the state championship in 2002. In 2010, Kenny Chesney wrote a song called "The Boys of Fall". The scenes for the high school football portion of the music video were shot in Celina.

Major League Baseball pitcher and former Celina Bobcat Ryan Merritt, and sportscaster and 2012 U.S. Senate candidate Craig James reside in Celina.

Growth
Celina is among the fastest growing cities in the nation.  It is currently averaging 1,300 new home permits a year with an ultimate build-out population of around 350,000 people.  The City recently adopted its Downtown Master Plan, creating the vision for Celina's historic downtown and its ensuing renaissance.

Education
Celina is served by two (2) school districts - Celina ISD and Prosper ISD.

Celina Independent School District is home to the Celina High School Bobcats. Celina has 1 primary school (serving grades pre-K and Kindergarten), 2 elementary schools—Celina Elementary School and Odell Elementary (serving children in 1st through 5th grade), one middle school Celina Middle School for grade 6; one junior high Celina Junior High School covering grades 7 & 8; and a high school Celina High School.

Prosper Independent School District generally serves the southern portion of Celina.

Local Flavor
Celina is home to Tender Smokehouse, nationally acclaimed restaurant, as well as, Lucy's on the Square, Papa Gallo's (Tex-Mex), Jimbo's Pizza, Toasted Walnut, Annie Jack (coffee/cafe), Hey Sugar (candy store), and Bongo Beaux's Bourre Palace & Cajun Kitchen.

Other eating places include Rice & Noodle, Celina Star Cafe, Burger Fixin, Celina Asian Bistro, and Hairy Gorilla Snowballs.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,861 people,


a comparison of the subject property and the "Gelch" property based upon the number of square feet of "buildable" commercial area permitted under zoning codes in existence at the time of the respective sales. He argued for a buildable area for the subject property of 220,000 square feet and a buildable area for the "Gelch" property at the time of the sale of 95,983 square feet considering the zoning ordinances which applied to each property. The subject property was regulated by the City of Warwick zoning ordinance while the "Gelch" property use was regulated by the zoning ordinance of the Town of East Greenwich. Plaintiff's expert added the estimated costs of the site development of the "Gelch" site ($2,200,000) to the purchase price ($2,550,000) and divided the resultpointed out that the buildable area of the "Gelch" property was determined without taking into consideration "special approvals" which did eventually occur. Plaintiff's witness testified that he was told by the Planning Director of the Town of East Greenwich that they were "Up for grabs." One of defendants' witnesses, Mr. Collins talked with the developer of the "Gelch" property and testified that the owner told him that "when he bought this site, he bought it fully intending to develop a 220,000 square foot complex. That was his intention the day he passed papers, even though legally he did not have the right to at that time." In his report, the Special Master observed, "Mr. Berenson (plaintiff's appraiser) was unable to contradict this testimony."
Although a minor point, it appeared


that the plaintiff's witness had earlier addressed this issue. He testified that the parking restrictions were much more stringent in East Greenwich than in Warwick with the result that many more parking spaces were required in East Greenwich than in Warwick. East Greenwich requires one parking space for each 90 square foot of building whereas Warwick required one parking space for each 200 square foot of building. The allowable density of building in Warwick was more than double that in East Greenwich. His testimony was, concerning the "Gelch" property, "there was no guarantee that he (the purchaser) was going to receive his approvals until much later" actually 15 months later. He further testified that the Town of East Greenwich "could just as easily have denied the request forrelief from parking."
The Special Master also pointed out that plaintiff's witness had failed to take into consideration conditions imposed by the Warwick City Council with respect to the commercial development of the "Shopping Center Site" including one concerning which "He conceded that there was some questions as to whether ... [it] could lawfully be complied with at all."
The evidence is that the Council of the City of Warwick in 1984 amended the Zoning Ordinance to permit the construction of a 220,000 square foot shopping center on the "Shopping Center Site." It imposed certain conditions, some of which had not been meet in January of 1989. One of the conditions imposed by the City was a prohibition against left hand turns by motor vehicles travelling south on Route 117


between the hours of 4:00 P.M. and 6:00 P.M. Thereafter the Rhode Island Department of Transportation expressed its lack of confidence in the ability to enforce this restriction and directed that a "left turn bay be constructed." The same letter dated November 19, 1984 stated that "we foresee no difficulties with approval." The witness acknowledged that given this state of affairs it was necessary to return to the City to coordinate the positions of the City and the State on this issue but he did not acknowledge that he considered the circumstance an impossible situation. This condition was complied with subsequent to the valuation date when the City Council on Feb. 14, 1990 deleted the condition from the Ordinance.
*54 Although the Master concluded that there was not sufficientevidence to use a higher figure than 175,000 square feet of buildable area, apparently based on a proposal contained in a plan dated a short while after the valuation date, and the estimate of buildable land of one of defendants' witnesses, the plan submitted to the City of Warwick in 1984 proposed 193,500 square feet of buildings. The Ordinance adopted by the City Council of Warwick in 1984 provided in part that the Center would be constructed in substantial compliance with the plan submitted to it.
The master concluded that using a purchase price for the "Gelch" transaction without site costs and using buildable area of 175,000 square feet, the result is a valuation lower than that argued for by the defendants. This result could only be achieved if


the Master. In that case the State of Rhode Island condemned a 44.6 acre tract of ocean front property at a time when the property was zoned to permit only single family dwellings located on lots of two acres or more. The owner had earlier obtained an amendment to the local zoning ordinance and a special exception which would permit it to construct and maintain eighty luxury condominium units on the property. The special exception was limited in that it would expire in one year unless steps were taken to construct the condominiums. The special exception expired on July 13, 1987. The property was condemned on July 7, 1989, almost two years later, and after the zoning ordinance had been amended to R80 allowing only single family dwellings– Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German theologian and Protestant reformer (d. 1565)
1560 – Jan Gruter, Dutch scholar and critic (d. 1627)
1590 – Daniel Seghers, Flemish Jesuit brother and painter (d. 1661)
1596 – Nicola Amati, Italian instrument maker (d. 1684)
1616 – John Wallis, English mathematician and cryptographer (d. 1703)
1684 – Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian historian and writer (d. 1754)
1722 – Hryhorii Skovoroda, Ukrainian poet, composer, and philosopher (d. 1794)
1729 – Antonio Soler, Spanish composer and theorist (d. 1783)
1730 – Mahadaji Shinde, Maratha ruler of Gwalior (d. 1794)
1755 – Gilbert Stuart, American painter (d. 1828)
1793 – Clarkson Frederick Stanfield, English painter and academic (d. 1867)
1800 – France Prešeren, Slovenian poet and lawyer (d. 1849)
1810 – Louisa Susannah Cheves McCord, American author and political essayist (d. 1879)
1826 – George B. McClellan, American general


Compass, (known in the U.K. as Northern Lights) for her class. The book is the first in a trilogy known collectively as His Dark Materials and it takes place in a world where everyone is born with a daemon of their own.

A couple of years later, Rachel’s mom took her to see the play of the book at London’s National Theatre, and then in 2007, Rachel actually appeared as an extra in The Golden Compass movie.You May Also Like

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I was born into a musical family on February 13, 1952 in Danville, Virginia. My father was a gifted guitar player and passed his love of music on to his children. I don\'t remember when I started playing, but it must have been when I was six or seven. My dad would drag me out in front of his musician friends to play and sing for them, and before I knew it, I was hooked. Since then music has been a major part of my life. I graduated from George Washington High School in 1970 and pretty much progressed into full-time music - - being on the road most of the time, having a great time, but not really accomplishing the


prioritize according to need. I love playing all the rhythm section instruments, but have usually focused on guitar or bass guitar. I love recording and have done a fair amount of session work on various instruments with various artists. I have my own studio which is probably quite primitive by today\'s standards, but which meets my needs quite well. I look forward to years of making music and if my music is a blessing to just one person, it was all worth it.

I was born into a musical family on February 13, 1952 in Danville, Virginia. My father was a gifted guitar player and passed his love of music on to his children. I don\'t remember when I started playing, but it must have been when I wasthis period. I pumped gas, I worked in the local textile mill, I worked in an auto parts store. I even tried selling insurance. I taught guitar at a local store and at home and eventually went into the retail music business. None of these made me happy. On a dare from my wife, Sharon, I enrolled in LPN school at age 34 and the next year went to work as a nurse. After several years of this I went back to school and became an RN. This turned out to be the stability that my life desperately needed, and has allowed me to enjoy the music that I love so much. I received a calling into the ministry and attended Liberty Bible Institute at Liberty University for


from previous iteration. With such an arrangement an accurate estimate to the sample shape is obtained without the need for probe characterization. If additional images used, the fidelity of the estimated sample is increased.
In another embodiment, the deconvolution technique utilizes Legendre transforms in the processing of images to produce sample and probe measurements. After generating two images of a sample from different vantage points, the Legendre transform of the first and second image are obtained. These transforms are used in a system of equations that relate the transform of the sample with a first transform of the probe and the transform of the first image, the transform of the sample with a transform of the probe from the changed vantage point and the transform of the second imagea soft center, a hard mid layer and a hard cover in order to attain an outer-hard/inner-soft structure. In this golf ball, the hardness distribution up to the central point of a center from the surface of a mid layer has a large level difference on the boundary of the center and the mid layer. This level difference deteriorates the suppression of spin. A soft center deteriorates the resilience performance. Further, a hard cover deteriorates feel at impact.
Golf players' demand to the golf ball has been increasingly escalating. It is an object of the present invention to provide a golf ball having excellent flight performance and excellent feel at impact.


