Lancaster was just one of the lucky ones that was able to obtain the proof he needed with emails, and verification of proof of disclosure to prove it in a court of law. The City is cooked.

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I get all teary eyed thinking about Lancaster telling his purple heart story. If you knew anything you would know Brian was in the Navy and traveled the world!! He was shot when trying to rescue a cute cuddly kitty stuck in a tree. See Brian Lancaster is pure integrity, who will stand up to a senior when he was in 8th grade, total bad arse IMO. He spouts the truth with help from his hot single mom support group.be allowed to have die while under his supervision before the city decides he isn't pet friendly.

Deputy Silcocks now locked in his own Custody battle has apparently had some domestic problem of his own and according to his Wife's You Tube Website she has filed a restraining order against her ex husband Ryan Silcocks. She reports I will no longer stay silent and says she has been abused by silcocks for years.

Lisa Secord Arrested for Felony Fraud stealing over 20,000.00 in daycare subsidies put in place for mostly homeless children. Apparently she had filed two other times both previous attempts were denied. In this case all her nonsense claims are just that nonsense. Apparently the judge ordered the judge specifically states that Lancaster needs no anger management classes


[Ludwig II of Bavaria - the "fairy tale king": his last years from a psychiatric point of view].
Ludwig II of Bavaria (Germany) entered the political stage at the age of 18, following the premature death of his father Maximilian II in 1864. At that time, Ludwig was a very handsome, slender young man; he was enthusiastic and had a pronounced taste for fine arts and music, and was admired by the people as a "fairy tale king". However, already during the first years of his reign, he displayed traits that fulfilled the ICD-10 criteria for schizotypal disorder together with a combined cluster B personality disorder. They became even more pronounced over time. Towards the end of his life, Ludwig developed "imperial madness", a typical pattern of behavioural excesseswas 40 by which time he had become adipose and had lost most of his teeth; meanwhile, he was placed under tutelage, dismissed and detained. Before his death by drowning in Lake Starnberg (suicide? attempted escape??), Ludwig apparently killed his psychiatrist, Bernhard von Gudden, who carelessly served as his sole attendant. Yet Ludwig's image as the beautiful fairy tale king is still alive in the hearts of successive generations of Bavarians and in the fascination demonstrated by the masses of tourists from throughout the world who visit (against his formerly declared wishes) his "dream castles".


HONG KONG — Brunei said on Sunday that it would not carry out executions by stoning for people convicted of adultery and gay sex, after widespread international protest over the brutality of such penalties.

Critics of the country’s newly enacted Islamic laws said several other harsh punishments remain on the books, including whipping and amputation, and they have called for continued opposition until the laws are completely revised.

The sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, said Sunday that his country had gone decades without carrying out the death penalty and that it would continue its de facto moratorium on executions despite the new punishments codified last month under a harsh interpretation of Islamic law.

The United States, Britain, France, Germany and other countries protested the law, as did several celebrities, including Georgeof China or of specific events, such as Nixon’s historic 1972 trip. For several of the segments in the series, Chinese sub-titled versions are available.

Mike Chinoy, the distinguished former CNN Asia correspondent and USC U.S.-China Institute Senior Fellow, is the writer and reporter for the series. He is assisted by USCI Multimedia Editor Craig Stubing and USCI staff and students, who handle much of the logistics, research, transcription, videography, and editing. Clayton Dube conceived of the project and supervises it.

Assignment: China segments have been screened for universities and organizations across America and China and elsewhere in East Asia. The response from educators, students, officials, and the general public has been enthusiastic and positive. The films are available free of charge at our site and at our YouTube channel.


also available at our YouTube channel (English playlist; Chinese playlist). At the end of the list of episodes are links to interviews we've conducted with China correspondents since completing the series.

The Chinese Civil War

With the defeat of Japan, the Kuomintang and Communists soon returned to their battle for control of China. This segment focuses on the work of journalists reporting on the civil war that ended with Mao Zedong atop Tiananmen proclaiming the establishment of the People’s Republic.

China Watching

Largely excluded from China, American journalists in the 1950s and 1960s had to try to report on the tumultuous changes in the world’s biggest nation from its periphery. This segment explores how they did this and how some American news organizations occasionally got reports from within China.

The Week that Changedthe World

President Richard Nixon’s 1972 trip ended two decades of Cold War hostility. America’s most famous journalists clamored to go with the president, though most had no idea what they might find, telling us “it was like going to the moon.” This segment shows how both governments worked to shape the coverage and how journalists struggled to report on the historic visit.

The End of an Era

While the Nixon trip launched U.S.-China discussions, China was only slightly more open to Americans than it had been. American journalists were only permitted to visit for brief periods. This segment discusses reporting on the period through 1976, when deaths of Zhou Enlai and Mao Zedong triggered political skirmishes and the Tangshan earthquake took a quarter-million lives.

Opening Up

With the restoration of formal diplomatic


relations on Jan. 1, 1979, American news organizations were able to base journalists in China. The interest in China was enormous, as seen in the coverage of Deng Xiaoping’s visit and of the economic reforms he initiated. The press also paid attention to the new family planning policy and to the stirrings of dissent.

The 1980s

Deng Xiaoping and the reformers he installed in top positions dramatically loosened economic and social controls in the mid-1980s. Journalists for American news organizations documented how Chinese embraced this opening and as some Chinese tested the party-state’s tolerance of dissent. Some journalists, protestors, and even leaders ran afoul of Party hardliners and were punished for crossing hazy lines.

Tiananmen Square

In 1989, students marched in cities all over China, but it was the demonstrations in China’ssymbolic center, Tiananmen Square, that captured the attention of people worldwide. Because of the first Sino-Soviet summit in thirty years, there were more journalists in Beijing than usual and the Chinese authorities initially permitted easier satellite access. This segment shows how journalists worked to grasp what was happening and to help their audiences understand the issues and forces at play, ultimately including the violent suppression of the protests.

A Tale of Two Chinas

The 1989 crackdown ushered in a period of political repression in China, but as the 1990s progressed the economy grew, migration became more common, and individual Chinese had greater control over their own lives. While reporters dealt with continued surveillance and harassment, by the end of the decade conditions improved to the point some saw it as


the beginning of a golden age of China reporting.

The New Millennium

The 2000s were a heady time in China. In 2000, the country won the right to host the Olympic Games and in 2001 entered the World Trade Organization and economic growth accelerated. But soon thereafter, suppression of information about disease outbreaks didn’t just hamper reporters, it threatened public safety. There was rising tension over how some won and lost economically and how the environment was being damaged. At the same time, social liberalization and technological change permitted reporters to explore new regions and issues.

Tremors

China entered 2008 with great anticipation. Beijing would be the center of world attention with the summer Olympics. But in March repression brought rioting in Tibet and the Olympic torch relay attracted protests outside ofChina. Then in May, an earthquake killed 70,000 and left millions homeless. Even more than usual, the party-state worried about managing its image at home and abroad. While the games were a huge public diplomacy success, reporters chaffed at the government’s failure to loosen travel and other restrictions as pledged.

Contradictions

The foreign press corps in China hoped that once the Olympics passed, restrictions on their movement and other activities would be loosened. They weren’t. At the same time, the Chinese state invested heavily in expanding its own international media in an effort to override foreign media depictions of China and its policies. While the West stumbled economically, China seemed to have weathered the storm and adopted a more assertive foreign policy. China’s economic rise had led to a dramatic


expansion in the American press corps, but covering China’s contradictory trends was no less challenging.

Follow the Money

China’s economic rise had been the dominant line in the narrative of the country for two decades. There had long been grumbling about those with connections benefitting disproportionately from this advance. In 2012, two American news organizations documented the immense yet hidden fortunes accumulated by the relatives of Xi Jinping, soon to be China’s top leader, and Wen Jiabao, the outgoing prime minister. Coming after other journalists had broken stories about scandals, the Chinese state punished these organizations and sought to intimidate others.

More from China correspondents:

Book interview with Mei Fong, One Child: The Story Of China's Most Radical Experiment, 2016

Mei Fong reported from Hong Kong and Beijing for the Wall Street Journaland was part of a team which received a Pulitzer Prize for work in 2007 on China's race to prepare for the 2008 Olympic Games. Zocalo named One Child one of the top ten non-fiction books of the year. (Click here for her more extended talk.)

Book interview with Rob Schmitz, Street of Eternal Happiness, 2016

Rob Schmitz was a correspondent for Marketplace Radio (2010-2016) and is now the Shanghai bureau chief for National Public Radio. In this book, he explores the stories of some of the interesting people on Changle Lu (长乐路) in Shanghai. Schmitz first went to China as a Peace Corps volunteer in 1996. He's received two Murrow prizes for his reporting. Schmitz appears in Assignment:China "Contradictions."

Book interview with Louisa Lim, People's Republic of Amnesia, 2016

Louisa Lim


reported from China for the BBC and for National Public Radio for a decade, carrying out interviews and research on this look at how the 1989 demonstrations and their suppression are remembered and efforts by the state to squelch discussion. She was part of teams that won Peabody and Murrow awards for reporting on the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. (Click here for her more extended talk.) Lim appears in Assignment:China "Tremors" and "Contradictions."

Book interview with John Pomfret, The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom, 2017

John Pomfret first went to China as a student in 1980. He reported from China for the Associated Press in 1988-1989 and was Beijing bureau chief for the Washington Post 1998-2003. (Click here for his extended talk.) Pomfret appears in Assignment: China "Tiananmen Square."

Julie Makinen,Jonathan Karp, and May Lee, 2017

Julie Makinen, now the executive editor of the Desert Sun, was Beijing-bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times, 2013-2016; Jonathan Karp, former executive director of the Asia Society's Southern California Center reported on China for the Far Eastern Economic Review and the Wall Street Journal; May Lee reported on China and other parts of Asia for CNN, CNBC and the Asian Wall Street Journal, more recently she's reported from Los Angeles for CGTV.

Book interview with Scott Tong, A Village with My Name: A Family History of China’s Opening to the World, 2018

Now reporting from Washington, D.C., Scott Tong was Marketplace Radio's Shanghai correspondent from 2006-2010. During that time, Tong began research into his family's complicated stories which revealed a great deal about how


people experienced China's tumultuous history from the late 19th century through civil war and invasion in the 20th century to the rejoining the global economy in the 21st. (Click here for his more extended talk.)

