outlook, meaning further downgrades may lie ahead.

Many analysts expected the ratings cut to hit late 2016; however, with a push from former finance minister Gordhan, meeting with investors and businesses and other stakeholders, the country was able to stave off junk status on hopes of a more positive 2017.

Sub-investment grade countries suffer from having their borrowing costs spike significantly, while many international investors are blocked by policy from investing in such countries or from buying their debt.

Last week, Zuma announced a cabinet reshuffle, which included the sacking of finance minister Pravin Gordhan and his deputy, Mcebisi Jonas, a move likely to cause further economic and political woe in the coming months.

Why South Africa was downgraded

According to S&P, the rationale for the downgrade reflects the view that the divisions14 days. This home has five bedrooms, four baths and 3,966 sq ft of living area on a 12,600 sq ft lot

There are currently 36 homes on the market priced $2 million or more. Six in this price range sold during the first three months of 2009 – or enough inventory for 18 months at the current sales rate.

The Hancock Park – Wilshire area is not immune to the REO and short sale scourge – three of the sales were foreclosed properties and one was a short sale.

Income Property.

In this prime neighborhood of trophy, owner-occupied properties, six duplexes and one fourplex traded hands during the first three months of 2009.

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160 N Orange Street, an incredible Tudor duplex built by Hancock himself (of “Hancock Park” fame),


are increasingly making deals.

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One in five institutions (20%) are expecting to see no change in student numbers, according to the report, which was first covered by the Times Higher Education magazine. And nearly one in four (24%) universities are forecasting small rises in numbers.

These forecasts were collected from institutions in April.

It comes as the Government publishes new proposals which would allow smaller institutions to become universities.

The move would lead to the biggest expansion of the sector for 20 years.

Under the plans, institutions would be able to apply for the title of "university" if they have 1,000 students, and of those, 750 studying for a degree.

Currently, institutions can apply for the "university" title if they have at least 4,000 students, and of those, at least 3,000 studying for


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Category:Association football midfieldersSmall businesses in Alberta haven't been this pessimistic in years, according to an industry lobby group who says the oil-price differential is largely to blame — even if prices for Canadian crude have recently recovered.

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business says confidence among its Alberta members plunged in December and January, according to a monthly survey it conducts.

Prices for Western Canadian Select also plunged in late 2018, reaching a low point in late November, and CFIB chief economist Ted Mallett believes that's related to the sudden shift in business sentiment.

"Because it's in such recent memory, I think that's why you saw a decline in optimism happen so quickly this time," he said.

The CFIB's "business barometer index" for Alberta plunged more that 15 points over December and January, falling


said the massive oil-price differential that developed in late 2018 had a similar impact.

"The price for Western Canadian Select vis-à-vis WTI caused some big problems and concerns with businesses in the province," he said.

"A large shift in the economics of oil-and-gas pricing has a big effect on other businesses all the way down the line."

In an effort to close the differential, the Alberta government took an extraordinary step in December, mandating temporary cuts in the province's oil production.

On Wednesday, the province announced it was easing those production limits because prices for Canadian crude had recovered to a sufficient degree.

But it's unlikely business confidence will recover as quickly, Mallett said.

"It takes a long time for optimism to come back," he said.

And that sentiment can have a broader impact onDas said.

"So I think the perception — or the fear — is, actually, an important factor."

Political opinions

Speaking to a gathering of mid-sized city mayors in Calgary on Thursday, United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney described Alberta's current business climate as particularly dire.

Kenney said he's hearing negative things from people who are looking at investing in the province.

"I was, just last night, meeting with the CEO of a global company visiting Calgary with a market cap of $50 billion who told me people aren't walking away from investing in Alberta — they are running away from investing in Alberta," Kenney said.

He didn't name the CEO or the company.

Premier Rachel Notley spoke during an NDP rally in Calgary on Thursday while UCP Leader Jason Kenney addressed a gathering of mid-sized


city mayors. (James Young/CBC, Monty Kruger/CBC)

Premier Rachel Notley, also speaking in Calgary on Thursday, said there's been billions of dollars of new private-sector investment announced in the past couple of months alone and there is "more investment on the way."

During an NDP rally at the downtown legion, she highlighted Inter Pipeline's recent decision to go ahead with a $3.5-billion petrochemical project and Value Creation Inc.'s plan to invest more than $2 billion in an upgrading facility aimed at turning bitumen into higher-grade crude that can flow more easily through pipelines.

Both projects came as the result of government incentives aimed at spurring investment and diversifying the economy, Notley said.

"And we're already seeing results," she said.

The CFIB surveyed 276 of its Alberta members in December and January.

A random sample ofWhat's On

The 1889 Armagh railway disaster was a tragedy that struck the very heart of city and its surrounding areas. Often referred to as ‘Armagh’s Titanic’, it was the deadliest rail incident in Europe of its day. Now, as we approach the 130th anniversary of the crash, the Shelley Lowry School of Speech and Drama are proud to present this tribute and thanksgiving for those who lost their lives on that fateful day. An original script featuring music from the 1880s and the present day.


of countries in each area is quite similar. The farther the country is from the main diagonal, the greater the change. Advanced countries such as Finland, Ireland, Sweden, Canada, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Denmark, Austria, Luxemburg and Hong Kong exhibit a substantial worsening in manufacturing competitiveness. The first three countries still show comparative advantage in 2011, while Canada has lost it. On the other hand, other advanced countries such as Germany, Japan and Korea show the largest improvements in manufacturing competitiveness. Finally, emerging Asian countries such as China, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam and Eastern European countries such as Romania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Bulgaria have also significantly strengthened their comparative advantage over time.

![RCA index based on Domestic Value Added for the manufacturing sector, by country, 1995that the most connected and integrated countries are also the most intensely connected. Consequently, the role of these countries in the future development of the network is reinforced.

When the weighted network distinguishes recipients (*instrength*) and suppliers (*outstrength*), we observe different although convergent dynamics between them over time. While in 1995 the importers' intermediate services network was more homogenous, with countries contributing in a more symmetric way to the world added value, in 2011 some countries concentrated foreign intermediate services demand to a greater extent. In particular, in 1995, the United States was the country with the highest *instrength*, with 8.2; in 2011, China was the first country in the ranking, with a share of 16.5, practically double. From the supply side, the dynamic is fairly different. In 1995,


Database (December 2016)

From 1995 to 2011, we can observe interesting changes in the role that these central countries play within the network. The most remarkable change is the spectacular variation in China's hub score. It almost tripled since 1995, allowing this economy to rise three positions in the ranking to become the first world intermediate services hub, with a value very far from that of other countries. Among the first positions, also noteworthy is the advance of Korea, which has increased its hub score until occupying the third position, when it ranked eighth in 1995. Also in Asia, we observe that, by maintaining their hub scores, Malaysia and Thailand have risen markedly since 1995. India, in the middle part of the ranking, has also made remarkable improvement, multiplyingits score (13.7) to be amongst the top twenty in the ranking (19). Also noteworthy is the progress of some East European countries such as the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Russia, which have managed to position themselves better in the ranking. Finally, it is worth mentioning the cases of Turkey and Vietnam, which have certainly progressed since 1995. On the other hand, the three North American economies have reduced their hub scores, but while Mexico has improved its relative position, Canada and the USA have fallen in the ranking, especially Canada, which dropped five positions. In Europe, Belgium, Sweden, Austria, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands have seen their scores substantially worsen, falling in the classification. In addition, in Asia, Singapore is the economy with the worst


is the most evident case. Other countries, still poorly connected, are becoming incorporated into the network little by little, spreading it out. We have also detected that the most connected and integrated countries are also the most intensely connected, and that those countries are the ones which have strengthened their links over time. Therefore, the analysis suggests that the network can still become more developed, connected and cohesive in the future and that those central countries within the network will be the ones that bolster their future integration.

Three relevant centres have been detected within the network, with a regional scope and connected themselves: the European Factory, with the central EU economies as leaders, particularly with Germany at the forefront; the North American Factory, with the United States asLarry Allen Referenced Getting a Forty Ounce on his First Date With his Wife in Hall of Fame Speech

The NFL Hall of Fame induction ceremony is tonight. So far we have had some wonderful speeches, from Jonathan Ogden, Dave Robinson, Larry Allen, and Bill Parcells. Larry Allen provided the comic relief of the night when he described his first date with his wife–she got him two chickens and a forty ounce. It was then that he knew it was true love. That kind of diet is how you become the strongest man in the NFL, one of the most feared linemen ever, and a Hall of Famer.


