European and World Day against the Death Penalty – EU underlines commitment to universal abolition

Today is World and European Day against the Death Penalty. The European Union is opposed to the use of capital punishment in all cases and under any circumstances. Its universal abolition is one of the key objectives of EU human rights policy.

Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the Commission, said: "Capital punishment is a cruel, inhumane and irreversible action that violates the basic human right to life and dignity. In the case of any miscarriage of justice, from which no legal system is immune, it represents a terrible and irreversible loss of human life. The death penalty can neither reverse the crime it seeks to punishnor mitigate a victim's loss. It should be a relic of the past."

The European Union regularly reaffirms its opposition to the death penalty and uses the various diplomatic tools at its disposal – including statements, demarches and Human Rights Dialogues with its partners – to advance the cause of worldwide abolition. The movement towards abolition is one of the top priorities in its recently adopted Strategic Framework and Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy, as well as under the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR).

While global momentum continues to build toward abolition, 20 of the 58 retentionist countries around the world continue to carry out executions at an alarming rate.Where the death penalty still exists, the EU calls for its use to be progressively restricted


and to respect internationally-agreed minimum standards.

The EU's campaign against the death penalty is equally active in multilateral fora such as the United Nations and is contributing to the adoption of the 67th United Nations General Assembly resolution on a moratorium on use of the death penalty. The EU continues to encourage all States to accede to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the most fundamental UN international instrument for the abolition of death penalty.

As well as leading contributions to the efforts of civil society organisations aimed at the abolition of the death penalty, the EU is the first regional body to have adopted rules prohibiting trade in goods used for capital punishment (or torture and ill-treatment), as well as on the                             Plaintiff - Appellant,

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Commercial or “wager” based gaming continues to grow in popularity. A variety of gaming machines have been developed over the years for presenting games offering a chance for the player to win an award of monies or a representation of monetary value. These machines include old mechanical slot machines, newer electro-mechanical slot machines, as well as video gaming machines such as video poker machines.
Federal laws define several types of gaming. One type is known as Class II gaming, and another is Class III gaming. Regardless of whether a game is a Class II or Class III type game, commonality exists in that a player is required to place a wager to be entitled to play the game, and a player has the opportunity to win an award dependinga result, there is a substantial desire to produce, and a substantial demand for, Class II games.
Currently, various implementations of Class II games exist. In one implementation of a bingo-based Class II game, a player must provide multiple inputs in order to initiate the game and participate in the game. In particular, a player must first provide a “play” input in order to indicate a desire to participate in the multi-player game. Each player of the game is assigned a bingo card and one or more balls are drawn. In order for a player's card to be marked or “daubed” in the event selected balls match numbers on the player's card, the player must provide a “daub” input.
Generally, play of the game continues until a player receives a


with all games, it is desireable to make Class II bingo games more exciting. For example, Class II game results are now often represented by secondary, exciting events. The outcome of a bingo game may be represented as a winning or losing spin of simulated slot reels. In this configuration, the player gets to experience the bingo game as a slot-type event, including the excitement of having the reels spin and awaiting the results of the spin in order to learn of the outcome of the game. Unfortunately, the button presses required of the player in order to play the bingo portion of the game detracts from the game play experience, especially when the game outcome is represented as another event.Aristotle, and his heirs, did not think that physics was reducible to mathematics, similarly the Chinese and Indians did not apply maths to solving scientific problems in the way Newton and Clerk Maxwell did.

One answer to why European science adopted mathematics lies in medieval European finance. Medieval Western Europe was unique in having to deal simultaneously with a heterogeneity of currency and prohibitions of usury. Muslims had the usury prohibitions but homogeneous currency, the Chinese were lax on usury and generally had homogeneous currencies..

In Western Europe, any local lord would mint their own coin, as soon as they had the power to do so, Italy had 28 currencies in the High Middle Ages while the single authority that ruled the Kingdom of France used three currencies. Meanwhile, merchants


were prevented from charging for the use of money, usury, but they could ask for compensation for risk, interest. The skill came in treading a fine line between usury and interest under the scrutiny of the Catholic Church.

As a consequence medieval finance was not simple, on the contrary, having to deal with uncertainty and a complex regulatory system, it was highly sophisticated. The “modern” financial techniques, such as asset backed securities, collateralisation - “slicing and dicing” - and credit default swaps, were all developed by Europe’s merchants between Charlemagne’s reign and the discovery of North America.

The solution to the problems that Medieval European merchants faced was mathematics, specifically the mathematics Fibonacci described in his 1202 text, the Liber Abaci. Fibonacci’s mathematics revolutionised European commercial practice. Prior to therevealer of genuine truth, for it knows every hidden secret and bears the key to every subtlety of letters. Whoever, then, has the effrontery to pursue physics while neglecting mathematics should know from the start that he will never make his entry through the portals of wisdom.”

Copernicus, who wrote on money before he wrote on planets, Simon Stevin, the founder of the Dutch Mathematical School that inspired Descartes, Thomas Gresham, Francis Bacon’s influential uncle who established the first Chair in Mathematics in England and laid the foundations for the Royal Society, were all trained in the abbaco tradition.

Newton, who spent as much time as Master of the Mint as he did as an academic, stood on the shoulders of merchants. His derivation of calculus comes from writing a


synthesised Darwinian evolution with Mendelian genetics and in the process revolutionised statistics, the analysis of data. Meanwhile economists, such as the American Frank Knight and John Maynard Keynes, started placing uncertainty at the heart of Economics.

At the outbreak of the war in 1939 the vast majority of soldiers and politicians would not have thought mathematicians had much to offer the military effort, an orthodox attitude amongst the military is still that “war is a human activity that cannot be reduced to mathematical formulae”. However, operational researchers laid the foundations for Britain's survival in the dark days of 1940-1941. Code-breakers transformed seemingly random streams of letters into messages that enabled the allies to keep one step ahead of the Nazis while Allied scientists had ensured that the scarce resourcesof men and arms were effectively allocated to achieving their military objectives. By the end of the war General Eisenhower was calling for more scientists to support the military.

During the war many economists had worked alongside mathematicians solving military problems, such as Paul Samuelson. In the post war decades mainstream economics transformed itself from a discursive discipline into a mathematical science. However the biggest change in the field came in 1972 with the Nixon Shock and the collapse of the Bretton-Woods system of exchange rates. Overnight finance transformed from a broadly deterministic system, fixed exchange rates, static interest rates and constant commodity prices, into a stochastic system. As exchange rates fluctuated, interest rates started changing monthly and the commodity prices became a random processes.

The markets evolved quickly in


response to the changed environment. Financial instruments that had not been a feature of financial economics since 1914 re-appeared, and over the next decades techniques that would have been familiar to Renaissance bankers like the Fuggers, such as securitisation, emerged to cope with the fundamental uncertainty of the markets.

Mathematics enables science without experiments, the Large Hadron Collider was built on the basis of a mathematical theory, and so is essential in the markets that are too dynamic for experimentation. The question is, was the post-Laplacian science, with an implicit rejection of randomness, up to the task of dealing with the fundamentally uncertain markets?

The UK’s Financial Services Authority in their 2009 review of the Financial Crisis of 2007-2009 identified a “mis-placed reliance on sophisticated mathematics” as a root causenot a global event, whatever Gordon Brown says. While British and American banks failed, German, and particularly French, banks did not. At the time there was anger in the Anglo-Saxon banking community, who knew their Continental colleagues were involved in exactly the same practices but did not report the staggering losses. When a prominent mathematician at a major French bank was asked about this, his response was candid and logical: “We thought the pricing models were weak before the crisis, we knew they were wrong during the crisis. Why ruin the bank by reporting numbers we knew were wrong?”. In 2009, The Economist, a tub-thumper for Anglo-Saxon culture, reported with glee on the problems at Societe General caused by the fraud of Jerome Kerviel. They observed that the


in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries, at a time when scholars were introducing mathematics into physics. The concept was part of a vigorous debate between Realists, in the Platonic sense, such as Thomas Aquinas, who believed that by observing nature its rules and mechanisms could be gleaned. Opposed to the Realists were Nominalists, who rejected the idea that there was a hidden Reality of nature, the rules and mechanisms were constructed by the men observing them. Nominalists included Franciscans such as John Duns Scotus and William of Ockham, who rejected a mechanistic universe and believed if God wished to create a Black Swan, He could. The fact that only white swans had been observed did not preclude the fact that a Black Swan could exist. Ofthe future predicted and controlled. A Nominalist is far more humble.

So none of this is new, but in the context of the Enlightenment Exchange, it is worth noting that some people argue that Quetelet, with his social physics based on the average man, put an end to the Enlightenment's focus on the rational man.

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I am a Lecturer in Financial Mathematics at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. Heriot-Watt was the first UK university to offer degrees in Actuarial Science and Financial Mathematics and is a leading UK research centre in the fields.

