who left Medco in November.

IT chiefs also need to work closely with HR to provide more career development to IT staff. "Half the people leave their jobs because they're not receiving career counseling," says Langer. "There's a lack of interest in having that discussion--and that's the first problem."

To help address those issues and improve employee retention rates, Langer suggests that CIOs and HR professionals work with IT employees and their supervisors to develop a plan that sets "realistic options for where their careers are going."With a presidential candidate on the Republican side who is the darling of neo-Confederates, old style KKK-types, and alt-right white nationalists, there’s no time like the present to review the United States’ troubled history with racism. International Publishers’ new and completely updated edition of The Civil War in the United States by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels is an opportunity to do just that.

What makes this collection of writings by these two giants particularly interesting, however, is not just the commentary they offer on the Civil War. As Professor Andrew Zimmerman, who edited this edition, says in his introduction, “Readers will not find a Marxist interpretation” of the war in this book. Instead, what it showcases is Marx and Engels in the process of applying their methodology of


rich in detail and tailored to a contemporary audience. Marx and Engels’ newspaper articles and private correspondence are situated within the historical and political debates of their day, but their place in the ongoing development of Marxist political economy is also chronicled. As Zimmerman points out, Capital Volume 1 would appear just a couple of years after the Civil War, so the selections in this book are examples of Marxism in its own process of development.

A fundamental conclusion that Marx and Engels return to throughout is the undeniable reality that the Civil War was, fundamentally, a social revolution against the institution of slavery. Efforts by some at the time (and subsequently by revisionist historians) to paint the conflict as being fought solely over tariffs or “states’ rights” tradea military one. Following on the insights of DuBois and others, Zimmerman rescues Marx and Engels’ arguments from the mechanistic “Marxist” interpretations of the war which have characterized it as simply the victory of a bourgeois revolution and the freeing of capitalism from its slave fetters. In Zimmerman’s words, the war was, according to Marx and Engels, “a workers’ revolution carried out within a bourgeois republic that was finally undermined by that bourgeois republic.” That undermining of course, was the counterrevolution against Reconstruction.

Zimmerman does not shy away from the shortcomings of Marx and Engels in his introductions or his selection of texts, however. He is blunt in his critique of their propensity to underestimate and not properly recognize the central role played by slaves and former slaves in


Engels drew from the Civil War are reflected in their writings on the role of racism in England’s colonial domination of Ireland and on the class struggle nature of revolution which was displayed in the Paris Commune. The latter “Civil War in France” was described by Marx with the same language that had colored his earlier descriptions of the fight against the Confederacy. The Commune, he said, was yet another example of “the war of the enslaved against their enslavers.”

This book stands as an example of how the two masters of critical political economy grappled with the rapid development of capitalism and the upheaval of social revolution in the mid-19th century. The insights of the selected writings on offer are matched by the succinct but illuminating introductory textsby Zimmerman. The volume holds importance for not just students of Marxism or the Civil War, but for political activists and academics broadly.

The Civil War in the United States

by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.

Introduction by Andrew Zimmerman.

219 pp. $14.00, ISBN: 978-07178-0753-6.

Available in paperback from International Publishers.

Editor’s Note: International Publishers is hosting a book talk with Andrew Zimmerman to discuss this new edition on Thursday September 22 at 7pm at Brooklyn Commons, 388 Atlantic Ave. in Brooklyn, NY.


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In the summer of 1955, President Dwight Eisenhower flew to Geneva for the first summit meeting of the Cold War. Two and a half years into his presidency, Eisenhower was not sure who was running the Soviet Union. Was it Nikolai Bulganin, the chairman of the Council of Ministers? Tall and smiling, Bulganin seemed relatively benign. (With his goatee and white suit, Bulganin bore a striking resemblance to Colonel Sanders of the Kentucky Fried Chicken chain.) Eisenhower hoped the real power lay with Georgy Zhukov, the Red Army field marshal who had been Ike's comrade in arms in World War II. Having seen so much war, Zhukov hated it as much as Ike did. But when Ike sent his son John, an army major, out to do alittle informal spying at "tea" (cocktails), John reported back that Zhukov seemed subdued and shaken. "Things are not as they seem," Zhukov whispered John Eisenhower.

Eisenhower found out who was really in charge four days later when he unveiled his major peace initiative, called "Open Skies," to allow the Soviet and American reconnaissance planes to freely fly over each other's territory. The idea was to reduce the threat of surprise attack, the great fear of the new nuclear age. After the speech, a short, round man came straight for the American president wagging a stubby finger and saying, Nyet, nyet, nyet. "Open Skies," said Nikita Khrushchev, the Communist Party chairman, was just a chance for the Americans to peer into Russian bedrooms.

In his diary kept at Geneva, British Foreign


Secretary Harold Macmillan wrote, "Khrushchev is a mystery. How can this fat, vulgar man with his pig eyes and ceaseless flow of talk really be the head -- the aspirant Tsar -- of all these million of people of this vast country?" The French foreign minister described Khrushchev, as "this little man with his fat paws." Khrushchev seemed to be equal parts bluster and insecurity. He worried to his son Sergei that he was not properly dressed for dinner at the summit and that he had arrived in Geneva in a plane that was smaller than the planes of the western leaders.

Eisenhower reserved his judgment of Khrushchev, or at least concealed it from others. He did not believe in showing his cards until he absolutely had to. AtWest Point, young Eisenhower had skipped cadet dances to play poker. (He later bought his fiance, Mamie, her wedding dress with his card game winnings.) He was so good at poker he had to give it up--he had won too much money from his fellow officers, and his reputation as a card shark was hurting his career. He continued to play bridge, however. He was not much fun to play with, recalled his son John, who finally quit playing with him because he found his father too humorless and demanding as a partner. Ike's famous, sunny smile was to some degree a façade. Eisenhower was "far more complex and devious than most Americans realize," recalled his vice-president, Richard Nixon, in his memoirs. (Nixon added, "in the best sense


of those words.") When I interviewed John Eisenhower, a retired ambassador, brigadier general and professional historian, then in his mid-80s, the son pondered his famous father, with whom he had a loving but complicated relationship. He said Ike seemed evenly balanced between open warmth and cold-bloodedness. He thought for a moment and said, with a slight smile, "Make that 75 percent cold-blooded."connotations. It was replaced by homophile in the 1950s and 1960s,[18] and subsequently gay in the 1970s; the latter term was adopted first by the homosexual community.[12] Lars Ullerstam promoted use of the term sexual minority in the 1960s,(sv) as an analogy to the term ethnic minority for non-whites.[19]

As lesbians forged more public identities, the phrase "gay and lesbian" became more common.[2] The Daughters of Bilitis folded in 1970 due to disputes over their direction: whether to focus on feminism or gay rights issues.[20] As equality was a priority for lesbian feminists, disparity of roles between men and women or butch and femme were viewed as patriarchal. Lesbian feminists eschewed gender role play that had been pervasive in bars, as well as the perceived chauvinism of gay men;


many lesbian feminists refused to work with gay men, or take up their causes.[21]

Lesbians who held a more essentialist view, that they had been born homosexual and used the descriptor "lesbian" to define sexual attraction, often considered the separatist, angry opinions of lesbian-feminists to be detrimental to the cause of gay rights.[22] Bisexual and transgender people also sought recognition as legitimate categories within the larger minority community.[2]

After the elation of change following group action in the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City, in the late 1970s and the early 1980s, some gays and lesbians became less accepting of bisexual or transgender people.[23][24] Critics said that transgender people were acting out stereotypes and bisexuals were simply gay men or lesbian women who were afraid to come out andS. 3036

To limit the separation of families at or near ports of entry.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

Mrs. Feinstein (for herself, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Harris, Mr. Leahy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Reed, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Carper, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Casey, Ms. Klobuchar, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Warner, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Murphy, Ms. Hirono, Mr. King, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Warren, Mr. Markey, Mr. Booker, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Udall, and Mrs. Gillibrand) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To limit the separation of families at or near ports of entry.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of


Ruled by a former military coup leader, Mauritania is a North African Islamic state where slavery exists and where conversion to another faith is punishable by death. (Map from State Dept. website)

(CNSNews.com) – The U.N.’s top human rights body marked Human Rights Day on Monday by electing three countries with poor human rights records as vice presidents for the coming year – including one of the last remaining countries where slavery exists.

At a meeting in Geneva, members of the U.N. Human Rights Council elected Mauritania, the Maldives and Ecuador as three of its four vice presidents for 2013. Switzerland got the fourth vice-presidential slot, while Poland was elected president.

According to U.N. Watch, a non-governmental organization that monitors the HRC, none of the democracies on the HRC had “saiddeath penalty in Mauritania.

Slavery of black Africans has been rooted in Mauritanian society for centuries According to activists, up to 18 percent of the population may still be in slavery today.

Female genital mutilation is formally illegal but “widely practiced,” according to Freedom House. Mauritania was listed in 122nd place (out of 135) in a recent World Economic Forum report on the gap between women and men in economic participation, educational attainment, political empowerment and health and survival.

Another of next year’s HRC vice-presidents, the Maldives, is also an Islamic state where all citizens are required to be Sunni Muslims, and non-Muslim foreign workers may only practice their faith in private. Speech deemed “contrary to the tenets of Islam” is restricted.

Under the Indian Ocean island nation’s law, women may be


flogged for extramarital sex and homosexual activity is a crime, punishable with banishment and flogging.

Ecuador is an electoral democracy but a country which, Freedom House reports, President Rafael Correa has turned into “one of the more restrictive countries for freedom of expression in Latin America and taken steps to assault freedom of association.”

In its latest annual evaluation Freedom House reported a worsening trend in Ecuador, citing “the government’s intensified campaign against opposition leaders and intimidation of journalists, its excessive use of public resources to influence a national referendum, and the unconstitutional restructuring of the judiciary.”

Reporters Without Borders ranked Ecuador in 104th place (out of 179) in its Press Freedom Index for 2011/2012. Mauritania was in 67th place, and the Maldives in 73rd.

