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Originally published on November 5, 2013 6:19 pm

Tuesday's elections are anything but dull. From the Eastern Seaboard to the Pacific Northwest, there's a colorful and compelling roster of political contests. Although there isn't anything close to the drama of an Election Day in a presidential year, many of the races have national implications.

In Boston and New York, it's the end of a political era as those cities prepare to replace longtime mayors. In New Jersey and Virginia, there are high-profile gubernatorial races that could shape the future of the Republican Party — and possibly the 2016 presidential race. Among the lesser-known contests,an Alabama special congressional runoff lays out the battle lines in the GOP's civil war in stark detail.

Here are nine races to watch Tuesday:

New Jersey Governor

Almost everyone expects Republican Gov. Chris Christie to win re-election. The only question is by how much.

The margin matters a great deal because a blowout Christie win will serve as his springboard into the 2016 presidential race. He doesn't even try to deny it anymore. A runaway victory Tuesday will provide Christie with a compelling case for a 2016 candidacy — especially if he shows coattails in state legislative races, or any kind of traction with African-American or Hispanic voters.

He'll be positioned to argue that he's a conservative who can win in one of the most Democratic states in the nation, and his


winning record in a state that President Obama carried by 17 percentage points will be hard for Republicans to ignore after two consecutive GOP presidential losses.

Virginia Governor

Republican Ken Cuccinelli has trailed in the polls for months. He's struggled to connect with independents and female voters. Even among Republicans, his numbers aren't stellar.

The outlook seems grim for the conservative Cuccinelli, the state's polarizing attorney general, but there's one saving grace: Democratic nominee Terry McAuliffe, the former Democratic National Committee chairman, has been criticized for being a little too slick and superficial, and he's failed to put the race away.

If McAuliffe wins, his victory will put a close Clinton family ally in the governorship of a key swing state. And it will mark the first time since 1973 that Virginiavoters elect a governor from the political party of the sitting president.

Alabama Special Congressional Runoff

There's a reason you've heard next to nothing about this special election: It's an overwhelmingly Republican seat, one that's all but certain to send a new GOP congressman to Washington. But the kind of Republican who wins Tuesday is why this southern Alabama race matters.

The 1st District contest is a classic match-up between an establishment-backed conservative, Bradley Byrne, and a Tea Party-oriented foe, Dean Young. Byrne is a former state senator and candidate for governor who's gotten a late infusion of cash and support from House GOP leaders and the Chamber of Commerce. Young, who's powered by conservative grassroots energy, has a penchant for making controversial remarks and says he wouldn't vote for John


this neck-and-neck contest for attorney general as the party's last, best hope.

Republicans have poured cash into state Sen. Mark Obenshain's campaign in an attempt to overcome the efforts of another state senator, Democrat Mark Herring, to portray Obenshain as a right-wing ideologue — the same criticism lodged against the GOP's other statewide nominees.

Washington State Senate

With its avalanche of out-of-state and independent group spending — at least $2.5 million has poured in — the special election in Washington's 26th Legislative District now ranks as the most expensive legislative race in state history. Among the big spenders: liberal California hedge fund billionaire Thomas Steyer.

Why the interest in this relatively obscure Puget Sound-area seat? Republican state Rep. Jan Angel has ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council, a pro-corporate, conservative groupthat's under attack from progressives, and both parties view the election between Angel and Democratic state Sen. Nathan Schlicher as pivotal to control the closely divided state Senate in 2014.

New York Mayor

It's hard to believe: America's largest city hasn't elected a Democratic mayor since 1989. But New York is poised to break that streak this year by electing Democrat Bill de Blasio, the city's public advocate.

De Blasio, who has a formidable lead in the polls over Republican Joe Lhota, has promised a dramatic break from the policies of outgoing three-term Mayor Michael Bloomberg — in fact, he has described his vision as an "unapologetic progressive alternative to the Bloomberg era."

Boston Mayor

In the close race to succeed Tom Menino, Boston's longest-serving mayor, there are notable stylistic differences between the


two progressive candidates vying to succeed him: Backers of state Rep. Marty Walsh, the son of Irish immigrants, have framed City Councilor John Connolly as a "son of privilege."

But there aren't many major policy differences between Connolly and Walsh. Education policy has emerged as a key issue, with Connolly embracing the role of reformer. Another key flashpoint: Walsh's close relationship with labor unions and its effect on his ability to govern.

Boston mayoral races are officially nonpartisan, but the city hasn't elected a Republican to City Hall since 1926.

Seattle Mayor

In another battle between two progressives, Mayor Mike McGinn is at risk of being ousted after a single term. Polls have shown his opponent, state Sen. Ed Murray, with a comfortable lead, and Murray's liberal record — he helped shepherdpassage of the state's gay marriage legislation — has insulated him from some of McGinn's attacks in the heavily Democratic city.

McGinn's predicament is somewhat unusual: Seattle's economy continues to hum and the mayor isn't enmeshed in scandal. But his confrontational style has proved abrasive enough to alienate many, and Murray has gotten traction with the promise of a more inclusive and less provocative governing style.

Nassau County, N.Y., County Executive

In the decades following World War II, Nassau County was home to the nation's pre-eminent suburban Republican machine. But the GOP's hold on the giant Long Island suburb began to loosen in the 1990s. By 2002 the unthinkable happened: A Democrat, Tom Suozzi, won the powerful post of county executive.

In a harbinger of the national Republican sweep to come —


and its focus on taxes, debt and spending — the GOP knocked off Suozzi in a 2009 upset. But now he's back, looking to unseat GOP County Executive Edward Mangano in a rematch. Demographics — the county continues to become more Democratic and more diverse — and the national GOP brand are working against Mangano. But the issues in play — property taxes, debt, spending, the county's longstanding troubled finances — could work to his advantage.

Either way, the outcome is likely to provide valuable insights into the mood of the suburban electorate.The concert focused on Thurisaz's "softer" acoustic songs that contain mainly clean singing and "emotional lyrics", and which are not usually performed live along with their "heavier" music. Thurisaz also used the concert as an opportunity to pay homage to other bands that have influenced them: they performed covers of Anathema's "A Natural Disaster", Amorphis's "My Kantele", and Woods Of Ypres's "Finality".  This sold-out concert was recorded, originally as a souvenir for the band, but later released as a CD/DVD Live & Acoustic on January 30, 2015.

On March 5, 2015, Thurisaz released a single, "Patterns Of Life" via their YouTube channel. It was the first song written for their next album, and the song was a work-in-progress for two years before being finalized.

Thurisaz's fourth full-length studio album,


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The antihero of this book is a mustachioed man who had dreadful luck with women. Three of his brides died accidentally in their baths, but not before they had willed him all their money.

Welcome to Edwardian England; not your usual CSI set. Jane Robins charts how a pattern of murders was uncovered through the actions of the dead women's relatives, a determined policeman and a bevy of cheated women. Bernard Spilsbury, a rising star of forensic science, was tasked with the job of figuring out whether the deaths were accidents or murders.

Forensic science is just one thread in this fascinating book. We read of the "scientific thinking" that pervades the time, and its influence on Arthur Conan Doyle, whose great fictional hero


Spilsbury was repeatedly compared to. Many of the book's themes are highly relevant today: the fallibility of forensic science, the dangers of over-interpreting evidence and of overconfident expert witnesses.

Through the lives of the players, Robins puts all this in social context: the plight of young unmarried women, the expectations of society and the rise of the suffragettes. Over all of this looms the threat of war. Not a traditional science book, it ranges much wider: a real ripping yarn.

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of the rooms they find an old camera and decide to make a test picture. So, posing for a photo, one of the heroes becomes the first victim...

The plot captivating in the beginning frankly corrupts primitive, sometimes silly dialogues, replaying actors, in particular Irina Temicheva and Sofia Zayka «overreacted» with the episode with a maniacal obsession and a dramatic scene of death respectively. The actions of the characters are sharpened according to the canons of the horror genre: if you want a character to be killed, then he must go somewhere alone. In our case - to leave the old house. The only bright spot in the movie «Souvenir photo» was the popular Kazakhstani actor Sanjar Madi, who played the role of Arman - a lover of photographyat UFC on ESPN 1 in Brooklyn in February.

Gracie (5-0), an ADCC gold medalist and multiple time Brazilian jiu-jitsu champion, scored wins over the likes of Leandro Lo, Michael Langhi, Claudio Calasans, Shinya Aoki, Beneil Dariush and Garry Tonon in grappling competition before making the jump to MMA in 2014.

A training partner of Nick and Nate Diaz in California, Gracie submitted all five opponents he’s faced so far under MMA rules, including Japanese veterans Hideo Tokoro and Tatsuya Kawajiri under the Rizin banner.

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And the film itself identifies the baddies (over Mül) as being "the Arysum-Kormn"

The war against the Arysum-Kormn led to the destruction of Planet Mül.