50%. And it's not a coincidence that the next several years saw three credible attempts to topple the United States government: a half-million man general strike called by Soviet-influenced CIO labor unions aimed at sparking a general uprising and Communist revolution that couldn't quite hold out long enough to get their revolution before it collapsed, Huey Long's astronomically-growing Poor People's Army that aimed at overthrowing the Constitution which was only thwarted via its leader's assassination, and an attempt by the 1930s equivalent of the Democratic Leadership Council , then called the American Liberty League , to use corporate money to bribe US military generals into placing them in power via coup d'etat. No, we know as a matter of objective fact: somewhere in the near vicinity of 20%it came with and shared use of a single bathroom (or maybe just an outhouse and an outdoor water pump) with 3 to 8 other families. Nobody lived well on the WPA, but nobody starved either. On the other hand, nobody worked terribly hard, either, and I know this one from a very personal source: my paternal grandfather was a WPA veteran.Grampa Hicks was himself a right-wing anti-tax anti-communist Democrat of the American Liberty League school, and he hated the WPA with a fiery passion for the entire rest of his life. It was from him I first heard the joke: "How many people does it take to do one WPA job? Three. One on his way to the bathroom, one on his way back from the bathroom,


and one leaning on the shovel pretending to work." But here's the funny thing. You know what Grampa Hicks was before the Great Depression?A mostly-unemployed unskilled laborer on the rare occasions he had a job, a street brawler and small-time crook, a chronic alcoholic and wife-beater who spent most of the 1920s in jail. So when he showed up in one of Harry Hopkins' branch offices and they asked him, "What do you do?" all he could answer was, "Nothing." So they stuck him on one of the WPA's archetypal projects: a National Guard armory. Under the thin pretense of "military preparedness," Harry Hopkins made up this total BS scenario whereby some day, in some foreign invasion of the US, we might end up having to retreat allthe way back to any random tiny little town in America, so every tiny little road-crossing town and every suburb and every city neighborhood in America should have a solidly built, concrete-block or raw stone building that the state militia can store their weapons in until that day, and can use as a fort when we get nearly conquered. Nobody was fooled. Everybody knew it was a lie: it was building buildings just for the sake of building pointless buildings. Furthermore, the whole "fort" thing was just an excuse to make the job take longer, to build out of improbably heavy materials and as slowly and carefully as possible, so those mostly unskilled laborers didn't run out of something to do before Hopkins and his few staff could


and rushed to defend Austin from Derrida's alleged attack.  Unfortunately for Searle, this was based upon a misreading of Derrida.  Ironically, one of the key points in Derrida's original piece was the necessarily possibility of such misreadings-- that one can never be sure one's intended message (to the extent that one can determine it) can successfully reach its destination.
In the same 1977 issue of Glyph, Derrida published a reply to Searle's reply, entitled "Limited Inc a b c...." (pg. 29) which playfully took apart Searle's misreading; it also quoted the entirety of Searle's piece within its own text (in fragments), in order to reiterate one of Derrida's other points in his original piece, concerning citationality (that texts can always be taken out of context, and placedGirl, 5, dies from being forced to drink soda

The Associated Press

February 7, 2014 10:40:26 AM

SURGIONSVILLE, Tenn. -- An East Tennessee couple faces a murder charge, accused of forcing the man's 5-year-old daughter to drink more than 2 liters of grape soda and water, causing her brain to swell and rupture, authorities said.

According to the Hawkins County Sheriff's Office and the autopsy report, Alexa Linboom was brought in to the emergency room on Jan. 1, 2012, by her father, Randall Vaughn, and his wife, Mary Vaughn.

The girl was blue and unresponsive with "an abnormal body posture that indicates severe brain damage," according to the autopsy, which was completed in July 2013.

The Vaughns were arrested on Wednesday and were being held at the Hawkins County Jail on a $500,000 bond


each. Officials did not know whether the Vaughns had hired an attorney. Their arraignment was scheduled for Friday morning.

An investigation revealed the girl had been forced to drink approximately 2.4 liters of water and soda over one to two hours as punishment. The massive intake of fluid caused her brain to swell and herniate.

According to the autopsy, when she was forced to drink all that liquid, she began vomiting, urinated on herself and asked to take a bath.

"Outside of the bathtub, she tried to eat oatmeal with assistance then started clenching her hands." She arrived at the hospital about 2 to 3 hours later.

"Caretakers told hospital staff that during the ride to the hospital, she sat up in the vehicle and played patty cake," according to the autopsy.

Shewas transported by air to a regional hospital where she was pronounced brain dead two days later.

The autopsy states that the girl had moved to Tennessee to live with her father about three months before her death. The move was prompted by allegations of neglect at her previous home.

A pediatric check-up about three months before her death had shown no significant problems. She was taken to an outpatient clinic about a month before her death for excessive thirst, urination and eating, but nothing was found to be wrong with her.

According to the autopsy, "Other adults who had regular contact with the child before and after her move to Tennessee describe her as a normal, healthy child and did not notice any unusual eating, drinking habits and that she


did not wet her pants at school."

An obituary for the child said, "Some of the things that brought enjoyment to her life was coloring, playing with her Barbie dolls, her love of animals, but her most joy came when playing with her brothers and sisters."

Tennessee Department of Children's Services spokesman Rob Johnson confirmed that Alexa had lived in the home with five other children, some of whom were siblings and some of whom were half-siblings. The other children were removed from the house in Feb. 2013 and remain in DCS custody.at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) on that day, covering the event for Scientific American and HowStuffWorks, and it was a thrill to be in the hub of all the festivities and spend time with my fellow science communicators. JPL always puts together a great event — whether that be the landing of Curiosity over six years ago, or the sad farewell of Cassini last year — and this was no different. The air was thick with anticipation, and all of the mission scientists, managers and engineers were more than willing to share their stories with the dozens of journalists, reporters, social media peeps and TV crews who were in attendance.

Then it was time for landing.

Sending a mission to Mars is risky and, as already pointed out, in


way all the way around the tiny moon. That circumnavigation could explain why some grooves aren’t radially aligned to the crater. Boulders that start out rolling across the eastern hemisphere of Phobos produce grooves that appear to be misaligned from the crater when they reach the western hemisphere.

This also helps to explain why many of these lines cross and superimpose themselves on one another: Grooves that were laid down by boulders rolling immediately after the impact were crossed by boulders that completed a complete traverse of the globe of the moon, some ending up where they started, minutes or hours later. This also explains why Stickney itself has grooves inside its crater basin.

The dark surface of Phobos with Mars as the backdrop, as seen by the European MarsAvery Broderick (University of Waterloo) and Avi Loeb (Harvard University) when they were both working at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in the mid-2000s. In 2005 and 2006, the pair published papers that described theoretical computer models that simulated reconnection events in a black hole’s accretion disk, which caused intense heating and bright flares. The resulting hotspot would then continue to orbit with the speeding accretion disk material, cooling down and spreading out, before another instability and reconnection event would be triggered.

Their work was inspired by the detection of enigmatic bright flares erupting in the vicinity of Sgr A*. These flares were powerful and regular, occurring almost daily. At the time, a few theories were being explored—from supernovas detonating near the supermassive black hole, to asteroids straying too close


in Chile into a wondrous, floral haven — dormant seeds hidden in the parched landscape would suddenly awake, triggered by the “life-giving” substance they hadn’t seen for centuries — but it instead decimated over three quarters of the native bacterial life, microbes that shun water in favor of the nitrogen-rich compounds the region has locked in its dry soil.

In other words, death fell from the skies.

“We were hoping for majestic blooms and deserts springing to life. Instead, we learned the contrary, as we found that rain in the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert caused a massive extinction of most of the indigenous microbial species there,” said astrobiologist Alberto Fairen, who works at Cornell Cornell University and the Centro de Astrobiología, Madrid. Fairien is co-author of a newOakwood Sun Club for Naturist Families was founded in 1962.

It has some 5.5 acres of woodland and is situated between
Romford and Brentwood

Please note that this club is a 'Naturist' club
and nothing else.
Please do not ask for, or expect, any other naked activities!Oakwood Sun Club is a Daytime Club only, No overnighting!

'Please take a second or two to look arround'

A view of our wonderful woods

The Pool

The Pool

A view of the Bluebells from the woods path

Spring Daff's

The Sun Lawn

Childrens play area

The Patio and Lodge

A view of the Lodge from the Sun Lawn

Inside the Lodge

Getting ready for a function in the Lodge

Wild rhododendron

A Hornet

A Red Admiral

A Grass Snake

At the start of 2018, Oakwood has about 55 adult members plus their children.
Our members are a cross-section of society with people of all


ages and from many walks of life.

