huge passion for motorcycles, "said Lopez.

He adds: "Factory KTM dominates the world of rally-raid over ten years, has the best bike, the most competitive and reliable and therefore earn each year. His mechanics, engineers and assistants are great professionals and know most every time you need a help from them being a private pilot, gave me no problem. I believe this agreement is something deserved by both parties and that he naturally ".

Indeed, the relationship with the European factory was born years ago, when between mid 2007 and 2008, the national carrier competed under the KTM team, but as a support rider.

"I made good runs with them, I got podiums and worked professionally, so I always have respected and helped. Then I had three very good years inAprilia and again this year with the support of Tamarugal XC, but clearly the intention was to return to KTM official driver, "he said" Vest ".

Among the guarantees that will give the team that runs the Austrian team manager Alex Doringer, where rows share, among others, with Frenchman Cyril Despres (five-time Dakar winner) and Spanish rider Marc Coma (three-time), and the fact is tip material have to train in Chile throughout the year.

"I come home a factory bike, also the material parts and spares, with this I can change my method a bit and spend more time preparing the meetings in the north, Peru and Argentina. Before I had to spend some time in Europe, but here we run the Dakar in South America and is in these


‘Belt and Road Initiative’

The train is part of the 'Belt & Road Initiative' (BRI), the ambitious development programme of Chinese President Xi Jinping. The initiative provides for enhanced Eurasian connectivity through major infrastructure projects and restoration of the Silk Road, the historic trade route between Europe and the Far East which, in addition to the traditional maritime link, an efficient land bridge link.

First ever direct train from China to Antwerp

The train left the Chinese port of Tangshan on 26 April and travelled via the border crossing of Alashankou, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Poland and Germany to reach its final destination, the port of Antwerp, after 16 days and having covered a distance of 11,000 km. It is the fist ever direct train from China to Antwerp.

The service is an initiativeThe observers said other soldiers standing in the street told them that the four men were Islamic State (also known as ISIS) fighters.

Civilians in west Mosul have been ruthlessly exploited by the armed group calling itself the Islamic State (IS), which has systematically moved them into zones of conflict, used them as human shields, and prevented them from escaping to safety. They have also been subjected to relentless unlawful attacks by Iraqi government forces and members of the US-led coalition (hereon referred to as pro-government forces). In March and May 2017, Amnesty International researchers visited northern Iraq to document violations of international humanitarian law and human rights abuses by all sides of the conflict in west Mosul. The findings were published today in a new report:


brought by the Town of Fairfax (the Town) against
Defendant Leon Beliveau (Defendant). In a September 2, 2011 Decision in this matter, this
Court determined that Defendant violated the Town of Fairfax Zoning Bylaws (the Bylaws) by
changing the use of his owner-occupied property at 1166 Main Street from a single-family
dwelling to a rooming and boarding house without first obtaining the necessary approvals.
After the parties filed further memoranda on the extent and nature of injunctive relief, this
Court issued an October 24, 2011 Injunctive Order requiring the following:

        Defendant Leon Beliveau shall immediately cease the use of the property at 1166
        Main Street in the Town of Fairfax, Vermont, as a rooming and boarding house,
   time, Ms. Newman locked her room when she was not present. She
explained that she kept all of her belongings in her individual room. This way of living is less
akin to traditional single-family living and more akin to dormitory living. Ms. Newman
collected her belongings and moved out of her room at the beginning of November 2011. At
the time that Ms. Newman moved out, no other occupant was home, and, since then, she has
not contacted nor had any dealings with any of the other occupants. Again, it is not typical for
household members to move out of their house without saying goodbye and having no contact
thereafter.

         In response to the Town’s questions during the show cause hearing, Defendant testified
that all the ten or


Legendary Vietnam General and Ho Chi Minh disciple dies at 102

April 18, 2004 - FILE photo of Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap saluting his fallen comrades at a shrine of the Dien Bien Phu's war cemetery in Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam. Giap, the military mastermind who drove the French and Americans out of Vietnam, died at a Hanoi hospital Friday at age 102.
(AP)

HANOI, Vietnam – Vo Nguyen Giap, the brilliant and ruthless self-taught general who drove the French out of Vietnam to free it from colonial rule and later forced the Americans to abandon their grueling effort to save the country from communism, has died. At age 102, he was the last of Vietnam's old-guard revolutionaries.

Giap died Friday evening in a military hospital in the capital of Hanoi wherehe had spent close to four years growing weaker and suffering from long illnesses, a government official and a source close to Giap said. Both spoke on condition of anonymity because his death had not been formally announced.

Giap was a national hero whose legacy was second only to that of his mentor, founding President Ho Chi Minh, who led the country to independence.

The so-called "red Napoleon" stood out as the leader of a ragtag army of guerrillas who wore sandals made of car tires and lugged their artillery piece by piece over mountains to encircle and crush the French army at Dien Bien Phu in 1954. The unlikely victory, which is still studied at military schools, led not only to Vietnam's independence but hastened the collapse of colonialism


across Indochina and beyond.

Giap went on to defeat the U.S.-backed South Vietnam government in April 1975, reuniting a country that had been split into communist and noncommunist states. He regularly accepted heavy combat losses to achieve his goals.

"No other wars for national liberation were as fierce or caused as many losses as this war," Giap told The Associated Press in 2005 in one of his last known interviews with foreign media on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, the former South Vietnamese capital.

"But we still fought because for Vietnam, nothing is more precious than independence and freedom," he said, repeating a famous quote by Ho Chi Minh.is seeking a discharge without conviction. He could also appeal the case.Meanwhile Epsom candidates fronted on TV3's The Nation this morning - except for National's candidate Paul Goldsmith, who excused himself by saying he was concentrating on campaigning for the party vote.

It is expected that National and Act will do a deal in the electorate - as they have in previous elections - to enhance the post-election prospect of a National-Act coalition.

Act's Epsom candidate David Seymour said there was currently no deal, though he conceded that Prime Minister John Key had been to a fundraising event for his campaign.

Labour candidate Michael Wood brought along a bag of flour as a stand-in for Mr Goldsmith - and promised to use it every time Mr Goldsmith failed to front.

"The fact


Stayed in hotel from May 19-21. Thoroughly checked mattress (above and below), baseboards, sheets: NO bedbugs. NO bedbug bites.

After getting home, no creepy crawlies to report.

Anonymous on 10/26/2010

Client checked in on 17Oct10 and found bedbug and talked to front desk and was told it was not a bedbug but he knew it was since they have been on TV. When he left the hotel one of the valet's said to his wife that yes it was a bedbug.In the case of Tin Hau temples, such guards are always the two daemon brothers Chin Lei Ngan () and Shun Fung Yi ().

List by district

Note 1: Unless otherwise noted, typically in italics, Tin Hau is the main deity of the temples listed below.
Note 2: A territory-wide grade reassessment of historic buildings is ongoing. The grades listed in the table are based on this update (6 December 2018). The temples with a "Not listed" status in the table below are not graded and do not appear in the list of historic buildings considered for grading.

Eastern District

Islands District

Kowloon City District

Kwai Tsing District

Kwun Tong District

North District

Sai Kung District

Sham Shui Po District

Southern District

Tai Po District

Tsuen Wan District

Tuen Mun District

Wan Chai District

Wong Tai Sin District

Yau Tsim Mong District

Yuen Long District

See also
 Places


of the web. And on Saturday, that wait finally came to an end.

Located in the eastern part of the city and very near the airport at Puebla metro station, Alfredo Harp Helu Stadium opened its doors and officially became the new home of the Diablos Rojos del Mexico, arguably the most successful team in Mexican League history.

From above, the structure honors the team it was built for by mimicking a massive pitchfork, the weapon of choice of a respected “Diablo.” The name honors the man responsible for all of this: the owner of the Diablos, Guerreros de Oaxaca, and partial owner of the San Diego Padres, Mr. Alfredo Harp Helú.

The pyramidal shape of most of the internal structures honors the vast pre-Hispanic history this country has. But mostas procedures with no significant impairment of the well-being or general condition of the animals (EC 2013)   Likely to cause the animals to experience short- term moderate pain, suffering or distress as well as procedures that are likely to cause moderate impairment of the well-being or general condition of the animals (EC 2013)   Likely to cause the animals to experience severe pain, suffering or distress or long-lasting moderate pain, suffering or distress as well as procedures that are likely to cause severe impairment of the well-being or general condition of the animals (EC 2013)
  Duration of food deprivation


Project (Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research--MIUR, and Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn-SZN) and a fellowship to GP. PLRA wishes to acknowledge that this review was written during the tenure of an honorary Research Fellowship at Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn Naples, Italy.

[^1]: Edited by: Sylvia Anton, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), France

[^2]: Reviewed by: Francesca Carella, University of Naples Federico II, Italy; Amir Ayali, Tel Aviv University, Israel

[^3]: This article was submitted to Invertebrate Physiology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Physiology

[^4]: †Equal first authors.
The House Judiciary Committee announced Thursday that it had served former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski with a subpoena to testify before Congress next month.

Lewandowski has been reportedly considering a Senate run in New Hampshire and is expected to make an appearance at a Trump rally in the state on Thursday night. The House panel's announcement came hours after Trump told a local radio station his former aide would be "a great senator." A Democratic committee source insisted the announcement was not planned to coincide with the Trump event.

The committee also issued a subpoena to former White House deputy chief of staff for policy Rick Dearborn. By an NBC News count, the committee has issued seven subpoenas so far this year.

In a statement, House Judiciary Chair Jerrold Nadler,


from the Justice Department's investigation into Russian election interference, and publicly say that the president had not done anything wrong. Sessions recused himself in March 2017 for the probe following reports that he met with the Russian ambassador during the 2016 election.

Lewandowski told Mueller he didn't pass the message on to Sessions, and tried to have Dearborn do it. Dearborn did not, the report said.

A lawyer representing Lewandowski addressed the subpoena in a statement on Thursday.

"Mr. Lewandowski has voluntarily appeared before and cooperated with Congress three times, answering questions for hours. He also has spoken for hours with the Special Counsel’s office. In light of this, it is fair to ask what could be gained from requiring him to appear yet again."