Image caption The star has always denied any wrongdoing

Crocodile Dundee star Paul Hogan has announced plans to sue the Australian government for damaging his reputation.

A five-year investigation into suspicions he was using off-shore banks to conceal his earnings and evade tax was dropped in November.

Fairfax Media reported that Mr Hogan's lawyer said the actor could seek up to $80m (£51m) for his loss of earnings.

Lawyer Andrew Robinson said: "His earning potential and reputation has been decimated."

In November, Australian Crime Commission Chief Executive John Lawler announced the investigation was being closed due to "insufficient prospects of securing convictions".

But it is understood the Tax Office is not dropping its probe into Mr Hogan's affairs.

It has not been revealed how much Mr Hogan apparently owes in tax, but the star hassaid that he is unable to afford even 10% of the bill.

Earlier this year, tax officials barred the 71-year-old actor from returning to his Los Angeles home for two weeks over the matter.

Mr Robinson told Australian newspaper The Age that his client was now "looking forward to resolving any outstanding matters with the Australian Taxation Office in accordance with the usual dispute resolution protocol".

The star has denied claims that he had been keeping film royalties in an offshore tax haven.


General Mikhail Kutuzov: one-eyed defender of Moscow.
General Mikhail Kutuzov was a charismatic Russian general, most remembered for his defense of Moscow against Napoleon. He was in and out of favor with the emperor, Alexander I, but in times of crisis, on more than one occasion he was called back to lead the Russian Forces. From the standpoint of ophthalmology, it is of interest that while fighting the Turks, Kutuzov sustained two separate severe head wounds that ultimately led to loss of sight in his right eye. A portrait of General Kutuzov hangs in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Kutuzov's birthplace. In the portrait Kutuzov is standing with his left side facing forward, presumably to hide his disfigured right eye. He lost the Battle of Austerlitz againstNapoleon and at best gained a draw at the Battle of Borodino. Nevertheless, the latter battle was the beginning of the end for Napoleon's Grand Armée. They entered a deserted Moscow, part of Kutuzov's scorched earth policy that left no food or housing for the enemy, and with the Russian winter rapidly approaching, Napoleon began his long retreat from Russia. As with the German army, the harsh winter claimed many casualties while Kutuzov added to the French misery by harassing the retreating army from the rear. Of 450,000 French soldiers, only 10,000 returned to France.


Did you talk about American sanctions, he was asked. We have absolutely nothing to add, he said. We have a lot of meetings. The meeting under investigation took place after the electn as gorkov ran the branch office in New York under U.S. Sanctions and came at a time that the Kushner family was racing to raise money for its troubled real estate business. Did it involve the sanctions on the bank? Did it involve any business potentially? Reporter: Investigators say they want to know if Kushner went to the bank for help with this troubled investment, a skyscraper on fifth avenue, the 666 building, which analysts tell ABC news is 30% empty and cannot generate enough rental income to cover its huge debt. They borrowed 1.3 billion.That loan has to be paid back in two years. Reporter: The white house says the meeting between Kushner and gorkov was about u.s./russ relations and arranged by the Russian ambassador. The bank says, no, it was a private business discussion. This has conflict of interest written all over it. I think it's a huge problem for Kushner to be in a situation where his white house portfolio essentially allows him to have liaison with all sorts of corporate and financial institutions. Reporter: The Russian banker, gorkov could answer many of the questions the FBI and congress are asking but as of now, he's trying hard to stay out of the spotlight. Giving us what in Russian is called -- The stone wall. He continues to work in


drive roller, a feed roller, a support member, and an elastic member. In this device, besides the separation roller having a one-way clutch, another one-way clutch is added in between the feed roller and feed gear. When feeding process of the paper stops, the separation shaft immediately reverses rotation to operate other parts. This will cause the separation rim and the feed rim to release from the driving source of the motor and allow them to rotate freely at the same tangential velocity. As a result, the paper is prevented from pushing or pulling by the feed rim, which causes paper wrinkle and tear.
Furthermore, the device in this invention allows the diameter of the feed rim to be smaller than the separation rim. The tangential velocity at thegiven as a payment in kind, not a souvenir.

Three crewmembers whose meat was allegedly in the box taken by Sato and Suzuki could not agree on what types and how much meat each crewmember had received, and when it was handed out. Moreover, all struggled to account for the numerous heavy boxes they had sent themselves, claiming they contained alcoholic drinks or Antarctic ice – in one case even for boxes sent at room temperature.

One of the whistleblowers who informed the 2008 Greenpeace investigation broke his anonymity to testify on the embezzlement he had witnessed. He also stated whale meat gifts are sent to members of the Diet, Japan’s parliament, and to FAJ bureaucrats, and that ICR officials embezzle tail meat – another prime cut. The defence produced


a photo discovered in Greenpeace archives, showing an ICR official loading a cardboard box labeled “sample” into the trunk of a car. Official samples are collected by refrigerated truck.

The whistleblower testified that two production managers were fired over an incident in 2006 when fin whale meat appeared on the market before official sales had begun. The court saw and heard evidence that at least two current production staff members sent the two dismissed managers gifts of unesu from the fleet in 2008.

The statements of the owner of the box, witness A, were shown to be unreliable:

In his police interviews, he initially claimed to have received meat from one other crewmember, changing this later to two, and then to four. In court, he named three crewmembers – dropping witnesscontained whale meat, contradicting the company’s branch manager who testified he was told the box contained ‘fresh produce’. A could not properly explain why he had accepted about US $300 in compensation for his lost box without complaint, when its contents were worth substantially more.

The trial also saw evidence of attempts by the whaling industry and authorities to cover the scandal revealed by Sato and Suzuki up:

The whistleblower testified police had asked him to declare in his statement that he had not personally participated in embezzlement – even though he had admitted to his own past involvement.

Witness C, one of the crewmembers thought to be at the heart of the embezzlement scandal, testified he had never been questioned by Kyodo Senpaku as part of their supposedly comprehensive internal


investigation.

The branch manager of the courier company testified he had been interviewed by state and security police as many as 20 times about the interception of the box by Sato and Suzuki – but he had not been interviewed once about any knowledge of transports of embezzled whale meat.

The DNA evidence showing A was lying was available to prosecutors even before Sato and Suzuki’s arrest, yet was not made available to the defence until the end of the trial.

The prosecution refused to disclose large, apparently key portions of statements made to police by crewmembers, claiming they contained only ‘personal information’.

The investigation undertaken by Sato and Suzuki fits within the public watchdog role of NGOs, which enjoys protection under international law

If the defendants are given a custodial sentence, this(1) FLORIDA WATER PLAN.—In cooperation with the water management districts, regional water supply authorities, and others, the department shall develop the Florida water plan. The Florida water plan shall include, but not be limited to:

(a) The programs and activities of the department related to water supply, water quality, flood protection and floodplain management, and natural systems.

(b) The water quality standards of the department.

(c) The district water management plans.

(d) Goals, objectives, and guidance for the development and review of programs, rules, and plans relating to water resources, based on statutory policies and directives. The state water policy rule, renamed the water resource implementation rule pursuant to s. 373.019(25), shall serve as this part of the plan. Amendments or additions to this part of the Florida water plan shall be


adopted by the department as part of the water resource implementation rule. In accordance with s. 373.114, the department shall review rules of the water management districts for consistency with this rule. Amendments to the water resource implementation rule must be adopted by the secretary of the department and be submitted to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives within 7 days after publication in the Florida Administrative Register. Amendments shall not become effective until the conclusion of the next regular session of the Legislature following their adoption.

(2) DISTRICT WATER MANAGEMENT PLANS.—

(a) Each governing board shall develop a district water management plan for water resources within its region, which plan addresses water supply, water quality, flood protection and floodplain management, and naturalsystems. The district water management plan shall be based on at least a 20-year planning period, shall be developed and revised in cooperation with other agencies, regional water supply authorities, units of government, and interested parties, and shall be updated at least once every 5 years. The governing board shall hold a public hearing at least 30 days in advance of completing the development or revision of the district water management plan.

(b) The district water management plan shall include, but not be limited to:

1. The scientific methodologies for establishing minimum flows and levels under s. 373.042, and all established minimum flows and levels.

2. Identification of one or more water supply planning regions that singly or together encompass the entire district.

4. A districtwide water supply assessment, which determines for


may designate certain uses in connection with a particular source of supply which, because of the nature of the activity or the amount of water required, would constitute an undesirable use for which the governing board may deny a permit.

(5) The governing board may designate certain uses in connection with a particular source of supply which, because of the nature of the activity or the amount of water required, would result in an enhancement or improvement of the water resources of the area. Such uses shall be preferred over other uses in the event of competing applications under the permitting systems authorized by this chapter.

(6) The department, in cooperation with the Executive Office of the Governor, or its successor agency, may add to the Florida water plan anyother information, directions, or objectives it deems necessary or desirable for the guidance of the governing boards or other agencies in the administration and enforcement of this chapter.

(7) CONSOLIDATED WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT ANNUAL REPORT.—

(a) By March 1, annually, each water management district shall prepare and submit to the department, the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives a consolidated water management district annual report on the management of water resources. In addition, copies must be provided by the water management districts to the chairs of all legislative committees having substantive or fiscal jurisdiction over the districts and the governing board of each county in the district having jurisdiction or deriving any funds for operations of the district. Copies of the consolidated


LaFerrari Crashes In Monaco

Ferrari’s flagship supercar, the LaFerrari, has only been in customer hands for several months but the first crash involving one of the cars since its launch has occurred (a prototype was involved in a crash last year), and it’s not surprising that the crash took place in Monaco. The luxury playground is where the first LaFerraris showed up after deliveries commenced at the start of the year, with numerous videos of the car driving around Monaco’s famous streets having been posted online.

