traditional skills
as they maintain the museum's fleet of historic
ships and boats in the Seaport's unique
preservation shipyard;

Living interpreters introduce visitors to
the everyday life of a nineteenth-century
coastal New England community of trade shops,
homes, and ships;

The historic ships and buildings, gravel
roads, and stone sidewalks that create Mystic
Seaport's nineteenth-century atmosphere
sometimes present barriers for visitors with
disabilities. The experienced staff are working
hard to provide easy access wherever possible
and tailor their presentations and
demonstrations to the special needs of all
visitors.

The Seaport publishes a brochure, "Guide to
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museum's forty-nine buildings, standing
exhibits, ships, and other attractions. The
brochure includes information on the type of
entrance and the level of accessibility--graded
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The Education Department of Mystic Seaport
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Benefits awarded under TANF and SNAP are modest. According to DHR, a family of three qualifying for TANF would receive $215 a month. About 27,073 people in Alabama – in 11,923 households – received TANF benefits in January, according to DHR. Of those, 20,974 – 77 percent – were children.

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The movie Transporter 3 had its world premiere at PH on November 21, 2008. Jason Statham was present for the premiere.

The movie Race to Witch Mountain was partly shot here for the space convention

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From intelligence agencies around the world, the verdict on President Obamas newly-released certificate of live birth from Hawaii is in: the certificate is a rank forgery on the same level as the Niger yellow cake uranium and Iraq Oil Ministry forged documents. Intelligence and law enforcement services are experts on fake documents since they have to deal with large numbers of counterfeit documents, such as birth certificates, passports, identity cards and drivers licenses, as well as currency. Intelligence agencies are also experts at forging their own documents for their clandestine agents.

Within 24-hours of the release of the long form Certificate of Live Birth on April 27, intelligence agencies from Britain and China to Germany and Russia examined the document and concluded it was a forgery based on thePOTUS) is one who was born in America of American citizens. Obama’s BC confirms that his father was not American, he was African (according to the BC, and Kenyan according to Obama and a whole bunch of folks), so he is unqualified on those grounds.

But, let’s confuse the issue more with Obama’s adoption by Barry Soetero. That made him Indonesian. Strike two!

Finally, there are his numerous SSNs, and the issue of what passport he traveled on during his visits to foreign countries as a teen and young man. Strikes three and four!!

He doesn’t meet the eligibility requirements set forth by Article II section 1 “No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall


be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.”

But, let’s delve further into the contentious statement “natural born citizen”.

Natural-Born Citizen Defined

One universal point most all early publicists agreed on was natural-born citizen must mean one who is a citizen by no act of law. If a person owes their citizenship to some act of law (naturalization for example), they cannot be considered a natural-born citizen. This leads us to defining natural-born citizen under the laws of nature - laws the founders recognized and embraced.

Under the laws of nature, every child born requires no act of law to establish the factthe United States and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are declared to be citizens of the United States.

Rep. John A. Bingham commenting on Section 1992 said it means every human being born within the jurisdiction of the United States of parents not owing allegiance to any foreign sovereignty is, in the language of your Constitution itself, a natural born citizen. (Cong. Globe, 39th, 1st Sess., 1291 (1866))

Bingham had asserted the same thing in 1862 as well:

“Does the gentleman mean that any person, born within the limits of the Republic, and who has offended against no law, can rightfully be exiled from any State or from any rood of the Republic? Does the gentleman undertake to say that here, in the face of the


U.S. abandoned Englands natural allegiance doctrine). This of course, explains why emphasis of not owing allegiance to anyone else was the effect of being subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

It should be noted this allegiance due under Englands common law and American law are of two different species. Under the common law one owed a personal allegiance to the King as an individual upon birth. Under the American system there was no individual ruler to owe a personal allegiance to.

The constitutional requirement for the President of the United States to be a natural-born citizen had one purpose according to St. George Tucker:

That provision in the constitution which requires that the president shall be a native-born citizen (unless he were a citizen of the United States whenthe constitution was adopted,) is a happy means of security against foreign influence, which, wherever it is capable of being exerted, is to he dreaded more than the plague. The admission of foreigners into our councils, consequently, cannot be too much guarded against; their total exclusion from a station to which foreign nations have been accustomed to, attach ideas of sovereign power, sacredness of character, and hereditary right, is a measure of the most consummate policy and wisdom. The title of king, prince, emperor, or czar, without the smallest addition to his powers, would have rendered him a member of the fraternity of crowned heads: their common cause has more than once threatened the desolation of Europe. To have added a member to this sacred family in America,


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Indians in Kenya objected to the reservation of the Highlands for Europeans and bitterness grew between the Indians and the Europeans. The population in 1921 was estimated at 2,376,000, of whom 9651 were Europeans, 22,822 Indians, and 10,102 Arabs.

The COLONY CAME TO AN END IN 1963 when independence was agreed with the British. After independence the former colony became known as Kenya.

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Religion in Star Trek

Religion seems to be largely absent from the futuristic and secular world of the Federation and in particular from human society. Star Trek's takes on religious topics are often critical, and they almost routinely close with a victory of science over faith. This is anything but a surprise, knowing that Gene Roddenberry was an active atheist.

Roddenberry is very commonly cited with the words:

"I condemn false prophets, I condemn the effort to take away the power of rational decision, to drain people of their free will -- and a hell of a lot of money in the bargain. Religions vary in their degree of idiocy, but I reject them all. For most people, religion is nothing more than a substitute for a malfunctioning brain."

The authenticity


a god (TOS: "Metamorphosis").

Companion-Nancy replies: , referring to the existence of a god (TOS: "Metamorphosis"). Spock compares the Tribbles to "lilies of the field. They toil not, neither do they spin." This is from Matthew 6:28 and Luke 12:27 (TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles").

This is from Matthew 6:28 and Luke 12:27 (TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles"). The rebels on Magna Roma, a nearly perfect "Parallel Earth", seem to worship the "sun", which is actually (God's) "Son". More precisely, Spock rules that "Sun worship is usually a primitive superstition religion" , whereupon Uhura corrects him: "Don't you understand? It's not the sun up in the sky. It's the Son of God." So the episode is remarkably supportive of Christianity as some sort of "advanced" religion (TOS: "Bread and Circuses").

,whereupon Uhura corrects him: So the episode is remarkably supportive of Christianity as some sort of "advanced" religion (TOS: "Bread and Circuses"). McCoy thinks that Spock would need him in the "lion's den". Spock answers: "Daniel, as I recall, had only his faith." . He obviously recognizes the reference to the Book of Daniel. In the same episode, McCoy says, "What in the name of Heaven is this?" Scotty replies: "Heaven's got very little to do with this" (TOS: "The Gamesters of Triskelion").

Spock answers: . He obviously recognizes the reference to the Book of Daniel. In the same episode, McCoy says, Scotty replies: (TOS: "The Gamesters of Triskelion"). The computer M-5 states: "Murder is contrary to the laws of man and God" (TOS: "The Ultimate Computer").

(TOS: "The Ultimate


Computer"). Another astonishing reference from TOS is a dialogue between two researchers, of whom at least one is clearly religious, when there is a quake on Minara II. Dr. Ozaba: "In His hands are the deep places of the Earth. Psalm 95, verse 4." Dr. Linke: "Looks like He was listening" (TOS: "The Empath").

Dr. Linke: (TOS: "The Empath"). Bridge officer Lt. Rahda is wearing a bindi, a traditional Hindu symbol, on her forehead (TOS: "That Which Survives").

Data mentions a Hindu Festival of Lights in his log entry. So this religion, or at least its rituals, still seems to exist (TNG: "Data's Day"). On a related note, there is a mention of a Christmas party too (TOS: "Dagger of the Mind").

The "Scottish" Caldos Colony includes a church or chapelShip").

He says, (DS9: "The Ship"). Joseph Sisko recites from the Bible to his son's surprise. Joseph also appears as a priest in Ben's hallucination (DS9: "Far Beyond the Stars").

Kasidy Yates says she would like to have a priest to perform the wedding ceremony (DS9: "Penumbra").

