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"According to information with the Department, the property was bought in 2009 from a company called Vertex FZE which is registered in the British Virgin Islands. ...Sources said the transaction for the sale of the London property was done with a branch of Barclays Bank in London acting as the custodian...," The Indian Express said.

But, official records, updated till Wednesday (1 June, 2016) contradict allegations that the property in question was purchased by Vadra through arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari in 2009 or by Mayfair Properties through Vertex FZE .

The property in London. Image courtesy: Asian Lite

Websites of several independent realtors and agents, apart from official land registry records, also conclusively suggest that the ownership hasn't changed since 2005. The charge against Vadra, availableinformation suggests, is false and baseless.

When the BJP had sought a clarification from the Congress on the alleged benaami transaction, Sonia Gandhi had labeled it a controversy. "Get an independent enquiry done, doodh ka doodh, paani ka paani ho jayega," Gandhi had dared the government.

12, Ellerton House is an imposing building in the middle of London. Though conveniently located, it is not considered a posh area since most of the inhabitants are of migrant origin. By London's standards, it is moderately priced and isn't on the priority list of city A-graders.

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A senior defense official has told NBC News that the Russian military has been moving artillery and ground forces towards Hama — one of the locations that the Russians targeted in the first 24 hours of their airstrikes.

"So much for fighting ISIS," the defense official said.

Related: Syria War: Russia Insists Its Warplanes Are Bombing ISIS Targets

U.S. officials have questioned whether Moscow’s airstrikes — in the name of defeating ISIS — were genuinely targeting the group or were instead a cover to shore up Syrian President Bashar Assad by bombing anti-government rebel groups. Russia defended its latest round of airstrikes in Syria amid mounting questions over their targets, insisting that Moscow's planes had struckISIS installations.

The U.S. official also said that after Russian aircraft breached Turkish airspace by roughly 20 miles, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov contacted the Turkish government to apologize and acknowledge that it was a mistake.

Related: DoD Sec. Carter: Russia's Syrian Approach 'Doomed to Fail'


Grand Jury dismiss felony assault case against teenager who ran against Paladino for School Board

By Frank Parlato

Austin Harig is perhaps best known as the 18-year-old student who ran against Carl Paladino for a seat on the Buffalo School Board, and was later charged with gang assault in the first degree, assault in the third degree, and harassment in the second degree, arising out of a fight at Harig’s home.

On February 2, the Grand Jury of the County of Erie “made a finding of dismissal” in the matter of the people versus Austin Harig.

Erie County District Attorney, John Flynn, through Amy J. Goldstien, an assistant district attorney, and chief of the Grand Jury Bureau, informed Harig, in a letter dated Feb. 2, that, “after reviewing the evidence against you… an Erie County Grand Jury has dismissed the case against you.”

Harig’s lawyer, James Ostrowski told Artvoice he will be filing a notice of claim against the city on behalf of Harig. Ostrowski said, “It was a false arrest and a false charge.”

Both Ostrowski and Harig said that a story in Artvoice published in September was at least partly responsible for changing the momentum of the case and helped lead to the dismissal.

Shortly after Harig’s arrest, Artvoice looked into the case.

Police said Harig, who lived in an upper apartment on Zittel St., was a nuisance in this quiet South Buffalo neighborhood. His motley friends came and partied all night.

Harig was arrested twice after he lost the school board election to Paladino last May. On June 8, he was


arrested for the first time.

A minor himself, Harig was charged by police with misdemeanors – first-degree unlawfully dealing with a child and second-degree criminal nuisance – for allegedly providing alcoholic beverages to three minors – one was 18 and two were 17 – and allowing them to smoke marijuana in his home. Harig pleaded not guilty before City Court Judge James McLeod.

After several adjournments, prosecutors were unable to produce physical evidence of alcohol and marijuana which police should have seized at the time of the arrest. Police were unable to produce drug or sobriety tests to indicate the minors had consumed drugs and alcohol which Harig was said to have provided.

The prosecution was also unable to produce supporting depositions from the teenagers since all three claimed Harig didthat they thought Garlock may have had a broken neck, a head fracture and fractured or missing teeth. He was taken to the Erie County Medical Center by ambulance.

Lampert, the principle assailant, came down again and sat on the porch. He had blood on his hands and boots.

Deane said, “The police were asking us questions. There was around 10 people on the porch and we were all saying the same thing. ‘Austin was trying to get everybody to stop fighting and calm them down. After the fight, he was at the bottom of the stairs trying to help Brett.’ The police had us all on the porch and everyone said the same thing.”

“Though I knew that the police officers and myself had some differences with each other,” Harig


still in the court of public opinion. Every news station reported on my arrest as if I was a criminal, making no effort to contact the people the police listed as witnesses to find out the real story which was clear as day.

“When the Artvoice did this, they found that my arrest was false and frivolous and published the article quoting all the witnesses and that changed things for me.”

When Harig got out he found he lost his apartment. His computer and cell phone were stolen. He had no job. He never took welfare and was not about to start. Meantime he was facing 20 years.

Harig chose to take a bold step. He would testify before the grand jury.

Grasso remarked that in his career he recalled only “aThough there's no way to know exactly how Americans will vote in the 2016 elections, one university has a perfect record when it comes to predicting presidential outcomes. Western Illinois University (WIU) has correctly prognosticated each president since 1975, and it's got some ideas about next year's contest, too. According to the university's mock election, the 45th president of the United States will be Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders , who's running as a Democrat in 2016. The university also predicted that former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley will be Sanders' vice president. So how did the university reach its conclusion about Sanders? While his main opponent in the Democratic field, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, is leading in many polls, Sanders has managed to raise support from small


donors at an unprecedented pace. The senator has supporters from a variety of demographics, explains Liberal America , which makes him a highly electable candidate. And a recent Quinnipiac poll found that Sanders is polling better than all of the GOP's 2016 presidential candidates, including Donald Trump. In WIU's mock presidential election, Sanders garnered more than 400 Electoral College votes. A proposed Jeb Bush/Marco Rubio ticket, meanwhile, earned just 114 Electoral College votes in the mock election. As for the popular vote in WIU's mock election, Sanders beat Clinton in 22 out of 26 primary states there, too. Thousands of students at the university simulated the election process , including Iowa Caucuses, state primaries, nominating conventions, and the Electoral College vote, from October 20 to November 2, inPlayStation was released in Japan on December 3, 1994, and later in North America on September 9, 1995. By the end of the console 12-year production cycle, the PlayStation had sold 102 million units.

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Man arrested for slapping 2-year-old to 'toughen him up'

HALL COUNTY, Ga. -- An 18-year-old man was arrested for slapping a two-year-old boy to "toughen him up".

Hall County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a call from a home on Arbor Drive in Hall County. Christopher Germond lived in the home with his girlfriend and her two-year-old son.

The mother was showering when she heard her son screaming. She got out and discovered Germond had been slapping the toddler "leaving visible marks and bruising on both sides of his neck and face," according to deputies. She said Germond admitted doing it to "toughen him up".Blackburn Rovers forward Ruben Rochina could reportedly join Real Sociedad in the summer.

Real Sociedad are reportedly interested in signing Blackburn Rovers forward Ruben Rochina, who is currently on loan at La Liga rivals Rayo Vallecano.

The 22-year-old moved to Rayo on a short-term loan in January, but is expected to return to his parent club at the end of the season.

According to AS, officials at Sociedad have identified the Spaniard as the perfect replacement for Antoine Griezmann, who is widely expected to depart the Basque side in the summer.

Rochina started his youth career with Valencia before moving to Barcelona in 2004. However, he departed the Camp Nou without making a single first-team appearance.


a vote on the victim's fund is a normal Senate procedure in order to have a debate on his amendment, which looked to reduce spending to pay for the measure.

But Paul's amendment was overwhelmingly rejected ahead of the final vote by a 77-22 margin, including a "no" vote from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, also of Kentucky.

McConnell was also briefly the focus of Stewart's ire when some advocates worried the 9/11 bill was in jeopardy. But after Tuesday's vote, some thanked Kentucky's senior senator for his role in getting the measure through.

"To Mitch McConnell, he kept his word to me," John Feal, a 9/11 first responder, said at a press conference after the vote. "While I don’t always agree with his politics, he was honest and he wasToday in class we spent two hours listening to the cutest pregnant woman give a two-hour talk about the launch of a new magazine. Not just any magazine launch, but a new title that became successful in the midst of this recession, and the incredibly talented pregnant woman was responsible for this miraculous achievement.

