with excessive contributions, used the agency's credit cards for personal purchases and transferred county money into their accounts, Wagstaffe said. Each was charged with eight felony counts of embezzlement.

The alleged embezzlement was uncovered in January of last year when a report showed that the district's agricultural account had been overspent by $150,000. A manager disputed the finding, prompting a member of the agency's board to ask for records.

The board member took her concerns to the county counsel's office, which led to an audit showing more discrepancies, authorities said.

At the time the district hired Seeney in February 2009, officials didn't know that she had been arrested in late 2007 for allegedly embezzling $568,000 from a former employer, Foster City medical supply company ConforMIS Inc. Later, prosecutors also charged herwith stealing tens of thousands of dollars from another ex-employer, Woodside general contractor Mark de Bibo & Co.

Even as those cases were winding through the courts, Seeney continued to oversee the mosquito control district's finances. She went on leave last year and, in March, she pleaded guilty to the charges and was sent to state prison to serve a two-year sentence.

The mosquito control district "was not required to perform criminal background checks" when Seeney was hired, said the agency's general manager, Robert Gay. "The district is now performing criminal background checks on all new hires."

Seeney has been returned from state prison to San Mateo County Jail, where she is being held in lieu of $250,000 bail.

Sinipata was hired five months after Seeney and handled payroll, bookkeeping and other


drawing their service revolvers, and one fired his gun after being surrounded by a group of protesters wielding bamboo and metal sticks.

A police officer drew his gun on protesters in Tsuen Wan. Photo: Apple Daily.

During the melee, one older man was seen on his knees pleading with police not to shoot.

There have been no reports of injuries in relation to the firearm discharge.

Protesters gathered in Sha Tsui Road and the vicinity of Yi Pei Square, as they believed the area to be triad-controlled territory and the base of the white-shirted people behind the knife attacks on August 5.

At around 8:30pm, the three officers who claimed to have been surrounded were taken away in ambulances.

Water cannon deployed

The incident came after violent clashes in the afternoon where police fired teargas and crowd control weapons at protesters, culminating in the first-ever use of the force’s water cannon trucks.

Photo: May James/HKFP.

From 7pm onwards, riot police – aided by two water cannon trucks and an armoured truck – pushed east on Yeung Uk Road in Tsuen Wan.

Photo: May James/HKFP.

Around a dozen fleeing protesters were caught by charging riot police and arrested. Police ended their dispersal operation at the intersection of Yeung Uk Road and Tsing Tsuen Road, which saw the water cannon truck deployed against protesters for the first time.

Shortly before 8pm, protesters surrounded a mahjong parlour in Yi Pei Square in Tsuen Wan, which they accused of being a triad-operated business.

A man in white who attacked protesters being given first aid after protesters caught him and assaulted him. Photo:


Apple Daily.

On August 5, a group of men wearing white attacked protesters and passersby in Tsuen Wan, slashing one man with a knife and causing serious wounds.

Protesters accused local triads as being the culprits behind the attack, and said the men concerned took refuge at Yi Pei Square after their attack.

Photo: May James/HKFP.

On Sunday night, protesters proceeded to vandalise the mahjong parlour and smashed its glass window. They also reportedly vandalised a gaming arcade which they said was run by triads.

Uniformed officers appeared in force at Sha Tsui Road shortly after 8pm, as police-protester skirmishes continued into the night across Kowloon.

Police chief Stephen Lo visited injured officers at Prince Margaret Hospital later on Sunday. A press release said that Lo “expressed strong anger and condemnation against the reckless,to 2015. Coverage of oral rehydration solution (ORS) for diarrhea increased nationally from 1997 to 2011, but decreased in many provinces from 2011 to 2015. Coverage of pneumonia interventions increased steadily from 1997 to 2015. Coverage of malaria interventions increased nationally, although Maputo Province and Maputo City had low coverage of antimalarials in all years. Data from 1997 to 2015 showed consistent increases in coverage of maternal and neonatal interventions in 10 of the 11 provinces, with Manica showing decreasing coverage of antenatal care (ANC4), facility delivery, and skilled birth attendance from 2011 to 2015. All maternal interventions had higher coverage in the provinces from the southern region of Mozambique.

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(U5MR) decreased from 196 in 1997 to 145 in 2011. The provinces in the northern region (Niassa, Cabo Delgado, Nampula) showed the greatest percentage reduction, while Maputo Province showed the smallest percentage reduction. The neonatal mortality rate (NMR) dropped from 50 in 1997 to 41 in 2011. Cabo Delgado was among the provinces with a high NMR in 1997 and its percentage reduction was only 7%. Maputo Province already had a low NMR in 1997, but showed one of the greatest reductions in mortality from 1997 to 2011. Gaza and Maputo City showed slight increases in NMR from 1997 to 2011. The national maternal mortality ratio (MMR) decreased from 870 in 1997 to 786 in 2011. Maputo Province showed the highest percentage reduction in MMR, while Maputo Cityproportion of deaths due to different causes in 1997 and 2011. In both years, malaria was the major cause of death among children under five, with approximately one in four deaths due to malaria. There was a decrease in the proportion of deaths due to measles, and an increase in the proportion of deaths caused by AIDS and wounds. Prematurity, asphyxia, and sepsis were the major causes of neonatal death in 1997 and 2011. From 1997 to 2011 the three major causes of maternal deaths were postpartum hemorrhage, other indirect causes of death, and antepartum hemorrhage. The major causes of death among children, neonates, and mothers at provincial level followed the same pattern as the causes of death at national level.

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for most of the additional mortality reduction. However, we also found that malaria and malnutrition are still responsible for significant mortality in Mozambique, and thus continue to represent an opportunity to decrease child mortality further. In our analysis, more than one quarter of children were stunted in 2011, and malaria remains the biggest killer of children under five. A 2007 cause-of-death survey in Mozambique corroborates these findings, suggesting that malaria was responsible for 42.3% of under-five deaths \[[@R15]\]. These data highlight the importance and timeliness of recent further increases in government health financing to reduce under-five mortality \[[@R16]\].

Although increased coverage of interventions did reduce neonatal and maternal mortality in most provinces, the increase was not consistent and was limited in some areas, especially in Cabo Delgado, Gaza, andMaputo City. We found that interventions related to labor and delivery management averted more than half of the maternal deaths and more than one quarter of the neonatal deaths in the last 19 years. However, interventions related to prevention of maternal mortality such as antenatal care, skilled birth attendance, and institutional delivery showed lower coverage increases compared to other preventive and curative interventions, hence the smaller reduction in maternal mortality from 1997 to 2011 compared to child mortality. While there was an increase in coverage of facility delivery to more than 90% in Maputo Province in 2011, other provinces have yet to achieve such coverage of facility delivery or antenatal care. Additionally, only one fifth of pregnant women received preventive treatment for malaria in 2011 at national level.


church’s use of the cross to remember the work of Christ akin to using a bullet to remember Martin Luther King, Jr. A British church removed a 10 foot tall crucifix from the outside of its building a couple of years ago because it was scaring young children. It was considered a horrifying depiction of pain and suffering and putting people off. You can read the story here.

It used to be that we proudly displayed the symbols of our Faith. Often these symbols draw us closer to the Faith and the story of the cross. That is how the Feast of the Holy Cross began for the church. It is traced back to Helena, mother of Constantine the Great who made it safe and legal to be aChristian in the Roman Empire. His mother was a devout Christian. Around 320 A. D., Helena made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem to recover the holy sites of Christendom. She began an excavation around the site of what she believed to be the tomb of Christ. It was rumored that the true cross had been buried in a ditch. One of the few people who are said to have known exactly where the cross was buried, a man named Judas, coincidentally, was inspired to point the location out to Helena. Not one, but three crosses were found in the excavation. Pilate’s inscription was not on any of the crosses. To determine the true cross, people who were sick were brought to the crosses to touch them. It is said


that when they touched what was believed to be the true cross, they were made well. One report states that a dead man was brought back to life. Upon this discovery, Helena commissioned the construction of the basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, which stands in that spot to this day. Holy Cross Day was instituted as a Feast Day in the church to commemorate the dedication of the Holy Sepulchre which is said to have occurred on September 14, 335 A. D.