This photo posted by Twitter user @AutoBant shows one very sorry looking example. It was involved in a near head-on crash with a Volkswagen Golf, but it’s not clear who is to blame. The accident took place yesterday, near the Monte Carlo Country Club.tactical error, or an astute decision? Ultimately, DJs CEO John Dixon and Food MD Pieter de Wet have identified a gap in the Australian grocery market and are preparing to exploit it with their David Jones Food Halls; with a respectful nod to the iconic Marks & Spencers food halls in the UK.

Dixon and de Wet have got skin in the game. Dixon, joined David Jones from UK retailer Marks & Spencer and de Wet, with over a decade in food and grocery leadership with Woolworths South Africa, stepped in as group executive of food, before being appointed to the more senior role of managing director, reflecting the importance of food in David Jones’ growth strategy.

Markets within markets

Like the UK and Europe, the Australian grocery market has split


into discounters at one end and mainstream supermarkets at the other. While the growth of discounter-style grocers continues to outperform supermarkets globally, the premium market in Australia appears ripe for exploitation and signals the ever-changing face of the Australian food and grocery landscape.

Globalisation, innovation, multiculturalism, media, travel and the internet have shifted the power from the retailer to the consumer. Information-rich food shoppers are now more empowered to make decisions than ever before. Reality television cooking shows and gourmet food markets tempt shoppers to seek out exclusive, unique food experiences. The days of ‘meat and three veg’ have long gone.

Retailers develop brands to meet demand from consumer segments. If the segment is viable, ultimately the brand succeeds. IBISWorld has examined key consumer segments, referred to as quintiles, whoLollapalooza first became a part of the festival circuit 25 years ago in 1991. It began as a touring festival by Jane’s Addiction frontman, Perry Farrell, and has since developed into a world-renowned music event that provides a stage to some of the most influential musicians of our time. It has taken place in different countries around the world but its current and most notable home is at Grant Park in Chicago. In honor of 25 years, Farrell added a fourth day to festival and was set to take place from July 28 – 31, 2016.

As music festival enthusiasts, Lily and I, knew we had to attend. We had never been to Lollapalooza and it was definitely on our music festival bucket list. This year’s musical acts, the


25-year anniversary, and the added fourth day provided us with more motivation for us to attend – and off we went to Chicago.

Location and Layout of Lollapalooza
This year, an estimated 400k people were in attendance. With such a huge quantity of people, festival organizers needed a large, widespread venue like Grant Park. This iconic Chicago park is filled with grassy fields, a majestic water fountain, iconic monuments and borders Lake Michigan.

Photo by Maclay Heriot

There were 3 blocks of the park that were sectioned off for the music festival. The area was occupied with 8 different stages, various vendors, and VIP sections. The stages were strategically placed so that there was enough space in between stages to avoid sound clashing. However, in two areas there were two stages thatoccupied a space, one major stage and one minor stage. In this case strategic artists scheduling for set times was required to avoid any sound issues.

Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman

List of new songs debuted at Lollapalooza (that we saw)
Flosstradamus, FKi 1st & graves – Came Up feat. Post Malone & KEY!
Radiohead – new songs off their brand new album A Moon Shaped Pool
Vic Mensa – two new songs off his upcoming LP, one featuring Joey Purp
Die Antwoord – Shit Just Got Real featuring Sen Dog and DJ Muggs of Cypress Hill plus a cover of Insane in the Brain

Photo by Cambria Harkey

Photo by Greg Noire

Photo by Roger Ho

Favorite Set
There were many amazing sets from the weekend, which is to be expected from a momentous music event like Lollapalooza.


One of my favorite sets from the weekend was from a mainstream artist that I did not plan on seeing but decided to check out last minute. That artist was J.Cole. It was my first time seeing him live and to be honest, I only knew his songs that were played on mainstream radio. When we walked over to the stage and you heard his voice in the distance, you could hear the passion and feel his energy. The tone of his voice acted as an emotional guide as it led you into the right mindset of the next song. He truly opened himself up not only as a musician but also as a human being.

Photo by Greg Noire

Most Common Theme of Lolla – Peace and Unity
Of thethe shows we wanted to attend were sold out. As a result, after eating we headed out to the bars near Grant Park. First on our list was Buddy Guy’s Legends. Buddy Guy is one of my favorite blues guitarists and I have had the honor of seeing him perform in Hollywood. I wanted to check out his blues bar and it sure lived up to the hype. It was one giant room with 2 bars, one on each end, and reserved table seating in the middle. The main act for the night was the Nikki Hill band and she sure rocked the house. At the end, I was able to score a free shirt and I also bought one for my dad because he is the one


that introduced me to Buddy Guy in the first place.

Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman

Lollapalooza was a fun experience especially since it was our first big music festival experience in the Mid-West. There was even something beautiful to be seen when the event ended. All you could see was the youth of Chicago taking over the streets for blocks in every direction. As people tried to find their way home or to their hotels, you walked by people trying to hustle, street drummers that started a dance mob, and people just singing on the street. After all, that’s what a music festival does, it breathes life into the people that attend and they breathe it back into the city.

It has been 25 years since the first Lollapalooza debuted in1991. Starting off as touring festival by Jane’s Addiction frontman, Perry Farrell, it has developed into a world-renowned music festival that hosts some of the most influential musicians of our time. For those who consider themselves festival aficionados, Lollapalooza is considered a festival MUST.

This year, as you find yourself navigating from stage to stage to stage, you are going to stumble across a very special area. No, I’m not referring to Chow Town. This area, known as Lolla Cares, is set to showcase select non-profit organizations that focus on enriching the lives of others as well as helping the environment and local communities. Twelve organizations have arranged to have a booth this year. Each non-profit has a unique purpose with missions that range from political activism, sober living,


medical funding, natural disasters, and poverty. Here are a select few that stood out to us.

Lollapalooza has roots in Chicago and it’s no wonder why the festival gave the nonprofitChicago Cares a platform for its cause. Chicago Cares is a organization that looks for volunteers in the area to help with projects that improve the immediate needs of the city. One of the events that the organization holds every year is called Warm Up Chicago.Warm Up Chicago is a clothing drive that asks residents to donate hats and gloves to thousands of children, adults and seniors who do not have access to these essential winter items. Their website has adaily calendar featuring events across the city in need of volunteers. An event that happens every Monday isLakeview Seniorsand more on a two week trek up Mt. Everest. On the journey, they raised money for the Nepal cancer center. The foundation can be found atconcerts and festivals across the United States and is constantly looking for volunteers to run their booths.

In 2004, more than 200,000 people died due to the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. It is considered to be one of the ten worst earthquakes that have been recorded. In addition to the high death toll, cities were destroyed and hundreds of thousands of people were left with nothing. In response to this natural disaster, the band Linkin Park foundedMusic for Relief (MFR). The organization’s mission is to provide aid and support to victims of natural disasters and to reduce climate change. MFR is comprised


of musicians and fans that organizeonline auctions, benefit concerts, and other events to assist those in need and help rebuild their communities. The humanitarian organization has helped raise over $7 million since it first began. They have helpedsurvivors from all around the world including those who were affected by Hurricane Katrina, China’s Wenchuan earthquake, Zimbabwe’s cholera outbreak, earthquakes in Haiti and Japan, and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. If you would like to make a donation to help those in need, please visithere.

For more than 25 years,Rock the Vote has helped to created ways to make voting easier for young adults. It is currently the largest nonprofit and nonpartisan organization in the United States that is driving the youth vote to the polls. They utilize music, art, popstill have more than a great time booking a room at a different and cheaper hotel, but there is nothing like being a part of an entire hotel party. The hotel comes alive with that Splash House festive spirit.

Photo credit: Galen Oakes

The musical roster of this sold out June 2016 edition included the like of Odesza, Justin Martin, Lee Foss, FKJ, Jai Wolf, Guy Gerber, Billy Kenny, Cut Snake, Nora En Pure, Christian Martin, StarRo, and so much more! Bixel Boys were also on the roster playing three different set times throughout the weekend. At night, there were a few after parties with the most notable ones having Justin Jay and Flight Facilities play over at the airport hanger. With fun-filled lineup like that most of the weekend


first transformational music festival of the 2016 festival season in Southern California. A total of 50 different musical acts were set to take the stage including Shpongle, Nahko & MFTP, Emancipator, Del the Funky Homosapien, Bleep Bloop, Ill Gates, Phutureprimitive, Random Rab, Desert Dwellers, Big Wild, the Moontribe crew, and many more.

Serenity Gathering was a unique festival that celebrated the Spring Equinox. It focused on the balance of the universe where, “night and day, dark and light, are in perfect balance”. Serenity provided a positive and creative environment where the attendees could connect with one and other while also reflecting and honoring this special time.

THE BASICS

The 4-day event took place at the Joshua Tree Retreat Center. This is the oldest and largest retreat center in the Western U.S.we realized we were lost. We drove on to the dirt road that was near the sign and soon came across the will call and entrance tables. Once we drove past that and further down the dirt road there was a fork in the road. The left path led directly to the main stage area and the right path led to parking and campsites. At the middle of the divide, were two men and a black pig on a leash. Before continuing to the right, I got out of the car to quickly pet the pig. He was so sweet!

