Woman returns home to find burglar fleeing with loot

Caught in the act

Published: Friday, May 24, 2013 at 12:40 p.m.

Last Modified: Friday, May 24, 2013 at 12:40 p.m.

An 85-year-old woman returned to her home off of N.C. Highway 280 in Mills River to catch a glimpse of a burglar fleeing the scene with a pillowcase of her belongings around 4:30 p.m. Thursday. She called 911.

“As I returned home, I drove in my driveway and this young guy was going around the back, and he's been in my house. He had a whole bag of stuff,” the caller told 911.

With the homeowner's description and quick reaction, Henderson County deputies began checking pawnshops in the area and found two suspects.

The Henderson County Sheriff's Office charged Nicholas Jackson, 23, and Taylor Jackson,Once that happened, an Iranian cargo plane was allowed to bring the cash home from a Geneva airport that day.

President Barack Obama and other U.S. officials have said the payment didn’t amount to ransom, because the U.S. owed the money to Iran as part of a longstanding dispute linked to a failed arms deal from the 1970s. U.S. officials have said that the prisoner release and cash transfer took place through two separate diplomatic channels.

But the handling of the payment and its connection to the Americans’ release have raised questions among lawmakers and administration critics….

One of the Americans released in January as part of the prisoner exchange, a pastor named Saeed Abedini, said he and other American prisoners were kept waiting at Mehrabad airport from Jan. 16 to


the morning of Jan. 17. He said in an interview that he was told by a senior Iranian intelligence official at the time that their departure was contingent upon the movements of a second airplane. Mr. Abedini said he has been asked to testify next month before the House Foreign Relations Committee.

State Department officials have rebutted Mr. Abedini’s comments, saying the delay in his plane’s departure wasn’t related to a second plane or the payment of the $400 million. They said the delay was solely tied to U.S. efforts to locate the wife and mother of another imprisoned American, the Washington Post’s former Tehran bureau chief, Jason Rezaian, and ensuring they were allowed to board the Swiss plane as well.

The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Iran Air in 2011for allegedly ferrying weapons and supplies for Tehran’s elite military unit, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Treasury said in its designation that “IRGC officers occasionally take control over Iran Air flights carrying special IRGC-related cargo.”

Lawmakers are concerned the IRGC may have gained control of the cash once in Tehran. U.S. officials said they are not certain how Iran has used the $400 million that was returned.

The Treasury Department lifted sanctions on Iran Air on Jan. 16—the day before the cash and prisoner transfers— as part of the landmark nuclear agreement reached between Iran, the U.S. and other global powers. The U.S. has maintained sanctions on a second Iranian air carrier, Mahan Air, for its alleged role in facilitating arms shipments for the IRGC.

Obama administration officials have confirmed that


The facts are essentially that the defendant, a registered sex offender, paid for a one month subscription to a website that advertised the availability of child porn. After one month, the defendant did not renew the subscription. Sixteen months later, an ICE agent presented a magistrate with an affidavit that stated the above facts, described the depictions on the home page, and asserting that the defendant had paid for a one month subscription with a Pay Pal account registered to a bank account whose mailing address was the address of the home to be searched, as well as the address for the IP address used to access the website. The affidavit also made boiler-plate assertions about his experience and the storage of child pornography. No allegation in theaffidavit stated that there was any evidence that someone from that IP address had ever actually entered the site, nor was there any allegations that someone at that address had downloaded child pornography. The warrant was executed and child pornography was found on the defendant's computer.

The defendant challenged the sufficiency of the affidavit supporting the search warrant, and the district court suppressed the evidence, finding the allegations in the affidavit to be stale because of the 16 month lapse between the supscription and the affidavit and that it lacked a "link between the factual basis and the conclusion that there was a fair probability that evidence of a crime would be found at the defendant's home or on the computer."

The government appealed, and the Sixth Circuit, over Judge


The mask did not stay with the former St. Etienne man for too long, though. "Kevin Grosskreutz nicked it," Aubameyang said.

Grosskreutz, who did not feature for Dortmund after taking part in Germany's World Cup success, was later seen wearing the mask as he celebrated winning the first domestic trophy of the season.

"That was pretty cool," Sebastian Kehl, who has stepped down as Dortmund captain, said. "Lucky for him that this goal was enough to win it. We probably would have beaten him up otherwise!"

Klopp, who substituted Aubameyang seconds after the goal, also saw the funny side of the celebration.

"It made me chuckle -- as long as he can run with that thing in his socks and he doesn't get booked, he's allowed to do it," he said.

Klopp recalledthe time one of his charges at Mainz, Felix Borja, had donned a Grim Reaper mask during a game against Aachen in 2007.

"I'm accustomed to that kind of grief," he said. "I once had a player at Mainz who celebrated a hat trick at Aachen with such a thing."

Aubameyang had previously celebrated with a Spider-Man mask while playing for St Etienne. During a match against Rennes in October 2012, he donned the mask in tribute to the club's former goalkeeper Jeremie Janot -- a huge fan of the character who had played in Spiderman costume against FC Istres in 2005.

Janot had recently left for Le Mans and Aubameyang explained to beIN Sport at the time: "We miss Jeremie Janot in the dressing room, so I just wanted to


other kinds. There may also be emotional support at difficult times and a sense of belonging that enhances health and quality of life. Research in Japan has revealed such inter-relationships, eg, greater area income inequality was linked to a lower level of social trust and poorer self-rated health.^[@r09]^

Most evidence until now has been generated by research groups in the United States, United Kingdom, and mainland Europe, using Western population-scale studies.^[@r06],[@r10],[@r11]^ These centers have contributed to graduate training for an increasing number of groups of active East Asian researchers with the skills and interests to study the important question of social inequalities in health. It remains uncertain how health inequalities are evolving across East Asia in this new millennium.^[@r12],[@r13]^ Japan remains at the top of the international life expectancyhas been linked with increased prevalence of metabolic syndrome in women, and this inequality appears to be growing in successive post-war birth cohorts.^[@r16]^ On the other hand, Japan's frugal food culture has so far largely protected the population from the long march of the food corporations,^[@r17],[@r18]^ except in Okinawa, where the dietary pattern is considerably westernized.^[@r19]^ The diversity in social trends across East Asian countries suggests that comparative studies would improve our understanding of how society influences population and individual health. In other words, there appears to be potential to study the considerable variation both in exposures and outcomes across the region. However, researchers in the region must determine whether there are important conceptual and methodological gaps in the science that has been developed in the Western context.

Some


of aging societies, there is another fundamental shift that interests social epidemiologists in the East and West, namely, the continuing trend toward gender equality within the family and in relation to the labor market. Age at first marriage is increasing and fertility is low, in part as a consequence of the desire of young Japanese women to be free of family demands at least until they have established a degree of economic and personal autonomy.^[@r22]^ An undesirable effect in the Japanese context is the high abortion rate: 22% of all pregnancies ended in induced abortion in 2002.^[@r23],[@r24]^ One explanation may be that younger generations of women have a sense that the health effects of marriage are different for men and for women, ie, marital partnership results in fewerEtihad Aviation Group celebrates the graduation of 143 Emiratis from its training programmes

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – Etihad Aviation Group has celebrated the graduation of 143 Emiratis from its various training programmes. The graduates included 72 Emirati trainees from Etihad’s Foundation Programme, who were trained at the Higher Colleges of Technology and Abu Dhabi Vocational Education and Training Institute (ADVETI).

61 cadet pilots also received their Bachelor
Degree in the Aviation Science Programme, eight senior captains received their
Bachelor Degree in the Prior Learning Programme, and two staff members received
their Masters of Business Administration. All the graduates studied at Abu Dhabi
University.

With a strong focus on Emiratisation, Etihad
Aviation Group has launched a wide range of initiatives to shape the future of
the aviation industry in the UAE, and encourage Emiratis to play


a host of training programmes such as the Cadet Pilot
Programme, Graduate Manager Programme, Technical Engineer Programme, Foundation
Programme, and Corporate Trainee Programme.

As part of Etihad’s Foundation Programme,
which has proved highly successful since its inception in 2015, the classroom
training was conducted in the Higher Colleges of Technology and Abu Dhabi
Vocational Education and Training Institute (ADVETI). The classroom training
spanned over 12 months and covered various topics including IT, mathematics,
office administration, English and soft skills.

Following the classroom training, the
graduates participated in ‘on-the-job’ training for three months across various
departments within Etihad, gaining first-hand experience and developing their
hands-on skills in the workplace.

After the successful completion of the
programme, Etihad provides an opportunity for each graduate to join any
department within the company, including finance, IT, Human Resources and
ground operations, among others.

Marwa Al Hosani, Foundation Programme
graduate, said:Mexican Revolution Day in the Yucatan! (plus some more cenotes)

Valladolid Travel Blog

The festivities started early in Valladolid, with a parade winding through the streets of town. Firefighters demonstrated their skills, marching bands blared, and every organization in town -- from workers' unions to karate classes -- participated.

We couldn't find a collectivo, so we took a cab out to two cenotes, Dzitnup and Sambola, just outside of town. They were both really awesome -- underground, with just a shaft of light filtering onto clear blue waters. Dzitnup was the larger one, and the better place to chill. We stayed there for quite a while, just enjoying the solitude, the refreshingly cool water, the creepy formations hanging down from the ceiling, the cute bats flitting far overhead, and feeling the


A 20-year-old man has been banned for driving for four years after he was found in control of a car with cannabis in his system.