Nothing more specific is known other than that humanity won, and was so horrified by the death and destruction that it then dedicated itself to the cause of galactic peace.

It's always great to see producers go full retard and ruin their success so single handedly.

Well it's quite a bit different this season from the first season. First season the production team had literally all the time in the world, it was only planned as a single season piece, and was basically set to be released whenever they felt it was ready, etc. This time around, they've had substantially less time to get everything together, and they're scheduled for 3 more total seasons on a strict schedule.

It's because Pierrot is a shit animation studio and Mir was conflicted doing Boondocks, S2, or both. They already thought Pierrot wasn't going to do a good job, so they had Mir oversee it. If you know they are shit though, why


Juneau boy scores White House trip for healthy dish

Community Charter School fifth-grader among national contest winners

Aaron Blust whipped up a salmon dish that hit the spot. Now he and his family are headed to Washington, D.C.

Blust, 10, is one of the winners of the national Healthy Lunchtime Challenge, a contest organized by Epicurious.com, the United States Department of Education, the United States Department of Agriculture and Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move!” health initiative.

This summer, parents of children between the ages of 8 and 12 from all over the country were encouraged to send in their kids’ original recipes for a nutritious, delicious lunch.

After judging by a panel that included White House assistant chef Sam Kass, famous restaurateur and chef José Andrés, and representatives from the federal government, a winnerteam was also informed, leading to increased security outside local synagogues during Passover.

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Marine Corps hymn refers to the Berber peoples of North Africa who inhabited and ruled Tripoli. Don't forget that the Barbary Pirates raided South along the Atlantic Coasts of Africa and as far west as South America, while raiding as far North as Iceland, and Ireland.

Also don't forget that the Berber City State of Tripoli was the terror of the Mediterranean world. The Berbers were the slave suppliers to the Sultans of the Ottoman Empire and the Barbary Pirates regarded all of the Mediterranean basin as their hunting grounds and as much of the rest of the world as they could sail to and return from at a profit. They also regarded the non Muslim peoples of Africa as their God given prey.

Never forgetting the teachings of NicoleMachiavelli, the European Powers paid the Barbary Pirates to enforce exclusive trading zones that each of the major European powers sought to secure for their merchants sole benefit. This brought the Berbers into conflict with a new nation called The United States of America. We insisted on all nations having free passage of all the oceans and seas. The new nation of America also had a bad case of an old Italian Social Disease called, My-Funds-are-Low. We could not afford the yearly expense of buying off the Berbers with tribute. When the Berbers violated the spirit of a treaty first negotiated by President George Washington the stage was set for conflict. Think of the Berbers like they were from today’s Somalia only they had a bigger army and


NIGEB Director General visit to South Africa

Prof. Mohammadreza Zamani, as the representative of Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology visited South Africa on 18 and 19 July 2017. During the visit, he met Mr. Khaya Sishuba, the director of Euro-Middle East Bilateral Relations in the Republic of South Africa. One of important subjects discussed was the measures taken in both countries on “Joint Call for proposals in two disciplines of Biotechnology and Oceanography”. The next step would be the proposal evaluation and selection by a joint committee in South Africa.Moreover, preliminary negotiations on holding a joint workshop on Renewable Energies, Aerospace and Laser and Plasma were made.

Prof. Zamani has also visited the University of Pretoria, Bioinformatics and the Genetic Technologies Center. In the joint meetings with theQB was selected in the top 32, with Drew Brees (the first pick in the second round in 2001) being the only one chosen outside the first round.

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Past 10 years’ average: 50th pick (it rises to 12th without Brady)

Passer rating

There really hasn’t been any correlation between regular-season passer rating and titles — which is kind of surprising. Eli Manning won in 2007 with a dismal rating of 73.9, while Drew Brees had a 109.6 mark in his championship season. In the past 10 years, four


Super Bowl-winning QBs had a passer rating below 87.7— a mark 16 QBs surpassed in 2013.

Notable stat: 7 — QBs with a passer rating above 100 this year, the most ever in a single season.

Past 10 years’ average: 92.4

Passing yards

No QB passed for 5,000 yards in the same season he won the Super Bowl — although Peyton Manning and Drew Brees have a chance to break that trend this year. Passing yard figures are often overvalued. In fact, Brees’ lowest single-season passing-yard total in eight years in New Orleans was in 2009 — the year he won the title. As for three-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady, he’s surpassed 4,000 passing yards six times in his career, but never in a title year.

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Notable stat: 198.8 — Average passingHillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonButtigieg stands in as Pence for Harris's debate practice Senate GOP sees early Supreme Court vote as political booster shot Poll: 51 percent of voters want to abolish the electoral college MORE’s Democratic presidential campaign is hitting Donald Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE, describing the Republican's disastrous week as the "final meltdown" in a new ad.

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health scheme of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. While the NLEP strategies and plans are formulated centrally, the programme is implemented by states and union territories (UTs). The programme is also supported by WHO, ILEP, and few other nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Due to their efforts, from a prevalence rate of 57.8/10,000 in 1983, India has succeeded with the implementation of MDT in bringing the national prevalence down to "elimination as a public health problem" of less than 1/10,000 in December 2005 and even further down to 0.66/10,000 in 2016. In addition to achieving the national elimination target by the end of 2005, India by the end of March 2011--2012 succeeded in achieving elimination at the state level in 34 states/UTs out of theto bring the numbers down. In the year 2007, new cases detected in India were 137,685, and nine years later in 2016, the number remained almost the same at 135,485, a significant increase over the 127,326 new cases detected in 2015. This increase in new cases is attributed by NLEP to their recent strategy of innovative Leprosy Case Detection Campaign (LCDC), which resulted in the detection of 34 000 new cases in 2016 from highly endemic pockets, which accounted for 25% of annual new cases.\[[@ref2]\] Of the total new cases detected, almost 50% were multibacillary leprosy and the child rate was about 8.7%, which was similar to the previous year\'s figures, both indicating continued transmission of leprosy in the community. The LCDC also resulted in increasing the number


reached by the end of 2005. In addition, the use of term "elimination" also leads to confusion among general public and to many even in the medical profession.\[[@ref24]\]

One more reason why attention from leprosy was shifted away in India was, while the nation was preparing for elimination of leprosy as a public health problem in 1990s, public health initiatives for HIV/AIDS were being rolled out in a phased manner in the country. To assist them, leprosy health workers were made multipurpose workers with additional responsibilities of HIV and tuberculosis control. Over the next decade, there was reallocation of resources and a gradual decline in funding for leprosy-related programmes. Later, the perceived drop in prevalence of leprosy paved the way for its integration into the general health care services,were fully consolidated. In Brazil, which is similar to India in its economy and resources where leprosy is an important endemic disease, the investments made by the ministry of the health in leprosy have almost doubled, increasing from R\$ 7.7 million in 2004 to R\$ 13.1 million in 2005 in a scaling-up which was started in 2003.\[[@ref26]\] Another advancement presented by the ministry of Brazil was that the reduction in the incidence and number of cases was accompanied by the expansion of the leprosy diagnostic network. The results could be noted as the new cases in Brazil which were 39,125 in 2007, came down to 25,218 in 2016.

Basic investigations such as skin smear services need to be reintroduced in the leprosy programme of India, as this bacteriological test


significant number of leprosy patients in India managed by dermatologists who go unaccounted in NLEP statistics as they are not reported to government agencies. To test this claim, special interest group (SIG) leprosy-IADVL is planning a nationwide prospective survey to get an estimate of the number of unaccounted leprosy patients.

Leprosy is primarily a disease of the skin and nerves. Most often the first lesion to appear is a skin patch and patients often seek help or are referred to a dermatologist. Due to their in-depth study of leprosy as a part of their training and curriculum, dermatologists of India are capable of diagnosing and treating leprosy including its complications. From the number of research presentations by dermatologists at conferences and publications in journals like the IJDVL, IDOJ, PLoSAn unknown new project from the team behind SteamWorld Dig!

Wednesday, August 13, 2014. I remember that day very well as it was the first day of Gamescom. In the afternoon, I silently awaited someone to drop by with something special. This person in question was Brjann from Image & Form and he was going to give me a sneak peek at their next game, which I knew nothing about at the time. The business lounge was busy that day, but it didn't take much time for the lad to pop up. He brought a 3DS and, with a massive grin on his face, he said: “This is SteamWorld Heist!”

In Heist, the latest in the SteamWorld series, you are a captain going on a massive raid in space. With


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Alzheimer disease (AD) has been recognized as a progressive neurodegenerative disease with the common clinical manifestations of cognitive loss, problems with language, disorientation, loss of motivation, inability to perform self care, and the other neuropsychiatric and behavioral issues.^\[[@R1],[@R2]\]^ Moreover, AD is a major cause of dementia, which is reported to account for approximately 60% to 70% of dementia cases.^\[[@R2]\]^ In developing countries such as China, evidence from epidemiological studies suggested that AD has become the fourth leading cause of death in the elderly, surpassed only by heart disease, cancer, and cerebrovascular disease.^\[[@R3]\]^ Therefore, AD has become a serious cause for the morbidity and mortality of the elderly in both developed and developing countries.

