in religious liberty. The President should take a lesson from history. Leaders who overthrow religious liberty and the sanctity of the conscience cause divisions that are rarely repaired.

Friday, February 10, 2012

The Mercury News website reports that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a file today (February 9, 2012) that it kept on Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, in which interview subjects -- who were contacted for a background check on Jobs -- discussed his drug use and tendency to "twist the truth and distort reality in order to achieve his goals."

Several of the interview subjects told the FBI agents that Jobs' ethics could bend depending on the situation. One subject described Jobs as "a deceptive individual who is not completely forthright and honest; two former Apple employees said,"Jobs has integrity as long as he gets his way."

In an FBI interview with Jobs, he told agents that he "experimented with marijuana, hashish, and LSD" from 1970 to 1974.

The FBI released its documents on Jobs today because the Freedom of Information Act -- which allows the FBI to make its files public after a person's death -- was used by a reporter to gain access to Jobs' files.

Jobs died October 5, 2011 at the age of 56 as a result of a long battle with cancer.

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Human Rights Watch/IFEX) - New York, February 8, 2012 - Yemeni security forces stormed and shelled hospitals, evicted patients at gunpoint, and beat medics during an assault on Yemen's protest movement that killed at least 120 people in the


flashpoint city of Taizz last year, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who is in the United States receiving medical treatment, received amnesty in Yemen for such attacks.

In the 75-page report, "'No Safe Places': Yemen's Crackdown on Protests in Taizz," Human Rights Watch called on the United States, the European Union, and Persian Gulf states to publicly acknowledge that the domestic immunity granted Saleh and his aides last month has no legal effect outside Yemen.

"President Saleh's forces killed and wounded hundreds of civilians, evicted hospital patients, and blocked war wounded from reaching care," said Letta Tayler, Yemen researcher at Human Rights Watch. "Saleh is entitled to medical treatment, but he and his aides have no right to immunity from prosecutionfor international crimes."

When Yemenis took to the streets in January 2011 to demand an end to Saleh's 33-year rule, Taizz, 250 kilometers south of the capital, Sanaa, became a center of both peaceful and armed resistance - and the scene of numerous human rights abuses and violations of the laws of war. "No Safe Places" is based on more than 170 interviews with protesters, doctors, human rights defenders, and other witnesses to attacks in Taizz by state security forces and pro-Saleh gangs from February to December 2011.

(RSF/IFEX) - 8 February 2012 - Reporters Without Borders roundly condemns a recent surge in media freedom violations and attacks on journalists at a time of political tension in the run-up to the presidential election scheduled for 21 February.

Four journalists and activist


bloggers are currently under threat from a fatwa issued at the start of February by senior clerics that explicitly calls for their deaths and for the closure of the newspapers and websites that carried their articles.

It was the appearance of an article headlined "First year of a revolution" by writer and journalist Bashra Al-Moqtari on the Al-Tagheer Net website on 11 January that aroused the anger of religious leaders and members of the Islamist party Al-Islah. In her article, Moqtari voiced the frustration and disappointment of a people that have seen their revolution stolen.

"The revolution's thieves have taken over the revolution of the Yemeni people," she wrote, urging them to take to the streets to continue their fight for freedom and to refuse "the tragedy of a slowdeath, a tragedy perpetrated by the political elites, religious leaders and soldiers."

The fatwa's three other targets are Fakri Qassam, an intellectual and editor of an independent newspaper in the southern city of Taiz, the satirical writer Mohssein Aeyd, and the Internet activist Sami Shamssan.

Reporters Without Borders strongly condemns this fatwa, which aims to silence journalists and activists who say the revolution has been confiscated and who reject the 23 November accord mediated by the Gulf Cooperation Council.

Many newspapers meanwhile continue to be the target of threats and attacks by the supporters of former President Ali Abdallah Saleh, who is currently in the United States for medical treatment. Armed demonstrators surrounded the Sanaa headquarters of the newspaper Al-Thawra on 2 February to protest against the removal of Saleh's photo


from its front page.

They branded editor Yassin Al-Masroudi as a traitor and prevented journalists from entering the building. Saleh's supporters then stormed the building and supervised the preparation of the next day's issue. Reporters Without Borders deplores such practices, which were typical of the outgoing regime, but the Union of Journalists claimed that many journalists supported the action.

Armed Saleh supporters also surrounded the headquarters of the newspaper Al-Jomhuryah in the city of Taiz on 4 February, while security forces watched without intervening. Editor Samir Al-Yussoufi reportedly received threatening messages in which he was told that the newspaper's offices would be shelled. The day before, dozens of gunmen stormed the newspaper's bureau in Sanaa.

Reporters Without Borders stresses its support for the management and staff of both Al-Thawra and Al-Jomhuryah.Such practices constitute a serious obstacle to the ability of the media to operate in Yemen.

"The intimidatory practices and death threats to which journalists are currently exposed must stop," Reporters Without Borders said. "Freedom of expression and media freedom are essential conditions for change in a country that is trying to rebuild after years of authoritarian rule and a year of repression."

On 4 February, demonstrators also forced their way into the building that houses the Yemeni satellite TV station in order to prevent its chief from entering the building. The intervention of soldiers was needed for him to be able to get to his office. The protesters were demanding the removal of the heads of the three state-owned TV stations - Al-Yemen, Saba' and Al-Iman - and the


restoration of the satellite station's former logo.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

NEW YORK, NY, February 6, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – The 65 canonical bishops of the Orthodox Church have asked President Barack Obama and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to repeal the mandate that religious institutions provide birth control, sterilization, and Plan B abortion drugs in their health care coverage.

The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America – which represents 12 Orthodox jurisdictions and three million Orthodox Christians in the United States – issued a press release last Thursday calling the HHS ruling a violation of religious conscience.

“The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees the free exercise of religion,” the statement says. “This freedom is transgressed when a religious institution is required to pay forspokesmen, signed a letter to President Obama, stating, “It is emphatically not only Catholics who deeply object to the requirement that health plans they purchase must provide coverage of contraceptives that include some that are abortifacients.”

The Orthodox Church is the second largest church in the world. The North American bishops posted their press release last Thursday, the date Orthodox Christians celebrate the presentation of the Christ Child in the Temple.

Metropolitan Jonah of the Orthodox Church in America was traveling and was not immediately available for comment.

The statement reads in full:

The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America, which is comprised of the 65 canonical Orthodox bishops in the United States, Canada and Mexico, join their voices with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and


all those who adamantly protest the recent decision by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, and call upon all the Orthodox Christian faithful to contact their elected representatives today to voice their concern in the face of this threat to the sanctity of the Church’s conscience.

In this ruling by HHS, religious hospitals, educational institutions, and other organizations will be required to pay for the full cost of contraceptives (including some abortion-inducing drugs) and sterilizations for their employees, regardless of the religious convictions of the employers.

The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees the free exercise of religion. This freedom is transgressed when a religious institution is required to pay for “contraceptive services” including abortion-inducing drugs and sterilization services that directly violate their religious convictions. Providingprovisions to dozens of public projects that are next to or near the lawmakers' own property, according to a Washington Post investigation. Under the ethics rules Congress has written for itself, this is both legal and undisclosed.

In the first review of its kind, The Post analyzed public records on the holdings of all 535 members and compared them with earmarks members had sought for pet projects, most of them since 2008. The process uncovered appropriations for work in close proximity to commercial and residential real estate owned by the lawmakers or their family members. The review also found 16 lawmakers who sent tax dollars to companies, colleges or community programs where their spouses, children or parents work as salaried employees or serve on boards.

Sunday, February 5, 2012

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educations, often obtained at elite schools, sharing tastes and preferences that set them apart from mainstream America. At the same time, we have developed a new lower class, characterized not by poverty but by withdrawal from America's core cultural institutions.

The withdrawal of the working class from marriage (just 48 per cent of 30- to 49-year-old adults with only a high school education are now married), divorce, the rise of single-parenthood and cohabitation, the loss of community and moral support from church attendance and membership of other civic groups, combined with rising crime, unemployment and erosion of a work ethic -- all this has put a huge swathe of children at a disadvantage in the education system.

Murray’s work confirms the landmark 2010 study, When Marriage Disappears: The Retreat fromcentury version of a traditional Latin American model of family life, where only a comparatively small oligarchy enjoys a stable married and family life—and the economic and social fruits that flow from strong marriages. In this model, the middle and lower-middle classes would find it difficult to achieve the same goals for their families and would be bedeviled by family discord and economic insecurity.

That, combined with a North American model of the job market would seem to be the worst of all possible worlds for Middle America, and indeed, for the whole country. Not just America but any nation that wants to compete in the globalised economy will have to first look after the family. Then the family will produce the social capital that will make everything else


work. There is no other way.

Editor's Note: Every institution in our society has a self-serving agenda and/or ideology that has an impact on the education of students. I teach in a Christian school that is committed to Young Earth Creationism. This ideology, though not supported by the Bible, precludes the offering of courses such as astronomy and geology. In other words, the school is less committed to a well-rounded education for the students than to an ideology that the Bible itself debunks.

Friday, February 3, 2012

Planned Parenthood has unleashed the hounds of hell on the Komen Foundation and its Chairman and Founder Nancy Brinker. It is an assault, with the aggressive complicity of the media. Nancy Brinker is being crucified for her conscience-driven decision.

