The article provides information from interviews with state juvenile justice agency leaders from Alaska, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Each of these states has either banned punitive solitary confinement in juvenile facilities or experienced a dramatic shift away from the practice. More information on juvenile solitary confinement is available through the ACLU Web site, a 2012 report by Human Rights Watch, and the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

New York State Becomes Largest U.S. Prison System to Prohibit Use of Disciplinary Solitary Confinement for JuvenilesAccording to a Feb. 19 story in the New York Times, the state of New York has agreed to sweeping reforms intended to limit the use of solitary confinement for certain special populations, which includes ending the most extreme form of isolationfor juveniles. Much of the information for the article was from the New York Civil Liberties Union, which represented three prisoners whose lawsuit led to the agreement.

Video of Webinar on CrimeSolutions.gov Now AvailableOn Jan. 16 the Justice Research and Statistics Association (JRSA) hosted a Webinar on CrimeSolutions.gov. This Webinar provided a general overview of the Web site and tips on using the information. The presenter was Thomas E. Feucht, executive senior science advisor and acting deputy director at the National Institute of Justice. The moderator was Stan Orchowsky, director of research at the JRSA. To access this archived Webinar, visit JRSA's Web site. Other archived Webinars are also accessible at the JRSA Web site, including "Implementing Evidence-Based Practices in Community Corrections" and "A State Perspective on Implementing Results


and a frequently asked questions section.

Juvenile Justice Resource Hub Adds Racial–Ethnic Fairness SectionThe Juvenile Justice Information Exchange together with the National Juvenile Justice Network has recently added a section on Racial–Ethnic Fairness to its Juvenile Justice Research Hub. The Juvenile Justice Research Hub, which is supported by the MacArthur Foundation, provides timely research and information on juvenile justice trends and issues. The Racial–Ethnic Fairness section of the Resource Hub aims to provide an overview of salient issues and links to information on promising approaches, recent research, cutting-edge reforms, model policies, best practices, links to experts, and toolkits to take action. Other sections in the Hub include mental health and substance use, community-based alternatives, and juvenile indigent defense.

The National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention Newsletter is prepared under Officeis different from the above internal gear pump of the first type in that although there are provided third flat-bottomed oil pockets in those surfaces of a casing and a cover, on which an external gear slides, said oil pockets being extended over about one-fourth the circumference of a circle on the casing and on the cover, there are not any second oil pockets at those portions of the casing and the cover which face the opposite sides of the internal gear adapted to slide between the outer peripheral wall of a fixed filler and the inner peripheral wall of the casing. As described above, the oil pockets in the first and second types of the internal gear pump are flat-bottomed in configuration. In the prior internal gear


WE NOW KNOW THE NAME OF A CHILD WHO DROWN IN A LOCAL PARK. 8-YEAR OLD SHANE NEEDLES OF NASHOTAH DIED AFTER BEING PULLED FROM THE OCONOMOWOC RIVER YESTERDAY. POLICE BELIEVE IT WAS AN ACCIDENTAL DROWNING, BUT THE WAUKESHA COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER WILL MAKE THE FINAL RULING. POLICE SAY THE BOY WAS ON AN OUTING TO RIVERSIDE PARK WITH 11 OTHER MEMBERS OF THE WISCONSIN TAE KWON DO ACADEMY, AND TWO ADULT CHAPERONES. SHANE NEEDLES IS A COUSIN OF 12 SPORTSUnlike Christmas and New Year in the Western world, which are traditionally only celebrated for one day each, Spring Festival is celebrated from the last day of the last month, for fifteen days until the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month. Throughout these fifteen days, people have dinners at home with loved ones, play traditional Chinese games like Mahjong, and exchange gifts such as 红包 (“hong bao” – red envelopes full of money). It is also tradition to wear new clothes at the start of the New Year, so the few days before the Spring Festival begins it’s common for everyone to go shopping for new (usually red) clothes.

The staple food during Chinese Spring Festival is dumplings. The 馅儿 (“xian’er” – stuffing, or flavor)


varies by region. In the north for example, Spring Festival dumplings are often filled with pork, shrimp, and leeks. Another salient feature of Spring Festival is the hanging of red lanterns along the road, and 春联 (“Chun lian” – Spring Festival couplets) on doorways and windows. These are usually adorned with Chinese characters for happiness, health and fortune. It is believed that hanging these symbols in your house will bring good luck in the New Year.

Perhaps the most important (and loudest) part of Spring Festival is playing with firecrackers. Unlike in the west where we shoot fireworks into the sky for the New Year, Chinese firecrackers are smaller in size, but larger in number. Instead of shooting off a single rocket, the Chinese will light firecrackers that areseveral meters long with several thousand smaller bangs. The shooting of fireworks and firecrackers can be heard year round in China (especially during weddings or when a new business opens), but Spring Festival is when they are most prevalent. At midnight of the New Year, you will hear hundreds of thousands of firecrackers being set off simultaneously, and the festivities last deep into the night. The purpose is to scare away evil spirits with the loud noise, and as a blessing to mark a new beginning.

Although celebrations are similar across China, some Spring Festival traditions are slightly different from place to place. Big, modern cities like Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Chongqing – though in different parts of the country – celebrate Spring Festival in a very similar fashion.


arrogant, then God would act to bring to an end their government. Or he would send a leader of his own choosing. And the government would be upon his shoulder and his leadership gifts would be different: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

It is interesting that after the discourse on the Good Shepherd the Jewish leaders tried there and then to stone Jesus, for to them he was claiming to be Messiah and King. The leadership which people looked to was not simply spiritual. They want a new government. They had had enough of the Romans and their poll tax. But Jesus didn’t offer what they wanted. He was no ordinary leader. He was a Good Shepherd, not any old shepherd. He would not reinforcethe joys and pain of the people. From the Church point of view we cannot engage in mission and evangelism until we know those whom we are addressing and understand their dilemmas and fears. Sensitivity is essential to strong leadership. That goes for the wider councils of the church as they seek to care for individual churches. It goes for clergy as they seek to understand their own flock. It goes for the lay leaders, like elders and comparable positions in the other denominations, as they enable the membership of the local congregation to be strong and caring.

The second quality of the Good Shepherd is the quality of truth. The thieves and robbers in John don’t go in by the main entrance, they get in illegally. They should


City.Anticipating the influx of guests from National Harbor this spring, the Office of Historic Alexandria is gearing up to be sure that visitors have easy and affordable access to Alexandrias fascinating history. Hear Historic Alexandria Director Lance Mallamo talk about new and exciting initiatives designed to bring history to life on the streets of the City.podcasts@alexandriava.govMon, 14 Jan 2008 13:55:43 -0500Government & OrganizationsRSS_BUDDY_29979-34no00:04:42alexandria,events,activities,fun,festivals,celebrationshttp://alexandriava.gov/podcastsCompany is Coming - Preparing a Welcoming Gateway to AlexandriaCity of Alexandriahttp://alexandriava.gov/podcasts
The opening of the National Harbor Development in Maryland brings some exciting changes in the City. Kathleen Beeton, Neighborhood Planning and Community Development Division Chief for the Citys Planning and Zoning Department, and member of the National Harbor Collaborative Work Group, explains the work of the Collaborative and the planning strategies behind the new attractionsand improvements coming to Old Town and the Potomac River waterfront.The opening of the National Harbor Development in Maryland brings some exciting changes in the City. Kathleen Beeton, Neighborhood Planning and Community Development Division Chief for the Citys Planning and Zoning Department, and member of the National Harbor Collaborative Work Group, explains the work of the Collaborative and the planning strategies behind the new attractions and improvements coming to Old Town and the Potomac River waterfront.podcasts@alexandriava.govWed, 26 Mar 2008 13:55:43 -0500Government & OrganizationsRSS_BUDDY_29979-33no00:05:29alexandria,events,activities,fun,festivals,celebrationshttp://alexandriava.gov/podcasts


Parents say machine saved little boy's life

TRIBUTE TO AOIFE ON POIGNANT ANNIVERSARY

FINTAN LAMBE

AS THE sixth anniversary approaches of the tragic loss of young Aoife Kennedy (5) in a traffic accident in Carnew, a local family has paid tribute to her, after a ventilator partfunded in her memory helped save the life of one of their twin sons.

Callum and Adam Kenny, sons of Brid Kenny and Jason Doyle, who are now approaching their third birthday, were born 10 weeks premature at Holles Street Hospital in Dublin. While the boys are now home on the Coolattin Road, Carnew, and doing well, it's been a tough road for them.

At birth, Adam weighed three pounds 11 oz, and Callum, three pounds, nine oz. After six weeks, they were transferred to Wexford General,but Adam had lung problems and remained in hospital longer than Callum.

One day, while Brid was home checking on Callum, she received a call from the hospital asking her to return immediately as Adam had taken a turn for the worse.

When she got there, she was met by a priest who had just baptised Adam, as the hospital staff were worried that he wouldn't survive the journey to Temple Street Hospital where he needed urgent medical help with his lungs.

As Brid was leaving the hospital for the ambulance she noticed the plaque on the ventilator in which Adam was being transported, and immediately she recognised Aoife Kennedy's name on it. 'Aoife's mother Caroline is a good friend of my mother's,' she said.