A spokesperson for Republicans on the JudiciarySinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) Free Watch

The sailor of legend is framed by the goddess Eris for the theft of the Book of Peace, and must travel to her realm at the end of the world to retrieve it and save the life of his childhood friend Prince Proteus.


Manchester United's marquee mis-hits

To the casual observer, it seems another indication of the Fergie factor. Equipped with ambition and boasting an enviable budget, Manchester United set about securing a marquee signing this summer. Lacking the aura and allure of the retired Sir Alex Ferguson, David Moyes has so far failed to secure one. It seems a damning indictment of the mere mortal who has stepped into the shoes of a legend.

Moyes' explanation of his failed pursuit of Cesc Fabregas seemed an obvious assertion. "Because Manchester United go after the best players in the world," he said. Yet, more often than not, they don't. Or to be more specific, they don't often go after the footballers widely acknowledged as the finest on the planet, already playing for its biggestclubs and coming at a commensurate cost.

And when even the great Ferguson did, he was often frustrated. He targeted Patrick Kluivert, Gennaro Gattuso, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Wesley Sneijder and signed none of them. Perhaps the one supposed triumph, the purchase of a proven world-class player from an elite club in a major league, was actually a failure: Juan Sebastian Veron rarely replicated his Parma, Lazio and Argentina form for United and left at a large loss.

No other arrival gets automatic entry into the category of the best. Owen Hargreaves came from Bayern Munich, but at a time when German club football lacked its current pre-eminence. Shinji Kagawa joined from Borussia Dortmund, but the year before they blazed a trail on the continent. Patrice Evra signed from Monaco, 20


months after playing in a Champions League final but leaving a club who were already in decline. When Ferguson tried to raid France for Ronaldinho, the World Cup winner preferred Barcelona.

The reality is that his pivotal buys came almost exclusively from lesser leagues and lower-ranking English clubs. Though Nemanja Vidic and Andrei Kanchelskis were recruited from Russia - and at a time when fewer billionaires were investing there - and the net was cast wider to find Tim Howard, Javier Hernandez and the Da Silva twins in North and South America, the three principal areas were Scandinavia, Holland and Portugal.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Peter Schmeichel crossed the North Sea, one to deliver the 1999 Champions League and the other to lift it. Jaap Stam, Ruud van Nistelrooy andJi-sung Park traded the lowlands of the Netherlands for the heights they reached in Manchester. Cristiano Ronaldo spearheaded the arrival of the Portuguese armada, planned by Carlos Queiroz.

The common denominator is that United was a step up for each, a bigger club in a grander league. They were given a platform to perform. Fabregas and Thiago Alcantara, already at Barcelona, did not need that. Indeed, United's dealings from the Nou Camp have only produced the homesick and returning Mark Hughes, the fringe player Jordi Cruyff and the teenage Gerard Pique, who realised his potential on his return to Catalonia. Their major additions from the top Italian clubs number two: Veron and Denis Law, signed by Sir Matt Busby in 1962.

Nor, indeed, do United often buy from the best


in England. In one sense, Moyes himself is a classic United recruit, plucked from a smaller Premier League club. So was Ferguson, lured south from Scotland in the days when that constituted the club's foreign policy.

When he concentrated on the domestic market, the 71-year-old signed successfully from Norwich, West Ham, Middlesbrough, QPR, Oldham, Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa, Tottenham, Everton, Wigan, Fulham and Blackburn. Rarely, however, did he succeed in strengthening his own side and weakening a major rival in one fell swoop. Andy Cole, a £7 million arrival from Newcastle in 1995, is very much an exception to the rule.

In part, that is because of the dynamics of the English game. The two Milan clubs trade with one another more often and willingly than United and their majorenemies. Famously, no player has been transferred between Old Trafford and Anfield, or vice versa, since Phil Chisnall in 1964. Nor do United sign from Manchester City even if, until recently, they rarely had reason to.

Their foes from across the Pennines, Leeds, made the monumental mistake of selling Ferguson Eric Cantona in 1992 - Howard Wilkinson was struggling to find a place for the Frenchman in his side - but by the time they flogged off Rio Ferdinand and Alan Smith to the other United in successive summers, it was because a financially-imperilled club were not in a position to refuse any offers.

When Arsenal let Robin van Persie join United last summer, it was a tacit acknowledgement that they were competing in different leagues. The Dutchman's fee made


him Ferguson's biggest buy since Dimitar Berbatov, his age and profile a status enjoyed by few of his other conscripts to the United cause, yet the fact remains that seller and buyer were no longer peers.

Van Persie probably belongs among the world's best players now. Yet in Ferguson's long reign, United sold them - Ronaldo, Van Nistelrooy and David Beckham to Real Madrid alone - more often than they bought them. Their diamonds have been unearthed in the academy or been polished and given a chance to shine after emerging in less glamorous surroundings. While they are now looking to bring in a ready-made match-winner, over the years United have not signed superstars. They have made them.budgetary considerations…

In a 2002 article, Guns and Violence, in the Medical Sentinel, Dr. Faria wrote that many public health groups and Americans support gun control measures they believe will reduce gun violence, however: “Despite a surfeit of scientific and epidemiologic studies in the sociologic, legal, and criminologic literature that discuss the benefits of firearm possession by law-abiding citizens — physicians and the general public are not being informed about this vital information by the AMA, the CDC and their outlets, the medical journals.”

This was especially concerning to him as a doctor, with the new incursion of gun politics into the medical profession, as doctors are now being mandated in government clinical guidelines to document and report gun ownership when taking a medical history or engaging in preventive health


counseling. He thought this constituted a breach in medical ethics, abuse of the patient-doctor relationship and invasion of privacy, as doctors are being compelled to place the good of society and the state above their ethical obligations to their patients.

In an effort to ensure all the evidence in the medical literature was presented to physicians and the public, his article examined the research on gun ownership and healthcare costs; suicides, accidental shootings, children and guns; international perspectives on gun violence, much of which seldom reached medical professionals or the public. He described examples of such evidence, which included:

Prof. John R. Lott, Jr., reviewed the FBI’s massive yearly crime statistics for all 3,054 U.S. counties over 18 years (1977-1994), the largest national survey on gun ownership and state policerelatively high rates of suicide in the U.S. Moreover, countries such as Japan and Hungary, and in Scandinavia — all of which boast draconian gun control laws and low rates of firearm availability — have much higher rates of suicide (2 and 3 times higher) than the U.S….

In 1996, a criminally insane man shot to death 35 people at a Tasmanian resort. The [Australian] government immediately responded by passing stringent gun control laws, banning most firearms, and ordering their confiscation…. As a result, there has been a sharp and dramatic increase in violent crime against the disarmed law-abiding citizens…, in the state of Victoria, there was a 300 percent increase in homicides committed with firearms. The following year, robberies increased almost 60 percent in South Australia. By 1999,


assaults had increased in New South Wales by almost 20 percent. Two years following the gun ban/confiscation, armed robberies rose by 73 percent, unarmed robberies by 28 percent, kidnappings by 38 percent, assaults by 17 percent and manslaughter by 29 percent, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Interestingly, the same thing occurred in Great Britain. Following a 1996 massacre of school children by a madman in Dunblane, Scotland, the British government banned and ordered the confiscation of most firearms. Since then a horrific crime wave has taken place in England and Scotland. In 1998, the U.S. Department of Justice declared that the rate of muggings in England had surpassed that in the U.S. by 40 percent, while assault and burglary rates were nearly 100 percent higher in Englandthan in the U.S….

In his conclusion, Dr. Faria wrote:

Many educators and criminologists assert that we must lay the blame for gun violence where it belongs: An increasingly permissive culture that for many years has been mired in political correctness and where public schools no longer teach traditional morality and the discernment between right and wrong, leading to situational ethics and moral relativism. To the detriment of children, building self esteem has been placed ahead of personal morality and teaching them to distinguish between right and wrong. There is also lack of discipline at home and in schools because parents and teachers are afraid of reprimanding the young for fear of being denounced by social workers, charged with child abuse, and prosecuted by the state.

A study by the U.S.


her Christian namesake, to holiness and heaven. A Christian name concretely indicates that there is, and is meant to be, a connection and continuity between natural and supernatural life, and between earthly and eternal life.

Much of this connection has been getting gradually lost in Christian practice, which is the reason why Pope Benedict needed to bring it to our attention. Recently, the Social Security Administration published a list of the 1,000 most popular boys’ and girls’ names chosen by American parents in 2009. The main headline for most of the press accounts was that the name “Mary” – which in every year from 1910-1965 was either the first or the second most popular girls’ name – was no longer even in the top 100. American parents as awhole were choosing the names Alyssa, Aubrey, Avery, and Aaliyah, Hailey, Bailey, Kaylee, and Riley, Layla, Makayla, Morgan and Destiny more than they were choosing to name their child over the spiritual mother Jesus on the cross gave to the human race. While Marian derivatives Maria (71st) and Mariah (88th) did make the top 100, they still trailed those named after Manhattan boulevards (Madison, seventh), adrenal disorders (Addison, 12th), Big Apple Boroughs (Brooklyn, 37th) and even the suggested overturning of heaven (Nevaeh – heaven spelled backwards – 34th) by large margins.

On the boys’ side, things are not much better. Beginning in 1910, when the frequency of names began to be documented, through 1972, the names of the foster-father of Jesus and of the four evangelists were firmly entrenched


have relatively little information about the ecology of this species because it spends much of its time high in the forest canopy.

To better understand the causes of the Cerulean Warbler’s decline, researchers at Queen's University in Canada and at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center joined in analyzing a long-term dataset on survival rates and reproductive success collected at the Queen's University Biological Station (QUBS) in eastern Ontario. The Cerulean Warbler population at QUBS is thought to be one of the largest and healthiest known, and its numbers here have remained stable since at least the early 1990s.

