demons of ignorance. The festival is also
a reminder that evil can never triumph over the power of truth.

Durga Puja is the greatest Hindu festival
in which God is adored as Mother. Hinduism is the only religion
in the world, which has emphasized to such an extent the motherhood
of God. Perhaps the greatest testament to the power of Durga
Puja is that even today the Mother is worshipped by billions
of Hindus world wide in exactly the same manner as she was thousands
of years ago.

DEVI
DURGA WITH HER
DIVINE THIRD EYE

Images of Durga usually have an extra divine
eye in the middle of the forehead. There can be four, eight,
ten, eighteen, or twenty arms. The most common objects held in
the hands are a conch, discus, trident, bow, arrow, sword, dagger,
shield, rosary, wine cup, and bell. Herit that the idol of the
goddess is incomplete without a pinch of clay from a prostitute's
courtyard. This probably was society's attempt to include and
accord status to its most alienated beings.

The four days (beginning with the sixth day
after the last new moon before the festival) of the festival
is actually representative of the home-coming of goddess Durga
along with Kartik, Ganesha, Saraswati and Lakshmi. These four
days are marked by celebration and merry-making. The deities
are presented with offerings throughout the festivities. On Vijayadasami,
the "Victorious Tenth Day," the idols are taken in
a parade to a river or tank and immersed as a representation
of bidding a tearful goodbye to the deities. This is usually
a very emotional time for devout Hindus who accompany the idols
to the immersion spot.

The same day sees millions of Hindus also
celebrate


the festival of Dusshera which marks the end of evil,
as depicted by the burning of huge effigies of Ravana, Kumbhakarna
and Meghnad - the three demon brothers, Ravana being the king
of demons. All three were defeated by Lord Rama on this day.

Other forms of festivities during the period
preceding Dussehra or Vijayadashami also exist, the most popular
being that of the Navaratri festival, which involves the propitiation
of Goddess Durga in nine different forms called the Nava-Durga
(explained in an earlier section), over the nine days preceding
Dussehra and starting on the first day after the last new moon
preceding Dusshera. During Navaratri, one of each of these nine
forms of goddess Durga is worshipped on a particular night for
the destruction of evil and for the preservation of Dharma (religion).

Conclusion

The Devi Mahatmya indicated that Durga, in
theimmanent in the world Durga is equated with
the earth. As transcendent, she is the heavenly queen who descends
from time to time to maintain harmony on earth." (Kinsley
1986, 105)

The Divine Mother is beyond all material attributes,
eternal and ever omniscient. She is beyond any change, immutable
and unattainable but by yoga. She is the refuge of the universe
and her nature is of pure consciousness.

Durga, the Mother Goddess is the symbol of
all the auspicious and true qualities which define the Supreme
Being. Of all her forms, Devi Durga is the ultimate representation
of infinite power, purity and strength of purpose, which resides
within the divine essence of every being.

Om. She Who Conquers Over All,
All-Auspicious, the remover of Darkness,
the Excellent One Beyond Time,
the bearer of the Skulls of Impure thought,
the reliever of difficulties, loving, forgiving,
supporter of


The United States military said on Sunday it had pulled some of its forces out of Libya. The temporary withdrawal came amid an upsurge in fighting in the oil-rich country.

"Due to increased unrest in Libya, a contingent of US forces supporting US Africa Command [AFRICOM] temporarily relocated from the country in response to security conditions on the ground," said a statement from the command, which is headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany.

"The security realities on the ground in Libya are growing increasingly complex and unpredictable," said US Marine Corps Gen. Thomas Waldhauser.

The American troop withdrawal was followed by an announcement by Libya's Tripoli-based interim government that it had launched a "counter offensive" to defend the capital, reported France's Agence France-Presse news agency.

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Advance on Tripoli: Militias from the western Libyan cities of Zawiya and Misrata said Friday that they would resist an advance on the capital by Libyan National Army commander Khalifa Haftar, with reports that his forces had been pushed back from a key checkpoint near the city. The push toward Tripoli by Haftar comes amid growing fears of a renewed civil conflict in Libya.

Later on Sunday, there were reports of airstrikes in southern Tripoli as eastern Libyan forces attempted a push towards the city center.

A torn country: Libya has been without a stable government since a NATO-backed uprising ousted and killed longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011. Since then, dozens of militias have fought for control of the oil-rich country.

Parallel government: The Tripoli-based interim government, the Government of


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Millions of people from all over the world keep France at the top position in the travel list due to several reasons which it offer to spend holidays. In a recent survey, this country has acclaimed the top position in the travel survey and is way ahead of all its competitors to attract more and more visitors. Of course, positioned at the center of Western Europe, it has got some peculiar features including natural beauty, lifestyle, romantic moods and architectural feats that will keep the visitors engaged for a longer time period. Local people have been appraised for the mythical style whereas the capital city of France, Paris has been considered as the apex romancedifferences in age, with younger children preferring the town centre and older children friends' homes or their local neighbourhood, and differences between city and country dwellers, with the former more frequently finding privacy in "my bedroom" and the latter finding privacy in nature. Sang et al. ([@CR50]) carried out a postal survey of residents living near green spaces in Gothenburg, Sweden, finding important variations by age and gender in the way green spaces were perceived and used. Older residents gave greater importance to green spaces for nature-related activities, even though the activities they carried out became less physically demanding as the respondents' age increased. Yli-Panula et al. ([@CR61]) explored the landscape perceptions of Finnish and Swedish children aged 11--16 through their drawings, finding that children regarded both natural


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A total of 747 respondents answered the questionnaire, corresponding to 52% male and 48% female. Respondents came from a wide variety of countries of origin, the majority from Spain (82%), with significant proportions from Ecuador (5%), Romania (3%) and Morocco (2%), and a wide range of other countries represented more than once, including most of the countries of the American continent (including the US), as well as China, Germany and the United Kingdom. Age of respondents varied between 12 and 18 years of age with an average (mean) age of 15. Almost three out of four respondents (72%) had lived in CV for at least 11 years; however, 41% of respondents said that they had no family member originally from the town.(Plaza de Toros), as well as the natural area of Las Cuevas (threatened by encroaching urban development), and the allotment gardens at La Bastiana. Places that respondents would change if they won the lottery were concentrated around the sports complex and bullfighting arena, for reasons including revival of bullfighting, restoration of the Plaza or reuse for other purposes. However, the largest concentration of points relating to this question was situated on the Ventanal de la Sierra shopping mall, reflecting respondents' desire for additional clothing/fashion stores and a cinema. When responses from the two questions relating to future changes at each of these locations were classified by age and gender, samples were too small to allow correlation analysis of these variables, with one exception: males and females for the


about the past"), local identity ("emblematic for Colmenar Viejo") and personal identify ("significant for me and my family")---were associated with the core city, and, in particular, with important historic buildings like the 16th century Basílica de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora or the Town Hall. These buildings are a strong part of the town's cultural and historical identity, and a key part of its marketing, appearing in most of the images and representations of the town in the media---magazines, websites, products, etc.

On the other hand, the dispersed urban suburbs (land cover type "discontinuous urban fabric") are seen as functional yet unemotional locations, where respondents carry out most of their activities, while industrial areas are less associated with emotions than any other land cover type, being viewed mostly asin the town in terms of development of new installations and facilities that adults had not previously enjoyed.

Despite the high foreign-born percentage in the sample population, they have a strong sense of local identity, suggesting a fairly adaptable and well-integrated group. They are environmentally aware, and many respondents felt a strong emotional attachment to the town's public spaces and historic sites. In this part of Castile, traditional Spanish cultural activities like bullfighting are valued by adolescents alongside visiting nearby malls for shopping and leisure. Their interest in the municipal allotment gardens at La Bastiana is also another indicator of continued importance in Spanish society of small-scale horticulture for leisure and subsistence.

There was a notable tendency for respondents to carry out activities outside of the historic core, but to


'Fixing' episode will not affect credibility of cricketers: VVS

Former India batting ace V V S Laxman says the credibility of cricketers will not be affected just because some players have allegedly been involved in spot-fixing in the IPL.

Speaking on the sidelines of a promotional even in Mumbai on Wednesday, he said, "Because of some greedy players the credibility of the rest should not be affected. I think it is a very important issue and I am sure it (the game) will be cleaned up very soon."

Laxman said he went through a "feeling of anguish" in the days after the spot-fixing and betting scandal hit Indian cricket.

"It's very disappointing. The last two weeks have been quite distressing. A feeling of anguish was definitely there. The various investigations by policein Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai, I am sure, will come to a logical conclusion," said Laxman.

The stylish Hyderabadi batsman also said the cash-rich Indian Premier League will surely miss the presence of Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid next season.

