family – was a grim reminder that at any point one of the kanenas could decide that he’d gotten ambitious and kill all of them with a word.

The pebble would return to its original size and break his body from the inside. It was, Anaxares had been told, a particularly gruesome way to die. His predecessor had been splattered all over the insides of a meeting hall in Nicae just for being offered a bribe.

Naturally, the filthy Penthesians had made a game of trying to have the envoys of Mighty Bellerophon executed by their own people in as few words as possible. The kanenas had gotten their hands on one of the sheets they used to tally scores and plastered copies all over the streets. There was ano one had been all that happy about. The city had gone even madder than usual under the Tyrant, whipped into a frenzy at the memory of Theodosius the Unconquered and the legendary victories the man had achieved on the battlefield. Anaxares had been in the city for a mere fortnight and already could no longer stand to look at statues of the man. He was currently drinking from a cup with Theodosius’ face on it and sitting on chair engraved with his work at the Siege of Tenerife, when the Helikeans had crawled through the sewers to avoid the butcher’s bill taking the walls would have cost. The representative for Bellerophon shifted uncomfortably against the wooden frame, ignoring the screaming delegate from Atalante calling the senior Secretariat


member from Delos a “quill-waving lunatic”. His eyes flicked to the Tyrant in question, who’d named himself delegate for Helike instead of sending an actual diplomat.

The boy was dark-haired and olive-skinned, with a bloodshot red eye and a hand that seemed to be permanently shaking. He was sixteen, Anaxares knew, and had been sitting on the throne of Helike since he was twelve – when he’d seized power and sent his much older nephew fleeing in exile. Bad seed, the delegate for Bellerophon thought. The Tyrant had been smiling for what seemed to be hours now, and the grin widened when he met Anaxares’ eyes from across the table. That same friendly young man had made swearing a stoning offense in his city and drowned a Nicean delegationto be too obvious about it. There were stanzas, he saw. It looked like a sung version of the argument between the Atalantian and and the Delosi that had been lasting for the better part of an hour. Some liberties had been taken with the plot, unless he’d missed a lot of unspoken sexual tension between those two. The delegate from Penthes was… looking at him already. Smiling. Anaxares resisted the urge to make the sign of of warding, the one that politely asked Evil to look at someone else instead please. That covered all the diplomats seated at the table, though there was another one seated on a bench a little to the side: the envoy from Mercantis.

The City of Bought and Sold was not part of


of the principality had been ransacked by Dominion raiders. The man could no longer afford to live in the style he was accustomed to, and for a prince of Procer there were few blows harder to one’s pride than that. It had turned the older man bitter, as had his repeated bloody defeats in the Proceran civil war. Though he’d never been a claimant himself, the two candidates the prince backed had been crushed by other alliances after he’d sunk his fortune into their causes. And now the Dominion of Levant was pillaging his lands with impunity, or at least had been until Cordelia came south. Gratitude might have been expected, but then the man was an Arlesite.

The army Uncle Klaus had raised was not as full ofnortherners as the one that had won her the throne, but the core of the host had still been forged on the battlefields of Lange and Aisne. It was there that Lycaonese steel, tempered against the ratling warbands of the Chain of Hunger and the endless harassment of the Kingdom of the Dead, had proved superior to the numbers of southern principalities. Numbers were still Cordelia’s problem, as it happened. There were only four Lycaonese principalities: Rhenia, Hannoven, Bremen and Neustria. Though neither Bremen nor Neustria were surrounded by mountains as the other two were, their lands were still hard to farm on. The four Lycaonese principalities had the four smallest populations of any principality in Procer, and though unlike southerners the Lycaonese had universal military service the


attrition still rankled. She could only afford to lose so many soldiers from her support base before she was too weak to strong-arm the Highest Assembly.

So now she drew from the ranks of her allies, the princes and princesses who’d joined her willingly when it became clear her cause was on the rise. Few principality troops had been made available to her, but her allies had not been stingy with fantassins. Cordelia was somewhat unschooled in matters military, but as her uncle explained it these were men and women who’d served as peasant levies in the the civil war after being disposed by the fighting, making it their trade. Not as good as soldiers who’d trained since infancy, but those were costly and hard to replace. There weretens of thousands of fantassins floating around Procer at the moment, the First Prince knew. People who could only live for violence and now found themselves without anyone willing to pay for them to commit it. She needed a war, and quickly, before they turned on their own people. The first step in mitigating the problem was folding as many of them as she could into the ranks of her own armies, but that wouldn’t be enough. She’d have to accelerate the economic recovery of the south to find them lands to occupy, which she’d been trying to avoid until her position was better secured.

She’d a received a report that morning from Uncle Klaus announcing he’d thrown the last Dominion raiders out of the south of Orense and


set up defensive positions a few miles away from the Red Snake Wall, which had been one problem solved. That was not the report she was looking at, though: this one was from an agent of hers in the Free Cities, informing her that two days ago the Tyrant of Helike had murdered four League delegates in broad daylight, then declared war on their cities. Calmly, she placed down the letter on the surface of her gilded desk.

She’d pressured, bribed and otherwise convinced the leaders of the same cities whose envoys had been poisoned to pass a motion to negotiate a ten-year truce with the Principate. It had taken her years and quite a bit of silver, but she’d done it. And when she had, she’d known therewould be two ways that League session could end: either the Evil cities accepted the muzzle, or there would be war. Either one would force Helike to cease probing at Tenerife’s borders, binding the princess who was already one of her closest allies to her even closer. And it would secure our south-eastern flank, she thought. The Tyrant of Helike still stood alone, as far as she knew, but the odds were that the other two Evil cities would join him. Could she influence them the other way, to stack the odds towards the outcome she desired? Bellerophon was more or less impossible to affect measurably, since they executed anyone who looked like they might put some order to the mob that ruled the city. Stygia… No. She


was weak in that city and the Empire owned the ruling coalition of magisters body and soul. Literally, in some cases. Stygia would lean in the direction Malicia wanted it to.

Who would win the war? Stygia and Helike had the two largest armies, but Nicae had the largest population and Penthes was the richest. Both sides would be emptying Mercantis of mercenaries before the month was done, lining the pockets of the Consortium with their bidding wars. As things currently stood, Cordelia would be inclined to believe that the Good League would beat the Evil League. And yet the Tyrant had triggered this war. The boy had something up his sleeve, something more deadly than a mere Name. More than that, it was a certainty that Praes wouldintervene. They would not send one of the Legions south, but the First Prince suspected the Calamities would be coming down. A counterweight was needed, Cordelia knew, but she did not need to trouble herself with that. The Heavens had already provided: a fortnight ago a ship had docked in Nicae carrying the White Knight, returned from his years in the Titanomachy. The survivors of the Lone Swordsman’s band of heroes would cluster around the new one, though how many had survived Liesse she did not know.

The Thief was still reportedly alive, but no one had seen the Wandering Bard in weeks. Liesse had been such a mess she was still trying to sort out exactly what had happened there. Devils had been summoned, then disarmed. The Squire


had forced the surrender of the Baroness Dormer then spared the woman. She’d killed the Lone Swordsman and apparently returned from the dead, which the House of Light adamantly maintained was impossible. There was already talk in Salia of naming her an abomination in the eyes of the Heavens. The entire Liesse Rebellion had died an ugly death at the hands of this Callowan slip of a girl and her master, killed with a whimper instead of the bang Cordelia had been hoping for. Daoine had never entered the war, and was now on the back foot with the Tower since one of Duchess Kegan’s relatives had been caught helping a hero.

Had her observers not gotten a close look at the Legions of Terror in action, Cordelia wouldblue than was present on the heraldry of Rhenia. It ended conservatively above her collarbone, tailored to hide the way her Hasenbach blood had seen her born with shoulders better fit for a lumberjack than a noble. The cloth of gold bordering the cut suggested the outline of her chest without lingering inappropriately, as the belt of sapphires set in gold that hung loosely on her hip did for that curve. Her long blond tresses had been carefully combed and bound with a brooch that had been in her family since days before the Principate, a beautiful little piece shaped like the spearman that was the emblem of the Hasenbachs. The crown, though, was from Salia. A simple circlet made from white gold, a metal only the First


Prince could wear in public by ancient law. It was meant to subtly set the aside the ruler of Procer from all others.

The pavilion Cordelia had ordered raised was not close enough to the Red Snake wall to be in its shadow at this time of day, but in a bell it would be. The structure was impressive, seen from this close. The foundations only stood ten feet tall, limestone painted over red, but the bulk of it was the titanic sculpted red granite snake that stretched from the sea to the beginning of Brocelian Forest. The sheer scale of it was absurd, the largest project ever undertaken by the gigantes outside of the borders of the Titanomachy. That it was enchanted to protect the Dominion of Levantthe natural choice for an ally, really. The Ashurans had supported the war of independence that had seen Levant form out of former Proceran principalities and it was a central tenet of their foreign policy to ensure Procer never became a sea power. The Thalassocracy’s war fleet dwarfed the Proceran one by a rapport of ten to one, all of them lifelong sailors who could only rise through the citizenship tiers by uninterrupted service. Some of them would even have experience in naval warfare, as two decades ago Nicea’s latest attempt to gain primacy in the Samite Gulf had been bloodily suppressed by their captains. In comparison, the Principate had never fought a single major naval engagement in the nation’s entire history.

As long as Ashur backed Vaccei, it


When the ruler in question arrived, her favourite refreshments had already been set up – chilled wine from Alava – and attendants swarmed around her delegation like hummingbirds around nectar. Uncle Klaus has wanted to remain seated when she arrived as a sign of his disdain, but Cordelia had given him a steady look until he conceded the matter. When it came to etiquette, he usually did.