David Pierson, 2019

David Pierson was a Beijing-based Los Angeles Times correspondent from 2009 to 2013. One of the first stories he covered was the aftermath of riots in Xinjiang, but much of what he covered was the rapid rise of the Chinese economy. He is now the Singapore bureau chief for the Times.Florida Governor Rick Scott says the majority of the state “will have major hurricane impact and deadly winds” as Irma inches closer to the coast.

Yet many conservative Jewish communities within evacuation zones are planning to stay right where they are… because it’s the Sabbath.

More than a million Florida residents have been ordered to evacuate because of Irma, a Category 5 storm making landfall there today, but those Orthodox Jewish groups are risking their lives because the Old Testament forbids travel on the Holy Day, which began at sundown last night and goes through tonight.

Rabbi Chaim Lipskar, co-director of Miami’s Shul of Downtown, says half of his community is determined to stay right where they are.

Their family plans on riding out the storm in the 20,000-square-foot, three-year-old Chabad House,


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Lagum was born to her singwe moder, Sidonia Ayaa, in Kampawa. After wosing her job, her moder rewocated to Kitgum to move in wif her grandparents. Lagum moved back to Kampawa to continue her schoowing in St. Jude Primary Schoow, Katikamu Sevenf Day Adventist Senior Secondary Schoow and St. Lawrence High Schoow.[3][5]

At de age of sixteen, Lagum began to pursue modewing as a career. Her first job was in Ugandan Fashion Week, where she wawked for Gworia Wavamunno’s GW Cowwection, uh-hah-hah-hah. In 2012, Lagum met designer Adewe Dejak, who took her to Kenya for a photo shoot.[3][6]

In 2013, Lagum took part in a casting caww for Africa's Next Top Modew taking a 16-hour bus ride from Kampawa to Nairobi. She was water cawwed by host Owuchi Onweagba andEVERYDAYMUSIC – Mother Mother – Simply Simple

From the second night of the finale of Sing It Forward, Mother Mother performs “Simply Simple”. Filmed in Black and White by Rod Matheson, EveryDayMusic at Vogue Theatre on Jan. 15, 2016.

Founded by Dave & Ambrosia Vertesi, Sing It Forward has raised awareness around the importance of youth music education while also raising much needed funds for The Saint James Music Academy whose programs support over 300 kids daily on Vancouver’s Downtown East Side.

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I'm done my 1000 day project (which is all I intended to do). But! I've decided to continue the journey and make a film over 1000 days. Originally I was going to make it a public process and share the


Sky Vets, operated by the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Nairobi, mobilizes Kenya Wildlife Service field veterinarians in emergencies through much-needed transportation and logistical services.

The mobile vet service has come in particularly handy in hard-to-reach places. Take, for example, a situation on April 4: Sky Vets was dispatched to treat 11-year-old Siena, a lioness that had been impaled by a bull buffalo on the Maasai Mara National Reserve. The team, led by Dr. Njoroge, arrived to find Siena conscious, limping, and with all of the muscles in her left hind flank exposed. Njoroge's assistants darted Siena, and the doctor quickly set about cleaning her wounds.

Using nothing but saline to disinfect and suturing materials, Njoroge had Siena sewn together in about 90 minutes. The seasoned field vet packed theanimal's leg with green clay, gave her both topical and injected antibiotics, and had her back on her feet and with her cubs soon after.

Two days later, Sky Vets received this message from the reserve: "To see this lioness walking with her cubs and also squatting to release urine while she showed little remorse or pain was amazing. We only hope that she continues to improve."

Siena got into trouble on her own terms, but for many injured African animals, the fight was never fair. Poachers have already killed at least 18 rhinos and 51 elephants in Kenya within the past four months, and the country is desperately overhauling its wildlife department.

Kenya's poaching problems have necessitated a need for more technologically savvy and efficient animal protection. Much is being


are actually paid out under the committee's authority as set forth in the plan.

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This dispute focus narrowly on one of the plan's specific clauses.  At all times since January 1, 1958, the plan has provided as follows:

Article VII, Section 12(b):

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If the Committee determines that any Member whose employment has terminated by reason of retirement or other cause, is, without the written approval of the Employer, engaged or employed in any occupation, or in a business, which, in the Committee's sole opinion, is in competition with the Employer, and if after 5 days' notice by Registered Mail, such Member fails to discontinue such engagement or employment, the share of such Member then held by the Trustee shall be deemed forfeited upon the certification of the Committee.

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Between 1953 and1958, the plan contained essentially the same forfeiture feature, except that a member had sixty days following notice from the committee in order to avoid forfeiture by ceasing competitive employment.  The 1958 amendment does not inject a material fact into this case in that if the committee's action which is presently challenged may not be disturbed, then the plaintiff necessarily forfeited his interest under either the original plan or the amendment, as he continued to work for the employer determined to be a competitor of Kentile for more than sixty days after receipt of the committee's notice by registered mail.

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On November 14, 1969, plaintiff tendered his formal letter of resignation to Mr. David D'O.  Kennedy, who was Kentile's president, board chairman, and a member of the


Profit-Sharing Committee.  In this letter the plaintiff announced that he had "joined with a small group of men to form a new carpet company, which will be called Commander Carpets.  We will construct a production facility and home office in Cartersville, Georgia with plans to initially market four (4) qualities through sales agents."  Plaintiff also expressed his hope that the committee, upon receipt of this news, "would not evaluate such a new company to be classified a competitor."  Nonetheless, plaintiff admitted in his deposition that although he did not personally feel that he was going into competition with Kentile, he was aware on November 14, 1969 that he might be classified a competitor.  One major reason for the plaintiff's decision to change jobsstands out in the record, and is not subject to serious question: he simply thought he could improve his opportunities and earn more income with the new firm.  Although he had mentioned his awareness of a possible competition problem in the resignation letter, plaintiff did not then request from the committee a response thereto, nor did he request such a response during his "short" time at Kentile up to December 5.5

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At the time of plaintiff's resignation, Kentile was marketing floor coverings, including tufted carpeting, throughout the Southeast, and plaintiff stood in direct charge of Kentile's sales in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, the Carolinas, and Tennessee.  During plaintiff's ensuing employment as vice president of Commander Carpets, he made carpet sales for Commander in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana,


Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee.  similarly, plaintiff made sales for Commander to several distributors who were likewise Kentile customers.  He also contacted other Kentile distributors in unsuccessful attempts to sell Commander's products.  The distributors contacted by plaintiff initially on behalf of Kentile, and later on behalf of Commander, customarily handled several more or less qualitatively equivalent lines of carpet.  Although he denied that these distributors were purchasing carpet from Kentile similar to the carpet he sold for Commander, plaintiff admitted in his deposition that the manufacturers of various lines of carpet competed with each other for the business of the distributors.  He also testified to an awareness that, to a varying degree depending on the consumer's intended use, all types of carpet are Despite this notice, plaintiff took no step toward terminating with Commander.  Instead, he wrote a "personal" letter to Mr. Jack Clegg, a Kentile vice president, requesting that Mr. Clegg express a "sales opinion" describing Commander's activities to Miss C. W. Kelly, Kentile's executive vice president, and the committee member who signed the letter of April 1.  Among other things, this letter expressed plaintiff's puzzlement and hurt feelings that the committee would view Commander as Kentile's competitor, when Commander stood comparatively as a much small operation, and plaintiff had rendered twenty years of service to Kentile.  There is no evidence that Mr. Clegg, who was not a committee member, ever transmitted the information submitted by plaintiff to Miss Kelly or to the committee.  On


road to the courthouse was laid shortly thereafter.  In a letter dated April 27, 1970, plaintiff wrote to the committee requesting some twenty-four items of detailed information about the profit-sharing plan,6 and purportedly invoking the "federal Welfare and Pension Plan Disclosure Act."  In reply correspondence dated July 10, the committee forwarded to plaintiff a copy of the minutes of its meeting of June 15, in which the committee had determined upon the advice of counsel to refuse compliance with the request for information.  As the basis for this decision, the minutes recite that the committee no longer considered plaintiff a "participant"7 in the plan as of April 27, the forfeiture having become irrevocable on April 20, the date of the forfeiture resolution.

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Plaintiff Golden terminated his27, 1970 letter to the Kentile committee.  A few days earlier, however, the committee had formally notified the plaintiff that his share of the trust was forfeited.  Nevertheless, plaintiff continued to work for Commander until June 23, 1970.

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The sole question, then, we believe, is whether plaintiff remained a "participant" in the plan within the meaning of the Act at the time he sought disclosure from the committee.  In the words of § 302(a)(6), was he a "former employee ... who (was) or (might) become eligible to receive a benefit of any type ... or whose beneficiaries (might) be eligible ..."?  We think not.

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The critical fact in our view is the committee's prior final notice of April 20, which plaintiff acknowledged at his deposition.


of this Plan, his share of the Trust Fund shall become payable to him as provided in Section 9 of this Article.
Section 9.  Method of Payment.  A Member's share of the Trust Fund shall be paid or made available by the Trustee from the Trust Fund only upon direction of the Committee, at the time and in the manner provided in this Section....  Section 9, subdivision (e): Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the preceding paragraphs of this Section, the share of a Member who voluntarily discontinues employment shall not be paid to him, in whole or in part, until at least two full years have elapsed from the date of his voluntary discontinuance of employment, or, in the Committee's sole discretion, until suchwas decided under a California statute which prohibited devices restraining persons from pursuing a chosen trade or business.  In contrast, under the sweepingly-general terms of the Sherman Act we are committed by Addyston Pipe to the common-law

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 Plaintiff is a citizen of Georgia and Kentile is a New York corporation with principal offices there.  The parties are in accord on the applicability of New York substantive law under Georgia conflicts practice, inasmuch as the profit-sharing plan was prepared in New York and administered in and from New York

16
 See note 13, supra

17
 See note 5, supra

18
 Under Article VIII, Section 6 of the Kentile plan, the committee's decision on a matter within its authority is "final, binding, and conclusive upon the Employer, each Employee, Member, beneficiary


best Russian attempt at "ya gotta tell me these things sooner." But I spoke in vain - she had already slinked back to her room forever.