It appears that the Susan G.is holding a prayer breakfast. The invited speaker was to have been Lieutenant General William G. Boykin (retired), who served as the United States Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, and was a longtime commander of Special Operations forces. He has played a role in almost every recent major American military operation, including Grenada, Somalia, and Iraq. He is also a devout Christian believer. It is therefore fitting he would be invited to address those gathered to pray for our nation.

Well, not so fast. General Boykin also believes that radical Islam is a grave threat to the United States. The New York Times observed that General Boykin has “harshly anti-Muslim views.” Among the General’s views is that Islam is a “totalitarian way of life.”
Liberal veterans’ groups, purported


Carpooling with a corpse: NHP deems hearse an HOV-lane violator

Southern Nevada drivers desperate to access the recently opened high-occupancy vehicle lanes on Interstate 15 can cross off one unusual strategy: Dead bodies don't count as passengers.

Nevada Highway Patrol explained its enforcement position Monday via social media after a local funeral-home hearse was pulled over in an HOV lane.

While the specialty lanes are designated for vehicles with two or more occupants, the hearse driver assumed the cargo counted toward the requirement.

NHP said in its tweet: "I guess we should clarify this, living, breathing people count for the HOV lane."

The HOV lanes opened May 20 as part of Project Neon, a nearly $1 billion project to widen I-15 from the U.S. 95 interchange to Sahara Avenue.

Motorists breaking the rules forassets.

Dr Aspire said married couples's higher wealth was also explained by their tending to come from higher socio-economic backgrounds.

The report found mothers received more assets in a settlement when they were caring for children most of the time and that the parent who left the family house tended to receive less.

It also found fathers tended to overestimate the share of property their ex-partner received, while both parents tended to underestimate their own share of a settlement.

The research surveyed parents of young children who were newly separated in 2008 and registered on a child support programs.

It will be presented to the Australian Institute of Family Studies conference in Melbourne on Friday.


bedroom and assaulted her at a party while they were both in high school. She and Judge Kavanaugh will testify about the allegations on Thursday.

A second accuser, Deborah Ramirez, came forward on Sunday. In a New Yorker article, Ms. Ramirez alleged that Brett Kavanaugh exposed himself to her at a party in their freshman dorm when they attended Yale.

Michael Avenatti, known for his representation of porn star Stormy Daniels, claims he is representing a third woman. He has floated some explicit claims on Twitter and demanded that the Senate Judiciary Committee allow his client to testify at the hearing Thursday.

Mr. Avenatti’s client has not come forward publicly yet. The only information he’s shared is that she has information about Judge Kavanaugh’s high school conduct and worked in theofficial added.

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The RCEP deal is being negotiated by 16 countries, including the 10-member ASEAN, China, India, South Korea, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. It is one of the largest free trade deals being negotiated globally, accounting for about half the world’s population and a third of its GDP.

Last-minute objections

India had raised strong last-minute objections to the proposed RCEP pact at the meeting of Trade Ministers in Bangkok earlier this month when all members were supposed to settle their niggling differences and reach an agreement on all issues.

“It was deeply surprising to see Indian Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal suddenly adopt a harsh position on a number of issues and demand more safeguards than other members were ready to give. Many of these issues were seen as settled earlier


Martin is hilarious as a private detective who encounters a bizarre assortment of suspects while trying to find out the truth about a scientist's death. Ingeniously interspliced with clips from old Warner Bros. films. Features Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, Alan Ladd, Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Barbara Stanwyck, Ray Milland, and others. Its only flaw is that the joke loses momentum by the end of the film.NEW DELHI: Aligarh Muslim University Students’ Union (AMUSU) president Shahzad Alam on Sunday alleged he was suspended a day before at the behest of the Congress after he refused to join the party.

Alam claimed vice-chancellor Zameer Ud din Shah had asked him to join the Congress ahead of Union minister Jitin Prasada’s AMU visit on Friday. “Since the president (Alam) refused to join the party, the vice-chancellor with Prasada and the Congress’s consent suspended him on the day of the minister’s arrival,’’ an AMUSU press release said. The AMUSU urged the administration to publicize the CCTV footage of Alam’s meeting with Shah as evidence.

Alam said Shah had earlier in February pressurised him not to oppose Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s visit to AMU. He accused Shah of “misusing the


University for fulfilling the Congress agenda ahead of the Lok Sabha polls’’. Alam said he had evidence that it was being done for “the requirements of Sonia and her son Rahul Gandhi’’.

He questioned whether Shah was AMUSU patron or a Congress “mouthpiece” and why only Congress leaders were invited to the University.

The AMUSU accused Shah of “malign(ing) the sanctified image of the varsity’’. It said he had been asking its office bearers to join the Congress to further “his vested interest’’.

But AMU public relations officer Rahat Abrar rubbished Alam’s allegations and said he has a long record of indiscipline for which he had been repeatedly warned. “He was suspended for his unruly behaviour and disrupting a function in Prasada’s presence while the national anthem and the University taranaDeGrow, director of education policy for the free-market Mackinac Center for Public Policy in Midland, Michigan.

“The relationship between test scores and funding — most of the research shows no relationship between the two,” Mr. DeGrow said.

Overall education funding dropped after the 2008 recession as state legislatures moved to cut their budgets, although most states have seen gradual improvement since 2015, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

Even during the recession, however, per-pupil funding was still higher than it had been in 2005, according to the Education Department analysis, and neither the recession-induced cuts nor subsequent budget increases had an appreciable impact on NAEP scores.

The latest NAEP scores found only 40 percent of fourth-grade public-school students were proficient in mathematics and 35 percent were proficient in reading.

Among


weeks before the Trump-Mexico deal.

But Trump’s gains in Mexico come as a progressive judge in California has temporarily blocked recent asylum reforms, and as the Guatemalan government backed out of negotiations to create a “Safe Third Country” deal with the United States.

The WSJ claim matches other reports of border crackdowns in Mexico. A Jesuit publication, America, reported July 24:

MEXICO CITY (CNS) — Soldiers appeared recently at the diocesan migrant shelter in the northern Mexican city of Saltillo and demanded to see the identifications of its guests. Shelter director Alberto Xicotencatl raced into the street to confront the soldiers July 23, according to video shared on social media. He shouted that Mexican law forbids demanding immigration documents from any person at a migrant shelter or within a three-mile radiusan increase of 32.7 percent from the previous month.

The WSJ article explained why so many Guatemalans made a rush for the U.S. border since October 2018, saying:

Guatemala is now the largest source of illegal immigrants coming to the U.S. Apprehension of Guatemalans jumped to about 236,000 in the first nine months of fiscal year 2019 from about 15,000 in 2007, according to U.S. government data. … A 2015 U.S. federal court ruling made it easier for migrant families with children to apply for asylum and stay in the U.S. until their cases are decided by a judge. After the ruling, many more families with children began turning up at the U.S. border. President Trump wants Congress to pass a law eliminating what he sees as a loophole in


the damper of the disk-clamping mechanism provided in the floating block is lifted so as to ensure the upper side space above the turn table as a disk-carrying space. In addition, the floating block is kept immovable on the stationary frame by locking means interlocking with the guide pin, in other words, the floating block is locked. The disk led to a position above the turn table is held by the damper rotated due to a force from a coil spring, and simultaneously, the locking means for the floating block which holds the disk is disengaged. As a result, the floating block is completely released from the locking means, and the floating block is supported by the vibration-absorbing means alone and thus is put in a floating state,The present invention relates to a method of magneto-optical recording and an apparatus therefor, and more particularly to a method for recording magneto-optical information capable of overwriting (writing new data directly on old data) by merely irradiating a radiation beam such as a laser beam without applying an external modulation magnetic field, and an apparatus therefor such as an overwritable magneto-optical disk system.
As an overwriting method in the magneto-optical disk system, a magnetic field modulation system and a light modulation system have been known. In the magnetic field modulation system, an external magnetic field is applied to a magneto-optical recording film while the application area is heated by an irradiation beam energy to reverse magnetization of the magneto-optical recording film so that the overwriting is attained. (For example,


nears the end of complicated trade negotiations with Beijing. And Iran has threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz and thereby shut down the shipping of oil to the West from its enemies on the Arabian Peninsula, which could potentially lead to the sort of war scenario that Trump most wants to avoid.

These are strong reasons for caution. Yet far from a foolhardy gamble, Trump’s decision is the most sensible choice available to him.

Why did Trump do it? He knows that the sanctions he re-imposed after pulling out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action have had a powerful impact on Iran. As the New York Times recently reported, the sanctions, contrary to the predictions of Trump’s critics, have had a devastating impact. Among those most feeling theand to ferret out illegal scams. Last month, the Treasury Department announced that it had disrupted a billion-dollar currency-trading scheme that Tehran used to help fund the military adventures of the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

But so long as Iran was still able to count on China, India, Japan, Turkey, Italy, Greece, South Korea, and Taiwan to buy its oil, it could fund terror and work to achieve its goal of regional hegemony. Proceeds from oil sales also allowed these brutal theocrats to keep the restive Iranian people from threatening the regime.