"Sachin and Rahul have been real icons for the game, not only the IPL. Definitely, IPL will miss them. Both were very important members of their respective franchises; they have done well for their franchises over the last six years,” he said.

Laxman, who was mentor of Sunrisers Hyderabad, which made the play-offs in the just-concluded IPL 6, said the manner in which the team won close matches augurs well for its future.

"I think the experience of working with the Sunrisers team was fantastic; the team has done really well. I


am pleased with the way they responded to some challenging matches. We won some close games, especially at the start of the tournament; it was purely because of the attitude of the entire team.

"We showed a lot of fighting spirit and won some close games. I think it is very encouraging for the future of Sunrisers," he said.

Laxman, who is part of Gillette’s 'Soldier for Women' campaign, said, "Women have played an important role in my life, starting with my mother. The way she brought me up right from my childhood. The kind values she inculcated in me… because of that I have been able to achieve I have done.

"After marriage it has been my wife. It is tough being the wife of a cricketer because most ofOctober 22, 1993; his KBA member number is 84859. He was suspended for non-compliance with his Continuing Legal Education requirements on February 14, 2007. Movant's bar roster address is 600 West Main Street, Suite 100, Louisville, Kentucky 40202. His current address is 3807 Warner Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky 40207.

A. KBA File 14709
On January 4, 2006, Movant was hired by Richard Brady to represent him in a criminal matter in the Jefferson Circuit Court. Brady paid Movant $5,000.00 for his representation. Brady was indicted on January 9, 2006 in the Jefferson Circuit Court on four counts of illegal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree, illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of intoxicants (first offense), and reckless driving.
At a pretrial


conference on March 10, 2006, it was agreed that the case would be passed until April 2006, for Movant to review the plea offer made by the Commonwealth. The offer was better than one tendered to Brady's previous attorney. At the pretrial conference on April 26, 2006, Movant told the Court that he was concerned about the effect a diversion plea would have on Brady's employment. Movant asked the Judge if he could have time to research that issue. The Judge agreed to pass the case for another pretrial conference. This diversion, assuming Brady remained sober and conviction free, would have resulted in the case being dismissed.
On June 26, 2006, Movant appeared late to the final pretrial conference. Before Movant arrived, Brady told the Judge that Movant hadnot returned his telephone *239 calls and that he did not know what type of research Movant had conducted regarding the effect of diversion on his job. The prosecuting attorney also told the Judge that she had not talked to Movant and they had not discussed a plea offer. After Movant appeared, he told the Judge that he could not find any research. The case was passed to October 16, 2006 for another pretrial conference.
After the pretrial conference in April 2006, Brady repeatedly called Movant during the month of May 2006 to discuss Movant's research regarding diversion. Brady stated that he spoke with Movant once during this time period and was instructed by Movant to call back on June 22, 2006. Brady called Movant several more times in


June, but was never able to reach him. Movant never returned any of Brady's calls.
After the pretrial conference held on June 26, 2006, Brady went to Movant's office to terminate the attorney-client relationship. Movant was not at his office, but Brady reached him by telephone. Movant admitted that he owed Brady a partial refund of the $5,000.00 fee and asked Brady to call him back on June 30, 2006, regarding the refund.
Brady called Movant's cell phone the morning of June 30, 2006, but was unable to leave a message because Movant's voicemail on his cellular phone was "full." Brady then called Movant's office and was directed to the office manager. The office manager informed Brady that he would get in contact with Movant over the weekend and thatBrady should hear something by July 3, 2006.
After receiving no phone call on July 3, 2006, Brady called Movant's office on July 5, 2006 and once again talked to the office manager. The office manager informed Brady that he would contact Movant and tell him Brady had called. Movant called Brady on the afternoon of July 5, 2006 and explained to him that he would call him about a refund of the unearned fee on July 7, 2006. During the telephone conversation, Brady offered to pick up his file on July 7, 2006. However, Movant told Brady that he would deliver the file personally to Brady's new lawyer or have an office runner take the file to Brady's new attorney on July 10, 2006. Around this time period,


Brady hired a new attorney, David Schuler. Movant contacted Mr. Schuler in an effort to determine the refund of the fee.
Movant failed to deliver the file to Brady's new attorney as promised. On July 12, 2006, Brady once again went to Movant's office where he spoke with Movant and was assured that he would have his refund by July 14, 2006 and that his file would be delivered to his new attorney by July 13, 2006. Movant had two or three scheduled meetings with Brady's new attorney in an attempt to deliver the file and refund the fee. According to Movant, those meetings were cancelled either by him or Mr. Schuler.
Between July 17 and July 19, 2006, Brady called and left messages on Movant's office phone. On July19, 2006, Movant called Brady and left a message that he should call to set up an appointment on July 26, 2006 to receive his refund. Brady called Movant's office on the afternoon of July 19, 2006 in order to set up an appointment regarding his refund. Movant did not return his phone call.
On July 24, 2006, Brady mailed a certified letter to Movant and asked him to refund his money and give him access to his file. Movant called Brady on July 28, 2006 and explained to him that he would have his refund check by August 14, 2006. Brady's new attorney called Movant and scheduled a meeting for August 14, 2006 *240 regarding the return of the file and the unearned fee. Movant cancelled the August


informed her that the mediation had been cancelled by Movant. Movant failed to take any other action on her behalf in the divorce case. Ms. Fish called Movant, who informed her that the mediation had been rescheduled. After about six weeks of being unable to reach Movant, Ms. Fish learned that he no longer worked at his law firm. She then called Movant on his cell phone and requested he call her back or refund her money. Movant returned Ms. Fish's call stating that he had been suspended from the practice of law and that he would help her find another lawyer to represent her in the divorce action. Ms. Fish never heard from Movant again. She had to hire another attorney and her divorce action was concludedinterest in the practice of law.

TWU spokesman Guy Saffold called Wednesday's decision "exceptionally important."

Justice Campbell also took the unusual step of concluding the lengthy written decision with a passage on tolerance and equality.

"Unless tolerance engages the incomprehensible, the contemptible or the detestable, it is nothing much more than indifference," he wrote. "It isn't a line. It's a process. And it's one that invites and almost requires a level of discomfort."

The law society said it will review the decision with legal counsel before determining its next steps.

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The controversial law school has been debated among law societies across Canada. In addition to Nova Scotia, the matter has also reached the courts in B.C. and Ontario. Last month, Amrik Virk, then minister of advanced education, announced he had


revoked his consent for the school, citing the ongoing legal challenges.

A law school must receive approval from three bodies: the ministry, the provincial law society and the Federation of Law Societies of Canada.

Clayton Ruby, a prominent civil-rights and criminal lawyer who is leading one court challenge against the university, said Wednesday that Justice Campbell's decision reflects a societal view of decades past. He is asking the Supreme Court of British Columbia to consolidate several petitions and applications so that all arguments against the law school can be heard together.

The Law Society of B.C. is reviewing Wednesday's decision and will continue following proceedings in other jurisdictions, spokesman Ryan-Sang Lee said.

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An account of one pilot’s experience in World War II that’s part biography
and part world history.

Debut author Snyder became an amateur historian following his retirement,
inspired by his father Howard’s participation in World War II as the captain
and pilot of a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber. Partly based on Howard Snyder’s
diaries, this book also includes interviews with his crewmates, weaving a
cohesive quilt of perspectives. The story begins with and centers on
Howard’s life, starting with his upbringing in Nebraska, and taking readers on
a tour of his marriage to Ruth, his enlistment, his time in pilot school, and
then a series of dangerous combat missions over German-occupied Europe.
However, the book is just as much about the war itself, and its grand
historical moment in time, as it is about Howard’s life. The author


evade German forces after being shot down, when he was dependent on
the good graces of Belgium resistance forces. The author does an impressive job
letting the tale speak for itself, giving center stage to the words of the
soldiers and eschewing unnecessary dramatic embellishment. Although it breaks
no new historical ground, Snyder’s contribution is an excellent one that honors
both the personal and global effects of war.

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Its not often we hear positive news in the world of wildlife conservation. Just this week a Chinese ship ran into a reef and was found to contain hundreds of poached pangolins (scaly anteater) a highly endangered species. In Africa, we heard more news of escalation in the war against rhino poaching, with a revised estimate of a tipping point in 2015 leading to total extinction within 10 years.
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The decision to keep Study Of Man at home instead of taking him to Epsom for the Derby has paid off with his victory in the French equivalent, the Prix du Jockey Club at Chantilly.

The Pascal Bary-trained colt stamped himself as a leading contender following an impressive display in the Prix Greffulhe at Saint-Cloud last month.

After travelling strongly in midfield, he began to reel in the leaders early in the home straight under Stephane Pasquier and battled his way to the lead inside the final furlong (200m).

Several horses attempted to peg him back as the post loomed, but Study Of Man, a son of champion Japanese stallion Deep Impact, clung on for victory.