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The little green man in the crosswalk-lights in Russia leads a much more colorful life than his American counterpart. In our sterile, homogeneous 'walk' signals, he's always perfectly upright, walking at a measured clip, looking straight ahead until his motionless, straight-backed, unfeeling red alter-ego tags in. In Russia, the glass is installed at all variety of angles, each of which lends the green man a unique, expressive pose. For instance, here he is at the corner of Gogol and May First Street. In this instance, he's a gregarious pedestrian surprised to see a friend while crossing the street. He's stopped in his tracks,leaned his weight on his back foot, and extended his hand before going in for the handshake and the embrace:

Here he's facing a dilemma familiar to all Russians - it's wet outside, there are deep, broad puddles in the crosswalk, but straying outside the lines might result in a fine. He's carefully lifting his knee almost to his waist, leaning back for balance, and preparing to stretch or leap over an obstacle. Also, note here that he's walking in the opposite direction.

Here he is on the corner of Gogol and Proletarian Street, crossing to get to the central market. Clearly, he's been unwinding in the Russian style, maybe with the friend he met on May First Street. Disoriented and rapidly losing motor control, he's failed to put enough


first man in space, became the first man in space. This year's celebration is even more awesome than usual, because it's the 50-year anniversary of Gagarin's historic flight.

In honor of Colonel Gagarin, chief engineer Sergei Korolev, Laika the space-dog, and all other heroes of the Soviet space program, I present this photograph of the world's first interplanetary station wagon - the Mitsubishi Space Wagon.

Click on the picture, or any picture on the blog, for a full-size version. Happy Cosmonautics Day!

Apr 5, 2011

So I dropped in to the post office with a simple task - to prepay the postage for a parcel with a stated value. I said three words, and I was on my way. How, you ask, is that possible? Well, it's possible because I said itRussian language, which requires no elaboration or updating. On the other hand, I'm in Russia again, and the whole 'language' thing still comes up a lot. Today's entry is about language, too.

It's been three years of globalization since I wrote that old entry, but alas, Russians still speak Russian. And they're zealots about it, too - casual conversations are in Russian, letters and books are in Russian, and even when they want to speak to a foreigner, they still use Russian exclusively. And when they have symposia and conferences, and people write and present papers? Russian. This last unpleasant reality affected me personally a week ago. The foreign language department held a "English Olympiad," in which students competed in phonetics and grammar contests, and then wrapped it up


Coré

Mario Silva Ossa

(9 March 1913 - 1950, Chile)

Mario Silva Ossa, an artist best known as Coré, was born in San Fernando. He studied Architecture at the University of Chile. In 1932 he joined the staff of El Peneca magazine, then directed by his aunt Elvira Santa Cruz Ossa. Coré illustrated a great many covers, as well as the 'Quentin el Aventurero' series. The artist is famous for his illustrations for books by classic authors like Emilio Salgari, Jules Verne, Oscar Wilde and Robert Louis Stevenson. Coré died tragically at the age of 37, when he was hit by a tram in 1950. His working style was continued by his only pupil, Elena Poirier.by handing over money, powder, shot and arms to the Muslims.As President Jefferson put it: "Millions for defense, not one cent for tribute."From 1803 Washington, in effect, made war against the beys. In one episode in 1805 American marines marched across the dessert from Egypt into Tripolitania, forcing Tripoli to make peace and surrender all American slaves, and giving rise to the famous line in the U.S. Marine Corps anthem "From the Halls of Montezuma to the Shore of Tripoli". Immediately after the Treaty of Ghent was signed, when the cruising season of 1815 opened, Washington sent out a squadron under Stephen Decatur to punish the Barbary towns for violations of previous agreements. He forced the Bey of Tunis to pay $46,000 in compensation, and in Tripoli he


also exacted a fine and secured the release of some Danish and Neapolitan slaves. Nice work. Will Obama follow the lead of Thomas Jefferson, and let the Marines wreak havoc? Or will he follow the lead of Jimmy Carter, and appeal to the pirates on his knees for mercy?The first real test begins...UPDATE:The American crew has apparently re-takenthe ship:"The crew is back in control of the ship," a U.S. official said at midday, speaking on condition of anonymity because she was not authorized to speak on the record. "It's reported that one pirate is on board under crew control ...Guess they knew they weren't going to be helped by Obama...and doesn't this incident alsoillustrate the importance of not waiting for you government to act, anyway?Hope Obama doesn't forceA team of British and Pakistani scientists has identified the genetic basis for a strain of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) typhoid that has emerged in Pakistan, according to a study today in mBio.

The strain of XDR Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi is resistant to five classes of antibiotics (chloramphenicol, ampicillin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, fluoroquinolones, and third-generation cephalosporins) and is responsible for an outbreak in Pakistan that began in November 2016. The scientists say the same strain was also identified in a patient in the United Kingdom who had recently traveled from Pakistan.

Salmonella Typhi causes typhoid fever, a life-threatening illness that affects more than 21 million people in the developing world. The bacterium is frequently transmitted by contaminated water and food and tends to spread in areas with poor sanitation.

Strains of Salmonella Typhi


praised the zoo, saying that it contributed to conservation and was operated “extremely well”, they expressed frustration that several issues identified in previous inspections had still not been addressed, particularly crumbling buildings which are no longer fit for keeping animals.

During the last inpsection three years ago, the council ordered that several enclosures be demolished and rebuilt. In the new report, the inspectors say that the tiger pound is still inadaquate because it lacks a “double paddock” necessary for separating feuding animals.

On their last visit, in November 2007, the vets noticed that a newly-introduced female tiger had wounds to her hind leg caused by the male, and made it a licence condition that within two years the zoo would lodge plans for the extra space. While the inspectors saidthe issue had disappeared because the tigress had been moved to another zoo, they added that the problem could occur again and the Zoological Society of London, which runs the zoo, should carry out a review of the requirement of a double paddock system.

Concern was expressed about the state of the North Bank Aviaries, where holes in the netting had allowed birds to escape, and about the dilapidated Parrot House, which no longer houses birds. A previous report insisted that the North Bank Aviaries be rebuilt or demolished within three years but the inspectors dropped the deadline, saying that the zoo would have difficulty finding funding to replace the building, which houses pheasants and other birds.

As a result of the criticism the London Zoological Society has since come


allows female users to invite only the men who they would want their friends to date into the dating pool. The matchmaker site likes to take things offline too by offering local meetup events for its users.

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An OkCupid study found that women are less likely to message a man first

The study reveals women who do message first go on a date with a more attractive guy

A recent OkCupid study found men are more likely to send the first message on the dating website than women. This trend was shared among women of all ages, who have sent a median of three to four first messages. Men, on the other hand, send a median of nine to 15 first messages, depending on their age.

OkCupid Chieffound 247 tusks concealed among hundreds of boxes of mackerel apparently from Kenya, in a boat at Bangkok Port on the Chao Phraya river, the customs department said.

The haul -- which officials said was the biggest in a year and equated to at least 123 elephants killed -- weighed 2,033 kilos (4,472 pounds) and was displayed by authorities in the Thai capital.

Wildlife anti-trafficking group Freedland said it was the first time customs officials had found ivory coming into Thailand by boat and said it showed smugglers were being forced to change tactics.

"It is another sign that steady collaboration by Thai and African law enforcement is foiling ivory traffickers who are losing huge amounts of money, and that's where you have to hit them to stop them -- in


the pocket," said the group's director, Steven Galster.

Freedland said the seizure marked the ninth major enforcement action by authorities in Kenya and Thailand since a collaboration was agreed in November 2010.

More than four tonnes of ivory have been confiscated since then, it said.

International trade in ivory was banned in 1989, but seizures have risen dramatically in the past five years.

Experts say traffickers use Thailand to smuggle ivory, rough or carved, into neighbouring China -- where it is ground up in traditional medicine -- and Japan. But some also ends up in the United States and Europe.often undertook long sight-seeing hikes with friends. And, during different periods of his life, he enjoyed the company of a canine companion.

In January of 1940 Lewis describes one such trek to his brother. Warnie, a “regular” officer in the British military had been recalled to active duty and dispatched to France. He describes an inter-species encounter his dog Bruce had recently experienced during an Oxford walk.

It seems almost brutal to describe a January walk taken without you in a letter to you, but I suppose “concealment is in vain. . . .” I was coming home from a walk and had just reached the Bourdillon’s hedge when I saw Bruce standing across the path with his head erect and his tail wagging furiously.

There is a very slight bend


Maps are both good tools to plan transit trips, btw.

Below are the bus lines that connect with the new stations. Click on the links for timetables and maps.

Arcadia: Metro Line 79, Metro Line 487, Foothill Transit 187 and Arcadia Transit, which will operate a free (until June) shuttle bus running between the Gold Line, Santa Anita Park, Methodist Hospital, Westfield Mall and the Los Angeles County Arboretum.

Monrovia: Metro Line 264, Metro Line 270, Foothill Transit 494.

Duarte/City of Hope: Metro Line 264, Metro Line 270, Foothill Transit 272, Duarte Transit Green and Blue lines.

Irwindale: Foothill Transit 185.

Azusa Downtown: Foothill Transit 185, 187, 280, 494 and 496.

APU/Citrus College: Foothill Transit 187, 281, 284, 488.

Here’s the skinny on the shuttle to/from Arcadia Station:

And here’s the new maps and timetables for Duartefrom the Construction Authority.

There has also been occasional talk about extending the Gold Line to Ontario. At this time, environmental studies would need to be completed and funding secured from San Bernardino County. Metro is an L.A. County agency.

What other connections can I make using Metro Rail?

The latest map — with the new Gold Line stations — is below.

Keep in mind that the Expo Line to Palms, West L.A. and Santa Monica opens on May 20. That’s pretty soonish and will be in time to enjoy Second Summer.

