count as influential. Based on Politico’s January 2017 listing of White House staff, we identified 19 influential new positions in the Trump administration and added those to the Trump A Team. These included the most senior titles — assistants to the president and deputy assistants to the president — that had not previously been listed by National Journal, such as Stephen K. Bannon, chief strategist and senior counselor to the president.

From that list, I determined Trump staff turnover, defined as any staff movement — whether from resignation, promotion or firing.

There was a lot of churn in the Trump administration

As shown in the figure below, the Trump administration witnessed record level turnover during Trump’s first year in office.

We can easily see several noteworthy trends.

First, President Trump’s A Team turnovermember: his White House counsel Gregory Craig. President George W. Bush did not lose any Tier 1 staff members during the first year. Tier 1 positions are the apex of the White House staff team. Replacing these top aides is typically far more difficult than finding other replacements, given that these jobs are both demanding and require substantive experience and expertise.

Third, turnover will likely increase in the months ahead. All five recent presidents saw a big bump in turnover during the second year in office, suggesting that Trump’s record level staff churn could grow even higher in 2018. That’s true in part because in the past, many top staff regarded their year of service as enough to move to more lucrative opportunities outside government. And in part, after


forces, along with rocks, Molotov cocktail petrol bombs and tear gas, according to Reuters.

The protesters are making what they are calling “poopootov cocktails” ― plastic or glass jars filled with a mix of human excrement and water, according to Fox News.

One 51-year-old dentist told Reuters she was helping protesters by preparing caca-filled containers in her home.

“The kids go out with just stones. That’s their weapon. Now they have another weapon: excrement,” she told Reuters. “One of my patients is collecting excrement from her child.”

Christian Veron / Reuters A woman in Caracas, Venezuela, puts feces in a bucket to prepare "Poopootovs," which is a play on Molotov cocktails, before they are thrown at security forces during protests.

A 16-year-old high school senior who gave his name as Alejandro held hisWorld Cup semi-final in 40 years has been marked by a cautious, sometimes negative, gameplan in a series of explosive encounters. The second-round match against Holland featured 16 yellow and four red cards and Saturday's display against England was memorable for the worldliness shown by even the youngest of the Portuguese squad rather than the creativity of a side apparently bent on stifling their opponents above all else.

The approach has come as little surprise in France, where resentment still lingers at the behaviour of Portugal's players during the Euro 2000 semi-final in Brussels, when the award of a penalty three minutes from the end of extra-time prompted a brawl that saw the officials assaulted.

Zinedine Zidane, one of 10 survivors of that game in the two squads, withstood a


five-minute delay and repeated attempts to distract him to convert the spot-kick. The history between the two sides does not end there.

In 1996 the French coach Raymond Domenech was in charge of the French Olympic team that lost to Portugal in the quarter-final, a game that saw Jérôme Bonnissel sent off and 11 players booked. In 2003 meanwhile Domenech's Under-21 team met Portugal in the European Championship. Djibril Cissé was sent off for kicking Mario Sergio, Portugal's players declined to take a drugs test after the game and Domenech accused the Portuguese of "loutish behaviour".

Scolari dismissed suggestions that his side will again seek to upset their opponents rather than beat them. "This is a joke," he said. "It is stirred up to sell newspapers, but all you haveto do is count the red cards that my team has had in the last 3½-years and the number the French have had then you have your answer," he said.

"France are the hardest team we could have faced. They are the best organised and most talented team in Germany. We have to work as a team and in football you never know which team is going to win."

Few would bet with confidence against Scolari coaxing another odds-defying performance from his side. He has instilled fierce belief into his players and despite regular rotation of the side, in part because of suspension, they will test Domenech's France. Deco returns after a red card removed him from the quarter-final - "He is crazy to play," said Scolari - as does


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Robert Rodriguez Promises 'Jonny Quest' Won't Be 'a Kids' Film'

After launching his own table of unique, original film worlds – the "From Dusk Till Dawn," "Desperado," "Spy Kids" and "Machete,” among them – maverick filmmaker Robert Rodriguez is ready to make a beloved existing property his own.

As announced in May, Rodriguez plans to helm a big-screen adaptation of "Jonny Quest," the classic 1964 animated series, produced by Hanna-Barbera and designed by comic book artist Doug Wildey. When the director attended the Television Critics Association summer press tour to promote his El Rey television network and his series "From Dusk Till Dawn" and "The Director's Chair," Spinoff Online joined a handful of other journalists for an informal chat about "Johnny Quest" and some Rodriguez’s other film plans.

What wasLIFF30 - Train To Busan - Cinema Review

'Just when you think the excitement, the tension and the scares are over, the director gives you more, never allowing himself to sit back or miss a beat right up until the final moments'.

Having watched Colm McCarthy's The Girl With All The Gifts under a month ago, I wasn't expecting to be singing the praises of a zombie movie quite so highly for some time, let alone considering a second entry into the genre as one of the best films of the year. That was before watching Train To Busan, however, a film which comprehensively manages to live up to the considerable hype which has followed it since its release in South Korea.

For much of the first half, Train To Busan


stands up as a consistently well made and thoroughly entertaining action horror film. Director Yeon Sang-ho wastes no time in moving his film to its primary location of the titular mode of transport and steadily introducing the zombie threat which rapidly takes over the country. The choice of setting from screenwriter Park Joo-suk is inspired allowing for some truly innovative and unsettlingly claustrophobic encounters with the infected. Each action sequence is well-constructed and dynamically shot by Yeon. Parallels with 28 Days Later feel apt, both in Yeon's utilisation of an urban setting and in his fast-moving, rabid zombies, whilst the supernatural elements are also pleasingly influenced by J-horror offerings such as Ring.

Somewhere towards the end of the first hour, however, Yeon elevates Train To Busan further still, capitalisingon the characters he has established amongst the terrified commuters to increasingly bring refreshing and authentic emotion into proceedings. The central relationship between Seok-woo (Gong Yoo) and his daughter Soo-an (Kim Soo-an) is wonderfully realised, with Gong believably transforming his character from the distant father we see at the beginning to a parent willing to risk his own life to protect his child. The supporting cast are also developed well, in particular Sang-hwa (Ma Dong-seok) and his pregnant wife Seong-kyeong (Jung Yu-mi), the former providing many of the film's moments of well-placed comic relief.

In a manner reminiscent of Frank Darabont's The Mist, Yeon uses his set-up masterfully to bring out both the very best and the very worst of humanity. The way in which many of the survivors


sit back or miss a beat right up until the final moments. It's testament to Yeon's unwavering commitment to seizing every available opportunity to impress that Train To Busan becomes one of the most moving, memorable and, above all, entertaining experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.

Train To Busan plays LIFF30 again on Sunday 13th November at 14.30 at Cottage Road Cinema.

By Ben Broadribb. Ben is a regular contributor to Film Intel, having previously written at Some Like It Hot Fuzz. He is normally seen in the wild wearing t-shirts containing obscure film references. He is a geek, often unashamedly so. He's also on Google+ and Twitter.Somdev Kishore Devvarman (born 13 February 1985) is a professional Indiantennis player. He hit the headlines for being the only collegiate player to have made three consecutive finals at the NCAA, winning back-to-back finals in his junior and senior years at the University of Virginia. Only three other players have matched that record since 1950. His 44–1 win-loss record in 2008 at the NCAA Men's Tennis Championship is unprecedented.[2]

His best achievement so far on the ATP World Tour has been reaching the final of the Chennai Open in 2009, as a wild card entry. In 2010, Somdev won the gold medal in the men's singles event of XIXth Commonwealth Games at the R.K. Khanna Tennis Stadium in New Delhi, and he followed it up with both men's singles


and doubles gold in the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. He is coached by Scott McCain.

In 2011, Devvarman received the Arjuna Award from the Indian government for his tennis successes.[3]

Somdev was born into a TripuriHindu family in Guwahati, Assam to Ranjana and Pravanjan Dev Varman, a retired income tax commissioner. He belongs to the Indian state of Tripura. His family moved to Calcutta when he was 3 to 4 months old and stayed there until he was 8.[4] His father's work took the family to Madras (Chennai) where Somdev grew up, beginning tennis at age 9, and studied at Asan Memorial School.[5] Devvarman started competing in Futures tournaments in 2002 at the age of 17. His biggest achievement during this time was a victory in the KolkataF2 championship in 2004, after which he rose to 666 in the world rankings. He moved to the USA later that year and competed less regularly while at the University of Virginia. Somdev, while at college, won the 2007 NCAA Singles Championship by defeating Georgia Bulldog's senior, the top seed John Isner in the final. A year later, he defeated Tennessee's J.P. Smith to win his second consecutive NCAA Singles National Championship. Devvarman becomes the 13th player in the 124-year history of the tournament to win consecutive titles, and just the fourth to do so in the past 50 years with an unprecedented 44–1 record in 2008. Somdev finished university with a degree in sociology and turned pro in the summer of 2008. He won his first career


title that year at a Futures tournament in Rochester, New York. The University of Virginia retired Devvarman's jersey in 2009.[6] At the end of 2010, he was felicitated by the Tamil Nadu Tennis Association in Chennai.

After graduating from the University of Virginia, Devvarman signed with Mamba International,[7] a sports management company based in Charlottesville, and started his professional career at the Futures tournament in Rochester, New York, where he won the singles title. He and his former university partner, Treat Huey, won the doubles title. The next week at another Futures match in Pittsburgh, Devvarman and Huey won the doubles title, and Devvarman the singles.

On 27 July 2008, Devvarman won the Lexington Challenger, first coming through qualifying, and then beating players including Bobby Reynolds, Xavier Malisse, and RobertKendrick to take the title. He received automatic entry into the Vancouver Open and reached the quarterfinals, before his first professional defeat, by Go Soeda.