The campsites were located behind the main stage and vending area. This area consisted of the vendors, food trucks, bathrooms, healing sanctuary, and the Serenity Stage presented by The


onto it.

Continuing down this road, we walked past some camps, shrubbery, and cacti. Behind all this was the Bridge Family Stage. This was where the live bands and artists performed. The New Moon Stage was located even further behind that. This was where the Moon Tribe crew played. Even though we did see this stage while we were at the top of the hill, it was still a little harder to find. However, once the music started playing at the New Moon Stage, it was easy to locate. You could simply follow the sound and the people that were dangerously running around the cacti.

THE PEOPLE (Staff & Attendees)

The staff was friendly, helpful, and patient. They were decked out in their festival gear and spread their positive energy tothe attendees. Some drove around in carts getting to know the attendees as they picked up pieces of trash. On Sunday, we saw one staff member trying to keep a pole stable so that the tarp it was connected to wouldn’t be blown over by the wind.

As for the festival attendees, there were people of all ages since it was a family-friendly event. Toddlers were running around and playing in the dirt, with their parents close by of course. Older children were seen with their parents at the family dome. The young adults and those with more life experience danced until night became day with their faces painted, jewels on their bodies traveling from stage to stage in their fur coats.

I also want to give an honorable mention


were three locations. The primary bathroom location was located in the main area, right near the camp entrance. There was more than enough port-a-potties and I didn’t have to wait more than five minutes. They were also cleaned every day but they were definitely cringe worthy to go into at night. There were also 2 indoor bathrooms, which were located all the way towards the back of the camping area. Each bathroom had 2 sets of showers, a toilet, a sink, mirror, and soap. There was always a line for these but they were much cleaner and worth the wait.

FAVORITE VENDOR

There was a trailer right outside and to the left of the main area exit/camping entrance. It was selling some of the most beautiful hand-made dream catchers Ifloating through a colorful vortex that was being created through their sound. Lafa Taylor also had an amazing set and live mixed his voice. I felt like he was truly able to connect with the crowd in a special way. By the end of his set he had everyone singing along.

In regards to sound, it could have been louder at the Serenity Stage and Bridge Stage. When both stages were crowded and we stood towards the back, I do remember wishing it was louder. The New Moon Stage was a smaller area and I felt that the sound was just right.

FAVORITE PIECE OF LIVE ART

Over at the Bridge Family Stage, they projected live visual art on to the back screen. When we went around the back of the


stage to take a closer look, we noticed 4 people with 5 projectors pointed towards the screen. Each person had a clear Petri dish, various oils, food coloring, and a projector. They put the oils into the Petri dish, dyed them with food coloring, moved the dish around on top of the projector, while they displayed it onto the screen. Each projection overlaid on top of the other one. It was live psychedelic art at its finest.

Serenity Gathering was a unique festival that celebrated the beginning of spring, balance, life, and music. It was a great start for our festival season and we thoroughly enjoyed dancing in the moonlight under a clear night sky to some awesome beats with good-hearted people. We can’t wait to go back nextthe biggest international names in bass music, Enchanted Forest Gathering is best characterized by four principles — uniting sacred, sexy, silly and saucyelements for an experience like none other! Previous lineup installments have boasted a standout musical roster featuring artists such as KOAN Sound, Random Rab, Liquid Stranger, Phutureprimitive, Ott, Papadosio, Desert Dwellers and Opiuo. This year’s lineup will be announced in March and will include over 50 artists across four stages.

To ignite your excitement for 2016, Enchanted Forest Gathering has released the 2015 After Video, produced by Megan Stone. The video showcases the plethora of activities that await surrounding the lush landscape of Black Oak Ranch.

Building upon a reputation for eclectic tastes in electronic and live music, Enchanted Forest Gathering has evolved into a festival that fosters


the growth of the conscious movement community. What began as a renegade series of impromptu instruction has now become an interactive component of the festival experience as Enchanted Forest Gathering places yoga, dance and flow arts front-and-center, including a mini-flow arts festival as main fixture of the festival. Past teachers have included the world-renowned KK Ledford (Fire & Nectar, Order & Chaos ~ Asana and Astrology), Rigzin, Holly Baade/The Joyful Warrior, Forest Schrodt, Jonathan Livingston Baxter, Kandice Korves-Kaus, Nova and many more. This year’s stellar yoga, movement, and flow teachers will be announced in March along with the music lineup.

Additionally, Enchanted Forest Gathering plays host to a bold educational forum throughout the day including four types of workshop zones providing guests an opportunity to broaden their horizons inMo is Shy, a KBOO docudrama of the Portland Christmas tree trial

One year ago, Mohamed Mohamud was found guilty of trying to blow up Portland's Pioneer Square Christmas Tree. His sentencing had been postponed several times, now indefinitely.

KBOO reporter Joe Meyer attended every minute of the trial, wrote a script from his scribbled three notebooks, and called it "Mo is Shy."

Joe has written for the Evening News for three years. His first public affairs show was on the Joint Terrorist Task Force (JTTF) and featured Greg Kafoury warning of FBI malfeasance. Since then, Joe has produced shows on the Portland Water Bureau, Women in Programming, Coal Transport, Sex, and Fluoride.

"Mo is Shy" was recorded on three consecutive Sundays in KBOO's Studio 2, and achieves a high level of


2 DEA Workers Accused of Lying About Owning NJ Strip Club: Complaint

A Drug Enforcement Agency analyst and a recently retired agent were arrested Wednesday morning on charges they allegedly lied on documents about running a strip club in New Jersey, according to a criminal complaint. Jonathan Dienst has more. (Published Wednesday, May 20, 2015)

The former head of the New York Drug Enforcement Administration organized crime task force and a DEA technology specialist were arrested Wednesday morning on charges they allegedly lied on national security documents, denying they ran a strip club in New Jersey, according to a criminal complaint.

David Polos, a former assistant special agent in charge of the New York City office, and Glen Glover, a telecommunications specialist, surrendered to the FBI were in court in ManhattanWednesday to face charges that they made false statements on government documents. If convicted, both men face up to five years in prison.

Lawyers for both men said they would fight the charges.

"The charges against him are meritless, unwarranted, and he looks forward to being exonerated in court," said Avraham Moskowitz, defense attorney for Polos.

The two men, who both worked at DEA offices in New York City, allegedly indicated they had no outside jobs on a security form in 2011, even though they co-owned and worked at the Twins Go-Go Lounge in South Hackensack, according to the complaint.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, they likely would have lost their clearances had they disclosed that they owned the strip bar.

Polos, of West Nyack, New York, and Glover, of Lyndhurst, New


Jersey, allegedly worked regular shifts at the club before and after filing the forms, authorities say. They hired and fired staff, manned back offices, monitored security feeds and took out ads for the club. Some of the business was conducted while they were supposed to be working with the DEA.

The complaint also alleges that most of the club's dancers are undocumented immigrants from Brazil or Russia. Investigators also allegedly saw dancers engaging in sexual activity with patrons and staff in private lounges, then exchanging money afterwards.

Law enforcement sources tell NBC 4 New York that authorities have been investigating alleged prostitution at the strip club, but neither Polos or Glover face charges in connection with those allegations.

A person answering the phone at Twins Go-Go Lounge said the club hadMajority government: The Liberals are back after almost 10 years in the political wilderness ...and expectations are high. What does the future look like under a Trudeau government? Can the Liberals deliver on all their promises? What's your reaction to the win?

With guest host Duncan McCue.

INTRODUCTION

Canadians responded overwhelmingly this week to Justin Trudeau's promises of 'sunny ways' and 'better is always possible' ...and they rewarded him with a majority government. A sigh of relief was felt across the land, that even seemed to emanate from Conservative circles. People invoked references to movies such as the Wizard of Oz, and Back to the Future in an effort to explain the cultural shift. While it was a stunning come-from-behind victory, it was not out of proportion to the Conservatives' victory


in the 2011 election. This time however, the Tories lost about 8% of their popular vote and were effectively banished to the opposition. The Liberals reaped the benefit of that shift, as well as gaining new voters ...and most significantly those deserting the NDP who chose to bet on the horse that could beat Stephen Harper.

In fact, the 'back to the future' nature of the political shift is real, because things now look a lot like in years past where the two 'big tent' parties -- the Liberals and Conservatives -- would trade roughly 10% of the voters to award a winner with 40% and an opposition with 30% ...while the NDP occupied their position as the nation's conscience, far from power at 20%. This was a recurrentSirius XM, satellite radio channel 169 ...this is Cross Country Checkup.

GUESTS

John Geddes

Ottawa bureau chief at Maclean's Magazine. He has covered federal politics and policy for more than two decades.

Twitter: @Geddes28

Janice MacKinnon

Former finance minister of Saskatchewan and professor of fiscal policy at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon.

Tania Cameron

First Nations Rock The Vote organizer and 2008 & 2011 NDP candidate.

Twitter: @taniacameron

David McLaughlin

Former Conservative Chief of Staff at the federal and provincial levels.

Twitter: @DavidMcLA

Anthony Sayers

Political science professor University of Calgary; author of Parties, Candidates and Campaigns in Canadian Elections.

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LINKS

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(assigned UP 8812) was renumbered to UP 7906 on 3 December 2003 by Progress Rail as part of the Peak Power fleet .

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SP 8283 (assigned UP 4549, then UP 8819) arrived at Roseville, California, on June 3, 2006; as of November 2007, the unit was still active and not retired, but is in dead storage at Roseville, with parts missing.