There was a time during the course of Christian history when our symbols, our heritage inspired us to do great things. They moved Helena to find the holy spots where Christ walked and lived and mark them for all time. To this day what she did liveson and provides us with the opportunity to visit places where God Himself incarnate walked the earth, where He lived, and where He died. Certainly, pious superstitions and cult like rituals and observances grew up around the stories of our holy symbols and have littered the path through time. Yet there is fact that anchors these stories, and makes them timeless. That fact is the fulcrum around which all of human history turns: Jesus Christ, God’s one and only Son, became flesh and blood like you and me, lived on this earth, died on a cross, and rose from the dead.

The Cross will always be a scandal for humanity, the worst scandal in history. For with the bloody Cross, we physically nailed the Christ to a piece of


A possible tornado has destroyed three mobile homes and injured a woman in a possible tornado in Lovelady Sunday afternoon.

Houston County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy GP Shearer said eight structures were damaged, including minor damage to the Lovelady High School. Shearer said a woman received lacerations to her face and arm when a tree went into her mobile home. The woman was taken by private vehicle to a Crockett hospital, where she is expected to be treated and released.

Update

for Lovelady a freight train is usually all that rumbles through on a Sunday evening, except when a tornado comes through town.

"I just felt a whole bunch of wind. As soon as a I looked out the window, it happened all at once. I didn't have time to react," saidGaby Morales. Her home was destroyed by the tornado confirmed by Houston County Chief Deputy GP Shearer.

Morales' grandmothers home right next door was knocked off its supports and dropped several feet away.

Two doors down Tonia Cowger was trapped in her kitchen when a tree fell on her home.

Her daughter, Beverly Cowger Moore said, "She was just a little shaken up, but she was fine. The EMT tried to get her on the gurney and she said, 'No, I can walk.' She walked on a cut on her leg, but she's doing good."

Much to the relief of another daughter, Stacy McDonald.

"We always had a tremendous fear of tornadoes. We talk about it, see it on TV all the time, but never do you think about it. Hits home, you


know. And you see the damage. It's pretty rough."

Other mobile homes in the area received extensive damage, including a day care. It's roof was blown down the road.

Once the funnel cloud moved on Lovelady residents began, "checking on their neighbors," said Shearer. Emergency rescue crews stepped up patrol tonight around the damaged homes.

"We're currently in contact with the Red Cross, American Red Cross. They're sending a team of appraisers down here to this area and we've made arrangements for those people to get in contact with them, to make arrangements for housing, food, clothing, whatever they need," shared Shearer.

Youngstown State University student Albert Maruna was caught red-handed and arrested this week after he allegedly attempted to have sex with a 15-year-old boy, who turned out to be anhaving worked together for two years at Juve.

Morata has limited playing time at Real Madrid, while Manchester United have already signed Romelu Lukaku and Chelsea appear to be targeting Borussia Dortmund hitman Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

The Chinese transfer market closed today, which means they both no longer face competition from those clubs for top stars.

Spain international Morata was named as first choice for Vincenzo Montella’s attack at the start of the summer and is now back in fashion.

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DANGEROUS: This photo of a woman in the wild boars' clearing was posted on Facebook. Some praised her, but deputy chief executive of animal group Acres said that feeding wild boars creates problems in the long run.PHOTO COURTESY OF MRS HELEN

It looks like a scene in the Singapore Zoo because the drain and the fence forms a barrier between the visitors and the wild boars.

But unlike the zoo, the woman who enters the clearing to feed the animals and clean up the rubbish appears to be untrained in dealing with wild animals.

A video and photos of her feeding the animals were posted on a Facebook page for cycling enthusiasts on Sunday.

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Several people praised the woman's actions. One person called itnot a good educational message," added Ms Boopal.

When The New Paper revisited the location yesterday, it was evident the visitors were not environmentally friendly.

The area next to the clearing had empty plastic bags and bread tags scattered on the ground and in the drain. Plastic bags, half-eaten apples and whole oranges could be seen strewn around in the clearing.

A cleaner, who wanted to be known only as Mr Lance, 39, said the litter from visitors is a growing problem.

The AVA said "control operations" are ongoing in the Punggol area in response to the feedback of wild boar sightings from the public.

In recent years, wild boars, which are foragers, have been culled when herds grow to a point where they start destroying the natural habitat.


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The George Karl Foundation is a catalyst of change, bringing together powerful partners to improve the cancer journey, beginning with educating people about cancer prevention to navigating patients through cancer treatments and ultimately to living healthy after surviving cancer. The George Karl Foundation (GKF) was founded in 2012 by Denver Nuggets Head Coach George Karl and Kim Van Deraa &nbsp

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On Jan. 30, longtime NBA coach George Karl proudly made a $15,000 donation to Boulder Community Hospital's Center for Integrative Care.

Karl, a two-time cancer survivor, presented the check to Dr. John Fleagle, the President and Managing Partner of Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers.

The funds were raised by the George Karl Foundation during last summer's B Strong Ride presentedNews, Events & Podcasts

Washington, DC — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that on November 26, an Order and Judgment by Default (Order) was entered against Lon Olen Friedrichsen (Friedrichsen) of Alton, Iowa in connection with a fraudulent scheme to illegally trade NYMEX West Texas Intermediate Light Sweet Crude Oil futures contracts on behalf of customers.

The Order requires Friedrichsen to pay $591,570 in restitution and imposes a civil monetary penalty of $1,500,000. The Order also permanently bans Friedrichsen from the markets the CFTC regulates and permanently enjoins him from future violations of the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC Regulations, as charged.

The Order, entered by Judge Gregory H. Woods of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, resulted from a Complaint the CFTC


Demetrios Chomatenos

Demetrios Chomatenos or Chomatianos (, 13th. century), Eastern Orthodox Archbishop of Ohrid from 1216 to 1236, was a Byzantine priest and judge.

His comprehensive legal education allowed him to exert substantial influence as judge, arbiter, confessor and advisor to the Byzantine imperial house. This makes him a characteristic representative of a time where judicial power was devolving from the weakened secular authorities to the Church, and also one of the last legal practitioners in full command of Justinian's laws as recovered by the Macedonian legal renaissance.

According to the eminent Byzantinist Donald Nicol, Chomatenos' court at Ohrid was a rare centre of stability and law in an uncertain and tumultuous era; "From Kerkyra in the west to Drama in the east, from Dyrrachion in the north to Ioannina andOhrid (1216). In that time, the Eastern Orthodox eparchies in Serbia (Raška, Lipljan and Prizren) were still under the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Ohrid. That changed in 1219, when Patriarch Manuel I of Constantinople (at that time residing in Nicaea), created a new Archbishopric for Serbia by appointing Sava Nemanjić as the first Serbian Archbishop. Demetrios Chomatenos protested and in the spring of 1220 he sent bishop Jovan of Skopje as an envoy to Archbishop Sava, but with no result. Serbia was lost to his jurisdiction, and his later attempts to remedy the situation in 1233 were also unsuccessful.

References

Sources
 Günter Prinzing (ed.), Demetrii Chomateni Ponemata diaphora (Corpus Fontium Historiae Byzantinae 38). Berlin 2002.

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Some 178 negatives of old British Raj photographs were recently discovered in a Peter Lord shoe box by archivists in Edinburgh, some of them as much as a hundred years old. What’s interesting is that the identity of the photographer and the exact time period of the events in the photographs are unknown, though some of them were confirmed by archivists to be from the 1912 Calcutta visit of King George V and Queen Mary.

The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, a public archive maintained by the Scottish government, has made them available to the world to look for the identity of the photographer. If anybody has further information about the photographs that can help the archive locate their origins, they can contact clare.sorensen@rcahms.gov.ukWashington D.C., Sep 23, 2015 / 03:42 pm ().- Pope Francis made history Wednesday by performing the first-ever canonization on U.S. soil, of St. Junipero Serra.

St. Serra, a Franciscan missionary from Spain, founded nine Catholic missions in California, most of which would go on to become the centers of major cities in the state.

The trail-blazing life of this priest, Pope Francis said in his homily at the Sept. 23 Mass of Canonization said at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., should be a call to all Christians to never grow complacent, and to always go out to proclaim the Gospel with joy.

“He was the embodiment of ‘a Church which goes forth’, a Church which sets out to bring everywhere the reconciling


tenderness of God,” the Pope said.

Saint Junipero Serra was born in 1713 on the Spanish island of Majorca in the Mediterranean. He left his position as a university professor to become a missionary to the New World, helping to convert to Christianity many of the indigenous community, and teaching them new technologies.