At the BCR Bucharest Open, Devvarman lost to world no. 18 Nicolás Almagro after winning the first set in the first round, having beaten no. 93 Italian Filippo Volandri in the final round of qualifying. Devvarman ended 2008 ranked as world no. 204. He had started the year at no. 1033.

Devvarman reached his first ATP Tour final at the 2009 Chennai Open, the first tournament of the new season, beating two-time Chennai Open champion and world no. 42 Carlos Moyá of Spain and no. 25 Ivo Karlović of Croatia. Rainer Schüttler of Germany pulled out due to injury in the semifinals, meaning that Devvarman


progressed to the final. In the final, he lost to Marin Čilić of Croatia.

At the year's first Grand Slam, the Australian Open, Somdev was seeded 28th in singles qualifying. He beat Prakash Amritraj in his first qualifying round; then lost to unseeded Łukasz Kubot of Poland in the second round. After some poor results in qualifying and Challenger tournaments, Somdev had a successful Davis Cup campaign, winning both his matches against Chinese Taipei, including a critical reverse singles match against world no. 59 Yen-Hsun Lu to lead India to victory.

In the second Grand Slam of 2009, the French Open, Devvarman was seeded 26th in singles qualifying. He defeated João Souza of Brazil in the first round and ousted Brit Alex Bogdanovic before losing to third seed and worldno. 96 Marcos Daniel. At the third Grand Slam of the year, Wimbledon, Somdev, seeded 14th in qualifying, failed to advance to the singles draw, losing in the first round to Jean-Rene Lisnard of Monaco. In doubles, Devvarman and partner Kevin Anderson advanced to the main draw, but lost to the fourth-seeded pair Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles.

In the US Open, Devvarman beat Janowicz to qualify for his first Grand Slam singles main draw. He beat Frederico Gil in the first round. In the second round, he lost to 24th seed Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany.

On 10 October 2010, Somdev won the men's tennis gold medal in the Commonwealth Games 2010 at Delhi by beating Greg Jones of Australia in straight sets. On 23 November 2010, Somdev also won


the singles gold medal in the 2010 Asian Games at Guangzhou, China by beating Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan in straight sets. The day before, he had teamed up with Sanam Singh to win the gold in the doubles event.[8] However, because tennis at both the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games are not ATP tour events, Somdev did not gain any ATP ranking points.

Somdev started 2011 ranked at no. 108. He started the season with the Chennai Open, an ATP 250 tournament, and lost to qualifier David Goffin in the first round.

Somdev got a wild card to the 2011 Australian Open due to his good performance in 2010. Playing this tournament for the first time in his career, he lost to Tommy Robredo in the first round. Somdevwas top seed in the Singapore challenger tournament, where he lost to Andrej Martin of Slovakia in the quarterfinals.

Somdev was given direct entry into the South African Tennis Open 2011, an ATP 250 tournament, by virtue of his good ranking in the ATP circuit. He lost to Kevin Anderson in the final. After this tournament, Somdev reached his career-best ranking of no. 80 as he claimed 150 ATP points from this tournament. He then travelled to Dubai, where he obtained a wild card for the 2011 Dubai Tennis Championships. He faced world no. 2 Roger Federer in the first round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, where he lost. Somdev lost 45 ATP points due to this defeat and moved to no. 93.

Then Somdev went to Serbia


for the first round of the Davis cup World Group. Somdev played two singles rubbers and one doubles against the Serbs. He defeated Janko Tipsarević in the second rubber. Somdev showed remarkable resilience in rallying from an identical down 1–4 in the first two sets and clinching the third set on a tie-break to overpower world no. 45 Tipsarević. After this match, India managed to keep the scoreline on 1–1 the opening day. In the fourth rubber of the tie, Somdev faced Victor Troicki and lost. Somdev moved to no. 84 on the ATP charts on 7 March 2011.

After playing the Davis Cup, Somdev played at the BNP Paribas Open. Somdev reached the fourth round of the tournament. This is his best performance at an ATP Masters 1000event so far. He started the tournament from qualification rounds, and then in the main draw, he defeated Adrian Mannarino in the first round. Then he created a huge upset by beating world no. 22 Marcos Baghdatis in the second round. Then he stunned Xavier Malisse (world no.52) in the third round. He faced world no. 1 Rafael Nadal in the fourth round and lost, after giving a tough fight. Somdev moved to world no. 73 on 21 March 2011.

After his good performance at Indian Wells, Somdev played the Sony Ericsson Miami Masters ATP 1000 tournament. He defeated world no. 47 Potito Starace in the first round in straight sets, and then stunned big-serving sensation Milos Raonic (world no. 34) in a tough straight-set match. In the third


round, he lost to Spain's no. 6 ranked David Ferrer.[9]

Devvarman lost in the 2011 Wimbledon singles second round, losing to 18th seed Mikhail Youzhny of Russia.[11] In the Atlanta Tennis Championships, Somdev reached the quarterfinals, where he lost to Mardy Fish.[12] He finished the year ranked no. 66 in the world.

Devvarman began 2012 with a recurring shoulder injury,[13] which ended with him not competing in the first half of the season.[14] He returned to action in accepting a wildcard entry to participate in men's singles event at the 2012 London Olympics.[15] Somdev lost to Tom Burn in the Great Britain F13 event in the first round. He then lost to Benjamin Becker of Germany in straight sets at Winston-Salem in the qualifiers. Somdev entered the main draw ofUS Open with a protected ranking of 85. He lost to Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo in the first round. He was then defeated by Ernests Gulbis in the first round of Erste Bank Open.

His only wins in the season came in the Charlottesville Challenger, where he reached the quarterfinals after receiving a wildcard entry into the main draw. He ended the year ranked no. 664 in the world, having been largely inactive in 2012.

2013 saw Devvarman apparently recovered from the injuries that had prevented him competing in much of 2012.

He won through to the second round of the Chennai Open before succumbing to Tomáš Berdych. He then played in the Australian open, where he advanced to the second round, beating world no 78 Björn Phau of Germany. However, he


lost in the second round to world no. 24 Jerzy Janowicz, despite winning the first two sets. Somdev entered the PBZ Zagreb Indoors tournament, where he won against qualifier Michael Berrer in the first round. He then lost the second round to fourth seeded Jürgen Melzer. He played in Open 13, where he caused an upset against Benoît Paire in the first round, before bowing out of the tournament against Australian Bernard Tomic in the second round. He defeated qualifier Igor Kunitsyn in the first round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, before losing to world no.7 Juan Martín del Potro in the second round.

At the French Open, he qualified for the main draw. In the first round, he beat Daniel Munoz-De La Nava in straight sets.Then, he had a second-round match-up with Roger Federer, but he lost in straight sets,.

Devvarman made his Davis Cup debut for India in 2008 against Uzbekistan at the age of 22. In the second rubber of the tie Devvarman faced Denis Istomin and fell in straight sets. With the tie locked at two match victories each, Devvarman was substituted for countrymen Prakash Amritraj in the fifth rubber. Amritraj would be victorious in four sets. Devvarman would return to the team in the 2008 World Group Playoffs to face Romania. He would fall short in both his singles matches and keep India in the zonals for another year. India started 2009 by playing Chinese Taipei in the Asia Oceania Group 1 quarterfinal. India won 3–2 with a significant contribution


from Devvarman who won both his ties against Ti Chen and Yen-Hsun Lu. The team later travelled to Johannesburg to face South Africa in the World Group Play-offs. Somdev won both his ties and India won the tie 4–1 to move back into the World Group. India faced Russia in the World Group round 1 at Moscow. India lost the tie 2–3 which included two losses from Somdev. India hosted Brazil at Chennai in the World Group Play-off tie. Somdev lost to Ricardo Mello on day 1 and India went down 0–2. India went to win the tie 3–2 in a come from behind fashion which included a win from Somdev as his opponent Thomaz Bellucci retired whilst he was trailing 6–7(3), 0–4. This meant that India wouldonce again be a part of the World Group. India drew defending champions Serbia for Round 1. The tie was played at Novi Sad. Somdev played Janko Tipsarević in the second rubber and won in straight sets 7–5, 7–5, 7–6(3) This was a major upset and gave India a realistic chance of reaching the round 2. Due to the absence of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, Somdev teamed up with Rohan Bopanna for the Doubles rubber on Saturday. The Indians lost 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–7(10). Somdev played Viktor Troicki in a make-or-break match for India. However, he lost in straight sets 4–6, 2–6, 5–7. India eventually lost the tie 1–4 with the only win coming from Devvarman. India later travelled to Tokyo to play against Japan in the


World Group Play-off. Somdev lost against Yuichi Sugita in the first rubber 3–6, 4–6, 5–7. He didn't play the reverse singles due to a shoulder problem which eventually would make him miss most of the tennis in 2012. India lost the tie 1–4 to Japan which resulted in relegation back to Asia-Oceania Group 1. India had to face South Korea at home in an Asia-Oceania Group 1 tie. 11 players including Somdev had boycotted this tie due to misunderstandings with the All India Tennis Association. India lost that tie to South Korea 1–4. India hosted Indonesia in a relegation play-off tie at Bangalore. Somdev won both his singles matches as India won the tie 5–0 to stay in the Asia-Oceania Group 1.

His parents are from the state ofconnection between the pressure side and the induction side and closes the gap when the plunger moves in the pressure stroke.
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Also, at the pressure-side end of the pump cylinder, a seal is suitably arranged to seal the connecting rod relative to the pump housing, which has a valve that can be actuated by the connecting rod, and said valve is closed when tensile forces are exerted on the connecting rod and is


Canadians shaken by the havoc wreaked on the country’s economy as a result of the slump in oil prices should take heart.

The same forces that have pummeled oil—and decimated the Canadian dollar—are creating huge opportunities in the clean energy sector. And Ontario is perfectly positioned to seize them.