At Kilcock District Court, sitting in Naas today, Tuesday, May 16, Christopher Byrne, with an address at Derrinstown Stud, Maynooth, was fined €500 for the offence which occurred at Dublin Road, Maynooth on September 7, 2015.

Judge Desmond Zaidan advised Mr Byrne and other drivers that cannabis stayed in the system longer than alcohol.

Garda Gerard Guinan said he stopped the car driven by Mr Byrne and found his voice slurred. He arrested him and took him to Leixlip Garda Station.

Mr Byrne was very cooperative, and while tests done showed the defendant had no alcohol in his system, another test proved positive for cannabis.

A question arosemachines on Steam. 2K Games producer Jason Bergman stated the company used DOSBox for Steam re-releases of certain parts of the X-Com series. GOG.com uses DOSBox for some of their DOS releases. Bethesda Softworks recommends DOSBox and  provides a link to the DOSBox website on the downloads page for The Elder Scrolls: Arena and The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall.  Bethesda also included DOSBox with both games in The Elder Scrolls Anthology release. 3D Realms also recommends DOSBox and, like Bethesda Softworks, provides a link to the DOSBox website on their downloads page.

Electronic Arts uses DOSBox for some of their classic games on their Origin client like Wing Commander III, Crusader: No Remorse, and SimCity 2000.

dBase LLC utilizes DOSBox in their dbDOS product since 2012.

Non-commercial notable uses
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Commission for the States of Orissa and Madhya Pradesh, in accordance with sub-section (1) of section 261 of the Government of India Act 1935, as adapted. Its constitutional status was pronounced with the promulgation of Constitution of India on 26 January 1950. It is a Constitutional body under Article 315 of the Constitution of India.
The Bihar Public Service Commission initially began its functioning for the State of Bihar with its headquarters at Ranchi. The State Government decided to shift the headquarters of the Commission from Ranchi to Patna and it was finally shifted to Patna on 1 March 1951.
The first Chairman of the Bihar Public Service Commission was Shri Rajandhari Sinha. Shri Radha Krishna Choudhary was the first Secretary to the Commission. The Bihar Public Service Commission (ConditionsSpanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said he would not rule out using the constitutional powers to remove Catalonia's autonomous status if it claimed independence as tens of thousands took to the streets to call for talks.

The wealthy northeastern region of Catalonia, with its own language and culture, held a referendum on 1 October on independence, in defiance of the Spanish constitutional court which had ruled the vote illegal.

Until now, Mr Rajoy has remained vague on whether he would use article 155, the so-called nuclear option, of the constitution which enables him to sack the regional government and call a fresh local election.

In an interview with Spanish newspaper El Pais Mr Rajoy was asked if he was ready to trigger the article 155 of the constitution, and said: "I


rubber bullets and charging crowds with truncheons.

The political stand-off has divided the country, pushed banks and companies to move their headquarters outside Catalonia and shaken market confidence in the Spanish economy, prompting calls from the European Commission for Catalan and Spanish leaders to find a political solution.

"I hope that the Catalonia that makes pacts, is moderate and for many years contributed to Spain's economic growth and improvement in welfare and wealth returns. It can't be in the hands of extremists, the radicals and the (far-left secessionist party) CUP," he said.

However, he ruled out using mediators to resolve the crisis and also said the issue would not force a snap national election.

The Catalonia crisis explained in 60 seconds

In peaceful protests called across 50 Spanish cities on Saturday morning, thousandsEU official told Reuters.

Concern is growing in EU capitals about the impact of the crisis on the Spanish economy, the fourth largest in the euro zone, and on possible spillovers to other economies.

European finance ministers, gathering in Brussels on Monday and Tuesday for a regular meeting, could discuss the issue, although it is not formally on the agenda, EU officials said.

The support given in public statements by EU leaders to Rajoy is combined with concern expressed in private about how the Spanish government's use of police to prevent Catalans from voting last week in the independence referendum could backfire.


the same contents, on the other hand, makes the imager partly adopt the embodied stance of the two adventurous eaters. Compared to mere visual pictures, such enactive imagery has an ampler sensory range. An enactive image of David and Catherine enjoying their breakfast, for instance, would likely enlist the modalities of taste and smell (in relation to the food), touch and movement (in relation to the manual handling of the food), or at least a subset of these. Evidence from neuroimaging, behavioural, and self-report experiments, suggests that mental imagery is grounded in actual sensory and motor physiological processes.Verbally induced flavour images, comprising taste and smell (Eardley and Pring 2011), as well as verbally induced motor representations, comprising touch and movement (Fischer and Zwaan 2008), have been found toothers entering the room" (Green and Brock 2000, 702). But unless print reading is for some reason exempt from the general workings of phenomenal consciousness, environment occasionally becomes salient in a reader's experience, too. There is no reason why attention for – and mental imagery prompted by – a printed narrative should foreclose all conscious environment experience and vice versa. Consider for instance the following narrative passage from Hemingway's The Garden of Eden: The breeze from the sea was blowing through the room and [David] was reading with his shoulders and the small of his back against two pillows and another folded behind his head. He was sleepy after lunch but he felt hollow with waiting for her and he read and waited. (Hemingway 1995 [1986], 45) Audiobooks


and Print Narrative: Similarities in Text Experience 231 The situation rendered in this passage takes place in a rented vacation room during Catherine and David's honeymoon in the Mediterranean. Apart from David's instantaneous impatience, the overall atmosphere at this stage of the story is rather relaxed and idyllic. Imagine a reader reading the passage in a physical setting, or even overall disposition, overlapping with David's. The narrative is then likely to enhance this reader's phenomenal experience of her own environment, say the pressure of physical pillows behind her back or a breeze that happens to be cooling down her skin on a hot day. The overlap between physical and fictional environment may also prop her enactive mental imagery of the situation rendered in the narrative (Kuzmičová 2016). Inconsequences) presupposes a shift in the primary role of narrative – from an object of reflection to a means of achieving hedonistic states of mind. It must be noted that the long-term cognitive benefits of in-depth reflection remain indisputable (Wolf and Barzillai 2009). Yet audiobooks are often played in situations precluding such reflection anyhow, and should therefore be valued for what they do facilitate: the recipient's wellbeing through daydreaming, fluency, and overall aesthetic pleasure, as also facilitated by non-academic ways of print reading. 234 Anežka Kuzmičová Works Cited Birkerts, Sven. 1994. The Gutenberg Elegies: The Fate of Reading in an Electronic Age. New York: Fawcett Columbine. Blackmore, Susan. 2002. "There Is No Stream of Consciousness." Journal of Consciousness Studies 9.5–6: 17–28. Bolter, Jay D., and Richard Grusin. 2000.


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Computers, Not Prototypes: The Ford GT team relied heavily on computer models to compress the typical first nine months of engineering work into about three months, relying on 10 percent of the usual number of prototypes. The first prototypes were built in less than 100 days after program approval.

Solid Foundation: The Ford GT team knew this road car would require a stiff structure, much like a race car. As such, they developed an all-aluminum space frame comprising extrusions, castings and several stampings. The hybrid aluminum space frame chassis is based on efficient use of 35 extrusions, seven complex castings, two semi-solid formed castings and various stamped aluminum panels.

Grand Touring: The new Ford GT is intended


reached the pinnacle of international motorsports competition – and stayed there for four racing seasons.

That innovation was born of inspiration from the company’s founder Henry Ford who, before launching Ford Motor Company in 1903, raced to victory in 1901. His car, the 1901 Sweepstakes – an ash-framed wheeled sled with a massive 8.8-liter, two-cylinder engine – was not particularly pretty or fast by today’s standards. It also handled poorly: The steering had to be manually “unwound” after each turn, as the geometry necessary for self-centering hadn't yet been conceived.

Henry Ford and his machine managed their first racing victory October 10, 1901, beating the favored competition in the “world championship” Grosse Pointe Race Track. Ford's average speed in the 10-mile event was 44.8 mph.

Sixty years later, Henry Ford IIwatched the Europeans dominate racing worldwide. Ford Motor Company had joined a 1957 Automobile Manufacturers Association agreement prohibiting direct involvement in racing, and the ban quickly took its toll on Ford's image and its ability to engineer performance. Thus in 1962 Henry Ford II decided to withdraw from the already-dissolving pact, and the company launched a massive racing campaign that would take the 1960s by storm.

A key component of “Ford Total Performance,” as the effort was called, was the quest to win the famed 24-hour Grand Prix d'Endurance at Le Mans. Perhaps the world's most significant – and glamorous – motorsport contest, Le Mans in the early 1960s was showing signs of becoming a Ferrari showcase, because the Italians had become the leaders in a number of endurance


The execution of this design proved difficult since fixed windows would not be acceptable in a modern supercar, and drop-down windows created a packaging nightmare. A series of elaborate apertures were considered and rejected, until the team sectioned the window, and Pardo pushed the bottom edge of the window inboard. The solution preserves the continuity of design and allows the window glass to drop completely into the door, snaking between the hidden side-impact beam and the concave exterior door panel.