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WSET appoints two new trustees

Andrew Hawes, the managing director of Mentzendorff, and global drinks consultant Jonathan Driver have been appointed as WSET trustees.

The new trustees will take the place of Bill Page and Christopher Hayman following their retirement.

The board of eight trustees are nominated by the four "founding fathers" of WSET, with the Worshipful Company of Vintners and the Wine & Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) having three representatives each on the board, with one representative each from the Worshipful Company of Distillers and the Institute of Masters of Wine.

Hawes began his career in the UK wine trade as a management trainee at Matthew Clark, and took over the reins as managing director of Mentzendorff in 2004. He is also a director of the WSTA. Every year he hasraised funds for the Benevolent by cycling across Europe with fellow members of the trade.

The second new trustee, representing the Worshipful Company of Distillers, is Jonathan Driver, who has worked in the drinks industry for over 20 years, starting with United Distillers in 1989 and then onto Diageo in 1997 until 2006. After leaving Diageo in 2006, he became a global consultant for the drinks industry working across a wide spectrum of projects for major drinks companies.

Laura Jewell MW, chairman of the board of trustees, said: "As WSET continues its growth into new markets, the expertise of both Andrew and Jonathan - who are both very active in the wine and spirits markets globally - will play a big part in helping to formulate the trust's future strategic


mention it and you think about where we are on that table, it can get you into the mindset where you need to catch up. But at the moment we need to focus on the product and the by-product will look after itself."

With new management, featuring several former South Africa Test greats, taking over, Rabada is confident that they have turned a corner. After former captain Graeme Smith's appointment as the interim Director of Cricket, South Africa named Mark Boucher as the head coach with Jacques Kallis and Charl Langeveldt being appointed as batting consultant and bowling consultant respectively.

"It's amazing to have someone like Jacques Kallis in," Rabada said. "He's a great of the game. So is Mark Boucher. It's also great to have Charl Langeveldt back. IJawbone as we knew it is no more. The tech company that produced Bluetooth earpieces and wireless speakers before betting everything on fitness tracking has entered into liquidation proceedings, according to a new report from The Information.

The Verge has independently confirmed that Jawbone has begun liquidation proceedings. However, a representative from Jawbone declined to comment.

Co-founder and chief executive Hosain Rahman has moved onto a new company, Jawbone Health Hub, that will primarily focus on health-related products and services. Many Jawbone employees have joined Rahman, who is acting CEO, at the new business, which The Information claims will service existing Jawbone products once the original company folds.

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some evil empire and leaving behind an important object (a "McGuffin" in film terms). In Star Wars it was R2-D2/Death Star Plans, in Eragon, it was the egg that would become Saphira. Main character is a farm boy who is taught by an old man who used to be a member of an ancient order of heroes that no longer exists/is fragmented because someone betrayed them. Main character's home is burned to the ground after the evil empire traces the McGuffin to him. Main character has no choice but to become a member of the ancient order of heroes. Old mentor dies. Main character meets a rough-and-tumble scoundrel who helps him on his journey. Etc, etc.The Raven God by Alane Adams

The Legends of Orkney Series #3

Publication Date September 12, 2017

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After defeating the Volgrim witches, life in Orkney is quiet. Too quiet. Before Sam Baron can catch his breath, an army of fire giants led by Surt gather in the Eighth Realm of Musspell, determined to destroy Orkney—and it’s all Sam’s fault. After all, he took Odin’s life with an ancient cursed dagger, and now, mankind has lost its protector. To make matters worse, the God of Mischief, Loki, is on the loose and determined to reunite with his evil wife, Angerboda, and their three children: Fenrir the wolf, Jormungand the sea serpent, and Helva, Goddess of Death. Orkney’s only hope lies with Sam and his stalwart friends. As Surt prepares to


review.

I have been enjoying this series based on Norse mythology. It differs from other similar books out there in that it takes place in Orkney part of the nine realms, not in our world. Our four main heroes come from Earth, but except for the beginning of the first book, they are in Orkney. This book was a continuation of their stories, but felt a little disjointed as they all had their own adventures and were separated from each other for most of the book.

Sam is the most interesting character, he is a son of Odin but also the son of a very powerful witch. He has trouble getting these two sides of himself to work together, but when they do he is a force to be reckonedwith. I enjoy the fact that he often makes mistakes and is unsure of his decisions, but goes with it and always makes the best of the situations. I also like his relationship with the other two witches he journeys with Perrin and Mavery. Their dynamic together is very heartwarming and fun to watch, especially when they get stuck in the Sea God Aegir’s Kingdom. Mavery lets Sam make a fool of himself, but when he gets in over his head she does come to his rescue. His journey to rescue Odin and bring him back from Helm was the most interesting of the quests.

Leo and Keely are also good characters with their own strengths and weaknesses, Their journey was not as interesting, but it did involve Loki


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A third reason also must be offered. The 1880s marked the enactment of the Chinese Exclusion Act. The passage of the act and the dislike of presidential candidate James G. Blaine had caused Nast, a life-long Republican, a great deal of angst (although one might argue hidden delight!) and a much-noticed shift to endorse the Democratic candidate Grover Cleveland. This departure inRecently-described species and new floristic records for Kenya are indicated in the checklist. Asterisk (\*) before the name indicates the introduced species. The conservation status of vulnerable taxa is shown at the end of the taxon.

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in this area to fill the existing knowledge gaps.

We would like to thank the National Museums of Kenya and the East Africa Herbarium (EA) for the provision of herbarium specimens for data extraction, as well as preservation of our collected voucher specimens. Much gratitude goes to the National Commission of Science, Technology and Innovation NACOSTI (NACOSTI/P/19/20003/28091), Kenya Forest Service (KFS) and Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) for granting research permits and providing security during floristic surveys. We are also grateful to the team of researchers from the EA and SAJOREC who took part in the field collections, as well as KWS rangers and forest guides who provided security in the course of our work. Special thanks to Mrs. Deborah Boro for linguistic editing for our manuscript. This study wasvectors transfected oocytes at the primordial and primary follicle stage when they were not protected by the zona pellucida, whereas no transfection was seen in oocytes surrounded by the zona pellucida. Efficient transfection of corpus luteum and granulosa cells was also detected by adenoviral and plasmid vectors. Transfection of oocytes and other ovarian cells was verified by X-gal staining and laser microdissection, followed by PCR analysis. HSV-TK gene transfer, followed by ganciclovir treatment, led to destruction of a significant number of oocytes, whereas HSV-TK gene transfer alone did not lead to toxic effects. It is concluded that the presence of a high concentration of adenovirus or plasmid vectors via the uterine artery may lead to transfection of zona-pellucida-free oocytes and other ovarian cells.


HBO Panel Scoffs At eSports

HBO's Real Sports with Byrant Gumbel recently ran a story on eSports, specifically Riot Games' League of Legends. However, many of the panelists don't think it's a sport at all.

The clip below is the panel's reaction to reporter Soledad O'Brien's piece on the League of Legends Championship. Most the assembled cast seems to scoff at the idea of eSports in general, and most seem to believe that it's not a sport. However, O'Brien herself (who did the actual coverage) disagrees with the majority opinion.

Our Take:On the one hand, I'm glad that HBO's program (which is usually a high quality sports journalism program) chose to expose more people to eSports and League of Legends. As for those on the panel that scoffed, it's understandable inwhich is also split among all league schools. Ten of the Big Ten's 14 football teams will be in bowl games to end this season, though it looked like one would have to sit home until MSU's surprising last-second switch from the Orange Bowl to the Cotton Bowl.

That was only possible because Mississippi State jumped from No. 10 in the Dec. 2 College Football Playoff rankings to No. 7 five days later, in the final rankings. This locked Mississippi State into the Orange Bowl ahead of Michigan State as the highest-ranked Big Ten or SEC non-champion, even though neither team played last weekend.

And this stunned MSU and its fans. Though Mark Dantonio and his team have a better opportunity in the Cotton Bowl to make a statement on


great gift but it's a different gift, and your expectations have been disappointed."

Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long, chairman of the CFP selection committee, told the Lansing State Journal that the final rankings were done with a "clean sheet of paper," making it reasonable for Mississippi State to jump Michigan State in the final analysis. That jump also allowed all 10 Big Ten teams to be in bowl games.