Like wood, metals, and wheat – the core commodities that have seen boom and bust cycles in this country – the oil sector continues to face an uncertain future. In comparison, the building blocks of Ontario’s cleantech energy sector – wind, sunlight, flowing water, biological waste – are not subject to this same market volatility, making them a platform on which to build and grow a stable sector.

A survey by the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management for the UN Environmentby Tracey

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Jedlicka's has two stores. One in Los Olivos, and One in Santa Barbara! However, during a short window of time they open the doors to a 3rd store up on the Ranchero Visitadores Ride in the Santa Ynez Valley during the first week of May. They will serve many gentlemen during these days, seeing to it that they have all the comforts of home. It is the Jedlicka way...


Three wounded during Thames home invasion

SHOOTING SCENE: Police guard the scene at a house near Thames where two people were left injured by a shotgun blast during a home invasion.

A neighbour of a property where two teenagers and an elderly man were held at gunpoint during a Thames home invasion says police had visited the place before.

Police are actively hunting the three people who fled the Parawai Rd house shortly before 8.20pm in a dark and silver coloured flat deck ute.

They are also appealing for any witnesses or informants to come forward.

Emergency services were called to a geriatric hospital on Parawai Rd about 8.20pm, Detective Sergeant Martyn Hughes of the Thames CIB said.

"Occupants from a property across the road went to the hospital to raise the alarm afteran alleged home invasion,'' Hughes said.

"We're currently working to establish just what has occurred but initial indications are a man and a woman were at home when a vehicle pulled up the drive."

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Hughes said the elderly man from went outside to see who it was when three men wearing balaclavas accosted him and took him back inside.

A short time later an 18-year-old friend of the pair arrived at the house and he too was held at gunpoint.

"At some point a shotgun has gone off inside the house and the intruders have fled the property. Initially, a 17-year-old woman from the property was reported as the sole casualty during the shooting. However information received earlier today confirmed the 18-year-old friend visiting the address was also wounded.''

District communications manager Andrew


McAlley said he was wounded in the groin.

Hughes said both injured teenagers were assessed as requiring surgery for their injuries and were to be transferred to Waikato Hospital but they both discharged themselves overnight.

A neighbour spoken to by Fairfax Media said she heard a dog at the property barking at about 8pm on Monday night.

The neighbour said there were regular changes in tenants at the house and police often visited. But there were other unfamiliar cars about in the aftermath of the shooting.

''This morning a couple of shady cars drove up and down the street. The guys inside were over dressed for the weather.

''I thought they were workers at the building site, but they weren't wearing hi-vis gear and they were driving extremely slow.''

McAlley said police were tryingfew chances on goal. The San Jose backline was able to contain the United forwards and keep the Black-and-Red attack at bay. The first half ended in a scoreless draw. The second half was a physical battle for both teams. San Jose countered against the United attack in the 65th minute and had a point blank shot on goal that was blocked by defender Kyle Brathwaite. The physicality of the match caught up with San Jose when their goalkeeper took out D.C. United forward Gerson Umana in the 70th minute. Umana converted the penalty for United, which put them up 1-0 with 10 minutes to go. United defended well for the last 13 minutes and won the game 1-0.

The D.C. U-16s went undefeated during the Winter Showcase and


Vamos United!

The final and most challenging game day for the U-18s was finally here. The players groggily awoke for their final game against top ranked Real Salt Lake AZ. The 11:15 game was upon everyone before they knew it. The sun was out and blistering hot for a team that had just left 20 degree weather and snow a few days ago. The wind helped a bit, but there wasn’t a cloud in the sky as United looked to upset the defending Developmental Academy champions.

The game started out at a very fast pace with both teams looking to attack and score. The first twenty minutes were rough for United as they looked to counter and disrupt their opponents rhythm, but Real Salt Lake scored in the 12th minuteoff a set piece from 30 yards out. United had several scoring opportunities in the first half, including two that went off the post and a no-call in the penalty area. United found themselves one goal down at halftime with 45 minutes to find a way to put the ball in the back of the net. Bashir Hooper was subbed in at halftime and proved to be one of the defining factors in the outcome of the game. Michael Monahan beat two Salt Lake defenders and crossed the ball to Hooper, who slotted the ball home in the 68th minute to tie the score at 1-1. The intensity of the game immediately picked up as Salt Lake pushed forward for the winning goal. Goalkeeper Jimmy Knoebel had two


was a hot day that proved to take down multiple players across the Premier Sports Complex. United used their reserves well and subbed efficiently to push a fast paced game. The Black-and-Red played to a scoreless draw in the first half that included a lot of D.C. United possession and a few quality chances on goal. DJ Reeves was subbed in to start the second half and made an immediate impact on the game. Reeves took on three Crew players to score a sensational a goal to put United up 1-0 in the 49th minute. Things began to heat up as the Crew pushed for the equalizer. Goalkeeper Tyler Beaudoin made two clutch saves to keep the lead for United going into the 80th minute. United countered quicklybeautiful weather for the beach makes for a pretty good day.

The day started before the sun came up for the U-18s. The day was dreary and overcast, but the U-18s ignored the weather and were prepared for the day's game.

The U-18s played against fellow MLS academy team, the New England Revolution, on Thursday, Dec. 12 at 9 a.m. The Black-and-Red started out strong and dominated possession in the first 30 minutes. The breakthrough for United came in the 36th minute off a Jorge Calix free kick. Calix served a curling ball in for Tim Oberg, who headed the ball into the net. One minute later, Calix scored a goal of his own on a breakaway to give United the 2-0 lead going into halftime. The Revs scored early


of the day early in the second half, while Antonio Bustamante tallied two more goals late in the half to give D.C. the 6-0 win. Both goalkeepers, Tyler Beaudoin and Zachary McMurrer, split halves and gave United the shutout victory. The U-16s will play again on Friday, Dec. 13 against the Crew Soccer Academy.

Two D.C. United U-16 players also participated in other select Developmental Academy games during the day. Jose Carranza played with the U-15 Boys National Team against Weston FC, and Trey Vinson played a full 80 minutes in the Academy Select Squad game. The U-16 team watched and cheered on their teammates in both games.

The night ended with a round of Chipotle, running from the family of raccoons that live in the underbrush around the hotel,11, Boswell was on Nickelodeon GUTS! He may have cheated his way onto the show, and he may not have won in overall points, but the MegaCrag is all that matters anyways, right?

Each year, adidas releases a new official match ball for MLS, and this year, we're going Brazilian!

The Brazuca, the official match ball of the 2014 FIFA World Cup has been given a make-over for MLS play. I tend to like the color update, which are said to represent the heart, "as the ball is the heart of soccer and MLS." MLS match balls are typically green and blue, like the league logo. But this year, it's all about the Black-and-Red!

The first day of the Developmental Academy Winter Showcase started out early. Both teams woke up at


couldn’t covert. The game ended 3-0 after the Railhawks scored another goal during stoppage time. The U-18s will play again on Dec. 12 at 9 a.m. against the New England Revolution.

The D.C. United U-16 team had a day off after their hectic travel day. They trained and did a quick workout before the U-18s played, and then watched the game. They will play on Dec. 12 against the Indiana Fire at 2:30 p.m.

D.C. United U-16 player Jose Carranza is training with the U-15 Boys National Team during the Winter Showcase and will play his first game of the weekend on Dec. 12 at 1:30 p.m. against Weston FC. Trey Vinson will be playing in the Developmental Academy Select Squad game at 6 p.m. on the 12th as well.breakout star.

7. Le'Veon Bell will vault into the league's elite backs next year.

Along with Giovani Bernard, Eddie Lacy and Montee Ball, Le'Veon Bell was in the elite group of rookie running backs heading into 2013. Unfortunately, a foot injury suffered during the preseason clouded his status and ultimately knocked him out for Pittsburgh's first three games. He immediately asserted himself in his first career game, racking up 84 yards from scrimmage and scoring two touchdowns in a loss to the Vikings. While it may have been a disappointing season for the Steelers, they learned that they have one of the NFL's most dynamic, young weapons in their backfield.

Bell ended up running for 860 yards, catching 45 passes for 399 yards and scoring eight touchdowns in 13 games. He


was 17th among all backs in receptions and 12th in receiving yards despite missing three weeks. After having such success in his rookie year, we can safely project solid growth in 2014. If he manages to play a full season, his counting stats will increase organically, as well. As we sit here eight months away from our next round of fantasy football drafts, I peg Bell as a mid-second rounder. That price tag could easily increase by the summer.

8. Brandon Marshall and Alshon Jeffery make up the new gold standard receiver duo.

In each of the last 10 seasons, at least one NFL team has given the fantasy community a pair of top-15 fantasy receivers. In all but two of those years, there were teammates in the top 10.Marshall and Jeffery are key cogs in that machine. Both will be inside the top 10 on my 2014 board, and chances are one, likely Marshall, will be in the top five.

9. Nick Foles is not a one-year wonder.

You'd probably guess that Peyton Manning and Drew Brees finished 1-2 in fantasy points per game at the quarterback position. Andy Dalton was third, while Matthew Stafford and Aaron Rodgers tied for fourth. One half-point per game behind Stafford and Rodgers was Nick Foles, who finished the year having completed 64 percent of his passes for 2,891 yards, 27 touchdowns and two interceptions in 13 games. He also added three rushing touchdowns. In sum, he was the cheapest star among all quarterbacks, as his owner likely snagged him off the


waiver wire after Michael Vick went down. Now that he's the unquestioned starter in one of the league's most potent offenses, he must be taken seriously in 2014 drafts. In fact, I'd only select the great triumvirate of Manning, Brees and Rodgers ahead of him next year.