Between 2006-2011 I was the UK Research Council's Academic Fellow in Financial Mathematics and was involved in informing policy makers of mathematical aspects of the Credit Crisis.


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VANCOUVER and PHOENIX, Sept. 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ - 4Front Ventures Corp. (CSE: FFNT) (OTCQX: FFNTF) ("4Front" or the "Company") today announced the appointment of Kathi Lentzsch, CEO and president of Bartell Drugs, and Betty Aldworth, executive director of Students for Sensible Drug Policy, to its Board of Directors.

"I'm excited to see our new board taking shape with the additions of Kathi Lentzsch and Betty Aldworth, two leaders in their respective domains that bring strong experience and perspective, as well as greater independence, to our governance and team," said Josh Rosen, CEO of 4Front.

Kathi Lentzsch is current CEO and president of Bartell Drugs, one of the oldest and


largest independent pharmacy chains in the country. Ms. Lentzsch has more than three decades of experience in retail operations and management, including time in executive roles at Pottery Barn, Pier 1 Imports, and Cost Plus World Market, a subsidiary of Bed, Bath and Beyond. As Senior Vice President of Merchandising at Pottery Barn during the mid-1990s, she played a key role in the brand's turnaround and repositioning as a well-known premium home brand and a growth vehicle for its parent company, Williams-Sonoma. She also previously served as CEO of Elephant Pharmacy, a new pharmacy concept that offered health-conscious consumers a health- and wellness-minded product selection, including a mix of allopathic, alternative and more holistic remedies, as well as compounding services. It was during her time at Elephant Pharmacythat Ms. Lentzsch became interested in medical cannabis.

"In addition to the clear retail leadership that Kathi's career demonstrates, the combination of her current role as CEO of one of the largest independent pharmacy chains in the country, and an earlier role as CEO and board member of Elephant Pharmacy, an ahead-of-its-time pharmacy in the Bay Area, should give her a particularly insightful lens to help 4Front achieve its ambitions," Rosen said.

Betty Aldworth is executive director of Students for Sensible Drug Policy, the largest single-issue student advocacy organization in the world. Since joining SSDP in 2014, she has led the organization through its most substantial growth period: SSDP's member base and campuses have doubled, global presence has quadrupled, and as a result the policy-change and education efforts members are


ties back to the formation and governance of Cannex as its CEO. Anthony shared my vision for how great the two companies could be combined, and I thank him for his leadership of Cannex from its first days to the completion of our merger. He's helped provide a steady hand to make sure the integration of 4Front and Cannex went smoothly and provided valuable guidance to our new board members about the state of the industry. I look forward to his ongoing support of 4Front," Rosen said.

Following the recent changes, 4Front's Board will consist of Chairman Eric Rey, Board Member and retired CEO of Arcadia Biosciences Inc; Josh Rosen, 4Front's CEO; Leo Gontmakher, 4Front's COO and President of Brightleaf, 4Front's production division; Kathi Lentzsch, President and CEO ofBartell Drugs; Betty Aldworth, Executive Director of Students for Sensible Drug Policy; and David Daily, CEO of Gravitron LLC.

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4Front is a cannabis company designed for long-term success and built upon battle-tested operating capabilities at scale, experienced and committed leadership, a strategic asset base, and a commitment to being a magnet for talent. From plant genetics to the cannabis retail experience, 4Front's team applies expertise across the value chain. 4Front has invested heavily to assemble a comprehensive collection of management skills and hands-on operating expertise to capitalize on the unique growth opportunity being afforded by the increased legalization of cannabis. For more information, visit 4Front's website.

This news release was prepared by management of 4Front Ventures, which takes full responsibility for its contents. The Canadian Securities Exchange


not to love; the point is that when you do love a thing, its gladness is a reason for loving it, and its sadness a reason for loving it more.

My dad had a fundamental loyalty to life and a belief in things outside himself—his parents, his older brother Webster, my mother, his children, his country, and his company—until his company effectively betrayed him and he walked away with his head held high. This loyalty is what allowed him to serve with honor in World War II. Katie has this kind of loyalty—to the memory of her parents, to her siblings, to her friends, to her daughters, and God help me, to myself. It’s one of the things that keeps us married after 25 years.

Dad was, Katie is a       We affirm the rape conviction; we must, however, reverse and dismiss

each of the four convictions for statutory rape.

                     In 1991, the defendant and his wife, Kathy Gale Reeves, and her three

daughters moved from Indiana to Macon County, Tennessee. The victim, E.M.,1

who was one of Ms. Reeves' daughters and was born November 5, 1977, was in the

seventh grade. At the time, the family first lived in a camper and later moved into a

trailer in a wooded area owned by the defendant's mother.


In May of 1991, the defendant and the victim went to his mother's

trailer to use the telephone. While there, the defendant took the victim into the

bedroom, removed her clothing, and had sexual intercourse with her. Afterward, the

defendant warned the victim not to tell her mother because "it was a private thing

between [them]."

                     A second incident occurred in the late summer of 1991 just after the

victim entered the eighth grade. The defendant had sexual intercourse with her in

the camper. A third incident occurred in the spring of 1992, shortly after the victim

had been baptized. The victim had gone for a walk. The defendant followed her

into a neighbor's barn. When                         3
              A fourth incident occurred in the fall of 1992 after the victim began her

ninth grade in school. The victim testified that the defendant stopped his vehicle in

a field en route to a meeting with Ms. Reeves. He then removed the victim's pants

and digitally penetrated the vagina of the victim. Ms. Reeves approached the

vehicle and when the defendant ordered the victim into the back seat of the car, she

asked for an explanation of why they were parked in the middle of the field with the

car lights off. The defendant claimed


they had fallen asleep. The victim hid the

truth because, she explained, she was afraid of the defendant. At trial, the victim

testified that she first informed her mother of the incidents only after Ms. Reeves

separated from the defendant. She stated that she feared the defendant due to his

abusive nature.

              A fifth incident occurred in March of 1993, shortly before Ms. Reeves

separated from the defendant. On that occasion, the defendant directed the victim

to remove her clothes, after which she performed oral sex.

              Ms. Reeves, who divorced the defendant in 1994, testified that the

defendant often objected when all three of her daughters joined her onerrands.

She recalled that the defendant complained that he was "lonesome" without at least

one of her daughters and that the defendant was alone with the victim more often

than with her other two daughters. She specifically recalled the incident when she

discovered the defendant and the victim parked in a field, describing them as "kind

of flushed." Ms. Reeves testified that she suspected that the defendant was

abusing E.M. and when she confronted her, E.M. could not look at her. Ms. Reeves

separated from the defendant in the early part of 1993 and later considered a

reconciliation. It was at that point that the victim informed her of the abuse.


some manner.

While unable to conclusively state that the victim had been sexually abused, she did

testify that the damage to the victim's hymen was significant enough to have

warranted a report to the Department of Human Services.

              The defendant testified that while his family utilized a telephone jack

outside his mother's trailer, she would not allow anyone inside the trailer. He

specifically denied ever having been alone with E.M. there. The defendant also

stated that he and Ms. Reeves separated for a short time in April of 1992,

reconciled, and then started attending a church where E.M. was baptized. The

defendant testified that there were disagreements over financial matters during the

divorce litigation, including a dispute over the family trailer. The defendant stated

thathe returned to Indiana in 1993 and did not learn that he faced any criminal

charges until 1995.

              Michael Reeves, the defendant's son, testified that he shared a

residence with the defendant, Ms. Reeves, and Ms. Reeves' three daughters during

the term of the marriage. He claimed that the living quarters of the family were so

cramped that his father was never alone with the victim. The younger Reeves

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contended that on one occasion the victim claimed


to some students at school that

she had engaged him in fellatio, an allegation he vehemently denied.

              The defendant's mother, Mazell Reeves, testified that after Kathy

Reeves separated from the defendant in March of 1993, she spoke on the phone

with her several times. She claimed that Kathy Reeves, who had a disagreement

with the defendant over financial matters related to the subsequent divorce,

threatened to "get even" with the defendant. Mazell Reeves also stated that she

had barred the defendant's family from entering her trailer because of a

disagreement with Kathy Reeves.

                                            The victim testified that as to count three, she informed the defendant

that she did not want to engage in sexual intercourse but that "he did it anyway."

She also testified that she was afraid of the defendant because he tended to be

physically abusive. In our view, this evidence is sufficient to support the inference

that the rape was accomplished through the use of coercion. The record supports

the conclusion that the victim acquiesced to the sexual encounter because of the

implicit threat of violence.

                The defendant also complains that testimony of his participation in

three of the statutory rapes was inadequately corroborated.2 Rule


mean, he didn't use a weapon or anything. He's got five
              charges he's been convicted of, the most serious being
              the rape case, eight to twelve years. The Court
              sentences eight years on the bottom, the range there is
              where it should be. The range on the next offense
              committed was one year, and bottom. The next one
     Fiona Onasanya, pictured arriving at the Old Bailey this morning. She will be leaving in a prison van this afternoon after she was handed a three-month jail sentence

Disgraced Labour MP Fiona Onasanya has been urged to 'do the decent thing' and resign after she was jailed for three months.

