Although we're on the 55th running of the Macau Grand Prix its history as
the Blue Ribbon event for the F3 category only begins in 1983, though as the
winner that year was one Ayrton Senna, it was quite a beginning. Suffice it
to say that over...

WHAT AN AMAZING DAY IS GOING TO BE LIVED BY THE FIRST THREE TOP DRIVERS
OF THE ITALIAN FORMULA 3 CHAMPIONSHIP.
THE NEXT 26TH OF NOVEMBER THEY WILL BE AT THE WHEEL OF THE FERRARI F2008
FOR A WHOLE TEST DAY!
Mirko Bortolotti, Edoardo Piscopo and...

Volkswagen Motorsport Newsletter 24/2008
ATS Formula 3 Cup
First Volkswagen victory by Laurens Vanthoor
The Belgian Laurens Vanthoor, who is only 17 years old, clinched the first victory for himself and for Volkswagen at the Sachsenring at the...

Originally conceived in 1954 as an amateur event for localmotoring
enthusiasts, the Macau Grand Prix is today a race meeting to which the
world's leading Formula 3 and touring car drivers, and road and endurance
racing...

Today at Macau, Keisuke Kunimoto (Tom's Team) joined an illustrious
list of winners of the Macau Grand Prix, the rookie claiming the title
despite the best efforts of Edoardo Mortara (Signature Plus) and - for
a time at least - Oliver Campos Hull...

Our own particular memories of Macau only go back to 2001, but that
initial trip was enough to leave us with a lifelong enthusiasm for
the place (we love street circuits and this one really does provide
everything you could want from the wickedly...

ATS Formula 3 Cup
Belgian Laurens Vanthoor gives Volkswagen its first podium place
Laurens Vanthoor, aged merely 17, clinched the first podium position for Volkswagen at rounds three


and four of the ATS Formula 3 Cup at Oschersleben by...

FORMULA 3s 'NEXT GENERATION' CAR BEATS THE HEAT IN AUSTRALIAN TRACK DEBUT
Forty-five degree Australian heat has welcomed the latest European
specification Dallara F307 chassis and Mercedes-Benz power to the Kumho
Tyres Australian Formula 3 ...

24-hour race Nurburgring
Dream Premiere: One-two for the new Volkswagen Scirocco GT24
The new Volkswagen Scirocco GT24 celebrated its race premiere with a one-two in class at a well-attended 24-hour race at the Nurburgring. In front of a crowd...

Volkswagen Motorsport at the Essen Motor Show
In 2009 Volkswagen again features wide-ranging motorsport programme
When the Dakar Rally starts in Buenos Aires on 3 January 2009 with four
Volkswagen Race Touareg vehicles it will also give the ...

Blistering Bird Gets Shot Down in Full Flight
Sam Bird's 2008 Macau campaign was a masterfuldisplay of
skill, patience and, when it mattered, blistering pace. Sadly, the young
Briton's bid for final victory ended on the approach to...

After a race of more than normal lunacy even for Macau, Edoardo Mortara
(Signature Plus) emerged the winner, after getting the drop on initial
leader Keisuke Kunimoto (Tom's Toyota), while Roberto Streit (Raikkonen
Robertson Racing) survived a...

Shaaban set to make Arab breakthrough in Macau Grand Prix
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Dubai, UAE: Basil Shaaban is relishing the biggest
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With a new title sponsor on board, Macau luxury residential development
Windsor Arch, the Macau Grand Prix has announced an exciting new race
programme for the...

Sensational drive through the


place in front of...

Nathan Caratti is ready for a full season of Formula 3 with Opes Prime
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Opes Prime Team BRM is pleased to confirm that young West Australian
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Australian Formula 3 ...

LOCALS DOMINATE ON DAY TWO OF NIKON INDY 300
Local drivers have continued to rule on day two of the Nikon Indy 300, with
Queensland's Will Power and Jamie Whincup topping the fields in the IndyCar
Series and V8 Supercars ...On Sunday, the three remaining unclaimed division titles in the AFC were secured, as the Patriots, Broncos and Bengals all took home their respective division crowns.

By virtue of the Bengals' division title, the Patriots' 2014 opponents have been set. Each season, a team plays the other teams in the conference that finish in the same place that they do within their division (i.e. all division winners play each other, all last place teams play each other).

As a part of the NFL's scheduling protocol, the AFC East plays the entirety of one AFC and one NFC division each season (on a rotating basis). In 2014, the AFC East will play the AFC West and NFC North.

Here is a look at the Patriots' 2014 opponents and locations. The dates will


The role of the Río de la Plata bottom salinity front in accumulating debris.
The Río de la Plata, one of the most important South American estuarine environments, is characterized by a bottom salinity front that generates an ecotone between the river and the estuary. Based on bottom trawls and costal sampling we describe the distribution, types, and amount of debris found in the bottom and shoreline across this front. Plastics and plastic bags were the main debris types in both areas. Concentrations of total debris upriver the front were always significantly higher than downriver the front showing that the front acts as a barrier accumulating debris. Moreover, a large part of debris end ups accumulated in the coastal area upriver the frontal position. This area is particularly sensitiveIan Bush Charged For Tying Up, Robbing 101-Year-Old WWII Vet

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ANNE MEYER
101 years old canadian veteran Ernest Cote poses in front of the Juno Beach museum in Juno Beach on April 17, 2014 in Courseulles-sur-Mer, western France. Ernest Cote landed on June 6, 1944 at 11am at Juno Beach. AFP PHOTO / CHARLY TRIBALLEAU (Photo credit should read CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP/Getty Images)

OTTAWA - A man facing multiple charges for tying up and robbing a Second World War veteran in Ottawa has been remanded in custody for 30 days for a psychiatric assessment.

Ian Bush appeared in an Ottawa court on Wednesday following his arrest last week.

Bush will return to court Jan. 23 after the court-ordered assessment determines whether he could be held criminally responsible for


the charges against him.

Ernest Cote, 101, had been tied up in his home and robbed by a man posing as a city employee last week.

The attack prompted widespread outrage, including that of Veterans Affairs Minister Julian Fantino.

Cote is a D-Day veteran who landed on Juno Beach on June 6, 1944 and Fantino had travelled with him earlier this year for commemoration ceremonies in France.

Police had said Cote was alone in his apartment when a man claiming to work for the city asked to be buzzed in.

The phoney employee went to the apartment and asked for money at the door, then forced his way inside when his demands weren't met.

Police said the intruder bound the man and took undisclosed items from the apartment.

Cote later managed to free himself andAustralia will travel to Austria for their Davis Cup World Group play-off in September after the ITF conducted the draw in London on Tuesday.

Captain Lleyton Hewitt will travel with his team to Europe for the away tie following Tuesday's draw at the International Tennis Federation (ITF) headquarters in London.

Victory in the tie would ensure Australia remain in the World Group for a sixth straight year.

The play-off will take place on September 14-16 - only five days after the US Open ends - with the venue yet to be decided but the surface likely to be clay.

Austria have played their last three home ties on clay, the favoured surface of their top player, world No.7 Dominic Thiem.

Hewitt will be hoping to call upon Nick Kyrgios, Matthew Ebden and John


until possible death. They enabled siblings who were in the same situation to meet each other and arranged activities suited to their ages, as well as offering an encouraging environment. To help the siblings, the sibling supporters found it necessary to interact with both the parents and the ward staff. The sibling supporters felt that their support was important and necessary in helping siblings promote their own health both when the sick child was alive and also after his or her death. The experience of the sibling supporters was that they listened to the siblings' stories and met them when they were in their crisis. The study confirms that sibling supporters should be a part of the health care team that treat and support the family when a'Believing Without Belonging' Challenges Catholicism

New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan says Roman Catholicism faces a serious challenge from the rising number of people who believe in God but no longer see any need for a church

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Roman Catholicism faces a serious challenge from the rising number of people who believe in God but no longer see any need for a church, according to New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan.

Opinion research shows that some people today have problems "with the very nature and meaning of the church", Dolan, in Rome to prepare for a conclave to elect a replacement to the retired Pope Benedict, told Reuters in an interview.

Dolan said this trend, which sociologists


with the church," he said. "More and more people don't see the need for the church."

The phrase "believing without belonging", coined by British sociologist Grace Davie in the 1990s, describes the growing number of people who say they are "spiritual but not religious" and leave organised religion behind.

The trend, seen in Europe and North America, has especially hurt established Christian churches that have seen their ranks dwindle.

In the United States, the "nones"—people with no religious affiliation—have grown from 7 percent to 18 percent of the population since 1972, according to a Pew Forum study.

A third of those born after 1980 are unaffiliated, it said, compared to 15 percent among their "baby boom" parents and five percent in their grandparents' generation.

Dolan noted this and other studies showed most Catholicsdid not abandon the "faith of their fathers", but the church could not ignore the trend. "It is a problem," he said.

For Catholics, he said, faith in and love of Jesus Christ have always been linked with being part of the church.

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"The two were a package deal—you don't have one without the other," he said. "We have to reclaim that lustre. We have to reclaim that relationship that Jesus and his church are one."

Religious PersecutionThe New York archbishop said the Catholic Church, which with 1.2 billion faithful is by far the world's largest church, should also become more active in fighting religious persecution against people of all faiths around the globe.

At a recent synod of bishops to discuss Church efforts to revive Catholicism's missionary spirit, he said, several


bishops suggested the Vatican create a separate office to monitor violations of religious liberty around the world.

"If people are persecuted anywhere for their religious belief, they should be able to look to the Catholic Church as a major defender," he said.

Dolan, who has led opposition to the Obama administration's healthcare mandate requiring religious institutions to provide birth control in their health plans, said this office should also monitor violations that "take place not in Third World countries but in First World countries".