Using a computer simulation model, the researchers found that the Cerulean Warbler population sampled at QUBS is actually a "sink" population, meaning it is not self-sustaining and must be receiving immigrants fromestrus cycle was measured using a vaginal smear test. RESULTS: Incubation of cocaine craving was observed in both sexes after either intermittent or continuous access drug self-administration. Independent of access condition and abstinence day, cocaine seeking was higher in females than in males. In both sexes, cocaine seeking on both abstinence days was higher after intermittent drug access than after continuous drug access. In females, incubation of craving after intermittent drug access occurred during the estrous phase, but not the non-estrous phases; this effect was independent of the training duration. CONCLUSION: In both sexes, intermittent cocaine access caused time-independent increases in drug seeking during abstinence. In females, the time-dependent increase in drug seeking (incubation) is dependent on the estrus cycle phase.


York.

Banksy is a UK-based graffiti artist who is famed internationally for his signature stencil street art style, and the mystery surrounding his true identity. He began in Bristol, his home city, and now his art can be seen on buildings all around the world. Banksy’s works are often humorous and based on current issues. Some of his works have sold for tens of thousands of pounds. And his artwork sales have attracted Hollywood celebrities too – Christina Aguilera, for example, bought an original of Queen Victoria as a lesbian and two prints for £25,000.

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Related PostsReview: Apple iPhone 5

The iPhone 5 is the best iPhone yet, but it's ultimately an evolutionary phone, not a revolutionary one.

Design

The iPhone 5 may look somewhat similar to the iPhone 4S, but it's not until you pick it up for the first time that you realise this is a very different beast. It's an almost identical shape to its predecessor but is significantly lighter and thinner despite having a taller screen.

The biggest design change is the glass back that was a highlight of the the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S. It's been replaced by an anodised aluminium backing that is flanked by two glass strips at the top and bottom of the phone, creating a two-tone look. Most buttons are in the same place — volume keys and


Mona Lisa, the Great Pyramid of Giza, the marvelous statues of the ancient Greek sculptor Phidias, the music of Debussy and Bartok, and, not to mention, the vital statistics of Scarlett Johansson!

Nevertheless, one cannot deny that artists down the ages have been searching for that elusive Platonic proportion that would automatically render all art pleasing or beautiful, and that the golden ratio has been the most enduring candidate. In fact, a few artists and architects in the 20th century, notably the French painter Paul Serusier and the Swiss architect Le Corbusier, have consciously used the golden ratio in their works.

Regardless of whether some of the famous works of art reflect a deliberate preference for this proportion, it does raise some interesting questions. If the various reflections of thein the history of the European Union. On its website the European Parliament says that 3999 amendments to the text of the regulation had been proposed in early 2015. Aside from who lobbied and for what changes, this fact by itself shows the significance of the new law for business – not only European, but perhaps above all American. This is due to a simple reason – under some conditions, the regulation will be directly applicable to all entities that offer goods or services to EU citizens (or alternatively– monitor their behaviour on a large scale). In other words, in view of the course the legislative process has taken, we can conclude that the European privacy protection regulation may have a direct and significant impact on business conducted


series had me hooked was way back in 2006 – which is literally a lifetime ago in console years. I was taking my voiceless avatar out for stroll in the neighborhood I had just acquired from the Vice Kings. Purple clad “homies” everywhere nodded as I walked by. I was impressed. The members of my gang, The Saints Row Saints, were actually acknowledging me. For giggles, I punched a passer by – just ‘cause – and they proceeded to run away to avoid fisticuffs. Before she could take three steps, a Saint drove up along side the fleeing victim of my cyber right cross, shot her to death, and then drove off. Yes, I had just witnessed a drive-by in a video game. Not just any drive by;his body. As soon as he returned to the game, his avatar was now naked I might add, I blew him to Hell again.

Finally (and I have no idea why he would let me control any vehicle at this point) I was piloting a helicopter and headed straight for a building. Unbeknownst to him I quietly jumped out and landed safely on the ground. Before he could react the helicopter crashed into the skyscraper and I laughed as his burning body plummeted hundreds of video game feet to the street below. Even better, I was able to revive him with a 40oz. Ah, good times.

Unfortunately I was unable to play Saints Row: The Third until recently. After hearing how great it was for almost a year and half


section. As there was a large surplus in the north, conventional railway was used to transfer many of the trains to other depots. Upon the reunification of the two sections, the Severnoe depot's park was restored and the line became the first to start using eight-carriage trains, of which currently 34 and 20 trains are assigned respectively to the metro. Most of them are E, Em, Ema, and Emx trains built in the 1960s and 1970s.

Recent developments and future plans

Given the age of most of the stations on this line, constant renovations take place to restore them. The Vladimirskaya and Narvskaya stations closed for reconstruction from autumn 2006 until 2008. Debate continues over whether to open the controversial mosaic of Stalin (located on Narvskaya station behind the serviceA woman looks at holidays for sale in a Thomas Cook travel agent window in Bristol, England.

Hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers were stranded on Monday by the collapse of the world's oldest travel firm Thomas Cook, sparking the largest peacetime repatriation effort in British history.

The liquidation marks the end of a British company that started in 1841 running local rail excursions and grew to pioneer the family package holiday across Europe, America, Africa and the Middle East.

Running hotels, resorts and airlines for 19 million people a year, it currently has around 600,000 people abroad and will need the help of governments and insurance firms to bring them home from places as far afield as Cancun, Cuba and Cyprus.

Thomas Cook's demise, announced in the early hours of Monday after


all its Tuesday comedies ("Raising Hope," "Ben and Kate," "The New Girl," "The Mindy Project") are variations on the theme.

It make sense that sitcoms more often have Thanksgiving episodes than dramas since most sitcoms are centered on families or groups of friends, and that's a major part of what the holiday's about. After all, as Frankie Heck (Patricia Heaton) said in a past Thanksgiving episode of "The Middle," "I want family in this house. Otherwise, it's not Thanksgiving; it's just overeating!"

Speaking of food, the big meal is, of course, the other key part of the holiday, and I'd imagine it's easier to build a 30-minute episode around that than an hour-long one. However, although dramas are less likely to acknowledge the holiday in a full-on themed episode, someMore

Ex-Student Gets Year In Prison For Wesleyan Drug Overdoses

Wesleyan University senior and neuroscience major Eric Lonergan, 22, is arraigned at Middletown Superior Court on Wednesday, Feb. 25 for possession of controlled substances among other charges. Courtroom pool photo by Patrick Raycraft | praycraft@courant.com

HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A former student at Wesleyan University in Connecticut will serve a year and a day in prison for selling drugs involved in a series of on-campus overdoses.

Eric Lonergan, of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was sentenced Thursday in Hartford. He pleaded guilty in November to a drug conspiracy charge.

Prosecutors say Lonergan sold drugs from his dorm room and told students how to ingest them.

Eleven people were hospitalized and one nearly died after ingesting the drugs last year. Several people also


Thursday, December 19, 2013

Today is easily my favorite day of the trip with Team Stars and Stripes. We ventured to a poor part of Monterrey and spent the afternoon with some elementary school children. The team was broken up into two groups. The first group worked hard to paint a wall that will become a mural, as well as concrete picnic tables and other areas that had been painted in graffiti. In the other group, out guys were attempting, though not quite successfully (significant language barrier) to learn some of American Football rules. The guys were able to get a few games of passing the ball in a circle and keep away going, but that was as close as we got to football. Our team came with lotsfor 158 yards. His 39.5 yards per catch is a new school record, breaking the previous record of 27.8 yards per catch by Dan Carter '10 in 2006 vs. Monmouth College.

Senior Quarterback Mike Lewis etched his name in the Forester Football annals as well. His 16-22 for 299 yards and 3 TD's ranks as the highest single game QB Efficiency ranking in Forester history. The astounding 231.9 QBR ranking bested Lewis' former teammate Pete Scaffidi '13 and his 219.9 rating that he recorded against Cornell College in 2012.

Here is a Video of their first big pass of the day as Lewis connects with Vidas for a 78 yard touchdown:

Offense: Senior WR Mike Peters (Buffalo, NY) Mike had a solid game for the Foresters as he hauled in 5


receptions for 104 yards and a touchdown. His 20.8 yards per catch was the fifth highest total in school history.

Defense: Senior LB Bryce Jones (Dysart, AZ) Bryce had two tackles for a loss, and helped the Forester defense hold the Ripon run game over 100 yards below their per game average.

Special Teams Player of the Week: Junior, Returner, Joey Kropp (Rolling Meadows, IL) Joey had a great day for the Foresters and recorded the first punt return for a touchdown in the first half to give the Foresters a 7-0 lead. Kropp's 41 yard TD return was his second longest return of the day as he also had a 50 yard kickoff return as well. He topped the century mark in return yards for the day as well.

Linemanof the Week: Junior NG, Ramel Samuel (Phoenix, AZ) Ramel was a stout force in the middle and forced much of the Ripon run game to go off tackle. Ramel made it possible for others to make many of the tackles they did by keeping blockers off of them.

Scout Player of the Week: Sophomore WR Jared Russ (Horseheads, NY) - Jared served the team as the option QB for the week and did a great job preparing the Forester Defense for the option.

Thursday, October 31, 2013

The Forester Coaching Staff announced the players of the Week for the Game against Cornell College.

Offensive Player of the Week: Senior WR Mike Peters (Buffalo, NY) Mike had three catches on the day including a 21 yard touchdown to start the scoring for


the Foresters.

Defensive Player of the Week: Senior CB Eddie Dobernig (New Berlin, WI) Eddie forced an interception, had a fumble return for a touchdown, and accounted for six tackles on the day. Dobernig's return for a TD gave the Foresters a two score lead in the second half.

Special Teams Player of the Week: Sophomore Punter/Kicker Jon Gurchak (Grayslake, IL). Gurchak tied a school record with 12 punts, and averaged 38 yards per punt on a windy day. Gurchak also drilled a 25 yard field goal, and three of his four kickoffs went for touchbacks.

Lineman of the Week: Senior DL Taylor Holzmeyer (St. Louis, Mo). Holzmeyer was a destructive force for the Foresters. He recorded 1 sack, 1 tackle for a loss, 7 tackles overall, a pass break up,and three QB hurries.

Scout Team Player of the Week: Freshman Safety Blake Waller (Oak Forest, IL) Waller had several interceptions during the week for the scout team, and was a valuable member of the special teams scout squad as well.

