appear before the court on Friday, where a bench of Supreme Court judges is looking into her allegations of sexual harassment.

She said her life went into freefall after she was transferred multiple times before being fired, culminating in her arrest in March on charges of accepting a bribe, while her husband, an officer in the special branch of the New Delhi police, was suspended on what she said were also false charges.

The assistant, a 35-year-old woman who cannot be named under Indian law, which protects the anonymity of survivors of sexual assault, told BuzzFeed News from a safe house that Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi orchestrated a campaign of retaliation against her and her family when she refused his advances last October.

NEW DELHI — India’s Supreme Court is demandingset up a committee of retired judges who would not be influenced or intimidated by Gogoi. However, the committee that summoned her this week is made up of judges who are still serving under the chief justice. According to Indian law, a complaints committee deciding on a matter of sexual harassment must have a woman as its head, as well as a woman who is not a member of the organization where the incident has occurred — the Supreme Court’s committee, the woman pointed out in her letter, has neither.

The former assistant also said she was worried because a bench of senior judges had already dismissed her allegations as “wild and baseless” on Saturday and made verbal remarks about her character. Subsequently, a government minister also rubbished her


version of events on his personal blog. Finally, the woman said one of the judges, who is part of the committee investigating her complaint, is a close friend of Gogoi and a frequent visitor to his home.

She wrote that while she was able to present the facts of her case, she is not a lawyer and will require the court to assist her in finding legal assistance. She also added that she has lost the ability to hear in her right ear and is on a daily medication.

In a separate development at another court in New Delhi on Wednesday, a hearing into whether the woman should have her bail revoked was deferred by a month.

She is accused of accepting a bribe from a man to help him getManison also used the cost burden of power outages triggered by storms and cyclones in her argument against the savings — but nowhere in her submission did she mention the possibility of undergrounding power in Darwin, a pledge made by the Gunner Government following widespread blackouts from Cyclone Marcus in 2018.

"Cyclones and severe tropical storms are frequent events in the Territory and PWC requires sufficient resources to be on-hand and available to respond quickly to restore power," she wrote.

Cyclone Marcus caused significant power outages across Darwin. ( Supplied: Jack Bullen )

"PWC recently had to deal with the challenge of Tropical Cyclone Marcus, which caused extensive damage to the electricity network and resulted in widespread and sustained power outages across Darwin.

"Over 500 line spans were damaged and 28,000 customers


congress House thrown into chaos after Pelosi decries Trump's 'racist' tweets on floor

The House voted along party lines to allow Speaker Nancy Pelosi to call President Donald Trump's tweets about minority Democratic lawmakers "racist" in the Congressional Record on Tuesday, overriding a parliamentary ruling and GOP objections.

Pelosi's comments were initially ruled "out of order" on the floor itself, a small victory for the Republicans during a tense day in which both sides exchanged accusations of racism, hypocrisy and indecorous behavior unworthy of Congress or the country.

The drama over Pelosi's comments, sure to rankle Trump, played out before the House voted 240-187 to condemn Trump's weekend tweets about four Democratic members of color — . Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan andAyanna Pressley of Massachusetts. All 235 Democrats were joined by four Republicans and Rep. Justin Amash (I-Mich.) in backing the measure.

House members aren't allowed to refer to Trump or his tweets as racist when speaking on the floor, even though the resolution they voted on Tuesday said as much. These rules on floor decorum are part of a package the body approved on the first day of current Congress.

That led to a bizarre scene on Tuesday: Only clerks reading the resolution aloud were allowed to say the resolution condemned Trump's "racist tweets," demonstrating once again how different lawmaking is from real life.

The chaotic dispute began when Pelosi went to the floor to bash Trump over his tweets about "the squad," as the four freshman lawmakers refer to themselves.

Trump


said the four Democrats should "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came," after incorrectly stating they were originally from other countries. Three of the lawmakers — Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib and Pressley — were born in the United States, while Omar was born in Somalia and became a U.S. citizen two decades ago when she was 17.

Trump's tweet caused an immediate uproar throughout Washington, and lawmakers in both parties objected. House Democrats quickly drafted a resolution decrying Trump's "racist tweets."

Yet House rules prevent a member from referring to the president or any of his statements as racist on the floor. Democrats warned each other to be careful and follow the rule during a closed-door meeting Tuesday morning.

Pelosi, however, decided to pushthe limits.

"Every single member of this institution, Democratic and Republican, should join us in condemning the president's racist tweets," Pelosi said during her floor speech. "To do anything less would be a shocking rejection of our values and a shameful abdication of our oath of office to protect the American people."

Republicans immediately objected. Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) asked Pelosi to "rephrase" her statement, and when she refused, he sought to have the words stricken from the official record.

No speaker has had their words "taken down," as the process is referred to, in 35 years, and even challenging a speaker's comments is considered a serious breach of etiquette. Collins' request led to a nearly two-hour delay in the floor proceedings.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.), a member of the Congressional Black


a social enterprise is Grameen America. The organization is dedicated to helping entrepreneurial women who live in poverty build businesses to enable financial mobility. Grameen America was founded by Muhammad Yuns, who is known as the “father of microfinance.” He was notably awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for founding the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh. Grameen America has taken this award-winning model and modified it for women who live below the federal poverty line. The group provides microloans, financial training, and support to their members. Participants open free savings accounts with commercial banks and learn financial literacy. The organization has already given out 400,000 loans which amount to over $1 billion with a 99% repayment rate.

Although much more the norm in the U.S. and European countries, social enterprise isstill relatively embryonic in countries like Canada. But Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau has recently leveled the playing field. Canada has now pledged $755 million in support of social finance and social enterprises, allowing Canada to quickly emerge as a global leader in this space. The intention is to support the sector through a period of growth and enable stability which would then allow the government to step away after a decade of support.

One such collaborative social enterprise group that has paved the way forward in Canada is the WE Charity and ME to WE Social Enterprise, a group I became familiar with over a decade ago. The Toronto-based organization, which has over 1,000 employees internationally, is a remarkable Canadian and now global success story. It has partnered


WASHINGTON — A key young libertarian group is publicly opposing Ron Paul on Ukraine, saying that Paul is wrong to suggest that the United States is to blame for Russia's actions.

Alexander McCobin, a co-founder of the group Students for Liberty, put out a statement on Monday criticizing Paul, who has characterized Crimea's largely unrecognized referendum as a secession and has called for the United States not to act against Russia in this crisis. In the statement, McCobin praises Paul's son, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, for condemning Russia's actions.

While it's important criticize misconduct of the United States and some of its Western allies exacerbating the turmoil in the Middle East over the past two decades, it is also important to remember that there are other aggressors in the world;Russia — with it's ongoing wars in the Northern Caucasus, the invasion of South Ossetia, and it's most recent annexation of Crimea — being key among them.

Former Congressman Ron Paul, whose views are interpreted by many as wholly representative of the libertarian movement, gets it wrong when he speaks of Crimea's right to secede. Make no mistake about it, Crimea was annexed by Russian military force at gunpoint and its supposedly democratic "referendum" was a farce. Besides a suspiciously high voter turnout with legitimate international observers, the referendum gave Crimeans only two choices — join Russia now or later.

It's much too simplistic to solely condemn the US for any kind of geopolitical instability in the world. Non-interventionists that sympathize with Russia by condoning Crimea's secession and blaming the


West for Ukrainian crisis fail to see the larger picture. Putin's government is one of the least free in the world and is clearly the aggressor in Crimea, as it was even beforehand with its support of the Yanukovych regime that shot and tortured its own citizens on the streets of Kyiv.

The recent spate of anti-war activists arrested in Russia is just one of many examples that illustrate that the Russian Federation is not a free country and everyone should be very careful with showing sympathies to an autocratic leader such as President Putin.

In contrast to his father, Senator Rand Paul gets it right by condemning Russian aggression while not subscribing to hawkish calls for military intervention at the same time. It is one thing to not intervene;Sir Alex Ferguson often said Manchester United liked to make life hard for themselves. They have mostly just been hard to watch during Louis van Gaal’s short time at the club.

Van Gaal smiled after the dramatic victory over Watford that lifted United into second place, a point below Leicester City, and as he explained why he was unhappy with his side’s positional play, he poked fun at the critics who have called his football boring this season.

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United’s manager likes his team to play with a solid structure on and off the ball, arguing that what some people see as sterile domination is actually designed to wear opponents down. Their movement was more unpredictable at Vicarage Road


important performance for Depay, who was back in the starting XI after a spell on the bench, and he combined well with Lingard. Their pace on the break troubled Watford, although some wasteful finishing almost let the hosts off the hook.

The bigger frustration for United was losing Herrera to a hamstring injury and Phil Jones to a twisted ankle. They were already missing Michael Carrick, Marouane Fellaini, Martial, Luke Shaw, Antonio Valencia and James Wilson, although Van Gaal expects Rooney to recover from his illness in time for the visit of PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League on Wednesday.

Their squad is stretched and Van Gaal is still searching for the right balance, but Chelsea’s struggles and the inconsistencies of Arsenal and Manchester City have made this an opentitle race. United are strong in defence, where Chris Smalling continues to grow in stature, and late goals in difficult away matches are invaluable. A point against a tough Watford side would not have been a disastrous result, but United responded with the kind of resolve that will concern their rivals.

They visit Leicester on Saturday and if they need any inspiration, they should look back to 14 October 2000. Leicester began the day in first place and United finished it there after goals from Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer secured a thumping 3-0 win at Filbert Street.