En route to the hospital, the ambulance


need,' she added. ' The twins will be three years old at the end of November and I do believe they have a special little angel watching over them.'

'In the coming weeks we hope to open the A&E paedeatric room at Wexford General Hospital,' she continued. 'A great deal of thanks has to go to DoneDeal in Wexford for their huge donation to the girls' charity.' On December 8, there's a thank you party night in The Lodge, Carnew, where they will hold the monster raffle.

Aoife's sixth Anniversary Mass will take place on Sunday, November 11, at St. Bridget's Church , Annacurra at 11 a.m.[Incidence of goiter in the Naumburg district].
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Lionsgate Acquires Joss Whedon-Produced 'The Cabin in the Woods,' Starring Chris Hemsworth

The horror movie, which will now open April 13, was originally scheduled for release in 2009 but got sidelined amid the MGM banktruptcy.

Lionsgate has acquired worldwide distribution rights to the horror movie The Cabin in the Woods from MGM, which had originally scheduled it for release way back in 2009. The movie is now set to open April 13.

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Co-written by Joss Whedon, of Buffy the Vampire Slayer fame, and Drew Goddard, who wrote 2008’s Cloverfield, the movie marks Goddard’s directorial debut.

Chris Hemsworth, who’s a bigger star now than when he shot to the film thanks to his starring role in Thor, plays a young professional who visits a quaint cabin in the woods


with a group of friends where he discovers something horrifying. Whedon, who also produced the movie, has described it as “the horror movie to end all horror movies.” And the fact that the movie, which had been sidelined in the midst of the MGM bankruptcy, is now scheduled to hit theaters in the spring will be good news to the legion of Whedon fans.

STORY: 'Thor' Star Chris Hemswort's Next Big Projects

Richard Jenkins, Bradley Whitford, Kristen Connolly, Brian J. White, Amy Acker, Fran Kranz and Jesse Williams also star in the film.

The acquisition was announced Wednesday by Joe Drake, president of Lionsgate’s Motion Picture Group, and Jason Constantine, president of acquisitions and co-productions. Lionsgate will distribute in North America and the U.K., with Lionsgate’s international sales team handling international"Proximity to East Village, but not pleasant in and of itself"

While Union Square is one of the city's nicest spots, with its farmers' market, generous splash of greenery, and nearby wealth of bookstores, cinemas, and clothing stores, its southern border becomes far less pleasant the further east one goes. While around and below Astor Place, the endearingly gritty-gentrified feeling of the East Village prevails, with some of the city's best low-cost (but rising) dining, far less scenic is East 14th Street. A major transport street, with numerous bus and subway stops, this wide thoroughfare is filled with cheap neon-signed fast food joints and corner-store pharmacies, a far cry from the flea markets, boho theatres, and falafel restaurants available a few blocks further south. As a convenient, well-lit way


from 4th to 6th Avenues to a society based in North Carolina. This stretch of land, apparently, is the approved aesthetic of people in the Carolinas. The building across the street used to be a cheap hotel that housed a lot of struggling actors whom would later become quite famous. It is now part of NYU (as most of the Village is). They seem to love destroying cool stuff and then giving it to students. The building across Broadway from Silver Spur was owned by the "meanest man alive" according to historical writings about him. I find that hilarious. He's dead now. The Grace Church is directly across the street. It is the most beautiful thing on this street -- and one of the most beautiful churches inthe city. The block east of 4th has some really beautiful rowhouses and townhouses from the 19th century. Pretty much all of the numbered blocks between 4th and 2nd match the aesthetic of the West Village and they are so beautiful. I recommend everyone walk up and down these streets in the fall when the leaves are falling. Alphabet City is quite pretty starting at around 10th street. And, because it was gentrified pretty severely, there are a ton of really hip bars and restaurants in this area. I recommend Moustache Cafe for excellent Middle Eastern Food. Tompkins Square Park is here and it's one of my favorite parks in the city: during the day. Like any park in NYC, don't hang out here at night.

"Was once a


block to be reckoned with -- now, it's a semi-cool block."

The block between 5th and Uni is a very grand block. Some of the architecture on the inside and out of these apartments just can't be beat. And, apparently, historical people agreed. Eleanor Roosevelt kept an apartment here. The Beaux Arts Building (which is so beautiful, you can't miss it) housed Marlon Brando for a number of years and it's in about half of Woody Allen's films amongst several films in general. 21 East 11th is the site where Edith Wharton's sister in law had her famous regular literary salons which included John Singer Sargent (my favorite painter), Henry James and neighbor Teddy Roosevelt. It must have been incredible to be a fly on that wall. The Albert,just across Uni, was another huge artists' building with residents such as John Phillips, Frank Zappa, Thomas Wolfe and Robert Louis Stevenson. They all wrote pretty iconic things while living at this address -- California Dreamin' being one of them. The rest of the block seems to be entirely made up of antique stores. Honestly, that's all there are. The one at the corner of Broadway was once the best hotel in New York -- all the presidents used to stay here. 11th stops for a block at Broadway for what is now Grace church. It's the most beautiful church in the city, in my opinion. It's Gothic and scary and amazing. Two of my favorite places are on the block between 4th and 3rd. Webster hall has


been around since the mid 19th century and has remained since its inception, a concert hall. I saw Owen Pallett here and it was amazing. The venue is so small, you can't possibly miss anything. Village Pourhouse is a really rowdy sports bar that I can't help but love. We go there every Sunday for football and never have anything less than a blast. There's another church that takes up almost the entire block between 2nd and 3rd and it's pretty much the polar opposite of Grace, aesthetically. It used to be a church for only the elite, erected by the Stuyvesant family in the late 18th century. The family tomb is still there and a recent descendant was laid to rest in the 1960's (pretty awesome). It'sjust wouldn't want to live there.

"Calmer then 10th, Similar to 12th Street"

East 11th Street has retained more from the 90's than other parallel east-west thoroughfares. It's calmer year round, and the block between 1st and 2nd avenue is nice to walk on because of the large school yard that affords views through the block to East 12th. Part of the street was renamed for a woman who was electrocuted to death near the corner of 1st avenue in the early 2000's. Overall, a good walking street, with generally low traffic speeds.

"Not very trendy, feautures some college-budge friendly restaurants"

The upper streets of the East Village are pretty much populated by a wealthier crowd, though there are a few twenty-somethings who maintain the far eastside of the street (at the


far eastside of the East Village). Yet just like any East Village street, there are plenty of restaurants to visit, and the business scenery is constantly changing.

"Fun, Bright, Great Bubble Tea"

I love this street, its one of the most fun areas to go out in the East Village. East 11th street not only the always packed and exciting Webster Hall, but also a multiplex that shows main stream and indie movies alike. On E 11th and 3rd ave there is a great bubble tea house called Sts Alps Tea House that has a wide variety of delicious teas to pick from, not to mention some delicious Hong Kong cuisine. There are some great markets on E 11th street too, including an organic market and a Japanese market. ItBoston’s subway is straining with new growth. It is time to rethink America’s oldest subway for the 21st Century.

Over the last 15 years the South Boston Seaport district, once an ocean of parking for south shore commuters, has finally began to develop and is now experiencing growing pains. New hotels, offices, and soon residences have been built at a breakneck pace. In the 1990s, during the Big Dig, planners saw the potential of the empty land sitting next to downtown Boston and South Station. A new transit tunnel was proposed connecting the area to South Station which was designed to uses electric buses that would continue on to Logan Airport via the new Ted Williams Tunnel. The Silver Line was to be one of the first Bus Rapid


Transit (BRT) lines in the country and the Feds wanted to use it as a showpiece. Seeing this the MBTA realized that their only source of new funding would be for BRT lines and soon they expanded their vision to include the long delayed Washington St Orange Line replacement with a scheme to connect the Seaport tunnel with a new service through downtown and south to Dudley Sq. The Washington St service, all above ground, opened in 2001 and the tunnel opened a year later. But the connection, a tunnel from Washington St to South Station, was doomed to failure. The project involved destroying the existing, but abandoned, Tremont St Tunnel (part of the original subway) and building a giant underground loop below Boston Common because the turnsin the tunnel would be too tight for buses. The cost far outweighed the benefit as there was very little demand from Roxbury to the Seaport. The Feds finally ended support for the tunnel and the MBTA gave up their BRT crusade.

As the Seaport grew it became clear that the Silver Line wouldn’t be enough. The Silver Line runs in a 1 mile tunnel from South Station to D St where it crosses D St and enters into a private road known as Silver Line Way. The grade crossing was a way to cut costs in the original design but has caused traffic issues as the Seaport builds out. The buses must then retrace their route on surface streets to access the Ted Williams Tunnel due to the


Silver Line would have a quicker journey from the Airport to South Station. The tunnel, therefor, should be used for the Green Line.

