the well-known verse from Psalm 137, "If I forget thee, oh Jerusalem," is not a Jewish source at all, but rather words uttered by a Christian Crusader, now "falsified in the name of Zionism." And when the iconic 1970s disco group Boney M played a concert in Ramallah, Palestinian organizers demanded that the band not perform one of its biggest hits, "Rivers of Babylon." Why? Because the song's chorus quotes from the Book of Psalms which ― in a brazen act of Zionist propaganda! ― refers to the Jewish yearning for the land of Israel.

Follow the steps: First, Palestinians claim that Moses was a Muslim leader and that Jews never lived in Israel. Then before you know it, standard media references to the Jewish Temple ― accepted ashistorical fact by every legitimate archaeologist and scholar ― is deemed debatable. London's Daily Telegraph referred to "the Temple Mount, where the two Jewish temples of antiquity are believed to have been built," and Time magazine identified the "Dome of the Rock, where Jews believe Solomon and Herod built the First and Second Temples." Not an indisputable fact of history; just something that "Jews believe."

Beyond the problem of factual inaccuracy, these media manipulations can actually impede the peace process. Invariably, the starting point in any negotiation is whatever is defined in common terms as "normative." With these outrageous pro-Palestinian views reinforced in the media, Palestinians sense the momentum predisposed in their favor, and harbor the illusion of bringing these demands to the negotiating table. Inevitably, Palestinians get a


that the average "generational span" - from parent to child - is 35 years, the number of generations from us back to Moses is less than a hundred. That's pretty amazing, and makes the whole idea of an unbroken chain of transmission much more fathomable.

Bonus info for U.S. history buffs: John Tyler was William Henry Harrison's vice president ("Tippecanoe and Tyler too"), and took office a month into the term when Harrison caught pneumonia and died. Tyler's main presidential achievement is pushing through the annexation of Texas. But his political career ended ignobly; he later joined the South's secession efforts and was even elected to the Confederate House of Representatives. Because of his Confederate ties, Tyler's is the only presidential death not officially mourned.

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Esp20,
March 15, 20124:36 PM

John Tyler was a president of the United States that yielded good fruit and works in behalf of his country. He should be celebrated for his positive contributions toward this nation, just like all the other presidents before him and after.

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Ilan,
February 29, 2012 4:07 PM

Well...

All I know for sure about someone who traces his genealogy back to Moses is that he's not descended from Moses. Not a dig at Doron, who's a good guy, but not of the Moses family.

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Jack,
February 26, 2012 8:31 AM

Cool!

The chain of tradition is not only fathomable but absolutely true.
In his book "Why Be Jewish" Rabbin Doron Kornbluth traces his tradition person by person back to Moses (about 130 generations).

MIRIAM,
February 28, 2012 7:29 PM

WOW! WOW! WOW! If I hadn't read that myself I


don't think I could have been convinced :-) WHAT A TOTALLY AWESOME INDESCRIBABLE G-D WE HAVE AND LOVE!

AlbertE.,
February 29, 2012 2:31 AM

Tyler

On this date in 1844 Tyler narrowly escaped death when the cannon on the USS Princeton exploded. Gardiner was the father of Tyler's fiancee. This is all a synchronicity?

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The author, Rabbi Shraga Simmons, holds a degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin, and
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Myth No. 2

The deep state evades oversight.

As former congressman Alan Grayson put it, oversight “is a joke.” Congress has neither the staff nor the remit to direct or micromanage the execution of national security policy. And administrations withhold details from Congress, often by omission and because policies really are confusing, but occasionally on purpose. For a long time, the FBI routinely harassed American political dissidents; the National Security Agency opened telegrams sent to (and from) U.S. citizens abroad; and the CIA ran an entire secret war in Southeast Asia.

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(after a short hike to a nearby mountain). Then it was a drive to Leigh Creek, a quick shower at the servo and then the long trek to Mambray Creek camp ground. There was no time to see the sights as there was still quite a way to go, so a quick use of the amenities (I’ve never smelt so good on a camping odyssey ) and back to Adelaide, and that dammed backpack.

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Flinders Ranges – A semiarid and low mountain range (<1000m) that is north of Adelaide in South Australia.

clicks – Kilometres or kilometres per hour. Our speedometersto say as the original did eg. G”’day.

posh pub – A fancy tavern/bar. Nothing to do with what the Beckhams get up to.

bagging out – Criticizing (and you should spell it with an S).

booze – Alcohol

shag – The only thing Clinton didn’t do with Monica.

cuppa – A cup of tea.

squatter – Early settlers in pastoral areas. They just squatted and said “This is mine”, a bit like a tom.

sump – A part of the car engine that sticks out of the bottom and must not hit a rock.

pajero – Spanish slang word meaning ‘He who fiddles with himself for sexual gratification’. Unknowingly used by a major automobile manufacturer who took the more academic translation of the word to mean ‘Straw Dealer’.

Commodore – A car model only slightly more


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In fairness, DeBoer made that one trip count, reaching the Stanley Cup finals in 2012 with the Devils before losing in six games to the Los Angeles Kings. Also in fairness, DeBoer coached his first three NHL seasons in Florida with the Panthers, the NHL’s version of trying to extinguish a tire fire while making line changes.

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New York Yankees close to deal with DJ LeMahieu

Though many Twitter sleuths tried to analyze the body language of managing partner John Middleton and general manager Matt Klentak after they returned to Philadelphia Saturday night, the organization's meeting with Harper in Las Vegas was apparently productive.

While the Phillies are headed to meet with Bryce Harper, the Phillies might have seen their chances increase to sign infielder Manny Machado. Nationals executives are now calling a reunion with Harper a "long shot". Team representatives reportedly met with Harper, his wife Kayla and agent Scott Boras and included "two slideshow presentations", per Nightengale.

The White Sox and Phillies have both finished below.500 in each of the last six seasons.

Anytime that a team signs a free agent that used to play in Coorsvisit wrapped up Kim's two-day stay in the city, after he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping , Tuesday. The motorcade of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has headed out on the second full day of his visit to China.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who was in Saskatchewan, tweeted his "deepest condolences to the families of victims". Ottawa Hospital's trauma center said it had received nine patients "in critical condition" from the crash.

Chicago police were called to a club on the South Side Wednesday where singer R.Kelly was reportedly celebrating his birthday. Kelly and Mason threatened him for speaking out about it. "People know if they are a victim of a crime to contact the police".

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borders and have settled down in Rajasthan, Punjab and Delhi. Another group of people protested outside the Assam Bhavan in Chanakyapuri, waving black flags and raising slogans.

Long-term deals are an age-old debate, Svrluga reasoned, but what matters is how young the player is at the time of the signing. Outfielder Jon Jay and the White Sox have agreed to a one-year, $4-million deal, according to reports.

Manager Manuel Pellegrini , who worked in China with Hebei China Fortune, said: 'I talk with all of the players, always. Mesut Ozil has recovered from a knee injury but we doubt is Unai Emery will name him in his first XI on Saturday.

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The Pats will have a tough task at hand Sunday, as the Chargers should give them a game. "I'm proud of my guys". Seattle's 24-22 loss at Dallas ended a run of nine straight victories in playoff openers.


Dr Larsen graduated from the University of Auckland School of Medicine in 1999. She trained in Internal Medicine and then Dermatology in Auckland. Following this, Dr Larsen undertook sub-specialised Dermatology training at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, USA. This involved a year and a half Dermatopathology fellowship, specifically the pathologic diagnosis of skin conditions. Dr Larsen then completed a one-year Procedural Dermatology fellowship, accredited by the American College for Graduate Medical Education. The fellowship encompassed thorough training in Mohs micrographic skin cancer surgery and cosmetic dermatology. Fiona Larsen Dermatology is a comprehensive centre for all skin concerns. Dr Larsen's areas of special interest include the prevention of skin cancer and skin damage, skin cancer treatment, Mohs micrographic surgery, medical aesthetics and cosmetic treatments.Gori in Georgia was the former hometown of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and attracts tens of thousands of tourists every year.