With the Iranian economy tanking, this is the right moment for the U.S. to tighten the noose around Tehran and send a signal to our European allies, who, valuing their own financial interests more than the collective


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  Freeland's attendance at the "Tyrant" event as a plot to prevent Trump from meeting the prime minister at the United Nations and agreeing prematurely to a deal, a source said . By law, the provincial and federal governments in Canada share responsibility for agriculture. Canada will still impose tariffs on USA dairy products exceeding the quota, but changes should ... [Full Article...]

The United Nations' top court has issued an interim order that requests the United States to lift sanctions linked to humanitarian goods and civil aviation imposed against Iran - a move welcomed by Tehran. Its rulings are binding, but it has no power to enforce them, and both the United States and Iran have ignored them in the past. Rouhani, a pragmatist who engineered the nuclear accord


to the MACC, with the last one on Sept 25 lasting 13 hours . Rosmah Mansor, wife of Malaysia's former Prime Minister Najib Razak, arrives to give a statement to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in Putrajaya, Malaysia September 26, 2018. [Full Article...]

Hinting at her agenda during the trip, Trump mentioned the agency's work in Ghana to improve health care and nutrition. Absent negative tweets from the president, the first lady's visit is likely to be good PR, said John Campbell, senior fellow for Africa policy studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. [Full Article...]Pakistanis have proved time and again that there is no shortage of talent in the country. This year, five Pakistanis and a startup have been included in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list of entrepreneurs and game-changers. The recognition has not only made the country proud but also has provided a source of inspiration to other young Pakistanis who would like to make a difference in their respective fields.Being included in the list was no easy feat as there was a cut-throat competition. According to Forbes, a total of 300 young individuals were included in the list who were selected from a pool of 2,000 entrants. Per the magazine, the selectees were "heavily researched by a team of reporters and vetted by an A-list of judges" to


ensure transparency and fairness.The list comprises entrepreneurs and game-changers representing 23 countries and territories in the Asia-Pacific region who proved their prowess in various fields of expertise. From technological innovation to social entrepreneurship, and healthcare and science to the arts – all 300 selectees stood out in more than one way to make themselves and their countries proud.Let's get to know our Pakistani bright stars and take a look at their achievements.Zain Ashraf Mughal is a social entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded Pakistan's first not-for-profit crowdfunding platform aimed at poverty alleviation. It works on a simple yet meaningful principle: Pakistanis in need – predominately those who live below the poverty line – are provided with the means to earn a living.Speaking about his initiative, Zain, 28, told Thehave successfully raised 600 entrepreneurs and have also sent hundreds of children to school through crowdfunding," he explained.Regarding the recognition, he said that the credit should go to all those who sought his company's help to work hard and pull themselves out of poverty."As Muslims, we must give back to our fellow human beings," Zain said. "I encourage young people to believe in themselves and know that they have the power to change things positively."Another bright Pakistani star on the list is Ahmed Rauf Essa, a 27-year-old entrepreneur who, along with his younger brother Hamza Rao, co-founded Telemart – one of Pakistan's biggest e-commerce platforms. And that's not all but he achieved all that at the age of 23."We came up with the idea back in 2014 when


do something different and make a mark for themselves nationally and internationally, Essa said that although hard work is important, one must think out of the box."You have to come up with something unique and new to the table. That's the only way to stand out," he suggested.Zainab Bibi – a 29-year-old social entrepreneur from Lahore – was included in Forbes' list for establishing the Pakistan Society for Green Energy (PSGE). Founded in 2013, Zainab's research organisation introduced new methods of renewable energy and created awareness about environmental issues. Her organisation researched the production of bio-fuel from waste tissue papers and Camelina Sativa – a drought-resistant plant that can be turned into bio-diesel.Bibi's research-based initiatives were lauded both at home and abroad and, in 2016, she was honouredwith the Queen's Young Leaders Award for her success in creating public support in Pakistan for environmentally-friendly initiatives. Upon receiving her award, she said that the award "legitimised her work and her potential as a leader." Now, the latest recognition has not only made Zainab prouder but has also earned a name for her country.Being a sportswoman in Pakistan – especially a footballer – is an achievement in itself because Pakistan still has a long way to go when it comes to the sport. Hailing from Chitral, Karishma is the only woman from her hometown who plays national and international club-level football. She founded the Chitral Women's Sports Club – a platform created with the aim of providing a safe environment for girls of Chitral to engage in


sports. And she achieved all that at the age of 21, making her the youngest Pakistani on the list.Laila Kasuri is a 29-year-old water analyst with Global Green Growth Investment's Policy Solutions Division. According to the publication, Kasuri was included in the list for "leading research at organisations such as the World Bank, the US Army Corps of Engineers, and the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences on climate-smart irrigation, flood risk reduction, and river basin planning".Last but not least, Roshni Rides is included by Forbes on its list as the only startup for Pakistan for introducing a novel idea – a female-friendly carpooling service.According to Roshni's website, Female commuters in Pakistan's urban centres suffer from a huge transportation crisis, therefore, four bright minds – Hanaa Lakhani, HasanThe Faithful Watchman Chronicles the Ride of the Four Horsemen

In Revelation 1:10 The Apostle John states that he was "in the spirit on the Lord's day (the day of the Lord)." Revelation 1:19 states, "Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter." Therefore, the seven seals which are opened in Revelation occur in the day of the Lord.

The first four seals are commonly referred to as the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. The Faithful Watchman chronicles the ride of these horsemen as an educational service for the public and a warning for those who have ears to hear (Rev. 2:7).

The Church of God's Faithful can prove that the day of the Lord has begun. For more information


is fascinating because it has produced an whole chain of theories and speculation.’

‘Author Robert M. Stanley claims he discovered, what he believes to be this ancient structure, in 2010 by looking at Google maps on his computer. When he contacted an old friend who lives in that area, he was told that he knew about the presence of this structure for 10 years. His friend had recorded HAM radio signals coming from it, and it was his belief that the structure was a large spacecraft that had taken residence here perhaps since ancient times.’

‘Whether a base or a spaceship, Robert claims it is in perfect alignment with several megalithic monuments in Malibu, and it fits in with the oral legends of the Chumash that claim this area wasVice President Venkaiah Naidu (File photo)

NEW DELHI: In the aftermath of the Kathua rape and murder case, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu warned that communal forces were working to fracture social harmony for their own political agenda.

"Unfortunately, various forces in the country are trying to divide the nation for their narrow political gains," Naidu said at the launch of the book 'Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar : Vyakti Nahin Sankalp' at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on Saturday.

Naidu, who has deep roots in the BJP 's ideological fountainhead, the RSS , went on to say that a nationalist is someone who respects all individuals living in the country.

"Nation means all living creatures of this land, unless one respect each human being, one cannot be called a nationalist," the BJP leader said, as reported


by ANI.

Naidu's remarks came against the backdrop of heightened communal tensions in Jammu and Kashmir following the horrific gangrape and murder of an eight-year-old Muslim Bakerwal girl in Kathua district. The minor was repeatedly raped while being held captive at a temple for several days. Police said the premeditated attack was as a way to terrify the Bakarwals into leaving the area.

Soon after the suspects were arrested, members of right-wing Hindu groups marched through the streets of Jammu, demanding that police release the men. Two BJP ministers seen attending one such rally were pressured into stepping down owing to public anger at their apparent support for the eight accused.

Also in attendance at the book launch was President Ram Nath Kovind , who targeted politics of vested interests andPalestinians Mark One Year since Gaza War

Palestinians marked one year since last summer’s devastating war in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, with a ceasefire still largely holding but few of the issues that led to the conflict resolved.

The war took a heavy toll on Gaza, killing 2,251 Palestinians, including at least 1,500 civilians and more than 500 children. Seventy-three people were killed on the Israeli side, including 67 soldiers.

A UN report released last month said both sides may have committed war crimes during the 50-day conflict, which has left more than 100,000 Gazans homeless in the impoverished enclave of 1.8 million people.

It was the third war in Gaza in six years, and by far the deadliest and most destructive of the three, leaving families wondering when the suffering


runs the occupied West Bank, has worsened the situation. Reconciliation attempts have failed to heal the rift.

Meanwhile, Hamas has been challenged by Salafist militant groups in Gaza, some claiming links to IS and who have taken credit for recent rocket fire.

Last year’s war was sparked in part by the kidnapping and murder of three young Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.

Many commentators, however, suggested that the true aim of the ensuing mass arrests was designed to wrench apart the recent reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah, who formed a unity government in June.

The kidnapping also led to the grisly revenge slaying of a 16-year-old Palestinian, who was snatched in occupied East Jerusalem and burned alive by Israelis.

A surge in rocket fire from Gaza into Israel followed, and inresponse Israel launched its offensive on July 8, giving it the name “Operation Protective Edge”. A ground offensive began on July 17.

Air and naval bombardments on the coastal strip continued with devastating consequences until an Egyptian-brokered truce was reached in Cairo on August 26.

Israel’s stated aims in the war were to stop the rocket fire and destroy tunnels used by Palestinian fighters to carry out attacks.

However, rocket fire has started up again — although sporadically and not claimed by Hamas — and fighters in Gaza have rebuilt tunnels.

Hamas, as other Palestinian groups claimed victory after the war, but that has been scoffed at by some Gazans who saw family members killed and who now live among the ruins of their former homes.

Mohammed Zaza, a 19-year-old nursing student, pointed


Far from home, and well above the Arctic Circle, Natasha Sebire and Gemma Woldendorp have made first ascents and paraglider descents in the far north of Liverpool Land, East Greenland.