Red-Blue Connection & the Essex St Connector

The Boston subway was designed with four major downtown transfer points: Park St, Government Center, State, and Downtown Crossing. As Boston had a strong hub-spoke transportation network this made sense and has worked for the last century. But as areas away from downtown begin to develop, such as the Seaport and Kendall Sq which are both along the Red Line, this system is no longer balanced and the transfer stations are beginning to strain under the crowds. Accessing the Silver Line at South Station often requires a transfer at Park St (Green Line) or Downtown Crossing (Orange Line) and theseLaw Foundation when the Foundation sued over emissions mitigation during the Big Dig. Under the agreement the Commonwealth agreed to build the Green Line extension to Medford, the Red-Blue connection, and restore the Arborway streetcar. After the Big Dig ended the Commonwealth went to court to ask that it only need to build one transit extension and the Green Line to Medford was chosen over the Blue. As Kendall Sq continues to grow the Blue Line extension will help by letting riders from the north and northeast reach the Red Line and avoid Park St.

The second solution is to build on the bones of the dead Silver Line Phase III with a much simpler tunnel from the Green Line between Arlington and Boylston St to South Station. When


this section of the Green Line was built there were provisions built into the walls to allow for a branch to Post Office Sq but nothing more was ever built. Also along this section are the remains of two separate portals which once served streetcars from the west before the subway was extended. This extra space within the tunnels is a perfect location for a junction to be built with two tracks descending as they head east. This new tunnel must dive deep to pass beneath the existing abandoned Tremont St tunnels. Boylston St between Tremont and Washington is only 40 feet wide so to fit with a new station the tunnels must be bi-level with the Seaport bound track on the upper level and the Kenmore boundtrack on the lower. A new mezzanine will connect the Green Line at Boylston and Orange Line at Chinatown allowing riders to once again avoid the Park-Downtown Crossing mess.

As the Silver Line was designed with Phase III in mind, there is space along Essex St above the Central Artery tunnels for the transitway and at South Station there are bellmouths in the walls of the Silver Line for this connection. The Silver Line tunnel through the Seaport was also built with light rail conversion in mind so all that is needed is for tracks to be added to the tunnels (and possibly a second set of power wires in the ceilings). While threading a new tunnel and station along such a narrow street in the congested heart of


would vastly improve Silver Line running time as the buses no longer have to double back and can run straight from the Ted Williams Tunnel to South Station with stops in between.

A Greater Green Line Network

The Essex St Connector is the most vital part of fixing the downtown congestion but it is far from the only issue facing the Green Line. As the first subway in the US the Green Line is really a collection of different transit ideas all built at different times. Originally conceived as a way to remove streetcar congestion on the surface streets the Green Line operated dozens of different routes, some which terminated at Park, others at Scollay Sq (now Government Center), and finally some to North Station. As rapid transit began totimes both systems work together as light rail trains can run on dedicated ROWs until they reach downtown and then operate on city streets.

When the Huntington Ave Subway was built in the late 1930s it was originally designed to have a second section along Stuart St to Tremont St where it was to connect with the Tremont St Subway using the existing flying junction south of Boylston St station. This would allow trains to not have to pass in front of one another and Huntington Ave trains could use the separate outer tracks to Park St, thus eliminating any congestion with other lines. Due to the limited WPA funds a simpler connection was made at Copley Sq which forced trains to cross at grade. Additionally plans had been


Pl office building and along Pearl St. A bi-level station would allow for cross platform transfers to the shuttle. West of the station would be a layup track for short turning rush hour trains. While complex this layout allows for maximum operational flexibility.

Having two branches along the Riverside Line means that one can be used to replace the Needham commuter rail line with light rail. As outlined in the recent Transit Matters Regional Rail report the Needham Line will eventually need to be replaced with rapid transit due to capacity constraints along the Northeast Corridor. The Green Line can add service through Upper Falls and replace the existing service to Needham Junction while the Orange Line will be extended to West Roxbury and possibly on to Dedham (moreto be removed and the land redeveloped. Harvard has been redeveloping much of Allston as it expands south from Cambridge and this provides a once-in—a-lifetime opportunity to create a new transit link. Because of the odd angles of the Allston street grid and the legacy of both rail yards and highway ramps cutting off northern Allston from Commonwealth Ave it is time consuming to go from Harvard to Brookline and on to Longwood (where the Harvard Medical School was built). The 66 bus does this serpentine run daily and one of the most popular routes in the system. With the addition of the proposed West Station in the soon to be developed neighborhood it is not hard to look at the current conditions of the Seaport and see


The new tunnel would turn north under Babcock and would dive below BU, the commuter rail tracks and the relocated Mass Pike. The station would also act as a pedestrian connection between the new neighborhood and BU as BU has refused to allow any new streets be built through its land. The second alignment would involve extending the tunnel from Kenmore west to Armory St with a new, single Boston University East station along the way. Around the BU Bridge the tunnel would split with a flying junction so that A trains would run under the Mass Pike and ascend along the Grand Junction tracks, following the newly aligned Mass Pike at grade to a new station parallel to West Station. The B Branch would continue west afew hundred feet before coming to the surface around Armory St. The first alignment would continue north through land which is to be redeveloped so that a shallow tench or short tunnels would suffice but the second alignment would require building a new tunnel from West Station along North Harvard St which would cause much more disruption.

Stations along the line would be at West Station, Cambridge Ave, Western Ave and North Harvard St at the Harvard Business School. From North Harvard St the line must dive below the Charles River to continue to Harvard Sq. The line will use an abandoned section of Red Line tunnel to terminate within Harvard Sq. The Red Line once terminated at Harvard and there was a maintenance yard just south of the


square with a three track tunnel connecting to the station. When the Red Line was extended to Alewife this yard was sold to Harvard which built their Kennedy School of Government in its place. The tunnels, however, still remain as does a ROW through the two buildings to Brattle St. The new A Branch would enter these tunnels and where one of the tracks would be replaced by a platform. The exiting tunnels are located next to the Harvard Station mezzanine meaning that the side walls could be easily opened up for transfers to the Red Line and bus lines.

Building on my critique of the Grand Junction as rapid transit this new A Branch would better serve the Cambridge Boston-West market. One of my pet peeves about newrapid transit lines is that they often exist by themselves and not part of a greater network. Rapid transit on Grand Junction is basically just a shuttle between Allston and North Station but an A Branch would feed into the existing network and actually improve on popular routes. While not as detailed as the old Urban Ring proposal the A Branch would connect Harvard with Longwood via Kenmore Sq. The new branch would have a built in ridership and riders coming from the northwest Red Line or west via bus routes would could use the new branch to access Back Bay without needing to go downtown. Imagine not having to ride all the way downtown just to turn around and head back out.

Orange Line

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Gaye McKay, 57, ate a cannabis cookie before she drove the ambulance involved in the fatal crash at around 5pm on November 20 last year.

The crash killed 50-year-old Dixie Erlandsen, a club president for Urunga Football Club, and her 17-year-old daughter Rachel, who were travelling in the other car. Another paramedic, a doctor and a nurse who were in the ambulance at the time desperately tried to revive the pair.

Blood samples taken from McKay after the crash revealed a small amount of cannabis in her system, a level experts say shouldn’t have impaired her judgement.

Ms Erlandsen’s mother Mavis Erlandsen


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The executive said the movie would be released in December 2015 and that the story would pick up “where 6 left off -- and where 6 left off is 35 years ago by the time this is released.”

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Woodpecker Barn is a spacious two-bedroom cottage on two levels with the open plan living / kitchen area situated on the ground floor accessed via a stable front door.
Also,


on this level is the bathroom with bath and shower over, toilet, wash basin with mirror, light and shaver socket over and...

Brynawel is a traditional 2 bed cottage, newly renovated to provide a lovely light and cosy place to stay with plenty of character and all mod cons plus views of the river teifi. Situated in the popular village of St Dogmaels, its just a mile from Poppit beach and the market town of Cardigan and...

Owl cottage is a one-bedroom cottage on two-levels, with the living area/kitchen situated on the ground floor with access via French doors providing superb views across the valley and access to the patio area with garden furniture and an enclosed lawn area surrounding the cottage. Also, on this...

Discover Ty Canol nestled in thequaint hamlet of Rhos Hill, near the picturesque hamlet of Cilgerran and close to the dramatic Ceredigion coastline. Ty Canol is the perfect central location to explore all that Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire has to offer, and is a great family...

This fabulous Farmhouse enjoys a superb riverside location at Crosswell in the heart of the National Park between the Pembrokeshire Coast and the Preseli Hills.
Newport, Cardigan and Fishguard are within 15 minutes' drive and offer shops, restaurants, pubs and access to the Coastal Path.
The...

Tucked away in the hillside near the coast overlooking the Teifi Estuary in St Dogmaels and just a few minutes walk from the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path.
This cosy holiday cottage for two offers a peaceful retreat. St Dogmaels is a fishing village which also boasts the


ruins of a 12th century...

Newly refurbished and superbly situated in the Moorings. Open plan living brings all the mod-cons, light and space that is ideal for relaxing with friends and family. From the living and dining room you can see the children crabbing on the pontoon and the boats coming and going on the Teifi....

The Old Pottery is an idyllic detached stone cottage with stained glass windows set in a smallholding in the National Park. Whether you're looking for a romantic break, a walking holiday, riding in the hills or just peace and tranquillity, this is for you.

Nestling within the Preseli Hills,...

The Coach House in Cenarth is idyllically situated right on the bank of the River Teifi, renowned for its salmon and sewin fishing. You will see anabundance of wildlife from the house including herons, buzzards, kingfishers, otters and an occasional visit from Sammy the Seal! You can fish from the...