Mauritania, Maldives and Ecuador have been HRCThe Earlewood Community Citizens Organization (ECCO) represents the residents of the Earlewood neighborhood. The organization was formed in 1977 — one of the first neighborhood associations in Columbia — and serves to maintain and improve the quality of life, residential character, safety, and sense of community and pride in the Earlewood neighborhood.


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Directors

"It's Brawl in the Family" is the thirty-first episode of RWBY and the third episode of Volume 3. It premiered for Rooster Teeth sponsors on November 14th, 2015 and was made public on November 15th, 2015.

Contents

Summary

With Ruby Rose in tow, Weiss Schnee hurries to meet her sister, Winter Schnee, as her airship lands at Beacon Academy. Weiss is overjoyed and excited to see her sister, but Winter is initially cold and dismissive, refusing to tell Weiss the reason and duration of her visit, as well as criticizing her "novice" performance in the Vytal Festival. However, after this cold initial exchange, Winter becomes warmer towards Weiss, expressing interest and concern for her well-being. Weiss introduces Ruby to Winter, and the sisters leave together.

However, Qrow Branwen arrives at Beacon anddestroys two of the Atlesian Knight-200s in Winter's entourage, attracting her attention. Qrow, with whom Winter is familiar, accuses her superior, General James Ironwood, of being a sellout and betraying Professor Ozpin. He also mocks Atlas' ability to protect the people. Angered by Qrow's accusations and disrespect, Winter draws her sword and attacks Qrow, who retaliates with Harbinger, his transforming gun-sword-scythe. The pair then begins to fight in the crowded Beacon courtyard as Ruby and Weiss watch from the sidelines. However, the fight is interrupted by Ironwood, who orders Winter to stand down. Ironwood is shortly followed by Ozpin and Glynda Goodwitch, who disperse the crowd.

That evening, Ironwood, Winter, Qrow, Glynda and Ozpin meet at Ozpin's office. The meeting is tense, with Winter and Qrow blaming each other


for starting the altercation. Ironwood orders Winter to leave, and the remaining four discuss matters of security, and the threat looming in the shadows. Qrow, who has been away for months on a reconnaissance mission, reveals that the mysterious infiltrator who had compromised Beacon was also responsible for the comatose condition of Amber, the current Fall Maiden. He warns that he has "seen the things she's[1] made, and they are fear."

Qrow also criticizes Ironwood's indiscretion in bringing an enormous fleet of airships to Vale. Ironwood asserts that his forces are necessary and provide a feeling of safety. Ozpin disagrees, explaining that the people would interpret the presence of the army as a sign of conflict, spreading concern and fear among the populace – conditions which are likely tocause a resurgence of the Grimm. Ozpin concludes that their next move should be to find a "Guardian" to protect and reassure the populace.

Meanwhile, Mercury Black, who had witnessed the fight earlier, informs Cinder Fall and Emerald Sustrai of Qrow's presence in Vale, which appears to be of significant concern. However, Cinder dismisses the danger, reasoning that none of the authorities knows their identity and decides that they shall continue on with their current plan. It is revealed that the virus Cinder had planted at the Cross Continental Transmit System tower earlier in the year gives her the ability to control the match-ups in the Vytal Festival tournament. Cinder has also gained access to Ironwood's Scroll after he placed it on the table to interface with the Beacon


claps with a devious smirk, before it cuts to black and the credits roll.

Trivia

"It's Brawl in the Family" is a play on words with "it's all in the family."

When Ruby realizes Weiss' sister is fighting her uncle, she gasps and shouts "That's my uncle!". This is a callback to the first episode, as well as a reference to a joke Burnie Burns once made about anime.

Barbara Dunkelman, the voice actor for Yang, did the motion capture footage for Winter's non-fighting scenes.[2]Miles Luna, voice actor for Jaune, did the motion capture for Qrow.[3]

According to Ruby the current season is Fall, this may imply that the school year for Huntsman Academies starts in the late winter or early spring.

It is also possible that Huntsman Academies operate like colleges in theMaple Leaf Veterinary Care Center in Seattle is seeking a full time veterinarian to join our growing hospital. Our hospital is privately owned and located in a desirable neighborhood in Seattle. Enjoy the freedom to practice individualized care free from the constraints of a corporate medicine and leverage the skills of our fun and well trained staff. Experienced and new graduates alike are encouraged to apply.

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US regulators today launched a legal action against Intel, amid fresh accusations that the computer chip maker deliberately stifled competition.

The announcement by the Federal Trade Commission, which oversees the enforcement of competition law in the US, marks the latest in a series of worldwide antitrust cases against the Californian technology company - and is the most significant action taken by the regulator since it took Microsoft to court in the 1990s.

The FTC said that its decision to sue Intel comes after a long string of allegations that the company forced and coerced computer manufacturers to use its technologies instead of those made by rival companies.

"Intel has engaged in a deliberate campaign to hamstring competitive threats to its monopoly," said Richard Feinstein, who heads up the FTC's bureau ofcompetition.

"It's been running roughshod over the principles of fair play and the laws protecting competition on the merits. The commission's action today seeks to remedy the damage that Intel has done to competition, innovation and, ultimately, the American consumer."

Among the allegations are claims that the company offered discounts to customers like HP, Dell and IBM on the condition that they drop products from its main rival, AMD. The company is also accused of deliberately deceiving its customers and "smothering" potential competitors.

Intel has responded by calling the case "misguided" and suggesting that some of the allegations had been added after earlier negotiations to settle the case out of court had reached an impasse.

"The FTC's case is misguided," it said in a statement. "It is based largely on claims that


similar actions against Intel in other jurisdictions, including a case brought by the New York attorney general Andrew Cuomo and a record €1.06bn fine from European regulators who accused the company of "harming millions of European consumers".

It also follows the news last month that Intel had agreed a $1.25bn settlement with AMD, its major competitor, to bring to an end a series of complaints about its business conduct.

Much of the FTC's case against Intel is similar to the one heard in Brussels, which produced evidence that the company had spent millions paying companies to avoid AMD's products - and against which Intel is appealing. However, American officials also added new allegations to the mix by saying that Intel had also presented certain performance information in a way thatmisled both customers and competitors.

"Intel secretly redesigned key software, known as the compiler, in a way that deliberately stunted the performance of competitors' CPU chips," the commission said. "Intel told its customers and the public that software performed better on Intel CPUs than on competitors' CPUs, but the company deceived them by failing to disclose that these differences were largely or entirely due to Intel's compiler design."

The case significantly expands on previous claims by including not only CPUs - the central processing units that form the brain of the modern computer - but also GPUs, the chips used to power computer graphics. While AMD is Intel's main rival in the CPU market, other companies compete against Intel in graphics, including Nvidia and Via.

"We applaud today's action by the


Hanns Diehl

Hanns Diehl (March 13, 1877 – December 22, 1946) was a German-Austrian artist influential as the founder of Vienna's Künstlerbund Segantini (1921–1938).

Early life
Hanns Diehl was born Hans Rudolf Diehl in Pirmasens, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, as the second son of August Diehl and Julia (née Herb), a mechanical engineer and factory owner. He spent his earliest childhood years in Pirmasens until his father’s business sent the family to Moscow. Here Hanns studied Russian and attended his first four years of school at the Petri-Pauli Realgymnasium; he wrote later that his happiest memories as a boy were connected with his Russian life, where he often wandered through the magnificent forests surrounding the city and drew nature studies under the guidance of his mother. He described his mother as "...a notJapan says it will seek talks with South Korea following a court decision's to seize the Korean assets of a Japanese company that has been ordered to pay compensation to victims of wartime slavery.

The Daegu District Court in the South Korean city of Pohang on Wednesday said it had approved a request to freeze the assets of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation because the company was refusing to comply with a landmark ruling to compensate the former labourers.

In Tokyo, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters that Japan's government took the court decision seriously and that ministers would meet on Wednesday afternoon to discuss how to respond.

Last year, South Korea's top court ordered Nippon Steel to pay 100 million won ($88,000) each to four plaintiffs who had


been forced to work for the company during the Japanese colonisation of the Korean Peninsula between 1910 and 1945.

Japan maintains all colonial-era compensation issues were settled by a 1965 treaty between the two countries, and the court decision could further chill diplomatic ties. Many South Koreans still harbour strong resentment against Japan for the abuses suffered during the occupation and World War II.

The Japanese company holds 2.34 million shares, a stake valued at around $9.7m, in its joint venture with South Korean steelmaker POSCO.

South Korea's Yonhap news agency, citing an unidentified official at the Pohang office, reported the district court decided to freeze 81,075 of the 2.34 million shares, rather than the entire stake.

Yonhap said the asset freeze would take effect once a related court document had beenbe stopping to visit their cabin this coming summer and check out his totem pole carvings.

I will resume the final writing of the Georgian Bay trip later in Janurary with more photos.

Monday, November 29, 2010

The waves were a bit rough on the windward side of the island, so I paddled around to the back side and a small cove where the water was still and landing was easy. Snake Island is a rather large island in the midst of the many islands in the area.

Crossing the channel from the main land to Snake Island

I walked around the cove noticing the fire rings on the rocks and away from the tree areas. Some great camping spots with mossy ground. It looked inviting for setting up a tent and comfortable


for sleeping. The top of the island had a wonderful view of the bay.

The lee side of Snake Island

I took a swim and enjoyed the windless north side on the hot rocks. Just like a pool, the slabs of stone were large and warm after a swim. Looking at the map, I discovered the island was called Snake Island, so I thought I would look around a bit for snakes.

There were juniper trees and low-lying bushes, grassy areas and large rocky areas. Fortunately I didn't find any snakes, but there must have been a good reason to name this island after them. Since this was the Killarney area, St Patrick came to mind and I figured he cleaned out this area also.

