Union address, for example -- a person familiar with Melania Trump's work in the White House said protocol is paramount, as is preserving tradition. That thoughtfulness is being reciprocated by the Macrons, as CNN has learned the Trumps will be gifted a four-and-a-half-foot tall European sessile oak sapling from Belleau Wood, in Aisne, France, site of a landmark World War I battle in June 1918, where nearly 10,000 US Marines and Army soldiers were killed or wounded. The Macrons and the Trumps will plant the oak on the White House South Lawn on Monday afternoon.

First Lady takes charge

So confident was Trump about her ability to handle something like a state dinner, with its myriad details, that the first lady would not hire an event planner to help, assaid Grisham, who confirmed the dinner will take place in the State Dining Room, which can hold about 100-150 seated guests.

"[The first lady] has a background in design, which played a major role in the décor throughout the State floor," Grisham adds of Trump's hands-on approach. "She has been very focused on the experience of the guests, and wants to ensure they are able to truly enjoy and remember the occasion. When you are invited to a dinner at the White House, it is very special to be able to sit in the State Dining Room. After all, this is the People's house, which is rich with history and tradition."

Current White House social secretary Rickie Niceta told CNN that Trump was aware the selection of the State Dining


Room would limit the number of invitations, which could fuel criticism, but Trump "held firm" to the idea."

Niceta added that part of her job on behalf of the first lady is to make sure guests "feel special and welcome from the moment they arrived to how they will be bid 'goodnight."

One person who didn't give input on the night is the President.

"The President has been busy with his schedule. The first lady took all preparations for the state dinner under her own wing," said Grisham.

Mrs. Trump has also been doing some homework, educating herself about the protocol and history of these sorts of White House events. This is to ensure her selections for the Macrons' visit have meaning behind them, down to the china, flowers, color scheme andmenu, which, while American, will highlight the influence France has had on American cuisine.

"Mrs. Trump selected every item and every detail for the dinner, from the entrée to the chair cushions," said Niceta.

It's an indicator that the first lady, who moved to Washington full time only last June, seems to have gotten the hang of running an operation as massive as the White House.

"She has a solid grasp on all of her roles, which include mother, wife and first lady of the United States, both public-facing with events and engagements and behind-the-scenes with the renovations and preservation efforts at the White House," Grisham said.

Melania's team is "small, but mighty"

Trump has amassed a staff that has yet to experience the massive turnover happening in the West Wing. Stories of


palace intrigue and heads on the chopping block don't emanate from the East Wing.

"We are a close-knit team," said Grisham.

They have lost at least three members -- two operations and advance directors, and Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, a former Manhattan-based senior adviser to Trump. The first lady unceremoniously cut ties with Wolkoff in February after it was revealed Wolkoff's events firm received more than $26 million for the work it did for the inauguration, a job unrelated to her duties for the first lady.

"We are currently at a staff of 10," said Grisham. "The team is small, but mighty."

"We are close-knit, we laugh lot," Niceta adds. "We are family."

As a boss, Trump is regarded as a straight shooter and is well liked by executive residence staff, a source withknowledge of the matter told CNN. Trump hasn't had the same level of public drama as her husband, whose West Wing hiring and firing foibles are frequently dissected by the media.

Managing the storm

Of course, considering the barrage of salacious headlines surrounding the President and his alleged affairs, it is somewhat understandable the first lady isn't particularly eager to make herself more accessible to the public -- something her predecessor, Michelle Obama, did with expertise.

It is a delicate push and pull, the role of first lady.

While undefined and unsalaried, it is still expected that the American people feel a connection to the partner of their leader, and a very private woman like Trump, unskilled and unfamiliar in the shoes of political spousehood, is still learning those ropes.

"She does value


her privacy and that of her family, which is to be expected" said Grisham, who adds she doesn't let it interfere with her work.

There has even been a rampant rumor circulating for months in the power circles of Washington that Trump might be spending time in a home rented by her parents in a ritzy suburb in order to avoid life inside the White House bubble.

Grisham adamantly denies the gossip, and the house. "No such place exists," she said.

As for the stories that spew like water from a fire hose about chaos in the West Wing, alleged affairs, payoffs and investigations, Trump has chosen not to comment. And just as we've learned that she opted out of a South Lawn walk or Marine One ride with her husbandin order to take her own separate motorcade -- and what that might mean -- the first couple was spotted on a date night on the patio of Mar-a-Lago, or at Trump's eponymous Washington hotel.

The dynamics of her marriage remain a mystery, but Grisham said Trump's own independent streak has provided strength in the face of so much judgment.

"She is accustomed to being in the headlines and recognizes the scrutiny that comes with it," she said.


Pixel People publisher Chillingo has announced that the hit city builder's massive update 1.3 should hit the App Store some time in the next week. IGN has the full scoop on what city planners can look forward to in the free update.

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The centerpiece is undoubtedly the 55(!) new jobs to splice. Hopefully during the lull between updates you've been stockpiling empty housing. This ups the total number of jobs nearly one third, to 210. The new workers will unlock 13 new buildings to discover, contruct and staff as well.As promised, the update also revamps and improves the game's animal system as well. Players can pay up at the Animal Shelter to get an instant animal adoption any time they want. Duplicate animals now show up on an Animal'sLottery games have become a time honored method of raising revenue for state and federal governments the world over. Traditional scratch-off and draw games have evolved over decades, supplying increasing revenue year after year. However, after decades of growth, the sales curves associated with traditional games seem to be flattening out. Consequently, both lotteries and their service providers are presently searching for new methods of increasing sales and expanding the gaming experience for players.
In one attempt to increase sales, United States lotteries have adopted second chance games where the consumer can enter losing lottery ticket codes on lottery Internet sites to play instant second chance games (also referred to as “bonus games”) or to enter second chance drawings. However, for the most part, second chance games usually involve


prizes of a minor nature compared to the main lottery games and, although having some impact, are generally not recognized as a significant promoter of sales of the primary game.
In an attempt to increase participation in the primary games, certain state jurisdictions in the United States have implemented “players' clubs” wherein participants register loosing primary tickets from multiple primary games into an online player account. The losing tickets are treated as entries into periodic drawings for secondary prizes. For example, Georgia sponsors a “PLAYERS CLUB” program wherein registered participants enter non-winning Georgia Lottery instant tickets via an online account into a second chance drawing program. Monthly drawings are conducted for an array of different awards, such as a monthly grand cash prize, featured prizes, and “points” awards thatvalue of the contestant's award, or may have an increased value based on a multiplication of the winning contestant's award. The lottery game component may have a theme based on the game show, and the raffle drawing can be conducted in conjunction with the game show, and may be televised during or immediately after the game show.
The lottery industry is thus continuously seeking new and creative game scenarios, particularly in regards to second chance games, that provide increased entertainment value to players, entice new players, and expand play of lottery games into a multi-faceted gaming experience beyond the mere purchase of a lottery ticket


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The prime minister's office on June 30 said the federal cabinet decided "to grant an interim extension of three months to the registered refugees present in the country."

It added that the issue would be next dealt with by the incoming government following elections scheduled for July 25.

The government in Islamabad last year declared that all Afghan refugees must return to their home country, but there have been at least three extensions of the deadline, which was again due to expire on June 30.

For many members of Afghan refugee families, Pakistan has been their only home.

Afghans began seeking asylum in Pakistan during the Soviet Union’s 1979-89 war in


Afghanistan. They remained in the country as the Taliban took over Afghanistan and following the extremists' ouster by a U.S.-led coalition in 2001.

Conditions remain unstable in many parts of the country as the government in Kabul continues to struggle against the resurgent Taliban's efforts to regain power.

Earlier on June 30, Afghan forces were ordered to resume operations against Taliban fighters after President Ashraf Ghani announced an official end to the government's unilateral 18-day cease-fire.

While declaring an end to the truce, the president also called on the Taliban to resume peace negotiations.

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in the past has expressed concerns about the compulsory repatriation of Afghan refugees, as has the Kabul government, which has said it is not prepared to care for the largeThis study was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 61603236, 81671239, 81361120393, 81401135, 81771483, and 81361120393), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Nos. 2016YFC1306305 and 2016YFC1306500) from Ministry of Science and Technology of China, Shanghai Technology and Science Key Project in Healthcare (No. 17441902100), Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (17JC1401600), and the Open Project Funding of Human Phenome Institute (No. HUPIKF2018203), Fudan University.

The international cooperation was supported by the Sino--German Institute for Brain Molecular Imaging and Clinical Translation. Data collection and sharing for this project was funded by the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) (National Institutes of Health Grant U01AG024904) and the Department of Defense DODADNI (Award No. W81XWH--12--2--0012). ADNI was funded by the National Institute of


Ukrainian border guards detained lost militant at Berezove control post

Ukrainian border guards detained a member of illegal armed gangs who got lost near Berezove control post.

As reported by Censor.NET citing the press service of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, the guarding border squad noticed a VAZ vehicle near the post. The vehicle approached the post, then started to quickly turn around, but was immediately blocked.

The vehicle was driven by a man in military uniform with an illegal armed gang insignia. Another passenger was a woman from Shakhtarsk town.

Upon checkup, the border guards found the driver's military card of an illegal armed gang and 12 and 7.62 caliber ammunition. It was established that the persons got lost and approached the control post, but tried to get awayA 30-year-old man from Halifax has an injured leg and is facing a list of charges after he accidentally shot himself Tuesday night, according to Halifax Regional Police.