Oakwood members take an active interest in the running of the club according to their interests and abilities. They strive to maintain and improve our facilities year by year. These contributions are important in keeping our running costs and subscriptions down.

Oakwood is an active participant in the Eastern Region of BN, the national representative body,entering teams for most of the sports sections but also encouraging beginners of all ages.

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Oakwood isto replicate his delivery, however a reliever with a high-90s fastball and two above average offspeed offerings should have plenty of value in that role.

Mark Melancon was widely rumored to be included in the deal and is seen by many as the centerpiece for the Bucs. He’s coming off a poor year with the Red Sox, a season after closing for the Astros. He will likely take Jason Grilli’s eighth inning role next season with Grilli confirmed as promoted to close for the Pirates next season. The Pirates front office does like to have experience at the back end of the bullpen and this is what Melancon provides.

Melancon’s career in Boston began terribly, giving up five home runs and 11 earned runs over two innings and four games


– resulting in a demotion to Triple-A. He dominated in Pawtucket with a 0.83 ERA in 21 innings. with 9.0 strikeouts per walk (27 to 3), and was much better in Boston after his recall in June with a 4.19 ERA in 43 innings, with 40 strikeouts and 10 walks and hitters combined for a .597 OPS against him – his ERA was spoiled by three appearances where he gave up four runs in each. Melancon’s results got better as the season progressed as he managed to get more velocity out of his fastball, highlighted by a spectacular last month where he struck out 13 and walked one in 10 innings, giving up just one run. While ending the season with a 6.20 ERA, both xFIP (3.45) andspend – and neither applies to the Pirates at this point.

The Hanrahan trade now allows the club to spend on Francisco Liriano, a player that will provide the club with more value in 2013. It is the decisions earlier this winter – notably non-tendering Jeff Karstens that required the club to look for a starting pitcher, spending on Russell Martin and to a lesser extent Jason Grilli and Charlie Morton – that have forced the hand of the front office with these two very-much-related moves. Whether it is believed that the trade was necessary therefore depends on the other moves this winter, with the Morton/Karstens decisions likely forming the basis of any arguments for the Pirates not needing to move Hanrahan. Nonetheless, the trade itself is a solid


put security first.”

A bitter row over migration policy sparked by the biggest influx of refugees into the European Union since World War Two has undermined trust within the bloc and weakened its unity, with its eastern states refusing to sign up to a quota system favored by several richer members to the west and north.

In refusing to accept Muslim refugees, Hungary and its neighbors in the Visegrad group - the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia - have cited security concerns and the desire to preserve the traditional Christian make-up of their societies.

In Austria, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz formed a coalition with the Freedom Party following an election last year dominated by the issue of migration, making the country the only one in western Europe with a far-right grouping innorms, his encompassing vision for his work.

His sense of the absurd was finely tuned early on — he studied and performed mime , and became fascinated with experimental theater — and he used it in every bit of his quixotic, half-century career. It’s sharpest in his stagewear, equal parts Kabuki and titillation, elegance and glitter.

The gregarious and giggly David Bowie: that’s not the public perception of the star, who died in 2016 . But as an artist — renegade musician, actor , painter and fashion pioneer — Bowie was never whom you expected. His transformations are cataloged in “ David Bowie Is ,” the fulsome retrospective now closing out a five-year, blockbuster world tour at the Brooklyn Museum. “David Bowie Is Someone Else,” reads the final, glowing sign


LONDON (Reuters) - A British teenager who sprayed acid into the faces of six motorcyclists during a two-hour robbery spree in London was jailed for 10-1/2 years on Monday.

Derryck John, 17, threw the corrosive liquid through the visors of motorcyclists in an attempt to blind them and steal their scooters – escaping twice with vehicles which he hid before returning to attempt more robberies, prosecutors said.

The use of acid in street attacks in Britain has risen sharply over the past two years, prompting the government to limit the sale of sulphuric acid and ban children from buying it.

John was the passenger on a moped, driven by an unidentified person, and carried out the attacks across East London last July.

“One of the victims has lost 30 percent of hissouth of Downtown Chicago in a rural area that enjoyed weather tempered by the lake – cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter. It was conveniently located near the Illinois Central Railroad, which had been constructed two years earlier. Cornell successfully negotiated land in exchange for a railroad station at 53rd Street. Hyde Park quickly became a suburban retreat for affluent Chicagoans who wanted to escape the noise and congestion of the rapidly growing city.

In 1857, the Hyde Park House, an upscale hotel, was built on the shore of Lake Michigan near the 53rd Street railroad station. For two decades, the Hyde Park House served as a focal point of Hyde Park social life. During this period, it was visited or lived in by many prominent


guests, including Mary Todd Lincoln, who lived there with her children for two and a half months in the summer of 1865 (shortly after her husband was assassinated). The Hyde Park House burned down in an 1879 fire. The Sisson Hotel was built on the site in 1918 and was eventually converted into a condominium building (the Hampton House).

In 1861, Hyde Park was incorporated as an independent township (called Hyde Park Township). Its boundaries were Pershing Road (39th Street) on the north, 138th Street on the south, State Street on the west, and Lake Michigan and the Indiana state line on the east. The territory of the township encompassed most of what is now the South Side of Chicago. Hyde Park Township remained independent of Chicago until itKorean cuisine. To the west of the Metra line between 54th and 55th streets lies the Hyde Park Shopping Center. The shopping center was formerly anchored by the Treasure Island grocery store, and also includes a Walgreens, Ace Hardware, Office Depot, Potbelly Sandwich Works, the Bonjour Bakery and Cafe, and an upscale French restaurant called "La Petite Folie."

57th Street
57th Street is noted for its independent bookstores, including the South Side branch of Powell's and the general-readership branch of the Seminary Co-op bookstore, known as "57th Street Books." 57th Street also offers the Medici Restaurant and Bakery, TrueNorth Cafe, and the Salonica Restaurant, along with small grocery stores, hair stylists, and dry cleaners. On the first weekend in June, the venerable 57th Street Art Fair takes up 57th Street


Ancient faeces from prehistoric burials on the Greek island of Kea have provided the first archaeological evidence for the parasitic worms described 2,500 years ago in the writings of Hippocrates – the most influential works of classical medicine.

University of Cambridge researchers Evilena Anastasiou and Piers Mitchell used microscopy to study soil formed from decomposed faeces recovered from the surface of pelvic bones of skeletons buried in the Neolithic (4th millennium BC), Bronze Age (2nd millennium BC) and Roman periods (146 BC – 330 AD).

The Cambridge team worked on this project with Anastasia Papathanasiou and Lynne Schepartz, who are experts in the archaeology and anthropology of ancient Greece, and were based in Athens.

They found that eggs from two species of parasitic worm (helminths) were present: whipworm (Trichuris trichiura), androundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides). Whipworm was present from the Neolithic, and roundworm from the Bronze Age.

Hippocrates was a medical practitioner from the Greek island of Cos, who lived in the 5th and 4th centuries BC. He became famous for developing the concept of humoural theory to explain why people became ill.

This theory – in which a healthy body has a balance of four ‘humours’: black bile, yellow bile, blood and phlegm – remained the accepted explanation for disease followed by doctors in Europe until the 17th century, over 2,000 years later.

Hippocrates and his students described many diseases in their medical texts, and historians have been trying to work out which diseases they were. Until now, they had to rely on the original written descriptions of intestinal worms to estimate


On a day when the internet search major Google catapulted an Indian to the top position by making the IIT-Kharagpur grad Sundar Pichai its CEO, it also decided to skip deposing before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on net neutrality.

Net neutrality means that "internet service providers should enable access to all content and applications regardless of the source, and without favouring or blocking particular products or websites".

The California-based company, which along with other internet companies and academia, had been called by the panel on net neutrality to its gives inputs on the matter.

A person in the know said: "It (Google) chose not to turn up when it is an important voice in the whole net neutrality debate. In the US, they have been very openly supporting net neutrality. ButFEATURE: SC Magdeburg aim to add to the list of victorious German EHF Cup Finals hosts, but coach Wiegert is aware of the class of semi-final opponents Saint-Raphael.

A reunion of stars as Magdeburg eye fourth EHF Cup title

All the big heroes of SC Magdeburg’s long and successful history will all be there – regardless whether they are German or French. Frenchmen Christian Gaudin and Joel Abati will travel to the Ottostadt Magdeburg EHF Cup Finals, as will German Stefan Kretzschmar. Together, they were part of the SCM team that became the first non-Spanish side to win the EHF Champions League, in 2002.