Man of the match Chris Smalling (Manchester United)


"That the government's power under the Taft-Hartley Act to stop a strike by injunction so clearly strengthens the hand of the employer--even though it is used only when a strike threatens the national health, welfare, or safety--is a grave blemish and explains much of the union resistance to the Act."-Peter DruckerAuthor and Management Consultor

Conclusion

The passage of the Taft-Hartley Act created tensions amongst the labor unions, specifically between the labor leaders and the government. The act transferred responsibility of the workers from the labor unions to the employers, generating more unease between the two. The ability of the Taft-Hartley Act to halt a strike prematurely, among other unjust powers, shifted the balance between labor unions and employers created by the Wagner Act. The Taft-Hartley Act discriminates against the labortheir idiot followers, should have the bodies of their victims - both Iraqi and American - delivered to their homes so that they can see what they've wrought. But no, they're all about denial and pretense and lying. That's all they know.

I had heard this story on NPR Talk of the Nation and at several of his fellow squad members agreed with the AP releasing the picture. I was driving and almost had to pull over from the tears of several military members called to say at first they were upset about the release but after seeing the picture changed their mind and supported the release. I finally saw the picture an wondered what fuss was about. I realize the main problem was the family objected but if


the regions most affected by the US invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.. In fact, graphic and uncensored images of horrifically maimed war victims - both living and dead - are routinely plastered all over print and broadcast media throughout the middle east.

The fact that Americans are kept in this forced and artificial state of ignorance prevents us from understanding anything about the consequences of our actions as a nation. It also keeps us as human individuals from understanding the basis for the enormous level of enmity directed at the US from the affected regions overseas.

In the entire discussion with representatives from the AP and the Department of Defense, it would have been very interesting to hear how each side might view the issue of the rest of theoutweighed by the pain inflicted on the family by the AP.

The true costs of war is amazingly high, but the cost is borne most heavily by the family of American soldiers. The media and the public alike should give great deference to those family members who have made the ultimate sacrifice.

"The Cost of War" is almost never talked about American dead. We can talk about the number dead, cost spent, time, and so on, but you can not whitewash War. I see people get so pumped up at the possibility of War and then say how it is a terrible thing when someone they know die from it. My parents were all for the 'War' til my brother was sent over to Iraq. As for the grief of


Local crimes had impact on all of America

On Nov. 5, 1980, a hate-filled thug with a baseball bat turned a small patch of Kansas City’s Penn Valley Park into his personal killing field.

The beating death of a promising young musician named Steve Harvey was just one of the 139 homicides the city recorded that year.

But Harvey’s death became the impetus for a movement affecting countless lives across the country. It created a second chance at bringing justice to people who long thought it had been stolen from them.

It was not the first Kansas City crime with a national impact. Nor was it the last.

At Kansas City’s Union Station, within shouting distance of where Harvey was killed 47 years later, a 30-second barrage of machine gun fire that killedfour lawmen in 1933 is considered the defining moment in the making of the modern FBI.

And another mass killing of public servants in Kansas City — the 1988 arson-caused explosion that left six firefighters dead — spurred federal officials to strengthen the rules about how warning placards are displayed on containers of hazardous materials.

More recently, a different Kansas City case drew federal lawmakers’ attention: the shocking crimes committed by Robert R. Courtney, a pharmacist whose unbridled greed destroyed any sense of decency and humanity he previously possessed.

Though it took many years, Courtney’s dilution of cancer drugs for numerous patients began a federal push that resulted in tougher oversight of compounding pharmacies.

“People must realize that a crime motivated by racial or ethnic prejudice against one group is a crime


against all of us.” — New York lawmaker Jose Serrano

Alvin Sykes truly believes that.

His civil rights activism began as a teenager in Kansas City, Kan., but it was the killing of Steve Harvey in a Kansas City park that launched Sykes on crusade for justice that took him — and his cause — to a national stage.

After the 27-year-old saxophonist was beaten to death in a racially motivated crime, police arrested Raymond L. Bledsoe, 19.

Sykes, like other friends of Harvey, waited for the justice system to work.

It didn’t.

An all-white Jackson County jury acquitted Bledsoe of murder.

The next day Sykes started the Steve Harvey Justice Campaign. He called the U.S. Justice Department in Washington but was told there was nothing that could be done.

Sykes thought otherwise. Accompanied by Harvey’sof America.

It also led him to the mother of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old boy whose 1955 killing in Mississippi was one of the most infamous crimes of the civil rights era.

The ensuing Emmett Till Justice Campaign and Sykes’ tenacious work led to the White House, where on Oct. 7, 2008, President George W. Bush signed the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act. The law authorized funding and gave the Justice Department new power to investigate unsolved murders from the civil rights era prior to 1970.

“It turned the poison of Steve Harvey’s tragic death into the medicine of justice for countless families across the country,” Sykes said.

“This was no Saint Valentine's Day massacre where gangsters killed each other. Blatantly, arrogantly, the gunmen had shot down seven people in


broad daylight in a public place.” — Curt Gentry in “J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets”

What happened outside Kansas City’s Union Station on June 17, 1933, has been well-recounted over the years. Gunmen seeking to free Frank Nash, a criminal being escorted to the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, ambushed the lawmen who were transporting him.

Two Kansas City police officers, a federal agent and an Oklahoma police chief, as well as Nash, died in the hail of bullets. Two other agents were injured.

In the aftermath of those bloody seconds, dubbed a massacre in screaming headlines of the nation’s newspapers, J. Edgar Hoover seized the moment. He called the crime “a challenge to law and order and civilization itself.”

Up until then, the Bureau of Investigation that Hoover ledNeurobehavioral Specialists, 900 North Orange Street,
Missoula, MT 58902 USA (E-mail: erusso@blackfoot.net).
The author would like to thank the dedicated women of the Interlibrary Loan office at
the Mansfield Library of the University of Montana, whose continued assistance has
helped to revitalize lost medical knowledge. Dr. John Riddle provided valuable guidance,
while Drs. Indalecio Lozano, David Deakle and Daniel Westberg translated key passages.
[Haworth co-indexing entry note]: “Cannabis Treatments in Obstetrics and Gynecology: A Historical Review.”
Russo, Ethan. Co-published simultaneously in Journal of Cannabis Therapeutics (The Haworth Integrative
Healing Press, an imprint of The Haworth Press, Inc.) Vol. 2, No. 3/4, 2002, pp. 5-35; and: Women and
Cannabis: Medicine, Science, and Sociology (ed: Ethan Russo, Melanie Dreher, and Mary Lynn Mathre) The
Haworth Integrative Healing Press, an imprint of The Haworth Press, Inc., 2002, pp. 5-35. Single or


by its breadth and
prevalence. Cannabis appears in this role across many cultures, Old World and
New, classical and modern, among young and old, in a sort of herbal vanishing
act. This study will attempt to bring some of that history to light, and place it in a
modern scientific context.
THE ANCIENT WORLD
AND MEDIEVAL MIDDLE AND FAR EAST
The earliest references to cannabis in female medical conditions probably
originate in Ancient Mesopotamia. In the 7th century BCE, the Assyrian King
Ashurbanipal assembled a library of manuscripts of vast scale, including Sumerian
and Akkadian medical stone tablets dating to 2000 BCE. Specifically according
to Thompson, azallû, as hemp seeds were mixed with other agents in beer for
an unspecified female ailment (Thompson 1924). Azallû was also employed for
difficult childbirth, and staying the menses when mixed with saffron and mintor two. It was accidentally discovered
by my friend, Dr Maguire of Castleknock, and since then it has
been extensively tried by different medical men in Dublin, and by myself,
with considerable success. The tincture of the resin is the most efficacious
preparation, and it may be given in doses of from five to fifteen or twenty
drops three times a day, in water. Its effects, in many cases, are very
marked, often instantaneous, but generally complete after three or four
doses. In some few cases of ulceration in which I have tried it on account of
the hemorrhage, it seemed to be equally beneficial.
Alexander Christison extended the work of Churchill and applied Indian
hemp to the problem of childbirth (Christison 1851), offering the following (pp.
117-118):
Indian hemp appears to possess a remarkable power of increasing the force
of


uterine contraction during labour . . .
One woman, in her first confinement, had forty minims of the tincture of
cannabis one hour before the birth of the child. The os uteri was then of the
size of a shilling, the parts very tender, with induration around the os uteri.
The pains quickly became very strong, so much so as to burst the membranes,
and project the liquor amnii to some distance, and soon the head
was born. The uterus subsequently contracted well.
Another, in her first confinement, had one drachm of the tincture, when
the os uteri was rigid, and the size of a half-crown ; from this the labour became
very rapid.
Another, in her first confinement, had also one drachm of the tincture,
when the os uteri was the size of a half-crown. Labour advanced verydysmenorrhea in 1934 (Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
1934).
Despite the fact that cannabis had been dropped from the National Formulary
the previous year, Morris Fishbein, the editor of the Journal of the American
Medical Association, continued to recommend cannabis in migraine associated
with menstruation (Fishbein 1942, p. 326):
In this instance the patient may be given either sodium bromide or
fluidextract of cannabis three days before the onset of the menstrual period,
continued daily until three days after the menstrual period. . . . The dose of
fluidextract of cannabis is five drops three times daily, increased daily by
one drop until eleven drops, three times daily, are taken. Then the dosage is
reduced by one drop daily until 5 drops are taken three times daily and so
on.
Medical investigation of cannabis persisted in Czechoslovakia. One group
noted success in