This charming character cottage, which makes a perfect holiday retreat is set in the tiny hamlet of Cwmdegwel, a pretty cluster of cottages in a wooded valley just 10 minutes' walk from St Dogmaels.
St Dogmaels is a thriving community set on the bank of the river Teifi.
The village boasts a...

This Cart House conversion enjoys a lovely riverside location in the heart of the National Park between the Pembrokeshire Coast and the Preseli Hills.
The river Nevern is the boundary to the 4 acres of grounds and there is private river fishing (during fishing season) which you are free to enjoy...

LOCATED IN BUSTLING VILLAGE NEAR POPULAR SANDY


BEACHES
The cottage is positioned on the High Street, in the heart of the estuary side village of St Dogmaels with a selection of shops, tea rooms, pubs and restaurants and a short distance from the stunning Poppit Sands.
Ideally located to...

Morlais is a two bedroomed chalet- style holiday cottage situated on the sandy beach of Poppit Sands and is available for holiday let throughout the year. It is situated on the beautiful Welsh Pembrokeshire coast and is within the boundary of the Pembrokeshire National Park.
There are two...

Situated high on a Pembrokeshire headland overlooking the magnificent Cardigan Bay and Cardigan Island, this delightful holiday cottage enjoys an enviable position.
Dolphins are a regular sight in the bay. The owners have made every effort to ensure that your comforts and needs havebeen catered...

Ideal for a couple, Y Storws is a beautifully converted stone barn set in a secluded valley with idyllic views across the Preseli Hills. Light the woodburner and relax under the original oak beams in this cosy cottage which once stored corn for the sixteenth century mill next door. It is now a...

1 OF 2 PROPERTIES ON THE EDGE OF THE POPULAR VILLAGE OF ST DOGMAELS WITHIN THE PEMBROKESHIRE COUNTRYSIDE
This a cosy detached bungalow less than 100 yards from the banks of the River Teifi estuary, located on the fringes of St Dogmaels in this highly sought after spot.
St Dogmaels with its...

Welcome to The Falls Bed and Breakfast. This stunning building is steeped in over 200 years of history, and is nestled in the peaceful hamlet of


Star, Pembrokeshire.
We bought this property 6 year's ago, and has been extensively renovated & modernised, while retaining it's historical, charm,...

Glan-y-mor is a stone-built 18th century ex-farmhouse in North Pembrokeshire - with fabulous views over Cardigan Bay, Poppit Sands and the Teifi estuary, and, in the distance, Snowdonia. Situated in the Pembrokeshire National Park, it is on the Wales Coast Path. It is a great place to relax and...

Enjoying superb views over the River Teifi, this very comfortable detached architect designed bungalow offers excellent holiday accommodation, in the quaint riverside village of St Dogmaels in north Pembrokeshire.
The well-kept garden offers a pretty paved seating area, ideal for a BBQ and perfect...

This quaint village cottage is set in the small hamlet of Capel Iwan, near Newcastle Emlyn, and can sleepthree people in two bedrooms. Bank House is a quaint village cottage set in the small hamlet of Capel Iwan, near Newcastle Emlyn, and can sleep three people. There is a king-size double...

Situated off the Cardigan road just over a mile from the Town of Cardigan, this spacious, well kept bungalow makes an excellent holiday home from home in Ceredigion.
Cardigan has a good range of shops, pubs, eateries, leisure centre and a thriving theatre/cinema. Poppit Sands are a 15 minute...

This semi-detached cottage is in the village of Cilgerran near Cardigan in Wales and sleeps six people in three bedrooms. Teifi House is a semi-detached cottage in the village of Cilgerran near Cardigan in Wales. The cottage sleeps six people in three bedrooms which are made up of a


king-size...

A delightful end-terrace holiday cottage in St Dogmaels, near Cardigan, sleeping eight people in four bedrooms. Rose Cottage is a delightful end-terrace holiday cottage in St Dogmaels, sleeping eight people. There is a second floor, king-size double bedroom, two double bedrooms (one with an...

This detached dairy conversion is located near the village of Crymych and can sleep two people in one bedroom. Old Tether Barn is a detached dairy conversion near the village of Crymych just eleven miles from Cardigan. The cottage sleeps two people in one king-size double bedroom with family...

Spectacular views will greet you at this delightful property which overlooks Cardigan Bay from above Poppit Sands in north Pembrokeshire.
Set down a quiet lane and offering total peace and seclusion, you would be hard pressed to findand boosts beautiful views of the valley opposite.

There are three bedrooms twoare situated at the front of the...

Our lovely hideaway is nestled in the Glorious country side of West Wales in a small fishing village called Cenarth, known for Salmon leaps and abundant fishing! Lots of walking paths, quaint villages and beaches nearby. Guesthouse sleeps up to 4 guests and is an open plan style with full kitchen,...

This lovely whitewashed Pembrokeshire cottage is perfect for a couple or small family.
Situated in the heart of the National Park, it provides welcoming accommodation with traditional charm in the tiny village of Brynberian.
The Preseli Hills make a great base for exploring all of Pembrokeshire....

This spacious detached property is in the village of Cilgerran near Cardigan in Wales and sleeps six


people in three bedrooms. Station Hall is a spacious detached property in the village of Cilgerran near Cardigan in Wales and sleeps six people in three bedrooms, which are made up as two doubles,...

This very spacious ground floor garden wing of the owners' home is set in four and a half acres of very well-kept grounds and pasture.
The village of Llechryd is beside the river Teifi which is famous for its salmon, sewin (sea trout) and coracle men. It has a pub, restaurant, fish and chip shop...

This pretty two bedroom property in the heart of Wales is able to sleep up to six people. Penlanfach Farmhouse is a stone-built property located in an isolated, rural location near the Preseli Mountains. With exposed beams, sash windows and a wood-burningstove, this lovely cottage is full of...

This large detached Georgian manor house is set on the outskirts of the village of Llechryd, near Cardigan in South Wales and can sleep sixteen people in eight bedrooms. Manordeifi is a large detached Georgian manor house set on the outskirts of the village of Llechryd, near Cardigan in South...

The Old Posthouse is a first floor apartment in a central village location in Cilgerran Pembrokeshire. A short walk takes you down to the Teifi gorge with its riverside walks and picnic area. Cilgerran village is famous for its 13th century ruined castle perched high above the gorge.

The...

Blaenpant Mansion is situated in the Welsh countryside providing a beautiful location for any family and friends gathering. A beautiful carefully restored Georgian mansion, grade


II listed set it its own grounds and woodland which will guarantee that you enjoy a relaxing stay. The house has been...

Davren is a 6 berth static caravan,sited on private land in the glorious countryside of West Wales in the village of Cenarth, well known for its Sewin & Salmon Fishing and the spectacular Salmon Leap & Waterfalls on the River Teifi.
There are 3 Bedrooms-1 Double & 2 Twins in this very well equipped...

Delightful, ground floor holiday home on the outskirts of Boncath, near Crymych in Pembrokeshire, with two bedrooms accommodating four people. This delightful, ground floor holiday home is situated on the outskirts of Boncath, near Crymych in Pembrokeshire. It has two bedrooms, one with a double...Cathy Tie has accomplished more in her 22 years than most people do in a lifetime.

Her research on genomics has been published in science journals, she's founded a profitable genetic testing company and she recently became the youngest partner to join Silicon Valley venture capital firm, Cervin Ventures.

But for Tie, this is just the beginning.

Tie moved from China to Toronto with her parents when she was four years old. She was a gifted child and by the time she entered high school, her deep interest in biology and chemistry required an outlet beyond the traditional classroom.

"Doing research on my own outside of school became part of my identity," said Tie. She was astute enough to realize that she needed to tap into a network of college professors and


researchers to help guide her work.

Her sophomore year she started cold-calling dozens of university science professors about her research into two protein cells in white blood cells and their relevance to protective immunity.

"I'd call for two straight years at the beginning of each school year and would be rejected by all of them," she said.

Cathy Tie moved with her family to Toronto from China when she was four.

Eventually, she got her break: A professor at the University of Toronto's immunology department agreed to take the 15-year-old on for eight months to conduct research at the college's lab.

"I went straight from [high] school to the lab and would be there until 7 or 8 p.m.," she said. At 16, Tie's research was published in Canadian Young Scientists Journal andGenome Research.

After graduating in 2014, Tie enrolled in the University of Toronto to study bioinformatics, but she only stayed less than a year.

Tie in the lab of her biotech startup Ranomics

While she was doing research into rare disease genes in the university's lab, she had an idea: She wanted to start a company focused on improving the accuracy of genetic testing and better assessing a person's risk for disease.

"The challenge with genetic testing right now is that there are lots of rare mutations that surface, which haven't been analyzed. It's an obstacle that makes it harder to obtain a person's full diagnosis," said Tie, who dropped out of college to pursue the venture. "Our goal is to create a knowledge base of every possible mutation in common cancer


genes."

At 18, Tie moved to San Francisco after Ranomics was accepted into business accelerator IndieBio.

Tie partnered with PhD student Leo Wan, who was conducting research at a molecular genetics lab in the same building. Wan had the technical expertise she needed to get the company off the ground.

The two named the startup Ranomics -- a fusion of the words "rare" and "genomics" -- and in early 2015, accepted $100,000 in seed funding from San Francisco-based biotechnology accelerator, IndieBio, which also provided them with office and lab space and mentoring.