The holographic Leonardo da Vinci says that he sometimes prays to God for inspiration. Janeway thinks this isn't going to work for her. (VOY: "Scorpion, Part I").

The Doctor acts as a Roman Catholic priest, the first time in Star Trek that a human religion is a part of the story - albeit only in a holodeck scenario. The interior of the church is wrong, the altar is empty and there is no crucifix (VOY: "Spirit Folk").

Dr. Phlox says he has been to a Tibetan


monastery and that he has attended a mass at St. Peter's Square. This is the most definite statement that religion still plays a role, at least in the 22nd century (ENT: "Cold Front").

Dr. Phlox appears as a priest on Porthos's funeral in one of Archers's hallucinations (ENT: "A Night in Sickbay").

The "Red Angel" evokes the concept of (guardian) angels as in the three Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam (DIS: "Point of Light"). Inspired by the apparition of the winged figure otherwise known as the "Red Angel" who saved them, survivors of World War III created a new community, in which they merged the concepts of their "old" religions, namely Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Shinto, and Wicca (DIS: "New Eden").

Alien religions

This is evidence about the Vulcans, Klingons,some Vulcans, such as notably Sybok, believe in an idyllic place from which they as a people were born. Their name for this place is Sha Ka Ree ("Star Trek V").

Ancient Vulcans practiced a polytheistic faith. Among their gods were the gods of War, Peace and Death (TNG: "Gambit, Part 2").

Spock, traveling back in time to save his own life, presents himself to his parents as a cousin making a ritual journey "to honor our gods" . Both Sarek and Amanda let this pass without comment, indicating that at least some Vulcans maintained the traditional faith even after the advent of Surak (TAS: "Yesteryear").

Spock, traveling back in time to save his own life, presents himself to his parents as a cousin making a ritual journey . Both Sarek


and Amanda let this pass without comment, indicating that at least some Vulcans maintained the traditional faith even after the advent of Surak (TAS: "Yesteryear"). The monastery of P'Jem, erected some 3000 years ago, is one of the most sacred places for many Vulcans (ENT: "The Andorian Incident").

Approximately 2000 years ago, in a time of devastating atomic warfare, a philosopher named Surak codified a system of belief based on logic and the repression of emotions. This system eventually came to be the basis for modern Vulcan civilization. This time came to be known as the "Time of the Awakening", or sometimes the Vulcan Reformation. Surak's teachings were recorded in the Kir'Shara, essentially a Vulcan Bible (ENT: "Kir'Shara").

Among the precepts of Surak was the concept of the katra, referredto as the "living spirit" or "all that which is not of the body" , effectively the "soul" of the person. The katra of a Vulcan could be stored in a katric ark, or carried by another person, presumably so that the essence of what that person was would not be lost, and could even be consulted with by knowledgeable Vulcans. In the extremely rare case of a Vulcan's body regaining or retaining life after the transfer of the katra, it was possible to attempt to return it to the body via a process called Fal-tor-pan, though it was dangerous and difficult, with no guarantee of success ("Star Trek III", ENT: "Awakening").

, effectively the "soul" of the person. The katra of a Vulcan could be stored in a


Prophets")

(DS9: "In the Hands of the Prophets") The story of the Prophets is continued in several DS9 episodes that are just too countless to discuss separately. The general tendency is that the Bajoran faith grows on Ben Sisko, that the Prophets are gradually becoming more god-like and that ultimately Ben even becomes one of them. The Prophets' god-like nature becomes particularly clear in the episodes where they determine the destinies of the Bajoran people and of Sisko, respectively (DS9: "Rapture", "By Inferno's Light", "Shadows and Symbols", "What You Leave Behind").

Also, the Prophets have evil counterparts, the devil-like Pah-Wraiths (DS9: "The Assignment", "The Reckoning", "Covenant", "What You Leave Behind").

Considering that religious leaders of Earth's past, without mentioning particular examples, are condemned in Star Trek (for instance, by Picard inis accused of harassing against his government's doctrine that the race is indigenous to the Delta Quadrant (VOY: "Distant Origin").

Neelix dies and is recovered using Seven's nanoprobes. After the experience of death, or rather a lack of experience Neelix's faith is shattered so much that he would commit suicide (VOY: "Mortal Coil").

A group of pilgrims of different races worship the "Great Plume of Agosoria", a neutron burst from a protostar (ENT: "Cold Front").

A group of religious fanatics hijacks Enterprise. Different factions of this religion are struggling for the right interpretation of their faith. Archer repeatedly blames their faith, rather than their ruthless leaders, for misguiding them: "Your faith betrayed you." (ENT: "Chosen Realm").

"False gods"

In this very common plot, someone or something (usually technologically advanced) imposes his belief on


a (usually backward) culture.

There is no explicit reference to religion, but seeing how the natives used to worship Vaal, Kirk more or less destroys their faith by ridding them of Vaal and telling them that they will be better off if they can care for themselves (TOS: "The Apple"). Similar cultural interferences happen in almost a dozen TOS episodes, but not as definitely as here.

In the effort to avert Wesley's execution, Picard has to argue with the Edo "god", an unidentified entity in their orbit. No effort is made to convince the Edo that it's not their "god", though (TNG: "Justice").

Picard is believed to be a god by the local populace on Mintaka, who are living on a low technological level but were so far deemed "rational". Picardthe people to transform their planet into a paradise (TNG: "Devil's Due").

After he has been shot and his artificial heart is damaged, Q welcomes Picard with the words "This is the afterlife, and I'm God" . He then demonstrates to the incredulous Picard how his life would have been, had he made a different choice in his younger years (TNG: "Tapestry").

. He then demonstrates to the incredulous Picard how his life would have been, had he made a different choice in his younger years (TNG: "Tapestry"). A weird example of a religion is the relationship between the Founders and the species created by them, namely the Vorta and the Jem'Hadar. They both revere the Founders, the latter are additionally addicted to drugs. The Jem'Hadar Goran'Agar says: "The Founders


are like gods to the Jem'Hadar. But our gods never talk to us. And they don't wait for us after death." (DS9: "Hippocratic Oath", "The Ship", "Treachery, Faith and the Great River").

(DS9: "Hippocratic Oath", "The Ship", "Treachery, Faith and the Great River"). There may be good reasons for Dukat's followers to worship the near-divine Pah-wraiths. But everything surrounding Dukat himself is a classic example of a "false god", culminating in the Cardassian-Bajoran hybrid he presents "as a sign of the Pah-wraiths" (DS9: "Covenant").

(DS9: "Covenant"). The Caretaker is a powerful entity that protects the Ocampa after inadvertently causing an ecological disaster on their planet. After his death Janeway decides to continue his work at any rate. There is no real religious mention though (VOY: "Caretaker"). Suspiria is the antithesisto the Caretaker. Her open hostility is the only reason for Janeway to fight her with moderate means (VOY: "Cold Fire").

Two Ferengi are exploiting the population of a planet, using their technology to pretend that they are the "Holy Sages" from the planet's mythology (VOY: "False Profits").

Kathryn Janeway is badly injured after a shuttle crash. An alien parasite induces a hallucination in her mind, that she has died, and that her late father has come to welcome her in the afterlife. Janeway, however, doesn't want to let go and her mistrust for her "father" keeps growing. Her "father" initially emerged from a bright white light, and vanishes in a fiery light that Janeway labels as "hell". After her recovery she muses that all reported near death experiences might


about or specific reference to a religion.

"Star Trek: The Motion Picture" shows V'ger on the quest for its creator, "Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan" features the act of creation, "Star Trek: The Search for Spock" has Spock's resurrection from the dead, "Star Trek: The Final Frontier" explicitly sends the ship to seek God.

Another Surakian practice was the kolinahr, a series of rituals and meditations designed to totally purge all emotion from a Vulcan's mind. Attainment of kolinahr was considered a great achievement ("Star Trek: The Motion Picture").

When a false Data asks, "What is death" , Picard explains that there are different interpretations, that some hope for an afterlife, while others think they will vanish into nothingness. Interestingly, Picard says that he himself believes his existence is morethan a meaningless illusion, considering the "complexity of our universe" (TNG: "Where Silence Has Lease").