The priest’s mission work often took place despite a painful ulcerated leg which is said to have been caused either by cancer or a spider bite soon after his arrival in Mexico. He died in 1784 at Mission San Carlos Borroméo del Carmelo in what is now the state of California. St. John Paul II beatified Father Serra in 1988.

“Junípero Serra left his native land and its way of life,” Pope Francis reflected. “He was excited aboutA few years ago, views like these would be considered on the fringe. Today they are going mainstream. Witness the popularity of Donald Trump.

The author argues that this is deliberate, and that Merkel and Obama are neocon patsies, leading Europe to destruction, and that Russia is one of the few countries whose leadership understands what is happening, and is fighting back.

A side effect of the American neocon strategy of up-ending the Middle East is to flood Europe, and in particular, Germany, the continent's dominant power, with non-Christian immigrants.

From the United States to Europe, the Western elite are allowing a massive influx of foreigners to enter their lands, radically transforming the face of Western societies in a bid to divide, conquer and expand their military and financial rule across


mat along her country's lengthy border, telling the world Germany is ready to accept over 1 million new arrivals - and on practically the same day that 130 people were killed by alleged Islamic fundamentalists around Paris.

Part of the public's change of heart towards the plight of refugees came from the tragic story of Aylan Kurdis, the Syrian child whose body was found washed up along a shoreline in Turkey after the boat he had been traveling in capsized. Of course, the corporate-owned, super-consolidated media, never one to ignore a tragic moment (and especially one with graphic photographs) posted the story on every newspaper frontpage across Europe. Indeed, these were the same Western newspapers that ignored the depravations brought to children around the Middle East from NATO attackson sovereign countries like Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and now in Syria. One need only read the subtitle that accompanied The Sun's front page headline, which said: "Bomb Syria for Aylan." Talk about using tragedy to sell the ugliest agenda of them all: War.

So while the European people are being coerced by a relentless media campaign to accept Syrian refugees or be labeled neo-fascists (a word few Germans can tolerate following the harrowing memory of Nazi Germany, a memory the media will never let the German people live down), the refugees are being magnetically drawn to Europe by the promise of easy money and easy jobs. Note: it has been proven that most of the new arrivals to Europe are not from Syria, but rather from other war-torn places,


like Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya.

Refugees in Germany receive up to 345 euro per month from the government, whereas in Sweden the monthly allowance is up to 224 euro. Compared to the places and situations where the refugees are escaping from, this temptation of free money is practically impossible to ignore.

Was this chaos planned?

While on the surface it may seem that the refugee crisis has taken Western leaders by surprise, in fact it is all part of their plan for global domination, which was outlined in a paper by the now-defunct group of US neoconservatives known as The Project for a New American Century (PNAC).

In September 2000, the group released a document entitled: 'Rebuilding America's Defenses - Strategy, Forces and Resources for a New Century,' in which the power-crazedindividuals came out and admitted their goal of asserting US military power around the globe in order to remain the world's supreme superpower.

The PNAC identified five nations it deems as "deeply hostile to America" - North Korea, Iraq, Iran, Libya and Syria (former US General Wesley Clark added another three to that list a bit later: Lebanon, Somalia and Sudan). It should come as no surprise that two of these five countries have already suffered a US-led occupation/capitulation, while Syria is still managing to survive, albeit only due to the military intervention of Russia.

Moscow seems to have come to the correct conclusion that Islamic State is simply a proxy army created by the United States to smash down the doors of sovereign states.

Judging by the scope of these


of Barack Hussein Obama - America's first black president of Kenyan descent who is known to hold strong opinions on the way minorities have been treated present and past - as a powerful reason for national borders collapsing around the world, and most shockingly in the United States and the European Union. Indeed, the real estate tycoon Donald Trump has practically sealed his nomination for the Republican presidential candidacy on nothing more than the promise to build a "gigantic wall" separating America and Mexico. So why doesn't Obama make an equally simple promise and shut down the Trump threat once and for all?

Although I do believe that Obama is predisposed by both his skin color and life history to show sympathy to the plight of refugees and minorities,in broad daylight. Thanks to America's reckless foreign policy agenda, which went absolutely insane following the terrorist attacks of 9/11, NATO countries are being helplessly dragged into battles and regardless of the public outcry and protests against these illegal wars, which have already happened in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and now Syria - all of which have resulted - or soon will result - in failed states.

But the real failed states will eventually be the old colonial powers of Europe, which sit on the front line of the refugee tsunami provoked by the US that is now crashing across the region, threatening to engulf every city from Lisbon to Helsinki.

This development only plays further into Washington's hands as the European people - increasingly terrified by pre-planned acts of war,


adventure of doing back flips in a U-shaped ramp, or jumping over hurdles can now be found in a number of free applications designed in flash, in the form of online games. An example of such an application can be found with the game title BMX Extreme, also available to play online free.

Extreme Stunts is an online work of genius of the free BMX game genre. The simplicity of use and game play make BMX Extreme Stunts one of the most in style titles in it’s category. The game fan can engage game play in two different modes, a free ride, or competition mode.

In order to prepare your moves and become closer with he game, gamers can play in the free mode of play. Additional points are bestowed18:09, August 15, 2011A Los Angeles Federal District Court has given Ankara until August 19 to present its case in a suit brought by Armenians seeking compensation for lands that once belonged to their ancestors and subsequently used for the Incirlik Air Base .

The base is located five miles from the city of Adana on the Mediterranean Sea Coast. The U.S. Air Force and the Turkish Air Force are the primary users of the base.

In December 2010, Yeghiayan filed a suit against the Turkish government and two Turkish banks, the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey and Ziraat Bankası, for seized Armenian assets seized in the region of Adana.

The plaintiffs are demanding $63.9 million dollars as compensation for the 49.5 hectares of property seized during the 1915


Genocide.

Geragos and Kabateck claim that Yeghiayan "created a sham charity as
a means by which he could funnel monies for his own personal charity
- himself."

Yeghiayan created the Center for Armenian Remembrance in 2005, after
a settlement with the New York Life Insurance Company, "to defraud
class members, the court and the Armenian community," according to
the complaint."

12:22, August 13, 2011LOS ANGELES, CA. -- A U.S. federal district court in Los Angeles handed Armenian plaintiffs an early victory in what will surely be a difficult legal battle over reparations for land seized from Armenians in Turkey during the Armenian Genocide (Alex Bakalian et. al vs. Republic of Turkey, the Central Bank of Turkey, and T.C. Ziraat Bankasi et. al, Case Number 2:10-CV-09596, December 15, 2010). Nearly eight months after the complaint was filed,the court determined that all three defendants, in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit in the United States, had been lawfully served.

The lawsuit, filed by descendants of Armenian Genocide victims, accuses the defendants of stealing and then profiting from land that was illegally seized during the Armenian Genocide, when the Ottoman Turks drove Armenians from the Adana region of southern Turkey. The property at issue in the lawsuit is currently part of a strategic U.S. airbase in southern Turkey.

Representing the plaintiffs are the Yeghiayan Law Firm in Glendale, Schwarcz, Rimberg, Boyd & Rader, LLP in Los Angeles and Michael Bazyler from Chapman University School of Law in Orange.

The plaintiffs have spent recent months attempting to serve all the defendants, and then to have the court affirm their service efforts. In the


Turkey, and T.C. Ziraat Bankasi et. al, Case Number 2:10-CV-09596, December 15, 2010). The default notice was entered on September 1, 2011.

The land in question is currently home to the Incirlik Air Base, which houses the United States 39th Mission Support Group and 39th Medical Group. The Air Base is located near Adana , Turkey .

After refusing to accept service of the lawsuit under governing rules of the 1906 Hague Convention , Turkey was served through U.S. embassy channels on June 20. Service was confirmed and the court was notified. Turkey had 60 days (by August 19) to answer the complaint but did not. The two bank defendants, Central Bank of Turkey and T.C. Ziraat Bank, requested and were given an extension to respond by September 19.

"The U.S.survivor benefits from descendants of Armenian genocide victims. Yeghiayan and Mahdessian were co-counsels on the case.

The resulting settlement was $20 million, with the insurance company being required to pay $17.5 million. From that settlement, a $3 million Unclaimed Benefits Fund was set up, naming nine specific beneficiaries, according to documents from the state bar.