Mike and Anna crossing Collins Inlet

I watchedwind dying down and expected the waters would be still in the coves behind the islands. I took some more photos of the island, said good by to Mike and Anna and headed east along the coast. I was looking forward to evening golden light and reflections of stone faces. It was about 7:00 pm and it didn't get dark till about 9:30. Plenty of time to do photograph and still set camp.
I paddled past some small rock out cropings and headed northeast along the coast still sheltered by the island.

I floated past some great campsites with more campers on other islands. It wasn't overly isolated nor was it crowded. It was good to see some people in the area yet not too close.

The only noise were the


waves and wind. I could see Solomon Island in the distant and set course for the pine tops.

Sunday, November 21, 2010

I was in Wolf Country, a billboard caught my eye and told me so. I would love to see a wolf in the timbers. I drove north out of Britt and towards Killarney, a two hour drive. I turned onto Hwy 69, the only road to Killarney. I wanted to see the landscape, but the silhouette of pine trees at dusk was all I could catch of the area. Arriving in Killarney after dark I knew there were camp grounds around there some where, but I was dog tired and pulled into a pay parking lot behind a church to sleep in the van.
The evening was still hotoffers fish and chips on the dock, It fills up on the weekends with travelers and boaters.

Killarney Church on Main St

I met John, a sailboat owner who was repairing his boat after a winter in drydock and launching that day. He was looking for a buyer for his sailboat and an adventurous type to join him on a trimaran sailboat that he would sail from Florida to Cuba to Cancun Mexico. Actually it was his wife looking for some other person to join him in his trip. He was going to go alone. I considered it for about two seconds and thought about the last time I was out on the ocean. a captain kept asking me "What ya looking for down there? I was leaning over the


edge all day LONG.

I drove out to the view the light house on the edge of town looking for a launching place.

Area around the light house

Light house view from land

Parking is a premium in Killarney. The state park wanted $14/ day to leave your car overnight,and there weren't too many access points to the bay close by. A Marina owner, Dutch allowed me to park on his property and launch from the public park next door. Dutch also had some great bear stories. One mother had crossed the channel with her two cubs in tow. The smallest lagged behind and started to cry out. With out missing a beat the mom and the other cub circled around and got behind the lagger and stuck with him till theyreached the other side. Another time a cub walked into Dutched marina looking hungry, Dutch put some dog food down, and the cub ate it, and left only to return and leave some scat on the floor. Of course he wasn't welcome anymore.

Across the channel from Killarney

Across the small bay from the lighthouse

I launched from the mid town area about 2:00 pm. There was still about 8 hours of light left. I paddled through the channel that leads out into the northern part of Georgian Bay. I followed the coast towards the light house.

View of the light house from the water, turning the point

I paddled north following the coast through some of the most beautiful water I have ever had the chance to paddle in. and on up


first island I came too.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

A light breeze had risen as I paddled on the edge of the Canadian Shield of granite. To my right was open water and the left were the smooth rocky islands. I left Norgate Inlet and moved south towards Nasicoot River. Passing tree covered rocky shores.

I spotted a cottage in the trees on the edge of the open water and thought of storms that may have cast waves large enough to hit the home. The trees all leaned towards the east. Winds could be a constant at certain times of the year. Next to the home there stood a large rock carin as I called it but the Canadians called them Inuksuk. Markers on the trail.

Three canoes emerged from behind andisland moving in the same direction I was headed. The water in front of me started to get choppy as I made my way towards the canoes. I was hoping to get a clear idea of my exact location, as there were no sign posts or named areas. I paddled over very shallow water that would rise and fall on the flat rocky area I was crossing. The rough water would lift me up and drop me to the rocks and I hit the rock shelf a few times. I was a bit puzzled because there was only blue sky and a slight wind in my face. Turning around I saw a white sheet of cloud surrounded by a dark grey sky that engulf the island I had


conversations and the rocky areas there. I had heard how different it was compared to the Britt and Bayfield areas. The islands were rougher, larger, and the water deeper.

I thought about staying where we were for the night, but then I remembered the mosquitoes and changed my mind. They aren't as bad out on the rocky openings, but in the trees they can be ferocious. We waited out the storm for about an hour, then they went on south and I continued my search for faces and thought about Killareny.

The storm wind was still blowing and the water was still churning. The reflections seemed to be gone for the day. I discovered some basalt streaks running through the granite. I paddled around them marveling at the forces thatwalking around the area before beginning the days paddling.

As I was packing at the dock in Britt on the first day I over heard that rattlesnakes had been very active due to the unusually warm weather. I stayed away from low lying juniper bushes and swampy areas. Air horns could be used to clear a blackbear out of the area but they probably wouldn't move a snake. I carried a stick and walked in clear paths staying on the warm slab of rocks.

Later, I again loaded the kayak and paddled back into the low canyons I had visited the day before.

The walls ranged from a couple of feet high to 10 feet of steep and solid rock outcroppings.
Finding a patch of blueberries close the edge of the rocky


cliff, I turned the paddle to hit them in an upward motion, the blue berries would rain down into the water and I would gather them. A slight breeze had risen and rippled the water erasing the reflections that I had seen the night before.

I paddled into a "water field" of wild lilies in a wide open area. By this time the wind was blocked by the rocky shore and trees. There was shallow water, clear enough to see the sandy bottom and the tendrils of the lilies as they floated upward. From below, the lily pads looked like big green clouds, and life lines to the sunlight. A green glow from the sun shining through the lily pads lit the underwater world.

It is a miracle that curiositywind in my face and ripples on the water. I stayed close to the shore making time. I carried a map and compass, but no weather radio or UHF radio. I had all I needed at the time, shelter, food, and close enough to land to camp if the waves got to be too much to handle. Thunder storms were forecast for later that day. The weather seemed to be just fine at the moment so I was enjoying the journey.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

In Search of........... the keys, a mate, a friend, a job,
a car, the other sock, the salt, the salsa in the fridge, a good cup of coffee in Iowa,
the remote, once found something worth watching, something to wear, . Most of us have a search


SACRAMENTO -- There was a surprise guest at Sacramento Kings' shootaround Wednesday morning.

Center Richaun Holmes, who is out of action with a right shoulder joint injury for at least the next 2-3 weeks, came out on the floor and started putting in work with the training staff.

Holmes originally injured his shoulder in the Kings’ Jan. 6 win over the Golden State Warriors and was diagnosed with a shoulder strain. An MRI later revealed a more serious setback.

Sacramento’s starting center began the session using his left hand to flip up shots around the rim. After going through a set with his left, he switched to his injured right side and started knocking down shot after shot.

This is a good early sign for @Rich_Holmes22 pic.twitter.com/rssxdL89m7 — James Ham (@James_HamNBCS) January2000; Pomplun 2006). Preliminary reports of these experiments have been published in abstract form (Phillips and Segraves 2007, 2008).

METHODS

Animals and surgery

Two female adult rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) were used for these experiments and are identified in this report as MAS14 and MAS15. Northwestern University's Animal Care and Use Committee approved all procedures for training, surgery, and experiments performed. Each monkey received preoperative training followed by an aseptic surgery to implant a subconjunctival wire search coil, a Cilux plastic recording cylinder aimed at the FEF, and a titanium receptacle to allow the head to be held stationary during behavioral and neuronal recordings. All of these methods have been described in detail elsewhere (Dias and Segraves 1999; Helminski and Segraves 2003). Surgical anesthesia was induced with the short-acting barbiturate thiopental


AARON Nietschke will miss the 2019 AFL season after scans have confirmed he has ruptured his right anterior cruciate ligament.

The 18-year-old suffered the injury during a training session at Casey Fields on Friday morning.

General Manager of Football Operations Josh Mahoney said it was a tough blow to lose youngster Nietschke for the remainder of the year.

"Unfortunately, scans have confirmed that Aaron has ruptured his ACL,” Mahoney told Melbourne Media.

"He will meet with the surgeon today, with the most likely option being that he will miss the year.

“This is obviously a tough time for Aaron – as a club we will ensure we put the best support around him during the rehab process, like we do for all our players.”

Recruited from Central Districts in Adelaide, Nietschke was selected byAnn Arbor Park Advisory Commission (Nov. 17, 2009): With the golf season coming to an end, the city’s Park Advisory Commission got a status report from Ann Arbor’s director of golf, Doug Kelly. He did not, however, provide a recipe for his chicken salad, which he added to the menu this summer at the two city-owned courses. Then again, no one asked – but someone did ask when the golf courses were expected to break even.

The sign for the city's Huron Hills Golf Course at the corner of Huron River Parkway and Huron River Drive. Though the city's Leslie Park Golf Course closed for the season on Sunday, Huron Hills will be open "until the snow flies," according to its website. (Photo by the writer.)

Also at the meeting,


PAC honored Roger Wykes, the 2009 Natural Area Preservation volunteer of the year. Wykes helps out with the city’s breeding bird survey – commissioners heard details about that project from ornithologist DeeDea Armstrong.

And an artist who’s spending this year as a visiting lecturer at the University of Michigan made a pitch for an art installation along the Huron River – a project that he envisions will help build a bridge between the university and the community of Ann Arbor.

Golf Courses

At their October meeting, PAC members got a quarterly budget update and spent much of their discussion focused on the financial performance of the Huron Hills and Leslie Park golf courses. [See Chronicle coverage: "Quarterly Budget Update"] At this month’s meeting, they got an update from Doug Kelly, theneeds to be done to support the courses, he said. As an example, he said it’s a shame that local groups like the Ann Arbor Rotary and Kiwanis hold their golf outings at courses outside of the city. He urged commissioners who were involved in other groups, like Leslie Science Center or the Ann Arbor skatepark, to consider holding fundraisers at the city’s golf courses.

Jane Lumm: Lumm is also a member of the Ann Arbor Golf Association, and said she’d been impressed by the presentation that Doug Kelly, the city’s director of golf, had made at the association’s recent annual dinner. Nearly two years ago, when the city decided to invest in the two golf courses, everyone knew it would take time to turn them around, she said.


Saying that the city can see that its investment is paying off, Lumm cautioned that the commitment needs to be a long-term one.