Betfair cut the winner to 20-1 from 33-1 for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe atPolicy Research in Washington, DC. He previously worked as a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute and an assistant professor at Bucknell University. He is a regular Truthout columnist and a member of Truthout's Board of Advisers.


could feel Irma's wrath around noon Wednesday.

Puerto Rico's disaster management agency, AEMEAD, is monitoring Irma and has opened an information hotline.

Florida governor says be prepared

It's too soon to know the impact Irma could have on the continental United States, where no warnings or watches are in effect.

"Regardless, everyone in hurricane-prone areas should ensure that they have their hurricane plan in place, as we are now near the peak of the season," the National Hurricane Center said.

Chinchar said Irma could affect not just the eastern coast of Florida, but also farther up the East Coast.

"If there was a US landfall, we're talking a week from today," Chinchar said Monday.

"FL knows how important it is to be prepared. Encourage your loved ones to have a plan ahead of any potentialstorm," Scott tweeted Sunday. "Disaster preparedness should be a priority for every Florida family."

Why Irma could be especially intense

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In a subsequent statement to MPs, Brexit Secretary Steve Barclay said the government noted the ECJ ruling but insisted "our policy has not changed".

He said the UK would be leaving the EU on 29 March 2019, under the terms of the EU's Article 50 process, and had "absolutely no intention" of overturning the 2016 Brexit vote.

"The government's firm and long held policy is that we will not revoke the Article 50 notice," he said.

What was the court case about?

The case was brought by a cross-party group of Scottish politicians and the Good Law Project who wanted to know whether the UK could revoke the decision to leave the EU without getting approval from the other member states.

They believed that


a clear way out of the Brexit mess."

And the SNP's Alyn Smith, who was also involved in the case, said: "A bright light has switched on above an exit sign."

Jolyon Maugham QC, director of the Good Law Project which took the case to the court, said that the ruling was "arguably the most important case in modern domestic legal history".

"It is up to MPs to remember what they came into politics for and find the moral courage to put the country's interests before private ambition," he added.

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon - who backed Remain - said the ruling meant it was "now open to the House of Commons" to extend Article 50 to allow time for another vote.

And Lib Dem Brexit spokesman Tom Brake tweeted that itthe United Kingdom is leaving the European Union on the 29 March 2019."

How does the ruling affect the meaningful vote?

BBC Brussels correspondent Adam Fleming said the ruling made staying in the EU "a real, viable option" and that may "sway a few MPs" in the way they vote.

But he said "a lot would have to change in British politics" to see the UK remain in the EU, with Mrs May and the government having to change its mind to make it a "political reality".


Cham gods; this was after a foreign Muslim who had made the pilgrimage to Mecca was passing through and condemned such practices.15 The pilgrim from Mecca had clearly put the Chams on the spot. But in a world in which there really was no such thing as Islam, just many local Islams, there would have been no spot for him to put them on.

There is a wider point about religious commitment that arises from the Cham experience and is of some importance for the thinking of this book. If I adhere to a simple local cult that does not even have a priesthood, it may well be the case that there is nothing anyone can tell me about my religion that I don't already know. But if IIslam as a political identity and against the various nationalisms of the Muslim world, thereby putting them on the defensive.218 It can also have a special appeal within one small but articulate group of Muslims, those who live as a diaspora outside the Islamic world. These qualitative observations find some support from a survey of 2005 that asked Muslims in six mainly Muslim countries whether they saw themselves as citizens of their countries first or as Muslims first. In all but Lebanon more respondents identified primarily as Muslims than as national citizens; those identifying primarily as Muslims were an absolute majority in Pakistan (79 percent), Morocco (70 percent), and Jordan (63 percent).219 A further survey of 2006 added more Muslim countries and posed comparable questions to some non-Muslim


populations. The majority of Muslims identified as such in Egypt (59 percent) and Nigeria (71 percent); the same was true of the Muslim diaspora in Europe except in France, though even here a plurality (46 percent) conformed to the wider Muslim pattern. By contrast, in all the five European countries covered, majorities of Christians identified as citizens of their countries first rather than as Christians. This was not the case in the United States, but even here a plurality did so: 48 percent identified as citizens of the country first, and 42 percent as Christians first.220 It is clear, then, that Muslim identity is politically more salient than Christian identity.

9. MUSLIM IDENTITY AND GEOPOLITICS

So far we have looked at the ways in which Muslim identity has interacted withreason.61 This old theme gained new vigor with the development of mass politics in modern India. An early example is Dayānand's cow protection campaign of 1881.62 Another dates from the time of the annual Muslim sacrifice in 1917, when "snowball" letters were circulating in the district of Shāhābād (now in Bihar).63 One of them insisted on the need for "all of us Hindus to unite so that Mother Cow ( _gau mātā_ ) may be protected."64 Another urged that "if you are a Hindu, you must liberate the cow" and spelled out the corollary: "That is why, you are instructed that wherever you catch a Musulman, you must kill him and loot his village."65

Here again, we are dealing with a feature of Hinduism that is widespread rather than


said about the traditional legal literature was at best a saffron lie.187

The irreconcilable tensions at work in all this are dramatized in the iconic—and anti-iconic—role of Manu. In the nineteenth century Dayānand clung to the book even as he moved away from its conception of social hierarchy,188 whereas Phule roundly denounced it189—he would doubtless have placed it at the head of the "wicked books" he urged the Brahmins to destroy. In the twentieth century Manu became a favorite target of low-caste intellectuals and politicians, who sometimes destroyed the book themselves. Achūtānand strongly criticized it.190 Āmbeḍkar burnt it in 1927 on the suggestion of a Citpāvan Brahmin associate, thereby causing shock in the higher reaches of Hindu society and awe among the Untouchables.191 The same use was made ofevidence of the continuing allure of aggressive jihad and of its appeal to people who today would be described as non-state actors.49

What, then, was the net effect of these attitudes in the pre-modern Muslim world? In principle a full commitment to Islamic ideals would have generated a single Muslim state at peace within itself and at war with the infidel states on its frontiers. In practice, of course, the Muslim world has not looked at all like that for most of its history. Instead there was a plurality of Muslim states making war both on infidel states and on each other. How far, if at all, geopolitical calculations were skewed by religious affiliations would be an interesting question to pursue.50 What we can say for sure is that


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———. _Dirāsāt Islāmiyya_. Damascus, 1953.

———. _Fī_ _ẓ ilāl al-Qurʾān_. Beirut, 1986.

———. _Fiqh al-da ʿwa: mawḍūʿāt fī_ _ʾ l-daʿwa waʾl-ḥaraka_. Beirut, 1970.

———. _Hādhā_ _ʾ l-dīn_. N.p., n.d. (translation: Qutb, _Islam—the true religion_ ).

———. _al-Islām wa-mushkilāt al- ḥaḍāra_. Cairo, 1962.

———. _Kha ṣāʾiṣ_ _al-ta ṣawwur al-Islāmī wa-muqawwimātuhu._ Part 1. Cairo, 1962 (translation: Qutb, _Basictails of the line skeletons were determined by experienced observers after watching continuous movement sequences. Due to the difficulty in automatic recognition of the head and tail in the elongated bodies of the oligochaetes, direct observations were performed to head and tail positions. For instance, the head initiated the movement and the rest of the body followed the head movement in a complex manner, with the last movement usually ending in a tail movement. Additionally, a wide range of turning was observed in the head area in a short period (broad angular speed). However, direct observation was time-consuming and some segments were difficult to identify as either the head or tail, particularly when test specimens performed reversal swimming, where the position of the head and the tail on


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The runner-up, David Stewart, had his strongest showing in 4-15 (Runaway Bay), where he received 37.54 percent of the vote. His weakest showing was 7.98 percent in 4-13.

Incumbent Terry Ross found the most success in Boonsville with 37.77 percent of the vote. Like Stewart, his lowest vote total came in Precinct 4-13.

With contested races for both commissioner and justice of the peace, it was no surprise that Precinct 4 had the highest number of Republican voters among the four commissioner precincts – 1,721.

Democratic challenger Kristina Kemp is in the same situation as Stegall. She received 148 votes in the primary. If she took all of the Ross and Stewart votes in the general election,


of it) but the captain dressed up as Neptune (with a wig and plastic trident) and marched down to the rear of the plane with the crew member being "baptised" and some other members of the crew.
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Indeed, I received a certificate from KLM when I crossed the equator in 1965.
It is in Dutch and it reads:

Bij deze verklaren wij, dat Jacobus Bernardus Augustinus Korten, per vliegtuig PH-DCE Thomas Alva Edison van de Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij op 9 April 1965 de evenaar heeft gepasseerd.