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SP 8293 (assigned UP 8827) was removed from service at South Morrill, Nebraska, on 8 November 2004 due to diesel engine failure; stored at Progress Rail at South Morrill until moved to North Platte, Nebraska, on 8 October 2005; moved to Denver, Colorado, still there as of mid September 2007; retired in late January 2008.

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SP 8513 (assigned UP 8834) was wrecked on 25 October 1997 at West Junction (Houston),Carlos Ghosn’s resignation over his alleged connection with a high-profile financial scandal. Last month, Mitsubishi, which maintains a notable presence in markets such as Southeast Asia, also announced the departure of its CEO, Osamu Masuko, who has been leading the company for the last five years. Even South Korean automaker Hyundai, which produces the practical and well-received Kona EV, saw some turnover in its executive positions earlier this year, with Chung Eui-sun being dubbed as co-CEO with Lee Won-hee, who also took over the chief executive post this year.

Following is a list of car company CEOs as well as their tenure as chief executive of their respective companies (H/T to Benzinga).

Tesla: Elon Musk in 2008

Toyota: Akio Toyoda, 2009

General Motors (GM): Mary Barra, 2014

Peugeot: Carlos Tavares, 2014

Honda: Takahiro Hachigo,


2015

BMW: Harald Krüger, 2015 (though he has recently confirmed that he will be stepping down as BMW’s CEO)

Ford: Jim Hackett, 2017

Nissan: Hiroto Saikawa, 2017

Mazda: Akira Marumoto, 2018

Volkswagen: Herbert Diess, 2018

Fiat Chrysler: Michael Manley, 2018

Suzuki: Toshihiro Suzuki, 2018

Daimler: Ola Kaellenius, 2019

Renault: Thierry Bolloré, 2019

Mitsubishi: Takao Kato, 2019

Tesla gets a bad reputation at times for allegedly being a car company that cannot retain talent. Yet, together with Elon Musk, several of the electric car maker’s key executives have been with Tesla for long periods of time. Among these are CTO JB Straubel and Chief Designer Franz von Holzhausen, as well as President of Automotive Jerome Guillen, who joined Tesla back in 2010, before the first Model S rolled off the line. Other executives that recently rose through the ranks, suchBonus games may additionally award players with “progressive jackpot” awards that are funded, at least in part, by a percentage of coin-in from the gaming machine or a plurality of participating gaming machines. Because the bonus game concept offers tremendous advantages in player appeal and excitement relative to other known games, and because such games are attractive to both players and operators, there is a continuing need to develop gaming machines with new types of bonus games to satisfy the demands of players and operators.
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Donner said the remains appear to be from a child who was 10 years old or younger and were intentionally left in the area where they were found some time in the last few weeks --- or months.

"The remains were not well hidden. They were found. Was there a reason behind that? We just don't know," he said.

Through most of the weekend, tents and tarps protecting evidence could be seen in a small clearing near the batting cages at Little Lass.

After Monday morning, the tents had been removed after police wrapped up their crime scene investigation.

Jim Faulkner and his wife Dorothy, who have lived for 60 years next door to the location where the fields are located, were unsettled by


the grim discovery last week.

"There's nothing like this that's ever happened," he said.

"Nobody's reported any children being missing. Maybe it was brought in from somewhere else," she said.

Their Faulkner's son, Jim Faulkner Jr., said he was unsettled to know the remains were discovered on the property next to his childhood home.

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every week. The duration of the study was 18 weeks.

The primary outcome was pain which was measured by the visual analog scale (VAS). The secondary outcome consisted of Lequesne Index for knee OA, Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC), VAS for pain and time during the 50-foot walk test (50FWT), and the amount of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs taken. All outcomes were measured by an independent investigator at baseline, 9 weeks and 18 weeks from the start of the program.

Results

The two groups had similar pain reduction and improvements in WOMAC, Lequesne index and the 50FWT throughout. The water-based group had resulted in a greater reduction of pain than the land-based group before and after the 50FWT test at the end of the study.

The weaknesses and strengths ofare talking here.

J Bag:The hate is on Paterno because he was the most powerful person and could have ended this whenever he wanted. "Telling his superiors" was not good enough based on repeated incidents by Sandusky.

The police could have ended it in 1998 by charging Sandusky.Child welfare could have ended it in 1998 by recommending chargesThe janitor could have ended it in 2000 by reporting it.Officials at second mile could have ended it in 2001 when they were made aware of the incidents.The university president could have ended it in 2001 when Paterno reported the incident.Mike McCreary could have ended it in 2001 when he witnessed an assaultVarious parents could have ended it by taking their complaints to the police instead of the campus police and university officials.

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Three women requested abortions due to harsh conditions in detention and the longevity of stay on the Pacific island

Three pregnant asylum seekers have been transferred to Australia from offshore detention on Nauru after requesting abortions due to the harsh conditions inside the detention centre and because they did not want to bring a child up on Nauru, Guardian Australia understands.

Of the three women – the first of whom was transferred in February – one had her pregnancy terminated while the other two have yet to make a final decision on the termination.

The February case – of a Rohingyan woman named Salima – was reported by the ABC. Salima’s partner Mamun told the ABC from Brisbane: “If we born with a child in Nauru the child must die becausethe facilities [are] not good in there.

"There is a very small room. Families are given a fan. But in a single camp there is no fan. When you take meals – lunch and dinner – you must be standing two hours in the line."

The two most recent cases involve pregnant women transferred to Darwin. One family were sent around three weeks ago and another around eight weeks ago.

Child asylum seeker advocate group Chilout and a senior source with knowledge of the cases confirmed the transfers had occurred.

Chilout spokeswoman Sophie Peer said all three women had cited conditions in detention and the longevity of stay on the tiny Pacific island state as reasons for their decisions.

A leaked report, written by five independent medical experts, documented the dire state of


Browns: Johnny Manziel signs contract with Browns

Rookie quarterback Johnny Manziel signed a four-year contract Tuesday worth approximately $8.25 million. The pact includes a fifth-year team option, as mandated under the NFL’s collective bargaining agreement.

Johnny Manziel

Cleveland drafted Manziel with the No. 22 overall pick May 8, completing a very public courtship between both parties. The polarizing Heisman Trophy winner was the Browns’ second selection in the first round, following Oklahoma State cornerback Justin Gilbert at No. 8.

Gilbert and second-round pick Joel Bitonio, a tackle from Nevada, are Cleveland’s remaining unsigned draft choices with five weeks remaining until training camp.

Browns coach Mike Pettine has repeatedly listed Manziel as his second-stringer behind incumbent Brian Hoyer, but will hold a quarterback competition during the preseason.

During his two-year career with the Aggies, Manzielcompiled a 20-6 record in amassing 9,989 yards total offense and 93 touchdowns. Manziel also completed 68.95 percent of his passes in becoming a two-time Heisman finalist.

The 6-foot, 210-pounder has the second-best selling jersey among NFL rookies — St. Louis’ Michael Sam leads the way — making it likely he will earn more in endorsements and royalties over the life of his contract than in salary.

While Manziel’s signing was expected, another roster move made later in the day was not.

Cleveland released wide receiver Earl Bennett, a seven-year veteran who signed a one-year, $730,000 contract May 16. Only $75,000 was guaranteed because of his concussion issues while playing for Chicago last year, according to NFL.com.

Bennett’s departure leaves two other recent signees — Miles Austin and Nate Burleson — as


on the other hand, could come in right away and provide the team that drafts him with an explosive playmaker.

Austin could mirror the season that the Colts’ T.Y. Hilton just had. Austin may have some trouble adapting to the nuances of the NFL, but come the end of the year, he could take off like Hilton. The Rams could make a play at drafting Austin with the 16th pick to replace the recently departed Danny Amendola.

Draft Austin as late-round flier and enjoy the benefits.

4. Joseph Randle, Oklahoma State

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After impressing at the NFL combine, Randle could be a hot commodity come draft day.

Randle combines speed with a good set of skills. Last year at Oklahoma State, Randle rushed for a staggering 1,417 yards on 274 carries whileUP flood damage prompts Amtrak detour

Union Pacific's Moffat Tunnel route has been closed for repairs west of Denver for an undetermined period following flood damage afflicting wide portions of Colorado, resulting in a detour for Amtrak's California Zephyr.

Amtrak said effective Friday, Sept. 20, 2013, the long-distance train linking Chicago and Emeryville, Calif. (with bus connections to San Francisco), will be rerouted between Denver and Salt Lake City, until further notice. The reroute will be through Wyoming, one of the few states in the contiguous U.S. without Amtrak service.

Amtrak said it will provide alternate transportation by chartered buses for stops missed by the reroute, including: Glenwood Springs and Grand Junction, Colo., and Green River, Helper, and Provo, Utah. Local conditions prevent Amtrak from providing alternate transportation to Fraser-Winter Park


from injury in week 1, he made 5 tackles and sacked Mitchell Trubisky once as the Packers beat the Chicago Bears 10–3. In week 2 against the Minnesota Vikings, King recorded one tackle a pass breakup and a crucial fourth quarter interception in the end zone off a pass thrown by Kirk Cousins.
In week 5 against the Dallas Cowboys, King recorded an interception off Dak Prescott in the 34–24 win.
In week 16 against the Minnesota Vikings on Monday Night Football, King recorded another interception off a pass thrown by Kirk Cousins which he returned for 39 yards during the 23–10 win.

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Category:Green Bay Packers playersfar outweighs her wish for a titled husband. Winning this bet will
finally allow May to follow her true artistic desires. Rex losing is just a
side benefit, as are his breathtaking kisses that she just can’t resist.