The cantilevered doors created yet another production challenge. Due to their size and shape, the exterior panels were too complex for traditional stamping. Thus, the team shaped the panels using super-plastic forming that uses air pressure to force heated aluminum panels into a one-sided die. This process also enabledthe team to reproduce the sweeping curves and intersecting shapes throughout the rest of the exterior. Pardo calls the design, from the dramatic sweep of the front fenders into the nose to the transition from the C-pillars into the rear deck, “organic and geometric.”

Pardo's design also contained functional heat extractors and air intakes reminiscent of the race cars. Wind tunnel testing, done on a fiberglass replica of the show car, proved the design had remarkably good internal airflow, but rather alarming amounts of high-speed lift. To preserve the silhouette of the show car, the engineering team limited aerodynamic changes primarily to the underside of the vehicle. As a result, a subtle rear spoiler extension, front and side splitters and dramatic venturi tunnels wrapped under the rear clip are


safety regulations. As such, designers crafted a floating bumper – punctuated by massive dual exhausts pipes – that is separate from the rear clip. The result passes bumper requirements without altering the tapered rear end. The rear is finished with two large, round taillights with indirect LED brake lamps and centered reverse lights.

Engine
For Pardo, the mechanical appearance was an integral part of the Ford GT design: “First, the engine is visible to the driver through the rear-view mirror,” he says. “Second, the engine is displayed under glass, on display to all passers-by. Third, the rear clamshell opens, to expose the beauty of the engine, frame, and suspension components.”

Thus, the design team took the unusual step of consulting the engineering team on the finish, location and design of everythe Ford GT40 concept car shown at the 2002 North American International Auto Show, the Ford GT engineering team is doing most of its work “under the skin.”

“The first step in creating a world-class supercar is creating a stiff structure,” says Huibert Mees, chassis supervisor on the Ford GT program. Mees set contradictory targets for the chassis: extremely high torsional stiffness for unparalleled body control, yet efficient use of materials, necessary for a lightweight chassis to reach performance and handling targets.

The team developed an all-aluminum space frame, comprising 35 extrusions, seven complex castings, two semi-solid formed castings, and various stamped aluminum panels. The structure has two unique features: A large center tunnel to house the mid-mounted fuel tank and cut-out roof sections for the cantilevered doors.

“Using CAD/CAM and


developing new products and features; bringing together technology, marketing and trends with concepts and show vehicles; and facilitating a stable cycle plan and platform selections. Theodore also leads the Ford Performance Group, including the Ford Special Vehicle Team, and Ford Motor Company’s advance product activities throughout North America.

Theodore, a life-long car enthusiast, has vast experience in the automotive industry, beginning as an engineer in the heavy truck group at Ford. He has been a researcher at Detroit Diesel, director of engineering at AMC, general manager for minivans and small cars and senior vice president of platform engineering at Chrysler.

Theodore returned to Ford as vice president, Ford North America Car in 1999, almost instantly conjuring plans for a Ford GT program as he re-energized the car market with theintroduction of the Thunderbird. He holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan, a master's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan-Dearborn and an MBA from Michigan State University.

Neil Ressler, Ford Motor Company Senior Technical Adviser
Two weeks after the Ford GT concept was unveiled at the 2002 North American International Auto Show, Bill Ford asked Neil Ressler to consult on the feasibility study to turn the concept into reality. Ressler – then in semi-retirement – was ideal for the task, as he was involved with two previous mid-engine programs: In the mid-1980s, Ressler worked on a Ferrari 308 competitor, code-named GN34; in the ’90s, Ressler spearheaded the Petunia project, another two-seat, mid-engine sports car that evolved into the Ford GT concept car.

Once


the program was approved, Ressler assumed the role of con******t to the Ford GT team, identifying and recruiting the best engineers within Ford Motor Company and bringing years of real-world experience to the team. In addition, he serves as a liaison between the team and upper management.

Ressler joined Ford in 1967 as a senior research scientist and became principal design engineer for suspension and steering in 1971. Between 1981 and 1994, Ressler served as chief components engineer for the Climate Control Division, chief engineer of Small Car Design and Development, chief engineer of Chassis and Electrical Engineering and executive director of vehicle engineering, Car Product Development.

Ressler was elected a Ford vice president in 1994 as head of Core Product Development, Ford Automotive Operations and became head of AdvancedVehicle Technology later that year. In 1998 he added the chairmanship of Jaguar Racing and Cosworth Racing to his duties and became a board member of Stewart Grand Prix. From 1999 until his retirement in 2001, Ressler held the position of Ford Motor Company vice president and chief technical officer. He holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the General Motors Institute, a master's degree and a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Michigan State University.

O. John Coletti, Director, Ford Special Vehicle Team Programs
John Coletti's engineering career started when he was 16 years old. In 1965, he purchased a scrapped 318-cubic-inch Plymouth engine for $5 and dismantled it in his parents’ garage just to see what made an engine tick. After


studying the internal components, Coletti reassembled the parts, but never succeeded in starting the engine. Fortunately, his later exploits have been much more successful.

Today, Coletti has the enviable position of Ford Special Vehicle Team programs director. He oversees product development and engineering of all SVT vehicles, including the SVT Mustang Cobra, the SVT F-150 Lightning and the SVT Focus. Coletti also oversees the Ford GT engineering program, directing the ground-up development of Ford's Centennial Supercar.

Coletti holds bachelor's and master's degrees in mechanical engineering from Wayne State University as well as a master's degree in business from Michigan State University. Coletti joined Ford Motor Company in 1972 as a product design engineer in the General Products Division and was named Mustang business planning manager in 1989. His efforts wereintegral in reviving the hallowed pony car for 1994 and led to his assignment as director of the Ford Special Vehicle Team in January 1994.

Neil Hannemann, Ford GT Chief Program Engineer
When the Ford GT swept first, second and third place at Le Mans in 1966, Neil Hannemann was an 8-year-old stationed with his family an air base outside Everaux, France. Although Hannemann didn't attend the race, he vividly remembers the excitement of an American car dominating the hallowed European race.

Today, Hannemann is developing the spiritual successor to the historic race car. As the chief program engineer for the new Ford GT team, Hannemann is responsible for the design, testing and certification of every aspect of the new Ford supercar, including the chassis, powertrain, body, interior and electrical systems.

Hannemann


attended the Air Force Academy and received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the General Motors Institute. His automotive career started at Chrysler where he worked on the Dodge Viper road car, the Le Mans-winning Viper GTS-R race car and finally as program manager for the Dodge Intrepid Winston Cup program. In 2000, Hannemann moved to Saleen, Inc. as chief engineer for the Saleen S7, a mid-engine, high-performance car.

Fred Goodnow, Ford GT Design, Engineering and Launch Manager
When John Coletti was given approval to transform the Ford GT from concept to production, he asked Fred Goodnow to complete a feasibility study. Contained in an innocuous, half-inch black binder, that study served as the blueprint for the GT program. In it, Goodnow outlined the entire program, including the basicvehicle specifications, manufacturing proposal, business model, engineering structure and development timeline. Thus, many of the stunning accomplishments of the Ford GT team can be attributed to the vision of a single man, Fred Goodnow.

Once the feasibility study was approved, Goodnow assumed the role of design, engineering and launch manager for the Ford GT. He was intimately involved in the conceptual, design and prototype phases of development. Goodnow is also responsible for coordinating the production launch, including ramp-up of manufacturing facilities and supplier content.

Goodnow started with Ford Motor Company in 1971, working as a design engineer and product planner on light-truck programs. In 1978, he transferred to Small Car, where he worked on niche vehicles like the Ford Escort EXP and developmental vehicles including a mid-engine sports car code-named


GN34. In 1991, Goodnow was appointed advanced concept program manager for Ford Special Vehicle Engineering.

There, he oversaw the creation of concept cars, including the mid-engine GT90 concept and the open-wheel Indigo concept. Goodnow holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the General Motors Institute and a master's degree in business from Wayne State University.

Bill Clarke, Ford GT Body Engineering Supervisor
Tacked to the wall above Bill Clarke's desk is a cut-away sketch of a vehicle, drawn when he was a fifth-grade student in Pittsburgh. The drawing of a mid-engine, V-8-powered, two-seat sports car was inspired by his most cherished model of the day: a Ford GT Mark II.

Today, that drawing seems rather prophetic, as Clarke is the body engineering supervisor for the Ford GT. He is responsible forthe engineering, validation and release of all body panels, interior components and all electrical sub-systems not associated with powertrain.

Clarke holds bachelor's and master's degrees in mechanical engineering from Pennsylvania State University, as well as a master's degree in business from the University of Michigan. He joined Ford Motor Company in 1988 as a design and release engineer for Ford truck programs. In 1998, he was assigned to the Dearborn Assembly Plant as the vehicle-engineering supervisor overseeing the body and chassis assembly for the Mustang.

Curt Hill, Ford GT Powertrain Engineering Supervisor
Growing up in rural Illinois, Curt Hill's first exposure to powertrains was working on the family's farm equipment. At a young age, he developed a working knowledge of the diesel-powered combines, tractors and other equipment that kept the farm


running. Little did Hill know that this experience would lead to an impressive career in powertrain development.

Today, Hill is responsible for the design, validation and release of all Ford GT powertrain systems. This includes the engine, transaxle and driveline components, as well as the fuel, calibration, cooling, air intake and exhaust subsystems.