As part of the fund, any money left after paying the main settlement and administrative costs could be distributed to charitable organizations recommended by the suit’s lawyers — namely Yeghiayan and Mahdessian.

The state bar said one of the nonprofits, the Center for Armenian Remembrance, was created three months after the settlement was approved and based out of the couple’s Brand Boulevard law firm.

The second nonprofit, the Conservatoire de la Memoire Armenienne, also was said to


bumper guard vibrates in the front-and-rear direction relative to the bumper portion. As a result, the bumper portion attached to the front side member is subject to tilting in the front-and-rear direction, and a bending moment is produced at an attachment portion to the front side member. Consequently, durability of the attachment portion to the front side member of the bumper portion is reduced.Home equity rises in Southwest Florida

But it remains No. 16 in the nation, with 26% of all homes with mortgages worth less than their loans, according to RealtyTrac

By JOSH SALMAN

A sharp rise in home prices during the past three years has helped more mortgage borrowers in Southwest Florida regain a stable financial footing.

Despite that progress, however, a new report from RealtyTrac Inc. shows that the number of homeowners in the region who owe more on a loan than their house is worth still ranks among the worst in the nation.

The new measure of equity in Southwest Florida shows just how far values slid during the housing slump. Although most industry observers expect the rebound to continue, it could take several more years and hundreds of new foreclosures before


their residences from the start of April through June, according to the data released Wednesday by RealtyTrac.

But another 66,576 borrowers in the region remain seriously underwater.

Only 15 other U.S. metro areas had a negative equity ratio during the second quarter that was higher than Southwest Florida's 26 percent.

The report considers a property seriously underwater when the combined loan amount secured by the home is at least 25 percent higher than the property's estimated value.

Some are equity rich

On the flip side, 47,652 borrowers -- or 19 percent of the area's total -- are now considered equity rich.

Those homeowners are paying mortgages that carry a loan-to-value ratio of 50 percent or lower.

The more equity homeowners have in their property, the less risk they could slip into foreclosure. Tens of thousandsof area residents battled foreclosures through the downturn, causing property values to plummet and leaving empty homes sitting vacant.

But values are increasing even of homes in foreclosure.

A quarter of Southwest Florida's pending defaults now have at least some positive equity. Even though the owners of these delinquent homes can't pay their bills, the distressed properties are worth more than the loans against them, enhancing the possibility of a short sale.

Negative equity was considered one of the leading factors causing a lack of homes for sale, with borrowers who were current on their payments but underwater on the loan largely unable to sell.

Problem overstated?

But now some agents in the region say the issue is overstated.

"It's just not a major problem anymore," said Gloria Weed, managing broker of the Michael


of standardized communication techniques on team performance during simulated neonatal resuscitation. Dr. Yamada's long-term research objectives include providing evidence for the integration of standardized communication techniques into the American Academy of Pediatrics' Neonatal Resuscitation Program curriculum, which sets the national standard of care for neonates requiring resuscitation, and collaborating with the American Heart Association and the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation to integrate the lexicon into international guidelines for neonatal, pediatric, and adult resuscitation. Ultimately, the use of more concise, precise language as developed in this study will allow healthcare professionals to optimize communication, teamwork, and other aspects of human performance; more rapidly identify and mitigate healthcare risks and hazards; and improve patient safety. Dr. Yamada's clinical and teaching activities as a Clinical Assistant Professor in the DivisionBronwen Astor, who has died aged 87, was the chatelaine of Cliveden, the estate where John Profumo met Christine Keeler, at the time of the scandal that rocked 1960s Britain. As a result, she found herself shunned by upper-class society and never quite shook off the stigma, despite reinventing herself as a psychotherapist and spiritual adviser.

When Bronwen Pugh, as she was, married into the Astor clan in 1960, she seemed to have the world at her feet. Her career had been one of public acclaim and professional success – as the most celebrated model of her generation, and as a BBC television presenter. She was muse to the Parisian couturier Pierre Balmain, who said she belonged, with Greta Garbo, Vivien Leigh and Marlene Dietrich, to the ultra-exclusive club


of the world’s most beautiful women.

She retired from the catwalk after her marriage to Bill Astor – William Waldorf, the 3rd Viscount Astor – the millionaire son of Nancy Astor, the first woman to sit in parliament, to concentrate on her role at Cliveden, the family mansion on the Thames in Buckinghamshire. It seemed to her many admirers – and she was a household name at the time – a blessed life.

Yet within three years of her marriage, Bronwen’s world was turned upside down by the Profumo affair. Cliveden, it was alleged, was at the centre of an international web of sexual debauchery and espionage that ultimately brought down the prime minister, Harold Macmillan. Bill Astor was accused in court of being a playboy, and Bronwen was draggedinto the scandal, which centred on the relationships of Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies, and their friend, the society osteopath Stephen Ward.

Viscount (Bill) Astor and Bronwen Pugh on their wedding day in Hampstead, north London, in 1960. Photograph: J Wilds/Getty Images

When the scandal exploded, Rice-Davies alleged in court that she had slept with Bill Astor. Challenged over his denial of the affair (and Bronwen was always adamant that she was lying), Rice-Davies uttered the immortal line: “He would, wouldn’t he?” It won her a place in the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations and consigned the Astors to the status of social pariahs.

Their friends deserted them in droves. Bill, who had been an MP until succeeding as viscount in 1952, and was co-founder of what became the British Refugee Council,


was cold-shouldered in public, while Bronwen was accused by some of their erstwhile acquaintances, and even Astor family members, of having inhabited the same world as Ward, Keeler and Rice-Davies, and therefore as having brought the whole catastrophe down on Bill. She was, it was said, just another of the girls trained by Ward to capture rich husbands. The truth was that she had got to know Ward only after her marriage to Bill, and took an instant dislike to him.

Bill never recovered from the scandal and died in 1966 following a heart attack. For Bronwen it was the start of a long, lonely but always eventful widowhood, struggling privately to make sense of the reversal of fortune that had befallen her at the same time as bringingup her two daughters and carving out a professional life for herself. There were highs and lows. The collapse in 1974 of an ecumenical religious community that she had co-founded at her home after Cliveden, Tuesley Manor, in Godalming, Surrey, was a great disappointment, but she bounced back, qualifying as a psychotherapist in 1986, running a respected practice for more than 20 years and finding herself regarded as something of an authority on the link between religious experience and the mind by such august bodies as the Alister Hardy Religious Experience Research Centre at Oxford University, which she also chaired at one point. She had travelled a long way from her days on the catwalk.

The 1988 film Scandal, reviewing the fall of Profumo, caused her renewed pain by


once again painting an unflattering portrait of her husband. She waited another 12 years, however, before finally telling her side of the story. Having refused any public comment for 37 years, she agreed to co-operate with my biography of her, giving access to papers and diaries, in an effort to set the record straight on her own past, that of her husband, and on the rather prim life they had lived at Clive- den. It convinced many to think again. After its publication, she moved back to London from her country retreat, saying she felt the question mark that had long hung over her reputation had been finally removed. But there remained, to her disappointment, a hard core who were determined to continue seeing the Astors in theblackest possible light in regard of the whole scandal.

Bronwen was born in London, the third daughter of a Welsh county court judge, Sir Alun Pugh, and his wife, Kathleen (nee Goodyear), and raised in Hampstead, north London. She attended Dr Williams’ school, Dolgellau, in north Wales, as a boarder, and then trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama as a teacher.

She and a fellow student, Erica Pickard, decided to try their hand at modelling, as an act of rebellion against becoming teachers. The death of Pickard in a freak accident in 1952 had the effect of redoubling Bronwen’s determination to make their dream a reality, and within a short space of time this tall, elegant woman was first a star of the London fashion scene, then,


briefly, in 1954, a BBC announcer, filling in for Sylvia Peters when she was on maternity leave, and, finally, the toast of Paris.

One American critic, describing her as “that husky Welsh mannequin”, wrote that she “drags a coat down a runway as if she had just killed it and were taking it to her mate”. The British journalist Katharine Whitehorn dubbed Bronwen’s detached, almost scornful manner as a “dirt-beneath-my-feet style of modelling”. She represents, in the history of fashion photography, the transition point between such squeaky-clean early 1950s icons as Jean Dawnay and the emergence in the 60s of Twiggy and Jean Shrimpton. There was an understated sensuality about Bronwen’s style, but it was cloaked in an air of disdain.