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walks away $6,000 richer. It’s a marvelous scene, in part because fans can imagine the real-life Murray pulling off a similar stunt as part of his everyday shenanigans in the public eye.

Back in 2010, EW published a story about Murray and the unconventional way he maintains his career — without an agent or publicist, but with a 1-800 number that he uses to occasionally field movie offers. Several of his colleagues and collaborators chimed in, including Franklin, who went on to work with Murray again on Larger Than Life and The Man Who Knew Too Little. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Quick Change, which opened July 13, 1990, this is Franklin’s five-year-old interview about working with Murray and how that film holds a special place in bothmen’s hearts.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Does your relationship with Bill predate Quick Change? Was he someone you already knew?

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The Arizona Attorney General has launched a probe of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office over bank accounts kept separate from normal county accounts and over the money from these accounts getting spent without approval from an outside agency, a television station reports.

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Although it is historically rare for freshmen members of Congress to obtain sought-after seats on top committees, progressive groups said they saw the news as a setback, as they hope to enact sweeping environmental and economic reforms in the coming years. The Steering and Policy Committee, chaired by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, formally assigns members to committees.


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The Wall Street Journal might have chosen a more sympathetic protagonist for their article about rising home prices in Philadelphia, but there's been a surprising reaction to the article by some of the online commentariat that reveals the true roots of the budding middle-class housing affordability issues in greater Center City.

The WSJ article featured a young professional white woman who makes about $60,000, but nonetheless finds herself priced out of buying a home in her preferred neighborhood in Fishtown, and searching for cheaper, less desirable housing elsewhere in the Riverwards. There's definitely a problematic snobbery element here (it rubbed some people the wrong way that she called her new neighborhood in Kensington "sketchy,"), and many have pointed out that there are many Philadelphia residentsabout the rising home prices in the neighborhoods where folks priced out of Fishtown and Northern Liberties are landing. But the politics are totally different when other close-in gentrifying neighborhoods like Graduate Hospital and Fairmount start bleeding white professionals into majority-black neighborhoods like Point Breeze, Brewerytown, and Francisville.

In these areas, "just move to the next neighborhood over" is a middle-class affordability strategy that many people—anti-gentrification activists in particular—have a huge problem with. In these contexts, lots of people are very concerned about people like the woman from the WSJ article moving to Point Breeze or Brewerytown, and bidding up the cost of housing (even with her early-career salary) for lower-income black people.

If people want less spillover into Point Breeze from Graduate Hospital, then the flipside is that Graduate


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Sources stressed to ESPN.com that, while no formal offer has been made, Detroit has opened a dialogue with Collins, who in late April became the first openly gay athlete in North America's four traditional major sports leagues.

The Pistons have aggressively remade their roster since the end of last season, highlighted by the acquisitions of Josh Smith and Brandon Jennings. One guaranteed contract shy of the league's limit of 15, Detroit is said to be intrigued by the veteran know-how Collins possesses and views him as a potential insurance signing in support of its two blossoming big men: Greg Monroe and Andre Drummond.

Leaguewide interest in the veteran center has nonetheless


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The 34-year-old signed a one-year deal with the Boston Celtics in mid-August before last season and had to wait until September 2010 to sign a one-year deal with the Atlanta Hawks before the 2010-11 campaign. Collins signed a one-year deal with the Hawks again in 2011 just a few days after the lockout was lifted in December.

Collins has continued to work out in his hometown of Los Angeles in hopes of a firm contract offer. Collins appeared in 38 games last season with the Celtics and Washington Wizards but averaged less than 2 points and 2 rebounds in 10.1 minutes per game.

"I look at it,The 49ers are doing their due diligence on first-round prospects, attending college pro days and inviting players to Santa Clara for visits.

The team was at the Florida Pro Day on March 22, where players such as Jonathan Bullard, Keanu Neal, and perhaps most intriguing of all, potential top 10 pick Vernon Hargreaves, worked out.

And even though all 32 NFL teams were represented at the pro day, Hargreaves named two teams with the most interest: the Miami Dolphins and San Francisco 49ers, he told the Tampa Bay Times.

[MAIOCCO: Kelly discusses NFL quarterback prospects Goff, Wentz]

And the Gators defensive back was satisfied with his showing for those teams.

"It was smooth," Hargreaves said. "It was good. It was fun to be back out there with the boys."

Hargreaves, who checked in at


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Olga Korbut, the former Soviet gymnast who first backflipped into history at the 1972 Munich games, has sold off her Olympic medals.

Olga Korbut, of Russia, won the Individual Women's Gymnastic event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. AP, File

Korbut parted with two of the four gold medals she won at those games, along with a single silver medal, at an online auction last weekend, Heritage Auctions confirmed Tuesday.

The “Sparrow from Minsk” also said goodbye to the team gold and a silver she won at the 1976 Montreal games and other memorabilia, including a leotard.

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Born in the Belarussian city of Grodno, Korbut was a pixie with pigtails who at age 17 dazzled the world with gymnastics routines that revolutionized the sport and turned her into an international icon.

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of HRT increased until 2001. Total sales declined by 73.6% between 2001 and 2005. The decrease between 2004 and 2005 (49.1%) was twice that observed between 2002 and 2003 (24.5%). An estimated 17.2% of women aged 50-59 years old were using HRT in 1996 compared with 4.1% in 2005. The total pharmaceutical cost related to HRT showed a similar decrease, although sales of Boltin (tibolone) increased by two-fold. Systematic and independent educational interventions aimed at women in the general population and prescribers are both effective and necessary. The HRT epidemic and its health costs, as well as the shift to tibolone prescription and the adverse effects of this drug, should be investigated nationwide.Canada is not required to provide a certain number of fighter jets to NATO, says a Defence Department report that's raising fresh questions about the Liberal government's rush to buy a new warplane.

The report, published in June 2014 by the research arm of National Defence, says that while Canada supports NATO and contributes aircraft and other military assets when possible, "there is no hard minimum requirement for the NATO commitment."

That means the only actual requirement Canada must meet in terms of providing fighter jets is its obligation to defend North America along with the U.S.

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Capturing the drama and epic conflict of Star Wars, Battlefront II brings the fight online. Attention to detail and scale make this game a joy to behold, with 16 incredible new battlefronts such as Utapau, Mustafar and the space above Coruscant, as well as the Death Star interior and Tantive IV, Princess Leia's blockade runner seen at the beginning of the original Star Wars.Avengers: Infinity War will bring together the heroes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to stop Thanos from collecting all the Infinity Stones, but it sounds like the one hero who can't be there just might have had the best plan to stop the Mad Titan yet.

Michael Rooker, who played Yondu in the Guardians of the Galaxy films, appeared at Awesome Con in Washington DC this weekend and had the best answer for how the Ravager would have stopped Thanos -- if Yondu wasn't dead, that is.

"I'd shoot him with my arrow or something," Rooker said. "When he's not looking! Preferably by surprise 'cause I wouldn't want to go head-to-head with him. He has the thing with the things on it!"

As fans will recall, Yondu's favorite weapon in both


Guardians of the Galaxy films was his Yaka Arrow, a device he controlled by whistling and largely used to intimidate and threaten as needed. Control of the Yaka Arrow – beyond the whistling -- was facilitated by a control unit attached to the top of Yondu's head. The original one was destroyed following Taserface's mutiny in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, but Yondu had a second controller that he was able to use to regain control of the arrow, slaughter the mutinous Ravagers, and escape to go rescue Peter Quill/Star Lord (Chris Pratt) and the rest of the Guardians from Ego the Living Planet. Yondu died in that effort, his arrow and its controller being passed on to Yondu's loyal first mate, Kraglin.