According to a police news release, officers heard what they believed to be a gunshot around 9 p.m. near Gottingen Street in the area of Uniacke Street at Olympic Court, and then spotted a vehicle speeding away.

Police weren't able to stop the vehicle, but a little later they found a man at a local hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg, according to the news release. Police believe the wound was related to the gunshot they had heard earlier.

Police determined the man's injuries were self-inflicted and were caused when the man accidentally fired a gun.

The firearm has not been found.

Police


didn't say what the man was doing with the gun when he shot himself, nor have they said what kind of gun they believe the man was using.

The man's injuries were not life-threatening and he has been released from hospital.

He faces several charges, including careless use of a firearm, possession of a weapon for a purpose dangerous to the public, carrying a concealed weapon, possession of a restricted firearm with ammunition and possession of a firearm contrary to a prohibition order.

The man is expected to appear in court later today.Virgilia is a young woman in southern Florida during the late seventies. She’s forced to take a job as a maid to help with university expenses. Of course, it seems like a cliche but when she meets Cass, their love breaks the rules.

Virgilia had a tough childhood. Her mother died when she was eight and her father, well, he would have been better if he were an absentee. But somehow she made it and wasn’t going to let anything get in her way. Cass Baxter was unexpected. She never understood what it meant to have someone who was for her until she met him.

Their relationship was more precious to her than the air she breathed. That’s why when Cass went missing, she had to figure out how to


MS Dhoni celebrates daughter's birth by opening champagne bottle

Adelaide: The International Cricket Council hosted a dinner for the Indian team here on Saturday night on the eve of their first World Cup practice match against Australia.

To celebrate the birth of India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s daughter, the skipper was made to open a champagne bottle, something which cheered up the room in no small measure. His teammates reminded him that they expected a party from him soon to which he agreed without any hesitation.

In my experience, the Indian team has never been so busy prior to a World Cup. Dhoni & Co were put through the wringer as it were.

Busy day for playersThe team had to first try out their new World Cup jerseys and then had theirphotographs shot by the official broadcasters to be used in television graphics during the matches. They also had to sign several bats for promotion and face the members of the fourth estate for a media session. Of course, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shikhar Dhawan and the captain interacted with the media. To top it all, they had a wholesome practice session in the afternoon at the Adelaide Oval.

The players also had to meet with ICC officials. It was a hot day in Adelaide with the players having to cope with the 40-degree temperature. Sunday will be yet another high-action day with India and Australia not wanting to give an inch in practice game.


interested teams his true value with performances like his on Sunday. Blanton, an unrestricted free agent after this season, will most likely be traded before the July 31st trade deadline unless the Phillies truly believe they can heat up and make a run to the playoffs.

Barry Zito also gave a good start for the Giants with a strong seven innings and three runs, continuing his best season so far for the Giants after he has not lived up to expectations after signing an extremely large contract with the Giants years ago.

John Mayberry Jr. led the Phillies with two solo home runs to tie, and then take the lead for the Phillies. After another home run by Schierholtz to tie the game up at three, the teams headed toextra innings. It was not until the twelfth inning that Rollins won the game through a walk off single bringing home Carlos Ruiz.

Kyle Kendrick moves to 4-8 on the season, going two and one-thirds innings to get the win and extended his scoreless streak to over eighteen innings. Brad Penny picks up the loss for the Giants. The Phillies remain fourteen games back in the NL East.

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James Dobson Is Asking Americans to Elect Trump So He Can Put Conservative Justices on the Supreme Court

The founder of Focus on the Family and the anti-gay hate groupÂ Family Research Council on Thursday recorded a video announcing he is endorsing Donald Trump for President. Dr. James Dobson, the 80-year old psychologist who has spent a large portion of his career fighting against the civil rights of LGBT people urged Americans to elect the Republican businessman because “Mr. Trump has promised to nominate conservative justices to the United States Supreme Court.”

Dr. Dobson, who earlier this year expressed sadnessÂ that men aren’t shooting transgender people â€“Â whom he suggested are all “perverts” â€“Â when they use restrooms that correspond with their gender identity, told viewers that he is certainperfect vision for the development of the Elastos community. The CR is made up of ELA holders and Elastos contributors, among which includes the Elastos Foundation, all ecosystem partners, and all people and groups willing to contribute to the Elastos community.

Based on the concept of CR, we further proposed the CRC. In addition to AUXPoW+DPoS, the CRC is the third Elastos consensus mechanism. The goal of proposing the CRC is to provide the community with a consensus-based mechanism for community policy-making that can resolve community disputes and allow community members to participate in Elastos community governance, as well as rewarding and incentivizing community members who contribute to the community. CRC can be seen as the top-level design for the CR community, but the CRC does not aim to


be given a seat at the table, and now they have asked to
meet with those members and leadership who have moved several potential bills
before the assembly for consideration in late January. Up to this point in time, the public sector
unions have declared they were not invited or part of the potential legislative
fixes. Union leadership has disagreed
with cuts in pension benefits, but they have offered additional contributions
and changes to the business tax codes as possible solutions. Invitee Rep.
Elaine Nekritz, D-Northbrook, had not heard of the union summit, but said she hopes
the talks might produce some results. At the same time, she said "it will
be challenging to come to agreement on the nature of the solution,"
particularly on ending business tax breaks.

Those who wish
to hold firm place their faith in thehighest in the nation), especially when considering the aforementioned
fraudulent intentions of past Illinois legislators.

Thank
you Gary Elmen, President of the Illinois Retired Teachers Association, for
linking our petition to the IRTA website. Thank you Dan Montgomery, President
of the Illinois Federation of Teachers, for signing our petition; thank you –
public employee, retiree, and family and friends – for signing this most
important petition to stop pension reform…

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Noun: A description
of a personal philosophy “in touch” with a sense of community, responsibility
to the betterment of all those around him/her; one with a wish for the
amelioration of the marginalized, scapegoated, or institutionally deprived. A
credo driving the desire to seek what is morally correct and in the best
interest of the greater good.

Do Something Now: Despite the history of pension holidays and
underfunding, recent bills


a tax on Chicago’s Black and Latino families, and it’s
wrong..” - Donna Moore, parent of a student in Noble
Network Schools.

Charter School Discipline (…or...How to take out
the trash, and look real good)

Back in the day, I mean way back in the day,
students actually got to determine their own form of discipline – a long piece
of green hickory branch usually cut by the very student about to be
switched. This was considered a vast
improvement in exchange for the cane used during the 17th and 18th
centuries. Ah, progress.

After the mid-nineteenth century, continued
disciplinary progress for public students included the paddle, in my own case,
hung in plain sight above the principal’s office desk as a reminder of his overt
ability to dispense justice in the form of extreme pain. But I was just one ofcrow is in great part actually a
monetary disciplinary fee that has raised nearly $400,000 this year for Noble
Street, left parents foundering to scrape together fines that are imposed upon
them for their own student’s deportment, and has caused the flight of
nearly 13% of students from the Noble Street charter schools back into the
public system from whence they came – seeking opportunity and assistance to
improve their own lots in life and finding failure for disciplinarily high
expectations – monetarily?

In fact, according to the Chicago Tribune
(Ahmed-Ullah, Noreen. Protests targets
charter discipline fees. Chicago Tribune.
14 Feb. 2012), the loss of students from the Noble Network schools to
other public districts has increased from 211 students in 2010 to 473 students
in 2011. At the same time, CEO Michael
Milkie will point glowingly at the Noble Networks improved


TDC #165754, an inmate of the Wynne farm and came to the following conclusions.
"James is a 64 year old white widower. He was born and raised in a stable farm family situation, together with two brothers and four sisters. None of his immediate relatives at any time were in psychiatric care. He attended the third grade and later worked mainly as a blacksmith. He was married once and has two children. As far as we know from *588 his record he was since 1937 seven times in prison for various offenses with also eight escapes listed. According to the same record he was in Terrell State Hospital in 1924 for mental observation.
"On examination patient showed marked psychomotor retardation. He appears to be extremely withdrawn, autistic, isolated from realityhis autism and lack of interest. On the assumption of the above diagnosis we would have to assume that James was only partly or not at all responsible for his acts, for very many years.
                               "Adolf Hug, M. D.
"Psychiatric resident, Houston State Psychiatric Institute, Houston, Texas.
"Born 1926 in Zurich, Switzerland.
"Trained at University of Zurich.
"Holding Swiss State Board and Board for Psychiatry in Switzerland.
"American training: one year internship, three years psychiatric residency.
"AH: rdm"
At oral argument, when the Assistant Attorney General of Texas was asked the views of his office in the event the case should be vacated and remanded


collected  'Catan(2007)(Project Lead)' but its just because it happened to be in the first item. Because all the others have the same class I am not sure how to collect other content. So it would be something like
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A reminder of a time when rock 'n' roll was nothing more than a raw, primal wail, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion came back in 2012 with "Meat and Bone," the band's first album in eight years. Formed in 1991 in New York City out of the ashes of Pussy Galore, The Blues Explosion — frontman Jon Spencer, guitarist Judah Bauer, and drummer Russell Simins — took (and still take) all forms of classic American music, long abandoned by many musicians, and forged a new yet familiar sound. Blues, soul, rockabilly, rhythm and blues, punk are blended together, with all genres linked by a common, urgent thread. Without The Blues Explosion there would be no White Stripes or Black Keys. Without The Blues Explosion there would be nowhereSo we began to take more concerts and play more frequently. This went on for a couple of years and in 2011 we began thinking about doing another studio album. Most of the writing on "Meat and Bone" was done in the summer of 2011. Then in October of that year we took a trip out to Benton Harbor, Michigan, to work in this fantastic studio called The Key Club. We holed up there for about nine or 10 days and tracked the record and came back home. And by January 2012 we were done with it.