The two flew to Constable Pynt, then travelled 65km north by dog sleds along frozen sea ice to the start of a glacier leading up to the icecap and Neild Bugt region.

They used skis and pulks to haul 160kg of food and equipment to a base camp at ca 500m.

This area had been visited in April 2007 by the veteran British Greenland explorer Jim Gregson, who with five other team members made eight first ascents up to 770m.

Gregson noted that there were many more unclimbed peaks in this area, some of which would give fine technical climbing. His publishedviews down on their ascent route.

Castle Peak (744m) was climbed first by a fine mixed ridge, and then for a second time by an easier route, flying from the summit on both occasions.

It was while making the later ascent that they got a good view of the unclimbed rock buttress.

They had presumed technical rock climbing would be out of the question due to the sub zero temperature (their recorded minimum was -28°C and maximum -2°C), but late one day, after the sun had warmed the rock, they donned rock shoes and gave it a go.

The tower turned out to be surprisingly solid, but longer, harder and steeper than they had anticipated. Eventually, they backed off.

At the end of the trip they skied back to Constable Pynt, the journey


Sunday, October 28, 2007

travelling Heartworn Highways

"When HackTone's David Gorman phoned to say we were going to restore rare documentary recordings from 1975 of some of the greatest singer-songwriters of the American Southwest, I did not know what to expect. Some days later, a large box of analog tapes arrived. Loading up the first tape by Guy Clark and hitting play filled my studio with a real presence rarely heard in today's era of over-processed music. The simplicity and honesty of the performance and the bigger-than-life sound of Guy's voice and guitar were mesmerizing; likewise for all the seminal artists whose one-on-one performances the film crew captured. It was the kind of music hardly ever experienced anymore - music made by people sitting right next to you in theirgenuine and earnest as the twenty-six tracks on this disc, with guitar pickin' and strummin' that comes from the heart. Try listening to Guy Clark below with the opening track on the album, L.A. Freeway. It's stripped down to a man with a guitar baring his soul. Tell me he isn't ripping out a piece of himself and handing it over to you as you're listening.

The rest of the disc is just as emotionally expressive, with informal dialogue interspersed between some the songs. The source of the soundtrack is a movie produced over 30 years ago that includes such country icons as Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, John Hiat, Steve Earle, Rodney Crowell, and others. The folks over at HackTone Records spent over six months culling through all


The Zodiac also took credit for a March 22, 1970, incident in which a woman named Kathleen Johns, 22, and her infant daughter were pulled over near Patterson, California, by a man claiming one of her car’s tires was wobbly. The man offered to fix the tire, but Johns later told police that he made it worse and that after she started driving again, the wheel fell off the car.Royal Pains’ Reshma Shetty, Orange in the New Black’s Lorraine Toussaint, The Good Place’s John Keston, and Superstore’s Lauren Ash.

The official word on this new series reads:

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power is the story of an orphan named Adora, who leaves behind her former life in the evil Horde when she discovers a magic sword that transformers her into the mythical warrior princess She-Ra. Along the way, she finds a new family in the Rebellion as she unites a group of magical princesses in the ultimate fight against evil.

As is so often the case with new takes on old favourites, though, there’s already plentiful people online slamming She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. More worryingly, a lot of those complaints – which are from middle-aged men –


biopsied area after surgical excision type of biopsy is usually not a problem because of the deformity caused by the surgery. However, if the biopsy had been done with an image directed needle technique, as is common, help in relocating the biopsy site is needed. One procedure to permit the biopsy site to be relocated by the radiologist during preoperative localization is to leave some of the suspicious calcifications; this has its drawbacks.
Another way to help the radiologist relocate the biopsy site involves the use of a small metallic surgical clip, such as those made by Biopsys. The metallic clip can be deployed through the biopsy needle, and is left at the biopsy site at the time of the original biopsy. With the metallic clip as a guide,the radiologist typically inserts a barbed or hooked wire, such as the Hawkins, Kopans, Homer, Sadowski, and other needles, back into the patient's breast and positions the tip of the wire at the biopsy site using mammography to document the placement. The patient is then taken to the operating room with the needle apparatus sticking out of the patient's breast. While the clip provides a good indication of the biopsy site to the radiologist during preoperative localization, the clip remains permanently within the 80% of patients with benign diagnoses. Also, because the clip is necessarily attached to a single position at the periphery of the biopsy site, rather than the center of the biopsy site, its location may provide a misleading indication of the location of diseased tissue


A popular disc jockey and pop singer in Iceland compared Jews to Nazis.

Pall Oskar, known abroad as Paul Oscar, who was Iceland’s representative to the Eurovision Song Contest in 1997, is calling on Iceland to pull out of the event since it is being held in Israel.

During an interview Tuesday on the national radio broadcaster.Rás 1, Oskar crossed over from criticism of Israel and its treatment of the Palestinians to antisemitism, the English-language Reykjavik Grapevine reported.

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“The reason why the rest of Europe has been virtually silent is that Jews have woven themselves into the fabric of Europe in a very sly way for a very long time. It is not at allAfter a lengthy off-season contract dispute, the Phoenix Suns signed Eric Bledsoe last summer and he gave them a strong season — 17 points and 6.1 assists a game, he led the team in Win Shares (seven) and had the highest PER of any player on the roster at the end of the season. 284 more words


Army Chaplain Is Awarded for Tackling Machete-Wielding Man

A quick-thinking Army chaplain became a hero when he intervened during a hostage situation with an unstable soldier who was armed with a machete.

Capt. Matthew Christensen, stationed at Fort Wainwright in Alaska at the time, went to counsel a solider on Feb. 28, 2015. When he arrived at the scene, the soldier was intoxicated and had a machete.

The soldier, who was not identified, had at first indicated he was going to commit suicide, but became more and more hostile as time went by, Christensen told the Army Times.

As the soldier was speaking with family members on speakerphone, the soldier’s roommate and another chaplain arrived at the scene.

“He basically told (his parents over the phone) that they had failed him in hisa long, hard road. I would like to thank
everyone on Twitter." He had lost two jobs because of his conviction, he said,
but "it was now time to move on". After the judgment, the Crown Prosecution
Service was accused by Chambers's supporters of wasting public funds in
pursuing its action against the trainee accountant."

Lost two jobs though it he doesn't sound like he's looking for compensation.

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I wonder what would happen if someone did the same in the US. We do have the
first amendment and all, but an airport?

It seems that the constitution is null and void in all situations relevant to
airports now.

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rayiner
The scaling back of these protections isn't unique to the airport context. The
breakdown of Constitutional protections against search and seizure happened
back in the 1970's and 1980's, under the conservative Burger


An assessment of picture archiving and communication systems (PACS). The case study of the SMZO Project. Socialmedizinischenes Zentrum Ost.
In order to make rational decisions for further implementation of picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) in Viennese community hospitals, an assessment of the Sozialmedizinisches Zentrum Ost (SMZO) project was launched by the Viennese community hospital financing body. The aim of the technology assessment was to look at the experiences of day-to-day practice, organizational aspects of, and obstacles to developing the full potential of the PACS installation. The study analyzes the conditions for employment of digital radiology, gathers the experiences of national and international projects, and presents a view on critical points, from which options for further implementation can be derived. In the center of interest stood work organization, handlingHelp Us Grow & Blossom

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She cupped the seeds in her hand gently, so as not to drop any. A shallow hole was carved out in the soft soil and the seeds placed in their new home. She could not see the brightly colored watering can or hear the words of her support staff, but she could sense the events unfolding, feel the soil at her fingertips and the warmth of the sun on her face. She signed excitedly into her companion's palm that she enjoyed working in the garden. The work of the hands is the work of the heart.
Our mission at Everas Community Services is to provide innovative services that support independence and community inclusion for people across a broad spectrum of ability


and specialized needs. Being included in the community and participating in life's daily activities like nurturing a garden and tending a home fosters a sense of purpose and belonging. The services we provide at Everas are guided by the philosophy that all people are valued members of the community and have something to contribute. Help us to ensure that individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and sensory impairments are exposed to the pleasure and art of gardening. With your contribution a seedling of potential will grow into a life of possibility and joy.Smoking cessation and periodontal health--a missed opportunity?
This was a cohort study. COHORT SELECTION: A longstanding prospective study was carried out of a birth cohort born in Dunedin (New Zealand) in 1972-1973. EXPOSURE MEASUREMENT: Periodontal examinations of the study participants were carried out when they reached the age of 26 and 32 years by calibrated examiners; smoking exposure was measured by questioning at ages 15, 18, 21, 26 and 32 years. Socioeconomic status (SES) was measured at the age of 26 years by categorising adult occupation using standard New Zealand occupation indices. Dental visiting behaviour was assessed by questioning at age 25 and 32 years. Chi-square tests were used to examine the statistical significance of differences observed with categorical dependent variables. Analysis of variance was used for continuous variables.


will remain in its rest position so that the contact is held closed without bouncing as long as the excitation of the solenoid persists. The massive body is deflected in the impact direction by the kinetic energy transmitted to it, thereby moving away from the rear side of the counter contact.
To prevent the massive body from subsequently swinging back and again transmitting its energy to the contact couple, one embodiment of the prior art apparatus includes a permanent magnet which holds the massive body in its deflected position. In this case, the massive body is returned from its rest position by means of a bracket which pulls the massive body away from the permanent magnet, the bracket being fixed to the movable contact so as to return withAiling Iranian Reformist Dragged From Hospital, Jailed

The Iranian regime has arrested an elderly and ailing reformist while he underwent medical tests in a Tehran hospital in its latest attempt to repress protests against electoral fraud.