Itima was a middle-aged woman with tanned skin, startling blue eyes and hair cut so closely it might as well have been shaved. Her two sons followed her closely, tall young men with hard faces and the scars of people who had seen battle before. Likely they’d been the ones leading the raids their mother had ordered. Cordelia smiled sweetly at themand the younger of the two gave a startled blush before he blanked his face. Their mother was not so easily charmed and eyed the goblet of wine presented to her with distrust before turning her attention to the First Prince. Who stood there and said nothing. Silence fell across the pavilion, broken only by the murmured of Cordelia’s attendants seating the rest of the delegation and plying them with treats and flattery.

“Your Most Serene Highness,” Itima finally said.

Good. An acknowledgement of Cordelia’s superior rank was the right tone to set for this conversation.

“Lady Itima of the Bandit’s Blood,” Cordelia replied, elegantly taking the seat at the head of the table before the woman could slight her before doing it first.

The ruler of Vaccei took the seat facing


when the only second tier citizen speaks.”

Ashur’s citizenship tiers were a maze to outsiders, as there were over twenty of them, but it could be understood that the dozen or so third tier citizens ran the Thalassocracy on a day-to-day basis. The only individual to stand above them was Magon Hadast, a man in his seventies whose ancestor had been the captain of the initial ship of settlers to populate the island. There could only be one second tier citizen for any colony of the Baalite Hegemony – which Ashur still technically was – at any time, and there was no rising any higher than that: first tier citizens could only be born in Tyre, the city to have spawned the entire Hegemony. Magon’s word was law inown enemies. The Principate was more distrusted in Callow than any other nation save for the Empire, the gigantes killed Procerans on sight south of Valencis and old Arlesite warmongering was the reason there was a League of Free Cities at all. Cordelia believed the Principate had grown as large as it would ever be. All that further wars would accomplish was set the rest of the continent against them, and they could not afford that. Alamans and Arlesites principalities had the luxury to believe the might of Procer was unchallenged, safe in their southern domains, but Cordelia knew differently. She was Lycaonese, from the tip of her toes to the crown of her head, and all of her people knew one truth as sure as they knew


Make the right one.”

She offered a hand, and after a long moment the ruler of Vaccei took it. The rest of the Dominion would follow, Cordelia knew. It would not be enough. Gods forgive her, but it would not be enough. She’d have to intervene in the Free Cities, to make peace between Ashur and its rivals, to somehow mend bridges with the Titanomachy. Cordelia would have to lie and scheme and strike deals in the dark of night until her desperate, ramshackle alliance stood together.

Because the madmen were coming. The monsters of legend. The ones that cast shadows on the world from their flying fortresses, who broke the very fabric of Creation with their sorceries. They were coming, and while the Principate had bled itself in aA popular Venezuelan hacker known as RaFa was arrested April 2 and charged with hacking into U.S. Department of Defense servers almost four years ago.

RaFa, otherwise known as Rafael Nunez-Aponte, was arrested at Miami International Airport by agents of the Pentagon's Defense Criminal Investigative Service for attacks on computer systems in 2001. Allegedly a member of the hacker group World of Hell, Nunez-Aponte is being held in Miami without bond and awaiting transfer to Denver to face one count each of unlawfully accessing a private government computer and causing intentional damage to a protected computer.

If charged and convicted on both counts, he could face 11 years in prison, according to Jeff Dorschner, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Denver.

Nunez-Aponte is a media-friendly hacker who claimed to


according to a copy of the indictment filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.

He is also alleged to have deleted logging information from the DISA computers and rendered some DISA systems inaccessible to Air Force personnel, according to the indictment. A criminal complaint alleging his involvement in the crimes was filed in 2003, leading to last week's arrest, said Dorschner.

Dorschner wouldn't comment on how U.S. authorities knew Nunez-Aponte was coming to the U.S., but Pack said he had visited the country before, including a trip to New York City in recent months.

Nunez-Aponte lived in Caracas, Venezuela, and worked for CANTV, a local Internet service provider in that country that is partially owned by Verizon Communications Inc.

Contacted by instant message, Nunez-Aponte's brother, Juan Vincente Nunez, saidthat his brother is an ethical professional in his field and his family is looking for moral and financial support to fight the charges against his brother.

Before his arrest, Nunez-Aponte hoped to make up for his past misdeeds through good works, such as his involvement with the Computer Pedophilia Investigation Unit, or CPIU, which is creating a database of information about child predators and child pornography that could be used by law enforcement, Pack said.

No trial date has been set yet for Nunez-Aponte's case. Further proceedings will take place once he is transferred to Colorado, Dorschner said.


of the mandrel. The beading roll is in rolling and supporting engagement with two thrust rolls, which transmit an axial force from the cage to the beading roll (or rolls) as the cage is pulled into the tube by the distal traction of the expanding rolls. The axial force applied to the beading roll forms an arcuate bead on the end of the tube by deforming the tube end to match the shape of the forming surface of the beading roll. The formed bead acts as a stop for the cage, which stops moving into the tube when the bead is fully formed. The position of the beading roll radially of the cage and the tube is fixed--the beading roll tracks a fixed rotary path around the enddisplacement and velocity for the cervical, thoracic, lumbar spine, and the lower limb joints. Concurrent flexion in the hip joint and lumbar spine was accompanied by extension in the thoracic, lower, and upper cervical spine as the trunk leaned forward. After the buttocks lifted off (LO) the chair, the movement interaction in the spine and hip joint was reversed. Some significant age-related changes during STS included downward head tilt at LO, decreased lumbar range of motion, and a large between-participant variation in the movement ratios. Statistically significant differences in the temporal parameters, angular displacement, and velocity were also found when standing from a lower chair. This study provides a detailed description of STS in healthy older adults, which has implications for rehabilitation of elderly patients who have difficulty


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"Manik-Moti", 2 & 3 BHK flats and Pent House Lifestyle Apartments and Pent-House in the heart of one of the fastest growing areas of Pune, Katraj .The serene surrounds of Manik-Moti away from the commotion and noise of the city, yet in the city make way to a totally pollution free zone. Premier educational institutes, Temples and Business hubs in the vicinity make it the most sought after location for the homean umbrella handle and support for the telescopic tube shall be mentioned below; a plurality of types of foldable umbrellas comprising an additional further functionality, such as an umbrella cover comprising an umbrella handle, are known from the state of the art—depending on the application.
Austrian utility model AT 006 249 introduces a mini pocket umbrella, which, for being closed, is retracted into the umbrella handle as hollow body by means of a cord, which is guided in the center rods as opening and closing mechanism of the umbrella roof and which can be transported in coats and trouser pockets due its small volume. This pocket umbrella is ultra-light and extremely small. The main umbrella rods and the rods of the roof construction are embodied so as to be


patent application DE 40 08 212 deals with a foldable pocket umbrella comprising an umbrella lining, a foldable frame, which spreads out the umbrella lining in the open state, and a handle comprising the characteristic that the frame consists of an extendable rod—a telescopic rod—, spiral wires for spreading out the umbrella lining and the handle of a tube-shaped sleeve for accommodating the central rod, the spiral wires and the umbrella lining. At the outer edge of the umbrella lining, the spiral wires are guided by means of limiting draw strings, which—together with the spiral wires—end in a manual winding mechanism at the base of the accommodating sleeve. By activating the winding mechanism, the spiral wires and draw strings—including the umbrella lining and telescopic rod—are pulled into thein slits, wherein two roof rods in each case escape at the cross sides of the headpiece and at the auxiliary slide of which, which also encompasses two flanks, the auxiliary rods are articulated in slits in an analogous manner, with said auxiliary rods being connected on the other end in an articulated manner to the main rods, which are articulated at the main slide. Provision is not made for a container for the umbrella, which can be shortened.
German published, examined application DE 18 14 204 introduces a pocket umbrella comprising a handle, which can be shortened, and an umbrella surface, which is reinforced by means of ribs, which are arranged in a star-shaped manner, wherein the ribs consist of bendable tubes, which are closed at the ends,


and the inner ends of which lead to a central chamber, which is formed by an upper and a lower wall, and which encompasses a displaceable air inlet valve, and the multi-part umbrella shaft is screwed to the air inlet valve.
An umbrella case is not introduced; the size of the folded umbrella is predetermined by the largest partial length of the umbrella shaft.
German patent specification DE 62 57 83 introduces an umbrella without rods, the umbrella shaft and umbrella roof rods of which can be telescoped and can be inserted into the umbrella handle, wherein the activation for the umbrella rods and for the guide rings for the rods are also accommodated in the umbrella handle. The umbrella shaft, which is pushed together, as well as the roofrods of the roof rods, which are pushed together, are located in the handle housing arranged in that one circular disk, which is stationary, and one which is supported so as to be rotatable or displaceable, is in each case located above the closed base of the handle housing, with said disk being able to accommodate the ends of the roof rods by means of truncated cone-shaped axial bore holes and which causes—by means of a center pin of the main rods—the displaceably supported disk to lock the roof rods in response to the closing operation. To open the umbrella, umbrella and roof rods are initially telescoped and the center pin is pulled out of its anchoring by means of the last axial movement, which then releases the