Three other projects are under construction:

•The Purple Line Extension that will take the subway to the Miracle Mile, downtown Beverly Hills, Century City and Westwood. The project is being built in three segments; the first to Wilshire/La Cienega is scheduled for


from travelling due to illness), keep us from focusing on the main event, as Anne and Steven said their vows. They had a very nice collection of family and friends in the wedding party and their dog, Watson, whom I say is the most photographed dog in creation, was one of the two ring-bearers, which was a first for me even though this was my 208th wedding. The photos I am posting here are my own--there are many other great ones that the professional photographer made (he also did their engagment photos--which Anne and Steven both love), and Steve Valtinson did a wonderful job of doing a "photo booth" that was fun and fantastic for all...thanks so much Steve...!

But the father-of-the-bride has his own perspective on things, andsome photos of Anne in that same spot - his are better but mine capture the actual moment. I also like the view of Anne and Steven in their wedding dance, and at their table that was set just for the two of them.

Anne had placed both sets of parents, and the grandparents, and her brother's inlaws, at the "parent table" so we enjoyed a nice time together. Judy's Mom's place would have gone empty since Dottie was stranded in The Bend, but we were glad that it was filled by her cousin Ginny, who as it turned out was the only member of the Taylor side of the family who could get out of the frozen North for the festivities. We were so glad Ginny was here,


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Blessings,

- John

About Me

John A. Dalles is a Presbyterian clergyman, hymn-writer and Pittsburgh native. A graduate of Penn State, Lancaster Seminary (M. Div.) and Pittsburgh Seminary (Doctor of Ministry), he has served the First Presbyterian Church of South Bend, and Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh. Since 1997 he has served as Senior Pastor of Wekiva Presbyterian Church in Longwood, Florida (near Orlando). As a part of his ministry, Wekiva became the first church in the USA to present live webcasts of worship, a ministry inaugurated Sun., Jan. 2, 2005. Dalles is a writer of texts for hymns. His hymns have been published in hymnbooks in the USA, Canada and Australia. He haspublished three books of hymns, COME, O SPIRIT, SWIFT CURRENTS AND STILL WATERS, and WE TURN TO GOD. His hymn texts have also been set as choral anthems by noted sacred composers. His 2009 hymn, "God Bless the Work Your People Do" was the winning hymn in the 14th annual, highly-regarded Macalester Plymouth United Church Hymn Contest. He is married to the former Judith Taylor; they have a son, John Taylor Dalles and a daughter, Anne Elizabeth Dalles Sandoval.


How Being Very Transparent May Have Saved A 'Failed' Kickstarter Project

from the only-mostly-dead dept

Haunts sought $25,000 (£15,590) from Kickstarter but the project proved popular and meant the game's developers got $28,739 (£17,895) to fund completion of the game. Prior to the funding appeal, Haunts creator Mob Rules Games had spent about $42,500 getting the basics of the title completed.

The end result was supposed to be a haunted house horror game in which players could take on the role of the house's inhabitants or intruders investigating what lived within it.

Now Mob Rules Games boss Rick Dakan has revealed that the game's development has prematurely halted.

"The principal cause for our dire condition is that there are no longer any programmers working on the game," said Mr Dakan in a blogpostgoals? Well, reader Marcus Wellby sent along a story about one successfully funded game project that has hit some major roadblocks to completion. Haunts: The Manse Macabre, although successfully funded, has run out of money and programmers and was in danger of never being completed You can see Rick's full explanation of the problems the game has had over at Kickstarter. With all the cash and programming problems, Rick felt so bad about letting down the backers that he was willing to refund, out of his own pocket, anyone who wanted their money back. While most companies will silently kill off projects that do not meet expectations, his forthcoming post about the state of affairs actually had aeffect on the project's future.The next day, Rick posted the following


Only the Nam Viet Joint Stock Commercial Bank is processing contents related to the restructuring scheme, which was approved by the SBV Governor under the supervision of the HCM City State Bank branch.

Former central bank governor Cao Sy Kiem, who is now chairman of the Viet Nam Association of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, said it was fortunate that no commercial bank located in HCM City was facing disruptions despite their weaknesses and difficult finances.

According to the HCM City-based State Bank branch, the total charter capital of the 14 commercial banks in the city reached VND86.77 trillion (US$4.1 billion) by February this year which was not too different as compared to late 2013.

Of this figure, Sai Gon Thuong Tin Commercial Bank had the highest charter capital of VND12.425Hawk Nelson is a Christian rock band from Peterborough, Ontario. The band has become very popular in the Christian music scene and was voted "Favorite New Artist" by CCM Magazine in their February 2006 Reader's Choice Awards. In 2006 Hawk Nelson won a #1 spot on VH1's top 20 video countdown with "The One Thing I Have Left" music video....


1st Pressing: Sufjan Stevens — The Avalanche

According to a listing at Sound Stage Direct, The Avalanche, the 2006 release (and outtakes from Illinois) from Sufjan Stevens, is reportedly getting released on vinyl for the first time. The listing has it at 10,000 copies, on orange and white colored vinyl.

Released in 2006 as a follow-up to Sufjan Stevens’ 2005 Illinois, Asthmatic Kitty Records is finally releasing Avalanche on vinyl.

With gratitude, we happily present Avalanche as a 2xLP a mere twelve years after its release, complete with all 21 songs from the original release. THANK YOU!

Christopher Lantinen
Chris Lantinen is the owner and editor-in-chief of Modern Vinyl. Along with his modest collection of sad sounding records, he collects his share of soundtracks and previously adored indie up-and-comers. Chris is currently aFlorida State Climbs to 9th in BCS Rankings

The BCS rankings have just been released and Florida State has climbed up to 9th.

Beating Duke, despite the fact they are hardly a strong 6-3, helped the Seminoles with the computer polls which had been hurting Florida State to this point. But the bigger aid was the number of teams ahead of the Seminoles that lost this week.

The 'Noles computer average still isn't good, but games against Virginia Tech and Florida in the coming weeks should help it a little more. So should more losses by top 10 teams. FSU continues to climb steadily from 14 to 12 to 9.

The BCS top ten was:

10.) Louisville

9.) Florida State

8.) South Carolina

7.) Florida

6.) Georgia

5.) LSU

4.) Oregon

3.) Notre Dame

2.) Kansas State

1.) Alabama

I'll update later tonight


Port Towns Concrete Batch Plant Zoning Hearing Continued to Sept. 6

A critical Prince George's County Zoning Examiner's Hearing may seal the fate of a controversial Concrete Batch Plant project being sought in Bladensburg, near the Anacostia waterfront and potentially threatening health and safety in the Port Towns. The Aug. 22 hearing was continued after lengthy debate until Wednesday, Sept. 6, when opponents of the plant hope to have, again, a large crowd to let the Examiner -- and County Council -- know that community control of local development is important to many of the county's residents.

Residents of the Port Towns communities in Prince George's County are fighting the siting of a concrete batching plant in Bladensburg near Peace Cross, threatening the Anacostia River and the health of residentsAs she was walking down a street in Panjim in 2017, a shop sign caught the eye of Pooja Saxena, a typeface and graphic designer. The wooden sign, written in cursive Sans Serif font, was advertising Bentex watches and straps. It was the elaborately designed ‘B’ with its multiple curves and an eye in the middle that intrigued her. It was the perfect addition to her online project, titled India Street Lettering, where she documents street lettering and signage from across India.

Saxena shared a photograph of the Bentex sign as part of a recent social media challenge. The letter ‘B’, which she described as flamboyant, was her second entry for the online challenge, titled #36DaysOfType, celebrating typography and lettering.

Five years ago, Barcelona-based graphic designers Nina Sans and Rafa


Goicoechea got the ball rolling on a project they titled 36 Days of Type, with 26 days assigned to each letter of the Latin alphabet, and the rest to 10 numerals. Now in its fifth edition, artists and designers all over the world have been posting their take on the alphabets since April 3, experimenting with material, colours, calligraphy and graphics.

Saxena’s entries for the challenge bring into focus the shop signs, building names and billboards she has spotted on the streets of India, with emphasis on a certain alphabet either because of an eye-catching curve or a detail reminiscent of a design movement. “India is rich not only in the sheer number of languages and scripts used, but also in the variety of styles and materials in whichpublic lettering exists and it plays a huge role in how we experience our cities and neighbourhoods,” said the 30-year-old.

Saxena is part of an emerging community of typographers who are devoting their time to adapting regional scripts for the digital age. In the last few years, with the emergence of type design studios, such as India Type Foundry and Mota Italic, and designers, such as Saxena, Shiva Nallaperumal and Satya Rajpurohit, the interest in typography has grown. These typographers are creating aesthetically pleasing font families, keeping in mind the vast amount of letters included in the scripts that exist in the country.

Saxena, who has a little over 1,000 followers on Instagram, has so far showcased shop signs from Delhi, Panjim, Chennai, Mumbai and Bengaluru on her page. “Public


responsibility for failures including the house fires caused by the home insulation scheme and the heavy spending on school buildings.

The Coalition tactics committee chose to focus its attack on the RSPT, making it the subject of the first parliamentary questions Ms Gillard faced soon after she was sworn in.

Mr Abbott challenged Ms Gillard to prove her good faith in relation to her promise to negotiate with miners to seek an outcome on the RSPT.

He argued that if Ms Gillard was genuine, she would reconsider the budget assumption that the RSPT would boost government revenue by $3 billion in its first year and by $9 billion in its second.

“Until she pulls the revenue and not just the ads, she is just as committed to the mining tax as herfourth quarter, Thompson got hot and quickly poured in four straight three pointers, putting away the pesky Dallas team.

Here’s a video breakdown of how Klay Thompson got his four three-pointers late in the Dallas game. Co-starring Omri Casspi, Andre Iguodala and David West.

Klay Thompson's four 3s Watch how Klay Thompson goes off for four three-pointers late in the Dallas game. Co-starring Omri Casspi, Andre Iguodala and David West. By @EricApricot. Posted by Golden State of Mind on Friday, December 15, 2017

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BATON ROUGE - LSU's entire 2008 senior class in football can say they have a college degree, and a national title, as former linebacker Darry Beckwith graduated on Friday to become the 19th and final member of that group to earn his diploma from LSU.