Unable to find him when they called at his home, officials tracked down Ebrahim Yazdi, the 78-year-old leader of the banned but officially tolerated Freedom Movement, as he was undergoing stomach tests and took him away to Evin prison, his family and colleagues say.

Yazdi was the foreign minister in Iran's first government after the 1979 revolution but has been sidelined since hardliners took control.

Mehdi Noorbaksh, Yazdi’s son-in-law who lives in Harrisburg, Pa., confirmed that he was arrested at Pars Hospital at around 3 p.m. and taken to Evin Prison, near the Iranian capital. Information


was scant because phone lines had been cut off, he added.

Hadi Ghaemi, director of the New York-based International Campaign for Human Rights, said that Yazdi was arrested in the intensive care unit.

So far 200 prominent journalists, opposition politicians and reformists have been rounded up by the regime, Ghaemi said, including Mohammad-Reza Jalaipour, an Oxford student and noted Iranian analyst, who was arrested at the airport while trying to leave Iran with his wife, Fatemeh Shams. A plainclothes officer did not give a reason for the arrest, Shams told the BBC's Farsi Web site.

Supporters of Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi took to the streets of Tehran Thursday for a fourth day of protests over the hotly-disputed presidential election, a witness said.

Mousavi called his followers back into the streetsof Tehran for another mass rally Thursday, urging them to wear black to mourn those killed in clashes. Mousavi claims Friday's election was rigged in favor of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Meanwhile, state radio reported that Iran's Guardian Council, an unelected body of 12 clerics and Islamic law experts close to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was to meet Saturday with election candidates to discuss complaints about the election, according to Reuters.

Mousavi, who claims the election was rigged and he was the true winner, alleges that the Guardian Council is not neutral and has already indicated it supports Ahmadinejad. He wants an independent investigation.

Violent clashes erupted after the election commission announced Ahmadinejad had won in a landslide. Seven demonstrators were shot Monday by pro-regime militia in the first confirmed deaths


during the unrest.

Thursday's protest would be the fourth straight day of major marches in Tehran. On Monday, hundreds of thousands turned out in a huge procession that recalled the scale of protests during the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Mousavi's Web site said he may join the rally on Thursday in downtown Tehran.

On Wednesday, thousands marched silently down a main street in the capital, holding posters of Mousavi and flashing the V-for-victory sign in the air, amateur video showed.

The street protests have presented one of the gravest threats to Iran's complex blend of democracy and religious authority since the system emerged out of the 1979 Islamic revolution.

Any serious shift of the protest anger toward Iran's non-elected theocracy would sharply change the stakes. Instead of a clash over the June 12after foreign journalists were banned from reporting in the streets.

President Obama said he shared the world's "deep concerns" but it was "not productive, given the history of U.S.-Iranian relations, to be seen as meddling." The two countries severed diplomatic relations after the 1979 Islamic Revolution in the bloody showdown over allegations of vote-rigging and fraud.

A crackdown on dissent continued, with more arrests of opposition figures reported, and the country's most powerful military force — the Revolutionary Guard — saying that Iranian Web sites and bloggers must remove materials that "create tension" or face legal action.

The government has blocked certain Web sites, such as BBC Farsi, Facebook, Twitter and several pro-Mousavi sites that are vital conduits for Iranians to tell the world about protests and violence. Many other sites,


objects, crouch down as little as possible.

If a cougar attacks, fight back. Convince the cougar you are a threat and not prey. Use anything you can as a weapon. Focus your attack on the cougar’s face and eyes."

The girl was hiking with family near Barrier Lake, in Bow Valley Provincial Park, on Sunday when the attack happened. The girl's father drove the cougar away and she suffered only minor cuts and puncture wounds. Conservation officers later tracked down and killed the animal.

"It's attacked a human. It would do it again," said Glenn Naylor, a district conservation officer. "That age group tends to be responsible for a lot of the attacks on humans in North America and we just can't risk for that to happen again."

Both cougars were lessPreconception - Page 10

Anemia - a decrease of red blood cells in the blood.

Basal body temperature - temperature of a woman's body taken first thing in the morning after several hours of sleep and before any activity, including getting out of bed or talking; often charted to determine the time of ovulation.

Estrogen - a group of hormones secreted by the ovaries that affect many aspects of the female body, including a woman's menstrual cycle and normal sexual and reproductive development.

Fetus - an unborn baby from the eighth week after fertilization until delivery.

Folic acid - a nutrient found in some green leafy vegetables, nuts, beans, citrus fruits, fortified breakfast cereals, and some vitamin supplements. Folic acid can help reduce the risk of birth defects of the brain and spinal


are effective regardless of the occupant""s position are advantageous.
In an accident situation involving a primary airbag, there are three phases which follow each other between the beginning of the accident and the end. In the inflation phase, the goal is to fully inflate the primary airbag to occupy a majority of space between an instrument panel and an occupant before the occupant moves significantly forward in the vehicle compartment. In this phase, the primary airbag fully inflates in response to a signal from the ECU within about 50 thousandths of a second.
Next, there is the impact phase in which the goal is to impact the occupant""s body in such a manner as to reduce injuries to the occupant. Generally, a flat, soft surface best accomplishes the goal ofoccupies the desired volume of space between the vehicle occupant and the interior of a vehicle. The rear panel includes an airbag mouth. The airbag mouth secures the airbag to the inflator or housing. The airbag mouth also serves as a passage which allows the inflation gas leaving the inflator to enter the airbag.
The middle panel is positioned between the front panel and rear panel. The middle panel is substantially the same size and shape as the front panel and rear panel. Alternatively, the middle panel may be smaller than the front panel and rear panel. The middle panel is connected to the front panel and rear panel along their respective circumferential peripheries. The middle panel divides the interior of the airbag into a first chamber behind the


middle panel and a second chamber in front of the middle panel. Alternatively, the middle panel may be connected to the front panel and rear panel in any manner which divides the interior of the airbag into at least two chambers. The middle panel includes one or more middle panel passage holes. The middle panel passage holes are disposed along the perimeter of the middle panel. Alternatively, the middle panel passage holes may be disposed at any point in the middle panel within the circumferential periphery which secures the middle panel to the front panel and rear panel.
The system further includes vent holes. A vent hole is a hole in the airbag which allows the gas inside the airbag to escape. A first vent hole is disposed inthe rear panel. A second vent hole is disposed in the middle panel. The first vent hole and second vent hole are of substantially the same size. The first vent hole and second vent hole are sized to provide the desired venting rate. To ensure the airbag does not vent too quickly, the vent holes are sized in proportion to the volume of the airbag. The first vent hole and second vent hole are attached to each other to form a vent passage. A vent passage allows gas to escape from a chamber in the airbag to an area external to the airbag.
In alternative embodiments, the system may also include a plurality of middle panels between the front panel and rear panel wherein each additional panel divides the


interior into an additional chamber. Alternatively, a plurality of vent passages may be formed by a plurality of first vent holes and a plurality of second vent holes. In a further alternative embodiment, the middle panel may include a plurality of middle panel passage holes.
In further embodiments, the system includes a tether. A tether is a structure formed by connecting the middle panel to a portion of the front panel and connecting the middle panel to a portion of the rear panel. The tether restricts the distance the front panel travels away from the inflator once inflated. Alternatively, the system may include a plurality of tethers which restrict the distance the front panel travels during inflation.
The system may also include a second tether. The second tether is formedby connecting the middle panel to a portion of the rear panel. The second tether serves to restrict the distance the middle panel travels during inflation.
The system may also include a restrictor and a central restrictor. The portion of the front panel connected to a portion of the middle panel forms a central restrictor. The portion of the rear panel connected to a portion of the middle panel forms a restrictor. The central restrictor may be located at substantially the center of the front panel. The restrictor may include the first vent hole and second vent hole discussed above. The connections of the panels which form the central restrictor and restrictor may be formed by weaving, sewing, glueing or welding the two panels together at points where the


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Viruses, unlike other pathogens, have a unique and intriguing relationship with human populations. Peter Medawar, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine and physiology in 1960, described a virus as a piece of nucleic acid surrounded by bad news.\[[@ref1]\] Their impact includes the ravages of smallpox and measles, brought to the New World by Europeans, which decimated the native populations, allowing the new settlers to invade and colonize without restraint. On the other hand, Europeans, including members of the military in the New World, died from yellow fever, especially the French forces in Haiti.\[[@ref2]\] Around the same time, smallpox and measles viruses impacted on populations in Asia, the Middle East and Europe. Smallpox singularly killed an estimated 300 million individuals in the 20^th^ century before itsthe involvement of the motor centers of the brainstem (bulbar polio) and the spinal cord, which can lead to death.