, Picard explains that there are different interpretations, that some hope for an afterlife, while others think they will vanish into nothingness. Interestingly, Picard says that he himself believes his existence is more than a meaningless illusion, considering the (TNG: "Where Silence Has Lease"). A spiritual aspect lies in the discovery that all humanoids are descendants of a proto-humanoid race that evolved in the galaxy 4 billion years ago. Whilst this refutes particularly the Christian view of creation, it becomes sort of a religion itself (TNG: "The Chase").

The inhabitants of Dorvan V claim that Picard was sent to their planet because his ancestor Javier Maribona Picard, a Spanish soldier, participated in a massacre of


Native Americans after the Pueblo Revolt in 1680. It also seems that Wesley was supposed to find his true way on the planet, although it turns out that the Traveler triggered his change of mind, rather than some kind of spirit (TNG: "Journey's End").

Chakotay is a descendent of an ancient Native American tribe. He practices rituals like meditation with an animal guide (VOY: "The Cloud"). His spirituality may have enabled him to remain alive when he is taken over by an alien (VOY: "Cathexis"). This is not completely evident, though. Aliens have brought a sort of religion to his tribe (VOY: "Tattoo"). His special dream techniques enable him to trick aliens that want to take over the ship (VOY: "Waking Moments"). Surprisingly, Chakotay has to concede to B'Elannamost of the time when Roddenberry was still alive. Looking at The Original Series, we find that issues of faith (human as well as alien) are systematically kept out of the show, aside from for a couple of vague mentions and isolated statements, especially since the second season. This policy may have to do with the era when the series was produced. In the 1960s it may not have been opportune to create a decidedly atheist TV show, so Roddenberry may have been forced to drop (anti-)religious references to keep it at least secular. It is only remarkable that of all people in the series Edith Keeler, a church social worker of the 1930s, does not mention God on an occasion where it would have been very appropriate,


to replace religion. The answer must be quite obvious to anyone who has ever listened to Star Trek's opening credits:Most of all the movies, and ironically all those made under Roddenberry's surveillance, show how humanity and "enlightened" aliens likewise are still fascinated by the quest for the unknown and ultimately for the supernatural in the 23rd century. "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" and "Star Trek: The Final Frontier" even feature a spiritual encounter with a creator, although it turns out a disappointment especially in the second case.

Whilst organized religion is not commonplace any longer, there is still a desire to explore the last mystery of our origin, our existence and our destiny. It is where physics and religion converge, and it may be seen as either a confirmationafterlife. The movies, however, add exactly these missing links with the concepts of Sha Ka Ree and of the katra. It is astonishing that not just Spock, as a principal character, but his whole civilization turns out to be at least spiritual. While this seems to contradict Roddenberry's policy, it only emphasizes the contrast to the secular society of humanity. The Vulcan faith, its history and present will be further elucidated in TNG, in Voyager and especially in Enterprise.

TNG - faithfully faithless

With Roddenberry being strongly involved in the making of Star Trek at the beginning of TNG again, his atheism becomes a prevalent tone of the new series. The non-existence of religion in the Federation is said to be equally progressive and enlightened as its non-profit economy. "Primitive"


truly enlightened civilization. Most of all TNG: "Who Watches the Watchers" explicitly blames the faith in a deity for everything that is wrong with any religion and as an obstacle to the further development of a society. Not zealous and intolerant single individuals, not leaders that misuse religion to exploit their followers, but the very basis of any religion is condemned on these occasions. In "Who Watches the Watchers" Barron insinuates that a religion could give rise to, which Picard finds. The two, however, just look at the negative effects of religion in human history, neglecting that the same level of intolerance and violence may exist and does exist in a secular world just as well. Moreover, rather than obeying the letters of the Prime Directive that wouldit would have been the encounter of their lives.

The series initially exhibits a preference for Starfleet's agnostic view that the Prophets are just "wormhole aliens". The particular conflict in DS9: "In the Hands of the Prophets" may be even seen as a little concealed allegory of the "evolution vs. intelligent design" debates with a tendency in favor of the more rational scientific explanation. The main motive why the Prophets are not downright condemned as "false gods", especially in the remarkable explanation that Ben Sisko gives to Jake in "In the Hands of the Prophets", may be that they are still needed. This provision proves right in the following story arc in the course of which the Prophets remain god-like beings and in whose ironical outcome Sisko himself, the


the well-known plots involving religion in a new light. The Caretaker is an interesting variant of the archetype of a "false god". But unlike Vaal or the Edo god, to whom the Caretaker is closely related, no effort is made to remove or even destroy this entity. On the contrary, Janeway decides to continue his work at any rate. Another observation along the same lines is possible in VOY: "Emanations". The faith of the Vhnori is directed towards something the Voyager crew can rationally explain. Harry helps a dissenter who doesn't want to be killed. Still, Voyager's crew tolerates their faith and ultimately allows a Vhnori woman to die (albeit inadvertently) who has accidentally materialized on the ship. There were similar situations in TNG: "Half a Life" and"Homeward", but in the two previous episodes no religion was involved. It is also clear that the Sky Spirits from VOY: "Tattoo" have much the same role in the history and religion of the Rubber Tree People as the Judeo-Christian God in the Bible. There are several clear cues in the episode such as the creation of people "in their own image" and the existence of a "chosen people" and a "sacred land". It is interesting, however, that the religion of the Rubber Tree People is not criticized in the episode, although it bears many traits of a "false god" syndrome. It wouldn't be far-fetched to say that Voyager is the Star Trek series that concedes the same rights to religions that TNG granted other cultures and law


become a political ideology. Still, there is largely no spiritual impact, although Prof. Gegen's struggle against the "doctrine" (a term taken from political science, not religion) of the Voth is very reminiscent of Galilei's efforts to defend his teachings against the church. To paraphrase Lenin, "Religion is the opium of the people", but in its consequences, political ideologies like fascism and communism have become the ultimate religions of the 20th century, so the example of the Voth may be fitting as "false religion". In this context it is interesting to note that, although basic concepts like racism are condemned, concrete examples of fanaticism of political leaders are not quite as frequent in Star Trek as occurrences of "false gods". Clearly the two phenomena are closely related, but theEnterprise used to have "Faith of the Heart" ;-).

The future of religion

One question will probably remain unanswered because it was never meant to be posed in the first place. We can't tell how many humans still believe in someone like a god or like gods in the 22nd to 24th century. At least priests still perform wedding ceremonies, as Kasidy suggests in DS9: "Penumbra". Aside from that, human religion has almost no place in Star Trek except for subtle and mostly insignificant side notes. Roddenberry could not afford to lose a large portion of his viewers because of his open atheism, so he largely left out (negative) references to Earth's religions. The only exception is in VOY: "Spirit Folk" where the Doctor plays a Catholic priest, yet in


or institution, anything that makes up our lives. With a firm stance that it would be better to take away faith from people, Star Trek, in its few worst installments, is just as narrow-minded and arrogant as the religious zeal it strives to condemn. On these occasions Star Trek acts against its own principles.

Whatever his reasons were, Gene Roddenberry was mistaken about religion. I am glad that he hit the nail on the head with other ideas that he came up with.

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Thanks to Daystrom Institute Technical Library, the origin of the "false god" classification. Special thanks to Gregory Price, who added several references about Vulcan faith and spirituality, and to David Brown for more examples of human religion in TOS. The observation about Edith Keeler comes from MichaelUS intelligence agencies accused Vladimir Putin of launching an "influence campaign" to damage Hillary Clinton in a new report, with sources saying British intelligence provided the tip about Russia's hacking of the Democratic Party.

The report said Russia showed a "clear preference" for Donald Trump, the president-elect, and carried out cyber attacks and issued propaganda both to boost his chances and to undermine confidence in American democracy.