What is the thrust of this new album?

As far as the sound of the "Meat and Bone" record, like I said before, we just felt awfully good about playing together again. So


300 South Australian Schools, providing around 40,000 breakfasts and 10,000 lunches per week.

I started working at Brentnalls SA just under two years ago as an intermediate accountant. Having completed my CPA at the beginning of this year, I moved up to the position of senior accountant, with a greater emphasis on providing support to the more junior members of the team. This is a role I really enjoy as I love helping people in general and it enables me to pass my knowledge of the job on to those less experienced. I love how the culture of Brentnalls SA really puts an emphasis on growing you as an individual but also as an accountant. My aim is to one day fill a more managerial role within the firm.

InOrnge air ambulance has suspended service to London's University Hospital because of safety concerns about its helicopter landing space.

Ornge says patients who need to go to University Hospital are now being flown to London International Airport and then driven by ambulance the rest of the way.

The non-profit agency that provides medical air transportation for critically ill patients in the province says it informed the London Health Science Centre on Sept. 12 that service had been suspended.

In a statement to CBC News, Ornge said the decision followed an aviation safety concern raised internally "with respect to obstacle clearance in the vicinity of the helipad and along the published departure routes."

Ornge says it takes such concerns seriously and made the decision in the interest of patient and crew safety.

The agency


says it is in the process of gathering further information and intends to meet with hospital officials to discuss next steps.

In a statement, the London Health Sciences Centre said it is awaiting specific details from Ornge. It notes that the helipad at Victoria Hospital continues to operate and has not been impacted by the suspension of service at University Hospital.

Ornge landed at University Hospital 90 times in 2018 and has landed 71 times this year, according to figures supplied by LHSC.group.

There are currently few policies or standards for food advertising and marketing aimed at children. The advertising industry maintains self-regulatory policies established by the Children’s Advertising Review Unit of the National Council of Better Business Bureaus. But it has no legal authority over advertisers.

In the 1970s and 1980s, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), whose responsibility it is to regulate advertising deemed unfair or deceptive, considered restrictions on junk food advertising aimed at kids, but the food, toy, broadcasting and advertising industries blocked those efforts. Now, the FTC has more authority to regulate ads directed to adults than to children.

Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) is leading the charge in Washington to change this. He has put forward legislation aimed at vesting the FTC with the authority to restrict the advertising


of junk food to children under age 18. The bill he has proposed, which is still pending consideration, would also give the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture the authority to prohibit all junk food advertising in schools where parents are not present.

Are Food Companies Lobbying to Make Kids Fat?

The various lobbying arms of the food and beverage industry—food processors, distributors, service management companies, soft drink manufacturers and agricultural corporations—work hard to make sure that the government buys their products and that vending machines stay open in schools.

To help them win policy battles in Washington and in state capitals across the country, the industry, led by the National Soft Drink Association, the National Restaurant Association and companies such as Coca Cola and Mars, Inc., spends around $6.5 million on lobbyistsfrom liquid sugar almost entirely, as government subsidies for the price of corn help to keep the cost of HFCS low.

According to Bray’s report, published in the April 2004 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the sharp increase in the consumption of HFCS in the United States, however, precedes an almost identical increase in the rate of obesity in the country.

Many nutritionists find this trend alarming and are calling for the replacement of HFCS with other sweeteners.

One in Three People Will Someday Have Diabetes

More than one-third of new diabetes cases are in children and teens like Daisy Herrera. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in every three Americans born today is predicted to develop type 2 in their lifetime.

Health officials and


to Kids

Food is the third most advertised category of products in the United States. Of the more than $26 billion dollars spent on food advertising and promotions, mostly by manufacturers, an estimated $12 billion per year is spent on advertising messages aimed at the youth market, according to a task force of the American Psychological Association (APA).

For many years, young children were generally considered off limits to advertisers. Parents, who delivered products to this age group, were considered the obvious target audience for food marketers. Today, food marketing bombards children almost everywhere they spend their day, with messages on television, product placements, “kids’ clubs”—brand marketing programs such as the Burger King Kids’ Club—the Internet, toys and products with brand logos, youth-targeted promotions and event marketing.

Marketers target kids forSunday, October 28, 2007

Last night's party at Ruth's was fun. Most of it was spent watching the third game of the World Series. Most of the party goers were rooting for Colorado but Ruth and I were rooting for Boston, who were able to counter Colorado's threat and the high altitude to win. The theme was pirates so after the game we were watching the first "Pirates of the Caribbean".

I went as a corporate raider, Capt. Maurinda Pocquette of International Acquisitions, LLC. The fact that I was dressed to the nines was shocking in itself. It was fun passing out business cards and talking about my minions out hunting targets.

Knitting update

The Twisted Stitch Gauntlets so far aren't coming along. I found a major mistake (a two row jump


in the stacks. Especially Powell's before they moved all the used books elsewhere.

8. If I could be the lead character in a book (mention the title) it would be: Morgon, Prince of Hed in the Riddle of Stars trilogy written by Patricia McKillip. He is a prince that learns that he has a destiny beyond the small island of farmers he rules and discovers powers he is reluctant to use.

9. The most overestimated book of all time is: I could join the flock and say the Bible but a Christian society would have the Bible as a highly influential book. It would be interesting to hear the viewpoint of someone living in a culture with a different faith. There are many others though. For now to me Thethe rounds of folks in the chorus while we waited. He even made a friend out of one of the children of the UUC, Victoria, who was happy to hold Mr Pink. After the concert and a potluck lunch we headed on our way to Eugene. "You had folks in tears," said Mr Pink, touched. "It was amazing."

By the time we reached the UUC in Eugene, all of the chorus were tired. People were grumpy and having difficulty concentrating. The director gathered all of us together after we warmed up to give us a pep talk and remind us of how important it is that we be mindful of what we say about others. Our last performance of the tour received a very warm reception, bringing the weekend


KCO's blog. It was very amusing taking pictures and explaining the story behind the KCO. While in Ashland I was able to stop at Web-ster's where I picked up the last ball of yarn I needed for the Modern Quilt Wrap and found a copy of this to add to my growing collection of knitting books. When I told the ladies at Web-ster's about the KCO, I got the laugh and look of people who are tolerating the mentally ill person's antics enough to humor her before shooing her out of the store. Reid, my tour carpool partner, just sighed and waited while his fiber fanatic friend flitted about the store.

Guilty pleasures

QueerJoe asks people what guilty pleasures they have. It's funny what people consider "guilty pleasures." What couldindia

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Army veterans in Punjab have stepped forward to fight a legal battle on behalf of Gurmehar Kaur, the daughter of an army martyr, who started a social media campaign against the ABVP.

The mother of the 20-year-old Delhi University student -- whose defiant stand against the ABVP drew a volley of hate messages on her Facebook account -- refused to be drawn into the controversy over it.

When contacted, Rajvinder Kaur said, “No thanks... I do not want this controversy to go on.”

Punjab State Ex-Servicemen Welfare Association (Sewa) president Col (retd) Kuldip Singh Grewal vowed to fight a legal battle on Gurmehar’s behalf “till the matter reaches its logical conclusion”.

“Her opinion should be respected as she has the right to raise her voice,” he said.

“No


one should remain unaffected when a daughter is threatened with rape. The people of the country should raise their voice to protect the daughter of a martyr,” Col (retd) Tejinder Singh Bajwa, a member of the association, said.

Gurmehar’s father Capt Mandeep Singh was commissioned in the 49 Army Air Defence Regiment in 1991 and was serving with the 4 Rashtriya Rifles battalion when he died fighting militants on August 6, 1999.

Brigadier (retd) Ashwini Kumar, former Commanding Officer of the 3 Rashtriya Rifles battalion, who was serving in the area when the attack on Capt Mandeep’s company took place, said, “The Captain and his men fought against militants with great courage and they were given a befitting reply.”

Mandeep’s brother Davinderdeep Singh, a professor at a college in Nakodar atSan Francisco, that depends Yoshi’s as a difference that proves a rule. For 30 years SFJazz was nomadic, regulating spaces like a Herbst Theater and Grace Cathedral. Mr. Kline began meditative about a dedicated home some-more than a decade ago, fervent to indurate an temperament and settle a unchanging customary of production.

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But a thought of a purpose-built structure wasn’t indispensably an easy sell with a SFJazz board: as some members forked


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image caption Rioting began overnight and continued in some parts of the capital on Tuesday

Tunisia has declared an overnight curfew on eight regions, including the capital, an interior ministry official says, in the wake of serious rioting.

The eight-hour curfew was introduced after several violent attacks in protest at an art exhibition.

The government has blamed ultra-conservative Islamists known as Salafists for the violence, in which police stations were set on fire.

But the Salafists have denied being involved in the rampage.

The curfew will be in place in the suburbs of Ben Arouss, Ariana and Manouba as well as the cities of Sousse, Monastir, Jendouba and Ben Guerdane.