In contrast to the growing burden of AD-related health problems, effective strategies for the preventionwind of this and rushes to
market with Samsung AR glasses. How many Apple fans actually think this will
make a difference to people in the Apple ecosystem buying Apple AR glasses?

At this point I think the secrecy does more harm than good.

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If they told the world that the solution for touch screen phones failing in
the market was this little idea called the “proximity sensor”, Google would
have beaten them to the market with Android and the iPhone would be far less
successful.

Apples success is built on unique inventions, in design, software and
hardware. They rarely are first to market in any category. They are almost
always first to market with the first mass market useful combination of
features in those categories.

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Challenges you to learn about our northern wildlife while playing miniature golf and having great family fun! Match up any 12 animals with their tracks on the hole marker and you WIN a FREE game! At the legendary Straits of Mackinac next to Traverse Bay Woolen Company.McShay thinks Ravens can land Terps' Smith in second round

March 18, 2011|By Matt Vensel

Maryland wide receiver Torrey Smith has been mentioned as a potential first-round pick by the Ravens in many mock drafts due to his speed, big-play ability and local ties. In his latest mock draft, ESPN's Todd McShay also projected that the Ravens would select Smith -- in the second round of the draft.

Scouts Inc., which McShay is affiliated with, isn't high on the junior wideout, but most draft experts expect Smith to come off the board late in the first round or early in the second.

More than half of the NFL's 32 teams sent scouts or personnel people to Maryland's pro day on Wednesday, and Smith has been linked to the Bengals, Patriots and Lions


prompted by the threat of legal action against a Christian bakery business. Ashers is facing a court battle over its decision to refuse to make a cake that carried a pro-gay marriage slogan.

The Equality Commission, which has taken the case against the business on behalf of the customer whose order was declined, has alleged the bakery's stance was in breach of legislation.

Mr Givan said he believed this was wrong. His proposed amendment to the law would mean that a Catholic adoption agency could refuse to place a child with a same-sex couple, but an evangelical green grocer couldn't refuse to sell an apple to a gay man.

He clarified that the difference was a service or act that could be seen as endorsing a same-sex sexual relationship. "The sellingNo Irish' to include 'No gays'."

Ulster actor Gerard McCarthy blasted the proposed clause as "crazy" in the light of 20,000 schoolchildren contemplating suicide least year due to homophobic bullying.

"It appears that if you are Christian you are allowed not to abide by the equality laws," he said.

The launch of the Bill was held in the senate chamber in Stormont and was addressed by First Minister Mr Robinson and Peter Lynas from the Evangelical Alliance. It is set to be officially proposed and debated in the Assembly next year.

Sinn Fein has voiced opposition.

"We demand the enactment of the Bill of Rights as promised in the Good Friday Agreement," a spokesman said. "We will continue to support equality for everyone on this island regardless of colour, race, creed and sexual


her family to make the trip from Florida to Extreme World in Wisconsin Dells after seeing the amusement park's Terminal Velocity ride on the Travel Channel.

She was hospitalized in Wisconsin and Florida for three months. She initially had no use of her arms or legs but through physical therapy is able to walk again with a walker.

Teagan Marti's mother, Julie Marti, said they are financially in trouble from the medical bills and her recent divorce. Their house is being foreclosed upon and insurance isn't covering physical therapy anymore, she said. She had no idea how they would pay for the English Golden Retriever puppy.

"I'm in such disbelief," Julie Marti said. "I was crying. ... What a guy. What a guy."

The dog is being trained in Fond du Lacto turn on lights, pick up objects and be the teen's constant companion.

Lucia Wilgus, of Eau Claire, became friends with the Martis after hearing of the accident and has spearheaded fundraising and helped find the dog and arrange training.

She sent a letter this week to Sheen through Sheen's godfather, who is a Wilgus family friend and Benedictine brother in the Benet Lake, Wis. She estimated the training and related costs would be around $6,000.

Sheen said he decided to give more for extra costs. The request had a "personal vibe" since it came through his godfather, and "if there's a need for more I told them to call me," he said.

"I like to pay it forward," Sheen said Thursday in a phone interview from Los Angeles. "People come into


meeting programme will be designed to appeal across the various disciplines within hair research, including hair biology, clinical disorders and cosmetic science. We intend the first day will be devoted to educational sessions. The main body of the meeting will be structured around plenary, parallel and poster sessions. We propose a modest faculty of invited speakers and will aim to provide ample time for presentation of submitted work, both oral and poster. A vibrant social programme with local flavour is under construction -- Edinburgh castle is booked for the welcome reception. A wide range of accommodation is available close to the conference venue. Edinburgh enjoys excellent transport connections with direct flights to major European cities and good access by train and air within the UK. It is alsoSheriff: Man dies after being shot in confrontation with deputies

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A 33-year-old Springfield man was killed Sunday night after he was shot by at least one Greene County sheriff's deputy following a short confrontation.

Deputies were called to a home in the 1700 block of Farm Road 45, just north of Interstate 44, by a homeowner who had found - and confronted - an unknown man outside of his home.

The homeowner, who was not injured, retreated into his home and called 911. Among other things, he told the emergency dispatcher that the man had stated that he had a weapon. It was not immediately clear if the homeowner saw one or not. ...


Power Plan, and is considering whether to pull the United States from the Paris climate accord.

Thiel offered little insight on where Trump might ultimately end up on that decision. But as a close associate of the president, who worked on his transition team, he is believed to have his ear on a wide range of issues.

A co-founder of PayPal and an early investor in Facebook, Thiel is known for his contrarian points of view and seeking investments missed by mainstream investors. He commented during his talk with Dan Yergin, who leads the annual conference called CERAWeek by IHS Markit, that he was surprised hydraulic fracturing had generated the profits it had considering the degree of competition within the energy space.

"There is not necessarily a link between great innovationand great economic reward," Thiel said.

Like most industries nowadays, energy companies have been nervously trying to figure out what President Donald Trump will mean. Yergin said it was among the first questions he got when talking with attendees in the lead up to this year's event.

The common thinking is Trump's pledge to grow American jobs and reduce regulation should be good news for an oil and gas industry that was hit with climate change regulations during the Obama administration.

Already, Trump has OKd the long delayed Keystone and Dakota Access pipelines and signed executive orders expected to aid fossil fuel production.

"Congress and the White House are going in the right direction, and it's a different direction from what we've seen the last eight years," said Jack Gerard, president of


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This article discusses the development of the statistical methods employed by psychiatrists to study heredity as a causative factor of mental diseases. It argues that psychiatric asylums and clinics were the first institutions in which human heredity became the object of systematic research. It also highlights the different concepts of heredity prevalent in the psychiatric community. The first of four parts traces how heredity became a central category of asylum statistics in the first half of the nineteenth century. The second part deals with attempts to introduce new methods of surveying in order to generate more precise data about psychopathological inheritance in the 1860s and 1870s. The third part discusses how, by the end of


several non-Caspian states to infiltrate the region and its oil and gas,” the Russian magazine National Defense, in a not-so-oblique reference to the United States and Europe,wrotein a special report this year on the Caspian naval buildup. “In these conditions Russia is compelled to look after the security of its citizens and the defense of the interests of the Caspian countries.”

Iran is the second power on the Caspian, and while it keeps details of its posture on the sea under close wraps, its growing presence is impossible to miss. Iran has built up its navy on the Caspian from nearly nothing during the Soviet era to a force of close to 100 missile boats, two of which are equipped with Chinese C-802 anti-ship missiles. And Tehran has announcedthat it’s building a “destroyer,” which will become the largest ship in its Caspian fleet (though probably closer to a corvette by international standards).

The other three countries on the sea inherited some decrepit vessels from the former Soviet Caspian flotilla, which they augmented with donations of small patrol boats by the United States in the early days following independence. But all now appear serious about developing real navies. Turkmenistan, for example, is building a naval base and naval academy in the coastal city of Turkmenbashi and has bought two Russian missile boats, with plans to buy three more, as well as Turkish patrol boats.

Kazakhstan launched its first proper naval vessel this year — a domestically built missile boat — with plans to buy two more. It also recently


immediately available to comment further.

Exxon, which holds six exploration licenses in Poland, said in January it would evaluate its options after the unsuccessful tests.

A government report in March slashed estimates of Poland’s shale gas reserves to 346 billion to 768 billion cubic meters, or about one-tenth of previous estimates, denting hopes for an energy source that could play a key role in weaning Europe off Russian gas.