Translation:

We hereby state that Jacobus Bernardus Augustinus Korten, by plane PH-DCE Thomas Alva Edison of the Dutch Royal Airline, has passed the equator on 9 April 1965.

the missions of the Central Intelligence Agency and broader US community.” This process provided a way of tapping the resources and creativity of Silicon Valley—which undoubtedly had gained a technological edge over government in the post–Cold War period—without the burden of trying to directly recruit the free spirits of Palo Alto into government bureaucracy.

Under the guise of In-Q-Tel, the CIA has invested in hundreds of start-ups, including a company called Keyhole, whose satellite mapping software became Google Earth. In-Q-Tel proved immensely successful in its first five years, bringing revenue into the agency and, more significantly, allowing it to discreetly co-opt technologies and companies that would exponentially enhance its spying capabilities without causing the public to ever raise an eyebrow.

The practice of tapping tech companies for government work, then,


began to shed its taboo and appear increasingly attractive to other governmental entities. For example, NASA and the US Army, inspired by the success of In-Q-Tel, are currently planning to develop their own venture capital firms in its image. Thanks in part to In-Q-Tel, the already substantial for-profit investment in the intelligence area was expanded significantly under President George W. Bush, such that it constituted about 70 percent of the intelligence budget by 2007.

This was just the ticket for former National Security Adviser Admiral John Poindexter to ride when Congress terminated his pet program, Total Information Awareness, in 2003. The program’s aim was to “revolutionize the ability of the United States to detect, classify, and identify foreign terrorists—and decipher their plans—and thereby enable the U.S. to take timelystyle and political outlook—as he was casting about to keep his program alive after Congress shut it down.

Palantir has a carefully honed image as a sort of countercultural spy outfit committed to privacy and individual rights in the pursuit of national security. The company’s home page and other marketing devices reek of a virtuous win-win alternative, speaking to the concern imbedded in the Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution that spying on the citizenry is an intrinsically doubtful proposition in a free society and needs to be carefully regulated. Paying homage to that notion, Palantir makes much of its built-in “audit trail,” which presumably prevents unauthorized use of private data by individuals working within a government agency. The company plays up the supposed virtues of this mechanism in


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She issued 11 credit cards to a number of clients by submitting forged documents.

The Sharjah Criminal Court acquitted an Asian woman of embezzling Dh211,000 ($57,443) from a bank after she issued credit cards for a number of customers.

The court, presided by judge Mahmood Abu Baker, allegedly charged the woman, a bank sales representative in her late twenties, with embezzlement after she issued 11 credit cards to a number of clients by submitting forged documents.

The deputy director of the bank's credit department testified before the court that the bank learned about the crime when they checked the documents associated with the credit cards. "The auditing officials found 11 payroll certificates and bank statements forged and all the transactions were made by the accused," he said.

The second witness from theVoted by the league's head coaches, sports information directors and media to the 2007 Preseason All-Big South squad for the second straight year... Is already a member of CCU's 1,000-Point Club and starts the season in seventh with 1,424 points (27th in Big South history)...Holds the school record with 300 career three pointers (third in league annals)... Also enters his senior season on CCU's career chart ranking second in free-throw percentage (.830), fifth in scoring average (16.0), seventh in field goals attempted (1,125), eighth in field goals made (489) and 11th in assists (289)... Introduced Presidential candidate Barack Obama at a rally at Coastal this fall...

2006-07: Started all 30 games for the Chanticleers for the second consecutive season, leading them to their second straight .500 or better season


for the first time in 13 years... Earned Second Team All-Big South honors after posting averages of 15.6 points (team-best and seventh in the league), 2.7 rebounds and 3.6 assists (team high and ninth in the league) per game... Also was named Big South Men's Basketball Scholar Athlete of the Year for the second consecutive season, as well as earning ESPN The Magazine Second Team Academic All-America and Academic All-District honors as presented by CoSIDA... Knocked down 90 three-pointers on the year, which ranks as the fifth-best single-season mark in school history... Scored in double figures in 25 games, including 12 Big South contests, and had eight games of at least 20 points... Had his best game of the year with 28 points on 9-of-17 shooting, including seventhree-pointers, as well as adding six assists and six rebounds in the home win over VMI (Feb. 3)... Followed that up with a game-high 25 points in the home win over Radford (Feb. 5)... Named Big South Player of the Week after scoring 24 points in home win over McNeese State (Jan. 8) followed by 20 points in the Big South opening victory over Charleston Southern (Jan. 6)... Posted 12 games with four or more three-pointers, six with five-plus rebounds and 12 with at least four assists...

2005-06: Was named Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American, Big South Conference Player of the Year and First Team All-Big South for his play in 2005-06... Started all 30 games, averaging 17.8 points (76th nationally) and 3.1 rebounds a game... Also named the


league's Men's Basketball Scholar Athlete of the Year, the first time one player has been named Player and Scholar-Athlete of the Year in the same season... Owned Coastal's top five scoring games in 2005-06... Led Coastal to 10 more wins than the previous year and the team's first winning record in 12 years... Led the Big South and was second in Division I with 4.17 three-pointers per game and finished 25th nationally in three-point field goal percentage at 41.9 percent... Set a Big South and school single-season record with 125 three-point field goals... Ranked in the top 10 in the league in six other categories, including points (5th), assists (2nd), steals (6th), three-point field goal percentage (5th), and assist-to-turnover ratio (6th)... Also hit the Coastal top-10 single-season chartin points scored (8th, 535), field goals attempted (8th, 411) and free throw percentage (9th, .833)... His 535 points are the most ever by a sophomore at Coastal... Scored in double figures in 27 of 30 contests, including 15 Big South games... Led CCU in scoring 15 times, with a 13-2 record as the leading scorer and scored 20 points or more in 12 contests... Had a career-high 33 points in the win over South Carolina State (Dec. 14)... Had 23 points and eight assists in the home win over High Point (Feb. 6)... Hit a career-best nine three-pointers vs. Chowan (Dec. 19), the second-most ever in a single game at CCU... Also had seven triples on five separate occasions, the fifth-best mark in school annals... Hit at


least five three-pointers in 12 contests and had at least one in 29 of 30 games... Had a career-best nine assists twice during the season and 17 games with four or more... Led CCU in rebounds three times...

2004-05: Played in all 29 games, starting 24 of them including all 16 league games... Earned Big South Conference Freshman of the Year honors after ranking second on the team and seventh in the conference with 14.5 points per game... Led the league and ranked 29th nationally in three-pointers made at 2.93 per game... Also ranked second in the conference and 21st in the country, hitting 42.5 percent from the three-point arc... Also ranked 10th in field goal percentage at 46.1 percent on the year... Set a new Coastal freshman markwith 85 three-pointers made, ranking as the fifth best single-season mark in CCU history... Also broke the freshman scoring record at CCU with 420 points... Named Big South Freshman of the Week a record six times... His team-leading 81.1 percent from the free throw line ranked 10th on CCU's single-season chart... Scored in double figures in 22 contests, including 15 in league play, and 20 or more in eight games ... Also averaged 2.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.0 steals a game... Started his collegiate career with 16 points, including three three-pointers, in 24 minutes off the bench at Indiana State (Nov. 19)...Upped his average in conference games to 15.8 points a contest, including a then career-high 24 points in the Big South opener win over Winthrop (Jan.


5), the only regular-season loss for the eventual league champions... Tallied a career-best 25 points, including going 5-for-7 from the three-point arc, in the Big South Tournament game at Winthrop (Mar. 1)... Hit at least one three pointer in 28 games and knocked down three or more 19 times... Hit six three pointers at Hawai'i (Nov. 26), tying for the 10th best single-game effort at Coastal... Had a season-best seven rebounds and added 22 points at UNC Asheville (Feb. 18)... Had three blocks his freshman season, getting his first collegiate one at College of Charleston (Dec. 22)...

High School: A three-year letterwinner at McQuaid Jesuit, helping lead it to three consecutive City-Catholic League titles and a combined 68-9 mark ... Led the Knights in scoring his senior season with25.5 points a game, while adding 4.2 assists and 5.0 rebounds, garnering the league's Player of the Year and All-Greater Rochester First Team honors... Earned a place in the Ronald McDonald and BCANY All-Star games after leading his team to the Class AA Sectional... Named to the Gonzaga DC Classic All-Tournament team after setting records for most three-pointers in a game (nine) and the tournament (18)... Helped the Knights to the Section 5 Class A state title and No. 7 national ranking from USA Today his junior year, earning All-Greater Rochester First Team accolades... Helped McQuaid Jesuit to the Beach Ball Classic title in 2002... Also was All-Greater Rochester Honorable Mention after helping the Knights to a runner-up finish in the state as a sophomore... Earned an Academic


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Popular Festivals

Frank Turner has confirmed plans to perform at Wembley Arena –the largest headline show of his career.