Even older generations of Magdeburg stars will also have a reunion in GETEC Arena this weekend, including some who have an anniversary to celebrate: SC Magdeburg won


their first international trophy exactly 40 years ago, in 1978, by beating Wroclaw in the final of the Champions’ Cup, forerunner of the EHF Champions League.

Former goalkeeper Gunar Schimrock now works in the marketing department for the hosts of the EHF Cup Finals 2018, while retired line player and 1980 Olympic champion Ingolf Wiegert will be in the arena as a TV expert.

Ingolf Wiegert will have a special eye on his son Bennet, who has followed in his footprints: first as a Magdeburg player (one of the 2002 Champions League winners) and then, since December 2016, as SCM coach.

A strong chance to reach the final

The weekend could end with a combined celebration of history and the present, as the hosts are the favourites to win their first internationalDeloitte refers to one or more of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, a UK private company limited by guarantee ("DTTL"), its network of member firms, and their related entities. DTTL and each of its member firms are legally separate and independent entities. DTTL (also referred to as "Deloitte Global") does not provide services to clients. In the United States, Deloitte refers to one or more of the US member firms of DTTL, their related entities that operate using the "Deloitte" name in the United States and their respective affiliates. Certain services may not be available to attest clients under the rules and regulations of public accounting. Please see www.deloitte.com/about to learn more about our global network of member firms.


Ex-FEMA director criticizes reorganization

James Lee Witt says putting the agency under Homeland Security will slow its response and funding after hurricanes.

Associated Press
Published May 29, 2005

NEW ORLEANS - Putting the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Department of Homeland Security has hampered its ability to deal with hurricanes and other disasters, former FEMA Director James Lee Witt claims.

Emergency managers and other state and local officials attending March's National Hurricane Conference applauded Witt when he urged that FEMA again be made a separate agency, saying it still could focus on all hazards, whether terrorist attacks, earthquakes, floods or killer storms.

"The emphasis is not there like it used to be," Witt said. "Putting FEMA under the Department of Homeland Security has minimized their effectiveness in responding, in planning and training, theFEMA responded to 49 major disaster declarations and provided assistance to three declared emergencies. By comparison, FEMA responded to 68 major disasters and seven emergencies in 2004 - the most in any single year in nearly a decade, Rule said.

Witt served as FEMA director under President Bill Clinton from 1993 through 2001. He now is CEO of the International Code Council in Falls Church, Va., and told the conference Florida's hurricanes last year proved that tougher building codes can reduce storm damage.


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Our story takes place in the future. Earth has been invaded  by an evil alien species, known by the humans as simply, "The Bots". They are essentially robots, but sophisticated and evil. Humans have also evolved, being bigger, stronger, and faster.
The Bot Viri's radar picked up the human Mr. Johnson at the same time that Johnson, who had been hunting in the forest (food has been scarce since the invasion), became aware of loud electrical noises emitting from the direction of the Bots mountain headquarters.

Johnson realized the bot was active and might try to catch him. Knowing that Bots are "afraid of water" because it will short-circuit them, he began to run toward the seashore.
Bot Viri locked-on to Johnson's position but hesitated for 6 secondschlorine. Because those ions have different masses, any nudge—such as a passing submarine—moves some farther than others. Each ion carries an electric charge, and the movement of those charges produces a magnetic field.

The Debye effect has been known since 1933, but its effects were thought to be tiny. The American navy set out to explore it nonetheless in 2009, giving research grants to three firms to check whether it could be used for submarine detection. One, Cortana Corporation of Falls Church, Virginia, found a significant effect. Cortana was given a second grant in 2011 to continue the work, which was expected to produce a sensor which could be deployed from a ship. Since then the navy has continued to award Cortana grants for hush-hush jobs.

Neither Cortana nor the


new boats will be some of the quietest ever built. But if their wakes give them away, that may not matter.

Correction (November 22nd): A previous version of this story referred to a place called "Church Falls, Virginia". Apologies to residents of, and all others who love the fine city of Falls Church in that state.waived.
On February 17, 1967, respondent Superior Court of Trinity County granted the father an interlocutory judgment of divorce against the mother. The terms of the interlocutory judgment and a property settlement and separation agreement entered into by the parties provided that the mother would have custody of the parties' three children, Jeffrey E. Schlumpf, born March 25, 1962, Zachrey D. Schlumpf, born December 27, 1963, and Tonya K. Schlumpf, born October 11, 1965, such custody to be subject to the father's reasonable rights of visitation. On October 2, 1967, a final judgment of divorce was entered incorporating the terms of the interlocutory judgment.
The next year, in September 1968, respondent court issued an order modifying the interlocutory and final decrees of divorce, holding that there had been no prior


contested hearing regarding the custody of the children, and that the best interest of the children requires that custody be given to the father subject to the mother's right of visitation. The father, upon receiving a job promotion, moved to Wyoming with his new wife and the children.
Nearly nine years later, on June 16, 1977, the mother filed a notice of motion seeking modification of the custody order and change of venue. She sought custody of the children. Further, she asked the Trinity County Superior Court to transfer the cause for hearing to Siskiyou County where she now resides. The mother filed a declaration stating that she has been prevented from exercising her full rights of visitation by actions of the father, and that she can now providea home for the children more suitable than the father. Since she lives in Siskiyou County, she declares that the motion for a change of venue is appropriate. By a supplemental declaration she states that the evidence she wishes to have considered is available in that county.
The father filed points and authorities in opposition to the motion to change venue. He urged the court to hear the matter because the trial *896 judge had heard the earlier motions and was more familiar with the case. Further, he was better able to attend court sessions in Trinity than in Siskiyou. During the venue hearing, held August 22, 1977, the father moved for a "change of venue" to Albany County, Wyoming. On appeal the mother maintains that the motion was


made as an alternative to the father's request that the court hear the matter.
The court found that the father had lived in Wyoming for the past five years and that the children had lived with the father since 1968. One partial exception was daughter Tonya, who had resided with the mother from July 1975 to May 1976. The court noted that Wyoming is the children's home state under the Act and would therefore seem to have a closer connection with the children and one of the contestants. The court observed that the emotional well-being and education of the children as they relate to the father and his present wife can be determined in either state. The physical suitability of the father's home is not questioned by the mother.is necessarily a comparative issue. The evidence cannot be limited to the mother's present emotional well-being and suitability. Very important evidence as to what is in the best interest of the children is to be found in Wyoming: the children's current relationship with the father and his wife, with whom they have resided since 1968; their relationship to the community in which they have resided for the last five years; and their schooling and education. The court must also consider the possible adverse effect that a change of custody could have upon the children. Evidence of all of these factors is most readily available at the site of the children's home, Wyoming. It is true that evidence of the mother's suitability as a custodial parent is an important


of child custody which have in the past resulted in the shifting of children from state to state with harmful effects on their well-being.
"(b) Promote cooperation with the courts of other states to the end that a custody decree is rendered in that state which can best decide the case in the interest of the child.
"(c) Assure that litigation concerning the custody of a child take place ordinarily in the state with which the child and his family have the closest connection and where significant evidence concerning his care, protection, training, and personal relationships is most readily available, and that courts of this state decline the exercise of jurisdiction when the child and his family have a closer connection with another state.
"(d) Discourage continuing controversies over child custodyin the interest of greater stability of home environment and of secure family relationships for the child.
"(e) Deter abductions and other unilateral removals of children undertaken to obtain custody awards.
"(f) Avoid relitigation of custody decisions of other states in this state insofar as feasible.
"(g) Facilitate the enforcement of custody decrees of other states.
"(h) Promote and expand the exchange of information and other forms of mutual assistance between the courts of this state and those of other states concerned with the same child.
"(i) To make uniform the law of those states which enact it.
"(2) This title shall be construed to promote the general purposes stated in this section."
[*]   Retired Associate Justice of the Court of Appeal sitting under assignment by the Chairperson of the Judicial Council.


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Elizabeth Warren and a host of Democratic lawmakers are demanding the Obama administration stand up for gay rights.

A coalition of 80 senators and House members spearheaded by the Massachusetts senator—alongside Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Reps. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) and Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)—sent a letter Monday to Sylvia Burwell, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, protesting the long-standing prohibition that bars men who have had sex with men from donating blood in the United States.

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Madonna's banned advert

THE SCHTICK: The cola wars in full swing, Pepsi wheeled out its big gun - the Queen of Pop - to perform her latest single

Madonna's "young self" in the advert

THE BREAKDOWN: It was, the TV voiceover promised us, not to be missed. The Material Girl was to put the fizz into Pepsi's campaign - for a fee of $5m.