Mr Trump insisted on Friday that foreign meddling had "absolutely no effect" on the outcome of the election, and declined to say whether he believed Russia was behind the hacks.


of the admitted injury cases were obtained from the database office at the Trauma Unit of Assiut University Hospitals. Data registration was done by the resident doctors at the Trauma Unit and data entry was performed by well trained personnel. The data were obtained in Excel program. Coding of causes of injuries was carried out using the tenth revision of the international classification of diseases (ICD-10) codes. In the ICD-10, external causes are classified under a series of alphanumeric codes V01-Y98.

This Governorate is considered as one of the biggest in Upper Egypt. The Trauma Unit in the University Hospitals in Upper Egypt is considered as the central unit of trauma in Upper Egypt, to which injury cases are referred from all Upper Egypt and Red Sea Governorates.

The totalfourth cause among aged 30-50 years.

Transport accidents were ranked as the first leading cause of deaths throughout the whole period from 2002 to 2009, followed by falls as the second cause throughout the whole period from 2002 to 2009.

Gunshot injuries were the third cause of deaths in 2002-2003, then became the fourth cause in 2004, in 2005-2006 occupied the fifth cause, then became the fourth cause together (with interpersonal violence) in 2007-2009. Interpersonal violence was the fifth leading cause in 2002-2003 and became the third cause in 2004-2007 \[[Table 2](#T2){ref-type="table"}\].

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Ranking the leading cause of death among hospitalized injuries at Trauma unit, university hospital, 2002-2009

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Injury and violence are one of the major public health problems, which are highly prevalent world-wide. Around 9% of the global mortality are


injury admissions, followed by transport accidents and exposure to inanimate mechanical forces. This agrees with the Egyptian injury surveillance report 2009 at which falls were ranked as the first leading cause of injuries in 2009.\[[@ref4]\]

This finding varies with a study in Nepal which concluded that road traffic accident was the first cause of injury followed by falls.\[[@ref15]\]

In the present study, exposure to inanimate mechanical forces was the third cause of hospitalization. This agrees with studies in India and Canada.\[[@ref18][@ref19]\] They show that it was the third most common cause of injury admissions while in Maryland study in USA, exposure to inanimate mechanical force was the fourth cause of hospitalization.\[[@ref20]\]

In this study, interpersonal violence was the fourth cause of injury admissions. This agrees to some extent with a studywork force, which requires special attention. This evident finding is in concordance with the Egyptian injury surveillance 2009 report and WHO 2002 report\[[@ref4][@ref22]\] the same was found in other studies.\[[@ref11][@ref23][@ref24]\]

Transport accidents were the first cause of deaths among the hospitalized cases with more than 50% in our study; same finding was shown in other studies.\[[@ref11][@ref23][@ref24]\]

In 2004, road traffic injury was the sixth leading cause of death in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Egypt has the highest road traffic injuries fatality rate in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.\[[@ref25]\] Globally road traffic injuries are predicted to become the fifth leading cause of death by 2030.\[[@ref26]\]

Falls as a cause of deaths occupied the second cause of death throughout the study period. This may be referred to that falls was the first cause of


admissions in extremes of age less than 15 years old and more than 49 years old. In USA, death rates from falls have also started to increase rapidly. However, motor vehicle traffic death rates declined from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s before stabilizing.\[[@ref14]\] This is due to the injury preventive measures taken in developed countries and not well-practiced in developing ones to prevent falls. This is not in concordance with the Egyptian injury surveillance report 2009; falls was the fourth cause of injury deaths.\[[@ref4]\] In other study in Indiana State, falls were the third leading cause of unintentional injury deaths for Indiana residents.\[[@ref21]\]

In the present study interpersonal violence was the third cause of deaths, this agrees with two study results, in USA and in Nepal.\[[@ref14][@ref15]\] Gunshot injuries wasthe third leading cause of death then became the fourth with interpersonal violence in 2007-2009 while reports from Nigeria and other studies have shown that gunshot injuries were the second cause of trauma deaths.\[[@ref11][@ref27]\] This can be explained by that Egypt was the lowest in the proportion of injury deaths attributed to intentional injuries (violence) among low and middle income countries in the african region.\[[@ref28]\]

In the present study, exposure to inanimate mechanical forces was the fourth cause of death, which is earlier than its ranking as the seventh cause in Maryland study in USA.\[[@ref20]\] This may be due to the presence of well-practiced preventive measures and good medical care in USA than in Egypt.

In the present study, the most body region affected by injuries among deaths was the


Social media sites continue to grow at a fast pace. People of all generations use social media to exchange messages and share experiences of their daily life in a timely fashion. For example, they may post their opinions about a restaurant they are in at the moment or the television show they have just watched.
Television has become a new platform that users utilize to access social media while they watch television. Users are able to read social media messages on the television. With the dramatic growth of the wireless network speed, television content as of today is also delivered to mobile devices.Southern University and A&M College is a comprehensive institution offering four-year, graduate, professional, and doctorate degree programs, fully accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). The University today is part of the only historically black Land Grant university system in the United States.

Southern University and A&M College is a comprehensive institution offering four-year, graduate, professional, and doctorate degree programs, fully accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). The University today is part of the only historically black Land Grant university system in the United States.

SU professor takes on education issues in Multiplication

“In a sense, then, this is a book about how learning can be made into practical fun while remaining sensitive to the cultural conditions of each community — because there is


Contracted cleanup crews bring in containment booms from a boat in the United States Coast Guard's staging area for the Galveston Oil Spill clean up on Matagorda Island. Crews laid out 16,50

Contracted cleanup crews bring in containment booms from a boat in the United States Coast Guard's staging area for the Galveston Oil Spill clean up on Matagorda Island. Crews laid out 16,500 feet of containment booms Friday.During the cruise, we have received questions from various school groups about a variety of topics. Questions range from scientific topics to the Antarctic to questions about life on a ship. We are posting these questions daily with a short response. Below is a running list started after the cruise leaves port on Nov. 23, 2004.

The following questions were submitted by 6
year old Max Abrams: How did you get to the South Pole?

[answered by Brennan Philips, UConn graduate student]
Unfortunately, this trip isn't to the South Pole... we've spent most of our time on this trip traveling around an area of Antarctica known as the Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctica is actually very large- roughly twice the size of the US. The South Pole isn't exactly in the center of it,


to Punta Arenas, which is a city at the very bottom of South America. There we met our ship, the Laurence M. Gould, which we've been on for the past three weeks as we travel around the Antarctic Peninsula and the series of islands that surround it.

Have you ever helped a penguin into the
water?

[Story by Dr. Thomas Dahlgren of Sweden]
I once heard a funny story on that theme. John, the seal researcher, was riding his Zodiac back home to the base after studying a seal colony together with his college. They had to cross an area with quite a few penguins around but maneuvered the boat slowly and with care not to harm the birds. Suddenly the penguins came shooting up from the water and sure enough, shortlydisplaced out of the bucket and weigh it, that is how much the vessel weighs. For ships as large as LMG, they do it mathematically.] She can carry 53 persons on board including crew (boats are referred to as "she"). It has a full service galley to feed everyone. On board we have a large TV room, conference room, gym, sauna and jacuzzi tub. On the Science side, we have 3 labs, an electronics lab and a main deck that can support many different operations. The LMG has a 12,000 mile range and can deploy for expeditions for up to 70 days without stopping.

The vessel is United States flagged and is inspected yearly by the United States Coast Guard and the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS). ABS is


Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul speaks during the Tea Party Republican Debate held at the Florida State Fairgrounds, in Tampa, Florida on September 12, 2011. UPI/Christina Mendenhall | License Photo

NEW YORK, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul took issue Sunday with the U.S. airstrike that killed a reputed American-born high-ranking al-Qaida official.

In an op-ed piece published in the New York Daily News, Paul said the slaying of a U.S. citizen without due process is a violation of the Constitution and sets a dangerous precedent.

"The precedent set by the killing of (Anwar) al-Awlaki establishes the frightening legal premise that any suspected enemy of the United States -- even if they are a citizen -- can be taken out on the president's say-so alone," said Paul, aall it did was increase economic development for the town Carlsbad Caverns is in."