It’s been a big year for Frank Turner. Beginning his solo career in the most DIY of circumstances, the singer broke into the charts with his new album ‘England Keep My Bones’. Years of hard work seemed to be paying off, with the English singer transformed into a genuine mainstream phenomenon.

Spending the summer on the road, Frank Turner has indicated his intentions to put down his acoustic and form a new group. Before then, though, the songwriter intends to play the largest headline show of his career.

Taking place on April 13th, the show will see Frank Turner step out onstage at Wembley Arena. Titled ‘Frank Turner’s Friday The 13th’ tickets for


the one off show go on sale from 9am this Friday (October 14th).

A remarkable achievement, the one off date comes as the singer prepares to finish off his Autumn dates. Returning to the UK, the English songwriter has preparing six shows with three already sold out. Opening in Bournemouth on November 22nd, the dates include a visit to Birmingham, Glasgow and Manchester before ending in London on November 27th.

Meanwhile, Frank Turner is also planning to release a new compilation on November 21st. ‘Second Three Years’ gathers off cuts, radio sessions and live takes, including cover versions of songs originally written by NOFX, Nirvana and more.want to die on the football field. That would not be a good death for me.

"It just shows the disconnect between the youth and the veterans," said Bennett, who is 31 and in his ninth NFL season. "To say you want to die on the football field is ignorant, and it doesn't pay homage to the people who came before. It shows the ignorance and lack of intelligence when it comes to the history of football, and what players have been through in the NFL.

"It's literally a game," Bennett said. "I love football for being a game. I don't love it for being my life."

Adams admitted Monday that he was surprised his comments became such polarizing topic of conversation. But once it became a national story, Adams –


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Posey’s first project following Teen Wolf‘s end was as a love interest on Jane the Virgin where he played a bisexual man. Following Truth or Dare and Taco Shop, Posey was also cast in Elena of Avalor as Prince Alonso. After a quick turn in Sideswiped, we also learned he would play a major role in Scream season 3. Adding to his voiceover work, Posey is also portraying Inferno in Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors.

In terms of what’s coming up for the actor, The Last Summer is already in post-production, while both Decoy and Now Apocalypse are both in pre-production. The latter


television series has fans quite excited, as Posey will be playing the love interest of Avan Jogia.

Crystal Reed

In the same year as Teen Wolf‘s premiere, Crystal appeared in Drop Dead Diva for a single episode, and later went on to have a role in Jewtopia and Crush. Allison may have left Teen Wolf in season 3, but her spirit continued to be a part of the show right up until the finale. Following her departure in 2014, Crystal appeared in Too Late.

Then, after a single episode return to Teen Wolf in 2016, she filmed Incident in the Ghostland. Now, Reed is appearing on Gotham as Sofia Falcone and has a major role in Swamp Thing coming up in 2019.

Dylan O’brien

I’ve already written an extensive piece on Dylan’s priorwork, as well as what he has coming up, though it bears repeating. Due to his schedule with The Maze Runner and its sequel, plus Deepwater Horizon and American Assassin, the actor’s role on the series was slightly reduced.

Next, Dylan will be working on Weird City, The Education of Fredrick Fitzell, The Bayou, and Marceau, all of which are in pre-production. The first two have a planned 2019 release, while the latter two don’t have a set date as of yet.

Tyler Hoechlin

During 2011, our second Tyler on the cast appeared in Hall Pass and Open Gate, and later went on to do Melvin Smarty and The Sticks. He hadn’t appeared on Teen Wolf in 2015 or 2016, and during that time, he filmed Everybody Wants Some!! and Undrafted.


as Scott’s Beta and one of the youngest cast members. He joined in 2014 with Man of Steel already under his belt, adding Cry of the Butterfly and Left Behind: Vanished — Next Generation to his résumé in the meantime.

In 2018, our second Dylan had a role in The Row and will be putting out The Malibu Types later this year, as it’s currently in post-production. He’s also filming Light as a Feather, which has a planned 2018 release.

Ryan Kelly

During his time on Teen Wolf, our favorite hellhound appeared in both War Pigs and Lucifer (the movie, not the TV show). Following the end of the series, he put out Do I Say I Do? and Realms, as well as had a turn on NCIS: Los Angeles.

While heCriminal Minds, The Good Wife, and Elementary. His films during those same years include The Skinny, Still Alice, and Police State.

In addition to a large turn on The Walking Dead, Seth has completed work on Change in the Air. Two other upcoming projects, The Code and Silver Lake, are in post-production, with all three having a planned 2018 release.

Ian Bohen

Finally, we have our favorite Hale uncle. He’s also been on the show from the beginning in a limited role, sometimes causing more trouble than we would’ve liked, and sometimes disappearing for longer than we would’ve liked, too. In terms of television series, he’s been on Drop Dead Diva, Body Proof, The Mentalist, Breakout Kings, Major Crimes, CSI, The Client List, Beauty and the Beast, and Chicago P.D.. As


Oh Sly, has it really come to this? Having stretched credulity as Rocky Balboa returning to the ring as a 60-year-old, Stallone now wants to kid us he's still got the chops as a warrior, despite a bulk that would find a more appropriate setting on the golf course.

The smouldering gaze, the Neanderthal hang of the lower lip, the grunted dialogue, it could only be John Rambo, that Tarzan with a machine-gun who laid waste to Eighties action cinema.

Twenty years on, he's living reclusively in Thailand when a Christian aid worker persuades him to take her group into war-ravaged Burma. Once they're kidnapped by a brutal militia, Rambo casts aside any pretence of personal reform and snaps into action: "When you're pushed, killin's as easy as breathin'."

The killin'gets very nasty indeed, starting with scenes of repulsive torture and ending with the full nine yards of stabbing, beheading and bombing. This may win favour with 14-year-old boys taking a break from their X-box, but one still imagines them asking: "Who's the old guy?"


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Manchester United have scored only once in their last seven Champions League
matches against Spanish opposition and, bar an opening 10-minute spell at
the Olympic Stadium when Barcelona were slow out of the blocks, they rarely
looked like doing so again.

The stats show United had nine shots on goal, just two less than Barcelona, but whereas the Spaniards looked threatening whenever they had control of the ball, United by contrast seemed bereft of ideas and limp in attack, even when Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Carlos Tevez and Dimitar Berbatov were all on the pitch together.

When United were 1-0 down with 20 minutes to go, the commentators on both Sky and ITV reminded viewers of 1999 and the remarkable comeback


Wayne Rooney said the 2-0 scoreline did not flatter Pep Guardiola's men.

Both teams have talent in abundance and both had their trump cards on show - Barca, Lionel Messi, United, Ronaldo.

But while the Argentine hassled, harried and tormented the United midfield and defence with his jinking runs and ability to find space and time on the ball when there appeared to be none, Ronaldo faded badly, frustrated by the close attention of his Catalan markers.

Messi enjoyed 84 touches of the ball, with a 95 per cent pass completion rate. Ronaldo, on the other hand, saw the ball only 43 times, and most of those were in the opening 10 minutes.

With their talisman shackled, United were neutered, allowing Messi free reign to all but stamp his name on theperforming a fitting operation into a female side connector 130 as it rotates, the rotating lever 101 brings the individual connectors 110, 130 into a state where the connectors are fitted in or on each other. Namely, the female side connector 130 is accommodated and fitted in a hood portion of the connector main body 120 of the male side connector 110, and cam pins 131 which are provided on an external surface of the female side connector 130 in such a manner as to project therefrom are fitted, respectively, in cam grooves 103 formed on the rotating lever 101 via cuts 122a formed through the hood portion 122. In addition, an engagement claw 105 provided on a base portion 104 of the rotating lever 101 in such


and 0:33 shorthanded. He played that time on the usual Randy Carlyle rotisserie, but he most often found himself in an even strength pairing with Sheldon Brookbank or Aaron Ward. His primary partner on special teams was, of course, Scott Niedermayer.

Lubo's 25:59 per game was key for anyone worried about his ability to replace a player 6 years his junior in Whitney. The 6'4" blueliner averaged 24:33 per game for the Ducks, and Visnovsky was averaging only 20:45 per game in Edmonton. But Lubo came through with a five minute jump AND two more minutes of power play time per game than Whitney had produced. It's a significantly smaller sample size, but Visnovsky seems up to the challenge of a Carlyle corps.

It would be a gross understatement toof my family incarcerated. Then, when I was doing my postdoctoral research at Barnard College. One of my advisors was teaching at Bayview Correctional Facility, a medium-security women’s prison in New York City. I started teaching a class on the history of women and citizenship in the United States. I quickly recognized the importance of offering educational opportunities within prisons. I noticed that the majority of people who were visiting the prisoners were members of religious groups. Just after I had finished teaching at Bayview, Jeb Bush, governor of Florida at the time, announced that he was going to transform all Florida state prisons into faith-based character institutions. I thought about the how this would affect the prisoner’s educational opportunities and decided to dive deeper into the issue.