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Senior Defensive Back Eddie Dobernig and Sophomore Jonathan Gurchak were named the MWC Players of the Week by the conference. Dobernig, who had three pass break ups, an interception, and a 33 yard fumble return for a touchdown helped pace a stout Forester defensive effort. Gurchak, tied a school record with 12 punts, where he averaged 39 yards per punt. He also recorded touch-backs on three of his four kickoffs, and made a 25 yard field goal on the day.

"It is a great honor for both


guys. I was impressed with the confidence that the both played with. Their efforts on Saturday were true catalysts to the success of the team. I could be happier for each of them," said Head Football Coach Jim Catanzaro.

The Forester Coaching Staff announced their players of the week in the Foresters 17-14 victory over Monmouth College last Saturday.

Offensive Player of the Week: Senior QB Mike Lewis (Tucson, AZ). Mike had a very effective and efficient game with both his arm and his legs on Saturday. Mike was 17-28 for 157 yards throwing the football, and he had a hearty 73 yards rushing on 7 carries. Mike also added a rushing touchdown on the afternoon.

Defensive Player of the Week: Senior DL Taylor Holzmeyer (St. Louis, MO). Taylor spurred theForesters first score of the afternoon when he picked off a screen pass. Additionally, Taylor recorded a sack, and a tackle for a loss among his 6 tackles on the day.

Special Teams Player of the Week: Freshman LS Brendan Lawler (Chicago, IL). Brendan had perfect snaps on 5 kick attempt including
the first score of the game on Jonathan Gurchak's field goal.

Scout Team Player of the Week: Freshman RB Nick Cole (Scottsdale, AZ). Nick played the role of Monmouth All-Conference Tailback Trey Yocum all week in practice. The Forester defense held Monmouth to an average of 1.5 yards per carry on the day and limited Yocum to 42 yards on 18 carries.

Lineman of the Week: Junior DL Ramel Samuel (Phoenix, AZ). Ramel's efforts in the middle of the Forester


defense were noticed by all of his teammates. His ability to create havoc on the Monmouth blocking schemes, and re-establish the line of scrimmage helped the Forester defense perform admirably on the day.

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

The Forester Coaching staff announced their players of the week for the Illinois College Game:

Offensive Player of the Week: Senior WR Mike Peters (Buffalo, NY) - Mike recorded seven catches for thirty-nine yards. "Mike made a number of great catches, we just weren't able to get the ball to him in a position to make more yardage. His route running was exceptional," said Coach Catanzaro.

Defensive Player of the Week: Junior DB Joey Kropp (Arlington Heights, IL)- Joey recorded 8 solo tackles, and was in on 10 tackles in all. "In an otherwise disappointingday defensively, Joey was aggressive and found himself involved in both the run and pass defense throughout the game. I was quite pleased with his effort," commented Coach Catanzaro.

Special Teams Player of the Week: Sophomore TE Luke Capon (Chicago, IL)- Luke was a feature on the Foresters Kickoff Return unit and had several crushing blocks throughout the day. "We haven't had Luke available for a few weeks due to injury. His return to the field showed exactly what we have been missing. I look forward to seeing his role on special teams increase dramatically this upcoming week," noted Coach Catanzaro.

Scout Team Player of the Week: Freshman QB Justen Ruppe (Lake Oswego, OR)- Justen did a great job running the scout team offense for the Foresters. "Justen gave us


a great look. We were able to work on some things that had been a big part of their offense the previous weeks," said Coach Catanzaro.

Lineman of the Week: Senior OG Paul Daizovi (Dania, FL)- Paul was physical in his blocking throughout the day, and much of the Foresters offensive production was found running behind Paul.
"Paul has given great leadership throughout the season. I also believe that the Paul worked his hardest throughout the game to keep our offensive line in a pushing mode. Paul could not have given more effort on Saturday," said Coach Catanzaro.

The Foresters return to action on Saturday at Farwell Field to take on the visiting Monmouth Scots.

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

The Forester Coaching staff announced their Football Players of the week for the 14-13Homecoming victory over Carroll University on Saturday.

Freshman Alex Pasiewicz breaking a tackle on the way to his first career rushing touchdown.

Offensive Player of the Week: Running Back Alex Pasiewicz (Fr.- Zion-Benton High School, Beach Park, IL) 8 Carries for 60 yards 1Td. Alex scored the game-winning touchdown with just over four minutes to go. He also effectively helped run down the clock at the end of the fourth quarter.

Senior John Dillon returning his interception on Saturday.

Defensive Player of the Week: Linebacker John Dillon (Sr.-Basha High School, Gilbert, AZ) 10 Tackles, 1 Interception. "JD played a very physical game. He had a fire and intensity that was critical to our success. He and fellow senior Bryce Jones were competing to see who could make the biggest impact and they


both were fantastic," said Coach Catanzaro.

Senior Bryce Jones preparing for the attack.

Special Teams Player of the Week: Linebacker Bryce Jones (Sr.-Dysart High School, Dysart, AZ) Bryce blocked Carroll's second extra point attempt of the day, which allowed the Foresters to claim a one point victory. Jones also stood out on defense with 10 tackles and five quarterback hurries/knockdowns.

Scout Team Player of the Week: Defensive Lineman Brendan Powers (Fr.-Oak Forest High School, Oak Forest, IL) "Brendan performed admirably all through the week, and gave our offense fits during the course of the week," said Coach Catanzaro.

Holzmeyer looking to attack the Carroll Offensive Line

Lineman of the Week: Defensive Lineman Taylor Holzmeyer (Sr. Hazelwood West High School, St. Louis, Mo) Holzmeyer collected six tackles, including three tackles for a loss, andtwo sacks. Holzmeyer also crossed over to the offensive side of the ball and was the lead blocker on the game winning touchdown and helped the Foresters average 8.43 yards per carry when he was on the field. "Taylor was extremely disruptive. His ability to create havoc in the offensive backfield was a big deterrent to their ability to extend drives against us. On offense, he came in, and helped us really push the ball down field and create a mismatch for his strength," explained Coach Catanzaro.

"Pat made some exceptional plays on Saturday. His ability to pick off two passes, and make tackles on both sides of the line of scrimmage is exceptional. He has continued to become more vocal for our defense and is critical in making


our checks and adjustments. He did a great job of that, and I'd say that was a bigger contribution than any one play. I am sure that if you ask Pat, he'll tell you that there were several plays he wishes he would have made. He's that type of guy, he's not satisfied just because he won an award. He wants to do even more, which is why he has a bright future for us," said Coach Catanzaro.

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Sophomore Kicker Jonathan Gurchak hit the perfect trifecta on player of the week honors in the Foresters 15-7 victory over Grinnell College this week. Gurchak was named the Coaches Special Teams Player of the Week, the Midwest Conference Special Teams Player of the Week, and the Forester Athleteof the Week. The MWC honor was Gurchak's second of the season.

"Jon did a tremendous job. Two things that didn't show up on the stat sheet, per se, were his saves on errant snaps. The second one, where he tipped it to himself, scrambled to the right, and then performed an unpracticed rugby style punt, really saved us. Had that play turned out differently, it could very easily have led to an easy score, and the momentum of the game could have shifted significantly," said Head Football Coach Jim Catanzaro.

Gurchak had a solid day kicking field goals as well, as he connected on 2-3 field goals. His only miss, on a 50 yard attempt, clanged off the cross bar, only inches shy of tying a school record.

"I have


great confidence in Jon. He didn't get all of that one, but I won't hesitate to give him another opportunity to connect on that. Jon works tirelessly on his craft. His work and his relationship with Coach Pease, has lead to a marked improvement from last season to this year," said Coach Catanzaro.

The other Foresters who were named to the Coaches Player of the Week Awards were:

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

In a great showing of community, you get to see our Alpha Phi sorority holding American Flags as our players run through a motorcycle gauntlet made of the LakeShore Harley Davidson H.O.G.S. You'll also see the members of the team carrying the flags of the different branches of the military, while each player is carrying an American Flag thatthey then handed to a fan in the stands.

As great as the entrance was, the honoring of three Lake County residents who served in the United States Marine Corp during WWII at the game was the most inspiring part of the day.

John Dehmlow, Al Gort, and Leo Mordini are pictured below with the Lake Forest Captains and Coach Catanzaro.

The Lake Forest American Legion Color Guard presented the Stars and Stripes for the National Anthem at Midfield, as pictured below.


Twenty years of marriages.
In 1994, a total of 159,959 marriages were performed in Canada, up only slightly from 159,316 the year before. This small increase had no effect on the crude marriage rate, which remained at 5.5 marriages per 1,000 population. Aside from a brief uptum in the late 1980s, Canada's marriage rate has fallen quite steadily since the early 1970s. The overall decline is also evident when rates are disaggregated by the prior marital status of the bride and groom (single, divorced or widowed). Since 1974, the average ages of brides and grooms have risen about five years to 30.1 and 32.6, respectively. Nonetheless, the peak ages for marriage are the twenties. In this age range, women's marriage rates exceed those of men, but at older ages,draw for the first and the second round was held on 28 July 2017 at 13:00 CEST in La Ciudad del Fútbol, RFEF headquarters, in Las Rozas, Madrid. In this round, 32 teams from 2016–17 Segunda División B and 10 from 2016–17 Tercera División teams gained entry. In the draw, firstly six teams from Segunda División B received a bye and then, the remaining teams this league and teams from Tercera División faced according to proximity criteria by next groups:

Atlético Baleares, Racing Ferrol, Hércules, Alcoyano, Fuenlabrada, Mallorca, and Mérida received a bye to the second round.

Second round
Formentera received a bye for the third round.

Third round
Lleida Esportiu received a bye for the round of 32.

Final phase
The draw for the Round of 32 was held on 28 September 2017,


executive editor, Dean Baquet, why he was launching a new "anthropological" beat focused on the "superrich," he replied, "The New York Times does enough about poverty and the middle class."

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Working people, meanwhile, find themselves lavished with much less attention. And forget about unions, which, even in their diminished state, still represent millions and millions of people. The number of outlets with reporters dedicated to covering labor issues has steadily shrunk in recent years, even as the technological revolution makes an examination of modern-day labor practices more important than ever. (To be fair to the Times, it is one of the few newspapers to maintain a labor beat, though that is dwarfed by the paper's coverage of high finance and technology.)