"There seems to be a pretty well oiled choreography to reduce religion and faith to the excessively private and where religion may have absolutely no public witness and voice in the public square," he said.

"That's another subtle form of religious persecution."

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DW.com: US, China plus Russia in Africa: Will it mean a 'best deal' for Africans?

Posted by: Berhane.Habtemariam59@web.de

Date: Friday, 14 December 2018

The US has a new strategy for Africa to counter China and Russia. Rather than roll their eyes at the new scramble for the continent, Africans should see it as a chance to get the best deal for themselves, analysts say.

Author Benita van Eyssen ((with AP))

Date 14.12.2018

US National Security Advisor John Bolton (pictured above) said the priority would be to develop economic ties and create opportunities for American businesses in Africa, while protecting the continent's independence along with Washington's national security interests in Africa.

The motivation: To counter the advantage the US' "great-power competitors" China and Russia have secured on the continent, Bolton said. The strategy is to


include a so-called "Prosper Africa" initiative to support US investors and the growing middle class across Africa.

Too little, too late

Bolton took a swipe at the Asian giant, saying "China uses bribes, opaque agreements and the strategic use of debt to hold states in Africa captive to Beijing's wishes and demands."

The new strategy comes more than a year into the presidency of Donald Trump, who famously referred to parts of Africa as "sh**hole" countries and dispatched his wife alone on an official visit. It also comes as mighty Chinese-financed infrastructure projects pop up across Africa.

The building that houses the African Union headquarters in Ethiopia was a gift to Africa from China

In Washington, Brookings Institute analyst Landry Signe, a fellow at the public policy institute's Africa Growth Initiative, said thenew strategy reflects a better understanding of dynamics in Africa, the Associated Press reported. It did not however seem "sufficient to effectively address the United States' threatened economic, security and influence interests," Signe added.

In Beijing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang told reporters that China cooperates with Africa and takes its needs into account. "But the US person, apart from talking about the United States' own needs, wasn't thinking about Africa, but about China and Russia."

US President Donald Trump did not accompany his wife Melania on an official visit to Africa in October 2018

In Johannesburg, political analyst William Gumede said the new US strategy for Africa, while necessary to avoid alienating Africans, is too little too late for Washington. But it does signal a major opportunity for the people


of Africa, who must think strategically themselves.

"Africans must now negotiate the best deal," he said.

"This time Africa must not say: 'No, US, we are already dealing with China.' Africa must say 'US, give us the best deal.' Africans must say we need education financing for infrastructure, we need technology - can we get it out of the US?"

'Africans must box clever'

Africa could also exploit Washington's renewed interest to make the global economic and trade rules more fair. After all, the US dominates international economic institutions such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations.

The track records of China and Russia in individual African countries such as Tanzania, Mozambique, Angola, Ghana or South Africa date back to the struggle for liberationfrom colonial powers and more recently, the Cold War. In countries such as Tanzania, Eritrea, Ethiopia, roads were built by the Chinese in the years that followed independence. Russia supported Africa's liberation movements.

William Gumede is an associate professor at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa

The involvement of China and Russia now amounts to a re-engagement with Africa. It comes as Saudi Arabia, Israel,Turkey and Japan have also stepped in in recent years.

"This is the first time in Africa's history that there's been such engagement with the continent from around the world. Africans are not just pawns. We must box clever," said Gumede.

"Trump's isolationalist policies have given the Chinese lots of scope in Africa and in the developing world. I think the US strategists and advisors


are now discovering that they are losing out in Africa," he said.

The trade war between the US and China is seen to have elevated Africa as a potential market for US goods and services. The US focus in Africa is on trade rather than financial support. China has meanwhile thrown open its purse to Africans, with financing for major infrastructure projects. It is also opening its doors on the educational and cultural fronts to people across Africa. A trip to Beijing for an African intellectual, academic or media professional seems easier to arrange these days than a visit to Washington.

"The Chinese have supported Africans in the areas that Africans need, or that at least is the impression created in Africa," said Gumede. "So, Africans must now say 'US,A bichon frise called Honor won the nonsporting group. He is co-owned by Ellen Charles, also the co-owner of Jewel.

"My lucky night," Charles said.

An affenpinscher called Banana Joe took the toy group. Known for his monkeylike face, he earlier won best of breed honors for the third straight year.

An old English sheepdog earned herding honors. It was quite a surprise by Westminster standards – 90-pound Swagger is just 20 months old and had entered only three previous dog shows.

"Such a cool dog," breeder-owner-handler Colton Johnson said.

The top working, sporting and terriers come Tuesday, and judge Michael Dougherty was set to pick the best in show shortly before 11 p.m. on the USA Network. Jewel, plus a Doberman playfully called Fifi and a big-winning wire fox terrier called Sky


were among the favorites to walk off with prized silver bowl.

There were 2,721 entries this year, though some missed out after getting stranded by the recent blizzard that hit the Northeast. The 137th Westminster features dogs in 187 breeds and varieties with a pair of newcomers, the treeing Walker coonhound and the Russell terrier.

Scissors, blow dryers, bobby pins — they're as much a part of the Westminster dog show as commands, crates and treats.

Take Sophie, for example. With perfectly trimmed pompoms and fluffed out fur, she's the very essence of poodle pulchritude.

That means no tattooing a boxer's nose to make it more black, no braces for a pointer to straighten its teeth, no removing a basset hound's inner eyelid to improve its appearance.

"It goes against the spirit ofshowing dogs in their appropriate state," Westminster President Sean McCarthy said Monday, the opening of the two-day show.

Cosmetic surgery isn't permitted, either, along with steroids. Yet detecting illegal drugs is virtually impossible while a dog has its few minutes in the ring.

"Our judges are not all veterinarians," longtime Westminster television host and breeder David Frei said. "They can't tell if a dog is on greenies."

Sophie the standard poodle did her best, yet didn't advance. She sure got a lot of attention backstage, with little girls petting her white coat and nuzzling her muzzle. When co-owner Jay Ponton of Norfolk, Va., moved close, Sophie chawed on his nose and licked his face.

There were pump and spritz sprays on the tables in the poodle grooming area, but none of the


heavy-duty aerosol hairspray cans that are a no-no. It takes plenty of primping to get poodles ready to compete, though there are limits.

"If you're putting in teeth, that's a different beast. It's a different animal," said Roxanne Wolf of Baltimore. She's the fiancee of Sophie's handler, Kaz Hosaka, who guided a miniature poodle to the 2002 Westminster crown.

Some things are OK. Corn starch is often used to get water off a coat, and that helped on a rainy Monday as dogs piled into the halls on the Hudson piers for early judging.

Crufts, which expects to show 25,000 dogs next month in Birmingham, England, might change regulations that have been in place for nearly a century.

"The Kennel Club set up a working party to look at the rules surroundingNews

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Tomas Pekhart was within a whisker of a dramatic late winner as our reserves had the better of Tuesday night's derby against Arsenal at Leyton Orient.

Tomas Pekhart was within a whisker of a dramatic late winner as our reserves had the better of Tuesday night's derby against Arsenal at Leyton Orient.The clock had ticked into injury time when the young Czech striker fashioned an overhead kick from Andy Barcham's cross, the effort clearing keeper Wojciech Szczesny only for Gavin Hoyte to head off the line.

It would have been no less than the lads deserved after carving out the better chances only to be denied by a combination of two different goalkeepers and their own wayward finishing.

Development coach Clive Allen totted up


a total of seven chances afterwards with four saved, two off target and the last, gasp attempt off the line.

Despite that dominance, Arsenal will claim the best chance of the evening, although Vincent Van Den Berg won't been as keen to explain quite how he struck the woodwork from all of six yards in the first half.

Clive went for a 4-4-2 system with David Hutton and Barcham patrolling the flanks, Jake Livermore and Jacques Maghoma central and Leigh Mills captaining the side in Phil Ifil's loan absence.

The first half was a feast of free-flowing, attacking football with chances at both ends.

Although Vito Mannone was the busier of the two goalkeepers, Arsenal wasted the best opportunity when Van Den Berg headed onto the crossbar from James Dunne's cross after25 minutes.

Mannone denied us on three occaions with Barcham, Pekhart and Simon Dawkins all testing him out, Dawkins arguably with the best chance of the trio, a central one-on-one saved by Mannone diving to his left. Pekhart, meanwhile, had his sights set too high when found by Hutton and Maghoma.

At the other end, Van Den Berg's miss was followed by smart goalkeeping from Tommy Forecast, out quickly to save well at the feet of Merida Perez.

The goalmouth action dried up somewhat at the start of the second half as teams got the measure of each other.

Thomas drove just over and Merida Perez flashed a drive into the side-netting while at the other end, the pace of Barcham and willingness of Pekhart continued to trouble Arsenal without clear-cut chances


her schoolteacher, who also forced her to terminate a pregnancy, police said on Tuesday.

According to the FIR filed by the girl’s family, 47-year-old R.C. Tiwari, a teacher at the central government-run school in Gomti Nagar area, had been sexually exploiting the girl since December last year on pretext of extra classes.

Tiwari and wife Anita, along with two women doctors, Jay Shree and Ashaqa Siddiqui, are also accused of forcing the minor to terminate her pregnancy at a private hospital on January 10, they said.

Upon her mother’s suspicion, the girl revealed the incident, police said.

Lucknow

The complaint was lodged on Sunday and the FIR was filed on Monday.

Tiwari was arrested on Monday on the charges of rape, criminal intimidation and under provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences. HisWhile the Swiss government and UBS officials have been negotiating on the disclosure issue, many U.S. depositors have approached the Internal Revenue Service asking for leniency in their cases, anticipating the bank would be forced to reveal names, The New York Times reported Wednesday.

The Justice Department suspects 52,000 or more U.S. citizens have hidden assets in the Swiss bank.