TheHumanist.com:


You’re the executive director of the Freedom Education Project Puget Sound, which provides a rigorous, secular college program to incarcerated women in Washington State and creates pathways to higher education after women are released from prison. Please explain the difference in terms of objectives between the secular college programs and faith-based college programs being offered at state and federal prisons.

Erzen: The Freedom Education Project Puget Sound teaches individuals to think independently and offers them the opportunity, maybe for the first time, to see themselves and their decisions in relation to others and to society as a whole. As I mention in my book, the objective of faith-based ministries within prisons is to convert, pray, teach, and proselytize. These Baptist seminaries offer bachelor’s degrees in Christian ministry with theIn August, Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez's lawyers wrote a letter to the Major League Baseball Players Association requesting that it stop representing him, Serge F. Kovaleski and Steve Eder of the New York Times report. The letter, which the Times acquired only recently, shows Rodriguez as suspicious not only of Major League Baseball and the arbitration system, but also of the players' union, Kovaleski and Eder suggest.

The letter claims that the MLBPA did not "fairly represent [Rodriguez's] interests" in the Biogenesis investigation. Rodriguez's attorneys also claim that MLBPA executive director Michael Weiner did Rodriguez a disservice by suggesting in a radio interview that Rodriguez should have accepted a suspension.

The MLBPA has "has made matters worse by failing to protest M.L.B.’s thuggish tactics in its investigation, including paying


Zambia: Cholera outbreak delays 2018 schools calendar

The Zambian government has announced that the 2018 school calendar will delay indefinitely after 50 deaths have been recorded countrywide following the outbreak of cholera.

According to a joint statement by Minister of Health Chitalu Chilufya and his education counterpart Dennis Wanchinga, the re-opening of schools countrywide has been deferred until further notice.

“We have had an outbreak of cholera from October 6, 2017 and it has affected mainly Lusaka Province and we have recorded sporadic cases in various parts of the country,” says Dr Chilufya.

So, this is an important measure and will apply to all schools nationally and we will be able to review this decision by January 30, 2018. This period will allow us to work with the authorities in the schoolsDescription

Analyses the likely economic effects of the ten Central and Eastern European countries entering the European Union in 2004.

Auteur

Michael Artis is Professorial Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence. Anindya Banerjee is Professor at the European University Institute and a Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford. Massimiliano Marcellino is Associate Professor of Econometrics at Bocconi University in Milan.

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Based upon studies conducted by the European Forecasting Network, this book analyses key aspects of the impact of the recent EU enlargement with reference to eight of the ten new Member States, namely the Central and Eastern European countries. It examines themes such as regional policy, the macroeconomic trajectories of these economies to date and their likely future development and the debate about EMU accession. The book demonstrates that


The 4750 Willow Road property, seen here in an architectural rendering, will be the second
Charter Properties project in Hacienda.

By Jay Hipps
Network Editor

One of the last remaining lots in Hacienda will be the site of a new, 50,297 square foot office building to be built by Charter Properties.

The two-story building, bordered on the north by the Alameda Newspaper Group's Tri-Valley Herald building and on the south by the 1st United Services Credit Union headquarters, has a number of unique design features that both offer visual interest and minimize environmental impact.

No tenants have been signed for the 4750 Willow Road property, although the project is already generating interest.

A Groundbreaking Event
City approval of the project came just two weeks ago and construction drawings are now being prepared.

According to James Tong, presidentin Hacienda for Charter Properties. The developer is also in the process of buidling at 4690 Chabot Drive, next to the U.S. Post Office.

"The steel went up last week and we're expecting occupancy in December," says Tong.

Charter is also involved in Dublin Ranch, a project which will feature over 800 upscale homes and a golf course designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr. The company also owns 450 Main Street and the Acosta Building in Pleasanton.

Developer Optimistic
With the real estate market as strong as it is, Tong is optimistic about both projects.

"The park is nearly fully developed and I got the last two pieces of vacant ground," he notes. "The economic market is good, the leasing market is good, and I like the location. I think it's going to


English Market in the city centre.

English MarketA covered market at the centre of Cork City, the English Market has existed in Cork since the late 16th century. It provides a variety of fresh produce, including meat, fish and bread and is a source for traditional Cork fare such as drisheen, spiced beef and buttered eggs. There are also clothing boutiques, an artisan chocolate shop and an olive stall, though currently no reliable vendors for rat-onna-stick. The English Market is considered so nice that it was one of the two places we decided to bring the Queen when she made her historic visit in 2011, and she became besties with one of the fishmongers, Frank O’Connell. If it's good enough for the Queen, it's good enough for you too!

CorkAntifatigue effect of fresh royal jelly in mice.
We investigated the antifatigue effect of royal jelly (RJ), which had been stored at -20 degrees C from immediately after collection, in male Std ddY mice. The mice were accustomed to swimming in an adjustable-current swimming pool, then subjected to forced swimming five times during 2 wk, and the total swimming period until exhaustion was measured. They were separated into three groups with equal swimming capacity, which were administered RJ, RJ stored at 40 degrees C for 7 d (40-7d RJ), or the control solution including casein, cornstarch, and soybean oil before swimming. All mice were forced to swim for 15 min once; then the maximum swimming time to fatigue was measured after a rest period. The swimming endurance of the


Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis is officially the Democratic nominee for governor, the Associated Press reports.

Davis, the clear frontrunner throughout the race, defeated perennial candidate Ray Madrigal in Tuesday's primary.

Davis, who emerged on the national scene during her filibuster of an abortion bill last summer, is the first female gubernatorial candidate in the Lone Star State since 1994. She is set to face Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott (R) in the general election this fall.

Below, more from the Associated Press:

The Fort Worth state senator formally clinched her party's nomination Tuesday night. She headlines a Democratic ticket that in November will seek the party's first statewide victory since 1994, which was also Richards' last year in office.

Neither Davis nor her Republican opponent, Attorney General Greg Abbott, faced a competitiveprimary. Gov. Rick Perry is not seeking re-election after a record 14 years in office.

The 50-year-old Davis became a national Democratic star last summer with a nearly 13-hour filibuster over new abortion restrictions. Her fundraising outpaced Abbott in the last half of 2013 but she's still considered a heavy underdog.


When Force India went into administration in the summer of 2018, Racing Point was born after a consortium led by Lawrence Stroll bought the Silverstone squad's assets.

However, the time taken to resolve the team's plight coincided with a crucial development phase of the 2019 car, which has meant fresh investment and improved resources have done little to significantly alter Racing Point's form in a frustrating season.

Szafnauer, whose team has narrowly moved into sixth in the constructors' championship, said: "It's not what we wanted. We definitely wanted to be a little bit further ahead.

"We're just one point ahead of Toro Rosso and 18 behind Renault, so yeah, we were hoping to be fifth or fourth this year, so from that regard, it's a bit disappointing.

"However, having looked back atwhat happened the year before this, when this year's car was in development, we were in a bit of turmoil, especially financially, so it's not surprising."

Szafnauer believes Racing Point will need "a bit of luck" to catch Renault for fifth in the championship, while his driver Sergio Perez thinks its habit of "outsmarting" rivals can also come to its aid.

Perez is 10th in the drivers' championship, ahead of drivers from McLaren and Renault, despite his team's lack of ultimate performance, having scored points in six of the seven races since the summer break.

However, he suggested that even winning the "big battle" with Toro Rosso to retain sixth in the standings, will not amount to a truly successful campaign.

"I don't think we have achieved what we wanted this year,"


Cluster of vivax malaria in U.S. soldiers training near the demilitarized zone, Republic of Korea during 2015.
This report describes a cluster of 11 soldiers with vivax malaria among U.S. military personnel who trained at Dagmar North training area, near the demilitarized zone (DMZ), in the Republic of Korea (ROK) in 2015. Two cases were diagnosed in the ROK in 2015, one of whom subsequently experienced a relapse, and nine other cases were diagnosed in 2016, 8-11 months after the soldiers had returned to the U.S. Vivax malaria poses a health threat to U.S. Forces Korea operating near the DMZ in the ROK. Continuing and enhanced focus on force health protection measures in endemic zones is warranted.What Happens to Confiscated Drug Money?

Under federal law and according to the law in many states, law enforcement officials are permitted to keep drug money seized during raids to supplement their departments' revenues. When multiple departments work together on a raid, each is awarded a percentage of the money seized. This applies to the FBI as well as state, county and city police.

According to the WSFB television news station in Connecticut, several police departments in its state have used drug money to purchase equipment, including gas masks, computer equipment and even vehicles. The news station added, however, that funds aren't appropriated to law enforcement until suspects are convicted and even then, only if the judge in a particular case orders funds forfeited to police.