The premiere of Madonna's Like A Prayer in a two-minute advert was notable enough to be reported on ITN's News At Ten, and ITV ran trailers advertising when it would be shown - 8.12pm on Thursday 2 March, 1989.

But within 48 hours of the much-hyped worldwide premiere, the company pulled the ad, and it was never screened again.

This was because influential church groups in the United States hadthreatened a mass boycott of Pepsi products, troubled by the Catholic-born star's ongoing flirtation with religious imagery.

The ad starts with Madonna watching black-and-white footage supposedly of her own eighth birthday party.

While our commercial bore no resemblance to the video, many people who were offended by the video made no distinction between the two

Pepsi spokesman

Then magically, the star and her younger self switch places. Mini-Madonna wanders around the singer's apartment, marvelling at posters of her adult self and finds the same doll she has been given as a birthday gift. The ad ends with grown-up Madonna telling her young self "go ahead, make a wish" - as they both drink Pepsi.

That slogan was intended to become as synonymous with Pepsi as "It's the real thing" is with rivals Coke.


But the feelgood factor did not last long for its executives.

Within a couple of days came the second act in the drama. The video for Like A Prayer hit TV screens.

It was great for anyone religious - it shows Madonna witnessing an attack and then going to a church for guidance

Leon, who played the black saint

It opened with Madonna fleeing the scene of a young woman's murder. She runs into a church and prays before a statue of a saint, played by a black actor, before flashbacks reveal she witnessed the attack, carried out by a white man. But an innocent black man (the saint's double) is arrested.

There are burning crosses and Madonna suffers stigmata before heading off to put right this miscarriage of justice.

Within hours, American religiousgroups complained about the portrayal of Jesus Christ (as some viewers assumed the saintly character to be) as a black man being kissed by Madonna.

With MTV unlikely to ban the video, the groups tried a new tack - threaten to boycott Pepsi.

The campaign was promptly shelved. Twenty years on, a Pepsi spokesman says it was an unfortunate episode.

"While our commercial bore no resemblance to the video, many people who were offended by the video made no distinction between the two. We felt that the only appropriate step under the circumstances was to immediately stop airing the commercial."

Business decision

Ruth Mortimer, associate editor of Marketing Week, says that today there would be even more of a reaction.

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and US

Her eighth best-selling UK single

It won an MTV award and Madonna thanked Pepsi "for causing so much controversy"

Since 1989, Pepsi has had more big-name celebrity endorsements (Britney, Beyonce and Beckham) while Madonna has fronted campaigns for companies as varied as Max Factor, BMW, Versace and Gap.

Clare Parmenter, of the Madonnalicious fansite, says Pepsi should have realised Madonna might be a controversial choice.

"She has become more famous for shocking people since then. It seemed like it was the start of her really pushing the boundaries."

Leon remained friends with Madonna and once took her to a reggae club

So what happened to the other central figure in the drama - the black actor who played the saint and the innocent man?

Leon (who, like Madonna, eschews his surname) went on tostar in Cool Runnings, Disney's 1993 film about Jamaica's bobsleigh team.

He's also appeared in Sylvester Stallone's Cliffhanger and Ali with Will Smith, and in TV films about The Temptations, Jackie Wilson and Little Richard.

He recalls: "I didn't want to do a pop video. I saw myself as a serious actor and all I knew of Madonna was her dancing around. But I was persuaded to meet the director and hear the concept."

He did not see the storyline as controversial. "I actually thought it was great for anyone who is religious. It shows Madonna witnessing an attack and then going to a church for guidance.

"I really think that Pepsi made a hasty decision, but it was their own money they were throwing away."

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He took a little break from the music scene, but it wasn't in vein. All the while he was crafting his next masterpiece, "Ludaversal" which is due out in early 2013. He's a featured artist on Swizz Beatz new cut "Everyday Birthday", which also features Chris Brown and his first single from his forthcoming album "Representin" featuring Kelly Rowland is burning up the charts.

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was coming from Venezuela and that her passport indicated she had recently made brief trips to Peru, Colombia and Trinidad-Tobago, as well as to Venezuela.  (Each of these countries is among those which customs officials consider to be important sources of narcotics.)  Because of this pattern of travel and the brevity of appellant's trips to these countries, and also because he considered her style of dress to be unusual,2 Officer Rodriguez's suspicions were aroused.  He so notified his supervisor, Officer Luis Andino Kiernan, who placed appellant's name and that of her companion in a government computer system.  The computer print-out soon revealed that in 1972 appellant had been a suspect in a case involving the receipt of a small amount of marijuana by mailof her constitutional rights.  She was then taken to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) office in Hato Rey where she was again orally advised of her rights.  She was then presented with a printed form bearing both the Miranda warnings and a declaration of waiver of the constitutional rights referred to in the Miranda warnings.  This form she refused to sign.  Her refusal was described by the DEA officer who had presented the form to her as follows:

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Paul Simon
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Faith is at the heart of American culture, faith above all in humanity's
possibilities. This has been the key to Paul Simon's songs throughout
a career rich in musical exploration and deep commitment. His work
embraces a world of poetry and music that knows no frontiers, from
folk music and do-wop, salsa and rockabilly, to ancient African
rhythms and the minimalism of the new American century. But generosity,
love and faith run through each tale in Simon's songs. "And
I believe in the future," he confessed in the song "Cool,
Cool River" from his epic 1990 album Rhythm of Saints, "we
shall suffer no more / Maybe not in my lifetime / But in yours I
feel sure.Paul Simon
(Songwriter; born October 13, 1941 inNewark, New Jersey)

Faith is at the heart of American culture, faith above all in humanity's
possibilities. This has been the key to Paul Simon's songs throughout
a career rich in musical exploration and deep commitment. His work
embraces a world of poetry and music that knows no frontiers, from
folk music and do-wop, salsa and rockabilly, to ancient African
rhythms and the minimalism of the new American century. But generosity,
love and faith run through each tale in Simon's songs. "And
I believe in the future," he confessed in the song "Cool,
Cool River" from his epic 1990 album Rhythm of Saints, "we
shall suffer no more / Maybe not in my lifetime / But in yours I
feel sure."

Paul Fredric Simon was born in Newark, New Jersey, to a Hungarian-Jewish
family. His
mother was a music teacher, his father


a bass player on the radio.
The boy grew up in Queens, New York City, and attended Forest Hills
High School alongside Art Garfunkel. The friends together sang Paul's
first song, "The Girls for Me," when they were both 15.
Billed as Tom and Jerry, the two had their first hit record at 16:
"Hey Schoolgirl," a disarmingly romantic rocker that got
the boys their first gig on "American Bandstand" as well
as their first appearance on the Billboard charts. Tom and Jerry
went their separate ways after high school, but Simon and Garfunkel
soon got together again and American music would never be the same.

It was after gaining experience as a journeyman songwriter, a collaboration
with Carole King, and even a stint as lead singer for Tico and the
Triumphs that Simon reunited in 1964 with his highschool friend
to record Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. Simon then traveled to England,
to renew himself artistically in the budding folk music scene. He
later referred to period as "one night stands / my suitcase
and guitar in hand / every stop...neatly planned / for a poet and
a one-man band." He found himself homeward bound in a hurry,
when a single from Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., "Sounds of Silence,"
became a No. 1 hit in the United States.

The song announced something new, neither folk music nor rock and
roll, nothing to do with California dreaming and certainly less
to do with the British Invasion. Here, as later throughout Simon's
vast songbook in the decades to come, was an American troubadour's
passionate narrative impulse filtered through an urbane aesthetic
drenched in melancholy gentleness. Subtlety and irony marked Sounds
of Silence, Simon


and Garfunkel's 1966 follow-up album to Wednesday
Morning, 3 A.M., but so did an almost childlike sweetness that Simon
the poet would never abandon.

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme in 1966, the monumental concept
album Bookends in 1968, and what turned out to be the duo's valedictory
1971 Bridge Over Troubled Waters gave further proof of Simon's unique
songwriting gifts. The presence of Simon's "Mrs. Robinson"
and a slew of other Simon and Garfunkel hits in the soundtrack of
Mike Nichols' The Graduate helped catapult that film to its iconic
'60s stature and further widened Simon's audience. Even greater
success still awaited Simon, as a solo performer of his songs, beginning
with the hit single "Mother and Child Reunion" in 1972
and the million-selling There Goes Rhymin' Simon in 1973. That album
yielded his sardonic hit single "50 Ways To LeaveA Lover,"
effectively signaling the poetic end of the '60s. It earned Simon
a Grammy for Best Album of the Year.
The next few years gave Simon fans a dazzling spectacle of musical
surprises that continue to this day. He revisited his own classics
with a Greatest Hits collection, but could not help including something
new: "Slip Slidin' Away.'' He taught songwriting at New York
University. He explored the film medium with One Trick Pony, much
as later he ventured on Broadway with The Capeman, and he also found
time to work on the erudite and intensely personal album Hearts
and Bones.