On the controversial topic of the possibility of White Sands National Monument someday being added to the World Heritage List, Mayor Richard Boss asked Parker to clarify the process for that.

"The bill does state that there is a requirement by law that if this passes that Otero and Doña Ana counties, which are the two counties in which the monument is located, would have to concur in a (World Heritage List) nomination," Parker said. "Before, the Secretary of Interior who's in charge of nominations for the United States, could propose a nomination to the UN for inclusion of White Sands National Monument on the World Heritage List. Currently, that's basically the practice. Because it's so


The only humans left on Earth are aristocratic immortals, doomed to live out their perpetual youth as sex-cultists, lost in the euphoria of the dream game. Meanwhile, the all-powerful computer Cybermind commands the galaxy with its army of youthful Hybrid super-soldiers, captured and equipped with artificial memories and passions.

But random acts of terror have broken out—massive robberies and brutal mind-deaths that are perpetrated while the helpless victims swoon in the imagined ecstasies of virtual reality passion.

Enemies of the Cybermind, masters of illusion, two rebel Hybrid soldiers have become the ultimate terrorists. Fighting against the decadence of Earth, in search of their own pasts, Nate and Rissa are now the most feared of warriors. Living, loving, and killing as one, they are the Dream Hunters ...Robert Clary Story World Premiere 13 Nov 2018 in Hollywood , FL

FROM BUCHENWALD TO HOLLYWOOD, THE ROBERT CLARY STORY
A truly inspiring film about a Hollywood legend by Karen and Richard Bloom and Michel van der Burg .

World Premiere on November 13, 2018 at Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (FLIFF) , in Cinema Paradiso , Hollywood, Florida , USA .

Trailer

The producers of Transport XX to Auschwitz and Defending Holocaust History are proudly bringing to the screen, the inspirational film, From Buchenwald to Hollywood, The Robert Clary Story, about a Hollywood legend, an internationally known actor, Broadway star, singer, artist, author and Holocaust lecturer.

Mr. Clary is widely known for his role as Corporal Lebeau on the long running TV series Hogan’s Heroes. What is little known by the public is


that Robert’s real last name is Widerman, and in 1942 at the age of 16, he and thirteen members of his family were rounded up in Paris, France and deported by the Nazis to concentration camps. He was the only one to survive, having endured 31 months in four Nazi camps and a death march until his liberation from Buchenwald by the U.S. Army on April 11, 1945. He was discovered singing in a Paris nightclub in 1947, signed to a recording contract and brought to the United States in 1949 where he met Merv Griffin, who introduced him to Eddie and Ida Cantor and their daughter, Natalie, who he would later marry.

More at the today updated site of Richard Bloom Productions – richardbloomproductions.com – and the FLIFFThe Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) received notice that the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has advanced the Purple Line project to the engineering phase of its New Starts grant program. This action is a key milestone toward securing federal funding for the project and beginning construction next year.

Entry into the New Starts Engineering phase is the final milestone required before FTA can sign a Purple Line Full Funding Grant Agreement. With this achievement, MTA can start to incur costs that are eligible for federal reimbursement.

Last March, FTA gave the Purple Line project a Medium-High rating and recommended the Purple Line receive a total of $900 million, including $100 million in FY 2015.

The Purple Line is a 16-mile light rail line that runs east-west inside the Capital Beltway between Bethesda


Robert Lewis, President and Principal of Development Strategies, has achieved the planning profession’s highest honor by being named to the prestigious American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) College of Fellows for his outstanding achievements in urban planning.

Bob has been contributing to the planning profession for over 40 years. Viewing his role as an educator in a variety of contexts, he has helped inform communities of their economic opportunities and challenges in his consulting work, and taught economics and planning at several universities. Additionally, he has sat on advisory boards and panels, and participated in the local and national leadership of several professional organizations, including the American Planning Association, International Economic Development Council, and Urban Land Institute. Bob is particularly proud of his role in planning for the creation+0000http://development-strategies.com/?p=1433Students began moving into the rehabbed Old Colony office building on August 21, after its $58 million conversion by CA Ventures LLC and MCJ Development into 137 apartment units. Renamed The Arc at Old Colony, the building was originally constructed in 1894 and is on the National Register of Historic Places, qualifying for $10 million in federal historic tax credits. Its location on Van Buren Street adjacent to the historic Harold Washington Library in Downtown Chicago’s Loop is within easy walking distance of 24 institutions of higher learning. The building was one of the first of its kind to employ a unique structural portal wind-bracing system, allowing for open floor plates and thinner masonry exterior cladding—ideal for its conversion to housing.

Development Strategies completed sophisticated market analyses and expense


represents the City of Kansas City and its LCRA in the ongoing redevelopment of the Beacon Hill neighborhood. We are pleased to have provided various market analyses for phases of the project, a 90-acre mixed-use, new-urbanist neighborhood within walking distance of Hospital Hill, Crown Center, and Union Station that offers a panoramic view of downtown.

Beacon Hill offers over 300 new building sites for single-family houses, attached and detached, in addition to 100 fully renovated traditional and historic Kansas City houses. It has been designed as a traditional urban neighborhood with a pedestrian orientation and streetscape, rear lanes for garage access, open space and neighborhood amenities such as a community center, retail live/work spaces, and commercial lofts. The historic Robinson Hospital has been redeveloped as the Residences of Westone of four design themes: fine arts, performing arts, music, or architecture, with finishes that highlight each theme. Development Strategies provided appraisal services for the project, which included valuing the real estate as well as the incentives necessary to make the project feasible.

Details of the Landmarks Association of St. Louis, 11 Most Enhanced Places, are available here.

Design Bureau also named Hotel Ignacio on the Seven Best New Design Hotels in America.


Timothy J. Lynch

Tim Lynch is Associate Professor in American Politics in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne. He specialises in the history, politics and ideology of American foreign policy. His books include Turf War: the Clinton Administration and Northern Ireland (Ashgate, 2004) and US Foreign Policy and Democracy Promotion (Routledge, 2013). His co-authored book (with RS Singh), After Bush: the Case for Continuity in American Foreign Policy (Cambridge, 2008), won the Richard Neustadt Book Prize and became a best-selling international security text. He is editor of the two-volume Oxford Encyclopedia of American Military and Diplomatic History (2013). He is currently writing a Cambridge history of post-cold war US foreign policy.

Experience

2005–2010

Senior Lecturer, University of London

2003–2005

Lecturer, University of Leicester

2000–2003

Director, Boston College Centre for IrishProgrammes, Dublin

Education

2003

Boston College, PhD (Fulbright Scholar)

1995

University of London, MA

1993

University of East Anglia, BA (Hons)

Publications

2013

Oxford Encyclopedia of American Military and Diplomatic History, Oxford University Press

2013

US Foreign Policy and Democracy Promotion, Routledge

2008

After Bush: The Case for Continuity in American Foreign Policy (with R.S. Singh), Cambridge University Press


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At the end of the school semester, Bao is sent to Quchi to be with his recently widowed grandfather because his parents are considering a divorce. Depressed and sullen, he has to transfer to a small elementary school where he discovers that he shares the nickname, “Bear”, with a girl in his class. Continue reading →as to be incomprehensible to a casual observer.

Nonetheless, early readers asked for a simple explanation of the civil war, which lasted from 1992 to 2006 and took the lives of 16,000 people in Nepal. This conflict was characterized by widespread hit-and-run terrorist actions and an escalation of counter-terrorist strategies by the central government. Later in the war the tactics evolved in to pitched battles between more conventional armed forces. The battle of Beni was among the largest such battles in the war.

Please note: some details of the battle of Beni are from contemporaneous accounts; others have been added to heighten the narrative of this work of fiction.

The civil war ended with the signing of the eleven-point agreement in 2006. Some speculate that the Maoists only came to the


table because they ran out of money to fund their army. The King abdicated in 2007. The political chaos continues since the signing of the eleven-point agreement. Events after 2007 will serve as the backdrop for a future book.