Other foreign players seeking shale gas in Poland, the European Union’s largest Eastern member, include Chevron (CVX.N) and Marathon (MRO.N).

Cobra, the Government’s emergency security committee, met several times as the MV Alaed approached British waters.

With the United States placing pressure on Britain to halt the vessel, the prime minister was regularly briefed on the situation. It is understood that he was presentedwith several options including a military seizure of the ship.

Avoiding a confrontation that could have damaged already strained ties with Russia, the government instead took action to ensure that the Alaed’s insurance cover was withdrawn.

The ship, which Western officials said was carrying a military cargo including Hind-D Mi-25 helicopter gunships and anti-aircraft defence systems, changed course about 50 miles off the north coast of Scotland. It is now showing that its next port of call is Murmansk, according to the UK National Maritime Information Centre.

The ship’s owners, the Russian operator Femco, denied it was ferrying arms to Syria.

Turkish army special force members stand guard during the EFES-2010 military exercise in Izmir May 25, 2010. (photo by REUTERS/Osman Orsal)

By: Ozgur Cebe, Ufuk Emion Koroglu, Huseyin Kacar

The attack against the


Yesiltas outpost in the rural area around the township of Yuksekova was ordered by the Syrian Kurdish leader Fehman Hussein, who is also known as Bahoz Erdal. The attack was planned by the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK)’s Zagros district commander Mehmet Can Gurhan, also known as Resit Dostum, and Iskender Denk, another Syrian Kurd. The 250-strong terrorist attack force was let by yet another Yiulmaz Kurdo, yet another Syrian Kurd that also goes by the name Perwer. Eight Turkish soldiers were martyred and 26 terrorists were killed.

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WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. military and intelligence officials are so frustrated with Pakistan’s failure to stop local militant groups from attacking Americans in neighboring Afghanistan that they have considered launching secret joint U.S.-Afghan commando raids into Pakistan to hunt them down,use Pakistani towns to plan, train and arm themselves with guns and explosives, cross into Afghanistan to attack NATO and Afghan forces, then retreat back across the border to safety.

The latest round of debate over whether to launch clandestine special operations raids into Pakistan against the Haqqanis came after the June 1 car bombing of Forward Operating Base Salerno in eastern Afghanistan that injured up to 100 U.S. and Afghan soldiers, according to three current and two former U.S. officials who were briefed on the discussions. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the still-evolving debates.

The officials told the AP that recent discussions of clandestine ground attacks have included Gen. John Allen, the senior U.S. commander in Afghanistan, as well as top CIAand special operations officials.

Allen’s


raids and other minor forays into Pakistan’s tribal territory before during the George W. Bush administration; the most contentious was in September 2008 when Navy SEALs raided an al-Qaeda compound. The operators killed their target, but the ensuing firefight triggered a diplomatic storm with Pakistan.

Rather than fly in, which U.S. military planners at the time feared would alert the Pakistanis, the SEALs marched across the mountainous border, arriving later than planned because of the harsh terrain and just as the fighters were waking for morning prayers, according to one current and one former U.S. official. They spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the clandestine operation.

Everyone inside the targeted compound opened fire on the SEALs, including the women, one of whom lightly wounded one of the American operators.the Syrian border, citing unnamed military sources.

According to information the Daily News gathered from official sources, the Turkish military launched a broad search and rescue operation to find the plane and the two pilots who ejected themselves and fell in the water.

Sources said Syria had dispatched three guard boats to contribute to Turkish efforts, as the search was taking place in Syrian territorial waters. The first news that Syria shot the Turkish jet down came from local sources in Lebanon and Syria. Erdoğan said alongside with Turkey’s four guard boats Syria joined efforts with own vessels.

A local witness has told RT Arabic that the plane crashed on Syrian territory and that the two pilots were captured.

The craft was shot down as the Syrian air defense opened fire, according


A screenshot of the Twitter account for the BBC's weather service on Thursday. / AP

by Cassandra Vinograd, Associated Press

by Cassandra Vinograd, Associated Press

LONDON (AP) - The BBC came under attack from hackers sympathetic to Syrian President Bashar Assad on Thursday and warned its staff about attempts to compromise the broadcaster's email network.

Shortly after Assad supporters hijacked several BBC Twitter accounts to post messages that were by turns political, anti-Semitic and comical, the broadcaster said that "phishing" links - typically fake emails aimed at stealing information - are being sent around the BBC.

"If you receive these emails it is very important that you do not click on the link," the BBC said in an email to staff that was obtained by the Associated Press.

It was not immediately clear ifit said.

The hackers targeting the Twitter accounts identified themselves as members of the Syrian Electronic Army, a group that has carried out a string of web attacks against targets such as Al-Jazeera, which it sees as sympathetic to Syria's rebels.

The BBC Weather, BBC Arabic and BBC Radio Ulster accounts appear to have been the targets.

Among the messages posted on the BBC Weather Twitter account - which has approximately 59,600 followers - were "Long Live Syria Al-Assad" and "Saudi weather station down due to head-on collision with camel."

A further message claimed Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan ordered terrorists to launch chemical weapons at civilian areas in North Syria. The hackers posted about 10 messages before signing off.

"Sorry about that, we were hacked. Normal service resumes," the account later posted


after the offending tweets were deleted.

The BBC Arabic service account also bore the hallmarks of the hackers, with one message proclaiming "Syrian Electronic Army Was Here." Another tweet linked to a YouTube video purporting to show Syrian rebels killing civilians.

After carrying a pro-Assad post, the Twitter page for BBC Radio Ulster later posted a message saying "apologies to all our followers our account was hacked today."

Assad sympathizers in the past also have hacked the Reuters blogging platform and disseminated fake stories about Syria's rebel movement.

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rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.repeat our words twice," Salehi said.

It would be difficult to find a credible naval analyst who thought that a clash between the Iranian Navy and the U.S. 5th Fleet would turn out well for Iran. But Tehran has apparently doubled down on Salehi's warning; the Iranian parliament is now considering a bill that would prohibit foreign warships from entering the Persian Gulf without prior permission from the Iranian government. This would violate long-standing international maritime law.

In contrast to its occasional all-thumbs response to irregular warfare situations, a conventional naval battle around the Strait of Hormuz would play to the U.S. military's strongest suit. American advantages in sensors, targeting, command and control, precision weapons, electronic warfare, training, and many other dimensions would quickly crush Iran's air and naval forces.


Iran would also be unlikely to derive any political or diplomatic benefit from sparking a clash in the strait. Even competitors like China would expect the United States to fulfill its role as protector of the global commons (at least in the Strait of Hormuz). Iran would be seen as violating international maritime law. And the more the shooting accelerated, the more Iran would suffer. This is the definition of "escalation dominance," which would favor the United States as fighting intensified (and might therefore give the United States an incentive to escalate an outbreak of combat). Salehi and his officers must surely understand this.

So what is Iran up to? The looming imposition of U.S. sanctions on Iran's Central Bank and by Europe and perhaps Japan and South KoreaWar of the 1980s. The result then was an escalating naval confrontation that culminated in the U.S. Navy's Operation Praying Mantis in 1988, a defeat for the Iranian Navy.

Alternatively, Iran might opt to disrupt the global oil market by sabotaging Iraqi, Kuwaiti, or Saudi oil fields. Such actions would be reckless and would be politically damaging to Iran if discovered.

The simmering standoff between Iran and the United States has some parallels with the origins of the Pacific war in 1941. To persuade Japan to withdraw its marauding army from China, the United States and other countries imposed ever-tightening sanctions, culminating with an oil embargo that put Japan's back to the wall. It was politically impossible for President Franklin D. Roosevelt to enter the war without a grave provocation,


even if allies were urging him to do just that. But after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and elsewhere, America's great industrial advantage became decisive. Similarly, it's politically untenable for President Barack Obama to fire the first shot at Iran. But Iranian military action that, say, closes the Strait of Hormuz for a time could result in the world's begging for U.S. military action.

Few doubt that Japan's policymakers blundered badly when they opted for war against the United States. Yet these leaders also thought it was impossible to abandon their China policy. Iranian leaders are caught between demands for full International Atomic Energy Agency inspections of its nuclear program and the U.S. 5th Fleet. Iran may have a card or two left to play, but it would bestrategy and thus to make no irreversible decisions. Dempsey defended the strategy as being the right one for this moment in time, implying that as circumstances change, so will the strategy.

Dempsey and Winnefeld may be resigning themselves to a repeat of this budget-and-strategy drill in less than a year, under either a new Republican president or changed circumstances as Obama's second term begins. In the meantime, the reality of defense cuts will soon arrive on Capitol Hill, in constituencies in Kansas and elsewhere, and in the perceptions and calculations of Washington's friends and adversaries.

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Week at War” column for Foreign Policy. Haddick was a U.S. Marine Corps officer, served in the 3rd and 23rd Marine Regiments, and deployed to Asia and Africa. He has advised the State Department, the National Intelligence Council, and U.S. Central Command.