The 35-year-old was found guilty of lying to police to dodge a speeding ticket but has so far refused to step down from her Peterborough seat.

Her constituents could force a by-election if 10 per cent of them sign a petition which is triggered automatically by the prison term.

But the petition cannot begin until Onasanya has appealed against her conviction, which could take months.

Onasanya, who has been expelled by the Labour Party, will continue to draw her £77,000 salary in prison


party had been forced to rush through Onasanya's selection during the snap election campaign in 2017.

He said Onasanya had been chosen as Labour candidate in a 'shortened process when the Prime Minister called a snap General Election in 2017'.

A Conservative Party spokesman said: 'She cannot possibly represent her constituents from prison and should do the decent thing and immediately step down.

'If she doesn't, we will campaign to use a recall petition to ensure that the residents of Peterborough can have their say in a by-election for a new MP.

'Labour are ignoring the democratic vote of Peterborough and are doing all they can to frustrate Brexit for political purposes. The people of Peterborough deserve a Conservative MP who will respect their views.'

Earlier Onasanya became the first sitting female MPto be jailed, after lying to investigators when her car was caught doing 41mph in a 30mph zone in July 2017.

The judge told her: 'It is not one law for those in a position of responsibility and power and another for those that are not.'

Onasanya's Nissan Micra was caught doing 41mph in a 30mph zone, an offence which would usually attract a fine. However, her attempts to evade justice have landed her in prison

Her brother Festus (left) was also jailed after colluding with his sister Fiona Onasnya (right). He was jailed for 10 months

She has refused to apologise since she was convicted at the Old Bailey last year and - in an extraordinary outburst - likened herself to Jesus and Moses.

Jailing her today, Mr Justice Stuart-Smith said he


dodge penalty points with the help of her brother Festus, who admitted perverting the course of justice and was jailed for 10 months.

An appeal will add to the public bill for the case, which has already involved court costs of £500,000.

Onasanya had previously indicated she intends to stay an MP, despite her criminal conviction

What are the rules on jailed MPs? Under the Representation of the People Act, any MP jailed in the UK or Ireland for more than a year is disqualified from membership of the House of Commons. Their seat will automatically be vacated and a by-election will be held to elect a replacement. The rule was brought in after IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands was elected as MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone while imprisoned. However,under laws introduced in 2015, any prison term, even a suspended sentence, leads to a recall petition, which can force a by-election if signed by 10% of constituents. Delays to this process while an appeal is heard could mean that, in Onasanya's case, she continues to be paid to be as an MP while sitting in the prison cell. Advertisement

The guilty verdict against the MP was delivered in a retrial after a previous case ended in a hung jury.

Onasanya notified the Court of Appeal of her plans to appeal against her conviction on New Year's Eve. It is not clear what grounds she will use.

The court was previously told that she was sent a Notice of Intended Prosecution (NIP) to fill out, but it was sent back naming


the guilty driver as Aleks Antipow, an acquaintance of her brother Festus, who was away visiting his parents in Russia.

Festus pleaded guilty to three counts of perverting the course of justice over speeding, including over the July 24 incident.

In the wake of the guilty verdict, Onasanya was expelled from the Labour Party and has launched an appeal against her conviction.

Onasanya had previously indicated she intends to stay in the House of Commons, writing in her column in the Peterborough Telegraph that constituents should 'rest assured' that she would remain their representative fighting injustice in the corridors of power.

The 35-year-old solicitor took the marginal Peterborough seat with a majority of just 607 from Tory Stewart Jackson at the 2017 election just 18 months ago.

The trained solicitor will be unableU.S. President Barack Obama is to send a more senior representative to the funeral of Communist dictator Fidel Castro than he did to the funeral of Margaret Thatcher.

Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes will attend the funeral of the anti-American firebrand along with Jeff DeLaurentis, the country’s top diplomat in Cuba, as an “unofficial delegation”.

By contrast, President Obama was accused of “snubbing” the funeral of Baroness Thatcher in 2013, sending two aging former Secretaries of State to lead a delegation that included no representatives from the incumbent administration.

As British Prime Minister, Lady Thatcher was a close friend and ally of U.S. President Ronald Reagan, with the two working side-by-side to help end the rule of Communism in Eastern Europe.

Fidel Castro was a long-time enemy of America, famously bringing


the country close to nuclear war in the early 1960s after agreeing to host Soviet missiles in Cuba. He ruled the island with an iron fist for decades before finally ceding power ten years ago as his health failed.

Cuba remains a Communist state under his brother Raúl, but President Obama has been trying to build links between the two countries in recent years.

This is not the first time the U.S. President has been accused of snubbing Britain. Early in his presidency the White House was forced to deny that he had removed a bust of Winston Churchill, only for the British Embassy to say the bust had indeed been returned to them.

He also caused a great deal of controversy earlier this year after flying over to British tothe for-profit health care industry that does not put people or veterans first."

In promoting her comments, Trump appeared to echo the views of one of his most ardent critics and one of the highest-profile members of the House Democratic Caucus.

Ocasio-Cortez, who has labeled Trump a racist and decried a number of his policies, said last week that she would sign on to a resolution calling for an investigation into whether Trump should be impeached, citing the findings of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Trump has largely avoided publicly criticizing Ocasio-Cortez, who scored an upset primary victory last year over 10-term incumbent Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.).

But he recently chided her at a fundraiser for her support of the Green New Deal, referring to


5“Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. 6And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.” –Malachi 4:5-6 ESV

Cane Caldo makes the case for bringing the concept of bastard back:

Mothers of bastards are incentivized to make peace with the fathers. Currently, bastard mothers are incentivized to be at war with the father, and to threaten him with no access to his child. She is incentivized to recruit the power of the courts against him because it is her best bet financially; even though it is the worst bet for the bastard’s spiritual, mental, andemotional good. “Blessed are the peacemakers.”

This is the old conservative view, and is contrary to the new conservative view which has great zeal for the new family model based on single mothers collecting child support. Interestingly, while modern conservatives almost universally love the new destructive family model, some on the left are concerned about the way this new model alienates fathers from their children (emphasis mine):

…child support is generally perceived as a pure good: a benefit to children, families, and society, as well as a moral and legal obligation of absent parents. But for the millions of children whose child support has been assigned to the government,5 the reality of child support is anything but pure or good. Poor mothers are forced to name absent fathers, and then


the third flight as they reported to have recovered.

Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh have airlifted their nationals, while 800 to 1,000 Pakistanis are still held in Hubei.

Those who are held up in the province were being taken care of by Chinese authorities with regular supplies for food and other essential materials.

The Indian officials said the operation to earlier airlift two batches of Indians was a logistical nightmare as both Wuhan and Hubai were locked down with a ban on public and private transport.

On Sunday, Misri said in a video message that India will do everything within its means to assist the people of China to combat the deadly coronavirus outbreak and would soon send a consignment of medical supplies.

Also read | China mulls postponing annual parliament session amidCOVID-19 spread

Earlier, India lifted the ban and cleared some of the medical equipment ordered by the Chinese importers to meet the requirements.

China said it needed medical masks, gloves and suits especially for the medical staff attending the virus-infected patients.

Masks also have become scarce in China in view of the nationwide demand in the last three weeks.

On February 9, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote to Chinese President Xi Jinping, offering India’s assistance to China to deal with the coronavirus outbreak.

Hubei and its capital Wuhan have become the epicentre of the virus and most of the fatalities in China have been reported from the province.


and have the water pumped to all the plants

NFT (Nutrient Film Technique) – roots in containers on a tilted surface (often PVC piping). A water pump drips water from a reservoir to the roots of the first plant, and a shallow stream of water flows down the ramp over the roots of all the plants, one at a time. At the end, the water is usually drained back into the main reservoir to be recirculated. It is called “NFT” or “nutrient film technique” because there is a film of nutrient water flowing over the roots at all times.

Flood & Drain (Ebb & Flow) – roots in container which is flooded with water and drained on a timer – get plenty of nutrient water to roots as well asGuideStone trustees hear reports during Year of Influence

August 8, 2016

By Timothy E. Head, GuideStone Financial Resources communications

NEWPORT BEACH, California — Citing gratefulness to the Lord for the privilege to serve those who serve the Lord, GuideStone executive officers and staff provided updates on key lines of business during the summer trustee meeting.

The board met together in regular session July 25–26 in Newport Beach, California, in order to facilitate a trustee visit to the world headquarters of PIMCO, a long-time sub-adviser in GuideStone’s investment work and one of the largest bond investment companies in the world.

GuideStone President O.S. Hawkins addressed trustees about the ministry’s theme for 2016, calling it the Year of Influence, referencing 2 Corinthians 10:13, which says, “But we will not boast beyond limits, but will boast


the right-hand side of the page. Eligibility guidelines and links for more information are available there.