Doug Kelly, Ann Arbor's director of golf, during his presentation at the Nov. 17 Park Advisory Commission. Sitting next to him is Andrew Walton, golf course supervisor. (Photo by the writer.)

Presentation by the City’s Director of Golf

Doug Kelly oversees Huron Hills Golf Course and Leslie Park Golf Course, the two city-owned courses that cover more than 275 acres. The city employs four full-time staff year-round for the courses, he said, plus between 45-55 part-time, seasonal workers. In addition to himself, other full-time staff are Andrew Walton, the golf course supervisor, and two groundskeepers – Scott Spooner at Leslie Park, and Mark Wanshon at Huron Hills.

The twocourses are distinct, Kelly said. Built in 1965, Leslie Park is a championship course for serious golfers, ranked No. 1 this year for municipal courses in Michigan by Golf Digest magazine. It’s a destination for travel groups from across the state, he said, and the site of more than 14 tournaments annually.

Huron Hills is considered the city’s best-kept secret, Kelly said. It’s a shorter course, easy to maintain and popular with junior golfers, families and walkers, who appreciate the park-like setting. The course is excellent for giving lessons, he said, and is vital for growing the game in the city.

Kelly described 2007 as a “season of evaluation.” This was the year that the city hired James Keegan, managing principal of Golf Convergence, to evaluate the performance – financial


and otherwise – of the two courses, and make recommendations for change. The consultant had been hired in the wake of declining revenues and play at the courses, and debate over whether the land should be put to different use. In his report, Keegan projected that the courses would continue to lose money for at least six years.

In May of 2008, city council approved a plan to reinvest in the courses, using funds from the park maintenance and improvement tax. Kelly described 2008 as a “season of positive change,” with increased marketing, new maintenance equipment, lower rates for golfers, a liquor license secured for Leslie Park, and an improvement in the attitude of staff, who had previously been perceived as arrogant, Kelly said. All of this contributed toan increase in use, he said. From 2007 to 2008, rounds played at Leslie Park increased by 37%, while Huron Hills saw a 14% jump in rounds. By comparison, in southeast Michigan, overall play was down 3%.

Kelly was hired earlier this year, and Andrew Walton – a three-time winner of the City of Ann Arbor Men’s Championship in golf – was named golf course supervisor. Kelly managed Lansing’s four municipal courses for eight years, and has served as manager at several private country clubs as well. Walton brings an in-depth knowledge of the city and its courses, Kelly said, which complements his own management experience in other cities.

They’re focusing on three areas, Kelly said: customer service, marketing and course conditions. They’ve set in place customer service standards, including


requirements for employees’ personal appearance and professionalism. They’re marketing both to attract new golfers and retain current ones, with tools including a monthly newsletter, The Nature of Golf. Email and the web, including social networking sites, are their main marketing tools, he said. Finally, their work on course conditioning includes better general cleanup, improved yardage markers, and tree plantings, among other things.

Kelly listed several enhancements at the courses during 2009. At Leslie Park, new restrooms, interior renovations at the clubhouse, better rangering to improve the pace of play, prescribed burns by the city’s Natural Area Preservation staff were among the improvements he cited. At Huron Hills, the city added new irrigation controls, power cart rentals for golfers, and an emphasis on special events. The golf course also startedoffering “anytime” rates for adults and youth, a discounted junior pass, and special “kids play free” nights to draw in families – Sundays and Fridays, after 3 p.m. They’ve also increased their instructional offerings at Huron Hills.

This chart from Doug Kelly's PowerPoint presentation shows the number of golf rounds played at Huron Hills and Leslie Park courses from 2004 to 2009.

In comparing the 2009 season to 2008 at Leslie Park, Kelly noted that they opened the course three weeks earlier, which had an impact. Golf rounds were up 16% for the year. He compared that performance to overall rounds played in southeast Michigan, which declined 2.6%. Total revenues increased 11%.

At Huron Hills, in 2009 the course opened one week early, Kelly said, and rounds increased 30% compared to


said that Miles of Golf is the key tournament sponsor for the two city courses – the business provides financial backing in exchange for its name on promotional materials – but there’s no formal agreement. He noted that Doug Davis, the co-founder of the business, has an email database of over 8,000 contacts, and sends out announcements related to the city’s golf courses, which Kelly said is helpful.

Roger Wykes at the Nov. 17 Ann Arbor Park Advisory Commission meeting, where he was honored as the 2009 Natural Area Preservation volunteer of the year. (Photo by the writer.)

Birds in the Parks, Breeding and Otherwise

At PAC’s November meeting, Dave Borneman, manager of the city’s Natural Area Preservation program, read a proclamation honoring Roger Wykes for his volunteer work with NAP.specific park.

The city has been conducting this survey since 1995, and has surveyed over 40 of the city’s parks, natural areas and city-owned property, as well as some land that’s being considered for future acquisition.

Based on the survey, Armstrong said, the city has found 124 species of birds present during the breeding season, plus another 100 species that use city parks and properties as migratory stop-off sites. She passed out a detailed field checklist to commissioners – a pamphlet that lists all of the species found in the city. For each species, the list gives a status rating of 1 to 3:

The city uses “watch lists” developed by three groups – the Michigan Natural Features Inventory, the Audobon Society and Partners in Flight – to identify birds that


Service Center and the Ann Arbor Airport. In the past, those properties would have been mowed regularly. Now, much of the land isn’t mowed from late May through early July, giving birds like the bobolinks a nesting cycle there.

The city prints these cards to spread a message about keeping dogs on a leash in Ann Arbor's parks.

There are other ways that NAP and the city try to protect birds, Armstrong said. Her examples included Ann Arbor’s participation in the Great Lakes Safe Passage Days, which city council approved in March of 2009. The resolution encourages occupants of tall buildings to turn out their lights or lower their blinds at night during the migratory season – March 15 to May 3 and Aug. 15 to Oct. 31 – toposting signs more prominently in the parks, reminding people of the leash law.

Art on the River?

At PAC’s October meeting, William Dennisuk spoke briefly during the time set aside for public comment. This month, he returned with a formal presentation about his proposed art project on the Huron River.

Originally from Detroit, he now lives in Finland but is a visiting artist and lecturer this academic year at the University of Michigan. When he first came here, Dennisuk heard people talk about the town/gown divide, and so he decided to do a project that would cross those boundaries.

He showed commissioners several examples of public art projects that transform or add to the environment – including the Wave Field, a landscape art project by Maya Lin that’s located on UM’s north


told PAC members. He was proposing an interdisciplinary public art project that would primarily be located along the pathways between Argo Pond and Gallup Park, as well as in the Huron River along that stretch. There was the possibility to create maps of the artwork’s locations and provide the maps to people at the city’s canoe liveries, he said.

The project would be funded by students and artists who participate, he said, but they needed permission to install the artwork. He was hoping that could happen in April, with the work remaining in place through the summer before being removed.

For the work to be placed in the river, he identified four potential locations: 1) on Argo Pond, on the opposite side of the pond from the canoe livery or,happen if the community liked this project so much that they wanted the artwork to remain. That’s happened before, Dennisuk said – a similar project of his in Japan was ultimately purchased.

Offen also was concerned about rowers or people in canoes and kayaks colliding with the artwork. He asked what the reaction was from parks management. Colin Smith, the city’s parks and recreation manager, said that Cheryl Saam, supervisor for the liveries, had initially been concerned. But there are places along the river that are out of the way, he said. Now, Saam is envisioning a river art tour.

David Barrett asked if Dennisuk has spoken to the rowing community, which trains at Argo Pond. Dennisuk said that part of the process would be open to public input. He


The EU court has brought the European Commission closer to its first bloody nose on anti-trust fines.

The ruling, on Wednesday (6 September), also indicated that giant tech firms could in future be more free to wield their market power in the form of rebates.

Student or retired? Then this plan is for you.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ), the bloc's highest court, ruled that the General Court, a lower tribunal, should reconsider an appeal by US microchip maker Intel.

The European Commission fined Intel €1.1 billion in 2009.

It did so on grounds that Intel's rebates to loyal customers, such as computer makers Dell and HP, restricted competition because smaller firms could not match Intel's net prices.

Intel appealed, alleging that the Commission made errors in a technical assessment, the so-called "asoperator at a special response center. The operator at the response center pinpoints the vehicle's location, guides the appropriate emergency service to the vehicle, and stays in voice communication with the customer until help arrives. A special password setup protects against false alarms or unauthorized attempts to turn the system off.
In essence, the RESCU system provides an enhanced version of the standard 911 emergency call in which the location of the customer is automatically relayed to the emergency center instead of being verbally communicated by the customer over the voice circuit. As such, the RESCU system is an emergency service for vehicular customers that utilizes GPS positioning technology. It should be noted, however, that the information content received by the customer is in all relevant aspects identical to


Motion for Leave to File Brief in Excess of 25 pages [Doc. No. 39].