Let's start off with his weapons. LeSean McCoy and DeSean Jackson are two of the most dangerous players in the NFL today. He made a reliable fantasy player out of Riley Cooper, and the tight end tandem of Zach Ertz and Brent Celek started to come on at the end of the season. Secondly, while his raw numbers jump off the charts, he also was very consistent from week to week. His seven-touchdown performance against Oakland inflated his final line for theFuror over the fate of Elian Gonzalez, the lone survivor among a group of would-be Cuban refugees to the U.S., continues to crescendo in Cuba amid the backdrop of charges of “public kidnapping” and a meeting of 1,500 delegates of the communist-dominated Latin American and Cuban Student Organization.

As thousands demonstrated throughout Cuba demanding the return of the six-year-old to Cuba from his relatives in the United States, Ricardo Alarcon, the president of the Cuban Parliament, decried what he termed as “the first instance of public kidnapping.”

Alarcon’s comments were broadcast on Radio Habana International, the official broadcasting service of the Cuban government.

Alarcon characterized the refusal of Elian’s relatives in the U.S. to cooperate with Immigration and Naturalization Service demands for the return of the boy to Cuba as a


have increased from 40 countries to over 120 in the past decade.

These groups, according to Roque, are in “solidarity with the Revolution” and “encourage resistance” to the United States.

Roque’s comments were also broadcast on Radio Habana International.

In a similar vein, following the statements of Alarcon and Roque, the Latin American and Cuban Student Organization convened in Havana April 1, 2000 for its 22nd session, declaring it would now extend its organizational efforts to “junior and senior” high school students.

For the first time, students from the U.S. and Canada joined the mostly Latin American and Caribbean attendees.

It was stated that the inclusion of high school students would “help students from all levels” to combine into a “common front.”

With nothing less than revolutionary pride at stake in the matter ofKatie is a copy editor and occasional writer for DailyMTG, as well as a longtime Magic player with a fondness for giant green creatures. She especially loves Commander, despite having the patience of a fruit fly, and might glare at you if your turn takes too long.

Magic has always told stories. Each plane is a unique world, with its own history and culture, its own distinct ecosystems and recognizable landscape. Every card represents some piece of the set's story, even if it's simply a single, unnamed soldier charging into battle. Some cards, however, stand apart from the rest, depicting particularly iconic characters, events, places, and objects and translating them into gameplay.

From The Vault: Lore brings you a collection of fifteen memorable cards (and one token) from throughout Magic's


the Traitor

Poor Glissa. An Elf of Mirrodin once called Glissa Sunseeker, she spent many years seeking answers and vengeance for her family's deaths, only to be faced with bad luck and betrayal at every turn. After finally defeating the mad construct Memnarch at great cost, she returned to her people—only to be blamed for every atrocity she'd fought against. Shunned by those she cared for and corrupted by Phyrexian oil, Glissa succumbed to the Phyrexian infection, becoming Vorinclex's greatest champion. Now she fights for Phyrexia.

Helvault

Sorin Markov created the Helvault at the same time as the Archangel Avacyn, out of a sliver of Innistrad's silver moon. That moon has powerful magical properties, and even this sliver was enough to contain the hordes of Demons assailing the plane. But whenAvacyn sought to trap the ancient Demon Griselbrand, he dragged her in with him, allowing evil to flourish unchecked on Innistrad. Only through the Helvault's destruction could Avacyn be freed to balance and protect the plane once again—at least until the events of Shadows over Innistrad.

Memnarch

Created by Karn as the sentient incarnation of the maddeningly powerful Mirari artifact, Memnarch was an artificial being of immense curiosity. Karn left him to watch over the metallic plane of Argentum, but he came into contact with Phyrexian oil and gradually became corrupted by its influence. He renamed the plane Mirrodin, began filling it with kidnapped life forms from other planes, and performed terrible experiments on them in his obsessive quest for a Planeswalker's spark.

Mind's Desire

The Mirari was a dangerous artifact, and


its power was seductive. Not only did it offer a tremendous amount of magical energy, it had the ability to see and manifest its user's deepest dreams and desires. However, it also had an unfortunate tendency to bring its users to eventual ruin, and its presence on Dominaria led to magical chaos. Adam Paquette's vivid new art, like the Scourge original, offers a glimpse of the Mirari's swirling, wish-granting power.

Momir Vig, Simic Visionary

No one else embodies the Simic Combine's focus on the evolution of life itself quite like Momir Vig. Under his influence, the guild shifted from fighting to preserve the essence of Ravnican life forms to working to improve them, regardless of whether the subjects particularly wanted to be improved. Victor Adame Minguez's new art zooms inmore closely than the Dissension original, to show us Momir Vig impassively eying some sort of hybrid frog-lizard he has no doubt created.

Near-Death Experience

Though Gideon is the figure depicted here—exhausted, wounded, but triumphant against incredible odds—the name could just as easily refer to all of Zendikar. When the Eldrazi titans first began to stir in Rise of the Eldrazi, their broods of monstrosities nearly destroyed the plane once and for all. But with Gideon's help, the Zendikari survived and thwarted the initial assault, forcing the Eldrazi to regroup and setting the stage for the events of Battle for Zendikar.

Obliterate

The wizard Barrin played many important roles in his life: headmaster of the Tolarian Academy, right hand of Urza, slayer of Keldon champions. But he could not save his wife,


Rayne, who fell in battle, nor his daughter Hanna, who was killed by a Phyrexian disease. When he returned to the Academy and found it overrun by Phyrexians, it broke him, and he unleashed a forbidden spell that annihilated everything in the area, including himself. His last act is depicted here, fittingly, on the ultimate board wipe.

Phyrexian Processor

The Phyrexians have been a scourge of the Multiverse for a very long time. Yawgmoth, their progenitor, was obsessed with "perfecting" all life forms under his control through the hideous fusing of metal, flesh, and magic. Even after his demise, the Phyrexians continue his work, spreading their corruption wherever they can. Phyrexian Processor, originally from Urza's Saga, is emblematic of their methods: pain and death are entirely reasonable prices to payfor true power.

Tolaria West

All of Dominaria has been battered by various destructive forces throughout Magic's storyline—time rifts, bloody wars, an ice age, and more—but the island of Tolaria, home of the famous Academy, might have gotten the worst of it. Many years after the entire island was obliterated by the grieving wizard Barrin, a new magical academy was founded, named Tolaria West in honor of its doomed predecessor. This card originally from Future Sight also has the distinction of being the only transmutable land in the game!

Umezawa's Jitte

Toshiro Umezawa (Toshi for short) was a rogue Samurai from Kamigawa whose journey took him from criminal enforcer, to servant of dark spirits, to hero of the Kami War. He wielded kanji magic and possessed a powerful artifact that allowed him


to move between any shadows in the world. His Jitte, from Betrayers of Kamigawa, offers us a glimpse of his cunning and versatility, appropriately represented by one of Magic's most sought-after pieces of Equipment.

Unmask

The saga of the ship Weatherlight and its crew, and their multi-planar series of adventures, spanned many Magic blocks. One of those blocks was Mercadian Masques, in which the Weatherlight crash-landed on Mercadia and her crew became embroiled in the conflict between the Mercadians and the Cho-Arrim. Meanwhile, the shapeshifter Volrath sowed confusion and dissent among the crew while disguised as Takara, eventually murdering Takara's father, Starke. Here, we see him shapeshifting out of Takara's form.

Now that you know the backstories, look for From The Vault: Lore at your local game store on August 19!The rage of Syrian President – Bashar al Assad

Date: November 15th 2011
President Dr. Bashar al Assad
President Office
People’s Council of Syria
Damascus, Syria
His Excellency Dr. Bashar al Assad,
AFTQ wants to bring to your attention that since the start of the Syrian Revolution from 15th March 2011, the world is witnessing the worst crisis of human rights violations in Syria. Though the constitution provides many benefits and protections to the Syrian citizens but in reality the Syrians lived under the unwanted regulations of your regime. After the years of your father Hafez al Assad’s authoritarian regime which from the beginning had suppressed the rights and liberty of a normal citizen has the most affected from your rule of suppression.
Syria is now standing at the crossroads of revolution where the government’s legitimacy


Darfur United, a team of refugees from the western Sudanese region that’s been locked in conflict for more than a decade.

At a time when big money plays an increasingly central role in sports, CONIFA claims it’s bringing international soccer back to basics by connecting disparate cultures and fostering a fundamental love for the game.

Founded in 2013, the confederation is based on a similar organization that hosted international tournaments for micronations and other minority communities before descending into controversy and petering out.

This instructional video gives a good overview of what CONIFA is all about:

The confederation is picking up where the N.F.-Board, its predecessor, left off.

It staged its first World Football Cup in Sweden last year, where the County of Nice, from France, defeated the Isle of Man in anSAG Awards Film 2019

Predictions

Best Film Ensemble

One of the standout stars of the the new HBO sci-fi western “Westworld” is Thandie Newton, who is sure to be a strong contender at both the upcoming cycle of awards as well as next year’s Emmys. “Westword” is set in a futuristic theme park where rich customers enter a world of cowboys, saloons and shootouts. Newton plays one of the the lifelike robot hosts, town madam Maeve Millay.

In the second episode, “Chestnut,” Maeve’s diminishing desirability to the guests causes her to undergo review. Newton displays her acting talents throughout, especially in a compelling sequence in which she recalls an attack she faced with her daughter at the farm and in the final scene when she wakes up during an operation and then


thinking about an unlikely character: Russia's strongman leader Vladimir Putin. While the Middle East struggled to absorb the meaning of how quickly its mighty had fallen, Putin was busy contemplating a return to the Russian presidency, posing with scantily clad girls and trashing the United States for "living like a parasite off the global economy." If it seemed like a line out a Soviet script, well, it was.

Where revolutions start is not always where they end up.

Twenty years ago this month, the Soviet Union was experiencing the 1991 equivalent of the Arab spring, all youth and democracy and optimism about a future free from central planning and the dead hand of the security-obsessed authoritarian state. And yet for more than half the time since the hardline coup ofthose most supportive of the revolution, view it.