National Public Radio reports the


amount of money United States law enforcement agencies were able to keep from raids of Mexican drug cartels on domestic soil tripled within a four-year period. While the federal government views the practice of allowing police to keep a portion of the drug money they seize as an incentive to arrest drug traffickers, critics of the practice say it encourages police to pursue cash and not the drugs themselves, thereby rendering the program ineffectual, according to the NPR report. At least four Texas police task forces are funded exclusively by money seized from suspected drug dealers.claims and plan administrators, as well as any reviewing committee, have full discretion to determine all claims under the plan. The SPD further provides that a determination arising from this review procedure is final and binding upon the administrator, Defendant, plan participant, and family members of the plan participant.
Jerry Elliott was involved in an automobile accident on January 4, 2002. Elliott's accident was caused by his distraction while driving. Elliott was admitted to hospital on January 4 and died on January 8, 2002, while still hospitalized. At admission, Elliott was suffering from low blood pressure, hypothermia, and multiple organ contusions. Elliott also had preexisting conditions of heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure of at least fifteen years' duration. Elliott's death certificate indicated the immediate cause of death


was cardiac arrest due to, or as a consequence of, a myocardial infarction. That heart attack, in turn was the result of hypertension and congestive heart failure. Hospital personnel completed a Medicolegal Clearance form concerning Elliott's death, on which they indicated the death did not occur due to casualty, defined to include a car wreck, injury, trauma, or delayed effects of injury.
Plaintiff's claim for benefits from Jerry Elliott's death was referred to a senior examiner, who reviewed the plan document and SPD, as well as the death certificate and medical records. Defendant's senior examiner referred the claim to an independent investigative firm, and also contacted Plaintiff to invite submission of all relevant information about the claim. The independent investigative firm also interviewed Plaintiff. The firm eventually submitted tothe senior examiner all relevant records, which she reviewed and discussed with her supervisor, the manager for accidental death and dismemberment claims. The senior examiner's recommendation was to deny Plaintiff's claims because the car accident was not the direct and independent cause of Elliott's death. The manager, Ms. Myra Zimmerman, agreed with that recommendation. Defendant's senior examiner then informed Plaintiff by May 31, 2002 letter of the denial of her claim as well as her right to appeal that denial.
Plaintiff did administratively appeal the denial, and Defendant requested an independent medical review of the claim by GENEX Services. GENEX, in turn, contacted Dr. Michael Adickman. Dr. Adickman reviewed the decedent's head, cervical spine, chest, abdominal and pelvic CT scans as well as an echocardiogram and X-rays of the


committee. At its April 10, 2003 meeting, the appeal committee upheld the denial of Plaintiff's claim. Plaintiff was informed of this decision by letter of May 15, 2003.
By letter of July 2, 2003, Plaintiff's counsel informed Defendant that her own independent doctor had reviewed the medical records and disagreed with Defendant's conclusion as to cause of death. The letter also demanded payment of the death benefit of the policy, which was $180,000.00. Defendant contacted Marsh & McLennan to see if reconsideration of the policy was warranted and after reviewing the SPD determined that the appeal committee's decision was final and binding. Nevertheless, in an August 22, 2003 letter Defendant informed Plaintiff's counsel that while the decision was final and binding, it was willing to consider the doctor's reportreferenced in the July letter. Therefore, on November 26, 2003, Plaintiff sent Defendant a copy of Dr. Ronald Kaplan's letter, which stated that Elliott suffered damage to his chest wall and heart in the accident, and it was these injuries which caused the heart attack. The letter further stated that Elliott would not have died but for the accident. Kaplan's letter also referenced a portion of Adickman's report which Kaplan believed indicated the latter's agreement with his position. The referenced Adickman statement said, "In summation, the major factors contributing to Mr. Elliott's death, as well as the accident itself, were the diabetes and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, resulting in his third myocardial infarction with relentless congestive heart failure." Kaplan took that statement to mean the accident itself was a


is covered by the policy; and b) which, directly and from no other causes, result in a covered loss." Id. at 1180. Dixon's husband was killed in a car accident in which his car ran off the embankment and rolled over. Id. at 1180-81. Mr. Dixon was pronounced dead at the scene, and his death was credited to heart failure. Id. at 1181. The death certificate listed the cause of death as an accident and further stated the immediate cause of death was thrombotic occlusion and circumflex coronary artery. Id. As a significant condition, the certificate listed the car accident as a contributing factor. Id. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation also issued a medical report and listed the cause of death as cardiac arrythmia caused by atherosclerotic andin about 27 per cent of Airbnb's revenue and list three or more listings. So those are the people who either take a single house and run it like a hotel with individual rooms, or people who are renting those multiple houses all over town."

Airbnb disagrees

Marjoribanks' conclusions fly in the face of what Airbnb Aaron Zifkin, country manager of Airbnb in Canada, told On The Coast host Stephen Quinn in April.

"The vast majority of Airbnb listings in the world are in people's principal residences," he said. "These are people who are renting out their homes or a room in their homes on an occasional basis."

Marjoribanks says his research suggests only 47 per cent of hosts are principal residences, and if the service was no longer offered in Vancouver,


simple, sturdy, locking vehicle pedal device which captures the subject vehicle pedal such that the vehicle pedal is rendered inoperable.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a simple to use, sturdy, locking vehicle pedal device for a movable pedal.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a vehicle pedal lock for a movable pedal which includes a first elongated member having a base plate at one distal terminal end, the elongated member defining a longitudinal channel through at least a portion of the first elongated member. The base plate is adapted to rest against the floor of the vehicle substantially beneath the vehicle pedal. The vehicle pedal lock includes an upper pedal bracket mounted on the first elongated member near a distal endof the longitudinal channel. The upper pedal bracket is supported on the first elongated member by a three-prong yoke or brace. The pedal lock includes a second elongated member slidably engaged by the first elongated member in the longitudinal channel. The second elongated member includes a lower pedal bracket at a distal terminal end of the second elongated member. The lower pedal bracket has at least one adjustable claw used to limit lateral movement of the vehicle pedal upon its capture within the vehicle pedal locking device.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a method for locking a movable vehicle pedal such that the pedal is rendered inoperable.
The present invention provides a sturdy vehicle pedal lock for a movable pedal of a vehicle which


includes a first elongated member having a base plate at one distal terminal end, the elongated member defining a longitudinal channel through at least a portion of the first elongated member. The base plate is adapted to rest against the floor or fire wall of the vehicle substantially beneath the vehicle pedal. The vehicle pedal lock includes an upper pedal bracket mounted on the first elongated member near a distal end of the longitudinal channel. The upper pedal bracket is supported on the first elongated member by a three-prong yoke or brace. The pedal lock includes a second elongated member slidably engaged by the first elongated member in the longitudinal channel. The second elongated member includes a lower pedal bracket at a distal terminal end of the secondconsider all the unknowns before you decide whether the possible benefits are worth risking your health.

The FDA seizes probiotic products from Minnesota company that makes unproven disease claims.

Probiotic products were seized by U.S. Marshals after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) complained that the products were marketed as drugs. The company who sells the probiotic products claims that the products will prevent or treat disease, which is in violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. More information is provided in the FDA News Release.

Visit the website of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine for information on many of the herbs used as and in dietary supplements.

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) has produced a series of fact sheets on specific herbs


poultry, read the new cooking guidelines.

The FDA is warning consumers not to buy or use products claiming to antimicrobial and marketed as dietary supplements.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers to stop using dietary supplement products that claim to be antimicrobial (antibiotic, antifungal, or antiviral) drugs. These products are falsely promoted to treat upper respiratory infections, sinusitis, pneumonia, bronchitis, and colds, and they look like antimicrobial products sold in Mexico. More information, including product names, is provided in the FDA Press Release.

The FDA is warning consumers about a counterfeit product marketed as the dietary supplement product “ExtenZe”

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a press release to consumers warning them about a counterfeit product being represented as the dietary supplement "ExtenZe.” The counterfeit product hasIn Unstoppable, famed political activist Ralph Nader calls for an alliance of principled libertarians, conservatives, and progressives against a corrupt and overreaching Washington establishment. Although long an iconic figure on the political left, Nader here seeks to bridge ideological divisions by identifying opportunities for left‐right cooperation. According to Nader, the possibilities for joint action include opposing unnecessary wars and bloated Pentagon spending, protecting endangered civil liberties, and combating corporate welfare and bailouts. Please join us for a lively discussion of this provocative book by a man cited by The Atlantic as one of the hundred most influential figures in American history. Prominent conservative writers Daniel McCarthy and Timothy Carney will offer their comments on the book and assess both the potential and limits of Nader’s envisioned alliance.