The basic problem – wealth in Nepal is concentrated in the Kathmandu Valley. There is tremendous disparity between the Valley and the rural areas. In western Nepal there was an ongoing famine. The country is overpopulated and is a net importer of food. Health statistics are dismal, there is a land-based economy, and the role of women leaves much to be desired. In every respect, conditions were ripe for revolution.

The Government – during the period in the book, Nepal was “the last Hindu Kingdom on earth” ruled by King Birendraand then King Gyanendra. Since the 1950s, Nepal was allied with the American CIA in a covert war in Tibet against the communist Chinese. Western Nepal served as a training base for Tibetan Freedom Fighters (guerillas) sent across the Himalaya to Tibet. Not one ever returned alive.

The Gurkhas – please note that the most famous fighting force associated with Nepal is the Gurkhas, but they have no role here. They are mercenaries, employed by foreign governments such as Singapore, India and the UK. Western Nepal is the prime recruiting territory for this group.

The Military – The military is composed of the Royal Nepal Army and the Armed Police Force. The Armed Police Force was given better weapons and training as the Civil War progressed. The RNA used more


conventional weapons as well as helicopters. There are also local police.

The People’s Liberation Army – was headquartered in western Nepal, a vast area with no paved roads. In the book, the name is interchangeable with the idea of “Uniformed Maoists.” Paradoxically, many leaders of this group came from Kathmandu.

Maoists – the clandestine civilian revolutionaries ( terrorists, depending on your point of view). Not associated with or supported by the Chinese. The name comes from the strategy of enlisting peasants in a revolt, as opposed to waiting for an industrialized middle class to emerge from the proletariat (which would have been “Leninist”). The Maoist program included better health and education, redistribution and decentralization of wealth, and equal rights for women. It also included recruitment of child soldiers, use ofwomen soldiers, extortion of money, and seizing land from owners.

The terrain – Nepal is landlocked, and consists of three major zones. The first is the Himalaya, highest mountain range on earth. The second is the hill country. The steepness of river valleys and difficulty of travel here can not be overstated. In western Nepal there is a vast area with no paved roads. Fine territory for the headquarters of an insurgent group. The third area is the Terai, a large flat valley that runs along the southern border with India.

The weather – 80% of the annual rainfall occurs in the summer monsoon, one of the truly epic weather events of this planet. Rainfall plays a factor is making roads impassable.

How does the physical appearance of a book entice


the potential buyer?

In a bookstore, a patron looks at the cover, then reads the back cover, then the first few lines of the first page. or so they say. The blurb on the back needs to tease the casual browser into exploring further. It’s also used in a summary on Amazon and other places where a tease is used.

Back cover blurb #1

THE SACRAMENT OF THE GODDESS

Heart-pounding medical thriller from the majestic Himalayas

As a college student on a trek during summer break, Matt was wounded in the crossfire of a mountain ambush during the civil war in Nepal. A team of missionary doctors heroically saved his life. While he recuperated in a remote hospital, he tutored Kali in English. Soon it became a courtship that transcended cultural barriers toculminate in a night of passion.

He lost contact when the CIA sent a helicopter to bring him to safety. Unable to get her out of his mind, Matt returns to Nepal years later, determined to find Kali or her story since she seems to have disappeared without a trace.

Something happened during the battle that swept through the town, and Matt must unravel the mystery. He is now a missionary surgeon, working alongside the doctors that saved his life, earning their trust.

As Matt searches for Kali he is challenged to the utmost level of his skill and courage. Will the consequences of Matt and Kali’s first meeting shatter the lives of everyone on the team?


Preface on LP

For the first time in over five years, eLZhi's proper solo debut The Preface is back in stock on vinyl. Produced almost entirely by Black Milk, The Preface shows why eLZhi rose up as one of the finest lyrical emcees and yet another talent to emerge from the burgeoning hip hop scene. While his next full length is still on the horizon, the Preface reminds us why eLZhi is worth the wait.       BY

                              SOPHIE MAY

      Author of "Little Prudy Stories," "Dotty Dimple Stories,"
      "Flaxie Frizzle Stories," "Little Prudy's Flyaway Series,"
 "Little Prudy's Children Series," "Pauline Wyman," "Joy Bells," etc.

                                BOSTON

                      LOTHROP, LEE


me to look at her
_tongue_ and see if she hadn't. Why, mother, as true as I live, she
shut up her eyes and put out her tongue right there in school, and of
course we girls couldn't help laughing!"

"Well, perhaps she'd better sit by herself," replied Mrs. Parlin,
smiling. "I will speak to the teacher about her carrying her
knitting-work--that may keep her out of mischief."

Now it happened that grandma Read had taken a great deal of pains to
teach Prudy to knit;--but such a piece of work as the child made of
it!

The first time she carried the thing which she supposed was going to
be a stocking, the A B C scholars looked very much surprised, for none
of them knew how to knit.

Prudy said, "Poh, I know how to do it just asand I think it's very disrespectful to them.

"If you want to be prime minister of this country, there's going to be more scrutiny than you could ever, ever imagine and a little bit of friendly debate with a friendly foreign secretary is not going to do anyone any harm."

An ally of Mr Hunt said: "Bottler Boris and his complacent campaign have shown they can't trust their candidate to turn up and perform."

In an earlier interview with Sky News' Sunrise programme, Mr Hunt had said he was prepared to carry on with the event, held in front of an audience of Conservative voters, with an empty chair for his opponent.

Mr Hunt called Mr Johnson a "coward" in a piece for The Times on Monday - saying his opponent had


to answer questions about his plans in office.

He wrote: "Only then can you walk through the front door of No 10 with your head held high instead of slinking through the back door, which is what Boris appears to want.

"Don't be a coward Boris, man up and show the nation you can cope with the intense scrutiny the most difficult job in the country will involve."

:: Listen to Sophy Ridge on Sunday on Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, Spotify, Spreaker

He also said Mr Johnson was disrespecting Conservative Party members by not turning up to as many debates.

On Sunday, Mr Hunt told Sky News that he thought any candidate for prime minister needs to "engage properly".

He said: "This is an audition to be prime minister of the United Kingdom, andBoris needs to show that he's prepared to answer difficult questions."

Image: The south London home of Boris Johnson

Mr Johnson's supporters came out in force on Monday morning, following a weekend where campaigning was overshadowed by revelations that police were called to the south London flat he has been sharing with his girlfriend Carrie Symonds after neighbours heard screaming.

Priti Patel MP said the matter was "done and dusted" and that it was a private issue.

She told Sky News that people had lost sight of the big challenges the country faced by focusing on the row between the couple.

Ms Patel also said Mr Johnson had been out campaigning and speaking to grassroots members of the party - as well as participating in last week's live BBC debate.


South Sydney Rabbitohs players Dylan Walker and Aaron Gray have spoken for the first time since being admitted to hospital for a prescription drug overdose, apologising to family and friends.

The pair did not answer questions but made a public apology, saying they hoped the community learned a lesson from their actions.

Both Walker and Gray were discharged on Friday afternoon, after they were hospitalised in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

"We couldn't thank enough the doctors, nurses, ambulance people from St Vincent's Hospital," Walker told reporters.

"I would also like to say sorry to our friends and family. It is a mistake that we have made and it is a lesson that we have learned and we hope everyone can take a lesson out of this."

Gray said it was importantof the use of prescription drugs by players.

The police and NRL Integrity Unit are investigating the incident which almost led to their deaths.

The pair were at Gray's apartment with two friends when they became ill. One of their friends noticed that one of the players was vomiting and dialled triple-0 avoiding a potential tragedy.

South Sydney will take responsibility, says Lee

Both players have apologised for the drug overdose. ( Getty Images/AAP )

Rabbitohs chief executive John Lee insisted that the players did not take any illicit drugs.

"Our two players were there at Aaron's place with a couple of other mates. It is clear they took too much of a prescribed medication," he said.

"I haven't personally asked the boys what brought it to that position.

"There has been a lot of media


against people who are just actually recovering from a major incident.

"Ultimately, in the goodness of time, we will know that and I will be happy to share that more fully with people at that time."

Walker, 20, played four games for Australia after playing a starring role in the club's breakthrough premiership win last year.