Had the Spartans been in the Orange Bowl, the Big Ten would have been locked out of a spot in the Citrus Bowl in Orlando per the new postseason arrangements, and one of its lower-tier bowl teams would have had to sit home altogether. The Orange going to the Bulldogs means all 10 eligible Big Ten teams can go bowling, thoughbeen in the playoff or in Miami. The loss to Ohio State I think took a lot of air out. A lot of support and money went into the Rose Bowl, from a fan standpoint.

"But we're in one of the top six bowl games, playing the No. 5 team with a chance to finish third in the country when the season's over. And I think that's probably gonna be part of the fallout of the playoff. We're going to the Cotton Bowl and who knows the next time we'll play in one of those games? That's kind of the mindset you have to have."


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Flores said Sessions spoke to Kislyak in his capacity as a senator and not as a campaign surrogate.

“Last year, the Senator had over 25 conversations with foreign ambassadors as a senior member of the Armed Services Committee, including the British, Korean, Japanese, Polish, Indian, Chinese, Canadian, Australian, German and Russian ambassadors,” Flores wrote. “He was asked during the hearing about communications between Russia and the Trump campaign--not about meetings he took as a senator and a member of the Armed Services Committee.”Spirit of Hawaii

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native Hawaiian legacy will be shown
at the Smithsonian Institution

The story of the Hawaiian people is often told as a series of inevitable events that assay out as either unmitigated tragedy or beneficial all-American progress. Filmmaker Edgy Lee offers a different viewpoint with "The Hawaiians: Reflecting Spirit."

Lee is taking a rough cut of the 54-minute documentary to Washington, D.C., where it will be screened Friday as part of the grand opening of the Smithsonian Institution's $200 million National Museum of the American Indian. She anticipates local showings will begin in early 2005.

In her film, Lee combines conventional scenic shots of the islands' natural beauty with fresh insights into the enduring relevance of traditional Hawaiian culture and the similarities between the experiences of


native Hawaiians and the indigenous peoples of North America.

In doing so she looks beyond the long-standing definition of native Hawaiians as hapless victims and instead points to a revival of pride and cultural self-confidence.

Hawaiian history is covered with a broad brush. The "discovery" of Hawaii by Capt. James Cook in 1778 is followed by abandonment of the centuries-old religious system, arrival of the missionaries, the overthrow of the Hawaiian government in 1893, annexation by the United States, five decades of rule by a Caucasian oligarchy, a second "revolution" that installed one-party rule by the Democratic party and statehood.

Lee keeps political and sociological commentary to a minimum but makes it clear that native Hawaiians became ever more marginalized as years passed.

STARBULLETIN / 2003
Filmmaker Edgy Lee's "The Hawaiians: Reflecting Spirit"was made in just four months to meet Friday's opening of the National Museum of the American Indian.

The emphasis is on traditional cultural values and their value to Hawaiians and non-Hawaiians alike. Lee describes the symbiotic relationship that existed between native Hawaiians and their environment as of 1778, and the Hawaiians' view of their place in the larger scheme of things. She also explains the difference between the traditional Hawaiian concepts of land use and those of the Western and Asian cultures that have supplanted them.

Other aspects of history and culture are addressed by contemporary scholars and cultural practitioners. Puakea Nogelmeier notes that Hawaiians were illiterate when the first missionaries arrived in 1819 but embraced the haole (non-Hawaiian) concept of writing with such enthusiasm that by the 1860s


the kingdom of Hawaii had the highest literacy rate of any nation. More than 100 Hawaiian-language newspapers documented events big and small during the final decades of freedom.

U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka speaks matter-of-factly of growing up at a time when many Hawaiians thought they were doing their children a favor by refusing to teach them their ancestral language. He also speaks movingly of his joy in seeing his children taking pride in the culture and the language.

Other speakers include Alaka'i Kahuena, who describes the traditions and protocols involved in harvesting and using medicinal plants, and Nainoa Thompson, the first Hawaiian celestial navigator of modern times, who explains why long-distance canoe voyaging is about much more than re-enacting a heroic ancient past.

The most powerful segments address the struggle facedby native Hawaiians who attempt to maintain their culture. A woman whose family has been salt makers for generations tears up while talking about people who steal the salt or make it without observing the traditional protocols. Two former residents of Niihau speak with obvious emotion of the sense of loss they feel at being forced by economic circumstances to live away from their ancestral aina.

And, tying native Hawaiians into the struggles of indigenous people across North America, Lee also includes the observations of a specialist in that area.

Considering that the film was completed in four months to make the opening at the Smithsonian, there are remarkably few problem areas. It isn't clear from the narration whether Kamehameha unified the islands before or after Cook arrived in 1778,


and a viewer unfamiliar with Hawaiian history could easily assume that Grover Cleveland was still in office when the United States finally annexed the islands in 1898. A few revisions of the audio track would clarify the facts and smooth out the only obvious rough spots in this impressive film.When the Bulldogs return to the practice field today after a week off for spring break, one of the position battles heating up will be at tailback, where Danny Ware is competing for time with Thomas Brown and Kregg Lumpkin. Before the team broke for their week off, UGASports.com had a chance to catch up with Ware to talk about spring practice and a few other things, and here's what he had to say..


Martin Scorsese's long-awaited mob movie "The Irishman" is a decades-long epic that uses de-aging visual effects on the film's stars — Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Al Pacino. The latest Mach at the Movies looks at how far this technology has come to give us younger versions of these highly familiar faces.24 F. 191 -

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Rescue. In backing towards the flat after the tow-boat had broken the ice and opened a way to Jackson's float, there was a plain lack of that degree of care which the occasion called for. As no one was left on the flat to warn off the Rescue as she approached, it was imperative that some one should have been on watch at the stern of the tow-boat. Conceding that the pilot is correct when he says the flat could be seen from the pilot-house "every time I looked at her," still he had his other appropriate duties to perform and could not closely and constantly watch the flat. Hence, as he himself states, the stern of the tow-boat was


only about seven or eight feet from the flat when he rang the stopping-bell, and the headway was not arrested in time. The flat was not only hit by the Rescue, but one of her wheel-arms, coming down on the top of the flat, forced it under water. Undoubtedly, the collision could have been avoided by the exercise of proper care. The proof is clear that the disaster was altogether the result of culpable negligence on the part of the Rescue. The libelant's claim, so far as it relates to the expense of raising and repairing the flat-boat, is well made out; but the item of demur· rage must be disallowed. The evidence as to actual loss here is somewhat vague, and I incline to think there wasit was settled, at the same time remarking that they ought to see that they got a good bond; thereupon the respondents completed the purchase, and paid the price, taking the customary bond of indemnity against liens generally. Held, that such creditor was estopped from asserting that said claim was a lien against the boat in the hands of the respondents, to the prejudice of the respondents and their surety in said bond.

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Steve Delaney's character has been around for a while, but this may
be the year of his big Fringe break.

He shambles on in his evening suit, apologises that the slide projector
isn't working, announces that he will instead treat us to one of his magnificent
showbiz lectures, keeps digressing into matters Egyptological, all the
time swigging from a large glass of whiskey and repeatedly breaking out
into a distracted bellow that deflates his intended air of professional
authority... yes, Count Arthur Strong is literally barking mad.

There's potentially a little cruelty in the idea that this is a man
losing control of his mental faculties, but Delaney's performance is so
complete and adept in its bizarre hilarity that the audience never gets
side-tracked by such possibilities. This is a man who declares that the
plural of "sarcophagus" is "sarcophageese",Insider, which did not show up among the search items returned, had some interesting thoughts on Obama's alleged remark Saturday evening (bolds are mine throughout this post; Update: important links relating to CIA practices which can only be considered barbaric are in the original):

Last Year President Obama Reportedly Told His Aides That He's 'Really Good At Killing People'

... The reported claim by the commander-in-chief is as indisputable as it is grim.

... although President Obama has proven to be “really good at killing people,” the demonstration has not necessarily been noble.

Though there's apparently no direct endorsement of or opposition to drone strikes in Obama's 2008 campaign history, his current use of military tactics — and certainly his just-reported attitude — run completely against the peacemaker the image he portrayed


Iraq, in the United States, and in Congress.

Stark had to be virtually forced by his party's leadership to render an apology for what he said — and he did so tearfully. In my opinion, those tears came from being forced to do what every fiber in his being told him not to.