But while the Yaka Arrowis a serious weapon, even Rooker knows it'd be hard to go up against Thanos -- even if he wasn't quite solid on the name of the Infinity Gauntlet or the Infinity Stones. He went on to explain that those Infinity Stones made Thanos even more powerful and encouraged fans to go see him in action when Avengers: Infinity War hits theaters in a few weeks.

"Yeah, Yondu's arrow is pretty formidable, but you know, with those stones that's power," Rooker said. "That's raw, awesome power he's got and he's gonna wield it very soon. I hope you all go to the movies and see."

Marvel Studios' Black Panther is now playing in theaters. Avengers: Infinity War hits theaters on April 27, 2018. It is followed by Ant-Man and The


Wasp on July 6, 2018, Captain Marvel on March 8, 2019, the fourth Avengers movie on May 3, 2019, the sequel to Spider-Man: Homecoming on July 5, 2019, and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 in 2020."

Do you think Yondu's arrow would stand a chance against Thanos? Let us know what you think in the comments!in October of 2009. Then you came back to new market for the 2010 and got beaten badly as the even money favorite, and the horse did not race until 2011. What went wrong in 2010, and how was it corrected?

DERRICK SMITH: We didn't run that bad in the Guinness. I think he finished sixth. Then he sustained an injury. We just kept him off for the rest of the year. The following year ‑‑ it's been a while since he showed the brilliance of the post. We knew it was there. Everything came together today. He's always been a brilliant horse. We always had immense confidence in him.

Somebody asked me today, when did you know he was going to win? Before the race because that's how confident


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What prompted Lincoln to change his mind about ending slavery?

Prior to the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln asserted that he would not end slavery in the South and that he was not in favor of racial equality. Yet, by 1863 he signed the “Emancipation Proclamation” freeing slaves and laying the groundwork for the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution in 1865, making slavery illegal across the nation. Why was Lincoln initially opposed to ending slavery? What prompted Lincoln to change his mind?

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"Why was Lincoln initially opposed to ending slavery?  What prompted Lincoln to change his mind?"
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All Rise...

The Charge

Rock and Roll will never die.

Opening Statement

Written by Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting), Last
Days is loosely based on Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain's final days before
ending his life in 1993. Is Van Sant's film closer to To Die For than to
Gerry?

Facts of the Case

The concept is interesting, as Blake (Michael Pitt, The Village)
leaves rehab and stumbles home, where Scott (Scott Green, Cthulu) and
Asia (Asia Argento, xXx) stay. Various
individuals come in and out of the house over the next couple of days, before
Blake is found dead in the guest house.

The Evidence

A warning here, there is very little action in the film, to the point of
being tedious. Aside from some internal monologues, there is no character
interaction for the first 20 minutes of the film. There is a dollyto Velvet Underground songs.

Now having said these things about the film, it appears that Van Sant's
style for the film is purposely distant and quiet; because his intent is that no
one apparently wanted to listen to Blake. He was a commodity and business
opportunity first, before being a musician and emotional human being. His
management is only concerned about the money to be made and the tours to be
taken, and issues stern warnings about what will happen to everyone else except
him if the tour doesn't start on time. Everyone in the house steps over Blake
when he passes out in the middle of hallways or closets, and the only meaningful
conversation in the film is one that Blake has with the Yellow Pages salesman.
While he is unaware of it, the salesman seems to


AMMAN: Pro-regime forces cut through rebel frontlines in east Aleppo city and moved within one kilometer of cutting the opposition stronghold in two on Sunday, opposition military sources told Syria Direct, amidst reports of mass civilian displacement.

The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allied militias advanced to the west from their territory east of Aleppo city on Saturday to capture the Masaken Hanano district. On Sunday, Syrian state media reported that government forces advanced further, capturing the adjacent Jabal Badro district immediately south.

At time of publication on Sunday, fierce clashes between rebel and regime forces were underway in the strategic, opposition-held a-Sakhour district adjoining Masaken Hanano and Jabal Badro to the west.

If the regime captures a-Sakhour, loyalist forces will control a critical bottleneck, isolating approximately 20 percent ofopposition-held east Aleppo city from the remainder of rebel territory.

While the regime has not yet captured all of a-Sakhour, “they are advancing into the district,” a rebel military source in east Aleppo told Syria Direct on Sunday on the condition of anonymity. “The regime is putting everything they’ve got into this one with their warplanes and ground attacks.”

The Sunday offensive is the latest in a two-week Russian and Syrian regime campaign to capture east Aleppo city. The intense bombing assault has killed hundreds of civilians and left the city—home to more than 250,000 residents—with no functioning hospitals, Syria Direct reported.

On Saturday, Russian and Syrian regime forces reportedly fired more than 150 airstrikes and 2,500 artillery shells on east Aleppo city and the surrounding countryside, killing at least 46


LYNN, Arkansas –An 8-year-old boy died in a freak accident when a tombstone toppled over and crushed him in an Arkansas church graveyard.

The tragic mishap occurred during a birthday party Saturday afternoon at the Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Lynn, when the boy wandered into the graveyard out back.

Officials believe the boy had been playing on a large tombstone when it broke and fell on him, KAIT-TV reported.

The boy was rushed to a local hospital where he was declared dead. Authorities have deemed the death an accident.

Members of the church said they were devastated by the accident.

“Just an eight-year-old rambunctious young man, just like many eight-year-old young men and full of life,” the church’s Pastor Jeff Neely told the station. “There is definitely a lot of prayerVictoria Australia

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Best Season: The best time to visit Victoria is from mid-December to early February and spring.

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About Australia: Australia and New Zealand are the most known countries in a wider region known as Australasia and Oceania. Oceania is the region comprising of the Australian continent and many other islands in the Pacific. The total no. of countries in Australian continent is 14 nations including Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and others. Australia, the smallest continent, is officially known as the Commonwealth of Australia…. read more.One of the men who survived a machete attack in Papua New Guinea that left two guides dead has described the horrific incident as "wanton butchery".

Nick Bennett, from Mackay, Queensland, suffered a head wound in the attack. He told ABC radio: "This wasn't just a quick hit as you would expect from a robbery. This was wanton butchery."

Guides Kuia Kerry and Matthew Lasong were killed when six bandits armed with machetes, a rifle and a home-made gun attacked the group as they camped along the Black Cat Trail in PNG's Morobe Province on Tuesday. Seven Australians and one New Zealander survived, and returned to Cairns on Thursday.

"I've seen some things in my life [but] this was too graphic to describe," said Bennett.

He lauded the bravery of trek leader


Christie King, who put herself forward when gang members demanded to talk to the "boss man" while their henchmen attacked other hikers and slashed tents with their machetes.

"I'm on my elbows just bleeding out. They've hit another one of our guys who was in his tent. He's come out to see what's going on and they've clubbed him over the head," Bennett said.

"And then they've taken to the tents with machetes and to our bags, just dragging bags out. They're demanding money, which we gave them. And Christie stood up when they called for the boss man. I don't think they realised that she was a woman."

PNG's prime minister, Peter O'Neill, has warned that those responsible face the death penalty, and says the incident has harmed his nation'stourist industry.

Bennett's voice broke as he described the horrific scene the gang had left before fleeing into the bush with money, cameras and passports.

"The sight was just appalling," he said. "Some of the boys had escaped into the bush and when they came back out you could see the shock on their faces. The site was like a war zone. It was just terrible."

He described how the injured Australians had to trek for five and a half hours towards the nearest village, following the track of the fleeing bandits and fearing another ambush.

He said the group managed to call the trek leader's Papuan husband, who immediately mobilised medical teams and organised for villagers to start heading up the track.

"We were walking in the dark out of the jungle.


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asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many universities and polytechnics there are in the North-West, North-East and Midlands Regions, respectively; and what is the population in each case.

