This appears to be the company's first


China's blind cinema is a lifeline for Beijing's visually-impaired

China has the highest number of blind people in the world - accounting for 17 percent of the total. A community cinema in Beijing is allowing the vision-impaired to enjoy films on the big screen.

UpdatedUpdated 27/11/2017

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Every Saturday morning members of Beijing’s blind community make their way from all over the city to the old Drum Tower area.

Here, in a tucked away traditional Chinese courtyard, is the Hong Dandan Community Centre. During the week the centre organises various get-togethers such reading and exercise clubs. But Saturday is undoubtedly their busiest day thanks to their 'Blind Cinema' screenings.

At 9am, dozens of people fill the main hall of the centre to attend the weekly screening.

While no block-out curtain or projector screen isrequired, the room is instead fitted with a good sound system, a microphone and a stool for the designated film narrator.

China's blind cinema allows the visually-impaired to enjoy films as a community

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While films are played, the volunteer narrator explains what is happening on screen so the blind audience can listen to the parts they would otherwise miss.

The program - called 'Eyes of the heart' - has allowed many blind people to experience movies for the first time in their lives.

It was first started in July 2006 and the cinema has screened more than 600 films to date.

Narrating for the blind: How Spike Zheng entertains his audience

“There’s a small car driving down a winding country road, now a big yellow bus has appeared behind him,” narrates volunteer Spike


1997 Constitution created a bicameral legislature consisting of a 500-seat House of Representatives (สภาผู้แทนราษฎร, sapha phu thaen ratsadon) and a 200-seat Senate (วุฒิสภา, wutthisapha). For the first time in Thai history, both houses were directly elected.

Many human rights were explicitly acknowledged, and measures were established to increase the stability of elected governments. The House was elected by the first past the post system, where only one candidate with a simple majority could be elected in one constituency. The Senate was elected based on the provincial system, where one province could return more than one senator depending on its population size.

The two houses of the National Assembly have two different terms. In accordance with the constitution the Senate is elected to a six-year term, while the House is electedTO BE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO
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and technical weaknesses in agency’s plans. Under the BSM, the IRS is modernizing its tax administration and internal management systems.

GAO said the IRS made progress throughout the 2000s and finally in 2011 and 2012 took necessary steps to fix weaknesses by creating cross-functional working groups to fix at-risk control areas, improved the encryption of information transferred between accounting systems and upgraded the cybersecurity of internal systems.

Additionally, the IRS addressed its outdated operating system and application software, improved its auditing and monitoring capabilities of its general support system and tested its general ledger system for tax transactions in its current operating environment.

“IRS delivered the initial phase of its cornerstone tax processing project and began the daily processing and posting of individual taxpayer accounts in January 2012,” the GAO stated.Conventional combustion, reciprocating engines are widely used as automotive engines. A conventional engine (single-cycle, two-cycle and others) is typically composed of an engine or cylinder assembly having one or more cylinders therein. A piston is slidably disposed in the cylinder and moves reciprocally within the cylinder. A cylinder head at one end of the cylinder closes the cylinder assembly. The cylinder head typically contains the valves (intake and exhaust) and the spark plug. A combustion chamber is defined by an inner wall of the cylinder, a top surface of the piston, along with the cylinder head.
During combustion, the piston moves reciprocally within the cylinder and eventually can wear down the inner walls of the cylinder. Cylindrical shaped liners have been developed to line the walls of the cylinder


From secretary to billionaire author… JK Rowling’s life before Harry

Billionaire author JK Rowling has lived a true rags-to-riches story. The writer of the famous Harry Potter stories about a young wizard and his friends always wanted to be an author, but had little success until she was in her 30s.

Today, Potter and his pals Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger are the main characters in one of the world’s biggest book and movie franchises in history. They have made Rowling the seventh richest entrepreneur in the UK, with an estimated net worth of $1 billion.

She has won many literary awards, was made an OBE in 2000 for services to children’s literature, won a BAFTA in 2011 for her Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema and was awarded the Freedom ofthe City of London in 2012. She was appointed a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour in the queen’s 2017 Birthday Honours.

Rowling is the first author in history to have her net worth valued at $1 billion, yet prior to her first Harry Potter book being published, she lived a very ordinary lifestyle, much of which was spent in relative poverty.

Early life Born in Gloucestershire in July 1965, Joanne Rowling enjoyed writing even at primary school and recalled writing a story when she was only six about a rabbit called Rabbit, who caught measles. Her mother said it was a good story and the young Joanne suggested trying to get it published, although this didn’t happen.

She continued to write stories while a pupil at St


Michael’s Primary School. At the age of 11, she wrote a novel about the various people who owned seven cursed diamonds. Attending Wyedean Comprehensive School and then the University of Exeter, where she studied French and Classics, Rowling wrote only as a hobby in her spare time.

Her beloved mother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and Rowling recalled some very unhappy years during her mum’s illness.

First job After graduating from university, Rowling had several jobs, including working as a bilingual secretary and researcher at Amnesty International’s London offices. She then moved to Manchester, where she worked for the Chamber of Commerce. She still enjoyed writing, but it was more of a hobby than a career at that time.