Paralytic poliomyelitis epidemics first became known in the 19^th^ century. However, historical records of the occurrence of prior sporadic outbreaks of paralytic poliomyelitis are controversial and a matter of disagreement.\[[@ref9][@ref10]\] Notwithstanding, the great Scottish writer and poet, Sir Walter Scott, who was born in Edinburgh in 1771, developed an attack of fever in infancy that left him permanently lame, as he records: "I was discovered to be effected with the fever which often accompanies the cutting of large teeth. It held me 3 days. On the fourth, when they went to bathe me as usual, they discovered I had lost the power of my right leg." In 1870, Charcot\[[@ref11]\]


applied histological techniques to tissues obtained from patients with poliomyelitis, noting the shrinking and loss of substance in the anterior horn of the gray matter of the spinal cord an area containing the large motor neurons that control movement in the limbs. It is Charles Bell a Scottish physician attributed to be the first to record an epidemic of poliomyelitis depicting events in 1844 on the island of St. Helena.\[[@ref12]\] The disease\'s striking presentation, in which previously healthy infants underwent an acute febrile illness followed by localized paralysis, would have made outbreaks conspicuous. However, few if any were reported until late in the 19^th^ century. Beginning around 1880, an abrupt series of outbreaks of infantile paralysis were reported from several Scandinavian countries (Austria, Norway, and Sweden), Germany, England,and the United States but not in Canada, Cuba, or Brazil.

In the United States, beginning in the early 1900s, annual epidemics of poliomyelitis occurred with regularity until the introduction of the polio vaccine in 1955. In one such outbreak in 1921, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a former President of the United States, to which a highway was named in his honor in Trinidad, was infected with the virus in his 14^th^ year, emphasizing that white elites could be affected. His family recorded: "Below his waist, he cannot move at all. His legs have to be moved often as they ache when long in one position."\[[@ref13]\] His subsequent contributions to polio included the creation of a National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (now known as the March of Dimes) which raised


money for the rehabilitation of victims of paralytic polio and was also instrumental in funding the development of the polio vaccine.

Inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) was introduced in 1955 and oral polio vaccine (OPV) in 1961, with significant effect. One such impact was the successful eradication of polio in Cuba the first country to successfully eradicate wild poliovirus and the dramatic reduction of cases in Brazil.\[[@ref14][@ref15]\] Inspired by its effectiveness the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) under the leadership of Dr. Ciro de Quadros undertook a vigorous immunization campaign with the goal of eradicating all wild polioviruses in the Americas. This resulted in the last case of endemic polio registered in Peru 1991. The aim of this study is to describe the historical impact of APM in Trinidad.

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Aretrospective analysis of all reported cases of APM occurring from 1939 to 1972 was undertaken. The data were derived from several sources. First, a review was conducted on available published studies, which appeared since 1935. The major source of these studies was obtained from the epidemiological publications of the League of Nations Health Organization, the World Health Organization, and other studies.\[[@ref16][@ref17][@ref18][@ref19][@ref20][@ref21][@ref22][@ref23][@ref24][@ref25][@ref26][@ref27]\] To track the occurrence of APM in Trinidad both before and after the 1972 epidemic, data were obtained from the Annual Statistical Reports published by the Ministry of Health, from 1972 to 2000. In compliance with the regional polio elimination strategies, Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries must report and investigate all cases of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) in children aged \<15 years. AFP is formally defined


epidemics, the first spanning 11 years (1943--1953) and the other 17 years. (1955--1971). During both epidemics, the birth rate was at there highest supporting the proposition that demographic changes may have a role in infectious disease epidemiology.\[[@ref44][@ref45]\] The rate of susceptible recruitment has long been known to control the magnitude and frequency of epidemics of fully immunizing childhood diseases.\[[@ref44][@ref46]\] Although no single theory has proved satisfactory, three explanations have been advanced: pathogen appearance and disappearance, environmental changes, and host-behavior changes.

The other important finding was OPV was available well before the 1972 outbreak. It is well established that the development of vaccines to combat infectious diseases initiated over 200 years ago is the most significant discovery in the history of preventive medicine. However, did the balance between its cost,legal requirement for school entry. In May 1974, the World Health Assembly (WHA) created the Expanded Program on Immunization, to achieve the goal of immunizing by 1990 all children under 5 years of age against six vaccine-preventable diseases: diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, measles, tuberculosis, and polio.

Subsequently in May 1985, the Ministers of Health of the region, through PAHO/WHO, announced the goal of eradication of the wild poliovirus from the Americas by 1990. LAC, as well as Canada and the United States, interrupted the indigenous transmission of wild poliovirus in 1991. The last case of poliomyelitis in the Americas occurred in Peru in 1991 and the Americas were certified polio-free in September 1994. In 1988, as a result of the progress made in the Americas, the WHA established the goal


of eradicating polio by 2000 and in 2000 declared global polio eradication a public health emergency; at the time, it was endemic in 125 countries. Although the last case of polio in TTO was in 1972, in other continents, polio continued beyond 2000. This has forced the WHO to develop the Polio Eradication Endgame Strategic Plan 2013--2018 which inter alia recommended that by April 2016 the polio vaccine should be switched from the trivalent OPV (tOPV) to the bivalent OPV and the Inactivated Polio Vaccine against cVDP2. The Ministry of Health in TTO declared April 26, 2016 as the "National Switch Day," an internationally synchronized event, where health workers in every health facility will conduct the switching of the vaccine, disposing of all tOPV2 vials.

Notwithstanding all the efforts,GPEI includes the WHO, UNICEF, the US Centers for Disease Control, and Rotary International as spearheading partners which make all decisions about the polio program. If we look back to 1988, the WHA\'s original goal was to eradicate polio by 2000 and that milestone was missed and so were the next several although the cases decreased significantly. The GPEI was created after the resolution from WHA was approved.

In 2007, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced that it would contribute \$100 million toward the eradication of polio with an ambitious thought of eradicating polio within 5 years. Within the next few years, the polio program budget reached a steady state of \$1 billion a year, but the program was still being governed by the four original spearheading partners.


This is an unusual governance dynamic, as these four organizations were implementing the work, managing the budget, and also overseeing their program.

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The donors who contributed the funding and the countries where the work was being performed had no formal say in the program\'s overall governance. Major funders of the polio program, including the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Gates Foundation, pushed for stronger governance and a number of new entities were created. The first is the Polio Oversight Board, which includes leaders from the original four spearheading partners plus the Gates Foundation meets quarterly with the defined goals of providing operational oversight and high-level accountability across the GPEI partnership. Unfortunately, this oversight board still has the same governance challenge ofthe previous mechanism, as the board is only comprised of five organizations who are heavily involved in the day--to-day execution of the program.

The second new entity is the Global Polio Partners Group (PPG). The PPG serves as a stakeholders' voice for the GPEI and reports the results to the Polio Oversight Board. The addition of this group has expanded the input given to polio decision-makers. It includes a wide range of organizations who are involved in polio, including donor and endemic country governments. However, the group is somewhat informal in nature and its recommendations are nonbinding.

A third group that was established was the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB). While this group is funded out of the GPEI budget, it operates independently and issues regular reports with very candid assessments


Based on some old urban stories, they say that if someone has a scarred or natural triangle mark on the foreskin of his penis (the male cannot be circumcised so he can fully posses the benefits of the triangle, and carry on the heritage).

Books say that, this male will be born with abnormal and adaptable sexual skills to satisfy any woman.

His penis is bigger than average, and his abilities in bed are extremely outstanding.

If you find a male with a Triangle of Pleasure on the foreskin (the skin surrounding the "head" of the penis), make sure it's natural--usually scarred-- since males started to tattoo their penis to "carry on" this legends.

If you happen to find a male with the rial triangle, you're a lucky woman.

Girl1:He's as good inbeing His fucking whipping boy.”

Uriel slammed his hands down on the bar and shouted, “STOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP” until all the glass in the bar rattled. Lilith, shocked into silence, stood frozen in place. Uriel had never so much as raised his voice in her memory, and her memory was very, very long.

He closed his eyes and heaved a deep sigh, pain and frustration creasing his face with deep lines.

He turned his head so Lilith could see the truth in his eyes.

“It is no act First Woman, and it is not bullshit. My duty to Him is no small thing for you to dismiss with so little regard. Neither my duty, nor my respect for it, makes me a whipping boy. It makes me an Angel of the Host. I AM


his problems my responsibility either. His only sin, as far as I was aware, was disrupting the silent anonymous rhythm of the bus stop. The unspeaking passersby so close in the city.

“Not yet, not yet, but I thank you for your concern. Merely rolling with the tides, as they say. As you can likely surmise, I seem to have misplaced my timepiece.”

Driven by guilt or curiosity, I took another look at him. His clothes were in tatters, but he didn’t carry himself with an air of subservience or disgrace. Rather, as he stood slightly apart, straight shoulders and head held high, he more seemed to be surveying his domain.

He noticed my attention, and took a step closer to speak directly to me. “Hours could slip by while youof the money recovered from Keller or Keller's insurer up to a maximum of $2.25 million.

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Fort's suit against Keller went to trial. The only issues in dispute were whether Keller was legally responsible for Nance's negligence and if so, how much money the plaintiff should receive. A Ryder representative testified that even though Nance used a truck owned by Ryder, Keller was responsible for the trip as Ryder's subcontractor. Keller argued that it was not in business at the time of the accident, and was therefore not Nance's employer. Also, Keller objected to the court's refusal to admit evidence of the loan receipt agreement to establish that Brad Scroggins, a Ryder employee, was biased against Keller. At the close of evidence, the court instructed the jury regarding the


to open the gate for her . But unfortunately, on entering , she met her husband lying in a pool of his own blood and couldn ’ t find the cook who just resumed work on Sunday anywhere.