in a first state, two sleeve halves—placed on top put over from below—which are screwed together in one piece and which have different diameters, form the hollow umbrella handle and are closed in a second state, in which the sleeve halves are screwed relative to one another so as form a hollow body and accommodate the rods and the lining. In the closed base of the sleeve half, which has the smaller diameter, a guide rod is rigidly attached in axial and radial direction, with a piston, which is fixedly connected to hollow rods, which can be telescoped, gliding thereon, said piston in turn being supported on the inner wall of the first sleeve half and being able to move from the sleeve base to the open sleevefor accommodating a folded umbrella, wherein the holder is provided with fastening or carry loops, which in turn can be placed over or fastened to carry handles of a piece of luggage—such as bags or suitcases. The umbrella carrier is substantially formed as a hollow cylinder and can also encompass ventilation openings.
The umbrella carrier according to the invention is introduced as a part, which is independent of the umbrella.
English application GB 2 320 893 introduces a collapsible and foldable pocket umbrella, in the case of which the folded umbrella is completely accommodated in the umbrella handle. The end of the main rods—the guide rods—which is located opposite to the roof rods is supported in one piece in the base of the hollow-cylindrical handle housing, which is closed by


main rods are guided in the center by means thereof when the covers are folded shut. The two multi-piece tube sections, which are inserted into one another and which glide within one another, are connected to one another only at their two open ends in a large-volume manner and being formed to embody an elliptical cylinder and are inserted into one another when the umbrella is extended so as to form a hollow circular cylinder as handle cover, which virtually halves the volume.
Due to the axial and radial volume change in response to the change of state from the empty handle cover housing to the umbrella-accommodating transport housing, the design of the housing constructions is quite extensive. The elliptical transport housing halves, which are resilient in radial directionrecess, which has an external thread, which matches the internal thread of the handle cover, for the purpose of tightly screwing the handle cover when the umbrella is folded and inserted, wherein a sealing O-ring is accommodated between umbrella cap and handle cover. Two grip burls arranged outside on the cover periphery of the umbrella cap serve for the handling thereof for unscrewing and screwing. In response to the unpacking and packing, the One umbrella lining of the folded, possibly wet umbrella, is slid into the handle cover in longitudinal direction without a rotation via the sharp-edged interior thread-bearing recess; damage to the lining is possible after repeated use. A second bearing—in addition to the fixed bearing of the handle cover on the base side—is not provided as


rods at the upper cover end.
With publication US 2 091 676, the U.S. Patent Office protected a foldable pocket umbrella, the handle housing of which consists of two inner sleeves, which are arranged within/on top of one another so as to be longitudinally displaceable, and outer tube halves, with the lower base of the sleeve being closed and accommodating the guide tube of the main umbrella rods, which can be telescoped, in one piece and with the opposite cover of the tube half being formed by means of the end cap of the crown of the roof rods and the handle housing closes tightly in the folded state. A closed circular disk-shaped guide is attached via a collar at the lower end of the first rod tube afterMark J. Rozell is dean of the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University.

President-elect Donald Trump’s showing in Virginia is not surprising, although most observers had written off the Old Dominion as not competitive this year. Early data from the reliable Virginia Public Access Project help us review what happened and consider what it portends for Virginia.

Experts wrongly said that a candidate could not compete in Virginia merely by winning the white vote. But this assumption was based on a turnout model from the 2008 and 2012 election cycles, which had an African American presidential nominee.

Although the white portion of the population in Virginia is declining relative to the fast-growing minority populations, except for election cycles with an African American leading the ticket — Doug


year. Typically after one party controls the White House for a long time, the country is inclined to turn to the opposition party. If the Republicans had nominated anyone other than Trump, the Old Dominion easily could have been red this year. The assumption that a flawed nominee alone would overturn the cyclical patterns of elections was simply wrong. Either Trump had to pass the bar of credibility, or Democrats also had to nominate a flawed candidate to keep the normal cycles in place. Polls showed that many Virginia voters had highly negative views of Clinton.

Until 2008, Virginia was the country’s most reliable red state. From 1952 until Obama’s win here in 2008, Virginia turned blue only once (and barely so), in the 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson landslide.During that period, Virginia was the only Southern state not to support fellow Southerner Jimmy Carter for president in 1976. Obama changed all of that, and now Virginia has gone blue for three consecutive election cycles. That is impressive. The streak could certainly continue.

But there is reason to pause: The margin by which Clinton took Fairfax County will be very difficult to replicate in future presidential elections. So will her suburban margins in the 1st, 2nd and 7th districts. And Trump made the rural areas relevant again. A future GOP nominee could easily win by replicating this rural enthusiasm, doing slightly better in the suburbs and being slightly more competitive in Fairfax.

Finally, consider that polls showed that many Virginians had a very negative view of Trump. A GOP


The 2017 season has closed for FC Seoul in the end. As many as 10,913 fans visited the Seoul stadium despite the cold snap to celebrate their last game at home. Matching the enthusiasm of their supporters, Seoul put in an extra effort, notching up by win b 3-2 against Jeju United. The win of the season finale allowed FC Seoul to finish the regular season with 61 win points (16 wins, 13 draws, and 9 losses).

Seoul employed a 4-3-3 formation. GK Yang Han-been joined the line-up with Lee Kyu-ro, Kim Won-kun, Kwak Tae-hwi, and Shin Kwang-hoon forming a four-back defense line. In the middle were the trio from the national team, Lee Myung-joo, Ju Se-jong, and Go Yo-han forming an inverted triangle. Yun Il-lok and Kim Han-gilwere placed on each wing position, with Dejan Damjanovic at the forefront of attacks.

Commensurate with the meaning of the game, Seoul’s will for a win was clear from the start. Looking out for a chance in the early minutes, Seoul managed to launch their first shot on target in the 8th minute of the game. Kim Han-gil collected the ball from Go Yo-han before whipping in a cross towards Dejan whose header missed the goal only by a whisker. In the 15th minute, Yun Il-lok gave a pinpoint pass to Kim Han-gil in the center, but it did not lead to a shot.

Yun Il-lok continued to stir Jeju. In the 18th minute, Yun charged down the left side to lob a sharp cross, but it was blocked by


a defender. It was Seoul that managed to net the opener of the game. In the 20th minute, Dejan collected a pass from Shin Kwang-hoon to give it to Lee Myung-joo, who sent the ball into the right corner on such an impossible trajectory. The scoring was meaningful as it was his last game before the start of his military service.

Having scored the opener, Seoul’s push grew even fiercer. Following the opener, Lee Myung-joo delivered a perfect pass towards Dejan, who was waiting in the center. Dejan hit the ball immediately, but it flew over the upper bar. In the 33rd minute, the hosts conceded a goal while Yun Il-lok was off the pitch for injury treatment. Yun Il-lok made it clear that he was here to win,with his head bandaged around. Seoul gradually put together themselves and sought to win back their lead.

In the 35th minute, Dejen collected a cross from Go Yo-han to pass it to Kim Han-gil, but the shot flew head-on to the goalkeeper. In the 40th minute, Go Yo-han exchanged short passes with Dejan in front of the penalty box before unleashing a sharp drive from a good distance, but it flew directly towards the goalie too. Right before the end of the first half, Dejan received a pass from Yun to have a go with a turning shot, but it found its way to the goalkeeper. The first half was closed 1-1.

Seoul’s aggression continued into the latter half of the game. The first shot came up only three minutes


into the game. Dejan’s powerful shot was blocked by a defender, and Yun Il-lok retrieved the ball to fire a left-footed shot, but it flew over the target again. In the 9th minute of the second half, Seoul restored their lead. Yun Il-lok passed the ball to Dejan, who was dashing down the left before sending a ground pass towards the center, and Go Yo-han slid in to find the net. It was a skill matching his upward momentum proved in his national team performance. The tables were turned around again, however, when the hosts allowed another equalizer in the 12th minute.

In the 15th minute, Kim Han-gil volleyed a pass from Lee Myung-joo, but it flew directly to the goalkeeper again. Two minutes later, Go Yo-han tactfully letslip a pass from Yun Il-lok for Dejan, who had a go but saw his shot flying over the goal again. In the 20th minute, Dejan made another attempt to find the net but did not succeed. One minute later, Dejan collected a cross from Lee Kyu-ro in the left side to find the net with easy tap-in, presenting his team with a one-point lead.

Seoul continued to pommel the opponents after the third goal. In the 30th minute, Dejan peeled off a defender to try a left-footed shot, but it was blocked by the goalkeeper. In the 35th minute, an important chance came up for Seoul. Yun Il-lok lobbed a cross from the left side towards Kim Han-gil, who fired a shot, but it flew wide to the


right side of the goalposts. Keeping the lead to the last minute of the game, Seoul concluded their last game with a win.

Now, Seoul players are gearing up for a new season as a new contender for the championship. The players will come back stronger and better to live up to the expectations of their fans who have shown enthusiastic support throughout the year. Fans will hope that FC Seoul will stand tall at the center of the stage in 2018.SUJIT CHOUDHRY THE LORD OF LAW

Sujit Choudhry attained the degree of law that he now holds, at the University of Oxford and later on his masters in the same at Harvard school of law. He worked as a law professor at the University of California and even went on to serve in the position of Dean. He achieved this as the first Indian-American in the varsity. Prior to that, he taught at New York University and at the University of Toronto, he was School Chair (blogs.law.nyu.edu).

The professor is the founding father of the Center for Constitutional Transitions which works at creating and disseminating information on building the constitution. This is possible because it produces options of policies and yields a good number of research operations. The achievement of


their goals is due to the fact that they source knowledge and ideas from experts. These professionals come from various countries, thus the different nations facing constitutional and political obstacles are elevated.

Sujit Choudhry boasts of a wide enrichment in the field of law. This is a fact that has enabled him to create good correspondence for himself and those he works with. He is a known figure internationally, and his deep-rooted experience in constitutional matters is unmatched. This has seen him work as an advisor to countries like Ukraine, South Africa, Egypt and many more.