use of a cannabis extract in alcohol and glycerine to treat
rhagades, or fissures, on the nipples of nursing women to prevent staphylococcal
mastitis (Kabelik, Krejei, and Santavy 1960).
MODERN ETHNOBOTANY OF CANNABIS
IN OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY
In the folk medicine of Germany, in the late 19th century (Rätsch 1998,
p. 122), a cannabis preparation was “laid on the painful breasts of women who
have given birth; hemp oil is also rubbed onto these areas; hempseed milk is used
to treat bladder pains and dropsy.”
Although the carminative properties of cannabis seeds had been noted since
the time of Galen, Lozano (2001) notes that al-Mayusi (1877) claimed similar
properties for the leaves, and to treat uterine gases.
In 19th century Persia, Schlimmer (1874) reported his observations on usage
of Cannabis indica leaves as a treatment for urethritis associated with the practice
ofmother to
reset the neonate in normal position at birth.”
Hemp is of ancient use in China, but it was noted (Shou-zhong 1997, p. 148):
“In modern clinical practice, Hemp Seeds are still in wide use. They are able to . .
. promote lactation, hasten delivery, and disinhibit urination and defecation.”
Perry and Metzger (1980) noted continued folk use of cannabis in China and
Southeast Asia, where the seeds were specially prepared for treatment of uterine
prolapse and as a birthing aid.
In South Africa, a Sotho herbalist used cannabis to facilitate childbirth (Hewat
1906, p. 98), and was “in the habit of getting his patient stupified by much smoking
of dagga.”
In modern times, urban Africans have also employed cannabis medicinally for
a number of purposes (Du Toit 1980), as one informant related (p. 209):
“. . . pregnant


a vast amount of land.
In April, the Government created a list of several urgent projects for roads and bridges to be built and reconstructed in the city. It also announced that 5,572 km of roads and 900 km of highways connecting Ulaanbaatar with aimags would be restored under the umbrella of the 4.9 trillion MNT (3.75 billion USD) “New Up Building” program, which is spearheading much of the country’s mid-term development.
Note that construction and repair works are vigorously completed during each warm season of the year, starting from around June to October before the cold month come when it is nearly impossible to construct anything.
For the last month or so, traffic congestion has risen significantly in the city, especially in the city centre. This is mostly due toman told her about a teaching position in his home town. She applies for the position and is surprised a...

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on Saturday. It did not make clear what role the government expected the officials to play in the response to the crisis, or why they were out of the country.

The contagious, haemorrhagic fever was first discovered in eastern Guinea in March and has killed more than 2,400 people, mostly in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, making it the worst Ebola outbreak the world has seen.

In the process, it has stretched the understaffed and poorly resourced healthcare systems of those countries to breaking point.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the epidemic is spreading exponentially in Liberia, where more than half of the deaths have been recorded. It has said that thousands are at risk of contagion in the coming weeks.

Sirleaf on Saturday appealed to U.S. President Barackheld in high esteem in countries like Sierra Leone that have a low percentage of trained medical professionals per head of population. She was the fourth Sierra Leonean doctor to die of Ebola.

Her death came amid calls for her evacuation to Germany for treatment. Civil society group WeCare SL and the Sierra Leone Medical and Dental Association both urged the government to save her.

President Ernest Bai Koroma also wrote to the WHO on Friday requesting the U.N. health agency to evacuate Buck, according to a letter seen by Reuters.

A senior government official said the WHO declined the request, but offered instead to make available an experimental treatment locally. There was no immediate response from the WHO to a request for comment.


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Different patterns in molecular evolution of the Triticeae.
A huge part of the genomes of most Triticeae species is formed by different families of repetitive DNA sequences. In this paper the phylogenetic distribution of two major classes of the repeats, retrotransposons and tandemly organized DNA sequences, are considered and compared with the evolution of gene-rich regions and generally accepted Triticeae phylogenetic relationships. In Hordeum, LTR-containing retrotransposons are dispersed along the chromosomes and are consistent with the existing picture of the phylogeny of Hordeum. Another retrotransposon class, LINEs, have evolved independently from LTR-retrotransposons. Different retrotransposon classes appear to have competed for genome space during the evolution of Hordeum. Another class of repeats, tandemly organized DNA sequences, tends to cluster at the functionally important regions of chromosomes, centromeres and telomeres. TheFormer Vice President Joe Biden began the year atop the polls in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination and held that position through the summer. But for the first time on Tuesday afternoon he was overtaken by Sen. Elizabeth Warren in the Real Clear Politics poll average.

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Power values all came at the end of the stage.

Valgren’s Intensity Factor (IF) was .59, meaning that he held 59% of his Functional Threshold Power (FTP) for over six hours.

For the full stage, Valgren averaged 61rpm and burned 3678 calories.

Stage 4 Preview: Saumur to Limoges 237km

What better way to follow up the 2nd longest stage of the tour than with the year’s longest stage! Stage 4 starts in the historic town of Saumur and travels primarily SSE for 237.5 km ending in the city of Limoges. The course is flat through the first half then the gradient ticks up a notch before the sprint point at Le Dorat at 170 km and the only rated climb of the day a Category 4 Cote de la Maison Neuve ateverything. The stage is long at 216 km and features six categorized climbs. The course starts out in Limoges, where stage 3 finished and heads east to the early first category 4 climb up Côte de Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat. From there the course turns southeast and continues through rolling hills till it turns south at Saint-Angel. At 135 km the gradient starts to kick up with the run into the long near 4% gradient category 3 Côte du Puy Saint-Mary at 142.5 km. The intermediate sprint follows immediately after the first climb at 144.5 km. The road continues to climb to the second category 3 to Col de Neronne. There is a bit of rest descending down after the climb till the final push over the last 35 km of


the race which faces two consecutive category 2 climbs up Pas de Peyrol and Col du Perthus followed by the category 3 climb up Col de Font de Cère. The course then descends into Le Lioran before the road kicks up again for the last km to the line.

Stage 5 Limoges to Le Lioran 216km

Michael Valgren of Team Tinkoff and Luke Durbridge of Team Orica-BikeExchange had very similar files on this stage. Both set their Peak Power values under 1 minute during the early kilometers of the stage, both set their Peak One Hour Power values during the Cat 2 and Cat 3 climbs towards the end of the stage, and both averaged just over 3W/kg over the stage.

Michael Valgren (Team Tinkoff)

View Valgren’s full SRM power file.

Valgren’s PeakCadence of 124rpm.

Overall, Durbridge had an IF of .71, a TSS of 312 and VI of 1.23, all very similar to the values set by Michael Valgren.

Riding just over six hours, Durbridge averaged 3.07W/kg and burned 5397 calories.

Stage 6 Preview: Arpajon-sur-Cere to Montauban 190km

After a day in the mid mountains the tour returns to a relatively flat stage. The first stage under 200 km in three days at 190.5 km, will be a welcome change for the riders. The course starts heading south out of Arpajon-sur-Cère for the first 32 km. The course then veers more southwest descending into Vieillevie. The first climb of the day is a category 3 climb on the Col des Estaques at 62 km. The road continues on a positive gradient up to


the road starts to get steeper as the riders approach the Col du Tourmalet. This is a 19 km climb at 7.4% average grade Hors Categorie (HC) climb that starts around 67 km. Then an 18 km descent through the town of Sainte-Marie de Campan. The incline towards the category 2 climb up Hourquette d’Ancizan starts immediately on the way out of town. While only 4.9% grade at 8.2 km long, the climb will keep the pressure on. The descent features narrow steep roads into Guchen and on to the category 1 Col de Val Louron-Azet. The descent off of this climb has a series of 10 switchbacks on the way into Loudenvielle. The final category 1 climb before the run into Bagnères-de-Luchon is the Col de Peyresourde,involved rulings with respect to the statute of limitations applicable in this action for treble damages under 4 of the Clayton Act.  Leave to appeal was granted to both parties under the recently enacted Interlocutory Appeals Act, 28 U.S.C.A. 1292(b).

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Plaintiff, a Connecticut corporation, was engaged in the business of selling in that state bananas purchased from defendants.  Defendant United Fruit Company, a New Jersey corporation, is a producer of bananas grown in Central and South America and transported by vessel to the United States.  Defendant Fruit Dispatch Company, a Delaware corporation, is a wholly owned subsidiary of United Fruit and is the importer and distributor of United Fruit's bananas.  On September 3, 1953 plaintiff filed its complaint in the Southern District of New York,


clause. For this is a book that takes a strongly Hamiltonian cast, meaning, in turn, that James Madison appears as the one leading interpreter who most often trimmed his notions of constitutional interpretation to catch the political winds blowing from the South. The book ends with a final paean to Hamilton that Forrest McDonald would relish: "After constitutions are written," Lynch observes, "they must be interpreted and made to work. It is Hamilton who deserves the title of Father of Constitutional Law" (p. 227).

Much of the book is devoted to a careful, detailed, and at times rather tedious review of constitutional disputes, issue by issue and session by congressional session. Readers who are generally familiar with these disputes will be impressed by how ably Lynch reconstructs these debates,two alternate readings advanced by Lance Banning and myself. Banning looks back into the 1780s to temper the portrait of Madison as reactionary nationalist, while concluding that Madison remained open to arguments about the essential value of the states.[3] In my view, the key resolution of the Virginia Plan was something of a placeholder, part of Madison's strategy to force a decision on the crucial issues of representation first, before then proceeding to determine how much legislative power the government would have. But Madison's initial commitment to nationalism was predicated, Lynch further argues, on his success in securing arrangements that would allow Virginia to dominate the new government, and when he lost the key battle over the rule of apportioning the Senate, Lynch concludes, he and his fellow


the summer months she might pursue courses directly related to her duties as such Director in some recognized college or university as to enable her the better to discharge her duties as Director in New Mexico. Thereafter, during the summers of 1953 and 1954, for a period of approximately eight weeks, she was enrolled as a student at the University of Colorado, during which time she received a salary of $535 per month. Her services with the department continued at least until the date of the trial.
The question presented is whether appellee in fact rendered personal services to the state while pursuing her studies at the University of Colorado. We are relieved of the necessity of discussing the question to a conclusion. The statute confers no authority uponEmbattled St George Illawarra coach Steve Price has the full support of the NRL club's playing group and should be re-signed by the Dragons, according to newly-minted captain Ben Creagh.