"At the time, there was also a lot of investor interest in companies focused on genetics and genetic testing," said Tie. This interest, and the smart young Tie herself, grabbed the attention of investors, helping them to raise more than$2 million in funding since the company was incorporated in 2015.

Tie has since moved the company back to Toronto and has expanded her team and roster of customers.

So far, Ranomics has analyzed 2,000 mutations in breast, colon and prostate cancer for global genetic testing firms such as Beijing Genomics Institute, Veritas Genetics and Advanced Molecular Diagnostics, a division of Mount Sinai Hospital.

In January, Tie was hired as the youngest partner at Silicon Valley VC firm Cervin Ventures.

Last year, Ranomics launched a new business unit called VariantFind, which helps create DNA libraries specifically for use by customers in synthetic biology and protein engineering industries. Their applications would include gene therapy treatment for diseases and creating new products in the agricultural industry.

With the two businesses doing well, Tie decided to


take on a new challenge: venture capital.

It's an area that has captivated since she began raising money for Ranomics.

Through a friend, she was introduced to Palo Alto-based VC firm Cervin Ventures, an early stage investment firm that typically invests $1 to $2 million in seed stage companies in the enterprise technology space.

She met with the firm's partners last year and they offered her a position as partner. "They were respectful of what I had achieved and my operational experience. Most importantly, they were open-minded," she said.

In January, Tie moved to Silicon Valley to become the youngest of four partners at the firm. Tie remained on Ranomics' board, but turned over her role as CEO to Wan.

So far, she loves the VC experience. But, she admits, it's been asteep learning curve.

"My core expertise was in genetics, but I had a good understanding about how early stage companies grow from the perspective of the founder, particularly in areas such as revenue, hiring and taking a product to market," she said.

Eight months in, she's most excited about the potential of investing in blockchain technology companies that will disrupt traditional industries. Tie said she will probably stay in the venture capital industry for a while.

"I'm still involved with Ranomics, but I really do think it's a great experience being on both sides of the business equation," she said. "I've launched a startup and am now finding innovative startups to fund."


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School of Professional Studies, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

Xueyan Mei is a graduate school student at the School of Professional Studies, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. She earned her undergraduate at University of Oklahoma with Summa cum Laude in Mathematics, USA.

She is currently working on machine learning and deep learning with the concentration on health care, credit risk analysis, and image detection. She has five papers published in IEEE international conferences. The topics are lying in machine learning, object detection, support vector machine, and image clustering. She is researching on early lung cancer detection and survival analysis by machine learning and deep learning algorithms. Her goal is to dramatically reduce the false-negative rate, classification of malignancy/benignancy, and accurate prediction of survival rate.Review: A.o.T2 Final Battle (PS4)

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While the game had its flaws, Omega Force’s return to the to title to present a new story with additional features was the right one to make instead of simply creating a new standalone entry. With Attack on Titan 2: Final Battle, the developer has taken what was already a solid a base and built


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NASA participated for the firsttime in Norway's annual oil spill cleanup exercise in the North Sea on June 8 through 11. Scientists flew a specialized NASA airborne instrument called the Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR) on NASA's C-20A piloted research aircraft to...

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Civil Disobedience Climate Change Protests Proceed in Paris Despite City-wide Ban

In the wake of the Paris attacks in mid-November, the French government implemented a ban on public gatherings for security purposes for the duration of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change talks, hosted from November 30 to December 12.

Regardless, up to 10,000 people defied the ban in an attempt to maintain pressure on government officials negotiating a global climate change deal. Activists came from all around the world: the Irish Times reported the final march featured opening songs from Amazonian Indigenous people, Inuit from Greenland, and tribal chiefs from Papua New Guinea. Protestors at that march also lifted large red banners to symbolize the “red lines” they thought the representatives should not cross in the negotiations.

Many marches includedPrior to his death, Alexander, thus, had to recall his son Bagrat from Guria and make him his heir. Queen Dowager Darejan crowned Bagrat, but she had no intention of giving up her power. Although both were in their forties, Bagrat had to reckon with his step-mother's ambitions. Three days after Alexander's funeral, Darejan made Bagrat marry her niece Ketevan. All documents issued in Imereti during these years bore first Darejan's name, and second Bagrat's. As the conflict was brewing, the nobles became divided in two parties. Papuna, duke of Racha, urged Bagrat to employ the Ottoman force to remove Darejan, while the queen dowager enjoyed support of the catholicos Simon I.

Civil war

The matters headed to an open confrontation when Darejan persuaded Bagrat to divorce her niece


Satisfy your celebrity curiosity with 'My Place', a short film series by NOWNESS, in collaboration with 'apartmento' magazine, that explores inside the homes of stars like Kelis, Adwoa Aboah and Florence Welch, discovering how they relax, kick back, and most importantly, decorate!

Milkshake singer Kelis invited director Barbara Anastacio into her maximalist Los Angeles pad, which is full of colour and life much like the R&B legend herself. The kitchen is her favourite room as a keen foodie; back in 2006 she trained as a chef at Le Cordon Bleu culinary school, and later launched a restaurant in London and her own .cookbook

Bursting into the global music scene in the late 1990s, Kelis won the world over with her debut album Kaleidoscope, which featured a generation-defining chorus in thewere indexed under the child's surname. This was invariably the father's surname.
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For reasons which have still not been explained satisfactorily to me, the department is completely defeated by the problem of indexing a child's surname, such as "Jebef," which does not belong to either of the parents. Present procedures would accommodate indexing the name "Jebef-Befurt" or "Befurt-Jebef," as the registrar would index the child's


to be let alone," or a right to exercise "control over information about oneself."
Although a right of privacy is nowhere expressly contained in the Constitution, personal autonomy and freedom from governmental intrusion are values deeply rooted in American constitutional history. Since at least the fifteenth century, the term "privacy" has been used in the English *719 language to mean "the state or condition of being withdrawn from the society of others, or from the public interest." By the time of the American Constitutional Convention at the end of the eighteenth century, privacy had come to represent a broad spectrum of interests which found protection in several provisions of the Bill of Rights. . . .
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If Mary Roe and John Doe marry outside of Hawaii but retain their own names, then move to Hawaii and have a son named Joseph Doe, and John Doe predeceases Mary Roe, the Hawaii registrar of births cannot recover the information that Mary Roe had a son Joseph Doe unless the searcher has independent knowledge of Mary Roe's family history. Thus, in this situation, Joseph Doe could just as well be named "Adrian Jebef." If one knows a child's name, the parents' names, and the date of birth  the information usually requested of an applicant for a birth certificate  the certificate can be recovered, again regardless of the child's surname.
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being asked - if the President actually does support the Keystone XL pipeline - and is only concerned about part of the route through Nebraska sand dunes (where other pipelines traverse), why is he working so hard to lobby Democrats to oppose the approval of the project?

In radio ads, op-eds, and interviews, Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren cast Republican senator Scott Brown as an extremist for supporting a conscience exemption to the mandate. "She revamped her entire campaign for the last three weeks to orient it around this issue and took on the mold of a social warrior," a Brown campaign official tells THE WEEKLY STANDARD.

The mandate dominated news for the month of February, but polls show that Warren's contraception war hasn't worked out as planned.

Bill O'Reilly iseconomy contracted faster than expected in the final quarter of 2011. Fourth quarter GDP shrank by 7.5pc year on year, against an earlier estimate of 7pc.

This lends credibility to the view that the worsening economy will erode the benefits from today's debt deal and leave Greece vulnerable to a third bailout down the road.

On This Day in History

1847 - US Forces land at Vera Cruz in Mexico during the Mexican-American War. This was the largest amphibious landing in US history until World War 2.

1862 - The first clash of ironclad warships took place in the Hampton Roads as the CSS Virginia and USS Monitor fight to a draw after a 5 hour battle.

1916 - 1,500 Mexican raiders led by Pancho Villa attack Columbus, New Mexico - killing 19


and leaving the town in flames. The US will dispatch 6,000 troops under General Pershing to try to catch Villa.

1945 - US B29 bombers start an incendiary bombing campaign against Japan -targeting Tokyo with 344 aircraft dropping incendiary bombs that started a firestorm that destroyed 16 square miles of the city and killed between 80,000 and 130,000 civilians.

1959 - The Barbie doll makes her debut at the American Toy Fair in NYC

About Me

I've been commenting on various blogs and subscription sites since early 2002 - adding my observations, thoughts, and musings on local, state, and national politics, national security, international relations, the economy, and other topics interest me. Until 2009, I was most active on LittleGreenFootballs before being driven off. Since then, I've been fighting idiotarians on BillOReilly.comErwin Chemerinsky is dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. He is the author of "The Case Against the Supreme Court." The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author.

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Justice Clarence Thomas is 70; Samuel Alito is 68; John Roberts is 63; Neil Gorsuch is nearly 51. Absent unforeseen circumstances, they and the new nominee will be the majority for the next 10 to 20 years. For conservatives,


Chuck Grassley Blames Video Games For Mass Shootings

Sen. Chuck Grassley had harsh words for gun control supporters today, blaming depictions of violence in the media and a broken mental health system for mass shootings.