Mark Borchgardt was named Chief Services & Operations Officer, where he will oversee day-to-day service, operations and quality initiatives at GuideStone. He joined GuideStone in the Finance and Accounting area in 1996 and has held a variety of roles including financial reporting, retirement and investment product development, strategic planning and retirement services.

Harold R. Loftin, was named Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel, providing leadership and counsel on GuideStone’s regulatory and legal needs. He joined GuideStone in 2013 as associate legal counsel.

Jones told trustees that GuideStone continues to seek new measures to be effective on behalf of GuideStone’s participants, whether through new products, services or opportunities.

Hawkins echoed that sentiment, noting that GuideStone is inIt's All Politics

Still Alone In New Hampshire, Huntsman Hopes To Pull A Santorum

Huntsman may refuse to be the 'goat' of the GOP race, but he and his wife, Mary Kaye, did meet one named Izak and his owner, Bill Higgins, on Monday night outside the McConnell Community Center in Dover, N.H.

Huntsman (at left in white shirt) listened to an introduction by his wife, Mary Kaye, before speaking in Dover, N.H. Monday night. On the right are his son-in-law, Jeffrey Livingston, and his daughters Abby and Mary Anne.

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On the last day he'll have New Hampshire to himself, GOP presidential candidate Jon Huntsman, who bypassed the Iowa caucuses, plans to travel from Pembroke to Peterborough in search of enough votes to break into the top three in next


week's Granite State primary.

With his presidential opponents scrambling for last-minute support in advance of Tuesday's Iowa caucuses, Huntsman has been methodically wooing New Hampshire voters in nearly 150 events over the past few weeks.

NPR photographer John Poole and I checked out one of those events Monday night at a community center in Dover, in the southeast corner of the state. It's always a good sign for a campaign when the advance team has to find more chairs for a larger-than-anticipated crowd, and that's what happened Monday. More than 100 people showed up to hear what the former Utah governor had to say.

Though Huntsman has been running well behind Mitt Romney and Ron Paul in surveys of New Hampshire voters, he's pressing for a top-three finish that he sayswill keep him in the primary game.

Here's what we heard and saw:

Huntsman told reporters, in so many words, that he wants to pull a 'Santorum' in New Hampshire, referring to former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum's big surge in Iowa over the past week. Santorum visited every county in Iowa, painstakingly building up support and peaking late. "We've done the same type of work here," Huntsman said.

Though Huntsman doesn't believe a New Hampshire win is in his future, he says that the momentum of a second- or third-place finish will keep him in the race. His campaign, he says, has to "come out of New Hampshire with a head of steam," and a sheen of electability.

About his decision a few days ago to match donations with his own money


through Wednesday, the wealthy Huntsman said it is an effort to "stimulate a little more giving over a short period of time." He also wants to get an ad up in the Granite State. His campaign website Tuesday morning reported that the campaign had raised $61,617 of the $100,000 it says it needs to air the ad, "Only One," which hits the theme that many have pegged him as the GOP candidate with the best chance of defeating President Obama.

Huntsman referred to New Hampshire as a "state that doesn't want a coronation," and referred to Romney, who holds a wide lead in the polls, as a "good candidate." But he peppered his remarks, which continue to center on what he has characterized as a "deficit of trust" inthe country, with references to "pandering," and support from Wall Street and elected members of Congress, all Romney digs.

Here's what some in the crowd told us after the event:

"What resonates with me is his honesty. I do think he has a chance if he finishes in the top three." Howard Stiles, 49, of Dover, who is undecided. His mother, a state senator, has endorsed Huntsman.

"I'm leaning more toward him — and his trust thing. We're all so disappointed with everything that's happening." Joanne Rano, of Rollinsford, who is considering Romney but leaning toward Huntsman.

"I tilt toward him because he's one of two guys in the race who believes in evolution! He's the most moderate in the field, though he wouldn't want to say that. " Frank Pinney, retired


‘Very important to remember it was shared victory’ – top Russian diplomat ahead of WW2 anniversary

Attempts to falsify and rewrite the history of World War II are a dangerous path, a top Russian diplomat has warned, stressing that it is important to remember that the victory belongs to all the allies who fought Nazism.

As the world is
celebrating the 70th anniversary of the end of the bloodiest
conflict in human history this year, radical elements in some
countries are trying to bring the ideologies that were fought
against back to life, Russian Foreign Ministry’s representative
for Human Rights and the Rule of Law, Konstantin Dolgov, told RT
in an interview on Wednesday.

“Unfortunately the Neo-Nazis feel more than comfortable in
Ukraine and this fact is extremely dangerous as it destabilizes
the situation in the country,” Dolgov said.

TheAfrica

In March, South Africa's parliament passed a motion initiated by the left-wing party Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) that may finally lead to the seizure of land from white farmers without any financial recompense.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - At least 40 people have died and several others have been injured after an explosion hit a bus in the southwestern Zimbabwean province of Matabeleland South on Friday morning, setting the vehicle on fire, The New Zimbabwe reported, citing a correspondent at the scene.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Seven United Nations peacekeepers were killed during an operation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Wednesday along with an unknown number of Congolese military forces in North Kivu province, where health workers are battling an Ebola epidemic, the UN spokesman told reporters on Thursday.

BRUSSELS (Sputnik)


- The European Union recalled its ambassador from Tanzania for consultations, accusing the authorities of this country of putting pressure on the diplomat, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Thursday.

Russia's undefeated UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov has turned out to have a big heart - he posted a photo with Nigerian children, winning the admiration of netizens accustomed to watching him and other MMA fighters exchange barbs on social media.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) increased up to 291 with 201 people having died of the disease, the country’s Ministry of Public Health said in a statement.

The fighting between EFF member Nazier Paulsen and Agang MP Andries Tlouamma broke out after a commentary about the allegedtheft of money from a bank led to a series of more personal insults being exchanged between the antagonists.

Ten men have been arrested on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar under suspicion of being gay. Their detainment is part of a new crackdown on LGBTQ people at the behest of some of the country’s most influential politicians.

Those who do not meet the racial criteria apparently set by the job-creation organization in adherence with the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment strategy championed by South African government, are directed to seek employment at other platforms instead.

People in New Caledonia voted against the Pacific territory being granted independence from France. Sputnik looks at the few remaining colonies France has abroad and asks why they still want to hold on to them.

The debate over


a full-face veil ban has ongoing in Egypt for some time already, ever since the Egyptian government took strong, decisive action against political Islam in the wake of the ouster of Islamist President Muhammad Morsi back in 2013.

The man is suspected of receiving stolen goods from Anna Britta Troelsgaard Nielsen, a former employee of the Danish National Board of Social Services (Socialstryelsen), who had allegedly transferred 111 mln kroner ($17.2 mln) in public funds to her accounts.

The governor of Tanzania’s largest city has announced the formation of an “ad hoc team” to track down LGBTQ people on social media and called on the public to report suspected homosexuals. He has reportedly already been given a list of thousands of names.

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and her equal-protection allegations,
and has not yet ruled on the City’s plea concerning her discrimination
arguments.  Because the City is immune from suit on the plaintiff’s claims
before us, we reverse and remand the case with directions to dismiss her
gross-negligence and equal-protection claims with prejudice.
I.  Factual and Procedural
Background
            On September
21, 2006, Houston police officer Rodney Johnson was patrolling alone in his
patrol car when he stopped Juan Leonardo Quintero-Perez for speeding.  Johnson
arrested Quintero-Perez, searched him, removed a weapon from him, handcuffed
him, and placed him in the back seat of the patrol car.  While thus positioned,
Quintero-Perez shot and killed Johnson.
            Acting on
behalf of herself and her late husband’s estate, Johnson’s wife Joslyn sued the
City.  She initially stated causes of action only for negligence and gross
negligence, alleging that the City caused her husband’ssold out speaking tours. On top of his book and talks, Peterson also has one of the most successful Patreon accounts online, making upwards of $60,000 a month for his YouTube channel in which he posts his lectures on the Bible, free speech, academic drama, and lobsters.

The National Post reports that Peterson’s lawyer says he expects both lawsuits to become a single action and that, in the lawsuit, Peterson indicated that he hopes the result of suing people for insulting him will be more free speech on campus.

The University, like it did when the first lawsuit was originally filed, states that it will vigorously fight this lawsuit.

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Toddler accidentally drowns in western Pa. bathtub

INDIANA, Pa. -- A western Pennsylvania coroner says a toddler found dead in a bathtub accidentally drowned.
Indiana County Coroner Michael Baker says 13-month-old Ryden Thomas of White Township was found unresponsive Saturday night in a bathtub. He was pronounced dead at Indiana Regional Medical Center.
Baker says preliminary autopsy results showed no evidence of trauma or physical abuse to Ryden. He says the boy was in good health at the time of the accident.
The coroner says the boy's mother told authorities that she left Ryden in the bathtub with his 2- and 3-year-old siblings for a few minutes while she tended to another matter. When she returned, Ryden was reportedly face-down in the water.
State police are investigating.The Ostroy Report

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Sunday, May 31, 2009

It's been utterly fascinating to witness the speed and consistency of the vitriol heaped on Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama's choice to replace David Souter on the United States Supreme Court. Since Obama made his nomination public last week, the right wing attack machine's kicked into high gear, acting like a collective bunch of rapacious vultures circling above Sotomayor like she's some fly-infested roadkill.