In February, UBS agreed to pay a $780 million fine for assisting tax dodgers. Soon after the case was settled, the Justice Department filed a civil suit to force the bank to reveal names of depositors, some of whom are suspected of stashing hundreds of millions of dollars in UBS accounts.


looks on their faces. It was clear that they knew they hit a motorbike, but it was obvious that they had no idea that there was a poor woman trapped underneath the front of their minivan. Wide eyed and not able to fluently speak Thai, Angela and I motioned with our hands that there was something under their vehicle.

Going back and forth from the eyes of the screaming woman to the dumbfounded faces of the minivan drivers, I made the quick decision to instruct them to back up. Luckily the woman was flat on her back and in no position to be pulled backwards. As the van gave way she let out a loud sigh of relief. Angela and I signaled to the woman to stay on herback while the driver of the minivan guiltily began to look her over for visible injuries. It was at this point that we saw a policeman running across the street from the traffic booth he was occupying.

Quickly glancing around, I was taken aback by the amount of people simply looking on from the safety of their cars. Not a single person had gotten out of their vehicle to help. I could even see the driver of the car behind my abandoned motorbike start to become frustrated by the obstacle I left in front of him. Maybe he didn’t see what happened, and maybe all the onlookers were proof of the harsh reality of the bystander effect.

With shaky hands I ran back across the double line in the road


and pushed my motorbike onto the bordering sidewalk while Angela stayed with the woman. By this time, there were two policemen marking the accident scene by spray painting white lines around the minivan’s tires and blue lines around the woman’s banged up motorbike.

Being rush hour, there were countless cars and motorbikes zipping around the scene, so one of the policemen had the driver of the minivan pull his vehicle to the side of the road while the other picked up the motorbike and placed it on the curb. Thankfully the victim was the exception to the rule and was smartly wearing a helmet, long pants, a jacket, and shoes. We watched as she lifted up her ripped pant legs and sleeves to reveal that she was not bleeding.The announcers: Joe Buck and Troy Aikman in the booth and Pam Oliver reporting from the sideline.

The coaches: Green Bay's Mike McCarthy is 79-40 (including 5-3 in the postseason) in his seventh season as the Packers' coach and as an NFL head coach. The Vikings’ Leslie Frazier is 15-22 in his third year as the Vikings’ coach and as an NFL head coach.

The series: The Packers lead the all-time regular-season series 54-47-1 and have won the last five meetings, including a 23-14 victory at Lambeau Field on Dec. 2.

The rankings: The Packers’ 13th-ranked offense is No. 20 in rushing and No. 10 in passing. Their 10th-ranked defense is No. 14 against the run and No. 12 against the pass. The Vikings’ 23rd-ranked offense is No. 3 in rushing


Broadcast System, a group of mostly CTV-affiliated stations that served most of the province. In turn, WIC rebranded the station as "ONtv" ("Ontario Television"), in line with the branding conventions of many of the company's other stations, such as CHAN-TV in Vancouver (which was branded as "BCTV"), CITV-TV in Edmonton (which was branded as "ITV"), and CHCA-TV in Red Deer, Alberta (which was branded as "RDTV").

Local news programming shifted focus from the station's core market, the Hamilton area, toward Ontario as a whole, in an attempt to challenge what was then a regional news service provided by Global. However, with Hamilton now being largely an afterthought, and other local stations (in Toronto and elsewhere) already strong in the ratings, the shift was unsuccessful, and CHCH's ratings decreased. Duringthe ONtv years, the station also aired WIC's nightly Canada Tonight newscast.

Canwest ownership
In 2000, Canwest purchased WIC's television assets. Since Global had already served the Hamilton area through flagship station CIII-TV's transmitter in Paris, Ontario, Canwest rebranded the station "CH" (or "CH Hamilton") on February 12, 2001 and launched the CH television system in September of that year. This move launched a secondary television system for Canwest's stations in medium-sized cities located near larger markets. Local news coverage was revamped and refocused on the Hamilton/Halton/Niagara region.

Despite the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's (CRTC) television station ownership restrictions (one station per owner, per language in each market), Canwest was permitted to maintain CHCH's coverage of other markets throughout most of Ontario. However, it could not broadcast to Thunder


M. Pokora

Matthieu Tota (born 26 September 1985), commonly known as M. Pokora or Matt Pokora, is a French singer and songwriter.
Early life:
Matthieu Tota is the son of professional footballer André Tota and Brigitte Tota. His parents divorced in 1998 when he was 13 years old. As a child, he studied in an elementary school in Hohberg, and later at Collège Paul-Émile Victor in Mundolsheim, and Lycée Aristide Briand in Schiltigheim near Strasbourg. When he was younger, football was his first ambition and he wanted to become a professional player. However, he later opted for music.A major infiltration bid was on Saturday foiled along the Line of Control (LoC) in Tangdhar sector of Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir. The security forces killed at least three terrorists as they foiled their attempt to infiltrate into the Indian territory.

The same was confirmed on microblogging site Twitter by Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Shesh Paul Vaid. He tweeted, “Three terrorists killed by Army while infiltrating in Tangdhar sector of Kupwara today (Saturday).”

This comes just days after the Indian Army had foiled another infiltration bid along the LoC in Naushera sector of the Jammu and Kashmir. Armed terrorists had opened fire on Indian forces as they were apprehended, injuring one jawan.

According to Indian Army PRO of Jammu range, posts of the Pakistani Army had


provided support and cover fire to aid the infiltration bid. The Pakistani Army provided the cover fire to help in extrication of the armed intruders.

Meanwhile, Pakistan on Saturday summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner JP Singh over LoC firing, accusing Indian forces of “unprovoked ceasefire violations”. According to Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry, a 65-year-old man was killed while a boy was injured in Indian firing on August 18 in Dana Sector along the LoC.

"The Indian forces along the Line of Control and the Working boundary are continuously targeting civilian populated areas with heavy weapons," Director General at the South Asian desk of the Foreign Ministry Mohammad Faisal, who summoned the Indian diplomat, said. Faisal also serves as spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Pakistani Foreign Ministry claimed that in2018, the Indian forces have carried out more than 1,900 ceasefire violations along the LoC and the international border, resulting in the deaths of 31 innocent civilians while injuring 122 others.

"This unprecedented escalation in ceasefire violations by India is continuing from the year 2017 when the Indian forces committed 1970 ceasefire violations," he said in a statement.

(With IANS inputs)


Image caption Many of the gifts were given at international summits like the G20 in London in February 2009

President Barack Obama and his family received hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts from world leaders in 2009, the US has revealed.

Among the top givers was Saudi King Abdullah, with nearly $190,000 (£119,000) in gifts to the Obamas.

Ex-UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown gave Mr Obama a pen and holder carved from an anti-slavery ship and biographies of Winston Churchill, worth $16,510.

By law, all the presents must go to the US National Archives.

Queen Elizabeth II gave the Obamas a framed photograph of herself and Prince Philip valued at $775.

Italian leader Silvio Berlusconi gave Mr Obama a crystal table, gold watch and glass ornaments worth $26,845.

The list of gifts given toMr Obama and his family and White House aides was released on Tuesday by the US Department of State.

Mr Brown's gifts neared the top of the list of opulent presents given by world leaders during Mr Obama's first year in office. Mr Obama, meanwhile, was roundly criticised in the British press for giving Mr Brown a box set of 25 DVDs of American films, interpreted as a snub to the UK leader.

Among the more costly gifts given to Mr Obama were:


consideration and extensive dialogue within the Scouting family, along with comments from those outside the organization, the volunteer officers of the Boy Scouts of America's National Executive Board concluded that due to the complexity of this issue, the organization needs time for a more deliberate review of its membership policy," the board said in a written statement.

The decision will now be made at the organization's annual meeting in May. About 1,400 members of the group's national council will take part during that gathering, the board said.

In the meantime, the organization will "further engage representatives of Scouting's membership and listen to their perspectives and concerns."

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Photos: Boy Scoutsby the numbers Photos: Boy Scouts by the numbers Boy Scouts of America is an organization that says it is focused on mentoring young men and helping them develop life skills. Here's a look at BSA by the numbers. (Source: Boy Scouts of America) Hide Caption 1 of 8 Photos: Boy Scouts by the numbers 105: The number of years since Boy Scouts of America was incorporated. Membership topped 20 million by 1952. Hide Caption 2 of 8 Photos: Boy Scouts by the numbers 2.6 million: The number of youth members as of May 2014. BSA also boasts more than 1 million adult volunteers. Hide Caption 3 of 8 Photos: Boy Scouts by the numbers 437,160: The number of youth members in units chartered by The Church of


Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the most of any faith-based organization. As of 2013, the United Methodist Church had the second-strongest membership, followed by the Catholic Church. Hide Caption 4 of 8 Photos: Boy Scouts by the numbers 181: The number of NASA astronauts that participated in Scouting. Neil Armstrong was an Eagle Scout, the highest rank in the program. Hide Caption 5 of 8 Photos: Boy Scouts by the numbers 191: Number of lawmakers in the 113th Congress that participated in Boy Scouts. Eighteen governors were Scouts or Scout volunteers as of April 2013. Hide Caption 6 of 8 Photos: Boy Scouts by the numbers 19: The number of presidents that have served as honorary president of Boy Scouts of America. (That's every president since BSA wasand potentially destroy the organization.

The Boy Scouts announced last month that the organization would consider changing the policy, a sharp reversal of its previous support for excluding openly gay members and scout leaders.

The new policy would allow local leaders to decide "consistent with each organization's mission, principles or religious beliefs" whether to open troops they sponsor to openly gay people, the group said in a statement at the time.

The proposal comes more than a decade after a Supreme Court ruling that found the organization has the right to keep gays out, but also amid declining participation in the venerable American institution.