Grassley urged the committee to support gun rights in any solution. Except for slavery, Grassley said that the Constitution limits only what the government could do, not individuals. He said that citizens were correct to suspect that "congress may enact legislation that may lead to a tyrannical government."

Additonally, Grassley accused violent video games of contributing to mass killings. Citing the manifesto of Anders Behring Breivik, a right-wing extremist who kiled 77 and wounded 242 people attending a Worker's Youth League meeting in Norway, Grassley said that video games could be used as mass killing trainingKumarakom Lagoon Hotel

Kumarakom Hotel

Living a country side life is an unexpressed dream of many. Come to the most ideal location for you dream vacation. Kumarakom Lagoon is a natural abode for leisure activities available round the clock. Get ready for a journey far away from the hustle-bustle of civilization.

The island is a beautiful blend of modern amenities with simple life of the village. Day to day activities like walking along the village track, fishing, bird watching or simply lazing around delights the soul to the brim and guides it to fulfillment.

Kindling a mood of romance is the constant drizzle and the cool breeze. The purple hue of the water hyacinth against the emerald mass of floating foliage is a treat to the poet’s mind and a feast to


most ideal settings for Ayurveda, and the restaurant here serves the best tastes of central Kerala cuisine. And for those interested in outdoor activities, the self maintained vegetable farm and the neighboring villages are an added attraction. A 12-acre fertile land surrounds the property adorned with coconut trees along with its crisscrossed narrow canals is a sight to behold.

During the daytime you could spent time in the vegetable farm, and walk by the village track in the evenings watching the children chasing hens to their enclosures, the fishermen hurrying to their nocturnal business of fishing. Sometimes it can be just to feel the fresh breeze.

The visit to Kerala will always be incomplete without a backwater cruise on a houseboat converted from 'kettuvallam' - the traditional rice barge. Thewhile keeping out the sun and the rain.

Ayurveda
The resort is equipped with an exclusive Ayurveda treatment center for acute disease under the guidance of renowned Ayurveda practitioner. The resort also provides long term treatment facilities with constant care and attention.

Outdoor Activities
Outdoor Village life offers a lot of day to day adventures activities. Outdoor activities include fishing, walking along the village track, houseboat cruise, bird watching, farming etc

Kumarakom Lagoon Attraction

Thanneermukkam Bun The major occupation in Kuttanadu is farming. Rice is the important agricultural product, giving Kuttanadu the monicker of "The Rice Bowl of Kerala". Three crops are grown every year now instead of the traditional two per year. Large farming areas near Vembanad Lake (Vembanadu Kayal) were actually reclaimed from the lake. The king decreed that whoever retains land


can own it leading massive redemption of land from the lake. As the farming in the area increased farmers felt themselves constrained by the two cycles a year for rice cultivation. The reason for which is the availability of potable water in Kuttanadu.

During the monsoon seasons, the water from the mountains flow through the rivers to the sea, bringing potable water to Kuttanadu. But during summer, due to the low level of the region, seawater enters Kuttanadu and makes the salt content of the water high making it unpotable. During 1968, government of India proposed a project, in which a bundh (Dam) will be made across the river so that seawater will not be allowed to come inside Kuttanad during summer, allowing farmers to cultivate and extra cycleper year. The project was planned in three phases, the south side, the north side and another phase to join the two sections. The project was delayed and by the time the first two phases were complete the entire money alloted for the project ran out and left the final phase in limbo. The farmers who were expecting lots of financial benefits after the completion of the project decided to take matters into their own hands and one night in 1972, a large group of farmers filled the gap between the north and the south side with earth. To this day, the earth embankment between the two sections of the bundh remains.

Bird Sanctuary

Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary:
Kumarakom Bird SanctuaryLocated on the banks of the Vembanad Lake, the Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary,


body & soul with the help of a special ayurvedic medicine and divine spirit.

Kokkamangalam St Thomas ChurchVaikom Temple
St Thomas Church , situated at Cherthala in Alappuzha District, is an ancient place of worship. It is believed to have been built in the year 52 AD by Apostle St Thomas. This highly revered church contains an embellished altar containing the holy relics of the saintly figure. These relics were brought from Edessa, with the permission from His Holiness Late Pope John Paul II. The church observes an annual feast dedicated to St Thomas on the Sunday following Easter.

Mararikulam
The village of Mararikulam is tucked away behind a line of dense palms that rise like a sudden rampart of green out of the sands. Like all villages, it has evolved naturally,Shikahogh: Plane Grove Sanctuary

This sanctuary comprises the biggest in the Caucasus natural grove of the oriental plane Platanus orientalis. It was established in 1958 by a decree of the ArmSSR Council of Ministers (No. P-341 of 13 September 1958) and now covers the area of 64.2 ha. Before 2004, it was subordinated to the Kapan Forestry and then, in order to promote its conservation functions, was handed over to Shikahogh Reserve. The sanctuary is located near Shikahogh Reserve in close proximity to the Nerkin Hand village in the Tsav riverside at 700-800 m above sea level. To mitigate human impacts, the sanctuary is surrounded by a 100 m wide buffer zone which encompasses the lands of Nerkin Hand and the Kapan Forestry.

The lowland relief of the sanctuary makes


Like many heroin addicts, Patrick Schnur spent his youth in the revolving door of rehabs and treatment facilities. He'd tried everything to kick his addiction: Suboxone, a drug used to wean addicts off of opioids, and Vivitrol, a monthly injection to relieve opioid cravings. He'd tried therapy and in-patient treatment programs. He'd stay sober for a few months, then relapse again. Each time something seemed to work, suddenly, it wouldn't.

Just before he relapsed for the last time in December, his parents Kathy and Dennis Schnur learned about something else: a vaccine, which could numb him to the effects of heroin and prevent him from overdosing. Patrick was doing well—had been sober nearly two years at that point—but they knew better than to consider him cured. The vaccine wasstill in development, but they thought if they could just get their hands on it, then maybe they could breathe easier, stop worrying every time the phone rang.

But then the phone did ring, and it was too late. No one knows why Patrick decided to use again, other than the strong pull of addiction and perhaps the desire to celebrate—he'd just completed his first semester of pharmacy school with a 4.0 GPA and his life finally seemed back on track, after years of spiraling out of control. The next day, he was supposed to fly to see his parents for Christmas break. He never made it on the plane. By the time they found him in his dorm, he was gone.

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Separately, the offices of an independent commission set up to look into cases of sexual abuse were also raided.

An inquiry into child sex abuse in the Catholic Church in Belgium has been running for several years.

In April, the then-bishop of the city of Bruges, Roger Vangheluwe, resigned after admitting that he had sexually abused a boy earlier in his career.

At the time, Archbishop Andre-Joseph Leonard said the move showed that the Church wanted to "resolutely turn a page on a very painful" topic.

Papal pledge

In recent months, allegations of abuse levelled against Catholic priests have surfaced in many countries.

There have also been accusations that Church authorities in Europe and North and South America failed to deal with cases openly or properly.

Pope Benedict XVI himself has been accused of beingA lawmaker from the populist nationalist party LDPR has prepared a motion to change Russia’s current white, blue and red state flag to the black, yellow and white flag adopted by Russian emperors in the late 19th century.

MP Mikhail Degtyaryov has said in a press interview that the imperial flag was much more appropriate for the important events taking place in Russia. These landmark occasions include Crimea’s accession into the Russian Federation, the start of the Russia-led economic bloc the Customs Union, and the rise of patriotism in general, he said.

A similar “victorious epoch of Russian history” was the period of the Russian Empire, Izvestia daily quoted the MP as saying.

In the explanations to the draft, Degtyaryov also wrote that when the Russian state was using the black,


US$443 000).

Most Russian historians claim that the current white, blue and red flag was first introduced by Peter the Great in the late 17th century. The Tsar supposedly borrowed the design from the Netherlands, where he studied shipbuilding and other modern trades of his era.

The black, yellow and white flag was approved as a national symbol by Emperor Alexander II in 1858 and remained as such till 1896. According to the official explanation the flag borrowed the colors from the imperial coat of arms – the Byzantium eagle was black, the Byzantium banner was gold, and the horse of St George, also pictured on the Moscow city emblem, was white. However, the black, yellow and white scheme was also used by German Kaiser of the same period andback then Russia allied with Prussia and other German states.

Various combination of the imperial standard and the white-blue-red tricolor were used between the 1896 and 1917.

Modern Russia approved the white, blue and red tricolor in 1991. It was the flag used by supporters of Boris Yeltsin during the 1991 coup attempt and was modeled on the flag of the Russian Republic – the state that existed between the Tsar’s abdication in February 1917 and the October Revolution. The official explanation of the tricolor colors was the claim that it symbolizes the principles of Russian statehood.

However the fringe nationalists opposing Yeltsin and his pro-Western policies continued to use the imperial standard, claiming that it was the only ‘true Russian’ flag. It was flown regularly at the ‘Russian March’ rallies


single-bag refuge solution for above and below ground insects. The major component contains the Agrisure® RW trait, the YieldGard® Corn Borer gene, and the Herculex® I genes. In EPA-designated cotton growing counties, a 20% separate corn borer refuge must be planted with Optimum AcreMax TRIsect products.Herculex® I Insect Protection technology by Dow AgroSciences and Pioneer Hi-Bred. Herculex® and the HX logo are registered trademarks of Dow AgroSciences LLC.Agrisure® is a registered trademark of, and used under license from, a Syngenta Group Company. Agrisure® technology incorporated into these seeds is commercialized under a license from Syngenta Crop Protection AG.Liberty®, LibertyLink® and the Water Droplet Design are trademarks of Bayer.Roundup Ready® is a registered trademark used under license from Monsanto Company.