Letting blossom an intellectual curiosity that music lovers always
admired, the man who redefined Anglo-American folk-rock for a new
age then set his sights on world music and managed to create a new
universe of American song. Graceland, Simon's 1986


masterpiece,
fused the heart of South African rhythms with the soul of the American
poet. It was Simon's biggest-selling solo album to date. In 1990's
Rhythm of Saints, Simon followed the African musical diaspora to
Brazil and again found sympathies and connections among cultures
across oceans and centuries. You're The One found Simon in a lyrical,
introspective vein in 2000. In 2001, he was inducted into the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame.

Looking back on his own life and music, Simon reflected in You're
The One that "Somewhere in a burst of glory / Sound becomes
a song / I'm bound to tell a story / That's where I belong."
Paul Simon is a born storyteller, and the American song is where
he belongs.in São Paulo is also mentioned in lists of US military installations overseas.

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than an impressive collection of path-breaking research on leaders and strategic interactions. It connects and moves the study of foreign policy and international relations by grounding these areas in underlying epistemological debates. It is a must read for students and scholars of foreign policy and international politics."

—Juliet Kaarbo, The University of Kansas

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—Valerie Hudson, Brigham Young University

"Rethinking Foreign Policy Analysis makes a very important contribution to the growing sub-field of Behavioral International Relations (BIR)."

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at the age of eighteen. Her next challenge was to help open a Personnel office where she was regionally recognized over ten times for making it one of the top five producing offices in a six state region.

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lands, and underneath caves of old, lies a world of adventure and excitement, a world waiting to be brought to the attention of the masses by those with the means and courage to venture forth.

Beyond the smog-shrouded streets of Dene, is the holy city of the Kingdom of Burna. A city of progress and riches, thus society prospered within its walls while the business economy boomed into popularity. This so called business is known as adventuring. A lucrative but dangerous occupation that has most youths clamor for riches and glory all in the name of exploration, treasure and for some individuals, it could be a place for justice. Being an Adventurer, is a sign of prestige, honor and all in all fame.

The Adventurer's Guild is the largest knownthe Adventurer's guild within all of Epela. The massive building is in the East District of the city and faces South. Its large enough to accommodate hundreds of individual within its interior, whether it be clients and would-be adventurer's alike. It is large enough that could even classify itself into its own castle dwarfing that of a king's stronghold. It has its own pub, its own board room and inn should adventurer's need a place to stay temporarily or permanently. They have recreational centers for training and other activities like arena battles for betting and practicing. Has its own prothel too, to pacify some of the most rowdier adventurer's if the booze couldn't do its job fast enough.

You start in the Kingdom of Bruna, a continent of trackless


host to the Red Army before long, and we need to think about what kind of hosts we want to be.

This post was prompted by a fascinating paper I edited last year, from a Korean brother who has spent time in Iraq since the US invasion. His topic was how God’s people are to deal with occupying soldiers. Though he has not been under an occupying army in South Korea, he has in Iraq. Much of his paper details Biblical examples of God using soldiers who were not Israelites to advance his purposes, in particular Ittai and Uriah, who served David, as well as Naaman, Cornelius, the Roman officer in Capernaum, and the Philippian jailor. He concludes, “God loves even foreign soldiers who are our enemies. God wantsWill Smith Bungee Jumped Out Of A Helicopter For His 50th Birthday—And Inspired The Internet ❤

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Actor Will Smith live streamed himself bungee jumping out of a helicopter to celebrate his 50th birthday.

The actor, who has starred in such action flicks as Bad Boys, Men In Black, and Independence Day, decided the best way to get over his longtime fear of heights was to jump out of a helicopter over the Grand Canyon. The video was aired on YouTube.

Smith was not alone, Cheering him on was his wife wife of 21 years, Jada Pinkett Smith, daughter Willow Smith, and son Jaden Smith. Smith's Fresh Prince of Bel-Air co-star Alfonso Ribeiro, who played Carlton Banks, was also on the scene, to the delight of


BARNEGAT TWP., New Jersey (WPVI) -- The mayor of Barnegat Township, New Jersey has launched a campaign against a new law that will require public schools to teach LGBT history and the contributions of prominent LGBT individuals.Mayor Alfonso Cirulli turned some heads during Tuesday's township committee meeting with a personal opinion that he said does not represent the entire committee.During the mayor's report, Cirulli spoke out against the new law, saying, "No group has a right to force others to comply with their beliefs, deprive them of their First Amendment rights, and strip the rights of parents of how to morally raise their children."Cirulli urged residents to contact the governor and other lawmakers, asking them to reverse the law.The legislation was signed into law in January, requiring NewTurkish capital Ankara hit by twin explosions Published duration 20 March 2013

One person has been injured in explosions at Turkey's justice ministry and the headquarters of the governing AK Party in Ankara, officials say.

A rocket hit the seventh floor of the AK building, while two hand grenades were thrown at the ministry.

Earlier reports claimed two people had been wounded. No group has said it carried out the attacks.

Kurdish rebels, left-wing groups and Islamist militants have previously bombed targets in Turkey.

The explosion shattered windows on the seventh floor of the AK Party building where Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has an office.

Interior Minister Muammer Guler said no-one was injured in the attack on the party headquarters, while a person was wounded in the second assault.

The latest blasts follow a


police crackdown on a banned Marxist group.

They also come amid reports of a deal between the government and jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan.

There is speculation that Mr Ocalan will call for a ceasefire between his PKK fighters and the Turkish state.

In a message communicated by Kurdish politicians, Mr Ocalan said he would make a "historic" announcement on Thursday, to coincide with Kurdish New Year celebrations.

The PKK launched its armed campaign for an ethnic Kurdish homeland in south-east Turkey in 1984. More than 40,000 people have been killed in the conflict.baby’s future. A few years later, she was pregnant again, and consulted the portents…only to have the exact same divination. With the baby, she fled to her brother and forced him to take her baby girl. She returned to her home village and lived as an impoverished augur.

The other players burned up 5 lifepath characters, while I burned up a 3 lifepath character. Margaret has a very limited skill list: Anatomy B2, Astrology B2, Butchery B2, Falsehood B2, Guts-wise B2, Omen-wise B2, Sorcery B4, and Ugly Truth B2 (10 initial skill points, 2 of which were general skills). She spent most of her resources on spells (i.e. The Fear, Low Speech, and Phantasmagoria).

She is disturbed (Char), misunderstood (Char), has a prominent scar on her face (Char), is gifted


Friday - Aswan – Nile Cruise

Arrival at Aswan (Airport/Train Station/hotel), welcome by our team then you will be transferred by private A/C vehicle to your ship for a three nights cruise. Check in and Lunch on board. (Optional: Enjoy felucca around Kitchener's Island) Visit Philae temple, this very harmonious architecture is dedicated to the worship of the goddess Isis. Visit the High Dam at Aswan was built from 1960 to 1971, measuring 780m long, to protect Egypt against the annual flooding of the Nile and Lake Nasser created. The water power generates electricity for most of Egypt. Then visit the Unfinished Obelisk, located in a granite quarry Rose that was used in the construction of temples. (Optional: Enjoy Sound and Light Show to Philae). Dinner and overnight onboard.Meal: lunch and dinner.

Day 2 - Kom Ombo/Edfu – Nile Cruise

Breakfast on board. Sailing to Kom Ombo. Visit the Temple of Kom Ombo, the majestic river Nile, whose characteristic is to be dedicated to two divinities: Sobek (with head of crocodile) and Horus (falcon-headed). Sailing to Edfu. Lunch on board. Take Carriage and Visit the Temple of Edfu, the Holy City of Horus and the temple built in his honor. This temple with impressive dimensions is the best preserved of Egypt. Dinner and overnight on board.Meal: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Day 3 - Luxor – Nile Cruise

Breakfast on board. Morning, Visit the necropolis of Thebes, on the west bank of the Nile. Discovery Valley of the Kings, where most of the pharaohs of the XVIII to the XX dynasty


were made bury. Continuation to the two colossi of Memnon, the towering statues are all that remain of the mortuary temple of Amenhotep III. Then Visit the Temple of Hatshepsut (Deir El Bahari), unique in its structure, to ancient Egypt dug directly into the rock, reach superhuman dimensions. Lunch on board. Afternoon, Visit the Temple of Karnak, dedicated to the glory of the god Amun, the temple probably the most grandiose of all Egypt. Continue your visit by Luxor Temple, built by Amenhotep III, known by its size and its large number of silent pillars. It connected by a paved alley of sphinxes of 3 kilometers at Karnak Temple. (Optional: Enjoy Sound and Light Show to Karnak). Dinner and overnight on board.Meal: Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Day 4 -under rule 66 of the conduct of elections rules, 1961 was granted to the petitioner. it seems that the declaration in form 21c was not prepared under clause (a) of rule 64 of the conduct of elections rules, 1961 and sent to the authorities required thereunder. the returning officer, on discovering that the ballot papers of one booth had not been counted, took, those votes into account and thereafter issued a notice cancelling the election of the petitioner and declaring the fourth respondent to be successful candidate. a declaration in form.....