'Heavy price'

Monday's overnight series of attacks targeted police stations, a court and an art


gallery.

In one northern suburb, La Marsa, rioters tried to force their way into an art gallery where several paintings deemed "blasphemous" had been slashed a day earlier by Islamists.

The exhibition included paintings that caricatured Mecca, portrayed a nude woman, and showed the word "Allah" spelled out with strings of ants.

The offices of Tunisia's main labour union in the north-west city of Jendouba were also set alight by Salafis overnight, state television reported according to Reuters.

The country's Justice Minister Nourredine Bhiri said that those behind the violence would "pay a heavy price".

"These are terrorist groups which have lost control, they are isolated in society," he told a Tunisian radio station.

He said some of the violence, which came hours after al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri urged Tunisians to turn against thebarriers of costs and limited resources, LHD staff need to continue to prioritize professional development in informatics to meet the needs of their community and facilitate the sharing of data across local and state health care systems.[@R12] According to the 2013 National Association of County & City Health Officials, (NACCHO) profile of LHDs, the LHD information systems specialist workforce remained unchanged between 2008 and 2013. LHDs\' staffing of information systems specialists varies by size, ranging from no staff in the smallest LHDs to approximately 4.5 staff members in the largest jurisdictions.[@R13] With the lack of staff, LHDs are lagging behind in informatics activities, with only 22% of LHDs implementing EHRs and 13% conducting health information exchanges. However, nearly half of LHDs are planning on implementing these activities or


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National Assembly Election – LDS wins a majority of seats

Final count of ballot papers in the early morning of September 11, 2016 shows that the opposition party known as LDS (Linyon Demokratik Seselwa) had picked up 15 of the 25 electoral districts leaving the Parti Lepep (PL) with 10. The National Assembly comes under the control of the opposition for the first time since the return of multiparty politics in 1993. However, the executive branch of government remains under the control of PL whose leader if President Michel.By Ed Gulick, Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs / Published April 26, 2017

SAN FRANCISCO (AFNS) -- The Air Force is inviting vetted computer security specialists from across the U.S. and select partner nations to do their best to hack some of its key public websites.

The initiative is part of the Cyber Secure campaign sponsored by the Air Force’s Chief Information Officer as a measure to further operationalize the domain and leverage talent from both within and outside the Defense Department.

The event expands on the DOD ‘Hack the Pentagon’ bug bounty program by broadening the participation pool from U.S. citizens to include “white hat” hackers from the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

“This outside approach--drawing on the talent and expertise of our citizens and partner-nation citizens--in


both the public and private sectors is fiercer than it has ever been according to Kim. The Air Force must compete with companies like Facebook and Google for the best and brightest, particularly in the science, technology, engineering, and math fields.

Keen to leverage private sector talent, the Air Force partnered with DDS to launch the Air Force Digital Service team in January 2017, affording a creative solution that turns that competition for talent into a partnership.

In fact, Goldfein and Acting Secretary of the Air Force Lisa S. Disbrow visited the Defense Digital Service and Air Force Digital Service in early April to discuss a variety of initiatives the Air Force can benefit from.

“We're mobilizing the best talent from across the nation and among partner nations to help strengthenIllighausen

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It was first recorded in the year 1176 as Illinchusen.

Population
The municipality had 284 inhabitants in 1850, which increased to 295 in 1900 but then decreased to 275 in 1950 and 241 in 1990.

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him to forget it; that she was not interested in a road. He also told her that he wanted to put up eight houses on the premises; and that he had been to the planning commission and that 3 acres would not do him any good, as the commission required close to half an acre for each home, and that $15,000 was all he had to spend for land, and that unless he got 57 feet more frontage than the 3 acres included he could not purchase the property. She said she would think it over. Plaintiff testified she did not remember such a conversation, but that he did say he was going to the commission. Later *8 defendant said she came to his workshop. He told herthat he told her he had moved a stake back 47 feet and told her to go and see it. She could not find it so later he took her out on the road *9 and showed it to her. She claims he did not state for what purpose he had moved the stake nor did she ask him as she was not interested. It is not reasonable to expect a court to believe that while the matter of purchase was still under discussion and the prospective buyer moved a stake on the ground which he was contemplating buying, there would not be some discussion as to his purpose in so doing. Again, plaintiff does not deny the conversation in which both Mr. and Mrs. Dynes testified she


agreed to convey the additional land. She just does not remember. She admits that before she signed the receipt she read it and that it then read "Three (3) acres, more or less, to be paid for on a basis of $5,000.00 an acre plus a frontage of fifty-seven (57) feet on the Highway ..." (Emphasis added.) Moreover, when told by Dynes that he would need a road, she said "Forget it ... I'm not interested." Yet she admits he then said he would have to see the planning commission, and still she claims she does not remember his telling her he wanted the property for subdivision purposes. He testified that after he saw the commission, he reported what the commission required, and told her that unless hecould have additional land he would not buy. She claims that in none of the conversations subsequent to his statement about seeing the commission did she inquire nor did he tell her, what the commission required. Or, rather, she did not deny that he told her but contented herself with saying that she did not remember.
 From the record, plaintiff appears to have been an unsatisfactory witness. As to most of the instances in which Dynes' story of the conversations between her and him differs from hers, she did not positively deny them. Her answers usually were that she did not remember or did not recall. Whether this was due to witness-stand fright, actual or feigned lack of memory, or other reasons, the trial court observing her manner


rebuild Charity Hospital in New Orleans as a state-of-the art medical education facility.

According to state Sen. Tom Schedler of St. Tammany Parish, "There is a big disparity between the [state] Department of Health and Hospitals' analysis of the costs to implement this versus what [the federal government's] cost is. They think the changes need to be done a lot cheaper."

Schedler, who sits on the health and welfare committee in the state Senate, has been pushing for major reforms to Louisiana's charity hospital system for almost a decade. He's generally in favor of all the reforms being proposed, but he's not convinced of their financial feasibility. His main concern lies with LSU's proposal to build a new 350-bed charity hospital in New Orleans. While the redesigned health-care model reducesthe need for large charity hospitals for the uninsured, LSU and other state officials insist the university needs a sizeable medical training hospital in New Orleans in order to sustain its medical school. The proposed solution has been to build a new, state-of-the-art Charity with an emphasis on cutting-edge medical research that would help bolster LSU's New Orleans medical school and put the hospital in a position to compete with the private sector for paying customers while also taking in uninsured patients.

Schedler says the plan sounds good, but it is based on a questionable business model -- one that assumes that by the time the hospital is built in another six years, New Orleans will be back to a population of around 400,000. The senator also says charity


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Supermarkets are still offering misleading special offers and discounts despite rules designed to stop this, according to Which?

The consumer group found "dubious" deals that were worse than they first appeared at most major UK chains.

These included multi-buys that cost more despite the alleged offer, and special offers in which goods are sold at the special price most of the year.

Supermarkets were trying to cut costs for shoppers, a retailers' group said.

Which? looked at pricing data from May 2018 to June 2019 for 459 products. These spanned seven of the UK's biggest supermarkets: Asda, Iceland, Morrisons, Ocado, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose.

Among the "dodgy" deals it came across was an Iceland multi-buy, where customers were offered two packets of Kellogg's Crunchy Nut cornflakes for £4, or £2Anne Thomas has been known for her work in ceramics since 2005. In 2009, her creations were spotted by Canal + (a French television channel), and they asked her to make special brooches for their VIPs at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2010 she produced a special edition for Takashimaya Tokyo. Her skills was presented through a piece of jewellery she has designed for Gertrude Stein’s exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris and most recently she collaborates with Marella from Max Mara Group.

Anne trained at a school in contemporary jewellery in Florence in order to learn new skills and considered new ideas. She has recently been innovating by incorporating metal and velvet into one piece of work.

The VELVET collection is chic and bright, with a hint of


alleged, by the negligence of the defendant, while said cotton was stored in a public warehouse operated by the defendant.
From the identical declarations of the plaintiffs we find that on the 5th and 6th of October, 1925, the defendant was engaged in the business of operating a warehouse, known as a United States bonded warehouse, and licensed under the United States Warehouse Act (Comp. St. § 8747¾ et seq.) to store cotton and collect charges therefor; that plaintiffs delivered cotton to defendant and received the following receipt for each bale:
"The one bale of cotton described herein, stored in the above-named warehouse, for which this receipt is issued subject to the United States Warehouse Act, the regulations for cotton warehouses thereunder, and the terms of this contract."
The declaration thencontains the following allegation:
"And plaintiffs further aver that, upon delivery to defendant of said cotton as aforesaid, the said defendant then and there agreed that it would safely keep and take care of the said cotton, and that it would be guilty of no negligence in the storing and keeping of the same, and it then and there became and was the duty of the defendant safely to store and *194 keep the said cotton, and to refrain from acts of negligence in the storage and preservation of said cotton, but, notwithstanding said duty respecting said cotton so owed by the defendant, defendant negligently suffered the same to be destroyed by fire on the 11th day of October, 1925; that such negligence consisted in the following acts, to


325, it is held that, where a federal court takes jurisdiction on account of the presence of a federal question, it may rest its judgment upon any law, state or federal, which will enable it to dispose effectually of the case.
In Lewis on Removal, p. 207, the rule is announced that: "If the same facts show a right of action created or given by a state law, as well as one arising under a law of the United States, it is for the court to determine under which statute the action is maintainable, if at all, and if one construction of the federal statute would sustain, and another construction would defeat, a recovery under that statute, the action would be one arising under a law of the UnitedIt is sufficient that Congress, by the enactment of the Warehouse Act, has given the positive sanction of federal law to rights acquired by depositing cotton or other agricultural products in accordance with the terms of the act and regulations promulgated under it. Any case involving the enforcement of those rights arises under the laws of the United States regulating commerce.
Plaintiffs in argument and briefs invoke the benefit only of the common law. But the facts set forth in the declarations may be sufficient to permit them to recover at common law, under the Mississippi statute fixing liability of warehousemen, or under the United States Warehouse Act, accordingly as this court shall construe the one or the other, or all, in their favor. In looking to the plaintiffs'


Why This High School Band Is Buying Music From Composers Of Color This Year

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There's a bulletin board at the front of the band room at Spring Lake Park High covered in portraits of the composers who wrote this year's music selection.