“ That was when she screamed out for help and sent the security to help her run to see if he can still apprehend the cook . Perhaps because of fear , the security who was just employed on Sunday as well , also took to his heels upon the news that his new boss had been murdered. ”

A former security guard at the apartment, who pleaded not to be named , spoke with THISDAY.

He said he was sacked from his job after working for just a month with no reasonswere the overwhelming favorite to win the NL East and the Phillies were making moves that would culminate with the signing of Jake Arrietta. Meanwhile, Alderson made himself clear saying he was done with making moves for the sake of making moves. All fine and dandy, except there, were holes in dike everywhere on the Mets.

Methodically, Sandy Alderson quietly took action to fill most of those holes until he reached the point where the Mets can send a legitimately competitive team out there in 2018.

The club Anderson has put together is well balanced and capable of making continued noise. More importantly, there’s no ho-hum in the Mets anymore.

Alderson raised some eyebrows with his first move by signing Adrian Gonzalez, a degenerating hitter with a reputation for controversy as


pointed out in this stinging article appearing in the New York Post back in January. But we’ve seen none of that, and at least for the moment, Dominic Smith has become an afterthought.

Jason Vargas was a good signing too, and no one could forecast the injury Vargas would suffer putting the Mets right back to where they started in trying to fortify their starting rotation. With the help of Mickey Callaway, the Mets were able to weed out the staff, making major moves in sending Zack Wheeler to the minors and “promoting” Robert Gsellman to the bullpen, where he has become an invaluable piece of the puzzle.

But perhaps the biggest, most intelligent, and needed move by the Mets and Alderson was bringing in Todd Frazier, a player whoTuscan gorgia

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Tyson Spink is the second Walleye rookie in franchise history to win Rookie of the Year.

Okay, talk about a wall of text. Safe to say Toledo had a heck of a regular season, which would lead you to believe in future playoff success. Even with a constantly shifting roster Coach Watson and his Walleye dominated the league in almost every facet of the game. Our rookies have matured and progressed marvelously, all you need to do is look at that list and you see four rookies that prove it. Both Spinks, Denis, and Zajac have taken to the Walleye system seamlessly, which has allowed them to flourish alongside our veteran core. Discipline has been key tophilosophy of care was a study of double blind randomized removal of psychotropic medication for persons with dementia. Another group of studies involved challenging the current paradigms concerning psychotic symptoms in persons with dementia and showing how delusions could most often be explained by the cognitive symptoms of dementia.

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When advance directives were enacted in the U.S., Cohen-Mansfield examined preferences for life sustain interventions among nursing home residents and hospital patients, and the actual care provided vs. stated preferences for such interventions in the nursing home setting. More recent investigations describe the end of life period in terms of its cost trajectories, quality, and other characteristics.

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Cohen-Mansfield has initiated and directed multiple studies concerned with prevention of decline and promoting well-being


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To promote progress in the area of APC, the RecSys Challenge 2018 focuses on this task. The challenge was organized by Spotify, The University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and Johannes Kepler University, Linz, and was open for submissions from January to July 2018. In the competition, participants were challenged to create a recommendation system for APC using a dataset of one million playlists that have been created by Spotify users in North America.

The competition task was to generate a list of 500 tracks as playlist continuation for each of the 10000 playlists in the challenge dataset. The playlists in the challenge set were divided into ten *challenge categories*, based on the number of seed tracks (the tracks that are already known to be present in the playlist) and theOpenIJ starts sinking operation of the lock gate chamber at the Port of Amsterdam

Early this September, OpenIJ has begun the sinking operation of the lock gate chamber of the outer head, Port of Amsterdam said in its press release. This sinking operation marks an exciting phase in the construction project of the new sea lock. The lock gate chamber (the caisson), which has the size of a block of flats, will sink centimetre by centimetre into the ground. By excavating (washing away) the sand underneath the structure, the caisson's own weight will cause it to sink further and further down to its predetermined final position. This process is largely automated and will be monitored by CCTV cameras installed under the floor of the caisson. Visitors of SHIP (the


Lock and Port Information Centre) are given a detailed explanation in six steps of the entire sinking operation. It is really worthwhile visiting SHIP.

Also in September and October, OpenIJ will be continuing with the construction of the walls of the flood defence near the IJmuiden North Lock. When completed, this flood defence will be part of the primary water-control structure in the Netherlands and therefore has to be built to a height of approximately 8.85 metres above NAP (Normal Amsterdam Level). The part of the new public road called Middensluisweg will be built on top of this flood defence. The flood defence, between the North Lock and the new sea lock, will be made of concrete L-Walls.

A lot of concrete is needed for the production of these L-Walls.health promotion, health care and condition management, transition to adult care with funding, development of life skills, and opportunities for participation in the community. In their community outreach, nurses focus on collaborative planning, access to information, setting higher standards and expectations for services, documentation, and evaluation.


the 35th year we’ve produced the report. It was – it covers 194 countries, but not the United States. We subject ourselves to that review in a range of other ways, including, in the last year, through the Universal Periodic Review of the United Nations, which we did last fall, producing a report, submitting it in September, and going to the UN Human Rights Council in November, and then taking recommendations and incorporating them and reporting back last month in Geneva.

Its origin is with congressional mandates from the 1970s tied to U.S. bilateral security and economic assistance, and two amendments to the Foreign Assistance Act sponsored by Congressmen Fraser and Harkin, now-Senator Harkin. It’s become much more than that, and the report is both a factual basis forthe Cambodian Government sent to the U.S.?

And also concerning the NGO law that is a concern among international community, do you think this going to affect the U.S. international aid to Cambodia? Thank you, sir.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY POSNER: I was there actually in December. I was there the December 10th or 15th, exactly as the government was about to announce the draft NGO law. And that was really the focus of my trip. I raised concerns with the ministry – minister of interior and with others in the government. My deputy, Dan Baer, was out there in February. We raised concerns again. Those concerns are being raised again at a higher level, as the new law has been redrafted and republished but has many of the same fundamental problems.

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'Juanito' saves the day for West soccer

Jan. 26, 2012 at 10 p.m.Updated Jan. 25, 2012 at 7:26 p.m.

Juan Gonzalez blocks shots during practice at Memorial Stadium on Wednesday. The first-year starter has recorded three shutouts in six games this season. He split time in net as a freshman with Zabdiel Vallejo.

His goalkeeping adventures started because he wanted to find a way onto the field.

Juan Gonzalez was more of a midfielder, but a few years ago, the Victoria West sophomore wanted playing time in the men's league he clandestinely was playing in, so he offered to fill the void in goal.

"I watched TV. I watched my favorite soccer team and there was a good goalkeeper, and I started watching him," Gonzalez said. "I went to the men's league andball at his feet. In practices and match warmups, he is just as comfortable as his goalkeeping idol, the Mexican international team's Guillermo Ochoa, when it comes to the ball at his feet.

Not only did Ochoa's unorthodox style make Gonzalez a fan, but the fact that Ochoa used to play for Gonzalez's favorite team, Club America, didn't hurt.

Unfortunately, another similarity between Gonzalez and his favorite club has been a tough series of results of late. The Warriors had three straight shutouts to start the season, but have lost three straight games. America has drawn its last two matches in the Mexican Primera Division.

Tally said Gonzalez is a bit of a jokester and keeps things light hearted, but, on the field, his teammates know he means business and implicitly


respect him. There is no question about who is going to be in goal for the Warriors.

"He's a real leader. Sometimes, he's very vocal, and others, he's real quiet," Tally said. "But he does so much on the field. He makes saves in big games, so he has built up that respect from his teammates. They know that he goes all out."

At the Brenham tournament, Hermes said the team was able to room together and spend time with each other away from soccer. Though, the results haven't come on the field, Hermes and Gonzalez believe that experience, as well as this weekend's tournament in Seguin, will help the Warriors as they approach district play.

"Just having fun times with my team, and we're taking it game by game."Siri gets tricked in providing a buns at spa for masseur with a brother. They entice the customer with hteir molten bods and wanks his hard-on afterwards. The dude gets turned on by their molten figures and sans hesitation he heads in Rose until they had enough and postures himself at the table..


on Sunday afternoon had not yet filed his monthly report with the Federal Election Commission, which outlines how much he is spending. But in January, Sanders outspent Clinton by $15 million and her operatives were expecting his financial disclosures to show a high burn rate for a campaign that played organizing catch-up by outspending Clinton in states like Nevada on television and radio ad buys.

Clinton also slightly increased the share of her campaign cash that came from small donors in February, a critical base of contributors who can be tapped and tapped again for support -- and a metric where Sanders has vastly outperformed her.

In February, Clinton raised 24 percent of her cash from donors who gave $200 or less, while in January, about 18 percent of herin doing research toward a doctoral degree in education, and (2) in equipping and operating a special room at his school to provide students with supplemental learning experiences.  The deductions were disallowed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue and he was assessed a deficiency in the amount of $510.97 for 1963.