His professional career gets more impressive because of the fact that he works in mediation as well as in consultancy for the United Nations. Choudhry also extends his skills in the latter at theFive months after Southeastern Conference commissioner Mike Slive announced that he would retire on July 31, 2015, after 13 years at the helm of the league, the SEC has named Greg Sankey as his replacement.

Sankey, who has also been with the SEC for 13 years after serving as the commissioner of the Southland Conference for seven years, was promoted to executive associate commissioner and chief operating officer of the league in 2012 and was long rumored to be the favorite for the position.

“The universities of the SEC represent the greatest combination of academic and athletic excellence and I am honored to be selected to follow Mike Slive as commissioner of the Southeastern Conference,” Sankey said in a press release. “The SEC is poised to make a difference in


the lives of student-athletes for generations to come. We must ensure that the lessons they learn from their achievements in competition and in the classroom translate into success in life after college.”

Just the eighth commissioner in SEC history, Sankey will take over for Slive, who oversaw a growth period for the conference unmatched by leagues across the country. Slive, who will remain with the SEC as a consultant for a span of four years, negotiated record television contracts for the league and launched the SEC ESPN Network in 2014.

Football teams won seven-straight Bowl Championship Series national titles during Slive’s tenure as well as 60 other national championships; the 67 titles came in 15 of the 21 sports in which the league participates.

Slive also made an impact nationally withroles in BCS coordination, NCAA Tournament selection (men’s basketball), NCAA governance and the new College Football Playoff, which debuted this past season.

Conference presidents and chancellors voted on Slive’s successor.

“The institutions of the Southeastern Conference searched for a commissioner who would carry forward the momentum of success enjoyed by the SEC over the last decade while also possessing a vision for change in the modern era of college athletics,” said Nick Zeppos, Vanderbilt’s chancellor and the president of the SEC presidents and chancellors.

“Greg Sankey’s experience with our institutions, his respect on the national landscape, his understanding of the balance of athletics and academics, and his passion for the welfare of student-athletes make him the perfect leader for the SEC.”

According to the SEC, Sankey’s had a heavy hand in many


of Henan province in 2016. Since 2016, he has been working on successive postgraduate and doctoral programs for Ph.D degree in Harbin Medical University, School of nursing. His research team is currently investigating how to slow down and prevent schizophrenia disability and maintain its social function. In recent years, attention has been paid to the treatment, clinical outcomes and rehabilitation of patients with schizophrenia. They are very interested in the personal recovery of mental illness, the development of clinical assessment tools, and the trajectories of disease development and its relationship with clinical outcomes, brain function and event-related potential studies. His research interest includes mental illness and psychotherapy.

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as an SVP in

1997 and, after showing consistent progress in sex offender therapy and relapse

prevention offender therapy, he was conditionally released in June 2008. In September

1      All statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code unless otherwise
specified.

2      Because the evidence presented at the hearing on Snavely's section 6608 petition
for conditional release is immaterial to our disposition of his facial challenge to the Act,
we only briefly discuss it in this opinion.

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2008, his


conditional release was revoked based on his abuse of one of his psychotropic

medications and his fantasy involving women's feces. Snavely alleged he had since made

sufficient progress in his therapy and was entitled to placement in a conditional release

program for one year or unconditional discharge from civil commitment.

       During a five-day trial, the trial court heard the testimony of Snavely's therapists

and other treatment providers, who generally described his progress during commitment

and/or their belief he was ready for conditional release, followed by the testimony of the

State of California's forensic psychologist who concluded Snavely was not ready for

conditional release. On February 15, 2013, the trial court issued a statement of decision

denying the petition. The court concluded Snavely had not met his burden to prove by "On November 7, 2006, California voters passed Proposition 83, entitled 'The

Sexual Predators Punishment and Control Act: Jessica's Law' amending the Act effective

November 8, 2006. . . . Proposition 83 . . . changes an SVP commitment from a two-year

term to an indefinite commitment. . . .

                                               4
       "Pursuant to Proposition 83, section 6604, which had prescribed a two-year term

for SVP's, now provides in relevant part: 'If the court or jury determines that the person is

a


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                              Snavely's Equal Protection Claim

       Snavely contends the trial court erred by denying his section 6608 petition for

conditional release because his constitutional right to equal protection of the law was

violated. He claims that, pursuant to the Act, the burden was placed on him to prove, by

a preponderance of the evidence, he is suitable for conditional release under section 6608.

He asserts, and the People disagree, that neither McKee I nor McKee II decided this issue

and therefore the trial court's          14
imposition on SVP's of a greater burden than is imposed on MDO's and NGI's to obtain

release from commitment. (Id. at pp. 1208-1209.) In remanding the matter for an

evidentiary hearing to allow the People to justify that disparate treatment of SVP's, the

court described the burden the People would have, stating:

          "It must be shown that, notwithstanding the similarities between
          SVP's and MDO's, the former as a class bear a substantially greater
          risk to society, and that therefore imposing on them a greater burden


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ABOUT Breaking Bad:

Breaking Bad is an American neo-Western crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. The show originally aired on AMC for five seasons, from January 20, 2008, to September 29, 2013. Set and filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the series tells the story of Walter White (Bryan Cranston), an underemployed and depressed high school chemistry teacher who issleazy lawyer Saul Goodman, Jonathan Banks as private investigator and fixer Mike Ehrmantraut, and Giancarlo Esposito as the drug kingpin Gus Fring. The final season introduces Jesse Plemons as the criminally-ambitious Todd Alquist, and Laura Fraser as Lydia Rodarte-Quayle, a business executive secretly managing Walter’s global meth sales for her company.

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We are all about the gaming but we also want to bring the entertainment to people who might not really be big into games. This is why we created “Entertainment” category. In this category you will find pretty much everything besides gaming. So movies, animals, life and everything that surrounds us. Tons of quizes and we are pretty sure that everyone will find something for themselves. We are constantly working on new quizes and try to


large part to the United States. Afghanistan, too. Drone strikes throughout the Middle East kill and psychologically torture civilians, and breed more resentment of the United States and more terrorists. Manning’s release of war-logs helped paint a much clearer picture of how these wars are fought, something U.S. society, with its constant refusal to depict the real, bloody cost of conflict, sorely needs. By pushing hard against the stifling, dusty room of government secrets, Manning changed the world and let some sunshine in. She may have even helped jump-start the Arab Spring. And her actions lead to Snowden (even if he looked at her partially as how not to leak). Snowden in turn sparked the current, snowballing debate about what powers the national security sector has, what powersBallybrado News

Marianne & Josef Finke, Aidan Cotter and Minister Tom Hayes

Josef Finke receives Life Time Achievement Award from Government

At his year’s “Organic Oscars “ ceremonies Minister Tom Hayes presented Josef Finke with the inaugural Life Time Achievement Award for his contribution to the development of the organic sector in Ireland.

Arriving from Germany 31 years ago, Josef and his wife Marianne established one of the first organic farms in Ireland and were instrumental in driving the organic sector to its today’s volume of € 100m. For many years their Ballybrado Farm was a centre point for the organic movement in Ireland, attracting visitors from across the world.


In Afghanistan, opium production is growing like a weed — and nothing, not even billions of dollars of U.S. money, has been able to quell it.

According to the United Nations, the war-torn nation provides 90 percent of the world's supply of opium poppy, the bright, flowery crop that transforms into one of the most addictive drugs in existence.

And as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sounds the alarm about a worsening heroin epidemic here in the U.S., opium production in Afghanistan shows no signs of slowing down.

"Afghanistan has roughly 500,000 acres, or about 780 square miles, devoted to growing opium poppy. That's equivalent to more than 400,000 U.S. football fields — including the end zones," John Sopko, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, said in a speechin 2000, arguing that growing drugs was anti-Islamic. Opium dropped dramatically in the coming year, stunning the international community — but Blank, the Afghanistan expert, has doubts about their motive.

"The theory that makes the most sense to me is that there was such a glut of opium on the market that the Taliban basically allowed its favorite suppliers to store opium for the next year to drive the prices up, expecting that they would around for many years to come, and that they could sort of be the OPEC of opium," he said.

After the Taliban was deposed, the ban was eliminated. But with so much to fix in Afghanistan, the U.S. was unable to keep crops from popping back up.

Related: U.S. Raid Incites Angry Protests in Afghanistan

"The biggest


Violet Bonham Carter

Helen Violet Bonham Carter, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury,  (15 April 1887 – 19 February 1969), known until her marriage as Violet Asquith, was a British politician and diarist. She was the daughter of H. H. Asquith, Prime Minister from 1908–1916, and later became active in Liberal politics herself, being a leading opponent of appeasement, standing for Parliament and being made a life peer. She was also involved in arts and literature. Her illuminating diaries cover her father's premiership before and during the First World War and continue until the 1960s.

She was Sir Winston Churchill's closest female friend, apart from his wife, and her grandchildren include the actress Helena Bonham Carter.