In the private sector, Haddick was Director of Research at the Fremont Group, a large private investment firm and an affiliate of the Bechtel Corporation. He established the firm's global proprietary trading operation and was president of one of Fremont's overseas investment subsidiaries.

In addition to Foreign Policy and Small Wars Journal, Haddick's writing has been published in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal,Air & Space Power Journal, and other publications. He has appeared in many radio and television interviews.Housing Remains Highly Affordable

Interest rates dip to lowest rate in two decades

WASHINGTON — Nov. 18, 2010 — Housing affordability remained near its highest level nationwide for the seventh consecutive quarter as interest rates dipped below 5 percent for the first time since the series was first compiled nearly two decades ago, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index (HOI) released today.

The HOI indicated that 72.1 percent of all new and existing homes sold in the third quarter of 2010 were affordable to families earning the national median income of $64,400. The index for the third quarter almost equaled the record-high 72.5 percent set during the first quarter of 2009 and marked the seventh consecutive quarter that the index rose above 70 percent. Until


some courts and experts have raised qualms that more parents means more potential conflict.

American courts have for decades granted some rights to grandparents, stepparents and others in children’s lives, but parents have uniquely broad rights and responsibilities.

Advocates say acknowledging a third parent — whether on a birth certificate, by adoption, or in a custody or child support ruling — reflects the modern realities of some families: gay couples who set out to have a child with a friend of the opposite gender, men seeking to retain paternal roles after DNA shows someone else is a biological father, and other situations.

In a Monday, May 29, 2017 photo, Sam Hunt, left, and his partner Darren Greenblatt pose for The Associated Press in their daughter’s bedroom in their home. The coupleget.

The girl was born in 2009, with Greenblatt’s and Stillufsen’s genes and Hunt’s last name. They spent part of the infant’s early months together in Stillufsen’s New Jersey home. Later, the Manhattan-based men rented a house in Stillufsen’s seaside hometown in summers, her busy season managing her family’s restaurant. She and the pre-schooler spent winters in Costa Rica.

In this October 2016 photo provided by Lin Repola, Victoria Bianchi, left, commemorates the adoption that made her officially the third parent of daughter Madison Bonner-Bianchi, second from left, at Marin County Superior Court, San Rafael, California. With them are, from left, Kim Bonner, Marin County Superior Court Judge Verna A. Adams, and Mark Shumway. Bianchi, Bonner and Shumway have all been part of their daughter’s life since her birth in


1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to trocars. More particularly, the invention relates to an obturator tip assembly for a trocar.
2. Description of the Prior Art
A trocar assembly is a surgical instrument used to gain access to a body cavity. A trocar assembly generally comprises two major components, a trocar sleeve, composed of a trocar housing and a trocar cannula, and a trocar obturator. The trocar cannula, having the trocar obturator inserted therethrough, is directed through the skin to access a body cavity. Once the body cavity is accessed, laparoscopic or arthroscopic surgery and endoscopic procedures may be performed.
In order to penetrate the skin, the distal end of the trocar cannula is placed against the skin that has been previously cut with a scalpel. The trocar obturatoris then used to penetrate the skin and access the body cavity. By applying pressure against the proximal end of the trocar obturator, the sharp point of the trocar obturator is forced through the skin until it enters the body cavity. The trocar cannula is inserted through the perforation made by the trocar obturator and the trocar obturator is withdrawn, leaving the trocar cannula as an access way to the body cavity.
The proximal end portion of the trocar cannula is typically joined to a trocar housing that defines a chamber having an open distal end portion in communication with the interior lumen defined by the trocar cannula. A trocar obturator, or other elongated surgical instruments or tools, axially extends into and is withdrawn from the trocar cannula through


international investment conference, a lively debate on planned phosphate mining, and new developments with regard to the land reform.

On 8 and 9 November the Namibian government hosted an international investment conference, which attracted about 1,770 participants, double the amount than expected. Approximately 400 delegates came from other countries. Guest of honour was the Minister of Economics, Science and Digital Society, Wolfgang Tiefensee of Germany’s federal state Thuringia with a delegation of 45 business people.

Namibia presented approximately 20 projects both from the public and the private sector ranging from infrastructure, housing, to tourism, solar and wind power and manufacturing. Cabinet ministers personally made presentations and participated in the panel discussions. President Hage Geingob attended most proceedings during the two days, which delegates regarded very highly.

At the end of Daybusy month forNamibia’s National Assembly before the summer recess. The Bill for the National Industrialisation and Development Agency (NIDA) was passed. It will transform the existing National Development Corporation (NDC) and broaden its mandate to push Namibia’s industrialisation.

The new Public-private Partnership Bill (PPP Bill) was also passed, paving the way for larger projects with regard to infrastructure, electricity generation and manufacturing among others. The aim of the government is to enter into partnerships with the private sector. A special PPP Unit has been established in the Ministry of Finance for this purpose.

A few days before the summer recess of the National Assembly, Land Reform Minster Utoni Nujoma introduced the long awaited, new Bill for agricultural and communal (rural) land. The Bill merges the existing Agricultural (Commercial) Land Reform


Before a golden ribbon poised across an entire city block in the heart of the San Fernando Valley, 5,000 Scientologists and guests convened Sunday, March 19, to celebrate a monumental achievement: the opening of the region’s new Church of Scientology, the largest in North America.

Mr. David Miscavige, Chairman of the Board Religious Technology Center, presides over a high-spirited inauguration ceremony, Sunday, March 19. The audience rose to their feet in resounding ovation after ovation throughout his dedication address.

Mr. Miscavige addresses the thousands in attendance during the grand inauguration ceremony held on Burbank Boulevard in the heart of North Hollywood. At 95,000 square-feet set on four acres, the Valley Church is a most expansive addition to Scientology’s expanding universe of Ideal Churches, now numbering 19 in the Western UnitedStates alone and 57 internationally.

Joined by Scientologists who spearheaded the efforts to bring this new Valley Church to life, Mr. Miscavige officially dedicates the region’s breathtaking Church of Scientology.

The crowd of 5,000 Scientologists and guests erupts in cheers, as a massive new 95,000 square-foot Scientology Church is unveiled for the Valley.

On a perfect Southern California day, thousands of Scientologists gather to witness the historic moment when the Valley’s striking new home opens her doors.

With a burst of confetti and a chorus of applause ringing along Burbank Boulevard, the Church of Scientology Valley sheds her ribbon launching an epic new season of expansion for the Scientology religion.

The grand opening commences with a medley of classic film scores evoking the charm of the film industry for which the region has


spans 95,000 square-feet upon four acres, just blocks from the NoHo Arts District and is poised to engage community change makers across the region.

RECEPTION Open seven days a week, morning to night, the Church of Scientology of the Valley Reception welcomes anyone wishing to obtain an introduction to Dianetics and Scientology.

SCIENTOLOGY PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTERThe Public Information Center offers some 500 films, providing a complete introduction to every aspect of Dianetics and Scientology. It includes the beliefs and practices of the religion, a biographical presentation on the life and legacy of Founder, L. Ron Hubbard, as well as the many humanitarian initiatives and community outreach programs the Church supports.

INTRODUCTORY SERVICES The Church of Scientology Valley provides for the delivery of all Introductory Services. These include an entire array ofregimen of exercise, sauna and nutrition—all of which are provided for in our Purification Center. The mural pays tribute to the San Fernando Valley’s heritage and ever-expanding cultural impact as a media and entertainment epicenter.

HUBBARD GUIDANCE CENTER The Hubbard Guidance Center is where Scientologists receive one-on-one spiritual counseling, known as auditing. Just beyond the waiting room are dozens of auditing rooms.

Each one of the thirty-three auditing rooms is ideally appointed to provide the calm, distraction-free setting requisite to achieving spiritual enlightenment.

THE ACADEMY The Academy is where Scientologists train to become auditors (spiritual counselors), capable of applying the technology of auditing to help others attain spiritual freedom. The Valley Academy comprises multiple course rooms, each devoted to a different aspect of training.

The Café The Café welcomes visitors touring the


Church and provides a gathering place for those attending the many scheduled events. It is further provided for parishioners during breaks in their Scientology services.

THE CHAPEL The Chapel, lined with the Codes and Creed of the Church of Scientology, seats more than 1,000 and provides for all congregational ceremonies and services—including Sunday Services, Weddings and Naming Ceremonies. The Chapel also serves as an ideal venue for workshops, banquets and events.

THE OFFICE OF L. RON HUBBARD As is tradition in all Churches of Scientology, the Office of L. Ron Hubbard stands in honor of the religion’s Founder and symbolizes that this Church is true to his writings and ideals.

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Massive new Scientology Churchice.’”