Eight in the North-West Economic Planning Region, five in the Northern Region and 12 in the East and the West Midlands Regions. The populations in 1969 were approximately 6.8 millions, 3.3 millions and 8.5 millions respectively.

Is it not clear from these figures that the North-West Region does not get its full and fair share of facilities for further education and higher education? Could the hon. Gentleman say when it is intended to extend these facilities, and will he particularly look at the needs of North-East Lancashire, which has not a single polytechnic? Will he askRussia. Cohen said he welcomed giving “a full and credible account” as part of his commitment to “provide the American people with answers.” Earlier, he admitted in court to paying hush money over alleged affairs at Trump’s behest. Cohen will begin serving three years in prison on March 6 for lying to Congress, violating campaign finance laws and committing financial crimes.

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Scott McCloud tore down the wall between high and low culture in 1993 with Understanding Comics, a massive comic book about comics, linking the medium to such diverse fields as media theory, movie criticism, and web design. In Reinventing Comics, McCloud took this to the next level, charting twelve different revolutions in how comics are generated, read, and perceived today. Now, in Making Comics, McCloud focuses his analysis on the art form itself, exploring the creation of comics, from the broadest principles to the sharpest details (like howto accentuate a character's facial muscles in order to form the emotion of disgust rather than the emotion of surprise.) And he does all of it in his inimitable voice and through his cartoon standin narrator, mixing dry humor and legitimate instruction. McCloud shows his reader how to master the human condition through word and image in a brilliantly minimalistic way. Comic book devotees as well as the most uninitiated will marvel at this journey into a onceunderappreciated art form.

Scott McCloud has been writing, drawing, and examining comics since 1984. Winner of the Eisner and Harvey awards, his works have been translated into more than sixteen languages. Frank Miller ( Sin City , 300 ) called him "just about the smartest guy in comics." He lives with his


Total operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2012 were $12,779,000 compared with $8,659,000 for the year ended December 31, 2011. The Company ended the year with $13,426,000 of cash on hand.

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InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp. is focused on utilizing polymers as a platform technology to develop treatments to improve function in individuals paralyzed as a result of traumatic spinal cord injury. The Company was founded in 2005 on the basis of proprietary technology co-invented by Robert Langer, ScD, Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Joseph P. Vacanti, M.D., who is affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital. In 2011, the Company earned the prestigious David S. Apple Award from the American Spinal Injury Association for its outstanding contribution to spinal cord injury medicine. The publicly tradedtheir competitive primaries.”

And Trump received more of the youth vote than Hillary Clinton in the primaries this year. –Washington Examiner

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has some youthful fans. Students for Trump, an online movement to promote the business mogul’s campaign, is powered by high school and college students across the U.S.

The grassroots organization was started in September 2015 by North Carolina college student Ryan Fournier of Campbell University, the Houston Chronicle reports.

You can follow them on Twitter at @TrumpStudents

As of March 2016, Students for Trump has 40 state directors, 225 chapters and 5,178 registered members. It is among 340 other social media groups advocating for Trump’s presidential bid.

18-year-old Josh Gremillion, a Texas high school student, said that the online group awakened his political activism.

“I’ve always been a conservative


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Ebere Eze's double secured QPR's first victory in eight games as they overcame Preston at Loftus Road.

Eze put Rangers ahead in the 17th minute, collecting Geoff Cameron's pass and firing home at the second attempt.

The England Under-21 international sealed the points midway through the second half, tucking away a penalty after Marc Pugh had been brought down.

It was the first time QPR had registered a clean sheet in 23 league games, while Preston's defeat - their fourth on the spin - means they drop out of the top six.

Rangers winger Bright Osayi-Samuel went close early on, with Declan Rudd diving to smother the chance, before the home side snatched the lead.

Cameron's floated ball over the


top picked out Eze and, although his initial shot was saved by Rudd, the rebound sat up perfectly for the QPR playmaker to slot home.

Rudd was tested again by Pugh soon afterwards, but Preston fought back towards the end of the first half and Sean Maguire was only denied by Grant Hall's last-ditch challenge.

Alex Neil's side applied more pressure after the break, but they found themselves 2-0 down after Rudd felled Pugh, with Eze stepping up to score his second from the spot.

Rangers goalkeeper Joe Lumley ensured a rare shut-out for his side, diving to foil Billy Bodin from close range 10 minutes from time.

QPR manager Mark Warburton:

"The save he (Lumley) made late in the game, low to his left, was a world-class save. He's 24 and ingoalkeeping terms that's very young still.

"He's come through a couple of mistakes and showed his quality - he was outstanding for us today. He's learned from his mistakes, the crowd supported him and I'm delighted.

"We've got Ebere (Eze), Nahki Wells and Jordan Hugill, so we've got front players scoring goals, which is what you need.

"The clean sheet also takes the pressure off the defence."

Preston boss Alex Neil told BBC Lancashire:

"First half we didn't really do too much going forward - we had probably two opportunities. I thought the second half was a bit better, we moved the ball better and looked more threatening.

"The key moments that came up in the game, they took. We should probably have had a foul on the far side, then the next move


improving the bike’s visual balance as much as possible. After sketching out their ideas they set to work, starting with the rear of the bike.

The stock fender and taillight assembly were ditched before the subframe was shortened and finished off with a loop–which was then trimmed to allow access to the seat mounting bolts.

To give the T100 Black a slightly more aggressive stance, the brothers installed 1” longer-than-stock Progressive Suspension shocks, before fabricating a new seat with a slight bump in the rear. The seat’s been upholstered in brown leather and features a Luimoto Gold Gel pad, inserted under the cover for added comfort.

They then fitted hand-made aluminum fenders and a gorgeous one-off taillight–turned in a lathe and designed with polished fins to echo those on the engine.

Theworked three days in a row, but it looks to be all hands on deck for a division showdown against the Nationals. He'll throw before the game to test his arm, and if he is unable to go, Tyler CLippard would close for the Mets.

Adam Morgan had an ugly fifth inning in which he allowed all four of his runs in Sunday's loss to the Braves.

Morgan allowed a game-tying RBI single to Chris Johnson before Jace Peterson slugged a three-run home run. He had shut out the Braves over the first four frames. Overall, he gave up seven hits and three walks while registering only one strikeout. Morgan stands with a 4.46 ERA, a 1.43 WHIP, and a 21/13 K/BB ratio over 38 1/3 innings in his first


seven major league starts. He'll start next in San Diego, opposing the Padres.

Julio Teheran pitched seven innings of two-run ball on Sunday against the Phillies, earning his first win in five starts.

Teheran allowed an RBI single to Cody Asche in the second inning and another RBI single to Odubel Herrera in the fifth, accounting for the damage. He scattered eight hits, walked none, and struck out seven in what was his finest outing since his last win on July 3 -- also against the Phillies. Teheran now has a 4.59 ERA, a 1.39 WHIP, and a 113/49 k/BB ratio over 131 1/3 innings. He gets another good match-up this weekend, as he'll host the struggling Marlins.

Gibbons allowed just four hits over nine shutout innings and recorded a season-highSix candidates face off for Ripley Council

Voters in the Village of Ripley will have the opportunity to vote for six candidates running for four open seats on village council on Nov. 7, 2017.
Current Ripley Council members consist of Tiffany Regenstein, Travis Arnett, Dave Otis, Charles Poole, Kathy Lewis and Nowana Bingaman. incumbents Bingaman, Lewis and Poole will be on the ballot along with newcomers Dianne M. Carrington, Linda South and Alvin J. Wallace.
The following bios on each of the candidates is intended to help voters decide on the best fit for their village council:
• Linda South has been a business owner and is a resident of Ripley. During that time, she has served on many committees involved in the improvement of the village including Ripley Economic Group, the


Lind trail off a little bit in the final eight weeks of the season, they should put themselves in a good position to clear at least 30 home runs. The last time the Blue Jays had two 30+ HR hitters on the team was back in 2006 when Troy Glaus hit 38 home runs and Vernon wells hit 32.