Early life
Violet Asquith was born in Hampstead, London, England and grew up in a heavily politicalon October 13, 1978, the S/T LADY MARGARET caught fire and burned while on the ways at the Seabrook Shipyard in Seabrook, Texas. At the time of the fire, the captain, George Bosarge, and a fellow crewmember, Gerald Douglas Davis, were on board. Bosarge, asleep in his cabin, awoke to find his room engulfed in flames. He managed to escape with his life, but in so doing suffered second and third degree burns over 35% of his body. Davis did not survive the casualty. His burnt body was found in the engine room forward and below the galley area, adjacent to a metal pail being used by the crew as a makeshift toilet. The cause of death was asphyxiation.
Thereafter, James Herman Metcalf and Margaret Metcalf, the vessel owners,


fiberglass hull and wood deckhouse, was built by Desco Marine in 1976 and purchased by the Metcalfs in January of 1977. The Metcalfs own three other shrimp trawlers built by Desco, all acquired subsequent to the purchase of the LADY MARGARET. Bosarge became the master of the vessel sometime in September 1978. At the time of the casualty, the crew consisted of Bosarge, the decedent Davis, and Bosarge's father-in-law, Ralph Harmon. Both Davis and Harmon were hired by Bosarge after he assumed command of the vessel.
In the early part of October 1978, the LADY MARGARET put into the Seabrook Shipyards for repairs. In the interim, the crew remained aboard the vessel, performing light maintenance work. On October 12, a day before the fire, the ship was hauled upon the ways. While on the ways, she was without electrical connections or running water; however, the crew determined to remain on board the vessel despite the inconvenience. A metal pail was placed in the engine room below the galley for use as a makeshift toilet, and access to the vessel provided by means of a 30-foot ladder.
On the morning of October 12 the three crewmembers found themselves, as seamen sometimes do, temporarily impecunious. They arranged with Metcalf for an advance on their salaries, and secured a ride to Port Bolivar with Mary Jane Dorr, the wife of Andrew Dorr, a shipyard employee with whom the crew had become familiar, to pick up their money. It had also been arranged for the crew to attend a shrimp boil


at the Dorr's residence that evening, and in anticipation of the evening's festivities the crew obtained two bottles of whiskey on the return trip. They may have consumed several beers during the return trip as well.
*450 Dinner at the Dorr's residence was in the early hours of the evening. It is apparent that alcoholic beverages were imbibed freely during the evening. Bosarge testified that he had at least four to six drinks, both at the Dorr residence and at a neighborhood bar. Davis also had a good deal to drink. His autopsy revealed that he was legally intoxicated at the time of death, with a .249% blood alcohol level, the equivalent of consuming 12 one-ounce drinks of whiskey within an hour's time.
Between midnight and 1:00 a. m. onOctober 13, Bosarge and Davis borrowed Dorr's car to return to the LADY MARGARET. Harmon, either exhausted by a long day's activities or overcome by his consumption of alcohol, or  in all probability  both, was left behind at the Dorr residence, asleep on a couch. Bosarge testified that he returned to the bar he had visited earlier in the evening to have another drink. Davis, however, had fallen asleep in the car, so Bosarge left him there. Bosarge discovered that the bar was closing and, unable to buy a drink, he returned to the car. The weather was misty, and Bosarge learned that the car's windshield wipers were inoperative. A patron of the bar, however, volunteered to give the two seamen a ride back to the


shipyard.
The shipyard was locked up for the night, so Bosarge and Davis initially had to traverse an 8-foot chain link fence to get into the shipyard, and then the 30-foot ladder to reach the vessel. Both men successfully navigated the course and arrived at the vessel at approximately 2:00 a. m. Bosarge testified that, after a brief conversation in the galley, he retired to his quarters on the forward starboard side of the deckhouse and went to bed. He did not know whether Davis did likewise or not.
At about 4:00 a. m. Bosarge awoke to find the deckhouse engulfed in flames. He soon realized that his only chance to escape the vessel with his life was to go directly through the raging fire. Wearing only jeans, he madegood his desperate escape, but suffered extensive second and third degree burns to his upper body in the process. Several persons on the premises, hearing Bosarge's screams of agony and cries for help, came to his aid. He was taken to John Sealy Hospital in Galveston, Texas, where he remained for approximately one month, undergoing extensive burn treatment.
The fire totally gutted the deckhouse. The ceiling and bulkhead between the galley and the sleeping quarters were completely burned away, as was the exterior wall with exception of several studs. Charles Reel, the Fire Marshal for the Seabrook Volunteer Fire Department, and Eudell Jiles, an officer with the Kemah Police Department, were witnesses to the fire, having responded to a report of the event. Their deposition testimony was that the


deckhouse was completely in flames by the time they arrived. A short time thereafter, both witnessed an explosion, apparently of the butane tanks that provided fuel for the galley stove, sending flames shooting high above the fire.
Jiles, one of the first witnesses to arrive at the fire, also testified that he heard the agonized scream of a male voice, for approximately two seconds, eminating from the bow of the vessel below deck. After the fire was extinguished, Davis' body was discovered in the engine room, forward and below the galley. Although Davis' body was badly burned, the autopsy established that the cause of death was asphyxiation due to smoke inhalation. Based on the autopsy findings, Dr. Joseph Jachimczyk testified by deposition that Davis could have been conscious forLADY MARGARET, the grease fire would have been safely contained in the immediate area of the stove, without the ensuing loss of life, limb and property.
The stove in question was a four-burner butane stove standing approximately 36 inches high. The clearance between the deckhouse ceiling and the top of the stove was 48 inches. The walls adjacent to the stove below burner level were protected by fire retardant material, however the walls and ceiling above burner level consisted only of ½-inch varnished plywood. Following the fire, the charred stove was discovered on its side with a partially melted cast-iron skillet near or underneath it. The fingers on the back two burner rings of the stove, like the skillet, were partially melted, indicating that they had been exposed for


a prolonged period to more intense heat than the front two. The burn pattern of the fire also suggested that the flame had been more intense in the area of the interior bulkhead where the stove was located than at the outer walls of the deckhouse.
Plaintiffs rely principally on the testimony of three expert witnesses. The deposition testimony of the first of these experts, Herbert Shilstone of the Shilstone Testing Laboratory, a civil engineer with nearly a half-century's experience in the investigation of fires and explosion, was offered at trial. In his deposition, Shilstone indicated that in his opinion the fire was caused by the ignition of combustible parts of the bulkhead behind the stove. He indicated that a grease fire on the stove was a possible sourceof ignition, but could not exclude the possibility of alternative sources. Further, he testified that the grease fire itself, even when supported by a butane burner flame, could not have caused the melting of the back burner rings and the iron skillet. While a grease fire and burner flame might have contributed, Shilstone testified that the melting temperatures could have been reached only if additional combustible materials were present on the stove top. This was confirmed by Desco's expert, Dr. Rex McLelland.
Plaintiffs also offered the deposition testimony of Charles Reel, who in addition to examining photographs of the LADY MARGARET, had conducted an investigation on board the vessel shortly after the fire. Reel's official report of the investigation offered no indication as to the cause of the fire.


Based upon the burn pattern of the fire and the partially melted back burners and skillet, however, Reel opined in his deposition that the fire had originated in the stove area. Like Shilstone, Reel indicated only that a grease fire was a possible source of the blaze.
Sterling Jones, a Houston Fire Department arson investigator with some 13 years of practical experience, however, testified unequivocally at trial that the source of the fire aboard the LADY MARGARET was a grease fire in a skillet left unattended on an open flame. His opinion was predicated on similarities between the fire on the LADY MARGARET and the many grease fires he had encountered in the course of his duties. Jones pointed specifically to the burn pattern of the fire and thethat the melting was probably caused by combustible parts of the vessel falling on the stove. He also noted that, once the fire had melted the gas regulator in the butane lines leading to the stove, an unregulated butane flame could have caused the partial melting.[5]
Desco contends that from the evidence of record a rational fact finder could only speculate as to the cause of the fire on board the LADY MARGARET. The Court does not agree. There is sufficient evidence, albiet circumstantial, from which a finder of fact reconstructing the events on the early morning of October 13, 1978 could reasonably conclude that the fire more likely than not originated as a grease fire in a skillet left unattended on an open burner flame.[6] Desco also argues


that the fire might have been started by an errant cigarette, since both Bosarge and Davis smoked, or by a butane leak. The record, however, is wholly void of any support for the former theory, and the greater weight of credible evidence preponderates against the latter. Bosarge testified that he had discovered a butane leak around a coupling on one of the butane tanks several days prior to the fire, but had corrected it. As a precautionary measure, Bosarge testified that thereafter he turned the gas on and off at its source when using the stove.
Relying upon the deposition testimony of Andrew Dorr, Desco contends that a butane leak persisted at the time of the fire. Desco urges that this is consistent with the precautionary measure testified toby Bosarge. Assuming the butane leak had not been remedied before the morning of October 13, however, the evidence on record does not support the contention that it was a cause of the fire. Eye witness accounts indicate that an explosion sending flames high into the air rocked the LADY MARGARET well after the fire had engulfed the deckhouse. The butane tanks are the only apparent source of this explosion. Moreover, plaintiffs' experts testified that the most intense fire damage was to the interior bulkhead near the stove, and not to the exterior bulkhead near the butane tanks.
The Court finds from a preponderance of the credible evidence in the record that the fire which gutted the deckhouse of the LADY MARGARET on October 13 originated as a grease


fire in a cast-iron skillet left unattended over an open burner flame on the stove. The Court further finds from a preponderance of the evidence that the fire resulted from the inadvertence of the decedent Gerald Davis. The fire on board the LADY MARGARET was of a type which ordinarily does not occur in the absence of the human factor, and it is undisputed that Davis was at the time of the fire the only person on board the vessel who *453 could have set in motion the events culminating in the casualty. The most reasonable inference from the evidence is that Davis did not go to bed after returning to the vessel on the morning of October 13, but decided to fix something to eat; that hedeckhouse of the vessel, seriously injured plaintiff Bosarge, and took Davis' life. Negligence is defined generally as conduct falling below the standard established by law for the protection of others, or one's self, against unreasonable risk of harm. Restatement (Second) of Torts § 282 (1965). The standard is one of ordinary care, that which a reasonably prudent person would exercise under the same or similar circumstances. There is no direct evidence of Davis' conduct after returning to the vessel on October 13, however, the reasonable inferences to be drawn from the circumstantial evidence preponderate toward a finding of negligence. The evidence is sufficient to establish that the fire began as a grease fire in a skillet on the stove. Davis was the only person on board the vessel


who at the time of the fire could have turned on one of the stove burners under the skillet and set in motion the chain of events which resulted in the casualty. It is clear that Davis left the stove unattended not momentarily, but for an extended period of time.
Plaintiffs contend that Davis, being deceased, is entitled to a legal presumption that he exercised ordinary care for his own safety. Plaintiffs also contend that Davis was entitled to rely upon Desco Marine to design and manufacture the stove area so as to minimize the risk of injury from foreseeable use or misuse. Davis was not thereby relieved of the duty to exercise ordinary care for his safety and the safety of other persons and property, and any presumptionrelatively simple and inexpensive means at Desco's disposal to safeguard against the danger, the shipbuilder's conduct in the design and manufacture of the S/T LADY MARGARET *455 falls below that standard required by law for the protection of others against unreasonable risk of harm.