Judgment:

1. The petitioner and the fourth respondent contested an election to the Bihar Legislative Assembly seat from the Islampur Assembly Constituency in March, 1985. After the votes had been polled, the counting of votes was taken up on


March 6, 1985. Pursuant to allegations made by the parties, the Election Commission of India ordered re-polling in sixty stations. On the conclusion of the re-poll the votes were counted and the petitioner was found to have secured more votes than the fourth respondent. The fourth respondent applied for a recount of the votes but the Returning Officer rejected the application and announced that the petitioner had been duly elected to the Assembly. A certificate of election in Form 22 under Rule 66 of the conduct of Elections Rules, 1961 was granted to the petitioner. It seems that the declaration in Form 21C was not prepared under Clause (a) of Rule 64 of the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961 and sent to the authorities required thereunder. The ReturningOfficer, on discovering that the ballot papers of one booth had not been counted, took, those votes into account and thereafter issued a notice cancelling the election of the petitioner and declaring the fourth respondent to be successful candidate. A declaration in Form 21C was then prepared declaring the fourth respondent to be the elected candidate, and a fresh certificate in Form 22 was issued.

2. The petitioner filed a writ petition in the Patna High Court challenging the declaration made in favour of the fourth respondent. A Division Bench of two Judges of the. High Court heard the writ petition and on a difference between the two the case was referred to a third Judge of the High Court. The third Judge agreed with the view taken by


rules made thereunder'. Thereafter, under Section 67 the result of the election is reported by the Returning Officer to the authorities specified therein and the declaration is published in the Official Gazette. It may be mentioned that according to Section 67A of the Act the date on which the candidate is declared by the Returning Officer under Section 66 to be elected is regarded as the date of election of that candidate. Now, as contemplated by Section 66 the declaration of the result of the election must be in the manner provided by the Act or the rules made thereunder. The procedure for declaring the result of the election is set forth in Rule 64 of the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961. Rule 64 provides:

64. Declaration of result21C or Form 21D. The announcement by the Returning Officer that the petitioner had been elected has no legal status because the declaration in Form 21C had not yet been drawn up. Even the grant of the certificate of election in Form 22 to the petitioner cannot avail him because Rule 66 contemplates the grant of such certificate only after the candidate has been declared elected under Section 66, which refers us back to Rule 64 and therefore to Form 21C. There having been no declaration in Form 21C at the relevant time, the grant of the certificate of election in Form 22 to the Petitioner was meaningless.

5. We are of opinion that the process of election came to an end after the declaration in Form 21C was


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India is a federal country comprising of 29 States and 7 Union Territories. It has been divided into four regions namely, the North and Central region included Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh; the South region included Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Kerala; the East region included West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Assam, and other north eastern states; and the West region included Gujarat, Goa, and Maharashtra. Based on socioeconomic status, the States have been divided into Empowered Action Group (EAG) states & non-EAG states in the country by Government of India. The eight socioeconomically backward States, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh are classified under the EAGIt is not difficult to guess which animal the town of Sawai Madhopur has tethered its fortunes to. Fancy a drink? Pop into the Tiger bar at the Taj hotel. Want to rest your head? Try the Tiger Moon Resort. Want to shop? There are tiger-print pyjamas, aprons, tablecloths, bedspreads. Little in this Rajasthani town has not succumbed to tiger mania.

Sitting cross-legged on a stage by the main road last Saturday, Yadvendra Singh handed over his business card, decorated, of course, with orange and black stripes. Since 1992 he has run Tiger Eye Adventure Tours, taking visitors from around the world on safari inside the nearby Ranthambore national park.

But for the past three weeks, Singh has not been allowed in the park to check on the 27 adult


poachers. Tourists are only allowed in the park for six hours every day, but we guides take it in turns to patrol the park from sunrise to sunset. Voluntarily."

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Belinda Wright, executive director of the Wildlife Protection Society of India, based in New Delhi, said a tourist ban would be a "total disaster".

Stressing she was pro-tiger rather than pro-tourist, she said: "There is no way the forestry department alone can protect tigers from poachers and local encroachment on the land."

The Corbett Foundation, another wildlife protection charity in India, agrees. "While in principle, we all agree that wildlife tourism in India needs to be controlled and strictly regulated, placing a complete ban on any kind of tourism activities in the core areas will certainly not helpthe wildlife of the tiger reserves," it said in a statement.

Since the court's judgment on 24 July, Singh has not earned a penny. Along with dozens of other guides and drivers who feed their families by servicing the tiger tourists who flock to Ranthambore every year, he has been holding a roadside protest to remind the authorities how integral tigers are to the town.

There are no reliable figures to show how many tourists visit Sawai Madhopur each year, but in 2011, 288,000 tickets were sold to enter the national park. Demand is much higher, say locals, but numbers are restricted so a maximum of 40 vehicles carrying a total of 520 tourists are in the park at any one time.

The interim order has hit hard, said Goverdhan Singh


Rathore, a doctor who runs a free hospital from the profit made from his guest house, Khem Villas. "We've already had 10% of bookings for next season cancelled," he said, sitting in the courtyard of his house, which is decorated with orange and black striped tiles. "Forty per cent of guests have asked us to let them know what happens on the 22nd. If the ban is extended, next season is over." He would have to close the hotel, and the hospital, which treated 90,000 patients last year, he added.

Ajay Dubey, a campaigner who filed the petition to the supreme court, said all he was doing was asking it to enforce the 1972 Wildlife Protection Act. He claims the act prohibits tourism in India's tiger breeding areas. "ByGod's grace I just want respect of rule of law – nothing else," he said in an email.

No one was enforcing the law, Dubey added, and with tragic results. He points to the central state of Madhya Pradesh (MP), which has six tiger reserves. "There were 700 tigers in MP in the year 2000; now the number has come down to 257," said Dubey. "It speaks volumes."

He added: "Tiger conservation is being adversely affected by mindless tourism; the large number of vehicles loaded with people were traumatising the endangered species in the critical tiger habitat."

But Wright said Dubey was using unreliable figures. "Until the 2008 census, the tiger population was calculated using a discredited, unscientific method which allowed states to dramatically overestimate," she said over the phone in


km national park but also just over 900 sq km of adjoining land. YK Sahu, divisional forest officer at Ranthambore, said he believed that the presence of believes tourists saved tigers rather than endangered them.

"Look at where our tigers live. Just 6% to 10% of the park is visited by tourists, and yet it is in those areas where tigers flourish."

Tourists also report illegal wood cutting, he said, and help deter poachers. "If the Taj Mahal was not a tourist site, would it look as it does in its present form?", he asked. "All of the marble would have been stolen by now."

Rathore, whose father, Fateh, founded the non-governmental organisation Tiger Watch and who was one of India's most renowned tiger experts until his death last year, saidpopulation has increased with tourism."

The supreme court seems to want the tiger states to restrict tourism to the buffer zones. But the problem in Ranthambore, as well as other reserves, is that the only area it can designate as buffer is not somewhere tourists would want to visit – let alone tigers. There, the buffer is a wilderness with very little flora or fauna, littered with gravel mines. To reach the zone, tigers would have to travel 35 miles from the main park, and even cross main roads.

There are also many people living in the buffer – 62 villages have been relocated there from the core area since the 1970s. Before tiger tourism came to the area, they made their living chopping down trees in the tiger reserve


to be – a lot of people used to be employed in a cement factory, but that was closed because of the national park. There was a gas bottling plant, but that was shut down too. How do they expect us to earn a living?"

Tiger facts

India is home to half the world's tiger population. According to the latest census released in March 2011 by the National Tiger Conservation Authority, the current population is estimated at 1,706 – up from 1,411 in 2008, but a long way off the 45,000 which reportedly roamed India 100 years ago.