In 1990, travelling by train from Manchester to London, Rowling began toform the idea for her Harry Potter books while the train was delayed. She had plenty of ideas and would jot them down on scraps of paper whenever they came to her.

However, it was to be a further seven years before her first book was finally published. In the interim, devastated by her mother’s death in December 1990, she moved to Portugal after seeing a newspaper advert for an English teacher.

She spent 18 months teaching in Portugal and in her spare time began to plan out the whole Harry Potter story, which eventually comprised seven novels – all of which were made into blockbuster movies, produced by Warner Bros studios.

She married Portuguese television journalist Jorge Arantes in October 1992 and the couple had a daughter, Jessica, in July


1993, but the marriage quickly soured, and the couple separated in November the same year.

Rowling reportedly felt like a failure. She still hadn’t got over her mother’s death and ended up having to move back to the UK following the end of her marriage. With no job, a divorce and now living in relative poverty, she felt her life had hit an all-time low.

Settling in Edinburgh with her baby daughter late in 1993, she continued writing in her spare time, while studying on a teacher training course. However, on finishing her first Harry Potter novel, she sent the manuscript hopefully to several publishers. One of them, Bloomsbury, expressed an interest.

She described their letter as the “best letter she had ever received” when they agreed to publish Harry PotterTopics

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When the new pope was elected in 2013, everyone imagined that this meant a great change for the Catholic Church. Catholicism, which had lost many supporters in South America, could have been strengthened by the election of a Latin American pope.

The new pope appeared very humble. Recently all eyes turned to an address by Pope Francis at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences: The pope defended evolution. While that may appear astonishing at first sight, statements of that kind are by no means uncommon in the Catholic Church.

Despite statements in the New Testament to the effect that God created all things and it is God who gives life to everything (I Corinthians 8:5-6, John 1:3 and I Timothy 6:13), the Catholic Church had previously maintained that


and ideas that ascribe greater power to human beings, chance and even unconscious events than to the divine power, do enormous harm to the Catholic world.

In fact, the pope and the Vatican have shaken genuine believers' trust in them, thereby provoking criticism from sincere Christians. The papacy must therefore be aware of the great responsibility it bears.

The Catholic Church is continuing to lose supporters. According to the Pew Research Center, some four million people in the US have left the Catholic Church since 2010. Brazil is the country with the world's largest Catholic population, yet between 2000 and 2010, the number of Catholics fell from 125 million to 123 million.

In 1910, two-thirds of the world's Catholics lived in Europe, but that figure has now fallen to only oneheld more than 8,300 men and women in nine state institutions, currently house one transgender inmate being held in a correctional institution for men, while one other transgender inmate was recently released, Scaletta said.

“The inmate we currently have on count is receiving hormone treatment," Scaletta added, explaining that the prisoner is male transitioning to be female. He declined to identify the inmate, citing medical privacy regulations. "No medical procedures have taken place at this time," he said.

To qualify for sex-reassignment surgery in California, inmates must: be diagnosed with what is medically known as gender dysphoria; have lived as a member of the preferred gender for at least 12 months; and have expressed a desire for sex-reassignment surgery for at least two years. Prison mental health professionals will make


National Peasant Party (Hungary)

The National Peasant Party (, NPP) was a political party in Hungary between 1939 and 1949. It was led by the writer Péter Veres. The party was revived for a short time during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and after the end of communism in 1989–90.

History
The party was established in 1939, but was only formalised as an organisation on 19 September 1944. It won 42 seats in the National Interim Assembly elections in 1944. By the following year it had 170,000 members, although it was reduced to 23 seats in the parliamentary elections that year. However, the following year the party won 36 of the 411 seats in the parliamentary elections.

For the 1949 elections it ran as part of the Communist-led Hungarian Independent People's Front,nursed by pressed nurses, who by dint of
scolding and coaxing and smacking and promising were persuaded to keep it
out of the house, even though they did not keep it altogether quiet. Mrs.
Phillips "tidied up" in a wearied way, without energy, working stolidly
all the time as if she were on a tread-mill. She had a weary look, the
expression of one who is tired always, who gets up tired and goes to bed
tired, and who never by any accident gets a good rest, who even when dead
is not permitted to lie quietly like other people but gets buried the
same day in a cheap coffin that hardly keeps the earth up and is doomed
to he soon dug up to make room for some other tired body in that
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Photo: Contributed Stolen pug named Jack

2 p.m. update:

Jack the missing pug has been found.

Craig Johnson, a friend of the dog's owner, who works for Kobau Plumbing and Gas Fitting, spotted the brown Ford truck the dog was taken in, while driving around Osoyoos' neighbourhoods around noon.

He said it was near to where the dog was taken. When he knocked on the door of the residence, a girl answered. When he showed her the poster of the missing pug, she said a friend picked up the dog and brought him home.

She then returned Jack to Johnson, who took him to the home of Scott Nichol, the owner.

Johnson said he felt way happy he had found Jack.

"He's a good dog, and he's Scott's best friend," he said.

Nichol said he feltgreat and he couldn't wait to get home and see Jack.