Membership in Boy Scouts has declined by about a third since 1999. About 2.7 million people now participate in scouting nationwide, with more than 70% of troops affiliated


with a church or religious groups.

The organization has also endured frequent criticism from gay rights groups and other critics who say the Boy Scouts should not endorse discrimination.

Among more recent controversies, the organization came under fire last year after Jennifer Tyrrell, an Ohio den leader, was dismissed by her local Boy Scout officials for being a lesbian.

On Tuesday, Tyrell delivered a petition she said was signed by 1.4 million people supporting the change.

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Before Wednesday's announcement of the delay, she said she was looking forward to thewas 7th in the league. You swap Mattingly and Henderson in the order, and there's a great chance Rickey's driving in 100+ runs, just based on people being on base in front of him that he doesn't see with Bob Meachem and Butch Wynegar batting in front of him.

So considering that Rickey very likely had more offensive value than Mattingly, he was more valuable with his glove, and, oh yea, he stole 80 bases and was a great baserunner, explain again how Mattingly was the better baseball player?

Posted by burnsy483 on 8/28/2013 3:10:00 PM (view original):Hypothetical: You're starting a team. You have a player who can play CF slightly below average, or 1st base very well. He will put up the same offensive stats regardless of where he


stole 80 bases and was a great baserunner, explain again how Mattingly was the better baseball player?

One can argue that OPS "has more value compared to slugging" all they want. It doesn't necessarily make it true. It's an opinion, not a fact.

And swapping Mattingly and Henderson in the order is an intellectually flawed exercise, as they both become somewhat different players. Mattingly is batting with a light-hitting Willie Randolph behind him, so he loses the protection of Dave Winfield. He gets pitched around more, he draws more walks and most likely hits for less power as he's not going to be challenged in the zone as much. Rickey would now be batting in the three hole, most likely with runners on base in front of him. He's nota character to advance faster.

It has different errors of the other version of which can be used to take advantage, of which are:

- Jump to start in a section of the level, including in the water ..
- Defeat the enemy with the DK coin from the front as in a section of the screen it passes the barrel thus striking it.
- Jump in the trunk being a wall of level "Swoopy Salvo" to access the bonus faster.

In part to realize this film was complicated, one must deepen on the mechanics and the programming of the game, since every movement that is realized, changes the random algorithm, mainly in the bonus.


fifty countries have now returned to the optimum range including OECD members Iceland, Chile and the USA.

Housing at an all-time low

Housing access and affordability has declined disastrously across Australia since the change of government in 2013, and collapsed further since the 2016 election.

According to the Housing Industry Association, sales of Australian new homes plunged 11.8 per cent in April 2019 over the dismal March number to just 4,036 houses sold. The April fall was the greatest since 2005, and the lowest number recorded since the series began in 1999. The previous all-time low was 4,769 in August last year.

Gross debt second worst in the OECD

We now have debt levels for nearly all OECD countries to the end of 2018, so can update Australia’s standing.

Australia had the OECD’s thirdthe Jewish General has observant Muslims and Jews wearing obvious religious symbols working on nearly every ward.

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"Since the bill is inherently prejudicial, there is no point in taking advantage of any clause that would grant us temporary, short-term relief," said Dr. Rosenberg in a statement that carried the endorsement of the hospital's board of directors. "This bill is flawed and contrary to Quebec's spirit of inclusiveness and tolerance."

The Jewish General Hospital was built in 1934, partly in response to prejudice Jews faced getting treatment and entering medical professions in Christian institutions. The hospital later opened its doors to everyone.

Jewish leaders have carefully measured their response to the PQ's proposed crackdown on religious symbols in the public service, but the period of caution appears to be


ending.

At a weekend ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Night of the Broken Glass where Nazis launched a co-ordinated attack against Jews in Germany and Austria, Rabbi Reuben Poupko, an outspoken Orthodox rabbi warned of the perils of placidly accepting any attack on symbols of faith. He recounted the story of Ben Zion Halberstam, a rabbi who was killed by Nazis in Ukraine in 1941 as he defiantly kept replacing his kippa on his head during a beating. In an interview Wednesday, Mr. Poupko said he does not believe the PQ is anti-Semitic. He also said he was not comparing the charter to Nazi persecution of Jews.

"What I was pointing to is the determination Jews have to maintain their religion in the face of theNEW YORK CITY — For Mr. Dave Edgars, his day began as any other. He arose from bed, pulled on his tighty-whities, brushed his teeth for the recommended two minutes and made his wife breakfast.

He then left his apartment on the upper westside and strolled the fifteen blocks to his office in midtown, stepping aside for every stranger that crossed his path.

Upon reaching the intersection of 57th and 9th, a witness named John Devon, who sat on a nearby bench, observed Mr. Edgars turn his head both ways, carefully inspecting the area around him, before laying out one of the all-time dankest farts he’d ever heard.

Astonished by the man’s mix of courtesy and anal acoustics, he chased down Mr. Edgars in a quest to learn more. Edgars, while


When you're a married cop trying to carry on an affair during a work shift, you've got to be creative and smart. Ocoee Police Officer Shaun Whiting was creative, but maybe not smart.

Whiting, a decorated four-year veteran of the force with two school-age children, was forced to resign from the department after authorities discovered that he'd started an extramarital affair with a woman he'd met on a police call.

To keep the dalliance secret from their spouses, they planned sex meetups at hotels and empty police substations while Whiting was on duty. To keep it secret from his employers, he arranged for his mistress to make a quick distress call to 911, which he would then answer alone and sexily, according to Orlando's WFTV:

Documents say that Whiting, who ismarried, met the woman on a call for service at a grocery store. The report says the two began exchanging emails and started talking.

The woman later told police she booked a hotel room and told the officer to come by while on-duty.

But since Whiting had to be accounted for, the woman claimed he told her to call 911 and hang up. The report shows the officer was then dispatched to the hotel so he could carry out the affair.

But things apparently didn't end there, the documents say.

According to documents, the woman later requested a ride-along with Whitiing, and the department approved it.

Investigators said the two rode around together and eventually ended up at a police substation, where the woman performed a sex act on Whiting during work hours


Wyoming)\
Nemanja Jovanovic (California Inst. of Technology)\
Stephen R. Kane (University of California, Riverside)\
Quinn Konopacky (University of California, San Diego)\
Michael Liu (University of Hawaii)\
Julien Lozi (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan)\
Jared Males (University of Arizona)\
Dimitri Mawet (California Inst. of Technology / Jet Propulsion Laboratory)\
Benjamin Mazin (University of California, Santa Barbara)\
Max Millar-Blanchaer (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Inst. of Technology)\
Ruth Murray-Clay (University of California, Santa Cruz)\
Garreth Ruane (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Inst. of Technology)\
Andrew Skemer (University of California, Santa Cruz)\
Motohide Tamura (Univ. of Tokyo / Astrobiology Center of NINS)\
Gautam Vasisht (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Inst. of Technology)\
Jason Wang (California Inst. of Technology)\
Ji Wang (The Ohio State University)\
**Abstract:** We have now accumulated a wealth of observations of the planet-formation environment and of mature planetary systems. These data allow us to test and refine theories of gas-giant planet formation bydriving motor 517 mounted on an end of the rotary driving shaft 510. Just when the rotary driving hole h2 aligns with the driving pin 514, this pin 514 is protruded into the rotary driving hole h2 by dint of the spring 515. On the basis of a positional relationship of the driving pin 514 with respect to the fulcrum 513, as illustrated in FIG. 40, the driving pin 514, when rotating the hub H, generates a force acting in an arrowed direction s of the Figure and a force for rotating the hub H. The force in the arrowed direction s of the Figure acts to thrust two inner points of a central hole h1 of the hub H against the rotary driving shaft 510, thereby effecting


portions 542a of a cam member 542 depicted in FIGS. 46 and 47. The cam member 542 is supported on a jacket guide receiving portion 543 conceived as a jacket supporting means embedded into the frame 540 and on a part of a jacket receiving pin 544 serving as a position regulating means. The cam member 542 is so disposed as to be slidable in arrowed directions x1 and x2 and is also biased in the arrowed direction x1 by a cam member spring 545. An eject member 546 depicted in FIG. 45 is axially supported on a shaft 547 embedded into the frame 540 and rotationally biased anticlockwise in FIG. 45 by means of an eject member spring 548. The eject member 548 includes an impingement portionmoved down along the guide groove 540 chased in the frame 540 in an arrowed direction z2 by means of the holder spring 541.
On the other hand, the jacket J inserted into the holder 537 is supportingly received by the jacket receiving pin 544 embedded into the frame 540 and by the jacket receiving portion 843, thus effecting a predetermined positioning process. Subsequently the jacket is seated as illustrated in FIG. 47, in which position recording and reproducing are to be performed.
Next, in the case of ejecting the jacket J, the eject button 549 is depressed in the direction x2 from a state of FIG. 47. Then, a lifting cam portion 542a of the cam member 542 impinges upon the rolling roller 537b of the holder 537, whereby


the holder 537 holding the jacket J slides upwards along a holder guide groove 540c formed in the frame 540. Immediately, the eject member 546 is rotated anticlockwise in FIG. 45 by the biasing force of the eject member spring 548, and the jacket J is thereby ejected in the arrowed direction x1. At this time, the shutter releasing lever 535 is made to revert to a position indicated by a solid line of FIG. 45 by dint of a tensile coil spring 539, thus finishing an ejecting operation.
In the above-mentioned prior art jacket loading/ejecting mechanism, however, the cam member 542 guided by the guide pin embedded into the frame 540 slides in the jacket inserting/removing directions to thereby move the holder 537 horizontally to the jacket inserting/removingposition and further to the recording/reproducing position. As a result, a load associated with rectilinear sliding of the cam member 542 becomes large, and the cam member 542 increases in configuration because of requiring guide pins 543 and 544 for guiding the holder 537 and also a support member for moving the holder while holding it horizontally. Besides, the cam member has to be disposed between the holder and the frame, resulting in a problem in terms of space.
If the jacket is mistakenly inserted, the jacket is intruded from the insertion port 550a of the dressing plate 550 of FIG. 46 in the arrowed direction X2 in such a state, for example, the surfaces or the front and the rear of the jacket are reversed. At this time,


the frame 540 as well on a part of the jacket receiving pin 544 defined a position regulating means. The cam member 542 is so located as to be slidable in the arrowed directions X1 and x2 and includes the cam portion 542a on which the plurality of rolling rollers 537b provided, as depicted in FIG. 48, on the side surface of the holder 537 impinge. With this arrangement, when sliding the cam member 542, the sliding portion increases in area, and there are needed parts for guiding and holding the cam member 542. Provision of the cam member 542 entails formation of a gap between the frame 540 and the holder 537, and an additional problem is that the configuration becomes large because of the parallel movementRobbie Brady: Hopefully Georgia celebrated their win against Scotland

Republic of Ireland's Robbie Brady admitted he needed to stay in the Barclays Premier League

ROBBIE Brady hopes that a travel bug can hinder Georgia in Dublin tonight as the men from Tbilisi try to damage the Euro 2016 hopes of another Celtic nation.