At the time, Keith Olbermann at already far-left MSNBC called Stark's four-day refusal to apologize "refreshing." MSNBC's Craig Crawford tried to downplay Stark's outburst by referring to it as the actions of a "court jester." MSNBC's Chris Matthews asked, "Who should apologize, Rep. Stark or Pres. Bush?"

Now we have a U.S. President reportedly priding himself at how he's "really good at killing people."

Is this really only going to generate crickets on the left, no meaningful mention inBaroda vs UP: Battle of equals in Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 final

It will be a battle of equals when UP and Baroda clash in the final of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Twenty20 tournament at the Wankhede stadium today

It will be a battle of equals when UP and Baroda clash in the final of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Twenty20 tournament at the Wankhede stadium today.

The two teams had entered the title round by topping their respective groups A and B in similar fashion, by virtue of finishing with the best net run rate in their pools after finishing level on points with another team.

While UP edged out Goa in Rajkot, Baroda stuttered against Kerala in the final game and went through on superior NRR. Both Uttar Pradesh and Baroda


appear to be evenly matched, having won all their zonal ties to make it to the knockout stage.

Baroda could enjoy a slight advantage, having played in these conditions in their zonal leg as well as the knock-out stages. Baroda's seven-match winning streak in the tournament was snapped by Kerala and they would be hoping that the loss was just an aberration.

Relying on bowlersThe West Zone champions have relied mostly on the bowlers to secure wins in the tournament. Left-arm medium pacer Lukman Meriwala is the leading wicket taker in the tournament, with 18 scalps, including a five-for against Delhi.there is now “much stronger coordination” between the Commission and other parts of the EU, thanks to Mogherini.

In contrast to Ashton, who was a regular no-show at European Commission meetings and was not in charge of any commissioners, Mogherini chairs meetings of foreign and defense ministers, the European Defense Agency, and a group of commissioners who report to her. These include the powerful Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström, as well as commissioners for development, humanitarian aid and the EU neighborhood.

Her diplomats are spread across 140 locations around the world, and increasingly include national diplomats — not just a pool of EU officials. Mogherini has also restructured the EU’s diplomatic service, introducing, for instance, a team dedicated to migration, a subject that had previously been only the Commission’s domain.

Maja Kocijančič,


to demonstrate how united they are.

They’ll need to be. With Trump breathing down the neck of both the EU and NATO, they will have to work together to not fall foul of the hard power that ultimately guarantees European security.

The Balkans

Grade: D+

Degree of difficulty: Moderate

Though Mogherini has expressed fears that Russia and Turkey are turning the Balkans into a chessboard, she made limited efforts to directly engage with the region’s leaders until late 2016, leaving that task largely in the hands of Commissioner Johannes Hahn.

While Ashton was happy eking out progress on the low-profile spats that characterized relations in the region from 2009 to 2014, Mogherini stands accused of half-heartedness. Matters slid to the point that she was booed by nationalist Serbian lawmakers on her most recent visit.

OnWas it a real bullet, son,

or your heart that broke?* He was only 23. His name was Krzysztof Kamil Baczynski. He was one of many whose lot it was to live through the tragic days of September, 1939, and not see liberation. He experienced – what he himself envisioned – a shower of bullets, grenades, hitting the dirt, and ‘one charge only, straight up to heaven’. From this supreme sacrifice of countless such young daredevils was supposed to be born a mighty Poland free as a bird: ‘... We'll raise a house of iron – for nations, storms, and dreams’, he wrote in January, 1943. Yet poets are often wrong, and so was Baczynski. Warsaw fell ... a different Poland emerged. But whatever one may now say about


the Warsaw Uprising, nothing can erase the sacrifice and heroism of the insurgents. Krzysztof Kamil Baczynski was born in Warsaw on January 22, 1921. His father was a literary critic, his mother, Stefania Zielenczyk, the sister of the well-known philosopher, Adam Zielenczyk. Krzysztof was an only child. He attended the excellent Stefan Batory gymnasium , but was not a good student. His dream was to become a graphic artist or a book illustrator. [ baczynski art ] He belonged to the generation born and raised in a free and independent Poland, a generation which did not know foreign rule. He started to write poetry very early. In 1936, at the age of 15, his first poem was published. But it was the shocks, the uncertainties, the cruelties ofwar which brought his true talent to the fare. He became the poet of fighting Warsaw. Here we stand over so tragic a land

The battlefield is smoldering –

a brew of fractured memories and dreams.

(‘Miserere’ spring 1940) As an active member of the AK (Armia Krajowa – Home Army) his underground name was Jan Bugaj. He was a prolific writer, his poems often appearing in the underground press. Also the first volumes of his verses were all printed in clandestine print-shops. His untitled last poem, describing wartime lovers is dated July 13, 1944, barely three weeks before his death. It ends: And then ... they wake up crying,

for shots are heard from afar

and they dreamt that they had conceived

a child as red as fresh blood What was this youthful


poet like? Stanislaw Pietak, himself a poet, describes him thus: “Of almost boyish stature, of less than average height, face thin, eyes gray – a bit tired, he suffered from severe asthma which he did not try to hide ... yet never fussed over it or worried, scorning it and creating it rather as a joke. He was unusually witty and eloquent, and endowed with a most spontaneous sense of humor. He was also boyishly defiant, constantly talking of battle actions, and always eager for a skirmish." In 1942 Krzysztof married his beloved Basia (Barbara Drabczynska) to whom so many of his most beautiful lyrics are dedicated. Standing by the mirror of silence

Barbara with her hands at her hair

pours into her body of glass

silvery droplets of song

And thenas a pitcher - she fills

with light and so sparkling

all the stars she absorbs

and gleams with moonlights white dust.

(‘White Magic' Jan. 4, 1942, 3 a.m.) [ white magic ] A Polish novelist, Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz, describing the ceremony wrote: "On a glorious June day in 1942, I attended Baczynski's wedding. That year the lilacs bloomed more profusely than ever, and I appeared at the ceremony. with a huge bouquet of these flowers. After the service was over, I remember remarking to someone that the whole thing seemed more like a First Communion than a wedding. Both Baczynskis, very young, appeared even younger because of their small height. They really looked like two children kneeling at the altar." September of 1939 marks the beginning of the annihilation of Baczynski's generation.


First the onslaught on Poland and the siege of Warsaw, then the years of occupation – the darkness of Hitlerian terror and bestiality. Finally Warsaw starts to prepare for the Uprising. In 1943 Krzysztof joins the Polish Scouting Attack Groups and after some military training is assigned to the famed Scout Battalion ‘Zoska’ (Sophie). It is then that the young poet's talent really blossoms out and reaches its peak. He achieves poetic maturity in record time and his poetry of this period is full and complete. In June 1944 he receives some more field training and in the rank of assistant platoon leader is assigned a post at ‘Starowka’ (Old Town). He was killed in action during the first days of the Uprising. Zbigniew Czajkowski-Dabczynski, in his bookDziennik Powstanca (Diary of an Insurgent), gives a detailed report of his death: "It was then that I saw Krzysztof for the last time, because they left for a new position at Palac Blanka without me. That day I heard from a buddy that he was hunting Germans with great success from the ruins of the Opera House. The next day a call came for a first-aid patrol to come help a wounded in the Palac Blanka. Not having much to do I joined them. At his post, in a corner room, we found Krzysztof lying on a Persian rug with a huge wound in his head. He was dead. Nurses carried the body over to the City Hall (next door). That same evening the funeral was held.