Gennady Burbulis was one of those supporters. A top aide to Yeltsin at the time of the coup, Burbulis was a philosopher-turned-democratic reformer; he believed in a different course for Russia. And yet consider his acerbic account in a special issue of Foreign Policy, the magazine I edit, devoted to the Soviet collapse two decades later: "The coup" of August 1991, he wrote, "was the political Chernobyl of the Soviet totalitarian empire. Like the meltdown of a faulty nuclear reactor, the failed putsch blew the country apart, scattering the radioactive remnants of the Soviet system throughout the country.... It spoiled the promise of a democratic Russia before it had even begun."

Instead, Aron argues, it was a radical break in consciousness, "an


elections can take place in the country - and if they do, whether the results will do much to improve the conditions that triggered the revolution in the first place.

And in Russia, two decades later? Talking with Aron the other day, he made a most un-Russian argument: optimism. Think of the French revolution of 1789, he said. It took Napoleon's wars, the terror, the restoration, and several generations of street battles before the French returned to the original democratic ideals of the revolution in 1848. "It took France 50 years," he told me. "And Russia is only twenty years in."

-This commentary was published in The Foreign Policy on 08/08/2011
-Susan Glasser is editor in chief of Foreign Policy. This column is a regular monthly feature on Reuters.com

About Me

I graduatedfrom the French University in Beirut (St Joseph) specialising in Political and Economic Sciences. I started my working life in 1973 as a reporter and journalist for the pan-Arab magazine “Al-Hawadess” in Lebanon later becoming its Washington, D.C. correspondent. I subsequently moved to London in 1979 joining “Al-Majallah” magazine as its Deputy Managing Editor. In 1984 joined “Assayad” magazine in London initially as its Managing Editor and later as Editor-in-Chief. Following this, in 1990 I joined “Al-Wasat” magazine (part of the Dar-Al-Hayat Group) in London as a Managing Editor. In 2011 I became the Editor-In-Chief of Miraat el-Khaleej (Gulf Mirror). In July 2012 I became the Chairman of The Board of Asswak Al-Arab Publishing Ltd in UK and the Editor In Chief of its first Publication "Asswak Al-Arab"


Magazine (Arab Markets Magazine) (www.asswak-alarab.com).

I have already authored five books. The first “The Tears of the Horizon” is a love story. The second “The Winter of Discontent in The Gulf” (1991) focuses on the first Gulf war sparked by Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait. His third book is entitled “Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: From Balfour Promise to Bush Declaration: The Complications and the Road to a Lasting Peace” (March 2008). The fourth book is titled “How Iran Plans to Fight America and Dominate the Middle East” (October 2008) And the fifth and the most recent is titled "JIHAD'S NEW HEARTLANDS: Why The West Has Failed To Contain Islamic Fundamentalism" (May 2011).

Furthermore, I wrote the memoirs of national security advisor to US President Ronald Reagan, Mr Robert McFarlane, serializing them inOur Perpetual War Political Culture

Andrew Bacevich observes that Washington mostly ignores the war in Afghanistan, and finds that our political leaders appear uninterested in bringing it to an end. He concludes:

That our impulsive commander in chief may one day initiate some new war in a fit of pique is a worrisome prospect. That neither President Trump nor anyone else in Washington seems troubled that wars once begun drag on in perpetuity is beyond worrisome.

One of the more striking things about the paltry foreign policy debate in the 2016 campaign is that the war in Afghanistan was never mentioned in any of the presidential debates, and scarcely came up at any other time. As I recall, neither candidate said anything substantive about the longest foreign war in our history,


was at least a plausible excuse for continuing on a war footing permanently. But now there is no excuse. True, since Vietnam, the public probably will not put up with a useless, morally unjustified, full on war, one which relies on draftees. And even the much lesser carnage of Iraq II generated strong public criticism. But our society, our people themselves, are OK with, and perhaps even expect, continual low level war fought mostly by Special Forces, by drones, by air strikes, by spies, by high tech gizmos, and so on. Only when the regular forces are taking real casualties over a long period of time do people wake up at all. And even then the question is still close.

In light of cold war politics Vienna made perfectplucked in spring for a flowery herbaceous flavor, while others are picked in winter and roasted for a hearty woodsy flavor.

While the most famous oolongs originated in China and Taiwan, different styles of oolong are being made in other parts of the world today. India, Sri Lanka, Japan, Thailand and New Zealand are just a few of the countries producing some of the world’s oolong teas.

How oolong tea is made

To understand oolong, you really need to understand tea processing. All tea—black, green and oolong—starts out from the same Camellia sinensis tea plant. The difference in what ends up in your teacup depends on many factors, including the variety or cultivar of the tea plant, the terroir of the plant (the characteristics of the geography, climate and culture), and


Peter "ptr" Gurney has joined up with compLexity, replacing Derek "desi" Branchen, who was released from the organization.

Peter "ptr" Gurney has been a free agent since parting ways with NRG, where he had played for nearly two years, following the team's disappointing runs at DreamHack Open stops in Valencia and Atlanta.

It didn't take long for him to find his new home, as the AWPer joins up with Complexity, who themselves had mixed results with their previous lineup, most recently placing fourth at Fragadelphia 11 after a loss to Bee's Money Crew featuring Joshua "steel" Nissan.

ptr finds a new home in compLexity

Departing Complexity is Derek "desi" Branchen, who played under the American organization's banner since January, when he replaced Cory "APE" Bate.

The new roster of Complexity looks as follows:of lenders that fall outside the regulatory framework while also maintaining strong standards for those covered by the superintendent's office to ensure economic stability.

"We get out in front of issues before they become widespread," he said.

Rudin's speech touched on advice issued earlier this year on the industry's practices, including verifying borrower income levels, managing higher-risk loans and ensuring adequate debt service ratios. He said the sound underwriting of mortgages relies on having reliable information about the borrower and the property that's being purchased.

He mentioned the Bank of Canada's concerns about increases in household borrowing and mortgage debt, in particular. Last summer, the central bank said the severity of the risks associated with a sharp correction in real estate prices in Vancouver and Toronto as well as from household


Its quite a week for news about cops smelling pot. The Washington State Supreme Court ruled this morning that an officer was unjustified when he arrested a car passenger after smelling marijuana. On behalf of the unanimous court, Justice Charles W. Johnson wrote:

Each individual possesses the right to privacy, meaning that person has the right to be left alone by police unless there is probable cause based on objective facts that the person is committing a crime. This probable cause requirement is derived from the language of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which provides, “[t]he right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but uponDr. Dooley's research examines the influence of nationalism on state power and in particular, the way that regional minorities in Western and Eastern Europe have either benefitted or been harmed by their respective governments. Since nationalism is related to political movements, Dooley has also published in a variety of journals on topics related to ethics, terrorism, and foreign policy. In 2011, Professor Dooley was named Dean of the Honors School.

Selected Works:

Books:

Politics Still Matters: Globalization, Governance, and the Revival of Regional Minorities (2008)


that these differences were driven by changes in floral resources, which declined in the second year of the study. They hypothesize that bumble bees may have dispersed to live and forage in other areas in response to the decrease in floral abundance at that site, and suggest this response is particularly likely for bumble bees given the high energy needs of these relatively large bees. Decreased floral resources may also explain the decreased abundance of bumble bees on the Zumwalt Prairie in 2008. Because of the delayed flowering of many plants, queens may have shifted their nesting to agricultural areas within 15 km of the preserve, where flowering crops may have provided a more constant floral resource than native plants on the prairie that year. The dispersal capabilitiestheir subsidiaries fostered and promoted a company union known as the Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines Employes Association, interfering in this association's affairs through activity in connection with elections held to select representatives. The complaint ends with the allegation that the acts complained of on the part of the respondents constituted violation of sections 7 and 8, respectively, of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C.A. §§ 157, 158).
The Board held extensive hearings in respect to these charges and found that the facts alleged in the complaint were true. It thereupon entered the order heretofore referred to.
It is necessary, however, to consider in some detail the arguments of the respondents and the effect of the order of the Board which it now seeks to have this court enforce.
At the oral


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Before then, she is expected to be sentenced on Friday (March 16) for assaulting BMW driver Raphael Chong Yen Ping, 39. She was convicted on Aug 17 last year following a two-day trial.

Mr Chong suffered a cut above his right eyebrow after Shi punched him in Telok Ayer Street at around 5pm on Feb 25, 2014.

Besides these cases, Shi has six other charges against her. They have been stood down and will be dealt with at a later date.

Related Story High Court cuts short neighbours' tree dispute

Four of them relate to an incident involving overhanging branches of a rain tree growing on her property in Astrid Hill, near Holland Road.

Shi allegedly harassed her neighbour, Mr Nasrat Lucas Muzayyin, at around 9.30am on Feb 17, 2015 by using


abusive words on him.

She is accused of trespassing into his property about 10 minutes later to remove an ignition key from a crane, immobilising it and trapping a worker, Mr Ankathi Thirupathi, in the crane bucket. Mr Ankathi was there to prune the tree that was at least 80 years old.

Shi is said to have confined him there for more than an hour. She also allegedly committed a rash act at around 9.50am that day by revving the engine of her car and moving it towards Mr Muzayyin while he was standing in front of the vehicle.

The remaining two charges have to do with an incident that took place at around 5.40pm on June 29, 2016.

Shi allegedly stopped her car in between two lanes in Orchard Road, justApplied Automobile Engineering

India is one of the largest markets for automobiles in the world, and with a local production base that is estimated to exceed those of many other countries in the near future. The automobile Industry accounts for about 22% of the national manufacturing GDP. It is for this reason that a large workforce of skilled Engineers and technicians with practical knowledge of automotive systems is required, to cater for the growing market of the automobile industry not only in India but for the rest of the world.