Sotomayor's critics are waging a multi-front war, consisting mainly of charges of racism and


judicial activism, despite the fact that nothing in the jurist's record of roughly 400 decisions supports either claim.

At the core of the controversy is a statement Judge Sotomayor made during a 2001 lecture at the UC Berkeley School of Law:

"I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life."

Probably not the best choice of words, as Sotomayor herself has now admitted, but hardly the basis for the unconscionable label of racist being slapped on her by the right. Leading that charge is former House Speaker, liar, philanderer and scandal-plagued book author Newt Gingrich:

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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

The California Supreme Court had an opportunity Tuesday to do the right thing and


overturn the thinly-passed Proposition 8 gay-marriage ban which the state's Homophobes voted into law through a ballot referendum last November. To no one's shock or surprise, they upheld the controversial decision, even as many other states like Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey and New York have moved to legalize such unions. Clearly, not everything progressive originates in The Golden State. This time, California can bask in its regressiveness (Prop 8 was an answer to an earlier Supreme Court ruling last May to allow same-sex marriages). So, "the will of the people" wins, and logic, fairness and tolerance loses.

But Tuesday's court decision wasn't a total bust. They did throw homosexuals a bone (pun intended) by grandfathering in the roughly 18,000 gay marriages that took placeMay 23, 2009

During the eight miserable years of the Bush administration, then-vice president Dick Cheney lied, deceived and stretched the truth as he and the president sought to ram their extreme right-wing war-mongering agenda down our collective throats. And heaven help anyone who got in their way:

"If you're against the president and his policies, you're unpatriotic and rooting against America."

"If you're against the Iraq War, you're against the troops."

And now in the face of President Obama's plan to shut down the controversial prison at Cuba's Guantanamo Bay, Cheney's classic irresponsible and reprehensible partisan rhetoric is running on overdrive. He's an un-lean, mean 24/7 Obama-bashing machine who's giving us "If you're against the Bush/Cheney torture and Gitmo policies you're rooting for the terrorists." This posturing is beyond despicable. And


if it's at all possible, he's an even bigger dick than ever.

What Cheney's trying to do, and perhaps successfully, is set the stage so that in the event a terrorist attack does occur again on U.S. soil, he and the other shameless partisan hacks can place the entire blame on Obama's reversal of several Bush/Cheney "enhanced interrogation techniques" such as waterboarding. As a precursor to that, Cheney's ratcheting up the rhetoric that Obama is a weak commander-in-chief, incapable of keeping America safe. Forget the fact that the worst terror attack occurred on Bush/Cheney's watch. Forget the fact that it was eight years between the first and second World Trade Center attacks, yet the Busheviks boasted of anti-terror success after just 6 or 7 years as if passing thatmark somehow meant the threat was beyond us. Forget the fact that just three months into his presidency Obama deftly ordered Navy snipers to kill Somali pirates who had held an American cargo ship captain hostage. But as in the past, the truth doesn't matter to Cheney, as he marches on to redeem himself from his perch as the most unpopular vice president in history.

Now let's consider the concerns about closing Gitmo. LA mass murderer Charles Manson has been locked away for almost 40 years in a California maximum security prison. Other serial killers like John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahlmer and Ted Bundy, or the Oklahoma terrorist Timothy McVeigh, also rotted in the United States prison system before they were either executed or killed by fellow inmates. The


now show that more Americans have abandoned religion and the hot button social issues that used to be conservatives' bread and butter campaign themes. What's more, the evangelical wing, the party's core base just a few short years ago, has shrunk to negligible, insignificant levels.

It's 2009, and we have a black president, a black chairman of the Republican National Committee, a female House Speaker, and gay marriage laws being passed around the country. How sweet it was to see President Obama acknowledge RNC head Michael Steele at the recent White House Correspondents Dinner with a jovial "Wassup, Michael!? Michael Steele is in the hizzy!" This is definitely not your father's America. Finally.

The nation is reeling from the worst financial crisis in 80 years, and it's mired in twowars which are sapping our financial and emotional resources as we struggle to keep the country safe from terrorists.

And then there's President Obama, who tackled the controversial subject of abortion head-on in yet another brilliantly delivered speech at Notre Dame last weekend--as he did with race back in 2008--and which proved, by the overwhelming support of students and faculty alike, that the staunchly conservative pro-lifers who tried unsuccessfully to undermine his appearance are in even smaller, more insignificant ranks than ever before.

Obama is also doing more to bridge the nation's great political divide than any president in history. My dear friend Bryant, a die-hard Republican, and who for years I've used as a barometer to measure the pulse of the fringe wing of his party, sent me an


Sean Hannity said is "blossoming into a Watergate like cover up and scandal." On his radio program, a near-hyperventilating Hannity repeats the mantra "what did she know and when did she know it" every three minutes, literally.

Really Sean? Watergate? That Pelosi may have lied about being briefed on the illegal torture tactics being used by the opposing party which then-controlled the White House, Congress and the Supreme Court is of the same scale and magnitude as the President of the United States authorizing a burglary of the opposing party's headquarters in an effort to rig a presidential election and then covering-up this illegal act? You see Sean, this is why no one takes Republicans seriously, and why you guys can't get elected anymore.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich hasall the attention onto Pelosi, the real scandal isn't about what she knew, but whether a United States president, vice president and their legal advisors cooked the books so that America could commit illegal acts of torture. What these disingenuous Republicans need to understand, through their shouts of "prosecute Pelosi," is that if she goes down, so do Bush, Cheney and the rest of the torture-mongers who conceived of and perpetrated these "enhanced interrogation techniques." Pelosi's crime, one of stupidity perhaps, pales by comparison.

Sunday, May 10, 2009

The United States is facing the most challenging economic crisis since The Great Depression of the 1930's. And if you ask me, the greatest technological invention ever, the Internet, is in no small part responsible. In fact, I believe the Internet is


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In its essence, goalkeeping is about sacrifice. You give up your body for the greater good, willingly diving into the path of a screaming shot to keep your team in the game and give it a fighting chance to win.

Is it any wonder, then, that FC Dallas backup goalkeeper Chris Seitz agreed in August to give up the rest of his MLS season in order to under a delicate surgery and donate marrow to an anonymous leukemia patient?

For his selfless act of sacrifice, Seitz was voted the 2012 MLS W.O.R.K.S. Humanitarian of the Year.

Seitz originally registered with DKMS, the world’s largest bone-marrow center, to become a bone-marrow donor in 2009. At the time, he was with Real Salt Lake, and, like many in the US soccer scene, hewanted to support RSL midfielder Andy Williams, whose wife, Marcia, was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia.

WATCH: Behind the scenes with Chris Seitz, before and after surgury

In August, Seitz was contacted by DKMS and told he was a possible match for a leukemia patient. Once it was confirmed that he was the best match, he spoke with his fiancée, Kate, who had just found out she was pregnant, his family, including his Uncle John, who was diagnosed with leukemia in January, and his coach, Schellas Hyndman. Finally, he decided to undergo surgery in September to have bone marrow extracted from his pelvic bone.

"I would look back at it and shoot myself in the foot if I didn't do it," Seitz told ESPN.com in October. "I'd always have


Both Fox News and the Wall Street Journal are reporting new information surrounding the FBI investigation into the Clinton Foundation, with sources saying the case will likely lead to an indictment.

New details surfaced Thursday, when Fox News host Bret Baier revealed new information from two separate sources with "intimate knowledge" of the case. Additionally, a new Wall Street Journal report says FBI director James Comey's pursuit of the case is based on recordings of a suspect in a separate corruption case who spoke about the Clinton Foundation's dealings.

The Journal reports that despite views from Department of Justice prosecutors who say the recordings as hearsay, the FBI moved forward believing these recorded conversations gave enough evidence to continue the probe.

RELATED: Hillary Clinton addresses FBI email probe

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the FBI investigation currently stands.

According to Fox News' sources, the white collar crime division of the FBI is looking into accusations of pay-for-play interaction between then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Foundation, which had allegedly occurred for over a year. This operation allegedly favored specific donors to the Foundation's charities -- a claim the Clintons have previously denied.

SEE ALSO: Hillary Clinton's niece endorses Donald Trump

At this point, one source says the FBI is deeming the Clinton Foundation a "very high priority." Interviews have been repeatedly conducted about the case, and the FBI continues to build "a lot" of evidence. Fox reports that the source went even further to say, "there is an avalanche of new information coming every day."