Throughout her career on the catwalk and her marriage,she had been privately pursuing a spiritual search, after claiming to undergo a mystical experience of God in 1953, and became an admirer of the French Jesuit writer and mystic Teilhard de Chardin. It was her faith that sustained her after her husband’s death, she said. Bronwen became a Roman Catholic in 1970, and wrote and lectured on religion, cutting quite a figure in the often dowdy world of church organisations. She later ran a small retreat centre next to her Surrey home.

With her daughters happily married and grandchildren to look after, as well as professional satisfaction, she enjoyed the latter part of her life enormously. She had tremendous energy, heading off on fishing trips and wind-surfing expeditions into her 70s, working as a spiritual adviser at 78,


and marking her 80th birthday with swimming lessons so as finally to master the crawl. She retained an appetite for fun, but the shadow of Profumo never wholly left her. Having been through what she regarded as a crucifixion-like experience in 1963, she was, she often used to remark, ever after in search of resurrection.

She is survived by her daughters, Janet and Pauline.

• Janet Bronwen Alun Astor, Lady Astor, model and psychotherapist, born 6 June 1930; died 28 December 2017CRIME: Percy Lead No. 273

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Edward John Kerling and George John Dasch, two of the eight Nazi saboteurs captured by the FBI. (Credit: Bettmann/Getty Images)

The night was especially dark as U.S. Coast Guard seaman John Cullen patrolled the sand dunes of Amagansett, New York, shortly after midnight on June 13, 1942. Regulations in effect after the United States entered World War II six months earlier had already imposed blackouts on the village nestled in the Hamptons, and the thick fog that blanketed the east end of Long Island made it even more difficult for Cullen to see.

The 21-year-old “sand pounder” listened to the Atlantic Ocean lap up on the shore when the figures of four suspicious men suddenly crystallized in the fog. Of course, any men on the beach in violation of the(Credit: Bettmann/Getty Images)

Even before the United States entered World War II, German military intelligence had developed a plan codenamed Operation Pastorius— in honor of Franz Daniel Pastorius, who in 1683 had launched the first permanent German-American settlement in Germantown, Pennsylvania, now part of Philadelphia—to secretly infiltrate the East Coast and sabotage American war efforts. Walter Kappe, a German army lieutenant who had spent several years in the United States, recruited the saboteurs, all of whom spoke fluent English and had lived in the United States for a time.

The recruits attended a “sabotage camp” at an estate outside Berlin where they learned to make bombs, incendiary devices and even timers constructed from “just dried peas, lumps of sugar and razor blades,” according to a report by British intelligence agency


MI5. They visited factories and transportation facilities to learn about infrastructure vulnerabilities.

FBI “Wanted” poster for Nazi saboteur Walter Kappe. (Credit: Bettmann/Getty Images)

The saboteurs were tasked with disseminating anti-war propaganda and destroying American bridges, railroads, waterworks, factories, reservoirs and power plants. According to MI5, they were also “instructed to carry out small acts of terrorism such as the placing of incendiary bombs in suitcases left in luggage depots and in Jewish-owned shops.” However, they were told to avoid causing deaths or injuries “as this would not benefit Germany.”

The first cell of four Nazi saboteurs departed a German submarine base at Lorient, France on May 26, 1942. The next four-man group left two days later. The saboteurs were given $175,200 in United States currency sewn into the lining of duffelmanaged to free itself before dawn’s first light appeared. Cullen returned to the scene of his confrontation and discovered a pack of German cigarettes and footprints that led to the spot where the Nazis had buried their stash. The Coast Guard discovered a satchel of cash, two trench shovels and wooden boxes sealed in wax containing fuses, timers and dynamite. As a manhunt ensued, the four Nazis departed Amagansett on the 6:59 a.m. Long Island Rail Road train to New York City.

Perhaps it had been his plan all along to subvert the operation in order to be an American hero or perhaps he felt the operation’s cover had been blown in mere minutes after wading ashore, but the day after arriving in the United States, Dasch contacted the


New York office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) using the code name “Pastorius” to say he had arrived from Germany and would contact FBI Headquarters in a matter of days. On June 18, Dasch checked into the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., and contacted the FBI, which took him into custody. The next day, the other members of Dasch’s cell were arrested in New York.

The trial of the Nazi saboteurs of Operation Pastorius.

By this time, the second cell that had departed France in a submarine had already infiltrated the country, coming ashore at Ponte Vedra, Florida, wearing nothing more than swimming trunks and marine hats emblazoned with Nazi swastikas. After making its way north to Jacksonville, the cell continued on to Cincinnati by train before splittingup to Chicago and New York.

Based on the information given by Dasch and his colleague Ernst Burger, the two Nazis in New York were taken into custody on June 23, and the last two saboteurs were arrested in Chicago on June 27. The Nazis had failed to carry out any attacks and did little more than spend $612 for clothes, meals, hotels and travel in addition to the $260 bribe given to Cullen, for which the Nazis had gotten a poor return on their investment.

Armed soldiers guard the ambulances carrying the bodies of six executed Nazi saboteurs. (Credit: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed a special military tribunal with seven U.S. Army officers to preside over a trial of the eight men held inside the


U.S. Department of Justice Building in Washington, D.C. Attorney General Francis Biddle led the prosecution, while the defense team included the son of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Harlan Stone.

The trial began on July 8, less than a month after the Nazis came ashore. Several weeks later, all eight saboteurs were found guilty and condemned to death. While Biddle and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover successfully lobbied Roosevelt to spare the lives of Dasch and Burger due to their cooperation, the other six were executed by electric chair on August 8. In April 1948, President Harry Truman granted clemency to Dasch and Burger and deported them to West Germany.[750 sylvs was really, really tempting. The task included "sharp tools" which he didn't technically have, but the daggers Daniel hid in his gauntlets were just as good, right? Sure, it said they were hardy and tried to trip people, but he could handle that.

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Daniel looked up and away, resolving not to look at them. Not even to smell them, catch their scent on the breeze delicately blowing his way, nor toMOSCOW, July 20. /TASS/. The Executive Committee of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) approved on Wednesday 387 athletes of the national team for the 2016 Summer Games in Brazil next month.

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July 24 2010, 1:01am, The Times

A gang member from Waltham Forest, identified by his red bandana

The scene is one of a young man being buried with full honours. Hundreds of his friends take to the streets of East London to commemorate the teenager, pouring alcohol on the pavement in remembrance of their comrade.

Then comes the final tribute to his short life — which ended at 17 when he died of a drug overdose — as one of London’s “soldiers”.

As the coffin lies deep in the ground, his friends cover it with more than 30 bandanas. Coloured red, they are a sign of his allegiance to the local gang.

The scenes, videoed and posted on YouTube, are a series of starkgame, both sides failed to score a single point in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, it seemed like the Claymores had the game all but won. However, the Fire refused to go down without a fight. Getting the ball with 5:07 left on the clock, Fire quarterback Danny Wuerffel led his team on an eight-play, 43-yard drive that was not only time-consuming, but Fire running back Pepe Pearson scored the game-winning touchdown from a yard out. Even though the Claymores got the ball back and managed to gel some reasonable yardage, Hart's 40-yard field goal attempt (which would have tied the game up) went wide left, preserving Rhein's small lead and giving them their second World Bowl title in three years.

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Conservative activist Ben Shapiro criticized Republican Arizona Sen.Jeff Flake in a scathing series of tweets Tuesday over his supposed reasons for not seeking re-election.

Flake had announced earlier that he would not seek re-election in 2018, and blamed the "flagrant disregard of truth" of the Trump age.

"Flake blaming his fall on Trump and the supposed inability of the base to support good people is disingenuous and cynical," Shapiro tweeted.

"Flake was deeply unpopular for years and was going to lose," he added. "Not because of Trump. Because he broke faith with his base."

"Blaming Trump and Trump voters is a way of playing hero while quitting because he was going to lose," he continued.

Blaming Trump and Trump voters is a way of playing hero while quitting because he was going tolose. (3/) — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) October 24, 2017

"The media will eat it up because anyone who badmouths Trump (and I agree with many Flake critiques) becomes a tragic hero," he added.