Scotland's hopes of making it to France took a den with their loss in Tbilisi on Friday, Scotland's preparations for tonight's home tie with Germany suffering from a travel mix-up with meant a late exit from Tbilisi.

"I don't know how Georgia will react to their win, maybe they were out celebrating their win but they have a long way to travel and we will be up for it tonight," Brady told The Herald.

"The travel is a killer at


sufficient to admit or deny this allegation. Ans. ¶ 6.[2]
2. Repo is a Dutch "limited company," with its principal offices in The Netherlands. Ans. ¶ 7.
3. SBN is a California corporation, with its principal offices in Agoura Hills, California. Ans. ¶ 8.
4. Smit resides in California. He is the director and sole officer and shareholder of SBN and a director of Repo. He has denied being an officer, director, or owner of Asia Pacific, or participating in any activities on behalf of Asia Pacific. Ans. ¶ 9.
5. Bakker-Smit also resides in California and serves as a director of Repo. Ans. ¶ 10.
6. Smit and Bakker-Smit are married and reside together at a house with the same address as SBN's principal offices in Agoura Hills, California. T. 122-23.

B. Proceduralregister telephone numbers that originated telemarketing calls, "to shield SBN from consumer activists and crusaders." Smit Dep. 33-34, PX2. Smit estimated that the account received between five and twenty e-mails per week, consisting mostly of "hate mail" complaining about telemarketing calls. Id. at 27-28. He or others at SBN replied to these complaints. Id.

E. Deletion of the Dalong Chin E-Mail Account Following Entry of the TRO
24. Smit received notice of this lawsuit and the TRO on June 2, 2010, when the FTC completed service of process and the Receiver interviewed him at his residence. Brick Kane interviewed Smit on behalf of the Receiver. He estimated that he remained at Smit's house until between 2:00 and 3:00 p.m. During the interview, Smit misrepresented his knowledge of Asia Pacific. He


told Kane that he knew Asia Pacific was a Hong Kong telecommunications provider, but that he knew nothing more about the company. When the Receiver later reviewed files that it had copied from Smit's computer, however, it found that an Asia Pacific logo; Asia Pacific contracts; and an electronic signature of Dalong Chin in Chinese had been stored on the computer. T. 82-85. The Court finds Kane to be a credible witness.
25. Smit acknowledges that the Receiver remained at his house until about 3:00 in the afternoon on June 2, 2010. T. 112.
26. In a January 2011 affidavit, Smit denied accessing the Dalong Chin account after he received notice of the lawsuit and TRO. Smit Decl. ¶ 8, PX 3. This statement is false. Yahoo! and internet serviceprovider records show that a computer at Smit's residence accessed the account at *786 3:26 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time (22:26 GMT) on June 2, 2010, shortly after Smit's interview with the Receiver. PX 13, 17. Smit's wife and children were not home at the time. T. 122. Smit stated that one of his computers may have automatically logged in to the account when it was powered on, T. 113, but the Court rejects this explanation as implausible.
27. Smit testified that the account contained at most thirty messages in its inbox the last time he accessed it. According to Smit, he deleted messages from the inbox once he had resolved whatever issues they raised, and it was his practice to keep no more than one page of messages in


The 1987 season was unique on several levels for the Vikings, who like all teams had one week wiped away due to the player's strike, and three other games being played with replacement players. But that Vikings team snuck into the playoffs at 8-7 and pulled off a pair of road wins before losing to the eventual Super Bowl champion Redskins in the NFC Championship Game.Norvell, Columbia and Liberty townships in Jackson
County. The district also includes Cambridge Township in Lenawee County
and the city of Eaton Rapids along with Hamlin and Brookfield townships
in Eaton County.

Editor's Note: This is the fifth in a series of articles about the
65th State House District race. Check back later this week for articles
about the candidates' positions on abortion and for an article about Shirkey's voting record in the state
House.

More coverage:

Check out the MLive Voter Guide
for more about this race and Election 2012. It includes bios of candidates for
federal, state and local offices and their responses to questionnaires
about the issues.


because I walked out. Perhaps about ten years ago, Manjit Singh, who was then the acting Jathedar of the Akal Takht, came calling and the Sikhs of New York honored him at a lavish spread at the Hilton."
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"Now the current title-holder, Jathedar Joginder Singh, was visiting. Sikhs were falling all over themselves honoring him - to see him and to be seen by him. But now some uncomfortable questions had also surfaced."
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"Jathedar Joginder Singh seems like a very nice, genial, scholarly man. Every one tells me that he is much more approachable than most of his predecessors. They also tell me that he is well intentioned who wants to do the right things, but that he is hemmed in by the political realities in India. All this mayto be inaccessible to the handicapped. Admittedly many were built decades, even centuries ago. But the world has moved since. Now laws demand that public buildings be within reach of the handicapped. I am reminded of the fact that Darshan Singh, himself a renowned ragee [hymn singer] and a former Jathedar of the Akal Takht was recently refused permission to perform by a Canadian gurdwara because he could no longer sit cross legged - he had both knees replaced. We need to modify our gurdwara facility to accommodate people who cannot sit on the floor, cannot walk in unassisted, need a wheelchair and a ramp. Yet, the Akal Takht issues no directives and makes no effort to initiate and impel changes."
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"The question of the authenticity of major portions


Bush through much of his tenure so far."
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"Most Americans are able to separate the office from the man. We have enormous respect for the office but this does not automatically translate into similar reverence for whoever happens to sit in that chair. His legitimate orders are obeyed, but analysis and criticism of the man can and does occur; in fact it never ceases."
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"The best example of the separation of the man from the office that I can think of occurred some years ago during the presidency of Richard Nixon. The president was to honor American Nobel Prize winners. One man, Linus Pauling, who had won two - for chemistry and for peace - spent the morning outside the White house protesting the Vietnam War and then he dressedup and entered the White house for the ceremony that honored him and others like him."
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"The first action was his view of the president's policies. Linus Pauling had the citizen's right and the obligation to dissent, and he did so. His second action was respect for the highest office in the land - that of the president."
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"In fact, not much later, Richard Nixon left the presidency in disgrace. In retrospect, it was the man that was degraded, not the office. And that is how it should be."
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"Sometimes the office makes the man, other times the man shapes the office."
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"It is a lesson that we Sikhs need to learn. We need to keep in mind that it is in discussion and debate that we sharpen our focus, define our


Donald Trump acknowledges Stormy Daniels payment, denies affair or use of campaign money

David Jackson | USA TODAY

Show Caption Hide Caption Rudy Giuliani fumbles interview about Daniels' hush money The former New York Mayor, who recently joined Trump's legal team, directly contradicted the president's claim that he had no knowledge of Michael Cohen's decision to pay Stormy Daniels $130,000.

WASHINGTON — Changing his story, President Trump acknowledged a $130,000 payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels on Thursday, but said a non-disclosure agreement was "used to stop the false and extortionist accusations made by her about an affair."

Contradicting previous statements that he knew nothing about any sort of payment, Trump tweeted that these agreements are "very common among celebrities and people of wealth."

The president also tweeted that campaign funds "playedno roll in this transaction" — misspelling the term "role" — though some legal analysts said the previously unreported payment could be considered an in-kind political contribution subject to federal law.

Trump's revelation on Twitter came the morning after his attorney, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, said the president repaid his personal attorney Michael Cohen for money given to Daniels.

Mr. Cohen, an attorney, received a monthly retainer, not from the campaign and having nothing to do with the campaign, from which he entered into, through reimbursement, a private contract between two parties, known as a non-disclosure agreement, or NDA. These agreements are..... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 3, 2018

...very common among celebrities and people of wealth. In this case it is in full force and effect


the gift basket? #basta"

The non-disclosure agreement and the secret payment came just days before the 2016 presidential election that Trump won.

Trump tweeted about the Daniels case just hours before hosting a National Day of Prayer event at the White House.

In his tweet storm, Trump said Cohen was paid a monthly retainer, and that money was used to enter into the non-disclosure agreement with Daniels.

"The agreement was used to stop the false and extortionist accusations made by her about an affair, despite already having signed a detailed letter admitting that there was no affair," Trump tweeted.

The president's tweets contained legalese and showed signs of assistance from a lawyer.

The tweets mark a changed story for Trump.

Back on April 5, he denied knowing about the $130,000 payment to Daniels, telling reporterson national television."