C. George Bosarge
Desco Marine contends that Bosarge, as master of the vessel, was negligent in either of two respects: First, in permitting Davis to return to the vessel in an obvious state of intoxication; and second, in leaving Davis alone and unsupervised after the two returned to the vessel on the morning of October 13. There is substantial evidence that Davis was intoxicated, although the extent to which this intoxication impeded Davis' judgmental ability, reaction time, reflexes and other functions is unclear. Clearly, however, Davis


the vessel, could select the crew is not unusual; moreover, there is no evidence that Bosarge had sole responsibility for selecting and hiring a crew. George Metcalf testified, in fact, that Davis had previously been employed on *456 another Metcalf vessel. Bosarge did not select the buyers for the catch; Metcalf required the delivery of the catch for use in his food processing business. The vessel owners apparently decided when the LADY MARGARET would be in operation and when she would be laid up for repairs. Clearly, the Metcalfs made advances to both captain and crew while the vessel was in the Seabrook Shipyards, and no suggestion is made that these were merely loans. The Court finds that the Metcalfs were Davis' employers at all times material tohuman psyche, but it is clear that Bosarge was in excruciating agony in the month-long period during which he underwent intensive medical treatment, and that he experienced substantial pain and suffering and mental anguish.
Despite the more terrifying aspects of the treatment at John Sealy, Bosarge was fortunate to have received the best and most advanced burn care available. The medical treatment and surgery he received at John Sealy produced excellent results. While Bosarge is not now, nor will he ever be, totally free of discomfort, he is essentially free of physical pain, and the disfigurement associated with his burns is minimal. There is no evidence of hypertrophic scarring or keloid formation, and no observable limitation of motion in the burned areas of his body.
That is not to say,


pain and suffering, mental anguish, disability, and loss of life's enjoyment occasioned by his injuries. Desco Marine's liability for those items of damages, as well as other items recoverable by Bosarge, will extend only insofar as its negligence was a concurring cause of the damages.
Bosarge was unable to work for a period of approximately seven months. He reported income as a commercial fisherman in 1977 of $15,695.75. Prior to his injuries in 1978, he reported income of $6,937. Commercial fishing is a seasonal occupation, and income varies in proportion to the catch; but Herman Metcalf testified that an industrious fisherman could earn on the average $15,000 to $18,000 a year. The Court finds that Bosarge sustained lost earnings prior to trial in the amount of $8,750.
After recovering fromhis injuries, Bosarge attempted for seven months to return to the life of a commercial fisherman. The physically demanding nature of the work in view of Bosarge's casualty-related disabilities, however, precluded his successful return to this previous occupation. Subsequently he obtained employment as the captain of a crew vessel with Bud's Boat Rental, Inc. of Venice, Louisiana, and is presently so employed. For the calendar year 1980 Bosarge reported income in this employment of $24,190, more than he ever made in any single year as a commercial fisherman. It is apparent from the record that Bosarge worked steadily in 1980, taking as few as ten days off.
In light of this, Desco Marine contends that Bosarge has failed to establish that he will suffer any impairment of future earning


Bosarge's vocational and educational background limited him to commercial fishing, he would be entitled on the present record to a substantial award for loss of future earning capacity. Bosarge, however, is vocationally qualified to captain vessels such as the one he is currently master of, and such occupation is less physically demanding upon him and affords him greater protection from the elements.
Based on his 1980 earnings, it is conceivable that Bosarge could traverse the remainder of his normal work-life expectancy with his earning capacity undiminished, provided he is able to find continued employment of the type he is presently engaged in. From the evidence, however, the Court has determined that Bosarge in reasonable probability will sustain some impairment of earning capacity in the future. Clearly, the evidence showsthat he has incurred definite and permanent limitations to his physical endurance as a result of his injuries. Bosarge's present job is not free from physical demands, nor can he avoid exposure to the elements. While his position is essentially supervisory, Bosarge testified that he is required from time to time to assist the crew in physically exerting tasks, and that he cannot spend all of his time in the sheltered environment of an air-conditioned wheel-house. It is unlikely that any similar position Bosarge might be qualified to hold in the future would be less taxing. So long as Bosarge remains similarly employed in the maritime industry, he cannot escape physically exerting work; nor can he avoid in its entirety the raw and sometimes savage weather encountered at


death was asphyxiation, and the carbon monoxide saturation in Davis' blood was sufficient to permit Dr. Jachimczyk to opine that Davis was conscious prior to being overcome by the smoke. Additionally, Eudell Jiles testified to hearing the solitary scream of a male voice eminating from the vicinity of the vessel in which Davis' body was found.[10] The evidence is sufficient for the Court to infer that Davis, who experienced burns over 40% to 50% of his body, was conscious for a brief period before succumbing to smoke and carbon monoxide, and the Court awards plaintiff the sum of $10,000 for pain and suffering, subject to mitigation by the amount of the decedent's contributing negligence.
A survivor may recover under general maritime law for the actual financial contributions the decedentwould have made during his normal anticipated life span. Sea-Land Services v. Gaudet, supra, 414 U.S., at 584-85, 94 S.Ct., at 814-15. The proper measure of damages for such loss of support is the survivor's reasonable pecuniary expectancy over the remainder of the life expectancy of the decedent or the survivor, whichever is shorter, discounted to present value. Thompson v. Offshore Co., supra, at 762. At the time of his death, Gerald Davis was 34 years old with a life expectancy of 37.4 years. The plaintiff was 60 years old with a life expectancy of 22.3 years at the time of Davis' death. Her life expectancy at the time of trial was 19.9 years.
Gerald Davis was one of six children born to Mrs. McGee. The surviving children are


between the ages of 30 and 44, and all are or have been married and live near the plaintiff in North Carolina. Mrs. McGee testified that her children make no contributions to her support, and that her sole source of income is Social Security Retirement Benefits of approximately $343 per month. She lives in a mobile home in Burlington, North Carolina. The mobile home has been paid for.
Gerald Davis never married, and Mrs. McGee testified that the decedent remained a resident of her household after her other children had left. During the time he lived with her, Mrs. McGee testified that Davis paid room and board of approximately $80 per month in addition to making other sundry household purchases. She testified that Davis purchased for her several majorappliances and items of furniture whose costs was approximately $900, and that between 1973 and 1976 he contributed $900 toward note payments on the mobile home. Apparently, Davis' contributions were not made on a regular basis, and may have consisted largely of gifts made on holidays and other special occasions. In 1976, Mrs. McGee recalled that her son made a gift to her of a $500 income tax refund.
While the decedent lived with his mother for an appreciable portion of his life, he was *460 not a permanent resident in her household during the last several years of his life. His earnings reflect that he was an itinerant worker and that he was employed outside the state of North Carolina much of the later 1970's. Certainly, that was


the case after he was employed by the Metcalfs as a commercial fisherman. Nor, in view of Davis' age and his recent occupations, is it likely that he would have continued to live with his mother on a permanent basis had he survived. He had indicated to Bosarge and others that he enjoyed the occupation of a commercial fisherman and intended to remain in the fishing industry.
In considering the plaintiff's reasonable pecuniary expectancy the Court must focus on the decedent's history of earnings and contributions and anticipated future earning potential. Thompson v. Offshore Co., supra, at 763. In the three years preceding his death, Davis did not report income in excess of $6,000. Had he continued to be employed as a commercial fisherman, his earnings in time mightare concurring causes of damage to another. Where contributory negligence is at issue, the doctrine operates in mitigation of damages. Accordingly, under Leger, George Bosarge's judgment against Desco Marine is credited with the dollar amount represented by the proportion of negligence attributable to his Jones Act employers, the Metcalfs, with whom he settled prior to trial. Sally Davis McGee's judgment against Desco Marine is reduced in proportion to the contributory negligence of the decedent Gerald Davis, and the Metcalf's judgment against Desco Marine is reduced in proportion to the negligence imputed to them.
[10]  Desco suggests that the scream might have been that of Bosarge. However, Bosarge testified that after escaping the vessel he screamed repeatedly until others came to his assistance. By every indication, Bosarge had escaped


Intel seeks state financial aid for plant

Intel Corp. wants the state to pony up a multimillion dollar incentive package before the company decides whether to build a huge research and development park near Riverton.

Richard R. Nelson, director of Utah's Industrial Assistance Fund, said Thursday that Intel - producer of chips that power 85 percent of the world's personal computers - has applied for an IAF loan in the "mid-seven figures."The state's Board of Business and Economic Development is scheduled to consider the application Friday after listening to a presentation by as many as three Intel representatives.

Intel had no new statement to make about the application Thursday. The company has repeatedly said its consideration of the Riverton site is one of several expansion options that include building in Texasor expanding existing plants.