"Trump is happy to play into that story because it makes him look powerful," he continued. "Flake wants to play tragic hero. Media love the conflict."

So, in the end, this is cynical politics, as always, and sheer BS generally. Trump is not the party or the future of conservatism. (6/) — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) October 24, 2017

He is the president and a vehicle for the base's anger and desire to stop Democrats. Good people can still be elected. (END) — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) October 24, 2017

"He is the president and a vehicle for the base's anger and


desire to stop Democrats," Shapiro concluded. "Good people can still be elected."

Flake had been a vocal critic of Trump, and cited him as a main reason why he couldn't maintain his office.

"We must never meekly accept the daily sundering of our country," Flake said Tuesday on the Senate floor, "the personal attacks, the threats against principles, freedoms, and institutions, the flagrant disregard for truth or decency, the reckless provocations, most often for the pettiest and most personal reasons, reasons having nothing whatsoever to do with the fortunes of the people that we have all been elected to serve."A Digest of Political, Economic, Cultural and Historical News from Poland

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Radoslaw Sikorski testified in court in the Smolensk Case

Published: April 12, 2017

Sikorski evades responsibility. The former head of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs testified in the Smolensk crash case.

The slickest way to characterise the visit of President Lech Kaczynski to Katyn in 2010 is a pilgrimage, said the former head of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Radoslaw Sikorski while testifying in the trial of Tomasz Arabski and four other officials of Tusk’s administration who have been charged in the Smolensk disaster.

Sikorski stood before the District Court in Warsaw as a witness in the trial of high officials from the Tusk administration who have been charged


with failing to carry out their official duties in organizing the April 10, 2010 visit of President Lech Kaczynski to Katyn. The case is based on a complaint brought by some families of victims of the Smolensk catastrophe.

As the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I was not involved in organising the April 10, 2010 visit. At that time, I was conducting foreign policy, the Europeanisation of Russia. I was dealing with relations between Poland and the European Union and other countries, Sikorski testified.

He said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not organise the visit and played only an auxiliary role in preparations for the President's visit. Regarding technical issues, Sikorski stated that it was his deputy - Andrzej Kremer - who was responsible for dealingprosecution and totally beyond the reach of justice, said Janusz Walentynowicz, son of Anna Walentynowicz who died in the catastrophe, in the interview with “Gazeta Polska Daily.”

The key question is how it was possible that Tomasz Turowski was assigned to the Polish Embassy in Moscow prior to the President’s visit. Everyone knew that he was a dangerous agent, a spy from communist times. Suddenly, he came back from retirement to work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the rank of a full Ambassador. The court today heard questions about Turowski, added Janusz Walentynowicz.

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the power consumption of the system is minimized.
In a preferred embodiment, the first and second processing units are interconnected. The first processing unit operates at a first clock frequency, and the second processing unit operates at a second clock frequency. The first clock frequency may be lower than the second clock frequency.
The first processing unit assigns a task to the first or second processing units based on the clock frequency required to run the task such that the minimum power is used. The first processing unit may instruct the second processing unit to enter a minimum power usage mode. The first processing may activate the second processing unit from the minimum power usage mode when a task is to performed by the second processing unit. The first processingoptimized.
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I was talking with a young lady the other day about returning to school for the Fall semester. She took up the violin last year, and she had been really excited about playing. But when I asked her about what she had done with her violin over the Summer months her response was that it had resided in its case in the corner of her room. She hadn’t played it once.

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Dec 6, 2011

Weapons & Warriors: The Ninja, The Truth of the Shinobi

They were once known as the Shinobi, but just saying the word Ninja usually makes people conjure images of ghostlike black clothed figures sneaking around and killing people without ever being seen. Believe it or not, that is the Hollywood ninja. The true Ninja is shrouded in mystery plenty enough by their own myths and legends that Hollywood has virtually deluded their existence to being magicians with weapons and martial arts. In reality, most ninja started out as farmers and labors. They made their weapons from the tools they used and learned martial arts from monks that had been influenced by Chinese refuges from generations before.

The victim of a real ninja probably looked right into the Ninja’sin this sense. If you played those types of counter espionage games and were caught, it could ruin the reputation of the entire Ryu and then there would be no more business. Most often however, the side that paid the Ninja is the side that ended up victorious.

At one point in history, a Samurai actually declared war on the Ninja and attacked one of their more prominent villages. The Ninja were nearly wiped out. In the end though, he was eventually toppled in power by another Samurai, who had taken the surviving Ninja under his wing. Once again, Ninja were the deciding factor in victory.

Ninja were amazingly talented people shrouded in myths and legends, but history showed that having these types of individuals on your side helped more


Sailing Image – Portsmouth 19-09-2012

HMS Victory
is currently undergoing a period of restoration and visitors have the unique opportunity to witness the process taking place on the oldest commissioned warship in the world and a proud memorial to Vice Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, Britain’s greatest Naval hero and his stunning victory at the Battle of Trafalgar.
Her topmasts and rigging have been struck, or taken down, and her planking is under investigation. This is nothing unusual as wooden ships like Victory needed constant care and attention from the day they were launched. These repairs are simply the latest in a long tradition of regular upkeep.
The last time HMS Victory was seen without her top masts was back in 1944, so this really is a once in a life time opportunityto see HMS Victory under-going such extreme maintenance. Interestingly, with her topmasts down, Victory will look much as she did after the Battle of Trafalgar when she had to be towed to Gibraltar for repairs.”

HMS Warrior 1860 is still afloat in Portsmouth Harbour! Come and experience:-
• The world’s first iron-hulled, armoured warship powered by steam as well as sail.
• The only surviving member of Queen Victoria’s Black Battle Fleet.
• Four vast decks and feel what life was like as a Victorian sailor onboard a 19th century warship.
• The recently opened sick berth, as seen on BBC1’s National Treasures Live!

The Mary Rose Story
has intrigued for centuries. Since Henry VIII watched, in vain, as his favourite ship sank in front of him taking hundreds of the crew to a tragic


tickets in this hockey town are extremely difficult (and expensive) to obtain by legitimate means, especially if the Habs are playing archrival Toronto Maple Leafs. Tip: Tickets can usually be bought at a slight markup outside the stadium or on sites like Craigslist. Fee. canadiens.nhl.com

Amphi-Bus

“Bus tour of the Old Port that becomes a boat tour of the harbor.”—Bill Brownstein. The best way to see the city’s historical center, by land and sea; meets at the corner of Rue de la Commune and Boulevard St. Laurent in the Old Port. May-October only; fee. www.montreal-amphibus-tour.com

Habitat 67

Boxy, postmodern apartment complex; the only structures built for Expo 67 (the 1967 International and Universal Exposition) that are still being used for what they were built for. Tip: “River-surfing in the rapids around HabitatAn investigation is underway after a brown bear was deliberately run over by truck drivers and brutally killed in Russia.

The non-hibernating bear was cruelly killed by shift workers in a remote area in Yakuita (Sakha Republic) in eastern Russia, the Siberian Times reports.

Footage of the incident shows the workers in a truck chase the bear in deep snow before driving over it several times.

After being run over twice, the bear was crushed under the front of the truck. One of the workers then hit the animal in the head with a crowbar.

Investigators in the Yakuita region, spanning the Siberian Arctic, said they were looking into the incident to determine whether it is an animal cruelty criminal offence in the region.

"Currently we have established that the video shows local


the one to apologize for her rude, outburst in anger.

What an example of leadership and character Obama displayed!!!!! I commend him for treating her with dignity and respect!!!!

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Caren has covered the White House since 2003. In 2008, she was a lead correspondent covering President Barack Obama's campaign. She has covered international summits, the federal budget, U.S. policy on Iraq and Afghanistan, and has reported extensively on the U.S. economy. Caren joined Reuters in 1992. Caren is president of the White House Correspondents Association.The Gourd

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Chinese legends often depict figures carrying gourds—divine doctors used them when treating patients; Tieguai Li, one of the Eight Immortals of Taoism, always had a golden gourd slung over his shoulder; and the eccentric monk Ji Gong never let his wine gourd leave his side. The drunk monk Lu Zhishen, who starred in a 2011 Shen Yun dance, had a gourd strapped to his hip. Chang’e, who featured in a 2007 Shen Yun number, drank a magic potion from a gourd and flew to the moon as a result.