The foregoing is provided for informational use only. Please contactAndavadoaka Women's Association. Our survey team has distributed these masks to communities in the region.

A dense network with a high degree of reciprocity also allows members of our team to express support in meaningful ways when difficult times arise. In the wake of the murder of George Floyd, several of our Malagasy team members reached out directly to the members of the US-based team to offer support and solidarity. An example of this support was participation by a Malagasy member of the MAP team in a virtual Capoeira event. Capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian martial arts tradition, was developed to combat injustice and promote freedom during and after the transatlantic slave trade (Capoeira [@CR1]). This particular event aimed to spotlight the achievements of a black woman (and member of the


He was born March 10, 1932 in Nebo, Kentucky to the
late John Walter Bryant and Anna Belle (Keeney) Bryant.

He moved to Patoka, Indiana from Providence,
Kentucky in 1965 where he owned and operated Bryant Sawmill, he then moved to
Floyds Knobs, Indiana in 1975 and worked for Wood Mosaic in Louisville and also
owned Bryant Veneers in New Albany, Indiana, he then moved to Newburgh, Indiana
in 2009 and then to Princeton in 2012. He was a member of Columbia Masonic
Lodge 450 in Patoka, past-president of Patoka Lions Club and the Patoka Futures,
also member of Hadi Shrine Temple in Evansville and
the Elks Lodge in New Albany. He also held the distinction of being awarded the
Sagamore of the Wabash and was a Kentucky Colonel.

Wayne is survived by his four children, Anna Cheryl Deckerof Evansville, Donna
D. (Don) Bishop of Patoka, Alicia A. (Kent) Newton of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and
David W. J. (Deana) Bryant of Dublin, Ohio; seven grandchildren and six great
grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Larry Wayne Bryant in 2008 and
his wife of 58 years, Larry Ann (Hudson) Bryant in 2008.

Visitation will be from 4 until 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 9, 2014 at Colvin
Funeral Home, 425 North Main Street, Princeton, Indiana, with Columbia Masonic
Lodge conducting a memorial service at 7:30 p.m. at the funeral home.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, July 10, 2014 at Melton
Funeral Home, 206 Cedar Street in Providence, Kentucky with visitation there
from noon until the service hour. Pastor Brian Gibson will officiate. Burial
will follow at Lake View Cemetery in Providence.


Call of Juarez

The Ranking

Description

Call of Juarez is a unique first-person shooter set in the classic Wild West. Call of Juarez features classic gunslinging action including duels, shootouts and barroom brawls. Players relive the days of the Wild West in numerous settings including local saloons and brothels. In the single-player campaign, players enter the world of two opposing characters equipped with contrasting weapons and styles. Ray is the retired gunslinger turned rough-and-tumble preacher. Billy, a sneaky and elusive man befriended and trained by Native Americans, is on the run. Authentic Western situations chronicle the cat-and-mouse game played by Ray and Billy. Players are forced to make split-second decisions to escape the grasp of Ray or get their hands on Billy, and outwit secondary characters throughout this Western setting. Call(IACHR) have recognized that the right to freedom of expression is instrumental to democratic institutions. The IACHR has stated that "[t]he legal framework of the Inter-American system for the protection of human rights is probably the international framework that provides the greatest scope and the broadest guarantees of protection to the right to freedom of thought and expression."1 The IACHR explains:

From a comparative perspective, when the texts of Article 13 of the American Convention, Article IV of the American Declaration, and Article 4 of the Inter-American Democratic Charter are contrasted with the relevant provisions of other international human rights treaties–specifically with Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights or with Article 10 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental


speech as specially protected. Free expression encompasses not only the right to impart information, but also to seek and receive it. In that sense, the reasoning of the bodies of the Inter-American system of human rights is essential to protecting researchers' rights, and establishing that code is protected by Article 13 of the American Convention of Human Rights.

This argument has been developed in the United States based upon the First Amendment to its Constitution. Key judicial decisions in the United States have recognized the expressive nature of code. In the landmark decision Bernstein v. United States,4 the court found that code is protected by the First Amendment, as a form of conveying meaning and exchanging information. This has been affirmed by courts in the United States in otherlaw, the MBTA's baseless lawsuit initially prevented the students from presenting their research at the conference, infringing their free expression rights.15

At the 2010 Black Hat technical security conference in Las Vegas, professional security researcher Barnaby Jack publicly demonstrated that it was possible to bypass security measures on ATMs and program them to dispense money. Given the widespread use of ATMs by citizens and their legitimate concerns over the security of their accounts, there is a strong public interest in these kind of security flaws being known to the public, and vendors acting on information about vulnerabilities in a timely fashion as well as building machines and systems with the highest security standards possible. Jack was supposed to have given the talk at the conference the previous year, but


Police seized his computers and other work materials and placed him under criminal investigation for over a year.

In August 2016, the government dropped the prosecution against him.27 The decision outlined the reasons for abandoning the case:

From the analysis produced by Officer Camero of the Metropolitan Police, it comes out that from the computers seized in Sorianello's apartment more than 91 accesses to the server 'caba.operaciones.com.ar' were detected, with the creation of a ['p0wned'] event. However, no sensible data or file of interest was found which belonged to the company affected. The officer explained that [p0wned] meant, in computer culture, that a small party (a person) finds a vulnerability in a bigger party (a company), and it is usual for the small party to leave a flag, as aas the judge recognizes, socially useful work that should be encouraged instead of punished. A legal framework that puts researchers under risk of prosecution creates the wrong incentives for good information security practices.

Canadian courts have similarly held that the law's provisions should be limited to "behaviour that a reasonable person in the circumstances of the defendant would consider a 'dishonest activity.'"29 In spite of this limitation, however, Canada's provisions can have a chilling effect on legitimate security research. For example, in 2014, a security researcher revealed he had accessed government computer systems for the purpose of demonstrating that a widely known vulnerability could be used against Canadians filing their taxes.30

As a result, Canada's tax filing deadline was delayed for a week until the vulnerability was patched. The security


the dissemination of information and opinions out of fear of punishment, and can lead to broad judicial interpretations that unduly restrict freedom of expression. As such, the State must specify the conduct that may be subject to subsequent liability in order to prevent adverse impacts upon the free expression of protest and disagreement with the actions of the authorities. When limits on freedom of expression are established by criminal laws, the Court has established that they must satisfy the principle of strict legality: 'should the restrictions or limitations be of a criminal nature, it is also necessary to strictly meet the requirements of the criminal definition in order to adhere to the nullum crimen nulla poena sine lege praevia principle.' The latter is expressed in the need 'tolonger accessing Facebook's computers with "authorization" under the CFAA and was committing a crime—despite having ongoing authorization from Facebook's users to access their accounts via their still-valid login credentials.

Almost immediately after the decision was handed down in 2016, other companies started sending their competitors cease and desist letters purporting to revoke "authorization" to access publicly available information on the open Internet. In 2017, in a case arising out of one of these cease and desist letters from LinkedIn, a federal district court in California recognized that "the broad interpretation of the CFAA advocated by LinkedIn, if adopted, could profoundly impact open access to the Internet."41 This case is now on appeal, and there are multiple other cases across the country involving attempts to use the CFAA to block


has been so recognized by several courts in Latin America and several constitutions establish this principle.

Therefore, international human rights standards have become a very important source of general principles of criminal law—and that is the second, more recent source we should focus on, for two reasons. First, doctrine used to be extremely national. While legal transplants and borrowing happened in Latin America, some systems were more influenced by some schools of thought, some more by others, and so on.

Second, international human rights law develops, within the Inter-American system, through the case-law that the IA Court and the IACHR have developed over the course of decades. This means that what the system has to say about criminal law principles usually comes from interpretations of relevant human rights recognized instated that punishments must be proportional. In that sense, the Court has established that punishment must be proportional to the juridical good that was affected and the degree of guilt with which the offender acted. Therefore, punishment must be in relation to the nature and seriousness of the offense.64

Criminal Law Principles and Cybercrime Legislation in Latin America

From the general principles of criminal law in Latin America, three are especially relevant to a discussion of coders' rights: the principle of legality, equality of resources, and proportionality in punishment. The principle of legality was covered in previous sections, when coding was analyzed under the light of Article 13 of the American Convention. The principles of equality of resources and proportionality in the American Convention also can protect the rights of


Back when he was the
Times favorite knight in black armor, Thurow ridiculed supply-side economics and its chief practitioner, R. Reagan, by insisting we had
Reached the Limits to Growth, and were now in a "Zero-Sum Society." That is, prior to Lester getting his Ph.D. the world had been a world of plenty, but now it was a world that had run out of oil and
lebensraum, to coin a phrase. From now on, he and the Times told us repeatedly, that because the world had run out of everything, governments had to take from the rich and redistribute to the poor, and everyone had to stop having babies.