The bulletin board isn't new — it's there every year. What's new are the faces: Instead of primarily white men, there are faces of women and composers of color.

This is intentional. The band directors at Spring Lake Park, outside of St. Paul, Minn., have pledged to include at least one piece by a female composer and one by a composer of color in each concert, for each of the school's bands.

"We made a commitment this year to onlyto check themselves at the door," says junior Kia Muleta, one of Lukkasson's students.

Muleta, who is black, has been playing the clarinet in since fifth grade, and says the students sitting around her are usually white. She says it bothers her that the composers they used to play were usually white too.

"There's a kind of an ideological segregation of who can and cannot be in band, based on who the composers are, and what the music is like," she says.

This year she'll be playing "Of Honor and Valor Eternal," a tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen. It's by Ayatey Shabazz, a black composer from Mississippi. Shabazz says that his grandfather knew one of the African-American airmen, and that stories he heard as a child inspired the composition.

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"The more you practice talking about race, culture and ethnicity, the more comfortable you are," says Nora Tycast, one of the other band directors at Spring Lake Park. She and her students wrote to Shabazz to ask about the composing process.

Kia Muleta says the mix of composers on the bulletin board may seem like a small thing, but it's not to her. She says new faces up front are a signal that difference is welcome here.Sunday, May 13, 2012

True Thai's Mom of the Year

I have written before about my mom, and about my older sister who was like a mom to me. Now I think it is time to write about my new mom.

Keo Phanthavong is True Thai's Mother of the Year. Anousone "Ped" Phanthavong's mother had five children, three daughters and two sons.

Anousone was a lot like his mother: soft-spoken, smiling all the time but shy, and always focused on the positive.

Keo gave birth to Anousone unassisted during a bombing raid on their village in Laos in 1972. Thirteen days after Ped was born, she took him across the Mekong River to get away from the bombing, which was the heaviest of the war.

Ped was very close to his mom. Whenever he


going concerns.

The judge also made a number of orders, including one directing the receiver to stand down. The application, which was made ex-parte, was supported by AIB which is one of the company’s creditors.

Loans

The adjoining Druids Glen Five Star Hotel and a second 18 hole course, the “Druids Heath Golf Course” are not part of the examinership process and are unaffected by the application.

Barrister Patrick Leonard SC for the company said his client was seeking the appointment of an interim examiner because of Gulland’s appointment of a receiver.

When a receiver is appointed the company has three days to seek to have that person removed and have an examiner appointed in their place, counsel said.

The court heard Druids Glen accepts that its related company owes significant money to Gulland,who acquired the loans from IBRC. There had been talks between the party to address the situation, but proposals were rejected by Gulland.

Earlier this week Gulland made a demand for the loans to be repaid, resulting the appointment of a receiver.

Counsel said the appointment of McStay would provide much needed reassurance to the company, its employees and its stakeholders and seek to put in place a scheme of arrangement with the creditors.

His appointment will also provide a platform to address the debt due to Gulland.

The court heard Druids Glen had suffered a significant downturn during the recession. However following restructuring the course and the related resort have stabilised and grown.

The business attracts more than 40,000 visitors to Wicklow. The company has invested more than €3 million in the


Naval ship enters Vietnam waters on its way to Japan.

Two developments on Friday, several hundred kilometres apart, emphatically captured India’s naval challenges and growing opportunities.

Around the time Navy Chief Admiral R.K Dhowan began his official tour of Australia on Friday, an Indian naval ship entered Vietnam waters on its way to Japan.

In the backdrop of both the developments, hangs the shadow of China’s growing naval assertiveness in the region, and India’s new-found aggression to build partnerships both as a response to China as well as part of its role as a major maritime force of the Indian Ocean.

Navy chief in Australia

Admiral Dhowan will be part of a gathering of over 40 naval chiefs in Australia discussing ways to improve maritime security and ensure freedom of navigation, especially forglobal cargo.

His visit comes a few days after the navies of India and Australia wrapped up their first bilateral naval exercises focussed on anti-submarine warfare.

An official statement said Admiral Dhowan’s visit “aims to consolidate existing maritime cooperation initiatives as well as explore new avenues.” His visit will coincide with the annual ‘Sea Power Conference’ organised by the Australia Navy, and attended by over 40 chiefs of navies.

Warship’s visit underlines India’s ‘Act East’ policy

As Navy Chief Admiral R.K. Dhowan began his official tour of Australia on Friday, an official statement said India and Australia had several commonalities which served as a foundation for closer cooperation and multifaceted interactions.

The defence cooperation between the two sides has been growing steadily in recent years, with the signing of a Defence Cooperation Agreement


in 2006 and a Framework for Defence Cooperation in November 2014. The 2014 agreement envisages regular ship visits and high-level exchanges.

The Royal Australian Navy is also part of the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS), a maritime cooperation construct pioneered by the Indian Navy in 2008.

Both sides conducted their first bilateral maritime exercise ‘AusIndex-15,’ off India’s east coast a few days ago.

The focus on anti-submarine warfare was interpreted by many observers as a move in the face of growing submarine manoeuvres by China in the Indian Ocean.

On Friday, INS Sahyadri entered the Da Nang port in Vietnam as part of its operational deployment to the South China Sea and the north-west Pacific region.the president of its flight attendants union adds, her members may refuse to board the planes.

Investigators believe faulty computer programming forced Lion Air Flight 610, at high speeds, to crash just after it took off, late last year, in Indonesia. The second crash, on March 10 in Ethiopia, is under investigation. Both crashes killed all aboard.

The second crash, just minutes after takeoff from the Addis Ababa airport, prompted the entire European Union to order its airlines to ground their 737 Max 8 planes. So did China, Boeing’s largest customer. So did many other nations, including Australia, India, Brazil, Singapore, and Indonesia. Britain went a step farther and prohibited the Max 8s from flying over its airspace.

President Donald Trump’s response was a tweet saying that the airplanes of today


"The International Criminal Court prosecutor had asked judges to issue arrest warrants for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and son Saif, for crimes against humanity, accusing them of deliberately targeting civilians in their crackdown against rebels."

Well, to be fair, if it is civilians who are rebelling, then I suppose it is only fair to target them.

Women like their men dark skinned, men like their women pale skinned. Don't ask me why. Maybe pale implies innocence and virginity while dark-skinned implies worldly experience. Or maybe pale looks more intelligent and the culture has shifted around so that the woman is the brainy one.

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What the hell kind of group of friends doThe conflict in the Mideast has intensified in the last month with turbulent fighting in Gaza strip. Over 800 Palestinians have been killed and over 5,000 injured, according to Palestinan health officials. World leaders have been working on a truce between Hamas and Israel to end the bloodshed. --Leanne Burden Seidel (36 photos total)

Smoke and flames are seen following what police said was an Israeli air strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip July 8. Israel bombarded dozens of targets in the Gaza Strip on, stepping up what it said might become a long-term offensive against Islamist Hamas after a surge in Palestinian rocket attacks on Israeli towns. (Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)

Palestinians clash with Israeli soldiers at the gates of the Beit El Jewish settlement in the Israel


occupied West Bank near Ramallah on July 9, as they protest against the bombardment of the Gaza Strip by the Israeli air force. (ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images) #

Mourners gather at a funeral at a mosque in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, July 15, for Sarah Omar el-Eid, 4, bottom, and her father, Omar, 26, center, and her uncle Jihad, 27, top. The three were killed by an Israeli strike. (Lefteris Pitarakis/Associated Press) #

A girl and her mother, who are hoping to cross into Egypt, look out a bus window as they wait at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip July 16. Egyptian authorities decided to open the Rafah border crossing to Gaza to allow wounded Palestinians to receive medical care in Egypt, and to allow holdersof foreign passports, including Egyptians, to leave the Strip, border officials in Gaza said. (Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters) #

Israelis look up at an Iron Dome missile as it intercepts a rocket that was fired towards Israel from the Gaza Strip at a hilltop near Sderot in this July 13. Israel resumed air strikes in the Gaza Strip on after agreeing to an Egyptian-proposed ceasefire deal that failed to get Hamas militants to halt rocket attacks. (Nir Elias/Reuters) #