When May is forced to choose between the dream she never knew she wanted and
the man she’s never been able to forget, Rex must convince her desire is worth
a bit of danger.

Rex is an American who came to his mother's homeland six years ago to start a
different life for himself. After struggling to survive in an orphanage and on
the streets of NYC, Rex is a self-made man. Changing his name, leaving
everything behind, he amasses great wealth, but now he needs to marry a titled
woman who could gain him access to investors.

May is her


father's daughter, determined and fiscally minded. She moved to
London from NYC a year ago to make a titled match after being left behind six
years ago by her one true love. With it just May and her father, both wish to
uphold her mother's dream for her daughter to be titled, even if the daughter
would rather be a businesswoman instead.

One Dangerous Desire is how May and
Rex both need something the other can't provide, but can't seem to pull
themselves away from the other.

Christy Carlyle is a new-to-me author, and I found her pacing swift, the flow
of her words fluid, and the story enjoyable. May and Rex played off each other
well, push-pull romance filled with banter and longing. The author plucked the
heartstrings a few times, had me smiling with the warm andfuzzy, blushing with
the steamy scenes, and laughing unexpectedly.

While the scenes moved rather quickly to the next, there was some redundancy as
it felt drawn out (the initial plot) to the point the reader knew the
conclusion but the hero and heroine weren't getting there fast enough. The plot
couldn't support the page-length. But near the last quarter, new elements of
conflict were introduced to add an exciting level of angst, and I breezed right
straight through to the end and enjoyed every moment of it.

Recommended for fans of the modern writing style of historical romance.

Will I read more by this author, or continue with this series? Yes, absolutely.
I'm interested in what comes next. As this was my first read by the author, and
it was the third in the series, I plan to backtrack


Thigh compartment syndrome after acute ischemia.
Thigh compartment syndrome (TCS) is a poorly recognized clinical condition that may follow reperfusion of acutely ischemic thigh muscles. The anterior muscle group appears to be at greatest risk because of its layered arrangement. Intense pain, swelling, and elevated compartment pressures characterize the early presentation in the affected muscle group. If untreated myonecrosis, myoglobinuria, and renal failure may result. TCS was observed in a patient who was treated for a gunshot wound to the left thigh. The superficial femoral and profunda femoris veins as well as the profunda femoris artery were disrupted. The superficial femoral vein and profunda femoris artery injuries were repaired but the mangled branches of the profunda femoris vein were ligated. Postoperatively he developed intense thigh pain, swelling, and elevatedheaded by the state development commissioner R.N. Bohidar, to study the Sixth Pay Commissionís recommendations and also try to figure out the likely impact on the stateís finances if the recommendations were implemented. .

A meeting of the state cabinet, presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Sunday, approved the fitment committee reportís, which was submitted recently, and decided to give the hike as per the recommendations.

On Monday, the Chief Minister or the Finance Minister Prafulla Ghadai will make a statement on the floor of the House in the issue. .

On receiving the DC Committee Report, Cabinet has deliberated it on for nearly two hours here. Sources said there are few additions to the recommendations. However nobody is opening up on the issue, as it is a sensitive one.


through the payment of speaking fees, some of them paid for by special programs or endowments paid for by contributors, or covered by fundraising for the speaking events, that’s simply to be added to the expenditures that might be the total package of purchasing influence among current and future federal decision-makers. It all counts, especially for those big universities that can spend six or seven figures a year on federal lobbying and pay speaking fees of a couple of hundred thousand to selected politicians as well.—Rick Cohen

Full Disclosure: This author is a graduate of Boston University and the University of Pennsylvania, both of which appear on this list of top lobbying colleges and universities.

Rick joined NPQ in 2006, after almost eight years as the executive director of theGoing 'Hyper-local'

December 21, 2009

NEW YORKWhile the concept of video journalism isn't new, it hasn't really been viewed as a trend, either. But Michael Rosenblum thinks its future is now.

The CEO of Rosenblum TV in New York has worked with the concept since 1989, when he designed New York One, a 24-hour news channel in Gotham that's still going strong. "I was intrigued with it," he said, "because the concept was based on the video journalist [or VJ] carrying a camera."

Over time, the idea spread across the pond to Europe, where the BBC now operates its news programming off of the same model. Rosenblum's last collaboration with "The Beeb" (as its sometimes known in the U.K.) took place in 2003, when he built six "hyper-local" TV channels around Birmingham:


each employs six reporters that rely on a camera and a laptop to edit.

"The idea is to get more cameras on the street while cutting costs. With technological advances having made hyper-local journalism easier," he said, "I approached Verizon during the rollout of FiOS four years ago."

That approach proved fruitful. Today, spurred by partnerships with the Newark Star-Ledger, North Jersey Media Group and RNN-TV, Verizon operates the recently launched hyper-local news operation on Long Island with Rosenblum, as well as two others in Northern New Jersey and Washington, D.C.

BASIC SETUPS

The setup for a hyper-local "station" is very basic, according to Rosenblum. For instance, his New York City offices at 54th and Park—which support the Long Island channel's (or node's) show, "Push-Pause" —house three Macs for editors who assemblethe Northern New Jersey edition of "Push-Pause," which debuted in October. He also feels that the time for the concept has arrived.

"The VJs get to report, which is a new element in this method of newsgathering," said DiDonato, a one-time freelance medical correspondent for Reuters.

He recalled the old days: "We would cut 4-minute segments at Reuters, just as we are now," he said. "But the new element about this gig, besides the VJ setting up his own story, is getting appearance and location clearances from [interview subjects] who appear on camera. "That's a smaller issue that is usually handled by the assignment editor, but there is no assignment editor anymore."

Rosenblum has a theory about how to execute this concept, DiDonato said: "The VJ sits on each shot for


Early History Of Babylon

The early history of Babylon is shrouded in mystery. First mentioned in the Bible is the record of Genesis 10:8-10 which names Nimrod, the grandson of Ham, as the founder of the city in the dim prehistoric past. Its name was derived from a later experience revealed in Genesis 11 where the inhabitants of the land of Shinar, the southern portion of Mesopotamia, are recorded as building a tower designed to reach the heavens. This may have been the beginning of a practice of building towers with religious significance. Such a tower is known as a ziggurat, designating an artificial mound of brick and soil elevated above the surrounding terrain.

The Biblical description of the tower is in keeping with the characteristics of the area. Lackinginvasions including that of Assyria. In 729 b.c. Tiglath-pileser became king of Babylon and later in 689 b.c. attacked by Sennacherib, Babylon was destroyed by fire. It was rebuilt by Esarhaddon, and was finally wrested from Assyria around 625 b.c. when the Neo-Babylonian Empire was founded by Nabopolassar, the father of Nebuchadnezzar. With the help of the Medes, Nineveh was destroyed in 612 b.c. Necho of Egypt was defeated in 605 b.c. The stage was now set for the brilliant reign of Nebuchadnezzar which included the earlier conquering of Jerusalem in 606 b.c., the ultimate captivity of its inhabitants, and the destruction of the city itself.

The Prophecies Of Isaiah Concerning Babylon

Apart from a reference to a “Babylonish garment” in Joshua 7:21, there is no Biblical reference to Babylon


the far view, that is, the destruction of Babylon in relation to the second coming of Christ in 13:20-22. Here it is declared:

It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

As far as the historic fulfillment is concerned, it is obvious from both Scripture and historythat these verses have not been literally fulfilled. The city of Babylon continued to flourish after the Medes conquered it, and though its glory dwindled, especially after the control of the Medes and Persians ended in 323 b.c., the city continued in some form or substance until a.d. 1000 and did not experience a sudden termination such as is anticipated in this prophecy.

Interpretation has been made more difficult by the varied meanings of Babylon itself. Sometimes the term (in the Hebrew Babel) refers to the city whose history continued and was flourishing even during the Apostolic period when it became a center of Jewish learning after the destruction of Jerusalem. Sometimes the term is used in reference to the political power of Babylon which obviously fell in one


and the Persians. Only occasionally does there seem to be a reference to a future ultimate destruction as in Jeremiah 51:62-64. The prophecies of Jeremiah predicting the fall of Babylon at the hands of the Medes and the Persians were graphically fulfilled approximately sixty-five years later, as recorded in Daniel 5.

Major attention is devoted to the captivity of Judah in the prophecies of both Jeremiah and Ezekiel. There is almost constant reference to the Babylonian captivity of Judah in Jeremiah beginning in chapter 20; numerous references are also found in Ezekiel. Much of Jeremiah’s ministry was to his own generation as he predicted the downfall of Jerusalem and the victory of the Babylonian armies. Jeremiah is seen as the true prophet of God in contrast to the falseof Babylon. Jeremiah devotes considerable Scripture to this theme, including 43:10-13; 44:30; 46:1-26. In chapter 44 Jeremiah sends a message to the Jews in Egypt in which he predicts that their attempt to escape the power of Babylon would only result in their own destruction.

The Prophecies Of Ezekiel Concerning Babylon

Ezekiel echoes the prophecies of Jeremiah relating to the Babylonian captivity (Ezekiel 17:12-24) and like Jeremiah predicts the conquering of Egypt (29:18, 19; 30:10-25; 32:1-32). Added is the prediction of the destruction of Tyre in Ezekiel 26:7- 28:19.

It is obvious from these many passages in the prophets that Babylon occupies a large place in the prophetic program of the Old Testament for the nations surrounding Israel. It is with this context that Daniel the prophet takes up the theme


and relates God’s dealings with Babylon to His ultimate purpose of bringing all nations into subjection unto the Son of God.