Daniels, who says she had a sexual encounter with Trump in 2006, filed a lawsuit against the president Monday, saying Trump defamed her when he described her claim as a "con job."

Daniels is also suing Cohen, but a federal judge granted a 90-day delay in that lawsuit last week due to concerns that Cohen may face criminal charges after FBI agents raided his home, hotel room and law offices as part of a fraud investigation.

Avenatti, appearing again Thursday on MSNBC, made a stark prediction about Trump's future: “This president will not serve out his time. I guarantee it."


her boss was an “unethical piece of trash.” He made the comment in response to a request for a transcript. He provided the requesting prosecutor the transcript without delay or inconvenience.

Then, in an exercise of the holiday, gift-giving spirit, the attorney later sent a note to the Chief Attorney in the Vehicular Crimes Bureau, enclosing a small gift. The note read, “Kristen, your waiting room magazines required a better selection.” Enclosed was a six-month gift subscription to Modern Drunkard Magazine. The Chief received monthly issues of the magazine as promised but did not put them in the waiting room. She felt it may be inappropriate, given she was the head of the office that prosecuted drunk-driving cases. She did appreciate the humor, though, and was not embarrassed orfrom the very beginning considered inevitable, the breakup of Ben Stiller with wife Christine Taylor after 17 years of marriage came as a surprise. What happened to one of the strongest families in Hollywood?

Refrigerator lock

The most interesting theory regarding the Steelers says that 45-year-old Christine can no longer follow a fitness plan devised for her 51-year-old husband. Friends of the pair say that they feed mainly on fruits, berries and nuts. Dairy products, cheeses and bread are banned, workers can be fired for a sandwich, taken from a home for personal use. Three days a month the couple pays under fasting, the rest of the time cleaning the body enemas. And thus they spend in the gym for two to three hours daily, although where they come from


Traditionally, thermodynamic power generation cycles, such as the Brayton cycle, employ an ideal gas, such as atmospheric air. Such cycles are typically open in the sense that after the air flows through the components of the cycle, it is exhausted back to atmosphere at a relatively high temperature so that a considerable amount heat generated by the combustion of fuel is lost from the cycle. A common approach to capturing and utilizing waste heat in a Brayton cycle is to use a recuperator to extract heat from the turbine exhaust gas and transfer it, via a heat exchanger, to the air discharging from the compressor. Since such heat transfer raises the temperature of the air entering the combustor, less fuel is required to achieve the desired turbine inletlead,” said Ruben, a longtime advocate and ZCC member. (He is president of the Northern Liberties Neighborhood Association, but was not speaking in that capacity.)

Ruben pointed out that seven years after the adoption of the new code, many City Councilmembers have been extremely slow to update the zoning maps in their districts despite long standing recommendations from neighborhood groups and the Planning Commission.

If Councilmembers had been more diligently remapping their districts to match current conditions and uses, there might not be such as high demand for variances. But Council President Clarke is one of the members who has been more reliable with his remappings, even if they haven’t followed the exact letter of the Planning Commission’s recommendations, and the rate of variance approvals is clearly still a major


that the Government in drafting the indictment inadvertently substituted the name of Curtis Gale Doby when it intended to use Fultz's name.  The District Court recognized that the Government had not intended to charge the crime in the manner in which it appears in the indictment, but indicated that it would hold the Government to proof of the indictment in the form in which it was drafted.  The court concluded that Count I could properly be read as charging that Fultz, during the commission of the robbery, had aided and abetted Curtis Gale Doby in assaulting a bank employee with a dangerous weapon.  All three of the bank robbers were armed.  The court found that the Government had presented sufficient evidence on this chargemarginally some of the ends served by exclusionary rules, but it would also increase to an intolerable degree interference with the public interest in having the guilty brought to book.

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The trial judge suppressed the illegally seized evidence.  Dismissal of the indictment or a directed verdict was not required.  On the contrary, granting this relief to the defendant would drape a cloak of immunity around a perpetrator of a serious crime, and would be inimical to the public's interest in law enforcement.

III. Testimony

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Fultz argues that testimony by a Government witness, Paula Ross Skrove, improperly alleged his involvement in unrelated crimes.  In particular Fultz alleges that Skrove intimated that he was guilty of possession of burglary tools.10 After the completion of the presentation of the evidence, the


and loan association;
Shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.

5
 Count I of the indictment states:
On or about the 19th day of May, 1978, at Des Moines, in the Southern District of Iowa, RILEY RAY FULTZ, by force and violence and by intimidation, did take from the person and presence of Shirley Booth, teller, about $24,405.50 in money belonging to and in the care, custody, control, management and possession of the South Des Moines National Bank, the deposits of which were then insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and CURTIS GALE DOBY in committing the aforesaid offense, did assault one Shirley Booth, an employee of the aforesaid bank, and did put in jeopardy the life of the said ShirleyCARSON, CA - DECEMBER 31: A general view of StubHub Center prior to the game between the Los Angeles Chargers and Oakland Raiders at StubHub Center on December 31, 2017 in Carson, California. (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)

General manager Tom Telesco revealed many interesting things about 2017, and what the team is looking ahead to for 2018.

When Los Angeles Chargers general manager Tom Telesco stepped up to the podium to deliver his annual end-of-season media briefing, there were several elephants in the room. During the wide-ranging press conference, Telesco shed some light on some of the biggest questions surrounding the team heading into the 2018 offseason.

While Telesco was intentionally vague and unspecific at times, his comments still help reveal a lot about what the front office is thinking


where we’ve got two games left in the season and we have to win two more games, and we really need him, he steps up and plays at the same level as he had before. He’s a special, special guy.”

Gates, rightfully, took a backseat to second-year tight end Hunter Henry this year and never complained about his reduced role. As the season went on, Gates got fewer and fewer targets and began ceding more and more snaps to Henry. It was the right move for the team, as Henry established himself as one of the league’s best tight ends. Henry himself has raved about the knowledge Gates has imparted him with, and it wouldn’t hurt anyone to keep Gates around for another year and another shot at atwo disposable cups – tilting them to control the head –, hands one to Marina and together they make the anticlimactic, silent toast of plastic on plastic. Chela puts hers on the floor, raises her arms and says, 'Confession.'

'I've already told you so much!' Marina says.

'No, I have a confession,' Chela says.

'Oh.'

'I told you a lie. I'm not a friend of theirs. I used to live in Sour House. We had a kitchen just like yours.'

Marina raises her eyebrows. That's all. She can feel how, after a few hours spent together, her body is naturally starting to mimic Chela's movements. Or, perhaps it's not at all natural? She doubts herself, then asks Chela, 'I'm sorry?'

'I'm Pina's mom, and I didn't dare knock on the door.'

'Why?'

'Because I haven't seen


And scattered around these gallery pieces we find the accompanying explanatory exhibition texts in the form of diplomas, photos of dogs and children, odes to the Beatles, Mexican flags, gifts from patients who, having faced the light at the end of the tunnel and then been brought back, become remarkably magnanimous (metal knights, little painted plaster saints). One recently recovered patient gave Noelia a gold charm in the shape of heart. She had it melted down and turned into earrings. Truth be told, we weren't entirely innocent of the curating crime ourselves: we too collected our fair share of superstitious figurines, although that was during the Year of Reproduction.

The reason I'm thinking about this – about the aesthetics of doctors' consulting rooms – is because I've spent theUmami, 5-5-1974.

We got married in Morelia, with my tiny family and the whole army of Vargas cousins. They gave us dishware, vases, and a German Shepherd which we passed off to the first nephew who said 'I'll take it!' They also took a ton of pictures, which we keep in a box. They're color slides. On our tenth or maybe twentieth anniversary we projected them onto a wall while our friends drifted around the house sipping martinis.

On our wedding day, Noelia wore white flowers in her hair but a pink dress, which not one of her aunts failed to comment on. Preempting their disapproval, I wore a white suit to compensate. They didn't appreciate that either. It had bellbottoms. My mustache was bushy enough for a bird to


No more than corn does to bean, or bean to squash.

Marina lights a cigarette and every now and again, without saying anything, passes it to Pina, who takes strategic drags facing away from my house. Smoking is a dumbass thing to do. But a dumbass thing that right now makes me feel pretty jealous. I don't want those two to be friends. I can't believe they're sharing the cigarette and the hula-hoop and they haven't even insisted that I try, all because I said it was a dumbass thing to do. Although it also bugs me the way Marina is so awkward every time she sees Pina. Something went on there that no one will tell me. One day everything was fine, then Marina did something and myPeace must be on the verge of breaking out in the Middle East. Hamas is apparently just a political party that has resorted to terrorism solely because of "the isolation of Gaza."

Meanwhile, "Christians, Muslims and Jews are living peacefully together" in Bethlehem (a Palestinian town where there are no Jews and the Christian population has been declining for decades).

These are some of the geopolitical fantasies that emerged during last week's visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories by leaders of Italy's Five Star Movement, the anti-establishment party that has shaken Italian politics since it was founded in 2009 by Beppe Grillo, a popular comedian turned firebrand demagogue.

And these gems of misinformation would be very comic indeed, had they not been pronounced by those who have a very good


shot at leading the next government in what is one of Israel's closest European allies.

And more than just sounding the alarm on Jerusalem's ties with Rome, the visit by the Five Star Movement can be taken as a symbol of the trouble awaiting Israel, Europe and the world at large as a tide of populist sentiment sweeps through western democracies and threatens to vote extremists from the left and right into power.

Fresh off a victory in local elections last month, in which it won control of Rome and other major cities, the Five Star Movement is now polling above the ruling, center-left Democratic Party. According to the same polls, the movement's rising star, 30-year-old Luigi Di Maio, is Italy's most popular politician and is widely expected to makea run for Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's job when national elections are held (at the latest in 2018, but you never know in Italy).