Experts weigh in on San Onofre restart plan

Daniel Hirsch, a lecturer at UC Santa Cruz, listens intently as moderator UCI English professor Jack Miles sets up a discussion on the safety of nuclear power Tuesday at UC Irvine. On the panel were, from left, Larry Agran, Irvine council member, Mark Nelson, Southern California Edison, Hirsch, and William Parker, Ph.D., Professor, UC Irvine. JEBB HARRIS, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

An expert panel presented views Tuesday from all sides of Southern California Edison's plan to restart one of its shuttered reactors at the San Onofre nuclear plant.

The panel, which included a physicist, an activist, an Edison representative and Irvine City Councilman Larry Agran, took turns arguing for or against the restart – or more generally, nuclear power – during a two-hourin Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide (SCAG). The book summarizes quite a number of world-shaking events (well, depending on what the latest you had on the world was), and if you wish to run an FR story that stays relatively close to canon (even though said canon is rather ambiguous, on purpose), it's definitely worth getting and reading through.
As for seasons and adventures, the latest we know about (again, at the time I'm writing this) is Storm King's Thunder, which has not actually been released yet, and we don't seem to have a specific in-game date for its events (yet?). Nonetheless, besides reading the official promotional material, you can also get a feel of the events it will detail (and throw at your players) by checking out Force Grey:


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[International collaboration of the E.I. Martsinovsky Institute of Medical Parasitology and Tropical Medicine: assistance for public health in the Republic of Guinea].
Within the framework of international collaboration, the E.I. Martsinovsky Institute of Medical Parasitology and Tropical Medicine (IMPTM), I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, assisted the Public Health System of the Republic of Guinea in detecting, diagnosing, studying, and preventing tropical infections of viral, bacterial, and parasitic etiologies, and in training national scientific manpower. The work was under way in the Soviet-Guinea Research Microbiology and Virology Laboratory, USSR Ministry of Health, in the Republic of Guinea (now the Pasteur Institute in Guinea (PIG)) in 1978-1991. The circulation of pathogens of a number of tropical infections, the fauna of vectors and carriers of transmissible infections, and their involvementThe Borough of Rankin

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CTA was a long wait. CTA whether hand or face was not a life-saving procedure, requiring life-long anti-rejection treatment with potentially serious side-effects. Hand transplantation and face transplant were, therefore, a controversial concept with ethical, financial, and psychological implications that needed careful consideration and acceptance both from the scientific community as well as the society at large.

One of the first accounts of transplantation dates back to 348 A.D. in which the sainted twins Cosmas and Damien replaced the gangrenous, cancerous leg of a sleeping man with that of a recently deceased Ethiopian Moor.\[[@ref5]\] This important contribution to medicine was immortalised a century later in the famous painting of 'The Legend of the Black Leg' by Da Varagine in 1270 A.D.\[[@ref6]\] Then in the 16^th^ century in Bologna, Italy,Gaspare Tagliacozzi, of Rhinoplasty fame, reportedly used a flap of tissue transplanted from a slave to reconstruct the severed nose of a man. The story goes that the reconstructed nose survived for 3 years, until its donor died, at which time it rejected.\[[@ref7][@ref8]\] Immunological rejection plagued this science for a very long time till in the early 1950s, the pioneering work of Gibson, Medawar, Billingham and Brent in Britain and Owen in the USA began to probe the causes of rejection and laid the foundation for the field of transplantation immunology as we know it today.

Attempts to obtain an efficient, yet non-toxic immunosuppressive treatment have always been the limiting factor of organ transplantation. Introduced in 1982, cyclosporine dramatically improved the survival rate of patients by preventing graft rejection


of cyclosporine. Although, the most success has been achieved with hand transplantation, others have made progress with allografts of trachea, peripheral nerve, flexor tendon apparatus, vascularised knee, larynx, abdominal wall, and most recently, partial face. The world\'s first partial face allotransplantation occurred in November 2005. Bernard Devauchelle, a Frencman, Benoit Lengelé, a Belgian plastic surgeon, and Jean-Michel Dubernard in Amiens, France were the first team to conduct a face transplant. Isabelle Dinoire underwent surgery to replace her original face, which had been mauled by her dog. In April of 2006, there was a second performed in China. Complete facial/scalp allotransplantation offers a viable alternative for unfortunate individuals suffering severe facial disfigurement of burns and trauma and is a product of many decades of experimental research. When a facetransplant is performed, the recipient does not take on the features of the donor. Only the skin of the face and missing hard tissues are transplanted, with the underlying muscle and remaining bone structure being of the recepient. The resulting face is often described as a "hybrid" between the donor and the recipient, as the new face will not be a perfect match for the old one. This will result in several psychosocial issues.

One of the most exciting applications of vascularised tissue allotransplantation in functional reparative surgery is that of the first larynx allograft performed in January 1998 by M. Strome at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, US, in a 40-year-old man, aphonous since the age of 20 after the traumatic avulsion of his larynx.\[[@ref9]\] He received an


postoperatively, the various parameters of the voice (tone, quality, intensity, flow, and respiratory coordination) were normal. The patient talked with a perfectly intelligible voice and obtained efficient deglutition after 3 months.

In July 2015 Zion Harvey, a 8 year old boy became the youngest patient to receive a double hand transplant. An active young boy, Zion\'s hands and feet had to be amputated when he was a toddler after he contracted a serious bacterial infection. However, with the help of prosthetic legs, the schoolboy is able to walk, run and jump like his friends. He had also learned how to write using his forearms and was already able to feed himself and play video games before his transplant at The Children\'s Hospital of Philadelphia. As he was already takingin this world where such scientific advances have become common, a bombing attack threat is sent to the Japanese government.

The target is an international meeting involving dignitaries from the Republic of Kuzan. The case is entrusted to the Ministry of Home Affairs' Public Security Section 9. Section 9's leader, the full-cyborg Motoko Kusanagi, assembles her team and heads off to trap and eliminate the terrorist.

Ghost in the Shell The Movie Virtual Reality Diver is part of Production I.G's new project titled "SIGN." The animation studio is collaborating with visual design studio WOW's Nobumichi Asai, who has background in 3D projection mapping; Toshiyuki Takahei, founder of dome video graphics design company Orihalcon Technologies; and Satoru Itoya, who has contributed to the development of camera and projection hardware for dome


This invention relates to a bidirectional communication system for use in carrying out bidirectional communication in a time division fashion by the use of a two-wire bus.
A conventional bidirectional communication system of the type described has been used in a user-network system of a two-wire bus having a first and a second end. A central terminator, such as a network terminator, is connected through the first end to the two-wire bus on the one hand and to a telephone network or the like on the other hand. A single terminal equipment, such as a telephone set, a personal computer, a facsimile facility, and the like is connected between the first and the second ends with the second end terminated by a usual passive terminator. Bidirectional communication is carriedout between the central terminator and the terminal equipment by the use of the two-wire bus. More specifically, a down burst is sent from the central terminator to the terminal equipment through the two-wire bus on arrival of information from the telephone network while an up burst is transmitted from the terminal equipment to the central terminator through the two-wire bus on transmission of information from the terminal equipment. The two-wire bus is used in common by the down burst and the up burst. A collision between the down and the up bursts should be avoided on the two-wire line. Thus, switching between transmission and reception is necessary in the central terminator and the terminal equipment.
In addition, synchronization should be established in each of the central terminator and


the Sheriff's Labor Assistance Program[1] (SLAP), and three years probation *1031 on the conviction for attempting to obtain a CDS by fraud (Count One). An identical sentence was imposed on Count Two, to run concurrent with the sentence on Count One. Appropriate assessments were also imposed. Defendant appealed. On February 4, 2005, an order was entered in the Law Division staying the sentence pending this appeal. Except to vacate the sentence imposed on Count Two, which should have merged with defendant's conviction on Count One, we affirm.
In January 2002, defendant suffered severe accidental injuries, requiring him to undergo four surgeries between January 2002, and April 2003. Following the surgeries, defendant was prescribed Oxycontin and Percocet, and became addicted to the drugs.
On April 28, 2003, defendant's physician, Dr. Silk,delivered to defendant a completed prescription, to which a blank prescription form was accidentally attached. On the same date, defendant filled in the blank prescription form for ninety 10-mg Percocet pills in the name of a fictitious person, Steven Williams; forged Dr. Silk's signature; and presented the same to a clerk at the Morris Plains Pharmacy. The clerk presented the prescription to the pharmacist who recognized that the signature was forged. The clerk attempted to stall defendant while the police were summoned, but defendant left the store. Approximately five hours later, defendant returned to the pharmacy and was recognized by the clerk. The clerk again attempted to stall defendant, but defendant left the pharmacy a second time. The police arrived and apprehended defendant in his automobile outside the


statutes, not the general forgery statute.
In Longo, a Hudson County election official voted in the Republican primary, but, in order to conceal the party affiliation, changed the voting records to reflect that he had voted in the Democratic primary, and was convicted of forgery. On appeal, the defendant argued that there was no intent to injure a person. The court disagreed, stating:
We think an intent to prejudice is clearly inferable from the factual situation presented in this case. The legislature has, by the election laws, provided for the office of Commissioner of Registration and has provided that the record of votes cast by citizens in primary elections be kept, an incident of which is a notation of the party ballot voted by each such voter. It is theThe unnamed whistleblower whose complaint is at the center of the Democrats' self-described "impeachment inquiry" was a member of the team investigating Donald Trump and his relationship with Ukraine during the 2016 election, according to investigative reporter Paul Sperry.

Sperry wrote in a series of tweets Thursday that the whistleblower -- described in a New York Times report as a CIA officer who was detailed to the White House -- may have a grudge against Trump after losing his or her job when Trump became president.

