during the window. These bids are not protected if you do not have the funds in place to bid during the window you will lose the bid.

Open BiddingFrom July 13th the foreign market will be open to all bids similar to previous seasons. Due to the world cup the window will remain open till the end of September.

Player Releases wrote:Managers may choose to release players from their clubs, for which they will be offered compensation

Compensation will be paid as follows

£2 million – current international (must have played international rugby in the previous 12 months)£1.5 million – former international£1m – top flight experience£0.5m – other

All released players will be deemed to have joined a Championship side and can be bid for on the National League Bidding page.

Retirements wrote:There willbe no compensation for retiring players. Should a player who retires decide to come out of retirement and play again, then he will automatically go back to the club who he was playing for in the game when he retired.

Fixtures wrote:There will be 22 Aviva Premiership games per season, plus the play offs. There will also be European Rugby Champions Cup, European Rugby Challenge Cup and Anglo Welsh Cup matches. These games will take place once a week. A match thread will be put up every Monday. Home teams must be named by midnight on Tuesday. Away teams must be named by midnight on Wednesday. Failure to meet these deadlines is punishable by the addition of three match points to the oppositions final score, unless both sides fail


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Friday, December 19, 2014

113th Congress: Many House-Passed Dodd-Frank Corrections Bills Were Never Taken Up by the Senate

The below pieces of legislation amending the Dodd-Frank Act passed the House in the 113th Congress by a bi-partisan vote, sometimes an overwhelming bi-partisan vote, but were never taken up the Senate.

Swap Data Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Act Correction Act, H.R. 742: Passed House 420-2 on June 12, 2013. Removes an indemnification requirement imposed on foreign regulators by the Dodd-Frank Act as a condition of obtaining access to data repositories.

Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act, H.R. 1256: Passed House 301-124 on June 12, 2013. Directs the SEC and CFTC to adopt joint regulations on cross-border derivatives transactions under the Dodd-Frank Act.

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Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari reminded the visiting U.S. Congressional delegation, led by Rep. Todd Platts (R-PA), on June 13, of his nation's great dismay with persisting U.S. assassination drone attacks in Pakistan, describing the strikes as counterproductive. Earlier yesterday, yet another drone attack on a militant vehicle in northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border killed three insurgents, a U.S. security official told the AFP.

The Obama administration has intensified its killing operation in Pakistan, using drones almost daily. U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta recently said that the drone attacks will continue. However, U.S. military drone attacks in Pakistan raise serious legal questions, the UN's human rights chief Navi Pillay has said, following her recently concluded fact-finding visit to Pakistan. "Drone attacks do raise serious questions aboutcompliance with international law, in particular the principle of distinction and proportionality," Ms Pillay said.

The incessant drone attacks and the killing of at least 24 Pakistani soldiers by the U.S./NATO troops last November have since closed the supply lines that pass through Pakistan and provide at least 75 percent of essentials used by the 150,000 foreign troops fighting the insurgents in Afghanistan. The Pakistani quid pro quo and the unending killing of Pakistanis by drone attacks has virtually broken U.S.-Pakistan relations.

On June 10, U.S. Assistant Secretary, DoD, Peter Lavoy had gone to Islamabad to re-open talks. He spent three days in Pakistan's capital meeting with virtually no one and came back to Washington empty-handed. His repeated efforts to meet Pakistans Chief of Armed Services, Gen. Ashfaq Pervex Kayani,


Money raised by the viral charity campaign where people poured a bucket of ice water over their head has helped researchers discover a new gene associated with ALS.

The Ice Bucket Challenge was a phenomenon in the summer of 2014 and saw celebrities such as Mark Zuckerberg, Lewis Hamilton, Justin Timberlake, Bill Gates and Tom Cruise getting in on the act.

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, or motor neurone disease, is a rapidly progressive fatal neurological disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord.

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The ALS Association raised more than $100m (£76m) and contributed $1m to Project MinE - an international study to sequence the genomes of at least 15,000 people with ALS.