The classified e-mail investigation is reportedly being run91 U.S. 92 - National Bank of Commerce of Boston v. Merchants' National Bank of Memphis

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ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts.

This was a suit brought by the Merchants' National Bank of Memphis against the National Bank of Commerce of Boston for alleged negligence in surrendering three bills of lading attached to three drafts,—two at thirty days, and one on sight,—which were sent by the Metropolitan National Bank of New York to the defendant, who surrendered the bills of lading to the drawees upon their acceptance of the drafts. These were drawn


they discounted the drafts and took the indorsed railroad receipts or bills of lading, became the owners of the cotton, it is still true that they sent the bills with the drafts to their correspondents in New York, the Metropolitan Bank, with no instructions to hold them after acceptance; and the Metropolitan Bank transmitted them to the defendants in Boston, with no other instruction than that the bills were sent 'for collection.' What, then, was the duty of the defendants? Obviously, it was first to obtain the acceptance of the bills of exchange. But Green & Travis were not bound to accept, even though they had ordered the cotton, unless the bills of lading were delivered to them contemporaneously with their acceptance. Their agreement with their vendors, thethat the bills of lading were contracts collateral to the bills of exchange which the bank discounted, and that, when transferred, they became a security for the principal obligation; namely, the contract evidenced by the bills of exchange,—for the whole contract, and not a part of it; and that the whole contract required not only the acceptance, but the payment of the bills. The argument assumes the very thing to be proved; to wit, that the transfer of the bills of lading were made to secure the payment of the drafts. The opposite of this, as we have seen, is to be inferred from the bills of lading and the time drafts drawn against the consignments, unexplained by express stipulations. The bank, when discounting the drafts, was bound


to know that the drawers on their acceptance were entitled to the cotton, and, of course, to the evidences of title to it. If so, they knew that the bills of lading could not be a security for the ultimate payment of the drafts. Payment of the drafts by the drawees was no part of the contract when the discounts were made. The bills of exchange were then incomplete. They needed acceptance. They were discounted in the expectation that they would be accepted, and that thus the bank would obtain additional promisors. The whole purpose of the transfers of the bills of lading to the bank may, therefore, well have been satisfied when the additional names were secured by acceptance, and when the drafts thereby became completed billsopinions we avow. In the case of Lanfear v. Blossom, 1 La. Ann. 148, the very point was decided, after an elaborate argument both by the counsel and by the court. It was held that 'where a bill of exchange drawn on a shipment, and payable a certain number of days after sight, is sold, with the bill of lading appended to it, the holder of the bill of exchange cannot, in the absence of proof of any local usage to the contrary, or of the imminent insolvency of the drawee, require the latter to accept the bill of exchange, except on the delivery of the bill of lading; and when, in consequence of the refusal of the holder to deliver the bill of lading, acceptance is refused,


list that outspoken musician and politician, Kwame A-Plus, has jabbed his own party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), describing their decision to justify governments appointment of 998 Staffers at the Jubilee House as ‘nonsense.’

A-Plus said one of the reasons why they voted Mahama and his incompetent cohorts out of power is the same thing the NPP have started doing, which include having as many as 998 people working at the seat of government and milking the hard-earned money of the tax payer.

Like he always does, A-Plus resorted to Facebook to make his grievances known to the world. He wrote:

“I went live on Facebook countless times to tell the world how tax payers money was being wasted on unwanted presidential staffer”

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NHS Trust: British Healthcare Then & Now

Since it came into being in 1948, the National Health Service (NHS) has acted as a lifeline for millions of UK citizens. It is now responsible for treating around 3m people every week, and dedicates a vast amount of its resource to revolutionising Britain’s health standards.

In the 1930s and 40’s, thousands died from infectious diseases like pneumonia, meningitis, tuberculosis, diphtheria, and polio in Britain every year. But whilst the number of instances of people dying from contracting these diseases has drastically reduced, new challenges are emerging in their place.

There are now 73,000 people living with HIV in the UK since the pandemic began in 1981, and the relatively recent rise in diet-related illness as a result of social change, such as obesity,diabetes and anorexia nervosa, pose new threats to the service.

We take a look at how the NHS has evolved to accommodate the changing face of British health.

Population Growth

Today the UK population reaches 56.1m. Figures from a UK census indicate that back in 1911, there were just 36.1m people alive in the UK, with a life expectancy at birth of 49 years for men, and 53 years for women. These figures have increased dramatically in the present day, as even during the last 50 years the average life span across England and Wales has increased by approximately 10 years for men, and eight years for women.

Infant Mortality – 60% Drop

Infant mortality rate recorded in 2011 stood at just 4.4 in 1,000, and has fallen by 60% in the past


Jared Kushner found a White House economic advisor by browsing Amazon, Vanity Fair reported Saturday.

Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, was asked by Trump to do research on China, and turned to Amazon, the report said.

There, he found a book co-written by Peter Navarro and was struck by its title, "Death by China."

Kushner then cold-called Navarro and invited him to be an adviser to the Trump campaign, according to the report. Navarro now directs the White House National Trade Council and serves as the Assistant to the President.

When the Trump campaign brought on Navarro, he was the only economic adviser on the team and likely reinforced Trump's convictions about China's trade policies.

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Samson clothing has for over 100 years allowed those who choose to wear the clothing, express themselves through the choice to wear Samson clothing.

Brentwood TRS trouser with its sleek design and quality material, Brentwood has never failed to deliver on the quality promise.

Brentwood slim fit trousers have over the years been uncompromising when it comes to the design as well as the material used. Crafted from high quality venetian wool in two separate styles, there isn’t a pair of trousers which compares.

The trousers come in a classic and slim fitof every day, the dude who works just as hard as he plays. Dan Roberts just so happens to be one of these men.

Dan Roberts is a SAMA-winning music producer. Having previously been nominated for 4 SAMA’s across several categories, he came up trumps in the 18th South African Music Awards where he won the award for Best Producer for his work on Laurie Levine’s album Six Winters.

We’ve all heard the saying that no one loves anything as much as Kanye West loves Kanye West. This being said, it appears that Kayne loves Dickies just as much as he loves Kanye. In episode 12, Season 12 of Keeping Up With The Kardashians, the fashion forward musician is seen wearing a white Dickies Short-Sleeve Work Shirt that finishes of


(ZMUC), Roland Melzer and Jörg Spelda (both latter from the ZSM) kindly rendered us for study certain material under their care. Nesrine Akkari (NHMW) most helpfully provided all necessary information concerning the type series of one of the revised species. The second author is greatly obliged to the Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium for the invitation to join this project. Special thanks go to Rowland M. Shelley (Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.) for the provision of the unpublished relevant part of the late Richard L. Hoffman's archives housed at the Virginia Museum of Natural History, Martinsville, Virginia, U.S.A., to Jonathan Brecko (MRAC) for taking the colour pictures and to Christophe Allard (MRAC) for technical assistance. We thank cordially also the administration of the Virginia Museum of Natural HistoryMay 25, 2012

In 2010 the products of Ilmari Tapiovaara became part of the Artek product range. The manufacturing facility where llmari Tapiovaara pieces were being produced had been failing. Artek saw this as an opportunity, in purchasing the facility, to keep the furniture pieces in production and promote them to a wider audience than before. The Ilmari Tapiovaara pieces added to their existing collection mainly designed by their founders Alvar and Aino Aalto, Maire Gullichsen and Nils-Gustav Hahl.

Ilmari Tapiovaara was one of the greatest interior architects and designers of his era. With the mind of an explorer and a soul of a craftsman, Tapiovaara was always seeking for new solutions to improve everyday objects. During his long career Tapiovaara created dozens of iconic objects loved by the public.

Domus


Lounge chair - Ilmari Tapiovaara (1946)

Domus chair - Ilmari Tapiovaara (1946)

Tapiovaara is especially revered as a master of characteristic and human objects and surroundings who captured the essence of Finnish identity. Today the contemporary Tapiovaara Family Collection maintains the timeless heritage of a master of Finnish design. Ilmari Tapiovaara graduated in 1937 as interior architect from the department of furniture design of the Central School of Applied Arts in Helsinki. After graduation he obtained the position of assistant for six months at Le Corbusier’s office in Paris. In 1938 Tapiovaara began work as artistic director and designer at Asko Oy, the largest furniture manufacturer in Finland, and in 1941 he was hired as artistic and commercial director for the furniture company Keravan Puuteollisuus Oy. In 1946–47 Tapiovaara designed,together with his wife, Annikki Tapiovaara, furniture for Domus Academica, the new student housing facility in Helsinki. It was in that project the famous Domus Stacking Chair was designed.

Mademoiselle Lounge Chair - Ilmari Tapiovaara (1956)

Tee-Tee Table - Ilmari Tapiovaara (1940)

Ilmari Tapiovaara was a great admirer of Alvar Aalto’s work, and he wanted to create products based on the same ideological premises. Tapiovaara embraced the principle of social equality of functionalism, and felt that architecture was the starting point of his design work. In addition to dozens of chairs and other furniture, mostly intended for public spaces, Tapiovaara also designed interiors for many banks, offices, hotels and showrooms starting in the 1940s.