An Israeli woman takes cover at the side of the road as warning sirens for incoming rockets sound near the southern Israeli town of Kiryat Malachi, Israel, July 16. Israel warned residents of the northern Gaza Strip to leave their houses as a Palestinian official said the number of people killed in


the coastal enclave from Israeli airstrikes had topped 200. (ABIR SULTAN/EPA) #

Elderly Israeli women sleep in a bomb shelter in the southern city of Beersheba, Israel, July 12. Israeli airstrikes overnight targeting Hamas in Gaza hit a mosque its military says concealed the militant group's weapons, in an offensive that showed no signs of slowing down. (Tsafrir Abayov/Associated Press) #

A girl cries as Palestinians flee their homes in the Shajaiyeh neighborhood of Gaza City, after Israel had airdropped leaflets warning people to leave the area, July 16. (Lefteris Pitarakis/Associated Press) #

Palestinians carry the body of a boy, whom medics said was killed by a shell fired by an Israeli naval gunboat, on a beach in Gaza City, July 16. Four Palestinian children were killed and one was critically#

A mourner weeps over the body of Dror Khenin as he is lowered into the ground at a cemetary after his funeral on July 16, in Yahud Monoson, Israel. Khenin was the first Israeli to be killed by a Hamas motar as he offered food to Israeli soldiers working near the Erez border crossing between Israel and Gaza. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images) #

Israeli armored personnel carriers maneuvre outside the northern Gaza Strip July 18. Israel intensified its land offensive in Gaza with artillery, tanks and gunboats on and warned it could "significantly widen" an operation Palestinian officials said was killing ever greater numbers of civilians. The Israeli land advance followed 10 days of barrages against Gaza from air and sea, hundreds of rockets fired by Hamas into Israel and


a house which witnesses said was hit by an Israeli air strike, in Gaza City July 23. Israeli forces pounded multiple sites across the Gaza Strip including the enclave's sole power plant, and said it was meeting stiff resistance from Hamas Islamists, as diplomats sought to end the bloodshed. (Suhaib Salem/Reuters) #

An Israeli soldier lifts a shell at a site where mobile artillery units are deployed, outside the Gaza Strip July 21. The Palestinian death toll in an Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip jumped to more than 500 on Monday, as the United States, alarmed by escalating civilian bloodshed, took a direct role in efforts to secure a ceasefire. Israel's losses also mounted. Following the death of 13 soldiers on Sunday, Israel said seven more troops haddied on Monday, including four killed when a group of militants tunnelled across the border from Gaza and fired at their jeep. (Nir Elias/Reuters) #

A Palestinian youth carries blankets donated to the United Nations school where hundreds of families sought refuge after fleeing their homes due to heavy Israeli missile strikes in Gaza City, July 23. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have fled their homes and are staying in 77 UN shelters. (Lefteris Pitarakis/Associated Press)) #

Israeli soldiers of the Armored Corps mourn over the grave of Captain Natan Cohen, platoon commander, during his funeral at the military cemetery in Modiin, near Jerusalem Israel, July 23. Cohen, 23, was killed while fighting in the Gaza Strip. (Ariel Schalit/Associated Press) #

Relatives of Israeli soldier Jordan Ben-Simon, who also holds French


citizenship, mourn over his coffin during his funeral in Ashkelon, Israel, July 22. Ben-Simon was killed in combat in the Gaza Strip. (Tsafrir Abayov)/Associated Press) #

Palestinian protester hurls stones at Israeli soldiers during clashes during a protest against the Israeli attacks on Gaza Strip, at Howwara checkpoint near the West Bank city of Nablus, July 18. (ALAA BADARNEH/EPA) #

A relative is comforted by mourners as they gather around the bodies of seven members of the Kelani family, killed overnight by an Israeli strike in Gaza City, during their funeral in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, on July 22. Ibrahim Kelani, 53, his wife Taghreed and their five children, were killed in the strike on a Gaza City high-rise. (Lefteris Pitarakis/Associated Press) #

Israeli strikes seen in the east ofGaza strip along the border between Israel and Gaza City on, July 20. Since the start of Israel's offensive in Gaza on 08 July, which it says is aimed at ending rocket fire and destroying tunnels leading into Israel, at least 314 Palestinians have been killed and more than 2,270 wounded. (MOHAMMED SABER/EPA) #

A Palestinian woman runs to seek cover from tear gas fired by Israeli soldiers during calshes at a protest against the Israeli attacks on Gaza Strip, at Howwara checkpoint near the west bank city of Nablus, July 22. (ALAA BADARNEH/EPA) #

A Palestinian girl, whom medics said was wounded in Israeli shelling at a U.N-run school sheltering Palestinian refugees, lies on a bed at a hospital in the northern Gaza Strip July 24. At least 15


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But [Peter Barrett] was well matched by a plucky Vanessa Oude-Reimerink, whose characterization of the naive nurse Nellie Forbush was charming and fully believable. While her voice type is, naturally, a soprano, she managed the rather low-lying vocal lines very well, and she was suitably cheeky in her famous I’m Gonna Wash that Man Right Outta My Hair and Honey Bun. Perhaps even more than Emile de Becque, her role requires considerable skill in acting, both in the humorous and sentimental elements, and in all this she made a very compelling leading lady. – Kenneth Delong, Calgary Herald

July 14 & 16 at 7:30 pm and July 17 at 2:00 pm:Open Space: Opera in the 21st CenturyAgainst the Grain Theatre / Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
“Lucia” in The   Fusilier further alleges that on January 28, 2016, while he was still in
jail, the District Attorney rejected the first charge but proceeded on the second.
Fusilier remained in jail on the false personation charge until February 4,
2016. From that date to September 14, 2016, Fusilier was under house arrest,
and “severe travel restrictions” continued until his trial ended on September
23, 2016. The jury deliberated for just 27 minutes and acquitted Fusilier.
      Fusilier filed this lawsuit on September 22, 2017. The operative
complaint makes two claims: (1) a Fourth Amendment claim styled as
“malicious prosecution,” and (2) a Louisiana state law malicious prosecution
claim. The magistrate judge found the Fourth Amendment claim to be barred
by a one-year statute of limitations. And the magistrate judge concluded that
Fusilier’s


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      XII. Home Again                                  51

     XIII. Columbus illtreated                         54

      XIV. Death of Columbus                          70

      XIX. French and Spanish Quarrels                 73

       XX. The Sky City                                77

      XXI. Around the World                            80


           233

    LXIII. Bunker Hill                                237

     LXIV. The Boston Boys                            242

      LXV. The British leave Boston                   245

     LXVI. Declaration of Independence     therefore hired a number of seamen to try
it, and showed such interest in sea voyages that he is often called
the Navigator. The mariners thus sent out, little by little explored
the coast of Africa, and creeping farther south every journey, they
discovered the Ma-dei´ra and Canary Islands.

But the sight of the smoke above the volcano of Ten-er-ïfe´ so
terrified them that they dared go no farther. It was only some time
later that Por´tu-guese mariners reached the Cape Verde Islands and
Sen-e-gal´. But one of their number had in the meantime learned,
from a Flem´ish seaman, that there was a group of islands westward,
and the Portuguese, going there, planted a colony on the A-zores´,
which still belong to them.

VIII. YOUTH OF COLUMBUS.

While Henry the Navigator was busy with his discoveries, the rest of
the world was


made it so rich. This trade
had been stopped, when he was about seventeen, by the taking of
Constantinople, as you have already heard.

According to the calculations of Columbus,--for, like all the wise
men of his time, he fancied the earth smaller than it is,--the
lands known to the Europeans extended over about two thirds of the
surface of the globe. As he thought that Asia stretched much farther
east, he now began to think that perhaps the strip of ocean which
separated Cipango from the Canary Islands might not be so very
broad, after all.

To discover whether others shared this belief, Columbus wrote to
Tos-ca-nel´li, a learned Italian, asking him whether he thought it
possible to reach Asia by sailing straight across the Atlantic.
Toscanelli answered that he thought it could be done. He also sent
Columbus a mapand rushing forward took a flying leap
across the chasm! By great good fortune he landed safely on the
other side, drew the log into place once more, and thus enabled the
other Spaniards to cross with their cannon.

One house after another was now battered down, and at the end of
three days' hard fighting the Spaniards were complete masters of
the Sky City of Acoma. But they soon left it, and many years later,
when Fray Ramirez (rah-me´reth), a Spanish priest, came thither and
began climbing the staircase, the Indians tried to keep him away by
flinging a shower of stones down upon him.

Spanish priests, however, were ready to risk everything for the sake
of their religion, so Fray Ramirez calmly continued to climb up. In
the general excitement a little Indian girl drew too near to


in reward
for this service that the king gave him the title of "Admiral of New
England." Being now too old to continue his journeys any longer,
Smith spent the rest of his life in writing an account of his
travels and of the founding of Jamestown.

Some people say that Captain Smith, like many sailors, was so fond
of spinning yarns that he did not always tell the exact truth. He
cannot have been a bad man, however, for when he died, those who
had gone out to Jamestown with him said that he hated baseness,
laziness, pride, and falsehood; that he never sent any one into a
danger he was not ready to share; that he was strictly honest in
all his dealings; and that he loved actions more than words; and he
was honored and mourned bydays of the week bore the names of old
heathen gods, the Friends would not use them, but, instead, numbered
the days and months, speaking of the first day of the sixth month,
the twelfth day of the second month, and so on. They would not take
any oaths, either, but used only the words "yea" and "nay." They
further treated all persons alike, calling even the king by his
given name, and refused to take off their hats in his presence.
Although generally quiet and modest, a few of the Quakers were so
anxious to spread the teachings of their preacher Fox that they came
over to Massachusetts, knowing they would be illtreated there.