The new Church provides visitors with an introduction to Dianetics and Scientology, beginning with the Public Information Center. Its displays, containing more than 500 films, present the beliefs and practices of the Scientology religion and the life and legacy of Founder L. Ron Hubbard.

The massive Chapel of the Valley’s new Church of Scientology seats more than 1,000 and provides for Scientology congregational gatherings that include Sunday Services, Weddings and Naming Ceremonies. It will also host community-wide events, open to members of all denominations. The facility further includes multiple seminar rooms and classrooms, and an entire wing dedicated to Scientology auditing (spiritual counseling).

The Valley Church is the most recent in a period of explosive growth for the Scientology religion over the past 12 months. The National Church of Scientology


The Gospel of John is one of the most loved books of the Bible. John 3:16 is regarded by many as the most important verse in the Bible.

This question "What must I do to have eternal life" is one of the most important questions you will ask. The Gospel of John reveals that Jesus is the long promised and long awaited Christ, the Messiah of Israel, God's Son and Savior of the world. He is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. And He promises eternal life to everyone who believes this claim.

In the Gospel of John you will see the importance of looking to Jesus alone for eternal life. God sent Jesus, His Son, to die on the Cross for our sins.

Whenof a motor that outputs the substance from the syringe in a controlled manner, whereby the substance is provided to a groove or trough that surrounds the central electrode.
During operation, as electrical pulses are provided to the skin by way of the electrodes on the head of the probe, and, at the same time, mechanical vibrations are provided to the skin by way of the vibrating head portion, the substance disposed within the trough surrounding the central electrode is absorbed within the skin due to the skin pores opening up as a result of the electrical pulses and mechanical vibrations being applied to the skin. Alternatively, only electrical pulses are provided to the skin, which does not provide as good a skin absorption effect as using both electrical


of the PS3.

Sony Computer Entertainment's Ken Kutaragi, amplifies the cost-efficiency of their online stage. He states that they anticipate high returns from the gross revenue of downloadable PS3 games. He likewise denies reports give or take a few side fees and charges for playing and networking finished the E-Distribution Initiative. He explains that all supporting work from Sony's online level will be clear not including for the downloads.

SCEA as well confirms reports that any of their PS3 games, downloaded or not, are not agreeable near Xbox 360. The guests gives implements of war demands and team game designs as reasons aft the mutual exclusiveness. This substantiation coincided with the declaration of new spectator sport titles industrialized only for Sony.

From these, Sony makes it free that it is winningcasita during our trip to Rincon. Finding the house the first time is a little tricky, but after that, it's easy. Sitting at the very top of a mountain, the casita was quiet, secluded, and surrounded by beautiful greenery and ocean. Amazing sunset views from the private porch! An awesome breakfast spot (the English Rose) is located within walking distance (it's the next property over.. but get there early because it's small and they get packed quickly!) and great restaurants and a coffee shop (banana dang) are just down the hill. The beaches are amazing and located a very short drive away. If you like to surf, want to learn to surf, or like to watch surfers in their element, these beaches are for you. There are more


is about 10 nm at the widest. A DBR-LD using an uneven pattern of diffraction grating is also proposed as the former type where an active region to generate a gain and a DBR regions placed in front and in backside of the active region are formed in the same laser device. A number of reflection peaks are generated in the DBR regions in front and in backside of the active region by the uneven pattern of diffraction grating, and intervals of reflection peaks in the front DBR region is slightly different from intervals of reflection peaks in the backside DBR regions. “Vernier effect” can be obtained by this structure, which enables to tune a wavelength over a very wide range. The DBR-LD using the uneven pattern ofDo more of the same. Weathering With You has many of the elements that made its predecessor a hit, from the mixture of adolescent love with mysticism to the gorgeous animation to the Radwimps soundtrack. Once again we follow two teenagers, and a love both abetted and thwarted by supernatural forces.

First, we meet Hina (Nana Mori), a soon-to-be orphan watching over her mother in the ICU in the middle of a rainy day in Tokyo. Hina sees a ray of sunlight punching through the storm clouds, shining on a derelict shrine on top of an abandoned building. She runs through the city streets and prays at the shrine, where she discovers that a different prevailing weather pattern is the least strange thing about it. A few months later,


we meet Hodaka (Kotaro Daigo), running away from his island prefecture to the capital for reasons not quite explicated, who soon becomes a vagabond in the seedy Kabuchiko district.

Running away from his island prefecture to the capital for reasons not quite explicated, Hodaka (Kotaro Daigo) becomes a vagabond in the seedy Kabuchiko district.

In the middle of a prolonged rainy spell, Hodaka encounters Hina, first at a McDonald’s where she gives him a free burger on the sly, and again when he rescues her from falling into the clutches of a possible white slavery ring. Hina confesses to Hodaka that after visiting the shrine, she can summon sunshine for short periods of time, and after Hodaka finds work interning at a pulpy occult magazine under the rakish Mr. Sugaofficer in Cairo; and consular/economic officer in Riyadh. In Washington, Stevens served as Director of the Office of Multilateral Nuclear and Security Affairs; Pearson Fellow with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; special assistant to the Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Iran desk officer; and staff assistant in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs. Did he realize the connection of the ISI and money connected to the planning of the Muslim Brotherhood Arab Spring? Did he make an even bigger connection to someone in our own government ? Is this why no support was offered ? Was he now a liability to this someone who had connections to BCCI money from the 1980s ?
He had served in Libya twice previously: as the Deputy Chief of Mission (from 2007 to


2009) and as Special Representative to the National Transitional Council (from March 2011 to November 2011) during the Libyan revolution. He arrived in Tripoli in May 2012 as the U.S. Ambassador to Libya.
This man was the top asset on the middle east for the state department, why was he not protected , Hillary?
The ISI has been playing the CIA for 30 years ever since BCCI. Just look at the evidence:
The Pakistani General’s host on Capitol Hill during his official visit to Washington was Rep. Porter Goss, Bush’s nominee for the position of Director of Central Intelligence.
In fact, on the morning of September 11, Porter Goss was hosting a breakfast meeting on Capitol Hill in honor of General Ahmad, the alleged “money-man” (to use the FBI’s expression) behind thethat is
being injected into our military.
Colonel Blaylock has gone to 11 sources to get help, and then in the middle
of investigations, April 2012, he was terminated from the US Armed Forces after
29.5 years serving.
Asked how this could have happened, Colonel Blaylock states numerous men and
women are released from prison, their past criminal records wiped clean, and in
return they work for upper superiors in a state like Alaska while they are
stationed in the military. The US military is also accepting non-US citizens
into the United States Armed Forces Blaylock states. Meanwhile, numerous
military young and old, men women, daughters sons, fathers mothers, and even
families will continue to die off due to unknown causes on US military bases, in
their own homes, while deployed, or in various off character places across the
globe because


A controversial 'healer' in Samoa - who attacked a Checkpoint crew who tried to talk to him today - has been shut down by authorities as the measles crisis escalates.

Forty-two people are now dead, with the health authorities urging the country's parents to immunise their children.

Despite a country-wide mass vaccination campaign, where more than a quarter of the population has had the needle, the most vulnerable group of children are still being kept away from the vaccines.

Instead, many have been turning to traditional healers, including Fritz Alai'asa, who is running a clinic in Vaivase-Tai, in Apia.

He claims his 'Kangen water', which is alkaline water processed through an expensive machine, is healing people of measles.

But today the government press coordinator Nanai Lave Tuiletufuga said Mr Alai'asa was shut downand an investigation had been launched.

"It was shut down for health violations under the Public Health Act," he said, referring to strict rules under the state of emergency currently in place, which forbid large gatherings of young people.

"And that is not the end of it," he said.

"There is an ongoing investigation including the Ministry of Health, the Attorney General and the police."

Photo: RNZ / Logan Church

But today Mr Alai'asa was still receiving visitors, as carloads of people with young children arrived at his property.

When RNZ reporters arrived, he ordered them off his property, called security guards, and became violent, striking the vehicle with his fist and reaching inside the car.

Commissioner of Police Egon Keil said the matter will be discussed at a police briefing on Saturday.

More than 3000


people have now been infected with the highly contagious disease and doctors say the death toll is likely to rise.

One seller of Kangen Water told Checkpoint he had had almost 2000 customers in two weeks.

Early on Friday morning in Apia, almost 100 vaccinators, police officers, and other medical staff gathered, before piling into vans and heading out to the furthest reaches of the island.

One team went about an hour's drive away to the seaside village of Manono-uta, where one baby died after contracting measles last week.

One of the village residents, Fa'i Fruean, has two daughters who have contracted measles. He said he took them to hospital last Saturday.

He is just one of many parents who took their children to get vaccinated at the hospital and at the mobileclinics.

More than 50,000 people have been vaccinated so far.

But most of those are not in the most at-risk group of people - children aged under four.

Kangen Water is one of the most common home remedies.

The water is being sold for 1 tala a litre, about 60 New Zealand cents.