Sometime after Reagan was elected and his tax cuts countered the monetary deflation of Jimmy Carter's Fed appointees, I was on a
Crossfire showwith Dr. Thurow, on a day when the Dow Jones Industrial Average had hit a new high, 2000 I think. Thurow insisted the economy was headed for the new recession he had been predicting. When I pointed out that the marketplace was saying the opposite, with the value of the nation's capital stock hitting a record high, Thurow's comeback was that the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a record high in 1929 before the Great Depression! Ergo, the stock market predicts recessions when it reaches record highs. Poor Lester, missing one of the greatest bull markets in history -- while spending his time as dean of M.I.T.'s Sloane School of Management, teaching his students all about the bubble on Wall Street and the Zero-Sum Society.

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anti-patriarchal movement had defeated the ultra-reactionary forces of the Islamic state, which had so far been victorious everywhere it had sought to conquer. Two radically different models of society faced off against each other.

Since 2011, Syrian Kurdistan has been experimenting with a democratic revolution that was previously unimaginable. Having relatively fast rid themselves of the forces of the Syrian government of Bashar Al-Assad, the Kurdish liberation movement developed a political system based on direct democracy, communal organisation and the liberation of women. The region has been pushing ahead through with its project despite a series of obstacles: the ongoing war, attacks of the Islamic State, the Turkish embargo. And all of this against a background of international indifference. The Kurds put into practice a concept called Democratic Confederalism─amodel society that promises freedom for all ethnic and religious groups.

Interview with Ercan Ayboğa and Michael Knapp, co-authors of the book Revolution in Rojava, an activist piece of research about the ongoing revolution in the midst of the Syrian chaos.

Basta!: Do the processes that are happening in the Syrian region of Rojava since 2011 represent the absolute antithesis to the violence of the Islamic State?

Ercan Ayboğa [1]: The Islamic State represents the most reactionary line that exists today in Syria and in the Middle East. They are even more reactionary than Al-Qaeda, and they do represent the pole diametrically opposed to the movement in Rojava. On one side there is the model society of Rojava, a democratic, emancipatory approach. On the other side, there is the reactionary, hierarchical,


Army. The regime thus preferred to deploy its soldiers in other places. There were only some battles around oil derricks. It is in this vacuum of power that the Rojava project began to take shape.

The members of the Syrian national coalition and the Free Syrian Army sometimes reproach the self-governing structures of Rojava collaboration with the regime. But it must be understood that the Kurdish movement follows a principle of legitimate self-defence and prioritises civilian politics. This means that as long as they are not attacked, they will try to solve conflicts politically. This is also the line followed by the guerrillas in North Kurdistan (Turkish Kurdistan).

How is political life organized in the region now?

Michael Knapp: Organisation is complex and dynamic. It adapts itself to the needs athand. The council assemblies are the driving force behind it all. There are several levels of councils: at street-level, at neighbourhood level, at city level. Each level sends different representatives into the structures of the next level up. From the street councils to the neighbourhood councils, from the neighbourhood councils to the city councils, and then to the canton councils and the popular councils of Rojava. The communities also organise in committees on a diverse range of issues,on security, the economy, justice, etc.

The committees form the ministries at the regional level. The councils are always double: there is one mixed-gender council and one council only for women. The women’s council has the right to veto. And in all mixed councils, there is a rule for parity between the


sexes, a quota of 40% less for each gender, and the principle of a double presidency is applied, there are always one woman and one man elected to these positions. If, in the city, there is a Yezidi community or Arab communities, for example, they also have the right to a co-presidency of the councils. That means there are often three or four chairs of these councils.

In parallel to the councils, a parliament exists, because there are still people who are members of political parties who must also have the right to organise and be represented. In the parliament, there are parties, but a portion of the seats are reserved for civil society organisations, associations for human rights defence, the Yezidi community, etc. Unfortunately, because of the war,it is not possible yet to hold elections at the level of the entire region to designate members for the parliament.

What is the origin of this model for self-governance and democratic confederalism ?

Ercan Ayboğa: Communalist, self-organisational structures were born in North Kurdistan, in Turkey, in 2007-2008. From 2011 on, the lessons from those experiments were transmitted to Rojava. The project of the confederation itself comes from the KCK (Union of Communities of Kurdistan), a branch of the PKK that was created in 2005. The idea was to democratise the Kurdish liberation movement, to get away from a party structure and to move toward a movement carried by the entirety of society. The movement profits from historical heritage like the Paris Commune (1871), but also from the Zapatista movement


in Mexico. Before, the PKK had a Marxist-Leninist approach. The party launched discussions on Democratic Confederalism at the beginning of the 2000’s.

Does ecology play a role in this movement?

Michael Knapp: Ecology is a central point. To develop the project of Democratic Confederalism, Öcalan (the leader of the PKK, who has been imprisoned in Turkey since 1999) has used the principle of Social Ecology first put forward by the American activist Murray Bookchin. With the idea that capitalism is a system that leads to the destruction of the planet, and that instead we must build a decentralised ecology based on regional, ecological products.

What are the emancipatory structures women have put into place in Rojava? Apart from the women’s councils and the female defence forces, what else is there?

Ercan Ayboğa:would be enough for the whole of Syria for ten years, but we cannot transform the grain into flour. But a collectivised economy is developing with agricultural cooperatives, cooperatives that refine oil as much as they can, and so on.

Ercan Ayboğa: The cooperatives play an increasingly important role in Rojava. They receive support from the councils, but private economy is also allowed; it’s not forbidden.

Does the movement receive support from abroad, from Turkish Kurdistan, Iraqi Kurdistan or from the international community?

Ercan Ayboğa: Medicine and some tools come from North Kurdistan, in Turkey. But Turkey does not let a lot of things through the border. The support from North Kurdistan is very big, however. The autonomous administrations in North Kurdistan support Rojava. The municipality of Diyarbakir [Amed], for example,


Batwoman series in development at The CW

The CW clearly isn’t planning to get out of the superhero game any time soon as it is now developing a Batwoman TV series.

Previously reported, Batwoman will appear during the annual crossover event of the DC shows on The CW. Not wanting to waste any time, super producer Greg Berlanti is already working on a series for the female vigilante.

This version of the character is Kathy Kane, a woman who saw her mother and sister killed when she was a child. She grew up to join the military, but was discharged after it was discovered she is a lesbian. She then took up a life as a vigilante after she was mugged. She is now helped by her father, also former military,pneumoniae endocarditis, meningitis, and pneumonia, described by Osler in 1881 \[[@REF1]\]. In 1957, Robert Austrian reported a total of eight cases, of which six died secondary to the rupture of the aortic valve \[[@REF1]\].

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A 60-year-old Caucasian male known to have a bicuspid aortic valve was admitted with a three-day history of cough, altered mental status, and left upper extremity weakness. He did not have any other significant medical or surgical history. At presentation, he was confused and afebrile. His Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score was 8/15 (E2V2M4), blood pressure was 124/70 mm Hg, respiratory rate was 22 breaths/min, and oxygen saturation was 86% at room air. He was intubated for


when I needed him, and popped in for turkey next day so we could re-hash the holiday. Joe and Elaine drove, drove and drove, sent lots of supportive emails, brought excellent desserts, and praised the lumpy mashed potatoes. Auntie served as the family matriarch, regally despite all the driving.Rich drove a long way with an infant and a very excited child, and still had everything organized. And Sue and Ted visited my parents before coming up to our house, did a million errands, baked gluten-free meringues, bought wine, cheese, gluten-free crackers, and touched base every step of the way.

I was surrounded by people who loved me on Christmas, and this is what I needed most, and what I love best about Christmas.

This was a nice Christmas, but akids worked on Christmas Eve and they stayed home. Strike two!Then my mom got really sick- I called one morning and my sister Sue was there. She said they needed to get Mom to the ER, so I hopped in my car, but by the time I pulled up she had called an ambulance. My mom was ashen grey and couldn’t catch her breath, never mind walk. The ER ran a bunch of tests and they figured it was flu (she DID get her shot), so they planned to send her home til they saw her walk to the bathroom for a urine specimen- it took half an hour to get her to the bathroom and she was so sick when she got there we had to get


her right back on oxygen. They kept her four days- her culture was positive for a strain of flu that was not in the shot, so I suspect she picked it up at work in the Wang Center (damn those Rockettes!). It took me and Buck, a wheelchair and a walker to get her home- she refused to go to rehab and she really did think she was coming to my house. I put my foot down and said no- and my dad said he was staying home with her. I think he was really relieved because he gets so nervous going anywhere. Strike Three! We all went in on Christmas Day to see them.

But I have never had a Christmas holiday dinner without my parents, all myhad a sandy bottom and hung there for a long time in the 70+ degree water. I have never been in water so warm without my rubber duckie. A woman standing near me stepped on a sea urchin and got some nasty spines stuck in her foot. We lunched at a restaurant near the ship before boarding. I talked with my family on cell and wished them happy holiday. We had our Thanksgiving dinner at Pacific Heights restaurant on the ship with all Kate's friends, and Leilani regaled us with Hawaiian stories. It was lovely.Next morning found us in Maui, where Kate had rented us a car for the Road to Hana, a grueling gorgeous road along the cliff-hanging coast: 56 bridges, most of which were one-lane, and