Hill received a bachelor's degree in industrial technology from Illinois State University and a master's degree in business from Wayne State University. In 1979, he joined the Ford engine division where he worked in robotics, engine assembly and engine validation. He was promoted to component engineering supervisor in 1988 and to engine systems supervisor in 1994. Eventually, Hill was assigned to Advanced Powertrain Engineering, where he served as a technical leader specializing in artificially aspirated engines, intercoolingand experimental transmissions.

Kip Ewing, Ford GT Packaging, Prototype and Launch Supervisor
Kip Ewing couldn't bear the thought of leaving the first Ford GT prototype flat black, even in the early stages of development. Ewing’s two-man team took the body panels from “Workhorse Number One" and painted them over a series of late nights at home. That hand-painted red livery – inspired by the Shelby American Ford GT that won Le Mans in 1967 – has become a symbol of the team's dedication and enthusiasm.

As the Ford GT packaging, prototype and launch supervisor, Ewing's oversight extends beyond the build-up – and painting – of the pre-production vehicles. He is also responsible for overall vehicle packaging, ensuring that the Ford GT design is compatible for mechanical systems, structure and occupant ergonomics,


all within the constraints of the original concept car design.

Ewing's automotive career started with Aston Martin, working on the Virage design team. He also worked as a vehicle engineer with Callaway Cars, as a studio engineer for ASC and as a designer of coach-built vehicles for Bentley Motor Cars. Ewing joined the Advanced Programs division of Ford Motor Company in 1996.

There, he worked on the occupant package of the Lincoln LS, was awarded numerous patents for his work on adjustable pedals and led the early package development of the next-generation Ford Mustang. Ewing holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Oklahoma.

Tom Reichenbach, Vehicle Engineering Manager, Ford GT
Tom Reichenbach's first car was a wrecked 1959 Corvette, bought from a junkyard a year before he receivedhis driver's license. Reichenbach, with his brother and father, spent three months restoring the car, from refinishing the body to repairing the engine, transmission, differential and brakes. That experience got Reichenbach interested in everything that makes a car go, stop and turn.

As the vehicle engineering manager for the Ford GT, Reichenbach is responsible for everything that makes the supercar go, stop and turn. Reichenbach reviews the impact each proposed design change has on the overall feel and performance of the Ford GT. To ensure the Ford GT meets all of its performance targets, Reichenbach also oversees aerodynamic, vehicle dynamics and chassis development.

Reichenbach holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University as well as a master's degree in mechanical engineering from University of Kentucky. Reichenbach started


Monte Carlo convertible rolled off the assembly line.

Today, Mees is the chassis design supervisor for the Ford GT. A technical expert in chassis architectures, Mees is responsible for the engineering, validation and release of all chassis components. These include the space frame, suspension components, brake system and steering mechanism.

Mees holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Duke University and a master's degree in mechanical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He joined Ford Motor Company in 1990, in advanced vehicle engineering. As a design engineer, he was awarded a patent for his work on the Jaguar S-Type and Lincoln LS rear suspension geometry. Mees was designated a chassis architecture technical expert in 2001 and served as a design con******t on pre-program chassis development.

Kent Harrison, Ford GTPerformance Development Supervisor

Early in the Ford GT program, the team decided to perform wind-tunnel testing on a 1968 Ford GT configured like the JWA Racing Team entry that won at Le Mans in 1969. As the drag and lift numbers came across the screen, Kent Harrison and the team fell into stunned silence, as modern testing showed the vintage cars exhibited significant front lift at speed. That meant the Ford GT race car had minimal steering control on the Mulsanne straight at Le Mans, where the vintage cars crested 180 mph. Harrison's team quickly agreed that Le Mans winners Jacky Ickx and Jackie Oliver were very brave men.

As the Ford GT performance development supervisor, Harrison's primary role is the oversight of vehicle performance and aerodynamics. He is charged


with optimizing aerodynamic performance, measured by coefficient of drag, lift and downforce, as well as managing internal airflow through the air intakes and heat extractors. Harrison also is responsible for meeting straight-line performance targets.

Harrison joined Ford Motor Company in 1989, beginning his career testing engines on the dynamometer. He became a vehicle development engineer in 1992, responsible for design and release of body and interior components and then a vehicle integration engineer in charge of overall performance on various truck programs, including the current Ford Escape. Harrison also spent two years at Ford Racing as the Craftsman Truck series program manager. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois, as well as a master's degree in business from the University of Michigan.

Mark McGowan,engineer. During that time, he worked on Ford SVO projects, as well as the design, build and testing of all Bob Bondurant school cars. In 1990, McGowan transferred to Ford Motor Company where he most recently served as the vehicle development supervisor for the Lincoln Aviator. McGowan holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Toledo.

Camilo Pardo, Chief Designer, Ford GT

At the 2002 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Camilo Pardo debuted two works of art, in two very different media. In addition to the Ford GT concept he created, Pardo also designed the black-and-white leather go-go outfits, which he says are "influenced by 1960's style, updated with modern lines," worn by show models.

Now, as chief designer for the Ford GT, Pardo works with


the engineering team to preserve as much of the concept's design in the production car.

Pardo started working at Ford Motor Company in 1985, in Advanced Design. Since then, Pardo has rotated through international design assignments in Dearborn, Ghia, Italy and Cologne, Germany. For the North American market, Pardo worked on the Ford Thunderbird and was chief designer for the current Ford SVT Mustang Cobra. Pardo holds a bachelor's degree in fine arts from the College of Creative Studies.

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American Heart Association to honor volunteers

The American Heart Associations 2013 Heroes of Heart reception will honor several area residents today for their efforts in creating awareness for the agency.

An invitation-only celebration will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Samaritan Summit Village, 22691 Summit Drive, to recognize people for their volunteer efforts and for being a survivor of heart problems, and to recognize sponsors who help make the North Country Heart Walk possible.

All of these people dedicate so much of their time to the American Heart Association, said Kristy Smorol, American Heart Association communications director. This really is all about saying, thank you.

North Country Heart Walk Chairman Thomas H. Carman, president and chief executive officer of Samaritan Medical Center, will be recognized along with several other peopleprovided. The system includes a polytetrafluoroethylene lining that covers the interior surfaces of the vessel, and a cover mounting assembly including an annular clamp for detachably mounting a cover over the vessel. The mounting assembly includes a clamp actuator for quickly securing and releasing the cover with respect to a top rim of the vessel. The vessel is drained of liquid polyethylene and allowed to cool to ambient temperature, thus creating a frozen “skin” of polyethylene around the interior surfaces of the vessel. The clamp actuator releases the cover. The polyethylene skin is peeled off the interior sides the vessel and gathered up at the top to form a neck, thus peeling the polyethylene skin away from the polytetrafluoroethylene lining along with any degraded polymers or other impurities


protection of life, security, freedom and other rights of the citizens; defense of the country from foreign enemies, and of innocents from the attacks of aggressors; the discharge of justice and maintenance of law and order; the prevention and suppression of crimes; educational and social service work; the amelioration of economic and cultural conditions of the people; the stimulation of creativity and preservation of vital moral and mental well-being of the population; and the legion of other constructive, charitable and socially beneficial functions performed by executive, legislative, and judicial branches of governments. These and similar activities tend, almost automatically to develop the rulers' moral integrity, sense of justice and social responsibility, compassion, benevolence. and unselfishness. One who daily performs this sort of activity for months, and years canthe temptation to do wrong. Tyranny is a habit. In the end it becomes a disease. The best man in the world becomes so brutalized as to be undistinguishable from a wild beast. Blood intoxicates, the spirit becomes susceptible to the extreme abnormalities and these can turn to be enjoyable as the real joys. The possibility of such license sometimes becomes contagious in a whole people; and yet society which despises the official hangman, does not despise the hangman who is all powerful. (House of the Dead, 1862)

Thus power intoxication marks a large portion of the top rulers of the political empires in Ancient Egypt and Babylon, in Ancient Rome and Greece, Iran and India, China and Japan, Europe, the Americas, and of practically all the states and


way "power tends to corrupt" and "absolute power corrupts absolutely."

These four components of governing activity generate and develop criminal and unethical tendencies in the rulers' of powerful organizations. Systematic and continuous use of the outlined procedures by the members of ruling groups turn these practices into habits which eventually become part and parcel of their personalities and behaviour. Living in this atmosphere of murderous and "diplomatic" activities, and practising them daily, subjected to incessant temptations and intoxicated with power, the ruling group cannot escape the inevitable contaminating and demoralizing effects. For comprehensible reasons, in their declarations the rulers naturally assert their unlimited devotion to the supreme and sacred value of individuals, but in their overt actions they rarely practise the precepts of their eloquently preached sermonets. They tend“diplomatic" and other compulsory means.

These conclusions seem to be verified by striking contrasts between the behaviour of a ruler in his ruling capacity and his behaviour in private life. Robespierre, as dictator of the Jacobin government in France, showed himself to be a blood-thirsty and merciless tyrant who sent hundreds of victims to the guillotine without compunction. Yet, in his private life, this same man proved to be so tender-hearted that he would weep over the sentimental novels of B. de Saint-Pierre! Lenin, acting as a ruler, unhesitatingly ordered the shooting of thousands of innocent persons, yet in the privacy of his apartment, was deeply concerned over the health of a slightly sick kitten. Similar split personality was shown by Stalin, Hitler, Napoleon, Peter the Great, Cromwell, Charles


V and Phillip II of Spain, Louis XIV, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Nero, Diocletian, Constantine the Great, Asoka, and by most monarchs, dictators, commanders. inquisitors, etc. In a milder form this moral schizophrenia also marks the high ranks of democratic government personnel: political and military leaders, top executives of big corporations, labour leaders, and even the hierarchy of vast religious and scientific organizations.