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Ian has been writing about the Toronto Blue Jays since 2007. He enjoyed the tail-end of the Roy Halladay era and vividly remembers the Alex Rodriguez "mine" incident. He'll also retell the story of Game 5 of the ALDS to his son for the next 20 years.Leave A Comment

Max Greenfield Strips Down On ‘New Girl’ Set

Emmy award nominee Max Greenfield strips off to his underpants on the set of "New Girl " in Woodland Hills, California. Max appeared to be somewhat comfortable in his little red speedo as he did his scene and chatted with the cast and crew between takes. September 24, 2012.


Fukushima Daiichi NPS Prompt Report 2015

International agency completes detailed review of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant,notes exemplary operational safety practices to be shared with the nuclear industry globally

TOKYO,July 13,2015--The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and a team of nuclear safety experts from around the world completed an in-depth review of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station from June 29th to July 13th,and members of the review team noted the progress that has been made towards strengthening its protections against accidents and natural disasters.

TEPCO has been striving to meet the new regulatory requirements for Kashiwazaki-Kariwa,the world's largest nuclear power plant,which has been idled- though undamaged -since all the country's nuclear plants were shut down following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

TEPCO welcomed the review,and fully opened the facility to the inspection team,much asSafety Standards -- summarized a draft of their suggestions and acknowledged Kashiwazaki-Kariwa's good practices.

Summary of Review

The OSART team identified a number of good practices at the plant that will be shared with the nuclear industry globally,including:

· Following the March 2011 accident at Fukushima Daiichi NPP,the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station has implemented comprehensive and robust defense measures against severe accidents,including added tsunami and flood protection as well as enhanced site and mobile back-up electrical power supplies,pumps and heat exchangers,
· The plant carries out frequent drills in difficult conditions to ensure that all staff are well-prepared to deal with emergencies,and· The plant has established thorough control of all combustible materials to minimize the fire risk.

The team made a number of proposals for improvements to operational safety at the plant,including:

· Systems


that gather operating experience should be integrated,and the information collected through them should be used more proactively to enable the plant to exchange lessons with the rest of the nuclear industry,
· Accident management guidance should cover all plant conditions,including potential events involving the spent fuel pools,and
· The station's emergency plans should be fully integrated and documented in a way that is clear and easy to use.

TEPCO considers the team's recommendations an important step toward reinforcing safety of the facility and looks forward to welcoming and collaborating with the international community.

Takafumi Anegawa,the director and the managing executive officer of TEPCO said: "It was a great opportunity to have a review by the IAEA and a team of nuclear safety experts from around the world. Their visit provided us usefulTop 10 Best-Selling Cars In The United Kingdom – April 2012

The SMMT says Britain’s new car market grew 3.3% in April 2012. Year-to-date, new vehicle sales in the United Kingdom are up 1.4%. The best news from April relates to private non-fleet registrations which jumped nearly 15%.

Irregular though the growth may have been, there’s nothing out of the ordinary about the best-selling car in the United Kingdom. The Ford Fiesta was the best-selling car in the UK for the third time in four tries this year. Sales jumped 30% in April 2012. Overall Ford sales increased 12% year-over-year. The Fiesta and third-best-selling Focus accounted for seven out of every ten Ford UK sales in the first four months of 2012.

There’s nothing odd about seeing the BMW 3-Series on


enabled by its poverty-spec 1.2L 69-hp powerplant. At £9960, the 500 is £4035 less than an entry-level 85-hp Focus Studio 1.6L. In the United States, on the other hand, the 101-hp Fiat 500 Pop is presently just $795 less than the 160-hp Focus S sedan.

We’re not attempting to indicate that these cars are direct rivals, only that the market structure is seemingly set up to make life difficult for the Fiat in America. April sales numbers tell us that the Focus was twice as popular as the 500 in the United Kingdom but in the U.S, the Focus was five times as popular as the Fiat. And the Focus is not at all close to being America’s top-selling vehicle.

The top 10 best-selling cars in the United Kingdom areThe Wings of the Dove and wrote the screenplays for Jude (1995), The Four Feathers (2002), and Drive (2011).

In honor of her introduction to the collection, with An Angel at My Table, we asked director Jane Campion to contribute a list of Criterion films that are on her mind at the moment. Campion’s debut feature, Sweetie, is also available from Criterion


Wednesday, October 31, 2007

"For those of us who had spent every day of the past 10 years completely wasted, even the idea of getting through a couple of days without drugs felt like some kind of miracle."

Twenty years ago, Will Keighley started on the road to recovery from addiction. Now he wonders whether he will be the last survivor of his Narcotics Anonymous group.

It was a very English funeral. Half-stifled tears in a small church in Essex; professional pall-bearers with professionally solemn faces; a slightly awkward, tentative address from an older brother; solid Victorian hymns that sang of a triumph over death that no one really felt. Apart from the two heart-breaking readings from his children, I'm not sure Adam would have recognised his own funeral. But then,alone, having lost his marriage and his job, and had been taking anything and everything he could lay his hands on. In his usual perverse way, Adam survived another 18 months or so. He flirted with recovery and his family tried everything they could to help, from taking him in to kicking him out, but the self-destruct button was full on. He was found dead from an overdose, alone in a rundown basement flat, a few weeks ago.

Adam and I had been members of the Narcotics Anonymous (NA) class of '87. We hadn't known each other while we were using, but we spent a great deal of time together when we first cleaned up. We were the wrong side of 30, had been junkies for the best part


the late 80s and early 90s there were no retrovirals, and people, including several close friends whom I had known almost from day one in NA, started to get sick and die.

There were no tearful, bedside farewells surrounded by family for Nico. He reached the stage where he couldn't hack it any more and killed himself in the bath. Then there was Paulo, who had befriended me and let me sleep on his sofa until I could find somewhere to live. He had had good jobs, but once Aids took hold of him he fell to pieces. First, he disappeared back to Italy to take as much smack as he could, and then he returned to England. I didn't recognise him the last time I saw him; allthe Eastern Conference. Three of the top 25 were Rangers. Henrik Sedin was the busiest Canuck forward at 19:20 per game, which was only 42nd in the league.

Tortorella was the only NHL coach who used four defencemen more than 23 minutes a night, and three Rangers averaged more than 24 minutes. Only three other teams had as many as two blue-liners over that threshold. Thirteen had none.

Top Canuck Alex Edler averaged 23:50.

And Tortorella’s goalie, Henrik Lundqvist, was second in the NHL in minutes and started 43 of the Rangers’ 48 games. By the way, none of the busiest 10 goalies in the league made it past the playoffs’ second round.

How will Tortorella’s plan to ride his top players work in the Western Conference?

“There will be no team in


Coveney in Ros An Mhíl to Support Efforts to Refloat Grounded Ship

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, is today travelling to Ros an Mhíl to see for himself the operation underway to attempt to refloat the large merchant vessel which ran aground in the harbour early this morning.

Minister Coveney is meeting the Harbour Master and will be briefed by the various agencies who are involved in the operation, including the Irish Coast Guard, Galway County Council and the ship's representatives and will be given a full assessment of the current situation and the contingency arrangements being put in place by the agencies involved for the next few days.

The Minister said "I am anxious to see the situation for myself and to express mythe vessel and no pollution has been reported. Meanwhile, the vessel's owners are in the process of organising tugs to help move it from its current position.

Note for Editors:

The Fishery Harbour Centre at Ros an Mhíl is one of six owned and managed by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and significant infrastructural development has taken place in Ros an Mhíl in recent years. It is the primary point of departure for access to the Aran Islands (200,000+ passengers per annum).