As for the people who took him, he said he kind of wants to go talk to them and ask them what they were doing.

"It seems funny, they just picked him up," he said.

11 a.m. Nov. 4 story: Osoyoos resident Scott Nichol is missing what he describes as a member of his family today.

Nichol said his male black pug, named Jack, was stolen from outside the Country Squire, the psycho/social rehabilitation centre he owns in Osoyoos.

"We are beside ourselves," said Nichol. "I've had him for six or seven years. He's a great little guy, a friend to anyone with food."

Nichol said the theft took place around 3:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon, when Jack walked out with two Country Squire


residents.

He got a thorn in his foot and was limping, and as they were trying to pull it out, a middle-aged man pulled over in a newer brown Ford truck, with chrome bumpers

"I believe he asked if everything was OK. The resident said I don't know whose dog this is." he said. "So the man in the truck picked up the dog, put him in the cab and drove north on 87th Street."

The dog hasn't been seen since.

After talking to the residents and a neighbour, who saw the man put the dog in the truck, Nichol reported the theft to the Osoyoos RCMP.

On Monday, the RCMP confirmed they received the report of the stolen dog and that the town of Osoyoos bylaw department is also aware of it.

Peopleis a legacy that still hangs over the profession like dead weight. I'd attribute it to the moralising on beauty that began in ernest with Ruskin and eventually morphed into an almost nihilistic view of what was permisable in the brave new world we where promised.

I can only speak from my own experience that in Arch History in undergrad (four semesters which were great in pretty much every other way) all we were taught of Loos was "Ornament is A Crime" and "here are a bunch of plain white stucco boxes he built". I never knew of his interiors until I went to Prague and saw Villa Muller. He was a hedonist! He's been totally mis-represented and lumped in with the Bauhaus, in my opinion, because his exteriors


it is, instead, functionalist, scientific, neoliberalist...The language must be contaminated by the primary material (nature and its functionalism) in order to appear consistent with the mythical denial of myth. We see how the rhetoric of this group is incarcerated, closed, claustrophobic and just as much self referential as those who have chosen to do the opposite - to elevate myths to the level of conscious exchange. it is, in other words, a religion with its kohens, its religious literature. it equates the object of its belief with 'truth' and cannot admit to the mythical associations bridging them to their God.

I'm reading this new book, Why We Build by Rowan Moore that had some interesting tidbits of my main man Adolph Loos. The guy was definatly deep into stuff.

"Men,in fact are worse than beasts. Unlike animals, who only want sex 'once a year', men want it all the time. 'And our sensuality is not simple but complicated, not natural but against nature.' On the other hand, 'that which is noble in a woman knows only one desire: that she hold on to her place by the side of the big, strong man.' So she has to win his unnatural love:

If it were natural, the woman would be able to approach the man naked, but the naked woman is unattractiveto the man.

Thus 'the woman is forced to appeal to the man's sensuality through her clothing, to appeal unconsciously to his sickly sensuality.' She has to ornament herself, and wear long impractical skirts that stress her decorative rather


than useful role.

Just a note, Loos dosen't see the "useful role" of attraction in animals. Dang nab it! On the other hand, does he try to make lemnonade out of lemons...

At the end of the article Loos unexpectedly turns these argumants into a call for the emancipation, of a kind, of women: 'no longer an appeal to sensuality, but rather by economic independance earned through work will the woman bring about her equal status with the man...the velvet and silk, flowers and ribbons, feathers and paints will fail to have their effect. They will disappear.

Well, that didn't work out, but wow and analyst would have a field day on this guy, god bless his soul. But as the writtrer continues...

This (Ladies' Fashion article) was a rehersal for Loos'CHICAGO -- The latest concert gimmick of a veteran rock act banding together to perform a classic album in its entirety hasn't yet played itself out among paying crowds, but this novelty works surprisingly well for post-hardcore group Slint.

This is true for a number of reasons. First, the Louisville, Ky.,-born band is temporarily reunited for a brief tour to promote a box-set reissue of their best known work, the 1991 opus, "Spiderland." Second, the combo's discography is already extremely limited. (Only two full-length albums and a handful of singles mean every performance is a greatest-hits showpiece). And third, Slint's set -- as witnessed at a late show at the Bottom Lounge on Chicago's near west side on Saturday night -- was so reverent and mechanical that someone could


shut their eyes and imagine it's the '90s again and your listening to a ratty, boombox dub of "Spiderland" with a little filler to stretch out the hour.

And yet, it's still hard not to be impressed by this music and what this band achieved with the "Spiderland" songs given the era's music, their collective ages at the time and how brief the group's run was. Six months before Nirvana's "Nevermind" hit brick-and-mortar store shelves, Slint released "Spiderland" to a mostly muted response. That reception would prove unfounded as the disc earned cult status and its strident, restrained sound and compositional complexity served to nurture musical descendants from the post-hardcore movement, spawning new subgenres like emo, post-rock, slowcore and math rock. And part of the reason many underground-rock fansgroup's aloof presence -- more bashful and independent-minded than snobby -- translated into little charisma and muted excitement. Close a stage curtain in front of these five musicians (the band now consists of three original members and two backup players) and this could have passed for an album listening party two decades late.