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Average annual pensioner benefits and concessions worth �17,500.

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More than half (51 per cent) of pensioners would have to make significant alterations to their lifestyles if it wasn’t for the range of benefits, discounts and concessions they currently receive, according to new research and analysis by Prudential.

In fact, the average retired household benefits by as much as £17,500 a year from direct and indirect financial support.

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and have a hit show. The result was the death of a young man, Corbin Lee Jaeger.”

The Weather Channel declined to comment on pending litigation, but said in a statement to The Washington Post: “We are saddened by the loss of Corbin Jaeger, Kelley Williamson, and Randy Yarnall. They were beloved members of the weather community and our deepest sympathies go out to the families and loved ones of all involved.” Attorneys are not yet listed for the estates of Williamson and Yarnall, whose representatives could not be reached.

The fatal collision raised concerns over the dangers of storm chasing while devastating the storm-chaser community, as all three men were remembered for their unrivaled passion for treacherous weather.

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Jaeger, a Colorado native who had moved to Arizona with his family,was a certified storm spotter for the National Weather Service and also captured storm footage for a small crew called MadWx Chasing. “He had such a deep passion for weather since he was a young child,” Di Piazza told Denver 7 after his death. “He decided that he wanted to get more into chasing and learning more about weather because his goal was to save lives.”

Meanwhile, Williamson and Yarnall garnered fans around the country. They grew up together in Missouri, and by their own admission, had no formal training and had not studied meteorology. Both were farmers, raising chickens and cattle. Williamson, an eternal adrenaline junkie, was a former bullfighter. He started chasing storms instead after a tornado flipped his wife’s van into the air several years earlier,


sighted in Dickens County around the same time as the collision, and that he believed all three men were after the same one. The lawsuit says it appears Jaeger was driving away from the storm, while Williamson and Yarnall were charging right toward it, allegedly at 70 mph.

In the final moments of the video, Williamson and Yarnall approach the intersection at a high speed, breezing past a warning for a stop sign as rain pelts the windshield. They get closer to the intersection, but they don’t slow down. Instead, the engine roars louder.

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A previous version of this article incorrectly stated the amount of damages Karen Di Piazza is seeking in the lawsuit.regulate payday and auto-title loans at the municipal level. And in his role as finance chair, he was instrumental in passing a resolution against tighter regulation—one that the payday loan industry used to its advantage at the Legislature. While White oversaw the Texas Finance Commission, his colleagues at Cash America worked behind closed doors to draft legislation with regulators.

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Since his death on November 22, 1997, in a room at Sydney's Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Michael Hutchence's legacy has been coloured as much by his private life as his contribution to music.

The tabloid press in Britain and Australia were relentless, making much of his high-profile romances, particularly his affair with British television presenter Paula Yates, who at the time had three children with her husband, the singer Bob Geldof.

There were other ups and downs, as Hutchence — a lanky, charismatic performer — found intense fame and media scrutiny off the back of hit INXS records like Kick (1987) and X (1990).

On that Saturday morning, 20 years ago, INXS were due to rehearse ahead of their upcoming Australian tour in support of 1997's Elegantly Wasted.

Hutchence never showed up. The bandheard the news the way the rest of the world did, through the media.

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The singer's death silenced, far too soon, a phenomenal voice — moody, sexual, and dynamic, able to shift effortlessly from fragile to cocksure.

Hutchence didn't so much sing things as tell them coyly (on songs like Devil Inside) or boldly declare them (when the band was really kicking, like in Just Keep Walking). His voice fit perfectly in the nooks and crannies of the angular guitar lines.

Still, in the popular consciousness, Hutchence the celebrity has arguably outlived Hutchence the musician.

Yates, who died of a heroin overdose in 2000, suggested in a 1999 television interview that Hutchence's death may have been an accidental result of autoerotic asphyxiation, a claim that travelled far and further obscured the talents


of the man involved. (New South Wales coroner Derrick Hand had considered that possibility and dismissed it.)

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"The tragedy of it all is that's how people remember Michael now, as the guy who hung himself," Tim Farriss, one of three brothers in the six-piece band, told Double J's Myf Warhurst recently. "And that's a real shame."

In recent weeks, more has emerged — via the Paradise Papers leak — about the managing of Hutchence's estate, and how much of the money it generates is going to Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily, the singer's only child.

For fans, though, much of this is incidental. What are they remembering on this day, two decades on?

They remember the post-punk moments (1980's self-titled album), the funk moments (Suicide Blonde, Need You Tonight) and the big popwith the oars, Evelina grasped the gunwales tightly.

"Sorry," said Marcus. "I haven't rowed a boat in a long time."

"I thought I saw something!" she gasped. "Oh." She relaxed. "A deer." Evelina looked at him and managed a smile. "I'm glad you're with me. You won't let anything happen to me."

Marcus smiled back at her, trying to be reassuring, but he didn't make any promises. The shoreline was receding, though not as rapidly as he would have wished. Marcus expected to see the monks come swarming out of the forest to give chase. They would have a difficult time of it. After Evelina had plundered the boats for anything useful, Marcus had pushed each boat, one by one, out into the river, where the current caught them and carried


first entered the city. If Draconas did run into one of the Blessed, they would find his face familiar.

At the sight of the cowled figure of Draconas, the two shadows in the doorway fled.

Draconas retraced his steps of the morning. He walked past the Abbey, wondering which room belonged to Ven. Perhaps the single room on the second floor where the light burned bright. Draconas stared hard at the light, as if it could answer his many questions concerning Ven, not the least of which was why he had lured Marcus here to be given as a present to the dragon, then turned around and helped his brother to escape?

The rain came down harder. Draconas pulled his cowl over his head. The only way to answer that questionsee in the darkness; blundering into stone walls and falling over unseen obstacles; losing himself in the tangled maze of corridors. And always fearful of puncturing the vulnerable flesh or breaking one of the slender bones, knocking a hole in the skull, or poking out an unprotected eye.

In his dragon form, Draconas was armored in scales that were harder than any steel man had yet created. His eyes could spot a rodent in the pitch darkness fifty feet away. He had a massive tail that could fell a tree with one swipe, razor-sharp claws and sword-sharp teeth, and the fire of magic blazed in his blood. He was invincible to every creature in this world with the exception of his own kind.

Or at least, he had been.

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hands, you forbade me to use it. You made me feel that it was something of which I should be ashamed. Even Mother, though she loves me dearly, wishes it would all just go away . . ."

Marcus had to pause. Sweat rolled down his face, and he bunched the sheets up in a great wad beneath the blanket in order to keep the pain at bay as he plunged ahead.

"Father, if I can use my gift openly, to save the kingdom, so that all the people can see it, then you and mother will never have to be ashamed of me again."

His strength gave out. He fell back among the pillows. Edward remained standing in silence, his face averted, so that his son could not guess whatthe bastard son, the son he had not wanted, the son he'd never understood. Marcus saw pride and confidence in his father's eyes, and he saw something else: an apology. It would forever go unspoken between them, but Edward was saying he was sorry.

"Look after your mother," Edward added, and he put on his helm and took up his shield and rode to the gates, where men stood, ready to fling them open at his command. His knights fell in behind him.

"Open the gates!" the king commanded.

"Covering fire!" Marcus shouted. "Keep them busy."

He thought of using the cannons, which were now perfectly safe, but no man would go near them, and Marcus himself was reluctant to chance it. Catapults hurled stones at the besiegers. Flights of arrows soared


found that she fabricated significant portions of her work history and educational background. The investigation also found that Chang appeared on a fake Time magazine cover.

While she claimed to boast a degree from Harvard Business School, the university told NBC she had attended only a seven-week program at Harvard in 2016. And the Army War College program she claimed to have graduated from was just a four-day national-security seminar, the college told NBC. In addition, she claimed to have attended a leadership course at Southern Methodist University, but the college told Business Insider they had no records she attended or paid course fees.

„A character assassination based solely on innuendo was launched against me attacking my credentials and character,“ she said in her resignation letter. „My superiors at theDepartment refused to defend me, stand up for the truth or allow me to answer the false charges against me.“

Chang, who served as deputy secretary for the State Department’s Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, joined the Trump administration in April.

NBC’s report said that in the process of applying for the job, she „also invented a role on a UN panel, claimed she had addressed both the Democratic and Republican national conventions, and implied she had testified before Congress.“

Following President Donald Trump’s lead, Chang took the extraordinary step of appearing in a video with a knockoff Time magazine cover with her face on it, presented it at her job interviews, and discussed it in a 2017 video interview about her work as CEO of the nonprofit Linking the