On TV, meanwhile, unions might as well not exist.
68 So.2d 173 (1953)
SCHWARTZ
v.
ZACONICK et al.
Supreme Court of Florida, Special Division B.
June 19, 1953.
On Rehearing January 15, 1954.
Herbert U. Feibelman, Miami, for appellant.
Ella Jo Stollberg, Hollywood, for appellees.
PATTERSON, Associate Justice.
This cause was commenced in the court below by the appellant, Schwartz, to foreclose a mortgage given by the appellees, the Zaconicks, to secure their note dated April 13, 1948, in the face amount of $7,000 with interest at six per cent payable semi-annually. The bill was filed December 20, 1949 alleging default in the interest payments due in October of 1948 and April and October of 1949, and claims acceleration *174 of the note under provisions in the mortgage deed. The Zaconicks' answer sets up the defenses of failure of consideration and that the note was not in


heard testimony filling nearly six hundred pages of this record, at the conclusion of which he found that the exchange of properties and the simultaneous execution of the note and mortgage sued on did in fact constitute an executed settlement and discharge of the pre-existing claim of Schwartz against Zaconick on the jewelry loss. In addition, he found that there did in fact exist an oral agreement made contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of the note and mortgage, "that as between the parties, the interest requirements of the note were inoperative, but in the event of the sale of said property, such interest payments were to be operative in the event the purchaser assumed the mortgage." The Master obviously was not impressed with the good faith ofRelaxed Slapen Haarlem

Major Haarlem sights, such as NZH Public Transport Museum and Artisklas are located nearby. Offering Japanese dishes, Shabu Shabu is a 5-minute walk away.

The property offers rooms with flat-screen TV, a microwave, a dressing room, an iron with ironing board and a work desk. Beds with pillow-top mattresses and down pillows are available for use. A bathroom comes with a bathtub, a shower and a bidet.

Kitchen amenities feature an electric kettle, a dishwasher, coffee/tea makers, a fridge and a toaster.

The apartment is about 200 meters from Raaksbrug bus stop and within 15 minutes' walk from Haarlem train station.

Major Haarlem sights, such as NZH Public Transport Museum and Artisklas are located nearby. Offering Japanese dishes, Shabu Shabu is a 5-minute walk away.

The property offers rooms with flat-screen


Israeli strikes continue after rocket barrage

Fresh air raids on Gaza military targets, after Hamas fighters fire 45 rockets across the border in 24 hours.

Israeli airstrikes, which started on Monday, have now killed up to six Palestinians in separate attacks in Gaza [Reuters]

Israeli warplanes have carried out three raids against the Gaza Strip after fighters pounded Israel with rockets, but no one was hurt, Palestinian security officials said.

The raids early on Wednesday targeted a training centre for the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas at Rafah in the south of the Strip, a "workshop" in Gaza City and Hamas naval police installations in the north.

A spokesman for the Brigades said his organisation had fired 45 rockets in 24 hours at Israeli territory, a figure confirmed by Israelipolice who said four border guards had been wounded, one seriously.

The rocket attacks on Israel came after six Palestinians were killed and five others injured in a series of air strikes across the coastal strip.

In a rare show of force, fighters from the armed wing of the ruling Hamas movement said they would continue firing unless the air strikes ended.

Israeli police said one of the rockets had scored a direct hit on a border police outpost in Yad Mordechai, just north of the Gaza Strip late on Monday evening.

"One border policeman was moderately injured, while another was lightly injured and six others were treated for shock," police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told the AFP news agency.

'Our answer'

The sharp increase in rocket fire came in the wake of a warning


by the Brigades, shortly after an air strike targeted two men on a motorcycle in the central Gaza town of Deir al-Balah, injuring one of them critically.

"This is our answer to the Zionist crimes. It will continue if they carry out more strikes on Gaza," the group said in what was an unusual departure from their customary observance of a tacit truce with Israel.

On Tuesday morning, medics recovered the bodies of two Palestinian teenagers who had been killed in another early-morning air strike in Deir al-Balah.

Their deaths raised to six the number of Palestinians killed in a series of deadly Israeli strikes which began on Monday morning, just hours after gunmen from Sinai carried out an ambush along Israel's southern border with Egypt, killing an Israeli civilian.

Israel hassaid the sudden spike in air raids was "in no way related" to the border incident, with the military saying the air force was targeting fighters about to attack.

'Return to calm'

A Gaza Palestinian official who requested anonymity told AFP that Egypt was making efforts to restore calm between the Palestinian movements and Israel.

The official said the Palestinian movements were "ready for a return to calm as long as Israel ends its attacks".

The last major flare-up in Gaza was in March when four days of tit-for-tat violence left 26 Palestinians dead, and saw armed groups firing more than 200 rockets into Israel.

The fighting erupted when Israel assassinated a leader from the Popular Resistance Committees who it said was responsible for planning an attack along Israel's southern border with Egypt


the longest run atop the list since "21." Swift's album logged seven nonconsecutive frames atop the list between the charts dated Nov. 10, 2012 and Jan. 12, 2013.

Aiming for a No. 2 entry next week is Shakira's self-titled album, with around 80,000. While Johnny Cash's new from-the-vaults album "Out Among the Stars" could debut at No. 3 with between 45,000 and 50,000.

For Shakira, if her latest album starts at No. 2, it will mark her highest charting set, surpassing the No. 3 peak of 2001's "Laundry Service." As for Cash, "Out Among the Stars" will secure the country legend -- who died in 2003 -- his sixth top 10 album.

Rock band Memphis May Fire is also eyeing the top five, as its new "Unconditional" could sell around 30,000.It will mark the highest charting album and best sales week yet for the Rise Records act, which went as high as No. 16 in 2012 with "Challenger."

Other possible top 10 entries next week look to be Kari Jobe's "Majestic" (20,000-ish), Erica Campbell's "Help" (20,000) and Barry Manilow's "Night Songs" (20,000).

On SoundScan's Building chart (below), "Frozen" is No. 1, followed Shakira, Cash and Memphis May Fire, respectively, at Nos. 2-4. The Building tally is a precursor to the final Billboard 200 ranking -- reflecting the first four days (Monday through Thursday) of SoundScan's tracking week as reported by six major merchants.

As for the rest of the top 10, YG's "My Krazy Life" is No. 5, Campbell is No. 6, and the "Glee" cast's "Celebrating 100 Episodes" album is


of questioning and dialogue. Teachers invite a sense of authorship in their students. Classroom discussions encourage active thinking, listening, and articulation. Teachers constantly challenge students to realize their intellectual potential.

Athletics at Tandem Friends

Tandem Friends School encourages students in grades five through twelve to participate in interscholastic sports regardless of their previous experience or attained skill level. Our no-cut sports policy allows students to try new sports, or play multiple sports during the year.

Arts at Tandem Friends

Tandem Friends has a long tradition of commitment to and accomplishment in the arts. All students are encouraged to develop and explore their unique potential in all aspects of the creative arts. In the Middle School, fifth through eighth graders take one semester of drama and one semester of art each year. Fifthand sixth graders take a music class; there is an eighth grade rock band. In the Upper School, arts electives abound in digital film, visual arts, drama, and music. Upper School drama productions (three a year) rehearse after school.

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Every school offers academic classes, dedicated teachers, classrooms and computers, sports fields, gyms and locker rooms. Tandem Friends is no different. What sets us apart is the amazing sense of community that exists between faculty and students, faculty and parents, faculty coworkers, the school and the many organizations our community service projects touch. You can feel it the minute you set foot on campus - a sense of caring kindness and connections to one another.

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the Badger den. They will take on Chelsea Academy for a chance at the finals. Come cheer them on in their last game at home! The varsity boys basketball team defeated Trinity Christian at home in an intense quarterfinal matchup that takes them to the tournament semifinals tomorrow at Highland School at 6:30pm against Highland. Click here to see news footage from the boys quarterfinal game. Wins for either team on February 21 will lead Tandem to the championship games on Saturday - girls would play at 2pm and boys at 6:30pm.

Tandem Speaks! Event on Friday, March 8

Don't miss the inaugural TANDEM Speaks! event on Friday, March 8 at 7 pm at The Dickinson Fine and Performing Arts Center at Piedmont Virginia Community College. Dahlia Lithwick, a pastDue to a delay in the visa process, Brazilian/American metallers SEPULTURA have had to cancel their previously announced North American tour with UNEARTH, KATAKLYSM, DARK SERMON and ANCIIENTS. Attempts to make new arrangements for this time frame were not fruitful and the camp has determined to reschedule the tour for May 2014. All tickets will be refunded.

SEPULTURA's new album, "The Mediator Between Head And Hands Must Be The Heart", was released on October 25 via Nuclear Blast Records.

Although it was inspired by Fritz Lang's classic 1927 movie "Metropolis", "The Mediator Between Head And Hands Must Be The Heart" is not a concept album or a soundtrack like its precedessors "Dante XXI" (based on "The Divine Comedy") and "A-Lex" (based on "A Clockwork Orange").

"The Mediator Between The Head And


Hands Must Be The Heart" was tracked over a 40-day period at producer Ross Robinson's (KORN, LIMP BIZKIT, SLIPKNOT) studio in Venice, California and was mixed and mastered by co-producer Steve Evetts, who previously worked with SEPULTURA on the "Nation" (2001), "Revolusongs" (2002) and "Roorback" (2003) albums, in addition to having collaborated with Ross on a number of other projects in the past.Japan's Koji Yakusho to Receive Excellence in Asian Cinema Award

The veteran actor will be honored at the Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong on March 17.

Japanese actor Koji Yakusho will be given the Excellence in Asian Cinema Award, the Asian Film Awards Academy (AFAA) announced Wednesday.

"I am very honored to receive the Excellence in Asian Cinema Award," said Yakusho. "It has been 40 years since I started my acting career, and it’s a miracle that I am still able to pursue this profession. I am also indebted to all the people who have inspired me throughout my life."