In regard to the business executives the dualism is once more confirmed by the recent study of 162 American business executives by E. E. Jennings and associates of Michigan State University's Business Administration College. The study shows that “the typical executive is apt to lead a double life with one set of principles for the office, another for home and church .... A Jekyll-and-Hyde strain runstypes among the rulers. P. Jacoby, F. A Woods, P. A. Sorokin, and other investigators of the mental and moral properties of monarchs unanimously agree that the percentages of geniuses as well as of the feebleminded and insane is much greater among the royal families than among the general population. Also, the frequency distribution among monarchs in the categories of above average, average, and below average differs quite markedly from the frequency distribution of scholastic grades, among the students of our colleges.

This prevalence of extremes among the rulers is at least partly due to the dualistic or schizophrenic nature of the governing activity (and partly to hereditary factors). Other studies have shown that the contradictory situations in daily governing activities tend either to develop inner conflicts and split


nuclear and bacteriological weapons teach them an unforgettable lesson, and so on. In the first chapter of the same work some of them (like Lenin) pompously declare that their purpose is the elimination of the state and coercive government, and in subsequent chapters they conclude: therefore we must establish the iron dictatorship of the totalitarian regime in which the Communist government regiments the whole life, conduct, and thought, of the ruled population.

In recent decades, practically all governments and the United Nations have repeatedly declared that their main task is the establishment of a lasting peace. Yet at the same moment, these rulers by their acts refute this goal for they limitlessly arm themselves, carry on cold wars, and thus prepare to exterminate hundreds of millions, at the riskthe ruling group is indeed the most murderous group among all the groups of the ruled populations of almost all countries or nations.

An additional oblique confirmation of this conclusion is given by the exceptionally high frequency of death by violence among state-rulers. Being little inhibited in their struggles for power from murdering relatives, friends, competitors, and anyone who happens to be hindering satisfaction of their objectives, these rulers are treated to similar "murderous" treatment by their competitors. The ruling group well confirms the truth of the old, statement: "He who takes the sword shall perish by the sword."

Finally, regarding the crimes of aggravated assault, rape and, other sex offences, robbery, burglary, theft, larceny, embezzlement, fraud and forgery, and other lesser crime against person, property, and good mores, the


the Ten and the Thirty Tyrants in Ancient Greece, Marius and Sulla, Caesar and Antony, Crassus and Augustus in Rome, Cromwell and Robespierre, Mussolini and Hitler, Lenin and Stalin, and many of today's dictators or revolutionaries in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and elsewhere, the crime-record is still worse than that of the legitimate, autocratic monarchs.

Of the 34 Turkish sultans, from Osman (1290-1326) up to Mahomet VI (1918-1922), at least 14 sultans or some 41 per cent were guilty of direct or indirect murders of their relatives, close friends, and associates. But here again, with a partly factual and partly lega1 limitation of their power, the last five sultans, beginning with Abdul Mejid (1839-1861) and ending with Mahomet VI (1918-1922) seem to have been free from this form ofwith Charles the Bald (843-877) and ending with Louis Napoleon III (1852-1870), at least 9 rulers or 15 per cent were guilty of this gravest of murders. Except perhaps for Napoleon I, none of the post-revolutionary monarchs whose power was greatly limited, seems to have committed this crime.

Similar is the record of the Russian rulers. As usual, the earliest Kievan (Rurik) dynasty begins its dominion by murders of the related and unrelated competitors for power: Oleg killed Askold and Dir (S82). Then came the dynastic warfare between the sons of Sviatoslav, ending with the victory of Vladimir the Saint (972-978), and followed again by merciless dynastic struggle among the sons of Vladimir in which his eldest son, Svyatopolk, murdered his three brothers (Boris, Gleb, and Sviatoslav). Svyatopolk perished


in his turn after being defeated by his brother, Iaroslav the Wise (1019-1054). The fratricidal war was again repeated among the sons of Iaroslav, then among the sons of Vladimir Monomakh, and the subsequent generations of the branches of the Kievan dynasty up to the invasion and subjugation of Russia by the Mongols after the battle of Kalka (1223) and during two centuries of Tartar domination.

All in all the per cent of the murderers of relatives, friends, and associates among the Kievan (Rurik) dynasty with its branched Volyn, Galicia, Susdal, Vladimir, and Novgorod rulers was above rather than below some 25-30 percent.

Among subsequent rulers of Russia, one notable difference in the Moscovy period was the vogue of blinding and physical mutilation of "the dear but dangerous relatives" (withwas safe. Of the 107 sovereigns that occupied the throne between 395 and 1453, only 34 died in their beds and 8 in war or by accident. The rest either abdicated - willingly or unwillingly - or died violent deaths by poison, smothering, strangulation, stabbing, or mutilation. In the space of these 1058 years we can count 65 revolutions in palaces, streets or barracks.”

“The Sacred Palace of Byzantium is full of grim stories. There the devout Irene had her son Constantine VI blinded in the very room he was born. There in 820, in St. Stephens chapel, Leo V, the Armenian, was assassinated.... There, Basil the Macedonian and his friends slew Michael III; and there also, one December night, Theophano had her husband, Nichephorus assassinated, and displayed from


early period of Japan's history, the chronicle mentions that the rulers of the Soga clan crushed their rivals (c. 587); that Soga Imago (c. 626) murdered his nephew, the Emperor Sushun; that in 643 Soga lruka forced Prince Yamashiro no Oe, heir to the powerful prince Shotoku, to commit suicide. In their turn the chiefs of the Soga were overthrown and suffered penalties. The next Nara period (710-784) is marked again by several "family" murders (of Fujiwara Nakamaro, emperor Junnin, and others); fratricidal civil wars stamp also the Fujiwara and subsequent periods with the accompanying murders of relatives and friends (by Sumitomo, Taira Masakado, Minamoto Yoriyoshi, Shirakawa II, Taira Kiyomori, Yoritomo, Hojo Tokimasa and other rulers of the Hojo period, and by the warring parties during several subsequentabout it, as Lenin and his associates were well aware). In hundreds of thousands of executions during the years of the Red Terror, they explicitly stated: "Don't look in the records for any crime committed by the executed individuals; they are executed just because they happen to be the members of the bourgeois, or of the kulak-peasant or other potentially anti-Communist classes." A slaughter of 27,000 captives ordered by Richard the Lionhearted after taking Acca was because the captives could not pay the ransom of 200,000 gold pieces demanded by Richard and the Crusaders (this massacre by "Christian Crusaders" stands in a glaring contrast to the generosity of the sultan Salah-al-Din, the Crusaders' main adversary, who in a similar situation spared the lives of and freed about 20,000


by the fact that, after the limitation of their powers, the constitutional rulers of practically all such countries have become almost entirely free from the commitment of murder, aggravated assault and similar grave crimes against person. This can be said of the governments of Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Holland, Belgium, Great Britain, Austria, Germany (up to Hitler), the United States, France, Italy, Russia (up to the Communist Government, 1918, which is by law and by fact, a dictatorial autocracy), Japan, India, and of the constitutional rulers of a few other nations.

2. Despite this moral improvement of ruling groups limited in power, their total criminality still remains above that of the ruled population. This can be deduced easily from a simple confrontation of the rates of criminality of theof the United States). More specifically in the United States, in 1956, there was about one murderer per 20,000 and about one manslaughterer per 28,571 urban population.

Though with a decrease in murder-criminality of the constitutionally and factually limited governments the democratic governmental groups may not necessarily be more criminal than the common population, such groups are still as criminal (in these crimes) and possibly even more criminal than the total (ruled) population. The United States gives an example of this situation. As mentioned, in 1956, in our urban population there was about one murderer per 20,000 and one manslaughterer per 28,571 urban population. Now, in order to have 20,000 and 28,571 high governmental persons in the United States we shall take: all the presidents and vice-presidents of the


by members of the different government factions struggling for existence, domination, and spoils. In this category we note the murders of Hamilton, Lincoln, Garfield, H. Long, and others, and the almost fatal beatings (like that of Massachusetts Senator Sumner by Col. Brooks) by adversaries from different "government gangs."

To victims of the civil war between these gangs, we must add thousands murdered in the violent struggle of pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions (like the victims of the violence at Lawrence, in the John Brown revolt, by the Ku-Klux Klan and the Union League) and in other political "wars" between opposite government factions; many an unnecessary murder committed by generals Sherman and Sheridan, governor Stanton, and their adversaries in the Civil War; the murders of large numbers of Indians, without anyto crimes against property, sex offences, propriety, and the lesser crimes against person. If for comparison purposes we take the above percentage rates of the specified criminality of the urban population of the United States, then we have one sex-criminal (for all kinds of sex offences, including rape) per about 2085 urban population. Now among the presidents of the United States, at least two were guilty of sex irregularities (which would give one sex-offender per some 17 presidential population). If we take a larger stratum of the high government officials (like Alexander Hamilton, and other governmental leaders among the members of the Cabinet, leading members of the Congress, influential governors of the states and top military ranks), their rate in sex-offences appears to be notably greater than the


rate for the total or urban population.