How to assess frailty and the need for care? Report from the Study of Health and Drugs in the Elderly (SHADES) in community dwellings in Sweden.
Knowledge about the need for care of elderly individuals in community dwellings and the factors affecting their needs and support is limited. The aim of this study was to characterize the frailty of a population of elderly individuals living in community dwellings in Sweden in relation to co-morbidity, use of drugs, and risk of severe conditions such as malnutrition, pressure ulcers, and falls. In 2008, 315 elderly individuals living in community dwellings were interviewed and examined as part of the SHADES-study. The elderly demonstrated co-morbidity (a mean of three diseases) and polypharmacy (an average of seven drugs). More than half the sample wasThe success of The King's Speech and The Inbetweeners has helped independent British films to a greater share of box office receipts than ever before.

Figures released by the British Film Institute (BFI) show they accounted for 13.5% of the £1.4 billion spent at the UK box office in 2010.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, the finale of the teenage wizard's adventures, was the highest earning film of 2011 pulling in £73 million at the box office in the UK and the Republic of Ireland.

The next most successful were The King's Speech and The Inbetweeners which earned £45.6 million and £45 million respectively.

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and The Hangover 2 rounded off the top five biggest earners.

The figures also reveal that more money than


ever before was spent on film production in the UK in 2011 - £1.26 billion - but the total number of UK films produced with budgets of £500,000 and more fell to 71 from 78 in 2010.

BFI boss Amanda Nevill said: "Film is at the very core of Britain's cultural life and today's figures show that the appetite for cinema-going across the UK is as healthy as ever. 2011 was a phenomenal year, with the box office results showing that independently produced British films captivated audiences.

"That said, we are pragmatic; it's still a challenging time for filmmakers trying to raise finance to make independent British films in this tough economic climate.

"As we enter 2012 many challenges remain, but today's figures clearly show that keeping audiences at the heartthe top of a gravity well or at least higher up the well than the adversary.

The planet-bound analogy to this is the doctrine of the “ (or weather gage (Heinlein called the space war version the " gravity gauge ")

The salient feature of the gravity well doctrine is the fact that it provides both an energy advantage and a maneuvering advantage to the person on the high ground. It requires far less energy in the form of propulsion and propellants to operate high on the gravity well, and it is possible to maneuver with relative ease and ﬂexibility at or near the top of it.

A simple analogy indicates the basic military advantage: Put one man at the bottom of a well and the other at the top of


concept ﬁrst put forth by Dr. Robert S. Richardson, then of Mount Wilson Observatory, and reported by Arthur C. Clarke in his pioneering 1950 book on space, Interplanetary Flight. Because of Earth's gravity ﬁeld, our planet can be considered as being at the bottom of a tapering well some 4000 miles deep. Near the bottom of the well, the walls are very steep; as one reaches the top of the "gravity well," the sides become less steep until, at the top of this funnel, we have reached a nearly ﬂat plain which is dimpled by another, smaller, shallower gravity well some 240,000 miles away, the gravity well of the Moon. While this is a simpliﬁcation, it conveys the concept of the gravity well.To climb up the gravity wellthe late 20th Century and the early 21st Century: with improvements in space transportation available and with the technology in hand to maintain long-term military positions in space,Control implies that one is able to regulate the ﬂow of space-going commerce and other traffic, to protect one's own facilities in space, to deny the use of other critical military and/or commercial orbital areas to others, to launch strikes against any target on the surface of the Earth or the Moon or in any orbit in the Earth-Moon system, or to detect any oncoming threat and take counteraction in time.

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A weapon can be broadly deﬁned as a means of imposing one’s will upon another. Thus, a weapon need not have a physical reality; the threat of


the area through which surface-to-surface ICBM's must travel during the ballistic portion of their flight and therefore the area in which they are most vulnerable to intercept by orbital-launched interceptors or orbital beam weapons. Although NEO is reasonably far up on the sides of the gravity well funnel in terms of the energy requirements needed to reach the area from the earth’s surface, current technology permits the deployment of rapid-ascent satellite interceptors. Thus NEO is an area where it is difficult to respond to threat: a nearness to counter-weapons on the surface or in orbit, and large energy expenditures are required for maneuver in the area. The possibility of basing a large crewed military space station in NEO should be dismissed; it would be a very large targetThe Poky Little Puppy Storytime

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(1940).
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Equities’ investors at the stock market netted N765 billion in the three-month period that ended September 30, pushing the year-to-date gain for the first nine months of the year to N2.97 trillion.

Despite a recurring profit-taking trend that led to tepid performance in September, quoted equities drew on strong rallies in the early months of the third quarter to close the period positive.

Benchmark indices and sectoral trackers at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) indicated that Nigerian equities continued to outperform other classes of assets as historically low valuations, improved macroeconomic outlook and foreign exchange management sustained another quarter-on-quarter rally to push average year-to-date return by the nine-month period ended September 30, 2017 at 31.87 per cent.

While the profit-taking transactions had depressed most equities in


trillion while the ASI closed at 33,117.48 points.

The sustained rebound in the equities market so far this year represents a major recovery for hard-pressed Nigerian investors, who had lost N3.98 trillion in the past three years. The stock market had been on a losing streak since 2014. Investors lost N1.75 trillion in 2014 and followed this with another loss of N1.63 trillion in 2015. Against the general expectation that political transition and new government will quicken a rebound, equities closed 2016 with a net capital loss of N604 billion. Aggregate market value of all quoted equities on the NSE closed 2016 at N9.247 trillion as against N13.226 trillion recorded at the start of trading in 2014, representing a net capital loss of N3.98 trillion.

Meanwhile, total turnover at thebelieve market performance will be majorly driven by investors’ expectation of third quarter 2017 report card. Nonetheless, we advise investors to stay bullish on stocks with sound fundamentals,” Afrinvest Securities stated.

Managing Director, Cowry Asset Management Limited, Mr. Johnson Chukwu, said the recovery at the stock market was a response to positive changes in the polity noting that the stock market performance usually aligns with macroeconomic outlook.

According to him, the stock market had remained depressed in the first quarter under poor liquidity amidst uncertain and unrealistic foreign exchange management. But the market turned round in the second quarter with the changes in the foreign exchange management and improvement in macroeconomic coordination.

Chukwu said the market recovery was boosted by the introduction of the Investors and Exporters’ foreign exchange window and


efforts being made in Palm Beach County are for good reason.

Tracking the Problem

The only available details on the five victims so far include:

5:19 p.m. report of a man found in a parked car near Seacrest Boulevard

9:44 p.m. a man was found in a car at the 7-11 convenience store

10:31 p.m. a 40-year-old man was found dead in his bathroom at the Las Ventanas apartment complex on Federal Highway

30 minutes later, a man was found near the Rosemary Scrub Park

2 a.m. a man identified as Thomas Varner was found unresponsive at the Homing Inn on Federal Highway — a place police know well for its number of overdoses

Varner, who was the final overdose of the five, received CPR from police officers at the scene. After an attempt to reviveto be the last straw for the Palm Beach County Commission. On Tuesday the commission called for an official investigation into the active ingredient offered at local kava bars in this southern Florida area.

In 2013, New Times reported on a Jupiter couple who sued a West Palm Beach kava bar because they claimed they became addicted to the kratom-laced drinks served there. Since that first story was written and published, two of New Times‘ reporters actually tried kratom, and reported back to that publication on their findings.

While this case continues, the Palm Beach County Substance Awareness Coalition, which was created to help stamp out drug and alcohol abuse in the area, has openly stated that more studies are definitely needed on kratom into order to determine the necessary


is a former director of the ACLU New York office, is the former director of the litigation legal department of the Puerto Rico Office of Legal Services, and is a former professor of law at the University of Puerto Rico, requested to be compensated at the rate of $200.00 an hour for out of court work and $250.00 an hour for in court work. These rates are lower that those suggested by Ms. Berkan. The Court also finds the claimed rates by counsel Tio reasonable. This Court grants the rates requested by Counsel Tio Fernandez. The Court further grants the rates requested by counsel Roberto Fernandez.
The Court emphasizes that the only evidence on record received by the Court in the rate criteria was developed exclusively by the prevailingAs recently as a week ago, she was wobbly and tenuous as she rode in circles. But with practice it's taken hold, and now the only thing she needs a little help with is her start-from-stop. (I give her a gentle push, and she's off!)