That idea might have appealed to the musicians. As performers, Slint seemed oddly detached from the traditional rock concert experience. The performance, such as it was, was extremely low energy. The stage lighting was dim and understated. Singer-guitarist Brian McMahan positioned his mic stand on stage right and he and lead guitarist David Pajo kept edging out of view to hide behind parallel stacks of amplifiers. (Even drummer Britt Walford seemed removed, obscured from view by


a pair of tom toms.) Beyond the songs, the band had little to say. McMahan's vocals, which were buried in the album's mix, were all but indiscernible mutterings in this venue.

Their first song, "For Dinner…" was a patient march that eased the slow-moving, foreboding mood into the room. In front of the hushed audience, sideman Matt Jencik's dark bass played lead, grumbling, flexing and then relaxing as Pajo's delicate chord strums rang out in a dry monotone. The explosive snap of Walford hitting his snare drum and clipped fills were the only clues that this wasn't a cover of a song by Duluth, Minn., band Low. What were the twin messages of this initial exercise? Building tension is a virtue and minimalism can be more.

One of the moreaccessible tracks on "Spiderland," "Breadcrumb Trail" came next and gave the first sparks of recognition rippling through the small club. As McMahan's spoken lyrics gave way to gravely singing, he twitched and contorted his body in front of the microphone like dad-rock soulman Joe Cocker. Pajo, meanwhile, unleashed serrated power chords and sonic squeals that gave the song both a menace and the illusion of depth and texture beyond just riffs to head bang to.

This union of dark and light shadings was explored further on latter-day release, "Glenn," which was less propulsive than the recorded version, but demonstrated the breadth of Pajo's instrumental toolkit. As the rhythm consistently climbed higher, Pajo deliberately changed his method of attack. He began like an animal whisperer luring listeners in with relaxed,


arpeggio notes before shifting to a thrash-like riff that made his guitar sound like a cackle. At one point, he turned his back to the crowd and conjured a bright swell of feedback from his amps that he manipulated -- sometimes sounding like a viola, other times like a Sonic Youth tangent.

Things only got more complicated with odder songs like "Nosferatu Man" and "Ron," which revealed a previously undetectable kinship to Primus' quirky funk. Both songs have something of a split personality. "Nosferatu Man" mostly consists of a creeping, stilted guitar-bass interplay before the guitars growl to life and McMahan hoarsely howls during the chorus (a la the Pixies or Nirvana). In the case of "Ron," the first portion is a false harmonics intro only a metal god-in-traininglike Pajo could pull off. The second is the sloppy verse part, which makes what could be the theme music for a strutting street walker. At its culmination, McMahan hollered the words like he was doing his best Henry Rollins impersonation as Pajo offered up a Frank Zappa-esque squiggly solo.

Mimicry (even self-mimicry) aside, it was the highlights of "Spiderland" that were the most impressive recreations. As on record, "Washer" was a circular cascade of guitar and bass notes that strayed from their original pattern for a brooding, sometimes visceral digression before revisiting the core concept. For the bluesy dirge "Don, Aman," Walford climbed from behind the drumkit, sat on a chair at the lip of the stage and strummed a guitar across from Pajo. As Walford grumbled the


oblique lyrics, the pair played dissonant, interlocking guitar refrains that wound up the tension before Pajo's distorted guitar surged into the foreground.

Pajo wasn't always so brazen. As the players readied themselves to close with Slint's best-known cut, "Good Morning, Captain," Pajo wandered offstage. Just when many might have wondering what was happening, he began to play the song's intro, plinking notes on his guitar until it snaked around Jencik's elastic basslines and Walford's odd syncopations. To describe it, imagine a speed-down Captain Beefheart melody cleared of all chaotic eccentricities. As McMahan intoned more garbled wisdom into the mic, the two guitars drove the performance, bouncing off each other in repetitive licks that made this a convincing epic, musical treatise than a hardcore thrashfest with arty pretensions.

After a briefmoment offstage, the group's encore of "Pam" and "Rhonda" were a one-two punch of loud distortion rock. Both offered hints of aggressive guitar crunch that Slint so often resisted, but could have elaborated on had the group stuck together. As the audience cheered on this reunion, the band members gave quick waves and scampered off.

In terms of perfectly reviving "Spiderland," Slint came admirably close to the mark. All those years in other bands (Zwan wasn't too bad after all, was it?) haven't diminished the musicians' skills. But, they've had some practice with this material. While the group broke up shortly after recording the album in 1990, they have reunited for abbreviated series of shows in the last few years, ostensibly playing these same songs.

But, in all of that


The 1968 presidential election was a watershed in American politics. After dominating the political landscape for more than a generation, the Democratic Party crumbled. Richard M. Nixon was elected president and a new era of Republican conservatism was born.

Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968. Half a century later, King remains one of the most vivid symbols of hope for racial unity in America. But that's not the way he was viewed in the last year of his life.