Price has been under enormous pressure to keep his position, with Melbourne's premiership-winning coach Craig Bellamy heavily courted.

Bellamy reportedly knocked back a A$5 million offer from the Dragons, who remain interested - but Creagh believes they have the right man sitting in the hot seat already.

Speaking at the Charity Shield launch, Creagh was defiant when asked if he wanted Price to continue beyond this season: ''100 per cent - he was great for us last year and he's doing a great job right now.''

The Dragons misfired in Price's first season after he took over from seven-time premiership winner Wayne


Bennett - missing the finals for just the second time since 2003.

But Creagh said Price was in no danger of losing the support of the playing group, suggesting he had learned from his debut season and had developed into a top-line coach.

''I don't need to speak to him and reassure him. He knows it,'' Creagh added.

''He's doing a great job for us at the moment.

''Pre-season has been the toughest I've been involved in, in every aspect.

''On the field, in our training drills with the coach, it's been extremely tough.

''He's doing all the right things. And the players are doing all the right things getting behind him with the attitude and work ethic towards training too.''... I thought he was really good in his first season ... He's definitelygot a bit more of a spring into his step this pre-season with how he approaches his training and how he's coaching us at the moment.''

Price has refused to be drawn on the saga and, on Wednesday, he reiterated that it had not been a distraction during pre-season.

The 35-year-old admitted he could understand why his superiors at the Dragons would enquire about Bellamy.

''At the end of the day, it's like all clubs. They've got a responsibility when players come off contract that they can look at other players when they come off contract,'' he said.

''So it's no different to what position I'm in but, at the end of the day, my sole focus is this year, 2013, and I'm really looking forward to kicking off our first two


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The World's Tallest Roller Coaster: Kingda Ka, Six Flags Great Adventure, Jackson, N.J.

A double-whammy entry in the record books, Kingda Ka is not only the tallest roller coaster in the world; it's also the fastest in North America. At 45 stories, or 456 feet at its highest point, the ride is taller than London's famed Big Ben and only a few feet shorter than the Great Pyramid at Giza! Riders zoom from zero to 128 mph in just over three seconds on launch and then fly over camel humps (briefly experiencing weightlessness), dip, turn, and finally come to a rest in what can only be described as a breathless 59 seconds. Yes, that was your life flashing before your eyes. The Park: Six Flags GreatAdventure is comprised of three parks (though each charges separate entrance fees): the main park, a 350-acre animal park called Wild Safari, and the Hurricane Harbor Water Park. Bugs Bunny and other Looney Toons characters can be seen both in person and on the rides throughout Six Flags, and there are countless options for the younger set: spinning teacups, a carousel, and a 15-story Ferris wheel.

When to Go: The least-crowded times at Six Flags are weekdays during the summer and any of the regularly scheduled days during the shoulder season in April, May, June, and September. In late June, you can play in the park and do some good at the same time, as Great Adventure hosts the Walk in the Park fundraiser for the Children's Miracle Network.


a.m., depending on the season), especially on midweek days like Tuesday and Wednesday. tickets $48.98 for adults, $42.60 for kids three to nine, disneyworld.com

The World's Oldest Operating Roller Coaster: Leap-the-Dips, in Lakemont Park, Altoona, Pa.

Leap-the-Dips is not just a ride; it's a piece of history. In fact, this wooden coaster was named a National Historic Landmark in 1996. Built in 1902, the coaster—with a top operating speed of just 10 mph and a peak of 41 feet—stood idle during the late 1980s and into the late 1990s, reopening to its original glory on Memorial Day, 1999. The Park: Situated on Lake Altoona, Lakemont Park opened in 1894 as a trolley park and ranks as the eighth oldest amusement park in the country. (For the record, Lake Compounce, inride), lakemontparkfun.com

For more historical spots in Pennsylvania, stop by FoxNews.com's Philadelphia Travel Guide >>

America's Largest Collection of Coasters (for now!): Cedar Point amusement park and resort, Sandusky, Ohio

For now, iconic Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, holds the record for the largest collection of roller coasters in the country, with 17—two wooden and 15 steel. From the fastest double-twisting impulse coaster (the Wicked Twister, with a top speed of 72 mph) to the first coaster in the world to top 200 feet (the Magnum XL-200, which opened in 1989), there's always an off-kilter view of the park and Lake Erie available from the high perches of the coasters. Note: Cedar Point loses its record this year, when Six Flags Magic Mountain reopens its 17th coaster (Road Runner Express) and


debuts its 18th roller coaster, Green Lantern: First Light, on Memorial Day. The 4-D coaster will feature a never-before-seen vertical zigzag pattern track, with eight riders sitting back-to-back in an independently rotating passenger vehicle. The Park: Cedar Point opened in 1870, with the first coaster debuting in 1892. Since then, the park has been considered the destination for coaster enthusiasts from across the globe, thanks to its great variety of thrill rides and gorgeous lakefront setting. There are also a number of stomach-churning alternatives to coasters, including the Power Tower, which drops at speeds faster than free fall.

When to Go: To avoid crowds, stick to weekdays in summer and spring, and nights and Sundays during the fall. If you don't mind massive crowds, head to Cedar Point duringthe attendant closes the door, and then the floor drops out, plunging the rider down the long, curving tube. Oh, and it all starts 10 stories up. The stomach-lurching ride runs 400 feet over the course of five to seven seconds (exact time depends on the weight of the passengers—the heavier you are, the faster you fall) and includes a nearly vertical, coaster-style loop—the first of its kind in the States. The Park: Noah's Ark is the country's largest water park, covering 70 acres in Wisconsin Dells. The area is home to the largest number of water parks in the country, at nearly two dozen. Two huge wave pools and 49 water rides are just the start of the park's attractions, which also include four children's splash areas,


a 4-D movie theater, a mini golf course, bumper boats, arcade games, and even a spooky haunted cavern.

When to Go: Each morning, the park opens in two waves, with the front half opening at 9 a.m. and the back half opening at 10 a.m. Those who brave the early crowd can be first into the back section of the park, staking out a spot at the wave pool for the day. Late May, when the park first opens, is probably the least-crowded time to go, as most of the local schools don't let out until the first week of June. tickets $32.99 for adults, $28.79 for seniors and children 47 inches and below (rates reflect tickets purchased online), noahsarkwaterpark.com

America's Longest Duration Roller Coaster: The Beast, King's Island, Mason,Ohio

The Beast is a huge, well, beast of a coaster, covering a 35-acre, densely wooded area in the park, which lends a dark and eerie feel to the ride. The record-breaking running time—4 minutes, 10 seconds—is about a minute and a half longer than most of its counterparts, steel or wood. And, with a track length of about 1.4 miles (7,359 feet), the Beast also ranks as the longest wooden roller coaster in the world. Two huge vertical drops of 135 and 141 feet, dark tunnels, and speeds of up to 65 mph make this wooden coaster just about as scary as they come. The Park: In 2011, King's Island opens the world's largest animatronic dinosaur park, Dinosaurs Alive!, with more than 60 life-size beasts. The park also


online), visitkingsisland.com

The World's Longest Water Coaster: Wildebeest, Holiday World & Splashin' Safari, Santa Claus, Ind.

At a third of a mile long, the Wildebeest ranks as the world's longest water coaster. It all starts with a huge four-story drop, before plunging into six more drops and two tunnels, at top speeds of 25 mph. Seated with three of your closest friends in a toboggan-style boat, wearing just your suimsuit, that's pretty darn fast. The best part of all might be the uphill conveyor belt ride, meaning there's no leg-crushing climb to the top, like most other water rides in the country. The Park: A ticket grants admission to both Holiday World & Splashin' Safari, the attached theme park, which is divided into four holiday-themed lands (Christmas, Halloween, Fourth ofJuly, and Thanksgiving). Opened in 1946, Holiday World was the first themed amusement park in the world, and it features a handful of coasters and family-friendly rides like bumper cars, spinners, and a huge tree house to climb on. Splashin' Safari offers high-volume wave pools, tube rides, and, new in 2011, an entire splash area called Safari Sam's SplashLand that is devoted to the little ones.

When to Go: As with most parks in the Midwest, hitting the spring and autumn shoulder seasons is always the best bet for less-crowded conditions, as are weekday mornings, when the park opens at 9:30 a.m. (get in early, and you can be first in line to enter the Splashin' Safari, which opens at 10:30 a.m.). tickets $42.95 for adults, $32.95 for seniors


Ronaldo lambasts media campaign against him

FIFA president Gianni Infantino (L) and The Best FIFA Men's Player Award winner Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal and Real Madrid . (Photo/Getty Images)

Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo claimed he had to overcome media “campaigns” against him to win FIFA’s inaugural “The Best” prize for the world’s best player in 2016.

Ronaldo lifted the award at a star-studded ceremony in Zurich on Monday after a glittering year on the pitch saw him lead Madrid to Champions League glory and captain Portugal to their first ever major international triumph at Euro 2016.

However, Ronaldo’s year was blighted by reports from an international consortium of media organisations in December that claimed a huge data leak involving 18 million documents showed the Portuguese hid 150 million euros ($160 million)Thursday, October 27, 2011

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Every nurse encounters poop. Like, lots of poop. And this, friends, is a poop story.