We are fortunate to be very close to some public tennis courts. The asphalt in our driveway is fine, as are the neighborhood sidewalks. But the tennis courts are glass-smooth.

She still needs some practice before she's ready to take to the roads - you can't be weaving back and forth, trying to maintain balanace, when you're sharing the pavement with cars.

Monday, August 30, 2010

Boris was back at his post. (Actually he hadn't manned his post yet, but I saw his familiar car, and he


was sitting in it. I look forward to exchanging "good mornings" with him over the course of another school year.)

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

For several years, during the school year I've enjoyed bicycling through a certain intersection and greeting "Boris."

Boris was the crossing guard. Although the intersection has traffic signals and crosswalks, he was there apparently to add visibility by wearing his hi-viz vest and carrying his stop sign as he accompanied kids across the busy streets.

I don't know where Boris was from, but he sounded like he had a "slavic" type accent, and English was obviously his second language - if he knew English at all. But he always had a cheerful smile, and countered my "Good morning!" with a "Goot morneenk!" back at me.

Often times, his wifeKirtland Temple Solemn Assembly

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have no reason yet to like or dislike him. In a general way, I
should prefer to say that I do like him.”

“But what do you mean by your remark that he will repay study?”

“Perhaps you will not understand me,” he answered thoughtfully. “Your
vicar has a soul, Nell.”

“So have we all, I suppose.”

“At least he believes he has one,” said Mr. Haldane, with a slight
shrug of his shoulders.

“Well!”

“And he is trying to save it.”

“We all are, I hope.”

“I beg your pardon, Nell; the phenomenon in these days is a
psychological rarity, and, being rare, is naturally interesting. It
is one of the obscure problems of cerebration. Ah! here comes your
vicar.”

With a bright smile Mrs. Haldane advanced to meet him, and cordially
shook hands with him. “You must allow me to introduce youway
in which he had addressed her as “Ellen” that first Sunday. She
had ever since been only Mrs. Haldane to him. There was a singular
fascination about him which she was unable to explain to herself.
She remembered his words, his looks his gestures with a curious
distinctness. She was conscious that, notwithstanding his reticence,
he still entertained a warm attachment to her. She could see it in his
eyes, could hear it in the tones of his voice, could feel it in the
pressure of his hand. There is no incentive to affection so powerful
and subtle as the knowledge that one is beloved. Without any analysis
of her feelings or any misgiving whatever, Mrs. Haldane knew that the
vicar’s friendship was very dear to her, that his sympathy and counsel
were rapidly growing indispensable. Many things troubled


was silent, and his eyes were cast on the ground.

“Have I done you an injustice?” she asked in a low tone, after a
little pause. “Then, pray, do forgive me.”

The vicar regarded her with a look of sadness, and took the little
gloved hand she held out to him.

“You do me injustice in thinking that I have forgotten your position.”

Mrs. Haldane  deeply.

“No,” continued the vicar, “I have not forgotten that. I _cannot_
forget it. And if I still love you with the old love of those vanished
years, if I love you with a love which will colour my whole life, do
not imagine that it is with any hope of a response in this world. I
do your husband no injustice; I do you no dishonour. I loved you long
before he knewwas indeed already
in her eyes--her adviser, sympathiser, friend. Only this secret
unexpectant love which lived on the past and the future agitated her.
And yet surely it was a pure spiritual love which asked for no return
on this side of the grave. These thoughts occurred to her before she
took the sober common-sense view of what he had said.

“You are taking too visionary, too feverish a view of life when you
speak in that way,” she said gently. “We cannot live on dreams. Our
duties, our work, our disappointments and cares are too real for us to
be satisfied with any love less real. You will some day meet some one
worthy of your affection, capable of sympathising with you and aiding
you in your life-work--some one who will be a fitting helpmeet to you.
For my


did really and most truly
love you with all my heart and soul. You were my very wife, in God’s
eyes, if love and truth be, as they are, what makes the validity
of marriage. I did not deceive you; I did not speak in a moment of
passion. Before Heaven I took you for my wife, and before Heaven I
believed myself your husband.”

“And then she came!” interposed Edith, bitterly.

“And then she came. I have told you all she was to me once, all
I hoped she would one day be. But I have not told you how I have
struggled to be true to you in every word and thought. It has been a
hard and a bitter struggle--all the more hard and bitter that I have
failed. I confess, Edith, that I have notborn again believer, I have had the amazing privilege of seeing these stories through the lens of the cross rather than through the lens of Ellen White—a lens, by the way, of which I was totally unaware. In fact, I would have denied having an Ellen White lens, since I never directly read any of her books.

This year, reading the Bible with unveiled eyes has allowed me to see the beauty of God’s sovereignty, His merciful keeping of the people of Israel throughout the ages, and His full and complete plan of atonement for all mankind which was foreshadowed and prophesied throughout the entire Old Testament and brought to beautiful fruition in the New Testament through the birth, death, and resurrection of the Lord Jesus.

Throughout this experience, I


Civil War and Infinity War. In one movie, Iron Man and Captain America fight about who makes the better superhero. In the next movie, Iron Man and Dr. Strange fight about who makes the better superhero. Times change, never as much as they should.

Complete Summer 2008 Schedule:

May 2: Iron Man and Made of Honor

May 9: Speed Racer

May 16: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

May 22: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Crystal Skull

May 30: Sex and the City

June 6: Kung Fu Panda

June 13: The Happening

June 20: Get Smart, Kit Kittredge: An American Girl, and The Love Guru

June 27: Wall-E and Wanted

July 2: Hancock

July 11: Hellboy 2: The Golden Army

July 18: Mamma Mia and The Dark Knight

July 25: Step Brothers

August 1: The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

August 6:Thousands apply to become one of four astronauts selected to set up a human colony in a plan that comes with snags

A few months before he died, Carl Sagan recorded a message of hope to would-be Mars explorers, telling them: "Whatever the reason you're on Mars is, I'm glad you're there. And I wish I was with you."

On Monday, 17 years after the pioneering astronomer set out his hopeful vision of the future in 1996, a company from the Netherlands is proposing to turn Sagan's dreams of reaching Mars into reality. The company, Mars One, plans to send four astronauts on a trip to the Red Planet to set up a human colony in 2023. But there are a couple of serious snags.

Firstly, when on Mars their bodies


perform a safe re-entry and landing.

"Not one of these is a small endeavour" the site notes, requiring "substantial technical capacity, weight and cost".

Nevertheless, the project has already had 10,000 applicants, according to the company's medical director, Norbert Kraft. When the official search is launched on Monday at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York, they expect tens of thousands more hopefuls to put their names forward.

Kraft told the Guardian that the applicants so far ranged in age from 18 to at least 62 and, though they include women, they tended to be men.

The reasons they gave for wanting to go were varied, he said. One of three examples Kraft forwarded by email to the Guardian cited Sagan.

An American woman called Cynthia, who gave her age as 32, told thecompany that it was a "childhood imagining" of hers to go to Mars. She described a trip her mother had taken her on in the early 1990s to a lecture at the University of Wisconsin.

In a communication to Mars One, she said the lecturer had been Sagan and she had asked him if he thought humans would land on Mars in her lifetime. Cynthia said: "He in turn asked me if I wanted to be trapped in a 'tin can spacecraft' for the two years it would take to get there. I told him yes, he smiled, and told me in all seriousness, that yes, he absolutely believed that humans would reach Mars in my lifetime."