Pirkka collection - Ilmari Tapiovaara (1955)

Ilmari Tapiovaara also worked abroad in various capacities. In 1952–53 he was employed


as professor at the school of design of the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, and he also worked for a while in the office of Mies van der Rohe. In the late 1950s, he travelled to Paraguay, where he designed furniture on behalf of the UN development program, and in the mid-1970s he worked in Mauritius in a similar project. He also worked in an expert capacity in Yugoslavia, participating in the development of a centre for furniture and joinery industry. He also designed furniture for clients in Italy and Sweden, among others.

Trienna Table - Ilmari Tapiovaara (1954)

Ilmari Tapiovaara furniture collection for Artek

Ilmari Tapiovaara was awarded a total of six gold medals at the Milan Triennials in 1951, 1954, 1957, 1960 and 1964. He was awarded theGood Design Award in Chicago in 1951, the Pro Finlandia medal in 1959, the Finnish State Design Prize in 1971 and the Furniture Prize of the SIO Interior Architects’ Association of Finland in 1990.

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Among the most looked-for furnishing brands on the market, Porro stands out for its essential and immediately identified language, with simple signs, geometries, shapes, without forgetting in case of highly complex production processing too, its unique company philosophy: simplicity.

All Porro products are the result of a subtraction, form a progressive simplification process. Systems which are complex too, are the result of a very simple aesthetic vision, based on consistency, simplification, simplicity, without forgetting quality, the best possible quality at all.

In the recent years, Porro has collaborated with International designers such as Jean Marie


Massaud, Christophe Pillet and the Swedish group, Front.

This year at the Salone del Mobile Porro introduced a few new pieces but also reinvented some of their already established pieces from their furniture collection.

The new Chameleon unit, designed by Front, is a magic volume, opening on itself as a Chinese box game, changing appearance and revealing new finishes. To be used as a bedroom unit or to furnish the living room, it consists of a pear-wood crate, a soft wood in a delicate rose color, customized with drawers and shelves and covered with precious leathers, used as a hinge, allow to turn it and changed into a luggage or a bag, to change its color and look - from white to black - according to your mood.

Piero Lissoni designedwith greater elegance and ease.

Alvar Aalto, one of the founders of Artek, was born in Kuortane, Finland. Alvar Aalto is recognized today as one of the great masters of modern architecture. During his long and prolific career, Aalto’s work embraced almost all key public institutions - town halls, theatres, churches, libraries and universities - as well as standardized housing and private homes.

Lounge chair 43 designed by Alvar Aalto (1937)

Chair 66 designed by Alvar Aalto (1935)

Aalto’s architecture is distinctively Finnish. It is marked by a warm humanity and strong individuality. His buildings derive their special aesthetic character from their dynamic relationship with their natural surroundings, their human scale, superbly executed details, unique treatment of materials and ingenious use of lighting. Like all great art, however, Aalto’s architecture transcends national


boundaries. His work is not the exclusive property of Finland: it forms a part of a common cultural heritage of European and worldwide significance.

Pendant lamp A110 desinged by Alvar Aalto (1952)

Tea Trolly 900 designed by Alvar Aalto (1937)

Alvar Aalto began designing furnishings as a natural and important extension of his architectural thinking. His first modern piece of furniture was created in 1931-32 for the Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Paimio, which proved to be his international breakthrough. Artek was set up in 1935 to market and sell Alvar and Aino Aalto's furniture, lamps and textiles, particularly on international markets where Artek focused its operations from the initial stages.

Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Paimio.

Armchair 41 "Paimio" designed by Alvar Aalto (1932) for the Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Paimio.

Sofa 544 designed by Alvar Aalto (1932)

Throughinterpreter of the Living Divani style, Piero Lissoni extends the family of upholstered pieces from the brand with the new Rod sofa, with its distinctive slender back and light, airy shell, lined with inviting cushions. Raised up on 12 mm wide chrome-plated steel feet, screwed into the frame, Rod comes in set dimensions, as an armchair, bench and two- or three-cushion sofa, available in two different depths. Its distinction lies in the possibility of choosing different coverings for the shell and cushions – enhanced with quilted details and bold buttons - mixing finishes with striking two-tone and two-material effects and captivating leather/fabric combos.

For the bedroom, Piero Lissoni brings us the new Chemise Bed and Chemise Sofa-Bed, which both echo the soft, enveloping lines and reassuringly classic design of


the sofa from which they derive, created in 2010. In these products, minimal shapes are accompanied by maximum visual comfort, for those who do not wish to be parted from the harmonious softness of Living Divani even at night, and in their dreams.

The Milanese designer Francesco Rota, who skilfully balances neo-bourgeois touches with a more informal sense of relaxation, is the creator of the charming Hinge family of stools, with a slender metal structure that exudes measured elegance. Four light legs, joined together horizontally to provide comfortable footrests, topped by a slightly curved rectangular upholstered seat, in a range of colors, represent the ideal extension and complement for the Hinge family of tables, presented in 2010.

Living Divani renews its collaboration with Nathan Yong, the Asian designer whose workfavorite configuration.

The Rabbit and Tortoise collection alludes to the world of childhood and cartoons, to the stylized shapes of animals drawn by children. This family of occasional tables of various heights is designed by the young duo Timo Wong and Priscilla Lui, alias Studio Juju, also from Singapore. Seven tables, each a different shape and size, to be arranged so as to create flow within their space, making for constantly new ways of interacting, an experimental experience to be shared with the people who sit around the curves and use them in their everyday life. While the Rabbit model is shaped like a little bunny face, with two long ears pointing upwards, the cute Tortoise model depicts a head and shell, and the three Round tables A, B,


C and two Long tables A and B, with different heights and dimensions, complete the range, offering a vast array of possible configurations.

2012 sees the continuation of the collaboration with emerging designer Victor Vasilev, born in Bulgaria, raised in Israel, trained in Denmark, and now working in Milan, who renews the success of Bukva bookcase with his new Coffee Table B2, which encloses magazines and other objects in an interplay of moving layers, with panels of different heights and sizes set over a square base. Available in a single 84 x 84 cm version that can stand alone or in multiples to create a larger composition, B2 seems like a miniature architectural structure, offering different perspectives according to the viewpoint.

From the imagination and creativity of Giopato&Coombes, the youngdesigner duo - she Italian, he British - comes the armchair Kiru, with its name derived from the root of the Japanese word kimono, which means ‘to dress’. Refined, with impeccable bearing and grace, it has soft, broad shapes and distinctive sartorial details in the fabric that folds over on the sides and back, like an haute couture dress. A bold, decorative look, that arose from a rethink of the construction technique: the internal structure consists of a tubular steel insert with polyurethane foam padding, meticulously wrapped in a simply pleated fabric, without any visible stitching.

Among the new finds for 2012 is the young Italian designer Mario Ferrarini, born in 1978, who shapes the unbroken line of his stool/table Kalè using Crystalplant, a cutting-edge technological composite material. An


fit in seamlessly, proposing settings where home meets contract, as the firm reaches out to both sectors simultaneously.

DZINE

Elegance. Simplicity. Functionality. DZINE represents a philosophy of design that is truly contemporary – one that encompasses not what is merely new, but what is essential and timeless.

A furniture showroom dedicated to the best of European design, DZINE occupies an airy 15,000 sq. ft. in the San Francisco design district. Whitewashed walls and bare concrete floors create a neutral backdrop. The effect is minimal, yet inviting. It is a space that places emphasis on the line, proportion and detail of the furniture itself, reflecting the respect for the integrity of each design and its creator.Heading into the second Democratic presidential debate, Hillary Clinton seems to be winning her party back.

Polls taken in the last two weeks show Clinton widening her lead over Bernie Sanders, as she’s used sterling performances in the first Democratic debate and a marathon session before Congress to blunt the momentum Sanders had seized over the summer. When the two meet Saturday night in Iowa, the pressure this time will be on Sanders: Can he sharpen his contrast with Clinton without veering into the kind of negative attacks that he repeatedly promised to avoid?

Clinton has benefitted from a number of developments in the last month—and not all of them her own doing. Vice President Joe Biden’s decision not to seek the nomination deprived establishment-minded Democrats of another alternative to


the former secretary of state. And the dubious choice of House Republicans on the Benghazi committee to have her testify for 11 hours—while harping on emails from Sidney Blumenthal—played to her advantage by allowing her campaign to portray her appearance as one of resilience and grace under fire rather than the long overdue reckoning for a dithering diplomat.

Still, Clinton deserves some of the credit. Her campaign was understandably mocked when it informed The New York Times that Clinton would suddenly become more spontaneous, warm, and funny. But the plan seems to have been executed well. Her appearances on late-night talk shows have been filled with smiles and not-too-cringe-worthy jokes, and despite getting lower ratings, Clinton’s cameo on Saturday Night Live won stronger reviews than did Donald Trump's recentFormer UCLA coach Ben Howland is Mississippi State's new coach

Former UCLA Coach Ben Howland has taken the head coaching job at Mississippi State.