This eight-part series tells the stories of Japanese Americans forced from their homes during World War II and sent to "relocation centers." Produced as a collaboration with the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.a terror group came a day after a massive suicide car bombing in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura killed 16 people and wounded more than 100.

The Mansoura attack was claimed by Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, a Sinai-based Al Qaeda-inspired group which has claimed various attacks in and outside the Sinai peninsula, but Egypt’s government has said that there is a link between the Muslim Brotherhood and the ongoing terrorism in the country.

A senior leader of the Muslim Brotherhood has blasted the decision to declare the organization a “terrorist group” and said the Islamists in Egypt would continue with their near-daily demonstrations despite the blacklist.

Morsi and dozens of Brotherhood leaders face trials on various charges, including plotting terror attacks in Egypt.

Some of the group’s leaders have fled the country,


of the incredible rising talents on display, like Under 20s Holden Cup players Latrell Mitchell, Grant Garvey, Josh Addo-Carr, and Cleveland McGhie, just some of the exciting talent at the Knockout. The scouts from the NRL and junior representative teams are there, and they are keeping a close eye on the under 15s and 17s competition.

Plus, there are hundreds of amazing players that just never made the top level, who were unable to ‘kick on’ or maybe were just not given the opportunity when the scouts were out looking.

Some of these players I’ll be looking forward to calling this weekend are Aaron Briereley of Yuin Monaro, Mundarra Weldon of Moree Boomerangs, Mat Pittman of Narwan Eels, Scott Briggs of Newcastle All Blacks, and the enigma in Mark Hickeyto speak with anyone with Medicaid,

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     Son of Chinese government official drugged and sexually assaulted girl at British university after spending months downloading date rape pornography

Xuanyu Zhong, 25, was obsessed with brutal date rape pornography

He spent months researching on internet how to carry out his 'fantasy'

Northumbria University student drugged victim before assaulting her

Was jailed for six years at Newcastle Crown Court for sexual assault

Jailed: Student Xuanyu Zhong, 25, drugged and sexually assaulted his female victim after becoming obsessed with date rape pornography

A university student obsessed with date rape pornography turned his fantasy into reality by drugging and sexually assaulting a woman.

Xuanyu Zhong, the son of a Chinese government official, committed the crime after watching hours of sick rape videos on the internet.

The Northumbria University student researched date-rape drugs, bought some online and carried out


a sex attack on a woman who accepted a drink from him. Zhong, 25, denied sexual assault but was found guilty and jailed for six years at Newcastle Crown Court.

He had intended to copy the videos by raping his drugged victim but changed his mind at the last minute and sexually assaulted her instead, the court heard.

The student was eventually caught when his victim remembered parts of the assault ordeal and reported it to the police. But that was only the start of the woman’s nightmare.

She was subjected to a campaign of threatening texts and phone calls after Zhong’s father – who is based in China – and friends tracked her down and tried to put pressure on her not to give evidence.

However, she stood firm and ZhongEpidemiology of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: the role of human papillomavirus.
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Once the realm of Silk Road merchants and Great Game spies, the Heavenly Mountains and Black Sand deserts of the ‘Stans, as the five countries of Central Asia are affectionately known, have historically been the stuff of epic overland trips taking many months and much bureaucracy.

Nomad life – Kyrgyzstan

Stay a day or two in capital city Bishkek for a taste of modern Kyrgyzstan: open-air bazaars near American-style cafes, and young couples strolling together under statues of Lenin and local folk hero Manas. Then, head for the mountains to get back to Kyrgyzstan’s roots. This is the land of nomads, where yurt tents dot all but the remotest of valleys and the size of one’s herd is still a legitimate way to judge a person’s wealth. Spend yourinns) or medressa hotels for a modern boutique take on the Silk Road lifestyle – the wi-fi’s a lot better these days!

Roof of the World road trips – Tajikistan

Find a few friends, hire a car, and set off on one of the world’s greatest road trips: the Pamir Highway through Tajikistan. From the town of Khorog – capital of Tajikistan’s Gorno Badakhshan region in the Pamir Mountains – the Pamir Highway stretches 726km through a barren and barely populated but starkly beautiful landscape to the border with Kyrgyzstan and beyond to the city of Osh. On the way, remote Murghabmakes an excellent base for trekking and visiting holy hot springs or lingering for a day at the Karakul alpine lake just a few hours from the border –


Home apnea monitoring: mothers' mood states, family functioning, and support systems.
Home apnea monitoring has been used increasingly for infants with or at high risk for apnea. This study examined mood states, perceived family functioning, and perceived support systems of mothers with infants on home apnea monitors from the first week on the monitor through three months after discharge. It also compared these factors in mothers receiving care through an established home monitor program or through their own physicians. Greatest discrepancies in all three areas of study occurred during the first week at home. During this time the group receiving care through private physicians reported higher discrepancy in professional support than that in the home monitoring program. No other significant differences were found between the two groups across timeThe Rebuilding of Ypres

Many of you have been on a battlefield tour with Rifleman and stayed in the beautiful Belgian city of Ypres. People are amazed when told that the town was more or less completely destroyed during the four years of the Great War to the extent that by the end of the war, you could sit on horseback in the Grote Markt and see from one side of the city to the other such was the destruction. But what also fascinates visitors is that it has been completely rebuilt in its former image and these few paragraphs tell that story.