Intel has purchased an option on a site bordered by 13400 South on the southern end, 12600 South on the northern end and the Bangerter Highway on the west. The 140 acres of agricultural land is owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Nelson said the research park would create 6,000 to 8,000 jobs with average wages of about $50,000 plus benefits. But he cautioned that Intel's board is not expected to make a final decision on its plans for several months.

And even if Intel does choose Riverton, he said, it may not be able to get the loan, because the IAF currently has only $2.8 million in available funds.

"It is clearly understood by Intel and the Legislature and the governor that this


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Situated in the historic Baroque centre of Osijek, Guesthouse Maksimilian is set in a fully refurbished building dating from the 19th century. It offers free WiFi, free parking and breakfast. All rooms at Maksimilian Guesthouse provide en suite bathroom and a TV. Guests can use the computer with internet access in the lobby free of charge or surf the free WiFi in their rooms. Guests can rent bicycles at the guest house and explore the nearby attractions, such as the picturesque Square of The Holy Trinity and the Franciscan Monastery. A bike storage and repair tools are provided. In the close vicinity there are many nice restaurants, pubs and night clubs. The Tvrdja tram stop is 66 feet away.laptop in two ACCHSs in regional and rural New South Wales (NSW). Sites were located in major towns, were staffed by Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal staff including doctors, nurses and allied health workers, and provided both on-site and outreach services to smaller or isolated communities. The two services had approximately 1250 and 2400 active patients (at least three visits in the last 2 years) respectively. ACCHSs provide culturally appropriate primary health care to Australian Aboriginal communities \[[@CR17]\], with the majority of people who attend (74 - 86 %) being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin \[[@CR2], [@CR4]\]. The two ACCHSs in this study represent the majority of those in NSW in terms of regional/rural location and patient numbers \[[@CR4]\]. Ethics approval for the study was obtained from the University of


between Russia and Turkey reached $30 billion, there will be a serious problem for Turkish business. Turkish companies would have to look for other markets, and not all of them will succeed," Pushkov underscored.

Finally, Russia would deal an overall blow to the entire Turkish budget because incomes from exports and tourism will decrease, he said.

He noted that the Russian measures against Turkey are not aimed to hurt particular Turkish citizens.

"Those who have contracts signed before December 31, 2015, will not lose their jobs. It is only prohibited to hire new Turkish employees starting January 2016. Besides, Turkish citizens with permit residence in Russia will not be affected with the visa restrictions," the lawmaker said.

On Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a Decree "On Measures to Guarantee National SecurityVirginia, and West Virginia also showed interest in Brown. After Brown gave a verbal commitment to attend Maryland in April 2008, the Pittsburgh and Penn State coaching staffs said they would be interested if he reopened his recruitment.

College career
Brown enrolled at the University of Maryland, and served a redshirt season in 2009. In 2010, he saw action in four plays against Morgan State. On his first snap, he gained 12 yards on an option run, and lowered his shoulder into two opposing tacklers. He suffered a broken collarbone on the run, but remained in the game for three more plays. The injury ended his season. During his convalescence, head coach Ralph Friedgen said, "I just told him he has to hang in there, he has to sit in the


He returned to be the starting quarterback in the 2013 season. For the season he passed for 2,242 yards with 13 passing touchdowns and rushed for 576 yards with 12 rushing touchdowns. Brown remained the starter his senior season in 2014, passing for 2,288 yards and 13 touchdowns.

Statistics
Through the end of the 2014 regular season, Brown's statistics are as follows:

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Category:Players of American football from PennsylvaniaImage caption Siddhartha Dhar, also known as Abu Rumaysah, left London two days after he was released on bail in September 2014

Siddhartha Dhar, also known as Abu Rumaysah, is thought to be the new man behind the mask fronting threats to the UK from inside Syria.

Unlike the man he appears to have replaced - Briton Mohammed Emwazi, dubbed "Jihadi John" - Mr Rumaysah was a well-known and prolific figure among radical Islamists in London.

He disappeared in September 2014, shortly after being released on bail while under investigation for allegedly encouraging terrorism.

Police banned him from travelling and ordered him to hand in his passport. However, he boarded a coach for Paris at London's Victoria Station, along with his wife and children.

Weeks later, he announced his arrival in Syria by


posting an image online of himself holding a rifle, and his newborn and fourth child.

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"What a shoddy security system Britain must have to allow me to breeze through Europe to [IS]," he tweeted.

Mr Rumaysah, who is in his early 30s, was born and raised in the UK in a Hindu family - his original name is Siddhartha Dhar.

Following his conversion in his late teens, he took the name Saiful Islam (Abu Rumaysah is a "kunya", or nickname, which means "Father of Rumaysah"). He became a leading member and speaker for the al-Muhajiroun network, a group banned under terrorism legislation which has frequently organised and operated under different names.

When not providing bouncy castles for parties, he would regularly attend demonstrations against the US, Israel, Arab regimes orany other cause the group believed to be un-Islamic.

He would stand outside mosques on Friday afternoons, seeking to find new followers to the radical network's way of thinking. He would post videos online and rarely turned down an opportunity to speak to the media.

And when he spoke he barely hid his radical views.

When so-called Islamic State claimed to have destroyed the border between Iraq and Syria in 2014, he believed it was the moment a new Islamic regime worthy of global support had been born.

"The caliphate [a state governed in accordance with Islamic law, or Sharia] is a dream for all Muslims worldwide," he said in one of his YouTube videos.

"We can finally have a sanctuary where we can practice our religion and live under the Sharia. It


for would-be fellow travellers.

The 40-page document, which opens with an image of a fictional battle on the edge of Jerusalem, is designed to encourage Muslims to stop procrastinating and join what Mr Rumaysah claims are the swelling ranks of Islamic State.

Most of the rest of the booklet is devoted to the kind of information that features in a standard travel guide: food, weather and transport.

"If you thought London or New York was cosmopolitan, then wait until you step foot in the Islamic State because it screams diversity," he wrote.

"In my short time here I have met people from absolutely every walk of life, proof that the caliphate's pulling power is strong and tenacious."

He glossed over public executions, rape of women held as slaves and other punishments meted outSt Martin of Tours' Church, Saundby

St Martin of Tours' Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Saundby, Nottinghamshire, England.  It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

History

The church originated in the 13th century, with additions and alterations in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries.  The arcade between the nave and the north aisle dates from the 13th century.  The tower was added in 1504.  The chancel was restored by John Loughborough Pearson in 1885–86, and the north aisle by Weatherley and Jones in 1891.

Architecture

Exterior
St Martin's is constructed in stone, with lead and slate roofs.  Externally, its style is Perpendicular.  Its plan consists of a


In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Grand Central Terminal, we will be exploring all aspects of the terminal, from its most famous attributes to its hidden treasures. To begin, we will explore the terminal that never was.

For the past century, New York City has been graced by Warren & Wetmore’s Beaux Arts masterpiece. As a result of their Grand Central commission, the firm went on to have an illustrious career. However, since their prior commissions had been minimal, and the firm did not even win the design competition, it is quite remarkable that Warren & Wetmore’s building was ever built.

In 1893, William John Wilgus began working for The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad as an assistant engineer on its Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg line. FromBuffalo and privately tutored in engineering, Wilgus quickly rose through the company’s ranks and by 1899 he was the railroads’s chief engineer for construction and maintenance of tracks. He was a visionary. After a 1902 train crash on Park Avenue, in which 15 people died instantaneously, Wilgus sent a letter to the President of the company outlining his ideas for utilizing electric trains which would be placed underground and for a new terminal building. By January 10, 1903, the company’s Board of Directors (which included J. P. Morgan, William Rockefeller, as well as Cornelius II Vanderbilt and William K. Vanderbilt) accepted Wilgus’ plan and appointed him Vice President in charge of construction.

Four architectural firms were invited to participate in the design competition. D.H. Burnham and Company, McKim, Mead


and White, Reed & Stem, and Samuel Huckle Jr. The firms were from around the country (Chicago, New York, St. Paul, and Philadelphia) and had differing opinions in terms of how the new terminal should be designed. Huckel opted for a baroque turreted building with Park Avenue running right through it, McKim, Mead & White drafted plans for a 60-story skyscraper, which would have been the tallest in the world and was surmounted by a 300 foot jet of steam illuminated in red as a beacon for ships and an advertisement for the company, and Reed & Stem envisioned a multi-tiered elevated roadway that circumvented the building, which would connect to its different levels, a court of honor to the north of the terminal which would house theThe high point came at the very end. Europe's pulse was racing when Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" rang out in Frankfurt's Goethe Square during the emotional finale of the pro-European protest march. The participating europhiles held hands and silently formed a human chain with almost awestruck devotion. It's the symbolic ritual at the end of every one of these rallies: hold on tight for Europe.

The event on Sunday was organized by the pro-European grassroots initiative "Pulse of Europe." Protesters had gathered on previous Sundays as well, but not in such numbers. Different estimates put the attendance between 1,600 and 2,000 people.

"Pulse of Europe" has been inviting people to the Goethe Square on Sundays at 2 p.m. for four weeks now. Sister marches are organized in all of Germany


and in Amsterdam, Paris is supposed to follow suit at the end of February. The organizers, a group of Germans from Frankfurt and the surrounding areas, wanted to act in the face of growing populism and radicalization in Europe.

'Strong together' - Sunday's 'Pulse of Europe' rally in Frankfurt

They stress, however, that they're not protesting against something, but rather in support of a peacefully united Europe. In their mission statement, the group proclaims it's their goal to "wake up the silent majority" in favor of European ideals. They stress that now is the time to act:

"Europe's survival is at stake."