Gray, 21, made his first grade debut this season and scored seven tries in 12 matches, earning himself a two-year extension at Redfern.and HOW" when he or she enters a media school. Yet, none of these journalists gave any of the W's a thought when they announced her death on social media.

The sensible ones stayed with the objective line that she had been murdered by unknown assailants, and mentioned her ideological differences with the BJP, stopping short of linking both to the murder. The others, however, smelt an "opportunity" and put the blame on "fascist forces" and the BJP. How did they come to such a conclusion? Did they have proof, evidence, eyewitness accounts? Or did they just follow the old dictum of "strike while the iron is hot" in the hope that some dirt would stick or some link would emerge? There could have been a host of suspects


this obsession with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. On 7 September, 2013, I wrote a blog where I had said that the manner in which everyone from media to politicians had been hounding Narendra Modi, they were making a huge mistake. It reminded me of 1977 when the Janata Party set up the various Commissions to inquire into the excesses committed by former prime minister Indira Gandhi, her son Sanjay and their cohorts during the Emergency.

The wily Indira Gandhi, ever the astute politician, played the victim so convincingly that midway through the proceedings the tables had turned. By the time the Shah Commission ended its hearings she had everyone, including the media (with a few exceptions), eating out of her hand.

In the run up to the May 2014 elections,U.S. Pat. No. 4,482,507, describes a fuel dispersion bar extending across a flow passage below two generally rectangular valve gates. The dispersion bar has fuel flow slits which are simultaneously opened, closed, or partially opened by longitudinally moving a shaft. The shaft movement is controlled by the fuel pressure through a diaphragm in a fuel pressure control assembly. The amount of fuel flow is indirectly affected by the opening of the valve gates through the fuel pressure diaphragm, and through the longitudinal movement of the shaft which varies the fuel aperture.
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Former Clemson defensive back Mackensie Alexander was drafted #54 overall by the Minnesota Vikings during the second round of the 2016 NFL Draft on Friday night.

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The Tigers with Alexander were the number two defense in the country in passes completed holding opponents to 47.6 completion percentage. In 638 snaps this past season, QBs completed only 11 passes vs. Alexander and he also had 23 tackles and two tackles for loss.

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7.5 mph. The following year, Frank developed a second car with a more powerful two-cylinder engine. It was this car that he drove in America's first automobile race on Thanksgiving Day, November 27, 1895. The race was sponsored by the Chicago Times-Herald and ran a 54-mile course from down-town Chicago to Evanston, Il and back. There were five entrants in addition to Duryea: 2 electric cars and 3 gasoline-powered Benz machines imported from Germany. The race started in the early morning in snowy conditions. A little over 10 hours later, Frank Duryea was the first to cross the finish line having survived a journey punctured by numerous breakdowns and repairs. He had averaged 7.3 miles per hour and took home a prize of $2,000 ($49,500 in today's money)."After a stop for gasoline, and a four-minute wait for a passing train at a railroad crossing, we continued." Frank Duryea described his experience in his autobiography: ADVERTISMENT "I now started with draughtsmen on plans for a new car, of which I had, from time to time, been making rough sketches during the past summer. But my work was interrupted by the necessity of preparing the old car for the race promoted by H. H. Kohlsaat of the Chicago Times-Herald. This race was set for November 2, and as driver, the Company sent me out to Chicago with the car on that date. Only the Mueller Benz and the Duryea cars were ready to start, so the race was postponed to Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 1895... Thanksgiving Day,


when it arrived, found me again in Chicago with the car... A heavy snow had fallen during the night and we experienced hard going as we drove out to Jackson Park from our quarters on Sixteenth Street. Of nearly a hundred entries, only six cars lined up for the start. Of these six, two were electric vehicles entered by Morris and Salom of Philadelphia, and Sturgis of Chicago. Of the four gasoline-engined vehicles, H. Mueller & Go. of Decatur, Illinois, R. H. Macy & Co. of New York, and The De la Vergne Refrigerating Machine Co. of New York, each came to the start with an imported German Benz. The Duryea Motor Wagon Company's entry was the only American-made gasoline car to start. The word ‘go’ was givenat 8:55 and the Duryea was the first car away. With me as umpire was Mr. Arthur W. White. The machine made good going of the soft unpacked snow in Jackson Park, but when we came to the busier part of the city, the street surface consisted of ruts and ice hummocks, in which the car slewed badly from side to side. While still in the lead, the left front wheel struck a bad rut at such an angle that the steering arm was broken off. This arm had been threaded and screwed firmly to a shoulder, and it was a problem to extract the broken-off threaded part of the arm. When this was finally accomplished, we, fortunately, located a blacksmith shop where we forged down, threaded and


replaced the arm. While thus delayed, the Macy Benz passed us and held the lead as far as Evanston, where we regained it. Having made the turn at Evanston, elated at being in the lead again, we started on the home trip. We had not yet come to Humboldt Park when one of the two cylinders ceased firing... This repair was completed in fifty-five minutes and we got going, feeling that the Macy Benz must surely be ahead of us, but learned later that the Macy did not get that far. Breaking the way through the snow in Humboldt and Garfield Parks furnished heavy work for the motor, but also indicated that all competitors were behind us. After a stop for gasoline, and a four-minute wait for apassing train at a railroad crossing, we continued on to the finish in Jackson Park, arriving at 7:18 P.M. The motor had at all times shown ample power, and at no time were we compelled to get out and push. After receiving congratulations from the small group still remaining at the finish line, among whom were the Duryea Motor Wagon Company party, I turned the car and drove back to its quarters on Sixteenth Street. The Mueller Benz, the only other machine to finish, was driven across the line at 8:53 by the umpire, Mr. Charles B. King, Mr. Mueller having collapsed from fatigue." References:

Duryea's account appears in Duryea, Frank, America's First Automobile (1942); Berkebile, Don H., The 1893 Duryea Automobile, Contributions From the Museum of History and


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PHILADELPHIA MARINE THADE ASSOCIATIONv.INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S ASSOCIATION, LOCAL 1291, Appellant.
No. 15613.
United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.
Argued April 14, 1966.Decided Aug. 11, 1966.

Abraham E. Freedman, Philadelphia, Pa.  (Martin J. Vigderman and Freedman, Borowsky & Lorry, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.
Francis A. Scanlan, Philadelphia, Pa.  (Kelly, Deasey & Scanlan, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.
Before McLAUGHLIN, HASTIE and FREEDMAN, Circuit Judges.
OPINION OF THE COURT
McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.

1
In this action to enforce an arbitration award under a labor management contract, the trail Court ordered enforcement and the defendant union appeals.

2
The plaintiff association is a non profit organization comprised of steamship owners, operators, stevedores and the like in the port of Philadelphia.  The union is the bargaining agent of the Philadelphia deep sea longshoremen.


the executive director of the Trade Association, Mr. Corry, that 'the arbitrator's award only applied to non-arrival of a ship.'  Told by Mr. Corry that 'The arbitrator's award applies without qualification,' Mr. Corry testified that Mr. Askew replied, "It does not' and they were not going to live by it.'  Mr. Corry stated that Mr. Askew told him he would have to talk to the business agents.  Mr. Corry said he did so, to Messrs. Johnson and Devine, that Mr. Johnson did most of the talking '-- and Paul Johnson said that they were not going to abide by the arbitrator's decision on the setback, and Mr. Devine as much as said, 'Yes, that's right,' and that was the extent of my conversation with them.'

15
Onbeing against the possibility of a like practical condition arising.  The wisdom of so doing developed when an identical type of work disturbance and of more serious proportions broke out on September 13th, was immediately brought before the Court and promptly concluded.  The issue was the very same continuing quarrel regarding the governing labor agreement which directly affected the entire Port of Philadelphia.

48
The thought advanced that the litigation was moot because plaintiff refused to go to arbitration is out of line with the facts and the law.  As has been seen the Arbitration Award was not to cover just a single wrangle under 10(6).  The Award construed 10(6) itself and held generally regarding set backs that which it so plainly sets forth as above


quoted.  This, as was admitted for the Union, ended all attempted legitimate divergence of opinion regarding them.  It was no failure to arbitrate on the part of the Association that necessitated the Court action.  It was rather the deliberate decision of the Union to disregard the Award in the hope of in some fashion restricting it to the first incident of August 3rd, 1965.