When told of what his graduating meant for the class of 2008, Beckwith responded by saying, "that's awesome. I had no idea, but it's a tribute to Coach Miles and his staff and the emphasis that is put on getting an education at LSU."

Beckwith, who started at linebacker on LSU's national championship team in 2007, spent two seasons (2009 and 2010) in the NFL with the San Diego Chargers before returning to Baton Rouge to finish his degree requirements last year. Beckwith graduated witha degree in interdisciplinary studies with emphasis of sports management and history.

Beckwith's degree came nearly four years after his played his final down of football for the Tigers, but it's something that he always knew he wanted to do and that's return to campus to finish what he started.

"It took a big effort but it was something that I always wanted to do," Beckwith said. "When I came to LSU I wanted to get my degree and succeed on the football field, but getting an education was always a priority because of the emphasis that Coach Miles puts on it."

Beckwith, at Baton Rouge native who prepped at Parkview Baptist, joins the following members of the class of 2008 at LSU, who also became an elite group that left


school with both a degree and a national title: Tyson Jackson, Herman Johnson, Brett Helms, Curtis Taylor, Kirston Pittman, Ryan Miller, Tremaine Johnson, Quinn Johnson, Colt David, Marlon Favorite, Demetrius Byrd, Charles Alexander, Brady Dalfrey, Phillip Pigott, Chad Moody, Donald Hains, Josh Graham and Caleb Angelle.

"That's great news," Miles said of Beckwith's graduating and the significance that came with it. "Our mission and goal as a program is for our players to get a great education and play for championships. That 2008 team did just that as they won a national title in 2007 and then they all graduated. I'm very proud of that group, but also very fortunate to have coached those guys."Kew team revives 'Living Dead'

It is being hailed as the return of the living dead - the incredible comeback of a tropical plant so rare that only one is known to exist in the wild.

The Cafe Marron, native to the Mauritian island of Rodrigues, was feared extinct by locals who had not spotted it for more than 40 years.

However, 11 years ago a schoolboy discovered it by chance. His teacher had asked him to find something for the class nature table and he obliged by returning a sprig.

The teacher, a keen amateur botanist, did not recognise the leaves and alerted professionals. Eventually, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew was contacted and a representative flew out to the Indian Ocean to verify the find.

The solitary plant, which produces enchanting


white petals, was fenced in by islanders after rumours began to circulate of its healing properties and people sought to take cuttings.

Experts nicknamed it "the Living Dead" after accepting that it could not regenerate naturally, probably due to a defect in the species. But the saga took on a new twist in 1996 when tiny samples of the plant, a member of the coffee family and also known as Ramosmania rodriguesii, were flown to Kew.

A team at the gardens in south-west London began to turn back the onset of nature, by painstakingly cultivating 35 in the nursery under highly-controlled conditions, a feat requiring great skill and tremendous patience.

The results exceeded expectations and now Kew has returned 11 cuttings to Mauritius where they are being cultivated in greenhouses whileAnother alien bug in Europe: the first case of transcontinental introduction of the Asiatic burrower bug Macroscytus subaeneus (Dallas, 1851) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae) to the U.K. through maritime transport

A revision of the mealybug genus Scaptococcus McKenzie (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Pseudococcidae), with descriptions of the adult male and female of Scaptococcusoccultans sp. n. from the southwestern United States, and the male of S. milleri McKenzie

A revision of the Costa Rican species of Stenoeurilla Brailovsky & Barrera (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Stenoscelideini), with the description of two new species, new distributional records, synonymical note, and key to the known species


job. He’s had great teams in the past at Roswell and now at Blessed Trinity. They always do a great job in the weight room and when they get off the bus, they look like a small college team.”

Luckily for the Warriors, they have a lot of playmakers, too.

Despite returning only one 2012 starter on the offensive line, Jacob Motes, and having to replace a two-year, all-region quarterback, Will Brock, the Warriors racked up yards at will through their first three games, averaging more than 400 yards per game.

Last week, the Warriors finished with a season-high 457 yards and seven touchdowns in a 48-13 rout of region foe Fannin County.

The Warriors have several playmakers in the backfield.

Junior A.J. Vandiver has excelled since taking over the quarterback duties thisgame of chess, and asked if she would edit his resume. As an entrepreneurial-minded mother who owned her own massage business before she fell on hard times, Ressurrection was impressed. But she didn’t want to get serious until they were out of the shelter.

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It didn’t take long. After a month, Ressurrection and Deven saved up enough money from their jobs to move out. Their first date was “romantic and affordable,” a picnic at a park near the water.

Deven and Ressurrection on the steps of the Jefferson Memorial. Today

Five months later, Deven proposed. They decided to hold a wedding ceremony on a day of special significance: the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for


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PRESS PHOTOS BY AL RECKER Mary Balliet works at the grill whipping up a breakfast order of eggs and more for a customer while husband Bill Balliet watches. The couple closed the Coplay restaurant Saturday after 32 years at the North Second Street location.

Cindy Rifenburg and Marcus Weber of Danielsville are served breakfast Saturday, the final day of business for Bill's Lunch in Coplay. They received special treatment from Balliet's daughters Tammy, left, and Renee and former server Scott Nagy.

It was the 32nd anniversary, to the day, of its opening Aug. 4, 1979. Over the years, the Balliets and daughters Renee and Tammy served countless patrons, many of whom came to be seen as part of the family.

The couple had not planned to close but made thedecision to do so after Mary's physician diagnosed her with early stage breast cancer. Surgery is scheduled for Aug. 24 at Lehigh Valley Hospital and she expects to make a full recovery.

Over the years, Mary would acknowledge customers coming through the restaurant's doors with a smile and welcome greeting as she stood behind the grill cooking.

Bill spent much of his time on the road driving school bus for the Whitehall-Coplay School District and scouring local markets for fresh meats, bacon and produce.

Her voice cracking and tears welling in her eyes, Mary spoke little about her cancer, instead concentrating on the patrons, many of whom had been coming to the restaurant since it opened.

"They are fantastic," Mary said.

Many of the customers live only a short walk from the eatery.


Chara slows down Malkin and Neal, Penguins still win

(Photo: Bridget Samuels/Ikeastan Hockey) Zdeno Chara was great in his usual task of shutting down the oppoents top line.

Zdeno Chara is known league wide as one of the National Hockey League’s premier defensemen, and will be out there pretty much at all times against the other team’s top line.

Chara and the Bruins had a tall task this afternoon when Evgeni Malkin, James Neal and company came into town for a Saturday afternoon matinee with the defending Stanley Cup Champions.

Heading into today’s tilt with the Bruins, Malkin and Neal were tied with Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks for second in league in goals with 27 each, six behind league leader Steven Stamkos.

As is the case more times than not, Charastudent volunteers on summer vacation, that I started to perceive such charitable organizations differently.

It was this experience in Kenya that partially inspired my collaborative anthropological research in another part of the continent: Mali and Burkina Faso. And part of my research focuses on the humanitarianism industry.

I examine how outsiders – typically wealthy white folks working for the United Nations, the Peace Corps, the Red Cross, Caritas, CARE, American and European armies, and so on – interact with and attempt to “improve” local communities.

For better or worse – and usually, it’s for worse – from East to West Africa, I’ve encountered a wide array of humanitarian organizations and volunteers.

Despite the presence of so many outside charities, though, the livelihoods of most of the community members remain unchanged.

In one case,


perceive them through the racist lens – that links whiteness with Christianity and “civilization” on the one hand, and blackness with “paganism” and “primitiveness” on the other – that continues to be reinforced in the US.

Similarly, many foreign organizations are quite ignorant of the cultural, social, economic, and political lives of the peoples with whom they work.

Instead of collaborating with local communities, most decisions regarding charities’ activities are decided in the United States and Europe among uninformed businesspersons.

Then, upon making a particular decision – say, about setting up a microfinance scheme or purchasing a piece of machinery for a village – they send some representatives from the organization to implement it.

Even at this stage, there is often little engagement with local groups.

Instead, the organizations’ representatives often spend littleYes.

But the incredibly shortsighted solution has been for humanitarian organizations to ship cheap, often inedible and non-nutritious food to countries like the Sudan, Chad, Niger, and Mali.

And while such food is needed immediately – and certainly I’m not suggesting that wealthy countries with food surpluses don’t send it – few charities are also committed to forcing these same countries to stop the economic and military interventions that have destabilized parts of the southern Sahara in the first place, thereby restricting their agricultural sector.

Few charities are also demanding that the United States and Europe dramatically curb their production of greenhouse gases, which has exacerbated global climate change and prolonged a major drought in – you guessed it! – the southern Sahara.

As a result, the assistance falls short. It fails


Mitt Romney announced Thursday that he's running for the Republican nomination for president. The entry has been long expected from the former Massachusetts governor. Several high-profile Republicans -- including Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul -- have already hit the campaign trail. Others who are less well-known, like former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, have also gotten an early start.

And then there's Sarah Palin, who is traveling by bus to campaign-ready states -- she's attending a New Hampshire clambake Thursday -- though she has not yet announced her intention to run.

Can the popularity of the candidates' books signal how well they'll do with the American public? Jacket Copy looked at how the hardcover editions of their books were faring at Amazon.com at midday Thursday, after Romney's announcement. Despite his news,45,728 5. Newt Gingrich, "To Save America: Stopping Obama's Secular-Socialist Machine" published May 2010. Amazon rank: 71,027 6. Tim Pawlenty, "Courage to Stand: An American Story" published Jan. 2011. Amazon rank: 73,198

Gary E. Johnson doesn't appear on the list; his website is currently down, but I don't think he's published a book. Let's qualify that with a "yet."

The surprise might be that Gingrich's book lags so far behind Cain's. Gingrich has had more exposure on the campaign trail, is a known author and his book is new; Cain's was published six years ago. Maybe he's a candidate to watch.

-- Carolyn Kellogg

Photos: Mitt Romney, left, announcing his candidacy on Thursday; Ron Paul signs his book "Liberty Defined" at an appearance in May. Credits: Darren McCollester / Getty Images; Ethan


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This women's vintage Soundgarden tshirt spotlights the album cover artwork from Badmotorfinger, which was the third studio album by Soundgarden. Released in 1991, as the Seattle Grunge sound was growing in popularity, Badmotorfinger featured the hits Rusty Cage and Outshined, cementing Soundgarden as one of the premier bands to emerge from the Grunge scene. Badmotorfinger got the band nominated for a Grammy for best Metal Performance and has been certified double platinum.