The Five Star Movement leaped to success by vowing to fight corruption and replace the old political establishment, while embracing populist promises to take Italy out of the Eurozone and grant a minimum stipend to every Italian citizen. Its leaders are also known for supporting a number of bizarre ideas, ranging from conspiracy theories about vaccines (they’re against them) through airplane contrails (support for the "chemtrail theory," that airplanes are secretly used to disseminate chemical agents) to the concept that the world is run by a secret cabal of bankers, financiers and politicians (yes, the Bilderberg Group).

Sensing that power is now within its grasp, the


party is trying to rebrand itself by toning down its more radical messages. The wild rants of its comedian founder, Grillo, may have become too much even for the most enthusiastic “grillini” – as his supporters are nicknamed. Grillo has repeatedly claimed that the CIA may have been involved in the September 11 attacks, railed against “Jewish Hollywood producers” and stated that a group led by a former Mossad agent controls all information about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that reaches Europe.

While he remains the party's ideologue and conspiracy-theorist-in-chief, Grillo has faded slightly into the background, leaving the limelight to younger leaders like Di Maio, who serves as the vice president of the lower chamber of parliament and led the movement's delegation on its five-day Mideast visit.

The tour was partof the party's strategy to present itself as a potential government force and was mainly geared for local consumption back home. After all, nothing projects statesmanship and foreign policy credibility as engagement in the intractable Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The trip was also supposed to at least partially redress and temper what so far has been the party's rather open hostility toward the Jewish state, which has gone beyond Grillo's conspiratorial remarks.

During the 2014 Gaza war, for example, Manlio Di Stefano, a former computer engineer who acts as the movement's point person for foreign policy, accused Israel of committing genocide against the Palestinians and of launching the conflict to block the development of Gaza's marine gas fields. Speaking in parliament, he said Zionism was by definition discriminatory against minorities and called


on the government to withdraw its ambassador and suspend all economic agreements with Israel.

On a superficial level, the visit appeared successful in mending some fences. Di Maio, impeccably dressed in a suit and tie despite the July heat, ostensibly did and said all the right things. He and his followers, which included Di Stefano, met with Knesset members, visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum and a memorial to Israeli victims of terror, condemned "any terrorist actions by Hamas" and declared their support for a two-state solution, while calling for renewed dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians.

On the other side, while touring Palestinian towns and refugee camps, they pledged that a Five-Star government would officially recognize the State of Palestine, condemned the separation wall and settlements in the West Bankof Hamas by saying that only its actions were terroristic, while the group itself "was born as a party that won free elections. Then, the isolation of Gaza changed things." (Hamas was founded in 1987, long before Israel blockaded the Gaza Strip, and its charter called for the destruction of Israel from the get go.)

Di Maio, when repeatedly asked whether Israel had a right to defend itself if attacked by terrorist groups (such as rocket launches by Hamas), refused to be pinned down, saying such that such questions were "hypothetical." And finally, the potential future prime minister of Italy waxed lyrical on his Facebook profile about the above-mentioned nonexistent Jewish community of Bethlehem.

Beneath their skin-deep neutrality, the visiting "grillini" (barely) concealed a deep-seated mistrust of Israel, while displaying


Last year there were 12,000 employees working in the phone and broadband services sector, the highest in 16 years.

The telecommunication sector is booming, with jobs steadily increasing year on year.

Last year there were 12,000 employees working in the phone and broadband services sector, the highest in 16 years. In the early 2000s, there were fewer than 7000 employees.

Many of the workers are immigrants.

Careers NZ estimates "line mechanics" in the telecommunications industry with between one and five years' experience can expect to earn between $32,000 and $60,000 – the lowest pay band among the jobs it lists in the ICT sector.

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* Chart: Kiwis now paying lesssurvivors who expressed interest. These information packs included a letter of invitation, information sheet, reply slip, and stamped addressed envelope. Those wanting to know more about the study contacted the research team. During this contact, interviews were scheduled.

The interviews were conducted by three of the co-authors (KK, CD, and LL), all trained in qualitative research. KK was trained by LL, who is the director of the Health Experiences Research Group (HERG), University of Oxford. The HERG is composed of qualitative researchers who have been conducting research consistent with the methods used in this article for over 10 years. CD is also an experienced qualitative researcher and worked with the HERG during the time of data collection. RL and DL have a long track record in stroke research from


always bang on normal. (Participant \#8)"

In a couple of cases, the shock of dealing with the stroke was worsened by a delay in receiving a diagnosis, as medical staff felt that the person was too young to be experiencing such an event. One woman, who experienced visual disturbance, was thought to be taking drugs or alcohol.

Following the shock of diagnosis, many individuals described feeling a sudden loss of their former selves. One respondent noted, "\[It\'s\] as if somebody came in the middle of the night on the 16th of December and stole part of me and I have never got it back." (Participant \#7)

Similarly, a woman who had two strokes over a 3-month period at age 45 described her stroke as bereavement, and pinpoints the precise date."...it reallychange

Many respondents noted changes in family roles following the stroke. A woman who had a stroke 18 months after her child was born had "very little recollection of her \[daughter\] as a tiny baby." For other respondents with young children, not being able to read to them, embrace them, or pick them up from school became difficult realities. In some cases, individuals were encouraged to hold off on having children following their stroke. A young woman who was interviewed with her husband, a stroke survivor, explained that they decided not to have a second child. In another case, a young woman was told by healthcare providers to delay additional childbearing after experiencing a stroke 4 months after giving birth. For these individuals, a clear divergence was made from


to fully engage in their hobbies, work, and social activities, which were regular aspects of their lives previously.

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For many people, the stroke caused seemingly catastrophic alternations to their lives; however, this was frequently countered by efforts to adapt and move on with life in its new form. This adapted sense of self is described by the following three subthemes: seeking external support, restoring normality, and positive reflection.

### Seeking external support

Despite the changes in social relationships and family roles noted in the themes above, some respondents, including those who initially felt isolated from family and peers, talked about the important roles of family, friends, peer support groups, and employers in the recovery process. A woman who had an ischaemic stroke at the age of 28meeting people and seeing people and being part of a team, if not leading people, so I decided to go and see an old friend to ask her to be my second reference if I applied for something and she offered me a job so I\'ve been there ever since. (Participant \#11)"

In summary, restoring normality was an important part of the recovery process. Re-establishing roles in the household and workplace and reverting back to old hobbies were common among the study participants.

### Positive reflection

As respondents settled into their lives post stroke, it was typical to go back and forth between grieving for their former capabilities and positively reflecting on their progress. A woman who had an ischaemic stroke at the age of 30 talked about feeling resentful as


illnesses is its sudden and often unexpected onset followed by lasting impairments across physical, cognitive, and affective domains. When individuals are young to middle-aged, stroke-related impairments severely disrupt an important part of their life trajectory, which is typically characterized by workforce participation, childrearing, and other meaningful forms of social participation. In our study, the stroke also disrupted the lives of the individual\'s familial network, as exemplified by spouses who released themselves from employment activities and children who had to adapt to the role changes of their parents. Here, the cost to the family as well as the system (the person and their spouse exiting the workforce at midlife) was significant. A holistic model of rehabilitation that helps individuals regain the capacity for everyday activities related to work, familyThe DR is in: Perfect Dominicans march to final

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Nov.14 (GMM) Christian Horner has accused Fernando Alonso of encouraging his fans to boo world champion Sebastian Vettel on the podium this year.

Red Bull mogul Dietrich Mateschitz recently likened Spaniard Alonso's tactics to those of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali, saying the Ferrari driver is "the worst of all at the psychological warfare".

Horner, the energy drink-owned team's Formula One boss, has now directly accused Alonso of playing a role in the spate of post-race booing on the podiums in Belgium, Italy and Singapore this year.

He told BBC Five Live radio this week that Vettel's portrayal as "the bad guy" was "convenient" for the German's rivals.

"So they have encouraged that," said Horner, "whether that is Fernando Alonso taking off his cap and throwing it into the crowd as soon asthe race his initial reaction was correct," Webber told the Daily Mail this week.

"I think he was shattered at what he had done, but his reaction two weeks later in China – when he said that he was not sorry at all – was probably not the best way to encourage people what to think of him," he added.


President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran ran through his standard talking points at his annual gathering with American journalists on Tuesday, denying that dissidents languished in jail or that economic sanctions were biting, and rejecting the idea that Tehran deserved anything less than a gold star for its nuclear inspection record. But this time, he embroidered his remarks with a little fresh bluster.

Seated at a conference table surrounded by news editors and television producers, the Iranian president told his breakfast guests that, should the United States attack Iran over its nuclear program, it would become embroiled in a war that would make previous American conflicts pale in comparison.

“The United States has never entered a real war, not in Vietnam, nor in Afghanistan, nor even World War II,” Mr. AhmadinejadBach Vs Marchand: The Duel That Never Was

Arrogant colleagues can make life hell and some people are prepared to go to any lengths to avoid working with them. So it was for Jean Baptiste Volumier, concert master to the court of King Augustus of Saxony in the early 18th century. French music was all the rage in Dresden, and Volumier, who had been educated in Paris, was the ideal man to provide the court with music in the fashionable French style.

However, in 1717, Volumier’s comfortable existence was turned upside down by a visitor to the court – Louis Marchand, said to be the top harpsichordist in France. He was invited to play before the King, who was so impressed that he immediately made Marchand an offer of a


lucrative court position.

For Volumier, the new harpsichordist was competition. Not only that, but he was also notoriously vain and arrogant with a reputation for erratic behaviour – a real prima donna. Working alongside Marchand was out of the question, but Volumier had a plan. His first step was to send an invitation to his counterpart at the Weimar court, a musician by the name of Johann Sebastian Bach.