Nevertheless, they began preaching, and firmly but quietly refused
to stop when told to do so. They were therefore tortured and
punished in many ways.


that none of its branches should
be cut off for fire wood. But in 1810 it was unfortunately blown
down, and a monument, bearing the inscription, "Unbroken faith," now
marks the spot where Penn and the Indians first met.

Before crossing the Atlantic, Penn had written out laws for his
province, granting his people the right to do as their conscience
bade in religious matters, to vote, and to be tried by a jury of
twelve men. He now added that if there was any trouble between an
Indian and a settler, the case was to be tried by six Indians and
six colonists, to make sure that justice should be equally well
meted out to both parties.

When the Quakers first left England for the New World, people made
great fun of them, declaring that, since the fighting Puritans,
Dutch,a big black snake, which ate
from one side of the bowl while she helped herself from the other,
patting him on the head with her spoon whenever he tried to come
over to her side!

It was Penn himself who founded the first town in his grant. He
called it Phil-a-del´phi-a, or the "City of Brotherly Love," because
he wished all the people to live in peace together, like one family.
The first houses were built of wood; then brick dwellings were seen;
and each cottage was soon surrounded by a neat garden, in which
bloomed gay flowers. Many Germans came over before long, at Penn's
invitation, and settled just north of Philadelphia, in what is still
known as Ger´man-town.

These were joined by other colonists, from different parts of
central Europe; and as the English did not perceive any


street, munching his bread as he walked along. A
girl standing on her father's doorstep laughed at the awkward lad
passing by, little thinking that a few years later she would be his
wife.

[Illustration: Franklin's Entry into Philadelphia.]

Finding employment in Philadelphia, Franklin worked hard, studying
as much as he could after hours. Every book he could buy or borrow
was eagerly read, and he paid small sums to booksellers for the loan
of their volumes overnight, sitting up late and rising early so as
to get all he could out of them. Franklin loved books so dearly
that he soon learned a great deal about foreign countries. He longed
to visit them, and therefore gladly welcomed a proposal to go to
England and buy a printing press.

As the governor of Pennsylvania promised to supply the necessary
funds, Franklin set"American Fā´bi-us."

Corn-wal´lis, the British general now in charge, pursued the
Americans as fast as he could, in order to force them to meet him
in pitched battles. But while the armies were often close enough
to hear the music of each other's bands, and there were many small
skirmishes, no real battle took place.

In one of these small engagements the wads used in loading the
guns gave out. The chaplain of the regiment, who hated the British
because they had cruelly shot his wife and baby, rushed into a
church, tore up some hymn books, and, carrying the leaves to the
soldiers for wads, said: "Give 'em Watts, boys! Give 'em Watts!"

LXVIII. CHRISTMAS EVE.

While retreating before Cornwallis, Washington kept sending stern
orders to Lee to hasten and join him, so that their combined forces
could be used against


"Major Molly."

When darkness came on, the fight ceased, and Washington flung
himself down to rest. During the night an officer drew softly near,
and the general quickly bade him advance and deliver his message,
saying: "I lie here to think, and not to sleep." Washington's
thoughts were busy, for now he could no longer doubt that Charles
Lee was a traitor. Indeed, he foresaw what soon happened--that Lee
would be dismissed from the army in disgrace. In fact, Lee, who had
tried to harm the American cause, was never allowed to serve his
country again, and had to withdraw to Virginia. There he lived a
loveless and solitary life, in a house whose only partitions were
chalk lines across the floor.

LXXIII. PUTNAM'S ADVENTURES.

On the morrow of the battle of Monmouth, Washington found that
Clinton had withdrawn his army soapproach, received him in grim
silence; for while they would have been glad to take advantage of
his baseness, they all despised him as a traitor.

Washington, then on his way to West Point, received the news of
André's arrest too late to seize Arnold, although he tried very hard
to do so. Still, he did not forget that Arnold's wife was innocent.
Pitying her evident suffering, he soon sent her word that her
husband had escaped, and said that she would be allowed to join him
in New York.

The news of Arnold's treachery, which wrung tears from Washington,
and made him exclaim, "Whom can we trust now?" filled the whole
country with dismay. People were horror-struck; but while all hated
Arnold, many were almost as excited over the capture and probable
fate of André. An artist, writer, and soldier,


Montcalm, 210

  Ō´tis, James, opposes search warrants, 217

  Ox´ford University, 82

  Pa-çĭf´ic Ocean, discovered by Balboa, 64
    named by Magellan, 65

  Pä´lōs, Columbus sails from, 44

  Păn-a-mä´, Isthmus of, Drake at, 81
    settlement on, 63

  Pȧ-poo´ses, Indian babies, 20

  Păr´is, treaty of, 213, 322, 325

  Par´li_a_-ment, Americans not represented in, 217
    Americans offered representation in, 272
    repeals Stamp Act, 223

  Pa:_u_l´ding, captures André, 306

  Pē_a_r´son, Captain, Paul Jones defeats, 206

  _Pēl´i-can_, Drake's ship, 82

  Penn, William, East New Jersey sold to, 146
    founds Philadelphia, 150
    laws of, 149
    Pennsylvania granted to, 147
   Saturday's Prep Basketball: Pony girls trounce Eagles

It was a good weekend for Havre High basketball teams. On Saturday night, at the HHS gymnasium, the HHS girls were able to remain unbeaten in the Central A by defeating the Lewistown Golden Eagles 68-35. Meanwhile, the Pony boys were victorious in Lewistown, 55-49. The Ponies face Browning next Friday, with the girls away and the boys at home. On Saturday night, both HHS teams host Rocky Boy.


About 1,000 people gathered in Bucharest on Tuesday night for a third day of protests against plans for Europe's biggest opencast gold mine.

Thousands of citizens first took to the streets on Sunday, in cities across the country, spurred by the Romanian government's recent draft bill to allow Canadian company, Gabriel Resources, to mine gold and silver at the Carpathian town, Rosia Montana.

Campaigners have criticised the "special national interest" status the bill would give the mine, which would allow the Romanian branch of Gabriel Resources, Rosia Montana Gold Corporation, to move the few remaining landowners off the site through compulsory purchase orders.

Oana Mondoc, 26, a London-based campaigner, organised and took part in a Sunday solidarity protest at the Romanian Embassy in London, attracting a reported 150 to 200 Romaniansall three protests and described protesters blocking streets, drumming, singing and organising street sit-ins. He said workshops and debates have been planned alongside a global day of protests on 8 September.

Jari Natunen, a Finnish biochemist, has condemned the plans for the mine, likening it to similar schemes carried out by Finnish mining company, Talvivaara, which has left a legacy of water polluted with uranium and metals.

Supporters of the mine, which has been stalled for 14 years, include President Traian Basescu Basescu and prime minister Victor Ponta, who have said the project will bring jobs to the region and billions of Euros in tax.

The bill is due to be debated in the Romanian parliament within the next two weeks, even as protests continue.


to print a redacted image showing one of the exposed reports (an HIV test) and shared other information derived from the exposed data such as the involvement of children:

Some included in the breach are as young as 17

BuzzFeed had managed to get in touch with Rodrigues Kustas who they refer to as "an administrator at Health Solutions" and he had some rather, uh, "enlightening" facts to share. For example, security incidents weren't exactly a new thing:

Health Solutions was moving to a new website in January because their current one had been “hacked” several times

In a subsequent interview with The Hindu, he was quoted as saying:

The data leak was six months ago and by now we already have a new server

In that same article, he talks about a "hack":

WhileIP address as all the exposed records were found on. Only 4 weeks ago, it looked like this:

That's the last recorded snapshot on archive.org and it appears that the site has been disabled (scrubbed?) around the time of this incident. Doing a reverse DNS lookup on the host name shows a raft of other sites running on the same IP address:

amcoweigh.com

aphali.com

askmyindianfellows.com

biglife4u.com

cafefumo.com

coloron.co.in

coloroncare.com

dashclinic.net

directproductmark.biz

futureenterprises.biz

gretdhara.com

homebulkdeal.com

hsppl.com

kantalaxmi.com

mauryaindustries.com

mcslinc.com

mymoneystation.com

mysvls.com

nixonchemicals.com

ourflame.biz

sagardevelopers.com

shreelandscaping.com

smileservices.biz

sribalajimedicare.com

swaroopkart.com

tarseelexports.com

thethomsonandthomson.com

thomsonandthomson.co.in

trimsnbeyond.com

vatanucoolengineers.com

At least they were running; every single one now shows the same "we're upgrading our servers" message. However, the internet archive can help fill in the gaps and a bit of searching shows everything from a pharmaceutical export business to a network marketing site ("happyness" is one of the things they do) to one which simply has directory listing enabled and a backup of the site in a


ADDITIONAL NOTES:a show on hiatus for longer than 12 months - without any news about its future - is assumed to be canceled

DESCRIPTION:(from TBS's press release, November 2009) TBS is getting inside the heads of some of today's top young comedians with an all-new, late-night series THE VERY FUNNY SHOW, hosted by Tim Meadows (Saturday Night Live). The half-hour series will feature standup performances taped at the famous Zanies Comedy Club in Chicago during TBS and Just For Laughs' recent comedy festival. The show is unique among standup series, with each act intercut by short interview vignettes in which comedians talk about the inspirations behind their work. THE VERY FUNNY SHOW is set to premiere with back-to-back episodes on Thursday, Nov. 19, at 12 a.m. (ET/PT), following TBS'sThis was the cover of the Trentonian paper today. I don't get this paper but I couldn't help but notice as I drove passed a paper machine this morning These headlines are popping up everywhere in NJ lately!
By JOE D’AQUILA
Staff Writer

BRISTOL TWP., Pa. -- A 5-year-old girl was severely injured yesterday after two pit bulls attacked her when she opened the wrong apartment door in a Levittown complex.