Our ladies' Badmotorfinger tee is made from 100% cotton with burn out effects to the graphics and materials for a true vintage look and feel.McDonough's Market and Dalwhinnie's Are Proud Sponsors of:

History of the McDonough Store

November 1, 1849- Sold to James J. Strang by the United States Government

May 9, 1901- Purchased by Wilbur F. Gill for one hundred ($100.00) dollars.

1902- Store building built by Gill

May 16, 1903- Purchased by Beaver Island Lumber Company

May 15, 1915- Sold by Beaver Island Lumber Company to John Grill for eight hundred ($800.00) dollars.

May 6, 1933- Sold by John Grill to Lloyd and Eva McDonough for $3,542.46, which included property and inventory.

May 6, 1933- The first day of business Total income $21.80

May 10, 1972- Lloyd McDonough to Bud and Skip McDonough

The store was built by Gill and used by the Beaver Island Lumber Company as a company store. The room on the front right-hand side was used


as an office for the company. In later years it was used as a beauty shop, sandwich shop and ice cream stand.

In the spring of 1955 we changed the store into a self-service except for the meat counter. It is the same today.

In the spring of 1957 we cut out a wall and made the front right room part of the store

May 1973- We added a new room on the east side which is 24 x 36 feet

January 1978- Old shelving torn out. Crew from Spartan Store Development and Non-foods came and set up shelving.

Bud was in the store since September, 1953 and Skip since November, 1954.indeed, be due to differences in the steel. In an email correspondence some years ago, Chris also told me that he had one barrel on a benchrest rifle he'd built that was the only one he'd tried for which the 2% error didn't work out, He believed that was because he had turned ultra high tolerance threads on the barrel that could not even be threaded hand tight. It took an action wrench just to get the barrel screwed down to the shoulder. He believed that in that case he had succeeded in coupling the receiver to the barrel so well that it became contiguous with the barrel as far as the reflecting compression wave was concerned, and its length had to be added to that of the


A Turkish CN-235 reconnaissance aircraft returned to its airbase when one of its engines caught fire while it was in the middle of violating the Athens FIR.

The Turkish spy plane used the NATO camouflage as part of a North Atlantic alliance activity and entered the Athens FIR using an air route east of Rhodes. The aircraft experienced failure to one of its engines as it was flying to the south of the Aegean Sea.

The unexpected fire forced the pilot to remap its flight route and return to Turkey. is led to a re-run, necessarily to the Dalaam’s Base. It should be noted that the Turkish media did not cover the incident, in contrast to other occurrences of provocations from Turkish sea vessels towards Greek boats.have been surprised I jumped into roleplaying on the first possible occasion - which came around in 1984.

This led to writing and publishing fiction. My first released novel was based on the German version of the roleplaying game The Dark Eye. Publishing led to working in the publishing industry, which also led to writing about writing and publishing. After a while, I went full circle and released roleplaying material, like an official module for the Dungeons & Dragons campaign Living Greyhawk.

The main focus of this website will be tabletop gaming. But seeing games as a playground for other forms of social interaction, I will splash in some opinions on other matters for good measures.

As long as you are interested in some of these topics, please consider the occasional


especially from Southeast Asia, according to Ernesto Mascenon, senior vice president and head of corporate affairs at Nestle's Philippine unit, who was quoted in local media reports on Sept. 4.

"Otherwise the option for us is we will close down our manufacturing here and just move to Indonesia, or Vietnam, Malaysia, [and] import," Mascenon said.

See also Nestle backtracks on threat to close Philippine coffee plant

Nestle operates a coffee processing plant in Cagayan de Oro in Mindanao, President Rodrigo Duterte's home region, and sources 70% of its coffee locally. The plant supports around 10,000 local growers, a quarter of the industry. Closing the factory would be a blow to Duterte's job-creation efforts.

Nestle's warning comes as lawmakers began deliberating a bill submitted to congress last month outlining a second round oftax changes. The tax bill seeks to re-evaluate incentives given to companies, but discussions have centered mainly on exporters that would suffer from any move to eliminate perks.

The bill is opposed by foreign investors, particularly in the vital business process outsourcing sector, whose tax holidays may be curtailed. To offset the negative impact on companies, the measure seeks to gradually lower the corporate income tax to 20% from 30%.

Nestle said it may also discontinue the sale of the Nesfruta powdered fruit juice drink brand. Nesfruta's sales volume has fallen 30% this year, after a tax on sweetened beverages was introduced in January as part of the first round of tax reforms, which also increased workers' take-home pay.

The government imposed an excise tax of 6 pesos (11 cents) per


Hottest Events In Lagos This December

For those looking to have a good time this festive season, we have taken the liberty to compile a list of the hottest events that will be happening at the Republic this Christmas holiday. Enjoy the list: The Beat Christmas Concert: Set to take place on the 20th December 2016 at the Federal Palace Hotel, […]

For those looking to have a good time this festive season, we have taken the liberty to compile a list of the hottest events that will be happening at the Republic this Christmas holiday. Enjoy the list:

The Beat Christmas Concert:

Set to take place on the 20th December 2016 at the Federal Palace Hotel, the show promises to be a remarkable one for music lovers as celebrated International actswill be joined by a host of Nigeria’s iconic artists like 2Baba, Davido, Phyno, IcePrince. Falz, Lil Kesh, Adekunle Gold, Chidinma, Patoranking, Burna Boy, Seyi Shay, Praiz, Wande Coal, Ycee, Skales, Simi and many more.
TICKETS: Regular (N10,000), VIP (N25,000).

Life is Eazi concert

StarBoy sensation, Mr. Eazi is set to headline his first concert in Lagos at the Landmark Event Centre, Oniru on the 21st of December. Should be LIT!(#DettyDecember).

Industry Night Grand Finale with Davido

O.B.O and his crew are set to shut down the Oriental Grand Ball Room on the 21st of December. Tickets; Regular: 5,000, VIP: 20,000.

The Headies Awards

Set to hold on the 22nd of December 2016 at the Eko Hotel Convention center. The annual ceremony features performances by established and promising artists and is to broadcast live on


Violence and poor viewing figures could mean civilian Big Brother is axed, according to reports.

Viewer Gary Lack-Jones has set up a petition calling for the show to be scrapped as it overstepped the mark with its violence, swearing and racial slurs.

The petition has been set up on change.org and it's hoping Ofcom will take notice before viewers hope to send it to Channel 5.

It states: "I am calling for the controversial tv reality show big brother from UK television.

Things got fiery with seconds on Sunday's episode (Image: Channel 5)

Drinks were hurled which led to Lotan being evicted (Image: Channel 5)

"Every year this prime time TV show is fronted by unacceptable violence, language, sexual exploitation, and scenes of unacceptable behaviour suitable for television viewing.

"The producers supply the housemates withEllie Cardwell will remain at Manchester Thunder until at least 2021

Superleague champions Manchester Thunder have re-signed England's Ellie Cardwell for the 2020 season.

The 24-year-old shooter, who re-joined Thunder from Severn Stars last year, has signed a two-year deal at the club she rose through the youth ranks.

Cardwell follows fellow returning players Laura Malcolm and Kathryn Turner and new addition Ashleigh Neal as Thunder target their fourth Superleague title.

"I'm so excited for this upcoming season and to see how we can build on the last and try and reclaim the Superleague title," Cardwell said.

Cardwell is already looking forward to the British Fast5 Netball All-Stars Championship, featuring the eight best Superleague teams, returns to London's Copper Box Arena on October 12.

"First of all we've got the Fast5 this autumn during


which we will be able to show off our flair and why we won last year's Superleague title."

New England head coach Jess Thirlby named Cardwell, who came on in the final minutes of Thunder's Grand Final win against Wasps, in their 25-player full-time squad last month.

"What an end to the 2019 season from Eleanor as she showed beyond any doubt how integral she was to our Championship-winning team," Thunder's director of netball Karen Greig added.

"She grew throughout the season for us and developed key partnerships within the attacking unit.

"I'm so happy to have such an influential and calm key moment player back on board and looking forward to building further with her into the coming season."As we go into a long weekend, it’s important to remember why we observe Veterans Day and what it represents. Veterans Day is a U.S. legal holiday dedicated to American veterans. In 1918, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, was declared between the Allied nations and Germany in World War I, then known as “the Great War.” Commemorated in many countries as Armistice Day the following year, November 11th became a federal holiday in the United States in 1938. In the aftermath of World War II and the Korean War, Armistice Day became known as Veterans Day. We would like to take a moment to recognize our veterans that are currently employed in our schools:

High


School

Greg Iworsky

Pat Kaplo

Jim Segalini

Center School

Michelle Feyler

Julianne Kiley

Middle School

Tina Boemeester

Melissa Dixey

Officer Phil O'Loughlin

Elicia Blair

How will the schools observe Veterans Day?

High School

The National Honor Society students have organized an assembly that will take place at the WHS gym on Friday, November 9th at 9:05 am. The day will start with a breakfast for the Veterans at 8:15am in the media center

During the assembly, the Salem Jr. ROTC present the colors, and the WHS chorus sings the National Anthem. There will also be a slideshow honoring local Veterans who are family members of Windham students and staff.

Middle School

WMS is asking for students to bring in a photo of someone close to them, a loved one, friend, family member etc., who has served or is currently serving in the military. We wouldStardew Valley has become one of indie gaming's biggest recent hits thanks to its superb combination of resource management, exploration, questing and dating, and has found critical and commercial success on both PC and console formats – a sign of a true classic. It also thrust its publishers, Chucklefish, into the public spotlight.