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Patterson, appearing in propria persona, petitioned the Tax Court for a redetermination of the deficiency.  In its decision the Tax Court upheld the Commissioner's disallowance of taxpayer's claimed business expense deductions on two grounds.  One ground was that expenditures of the kind described are, as a matter of law, not deductible.  The other ground was that Patterson failed to substantiate the amounts of the claimed expenditures.  Patterson, again proceeding in propria persona, appealed


Zereoue , RB PIT - Free Agent Updated 12/18/01 Zereoue re-injured his sprained shoulder late in Sunday's game against Baltimore. His status for next Sunday's game against Detroit is unclear, but he's only a marginal starter in deeper leagues anyway.  Gus Frerotte , QB DEN - Free Agent Updated 12/18/01 The Broncos are likely to place Frerotte on injured reserve due to a separated shoulder which might require surgery. Brian Griese will probably start for the remainder of the season, with Jarious Jackson serving as his backup.  James Jackson , RB CLE - The Leather Cheerios Updated 12/18/01 According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer , Jackson could miss the remainder of the season due to a sprained ankle. He wasn't a reliable weekly starter during thehis Achilles' tendon in Sunday's game against Seattle. He'll have surgery this week and be placed on the injured reserve list shortly thereafter. In other news, DT Roderick Coleman is doubtful for Sunday's game against the Dallas Cowboys after sustaining a hamstring injury, and DT Grady Jackson is questionable for Sunday after aggravating an injury to his right shoulder.   John Kasay , Reserve K Updated 08/13/01 Kasay, who is returning from a knee injury, made his comeback on Friday night. He converted on a 20-yard field goal, and seemed to have all the strength back in his leg. In fact, Kasay attempted a 60-yarder at the end of the game which had plenty of distance but sailed wide left. Now that he seems to be healthy,


in the year of publication to the poet Victor Coleman.

ADAMSON, Gil. Help Me, Jacques Cousteau. Erin: The Porcupine's Quill, 1995. First Edition. 221x116mm. Trade Paperback. Inscribed by Author. Fine. 149pp. A nice copy of the author's first trade book of short fiction, with an inscription and signature from the author "at the launch" dated Nov 95. With launch invitation postcard tipped in.

Toronto: Produce Press, 2005. Limited First Edition. Oblong 16mo. 119pp. One of 400 copies perfect bound (using glue guns no less) into silver coated paper, with the covers silk-screened and decorated with what the publishers call 'gore' (this seems to be a rather heavy red paint). The tail edges have also been treated with 'gore', often sticking the pages together making it possible to read the bookonly after physically separating them. The tail edge has also been cut on an odd angle, giving the book a rather bird-like shape when opened.

Toronto: Intruder Press, 1980. First Edition. 8vo. 339pp. Hardcover in dustjacket, both Fine. Illustrated with a section of black and white plates from photographs. With an introduction by Raymond Souster. The author's story of his experience in the Royal Canadian Air Force 418 bomber squadron, written in collaboration with Souster because the author had read On Target, Souster's novel on a similar subject, and had felt that Souster might be sympathetic to his work.

Tucson: Chax Press, 1986. Limited Edition. 8vo. Sewn Into Self Wrappers. Inscribed by Author. Fine. np [12 pages]. One of 160 copies sewn into self wrappers. This copy has been signed


instance, is connected to the land of his birth, Trinidad, as intimately as it is to his home, Canada. In the final piece of the book, entitled "Water," Alexis gives the reader an intimate sense of what it has been like to live as a writer these last twenty years while practicing an art form (fiction/literature) that he contends is in decline. In the author's own words: "Beauty and sadness is where world and words meet."

Cambridge: Equipage, 1997. First Edition in English, translated by Kevin Nolan (poems are published in parallel with their French Originals). 8vo. np 20 pages]. Stapled into printed wrappers. Some light rubbing to the wrappers, otherwise fine. This is a presentation copy from the translator.

A creature, a possible he actually, in perhaps to whereas,itHow do I know what Division is best for my child?Divisions are based on age and some ages may have the option to choose between two levels.Here is a rough breakdown of what the average player can do at each age level:

A (tee ball) – Brand new to baseball, has never played.

AA (coach pitch) – Has at least one year of tee ball experience or is of AA age playing for the first time. Still beginner baseball.

AAA-American (half kid pitch) – Players should be getting pretty good at playing catch.Can accurately throw and catch 40’ approximately 75% of the time.Can consistently put the bat on the ball during coach pitch.

AAA-National (all kid pitch) – Players have played at least one year of AAA-American.They should be able to accurately


& Kings teams will also travel within the Greather Cincinnati area.

Do you keep score and standings?Starting at the AAA-American level, the game is scored and recorded.Season standings can be tracked at atll.org. Season standings have no bearing on seeding for the Season Ending Tournament.

Is there a tournament at the end of the season?Yes, there is a season ending tournament the last 2 weeks of June for all divisions AAA-American and above.Championship Saturday is the final day of the season with the Championship games all taking place at the same park, the fields are freshly chalked, and even PA announcers and other special game day celebrations have been done in the past.

What is the All-Star Team?The All-Star team is selected for each age group in early June.The teams representsAnderson Township Little League at the D-9 regional tournament.Winners of the district tournaments advance to the State Championships.The 12U age division can advance as far as the Little League World Series.All-Star age groups are 8U (both coach and kid pitch), 10U, 11U, 12U, Intermediate, Junior, and Senior. ATLL’s 8U Coach Pitch team won the district tournament in 2017.

Who is eligible for the All-Star Team?Anyone who plays Anderson Township Little League and lives within the boundaries of Anderson Township Little League are eligible for the team.Aces and Kings players are eligible for the All-Star Teams, but must tryout along with everyone else.

How is the All-Star Team selected?Managers nominate players from their team.Those players are then invited to try out for the All-Star team.All players are given equal consideration for


the All-Star Team regardless what team they played on during the regular season.

When are All-Star tryouts? June 6, 2020 (June 7th if ranined out on the 6th)

Who are the Aces?The Aces are an elite baseball team comprised of the best of the best Anderson Township has to offer in each age division starting at 8U.Players who are interested must try out for the team each season and no player is guaranteed a spot on the team.The Aces play both a Little League schedule against other D-9 Little League teams (Loveland, Mason, Lebanon, etc) and select teams from around the Greater Cincinnati area, as well as multiple local tournaments.

Who are the Kings? The Kings are an advanced baseball team comprised of those players who did not make the Acesbut are still looking for and capable of playing a high level of baseball. The KIngs play both a Little League schedule againat other D-9 Little League teams (Loveland, Mason, Lebanon, ect) and select teams from around the Greater Cincinnati area, as well as multiple local tournaments.

At the 8U level ONLY, the 8U Kngs play on both a regular season ATLL team (typically in the AAA-American division) as well as the 8U Kings. The 8U Kings play one game per week during the regular season.

When are tryouts for the Aces? June 6th, 2020 (June 7th if rained out on the 6th) for the 2020 season

How can I become more involved in ATLL?There are many ways to get involved as a volunteer with ATLL.Managers, Assistant Coaches, and Umpires are


The Cannonball, the Long Island Rail Road's fastest train to the East End, is now running non-stop from Manhattan for the first time since the train was introduced back in the 1890s. It arrives in Westhampton 94 minutes after departing from Penn Station, with follow-up stops at Southampton, East Hampton, Bridgehampton and Montauk. It's a one-seat, $27 ride, with reserved seating available for an extra charge. The Cannonball has traditionally departed from the Hunterspoint Avenue Station in Long Island City, Queens, but now it's running from Penn Station. It made its inaugural run from Penn on May 24, 2013.

On May 25, 1950, a parade of dignitaries, led by Mayor William O’Dwyer and Robert Moses, head of the newly created Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, traveled by motorcade throughthe men and women who eagerly installed their own personalized graphics on the new maple lockers that replaced those wobbly red metal lockers from yesteryear.

The reigning NCAA champion in the discus, Wright joined Husker teammates to celebrate the unveiling of their new locker room Monday afternoon with the same enthusiasm that Nebraska men and women basketball players showed when they moved into their new digs more than a year ago.

What were scattered lockers in six rooms shared with the men's and women's golf teams and tennis teams - not to mention visiting teams and meet officials - is now a full-fledged track and field facility that features 88 men's lockers and 66 women's lockers and caters to nearly every need and whim a student-athlete might have.

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appreciates and respects what the track team has done over all these years."

Osborne retired last week, but remains a pivotal part of the athletic department as Nebraska Athletic Director Emeritus. He has been instrumental in facility improvements across the board, including the new locker room for a track program that has won three NCAA women's indoor championships, plus 67 Big Eight and Big 12 Conference team titles and one Big Ten Conference championship - all in the past 32 seasons.

"We're showing how much of a community Nebraska really is," Grooters said. "I think it's just great when an athletic director is willing to take funds generated from football and help support every sport we have. The university is a community of its own, and he (Osborne) supports everythingin one."

Thorne has played a vital role in NU's major capital planning projects, including East Stadium expansion, the Hendricks Training Complex and the volleyball, gymnastics, wrestling home that will become a Devaney Center reality next fall.

Capital Planner Thorne Plays Heartfelt Role

The track and field project was near and dear to Thorne's heart. "We were working with a facility from a different time and a different era," she said. "To bring track and field up to the standards of our other sports has been really meaningful, especially when you're helping the sport that you competed in," she said. "There's a lot of joy there."

The good news is there's more to come. "When we put the outdoor siding up for the long hall outside the new locker rooms, we're planning


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