"The Democrat whistleblower who complained about Trump digging up dirt in Ukraine was himself helping dig up dirt in Ukraine against Trump (and Manafort) while working in the Obama White House during 2016 campaign," he wrote.

Paul Manafort, who served as Trump's campaign chairman for


three months in 2016, was sentenced to prison for his personal dealings with Ukraine long before the election.

TRENDING: Michelle Obama says she has 'low-grade depression,' claims Trump is partly to blame

BREAKING: The whistleblower is a registered Democrat & CIA analyst who was detailed before the 2016 election to the Obama White House,where he worked on the NSC's Ukraine desk & met w anti-Trump Ukrainian officials before being sent packing by the Trump NSC & becoming disgruntled — Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) October 4, 2019

Last week, Sperry tweeted that rumors were "swirling" that the whistleblower was one of former CIA director and current NBC analyst John Brennan's "old CIA humps detailed over to — planted inside — the White House to spy on Trump and help thwart the investigation" ofthe origins of the Obama administration's false claim of Trump-Russia collusion, its spying on the Trump campaign and its "skullduggery in Ukraine."

CNN anchor Jake Tapper has reported the whistleblower, whose identity is protected by federal law, was a registered Democrat. The Intelligence Community inspector general who handled the complaint, Michael Atkinson, concluded the whistleblower gave indications of "political bias."

Breaking — A source familiar with the investigation prompted by the whistleblower tells me that the “indicia of bias of an arguable political bias on the part“ of the whistleblower referred to by the Intel Community IG, is that the whistleblower is a Registered Democrat. — Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) October 3, 2019

Rumors swirling the anti-Trump whistleblower was one of Brennan's old CIA humps detailed over to -- planted inside --


the White House to spy on Trump and help thwart the investigation of #Spygate which also involves Obama DOS/FBI/CIA skullduggery in Ukraine — Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) September 26, 2019

The New York Times reported Wednesday that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., learned details of the CIA officer's allegations against the president days before the whistleblower complaint was filed.

The Times said Schiff's prior knowledge of the account by the future whistleblower "shows how determined he was to make known his allegations that Mr. Trump asked Ukraine’s government to interfere on his behalf in the 2020 election."

"It also explains how Mr. Schiff knew to press for the complaint when the Trump administration initially blocked lawmakers from seeing it."

The Times cited a spokesman and current and former American officials.

HouseSpeaker Nancy Pelosi has appointed Schiff to lead an "impeachment inquiry" into President Trump's July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, although the full House has not voted to authorize a formal impeachment proceeding.

The Democrats allege Trump engaged in a quid pro quo, threatening to withhold aid to Ukraine if the country's leader did not investigate Hunter Biden's receipt of millions of dollars from a corrupt Ukrainian company while his father was the Obama administration's point man for relations with the country.

However, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky insists he was not pressured, and the Justice Department concluded Trump broke no laws in his July 25 phone conversation.

Meanwhile, Joe Biden is on video boasting of his success in pressuring Ukraine -- with the threat of withholding $1 billion


hauled and blocked so that Couch might repair it in dry dock.[3] As a part of his repair efforts, Couch also obtained the permission of the marina to use various wood planks and 55 gallon drums owned by the marina to construct a scaffolding upon which he could work along side his vessel. Despite Couch's original assertion, there was no evidence that this use was a part of his contractual relations with the marina.[4]
Couch claimed that he constructed the scaffolding by nailing the wood planks together as they lay on top of 3 drums.[5] He also nailed the planks to sawhorses which were located in between the drums. The ends of the planks were secured by wooden shims two inches thick at their widest ends. As the marinarecognized in these motions, a photograph of this scaffold was introduced into evidence and viewed by the jury. (Def.Exh.C).
*225 Couch further testified that over the course of the months he worked on his boat at the marina, the scaffold had been disassembled at various times without his permission. Couch would, therefore, have to reassemble and secure the scaffold on occasion.
On the morning of the accident, Couch came to the marina to work on his vessel. (The previous day he had spent approximately four hours working while on the scaffold, but left because of activity at the marina). Couch visually inspected the scaffold, mounted it, and began to work. He stepped on what he described as an unsteady plank, and fell injuring his wrist. There was testimony by one


bones in his left wrist, specifically his radius. He also dislocated his left lurate carpal bone. It has taken three surgical procedures to correct the difficulties those fractures created, but as his expert testified, he is still left with 50% disability, and some pain for which he takes aspirin. He has numbness in his fingers and has shooting pains up and down his arm. Couch also has osteoarthritis in his left wrist. He may need additional surgery.
Prior to the accident, Couch was a practicing nurse anesthetist, which he can no longer do on a full time basis. Although he alleged his medical career was hampered by the accident, the evidence was that he completed his education, obtained some quality recommendations, but simply failed the exam necessary to practice.father, and grandfather.

He worked at American Motors, now known as Chrysler for over 30 years.

Jerry loved to travel to Cozumel, Mexico and was most at home while working out in his yard, spending time at his cabin up-north in Antigo with his family, or eating his favorite meal – anything his wife Mary cooked.

In addition to his wife, Mary, Jerry is survived by his three daughters, Deb (Tom) Fallon and their daughters Kate and Anna Fallon, Karen (John) Huladek and son Scott (Birgit) Collins, and Chris Royce and her daughters Alexis and Audrey Royce along with three great-grandchildren, Aspen, Robbie, and Reiss, and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, Dolores (Arthur) Peck and Jeanne (Robert) Komarec, and brother in law Thomas


of the great content, I thought 2013 was a great year for the sport," stated Showtime commentator Al Bernstein, who looked back on some of the high and lows for boxing in 2013 and discussed the future of the sport heading into the new year. Check it out!

PC: Al, great talking to you. What a time to be a boxing fan. What did you think of the year we had?

AB: Well, here's the thing. I have said it on the air, on the Boxing Channel, and a number of other places. I thought in terms of actual content and the fights that we saw, I thought this was the best we have seen in the last 25 years of boxing. I went through all of the fights thatis a force to be reckoned with and will be is Keith Thurman. Until this year, we all looked at Keith Thurman and said, "Powerful puncher, seems like a good fighter, pretty good technician, but how good is he?" This year, he's fought two real tough customers. Diego Chaves is a very good fighter. Paulie, in fact, was scouting him because Paulie was supposed to fight him in July; there was talks about that fight and he told me, "I looked at films of this guy and he's good." And when I looked at the videos before he fought Keith Thurman, it was confirmed. He was terrific. And Keith Thurman has done two things. He did the same thing in both of his fights against Chaves and the


one against Jesus Soto Karass. He suffered adversity early. Against Chaves, he got hit with some big punches and realized he had to box a little bit. He did box and then got back to his power game and stopped Chaves. In the Jesus Soto Karass fight, if you remember, he was hit with a monstrous overhand right in the first round and it almost caught him cold. He rallied from that, kept his head about him, and rallied for a victory. Not to throw dirt on him, but that very night, you look at the difference between how Keith Thurman reacted to early adversity and how Adrien Broner did. Both of them got hit hard early. Thurman was able to shake it off, figure out a wayin an interesting situation because his problem...his big problem... one of his problems is I think he is fighting 2 weight classes too high at 147. At 135, he was able to beat those fighters with his power; even though he didn't throw a lot of punches, he was able to beat them with power. He was physically a little stronger than them. He could fight tall and not get hit with a lot of punches, but at either 140 or 147, in my opinion, he's gonna be facing monstrous punchers who are a little bit bigger and I think for Adrien Broner, it was absolutely essential if he wants to put his career back on track, he needs to get himself back down to 135. He only


so that all wines, both local and imported, can equally access grocery store shelves.

Wine Institute appreciates the continued efforts of, and strongly supports, the governments of the U.S., Australia, Argentina, Chile, the European Union, Mexico and New Zealand, which on April 29, 2016, filed a formal objection with the B.C. Premier challenging the province's grocery store regulations for according less favorable treatment to imported wine than they do to B.C. wine and, as such, violating Canada’s commitments as a member of the World Trade Organization – specifically the national treatment obligations under Article III:4 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994. For this reason, B.C.'s discriminatory program must be modified to allow equal access for imported wines.

California wine represents 85 percent of U.S. wine production andIn the drilling of earth boreholes, especially in the drilling of shallow water wells in unconsolidated formations such as sand and cobblestones, it is fairly common to encounter water flowing out of the well to the earth's surfaces which flow must be controlled. To merely pour wet cement into the earth borehole will quite often result only in the flowing water pushing the wet cement out of the borehole, with little or no reduction in the water flow.
An associated problem involves the fracturing of the formation while drilling, resulting in the fluid in the borehole being lost to the formation, commonly referred to as "lost circulation".
Still another problem resides in the grouting of tubulars in an earth borehole. Grouting is the placement of a suitable material with a


mixture, pumped into a well, and ingress of water to the clay within the coating is controlled to an extent which will cause the clay to expand and rupture the pellet, an event which is delayed until the pellet has had an adequate opportunity to be carried by the mixture to the desired location, after which the clay may absorb water, swell, and rupture the pellet, exposing more of the clay to water absorption and swelling. The coating used in this patent contains a water-insoluble compound which forms an impermeable film on the surface of the pellet except in a small restricted area. When this coated pellet is introduced in a borehole, the hole on the surface of the pellet is the only spot where water comes inshootings

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Obama offers condolences to San Bernardino shooting victims

A woman held responsible for last week’s shooting California had, under a Facebook alias, pledged allegiance to IS and its leader, according to U.S. official who was not authorized to discuss the case publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. A Facebook official said the post came about the time the couple stormed a San Bernardino social service centre.

Authorities said the woman – a 29-year-old originally from Pakistan – carried out the attack with her 28-year-old American-born husband, killing 14 people and wounding 21. The two were killed in a shootout with police hours after the attack.