The Prophecies Of Daniel Concerning Babylon

Daniel’s first recognition of Babylon prophetically was in his interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream. Babylon was represented in the great image by the head of gold, and Daniel recognized the importance of Nebuchadnezzar:

Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold (Daniel 2:37, 38).

After the death of Nebuchadnezzar, Daniel’s vision recorded inof reign, he was succeeded by his son who was assassinated shortly after he came to the throne. Nabonidus then assumed power appointing his son Belshazzar as co-ruler. It was this Belshazzar who held the ungodly feast of Daniel 5 and perished at the hands of the Medes and Persians.

At the time of the downfall of the city of Babylon recorded in Daniel 5, the city was still a monument to the genius of Nebuchadnezzar. According to Herodotus, the city was approximately 14 miles square with the Euphrates River bisecting it north and south. Two sets of walls inner and outer protected the city and, according to standards of the day, rendered it safe from attack from without. If Herodotus can be believed, the walls were indeed formidable


being 350 feet high and 87 feet thick. Walls also lined the river on either side and 150 gates of solid brass protected the entrances. On the wall were some 250 watchtowers, 100 feet higher than the wall itself. The outside wall had a deep water moat some 30 feet wide.

During the height of its power, provisions were stored in Babylon supposedly sufficient for twenty years of siege and designed to discourage anyone attacking it. Within the walls the city was laid out in square blocks with beautiful houses lining the streets usually three and four stories in height. The city also included great parks and gardens, some of which, such as the hanging gardens described by Diodorus, were outstanding wonders in the ancient world. The gardens werebuilt on terraces and supported large trees. A great bridge some 660 feet long and 30 feet wide bridged the Euphrates River and connected the eastern and western halves of the city. Notable buildings were also found such as the palace of the king, the temple of Bel over eight stories in height, and many other buildings of less importance.

It was this city, proud of its supposed invulnerability, which had ignored the rapidly expanding power of the Medes and the Persians. Media as a separate kingdom had matched the rise of the Babylonian Empire. After the Medes had captured Asshur in 614 b.c. under alliance with the Chaldeans, they had also captured Nineveh. The downfall of the Assyrian Empire, marked by these events, paved the way for the


rise in power of Media which was in alliance with Nebuchadnezzar during most of his reign. Persia was also, rising in power, however, and under Cyrus II Media was conquered by the Persians about 549 b.c. Media and Persia were united in a common government which lasted until Alexander the Great in 331 b.c. Their armies had proceeded to conquer much of the territory around Babylon before the fateful night in 539 b.c. (Daniel 5).

Setting siege to the large city of Babylon, the Medes had dug a canal diverting the water that flowed under the city wall. At the very time of Belshazzar’s impious feast, they were entering the city on the dry channel underneath the mighty walls. The drinking feast celebrated by the one thousand lords apparentlywas shared by other inhabitants so that the normal watch kept on the walls was not observed, allowing the invaders valuable time in conquering the city before their presence was fully known. At the very time the Medes were pouring into the city, the handwriting appeared on the wall (Daniel 5:5, 24-28). Daniel correctly interpreted the writing as spelling the doom of the Babylonian Empire and the beginning of the empire of the Medes and the Persians (Daniel 5:28, 31). Thus ended the fabulous reign of the Babylonian Empire, the symbol of Gentile glory and moral and religious wickedness.

Continued Influence Of Babylon

Although the fall of Babylon marked the end of political rule of Babylonian rulers, much of the Babylonian culture, its pagan religions, and its ideology were continued


in the kingdoms which followed. Babylonian influence was perpetuated down through the centuries especially in ancient pagan religions. Babylon, the symbol of religious confusion, was to appear again in the apostate church of Revelation 17, and its political power was to be revived in the final form of the Roman Empire as depicted in Revelation 18. Even if literal Babylon is not rebuilt as a city in the last days and subjected to the sudden destruction described in Revelation 18, Babylon as an influence for evil politically and religiously will not be terminated until Jesus Christ comes in power and glory to reign.a boat in the Tennessee River, in Jackson County, is difficult to determine, but the undisputed evidence is to the effect that together they had consumed enough for themselves and for at least two or three more additional companions. The number of beers was estimated by the pack and not by the can. Defendant's intoxication is hardly subject to question, he himself saying that he doesn't remember much that occurred, but the extent of his intoxication cannot be accurately assayed, although it is clear that he was at least bellicose drunk.
Defendant was charged in the indictment with killing Carl Davis Martin by pushing or knocking him away from a boat "into" the river in one count of the indictment, and in another count of the indictment he is


charged with killing him by pushing or knocking him away from a boat "in" the river.
Although there is some evidence to indicate credibility weakness on the part of some of the witnesses testifying for the State, some of which may have been due to the extraordinary excitement on the occasion and perhaps some to their recent fluid intake, we view the testimony in general as that of impartial, unprejudiced, sincere witnesses. There was positive evidence that there was much cursing going on in the boat, much of which was attributable *774 to defendant, that defendant was a part of the time at least in the middle of the boat, his uncle at the back of the boat and the companion at the front of the boat. The unclewent off the rear end of the boat. There was some evidence to the effect that defendant was hitting his uncle at the back of the boat. There was also some evidence that the uncle attempted to get back into the boat and could not do so. By one of the witnesses it was stated that the man in the middle of the boat was slapping the man in the back of the boat and that it looked like defendant struck the man, but the witness did not know whether defendant struck the man in the back of the boat physically or pushed him from the boat. One witness stated that defendant pushed him in the water away from the boat. There was considerable testimony that appellant cursed


his uncle while they were struggling in the boat and that appellant told his uncle that he was going to kill him. All three left the boat. Defendant and the third man arrived safely on the shore. The uncle never landed alive. His drowned body was removed from the water and thereafter examined by the laboratory director of the North Alabama Regional Laboratory of the Department of Toxicology, Criminal Investigation.
Appellant lays great store upon the testimony of the laboratory director. His testimony was to the effect that there were no cuts, bruises or skinned places upon the deceased. It is argued that the absence on the body of deceased of any objective signs of a fight or a struggle is inconsistent with evidence to the effect that defendantStanding with the Soviets: The Nation during the Cold War

We’ve been pondering The Nation, America’s top left-wing weekly, on the occasion of its 150th anniversary. Founded as a respectable organ of liberal opinion, it became, in the twentieth century, a megaphone for fans of Soviet Communism. A generation ago, on the brink of the fall of the Iron Curtain, The New York Times’s Richard Bernstein summed upwhere The Nation stood during the Cold War:

The Nation often argues…that the United States is at least equal as a menace to the world as the Soviet Union, perhaps worse; that the United States has been the primary culprit in fueling the arms race and that it has fomented much of the atmosphere of the Cold War; that the United States has


starts at the end of the 1990s – at a time where the rare vinyl LP was not just a mouse click away. Hip hop music from the USA, especially that outside the mainstream, was difficult to get hold of in this country. At the time you could hardly buy it on vinyl – let alone for a fair price. The idea of changing this, in 2002, was the foundation for what is today hhv.de.

Record store turns into online vinyl shop

What started as a small record store in Berlin-Friedrichshain, soon became an online shop. Musically it did not just stop at “hip hop”:%= p_vinyl_cd_tape_path(:navigation => HhvLib::Shop::Navigation::HIP_HOP_ID) %> and rap. The range of the vinyl shop of hhv.de gradually expanded, first with the genres of funk and soul, andlater with numerous further styles of music such as house, techno, rock, folk and jazz. Whether Stones Throw or Melting Pot Music, whether Daptone Records, Warp Records or XL Recordings – many very different record labels found a home in our vinyl shop.

Vinyl records from our own label

Since then, the selection criteria have no longer been based on a particular style, but increasingly on quality. The latter is also the basic motive of the releases from our home label hhv.de, which was formed in the course of our gradual further development. It enables us, alongside our label Project: Mooncircle, to work closely with musicians and label operators and create releases according to our own taste.

Growth beyond the vinyl shop

But it is not only the music section which has


     The police reports indicated as follows. On February 25, 2006, the police stopped the car

Maldonado was driving, because a registration check showed the registered owner to have a

suspended driver's license. Maldonado was not the owner of the car. Maldonado admitted that he

had been drinking, he failed multiple field sobriety tests, and a Breathalyzer test showed his blood

alcohol concentration (BAC) to be 0.238. On March 7, 2006, the police pulled Mongue over after

observing him commit several traffic violations. Mongue admitted that he had been drinking, and

a Breathalyzer test showed his BAC to be 0.125. On March 26, 2006, Vasquez was pulled over after

a police officer saw Vasquez's car straddling the double yellow lines in the center of the road.

Vasquez admitted that he had beenact shall be amended so as to read as repeated in the amendatory act, such

       portions of the old law as are repeated in the new act, either literally or substantially, are to

       be regarded as a continuation of the old law and not the enactment of a new law on that

       subject." S. Buchsbaum & Co. v. Gordon, 389 Ill. 493, 500-01 (1945).


subsequent missions.

Apollo promised the best food ever eaten in space. For the first time, astronauts had both hot and cold water to prepare meals with (the food came in freeze-dried vacuum packs that would be injected with water or else eaten dry followed by a sip of water) and Wally Schirra, who had had only toothpaste-like tubes for food on his Mercury flight, described the food as "still does not match home cooking, but it comes a lot closer than space food used to". Thirty-three meals were provided for the three crewmen, allowing them three meals a day for each of the 11 days in space. Even so, the astronauts complained that there was more food than they could eat and that most of it was too sweet,Image caption A Monster Calls features striking illustrations by Jim Kay

Patrick Ness explains why he took on the challenge of writing a book based on the idea of another author, Siobhan Dowd, whose premature death prevented her from writing it herself.