The victim, Asia Waldington, was transported by helicopter to Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia, where she was being treated last night for the multiple bite wounds on her face and body.

The mauling took place shortly after 4 p.m. in the 900 building of the Marion Village Apartments, off of Edgley Road.

Waldington was in stable condition last night and Bristol Animal Control officers


was injured herself as she tried to separate the dogs from the girl.

A tiny red plaque that read, "Beware of Dog," hung on the door above the apartment number, a plaque that meant nothing to a confused 5-year-old.

Shortly after the attack, Stebbins answered her door still wearing a pink shirt that was nearly covered with the reddish brown stain of blood -- either hers or Waldington’s or both.

Though neighbors said they had heard her say she felt horrible about the incident and planned to visit the girl in the hospital, Stebbins declined to comment.

"I don’t want this in the paper," she said, as she closed the door.

Waldington’s grandmother Cindy Erhard was still at the complex after Waldington was flown to the hospital, and she described the events asshe knew them, including her granddaughter’s gruesome appearance after she was mauled.

"The one cheek, it was like everything was pulled out, the whole cheek," Erhard said.

She said the 5-year-old had been bitten on her face, head, hip, back and shoulders.

"I saw teeth marks on her shoulders," she said. "I’m thinking one (dog) had her from the front and one (dog) had her from the back."

Erhard said she had actually just finished moving in to the Marion Village apartment the night before.

She said her 6 year-old and 10-year-old sons were outside playing with, and keeping an eye on Waldington and two of her other grandchildren, aged 3 and 4, just before the attack.

"My boys was out there watching the littler ones, making sure they stayed on the grounds and


that she covered Waldington with her own body and yelled down the hall for help with keeping the dogs at bay.

Another woman, Erhard said, came from the floor below with Christmas wrapping paper tubes that she and Stebbins used to beat the dogs back.

It was her son that Erhard said alerted the rest of the family to the attack.

"I heard my 10-year-old son come in and he was hysterical," she said. "The way his voice was, I knew something was wrong."

But from what Erhard could gather from her excited child, she had assumed that her granddaughter had been hurt by falling down or something more mundane, and didn’t imagine the grisly scene that was playing out one floor below.

She said she then yelled to her daughter Vicky Erhard,middle. When Ronald Reagan realigned American politics in 1980, he did so by forging a strong emotional alliance between the right and the middle. Centrist voters gave Republicans and conservatives the benefit of the doubt and looked upon Democrats and liberals, whom Reagan successfully discredited, with deep suspicion.

In that context, charges that Democrats weren't good Americans tended to stick. Whether it was Michael Dukakis's membership in the American Civil Liberties Union in 1988 or Kerry and the swift-boaters last time around, conservative allegations that Democrats seem alien and elitist and not fully American took hold with voters in the middle. They accepted terms of argument set by the Republicans.

But post-George Bush we're in a new context. That coalition of affinity that Reagan created between right and middle, Bush


it by taking a long break from work? It was my very first time traveling alone, and also the first time I stepped foot into the United States; thank goodness I had someone to bring me around while I was there. It was exciting, yet a little nerve-wracking (after all, it was not long after Donald Trump suggested the ban of Muslims from entering the country).

Upon reaching the airport in San Diego, I was one of the first few in line to have my immigration cleared. Unfortunately, during my turn, I was asked to head back to the end of the queue as I did not fill up the Customs Declaration Form (that was given out while I was asleep on the plane). So I filled it upwe call, 'non-accidental trauma.' You know what that means?" Dixon didn't wait for an answer. He continued on, voice edged with contempt and barely restrained anger, spitting out the words like they were ashes in his mouth. "We won't know anything for sure until the autopsy."

"Autopsy!"

"But we _will_ know. Maybe you want to tell us something else. Tell us the truth about last night."

"That is the truth. I went out on a date. Faye... Mrs. Cantrell and her daughter, Meghan, from next door were watching her. When I got home everything was... fine. I thought it was fine anyway. Sophie was sleeping and Faye was drunk. I sent her home. I... I went to bed and... What are you saying? What did she do?"

"Where'd you go on your


lump grow in his throat. The kind of fearful anticipation that comes in the silent moment right before disaster. That space between seeing the ball of fire, and hearing the explosion. "What was it like?"

She shrugged.

"You don't remember?"

She shook her head. "I 'member. It was nofing." Despite her precocious emotional maturity—what his mother used to refer to as being an "old soul"—she still couldn't pronounce TH, saying it like an F like some London child. The sound pierced him. She'd barely spoken since their reunion, and her voice was as welcome and familiar as a favorite song once forgotten. Then, the content of her answer dawned on him. Nothing. It reminded him of being wheeled into surgery for an emergency appendectomy when he was fifteen. The anesthesia nursehuman:

It has been an especially tough couple of years for the drug industry in Washington. Although few policy changes have yet been enacted, lawmakers are increasingly and vocally criticizing the drug industry, including members of the Republican party who previously defended it. Lawmakers are eager to approve some version of drug pricing reform by the end of the year, and Democrats have promised the issue will be a top priority if they take back the presidency in 2020.

The widespread anger has put drug makers on the defensive for the bulk of the Trump presidency. In fact, they faced a president who accused them of “getting away with murder” during his first press conference as president-elect. In the months following, they faced tongue lashings in congressional hearings and new


body having first and second opposing ends and constructed and arranged to define a passage between the body and another element so that the passage extends from the first end to the second end. A seal member is associated with the body. A first spring structure biases the seal member in a first direction and a second spring structure biases the seal member in a direction opposite the first direction. The first and second spring structures are constructed and arranged so that the seal member may seal the passage. The first and second spring structures have spring loads such that under certain fluid pressure conditions on the first and second ends of the body, the seal member moves against the bias thereon to permit fluid flow through thepassage in one direction, and under different pressure conditions on the first and second ends of the body, the seal member moves against the bias thereon to permit fluid to flow through the passage in a direction opposite the one direction.
In accordance with another aspect of the invention a check valve includes a body having a passage therein in open communication with a source of fluid. A spring support structure is coupled to and extends from the body. A seal structure includes an elastomer seal member disposed generally adjacent to the passage. A spring is supported by the spring support structure and biases the seal structure so that the seal member is in a sealing position preventing fluid from the source from exiting the passage. A load of


the spring is such that when fluid pressure in the passage exceeds the spring load, the seal structure moves against the bias of the spring, permitting the seal member to move to an unsealing position to permit fluid to exit the passage.
In accordance with yet another aspect of the invention, a pressure releasing valve arrangement includes a valve structure having a valve member constructed and arranged to be disposed in a housing chamber of an element to seal an opening in the element. The opening communicates a fluid pressure chamber of the element with the housing chamber. The valve member separates the fluid pressure chamber from the housing chamber. The valve structure is constructed and arranged to be operatively associated with a movable member mounted for movement withinthe element. A spring biases the valve member towards a sealing position to seal the opening. When fluid pressure in the fluid pressure chamber reaches a pre-determined pressure, the valve member moves from the sealing position against the bias of the spring to unseal the opening permitting fluid pressure in the fluid pressure chamber to be reduced below the pre-determined pressure, due to fluid entering the housing chamber. Further, when the movable member moves to an over-travel condition, the valve structure is engaged by the movable member and moved therewith which causes the valve member to move from the sealing position to unseal the opening.
Other objects, features and characteristic of the present invention, as well as the methods of operation and the functions of the related elements of


Is Cannibalism Becoming More Popular?

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Recent news reports of cannibalism, from a man caught with a
human-liver stew to a guy allegedly plotting to cannibalize a
Swiss man, might lead one to believe that the practice of chowing
down on human meat is in vogue.

The recent reports include a man identified as Nikolai Shadrin
who was arrested in Russia in mid-May after police found
a stew made of human liver in the man's fridge. According to
reports, the human soup was part of Shadrin's strategy to cover
up the murder of the liver's owner.

The second account, reported just days before the Shadrin case,
involved a man from eastern Slovakia who was arrested in
connection with attempted cannibalism. It is believed, according
to news reports, that the Slovakian planned to kill and then eat
a Swiss man aspart of
a pact made through the Internet between the two. It was
later found that this was not the Slovakian's first encounter
with cannibalism.

Now, despite the abundance of reports of cannibalism, the
practice is not on the rise, experts say.

"I'd say because of its taboo nature it's hard to judge how
prevalent [cannibalism] is because people will make the claim
that they've done it when they may not have done it and vice
versa — that they may do it in order to terrify other people and
we may not get to hear about it," said Timothy Taylor, a
professor of archaeological sciences at the University of
Bradford in England.

What we do know is that cannibalism is no longer an "acceptable"
behavior.

"The last time that it was really 'acceptable' in the United
States was during the early 19th century