"Over his prolific career, Mr. Yakusho has made an indelible impression on audiences and his professional peers around the world," said Wilfred Wong, chair of AFAA and the Hong Kong International


Film Festival Society. "His talent for playing a wide variety of characters in films and TV in Japan and overseas testify to his commitment and dedication to the art and craft of acting."

The veteran actor has won more than 20 awards playing a wide range of roles during his four-decade career and was nominated for best actor at the Japan Academy Prize for seven years consecutively during the 1990s.

After making his name on television playing a samurai warlord in public broadcaster NHK's yearlong historical "Taiga" drama Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1983, he has gone on to be cast by nearly every leading Japanese director, including Juzo Itami in Tampopo in 1986.

Yakusho found international recognition in the 1990s with Masayuki Suo's Shall We Dance? in a role reprised by RichardGere in the Hollywood remake, as well as Cannes' Palme d'Or winner The Eel by Shohei Imamura. In the mid-2000s he appeared in two international productions: Memoirs of a Geisha and Babel.

He played the accused in 2017's The Third Murder, by Hirokazu Kore-eda (Shoplifters) and a tough detective from an organized crime squad in The Blood of Wolves by Kazuya Shiraishi last year. The Blood of Wolves has been nominated in 12 categories for next month's Japan Academy awards, behind only Palme d'Or winner Shoplifters with 13. Yakusho is also nominated for best actor for the film at the Asian Film Awards, his third nomination in the category.

A retrospective of Yakusho's work was screened at last year's Tokyo International Film Festival.

The AFAA also announced that South Korean vocalist,


Managing sales of beverages in schools to preserve profits and improve children's nutrition intake in 15 Mississippi schools.
School environments that provide consistent and reliable nutrition information promote the development of healthful eating in children. High-energy, nutrient-poor beverages offered for sale to children during the school day compete with healthful choices. The primary objective of this prospective, quasiexperimental study was to encourage children to choose more healthful beverages during the school day without adversely affecting the profits realized from vending sales. Fifteen of 18 schools completed voluntary changes to beverage sales practices during the school day between August 2005 and May 2006. Twelve of 15 schools reported increased profits from the previous year (2004-2005) while offering more healthful beverage choices at discounted prices. Units of carbonated soft drinks soldMiley Cyrus episode helped end Robin Thicke's marriage

Robin Thicke's antics with Miley Cyrus at last year's MTV VMAs did irreparable damage to his marriage to Paula Patton, according to TMZ.

And here I thought it was that outfit.

No, apparently Patton wasn't pleased when her husband simulated sex with a crazed 21-year-old in front of millions of people.

Sources connected to the couple told TMZ that Patton felt "utterly disrespected" by Thicke's routine with Cyrus. Reportedly, after the performance, Patton got into a huge argument with Thicke, telling him he insulted her before a huge national TV audience.

The website reported Patton was especially angry because she had no idea the performance was coming. Cyrus apparently improvised the raunchy part without warning, but Thicke played along, which his wife didn't like much.

Paula


Patton and Robin Thicke arrive at the 2013 Vanity Fair Oscars Viewing and After Party at the Sunset Plaza Hotel in West Hollywood. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Sources reportedly said Patton then went nuts when she saw the infamous picture of her husband backstage with his hand on a woman's rear end.

That was supposedly the beginning of the end for the couple. They began arguing constantly, and Patton was angry that Thicke continued to party at various clubs with various women.

Yeah, that might do it.

Patton supposedly informed Thicke she wants a divorce last Friday, prompting him to cancel concerts and fly to Canada -- where Patton was filming a movie -- to try changing her mind. It didn't work.On the streets of Kasimpasa, the gritty conservative Istanbul neighbourhood where Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan grew up, the news that his AK Party had lost its parliamentary majority in elections last week was not seen as entirely negative. "Erdogan needed a reality check," said one young man. "But I still support the AKP."

In a result that has been hailed as another milestone for Turkish democracy, Mr Erdogan's Justice and Development Party, known by its Turkish initials as the AKP, was delivered a stern rebuke by voters who made clear their unease over his drift towards authoritarianism. While Mr Erdogan, as president, did not run in the election, his party's drubbing will act as a brake on his controversial push towards a new constitution which would consolidate power


in an executive presidency.

Both Turkey and Mr Erdogan have changed dramatically since he was first elected prime minister in 2003. Then considered a reformer with Islamist roots, Mr Erdogan initially steered Turkey in a direction many believed would lead it more swiftly into the EU. He opened up the economy, granted new rights to the long-suppressed Kurdish minority and made Turkey's devout masses feel more included than they had under the military-backed secular elite that had dominated the country for decades. Western leaders talked of how "The Turkish model" could inspire other Muslim-majority countries in melding democracy with Islam.

But as his power grew, Mr Erdogan became more authoritarian and abrasive. He threatened to ban social media and targeted so many journalists that in 2012, there were more mediapersonnel in jail in Turkey than anywhere else in the world. After serving three terms as prime minister, he was elected president in 2014, a post ostensibly less powerful but in reality Mr Erdogan remained the main player. As he set about developing what amounted to a cult of personality, an increasingly megalomaniacal Mr Erdogan dismissed any critics as part of a conspiracy against him.

Mounting frustration with Mr Erdogan's autocratic ways erupted in summer 2013 when police cracked down on demonstrators opposing plans to replace a park in central Istanbul with a shopping mall. The violence - and Mr Erdogan's belligerent response - sparked rallies across Turkey, turning a protest over a park into public fury against the man many accused of acting like a sultan of old


who tolerated only those who agreed with him. A series of corruption scandals implicating high-level officials shook the AKP later that year but failed to curb Mr Erdogan's excesses. The unveiling of a new 1,150 room presidential palace - at a reported cost of $350m - was seen as yet another sign of hubris. Turkey's EU prospects grew dimmer as Brussels expressed concern about the country's trajectory and observers expressed dismay that Mr Erdogan had turned into something like a Turkish version of Russia's Vladimir Putin.

Unswayed by his critics, Mr Erdogan was bullish in the run-up to last week's elections, at one point predicting a resounding AKP victory that he said would be comparable to the Ottoman conquest of the Byzantine Empire. Turkish novelist Elif Shafak described thepoll as "the most stressful Turkish election in recent memory" and noted that "In no other ballot had so much been at stake."

That was the reason why many chose to vote tactically, including several who had previously voted AKP but felt a message needed to be sent to Mr Erdogan. Their votes went to the Peoples' Democracy Party (HDP), a Kurdish-based party which subsequently made history by becoming the first such party to win seats in the Turkish parliament.

The AKP remains a formidable force in Turkey's politics. It may have lost its majority but it still secured more seats in parliament than any other faction.

Mr Erdogan's wings have been clipped, however, and his ambitions to rewrite the constitution will likely founder without the votes to back it up.


The Mechanical Engineering Department, its faculty,
alumni, students, and staff marked the 100th birthday
of Mechanical Engineering at the California Institute
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The program on Friday, March 30, 2007 included a reprise of some
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as a research poster session featuring graduate and undergraduate research
achievements. Faculty speakers described current research
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was devoted to talks from a group of very distinguished alumni.

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also include aWASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The Democratic National Committee (DNC) earlier filed a lawsuit against Russia, US President Donald Trump and several members of the Trump campaign, WikiLeaks and various Russian businessmen, as well as other individuals in connection with alleged interference in the 2016 US election.

A US federal court has dismissed a DNC lawsuit against Russia and the Trump campaign over alleged hacking of the organization's servers, according to court documents released on Tuesday.

The multi-million dollar lawsuit was launched by the DNC last year. The DNC amended its 2018 complaint to include the new accusations related to the most recent US presidential election. In the amended complaint, the DNC alleged that in a November 2018 hacking incident, Russian intelligence again tried to infiltrate the party's computers.

The DNC argued that


Russia committed cybercrimes leading up to the midterm elections and accused Moscow of trying in August 2017 to hack into the network of a Democratic Senator and longtime critic of US President Donald Trump. It also alleged that Russia tried to hack the networks of two other midterm election candidates.

Russia has repeatedly refuted claims of interference in the US political system, saying the allegations were invented to excuse the loss of Trump's opponent, as well as to deflect public attention from actual instances of election fraud and corruption. Moreover, both Trump and the Kremlin have denied all allegations of collusion, and Moscow has called accusations of interference in the 2016 election "absurd".

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By Michael Haggerty

A cold front moved through Southern Oklahoma last week, bringing with it a freeze warning Friday night. The Royals from Community Christian School in Norman drove down to Kingston, hoping that the temperatures might cool off the red-hot Redskins as the two teams met for the first round of the Class 2A State Playoffs. The Redskins had other ideas. Kingston made the playoffs in 2016 and 2017, only to be dismissed in the first round both times. Coming off their first District title since the 1980s, the Redskins sought to advance in


the playoffs for the first time since 2015. }

The Redskins were successful Friday night, as Kingston sent the Royals back to Norman, smarting from a 49-13 loss. The Royals started the game with a bang. The Royals’ third play from scrimmage saw senior quarterback, AJ Ward, convert a third-and-twelve by hooking up with senior wide receiver, Evan Young, for an 85-yard touchdown. After Kingston senior Garrett Voyles picked off Ward’s pass for the two-point conversion, the Royals were out to an early 6-0 lead. The Royals also brought their defense to play early. The Redskins started their first drive with great field position at their own 49, but a fourth-down conversion gave the ball back to Community Christian at the Royals’ 41. The teams then traded punts onA judge on Ecuador's highest court has rejected an extradition request from Belarus for a former police investigator who is wanted by Belarus authorities for alleged fraud and extortion.

Judge Carlos Ramirez of the National Court of Justice on August 28 concluded that the political-refugee status granted to Alyaksandr Barankou was justified and ordered him freed immediately.

The 30-year old Barankou, who was granted asylum in Ecuador in 2010, says he fled Belarus after uncovering an oil-smuggling ring involving senior officials of authoritarian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka's regime.

He says his life could be in danger if he returns home.

Barankou's case gained prominence after Ecuador granted asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Asange, saying Assange faced the risk of an unfair trial and a possible death sentence in the United States.

Barankou was expected


to be released on August 29.