The gourd is a type of climbing plant from the Cucurbitaceous family, which also includes squash and melon. Fresh gourds are covered with a tender green skin and are eaten as vegetables. Mature gourds have a golden yellow hue.


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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Overland Park police arrested a man from New Jersey after they say he walked up to a woman and her baby while they were in the checkout lane of an Overland Park Walmart and started choking the four-month-old.

Officer John Lacy says a shopper at the Walmart off 75th Street and Frontage Road saw the incident, which took place around 7:23 a.m., and tackled the man.

Police say the shopper restrained the man until police arrived. The suspect was taken into custody, and the baby is okay.

The baby's mother, Quisha Hill,told FOX 4 that she always shops at this particular Walmart, and on Wednesday she stopped in for a few items.

"I come in to grab couple items, and as I while I was at the counter top, speaking with the lady and bagging up my groceries, this random man comes out of nowhere and yanks the car seat out of the cart, has my baby, and he's like I'm taking the baby, I'm stealing her. I'm taking her. Call 911. Call 911," Hill said.

Hill says the man then began choking her child, and she began screaming for help. Nearby shoppers jumped in to help and wrestled the man to the ground.

"That’s when tons of Walmart workers come over to help me get her out," Hill said. "She is


method, such as a same nucleoside monomer or same amino acid monomer).
In one aspect of the method, at least some of the deposition units are in a first line. The deposition units or the substrate, or both, is moved along a line parallel to the first line so as to form an addressable array with features in a line parallel to the first line. The drops of a same reagent deposited from different deposition units during the same cycle for an address, are deposited from different deposition units along the first line. The first line may, for example, be a straight or curved line.
In a particular configuration, the deposition units may be part of a same head so as to move as one unit, with at least theWoman who sued Planet Fitness over LGBTQ locker-roommate wins appeal

Caroline Blackmon | Detroit Free Press

A Michigan appeals court ruled Thursday to send a case involving Planet Fitness and LGBTQ rights back to a Midland trial court.

A woman sued the gym after it revoked her membership because she complained about seeing a transgender woman in the women's locker room.

Yvette Cormier, who was 48 at the time of the incident, sued Planet Fitness in March 2015 for invasion of privacy, sexual harassment, retaliation, breach of contract and emotional distress.

The appeals court found on Thursday that the gym was at fault for violating the Consumer Protection Act.

Cormier signed a contract with the Midland Planet Fitness when she joined the gym. The contract said she would have access to a private women's


locker room and restroom, according to the court's opinion. If she had known transgender women would be allowed to use the restroom, she said in her lawsuit, she would not have joined the gym.

Therefore, the court reasoned, because the gym failed to tell her about the policy, they misled her when signing the contract.

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Cormier continued to go to the gym after the incident and warned other women at the gym about the policy. The court said it was reasonable for her to continue using the gym because to cancel her membership early would have resulted in extra charges.

"We're pleased with the decision," Cormier's lawyer David Kallman said. "The appeals court opinionAdditional Musical Numbers Lists

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During the run of the show, they eventually inserted a sight gag at during the "Tunnel of Love" sequence. Instead of coming out of the tunnel in Richard Kiley's arms, Karen Morrow would have a different celebrity guest with her on a nightly basis. The celebrities included such illustrious people as Sammy Davis, Jr. and Joey Bishop. This bit of "stunt casting" did actually boost the box office.


Pictures of Lyon

Picture Gallery of Lyon, France

The attractive city of Lyon sits between the Rhône and the Saône rivers. France's second city may be less popular with visitors than other French cities, but Lyon is delightful, with spectacular Roman remains, a history that takes in silk weavers, merchants and traders, and a well-deserved reputation as France's second city for gourmet restaurants.

More about the fabulous city of Lyon

Roman Amphitheater

This is where Lyon began -– in the Roman city at Fourvière that stands high above Lyon. Two Roman amphitheatres, the forum and the Musée Gallo Romain, full of remarkable artifacts from 2,000 years ago, dominate the hill overlooking the city.

There's a superb musical festival here every summer, Les Nuits de Fourvière. In 2018 it runs from June 11th to July30th.

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Lyon Cathedral

From Fourvière you get a wonderful view over Vieux Lyon which clusters around the Cathédrale St-Jean. Finally finished in 1476 after four centuries of building, the cathedral has, amongst many other treasures, a remarkable 14th-century astronomical clock. At certain hours of the day the clock comes to life. A trumpeter plays, a conductor leads an imaginary orchestra and the Archangel Gabriel appears to the Virgin Mary.

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Place Bellecour

Place Bellecour, built in the first half of the 17th century, is one of Europe's largest public squares. It's Lyon's main meeting place and the location for fairs and all kinds of public events, overseen by the lofty statue of King Louis XIV. The Place is at


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The old lady of Threadneedle Street may soon lose her moniker under plans by the Bank of England to remove gendered language from documentation.

Under proposals by the Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA), which regulates banks and insurers, a chairman will become chair.

It also wants to change how individuals are addressed in terms of "his/her".

The alterations are part of changes to the PRA's certification documents for people working in financial services.

The watchdog also proposes changing its terminology from "grandfather/ing" - which allows an old rule to be used while a new rule governs future cases - to "conversion".

It said that the changes to the "Senior Managers and Certification Regime" "form part of the PRA's commitment to encourage equality and diversity at regulated firms".

Image copyright Bank of EnglandImage caption Professor Silvana Tenreyro is the only female member of the Bank's nine-strong Monetary Policy Committee

The Bank has faced criticism for its lack of senior female managers and the fact that most banknotes feature famous men on the back rather than women.

In March, Charlotte Hogg, who was set to become a Bank of England deputy governor, resigned after failing to disclose that her brother worked at Barclays.

Ms Hogg had failed to reveal the potential conflict of interest.

Pay gap

The Bank has also come under pressure from MPs to close its gender pay gap.

In October, Treasury committee chair Nicky Morgan wrote to the chancellor asking about efforts being made to encourage gender and ethnic diversity at the Bank.

Male staff at the Bank are paid almost a quarter more than


It’s been a rough couple of weeks for the Trump White House. Michael Flynn is a monkey on their backs, the American Health Care Act—the GOP alternative to Obamacare—collapsed in Congress, and those divisions within the GOP that killed health care threaten infrastructure, tax reform, and some other big-ticket items on the Trump agenda. President Trump needs a win and Senate Republicans are trying to do that with Judge Neil Gorsuch. The appellate judge was nominated by Trump to fill the vacancy left by the late Antonin Scalia. Senate Democrats said they supported giving Gorsuch a hearing and a vote. In fact, at least nine Senate Democrats said that, which looked as if the odds of a filibuster were on the horizon, but not something that could potentiallyAbel
P.
Jeuland

Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing

Abel P. Jeuland studies the design and application of analytical marketing tools (statistics, econometrics, management science, economic modeling) to address marketing issues, such as product design and new product diffusion, forecasting, the effects of marketing mix variables (pricing, distribution, advertising, promotions), and the nature of competition (product differentiation and market segmentation). He also studies modeling of brand choice, of promotions, of channels of distribution. His work has appeared in numerous editions of Operations Research,Marketing Science and Management Science, as well as in the Journal of Business. He also employs this knowledge as a reviewer for academic marketing journals and is a member of the Advisory Board of Marketing Science. He is also guest editor of Marketing Science,

Jeuland's current research projects include "The Interaction


of Price and Information in a Model of Diffusion of Innovation," "Heterogeneity of Brand Preferences Reveals Brand Competitive Structure in Differentiated Markets," and "A Bass-like Diffusion Model that Incorporates Heterogeneity of Consumer Purchase Propensity."

Jeuland, a native of France, spent his baccalaureate years in the scientific section. He earned his license in business management from Paris University in 1972 while simultaneously earning an advanced degree in engineering from Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures with a specialization in applied mathematics. After graduation, Jeuland moved to the United States, where he earned a PhD in industrial administration at Purdue University in 1975. He joined the Chicago Booth faculty in 1975.there.

Emily's mood had been sinking for days, ever since that chickadee died on their living room rug (though she told herself that there was no connection; her mood was going to deteriorate regardless of whether that bird made it out of the house). She knew it was never a good sign when she found herself poring over the obituaries she found in the _Philadelphia Inquirer_ or—now that she and her family were ensconced in northern New Hampshire—in the weekly edition of the _Littleton Courier_. The old and the middle-aged and, in some disturbing or terrifying cases, the young. The faces in the photographs that were now being worked on by a mortician or moldering in a grave. Or cremated. It was the first thing Emily did this morning


into the lake vanishes. You kneel before her and embrace her. Then, the sky brightening as if the sun is rising in June, you stand up and—still holding Ashley's small hand—follow Reseda into the welcoming daylight.