Former UCLA Coach Ben Howland has taken the head coaching job at Mississippi State. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

Associated Press

Mississippi State, which fired coach Rick Ray on Saturday, hires Ben Howland, who was fired by UCLA in 2013

Mississippi State has hired former UCLA coach Ben Howland to lead its basketball program. The university announced the hiring Monday night, and Howland will be introduced in a news conference on campus Tuesday.

Howland, 57, coached at UCLA for 10 years, leading the Bruins to three straight Final Fours from 2006 to 2008. But the team never made it past the second round of the NCAA tournament during the


next five seasons and he was fired in 2013 despite winning the Pac-12.

Howland takes over for Rick Ray, who was fired Saturday after three losing seasons. Ray had a 37-60 overall record, including a 15-44 mark against Southeastern Conference competition.

Virginia's Bennett honored

Virginia Coach Tony Bennett was named coach of the year by the U.S. Basketball Writers Assn.

Bennett guided Virginia to a 30-4 record, including a 28-2 mark in the regular season. The award is based on the regular season. The top-seeded Cavaliers lost to Michigan State on Sunday in the third round of the NCAA tournament.

UCLA's lead over Alabama Birmingham in an NCAA tournament round-of-32 game still wasn't safe when Bryce Alford passed up a layup, lobbed an alley-oop pass to Norman Powell and watched as the ballwent out of bounds.

Coach Steve Alford's voice was loud enough to hear across the arena.

"Shoot the...

UCLA's lead over Alabama Birmingham in an NCAA tournament round-of-32 game still wasn't safe when Bryce Alford passed up a layup, lobbed an alley-oop pass to Norman Powell and watched as the ball went out of bounds.

Coach Steve Alford's voice was loud enough to hear across the arena.

"Shoot the...

(Zach Helfand)

Bennett also won the award at Washington State in 2007 and is the ninth coach to win it twice. He and Roy Williams — who won with Kansas in 1990 and North Carolina in 2006 — are the only coaches to win the award at two schools.

TV ratings soar

The opening weekend of the NCAA tournament drew the highest ratings in 22 years for CBS


are now owned by DHX Media (now WildBrain).

 Pob's Programme — first broadcast in 1985, 5 series, 82 episodes. The company's first official production featuring Pob, who has large ears and a woolly jumper. The show aired on Channel 4 in the UK.
 Playbox — first broadcast 1987, 6 series and 24 episodes. The show is about a dog and a cat who live in a box. Co-produced by Central Television and aired on Children's ITV.
 Storytime - An educational literacy children’s programme. — Aired on BBC Two (Ragdoll only produced the 5th and 6th Series of this show alongside BBC Bristol).
 Rosie and Jim — first broadcast in 1990, 8 series, 175 episodes. Children's comedy featuring two mischievous ragdolls who magically come to life when the narrowboatRamanujan Auditorium

Private Funding for Basic Sciences in India

G Baskaran

IMSc, Chennai

Sharing wealth for the betterment of society is an important contributor to progress. Tata, Birla, Mehta, Mahendralal Sarkar, Annamalai, Azhagappa, AC Muthiah, Krish Gopalakrishnan, Narayanamurthy, Azim Premji, Shiv Nadar and several others, via support to science, have been torch bearers in India. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is slowly impacting science as well. An enlightened self-interest motivates sharing, leading to a win-win situation. I will talk about an example I know personally, centered around Perimeter Institute of Theoretical Physics at Waterloo, Canada. I will also talk about a remarkable organization, Science Philanthropy Alliance, in North America, run by fellow scientists.


Multiple Car Bombs Wreak Havoc In Baghdad, Killing Dozens

Iraqis look at the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, where at least 10 car bombs were detonated during the city's rush hour Monday.

Khalid Mohammed
/ AP

Originally published on September 30, 2013 12:30 pm

A spate of car bombs exploded during Baghdad's morning rush hour Monday, killing at least 47 people and wounding dozens more. Most of the bombs struck areas with large Shiite populations; various news agencies are reporting that from nine to 14 separate bombs were detonated.

Many of the car bombs resulted in far more injuries than deaths. But at least one explosion was especially deadly. According to the BBC and Reuters, an attack in Baghdad's Sadr City district killed at least seven people.Three cybersecurity officials are reportedly leaving their posts at the FBI amid concerns about cyber attacks from abroad and relentless disagreements with President Trump.

The three officials join others who have left government service in recent months as cyber intrusions become a major point of concern in advance of the midterm elections, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The paper named the officials as: Scott Smith, assistant FBI director who runs the Bureau’s cyber division; David Resch, executive assistant director of the FBI’s criminal, cyber, response and services branch; and Carl Ghattas, executive assistant director of the FBI’s national security branch.

Smith’s deputy, Howard Marshall, also left in recent weeks. Jeffrey Tricoli, who oversaw a task force addressing Russian attempts to meddle in US elections, left last month, the paper said.

The


Benjamin Netanyahu is facing a tough political challenge as opinion polls show flagging fortunes for his ruling Likud party.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to India on a day-long visit on September 9 to meet his counterpart Narendra Modi, just eight days before an unprecedented repeat polls in the Jewish State.

Mr. Netanyahu, who created history on July 20 by becoming the longest serving Israeli Prime Minister, surpassing Israel’s first Premier David Ben-Gurion, is facing a tough political challenge as opinion polls show flagging fortunes for his ruling Likud party.

“The (Israeli) Prime Minister will be in India only for a few hours on September 9, during which he will be meeting Modi. No other significant meeting is yet on the cards but something may be worked out duringto their counterparts in New Delhi and requested for an invitation.

Mr. Netanyahu will land, meet, have his picture taken, market the visit as “very important” for Israel’s security and economic interests, complain that the leftist media ignored the trip and upload something to Facebook, the journalist wrote.

Sources said that the Indian Prime Minister’s Office had suggested August 25 for the visit, but the Israeli side pushed for an early September visit which has finally been confirmed for September 9, exactly sixteen years after then Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon created history by becoming the first Israeli Premier to visit India.

The first request for an invitation for Mr. Netanyahu to visit New Delhi was made in January during the visit of Israeli National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Sabbath to India.


The two leaders were scheduled to meet on February 11 before the elections in Israel, but Mr. Netanyahu called off his trip to New Delhi due to other engagements.

The efforts regarding the visit were renewed after the Israeli parliament was dissolved and fresh elections announced.

Mr. Netanyahu visited India in January 2018 while Mr. Modi travelled to Tel Aviv in 2017, becoming the first Indian Prime Minister to tour the Jewish state, where Mr. Netanyahu received him at the airport.

A picture of two of them strolling barefoot at the Olga beach in northern Israel during Modi’s visit to the country in 2017 created waves with talks of ‘bromance’ in Israel.Once a company that could do no wrong, HP has made a series of missteps since 1999 that has left many scratching their heads about the company’s leadership and direction.

The latest news that it is laying off 27,000 employees gives further evidence that this once great innovative company is turning into a shipwreck being led by yet another less than ideal captain.

From the beginning to Carly Fiorina the “rock star”

Started in a garage by Messrs. Hewlett and Packard, Hewlett-Packard had a long track-record of success. Then came Carly Fiorina in 1999 – the CEO that did a better job of promoting herself than improving Hewlett-Packard. Carly was positioned as a star from Lucent Technologies, but those that know the story behind Lucent’s subsequent collapse, paint a different picture.


The youth branch of the Conservative People's Party of Estonia (EKRE) suggested on Wednesday that the Estonian Defence Forces (EDF) as well as other security authorities should exercise "more caution" when giving non-ethnic Estonian officers access to government secrets, because "blood is thicker than water."

Sinine Äratus (Blue Awakening) told the Baltic News Service on Wednesday that EDF Maj. Deniss Metsavas, who is suspected of having given away state secrets to Russian military intelligence service GRU, has done "severe damage" to Estonia's national security.

"This could have been prevented if the Estonian Defence Forces and other security authorities had taken into consideration Metsavas' non-Estonian origin," Blue Awakening said.

"Metsavas seemed to be the poster boy for integration as it has been so far," Ruuben Kaalep, chairman of EKRE's youth branch, said.A surge in U.S. oil production has pushed the country's output to the highest level since 1992, threatening the dominance of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.

The United States pumped 7.06 million barrels a day in the week ended Feb. 8, up 1 percent from the previous week and extending last year's 19 percent gain, the Energy Information Administration said this week. OPEC production fell to the lowest level in a year in January, the Paris-based International Energy Agency said in its monthly report, which also came out this week.

Improvements in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, have spurred drilling in states such as Texas, North Dakota and Oklahoma. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia, OPEC's largest producer, reduced output in December because customers asked for less, Ibrahim al-Muhanna, an