Barankou blames his arrest and jailing in early June on pressure from the Belarus regime ahead of a visit by Lukashenka later that month.

Ecuador had already rejected a Belarusian extradition request in October, with judges ruling the evidence presented against Barankou to be inadequate.

Belarusian authorities maintain Barankou is a common criminal who extorted bribes from businessmen.

Human rights activists have said that although it is unclear what kind of information Barankou may have, the persistence with which Belarusian authorities have pursued his extradition suggests he may have had access to some sensitive information.

Lukashenka's regime has faced international condemnation and Western sanctions over its crackdown on the opposition and civil society.

Belarus is the only European country that still imposes the death penalty.

Ecuador's leftist President RafaelCorrea had said he would not comment on Barankou's case until the court ruled. But his deputy foreign minister said the government would treat the case with the same respect for human rights that guided it in considering Assange's request for asylum.

Assange, who is wanted in Sweden for questioning over sex-crime allegations, took refuge in the Ecuadoran Embassy in London two months ago.

Assange says he fears he would be handed over to the United States, where he could face prosecution for the publication by WikiLeaks of thousands of secret U.S. diplomatic cables.

Belarus routinely prosecutes dissidents and has increased its punitive activities since postelection protests broke out following the December 2010 presidential election.


mobilehomes, because certain park owners were informing prospective mobilehome purchasers that they must sign a long-term lease as a condition of the park owner's approval of the sale, resulting in denial of the benefits of the rent protection initiative.
Ordinance No. 91-19 first defines the term "tenant" as "not only a person who has an existing tenancy in a mobile home park but also a person who has purchased or is in the process of purchasing or otherwise acquiring a mobilehome that will remain at that particular park." Section 2 of the ordinance then sets forth a procedure for dealing with leases for periods of more than 12 months (exempt from rent control) in the following manner: subdivision (a) requires submission of a long-term lease to the Rent ReviewWith the 2017 Major League Baseball season quickly approaching, it is time to start talking fantasy. In 2016, we witnessed the most strike outs, as well as the second most home runs ever in a season. After an electric 2016 campaign, it is time to start preparing for a wild 2017. It is too early to release positional rankings, as it is only January. So I intend to inform you about early 2017 fantasy baseball sleepers.

What qualifies a player as a “sleeper”?

First, a player must be undervalued.

To be undervalued, a player’s average draft position, or ADP, must be below the ADP of other players with similar statistics. In 2016, according to ESPN.com, Rick Porcello was selected as the 230th player off the board. He finished as the 6th


best starting pitcher in 5X5 ESPN standard leagues. His teammate, David Price, was selected as the 27th player off the board, yet he finished as the 21st overall pitcher. Porcello was tremendously undervalued in 2016, and I intend to help find undervalued players that can help contribute to 2017 fantasy championship.

Second, a player must be overlooked.

Some people argue that players can be considered “sleepers” if they are drafted in the third round, but have first round value. I argue that this makes a player undervalued. To be a sleeper, a player must be overlooked and passed on until later rounds in the draft. In 2016, Jose Ramirez went undrafted in majority of leagues, and managed to finish as a top 50 overall player. Ramirez went overlooked in 2016,and I aim to inform you about players that cannot be overlooked heading into 2017.

David Peralta – OF Arizona Diamondbacks

In 2017, David Peralta will continue his ascension from mediocre minor league pitcher to impact middle of the order bat. Peralta, who was originally signed in 2006 by the St. Louis Cardinals as a relief pitcher, was transformed into a corner outfielder in 2011. He subsequently slashed .392/.429/.661 with 17 home runs, 81 runs batted in and 30 doubles in 85 games in the independent North American League.

Peralta’s first minor league experience came in 2014 with the Arizona Diamondbacks Double-A affiliate, where he batted .297 with 17 doubles and 6 home runs in 53 games. He was then called up to the bigs, where Peralta impressed, batting .286 with


12 doubles, 9 triples, 8 home runs, 40 runs, and 36 runs batted in.

In 2015, Peralta’s first full season in the majors, he slashed .312/.371/.522. He also lead the league in triples with 10, along with 26 doubles, 18 home runs, and 78 runs batted in. Peralta dealt with a lingering wrist injury in 2016, which limited him to only 183 plate appearances in 48 games played. When healthy, he has massive upside.

It is only January, but Peralta is currently being severely under-valued. His ADP on couchmanagers.com is currently 221, which means he is being selected as the 63rd outfielder. I believe that Peralta is easily capable of being a top 30 outfielder, as he is expected to rejoin a star-studded Arizona Diamondbacks lineup. He will bat cleanup behind four-time all-star and two-time runner-up MVP, Paul Goldschmidt, and 2015 all-star and top 15 MVP candidate, A.J. Pollock. Peralta has shown his ability to hit for power and average and will help contribute to many fantasy championships.

Josh Bell – 1B/OF Pittsburgh Pirates

A former 2011 Pittsburgh Pirates’ second round pick, Bell was called up in early July to see his first major league action in 2016. He batted .273 with 19 runs batted in and 11 extra base hits in a mere 128 at bats. He will be eligible at first base and outfield in fantasy leagues next season.

Bell projects as a first basemen with limited power, although he has an uncanny ability to get on base. He spent two seasons at the Triple-A level, amassing 629


plate appearances, while slashing .306/.396/.476, hitting 16 home runs, 53 extra base hits, and 78 runs batted in.

He is projected to bat second in a star-studded lineup, ahead of former MVP Andrew McCutcheon, all-star Starling Marte, and budding star Gregory Polanco. For Bell, this is an ideal spot in the lineup, as he has excelled at getting on base at all minor-league levels.

According to couchmanagers.com, Bell is currently being selected as the 22nd first basemen off the board, with an average draft position of 202. This places him thirty spots behind unsigned first basemen, Mike Napoli, as well as eighty spots behind aging superstars Adrian Gonzalez and Albert Pujols.

Bell has already dropped his weight from 248 to 225 to start training camp, which shows he is ready totackle a spot at the top half of the order. Also, Bell could possibly steal a few more bases, as he only stole five bases through two seasons at the AAA level. His power can and will improve as he gains experience at the plate. I believe Bell can contribute across all hitting categories, and is being moderately overlooked and undervalued.

Greg Bird – 1B New York Yankees

Another 2011 draft pick, New York Yankees first baseman Greg Bird, was called up in August of 2015. He batted .261 with 11 home runs and 31 runs batted in, in only 178 plate appearances.

If this pace were to have continued over 500 plate appearance sample size, Bird would project 30 home runs and 87 runs batted in.

He has impressed in his


minor league career, hitting a total of 48 home runs, 192 runs batted in, while slashing .282/.395/.483 over 347 games. Yankees General Manager, Brian Cashman, exclaimed that Bird is “A patient, power hitter. Best young hitter in organization”.

Bird is recovering from undergoing season ending surgery for a torn labrum in 2016. The twenty-four-year-old will compete with veteran Matt Holiday and youngster Tyler Austin for the starting first base job.

When Bird is awarded the starting job, he will slot in to the middle of the order. This will give him a great opportunity to produce in a Yankees lineup behind the likes of Gary Sanchez, Jacoby Ellsbury, and Brett Gardner.

Bird’s current ADP is 260, which means he is currently going undrafted. This means you could take Bird as aflyer, which is a pick at the end of the draft for a player with lower value but possibly high upside. If Bird’s ADP stays stagnant, he will be unforgivingly undervalued and overlooked.

Keon Broxton – OF Milwaukee Brewers

Another player going undrafted in leagues is Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Keon Broxton. Broxton, a 26-year-old former 3rd round pick, will hold down the Brewers center field to start 2017.

He spent two seasons at the AAA level, batting .267 with 15 home runs, 68 runs batted in, and 42 steals over 566 plate appearances. Broxton projects as a five-tool player with plus speed and above average power.

During the 2016 season, Broxton had 244 plate appearances, slashed .242/.354/.426 with 9 home runs, 19 runs batted in, and 24 steals. In a 500 plate


Operation Chough

Operation Chough () is a conservationist project which aims to create a viable population of red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) in Cornwall. This bird is widely considered a symbol of the county and its people and was once commonly seen throughout Cornish landscapes. In spite of this close association, the chough population experienced a severe decline in Cornwall through the 20th century, and had not been seen in the county since the early 1970s. In 2001, however, up to five birds were seen on The Lizard, thought to have come from Ireland. This pioneer population rapidly grew, with their offspring reaching nearly twenty birds. Since then, the Operation has made several efforts to keep this population viable by monitoring the nesting areas, promoting awareness of the cultural anddue in mid-September.

The Barefoot Fund, the charity that supports efforts to save family histories, held its first fundraiser at the new NASCAR Hall of Fame on June 23. The highest bid among the 22 items available in an auction was for a cruise to Greece, Italy and Malta with Hendrick Motorsports drivers Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Mark Martin; that went for $11,000. Blondie and Bubba Brister performed.

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acclaim, every single year. I guess
things must be _really_ bad in a majority of the western world.

The thing is, the city is really not beautiful. A majority of the population
live in apartment buildings that were constructed in the 1870's, where the
primary requirement was "pack as many people into the city block as possible
but don't go over 6 stories". This means that for a majority of citizens, the
sky is but a thin, dull strip.

Perhaps its the public transportation, the access to food (Billa's are
everywhere) and .. the welfare state. In fact, I'm convinced its only because
of the state of welfare that people think Vienna is so great. Remove the AMS
from the equation, and Vienna is a barely suitable concrete jungle.

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There are aStark County, Ohio, residents mourn death of Mike McDonald

By Laurie HuffmanThe ReviewPublished: February 26, 2013 3:00AM

One week ago today, law enforcement officers from around Stark County recognized Mike McDonald as the Stark County Deputy of the Year, honoring his more than 30 years of dedication to the county's residents. Today, his co-workers and family will gather for a very different reason; sadly, it will be for his funeral. County citizens join together as they mourn the death of McDonald, who said he "felt very healthy" during his political campaign in November. McDonald had been struggling as he battled health issues for the past year or two, and, at age 54, he died at approximately 7 p.m. on Friday.