Pt. was admitted to the Medical ICU for a series of TIA's; he had already suffered multiple strokes before this admission, and resided in an assisted living home. He was not as well tended as he should have been there, and that trend followed him here. I normally work in the CVU, but because our unit was short on patients ("low census," for the uninitiated), I "floated" to MICU and took care of Patient. I took him from Odessa, another CVU nurse, who had received him from Jimmy, my partner in crime. In his entire admission, he had not once been cared for by any of the native nurses. My guess


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Americans live in a late capitalist society where the rich have gotten many times richer and the middle class has gotten poorer, where Wall Street bankers have stolen us blind and blamed us for living above our means, where persistent unemployment is worse than in the Great Depression, where most politicians and some judges have been bought by corporations or special interests, where authorities actively conspire to keep people from voting, where the government spies on citizens assiduously without warrant or probable cause, and where the minds of the sheep are kept off their fleecing by substituting celebrity gossip, sex scandals, and half-disguised bigotry for genuine news.

In the Arab world, masses of 20-year-olds have challenged their corrupt politicians and manipulative billionaires in the streets, demandingover whether Ali Abdullah Saleh will attempt to return to the country after surgery in Saudi Arabia, with social violence and perhaps civil war looming if he does attempt to return.

Our news is about an American politician accused of misusing campaign contributions to hide his mistress.

Their news is that Free Libya forces have used light arms and sheer guts to fight off Qaddafi’s tanks, which had been shelling the southwestern desert town of Yefren, freeing it from bombardment and looming food and water shortages. Aljazeera has video:

Our news is about a state supreme court deciding whether workers in that state have a right to have a union and engage in collective bargaining.

Their news is about Egyptians forming wildcat unions, chasing President Hosni Mubarak from office, now cheekily making


Parasitic infections in solid organ transplant recipients.
Parasitic infections are an uncommon but potentially severe complication in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients. An increase in donors who have emigrated from tropical areas and more transplant recipients traveling to endemic areas have led to a rise in parasitic infections reported among SOT recipients. Clinicians should include these infections in their differential diagnosis and promote adherence to preventive measures in SOT recipients.Friday May 18, 2018 – Peterborough man is facing charges including assault with a weapon following Thursday evening incident

Calls for Service: (May 17 at 8 a.m. to May 18 at 8 a.m.) 92

Assault with a weapon Arrest:
A 54-year-old Peterborough man is facing charges including assault with a weapon following a Thursday evening incident.

On May 17, 2018 at approximately 7 p.m. the accused and the victim, a man in his 30’s, became involved in a dispute in a Dublin Street parking lot. The accused and victim know of each other. During the argument it was reported that the accused brandished a knife and attempted to strike the victim, threw a brick at him and threatened him. The incident was reported to police and officers attended.

As a result of the


Yesterday, northern California was pummeled by hundreds of lightning strikes from thunderstorms that provided little to no rain in many areas. As a result, dozens of lightning sparked fires erupted in the Eastern Sacramento foothills. Amador, El Dorado and Calaveras Counties were some of the hardest hit areas. Nearly two dozen wildfires were sparked in those counties, all of which fire crews contained to relatively small acreage. The thunderstorm system also brought with it strong winds, which caused the 16 Complex Fire in Colusa County to double in size overnight.

Earlier this week, CAL FIRE increased firefighter staffing ahead of the predicted dry lightning and Red Flag Warning to respond to the potential increase in fire activity. Despite the strong winds and dry conditions, firefighters were able to containHappenings

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Carter Motor Company partners with MC Supply company to provide services for motor brush replacement.

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Once again this year, Carter Motor Company sponsored a team in the annual Monroe, Wisconsin July 4th Softball Tournament. These kids had a great time competing against other teams from the surrounding area. Go team Carter!

July 4th, 2007 Carter Motor Company sponsored its first softball team for a 4th of July high school tournament in Monroe, Wisconsin. The tournament pitted freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors against each other.

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Börnicke was in the district of Frankfurt district of East Germany state of Brandenburg. It is one of two towns of that name in Brandenburg, the other was in the district of Potsdam. They are both now located in the modern state of Brandenburg, Germany.particularly as the virus spreads in the U.S.

The outbreak, Omenka said, normally will stop "when it runs out of susceptible hosts, once already infected persons start developing immunity against the agent, or a vaccine becomes available."

The key, he said, is how much the public follows guidelines keeping them apart.

"It cannot be overemphasized the importance of not only public cooperation, but the need for a nationally coordinated response to this outbreak, because it would be horrible if some states experience a resurgence of the disease after overcoming it, due to outbreaks in other states," he said.

The patchwork nature of the U.S. response was underscored by widely divergent assessments in individual states.

While the governors of Illinois and New York issued stay-at-home orders for residents as early as March 20, Florida


Gov. Ron DeSantis, despite heavy criticism, did not mandate such measures until this week, despite 7,000 confirmed cases and 85 deaths in his state as of Tuesday. Georgia and Mississippi were the last holdouts in the South.

The virus, which apparently started in a market in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, has now reached 180 countries or regions.

COVID-19 tests:Labs are testing 100,000 people each day for the coronavirus. That's still not enough.

Research suggests that the new coronavirus, like its cousins SARS and MERS, has its origin in bats. Scientists suspect the virus was initially transmitted to another animal – an "intermediary host" – before it spread to humans.

The rate of spread varies from country to country

South Korea reacted quickly and aggressively, applying a well-organized and widespread testing program tolocate carriers, trace their contacts and quarantine their contacts. It has 9,976 confirmed cases and 169 deaths as of Thursday.

According to the Worldometer website, which tracks the data from official sources on testing, South Korea — with a population of almost 52 million — has tested more than 270,000 people, which amounts to more than 5,200 tests per million inhabitants.

The United States, by comparison, has carried out just over 1.16 million tests, according to the COVID Tracking Project, or about 3,547 tests per million inhabitants.

After months of quarantine measures and travel restrictions, China's cases have fallen dramatically. China's National Health Commission says that all the new cases are being imported from abroad. Recently, Chinese officials lifted travel restrictions on more than 60 million people in the Hubei province,


HAMILTON National Tour on Stage at DPAC in 2018

The national tour of the Broadway musical HAMILTON will play at DPAC in 2018as part of SunTrust Broadway at DPAC, 2018/2019 Season, it was announced today (Feb. 21) by producer Jeffrey Seller and Nederlander.

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Information regarding engagement dates and how to purchase groups and individual tickets will be announced at a later time.

With book, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, direction by Thomas Kail, choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler and musical supervisionChad Mendes (left) and Cody McKenzie do the forehead smash at the UFC 148 weigh ins. Photo by Kristyn Adamakis for ProMMAnow.com

Chad Mendes never saw the patented guillotine of Cody McKenzie in their bout at UFC 148. In fact, Mendes barely saw McKenzie at all after finishing the fight by TKO in just 31 seconds.

McKenzie sprinted across the octagon to start, looking to apply pressure, but quickly found himself on the wrong end of a stiff knee as the fighters clinched. After a restart, McKenzie went to his kicks, landing several before Mendes managed to catch what would turn out to be the last one. Mendes secured the leg with his left arm and then fired off a brutal right hand to the body that collapsed McKenzie to


the Midwest were almost exclusively unionized establishments, and as the old men used to say, you had to wait for somebody who worked there to die and inherit a job from them if you ever wanted to get in on those good union wages and benefits.

While by no means rich, the meatpackers of my youth were successful blue collar men and women. Their children went to college. If they fished they owned boats. And if they were wise with their money, they even had a little cabin down by a lake somewhere. And then Reagan happened, and PATCO.

It must seem to people outside of the labor movement like we hate Reagan just because he was a Republican, or we are overly sentimental about a relatively small group ofYou are here

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The opinion that the Constitution is a set of rules within which police officers must perform their duties is dangerously incomplete. The Center for the Constitution programs help law enforcement officers understand that they are not simply limited in power by the Constitution, but that their power is also enabled by it. Law enforcement officials are then not only protecting and serving their communities, but also protecting and serving the "People" and the rights guaranteed in the Constitution.

These programs are recognized by the Department of Criminal Justice Services in Virginia as a certified criminal justice continuing education program for police officers in Virginia. A similar curriculum is available for law enforcement officials from other states, as we all


its own investigation. The Salvation Army also put its insurer on notice and that company has now hired external forensic auditors specializing in criminal audits, Maj. Murray said.

The Salvation Army also hired KPMG to do a separate procedure and security audit to determine lessons learned.

“We certainly have extraordinary checks and balances in place,” the major said of the warehouse, which suffered a fire in 2008. “The security at the facility is excellent.” The locks were changed at the end of August after the initial audit got in motion, he said.

The executive director was the only job loss as a result of the audit, Maj. Murray added.