I. BACKGROUND
Plaintiff is the widow of Barry Katz who died on August 9, 1995. Mr. Katz had been an employee of TDS Health Care Systems Corporation ("TDS") or its predecessors since 1967. Defendant ALLTEL acquired TDS in October, 1993. From October, 1993, until the end of 1994, TDS had an independent employees benefit plan that was qualified under the Employment Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"). Massachusetts Mutual served as the group life insurance carrier for the TDS benefits plan. On January 1, 1995, TDS was combined with other ALLTEL entities to form ALLTEL Healthcare Information Services. The former TDS employees became participants in the ALLTEL benefits program. Upon the death of Mr. Katz, Defendant ConnecticutGeneral Life Insurance Company ("CIGNA") paid life insurance benefits to Plaintiff (as Mr. Katz' beneficiary) based upon the life insurance benefits due under the old TDS plan. Plaintiff claims that she is entitled to the life insurance benefits due under the new ALLTEL benefits plan.
Mr. Katz rose to the level of Senior Vice-President at TDS. In the fall of 1994, ALLTEL decided to eliminate his position as part of the TDS consolidation. His position was to be eliminated after January 1, 1995. In late 1994, Mr. Katz became ill and went on short-term disability leave until May 13, 1995. In addition, he applied for long-term disability in the fall of 1994. In his long-term disability application, Mr. Katz stated that he was first unable to work on November


3, 1994. He began receiving long-term disability benefits on May 13, 1995. Early in 1995, ALLTEL and Mr. Katz were negotiating the terms of his severance package.
While Mr. Katz was on short term disability leave in late 1994, he enrolled in the ALLTEL employee benefits plan. He signed the enrollment forms while he was in the hospital. The Plan was sponsored by the Defendant Committee and included a life insurance program which was to take effect with all TDS employees on January 1, 1995. CIGNA was the group life insurance carrier. Under the ALLTEL-CIGNA life insurance program, Mr. Katz was entitled to life insurance providing death benefits in the amount of $620,000. Under the former TDS program, Mr. Katz was only entitled to $418,000 in life insurance benefits..
FromProduction of a key Vauxhall Astra variant is being shifted to Germany from the UK, raising fresh fears for the firm's Ellesmere Port plant in Cheshire.

Vauxhall owner PSA Group will make the Astra estate in Russelsheim from 2022 - ratcheting up pressure on Ellesmere Port and its 1,000 staff.

The estate model represents the vast bulk of the 59,000 cars which roll off the UK site's production line each year, and losing it is a severe blow.

It comes as car industry chiefs nervously await trade talks between Brussels and the UK. Lobbyists say that if tariffs are introduced then it will wreck their supply chain and trigger mass British factory closures.

Carlos Tavares, PSA chief executive, has previously said he wants to continue production at Ellesmere Port but will only


Urbanisation and women's health in Khayelitsha. Part I. Demographic and socio-economic profile.
Demographic and socio-economic data and information on migration patterns and urban/rural links was collected from 722 households in the formal housing area and the serviced and the unserviced site areas of Khayelitsha; 659 women and 61 men were interviewed. Thirty-eight per cent of the population were aged under 15 years and 77% under 35 years. There was a predominance of females in the 5-35-year age group. There was a mean of 4.9 persons per household, and 93.5% of sites contained 1 dwelling. Of the 659 female respondents, 7% had received no formal education, 39% had primary school education, and 54% had secondary school education. Unemployment among women was 45%. Domestic service accounted for 66.2% of formal employment.Of all women 86% were unskilled, 71.9% had been born in a 'homeland', and 69.7% had migrated to an urban area before 1985. Ties to the rural areas were strong, particularly in the 'shack' areas. 'New arrivals' to an urban area were young, mostly unemployed, and lived in the worst environmental conditions. In the unserviced 'shack' areas, 47.5% of women had migrated to an urban area in the last 5 years. There are important target areas for a study of the health effects of urbanisation and for possible interventions. This study tends to confirm the 'quadruple' oppression of women in Khayelitsha, on the basis of race, social class and gender and as new arrivals in an urban environment.


Mumbai: Rahul Dravid on Wednesday gave a huge thumbs-up to the captaincy skills of Sourav Ganguly and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, saying while the former was passionate about his job, the latter is "a great leader by example".

"All the captains had something. The two captains that I played under the longest were Ganguly and Dhoni. Both of them were right (for the job) at the time they led India," said Dravid.

Dravid, who retired from International cricket in March, was speaking at the launch of 'Timeless Steel', a collection of essays and articles about him, published by Disney and compiled by Espncricinfo.

"Ganguly had a passion for the job. He had a desire to win. He was willing to do whatever it took to win.

"Dhoni had probably a more mature team.He is a great leader by example. Someone whom I have always admired for his ability to remain balanced and have the sense of equanimity about his captaincy," he said.

Dravid said he loved reading books. "Reading was a way to escape because I thought about cricket a lot. And in books I found my release. I hated at the end of the day to talk about cricket with someone else, because I was talking about it with myself all the time. It took a lot of pressure off me," he said.

The former India captain said he enjoyed reading Hardy Boys and Archie comics in school.

"(In college) I wasn't attending too many classes. We used to sit at chai shop or cycle stand and my friends used to discuss


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 Discus perspectivus (Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1816)

Pristilomatidae
 Vitrea diaphana diaphana (S. Studer, 1820)
 Vitrea transsylvanica (Clessin, 1877)
 Vitrea subrimata (Reinhardt, 1871)
 Vitrea crystallina (O. F. Müller, 1774)
 Vitrea contracta (Westerlund, 1871)

Euconulidae
 (stożeczek drobny) Euconulus fulvus (O. F. Müller, 1774)
 Euconulus praticola (Reinhardt, 1883)

Gastrodontidae
 (szklarka obłystek) Zonitoides nitidus (O. F. Müller, 1774)

Oxychilidae
 Daudebardia rufa rufa (Draparnaud, 1805)
 Daudebardia brevipes brevipes (Draparnaud, 1805)
 Carpathica calophana (Westerlund, 1881)
 (szklarka błyszcząca) Oxychilus cellarius (O. F. Müller, 1774)
 Oxychilus draparnaudi draparnaudi (H. Beck, 1837)
 (szklarka czosnkowa) Oxychilus alliarius (Miller, 1822)
 Oxychilus translucidus (Mortillet, 1853)
 Cellariopsis deubeli (A.J. Wagner, 1914)
 Morlina glabra striaria (Westerlund, 1881)
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 Aegopinella minorOver the course of the their franchise history, the Atlanta Falcons have only drafted three players who found their way to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. They are Claude Humphrey, Deion Sanders, and Brett Favre. Unfortunately, many remember Sanders for his play in San Francisco or Dallas, and Favre earned his gold jacket for his time in Green Bay.

Now, there are other Hall of Famers and future Hall of Famers who have spent significant time in Atlanta, such as Morten Andersen and Tony Gonzalez, but the Falcons overall are very under-represented in Canton.

Let’s look at some Falcons who should be in the Hall of Fame or at the very least have a case for consideration.

Center for the Atlanta Falcons from 1969 to 1986

Career Stats and Accolades:

6× Pro


Bowl (1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982)

226 Games Started (2nd in Falcons History, 29th in NFL History)

246 Games Played (2nd in Falcons History, 45th in NFL History)

As far as longevity is concerned, Jeff Van Note is one of the better centers in NFL history. He played all of his eighteen years in the NFL in Atlanta, only missing four games. Van Note was an anchor for the Falcons offensive line, serving as a model of consistency. He earned AP All-Pro honors twice in his long career.

Left Tackle for the Atlanta Falcons from 1978 to 1994

Career Stats and Accolades:

5× Pro Bowl (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984)

251 Games Started (1st in Falcons History, 9th in NFL History)

251 Games Played (1st in Falcons History, 40th in NFL History)

Another long tenured linemanto play his entire NFL career for the Falcons, Mike Kenn is undoubtedly deserving of a bust in the Hall of Fame. Along with his amazing longevity, Kenn had a reputation for allowing very few sacks and committing very few penalties. He was truly an elite offensive tackle of his time, and earned AP All-Pro honors five times in his career.

Linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons from 1987 to 2000

Career Stats and Accolades:

5× Pro Bowl (1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998)

1640 Tackles (1st in Falcons history, 1st in NFL History*)

21 Sacks

6 Interceptions

10 Forced Fumbles

* Tackles did not become an official NFL statistic until 1994 *

Nicknamed “The Hammer” for the crushing force of his tackles, Jessie Tuggle was one of the best linebackers in the NFL in the 1990s. He was


signed by the Falcons as an undrafted free agent in 1987, but quickly proved himself worthy of a roster spot. Tuggle became a defensive star and a leader for the Falcons, and he was a major factor in the success of the 1998 NFC Champion team.

Linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons from 1966 to 1976

Career Stats and Accolades:

5× Pro Bowl (1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972)

Defensive Rookie of the Year (1996, Sporting News)

NFL 1960s All Decade Team

As the first ever player drafted or signed by the Atlanta Falcons, Tommy Nobis did anything but come in to the NFL quietly. He unofficially recorded 294 tackles in his rookie season, the most ever by a rookie and also the most single season tackles in NFL history. Over the course of his career,Concerns about infectious hepatitis and Delacorte's Welfare Island Fountain.
In 1969, philanthropist George T. Delacorte donated a spectacular water fountain to New York City on the southern tip of Welfare Island. Architects designed the fountain's jet geyser to pump a plume of water from the East River more than 400 feet into the air. Public health experts feared that the water from the heavily polluted East River could be a possible source for the spread of infectious hepatitis. Water droplets could be airborne by the prevailing winds to land on the densely populated east side of Manhattan. Upon the insistence of the New York City Department of Health, the fountain's water intake source was chlorinated. This action was initiated before the discovery of the hepatitis A virus (HAV) in


A New Jersey police officer will not face charges for punching a woman in the head during a controversial arrest caught on video. Widely-shared cellphone footage shows one officer pinning down 20-year-old Emily Weinman of Philadelphia, as another hits her several times.

"They think that because they are cops they can get away with it. And that's not the case. That's not right at all," Weinman told CBS News correspondent David Begnaud, speaking publicly for the first time on TV about the incident.

The Cape May County prosecutor's office said there is not enough evidence to warrant criminal charges against the officer. But Weinman faces several charges including assault.

Weinman does have a prior criminal history. She's currently on probation for misdemeanors in another jurisdiction. She admitted she's not perfect, buthad "a little attitude."

"He hadn't told her that she had committed any crime. He hadn't told her 'I'm going to issue you a summons.' He hadn't told her any of those things. And then he says, 'Oh, you're about to get dropped,'" said Weinman's attorney, Stephen Dicht.

In the police bodycam video, Weinman told the officer, "Don't touch me."

"Alright, you're about to get dropped," the officer responded.

Moments later, the officer's body camera showed him on top of Weinman. He then appeared to hit her repeatedly. A bystander also caught the moment on their cell phone. The officer explained his use of force later on the bodycam.