Ypres is a medieval city and in 1914 was made up of many small old buildings that complimented the Cloth Hall and the cathedral. The city’s official


language was French and it was known by its French name ‘Ypres’. With a population of 18,000 many of the people were well off and those on smaller incomes still had, and maintained, a good lifestyle.

In 1895 a restoration project had begun to refurbish many of the city’s old historical buildings. In charge was architect Jules Coomans and by the summer of 1914 the project was complete. And then the war came!

The British and Commonwealth troops defended the town stoically for the duration of the war. But being situated in a salient, Ypres could be fired on from three sides and throughout this period the city was reduced to ruins. By 1918 houses, shops, municipal buildings, schools, the cathedral, churches, and the famous Lakenhalle (Cloth Hall) were gone,they were nothing more than rubble.

But, people began to return and this created a need for new housing as well as the rebuilding of the infrastructure along with shops, schools and medical facilities.

In July 1919 a subsidy was offered to those who wanted to return. This was to help toward building basic accommodation. People were also paid war damages and this helped them make a start to rebuild again on the ground where their old property had once stood.

King Albert had set up a fund in 1917 with the aim of helping inhabitants of devastated regions to return. This fund was used for temporary housing in the form of prefabricated houses (prefabs) that could be assembled quickly and cheaply. In 1919 lots of these small housing units were


assembled and used by the people returning to Ypres. The area of the Plaine d’Amour (Minneplein) in the north-west of the town was designated as safe for this type of housing. However it was only considered as temporary. The idea was for them to be used for a few years and then the inhabitants would move out and the prefab would be sold. But this idea was dropped as the amount of refugees was so great and people were still living in them well into the twenties. Eventually local authorities bought the houses and rented them out in much the same way the British Council did with a similar scheme after the Second World War.

Rifleman Tours visits the Passchendaele Memorial Museum regularly with its battlefield tours of theYpres salient and here one of these King Albert prefab houses can be seen.

When Jules Cooman returned to Ypres after the war he was put in charge of its reconstruction. He was the right man for the job with his experience in the restoration work that had been carried out before the war. Probably because of this, Jules wanted to rebuild Ypres exactly in its original image. A meeting was held and although a number wanted to build a new modern city, those wanting to rebuild the city in the old style won. The King was one who promoted this style of reconstruction.

So in 1920 work began on building this replica city. Within five years most of the private buildings were completed and in the early 1930’s, public


buildings had followed suit thanks to the many builders and craftsmen who flocked to the town that resembled one large building site.

The two main buildings that are always associated with Ypres took longer. They were the Cloth Hall and St Martin’s Cathedral. The work on the Cloth Hall commenced in 1928 and by 1934 the western wing and the belfry tower had been completed. The eastern wing was not started and unfortunately Jules Coomans died in 1937 before work on it had begun. A new architect called P A Pawuwels took over the rebuilding of the eastern wing and the Nieuwerk and in 1967 the Cloth Hall was finally completed.

One change was interestingly made to St. Martin’s Cathedral and that was to its spire. The pre-war spire hadbeen a square tower. During the period of restoration of Ypres’ historic buildings Jules Coomans had made plans to change the spire to a pointed one and so when the cathedral was completed in 1930 it now possessed a pointed spire.

As well as the complete re-building of the town a huge memorial was added – the Menin Gate, one of the most well-known war memorials in the world.

This triumphant archway bares testament to the sacrifice of more than 54,000 British and Commonwealth troops who in defending this beautiful city made the ultimate sacrifice and have no known grave.

After its completion in 1927 the memorial became an important place of pilgrimage for visitors to the battlefields and every evening since 1928, at 8pm buglers sound the Last Post.

The ceremony


Schulze is Frank Gallo, a fellow inmate hardened by his own time served, Frank Gallo is the first to introduce Mike to life in Danbury Prison. Warner will play Danbury Prison’s Counselor who is tasked with helping inmates survive their time in prison, and putting them on the path to rehabilitation – which in Mike’s case, will require admitting that he’s spent a lifetime cutting corners.

Palladino recurred on NCIS: Los Angeles and recently appeared on Arrow and Blue Bloods. He’s repped by Greene & Associates Talent Agency and The Coronel Group. Schulze, repped by Kyle Fritz Management and Innovative Artists, is best known for his role as Eddie Walzer on Nurse Jackie and recently recurred on Rizzoli & Isles. Warner is coming off American Crime Story: The Peoplestreets of the ancient city of Lindon. A crossroads place between the Iron Mountain of the northwest and the growing deserts of the east of Eriduah after the shambles of the Great War of the Ring of power. Thirty years before the Great Departure of elvendom from Middle-Earth, the population of Lindon began to change with the arrival of he settling Bedouin people. Leaving their tents behind for brick homes. The city showed its own sets of challenges to overcome for the likes of Joleeth.