The Salvation Army appointed a new executive director of the busy warehouse, which moves about seven million pounds of food every year andis removed therefrom.
Another object of the present invention is to provide automatic couplers for the fluid and electrical controls in the ramp car.
These and other objects are achieved by providing a retainer for retaining a catch, which is received in a catch aperture to lock the ramp in a locking area, in the catch unlocking position while the ramp exits the locking area. This is independent of air pressure. The retainer in two embodiments includes a catch edge on the catch, a latch for engaging the catch edge and an arm connected to the latch and having an end in the locking area for disengaging the latch from the catch edge in response to the movement of the ramp in the locking area. In one embodiment, a catch


the first position and disengages the catch when the arm is in the second position. For the two jaw embodiment, the arm of the retainer is pivotally connected to the ramp car and the first jaw is pivotally connected to the combined arm and second jaw. A third embodiment of the retainer includes an arm pivotally connected to the catch, the arm rides on and maintains the first position as the ramp exits the locking area. The arm is moved into the second position by the entry of the ramp into the locking area to allow the catch to enter the catch aperture when they are aligned.
A fluid coupler including first and second housings connected to a respective first and second ramp car portion, automatically couples a firstand second portion of a main reservoir pipe and a first and second portion of a brake pipe. A main reservoir coupling port and a brake coupling port in each of the housings are connected by a passage to a main reservoir pipe port and brake pipe port. An actuator responsive to the positions of the first and second housings relative to each other closes valves in each of the main reservoir passages when the first and second housings are separated and opens the valve when the first and second housings are joined. The main reservoir coupling ports each include a coupler resiliently mounted therein for mating with a respective coupler and the actuators are connected to the coupler so as to operate the valve, as a function


of the position of the coupler in the main reservoir coupling port. A spring is provided as part of the valve for closing the valve and also forms part of the resilient mounting of the coupler in the coupling port. The brake coupling port also includes a coupler resiliently mounted thereto for mating with the respective coupler.
An electrical coupler, for the electrical cable running throughout the train, automatically couples the first portion of the electrical cable on a the first ramp car portion to a second portion of the electrical cable on the second ramp car portion when the ramp is in its raised travel position. The fluid and electrical couplers include alignment elements for aligning the first and second housings during mating along the mating axis. Thefirst housing is mounted to the first ramp car portion so as to allow movement of the first housing along the mating axis. The second housing portion is mounted to the second ramp car portion so as to allow movement of the second housing transverse the mating axis to facilitate alignment.


Appellant.

         Julian Karl Bach for the Cross-defendant and Respondent.

         Cross-complainant and appellant Erma Marshall appeals from a judgment on the

pleadings in favor of cross-defendant and respondent Dan Z. Bochner (Bochner) on the

cross-complaint of Marshall and her husband, James Marshall (James), for declaratory

relief, injunctive relief, and an accounting arising from a loan Bochner made to the Mt.

Zion Missionary Baptist Church (Church) that was secured by Church's real property and

the Marshalls' residence. In his motion, Bochner argued that various events, including a
settlement agreement he had entered into with the trustee of Church's bankruptcy estate,

had rendered the Marshalls' claims moot and none of the claims stated a cause of action.

     Church secured by real

property located on Del Rosa Avenue in San Bernardino, California (the Church

1       We state the factual and procedural background from the limited documents in the
record, including the San Bernardino County Superior Court's register of actions in
Thomas v. Elliot (Super. Ct. San Bernardino County, 2012, No. SCVSS142008).
Bochner has asked us to take judicial notice of a federal court action filed by the
Marshalls during the pendency of this appeal. He concedes that none of the documents
attached to his request were before the trial court, but maintains they are relevant because
the original and first amended complaints in the federal action are virtually identical, and
the district court granted Bochner's motion to dismiss as to both. We decline to take
judicial notice of matters that


deeds recorded against other church

members' homes, including the Marshalls' Colorado Avenue home. In September 2006,

Church member Floyd Thomas filed a quiet title action against Church, Bochner, and

another individual. Thomas filed a first amended complaint in October 2006 including

causes of action for conspiracy to commit fraud, elder financial abuse, cancellation of

instrument, and usury. In April 2007, the trustee, Reliable Trust Deed Services

(Reliable), issued a notice of trustee's sale for the Marshalls' Colorado Avenue property.

The Marshalls' Cross-Complaint

       In May 2007, Church and the Marshalls cross-complained in Thomas's action.2

The cross-complaint contained three causes of action against Bochner and Reliable

seeking (1) a judicial declaration regarding their respective interests in the Church

property and the Marshalls' residence; (2) to enjoin the pending trustee's sale of the

Church property andMarshall's cross-complaint

was eventually remanded to the San Bernardino superior court, where Church and

Marshall unsuccessfully sought to obtain a default judgment against Bochner. In

December 2009, Bochner answered Marshall's cross-complaint.

       In July 2010, Bochner foreclosed on the Church property. In January 2011, he

reconveyed to the Marshalls the trust deed on their property. In February 2011, Bochner

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obtained an unlawful detainer judgment against Church.3 Before Bochner obtained that

judgment, Church and Marshall filed a notice of removal of the unlawful detainer


action

to the bankruptcy court, but shortly thereafter the bankruptcy judge remanded the case to

the superior court.

Marshall's Motion for Leave to Amend

       In February 2011, the case was set on the trial readiness calendar for April 2011.

In March 2011, Marshall moved for leave to file a first amended cross-complaint adding

causes of action for conspiracy to commit fraud, negligent misrepresentation, usury,

"RICO conspiracy," cancellation of instrument, elder abuse and declaratory relief. In

part, she sought to add allegations that Bochner conspired with his agent, Rolando

DeArmas, to induce the Marshalls to execute a deed of trust on their residence as security

for his purchase loan; that DeArmas told them the legal documents they signed would not

cause their homes to be used as collateral for the Church property, andReliable Trust at least as of October 2006." The

court agreed that the allegations in Marshall's proposed cross-complaint made "totally

different" claims against Bochner, requiring additional discovery in the already five-year-

old matter. The court ruled the causes of action for usury and cancellation of instrument

were "improper" because Church had received a judgment and the matter was settled

between Bochner and the trustee of the Church's bankruptcy estate, and Bochner had

foreclosed on the Church property and obtained an unlawful detainer judgment, which

had res judicata effect on subsequent claims of fraud or quiet title founded on allegations

of the same irregularities in the trustee's sale. The court ruled the seventh cause of action

were almost identical to those in Marshall's proposed first amended cross-complaint.
Marshall does not challenge the similarities between the proposed first amended cross-
complaint


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Bochner's Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings

       On December 20, 2011, Bochner moved for judgment on the pleadings as to

Marshall's cross-complaint. He argued Marshall's claims for declaratory relief, injunctive

relief and an accounting were rendered moot because (1) Bochner had foreclosed on the

lien he held on the Church property and its possession had been resolved in the unlawful

detainer action; (2) Bochner had reconveyed the lien against the Marshalls' Colorado

Avenue residence; and (3) all of the accounting issues regarding the loan to Church had

been fully resolved in the settlement agreement between Bochner and the bankruptcy

trustee for Church's bankruptcy estate while Church was a debtor in bankruptcy.

Bochner asserted                           I. Marshall's Due Process Claim

       In a somewhat disjointed series of arguments, Marshall contends the trial court

denied her due process by not permitting her to file the proposed first amended cross-

complaint, which she points out was predicated on the same facts as Thomas's October

2006 first amended complaint. She maintains the court "impermissibly considered the

validity of the proposed first amended cross-complaint in the form of a [premature]

demurrer" and thus she was denied the opportunity to address the issues raised by the

court in denying her motion. In a related argument, Marshall asserts she did not address

certain factual


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       The record simply does not show the trial court sua sponte considered the merits

of Marshall's proposed first amended cross-complaint. In opposition to her motion for

leave to amend, Bochner raised arguments challenging the merits and mootness of

Marshall's claims in light of undisputed events. In particular, he pointed out all claims as

to the usurious nature of the promissory note were settled, and the note modified in the

bankruptcy settlement. He argued that Marshall's cancellation of instrument cause of

action was an attempt to undo the July 2010it appears Marshall's sole argument on

this point relates to the pending bankruptcy proceeding. In connection with an argument

that she did not act in bad faith in proposing her amendment, Marshall states: "The

complaint was removed to the bankruptcy court on July 17, 2007[,] which resulted in a

stay of the [five-year] period to bring the matter to trial. . . . During this same time

period the Petitioners could not amend the cross-complaint in state court because the

action was removed to federal court which divested the state court of jurisdiction. . . .

Upon remand the court allowed cross-defendant to set aside his default and file an answer


not contain the notice of removal by Church and Marshall, which

according to the register of actions, was filed on August 17, 2007. In In re Princess

Louise Corp., the bankruptcy court pointed out that section 1452 of title 28 of the United

States Code, the bankruptcy removal statute, "provides flexibility to the removing party

6       In fact, Bochner's answer is file-stamped December 2009. In her reply papers to
Bochner's opposition to the motion to amend, Marshall did not make an argument
concerning the bankruptcy stay. She merely argued that Bochner's default caused her
delay: that he was "in default in this matter until February 10, 2010," and "was in default
for over three years by choice." At oral argument on Marshall's motion, her counsel
argued that the matter was stayedto amend was untimely and based on facts known to Marshall

at the time she filed her original cross-complaint because the newly proposed pleading

had copied allegations from Thomas's first amended complaint filed in October 2006.

Bochner argued it would be " 'patently unfair' to allow a pleading to be amended at the

11th hour on facts known at the time of the operative complaint." Bochner also

specifically argued he would be prejudiced if the motion were granted since the proposed

first amended cross-complaint added entirely new causes of action with new allegations

seeking to state claims for conspiracy to commit fraud, negligent misrepresentation,

usury, RICO, elder abuse, and cancellation of instrument. He argued "[e]xtensive

discovery," including the depositions of both Erma and James Marshall, as well as a

demurrer, would be required to address those claims.