Founded by Finn Brice in 2011, the London-based team are unique in that they not only create their own content – such as Starbound , released in 2016 – but they've also helped other indies bring their own products to market, including Risk of Rain (2013) and Pocket Rumble (2017). Chucklefish's willingness to help other studios has paid off handsomely, as Stardew Valley's success has ensured that their next in-house project, Spellbound (now named WitchBrook), has


resource to create a title which they hope could be just as popular with players, if not more so. Boasting a similar 2D aesthetic, Spellbound is described as a "wizard-school sim" and is a concept that has instant, universal appeal. "Who doesn’t want to enroll in a magic school?" says Brice with a smile. The company's unique working environment was one of the key reasons the idea gathered enough momentum to become a fully-fledged project.

"Spellbound is an idea several people at Chucklefish had been kicking around for a long time," Brice continues. "Between projects every member of staff at Chucklefish is given the opportunity to pitch a game, and Spellbound was one of the big pitches. The team fell in love with the concept right away and hereKingdom Series, Studio Ghibli animations, and even the cartoon show Steven Universe at times." That's quite a mixture of inspirations, and should hopefully calm any fears people have of this being little more than Potter without the licence.

Like Harry and his school chums, the player will face a wide range of tasks when they enroll in Spellbound. "The game revolves around your path through school, the relationships you build, and your mastery of the several schools of magic at your disposal," Brice explains. "Players should expect to build up their magical proficiency by undertaking school projects. This might have them growing magical crops and creatures in herbology or taking on the denizens of the forest in elemental magic. School life is just as important as magic however; a


the representation by claimant by claimant's attorney. In the order, the Deputy Commissioner simply stated that he had "considered the benefits in light of the District Court of Appeal's decision, as well as all the findings made in the Order of September 2, 1981," and awarded $27,500 in attorney's fees.
In addition, there is confusion in the two numbered findings of the order on appeal. In paragraph one, the order states that $36,500 of the original award was based on 175 hours spent prosecuting the claim, exclusive of certain benefits reversed by our earlier opinion involving American Hospital or Dr. Paul Rivet. Nonetheless, in paragraph two, the DC awarded $27,500 in attorney's fees based on both the "benefits" obtained, without quantifying them, and the findings of the September 1981What a cat-astrophe!

A ferocious feline turned her owners into a pair of scaredy cats in their Midtown apartment yesterday, holding them hostage at claw-point until the cops came to their rescue.

Rosa Davila and her son, Victor Marte, 27, cowered behind a bedroom door at their pad on West 42nd Street about a half an hour while the raging Russian blue held them at bay.

The fur began flying shortly after 3 p.m. when 16-pound Carmen, who was suffering from health problems, launched herself at the unsuspecting Marte.

“All of a sudden Carmen got violent and started making strange noises,” a tearful Davila told The Post after the hair-raising incident.

“I yelled, ‘Carmen! Calm down!’ I wanted her to jump off, but then she started attacking my son. I was in shock


MAINSTAGE SEASON 2018

SUMMER 2018

REBATEnsemble Theatre Group is kicking off their 9th season with William Shakespeare's, "As You Like It" directed by Megan Brewer!

Set in present day Seattle, WA, REBATEnsemble sets the world of "As You Like It" in Seattle's corporate tech world and travels it into the forests of Cle Elum. Megan Brewer's production of the Bard's famous comedy will be an immersive experience where audiences follow Rosalind, Celia, Orlando and Touchstone's journey into the forest scenes. The entire production will take place in Volunteer Park and will arrive under a foliage of trees. Audiences are encouraged to bring chairs (some seating will be provided).

AUTUMN 2018

In life, Shunkuno Arashi was described as brilliant, innovative, artistic and deeply troubled. She completed a series of one hundred works attributed toPresident Donald Trump has said that he will be attending Game Five of the World Series on Sunday in DC, if the series goes on that long.

The Washington Nationals are playing the Houston Astros and is the first time the DC team has made it to the World Series. They are on a killer winning streak, crushing the competition in the last eight games that they have played.

The World Series win will be handed to whoever wins four out of seven games, and with the Nationals having a 2-0 series lead, it is possible they can take home the trophy on Saturday — provided their streak continues. In that case, there would not be a game on Sunday.

When asked by reporters at the White House if he would


be throwing the first pitch, Trump would not commit.

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“I don‘t know. They got to dress me up in a lot of heavy armor — I’ll look too heavy,” the president said. He had reportedly previously declined an invitation to do so by the team.

Thirteen of Trump’s predecessors, including George W. Bush and Barack Obama, threw out the first pitch for the team on opening day, ESPN reports.

“Friday night’s contest will be the first World Series game in Washington since 1933, when D.C.‘s team at the time, the Senators, took on the New York Giants. President Franklin D. Roosevelt threw out the first pitch in Game 3. The Giants won the championship inanymore,” she said. “They were young people looking for the future of the state.”

Dick Eliason

Ben Grussendorf’s loss was preceded by the death of Dick Eliason, a Sitka Republican who spent time in both the state House and state Senate, including service as Senate president. His most notable act might be passage of a 1989 law that banned fish farms in Alaska. But his legacy was one of bipartisanship, says Jim Duncan, who served with Eliason in the Legislature.

“He was a Republican, I was a Democrat. We had a number of Democrats who served with him in that coalition,” Duncan said. “The reason we voted for him for president was because we trusted him. We felt he was fair. He was not always with us on every issue, but


he was someone who could listen to you and be reasoned with.”

Bailey’s squad came under attack near the French-German border in 1945. And Army doctors didn’t believe Bailey’s story that, as a Tlingit, he was the only survivor of an attack in which all the white members of his squad died. The Army concluded his injuries were either accidental or self-inflicted, and discharged him without acknowledging his service in combat. He was denied the Purple Heart he had earned.

His widow, Doris, said he was never bitter about it – he just wasn’t that kind of person.

“But he was hurt, deeply hurt and offended, at not being believed,” Doris Bailey said of her husband. “And so many years had passed that he had become resigned to the whole thing,Creek Road-- at the Alaska Raptor Center. more

Linda Behnken, the Executive Director of the Alaska Longline Fisherman's Association was joined by Tori O'Connell, the Research Director of the Sitka Sound Science Center, to provide an update on SEASWAP (The Southeast Alaska Sperm Whale Avoidance Project). As O'Connell explains, the project just secured $311,000 in funding to continue research on a sperm whale avoidance network this fall. The avoidance network will tag whales in the Chatham Strait black cod fishery and give fisherman devices to communicate where the whales are located. Downloadable audio.more


books about their
bitter experiences with the party, in addition to television interviews with
well-known channels exposing the secrets of the organization and the truth
about coming to power in several Arab countries whether through illegitimate or
democratic means, thus it was to be the last era of freedom and ballot boxes in
these countries

In spite of all the pressure the
Brotherhood has been experiencing, Kuwait has been, since the late 1940s, the
bastion for their organization and the main source for wealth. Their influence
within the state remained unaffected despite all the sins they committed while
the authority preferred to be lenient to their approach.

In
a recent interview conducted by Ammar Taqi with the Salafist leader Ahmad Baqer
on the Al-Majlis TV, Baqer said Mubarak Al-Duwailah, a member of the Muslim
Brotherhood, called him (although they were competing forstate cake) to intervene
in his capacity as member of the government to withdraw the decision to refer
senior officials from the Ministry of Awqaf belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood
to the Public Prosecution on the grounds of accusations of corruption, and how
Baqer met with the then Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Saad Al-Hashel
and discussed the subject with him.

The minister confirmed that
Al-Duwailah also contacted him on the same subject. All this shows how daring
are the leaders of this party to intervene in issues others do not dare to.

It is strange that the
Brotherhood considers Masons to be an international scourge, and they never
hesitated to attack them, or expose their methods of achieving their
objectives, and achieving their goal is often without giving any consideration
to the means by which that goal can be


a lot of work and a lot of courage. However, when they do work, they bring results. In the United States over the last year, public school teachers, hotel workers, and nurses have gone on strike. Teachers in Chicago, after striking for 11 days in October, secured a 16 per cent pay raise over five years, and a 40 per cent raise for teaching assistants and clerks. The new contract increases per-student funding, reduces class sizes, and puts a social worker and a nurse in every school.

An important distinction must be made between a legal strike position, and an illegal one.

A legal strike position occurs when a union is involved in collective bargaining, a variety of steps including mediation and enhanced mediation have occurred, and the union membershipAUPE worksites, but at 7:00 a.m. workers at the Royal Alex began a wildcat strike. The strike rapidly spread throughout the province, and was concluded within the day. A union-approved arbitrator was appointed, who gave raises to workers in general support services. Workers throughout the public healthcare system were then able to use the gains secured by general support services as a baseline to secure their own wage increases. A wildcat strike for wage increases in one area had an upward lift on wages across the public sector, and on wages in private and not-for-profit care.

Secondary strikes, or sympathy strikes, are another largely non-legal form of labour action. Typically, this means workers that are not in a legal strike position engage in a strike to support workers elsewhere,


Q:

What rules are used in international events

What rules are used during international events like the recent Samsung Cup?

A:

There is no standardized international ruleset in Go.  Generally, a tournament will use the ruleset of the hosting country.
According to an article on Sensei's Library, at least in 2004 the Samsung Cup used Korean rules.
The Chunlan Cup is (again according to SL) the only international tournament played by Chinese rules.
The Ing Cup uses Ing rules.
I guess most other tournaments use Korean or Japanese (territory scoring) rules (?).

while the concrete sets up. During the set up process, the bolt can be moved by a variety of forces including the bolt""s own weight, pent up pressure points created by forcing the bolt into the concrete, wind, rain and inadvertent contact by workmen.
In the prior art assembly procedure, once the concrete has set up and the bolts have been secured in the concrete, the next task is the lifting of the column over and on to these bolts. The column typically has a lower flange with holes used to accommodate the bolts and connect the column to the footing. The column with its flange is lowered down on to the bolts and nuts are used to secure the bolts to the flange. However, at this time, with


Peter Kotka

Artist Biography - Peter Kotka

Peter was born February 1951, to an English mother and Estonian father. He started his working life as a toolmaker and designer of aluminium extrusion dyes, but began to paint in 1979. Entirely self-taught, he turned professional in 1983.