Somewhere very far behind you stands a pilot. An airline pilot. He looks a little haggard—they all look a little haggard—as one of his girls is led back to the cauldron. You hope someday there is someone back there for him, too. Someone just like Reseda.

# _Epilogue_

In all the years that you have lived in Bethel, you have to admit: Clary Hardin has never looked better. And while there are some people who presume that both she and her husband, John, have on occasion resorted to chemical injections and peels that minimize lines,1) Pharaohs on the wane, Black Stars rising

The great Egypt team will remain unfulfilled. The play-off against Ghana was the last chance for some wonderful champions, most obviously Mohamed Aboutreika, to earn the right to showcase their skills at the World Cup but on Tuesday in Kumasi they were confronted with the truth that time and domestic tumult have taken a heavy toll. With a team made up mostly of players who have won the Africa Cup of Nations three times in the last decade, Egypt were blown away 6-1 by Ghana. The Black Stars were too sharp, too strong, too lethal (and Egypt's defending dreadful). The Ghana manager, James Kwesi Appiah, was largely unheralded when he was appointed 18 months ago after excelling with the country's youth


much. It is also a boon for neutrals because they are far more fun to watch than Greece, the team they beat to the top of Group G on goal difference. Whereas the best Greek players are defenders, the brightest Bosnian talent is in attack – and their manager, Safet Susic, has the wit and neck to choose his tactics accordingly. Only Germany, Holland and England have scored more in the European qualifiers than a Bosnian team that hurtle at opponents with no handbrake. "It may sound tactically immature, I am fully aware of that, but I just think it would be wrong to play different," said Susic ahead of the decisive win in Lithuania, where his side only scored once despite playing with their usual abandon. "Iby teeing up a lovely equaliser for Aaron Ramsey, and Belgium were given a valuable reminder of the dangers of blurred focus. Marc Wilmots' team had wanted to end their triumphant qualification by winning in front of their home fans and they created countless chances to kill Wales off but only Kevin De Bruyne managed to take one until they were hit with a late counter-attack. This was a return to the sort of sloppiness that this young team appeared to have left behind during their impressive dominance of a difficult group, although, in fairness, much of their erratic finishing appeared to be borne of over-exuberance in a festive home stadium rather than the nonchalance of the past. Bellamy and Ramsey's late flourish was good for Chris Coleman


opponents for someone in the play-offs. So to the likes of Johann Gudmundsson, Kolbeinn Sigthorsson, Alfred Finnbogason, Birkir Bjarnason and Gylfi Sigurdsson, we say: take a bow, sons. PD

6) Negredo will be key to Spain

Alvaro Negredo scored in Spain's predictably narrow win over Georgia, taking his team to the World Cup and his international tally to 10 goals in 19 games. Spain's manager, Vicente Del Bosque, says the striker still has much improving to do but must know that he is already crucial to his country. When Brazil battered Spain in this summer's Confederations Cup final it was proof either that Spain were jaded or that their tiki-taka tyranny had at last been foiled. Bayern Munich's upgrade on the Barcelona model hints at the latter; either way, Negredonot lost at home to Malta just a few days prior to that victory in Copenhagen, then glory might have been theirs. As for Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, well ... PD

8) Sweden's missed chance

The Swedes could have been seeded in Monday's play-off draw but blew a 2-0 lead at home against Germany and lost 5-3. A Germany side that had already won the group and been out partying until 4.30am after their game against the Republic of Ireland on Friday night. Chelsea's André Schürrle scored a hat-trick, his third the pick of the bunch – a light touch with the outside of the foot followed by a curling shot into the top corner. Sweden can be mesmerising one moment and awful the next


(especially in defence) and, although it may be more exciting than during the 2000s, it is not necessarily better. They will struggle to get out of their group, if they even make it to Brazil. MC

9) England are (slowly) improving

There were worrying signs in the first half as Poland hit England on the counter-attack but, gradually, Roy Hodgson's side became more imposing and fully deserved their win in the end. There is a lack of world-class players – Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard are the only ones who come close – and it was perhaps indicative that the pair were the only players on the scoresheet on Tuesday night. Still, Hodgson could not have done more than win his qualifying group, and he showed in the last twolack of emotional response. The mother placed the infant in a high chair and sat in a chair an arm's length away. The mother was instructed to play with the infant for 2 min as she normally would. The mother was then instructed to turn her face away from the infant for 15 s and then turn back to face the infant for the still face period (2 min), during which the mother maintained a neutral and expressionless face and did not interact with the child. The mother was then instructed to look away again for 15 s and then return to interacting and playing with the infant as she normally would for an additional 2 min. If the infant became persistently upset, the still face period was


authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

This material is the result of work supported with resources and the use of facilities at the VA Portland Health Care System and OHSU, Portland, OR, United States. JL is an employee of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Contents do not represent the views of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or the United States Government.

[^1]: Edited by: Susan Ozanne, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

[^2]: Reviewed by: Yinghua Yu, Xuzhou Medical University, China; Shayne Mason, North-West University, South Africa

[^3]: This article was submitted to Neuroenergetics, Nutrition and Brain Health, a section of the journal Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Heddin Tiner has his beneficiary under the optional service retirement annuity. Subsequent to

this designation the marriage ended, and in the Final Decree of Divorce Larry Ray Tiner was

awarded “any and all retirement funds in his name alone.” (CR, p.28).

         Larry Ray Tiner then married Debbie Hughes Tiner on May 9, 2012. Larry Ray Tiner

changed the beneficiary of all of his ERS benefits except the beneficiary designation for the

optional service retirement annuity. Indeed, four years elapsed from the date of divorce from

Penny Heddin Tiner to the death of Larry Ray Tiner and he at no time took action of any kind to

request a change or to change the beneficiary of the optional service retirement annuity.


his beneficiary under the optional service retirement annuity. Nevertheless, the

facts and the application of the law is clear that the Employees Retirement System of Texas is a

“public retirement system” as defined by Section 801.001 of the Government Code and the

divorce did not trigger an end to the designation that Larry Ray Tiner freely made and was free

to rely on under Texas law as still having force and effect.

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R3: THS the policy of taking away the children of Mafia families.
Info text: When Judge Roberto Di Bella returned to Reggio Calabria in 2011 – the home of one of the most powerful criminal networks in the world – he noticed that the minors standing before him in court were the children of the mafiosi he had put away years earlier.The judge adopted a new approach: since 2012, about 30 “at risk” minors have been removed from their ‘Ndrangheta families by the juvenile court over which Di Bella presides. In some cases, they have been placed with families in northern Italy, and in others, have been put in youth homes


Nintendo Executive Officer of the Entertainment Planning and Development Division Takashi Tezuka has been with the company since 1984. He has served as Director and Producer on 2D games in the Super Mario series, 2D games in The Legend of Zelda series, and he's produced the Yoshi series, Animal Crossing series, and Flipnote Studio for Nintendo DSi. Etsunobu Ebisu, meanwhile, is the Executive Vice President of Good-Feel Co., Ltd, the developer behind Yoshi's Crafted World . Both answered a handful of IGN's questions about the brand-new Yoshi-starring platformer, which releases tomorrow.

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Where did the idea to have the "flip side" of the stage come from? Did it come along later in the design process or was it part of the idea from the very beginning?

Good-Feel Executive Vice President Etsunobutime it plays. Teams can turn things around quickly in the league, however. Just look at FC Edmonton, prior to this last weekend the Eddies were goalless, then they won the Canadian derby by posting two goals and a keeping a cleansheet against Ottawa. This is why centerback Albert Watson and rightback Eddie Edward make the Best XI, they each stepped up their game and it paid off.

While Miami was finding a way to lose, Rayo OKC was pressing. Defensive midfielder Pecka had a superb night notching two assists, one of which to striker Robbie Findley who scored a stunning golazo.

The battle between Rayo OKC and Miami was at least an entertaining match whereas the yet other Florida match up between Jacksonville Armada and Ft. Lauderdale Strikers was