Still more certain is the higher criminality of ruling groups in democracies in the crimes against property. According to the above rates in all kinds of crime against property for the urban population of the United States in 1956, we have one criminal per about 370 population. Now, among the presidents of the United States, at least, two were accused of involvement in crimes against property (called often "corruption" and "graft"), perpetrated by their close associates and appointees (this would give one property-criminal per about 17 presidential population). Otherwise, the Cabinet and personnel of the White House staff of practically every administration have produced one or several corrupted officials. In some administrations, like Grant's or Harding's, the corruption exploded into sensational scandalsand prison sentences for the offenders.

Crimes of the government officials against property appeared quite early in our history. The first royal governor of the Virginia Colony, Samuel Argall (d. 1626) was indicted for corruption in office. These corrupted practices were followed by a great many other governors and rulers of colonial America (Governor B. Fletcher of New York, Samuel Chase; one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and a member of the U.S. Supreme Court (1741-1811); Robert Morris (1734-1806), the senator and the financier of the Revolution, and others); and then by the officials of the United States - Federal, State, and Municipal - government. During Jefferson's presidency, 16 out of 29 senators and 29 out of 64 members of the House were unlawful speculators and


security holders. A large number of the high-officials, like T. Pickering (1745-1829), general, postmaster General, Secretary of War and State; House Speaker Dayton (1798-1800); DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828), senator, mayor and governor of New York; Lewis Cass (1782-1866), senator, governor, Secretary of War and Minister to France; William T. Barry (1785-1835), senator and postmaster General; Stephen A. Douglas - Lincoln's great opponent; Secretary of War Simon Cameron (1799-1889); in Grant's Cabinet, the Secretaries, G. M. Robeson, W. W. Belnap; Congressman Oakes Ames, Vice-President Colfax; William M. Tweed, “Boss Tweed;” Mayor of New York A. Oakey Hall; Secretary of Commerce and Labour George Cortelyou (1862-1940); Secretary A. B. Fall, and other members of the Harding Cabinet involved in the Teapot Dome scandal; Mayors of New York J. J. Walker andto copy the abilities of magic users across the Universe. After Alice infiltrates a cult and is uncovered, Rag Doll saves her life and she begins a flirtation with him, much to Bane's chagrin. Catman's son is targeted for murder, all of the pre-existing team members leave the Six to help Catman after he steals their plane, leaving Bane and Jeanette to create a temporary Six until the others return. On their journey to South Africa to try to find Catman, he is very shocked to discover that Alice does indeed consider Rag Doll to be her boyfriend, and attacks Scandal in the mistaken belief that she wants him, despite Scandal's lesbianism. Alice summons Etrigan's powers to fight Scandal, but promptly gives up, turning back to normal in


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Congenital salivary gland anlage tumor (SGAT) is a benign nasopharyngeal mass that presents with respiratory distress in infancy. Prior case reports have characterized SGAT as a lesion of the nasopharynx without intracranial extension. We report a unique case of SGAT extending through the anterior skull base and discuss the differential diagnosis and management of this unusual entity.Four southern African countries attending the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, CITES, in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, have reached a compromise deal on the ivory trade.

They've agreed to delay any ivory sales until an effective system is in place to prevent the widespread poaching of elephants.

Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe had wanted a limited trade in ivory obtained through approved methods, but say they¿ll withdraw their request at least until the next CITES meeting in two years time.

Kenya has opposed any ivory sales saying that a one-off sale of ivory allowed by the last CITES meeting led to an increase in elephant poaching. The compromise deal has been welcomed by campaign groups; they say it gives them much needed time to assess elephant populations and


and even manages to walk out of the understaffed prison. When she is recaptured, she mistakes the prison auditorium stage for a diving board and jumps — but instead of landing in a swimming pool, she breaks her arm on the auditorium floor. The cost and hassle of keeping Jimmy in prison is too much for prison officials, who grant her compassionate release and drop her at the bus station.

The narrative might make for dramatic television, but when stacked up to reality, the producers got the story wrong.

Contrary to what “Orange is the New Black” would have you think, compassionate release is not simply the act of taking an aging, senile person and dumping her onto the street. As a prison policy, compassionate release allows for the earlyof parole.

Thus, Wright’s only chance to spend her remaining days out of prison and with her family is if California Gov. Jerry Brown grants her executive clemency or compassionate release. Her children — now grown — are ready to welcome her home, but Brown has taken no action so far.

Wright is far from the only so-called Golden Girl aging in California’s prison system. In an essay about prison conditions written for the zine Tenacious: Art and Writings by Women in Prison, Jane Dorotik, an incarcerated advocate for prison justice, narrated the story of her friend Helen who had been given a life sentence.

“Helen’s kidneys were failing for the last several years of her life, so she was taken out twice a week for dialysis treatment, hands and feet


however, filling out forms is nearly impossibly painful.

In the meantime, with limited mobility, the 75-year-old woman must still navigate an overcrowded prison.

“I’ll hobble down the middle of the hall, hoping no one hits me or my walker by opening their door as I pass by,” she wrote in a recent letter. In addition to these 18 women, the California Institute for Women houses over 100 other women who are 55 or older.

California is not the only state to grapple with an aging prison population. Today, the United States imprisons approximately 125,000 people age 55 and older — which is four times more than it did in 1995. Human rights groups, including the ACLU, Human Rights Watch and the Vera Institute of Justice have issued warnings about the increasednumbers of aging, elderly and incapacitated behind bars. Several states, such as Kansas, Mississippi and Tennessee, are attempting to address the issue by building geriatric units within existing prisons.

Dorotik is pushing for aging people to spend their last years out of prison. She’s proposing an elderly Alternative Custody Program, which would allow people 55 or older to be released under supervision. The state already has an Alternative Custody Program for women who are pregnant or primary caregivers. Under the Alternative Custody Program, people remain under the custody of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and can be returned to prison at any time. But they are able to live and work outside of prison, albeit with restrictions and surveillance, including ankle monitoring. While Dorotik has found some


Kevin Casey delivers the right that knocked Andrew Sanchez down before finishing him at 2:30 of the first round to win the first RFA middleweight title at RFA 15 at Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Culver City on Friday night. (Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer)

After listening to Andrew Sanchez promising he was going to knock him out, “King” Kevin Casey turned the tables at RFA 15 by registering a first-round knockout victory to win the first RFA middleweight title Friday night at Veterans Memorial Auditorium.

“I feel amazing. A lot of hard work went into this camp,” said the Los Angeles fighter, who engaged in a lot of trash-talking with Sanchez leading up to the fight. “I made so many sacrifices to get this belt. I took this very seriously without takingto Jouban’s back and secured a standing rear-naked choke. Not only did Jouban find a way to persevere, he shook off Legere and landed in his guard, dropping damaging elbows before the horn sounded.

In the decisive third round, Jouban (9-2) took a big breath with 3:30 left and went to work. Over a minute later, he landed two big head kicks, and with a minute left, shook Legere (18-5) with a left-right combination.

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Fellow Black House fighter James Moontasri might have had the night’s highlight knockout when, several seconds after staggering Jordan Rinaldi with a left hook, he caught Rinaldi coming in with a perfectly timed right. The short uppercut was on the button and Rinaldi appeared out on his feet before falling backward. Fortunately, the referee jumped in


say the CT scan came back negative and he was was soon being discharged from the hospital.

In the oddest fight of the night, Sam Toomer remained unbeaten after referee MIke Beltran disqualified Daniel Aguiar for refusing to engage at 4:25 of the third round.

The taller Toomer (8-0), using his reach and speed, smartly circled away from Aguiar and peppered him with punches throughout the fight. Aguiar, meanwhile, couldn’t get inside and his attempts to shoot and take Toomer down were thwarted.

Late in the first round, Aguiar began to try to pull guard in an effort to get Toomer to play to his strength. When Toomer refused, Aguiar became even more desperate and obvious as the fight went on. While some leg kicks did trip him up, Aguiar alsovideo

04.12.10

Barbour Defends McDonnell

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has been under a lot of criticism for his declaration of Confederate History Month. Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour didn't seem to get the memo, defending McDonnell and dismissing the whole thing as "something that doesn't matter for diddly."
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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has been under a lot of criticism for his declaration of Confederate History Month. Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour didn't seem to get the memo, defending McDonnell and dismissing the whole thing as "something that doesn't matter for diddly."
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everyone. Given its performance elsewhere in the north, I would be a fool to bet against a repeat of 2014's 73. And Rahul Gandhi may well lose his seat in Amethi.