The FBI is investigating the massacre as a terrorist attack that, if proved, would be the deadliest by Islamic extremists on American soil since Sept.


European trend – responding to the financial crisis by introducing austerity measures that entail cuts in social benefits and assistance. At the same time, industrial closures and job losses resulted in the casualisation of wages and working conditions. The real wages of the average British person have fallen by about 10% since 2007, with the burden of austerity felt most by vulnerable populations, multiplying the disadvantages to which they were already exposed. These developments were particularly decisive for the outcome of the UK referendum, as the areas with the biggest falls in average wages had the strongest anger towards the EU. In other words, the EU’s attempts at financial recovery alienated the very sections of the British population that might have been expected to support the European project.contributed to this issue, bringing forward their insights on issues ranging from geopolitics, to the economy, to climate change and technology. The brutality of the war in Syria and its human consequences are set out in a series of articles, and populism and its impact on politics as one of the defining issues of our age are also featured in this issue.


Sleep apnea is a physiological condition affecting millions of people worldwide. It is described as an iterated failure to respire properly during sleep. Those affected by sleep apnea stop breathing during sleep numerous times during the night. There are two types of sleep apnea, generally described in medical literature as central sleep apnea and obstructive sleep apnea. Central sleep apnea is a failure of the nervous system to produce proper signals for excitation of the muscles involved with respiration. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is cause by physical obstruction of the upper airway channel (UAW).
Obstruction of the upper airway is associated with a depression of the respiratory system caused by a loss of tone of the oropharyngeal muscles involved in maintaining UAW patency. As those muscles lose tone, theFiat Introduces Grand Siena CNG to Brazil

May 3, 2019 | Brazil: Sao Paulo | Source: FCA Brazil

Fiat has introduced the Grand Siena 1.4 to the Brazilian marketplace. Equipped with flex-fuel motorization and factory-prepared for driving with Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), the vehicle is offered with original one-year warranty for fifth-generation CNG kits installed by INMETRO-certified converters, which Fiat says is an unprecedented and exclusive advantage that makes the Grand Siena the most cost-effective sedan on the market.

The Fiat Grand Siena Attractive 1.4 is the only vehicle available on the market which comes from the factory with a CNG-ready engine factory. The model is renowned for its versatility, combining large internal space and a 520-liter trunk (which further optimizes the installation of gas cylinders). Among the modifications, the engine


the amount invested in the CNG Kit in up to six months (based on a running-in of 3,000 kms per month and depending on the price of fuels). Among the highlights is the advantage of maintaining the original factory warranty. In the New Grand Siena, it is one year for the total vehicle and three years for the engine when the sale is through the Fiat Dealer Network.

The new Grand Siena was developed by Fiat to meet the needs of a growing and demanding public: drivers who use the vehicle as a working tool and need to travel long distances every day in complete comfort and safety.

Given Brazil is now the sixth largest holder of gas reserves in the world, there is also a push to increase thePocket Guide: Amalfi Coast Praiano 4 stars Beach Hotels

Once an ancient fishing village, today Praiano is a prestigious seaside resort. Swimming, sunbathing, and boating are popular activities here, though the Church of Saint Luke the Evangelist, which also holds this saint's remains, is worth visiting. Within the church are fine paintings by Giovanni Bernardo Lama (including the Madonna with Child) and a silver bust of the saint, dated 1694.


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The increasing proportion of immigrants in Spanish society is placing pressure on the National Health Care System to accommodate the needs of this population group while keeping costs under control. In the year 2000, a law was approved in Spain according to which all people, regardless of their nationality, are entitled to use health care services under the same conditions as Spanish citizens, provided that they are registered in the local population census. However, empirical evidence about differences in health status and health care utilization between the immigrant and the Spanish population is insufficient. This paper uses the 2003 and 2006 Spanish


Audio guide stop for Yayoi Kusama, Pacific Ocean, 1960

NARRATOR: When Kusama arrived in New York, she began an ambitious series of paintings—the Infinity Nets. The four canvases in this gallery are among the earliest of them. In each, Kusama worked methodically, forging semicircles of dense white oil paint into nets that stretch across a black background. Then she applied a thin layer of white wash across the whole, so that the black dots seem to be bathed in a kind of fog. In this painting, called Pacific Ocean, the net becomes denser near the center of the canvas. Towards the edges, its energies grow more expansive. In some of the other works you’ll see here, the pattern is more regular, the mood more controlled.

Kusama exhibited the Infinity NetsThe photograph from 3:50 a.m. Dec. 7, 2013 was first shown last week in the whistle-blower civil trial alleging a ticket quota scandal within the sheriff's Victorville station.

VICTORVILLE — The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department declined Thursday to comment on a red-light camera image capturing a Grinch-dressed deputy leaning out the driver-side window of a patrol unit as it crosses an intersection in December 2013.

The still shows the deputy raising a green fist. The patrol unit's front license plate is obscured by what appears to be cardboard. The vehicle is cruising at 40 mph westbound on D and Seventh streets.

The absurd photograph from 3:50 a.m. Dec. 7, 2013 was first shown last week in the whistle-blower civil trial alleging a ticket quota scandal within the Victorville Sheriff's Station.


It was presented in court again Monday. The Daily Press obtained a copy of the image Wednesday.

The lawsuit claims that deputy Brian Moler, another current deputy and a former sergeant were retaliated against for disclosing the scheme, illegal by state law and purportedly authored by a top official at the station.

Moler had characterized the image as an example of top officials turning a blind eye to bad behavior, but Susan Coleman, an attorney for the county, displayed a video Monday that showed a uniformed Moler dancing in the middle of the street at night to Michael Jackson's "The Way You Make Me Feel." In the video, at least one deputy can be heard laughing and jokingly telling Moler to "Get out of the road!" and Moler can beDSI, Inc is a family owned business with a strong heritage of innovation and quality in the agriculture industry. William J. Dietrich (Bill) is a farm boy from Illinois. He was a pork producer from 1954 to 1961. He began designing equipment when he bought his first welder in 1958.
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Development of a number of nontricyclic antidepressants with reduced or completely diminished cardiovascular or anticholinergic liability has been reported in recent years. Among those one of the most prescribed antidepressants is venlafaxine, which is a unique drug with well documented efficacy & safety in the acute treatment of major depressive disorder. It was first time released for clinical trials in 1994 by Wyeth Company, now part of Pfizer and globally marketed as effexor R®. It has now become widely recognised as an effective first line agent in the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD), generalized anxiety disorder, and comorbid indications in certain anxiety disorder for depression. It was a top selling drug from 2006, to 2008 and sixth most prescribed antidepressant in US in the year 2007. Insand hills rising from the desert to meet a faded sky. The morning
glow brought this skyline into sharp definition as the dividing line
between the darkness of the plain in the shadow of the range and the fast
increasing morning light. To the south and west the plain blended into
the sky, and there was no horizon.

Two trails met and crossed near a sand-buffeted bowlder of lava stone,
which was huge, grotesque and forbidding in its bulky indistinctness.
The first of the trails ran north and south and was faint but plainly
discernible, being beaten a trifle below the level of the desert and
forming a depression which the winds alternately filled and emptied of
dust; and its arrow-like directness, swerving neither to the right nor
left, bespoke of the haste which urged the unfortunate traveler to
have


from sight as the outlaw reloaded. A cloud of dust arose to
the northwest of and behind the bowlder, and a series of close reports
sounded from the direction of the sheriff. The Orphan leaped to his feet
and dashed out on the plain to where his sight would not be obstructed
and saw an Apache, who hung down on the far side of his horse, sweep
northward and gallop along the northern trail. He fired, but the range
was too great, and the warrior soon dropped from sight over the range
of hills. As The Orphan made his way toward the bowlder the sheriff
emerged from his shelter and pointed to the west. A pony lay on its side
and not far away was the huddled body of its rider.

As they neared each other the outlawheard footsteps within and the
door opened wide, revealing him standing hat in hand and smiling.

"Good evening, ma'am," he said uneasily.

The sheriff's wife stepped aside and the light fell full on his face.
For an instant she was at a loss, and then the fresh scar on his forehead
and her husband's good description came to her aid. She gasped and
stepped back involuntarily, astonished at his daring. Her act allowed
her companions to see him and the effect was marked. Miss Ritchie sat
upright in expectation, her face beaming, for this was as romantic and
unexpected as she could wish. Mary gasped and dropped her hands to her
side, not knowing what to do or say, while Helen slowly laid her work
aside and leaned forward slightly, regarding him intently, a curious
expression on her face.

"I only


the evening so pleasant for
me, so delightfully strange, and you all have been so good to talk to me
and treat me white that I find it impossible to thank you as I wish I
could. Words are hopelessly inadequate, and more or less empty, but you
will not lose by it," he said as he opened the door. "Good night, ladies."

The door closed softly, quickly, and the women heard the cantering
hoofbeats of his horse as they grew fainter and finally died out on the
plain.

His departure was seemingly unnoticed. They sat in silence for a minute
or more, each lost in her own thoughts, each deeply affected by his
words, staring before them and picturing each as her temperament
guided, the hunted man's dangers and loneliness. Mrs. Shields sat as he
had left her, herswift uppercut hissing to the jaw. "You
lifted him five feet, Bill," The Orphan exulted as Bill wheeled for more
worlds to conquer.

"Where's the rest of the gang?" savagely yelled the driver, looking twice
at The Orphan before he was sure of his identity. "Where's the rest of
'em?" he shouted again, running around the bend in hot search. "Come
out and fight, you cowards!" they heard him cry, and straightway the
outlaw and the guardian of the law clung to each other for support as
they cried with joy.

As Bill hurried back to the field of carnage one of his victims was
mechanically striving to gain his hands and knees, to go down in a
quivering heap by a blow from the insane victor. As Bill drew back
his foot to finish his work, Shields broke from