"It felt like a really private thing," says Patrick Ness. "Between me and her, between writers."

Image caption American-born Patrick Ness has lived in the UK since 1999.

Ness never met Siobhan Dowd, although they shared the same literary editor. But after Dowd's death from cancer, aged 47, in 2007 he was asked to take the idea she'd been developing for her fifth novel and write it himself.

The result was A Monster Calls, published in May 2011, the story of 13-year-old Conor who is coming to terms with his own


mother's battle against cancer.

"I would normally say 'no' to turning someone else's idea into a book," admits Ness.

"But the idea was so strong and so vivid that I never felt like I was completely fabricating something she didn't want.

"There was just enough material to kick me off, and have the freedom to let the story live and breathe while also celebrating her idea."

The "monster" that calls on Conor is an ancient walking, talking yew tree. The significance of the yew becomes clear late in the story.

I hope it's not bleak for bleakness's sake Patrick Ness

While the hardback release - with its stark and haunting illustrations by Jim Kay - is aimed at a young adult market, the book has also found an older audience.

Reader reviews suggest the bookhas left many moved to tears and emotionally drained.

"Adults actually have a tougher time than younger readers do," says Ness. "Adults have more experience of loss and more experience of the fear of loss.

"I hear from lots of young readers who love it and like being moved by it, but adult readers come up and say: 'This actually happened to someone I know.'"

The US-born author adds: "I hope it's not bleak for bleakness's sake. I think there's hope at the end. I think it's a healing kind of thing."

Ness will be discussing the novel at the Edinburgh International Book Festival later this month.

Third time lucky

Born on an army base in Virginia, Ness spent his early years in Hawaii, before moving with his family to Washington state.

He studied English


Literature at the University of Southern California. He has lived in the UK since 1999. His debut novel was 2003's The Crash of Hennington.

Image caption A Monster Calls was published in May 2011

In June 2011, Ness won the prestigious Carnegie Medal for his novel Monsters of Men. (Siobhan Dowd's Bog Child won in 2009). He accepted the award with an impassioned speech against cuts to library services.

It was third time lucky for Ness. Monsters of Men was the final book of the Chaos Walking trilogy. The first two novels - The Knife of Never Letting Go and The Ask and the Answer - were shortlisted for the Carnegie in 2009 and 2010.

The story is set in a world where private thoughts are audible. Ness was fascinated by theAllen Denton

Allen Denton is an American television journalist. He currently works in the San Diego market at KUSI-TV. Prior to KUSI-TV, he was a news co-anchor at NBC11 in San Jose, CA.

Denton has been involved with numerous civic and charitable organizations including Big Brothers Big Sisters, the American Red Cross, the Youth Alliance, the Jaycees, and the Rotary Club.

Recognized by his peers as one of television's most distinguished journalist, Emmy Award-winning News Anchor, Allen Denton can be seen each evening on the KUSI News at 5, 6, and on San Diego's top rated 10 p.m. Newscast. He began his broadcasting career in radio, but eventually made the transition to television news, working at stations in Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, and California.

Allen has earned high praise


from his peers for his journalistic excellence, winning three Emmy's, four Associated Press Awards, an Edward R. Murrow award (newsteam) and a Mark Twain award (newsteam). He has covered several Presidential Elections including President Clinton's Inauguration. When Hurricane Hugo hit South Carolina, he was sent to Charleston to cover the devastation. In 1991 he was asked by then South Carolina Governor Carroll Campbell to serve as a state witness for the execution of serial killer Pee Wee Gaskins.

Since joining KUSI, Allen Denton has reported on a number of major stories. Among them, the America's Cup time trials, Texas Governor Rick Perry's Presidential bid and the resignation of San Diego Mayor Bob Filner. On KUSI's public affairs program ‘San Diego People’,  Allen has interviewed many top newsThe rise of Latvia’s P2P lending marketplace Mintos shows no signs of slowing down when the three billion euro limit was freshly exceeded in brokered loan volumes. The platform also made it clear that July’s weather did not inhibit their growth, on the contrary, it was the most successful month in several categories of Mintos in all time.

It took Mintos 4 years of active entrepreneurship to reach the first BILLION, which was reached in August 2018. By then, however, the snowball had begun to roll so powerfully that the second billion filled up eight months after that. The third billion took another half less, about four months.

According to Mintos, these “billions” of milestones are a confirmation that they are moving in the right direction and that there is


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It is one of the rarest and most magical sights in the natural world.

A bottlenose dolphin goes into labour . . . then a calf emerges, tail first. Mother guides baby gently to the surface, where they swim together for the first time.

Very few dolphin births have been captured on film in such astonishing detail.

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This one was recorded at a wildlife park pool in Rimini, Italy, where photographer Leandro Stanzani was in exactly the right place at the right time.

"To take good pictures is not easy," said Mr Stanzani, who has been taking photos of dolphins for 14 years.

"Most births happen during the night when the light is very poor.

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"Sometimes dolphins prefer to stay far awayplanting timber species in woodlots or along farm boundaries provides valuable income.

In Malawi, soya bean has a growing market as an ingredient in livestock feed. In Mchinji district, farmers who once grew tobacco are now turning to soya, with support from the Clinton Development Initiative and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa. To maximise their harvests, the farmers are treating their seeds before planting with an inoculant. This boosts the capacity of the soya plant roots to absorb nitrogen from air pockets in the soil. The nitrogen acts as a source of fertiliser, both for the soya and for later crops, helping the farmers achieve good profits in the market. George Kalungwe speaks to farmers and their advisers about how the seed treatment works and the


benefits it has brought.

Conservation Agriculture, which has been adopted by thousands of farmers in Zimbabwe as a means to increase their crop production and protect their land from erosion, involves three main principles. Crops are planted with minimum disturbance of the soil, often in planting basins; the soil is covered with crop wastes, cover crops or other organic matter; and crops such as cereals and legumes are grown in rotation. Busani Bafana speaks to Martin Moyo of ICRISAT, a research institute that has been a key player in developing conservation agriculture in Zimbabwe, including the use of fertiliser ‘micro-dosing’, and also to Albert Ncube, a conservation agriculture trainer based in the north west of the country. He finds out more about the technique, the benefits it is givingand private sector organisations is implementing a scheme to make tractors available to ordinary farmers, either through sale or hire. As a result, farmers have expanded their production and begun to sell their crops in higher-paying regional markets. Aveseh Asough speaks to some of those behind the project, as well as to farmers who have benefited, and enjoys some powerful singing along the way.

published: April 2011

Food and Trees for Africa project as featured on the South African Social Investment Exchange

To farm sustainably, a farmer must pay close attention to soil and water conservation. In Malawi and other countries in eastern and southern Africa, the Rescope (Regional Schools and Colleges Permaculture) programme is promoting the introduction of permaculture techniques to school children and other community groups, as a way


to promote sustainable farming. Rescope regional facilitator, Mugove Walter Nyika explains the basis for permaculture, and the implications in terms of soil and water conservation. He accepts that not everyone will accept or adopt permaculture techniques, as they do not offer a quick fix solution to farming problems. However, speaking from a school in Blantyre, he is encouraged that many young children, in particular, are becoming excited by the permaculture approach.

In Gomoa Adzentem in central Ghana, the Tragrimacs company is assisting farmers to cultivate sunflowers on degraded land. Working in groups, the farmers are able to sell their crop back to Tragrimacs, who use the sunflower seeds to produce biodiesel. However, as well as creating income and employment, the sunflower cultivation is also improving the health of theAntoine Sibierski has a simple message for any player struggling to cope with life at Newcastle United - put your heart and soul into it and the Toon Army will never forget you.

However, the former striker has warned Newcastle chiefs that the club is in danger of losing their “identity” on the field unless they get their act together in the boardroom.

The Frenchman did not arrive at St James’ Park to any fanfare or a reception akin to his former team-mates such as Nobby Solano or Michael Owen. But after putting his body on the line for the black and white cause he won over the United fans and became the cult hero of the 2006/07 season. Sibierski played a key part in helping the club reach the


the products of man, albeit following, as all materials do, laws of nature."

The decision was welcomed in a statement from the president of Myriad Genetics Peter Meldrum: "We are very pleased with the favourable decision the court rendered today which again confirmed that isolated DNA is patentable.

"Importantly, the court agreed with Myriad that isolated DNA is a new chemical matter with important utilities which can only exist as the product of human ingenuity."

However the American Civil Liberties Union, which contested the patents, argued: "Human DNA is a natural entity like air or water. It does not belong to any one company.

"This ruling prevents doctors and scientists from exchanging their ideas and research freely."scientist from IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza Medical Genetics Unit led the discovery of a novel rare genetic syndrome- IDDCA (intellectual development disorder with cardiac arrhythmia)  along with collaborators from America, the Netherlands, Brazil and Switzerland. In 2018, Oxford BioDynamics had signed a deal with Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza to develop a novel biomarker assay for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

Oncology Research Unit
Research interest of this unit is divided into three major areas-Epigenetic study of tumour development, molecular basis of chemoresistance in solid tumours, miRNA expression profiling in colorectal cancer, breast cancer and gliomas. The aim of this unit is to study identification of early markers by non-invasive analysis, characterization of cancer stem cells, and develop customized molecular therapies. In 2018, as a member of the network Casa