The BJP and its allies are likely to get 50 of 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh according to the poll of polls

Another such location is West Bengal - even the Axis poll, which gave the BJP half the seats in India's third-biggest electoral prize, predicted an almost equal vote share for the BJP and Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress. We should keep an eye on this state as well on the 23rd. If the 2014 performance is replicated in UP and the BJP also wins more than a dozen in Bengal, its plans to better its 2014 numbers mightthat the wooden flooring of said gondola car was defective and large holes were permitted to be and remain in said flooring, as plaintiff and his fellow workmen were lifting the end of a certain (cross) tie with the tongs, the other end of the tie fell through a hole in the floor of said gondola car, and as the end of the tie fell through the hole in the floor of the car, plaintiff was pulled in a southerly direction and into another hole in the floor of said gondola, and as a result was * * * seriously injured * * *."
These alleged facts were sufficient to constitute a cause of action within the language, terms and provisions of the Federal Employers' Liability Act, supra, and


directly to the injury."
Another doctor testified that Brown sustained a severe strain of the lower lumbar spine, that there was a tearing of ligaments that had not been healed and a disc involvement, all of which created a permanent *1072 condition unless relieved by surgery; that he could not particularly recommend surgery because of Brown's age. He recommended against "manual labor of any type permanently."
It was shown by Brown's testimony that he had suffered "constant pain and suffering" since the accident, and that he was unable to work.
The opinion of his medical experts was to the effect that his condition resulted from his injury incurred while working for the company, and that such condition was permanent. The record further discloses that that opinion was expressed after a thoroughwas assessed. Shane Savage kicks the ball forward for St Kilda. Casboult and Long approach from opposing directions. As Casboult is about to mark, Long leaves the ground and bumps Casboult to the body. It was the view of the MRO there was insufficient force to constitute a reportable offence. No further action was taken.


managers, and CIOs should watch in the next 12 months: Encryption, drones, and a new privacy directive in Europe. These are important and shouldn't be forgotten during 2016.

War On Encryption

The so-called crypto-wars began in the 1970s when the US government attempted to classify encryption as munitions.

Until 1996, the US government considered anything stronger than 40-bit encryption illegal to export. Before 1991, the government and large companies were the only real users of encryption technology. But then programmer Philip Zimmermann released free software called Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), which can encode ordinary email. When PGP appeared in other countries, the Department of Justice launched a three-year criminal investigation of Zimmermann.

During the past two years law enforcement agencies on both sides of the Atlantic have been voicing concerns about theTampa Bay Buccaneers tight end Cameron Brate has touchdowns in two straight games and will look to continue that streak on Thursday night. Brate has a very favorable match up in front of him this week, as he is up against the Patriots, who have the 28th DVOA against tight ends, and the 32nd DVOA against the pass. This puts Brate, and the rest of the Bucs' offense in a prime spot to score big. This game has an over under of 55.5 points, so expect plenty of offense, which puts Brate in a great spot for your fantasy teams.


Defence Project 799 was introduced in the 2016 Defence White Paper to enhance Australia’s geospatial-intelligence capabilities.

This brings Australia further into a new age of space investment. The news follows on from last month’s announcement of a new open access satellite imagery platform Digital Earth Australia, which promises to provide 10 metre resolution imagery nationwide, updated every five days. Meanwhile, Australia, New Zealand and a host of technology companies are in the process of testing new precise satellite positioning capabilities in the region, including SBAS and PPP (read our explainer here). Together, this all gives extra weight to recent discussions about the launch of an Australian Space Agency.

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PhaseUkraine Accused Of Sabotaging Trump

Donald TrumpThe Ukrainian government has been accused by a top Russian official of undermining Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. Trashing the President-Elect on social media and disseminating dirt on one of his close associates are the charges.
on Thursday a spokeswoman for Russia’s Foreign Ministry contended that, over the summer, the Ukrainian government damaged Trump’s campaign.
In November Donald Trump was elected 45th President of the United States.
Maria Zakharova said at a press briefing, “Ukraine seriously complicated the work of Trump’s election campaign headquarters by planting information according to which Paul Manafort, Trump’s campaign chairman, allegedly accepted money from Ukrainian oligarchs."


energy, sustainable cities and communities, while improving life on land and in the sea.

A child stares into a narrow duct that typically runs through slums with tin shacks crowding around the water's edge, where residents have been dumping trash for decades due to the lack of a proper rubbish disposal system in Jakarta, Indonesia on 29 December 2016Goh Chai Hin/AFPA devotee carries a statue of the Hindu god Ganesh, the deity of prosperity, to be immersed into the polluted waters of the river Yamuna on the last day of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, in New Delhi, India on 27 September 2015Adnan Abidi/ReutersA volunteer clears rubbish from the Ciliwung River in the Jatinegara district of Jakarta on 3 December 2017Beawiharta/ReutersA river filled with garbage is seen in Manila, Philippineson 23 January 2016Noel Celis/AFPWomen wash their clothes in the Kibera slum in Nairobi on 13 March 2013Noor Khamis/ReutersA man stands in front of a swamp at a rubbish dump site on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen on 16 November 2016Mohamed al-Sayaghi/ReutersA sofa floats in the polluted waters of Jacarepagua Lagoon, during a press tour in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 9 March 2015Ricardo Moraes/ReutersA resident shows an object contaminated by oil in a coastal area affected by an oil spill near Taiwan's north coast in Shihmen, on 26 March 2016Billy H.C. Kwok/Getty ImagesA polluted area caused by an oil spill is seen at the Evrona desert reserve, near the Red Sea resort city of Eilat, Israel on 10 December 2014Baz Ratner/ReutersDead fresh water fish known as 'popocha'


which turned up at the Cajititlan lagoon in Jalisco State, Mexico on 15 August 2015Hector Guerrero/AFPA man walks among dead fish lying on a beach in Quang Trach district in the central coastal province of Quang Binh, Taiwan on 20 April 2016AFP/Getty Images

According to the WWD organisation, more than 80% of the wastewater generated by society flows back into the ecosystem without being treated or reused. There are roughly 663 million people who still lack improved drinking water sources. Some 1.8 billion people use a source of drinking water contaminated with faeces, putting them at risk of contracting cholera, dysentery, typhoid and polio. Unsafe water, poor sanitation and hygiene cause around 842,000 deaths each year.

It is mainly in low-income areas of cities and towns within developing countries, thata large proportion of wastewater is discharged directly into the closest surface water drain or informal drainage channel, sometime without or with very little treatment.

A woman washes her yard with contaminated water in the village of Gangnauli in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, IndiaSajjad Hussain/AFPAn open toilet is seen in a field in Gorba in the eastern Indian state of Chhattisgarh, India on 16 November 2015Adnan Abidi/ReutersA girl plays with a bucket as she waits to use the only working toilets in the Endlovisi settlement in Khayelitsha township, near Cape Town, South Africa on 14 September 2016Paola Totaro/ReutersA child washes in a bath of contaminated water in the village of Gangnauli in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, IndiaSajjad Hussain/AFPElena, 11, washes in her home in Santini


in cities, compared to 50% today, the WWD organisation has stated. At the moment most cities in developing countries do not have adequate infrastructure and resources to address wastewater management in an efficient and sustainable way. Cities will require new approaches to wastewater collection and management.

A worker contracted by the Environmental Protection Agency prepares to set up a turbidity curtain, which prevents sediment and debris from flowing downstream in the Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn, New York City on 24 October 2016. Formerly a bustling transportation and shipping route, the Gowanus Canal is now listed as one of the most polluted bodies of water in the US. In 2010, the Gowanus Canal was declared a Superfund cleanup site by the USEnvironmental Protection AgencyDrew Angerer/Getty ImagesA Palestinian man holds a boyon a street flooded with sewage water from a sewage treatment facility in Gaza City November, 2013. Gaza municipality said it could not operate the sewage treatment facility due to shortages in fuel and power on 1 November 2013Mohammed Salem/ReutersA girl collects drinking water at Dala river outside Yangon, Myanmar on 3 March 2016Soe Zeya Tun/ReutersMen pour water brought by cart into a container at a stall on Clifton Beach in Karachi, Pakistan on 5 March 2016Akhtar Soomro/ReutersA boat takes residents across the main banks of the Ciliwung river, while a group of children cast their nets to try to catch fish on 28 December 2016 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Such a scene would have been unthinkable several years ago on the major river, which used to be heavily


polluted with stinking rubbish that blanketed the water's surfaceGoh Chair Hin/AFPA boy draws drinking water from a well using a hand pump in Peshawar, Pakistan on 4 March 2016Fayaz Aziz/ReutersA boy fills plastic bottles with drinking water from a tap on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan on 22 February 2016Faisal Mahmood/ReutersA boy, who collects wastepaper for recycling, takes a bath while others wash near a puddle of water at a demolished plot in Karachi, Pakistan on 26 April 2016Akhtar Soomro/ReutersResidents use a hose for water to wash in the mostly demolished Metro-Mangueira 'favela' community in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 12 June 2016Mario Tama/Getty ImagesA woman draws water from a well 2 kilometres away from her village, which has no access to fresh water, in Siverek, a townfor 50% of irrigation water.

A man pours water on a sheep after fetching it from a well on a farm in Pocoes municipality in Monteiro, Paraiba state, Brazil on 13 February 2017Ueslei Marcelino/ReutersA pipe releasing waste water into fields surrounding a dairy farm (not pictured) in Gannan county, Heilongjiang province, ChinaNicolas Asfouri/AFPPools of wastewater are seen at a sewage treatment plant in town of Safed in northern Israel on 6 October 2013Baz Ratner/ReutersA sign reading "do not enter" stands in front of a tunnel at the construction site of a new underground pumping station for wastewater in Oberhausen, Germany on 15 August 2016Sascha Schuermann/Getty ImagesA man fills up water tanks with recycled water to revive dying plants in his garden, in Burbank, Los Angeles, California, US on 12


Films & Schedules
- Oscar Submissions

ABU, SON OF ADAM

DIRECTOR: Salim Ahmed - INDIA

This year’s Indian submission for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar is a quiet, contemplative film in which one man’s sincerity and virtue shine through. Aging Abu and his wife share the lifelong dream of devout Muslims to go on a religious pilgrimage to Mecca before they die. They register their names with a travel agent but soon realize that their ambition will require severe sacrifices. They sell everything they have of any value, including the jackfruit tree in front of their house. Although the tree is found to be hollow and the timber merchant is willing to take the...