Edward Williams Junior is one Kangen Water seller. He spoke to Checkpoint and showed the water filtration system, which he had bought online from Australia.

He said he suggests people also get vaccinated for measles and acknowledged there is no proof backing up the claim his water cured measles.

Nevertheless, sales are going through the roof, with nearly 2000 customers at his shop alone in the past fortnight.

The machine itself costs 12,000 tala, about $NZ7000.

Photo: RNZ Pacific / Dominic Godfrey

At Leulumoega district


A drone manned by the Pennsylvania Army National Guard crashed near Lickdale elementary school yesterday afternoon.

“The aerial vehicle, controlled by a remote operator, was part of a training exercise at Fort Indiantown Gap, said Maj. Ed Shenk, public affairs officer for the Pennsylvania National Guard” reported Lebanon Daily News.

Following the drone’s “hard landing” it was run over by a “civilian vehicle” and the remains were gathered up by National Guard. “The vehicle, known as the RQ-7 Shadow, weighs 375 pounds, is approximately 11 feet long and has a wing span of 14 feet, Shenk said.”

The cause of the crash was unknown and under investigation."Surrealism in the Arab World"

February 5, 2011 - 10:12am -- jim

The current resurgence of surrealism in the Arab world is a revolutionary development of the greatest significance, demonstrating once more that the strategy of the unfettered imagination is always and necessarily global.

We publish here in English translation a manifesto in which our Arab comrades express their unequivocal interventionist orientation, sharply defined against their specific political and cultural background.

The Arab Surrealist Movement was reconstituted in the early 1970s, but its origins extend back to the mid-30s, when the Egyptian poet and theorist Georges Henein (who adhered to the movement in 1934 as a student in Paris) and the Egyptian painter Ramses Younan introduced surrealism to Cairo. With several others they maintained an intensive collective activity that endured into the


late 1940s, as exemplified in many books and pamphlets and in the reviews Art et liberte, El Tattwor, La Seance continue and Le Part du Sable.

The Egyptian surrealists, who were also a section of the Fourth International, organized the Art & Liberty Group in response to the Breton / Trotsky Manifesto for an Independent Revolutionary Art, which announced the formation of the International Federation of Independent Revolutionary Artists, commonly called the FIARI. This Cairo group produced a journal and pamphlets, and organized several exhibitions. It was the most active and longest-lived segment of the FIARI, lasting several years after the demise of the parent organization.

Georges Henein (1914-1973), one of the movement's greatest figures, collaborated extensively on international surrealist publications throughout the 1940s. His "Message from Cairo to Poetsin America" appeared in the surrealist number of View in 1940. For reasons that are not wholly clear, he retired from collective activity around 1950, preferring to pursue his researches in solitude. He was in no sense a renegade, however; his later work was in full accord with surrealist aspirations.

Henein's sensitiveness to the many and wide-ranging problems of human expression in the postwar period, and his profound revolutionary integrity, give his entire work a special significance today to the surrealists of all countries, and most especially, of course, to A.K. El Janaby and his
comrades, who are in the truest sense the continuators of the effort begun by Georges Henein and Ramses Younan.

The Arab surrealists have produced many tracts and pamphlets, including an important critique of modern architecture by


Maroin Dib. In 1973 they took the lead in preparing a tract, Against Nationalist Illusions, For the Internationalist Alternative, opposing all forms of nationalist chauvinism and calling for the overthrow of all established regimes in the Middle East. It urged the unification of the proletariat of all the Arab countries, as well as of Israel, on the basis of socialist revolution, "founded on the power of the workers' and peasants' councils." This tract was signed by the Israeli Socialist Organization (Matzpen), the Arab Group "le pouvoir des conseils," and the Algerian Group for the Propagation of Marxism.

The Arab surrealists' journal, Le Desir libertaire, which they describe as "the Arabic equivalent of Arsenal," has provoked great controversies in the Arabic press. Because of its vehemently revolutionary character, anti-nationalist andin the disguise of development! They came with huge machines, even bigger promises to the localities and started murdering the very source which gave us life for all these years. They went on cutting down trees and barging into the forest. They destroyed the very source of habitat of hundreds and thousands of animals. This stretch of Western Ghats is considered to be one of the eight “hottest hotspots” of biological diversity in the world. But they did not even consider it. They brutally ran their machines over trees with the venom of barbarians in their eyes.

In the picture here is Dondole falls, a small rivulet in Belthangady Taluk of Karnataka. The picutre above shows how it existed originally and the second picture of the same falls is


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Mariah Millen / Allie ten Hove

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Canadian Sport Institute Ontario (CSIO) is proud to recognize sailors Mariah Millen and Allie ten Hove as the OHPSI Athletes of the Month. Mariah and Allie finished 18th overall at the 49erFX Worlds, 10th Nation overall, and finished in the Top 10 of five of an 11 race series; setting a new Canadianrecord for the best 49erFX finish at an international event.

Both Mariah and Allie are OHPSI identified athletes receiving sport science support from Canadian Sport Institute Ontario. One of the primary services they receive from CSIO is strength and conditioning support including programming and monitoring of their yearly training programs. from strength & conditioning coach Greg Lewandowski. This includes providing individual training zones through metabolic testing to monitor their aerobic, anaerobic fitness, and max aerobic speed throughout different phases of training. Mariah and Allie are also monitored for anthropometric measures throughout the season to track changes specific to their strength & conditioning goals. In competition, CSIO staff have worked closely with the athletes on their hydration and recovery plans. The sailors also receive performance medicals and bloodwork, along with


physical testing and support focused on high performance.

The apple does not fall far from the tree, with both athletes having sailing in their blood as their fathers were Olympic medalists in Sailing. Millen and ten Hove continue to push their 2019-2020 season with a great finish in the first half of Olympic qualifiers, and consistent training at the National Team Development Centre in Nova Scotia, Canada.Effectiveness of ropinirole for RLS and depressive symptoms in an 11-year-old girl.
An 11-year-old girl was referred for an irresistible urge to move her legs associated with uncomfortable sensations. She was diagnosed with definite Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) according to 2003 NIH criteria. The IRLSSG severity scale score was 31 (very severe). The girl also presented with dysthymic disorder according to DSM-IV criteria, as confirmed by the semi-structured interview Kiddie-SADS-PL. The score on the Children Depression Inventory (CDI) was in the clinical range (21). The total score on the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC) was 100. A standard PSG revealed a periodic limb movement index of 16.5, indicating that the child also presented with Periodic Limb Movements Disorder. The girl was treated with ropinirole (a D2/D3 dopamine agonist).


219 Ga. 136 (1963)
132 S.E.2d 75
HANFORD
v.
GRIMES, Sheriff.
22068.
Supreme Court of Georgia.
Submitted June 10, 1963.
Decided June 18, 1963.
Chester E. Wallace, for plaintiff in error.
William T. Boyd, Solicitor General, contra.
QUILLIAN, Justice.
The case is here for review on a bill of exceptions assigning error on the denial of a writ of habeas corpus.
The record shows that the petitioner was paroled by the State of North Carolina in 1952, while serving a 25-30 year sentence for murder; that he was arrested by North Carolina authorities ties and agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in February, 1954; that he was released to the Federal authorities, tried, sentenced and removed to the United States Penitentiary at Atlanta for confinement on April 22, 1954; that on April 23, 1954, he was notified that his parolehad been revoked by the Governor of North Carolina. Upon the petitioner's discharge from the United States Penitentiary in March, 1963, he was released into the custody of the Fulton County Sheriff on authority of a rendition warrant issued by the Governor of this State for extradition to North Carolina. Subsequently, the petitioner filed his petition for writ of habeas corpus. Held:
The assignment of error contained in the bill of exceptions presents the single contention that the petitioner, the plaintiff in error here, is not a fugitive from justice within the meaning of extradition laws and hence not subject to be held upon the Governor's warrant issued in such proceeding. This position is predicated upon the insistence that the petitioner did not come into this State voluntarily but


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Use the explorer below to get detailed information about every part of the property. Select an area from theyou thinking, Roger, even to consider authorizing this Powell to conduct human trials?" "It was necessary for the research to reach the next level." "I didn't know he was gonna be so reckless." "You had to know there was a risk innocent people would die." "How many innocents died in the search for the smallpox vaccine?" "All in the name of the advancement of science." "This isn't about science, Roger." "This is about you actually believing that death is beneath you." "No, this is what it takes." "Louis Pasteur..." "he wasn't even a physician." "The day that he injected that first small boy with the rabies vaccine, he was risking criminal prosecution." "Jonas Salk injected the flu virus into men in an insane asylum in Michigan." "Decade later,


orchards from which they receive returns earlier.