It has led to the discoverybusiness travelers learn while they fly.

American Airlines tells Travelskills that the company is changing its free checked bag policies for passengers in its premium cabins, effective for tickets bought March 29 or later, in an effort to bring American “in line with our U.S. competitors.” Instead of the current three free checked bags, AA will only allow two free checked bags in two-cabin aircraft, including domestic First Class and international Business Class. The change will not apply to AAdvantage Executive Platinums, who will still get three bags free, as will First Class passengers on three-cabin international flights.

While other big U.S. airlines have changed their loyalty programs over to spending-based instead of mileage-based models (or are planning to, like American), Alaska Airlines says it will not – at least,


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I.

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Provost was charged with aggravated sexual assault of his ten-year-old half-sister, Loretta Stone.  In 1986, Loretta lived with her father, Larry Stone, in Spearfish, South Dakota.  On December 19, 1986, she went to Lower Brule, South Dakota, to spend the Christmas holidays with her mother, Shirley Marvin.1   Loretta returned to Spearfish January 4, 1987.  About two weeks later, Loretta told her step-mother, Nano Stone, that her step-brother,


Terry Provost, had assaulted her at her mother's house.

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Dr. Wayne Anderson, M.D., examined Loretta on January 26, 1987.  During the examination, Loretta described the assault and identified Provost as the assailant.  Dr. Anderson gave Loretta a physical examination, and noted a reddening around her vaginal opening.  Because Loretta was hysterical, however, he could not perform a complete examination.  A culture taken that day indicated positive for a venereal disease, chlamydia trachomatis.  Dr. Anderson completed a second examination on April 28.  At that time, he observed a slight tag or tear on the right side of her hymenal ring, and observed that the vaginal opening was about one centimeter.  He testified at trial that in his opinion, the opening was larger thanaverage in prepubertal girls and, although not unusually large, suggested penetration.

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In early March, Shirley Marvin told Provost of the allegations made against him, and his sister, Maria Thompson, told him that Loretta was infected with chlamydia.  Provost went to the hospital in Eagle Butte, where he received treatment for an ear infection and was tested for sexually transmitted disease.  Provost tested negative for chlamydia.

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Before trial, Provost moved for appointment of an independent psychiatrist or psychologist to examine Loretta.  The government joined in the motion and requested that Dr. Mary Curran, a clinical psychologist, be appointed to conduct the examination.  The trial court granted the government's request.  Later, the trial court granted a motion brought by defendant requesting appointment of a nontestifying expert to


assist defendant's counsel in evaluating Dr. Curran's report and testimony at trial.

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Dr. Curran interviewed Loretta on May 5, 1987.  Loretta described the assault to Dr. Curran and identified Terry Provost as the assailant.  At trial, Dr. Curran testified as to the emotional and psychological characteristics often observed in sexually abused children, and her observation that Loretta exhibited many of these characteristics.

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At trial, Loretta testified that on the day after Christmas, she awoke in a second-floor room of her mother's house when she heard someone walking up the stairs.  Provost entered the room, wearing only his underwear.  He pulled up her nightgown, put his penis between her legs, and pushed until it entered her "private parts."    After about five minutes, he puton his underwear without either of them saying anything.  Loretta would not describe the defendant's body part which touched her, but she drew a picture of male genitals which was exhibited to the jury.  After the assault, Loretta took a shower and washed "white stuff" and a little blood off her leg and private parts.  Then, wrapped in a towel and wearing only shoes and underwear, she went to a next door neighbor's house, and asked to use the phone to call her mother at work.  When her mother asked her what was wrong, she replied "nothing."

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The neighbor, Donna Nibbelink, testified that she was like a grandmother to Loretta.  She further testified that, although Loretta visited her house several times during the holiday,


she never came over wearing just a towel, underwear and shoes, and that she never saw her in an excited or anxious mood during that holiday.  Nibbelink kept a diary of her daily activities during this period, which was consistent with her testimony.