49
The record in this appeal is free of any substantial error.  The order of the trial Judge directing specific performance of the Arbitrator's Award was called for by the facts and law of the problem in volved.  It will be affirmed.

257 F.3d 865 (8th Cir. 2001)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PLAINTIFF - APPELLEE,v.DEWAYNE ALAN JERNIGAN, DEFENDANT - APPELLANT.
No. 00-4042
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
Submitted: June 13, 2001Filed: July 26, 2001

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
Before Loken, Hall,* and Morris Sheppard Arnold, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam.

1
Dewayne Alan Jernigan pleaded guilty to manufacturing and possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine. He was sentenced to 262 months in prison and five years of supervised release based upon the district court's finding that he is a "career offender" under § 4B1.1 of the Sentencing Guidelines. Jernigan appeals, arguing that the district court erred in sentencing him as a career offender because his 1993 Arkansas conviction for negligent homicide was not a "crime of violence"


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                              (June 26, 2006)

Before MARCUS, WILSON and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

     Juan Carlos Trigueros Rojas appeals his sentence of 135 months of
imprisonment for drug trafficking. Rojas argues that the district court clearly erred

by not granting Rojas a minor-role reduction under section 3B1.2 of the United

States Sentencing Guidelines. We affirm.

      Rojas was one of six crew members on a vessel that the United States Coast

Guard intercepted near Colombia. The Coast Guard discovered, on theinterested.

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PARIS, France, October 23, 2008 (ENS) – Underground aquifers contain 100 times the volume of fresh water found on the Earth’s surface but they have been neglected under international law despite their environmental, social, economic and strategic importance.

On Monday, that will change as the UN General Assembly receives the draft of a new international treaty to safeguard these enormous pools of underground water shared by more than one country.

The draft Convention on Transboundary Aquifers applies to 96 percent of the planet’s freshwater resources – those that are to be found in underground aquifers, most of which straddle national boundaries.

Many shared aquifers are under environmental threats caused by climate change, growing population pressure, over-exploitation, and human induced water pollution.

Blue Eye Spring inthe demand for water since 1950 has been met by the increased use of underground resources. Globally, 65 percent of this water is devoted to irrigation, 25 percent to the supply of drinking water and 10 percent to industry.

Underground aquifers account for more than 70 percent of the water used in the European Union, and are often the only source of supply in arid and semi-arid zones.

Aquifers supply 100 percent of the water used in Saudi Arabia and Malta, 95 percent in Tunisia and 75 percent in Morocco.

Irrigation systems in many countries depend very largely on groundwater resources – 90 percent in the Libya, 89 percent in India, 84 percent in South Africa and 80 percent in Spain.

One of the largest aquifers in the world is the Guarani


considerable potential, provided that their resources are managed on a sustainable basis.”

Since they generally extend across several national boundaries, the sustainable use of African aquifers depends on agreed management mechanisms that will help prevent pollution or over-exploitation.

Mechanisms of this kind have begun to emerge. In the 1990s Chad, Egypt, Libya and Sudan established a joint authority to manage the Nubian aquifer system.

In their project concerning the Iullemeden aquifer that extends over 500 000 square kilometers in the semi-arid tropical savanna ecoregion of West Africa, Niger, Nigeria and Mali have approved in principle a consultative mechanism for administering the aquifer system. UNESCO says such mechanisms still are rare but the new treaty may encourage their formation.Hank Steinbrenner had seemed like the natural successor to his bombastic father, The Boss. Early on, in fact, Hank had been a more familiar face around the team, named a co-chairman of the Yankees with his younger brother Hal in 2007. Hank made a lot of noise with brash opinions, before stepping back and letting the quieter and more reserved Hal become the face of the family’s ownership.


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The Commission's staff has made significant progress in analyzing the structure of the securities markets, identifying the sources of the strains to which it increasingly is subject, and formulating a roadmap for responding to these concerns. The staff is now in the process of drafting concrete proposals to address the root causes of the stresses on the U.S. market structure. I have asked the staff to produce, in the coming months, a plan that includes proposals to respond to several of the more pressing market structure issues.

As you know, Congress formally directed the Commission to address market structure when it enacted the Securities Acts Amendments of 1975. That legislation instructed the SEC to facilitate the creation of a national market system for


on an approach designed to provide maximum flexibility to the Commission and the securities industry in its development.

The 1975 Amendments to the Exchange Act created a framework for fostering transparency, interconnectivity, and competition in our securities markets. As a result, today, equity market centers compete with one another in an environment where quotes and transaction prices are widely available to all market participants. Direct and indirect linkages among competing market centers help ensure that brokers can access the best quotes available in the market for their customers. Market centers (including exchange markets, over-the-counter market makers, and alternative trading systems) have an incentive to offer improvements in execution quality and to reduce trading costs in order to attract order flow away from other market centers. This competition among marketsuch as ECNs, that offer fast executions and have spurred competition among market centers, but at the same time exacerbated concerns about market fragmentation, the feasibility of integrating different market models into the national market system, and maintaining a level regulatory playing field among functionally-equivalent market participants. The implementation of decimal pricing in 2001, and the concurrent move to a minimum tick of one penny in the equity markets, has narrowed spreads and enhanced the efficiency of the price discovery process, but at the same time reduced the liquidity available at each price point, made it easier to step ahead of limit orders, and placed economic strains on the dealer business. Decimal pricing has also put a premium on swift access to displayed prices so investors can quickly


order to enable investors to "comparison shop" among the myriad market centers, and to stimulate competition on the basis of execution quality.

In addition, the Commission developed ideas and solicited public comment on some of the more difficult market structure issues, such as the regulation of market data fees and revenues, the fragmentation of the U.S. securities markets, and the regulation of exchanges. A federal advisory committee also was convened to address market data concerns, and last year the Commission held public hearings on the full range of market structure issues.

There is no doubt that there are issues regarding our national market system that call for our attention, and indeed, the Commission and its staff have been focused on addressing these issues and resolving perceived conflicts in a timelyand environmental impacts of current mines and their impac... Read More

The Australia Institute made a submission to the NSW Department of Planning and Environment’s Integrated Mining Policy during its exhibition period. A problem with the NSW planning system relating to mine assessment in recent years has been economic assessment. There are two areas in need of reform: The quality of economic assessment and enforcement of economic assessment guidelinesThe timing of economic assessment and debate in the planning proc... Read More

The Australia Institute made written and in-person submissions to the Planning Assessment Commission on Shenhua’s Watermark coal project in June 2014. The economic and agricultural assessment in the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Watermark project is flawed. It is based on biased modelling techniques and ignores the risks


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Arena-sized anthems have taken Snow Patrol to commercial heights scarcely imaginable when they were indie-pop nobodies on Jeepster Records, lost in Belle and Sebastian's shadow years back. In the meantime, the Glaswegian guys surrounding frontman Gary Lightbody have become a huge worldwide chart-topping-phenomenon. They’ve been on the brink of splitting up in 2004… then the single Run from their album Final Straw got airplay, the band rose like a phoenix from the ashes and toured across the world with U2. Open Your Eyes, Chasing Cars, Shut Your Eyes, Take Back The City, Crack The Shutters, You’re All I Have,… the list of hits and platinum multi-million-selling singles is sheer endless. With their songs full of emotion, Snow Patrol has become one of the most successfulChina urges U.S. to revoke protectionist measures

China on Monday urged the United States to revoke protectionist measures that violate World Trade Organization (WTO) rules.

The trade measures that target just a small number of countries abuse the security exception clause of WTO rules and go against the principle of non-discrimination in multilateral trade, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said in an online statement.

Despite worldwide objection, the U.S. government decided last month to impose a 25-percent tariff on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum, with tariffs on imports from EU member states, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and the Republic of Korea being suspended until May 1, 2018.

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