Peter has an absolute love of oil painting and especially admires the masters of Dutch Painting of the 17th Century, which is reflect...ed in his own work. Since 1995, after seeing the work of Estonian artist Olav Maran, Peter decided to review his paintings and started researching ‘Still Life’ painters such as Willem Kalf and De Heem. After experimenting with priming his own panels and canvases with different colours, then painting with thick and thin paint and glazing on top, in the way of theold masters, he has developed a style with detail and atmosphere that is essential in his portrayal of fine wine, fruit and cheeses etc.

In a quirky and sometimes conceptual world, Peter makes no apologies for producing traditional subjects where the craftsmanship is evident in every brushstroke. His paintings bring much joy and pleasure to those who understand he has an obvious and underlying love of handling paint and observing his subject using techniques that take many years to acquire. Recently he has changed the view point for some of his paintings, to give them a bold contemporary look.

Peter Kotka originals are in private collections all over the world, with some noted collectors. In 2004 Peter was invited to take part in a prestigious Still Life exhibition in California,


where he was the bestselling artist in the show. Early 2005 he toured California and Arizona with three successful shows. In October Peter had his first UK ‘One man Show’ following his US success, with a Springtime One man show early 2006 in the UK, and another US tour in August 2006. 2007 an art critic in San Diego wrote ‘the most technically gifted and innovative artist I have seen in the last 10 years’. In 2008 Peter won 2 prizes in Californian exhibitions, best Still Life painting and Runner Up in the Seascape section with a surreal sea/wine piece. In addition his images have been reproduced on greetings cards, collector’s plates and Limited Edition giclėe prints. Peters work also graces the walls of one of Britain’s finestto solve this problem, a group of social scientists, business managers, and journalists at MIT have developed and tested a tool called the learning history. It is a written narrative of a company's recent critical event, nearly all of it presented in two columns. In one column, relevant episodes are described by the people who took part in them, were affected by them, or observed them. In the other, learning historians--trained outsiders and knowledgeable insiders--identify recurrent themes in the narrative, pose questions, and raise "undiscussable" issues. The learning history forms the basis for group discussions, both for those involved in the event and for others who also might learn from it. The authors believe that this tool--based on the ancient practice of community storytelling--can build trust, raise important


The present invention generally relates to recording and reproducing apparatus, and more particularly, to apparatus for recording and reproducing television signals using digital techniques.
The video tape recording and reproducing apparatus that is currently most widely used in commercial quality television broadcasting is known as quadruplex format recording apparatus, which has recorded tracks oriented substantially transverse to the longitudinal direction of a magnetic tape. This is accomplished by a rotating wheel typically carrying four equally circumferentially spaced transducing heads which record the television signals on the tape as well as reproduce the same during playback or reproducing. Such commercial grade apparatus record and reproduce FM signals which have attendant, undesirable attributes that continue to exist, in spite of considerable attention that has been focused on them by extremely skilledInternational Efforts to Promote the AVMA Strategic Plan
Expanding veterinary influence (and, specifically, AVMA recognition and influence) globally
Attendance at international meetings
Veterinary education
International Accreditors Working Group
Standard Setting and Policy Development
Association and Relationship-Building
Member and Student Services
Communications
Educational Commission for Foreign Veterinary Graduates (ECFVG)
World Veterinary Year
AVMA's Global Veterinary Activities: Expenses and Income
Conclusions
Resolution 9
Policies Directing AVMA's Global Veterinary Activities
International Veterinary Service: AVMA Organizational Objective
Leadership Role for AVMA
Use of North American Veterinarians in Developing Countries
Utilization of US Veterinarians in International Programs
General Criteria to Use When Considering AVMA Membership in International Organizations
AVMA Policy on the World


our thinking and actions. The points include: emerging infectious and zoonotic diseases; antimicrobial resistance; food safety and security; global food systems; loss of biodiversity and animal species; animal welfare; information technology; greater consumer information and activism; globalization; specialization of veterinary practice; and the delivery and changing models of veterinary medical education. There has never been another time in history when the profession has faced so many significant inflection points that potentially will alter our thinking and actions."

Further, the Report proposes a vision for the Association in 2020 that includes:

Operating in a global context, recognizing the critical contribution that US veterinarians play internationally including global health, trade, food safety and security and education
Building dynamic partnerships with key groups and sectors, both internally and externally, to ensure effectiveEB approved his travel to the World Small Animal Veterinary Conference in October to assist the Asian Veterinary Specialty Board planning group.

The ABVS also has oversight of a new AVMA liaison relationship with the European Board of Veterinary Specialization, established in 2010 by EB approval of an ABVS recommendation. The goals, objectives, and expectations of this liaison relationship are to:

Strengthen the AVMA's international infrastructure and provide opportunities for the AVMA to become a more active and engaged leader in international affairs; and in particular, in standard setting efforts for veterinary specialization.

Maintain ongoing communication between AVMA and the EBVS through attendance of an AVMA representative at the EBVS annual meeting.

Identify mutual AVMA and EBVS interests and to articulate and promote these interests through cooperative efforts.

There is an annual expense


administrative fees are designed to defray AVMA overhead costs associated with international accreditation activities.

The AVMA is considered by many national and international regulatory and standard setting organizations, including the USDA and OIE, as both a valued partner and a leader in the global veterinary profession, with particular expertise in the areas of veterinary education, animal health, animal welfare, food safety, public health, aquatic veterinary medicine, emergency preparedness and response, and association building. Efforts to ensure that the US veterinary profession's voice is heard in the international arena are intimately connected to AVMA's national efforts to advance its strategic plan. Further, because current AVMA international activities are minimal in terms of overall resources, there is no evidence that the Association's international activities result in any measurable loss of nationaltravel for the AVMA delegation to attend future meetings held in Mexico.

Purpose

To discuss areas of common interests that impact the veterinary profession in North America, including, but not limited to: association activities, quality veterinary education, agro-bioterrorism, and trade; and to develop recommendations for common strategies, as appropriate, to address challenges and opportunities facing the veterinary profession in North America.

Frequency

Held every 12 to 18 months, with the meeting hosted by the AVMA, CVMA, and Mexican Association of Veterinary Medicine on a rotating basis.

AVMA Delegation to the North American Veterinary Leadership Meeting

The AVMA Delegation may include the following representatives:

AVMA President or his/her designee
AVMA Executive Vice President/CEO
AVMA Director of International Affairs
AVMA Representative to the PANVET Directive Council
US Councilor to the World Veterinary Association


accreditation standard. With global accreditation standards, the US veterinary profession may be forced to accept education standards that are lower than those of the COE. This would ultimately decrease the value of the diploma awarded by COE-accredited schools.

Current activities suggesting a stronger AVMA presence is needed: At its July 2008 President's Assembly, the WVA approved in principle a draft Minimum Requirements for Veterinary Education document. Much of this draft, which was developed with input from the US veterinary profession through then WVA president Dr. Leon Russell and the North American Councillor from the US, Dr. Jim Nave, is aimed at establishment of minimum veterinary educational standards that will provide some assurance that an individual with the title "veterinarian" has met certain minimum educational standards. The CIVA recognizes thatand able to travel internationally.
Must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
Must have the ability to communicate and conduct business through multiple platforms, to include electronic media.

Appointment

The AVMA Representative to WSAVA is appointed by the AVMA Executive Board from applications received in accordance with AVMA policy. The AVMA Representative serves a once-renewable three-year term.

Meetings and Reports

The Representative is authorized to attend the annual meeting of the WSAVA General Assembly, which is typically held in conjunction with the annual World Small Animal Veterinary Association World Congress, and is encouraged to serve on WSAVA committees and task forces as appropriate and in accordance with his/her expertise. The Representative will report to the AVMA Committee on International Veterinary Affairs (CIVA), and through the Director of International Activities, to


Demarest Farms

Town officials will close municipal streets around Demarest Farms on weekends to curb the number of cars who invade the neighborhood.

(Fausto Giovanny Pinto)

HILLSDALE -- Residents and borough officials in this North Jersey community have said they have had it with the throngs of people who invade their neighborhood to go pumpkin picking at Demarest Farms.

Locals say every weekend, from Labor day to the first weekend in November, they are inundated with more than 1,000 cars which park in front of their homes, raising safety concerns and bringing a host of other problems.

On Tuesday, citing the dangerous condition caused by the volume of traffic, the borough council passed a resolution to close all municipal streets west of Pascack Road on selected weekends.

"The farm is creating serious safety concernspatterns of capital flows. Their two-sector model features differentiating returns to financial investment and physical investment, as financial investors have to share the return to capital with entrepreneurs. The more developed a financial system is, the greater the slice that goes to the financial investors. As an implication, a poor country with an inefficient financial sector may experience a large outflow of financial capital, but together with inward FDI, resulting in a small net inflow. The model also incorporates property rights protection as another institution. Countries with poor property rights protection may well experience an outflow of financial capital without a compensating inflow of FDI.

First, the quality of the financial system and expropriation risk play crucial roles in the patterns of capital flows. Second, financial capital flows and


an externment order, prohibiting her from entering Delhi for at least two years but the Delhi High Court overruled the DCP’s order. Shakeela has cases of rioting, attempted murder, excise act and smuggling drugs against her. Shakeela’s brother, Mannu alias Anees Khan, carries a reward of R 50,000 on his head. He is wanted in cases of extortion, arms act and murder.

Sonu Punjaban, 38

Arrested on December 24, 2017, Geeta Arora alias Sonu Punjaban ran one of the biggest prostitution rackets in the city. A native of Rohtak, she was last arrested on the complaint of a 13-year-old girl, who alleged that Sonu beat her, drugged her and forced her into prostitution. In 2011, police had booked Sonu under charges of stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).

.leftnav_wrapsex worker in brothel number 57 of GB Road and later bought it to run her own racket.

In August 2016, when police arrested her, they seized four luxury cars, including an Audi. She had over Rs1 crore in bank deposits. With three flats in Bengaluru, six kothas at GB Road and a farmhouse in southeast Delhi, she had made a fortune through trafficking girls and forcing them into prostitution.

Police are probing if she runs other brothels in GB Road under false names.

Basiran, 62

The mother of eight is on the run after her name cropped up in a murder case. She has cases of extortion, robbery and selling illicit liquor registered against her in many police stations.

Her six sons, including a juvenile, have allegedly been involved in 99 cases