History of Cherry Rootstocks

Rootstocks have been used for millennia and the earliest cherry rootstock we know of is Mazzard, which was used 2,400 years ago by ancient Greek and Roman horticulturists, and is still in use today. It’s excellent compatibility with cherry varieties and ease of management left it a favourite until the emergence of Mahaleb, which emerged in eighteenth century France. Mahaleb’s elusive dwarfing effect and increased precociousness made it the rootstock of choice until the discovery of compatibility issues in the 1920s led to the re-emergence of Mazzard.

It took till the second half of the 20th century for the classic rootstocks Colt and Gisela 5 to be introduced. Colt originates from East Malling Research Station, and was bred in 1958,but only released in 1977 after extensive testing. The rootstock produced a tree significantly smaller than Mazzard and with increased precociousness, and was importantly free standing. Also emerging at this time was Gisela 5 that originated from Justus Liebig University in Giessen, Germany in the 1960s. The rootstock had the greatest dwarfing effect of any rootstock hitherto and became the standard rootstock for small gardens and many growers. The only issue was Gisela 5 required staking.

Although a girl’s name in Germany, Gisela actually stands for Gliessen Selection for Prunus avium. Both Colt and Gisela are hybrids of species P. avium – the wild cherry – which were bred with the dwarfing Prunus species pseudocerasus and canescens respectively. The breeding programs wished for the compatibility of avium with the


An Indigenous heritage group is applying for an urgent order under federal laws for a halt to work on a proposed tram stabling yard at Randwick, following the discovery of thousands of artefacts at the site.

The discovery of some 22,000 artefacts, many of which are said to come from outside Sydney, has potentially shone a light on Indigenous trade and transit routes through the region.

But the discovery could also lead to delays of the construction of the $2.1-billion light rail line from the city to the eastern suburbs, planned to be open within three years.

On Friday, Transport for NSW said the area contained a "substantial collection of tools and stone off-cuts, suggesting this was the site where such things were manufactured".Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, there has been a general feeling that the world is at an historical turning point, that nothing will ever be the same again.

The realists ponder and the (neo)liberals bemoan the comeback of the strong state, the rise of nationalism, the ascendance of China at the expense of America, as well as the failure of global governance, the retreat of globalisation, and increasing divisions within "united Europe".

Indeed, as the coronavirus wreaks havoc across the world, national and local governments have taken a charge in directing the fight against a pandemic, which is by definition global and would necessitate global action - one would imagine.

People are rallying around their governments as they expand their authorities in every sphere of life, with little or


no legislative oversight or prospect for giving them up once the outbreak is over.

The UN secretary-general has called the pandemic, "a global health crisis unlike any in the 75-year history of the United Nations", but its most powerful body - the Security Council - has been eerily silent on it.

But considering its makeup, its silence may be a blessing in disguise. Expecting the present UNSC to root for a united, healthier more peaceful world is like expecting the Arab League to root for democracy and human rights.

Other institutions of global governance, including the G7, G20 and the EU have also been sidelined, while instrumental international organisations like the IMF and the WHO have their utility and effectiveness questioned by their biggest donor, the United States, even when performingnowhere in order to "come back".

In fact, in the post-Cold War era, the state has grown more resilient despite deepening globalisation and expanding neoliberalism, supplemented by the spread of populist nationalism from Russia to Brazil to Hungary and India.

East Europeans have grown more nationalistic and Western Europeans have become more disillusioned with the EU project, with the Brits going as far as Brexiting from the union. Meanwhile, the Americans have become increasingly isolationist, having voted in the populist nationalist Donald Trump.

In the Global South, the state has survived countless wars and upheavals and has emerged largely intact if not stronger, albeit with a few exceptions, while China and Russia have become enthusiastic defenders of state sovereignty against a Western-led liberal world order.

After the 9/11 attacks in the US,


across the world, the "security state" has emerged ever more present amid the reign of a new global security environment. In parallel, the "market state" has expanded at the expense of the "social state", as neoliberal policies have taken root across the world.

And both trends have fed into rising economic and social inequality, which in turn has fuelled the rise of populist nationalism.

A post-American world

The Trump presidency is both a by-product and an accelerating factor of the hyper-nationalist anti-globalist processes around the world.

In his 2018 UN speech, the "leader of the free world" warned member states against the threat of global governance to their national sovereignties and suggested they emulate his America First approach and embrace his narcissistic, hell-with-the-rest-of the-word nationalism.

The US has since abandoned much of itsinternational responsibilities and commitments, walking away from international treaties and institutions, erecting walls, physical and metaphoric, and closing borders.

For decades only the United States was able to shape and lead a truly global worldwide effort whether on climate change or arms conventions.

No more.

The "America First" policies of the world's foremost superpower and the guardian of the world liberal order compromised global governance and undermined collective action against the corona pandemic.

It took France not the United States to summon a G7 meeting to discuss the pandemic, and it took Riyadh (need I say more), not Washington, to summon a G20 meeting, predictably both leading to nothing.

China's attempts to appear like a responsible global leader continue to fail simply because it continues to act irresponsibly. When it tries to step


in to fill the vacuum left by the US, it does so solely to its own advantage, not the world's.

Beijing's suppression of information about the coronavirus at an early critical stage was a big blunder. And the country continues to put in just a meagre contribution to global organisations. Its funding for the WHO is a case in point - it is less than one-tenth of what the US pays.

As former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt lamented, "This is the first great crisis of the post-American world. The UN Security Council is nowhere to be seen, G20 is in the hands of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, and the White House has trumpeted America First and Everyone Alone for years. Only the virus is globalized."

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The independentÂ democratic-socialist took to the Senate floor to deliver his remarks.

Hodgkinson went to a GOP congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia on Wednesday and opened fire. He shot House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, two police officers and several aides. Fortunately, Capitol Hill police neutralized him before he could wreak more havocÂ (he eventually succumbed to his gunshot wounds).

After the shooter’s identity was revealed to the public, it became apparent very quickly that he despised the Republican Party. Past Facebook and Twitter activity revealed his hate for conservatives. Hodgkinson, a resident of Illinois, was also a huge supporter of Bernie Sanders ”“ so much so, he was volunteer for his presidential campaign.

Given the embarrassing optics of this incident, Sen. Sanders made the honorable move of condemning


Hodgkinson and wished the best for Rep. Steve Scalise ”“ who remains in critical condition.

However, Â it should be noted this reaction is a stark contrast toÂ what Bernie did following the mass shootingÂ involving former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.

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In 2011, deranged killer JaredÂ Loughner went to a constituents meeting near Tucson, Arizona hosted by Giffords and opened fire. He killed numerous people in attendance and critically injured the former congresswoman. Immediately the media narrative was that Loughner was Tea Party conservative who hated Democrats (only later did it become obvious that he was apolitical and suffered from severe mental illness). Amazingly, many even tried to suggest a congressional target map made by Sarah PalinÂ was inspiration for the shooting.

Bernie Sanders was one of those on the leftImage copyright PA Image caption Luciana Berger was re-elected with an increased majority

The new Labour Party chairman Ian Lavery has told the Daily Mirror that he doesn't see the "de-selection" of MPs critical of Jeremy Corbyn "as the way forward".

Chills had gone up some Blairite spines when Mr Lavery himself had suggested at the weekend the Labour "might be too broad a church".

But he sought to calm nerves which had been further put on edge by comments from Mr Corbyn's close ally Chris Williamson, recently re-elected as the MP for Derby North having been narrowly defeated at the 2015 election.

On Thursday, Mr Williamson said: "There are individual MPs in this party who think it's their God-given right to rule.

"No MP should be guaranteed a job for life. Labour


is a big church, but we currently have a large bulk of MPs who represent one relatively small tendency in the congregation... it's unreasonable to think we as MPs can avoid any contest."

'Answerable to us'

His words didn't sound like empty rhetoric to the MP for Liverpool Wavertree, Luciana Berger - seen as being on the moderate wing of the party.

She had resigned as a shadow minister when, a year ago, 80% of Jeremy Corbyn's MPs were expressing no confidence in his leadership.

Image copyright EPA Image caption Jeremy Corbyn has stressed his support for party democracy

A left-wing "slate" of candidates had succeeded in taking almost all of the key offices on her local party's executive.

And one of the winners - Roy Bentham - had shared his thoughts with theMPs who are seen as disloyal.

Image caption Chuka Ummuna faced criticism over amendment to Queen's Speech

Featuring on most lists is Chuka Umunna, who upset those close to Mr Corbyn by pushing an amendment to the Queen's Speech to keep Britain in the EU single market - not official party policy.

This was seen as forcing the party leader in to sacking frontbenchers and was the first tangible sign of disunity following the euphoria of the election result.

And while he wouldn't want to see Mr Umunna unseated, even Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson regarded that amendment as bad politics.

But some left-wing activists don't need new offences to be taken in to account.

Mass purge?

Some see those MPs who distanced themselves from Jeremy Corbyn as saboteurs of Labour's success.

And they are building