It was rather solemn. The grave was dug in the City Hall courtyard. Some sixty people, soldiers, officers, civilians, were present. Someone said a few words. The body was lowered to the grave. We all sang the National Anthem, then the grave was filled." It was only the fourth day of the Uprising, August 4, 1944. On August 24, the poet's beloved wife Basia is wounded. She dies on September first, not knowing of her Krzysztof's death. In many of his poems Baczynski was prophetic. In a poem "A Little Song" (‘Pioseneczka’), dated January 16, 1942, and dedicated to Basia, he wrote: And so, leaning over the waters,

we will float away to oblivion

and on earth there will cry for us only

our own shadows which we left behind Duringthose terrible days many crosses spring up on the streets of Warsaw. The city stands in flames. The Poles defend their posts street by street, house by house, square by square. Warsaw is tumbling into rubble, yet still fights on. City of menace, like a coffin lid

thrown down an abyss as if

by a tempest's blow –

yet proud

as a black lion who takes long to die wrote Baczynski on February 10, 1943 in a poem entitled ‘Warsaw’. Finally, after 63 days of super-human struggle, on October 2, 1944, the Poles agree to surrender under honorable conditions thus assuring to the insurgents the rules of the Geneva Convention. Three days later decimated units of the Home Army march out of Warsaw – into captivity. Thus ends the story of the


most heroic Polish upsurge. Krzysztof Kamil Baczynski did not witness it .., he came to rest among the ruins of his own native city just as he prophesied in his verse: For us, one charge

– straight up to heaven

one medal only,

– a cross on our grave. The war ended. Slowly Warsaw raised itself out of its shambles. Buildings, squares, streets, were re-built. Over the Old City King Sigismund reigns again as before from his lofty column. In January 1947 Baczynski's body was dug out of the ruins of the City Hall and Krzysztof and Basia were finally laid to rest together in one grave at the Insurgents' cemetery at Powazki. Krzysztof Kamil Baczynski is no more – left is the memory of his sacrifice and the fruits ofFears that Bobbi Kristina Brown is dead are being raised after a source at a Georgia hospital claimed that Whitney Houston’s daughter was brain dead after being found unconscious in a bathtub on Saturday.

Brown was found face down and unconscious in a tub full of water, reports indicated. Her husband, Nick Gordon, was were able to revive her and Brown was rushed to a hospital, where she was placed in a medically-induced coma while suffering brain swelling, TMZ reported.

Family members rushed to her side on Saturday, and reports began circulating that Bobbi Kristina Brown was near death.

An unnamed source told the urban gossip site MediaTakeOut that Brown will not be able to recover.

“MediaTakeOut.com just EXCLUSIVELY spoke to a hospital worker at North Fulton Hospital, where Bobbi is staying.


because he found the Islamic scholars to be regressive, even though some Deobandi influence on him would remain:I do not have the prerogative to belong to the class of Ulema. I am a man of the middle cadre, who has imbibed something from both the systems of education, the new and the old; and has gathered my knowledge by traversing both paths. By virtue of my inner light, I conclude that neither the old school nor the new is totally in the right.

From 1924 to 1927 Maududi was the editor of al-Jamiah, the newspaper of the Jamiyat-i Ulama (an organization of Islamic clergy), a position of "extreme importance and influence."

Always interested in independence from the British, Maududi lost faith in the Congress Party and its Muslim alliesseen before have no patterns on the grey/black rear body. It looks like smooth black velvet.

Callobius is unusual among spiders in that it adheres to a strict clan social structure. Although Callobius severus is technically a distinct arachnid species, the "severus" refers to the peculiar behavior of cooperation between related individuals--the species is divided into clans, each characterized by its congenital abdominal pattern, or "tartan." Although highly territorial, different clans will sometimes coexist for brief periods during which they will prey almost exclusively on other Callobius severus with a tartan which differs from those in the temporary alliance. As the subjected clan is eradicated, the cooperating clans move in to the new territory and maintain separate areas of influence. Creepy, eh?

Ghardester: The legs look a bit thin for


make something good happen out of it.

Ultimately, healthfully integrate this loss and its effects upon you into your life story, but make it one chapter – perhaps the biggest and most profound – and not the whole book, as it can be when it initially happens.

About the Author

Dr. Rando is a clinical psychologist in Warwick, Rhode Island and the Clinical Director of The Institute for the Study and Treatment of Loss, which provides mental health services through psychotherapy, training, supervision, and consultation. Since 1970, she has consulted, conducted research, provided therapy, written, and lectured internationally in areas related to loss, grief, illness, dying, and trauma.

Dr. Rando holds a doctoral degree in Psychology from the University of Rhode Island and has received advanced training in psychotherapy and in medicalstudents, but after the first two weeks of the semester, the number of students was down to 12. Of the 12 students, 11 completed the course successfully. The pre-class survey was conducted in class during the second week of the semester, and of the 11 successful students, 10 filled it out. The post-class survey was sent to the students as e-mail at the end of the semester. The students had a week to fill out and return the survey. With a friendly reminder, all 11 students returned the post-class survey.

We analyze the responses to the multiple-choice questions of the pre-class survey by counting the number of occurrences. To understand the responses to the open-ended questions of the post-class survey, we employ thematic analysis [@bib:braun-qrp-2006] to capture the main themes


The Rock Responds To Poll Stating That He Would Beat Donald Trump

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night to promote his upcoming movie, Baywatch, which releases on May 25th. During the interview, Fallon asked Johnson about his recent interview with GQ, where he discussed possibly running for President one day. Fallon noted that the story has taken off and is still blowing up.

"The story has blown up because it was so wonderfully written," Johnson said. "The surge and the ground swell since then has really been amazing."

Johnson brought up the poll by Public Policy Polling that we mentioned earlier this week. In that poll, voters were asked who they would support between Johnson and President Donald Trump in 2020 if JohnsonInfrastructure Bill amendment would give cycling and walking the same priority as roads

With the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), Living Streets, British Cycling, CTC the national cycling charity and Sustrans, we're backing an amendment to be tabled shortly in the House of Lords. The amendment would fill a huge gap in funding for active travel that threatens to open up when Government plans for spending on cycling and walking infrastructure come to an abrupt end. Currently, the Infrastructure Bill is aimed only at fixing long-term planning and funding for roads, which will then enjoy the same secure five-year funding cycle that governs rail investment. However, despite walking and cycling being the healthiest and greenest forms of transport, accessible to more people than cars and expensive rail fares


Roger Jackson reviews Heart of the Great Perfection: Dudjom Lingpa’s Visions of the Great Perfection, Vol. 1 by B. Alan Wallace. From the Spring 2017 issue of Buddhadharma: The Practitioner’s Quarterly.

The first Tibetan Buddhist retreat I attended, right out of college, was an intensive weekend at Tarthang Tulku’s Nyingma Institute in Berkeley in the fall of 1972. The retreat concluded on a most auspicious note, with the arrival of none other than Dudjom Rinpoche, the head of the Nyingma lineage. As a friend visiting from upstate exclaimed afterward, “My first day in the Bay Area, and I get to meet the holiest man in the world!”

Dudjom Rinpoche (1904–87) was a towering figure in twentieth-century Tibetan Buddhism whose many activities included helping the Tibetan exile community through the transitionto diaspora and writing his authoritative history of the Nyingma school. He himself was the “mind emanation”—an incarnation or tulku—of Dudjom Lingpa (1835–1904), an extraordinary lama from Tibet’s northeastern nomad lands. Subject to visions of divine beings (especially Padmasambhava and Yeshe Tsogyel) from the age of three, Dudjom Lingpa became a charismatic teacher, treasure revealer (tertön), and celebrated author who was eventually recognized as an emanation of, among others, the Buddha’s disciple Shariputra, the great adept Saraha, and Khyeuchung Lotsawa, one of Padmasambhava’s twenty-five key pupils. He never became a monk and spent much of his life as a peripatetic yogi, traveling throughout Tibet and, it’s reputed, beyond, to various buddha realms and pure lands. At the end of his life, he is said to have passed into


the distinctively tantric “rainbow body” by which an enlightened being may exit the world. His many sons and disciples shaped early twentieth-century Nyingma. And his voluminous writings—including a famous autobiography (A Clear Mirror), various treasure texts in the so-called “New Terma” tradition, inspiring spiritual songs, and lucid meditation manuals—are as influential today as when they were composed.

Dudjom Lingpa’s importance, even in the twenty-first century, is due in part to the eloquence and effectiveness of Dudjom Rinpoche, who explicitly preserved and extended his predecessor’s work. It is also due in part to recent efforts by the revered Nyingma master Gyatrul Rinpoche and the accomplished American translator, writer, and teacher Alan Wallace to bring his teachings to a wider audience. Their collaboration has now culminated in the publication of HeartWest.”

These comments prompt some reflections on the increasing popularity of Dzogchen in the Euro-American world. Despite my own early exposure to Nyingma teachings in Berkeley, I have studied mainly with Gelukpa masters and typically frequented Gelukpa centers. It has been intriguing over the years to see many of my Gelukpa friends drawn to Nyingma, in some cases defecting completely, in other cases combining the two traditions. Alan Wallace himself is an example of this: he began serious Buddhist practice as a Geluk monk in India and Switzerland, but in time he began to study with Nyingma masters such as Gyatrul Rinpoche, and for at least two decades he has focused much of his writing and teaching on the Great Perfection. What is the appeal of Dzogchen, whether for


PROVO, Utah -- A landslide in Provo Saturday afternoon caused a house under construction to be shifted off its foundation.