5 cautionary signs in jobs report

Monday, May 05, 2014 12:00 AM

In this April 10, 2014, photo, a sign points to a job fair on the campus of Kaplan University in Lincoln, Neb. At first glance, April's U.S. employment report suggested that the agonizingly slow 5½-year-old economic recovery has gained new momentum. Yet several cautionary signs emerged from the report. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Employers added a sizable 288,000 jobs in April. Hiring in February and March was better than first thought. The unemployment rate plunged to 6.3 percent from 6.7 percent.
At first glance, Friday’s U.S. jobs report suggested that the agonizingly slow 5-year-old economic recovery had burst into a full sprint.
Yet several cautionary signs emerged from the report, starting with that spectacular plunge in the unemployment rate.
Here’sdeeper into that unemployment rate. People flow into and out of the job market each month. Some leave for school; others return, armed with a degree. Some quit to raise a family. Some apply for jobs after their kids start kindergarten. In April, the number of people who began looking for work fell off a statistical cliff.
This suggests that the recovery lacks the kind of gravitational force needed to draw more workers back into the fold. Just 58.9 percent of the working-age population holds a job. That’s down from 62.9 percent before the recession began at the end of 2007.
NO HOUSING REBOUND
Builders added 32,000 workers in April. But just 41 percent of them were for constructing homes. That share is usually around 50 percent. The lower figure likely


by Frederica on December 5, 1994, the book of business she brought with her to Frederica was not part of the purchase agreement. Ewaldsen went to work as an agent for Atlantic upon the same terms and conditions which had been applicable to her employment with Frederica. Her health and life insurance specialty remained the same, as did her monthly $3,000 salary for which she agreed to sign over to Atlantic all the premium payments she received.
Ewaldsen resigned on May 1, 1998, citing low office morale following Atlantic's failure to renew its employment contract with former owner Knight.
At trial, Ewaldsen testified on direct examination that she took only her own book of business and its progeny upon leaving her employment with Atlantic; however, on cross-examination she conceded thatspecially drawn by Christopher Tolkien, which appears as a fold-out sheet." "Contains eight colour paintings and twenty-five pencil sketches, specially commissioned from award-winning artist, Alan Lee." "Includes a specially written introduction and appendix on the history and writing of the tale by Christopher Tolkien." This edition has already sold out and only later editions are now available. With Houghton Mifflin wishing to reach out and do something special for the loyal Tolkien fans, along with Christopher Tolkien's reluctance to grant public appearances, they conceived the idea for a signed bookplate, which Christopher Tolkien and Alan Lee both agreed to. It seems approximately 900 bookplates were signed, 450 for the release party at the New York City Barnes and Noble, and 200 for the UK Waterstones release party, with


A custom black leather slipcase included to protect and show this fabulous edition. Additional digital photo's available, inquire if interested. Other Tolkien books available, include both the UK and US editions, original cloth bindings, custom fine bindings, and Signed/Numbered/Limited Editions.. Signed by Illustrator. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. As New/with Jacket, as Issued. Illus. by Alan Lee. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.Item #760

London: Harper Collins, 2007. Alan Lee. 1st Edition, Hobbits, Lord of the Rings, Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien, published April 2007 by Harper Collins. Signed by the editor and illustrator, Christopher Tolkien and Alan Lee, to special bookplate, featuring Lee's motif of the Helm of Hador, attached to the front free endpaper. "The Childrenunique motif of the Helm of Hador created by Alan Lee, and housed in a matching custom-built slipcase." "Printed on superior quality paper and including a silk ribbon marker." "This edition available for a limited time only." With Houghton Mifflin wishing to reach out and do something special for the loyal Tolkien fans, along with Christopher Tolkien's reluctance to grant public appearances, they conceived the idea for a signed bookplate, which Christopher Tolkien and Alan Lee both agreed to. It seems approximately 900 bookplates were signed, with less than 500 for distribution in the US, and 250 for the UK, with the remainder held for other promotions. I know of three that were given away as prizes on the Tolkien Library web site, during the "Children of Hurin"


were signed, less than 500 for distribution in the US, and 50 for the UK, with the remainder held for other promotions. I know of three that were given away as prizes on the Tolkien Library web site, during the "Children of Hurin" Release Party. A very hard to find edition, with the signed bookplate. Don't expect to see many of these for sale, as most will end up in private collections. This Deluxe Edition is matched in style and design to the 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of 'The Lord of the Rings', and The Deluxe Hobbit that were concurrently issued in 2004. Digital photo's available, inquire if interested. Other Tolkien books available, include both the UK and US editions, original cloth bindings, custom fine bindings, and Signed/Numbered/Limitedworld. Includes a red and black Map of Beleriand drawn by Christopher Tolkien, which appears as a fold out sheet. Eight color paintings and fifteen pencil sketches, specially commissioned from award winning artist, Alan Lee. Includes a preface and chapter by Christopher Tolkien on the evolution and writing of the tale. Quarter bound with grey boards, stamped in gold foil with a unique motif of Tuor created by Alan Lee, and housed in a matching custom-built slipcase. Printed on superior quality paper and including a silk ribbon marker." This UK Deluxe Edition is a beautiful companion to the other UK Deluxe Editions, matched in style and design, to The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, The Children of Hurin, The Tales From the Perilous Realm, The


Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun, The Fall of Arthur, Unfinished Tales, Beowulf, Story of Kullervo, and Beren and Luthien. Digital photo's available, inquire if interested. Other Tolkien books available, include both the UK and US editions, original cloth bindings, custom fine bindings, and Signed/Numbered/Limited Editions.Item #1968

London: Harper Collins, 2018. Alan Lee. First Trade. Original Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Fall of Gondolin, by J.R.R. Tolkien. Published by Harper Collins in 2018, a 1st impression, signed by the illustrator Alan Lee. No faults, no bumps, As New. "A brand new standalone tale of Middle-earth, the third and final of J.R.R. Tolkien's 'Great Tales" "Using the original manuscripts and many sources spaced over decades, Christopher Tolkien has constructed a linked narrative of the first real storycollectable in this signed state, this is a lovely copy for any Tolkien fans collection. Housed in a custom leather slipcase, featuring Tolkien's line drawing of Chrysophylax, gilt stamped to front and the JRRT Monogram to the rear. Digital photo's available, inquire if interested. Other Tolkien books available, include both the UK and US editions, original cloth bindings, custom fine bindings, and Signed/Numbered/Limited Editions.Item #1483

New York: Doubleday, 2005. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Fourth Realm Trilogy, Comprised of The Traveler, The Dark River, and The Golden City by John Twelve Hawks. 1st US Edition, published by Doubleday in 2005, 2007, and 2009. All three books are Signed Numbered Limited Edition's with his famous chop stamp and Limitation Number (1 of 777)


signed copies for the discriminating collector. With the movie, the Golden Compass soon to be released, these will not last long. Digital images available on request. Any questions, please feel free to inquire.Item #403

London: Harper Collins, 1997. Alan Lee. Limited/Numbered. Quarter Leather. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, by J.R.R. Tolkien. Published by Harper Collins in 1997 to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the original publication of The Hobbit, in conjunction with Hatchard's 200th Anniversary. This Hatchard's Signed/Limited/Deluxe Edition is Quarter bound in Burgundy leather and cloth, housed in the publisher's original burgundy clothbound slipcase. Number 483 of a Limited Edition of only 600, specially bound and Slipcased by the publisher to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the first publicationof "The Hobbit". Signed by the renowned artist, Alan Lee. Gilt title, gilded page edges, and gilt image of Smaug on the book and slipcase. A stunningly beautiful and scarce edition in Near Fine Condition. Digital photo's available, inquire if interested. Other Tolkien books available, include both the UK and US editions, original cloth bindings, custom fine bindings, and Signed/Numbered/Limited Editions. Matched in size and style with the Limited/Numbered Editions by Harper Collins, of the "Silmarillion" and "Lord of the Rings"Item #1932

New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1984. Michael Hague. Decorative Cloth. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. This later edition was published in 1984 by Houghton Mifflin. It is a later printing, and it contains numerous illustrations by Michael Hague. This copy is unique in that it is


signed on the title page, and has a hand drawn sketch of "Smaug" by the illustrator. A fine example of a one of a kind, unique collectors item. No other writing or marks, housed in a custom Green Leather slipcase, gilt stamped with the "Green Dragon" to one side, and the JRRT Monogram to the other. Digital photo's available, inquire if interested. Other Tolkien books available, include both the UK and US editions, original cloth bindings, custom fine bindings, and Signed/Numbered/Limited Editions.Item #1905

Bloomington, In: AuthorHouse, 2006. 1st Edition, Hobbits, Lord of the Rings, Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In Pursuit of C.S. Lewis, by Dr. Edwin W. Brown, with Dan Hamilton. Adventures in collecting his works. A wonderful collection of tales about his adventuresin collecting one of the worlds finest holdings of C.S. Lewis First editons, letters, and manuscripts. Also contains his exhaustive bibliography of Lewis first and notable editions, including rarities and variants not previously recorded. Signed to the title page by the author.Item #316

London: Harper Collins, 2009. Bill Sanderson. De Luxe Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun, by J.R.R. Tolkien, a 1st impression of the UK De Luxe Edition, published in the UK in 2009 by Harper Collins. The first publication of a previously unknown work by J.R.R. Tolkien, which tells the epic story of the Norse hero Sigurd the dragon slayer, the revenge of his wife, Gudrun, and the Fall of the Niflungs. A large sketch of "Sigurd"


signed and dated 5th of May 2009, by Bill Sanderson to the half title page. Features a color frontispiece of a facsimile page from J.R.R. Tolkien's original manuscript. Quarter-bound in brown with gray boards, stamped in gold foil with a unique motif of Sigurd's horse, Grani, and housed in a matching custom slipcase. Printed on superior quality paper and including a silk ribbon marker. Still sealed in original publishers shrinkwrap, photos of opened book are from another copy. Matches the earlier Deluxe Editions of The Children of Hurin, The Silmarillion, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and Tales from the Perilous Realm. Digital photo's available, inquire if interested. Other Tolkien books available, include both the UK and US editions, original cloth bindings, custom fine bindings, and Signed/Numbered/Limitedgilded edges, a ribbon marker bound in, and signed limitation page. Fifty original illustrations by Alan Lee thru the book. You can follow how the movies were first visualized by Lee, and carried thru by Peter Jackson, with Lee's assistance throughout the movie's production. A scarce book, again one of only 250 produced. Text block is clean and bright, no signatures or writing whatsoever. A few loose threads to the edges of the slipcase, otherwise a Near Fine unread copy. Digital photo's available, inquire if interested. Other Tolkien books available, include both the UK and US editions, original cloth bindings, custom fine bindings, and Signed/Numbered/Limited Editions.Item #1785