She told the project: "When I first heard about the Mars One project


I thought, this is my chance – that childhood dream could become a reality. I could be one of the pioneers, building the first settlement on Mars and teaching people back home that there are still uncharted territories that humans can reach for."

The prime attributes Mars One is looking for in astronaut-settlers is resilience, adaptability, curiosity, ability to trust and resourcefulness, according to Kraft. They must also be over 18.

Professor Gerard 't Hooft, winner of the Nobel prize for theoretical physics in 1999 and lecturer of theoretical physics at the University of Utrecht, Holland, is an ambassador for the project. 'T Hooft admits there are unknown health risks. The radiation is "of quite a different nature" than anything that has been tested on Earth, he told the BBC.

Foundeda sum Lansdorp has said he hopes will be met partly by selling broadcasting rights. "The revenue garnered by the London Olympics was almost enough to finance a mission to Mars," Lansdorp said, in an interview with ABC News in March.

Another ambassador to the project is Paul Römer, the co-creator of Big Brother, one of the first reality TV shows and one of the most successful.

On the website, Römer gave an indication of how the broadcasting of the project might proceed: "This mission to Mars can be the biggest media event in the world," said Römer. "Reality meets talent show with no ending and the whole world watching. Now there's a good pitch!"

The aim is to establish a permanent human colony, according to the company's website. The first


Valeri Polyakov, of Russia, in a manned space flight in 1994.

But the Mars One website states: "While a cosmonaut on board the Mir was able to walk upon return to Earth after 13 months in a weightless environment, after a prolonged stay on Mars the human body will not be able to adjust to the higher gravity of Earth upon return.

"There is a point in time after which the human body will have adjusted to the 38% gravitation field of Mars, and be incapable of returning to the Earth's much stronger gravity. This is due to the total physiological change in the human body, which includes reduction in bone density, muscle strength, and circulatory system capacity."Thursday morning, Senate Democrats named Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) to a new position in the leadership of their caucus. Warren will help craft policy and messaging, and she'll be a liaison to liberal groups, reports Amanda Terkel of the Huffington Post.

The move gives Warren, a frequent critic of banks and Wall Street, an official role in setting the direction of the new Democratic minority — though she'll remain outranked by several more senior senators who've been in leadership for years. It's also an attempt to restore liberal enthusiasm for the beleaguered and unpopular Democratic Party, by elevating a figure who is popular with the party's base.

Yet the larger role in Senate leadership seems to make the chances Warren will challenge Hillary Clinton for president — already an unlikely


prospect — even smaller.

Warren's background

When the financial crisis hit in fall 2008, Warren was ensconced as a professor at Harvard Law. Her expertise was in personal bankruptcy, and she was known as a critic of credit card companies — but she didn't seem to have any political ambitions.

Progressive activists hope Warren can change the conversation around economic issues

But, that November, Harry Reid appointed her to Congress's panel overseeing the TARP bailout. Warren soon became nationally known as a harsh critic of Wall Street, big banks, and occasionally President Obama's economic team.

Warren advocated for the rights of consumers, and pushed the idea that a new federal agency should be created specifically to stand up for those rights. That agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, was eventually created by thefinancial reform law after a fierce legislative battle. President Obama appointed her to help set up the new agency, but didn't nominate her as its permanent director.

Instead, after coaxing from progressive activists, Warren ran for Senate in Massachusetts against the recently-elected Senator Scott Brown (R). Her economic populism and criticism of Wall Street and the wealthy were central to her campaign. "There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody," she said in one viral video.

After an expensive, tough-fought campaign in which Warren raised huge amounts of money — much from small donors — Warren was elected to the Senate in November 2012. Harry Reid then appointed her to the Senate Banking Committee.

2016 speculation

Almost immediately after she was sworn in, chatter began about a


though in one recent interview she was slightly less definitive on the topic. But some thought that a Democratic loss of the Senate this year would make Warren less likely to want to stick around the chamber in the minority — and more likely to throw her hat in the ring for a presidential bid.

With this new Senate leadership position, though, Warren has a reason to stick around in DC — and a reason to focus on the work of legislating and strategizing against the new Republican majority.

Additionally, if she intended to challenge the powerful front-runner Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination, she'd really have to start planning about now. (Obama began sending signals that he'd jump in the 2008 race in October 2006.) It takes months ofwhich I believe may happen soon," the NSA was quoted in a report by news agency ANI.

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on detention of political leaders(in J&K): Everything is done according to the framework of law, they can challenge their detention in Court — ANI (@ANI) September 7, 2019

Last month Ms Mufti's daughter, Sana Iltija Javed, wrote to Home Minister Amit Shah, stating she was worried about her mother's health, having not been able to contact her. She challenged her mother's detention and wrote: "Kashmiris have been caged like animals and deprived of basic human rights."

Earlier this week the Supreme Court ordered that she be allowed to meet her mother.

On Thursday the Supreme Court intervened to order that Left leader Mohammed Tarigami, who had also been placed under


Jammu and Kashmir administration said on August 28.

The government has maintained that the restrictions and detentions were necessary to maintain law and order. Mr Doval on Saturday claimed the measures had worked.

"I think the situation in Jammu and Kashmir is getting much better than what I anticipated. Only one incident has been reported, on August 6, in which one young boy succumbed; he did not die of bullet injury," he said.

The situation also prompted the international community to voice its worries, with the United States declaring it was "concerned by reports of detentions".

The United Nations said the situation was "deeply concerning".

With input from ANIFrance's leading unions and prominent politicians across the political spectrum called for calm Thursday after the worst rioting in Paris in decades last weekend. Many shops and restaurants in the center of Paris plan to shut down Saturday, fearing a repeat of the violence.

Macron on Wednesday agreed to abandon the fuel tax hike, part of his plans to combat global warming, but protesters' demands have now expanded to other issues hurting French workers, retirees and students.

In a move questioned by both critics and supporters, the president himself has disappeared from public view.

François Gemenne of Liège University discusses the 'Yellow Vest' movement

Scores of protesting teens clashed with police at a high school west of Paris on Thursday, according to French news reports, as part of nationwide student protests over


of police beating protesters at a Burger King near the Champs-Elysees have stoked the anger. A police spokeswoman said Thursday that an investigation is underway into that incident and police are examining other videos online for possible violations.

Macron, the central target of the protests, has been largely invisible all week. After winning election overwhelmingly last year, the 40-year-old pro-business centrist has sought to make France more competitive globally. But his efforts have alienated many of his own voters with tax cuts for the rich to spur investment and other badly explained reforms - and what many see as his elitist, out-of-touch attitude.

>> In search for French heroes, Macron blunders – again

'All of Macron's predecessors bowed to street protests'

Macron doesn't face re-election until 2022 and his party has astrong majority in parliament, but his political opponents are increasingly vocal and plan a no-confidence vote in the government next week.

The prime minister on Thursday reiterated the government's plan to scrap a fuel tax rise planned by the previous government because of the "extreme tensions that our country is going through."

"No tax deserves to put civil peace in danger," Philippe said.

The rioting in Paris has worried tourists, prompted the cancellation of four French league soccer matches this weekend around the country and damaged the local economy at the height of the holiday shopping season. Rampaging groups threw cobblestones through storefronts and looted valuables in some of the city's richest neighborhoods.

Clement Rozey, manager of a motorcycle shop in western Paris, spent two days and nights cleaning up after he


watched helplessly as a group of thugs smashed his shop windows and emptied his shelves. He has boarded up the store and will stay closed Saturday.

"We're going to have a security company with security guards inside and outside the shop," Rozey told the AP. "Everything has been fenced off, several times."

Yet he remains sympathetic to the protest movement.

"Just like everybody, we're strangled (financially) after the 15th of the month," he said, referring to the day when many French workers are paid. The protesters "are defending a cause, they're following through and rightly so. We support them whole-heartedly."

But violent troublemakers who pillage and riot?

"That's something else," Rozey said.

(AP)

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