The property is located on 1450 East 1244 North. The cause is being blamed on a garden hose that was left running, and, according to the city, the whole home will have to be torn down.

During the time of the landslide, two construction workers were inside framing the house, when all of a sudden they felt the ground moving. Both workers managed to get out of the house and avoid injury.

"It sounded like some kind of muffled explosion, I wasn't sure what it was, that's why I wanted to see what was going on," neighbor David Dahl said.

The estimated damage to the half-built home is being estimated at $100,000.

"There'sbeen a slope failure behind the house that knocked down a retaining wall," said Lynn Schofield, Provo Fire Marshal. "The retaining wall was knocked into the house, as well as mud and soil, and pushed the framing part of the home off the floor structure."

The city of Provo said the garden hose that was left running was in the back yard of another house, located on the hillside above.

"We've already had a ton of rain over the past few weeks, so the ground is already pretty well saturated, leave a garden hose on top of that, and it adds 8.35 pounds-per-gallon of water that drops into the soil, as that soil gets wetter and wetter and wetter--it gets heavier and heavier and heavier," Schofield said.

The house where the


garden hose was left on was evacuated, but it was later determined that it was safe to return to.

"It is a very localized slope failure, we want the people who are on other slopes around Provo to rest a little bit easy tonight," Schofield said.

Some neighbors said it's tough to rest easy when the city continues to allow property owners to build houses into the hillside.

"It was obvious to anybody that they should never be moving the dirt around there but anything for money nowadays," Dahl said.

"Forget about building a house there,"said neighbor Jack Burns. "Take your losses because it's going to happen again."

Currently, Provo is awaiting geo-technical engineers to assess the hillside and see if it's still stable enough to continue building the house.ADAPTED FROM: PETER DAZELEY/GETTY

When Sharlayne Tracy showed up at the clinical suite in the University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas last January, the bandage wrapped around her left wrist was the only sign of anything medically amiss. The bandage covered a minor injury from a cheerleading practice led by Tracy, a 40-year-old African American who is an aerobics instructor, a mother of two and a college student pursuing a degree in business. “I feel like I'm healthy as a horse,” she said.

Indeed, Tracy's well-being has been inspiring to doctors, geneticists and now pharmaceutical companies precisely because she is so normal. Using every tool in the modern diagnostic arsenal — from brain scans and kidney sonograms to 24-hour blood-pressure monitors and cognitive tests — researchers at


extreme groups for variations in candidate genes known to be related to the trait.

The pair make a scientific odd couple. Hobbs, who trained as an MD, is gregarious, voluble and driven. Cohen, a soft-spoken geneticist from South Africa, has a laid-back, droll manner and a knack for quantitative thinking. In 1999, they set out to design a population-based study that focused on physical measurements related to heart disease. Organized with Ronald Victor, an expert on high blood pressure also at UT Southwestern, and funded by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Dallas Heart Study assembled exquisitely detailed physiological profiles on a population of roughly 3,500 Dallas residents2. Crucially, around half of the participants in the study were African Americans, because the researchers wanted toprobe racial differences in heart disease and high blood pressure. The team measured blood pressure, body mass index, heart physiology and body-fat distribution, along with a battery of blood factors related to cholesterol metabolism — triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and LDL cholesterol. In the samples of blood, of course, they also had DNA from each and every participant.

As soon as the database was completed in 2002, Hobbs and Cohen tested their rare-variant theory by looking at levels of HDL cholesterol. They identified the people with the highest (95th percentile) and lowest (5th percentile) levels, and then sequenced the DNA of three genes known to be key to metabolism of HDL cholesterol. What they found, both in Dallas and in an independent population of Canadians, was that the


in Canada, and his colleagues reported the discovery of an enigmatic protein4. Seidah had been working on a class of enzymes known collectively as proprotein convertases, and the researchers had identified what looked like a new member of the family, called NARC-1: neural apoptosis-regulated convertase 1.

“We didn't know what it was doing, of course,” Seidah says. But the group established that the gene coding the enzyme showed activity in the liver, kidney and intestines as well as in the developing brain. The team also knew that in humans the gene mapped to a precise genetic neighbourhood on the short arm of chromosome 1.

That last bit of geographical information pointed Seidah to a group led by Catherine Boileau at the Necker Hospital in Paris. Her team had been followingpopulation. Just 2% of all black people in the Dallas study had either of the two PCSK9 mutations — and those mutations were each associated with a 40% reduction of LDL cholesterol in the blood9. (The team later detected a 'missense mutation' in 3% of white people, which impaired but did not entirely block production of the protein.) The frequency of the mutations was so low, Hobbs says, that they would never have shown up in a search for common variants.

When Hobbs and Cohen published their findings in 2005, they suggested that PCSK9 played a crucial part in regulating bad cholesterol, but said nothing about whether the mutations had any effect on heart disease. That evidence came later that year, when they teamed up with Eric Boerwinkle, a


geneticist at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, to look for PCSK9 mutations in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study, a large prospective study of heart disease that had been running since 1987. To experts such as Steinberg, the results10 — published in early 2006 — were “mind-blowing”. African Americans in ARIC who had mutations in PCSK9 had 28% less LDL cholesterol and an 88% lower risk of developing heart disease than people without the mutations. White people with the less severe mutation in the gene had a 15% reduction in LDL and a 47% reduced risk of heart disease.

How did the gene exert such profound effects on LDL cholesterol levels? As researchers went on to determine11, the PCSK9 protein normally circulates in theSTORYTELLERS

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FIND A STORYTELLER

Sophie Holder is the daughter of Drs. Allen and Amy Holder. She is 10 years old and has been telling stories to audiences of her peers since Kindergarten. Sophie is currently a 4th grade student at Saint Mary’s Hall in San Antonio, Texas. Her other interest include soccer, snowboarding, piano, and Minecraft. She is also a performer in the SMH choir and percussion ensemble.


CHI Conference Montreal 2018

At the end of April 2018 I had the great pleasure of travelling to Montreal to attend the CHI Conference and presented a late-breaking work poster about my current work. I had always wanted to visit Canada. So I got to kill two birds with one stone and visit Canada and present something at my first conference.

Considering this was my first conference I was slightly overwhelmed by the enormity of it all. The conference had over 3000 attendees and several concurrent tracks for presentations happening at the same time. At times it was difficult to decide which sessions to attend. At other times it meant leaving one session and navigating all the way to the other side of the conference venue to get to anotherBudgIT, EiE Commend Supreme Court On Transparency, Demand #OpenNASS

Enough is Enough Nigeria and BudgIT, two civic organizations that promote government accountability and institutional improvement across Nigeria, commended the Supreme Court Thursday for discussing financial details of its 2015-2016 budget. The groups praised the Supreme Court for transparency and called on the National Assembly to release its budget numbers. President of the Senate and Chairman of the National Assembly, Bukola Saraki has refused to disclose the details of the lawmakers’ budget, after repeated promises that he would.

by Sahara Reporters, New YorkMar 16, 2017

Enough is Enough Nigeria and BudgIT, two civic organizations that promote government accountability and institutional improvement across Nigeria, commended the Supreme Court Thursday for discussing financial details of its 2015-2016 budget.

“This is a welcome development towards achieving


is a welcome development towards achieving a proactive information disclosure culture. In a letter dated February 14, 2017, the Supreme Court acknowledged that it spent a capital vote of N2.265bn out of an appropriated sum of N2.3bn as of December 2016. The Supreme Court also acknowledged that N2.86bn was spent as overhead out of an appropriated sum of N2.88bn, representing 99.42%.