This year’s Indian submission for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar is a quiet, contemplative film in whichthe Indian National Film Awards. (112 mins.)

ATTENBERG

DIRECTOR: Athina Rachel Tsangari - GREECE

Attenberg is about Marina, a young woman living in a small coastal town who is infatuated with synth-pop band Suicide and the mammal documentaries of David Attenborough. Her other primary cultural influence is Monty Python, prompting her and her one friend Bella to adopt some Silly Walks. Despite help from her dying father, a visionary architect, and Bella, she struggles to understand the rituals of human interactions, attempting to make sense of her relationships with sex and death with the same detached manner demonstrated by her favorite naturalist. Given the oddities of human nature, will the virginal Marina ever overcome...

Attenberg is about Marina, a young woman living in a small coastal town who is infatuated with synth-pop


band Suicide and the mammal documentaries of David Attenborough. Her other primary cultural influence is Monty Python, prompting her and her one friend Bella to adopt some Silly Walks. Despite help from her dying father, a visionary architect, and Bella, she struggles to understand the rituals of human interactions, attempting to make sense of her relationships with sex and death with the same detached manner demonstrated by her favorite naturalist. Given the oddities of human nature, will the virginal Marina ever overcome her repulsion at the idea of physical contact with the male of the species? Filled with playful set pieces, deadpan humor, and unexpected poignancy, Attenberg defies easy categorization other than as a likely candidate for a future cult classic. (97 mins.)

Filmography: The Slow Business of Going(00).

This year’s Greek submission for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.

BREATHING

DIRECTOR: Karl Markovics - AUSTRIA

Nineteen-year-old Roman Kogler lives in a grim juvenile detention center on the outskirts of Vienna for having accidentally killed a minor. After a series of disastrous job tryouts, his compassionate parole officer finds him a place driving a truck for the city morgue, working on the team that collects cadavers—a job that gives Roman a sense of purpose for the first time in his life. After a surprising turn of events on the job, Roman is compelled to seek out the birth mother who abandoned him as a child. Perhaps the years of holding his breath for life to start...

Nineteen-year-old Roman Kogler lives in a grim juvenile detention center on the outskirts of Vienna


for having accidentally killed a minor. After a series of disastrous job tryouts, his compassionate parole officer finds him a place driving a truck for the city morgue, working on the team that collects cadavers—a job that gives Roman a sense of purpose for the first time in his life. After a surprising turn of events on the job, Roman is compelled to seek out the birth mother who abandoned him as a child. Perhaps the years of holding his breath for life to start will be over. Markovics’ (star of the Oscar-winning Counterfeiters) film is this year’s Austrian submission for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar and was the winner of the Best European Film, Directors’ Fortnight, at the Cannes Film Festival. (90 mins.)

BULLHEAD

DIRECTOR: Michael R. Roskam- BELGIUM

In an unlikely setting for organized crime—the farmlands of Flanders—Bullhead plunges us into the corrupt underbelly of a mafia-run meat industry, where illegal use of growth hormones on cattle runs rampant. After a detective is murdered, Jacky, a grotesquely muscular man supped up on steroids, becomes suspicious of a potential partnership with a rival manufacturer. Compounding his weariness is the presence of Diederik. Flashbacks into Jacky’s childhood soon reveal the two men are linked by a physically traumatic, life-altering tragedy. A fascinating genre mash-up—a gritty, gonzo crime thriller with quirky humor, harrowing suspense, and elements of Frankenstein and Dr....

In an unlikely setting for organized crime—the farmlands of Flanders—Bullhead plunges us into the corrupt underbelly of a mafia-run meat industry, where illegal use of growth hormones on cattle


runs rampant. After a detective is murdered, Jacky, a grotesquely muscular man supped up on steroids, becomes suspicious of a potential partnership with a rival manufacturer. Compounding his weariness is the presence of Diederik. Flashbacks into Jacky’s childhood soon reveal the two men are linked by a physically traumatic, life-altering tragedy. A fascinating genre mash-up—a gritty, gonzo crime thriller with quirky humor, harrowing suspense, and elements of Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde—Roskam’s film is this year’s Belgian submission for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. (124 mins.)

CIRKUS COLUMBIA

DIRECTOR: Danis Tanovic - BOSNIA

After living in exile in Germany for 20 years, Ditko returns to his hometown in Communist-free (1991) Yugoslavia to start a new life. He comes back in style: sexy girlfriend Azra, new Mercedes, loads ofcash, and a precious cat named Bonny. But he also has revenge on his mind: his primary target is wife Lucija who failed to follow him to Germany when he was forced to flee. He kicks her out of her/their house while trying to reconnect with his now 20-year-old son, Martin, who is far more interested in Azra than in him. But soon war reaches...

After living in exile in Germany for 20 years, Ditko returns to his hometown in Communist-free (1991) Yugoslavia to start a new life. He comes back in style: sexy girlfriend Azra, new Mercedes, loads of cash, and a precious cat named Bonny. But he also has revenge on his mind: his primary target is wife Lucija who failed to follow him to Germany when


he was forced to flee. He kicks her out of her/their house while trying to reconnect with his now 20-year-old son, Martin, who is far more interested in Azra than in him. But soon war reaches the town, and once again overriding life choices must be made. Tanovic uses his absurdist tale to illustrate the beginnings of the bloody internecine strife in Bosnia, making clear both the incredulity and opportunism set in motion by the dissolution of Yugoslavia. (113 mins.)

DECLARATION OF WAR

DIRECTOR: Valérie Donzelli - FRANCE

Romeo and Juliette face the ultimate test when they discover their newborn child is critically ill. Gathering friends and family, they confront the dark challenges as a form of warfare. Donzelli infuses the story with unexpected verve using a host of cinematic techniques,prize was meant for his son, Uriel, a much more respected, widely-read Talmudist. The prize committee implores Uriel to help them rectify the sticky situation, but Uriel argues that his father deserves the honor for his years of work. To take it back would kill him. Meanwhile,...

This wry, painfully funny, intellectual tragicomedy was the winner of the Best Screenplay Award at Cannes and is this year’s Israeli submission for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. Thanks to a clerical error, Eliezer, a respected, if little-known Talmudic scholar, is informed that he’s won the coveted Israel Prize; in truth, the prize was meant for his son, Uriel, a much more respected, widely-read Talmudist. The prize committee implores Uriel to help them rectify the sticky situation, but Uriel argues that


his father deserves the honor for his years of work. To take it back would kill him. Meanwhile, Eliezer plans to use the occasion as an opportunity to take down his son and the whole generation of à la mode Talmudists who have overlooked him. Both the ironies of a father-son conflict and the weight of a culture’s intellectual past find memorable examination. (106 mins.)

Filmography: Time of Favor (00), Campfire (04), Beaufort (07).

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THE FRONT LINE

DIRECTOR: Jang Hun - SOUTH KOREA

“The Front Line offers a classically hellish picture of frontline warfare but turns several of the clichés of war movies inside out. Most of the film is set on one (fictional) hill which has been captured and recaptured byboth sides during the Korean War, with considerable loss of life each time. A young officer sent to investigate a possible spy and what looks like a sinister case of ‘friendly fire’ has surprises awaiting him, including a reunion with an old friend believed to be dead, run-ins with a crack North Korean sniper, rife indiscipline and insubordination, and a surprising...

“The Front Line offers a classically hellish picture of frontline warfare but turns several of the clichés of war movies inside out. Most of the film is set on one (fictional) hill which has been captured and recaptured by both sides during the Korean War, with considerable loss of life each time. A young officer sent to investigate a possible spy and what looks like a sinister case


of ‘friendly fire’ has surprises awaiting him, including a reunion with an old friend believed to be dead, run-ins with a crack North Korean sniper, rife indiscipline and insubordination, and a surprising kind of fraternization between the two sides. Aided by a fine cast and superb period production design, Jang Hun hits the premier rank of Korean directors.”—Vancouver Film Festival (133 mins.)

Filmography: Rough Cut (08), Secret Reunion (10).

This year’s Korean submission for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.

HABANASTATION

DIRECTOR: Ian Padrón - CUBA

Cuban director Ian Padrón presents his first feature-length film as “a fictional story about reality.” Tracing the lives of two Cuban classmates with contrasting lives, Padrón follows Mayito, a young boy whose wealthy jazz pianist father showers him with privilege, who gets lost and wanders blindly intoSaramago, “I have ideas for novels, and Pilar has ideas for life.” The film captures the media whirlwind that surrounds the Saramagos after the prize, as well as the quiet, tender moments the couple...

Co-produced by Pedro and Agustín Almodóvar together with Fernando Meirelles, this affectionate portrait of Portugal’s Nobel Prize winner José Saramago reveals the struggle between the very private man and the world-famous artist. A modestly successful writer at home, Saramago became an international literary giant through the prodding of his Spanish wife, Pilar del Rio. José is an unforgettable love story of genuine soul mates: according to Saramago, “I have ideas for novels, and Pilar has ideas for life.” The film captures the media whirlwind that surrounds the Saramagos after the prize, as well as the