"She tried kicking at us, so we slammed her on the ground," the officer said. "She kicked him. And then I just, I hit


‘I won against President Obama and Oprah Winfrey’: Trump still sees silver lining in midterms

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WASHINGTON — Despite Democrats’ strong performance in the midterm elections, President Donald Trump still claims it was a “tremendous victory” for him and the Republican Party.

Trump touted the fact that Republicans gained seats in the Senate, a rare feat by the party occupying the White House during a midterm, when asked about the election during an interview on "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace.

"But this was a historically big defeat in the House," Wallace said. "You lost in traditionally Republican suburbs, not only around liberal cities like Philadelphia and D.C. but also red-state big cities like Houston and Oklahoma City. You lost among suburban women. You lost among independents."

In California,the lone remaining undecided House seat was won by a Democrat, Gil Cisneros, over Republican challenger Young Kim, who was vying to become the first Korean-American woman elected to Congress. In total, Democrats snapped up six House seats from the GOP in the state, including a sweep of four seats in Orange County, which had been a Republican stronghold.

"I won the Senate, and that’s historic too," Trump replied. "That’s a tremendous victory. Nobody talks about that. That’s a far greater victory than it is for the other side."

Trump also focused on the Senate wins on Twitter the morning after the election.

The president said the Democrats did well because "I wasn't on the ballot."

Wallace pointed out that Trump had told voters to make the midterm election about him and


to "pretend I'm on the ballot."

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"I have people that won’t vote unless I’m on the ballot, OK?" Trump said. "And I wasn’t on the ballot."

The president said that Republicans won in states where he campaigned and held rallies, particularly touting Republican victories in Florida, Georgia and Ohio.

"I won against President Obama and Oprah Winfrey and Michelle Obama in a great state called Georgia for the governor," he said. Trump said "it was all stacked against" Republican Brian Kemp in that race, despite the fact that the state has not elected a Democratic governor since 1998 and that he was running against an African-AmericanA woman is back in jail after a high speed pursuit that started at 9 a.m. Friday in the Leesburg Community of Rankin County and ended in Madison County, authorities said.

The investigation began after an abandoned purse was found by a resident on the side of the roadway near the intersection of Leesburg Road and JC Prestage Road.

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The purse was given to a Rankin County constable who found what appeared to be methamphetamine inside the purse. The purse and contents were then brought to the Rankin County Sheriff’s Office.

Investigators determined the owner of the purse to be Leigh Ann Jackson, 24, who was contacted and advised where she could pick up her purse.

When Jackson went to pick up her lost purse, investigators were waiting to capture her, police


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After law enforcement attempted to pull her over, Jackson took off at a high rate of speed in a 2014 blue Dodge Avenger, authorities said.

Authorities from Rankin County and Madison County chased Jackson on Highway 43 onto Goodloe Road in Madison County.

Jackson lost control and wrecked at the intersection of Stump Road and Highway 51 where she was taken into custody, police said.

Police said the suspected methamphetamine weighed approximately 1.5 oz. Jackson will be charged with felony evading law enforcement, conspiracy to commit a crime, and numerous misdemeanor charges. She may also be facing charges in Madison County.

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the mayor 'instructed' TfL to pull the advertisement" just before the 2012 mayoral elections.

The judge said the need for examination of the role of the mayor was even greater because the email, sent on April 12 2012, "shows that the mayor's office contacted the Guardian (newspaper) immediately, apparently in order to make political capital out of the story".

Arrangements were also been made for the mayor to appear on April 13, the following day, at hustings organised by Stonewall.

Lord Dyson, sitting with Lord Justice Briggs and Lord Justice Christopher Clarke, said: "This is a most unsatisfactory state of affairs."

The judge said it was "surprising" that TfL had not obtained witness statements from the mayor and others to explain the email.

But even if the 2012 ban is overturned, the courtsaid it would be lawful for TfL to impose a fresh order - provided it is properly made - on the grounds that the Core Issues ad is likely to cause widespread or serious offence.

The disputed ad is designed for the sides of the capital's buses and reads: ''Not Gay! Ex-Gay, Post-Gay and Proud. Get over it!''

It was a response to a bus poster campaign by gay rights group Stonewall, which carried the message: ''Some people are gay. Get over it!''

Mr Johnson said the Core Issues ad was ''offensive to gays'' and could lead to retaliation against the wider Christian community.

High Court judge Mrs Justice Lang rejected the claim that the ban was unlawful last March.

She said: ''In my view, such unlawfulness has not been established on the


official spokesman said: "The mayor is pleased that the court has upheld TfL's right to ban the Core Issues Trust advert.

"He agreed with TfL's ban at the time and will continue to support the banning of adverts that breach advertising policy and cause widespread public offence, as this advert clearly did."

Paul Diamond, appearing for the Trust, had told the appeal judges that at the heart of the case was the "ironical" situation in modern British society where ancient Biblical scriptures, which played an important role in forming the nation's morals, were now in danger of containing views which could no longer be expressed "in a land with a reputation for free speech".

The Trust has accused gay and lesbian rights activists of seeking to be the new "moral enforcers"occurred in Lithuania, and that it is very good that this sort of reflection and commemoration is happening. This includes the fact that local Lithuanians were perpetrators in the massacres, and that with the thousands of individual lives violently ended, an entire culture was mostly lost as well.

On the other hand, Ephraim Zuroff is exactly the wrong person to coax independent Lithuania (and other Central/Eastern European countries) to honestly assess the Holocaust.

First, his credibility in my eyes is undermined because he refuses to acknowledge that the foundation of the modern state of Israel, so successful as a safe home for Jews, was partially built and could only exist because of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine. This is not necessarily relevant to Holocaust commemorations today of murdered people in


by the city and submitted with the Bloomberg application.

As much as 69% of Milwaukeeans do not eat enough fruits and vegetables, according to the city’s Bloomberg proposal.

The finalist cities have been invited to send teams to New York City for an intensive two-day session to share and strengthen their ideas. The finalists will then submit refined proposals early in 2013. The five winners will be revealed sometime in the second quarter of 2013.

The team representing Milwaukee will include Matt Howard, environmental sustainability director for the City of Milwaukee, Sharon Adams, director of program for Walnut Way Conservation Corp., Sharon Robinson, director of administration for the city, and Maria Prioletta, redevelopment and special projects manager for the city’s Department of City Development.

Barrett and his team will hold a pressconference at Walnut Way, 2240 N.h 17th St., today at 3 p.m. The celebration will include a fresh juice toast to the project, which Barrett said will be acted upon whether Milwaukee wins the grand prize or not.

"The Mayor's Challenge" is funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, Bloomberg's family foundation. See a full list of the 20 finalists here. Here is a video that Barrett's team submitted with the Bloomberg application. It was produced by Tim McCollow, directed by Arthur Ircink and with cinematography by Ircink, Chris Thompson, Frankie Latina and Amanda Griffin.


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Years ago, I was in a serious relationship with someone I thought embodied the epitome of allyship. He believed in collectivism, prison reform and feminist ideals. When we first met we spent hours talking about social justice, anti-racism and how patriarchy was disappointingly widespread. A scholar of African American Studies, I thought he was everything I had been looking for—a radical public intellectual and a partner.

Six months into our relationship, we had an argument about his incomparable desire for biological children. He said he required his female partner carry his children, but I was hesitant. Years of organizing with foster youth made me committed to adoption. I was uncertain whether I wanted to use my body in that way. After hours of conversation, we tabled the discussion.

At


private. We were blinded to our own abuse by the labels of “ally” and “activist”. Together, we lamented how our feminist politics, our beliefs and our faith in these men as forces for change had been used to hurt us.

It is, precisely, feminist and anti-racist politics that shield and allow powerful men to run roughshod over women, perpetrating inconceivable acts of violence behind the veneer of allyship. Years ago, poet scholar activist June Jordan wrote about her rape at the hands of a local NAACP leader. More recently, a female graduate student accused Colin McGinn, a prominent philosopher at the University of Miami, of sexual harassment causing him to leave his position as a tenured professor. According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, McGinn sent the graduate studentguidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves in.
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The University of Cincinnati is establishing a commission to look at the legacy of founder Charles McMicken after pushback from student government.

President Neville Pinto sent a message to students saying the commission will "devote the upcoming semester to studying this issue and engaging with the will."

In McMicken's will, he left the city the funds to start a university but stipulated that it should be a college for "white boys and girls."

The move from President Pinto follows a November vote from Student Government that supported the removal of McMicken's name from the College of Arts and Sciences, according to the News Record.

"Though the university removed McMicken’s name from its marketing and signage last summer, no official change has been made to the college’s name," theNews Record reported. "While theresolution does not guarantee any official action from the university, it does signify SG’s written support that the college’s name should be changed."

More:Our history: Origin of UC complicated

According to the university, McMicken was a businessman who died of pneumonia in 1858 in Cincinnati. At the time of his death, a large sum of money was given to the city to fund a university. UC was founded in 1870 when his gift and other funds were combined.

According to an article on his legacy, McMicken was a slaveowner but also provided land to free people of color. The article said he also donated money for the resettlement of African-Americans in Liberia.

"McMicken is generally considered as the founder of UC, and thus integral to our institutional history," UC said.

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statement from Pinto :

We write to inform you that we are establishing a special university-wide commission to examine the life and legacy of Charles McMicken and the use of his name at the University of Cincinnati. The commission will devote the upcoming semester to studying this issue and engaging with the community, culminating in the submission of a formal report to the President for consideration. Representing a broad cross-section of university constituents, the commission will be cochaired by Lou Bilionis and Janet Reid. Professor Bilionis, dean emeritus of the College of Law, is a highly accomplished scholar, teacher and administrator. In addition to cochairing the university’s Diversity Council for many years, Professor Bilionis has led several cross-college committees throughout his career. Dr. Reid is a nationally recognized andPowerful Project Leadership

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Wayne loves retired living since 2015 with his wife and partner Eileen. He likes to fly fish, cook, and hang out with family, especially his grandchildren. He has a Santa collection. He likes all things scifi.