Shimzabar stowed away on a hip he invested all his hopes in that would lead him out and beyond The Great Sea. However as it made sight of Mithar's harbor the boy was discovered, badly beaten, and thrown overboard. The laughing fisherman shock their


heads at the drowning rat of just twelves years old.
Mithar had seen its own swelling share of desert Bedouins entering the city as well. Another child of the street was just another face in the crowd, was a common phrase among the disillusioned.law firm of Helmer, Martins, Rice & Popham Co., L.P.A. (“HMRP”) represented
Relators Tina and William Gonter from 2001 until March 25, 2005, in an investigation of faulty
valves produced by Hunt Valve Company for use in submarines and ships built for the U.S. Navy
by Northrop Grunman Newport News and General Dynamics Electric Boat (collectively
“Shipbuilders”). In March 2001, the Relators filed a False Claims Act (“FCA”) action against Hunt
Valve Company and the Shipbuilders. The Department of Justice intervened in the Hunt Valve case
– its prerogative under the FCA – and ultimately announced a $666,000 settlement with the
company in the spring of 2005. This settlement resulted from a collaboration between the
Department of Justice and the private attorneys representing the Relators. The Department of Justice
did not, however, choose to intervene in the


A lengthy inquiry into the often prickly relationship between Birmingham city council and its private sector ICT providers Capita has concluded that both sides must try harder to get along, reports Paul Dale.

Two scrutiny committees spent weeks interviewing council officials and managers from the Capita-led joint venture company Service Birmingham in what became the longest marriage guidance session ever.

Their report – Refreshing the Partnership – has been published and will be discussed at the June 9 full council meeting.

Broadly speaking, the scrutiny committees say the evidence they heard suggests the “historic mistrust that has grown up between the partners over the years will be a barrier to success unless it is explicitly addressed”.

The relationship with Capita, which began in 2006, has always been something of a red ragfrom members, the public and the press – that Capita see the Service Birmingham joint venture as a means to make money.

At our evidence gathering session, the Service Birmingham representatives acknowledged this perception, and that Capita does share in the profits made by Service Birmingham (as does the city council). However they emphasised that Capita views its partnership with the city council as its highest profile and largest local government partnership in the UK and that the relationship is of enormous importance.

Equally, councillors and officers – and the public – need to recognise that the partnership is a commercial one, not a social enterprise, a public sector mutual, or a charity, and therefore making a return on investment is intrinsic to the partnership.

However, the report also warns: “The


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-Clark takes on Penn State Abington on Saturday, March 9th in their final game in Florida at 9:15 a.m. They will be at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee.both unions but not necessarily so.

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688 by the school year 2018-19.

The decision to allow Holy Trinity School, in Birmingham Road, to become a free school was announced by Nicola Reeve, chair of governors of the Holy Trinity School Academy Trust, and the school's headteacher Pamela Leek-Wright.

Mrs Leek-Wright said: "This is brilliant news.

“We have been working hard on our plans for over two years and we are very pleased to be able to tell everyone that we will be opening our doors in September to a large number of new pupils.

"Holy Trinity School has been in existence for over 110 years and its long tradition of academic excellence and pastoral care will now be accessible to the whole community free of charge.”

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When the South Korean men's football team won the third-place playoff at the 2012 Olympics, their ecstatic celebrations reflected a victory that had secured something far more precious than a bronze medal.

The 2-0 win over Japan meant the entire squad was excused from what many young South Korean men view as a blight on their existence -- two years of compulsory military service.

An Olympic medal offers a very rare exemption from a duty that -- 60 years after the end of the Korean War -- is still required of every able-bodied South Korean man between the age of 18 and 35.

The main rationale is the threat posed by North Korea, given that the 1950-53 Korean conflict ended with a ceasefire


such as community work.

The South Korean military relies heavily on conscription and military service often involves postings to front-line positions on the border with North Korea.

In May 2010, a North Korean submarine torpedoed the South Korean naval vessel Cheonan, killing 46 sailors including 16 who were on their military service.

In November the same year, the North shelled a South Korean border island, killing two marines -- both of them young conscripts.

Such incidents make the debate over military service extremely sensitive and woe betide anyone caught trying to cheat their way out of it.

South Korean law requires anyone seeking a top government post or a seat in parliament to provide proof not only of their own service records but also those of their children.

And yet hundreds do try andto be taking liberties with the demands of military service.

Just as he was about to be called up in 2002, Korean-American pop singer Steve Yoo gave up his Korean nationality and became a naturalised US citizen.

The South Korean government considered it an act of desertion and he was deported and banned from returning for life.

Pop icon Rain was pilloried last year when it emerged that he had been allowed to slip out of barracks on several occasions to meet an actress he was dating.

And "Gangnam Style" star Psy was forced to serve twice after it emerged he had furthered his showbiz interests during his first stint.

Left-wing activist Kim Young-Ik was imprisoned in 2009 for refusing his military service but, unlike many Jehovah's Witnesses, he lacked the natural support


Young Activists To Learn Art of Debate

I received an email regarding an interesting program sponsored by the Interfaith Center of New York. The program, called “Debate in the Neighborhood”, will bring together high school-aged students from a diverse spectrum of NYC’s faith-based communities in Brooklyn and Queens.