Statutory allocation to public institutions between 2013 and 2016 have gulped a total of N1.523 trillion with little or no information about how the funds were utilized each year. N535bn was allocated for the National Assembly within this period and legislators have failed to open up their books to the public. Other agencies such as Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), National Judicial Council (NJC), collecting the statutory allocationsfill the order, the marketer contacts the appropriate government regulator to obtain approval for the desired movement of gasoline. Provided the regulator approves the movement, authorization is granted.
The marketer contracts with a truck operator (the “carrier”) to pick up the gasoline from a fuel depot (the “origin”). A bill of lading (“BOL”) is generated when the carrier picks up the gasoline. The BOL lists factual information about the shipment, such as the type and amount of product loaded, the date and time of the loading, origin and carrier information, and may indicate other information, such as the intended destination (at least in general terms).
The carrier transports the gasoline to the destination. The gasoline is unloaded at the destination, and delivery ticket is generated confirming the delivery. Reconciliation between


that male tactics that sought to coerce or monopolize females were successful. Polyandry and sperm competition appeared to counter effectively pre-copulatory male tactics, such as harassment, monopolization and other tactics, such as infanticide, that were against the evolutionary interests of females, and may have contributed to the stability of the male dominance hierarchy, which operated as a social queue. At least 39% of 54 females mated multiply, and 35% of 75 twin litters were fathered by two sires. Polyandry may also serve to ensure fertilization, compensate for an initial poor-quality mate or ensure fertilization by genetically compatible mates. Female mate choice matched observed patterns of affiliative male-female behaviour, indicating that affiliative behaviour is a successful male mating tactic and was consistent with the idea that male tenure mayCumbres is residence located in the west of Mexico City. It has around 800 built square meters distributed in three levels. The house was built in order to use the maximum space possible in the floor plan as the house was to be inhabited by a disabled person. The house needed to be perfectly accessible for every member of the family; so, each space was studied profoundly.

A lift works as the spine of the house as it connects all the areas specified by the clients. In the ground floor you will be able to find the public spaces and in the upper levels the private ones. The whole house was designed to give each space a sensation of openness.


2020 coronavirus outbreak in South Korea

The first confirmed case of the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in South Korea was announced on 20 January 2020. On 19 February, the number of confirmed cases increased by 20 and on 20 February by 58 or 70, giving a total of 346 confirmed cases on 21 February 2020, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Korea (KCDC), with the sudden jump mostly attributed to "Patient 31" who participated in a gathering at a Shincheonji Church of Jesus the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony church in Daegu. By 24 February 2020, there were more cases in South Korea than the almost 700 infections on the cruise ship Diamond Princess.

As of 2 March 2020, South Korea has19. The seventeenth and nineteenth patients had attended a conference in Singapore and been in contact with an infected individual there. The very same day the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Korea (KCDC) announced that the second patient had been released from hospital after being tested negative in consecutive tests, becoming the country's first coronavirus patient to fully recover.

19 February–present outbreak

The South Korean spread of confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection increased starting on 19 February.

On 19 February, the number of confirmed cases increased by 20. On 20 February,  70 new cases were confirmed, giving a total of 104 confirmed cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Korea (KCDC). According to Reuters, KCDC attributed the sudden jump to 70 cases linked to "Patient No.


and Cargill, Inc. deferred all non-essential travels to areas affected by the outbreak.

As of 2 March, 80 countries or regions restrict entry of visitors from South Korea.

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Category:Christianity and medicineNearly two weeks after a Grand Bahama parent was sentenced to six months in prison for assaulting a principal, the mother of a special needs student at Anatol Rodgers High School in New Providence was arrested at the school yesterday for allegedly assaulting a teacher in a classroom.

Director of Education Lionel Sands said the alleged attack on the teacher took place around 2 p.m.

He was unable to say whether any students were present when the incident occurred.

The Nassau Guardian understands that the parent found the teacher in her classroom where she allegedly shoved her against a chalkboard.

The woman reportedly suffered a shoulder injury.

Sands confirmed the teacher, who has not been named, will press charges.

He said the Ministry of Education supports the teacher’s decision and has encouraged her to


will help advance this mission and ultimately result in Scott's music reaching a wider audience.

Make It Easy For Others To Help: In doing so, we aim to merely guide, nurture and protect the more permanent community created by the culture of appreciators of Scott Cooley music and songs to grow a "street team." We strive to foster complete freedom of selection of roles and involvement levels for anyone to leverage his or her creative abilities to promote the unique and common experience of appreciation of Scott Cooley songs.

Core Belief

We believe that participation in the act of enjoying music that features songs written by Scott Cooley can produce positive spiritual change in the world.

In support of this belief and the ongoing cultivation of this culture, there are two thingsOrchestra – London Philharmonic Orchestra. Producer – Peter Laenger. Vibraphone, Composed By – Finn Ziegler (tracks: 12). Notes deeply melancholic folk music with its strangely beautiful, nostalgic tunes, and in the music of the great composers like Grieg and Nielsen, who knew and loved the marvellous melodies of the local folklore. P) & (C) 1999, by RCA, BMG Entertainment.

Exclusive discount for Prime members. Sample this album Artist (Sample). Her mastery of Scandinavian music reflects all the moods of northern Europe. On hearing the Swedish song "Ach, Värmeland," her friend began to cry, so perfectly had Petri captured the melancholy of the music and the land. 8 people found this helpful.


act performed in the United States in connection with a commercial activity of the foreign state elsewhere;  or  upon an act outside the territory of the United States in connection with a commercial activity of the foreign state elsewhere and that act causes a direct effect in the United States.

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A "commercial activity" means either a regular course of commercial conduct or a particular commercial transaction or act.  The commercial character of an activity shall be determined by reference to the nature of the course of conduct or particular transaction or act, rather than by reference to its purpose.

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28 U.S.C. Sec. 1603(d).  In order to determine whether the defendantsfact that an American corporation or individual has suffered financial injury due to the foreign state's actions may not be sufficient to establish FSIA jurisdiction unless the foreign state has performed some "legally significant act" here.9   In this case, we believe that the defendants' commercial activities did cause a direct effect in the United States.  The defendants' concede that the contract was executed in the United States, and the transaction has allegedly caused financial injury to American entities.  Moreover, at the defendants' request, the plaintiffs performed kidney transplant operations in Chicago.  Cf. Transamerican S.S. Corp. v. Somali Democratic Republic, 767 F.2d 998, 1004 (D.C.Cir.1985) (finding a "direct effect" where, at defendant's direction, "a significant transaction was effectuated in the United States").  The


"Benjamin was the oldest animal on the farm, and the worst tempered. He seldom talked, and when he did, it was usually to make some cynical remark—for instance, he would say that God had given him a tail to keep the flies off, but that he would sooner have had no tail and no flies." - Animal Farm

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Discipline and Punish

I went into Crystal Skillman's The Vigil, or The Guided Cradle, with high hopes. The subject matter, torture, is of keen interest to me, but also one that would lend itself to easy polemics. The parallel story premise--in modern-day Prague an American Girl and a Translator meet before a beautiful clock tower there was blinded by the king and his son tried to bomb it inrevenge, "while" in the 15th(ish) century, the king's torturers and a new one who specializes in sleep deprivation are assigned to deal with the bomber--suggested a more tactful approach. As far as the subject matter goes, this is true. Instead of lecturing on the evils of torture, the theme is integrated naturally into the construction of the play. The play itself, however, is more problematic (as far as writing goes. The direction was fine throughout, the actors generally well-cast—and good at covering for a curtain that was accidentally ripped down—and the staging simple and effective).

The 15th century storyline is written in modern everyday--which is to say graceless--English, which makes for a lot of attention-drawing anachronistic idioms; the word "cock" stands out like an actual one, and F-bombs are


dropped indiscriminately throughout these scenes, perhaps even more than the ones set in modern times. Too often the characters sound more like typical movie thugs than inhabitants of a world that valued the richness of the spoken word, even in normal encounters. The modern ugliness of the language then collides with unsuccessful attempts to be poetic later on, during a scene when the sleep depriver, Ippolito, has a change of heart due to the purple-prosed protestations of an accused witch's daughter. Also hurting the play is a bumbling sidekick character that constantly sabotages the ostensibly somber mood of the piece. The best moments (Ippolito's introduction, in which he carries out the simple act of eating with menace, and a transition during which the Girl is tied up onThird Suspect In Poisoning Of Former Russian Spy Named By Investigative Group

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An international investigative group says it has identified a third suspect in connection with last year's poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter. The group says the man is a high-ranking officer in the GRU, Russia's military intelligence agency.

Denis Sergeev was born in the southeastern town of Usharal in Kazakhstan, according to Bellingcat's report. He allegedly served in the army before attending Moscow's Military Diplomatic Academy, a school once described as a GRU-KGB establishment by the CIA.

And under the name "Sergey Fedotov," Sergeev is accused of traveling to England in March 2018 with two other men suspected of being involved in the Novichok poisoning incident that


left Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, slumped on a bench. They were hospitalized for weeks and released that spring.