He took his first programming course in 1969. That began his nearly 50 year love affair with computers.

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Batting

University of Mount Olive continued in the Conference Carolinas Baseball Tournament with a 3-2 win against Barton College and falling Saturday against Pfeiffer 10-4. Mount Olive will again play Belmont Abbey for a spot in the Conference Carolinas Championship game.

In game one versus Barton Mount Olive fell behind after a two run bottom of the first for the Bulldogs. The Trojans tied the game up in the top of the fifth off back-to-back singles by Brandon Day and Zak Orrison.

Mount Olive was able to take its first lead in the top half of the seventh. Joe Koehler singled to right center to lead off the inning. He then advanced to second on a failed pickoff attempt, and also moved to third after a wild pitch. Orrison picked upGorenstein has worked extensively in Israeli children's television, notably hosting the family series Telepele. He also appeared in the films The Frog Prince (with Helen Hunt), The Emperor's New Clothes (with Sid Caesar), and Hanna's War (with David Warner). On stage, he played Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof


Stand Up For Siblings one year on: reflections of co-founder Dr. Christine Jones

The Stand Up For Siblings collaboration was launched in March 2018. The launch marked the coming together of a number of organisations committed to supporting brothers and sisters to stay together or stay in touch when children and young people enter care.

One year on I have been reflecting on progress that has been made. My first reflection is that sibling relationships are very much on the agenda across different sectors, organisations and interest groups. Everywhere I go there is talk of the importance of brothers and sisters and we are regularly asked to provide expert input on this subject at conferences, discussions and staff training events.

We were pleased to see sibling relationships being given particular attentionproactive in this regard and Kate Richardson, the CEC sibling champion, has been leading several local developments.

These include targeted recruitment of foster carers, prospective adopters and permanent carers for sibling groups, developing policy around the collection of sibling information during referral and assessment procedures and making sibling relationships standing agenda items in Registration and Permanence Panel meetings.

There is still much more to be done. Each day in Scotland relationships between brothers and sisters in the care system are being made vulnerable by circumstances, some of which can be avoided. My final reflection, though, is that there is a strong sense of determination across Scotland to create a better future for brothers and sisters who are care-experienced.


games such as chess. It is named after its creator Arpad Elo, a Hungarian-American physics professor. The Elo system was originally invented as an improved chess rating system over the previously used Harkness system, but is also used as a rating system for multiplayer competition in a number of video games, association football, American football, basketball, Major League Baseball, Scrabble, board games such as Diplomacy and other games. The difference in the ratings between two players serves as a predictor of the outcome of a match. Two players with equal ratings who play against each other are expected to score an equal number of wins. A player whose rating is 100 points greater than their opponent’s is expected to score 64%; if the difference is 200 points, thenthe expected score for the stronger player is 76%. A player’s Elo rating is represented by a number which increases or decreases depending on the outcome of games between rated players. After every game, the winning player takes points from the losing one. The difference between the ratings of the winner and loser determines the total number of points gained or lost after a game. In a series of games between a high-rated player and a low-rated player, the high-rated player is expected to score more wins. If the high-rated player wins, then only a few rating points will be taken from the low-rated player. However, if the lower rated player scores an upset win, many rating points will be transferred. The lower rated player will also gain


c ( "Russia" , "Germany" , "Brazil" , "Portugal" , "Argentina" , "Belgium" , "Poland" , "France" , "Spain" , "Peru" , "Switzerland" , "England" , "Colombia" , "Mexico" , "Uruguay" , "Croatia" , "Denmark" , "Iceland" , "Costa Rica" , "Sweden" , "Tunisia" , "Egypt" , "Senegal" , "Iran" , "Serbia" , "Nigeria" , "Australia" , "Japan" , "Morocco" , "Panama" , "Korea Republic" , "Saudi Arabia" )) %>% arrange ( - elo )

Finally, here are our World Cup Elo rankings, from strongest to weakeast team:

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## team elo ## 1 Brazil 2032.956 ## 2 Spain 1975.339 ## 3 Germany 1958.013 ## 4 France 1937.242 ## 5 Argentina 1920.864 ## 6 England 1906.218 ## 7 Belgium 1890.040 ## 8 Portugal 1883.412 ## 9 Colombia 1865.608of a small size engine having a low output power. The belt transmission comprises a first pulley mounted on an output shaft of the engine, second and third pulleys mounted commonly on an input shaft of a transmission case of the shovel car, a first belt extending between and around the first and second pulleys, a belt tension clutch movable to and from an operative position in which it engages with the first belt to cause the first belt to transmit power from the first pulley to the second pulley, a fourth pulley mounted on an input shaft of a hydraulic pump of the shovel car, and a second belt extending between and around the third and fourth pulleys. When the belt tension clutch is in the operative


Kelly's way of doing things as fast as possible. Cox has been a monster and could improve with a transition to a four-man line in which he will no longer have two-gap responsibilities, allowing him to simply attack gaps and wreak havoc in the backfield. Graham and Vinny Curry are both able edge rushers, and Bennie Logan should be a fine nose tackle in a 4-3 scheme, giving the Eagles a formidable front. Jenkins and Rodney McLeod look on paper to be one of the league's best safety tandems, and if Eric Rowe can take a step forward, this defense looks very impressive.

There are still a lot of pieces in place on offense. The line has talent, but it has been inconsistent. Skill position players Zach Ertz, Darrenthat before that age my father thought it was ridiculous that I would bring a book to the dinner table, which he didn't permit, but I somehow managed to read even more in high school. I became a history junkie and would read any novel that offered some trivia of the time period in which it was set. Gone With the Wind consumed the winter of my 9th grade year. And since it was the 80's my prom dress matched Scarlet's style to perfection.

When "To Kill A Mockingbird" and "The Good Earth" were assigned in class I was ecstatic as only a book loving girl could be. Why didn't geometry offer such? No wonder I struggled in that class! Someone needed to write a good historic novel that


would make it more entertaining.

And then in my 11th grade year I stumbled upon the writings of Eugenia Price in the public library. Her stories of the south spanned the years from the mid 1770s to the late 1800s. Price was a native to Chicago, when on a book tour she took a side trip to St. Simon's Island, Georgia and fell in love with the area. She relocated from the hustle and bustle of the big city to the quiet island town and began writing her many historic novels, based in the south. My reading began with the Savannah Quartet and from there I went on to enjoy the Florida trilogy.

On a recent trip to Savannah I could almost hear Price's characters talking as I walked thecobblestone streets, even with the modern cars.

As if time has rewound...a large sailboat docked on the river...similar to those that would have been used during the colonial period as new Georgia residents arrived in this port city in the late 1700s.

Even though these old building have been converted to shops and restaurants that attract tourists, they were once used for commerce of grain, feed and cotton.

As we dined in one of these centuries old buildings I was again struck by the clash of old and new. Against the walls of stone, brick and heart pine, cords for internet and electricity snake along the ceiling.

This is why I love this city...such a mix of American history and culture. And most importantly, while visiting I can almost feel 17 years


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 Lydians, an ancient people of Anatolia
 Lydian language, an ancient Anatolian language
 Lydian alphabet
 Lydian (Unicode block)
 Lydian (typeface), a decorative typeface
 Lydian dominant scale or acoustic scale, a musical scale
 Lydian mode, a mode derived from ancient Greek music

See also
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 Lydia (disambiguation)

Category:Language and nationality disambiguation pagesJohn Marwood Cleese was born in Weston-Super-Mare on 27 October 1939 (his father had changed their surname to Cleese from Cheese before signing up for the army in World War 1). By all accounts, Cleese's childhood wasn't a perfect one. Being 6 foot tall at the age of twelve made him an easy target for bullies, and John Cleese recalls that he started using humor as a way of avoiding fights.

John Cleese's father, despite a modest income as an insurance salesman, sent John to private school, first at St. Peter's Prep School, then later to Clifton college, where Cleese was academically successful, gaining A-levels in math, physics and chemistry, as well as being in both the football team and the cricket first XI. Like almost all of the


other Pythons, Cleese discovered the humor of The Goons, and it may have been this that led him to his interest in writing sketches ? indeed this interest was shown when he performed a Flanders and Swann routine in a school revue. At the same time, John Cleese was acquiring another label, with a history report reporting him as engaging in "Subversive" behavior at the back of the class.

In 1958, John Cleese was offered a place at Downing College, Cambridge to read law (his first choice was Pembroke, and Eric Idle would recall later that he spent so much time in and around Pembroke that most of the masters thought that he was a student there). Then National Service ended and students who had postponed their degree coursesflooded universities. This meant that Cleese could not take up his position for another two years. In the mean time he returned to his old prep school as a teacher.

When John Cleese finally made it to Cambridge he immediately tried to join the Footlights, and was rebuffed. Cleese teamed up with fellow student Alan Hutchison, with whom he wrote material to the 1961 revue show I Thought I Saw It Move (headlined by David Frost). On the strength of this work, both Cleese and Hutchison were admitted. It was at this audition that Cleese met Graham Chapman, and the two immediately formed (as it turned out) a very successful writing partnership. The first thing the two performed in was the revue show Double Take (after this Chapman went


to St. Barts in London to continue his medical training). John Cleese carried on writing and performing, and was instrumental in the phenomenally successful A Clump of Plinths (later taken to the West End, and on tour as Cambridge Circus).

After graduating (gaining a 2:1), John Cleese accepted a job at the BBC, writing for a number of pilots, as well as established shows such as the Dick Emery Show. In 1964, he rejoined Cambridge Circus, on its tour, first in New Zealand, then on Broadway. When the tour ended, Cleese stayed in New York, appearing in the play Half a Sixpence, and then moving on to some serious journalism for Newsweek, playing in the American Establishment Review, and appearing in a humorous photo story for the magazine Help!(for which he was recruited by a Mr. T. Gilliam).