London: Philip Smith, 1970. Philip Smith. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Lord of the Rings and other


Bookbindings of Philip Smith. Signed by C Philip Smith to the top of the title page. Self published in London in 1970. The first part of the book is devoted to the renowned 'Lord of the Rings Wall of Books'. Very well illustrated in black and white, with technical notes on the binding process he used. The second part of the book deals with other superb bindings by this renowned bookbinding artist. The text is by Philip Smith in English with parallel French translation. The covers are silvered card with black printing - very difficult to photograph properly. The cover show some rubbing and creasing with minor color loss at the fold area. A minor amount of edgewear, but still in Very Good condition for it's 40 yearsof age. No previous owners names or writing noted. A very scarce and desired book, rarely available for the collector. Digital photo's available, inquire if interested. Other Tolkien books available, include both the UK and US editions, original cloth bindings, custom fine bindings, and Signed/Numbered/Limited Editions.Item #1192

Australia: Harper Collins, 1991. Alan Lee. Limited/Numbered. Half-Leather. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. "This specially bound and slipcased edition of the Lord of the Rings has been published to celebrate the centenary of J.R.R. Tolkien's birth on January 3, 1892. This edition has been limited to 200 copies for Harper Collins Publishers, Australia each one numbered and signed by the artist." "This copy number 43/200, Alan Lee" A beautiful book bound in blue leather and cloth with the JRRT monogram


on the front boards of the book and the original publishers slipcase. The single volume has silver gilded edges, red ribbon marker bound in, and signed limitation page. Fifty original illustrations by Alan Lee thru the book. You can follow how the movies were first visualized by Lee, and carried thru by Peter Jackson, with Lee's assistance throughout the movie's production. A scarce book, again one of only 200 produced. The cloth of the book is clean and unmarked, with no wear to the edges, and the leather is unmarked, clean and bright. The Tolkien monogram is clean and bright on both book and slipcase. A minor area on the backside of the slipcase, showing some soiling, and minor marks from a cleaning attempt. The slipcase shows someUnderreporting of AIDS, New South Wales, 1988-1989.
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effectively”, he had no intention of stepping down. “Those who want to challenge my leadership are free to do so in a democratic contest, in which I will be a candidate,” he said.

The jump in Labour members takes the new total 503,143 – the highest number in modern history. Corbyn said: “Our priority must now be to mobilise this astonishing new force in politics, and ensure people in Britain have a real political alternative”.

The Keep Corbyn campaign, coordinated by the grassroots group Momentum, believes the bulk of new members would back Corbyn in a challenge; but a rival Saving Labour campaign has been signing up members of the public who want him to stand down.

News of the surge in Labour members emerged as Whitehall sources suggested MPs would                                           Page

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immense
fortune of a hundred and thirty pounds) it once contained. Not that I
have quite emptied it, though; I may be a devil, but I never clean a man
out quite; so you'll find enough left to get you a night's lodging and
some tucker. And--and don't forget old Sundown altogether; you may be
able to put in a good word for him some day!"

These last words, though spoken after a pause, were thrown off lightly
enough; yet somehow they were unlike the rest that had gone before.
Before their sound had died away Sundown was in his saddle, and the
sound of horses galloping through the scrub was growing faint and far
away.

Flint was the first to free himself. It took him hours. His teeth ached,
his fingers bled, before the last knot that bound hisAnd--the Honourable?"

"Ah!" said Mr. Biggs, with legitimate pride, "that knocks you, old man!
It was only the Legislative Assembly when you and me was mates; it's the
Legislative Council now. I'm in the Upper 'Ouse, my son!"

"I'm sure I congratulate you," said Dick.

"But 'ang the 'andle," continued the senator magnanimously; "call me
Steve just the same."

"Well, it's like the whiff of the gum leaves to see you again, Steve.
When did you arrive?"

"Last week. You see," confidentially, "I'm in my noo rig out--the best
your London can do; though, after all, this Colony'll do as good any day
in the week. I can't see where it is you do things better than we do.
However, come and have a drink, old man."

In vain Dick protested that he was not thirsty; Mr. Biggs was. Besides,
bushmen are


easily seen that a hostile opinion of their
hero was well calculated to recoil on its advocate.

During the short period in which the hero was also the stranger, he
spent all his time in the Colonel's society. Apparently the two men
found many subjects of mutual interest. Once, when Alice interrupted
them in the study, Mr. Miles seemed to be eloquently enumerating the
resources and capabilities of some remote district of the Antipodes; for
though she spent some minutes getting a book, he took no notice of her
presence in the room. On another occasion Alice saw her father examining
a kind of map or plan, while Mr. Miles bent over him in explanation. She
afterwards learnt that this was a plan of the Queensland station of
which Mr. Miles was part owner.

After the first day or twoyou see, and there they're peaceable
enough. Laziness is their worst crime. I do all I can for 'em, but I
don't see how I can hold on much longer."

"Evict?"

"No," said Flint, warmly; "I'd rather emigrate, and take the whole
boiling of them with me; take up new country, and let them select on it.
Dick, you savage, don't laugh; I'm not joking. I've thought about it
often."

"Would you really like to go back to Australia, Mr. Flint?" Mrs.
Edmonstone asked, glancing at the same time rather anxiously at her son.

"Shouldn't mind, madam," returned Flint.

"No more should I!" broke in Dick, in a harsh voice.

Flint looked anxiously at his friend, and made a mental note that Dick
had not found all things quite as he expected. For a minute no one
spoke; then Fanny took the


he
is local--an ironmaster or something. He is old, and tall, and well
set-up; very deferential to me, if you please, and tremendously keen
about the grouse. As for Laurence Pinckney--one has to call him Mr.
Pinckney now--he is nothing short of a revelation.

When I knew him before, he used to go to some public school--I forget
which, but it can't be many years ago. And now he is a "writing man,"
fresh from Fleet-street, with all the jargon at his tongue's end--and,
in short, quite the most amusing boy. In appearance he is just what he
ought not to be. I have always pictured to myself the literary
man--especially the literary young man--with long hair and eye-glasses,
and the rest bizarre. Therefore Laurence Pinckney disappoints me; he is
spruce, brisk, and sharp-eyed, short, dark, and unguarded.

He sat nextam not a fool," he said, speaking at last. "I was never yet fool
enough to tackle a forlorn hope. Therefore, even if I had come into this
room armed to the teeth to offer you violence, I should not dream of
competing against those double-barrels. But as I came empty-handed, and
in peace, I, for my part, can say all I have to say comfortably into
their muzzles--they can make no difference to me, unless you press too
hard on those triggers in your anxiety; and if you did, perhaps it would
be the best turn you or any man could do me! At the same time you are
treating me like a dog. The only words that have left my lips were as
submissive as any victor need want; I turned my back on you


Parish, for her part, was quite sure that it was love unrequited
with Mr. Miles, and nothing else. She fumed secretly for two days, and
then "spoke up" according to her intention. What she said was not well
received, and a little assault-at-words was the result.

Dr. Robson told Mr. Pinckney that he found Miles a less interesting man
to talk to than he had been led to expect from his conversation the
first evening. Mr. Pinckney replied that if all the Australians were as
unsociable, he was glad he didn't live out there. Though Miles, he said,
might be a fine sportsman and a devilish handsome dog, there was
evidently "nothing in him;" by which it was meant that he was not
intellectual and literary--like L. P.

Colonel Bristo was fairly puzzled, but, on the whole, he likedsumthink."

"Where is she?"

"In t'blacksmith's shed."

Rutter pointed to a low shed that might have been a cow-house, but in
point of fact contained a forge and some broken ploughshares.

"Landlord," said Pinckney, severely, "you ought to turn that low
blackguard out, and not take another farthing of his money until he
finds the woman a fit place to sleep in!"

And with that young Pinckney splashed indignantly out into the darkness,
and along the watery road to the shooting-box. There he found everyone
on the point of going to bed. He was obliged, for that night, to keep to
himself the details of his adventures; but, long after the rest of the
premises were in darkness, a ruby- light burned in Mr.
Pinckney's room; he had actually the energy to turn his dry-plates into
finished negatives before getting into bed,


me see it," cried Dick, urging on the pony.

Pinckney ran down to meet him with a pale, scared face.

"It was his," faltered Pinckney. "I ought to know it. He threatened me
with it when I tried to stop him bolting."

The slightest examination was enough to bespeak the worst.

"One cartridge has been fired," said Dick, in a hushed voice. "God knows
what we shall find next!"

What they found next was a patch of clotting blood upon the stones of
the parapet.

They exchanged no more words, but Dick got down and ran on ahead, and
Pinckney took the reins.

Dick's searching eyes descried nothing to check the speed of his running
till he had threaded the narrow, winding lane that led to Melmerbridge
Bank, and had come out at the top of that broad highway; and there,roused her to the bleak reality of wind and rain
and the sickening memory of her husband's heartlessness? What, indeed,
but the suggestions of Jem Pound?

She loathed herself for listening to a single word from that polluted
source; yet, as Pound's words came back to her, she listened again to
them all. She thought of the pretty, delicate, pink-and-white woman her
own eyes had seen by the waters of the Thames, with whom she had spoken,
who had dared to offer her money. The thought became a globe of fire in
her brain; and soon the poor woman had worked herself back into a frame
of mind bordering upon that frenzy which had driven her hither and
thither, like a derelict ship at the wind's mercy, through the long
hours of the previous night. The appearance of watery