"He's one of the most difficult of all of the GRU officers that we've tracked," lead investigator Christo Grozev told NPR by Skype. Sergeev is senior to the other GRU suspects, he adds.

Bellingcat spent four months trying to uncover his identity, partnering with a Russian news site called The Insider and Respekt, a Czech publication. Researchers chose to look at travel records on the days that the two other suspects, named as senior GRU officers Anatoly Chepiga and Alexander Mishkin, had flown between Moscow and London.

"We found somebody with a very similar passport number as the other two publicized suspects," says Grozev.

The team members then began to search Russian databases,scouring tax and property records, he says. And when they found little, it raised red flags. "We found that nothing existed about this person before 2010, which is exactly when the other two identities of the other two suspects were created."

Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins tells NPR that the Russian government has been removing documents with photographs from databases, "systematically expunging the records of the real identities of the Skripal suspects." He accuses the Kremlin of being involved in a cover-up, "if not the poisoning itself."

The Russian government has denied all involvement in the Salisbury nerve agent attacks.

It also has some critical words for Bellingcat. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accused the site of being a "special agency" leaking false information "under the cover of investigations."

In September, RT,


a state-funded media outlet, released a video interview with two men identified as Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov, suspects in the incident. They denied working for the GRU and said they were tourists visiting the "wonderful town" of Salisbury.

In its Thursday report, Bellingcat also suggested that Sergeev was linked to the 2015 poisoning of an arms dealer in Bulgaria.

On Monday, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Britain's ambassador to Sofia, Emma Hopkins, announced a joint investigation into the alleged Russian poisonings.Páginas

ABOUT

Grant Miller Benton is well know artist from the 80s.

He today lives in Indianapolis, who's 12th largest city in USA in the state of the Indiana. It is near where Grant grew up and where his family resides. He was born in hospital in Marion, Indiana, in the same hospital where James Dean was born. "I’ve been living in U.S.A. for a few years now. I was in Hollywood, Los Angeles for four years and here in Indiana the last years where I am near my whole family." Grant except his parents has one brother and one sister.

"Going back to 1983, after High School, I traveled U.S.A. with a band, and then performed on cruise ships for seven months in a singing/dancing cabaret-type show. Then I decided to


not only sing, but also to act. New York City was my next destination and I started studying acting for film/tv, as well as Broadway". When he was 18 years old he performed in Disneyworld - Orlando, Florida.

Grant's disco story began in 1984 in Europe, to be exact in Italy. "Within two years, my show business journey brought me to Europe with a Broadway tour of the music SHOWBOAT. We traveled all over Europe, appearing in many of the most famous opera houses, and I loved it and I knew I was there to stay. I had always heard about Munich - Germany being a great place to make dance music and that was my dream... and destination! So, I cashed in my return plane ticket after SHOWBOATended. The rest of the cast flew back to New York from Palermo, Sicily. But I took the first train to Munich! In Munich I turned out right away where the music industry people would go out to (clubs, restaurants, bistros, etc.) and that's where I entered into the beginning of my 'Italo Dance Music' career."

"I came to Germany with Ciro (Zizzo), a friend that I met in Palermo, who had been a successful fashion model in Southern Italy, and wanted to break into modeling in Germany. So, we were on a predestined mission to conquer Germany - as two foreigners who didn't speak a word of the German language. He also opened the doors for me at the modeling agencies. But, he had to convince me first


that I could do it. I had never thought of doing modeling, too. Sure enough, an agent signed both of us on."

Grant made huge modelling success and he did, among others, runaway show with model Eva Herzigovain Milan. This was only one among many shows. On the shows he met, of course, many famous people from fashion world, for example Donatella Versace. They became, I could freely say, good friends and he will make some nice favores to her and her family in the coming years. She asked Grant to sing at several of her dinner parties and he once serenaded her children.

After years of modelling Grant became in 2001 the face of Nivea in 35 countries in Europe.

As we could see earlier Grant had interest, not onlyin modelling, but in singing as well. "Munich seemed to have a certain magic for us... and suddenly me and Ciro found ourselves among the stars...literally!"

"I'll never forget the night I was at a dinner party where non-other than Divine himself was there! We started talking and spent hours getting to know each other. He immediately invited me to come to the music studio the next day, where he was working on a new catchy dance production with a producer I had never heard of in the U.S. Someone called FANCY!? Divine introduced me to Fancy and arranged for me to audition for him the next day. Fancy (Ric Tess) gave me a cassette of a song called Colder Than Ice and he told me to learn it


by the next day! I was terrified and excited at the same time. So, the next day I met him in his long white Mercedes limousine. He popped the tape into the stereo and... I guess he liked what he heard because that song became my first hit single, a cover version of one of Fancy's songs. Tess arranged an elaborate photo session for the cover and within 10 days of that meeting at the restaurant, my first record was stacked in the windows of every record store in Germany. It was the autumn of 1985, and the soring beat of Colder Than Ice and Red For Love was pounding through the discos of Europe.“

After this great success, Grant Miller and Fancy continued to release one hit foranother, many fantastic songs have been released: (Find My) Tracks In The Snow, Wings Of Love, Lost In Paradise, In The Rain Again just to mention a few. Grant became hugely popular and many fans could enjoy his voice and Fancy's production. Probably many of you will be suprised with fact that Divine's song Give It Up was written especially for Divine and dedicated to Grant Miller!

Grant has other singing experience like:

- he was sang back-up for American country music star Barbara Mandrell;
- he represented the United States at The Baltic Song Festival in 1988;
- he sang a duet of That's What Friends Are For with Bonnie Tyler at a German benefit concert.

And that's not all from Grant, including his movie roles, he was a regular on American


soap Guiding Light for over a year. It seems that Grant put together in a great way his singing and acting gifts what provided him satisfaction with his work and life. And also Grant is trained tap dancer. Perhaps Grant owe his career and voice to his mother because she can sang too. One day he suprised her by arranging for her to record two songs in a studio with Fancy. She sang two Carpenter's songs.

Grant is popular friend among his friends, and I can freely share, with all of you for the end of this little story about Grant Miller, a few words from his best friend Shane Lear who told me one nice little story who describe Grant on the best way: "Here in the U.S.,nobody knows his music or his success in Europe and he never mentions it to most people. He doesn't brag or think that he's something special. But he treats his friends like they are special. He's really supportive and hilarious. One day he fell asleep on the couch at a friend's house and I went in to wake him up because it was getting late. Suddennly he opened his eyes and stared at the ceiling and started speaking in German like he was possessed by the devil or something! I thought something was really wrong with him and at the same time I was kind of scared. And then suddenly he starts laughing because it was all a big joke!"

From Grant Miller:"I send a big HELLO and HUG


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Banners and white roses are also displayed in the heart of the campus in the Student Union.

Just outside the Student Union is a mural which features UCF student Juan Ramon Guerro and two time alumnus Christopher Andrew Leinonen who were killed in Pulse.

UCF invites the community to campus on Friday to give back for a day of reflection.

The City of Orlando and Orange County Government have jointly designated June 12, as "Orlando United Day: A Day of Love and Kindness," where people can give back at a number of companies, including Mustard Seed.


found that 30% of the variation in women's mortality across states was accounted for by individual characteristics. However, 53% of the variation in women's mortality was accounted for by state features. Ultimately, on the whole, the environment in which the women lived had a greater impact on them than their individual characteristics.

"The results provide compelling evidence that inequalities in women's mortality cannot be reduced to women's personal choices and characteristics; instead, the influence of socioeconomic and political contexts must be considered," write the authors.

So how did the states stack up? As the map above reveals, the five states with the lowest mortality rates were: Hawaii (#1), South Dakota (#2), North Dakota (#3), Nebraska (#4), and Montana (#5), colored in yellow. The states with the highest mortality rates were:women given that they are more likely than men to be socioeconomically disadvantaged, raising children, caring for aging parents, interfacing with the health care system, and employed in unstable and low-paying jobs."

Indeed, women's life expectancy in the U.S. has stagnated since the 1980s, in part due to obesity and smoking, but more broadly due to a complex cocktail of factors. As Lisa Berkman, director of the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, explained to The New York Times earlier this year, public policy has not caught up to the demands of women who have entered the workforce. Today, women hold down full-time jobs—but are still expected to be the primary caretakers of children and are more likely to provide help for aging parents. All of this results