Returning to England, John Cleese was recruited into the writing team on The Frost Report (along with 4 of the 5 other Pythons), and immediately joined up with his old Footlights writing partner Graham Chapman. Cleese also appeared in a number of sketches, including the famous "upper-middle-lower class sketch" alongside Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett. At the same time, John Cleese was writing for the radio show I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again. From there he moved on to At Last the 1948 Show, Doctor in the House and Marty Feldman's Marty. Then Barry Took assembled the Python team for their own series. Although it was an open secret that it was a vehicle for Cleese, it became obvious


very quickly that the Flying Circus was an ensemble show. By 1973, John Cleese had become disenchanted with Monty Python and left. The rest of Pythons carried on with their fourth and last series, but it was clear that without one, the whole suffered.

Cleese was heard recently as the froggy king of Far, Far Away in Shrek 3 and is known by kids worldwide as the ghost Nearly Headless Nick in the Harry Potter films. This year, the former Monty Python trouper has signed on, alongside Steve Martin, Andy Garcia, Alfred Molina and Aishwarya Rai, for Columbia Pictures/MGM's The Pink Panther 2, scheduled for release on February 13, 2009.

*In association with Creative Artists Agency

Continue Reading »Douglas Brunt

Douglas Brunt (born August 25, 1971) is an American novelist and former president and CEO of the cybersecurity firm Authentium.

Early life
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Brunt is the son of Jacklyn Bray Brunt and Manly Yates Brunt Jr. Before graduating from Duke University, he attended The Haverford School.

Early career
In 2001 he joined Authentium, Inc., an internet security firm, where he was president and CEO until 2011, when he sold the firm to Commtouch (NASDAQ: CTCH).

Writing career

His first novel, Ghosts of Manhattan, was well received by critics:

"Former Internet exec Brunt offers up a savage, jaded, and comical depiction of freewheeling Wall Street bond traders during their precollapse heyday in this engaging debut." – Publishers Weekly

"With his noir-ish debut novel, Brunt delves not just into the mechanics of


St. Paul apartment Moore shared with his girlfriend, S.B. Witnesses identified Moore's assailant as Hall, who is S.B.'s brother.
The State offered evidence showing that Hall and Moore had been at odds, in part because of the relationship between Moore and S.B. Moore and S.B. began living together in late 2006. But in March 2007, S.B. moved out and ended her relationship with Moore. When S.B. ended the relationship, Moore threatened to kill her and her family, including her children.
On April 9, 2007, approximately three weeks before the murder, Hall was on his way to his mother's house to pick up some documents when he learned that Moore was there. Hall's mother was concerned about Moore's presence. Moore spoke to Hall and when Hall ignored him, Moore insulted Hallby using derogatory language. After Moore left, Hall called Moore's cell phone number and told Moore not to come to Hall's mother's home anymore. Moore then returned to the home and he and Hall exchanged words. Moore threatened to kill Hall and mutilate his body. Hall drew a gun from his waistband, set it on the hood of his car and told Moore to get his gun. When Hall's mother intervened, Hall put his gun away and drove away with his girlfriend. Moore drove after them, made threatening hand gestures to Hall, and his car hit Hall's car on the passenger's side. Hall reported the incident to St. Louis Park police.
Later in April, S.B. and Moore moved back in together. Hall learned that his sister and Moore had


renewed their relationship, and the difficulties between the two men continued. For example, a witness testified that shortly after Moore renewed his relationship with S.B., Moore went looking for Hall armed with a gun. There was also testimony at trial establishing that Hall and Moore exchanged several threatening messages between April 9 and April 29, with most of the calls coming from Hall. Hall testified that the calls he placed to Moore's phone were prank calls, not threats.
On the night of the shooting, Moore was at his apartment with S.B. and her children. A friend, R.T., was also there. At approximately 9:40 p.m., Moore went outside the apartment to smoke a cigarette. S.B. testified that she heard two loud pops while Moore was outside. R.G., a friend ofMoore's, testified that he was sitting in Moore's car in the parking lot behind the building on the night of the murder, drinking and dozing off in the passenger seat when he heard two gunshots. After hearing the gunshots, R.G. saw Hall run down the sloped yard of the apartment building and get into his car. R.T. looked out the window of the apartment after hearing the gunshots and saw Hall drive out of the parking lot. R.G. testified that Hall drove away without turning on the car's headlights.
S.B. testified that the wounded Moore ran into the apartment and said, "They got me." R.T. testified that he remembered Moore's initial statement as, "He shot me in my back." S.B. asked who Moore meant and Moore replied, "Mike," whom


S.B. understood to be Hall. Moore stumbled down the hallway and collapsed near the bathroom. S.B. then called the police.
*840 When the police arrived, they found Moore bleeding profusely. He was transported to Regions Hospital by ambulance but was declared dead on arrival in the emergency room at 10:13 p.m. The cause of death was a single gunshot wound. Moore also had a laceration on his lower lip, a sign of blunt force injury, possibly from a fall, kick, or punch.
Forensic evidence established that when he was shot, Moore was in the hallway of the apartment building that leads from the back door of the building to his ground floor apartment. He was shot a few centimeters below the left scapula, or shoulder blade, with a .40 calibersemiautomatic pistol. Two shots were fired at Moore in quick succession and in a downward trajectory. Law enforcement identified the murder weapon as a gun owned by Hall's former girlfriend, C.J. Hall testified that he used C.J.'s gun to shoot Moore, and that he returned it to C.J. shortly thereafter. Finally, the forensic evidence established that Moore was shot through the glass window of a security door at the rear of the building.
S.B. told one of the responding police officers that Hall had shot Moore and described the car Hall was driving. Hall, meanwhile, called his mother and told her, "Something bad just happened." Police subsequently arrested Hall.
Sergeant Daniel Moriarty of the St. Paul Police Department interviewed Hall following his arrest. The interview began approximately three hours after


the shooting, at 12:56 a.m. on April 30. Moriarty advised Hall of his Miranda rights, including his right to counsel. Moriarty said he wanted to hear Hall's side of the story regarding what had happened to Moore. Hall said he first wanted to hear the officer's side of the story. Hall said he had no idea why he had been arrested. Told by Moriarty that Moore had been shot, Hall twice responded, "Mm-hmm." Asked whether he had shot Moore, Hall replied, "I don't have any comment about that, I'm just listenin', I'm just hearin' your side of the story." Moriarty said he knew Hall had shot Moore and asked Hall why he did it. Hall responded, "I'm not admitting to anything and I'm just talkin' to you aboutcommenced on November 26, 2007. *841 Hall testified in his own defense. Hall admitted that he shot Moore but claimed he did so in self-defense after Moore "burst" out of the apartment building's back door and hit him with a .38 revolver. Hall explained that he punched Moore in the mouth and tried to run away, but Moore grabbed him, and that was when Hall fired his gun.
The jury found Hall guilty of first-degree murder with premeditation, not guilty of second-degree murder, and not guilty of first-degree manslaughter in the heat of passion, Minn.Stat. § 609.20(1) (2008).[1] The district court convicted Hall and sentenced him to life in prison. This direct appeal follows.

I.
The first five of Hall's six arguments involve evidentiary rulings by the district court. Specifically, Hall


him during the interrogation.
With respect to the evidence of Hall's guilt, we have carefully reviewed the record and conclude that the evidence of Hall's guilt is strong. The evidence included the witnesses who heard gunshots and then saw Hall running from the building, Moore's own statement that "Mike" had shot him, the evidence that matched C.J.'s gun to the shooting, and Hall's testimony that he used C.J.'s gun to shoot Moore and returned it to her immediately thereafter. The evidence established that Moore was shot in the back, through a door. Finally, when he was arrested, Hall did not have any markings on him consistent with his having been "pistol-whipped" by Moore, as Hall claimed during his testimony, and the police did not locate, either on Moore orSalmonella enterica Serovar Szentes, a Rare Serotype Causing a 9-Month Outbreak in 2013 and 2014 in Switzerland.
During the summer of 2013, an increase of Salmonella enterica ssp. enterica serovar Szentes isolates from human clinical cases was registered by the Swiss National Centre for Enteropathogenic Bacteria and Listeria. In the course of the ensuing 9 months, 18 isolates originating from 13 patients and from one food sample were collected. Of the 13 human cases, 10 (77%) were female. The patients' ages ranged from 27 to 83 years (median age 49 years). Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) performed with XbaI, and multilocus sequence typing (MLST) were used to type the strains. PFGE as well as MLST showed the strains as indistinguishable. The PFGE pattern and MLST sequence type (ST427) were identical


to
bring more business and vacation visitors to Abu Dhabi and the UAE.”

Hala Group was established in 2016 to bring more focus to EAG’s portfolio of
loyalty, travel and hospitality businesses. It includes Global Loyalty
Company, Etihad Holidays, Hala Abu Dhabi, Hala Travel Management
and the Amadeus Joint Venture.

Mr. Halliday will start in his new role in early September 2017.

He will replace Darren Peisley, who has been Acting Managing Director of Hala Group. H.E. Al Mazrouei thanked Mr. Peisley for his contribution, saying: “Darren has played
a strong interim role at Hala, having founded and
grown the Global Loyalty business into the profitable platform it is today with
more than 20 million members, as well as previously
leading executive portfolios in the commercial and business transformation
areas over his seven years at Etihad Airways. We thank himfor the future, Stiles goes into self-imposed
exile, granting no interviews until the year 3000 where the story begins.
In that interview, he reveals to one reporter that the entire thing was
a hoax. He created meticulous models of a beautiful future for his
fraud, filming them to create a visual inspiration. The time machine
itself was just a prop, smoke and mirrors. He made the whole thing up because he felt that the world was suffering from a lack of vision and ambition. He quotes Arnold J. Toynbee,
an historian and a real person, although I'm not certain of the veracity of
the quote:

In order to survive, humankind must always rush to meet the future.

There is of course a lot in this utopian hoax turned real that would
make today's planner cringe. What about community