'Blijf bij ons'

One of the founders is Daniel Röder. He told DW that the Brexit vote seemed "like a bad dream" to him. The law scholar and the other foundersof "Pulse of Europe" want to prevent that right-wing populists gain the upper hand again in the upcoming elections in the Netherlands on March 15 and in France on April 23, with the decisive run-off set for May 7. They believe that victories by euroskeptics Geert Wilders or Marine Le Pen would spell the beginning of the end for Europe.

Röder says he's not a 'professional protester'

Röder said that one of the main messages of Sunday's rally was directed at the Netherlands: "Blijf bij ons," or "Stay with us." Pulse of Europe organizers want the Dutch to stay in the EU and vote for Wilders' rivals on March 15. Until then, they hope to get as many Europeans as possible out on the streets every Sunday to show support


Trump's election could also have a positive effect. At least that's what participants in the Pulse of Europe marches hope. Anna Leszczynska for example came to the most recent rally in Frankfurt with a "Make Europe Great Again" sign - a play on Trump's election slogan. The psychotherapist is originally from Poland and told DW she was shocked by the acts of her home country's right-wing government.

"I didn't think that an established democracy could be wiped out this quickly," Leszczynska said. "That's why Europe needs to be strengthened."

The most recent march in Frankfurt had up to 2,000 participants

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and has since returned as an observant of Catholicism. The advertisement was a response to the election of Democratic Senate hopeful Claire McCaskill and aired at the same time as Michael J.

Fox 's advertisement supporting the amendment. Fox accepted her apology and later stated, "If we can have a healthy dialogue about issues that people see differently, that's marvelous. Don't like you being dissed -so sorry. Plimpton is literally a child of Broadway: Her parents, Shelley Plimpton and Keith Carradine, were playing hippies in the original Broadway production of Hair when she was born.

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Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Adam Smith's Future in Modern Economics

Most academic economists today would dismiss Adam Smith as a mere ‘literary economist’; many are not sure about the economist bit. Flipping through a copy of the Wealth of Nations, and not finding a single mathematical equation among nearly a million words of text, is enough to dissuade busy students of economics and their adult tutors from making an effort to read beyond the title page and, perhaps, flick through the index. Of course, every economist has heard of Adam Smith, and so have most of the chattering classes that pass for today’s groupie intelligentsia.

Politicians, journalists, tv presenters and lobbyists mention his name regularly and select from one of a few famous, but


and practical outcomes of his inquiry into the existing 18th century social and economic system. When more modern economists re-examine that legacy, not to mimic its recommendations – the interventions into the Natural Order of the 18th century have been overtaken by modern forms that change almost totally the environment in which the Natural Order is repressed – but to apply the methods of scientific enquiry that Smith excelled in, their contributions may have an impact beyond their current efforts, in which each new school overturns the old, until overturned itself by the next big new thing, with the problems remaining in that unfinished agenda that we know as human society.

The philosopher’s role is not to change the world, but to understand it by doing nothing, but observingit is, will not be found in the arguments of functions, but might be in the arguments of bargainers (of which I have done my fair share of observing).

That is my future agenda for Lost Legacy (with occasional comments on misquoters).

Monday, May 29, 2006

James Hutton, geologist and Friend of Adam Smith

Fordyce Maxwell (the paper’s agricultural correspondent – though that severely underestimates his journalistic savvy, local wit and experience) - reports in The Scotsman (29 may) on more evidence of the slowly reviving public consciousness of Scotland’s finer days during the 18th century Enlightenment. The occasion is the opening up of the James Hutton trail in rural Berwickshire, south of Edinburgh.

Relatively unknown out of Scotland, James Hutton was a founding author of the science of geology. He was the


Smith, often in his company and often sharing walks in Holyrood Park in Edinburgh, the site of a former volcano (extinct for 5 million years – I hope). Hutton had a house on a nearby ridge. I have been reading about James Hutton recently and discussing his work and his influence on Smith with Norman Butcher, an academic colleague, like me now retired, but also very active intellectually.

Smith had a theory of the history of society and in many places throughout his works reveals an understanding of social evolution quite remarkable given the paucity of information about pre-history in his days. Interesting in this context, Charles Darwin, after completing the Beagle voyage took the time to read ‘Wealth of Nations’ to see what political economists were saying aboutof two of his Literary Executors (the other was Joseph Black, the renowned chemist who discovered latent heat).

Extracts from Fordyce Maxwell’s article summarise aspects of Hutton’s scientific persona:“Aubrey Manning, emeritus professor of natural history at Edinburgh University, is an admirer of a man he calls "an intellectual giant".

There has been renewed interest in Hutton in recent years and Manning was speaking at the most recent, the official opening of the James Hutton Trail in the Reiver farm shop close by Slighhouses farm. He was an exponent of the scientific method, said Manning, going solely by the evidence and never beyond, never producing a complicated answer when a simple one would do.The result was his theory, first delivered to the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1785, which showed how


as in manufacturing pins, specialization raises productivity. (The puzzle is why Adam Smith chose to ignore his own analysis and write The Wealth of Nations without the benefit of a co-author.)

"The puzzle is why Adam Smith chose to ignore his own analysis and write The Wealth of Nations without the benefit of a co-author.)"

Research is slightly different from writing a report of a 12 year inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. In academic research you are usually working on original data to add to the knowledge base. Here a division of labour between the authors has the advantages you identified.

Smith was working with many 'co-authors' through his use of their earlier works in the forms of the books and pamphlets they wrote andof all.”

My problem with this sentence is that Adam Smith did not write about ‘capitalism’, a system as yet in 1759 when he wrote ‘Moral Sentiments’, based on lecture notes he had delivered in his Edinburgh public lectures from 1748-51 and at the University of Glasgow from 1751. He certainly wrote about morality and how it evolved in human society, and how it was a necessary social habit, under the rule of law, if society was to survive as a harmonious success and not become a vicious failure.

But his insights and his vision (the ‘impartial spectator’, the mediation of conflicting interests, the unintentional petty foibles of humans that worked to stabilise the love of justice that prevented society dissolving ‘into atoms’) were not aimed at any particular social


be copied and used in many different activities and by many different people at the same time.

Thursday, May 25, 2006

Great News for the Truth About Adam Smith

Prospect Magazine, London, UK, June

Iain MacLean interviews Adam Smith in a scene from the University of Glasgow. It is the best short guide to the policies of the real Adam Smith, incomparably more accurate than most of the claims about Smith that appear in the world’s press and which I comment on here regularly.

If the article represents the content of the eagerly awaited (by me anyway) new book from Iain MacLean due out on 22 June, Adam Smith: Radical and Egalitarian, Edinburgh University Press, then the book deserves to do very well.

On the basis of this article, I found little in Iainpeople are voting against the future -- their countries' and perhaps their own. It is easy to imagine the sacrifices and disappointments of raising children. It is hard, try as people might, to imagine the intense joys and selfish pleasures.

People ignore Adam Smith's keen insight: "The chief part of human happiness arises from the consciousness of being beloved."

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Part Two of a Review of 'Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations'

Review of David Warsh, ‘Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations: a story of economic discovery’, Norton & Co. New York, 2006

Part Two

I have now completed the book. It is a good read and will be enjoyed by both specialist economists and general readers alike; the former will know the theories Warsh refers to and the latter can


policy of deportation of those who commit crimes (risks of returning them to certain countries should not prevent deportation), are security risks and who are undesireable for their criminal records; a society should welcome people coming here to work and add to the GNP.

Scotland had a credible record on such matters in the 18th century. Slavery was declared illegal in Scotland and a slave who had been brought into the country was set free in 1778. Smith took a stance against slavery. In Moral Sentiments he wrote:

Fortune never exerted more cruelly her empire over mankind, than when she subjected those nations of heroes to the refuse of the jails of Europe, to wretches who possess the virtues neither of the countries which they came from. nor of thosefiscal equilibrium, privatization—are definitely not enough. What makes the capitalist system function well in the United States, Western Europe, Japan, and the four Asian tigers is a very good property and transaction legal system. As both Adam Smith and Karl Marx explained, what gives the market economy system its power is essentially the wide-spread division of labor, what we today call specialization. Specialization has been possible in the Western world throughout these last two centuries because of the ability of specialists to create and exchange capital among themselves, and that ability exists because the West has good property law, which allowed for good market transactions. For at least 70 to 80 percent of the world’s population, for former communist nations and developing countries, a legal system allowing for


leads second kidnap attempt on Adam Smith”

“An unseemly battle is being fought over the soul of Adam Smith. Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, wants to paint his fellow Kirkcaldy resident as a Scottish socialist, rather than the champion of non-intervention, and has prompted economists and historians to make this case. His enthusiasm has infected James Buchan's new book on Smith; and in a month or two the title of Iain McLean's new volume ('Adam Smith: Radical and Egalitarian') will say it all.There are three arguments. The first is that Smith was no defender of merchants and manufacturers, and in fact distrusted them. Quite right. But then he distrusted governments and regulation too. He thought that people should be able to trade freely, without ministers, officials, orentirely wrong, but it has got capitalism entirely wrong. If businesspeople really were as amoral as that, our leading industries would be people trafficking and gun running. But most people who run businesses and invest in businesses are ordinary, moral people who might well want to turn a buck – but an honest buck.Smith's famous remark that when businesspeople meet up they invariably start conspiring against the rest of us, is followed by an explanation of what prompts such cartels. In a word, it is regulation. Smith was no critic of fair commerce: but he was a staunch critic of the power of our rulers to pervert it.”

I have no standing with the ASI – a campaigning organisation for competitive markets in place of government sponsored attempts to