Last week, Sarah Palin told a local news station in Boston that Paul Revere "warned the British that they weren't gonna be takin' away our arms." As the news media rushed to point out that Revere was, in fact, warning the American colonists, not the British, Palin's supporters apparently attempted to update the Wikipedia entry on Revere in order to make the facts conform to Palin's version of history.

Revere did not shout the phrase later attributed to him ("The British are coming!"), largely because the mission depended on secrecy and the countryside was filled with British army patrols; also, most colonial residents at the time considered themselves British as they were all legally British subjects.

That revision was deleted with the explanation "content not backed by a reliable sources[sic] (it was sarah palin interview videos)."

On Sunday, Palin, a paid Fox News contributor, told "Fox News Sunday" that she was correct. She says there were British soldiers in the area for years before Revere's legendary ride, and that he was warning them, as well as his fellow colonists.

"Part of his ride was to warn the British that were already there that 'hey, you're not going to take American arms, you are not going to beat our own well-armed persons individual private militia that we have.'"

She blamed her previous answer on the media, saying it was a "gotcha question."

The Paul Revere House's website says that on April 18, 1775, Dr. Joseph Warren instructed Revere to ride to Lexington, Mass., to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that British


  2009 - 2010   N. Siafakas (GR)

**1992-1993 - Roberto Rodriguez-Roisin**described his ERS presidential term as marked by few achievements. They were very modest times in which the most important goal was to consolidate the recent, basic roots of the ERS organization and its simple logistics in order to avoid any attempt of secessions, quite common during the previous decade of the 80 s. He recalls however four highlights:

• the move, at the end of 1992, to the first official ERS premises (a modest apartment very close to Parc de Luxembourg, Paris) before the definitive move to Lausanne. In the two years prior, the ERS had been allocated in the offices of the UICT atBlvd St Michel (in Paris also);

• setting up of the first Nomination Committee to select candidates for the presidency (composed of the three former Past Presidents - there were no more - and chaired by the most recent Past President), which was launched in 1993 after the Florence Congress to propose the first three names to be submitted for final decision/election by the Executive Committee;

• creation of the first database of members (and its roster), a task fraught with great difficulties due to the lack of consensus among officers within the EC concerning the best computer option. Its operational infrastructure and set-up were fragile and modest;

• in 1993 the groundwork was laid by Jean-Claude Yernault, Past president, for the Postgraduate School, with a series of meetings to define


the structural format of such a successful operation (a year later, when it was launched, Yernault became the first chair of the School).

**1994-1995 - Max Zach**looks back on his presidency as a highly turbulent and stressful year. The society was growing rapidly (with growing pains accompanying these developments) and many of its present features were initiated then. Zach was the first Paediatrician to become president of the ERS and this nicely illustrates the integration of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine into the entity of the ERS. Yves Sybille was Secretary General at the time, and gave outstanding assistance. The mile-stones were as follows:

• the move of headquarters from Paris to Lausanne. This happened under the pressure of the French tax authorities which had started to heavily tax ERS income. Nevertheless,it was done in a planned and well-designed way and with the advice of professional consultants;

• the foundations were laid for setting up Assembly 9 for allied health care professionals. This was done in spite of some resistance from parts of the society which considered the ERS more or less as an instrument for doctoral formation. It was motivated by the intention to collect everybody interested in pneumology and caring for patients with respiratory disease under one roof;

• problems developed in the course of the year with the Sheffield office, and changes were initiated there that ultimately led to the present situation;

• the Postgraduate School was launched, with Jean-Claude Yernault as the first Chair.

**1998-1999 - Robert Loddenkemper**sees the keypoints of his term as follows:

• the difficult situation in


the Lausanne office, which was stabilized by hiring new officers (Nikolaus Lorenz, Jean-Luc Eiselé, and Eric Fassbind), although Nikolaus Lorenz was subsequently replaced by Archie Turnbull as Executive Manager;

• in 1999, the European Lung Foundation was founded;

• the ERS organized the World Asthma Meeting in Barcelona (December 10-13,1998) together with the American Thoracic Society (ATS), European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI), American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology (AAAI), International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (IUATLD) and Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA), which certainly stimulated the cooperation of international respiratory societies;

• the idea of a European Lung White Book was conceived (which became a reality in 2003);

• more strength was given to the Eastern and Central European countries.

**1999-2000 - Jacob Boe**, looking back on histerm as president, sees the ERS as an almost unbelievable success story. One of the milestones of the history of the ERS, moving from a small European society to a worldwide organization, occurred during his term of presidency: what was probably the first, and so far only, World Congress on Lung Health was hosted by the ERS during their 10^th^Annual Congress in Florence August 30 - September 3, 2000. This Congress was number one priority, and the time spent on the organizing of this event was considerable. The World Congress in Florence was a collaborative effort of the world\'s four major respiratory societies: ATS, Asian Pacific Society of Respirology (APSR), IUATLD and ERS, but Boe comments that the main bulk of work was undertaken by the officers of


the ERS, the society that in reality hosted the event, and acknowledges in particular the great work of the two chairmen, Dario Olivieri and Andrea Rossi, of the Programme Committee chairmen, John Gibson and Marc Decramer, as well as of the ERS General Secretary Claudio F. Donner. Nevertheless, Boe also gives credit to the other collaborative Societies and their presidents: William B. Martin for the ATS, the late Ann J. Woolcock of the APSR and Kjell Bjartveit of the IUATLD.

Another point that Boe emphasizes in the ERS 20 year history is the fruitful development of the role of national delegates, as demonstrated by the great increase in the number of delegates, and the construction of the National Society Village exhibition during the congress; events that have continued tomeeting, the ERS emerged with a really strong image and the society generated great expectations. Without doubt, the challenge after Florence was to build up a robust basis to successfully support the ambition of the ERS project, not defined at that time yet.

The program during Roca\'s period was established during an informal meeting held in Barcelona in October 2000 with the Steering Committee, other active leaders and Archie Turnbull. It was a sort of enlarged steering committee that accomplished two main objectives: a) to generate consensus; and b) facilitate a team approach. Roca admits that the relatively high speed of the changes proposed during the period and the important role of the Steering committee was not always well understood (at first sight) by some heads of assembly. But,


overall, the organization followed well the whole process and the balance was generally positive.

Specific internal achievements were as follows:

• Re-design of the Lausanne office with complete re-organization based on defined areas headed by qualified (and well paid) managers. The main aims were twofold: a) reinforce the main office (Lausanne) to support an ambitious international role for the ERS, and b) generate a system allowing a proper balance between the professional initiative of the managers and their accountability to the elected officers. Jean-Luc Eiselé was the only manager from the previous team who was incorporated into the new project. That has proven a good move.

• Re-design of the Sheffield office. At that time, the cost of the services (mainly publications) was approximately 140% of the amount of the membershipthe web policy (ICT activities) that was established as a key area for the society.

• Changes in other organs of the society. The main actions taken concerned the ERS School that was undergoing a major crisis at the time, but also the recently approved European Lung Foundation (ELF) (1999) was reformulated making the general public its main focus of action.

• Brussels office. Advocacy in Brussels was identified as a key area and a small office was opened at the end of the period.

The external achievements were:

• The idea of the Federation of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) emerged during the first ERS-ATS retreat in Florence as an ERS response to the proposal of a World Respiratory Society made by the ATS. During 2001, the FIRS got full consolidation. Events


like September 11 (New York) showed the importance of the networking at international level. It had a very positive impact on the 2001 Berlin meeting.

• Inclusion of Respiratory Diseases as a priority in the World Health Organization (WHO) Program for Chronic Diseases in February 2001. The initiative markedly strengthened the collaboration between ERS and WHO. The meeting also facilitated a proper frame to articulate initiatives like Global Initiative on Obstructive Lung Diseases (GOLD) and GINA with the main International Respiratory Societies (ERS and ATS).

• The European Board of Accreditation in Pneumology (EBAP) initiative was presented in Berlin 2001.

• Also, the European national societies were invited to be present at the ERS annual meeting for the first time in Berlin.

**2002-2003 - John Gibson**recalls the completion of the White Book(large and small versions) as the main achievement during his term of presidency; it had been initiated earlier by Robert Loddenkemper, and was then launched in the EU parliament building in Brussels with support and attendance by the Health Commissioner and some MEPs.

Other highlights were the discussions held at the WHO about areas for potential cooperation, and the publication of ERJ and other ERS journals evaluated by the new Publications Committee, with the decision to continue in-house publication on the grounds of quality and value for money. The idea of an ERS educational journal was conceived (*Breathe*would be launched in September 2004).

**2003-2004 - Walter McNicholas**recalls two key developments during his term of office:

• Focus on advocacy as a strategic priority for ERS, which took tangible form in: i)