The new program was designed to teach students the art of debate in a fusion of mutual concerns regarding social justice and civil liberty.

“Right now in Queens, we are working with the Hindu Temple Society of North America, the Jamaica Muslim Center, and the Sikh Cultural Society in Richmond Hill. In the Bronx we are working with the Islamic Leadership School, and Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice, which is a Roman Catholic group,” according to the email.

The program aims to immerse                                  Background

                Husband and Wife were divorced in 2001, after approximately 20 years of marriage.
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parties sold their individually owned residential properties and each contributed money toward the
purchase of a house. During the marriage, the parties sold the first house they purchased together
and purchased and subsequently sold several other houses, each time residing in the newly purchased
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been an excellent idea, but he never thought to do that.

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missing when he later went to get it to put it back in the bank. Husband claimed Wife took the
money and had admitted to him on several occasions she had the money. Wife vehemently denied
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taken it out. Somebody else could have gotten it and taken it out . . . . neither one of them knows
what happened to it.” The Trial Court also found Husband had full control of the money from the
time it left the bank until he took it home and put it into a drawer.

                A Final Judgment of Absolute Divorce was entered on October 22, 2001, in which
the Trial Court reserved judgment on several issues including the division of real property. The final
divorce decree also allowed one week for the parties to attempt to come to an agreement concerning
the division of both real and personal property. On March 12, 2002, the Trial


An Israeli court on Thursday threw out a lawsuit filed by a Palestinian family that lost two relatives after their home in the Gaza Strip was bombed during an Israel Defense Forces operation.

The Jerusalem District Court refused the family's request for damages, ruling that the fatal 2006 bombing was a legitimate act of war.

Open gallery view Palestinians inspect the damage to the Islamic Jihad club after an Israeli air strike in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, early Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. Credit: AP

Fatma Wahabe and her son Khaled were killed after a missile fire by an IDF assault helicopter hit their home in Khan Yunis, instead of the targeted vehicle carrying wanted Palestinian militants.

The court's decision was based in part on an affidavit filed by the head ofthe Shin Bet security service's department on Gaza, who defended the IDF operation as necessary "to prevent a clear, immediate, and present danger to public safety."

Justice Chana Ben-Ami determined that the IDF had no choice by to carry out that missile strike, as it represented the only way to perform the mission without risking the lives of Israeli soldiers.

"It was an initiated attack meant to strike a top terror operative based on solid intelligence, according to which he was about to attack Israeli citizens," the judge said.

The plaintiffs were also ordered to pay NIS 25,000 in legal fees.


A recent movement has taken hold throughout Europe, Australia, and the United States, at least, wherein a group of individuals don headphones to which is broadcast music from a proximally located music source, allowing for such a group to enjoy a common musical presentation, but with little to no invasion of undesirable loud noise to other locations nearby. Basically, this development has reduced the typical dance party, rave, disco, whatever wants to call it, from a loud, complicated cacophony of invasive sound to a shared experience through intimately provided music that all (at least some) participants enjoy together without encroaching on the listening pleasure of others. Likewise, such a possible arrangement permits individuals to actually speak to one another on the dance floor without having to shout aboveMixed epithelial and stromal tumor of the kidney in a puerperal woman.
Puerperal pyrexia is still rampant, especially in third world countries, and is usually due to puerperal sepsis, urinary tract infections, upper respiratory infection, and breast infection. Rarely, in third world countries like India, it may be due to tuberculosis, malaria, typhoid, and so on, which are also rampant in the general population. Mixed epithelial and stromal tumor of the kidney (MESTK) is a recently recognized subset of renal tumors composed mainly of smooth muscle cells in which epithelial structures are embedded. It usually occurs in middle aged and older women. In the present case report, a 36-year-old woman presented with puerperal pyrexia, possibly due to tuberculosis and with an incidental mixed epithelial and stromal tumor of the


Consider this a Friday Flashback, to January 1992. A few months earlier Michael Jackson had released his 4th solo album as an adult, DANGEROUS, which I loved. Remember The Time was the second single released from the album, and it is pretty much Michael at his best. He wrote and produced the song along with Teddy Riley and Bernard Belle. It’s a nice mid-tempo beat, fast enough that you could dance to it, with simple but wistful lyrics about a lost love.

It’s funny, but when I was younger and first hearing this song I wasn’t quite sure if the song was reminiscing about a former relationship that he was trying to get back, or it was about a current relationship and he was just recalling how it started.A Palestinian human rights activist critical of the PA and the BDS movement was seriously threatened by anti-Israel provocateurs at the University of Chicago who didn’t like what he had to say.

A Palestinian human rights activist said Thursday that he was “terrified” by the hostile reception and physical threats he received while lecturing at the University of Chicago.

Bassem Eid, founder of the Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group, expressed that sentiment on Facebook after his speech on Thursday that was critical of the Palestinian Authority and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, saying that in reality they make life harder for the Palestinians. He was interrupted by angry protesters, questioning why he was talking about human rights abuses in the PA and letting Israel off the hook for