McDonald, who resided in Louisville, served the public for more than


three decades during a career in law enforcement that began when he was hired at the sheriff's department as a deputy at the young age of 18. He went on to work in almost every division in the department, was promoted to sergeant, then lieutenant, captain, major and chief deputy, until he was elected as sheriff in November 2012. McDonald was in remission when he ran for and earned the position, but was unable to assume the office on Jan. 7 due to the fact he had suffered a relapse in his health just prior to that date.

McDonald graduated from Louisville High School in 1976 and from the Northwestern University of Police Staff and Command in 1998. He was hired at the Stark County Sheriff's Office as afull-time employee in 1981, rising to a rank that put him in charge of the entire jail division, an operation complete with 501 inmate beds.

Major Brian Arnold, who worked alongside McDonald for decades, said McDonald always had the public's interest in mind, which is why he became "the face" of the sales tax campaign, conducting seemingly endless amounts of jailhouse tours to show the public how huge the jail was, how much responsibility it demanded to run it, and how thinly it was staffed at the time.

"This is the best I've ever felt," McDonald stated while campaigning for sheriff. But by the time the election came around he had lost weight, and after previously losing his hair from more than one round of cancer treatments, he no longer


appeared in peak health. McDonald was diagnosed in 2011 with esophageal cancer, but he believed all along he was beating the disease. And reports indicate it was not cancer, but a new, very aggressive and fatal disease that actually took his life.

While he fought for his survival, he continued fighting for the jail inmates, following his passion for helping others. His concern for the inmates is what inspired him to run for sheriff, and is also what spurred him, with the help of Arnold, to begin a recovery program in 1996 for repeat offenders who suffer from alcohol and drug addictions. The program is still in place, and, when measured last, in 2009, only 9.8 percent of those who participated in the program ever returned to jail fordrug- or alcohol-related charges.

"He cared very much about the people he served," Arnold closed.

Calling hours were held for McDonald on Monday evening at the Canton Civic Center, and funeral services will be conducted at St. Louis Catholic Church in Louisville at 10 a.m. today.


States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, granting Plaintiffs-Appellees' Motion To Remand Or Abstain the adversary proceeding underlying this appeal to the Circuit Court of Lake County, Illinois (the "Illinois State Court"). For the reasons set forth below, the Court will affirm the Bankruptcy Court's Order.
I. PARTIES' CONTENTIONS
Plaintiffs-Appellees are former investors and/or creditors of the Debtor, Holiday RV Superstores, Inc. (the "Debtor"), who brought a state court action against Lemonis, the Debtor's. Chief Executive officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors, and FreedomRoads, LLC, the successor to the Debtor. The action was removed from the Illinois State Court, to the United States. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and transferred to this Court, where it was then referred to the Bankruptcy Court.
By this appeal,China police silent on artist Ai Weiwei's detention By Michael Bristow

BBC News, Beijing Published duration 4 April 2011

image caption Ai Weiwei is a successful artist and a vocal critic of the Chinese government

The internationally acclaimed Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been missing for more than 24 hours after being detained at Beijing airport.

The artist was stopped while passing through security checks for a flight to Hong Kong.

No one has seen or heard from him since. The authorities have not commented.

Ai Weiwei has become one of China's most outspoken critics, complaining about a lack of human rights.

The artist was detained on Sunday morning while travelling with an assistant, Jennifer Ng.

The documents of both were checked thoroughly before Ms Ng was allowed to continue on her journey to Hong Kong.

She


told the BBC that Ai Weiwei was taken away by border guards.

"I went back to check with the security officers and they said, 'He has other business - you go on the flight on your own'," she said.

A few hours later, more than 40 police officers raided the artist's Beijing studio.

Dozens of items were confiscated, said another assistant, and several people were taken to a nearby police station. They were released a few hours later.

Vocal critic

Ai Weiwei's artwork is known across the world.

He helped design the main stadium used in the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008. It became known as the Bird's Nest because of its intricate steel latticework.

He currently has an exhibition at the Tate Modern gallery in London. It is made up of 100 million porcelainobjects made to look like sunflower seeds, a popular snack food in China.

The artist has also become a vocal critic of the Chinese government.

Some of his work has political connotations - he tried to gather the names of every school child who died during the Sichuan earthquake in 2008.

This is a sensitive subject as many schools fell down in the earthquake, leading to claims that they were shoddily built.

The Chinese government is reluctant to talk about this issue and has arrested activists who do.

Ai Weiwei has also lent his support to others who have tackled the authorities.

He turned up outside the Beijing courthouse when fellow artist Wu Yuren went on trial at the end of last year.

He used the opportunity to talk to the foreign media, berating the


government for what he believes is a lack of basic rights and freedoms in China.

These activities have brought him to the attention of the authorities.

The 53-year-old was last year prevented from travelling abroad and, in a separate incident, was briefly held under house arrest.

He is under constant surveillance. Miss Ng, his assistant, said the police had visited his compound three times recently.drivers in Stephen F. Austin’s Physical Plant Department (“PPD”). Trotty
has worked for Stephen F. Austin since 1990; Fields was hired in 2006.
Defendant Coker is the manager of Transportation and Special Services for the
PPD. He supervises twenty employees, including the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs
claim they are paid less than certain Stephen F. Austin employees who perform
substantially similar job duties. They also claim Coker created a hostile work
environment due to harassment based on race and sex.
      Trotty and Fields brought suit against the defendants in the United
States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas for wage discrimination
in violation of Title VII and the Equal Pay Act. They also sued Coker in his
individual capacity under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violation of their equal
protection rights. The


A new de novo mutation in a non-hot spot region at the DMD gene in a Mexican family.
In this report we present the analysis of a sporadic case of DMD and his family. In the present case, a deletion of exons 18-47 is presented which predicts abolition of the reading frame and is located between the well-known deletion hot spots of the DMD gene. This mutation was not previously reported in the Leiden database (LOVD). Both MLPA and segregation analysis with short tandem repeat markers elucidated the status of the mother, sister and the younger brother of the proband, who were not carriers of the mutation. This case provides a description of a new pathogenic variant presented as de novo mutation in a DMD patient. Haplotype analysis andEXCLUSIVE

T.I. has gone from the negotiating table to the dinner table at Houston's ... because he believes there's no need for a boycott anymore since the restaurant is no longer -- as he alleged -- racist.

Sources close to Tip tell us he's had several meetings with execs of the Atlanta-area restaurant since October -- when he first imposed the boycott ... this after a number of African-Americans complained the chain was reluctant to seat them.

Waka Flocka's mom Deb Antney helped pushed the boycott back in October after someone claimed they went to the Houston's in Atlanta with a large party of African Americans and they were refused service as they watched a large party of Caucasians seated comfortably.

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We're told the restaurant assured T.I. there will


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How have you been? Takeshi's letter is delivered one each month to his younger brother, Naoki. Takeshi is serving a life term in prison for the crime that he had committed to save his brother. But the crime's aftereffect extends to Naoki, and, branded as a "murderer's brother," Naoki is deprived of his love, career and dream. His desperate situation gradually changes when he finds true love with Yumiko, who always stands by him. To protect the love that he has finally found, Naoki begins writing a letter to Takeshi... The touching story of a man who was powerless against his irreversible fate, but still tried to overcome it in the quest for his dream.Just like we just announced Guardians of the Galaxy, we are certainly looking at the Heroes for Hire franchise which is Luke Cage and Iron Fist.

There have been whispers and rumors of amovie going back as far as whenwas first announced, but there has only ever been vague talk of it from the guys at Marvel, and never anything concrete. Until now? Jeph Loeb (Marvel's head of television) has mentioned the potential project while discussing theanimated series with Buzzfeed (via Bleeding Cool ) and he brings it up in the same breath as Marvel's last big movie announcement,...Seems pretty cut and dry right? Well Loeb IS head of Marvel's TV department, and we know there are still plans to bring their- which will apparently feature Luke Cage -


you get enough spare time to go on reading poetry, the second best thing after writing it, as I’m sure you agree.

by Clive James

Clive James is the author of more than forty books – essays, literary and television criticism, travel writing, verse and novels, plus five volumes of autobiography. As a television performer he appeared regularly for both the BBC and ITV. His translation of Dante’s The Divine Comedy and his 2015 collection Sentenced to Life were both Sunday Times top ten bestsellers. In 2003 he was awarded the Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal for Literature, in 2012 he was appointed CBE and in 2013 an Officer of the Order of Australia. Clive James’ Collected Poems 1958-2015 was published by Picador in 2015.Geomerics Adds Mobile Support and Workflow Enhancements to
Enlighten

Cambridge, UK – August 6, 2012 - Geomerics, a leading
lighting technology company, today announced the release of a major
upgrade to its award-winning Enlighten software. In addition to now
reaching mobile developers with new iOS and Android runtime
support, this release includes major enhancements to the
product’s workflow and the addition of static lightmaps.
Geomerics, whose Enlighten software just picked up the 2012 Develop
Award for Technology Innovation, will be showing the new
functionality in the ARM booth (550) at Siggraph 2012.

Increasingly the games industry is seeing mobile platforms,
particularly tablets, become delivery devices for high-end gaming
content. To address this change, Geomerics has extended the
Enlighten runtime to both iOS and Android, allowing developers to
run high-quality, yet lightweight lighting effects such as global
illumination and area lights on iOS and Android


the large studios that could take advantage
of this technology, but our work with Maya, and other improvements,
now make it easier for all studios to use Enlighten.”

The work Geomerics has put into Enlighten over the last 5 years
was recognised at the 2012 Develop Awards in Brighton, England.
Enlighten picked up the 2012 Develop Award for Technical Innovation
in a ceremony that also saw awards go to Battlefield 3 and Eve
Online, titles that feature Enlighten’s technology.

Geomerics delivers cutting-edge graphics technology to customers
in the games and entertainment industries. Geomerics' Enlighten
technology is behind the lighting in best-selling titles including
Battlefield 3, Need for Speed: The Run, Eve Online and Quantum
Conundrum. Enlighten has been licensed by many of the top
developers in the industry, including EA DICE, EA Bioware, THQ,
Take 2 and Square Enix.

Geomerics has developed abe used in game on any platform.

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