Bach eagerly accepted. He too was keen to impress in Dresden and Volumier’s plan gave him a chance to show off his skills. On arrival, he was taken by Volumier to hear Marchand play, remaining concealed throughout the concert so as not to give the game away. Having heard the performance, and with the encouragement of the courtiers, Bach challenged Marchandto a contest.

He set out in a letter the terms of the challenge: each man would set the other a series of musical tasks, including themes to improvise on and styles to imitate. Marchand accepted – unaware, perhaps, of the ability and reputation of his challenger. The palace of the senior minister General von Flemming was chosen as the venue. Volumier’s plan was going like clockwork.

News of the contest, no doubt embellished by Volumier, reached King Augustus. It was to be a grand spectacle! The musical event of the decade! The King took the bait, not only agreeing to attend, but also offering a prize of 500 talers to the winner.

The day of the contest dawned and a crowd began to form, with the Royal family and the


aristocracy of Dresden all in attendance at Count Flemming’s grand palace. Bach arrived in good time and the contest was ready to begin… just as soon as his opponent appeared. After a long wait, Count Flemming sent a messenger to remind Marchand. Surely he could not have forgotten such an important engagement? When the messenger returned, the assembled company was astonished to discover that the Frenchman had fled.

Realising that he was in for a humiliating defeat, Marchand had left by stagecoach at first light and was now well on the road back to Paris. Worse still, an unscrupulous servant had pocketed the prize money.

The contest was off, but Volumier’s plan had succeeded – he was rid of Marchand for good. And Bach was able to make the mostof the situation. He still had an eager audience made up of some of the most powerful nobles in Saxony, so instead of a contest they were treated to a recital, with Bach demonstrating the improvisation skills he had been honing for the competition.

What would have happened if the contest had taken place? Marchand was probably right to anticipate a defeat. As a composer and improviser, he was considered a master of the French style. The trouble was, Bach was also a master of the French style, as well as of the German style, the Italian style, the Spanish style, the English style... There would really have been no contest at all.

Neither man was keen to dwell on the story in later years. Bach, we are told, was


too modest to ever brag about the incident; according to his son Carl Phillipp Emanuel, he “told the story but seldom, and then only when urged”. Marchand also kept quiet, leading to fervid speculation in France about the reason for his early return.

The Parisian diarist Titon tactfully offered one explanation: that it must simply have been a case of homesickness.

THROWING DOWN THE GAUNTLET

The keyboard face-off has a long and distinguished history.

In the late 16th century, St Mark’s in Venice played host to the ‘Duel of Two Organs’ with Andrea Gabrieli and Claudio Merulo vying to match the complexities of each other’s improvisations.

In 1709, Handel met Domenico Scarlatti in Rome for a contest of keyboard skill; the host, Handel’s patron Cardinal Ottoboni, declared a draw, with Handel winning atthe organ and Scarlatti at the harpsichord.

Mozart and Clementi went head to head in Vienna in 1781: Mozart won by a nose, it being agreed that "while Clementi had only art, Mozart had both art and taste".

But the most fearsome duellist of all was Beethoven, who squared up to three formidable opponents – Joseph Wölfl, Josef Gelinek and Daniel Steibelt. All were defeated, making Beethoven some powerful enemies but ensuring his continued dominance of Viennese musical life.


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In Pan Zhuo world, nine dim suns floated in the sky, seeming to be extremely far away from the ground, weakly glowing with a faint light. On the ground, dark-green mountains were barely lightened up by the sunlight through dark-green toxic clouds, just like those dark-green hills, rivers, grasslands, plain areas…

This world was filled with the color of dark-green, which looked quite unsettling. Countless types of toxins mixed together, being processed under the effects of the natural laws of this world for countless years, then turned into this weird dark-green color.

Mountains, hills, rivers, plains, these terrains were common in Pan Gu world. Here in Pan Zhuo world, they occupied around thirty percent of the world.

On these mountains, hills and plain areas, lived countless odd types of poisonous bugs,birds and beasts. They released thin poisonous gases from their mouths, that had been rising into the sky and condensing into faint, dark-green poisonous clouds.

Numerous strangely-shaped highly poisonous serpents had been wriggling around.They raised their heads from time to time and excitedly spurted vividly colorful streams of poisonous mist towards the sky, creating rainbows under the dim sunlight.

The other half of Pan Zhuo world was occupied by water, boundless light-green water. It looked completely lifeless, and had colorful foams drifting on its surface.

Countless poisonous creatures lived in this water area, with all kinds of toxins. These creatures had been crazily devouring those poisonous floating grasses and algae, which were growling rapidly in the water. These creatures also devoured each other; the bigger ones fed on the smaller ones,


eyes and murmured to himself. "Alright, alright, what a magical world! I’ve just sent out by expeditionary troops for a couple of days, how can a trouble happen so soon?"

A few Nether Moon warrior commanders standing behind Fan Di excitedly opened their erect eyes and let spheres of grey mist drift out of those erect eyes.

Hoarse and deep horns sounded while Fan Di giving out his orders. Except for a small number of expeditionary troops from Nether Moon staying in Pan Zhuo world, the main force returned to Pan Gu world, waiting for Fan Hai’s orders.

When the first enormous metal warship glowed with a gray-white light and slowly rose from the ground, a stream of dark-green liquid surged over from a thousand miles away and struck on thePew Research Center

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The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life and the Council on Foreign Relations co-hosted a roundtable to explore geopolitical implications of the growth, distribution and migration of Muslim and Christian populations. Population momentum – rapid growth due to previously high fertility rates – is a critical issue in the Muslim areas of the Middle East, North Africa, and Central and Southeast Asia, yielding “youth bulges” that place substantial economic and political stress on those regions. In Europe, the Muslim diaspora has stimulated vigorous debates over cultural and political identity. At the same time, Christianity has literally “gone south,” exploding demographically in the developing world and augmenting ongoing sociopolitical turmoil in places such as West Africa. How might these demographic trends within the world’s two


largest religions – Islam and Christianity – contribute to religious and political conflicts? Distinguished experts Todd Johnson, Brian Nichiporuk and Philip Jenkins discussed these issues and their significance for U.S. foreign policy interests.

Speakers:

Todd Johnson, Director, Center for the Study of Global Christianity, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

Brian Nichiporuk, Political Scientist, RAND Corporation

Philip Jenkins, Distinguished Professor of History and Religious Studies, Pennsylvania State University

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Timothy Shah, Senior Fellow, Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life

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The roundtable was part of a joint project on religion and U.S. foreign policy undertaken by the Pew Forum and the Council on Foreign Relations that is designed to help policymakers and analysts better understand religion’s role in world affairs and the possible policy implications.list of the countries with the largest Christian populations in the world in 2005, 2025 and 2050 reveals Christianity as less European and Northern and increasingly more Southern, except for the U.S., which remains at the top of the list across these 45 years. Between 1900 and 2050 Western countries gradually fall off of the list while countries in Latin America, Asia and Africa are added to the list. When you compare these Christian country lists with countries with the most Muslims, India and Nigeria occur in significant positions on both lists–as two of the top Christian and Muslim countries in the world.

A map that I published in April 2004 in the International Review of Mission illustrates the trajectory of the statistical center of gravity of Christianity across


its entire history. This statistical center was in Asia Minor for the first thousand years, then in Europe for approximately a thousand years, and since 1900 it shifts decidedly to the Southern hemisphere. As it turns out, the statistical center of Christianity today is in Timbuktu, Mali. In raw percentages, shown on the accompanying graph, Christians were equally divided between North and South for the first 1000 years. However, by 1500, 92 percent of Christians were Europeans. Today 60 percent of all Christians are non-Europeans and Americans.

Recently, I published a paper on the future of religion in the British journal Futures, in which I presented four different scenarios for the year 2200. A purely demographic scenario, where everyone stays in the religion that they are in right now,reports of people healed and four people raised from the dead.

(6) There is a new wave of Southern missionaries traveling around the world, such as the Chinese “Back to Jerusalem” movement, seven million Filipinos in diaspora, as well as large numbers of Nigerian, Korean and Brazilian missionaries.

(7) One should not underestimate the role played by positive contact between ordinary Christians and Muslims.

(8) Finally, with this increased positive contact there is the distinct possibility of some kind of return to what was called the “ornament of the world,” the city of Cordoba in medieval Spain, where Christians, Jews and Muslims studied and lived together in harmony.

So with that I’ll turn it over to Brian.

Remarks by Brian Nichiporuk:

This afternoon I am going to talk about the demography of the Muslim


demographics without looking at the whole diaspora issue. In addition to high fertility within core Muslim regions like the Middle East, Central Asia, Southeast Asia and North Africa, you also have diasporas abroad, and the best example is Europe. There are significant Muslim populations in Europe, ranging from four to five million in France to the high 200,000s in Spain and Sweden. These populations come from various parts of the world: North Africa, Turkey, and, in the case of the United Kingdom, Pakistan and Bangladesh. There are some politico-military implications to that which I will address.

I’ll just note that there is a demographic transition going on in the Muslim world. We are starting to see across-the-board decreases in fertility rates, even in the high fertility countries. The demographicrepresent the most significant split between Europe and North America; the single most important issue. When we look at the 1960s, that greatly over-hyped decade, I would argue that the key legal measure is the 1965 Immigration Act, which Senator Edward Kennedy assured would not mean a major shift of immigration in the U.S. towards people from Africa, Asia and Latin America, and did of course lead to an influx from Africa, Asia and Latin America. The U.S. absolutely unconsciously adopted in 1965 a Christian immigration policy. The overwhelming majority of the people who came into the United States were Christian; the overwhelming majority of people who came into Europe were Muslim. And if you want to understand future attitudes over the Middle East, look at that fact.

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