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Defendant offered testimony from Nibbelink, Shirley Marvin and Deanna Provost to the effect that during the week after Christmas 1986, Terry Provost and Loretta were never alone together in the Marvin house.

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After a four-and-one-half-day jury trial, Provost was convicted of aggravated sexual assault and sentenced to thirteen years imprisonment.  This appeal followed.

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Provost first asserts as error that the court-appointed expert, Dr. Curran, was not independent because she was selected by the government and because she had a "long-standing relationship" with the government in thethe victim or in denying the defendant's request for a second independent examination.

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The fact that Dr. Curran has been called as a prosecution witness in a number of previous cases does not make her an employee of the government or necessarily compromise the independence of her examination of Loretta.  Provost has made no showing that a second psychological examination would have been beneficial to the development of his defense.  Provost had access to Dr. Curran's report and an opportunity to converse with her before trial.  Almost six weeks before trial, the court appointed Dr. Lynn Goehring to assist defense counsel in analyzing Dr. Curran's report.  Dr. Goehring was also present in the courtroom during Dr. Curran's testimony to provide assistance to the defendant.

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Provost's second


objection focuses on a portion of Dr. Curran's testimony which he characterizes as a comment on the credibility of the victim.  In United States v. Azure, 801 F.2d 336 (8th Cir.1986), this court held that an expert witness may not give his or her opinion as to the believability of a child witness.  An expert's opinion on the credibility of the victim invades the exclusive province of the jury to determine the believability of a witness' testimony.  United States v. St. Pierre, 812 F.2d 417, 419 (8th Cir.1987).

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Dr. Curran testified that Loretta told her she took a shower after Provost assaulted her and that, while in the shower, a friend of Provost's had entered the bathroom and confronted her.  On redirect examination of Dr.Curran, the government's attorney inquired why Loretta would have stated that the sexual assault by Provost occurred on the same occasion as when a friend of Provost's confronted her in the shower.  Dr. Curran testified, based on her understanding of the characteristics of sexually abused children, that a factual occurrence bearing some relation to an incident of abuse might serve as a "triggering mechanism" that would cause a victim to link two events as contingent in time even though they may have occurred on separate occasions.  Dr. Curran stated:

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The triggering mechanism with the shower is that she had progressed in her telling me the incident that had happened and the fact that she was taking a shower may have triggered a memory of another incident and


in treatment or diagnosis.  Id. at 436.    In Renville, the court held that the statement by a child abuse victim that the abuser was a member of the victim's immediate household was admissible when made for diagnosis and treatment of emotional or psychological injuries.  Id. at 437.    Here, although the defendant and the victim did not continuously reside in the same household, they were, at times before and during the time frame of the assault, residing together in their mother's household.  As half-brother and half-sister, they are members of the same immediate family.  The medical records hearsay exception applicable in Renville is equally applicable to the present case.

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Provost's fourth argument alleges that the trial court erred when itunfairly prejudicial.

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As a fifth point of error, Provost contends that the evidence going to the issue of Marvin's veracity, admitted over his objection, was remote and unduly prejudicial to his defense.  The trial court permitted cross-examination of Shirley Marvin and testimony from rebuttal witnesses on three collateral incidents.  The government argues that Marvin's credibility was at issue because she was a key alibi witness, and that the defendant opened the door to exploration of these otherwise collateral matters because the incidents were initially brought out by Marvin's direct testimony.

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Shirley Marvin testified that after January 1987, Larry and Nano Stone attempted to prevent contact between her and Loretta, and that Loretta did not want to return to her father's house after Christmas vacation.  On cross-examination, Marvin


testified that the Stones and people at Loretta's school tried to keep her from seeing or communicating with Loretta.  Dr. Hess testified on rebuttal that Marvin failed to keep an appointment to see Loretta in March 1987.  Carol Hess, Loretta's teacher, testified that Loretta was not forcibly kept from seeing her mother in March when Marvin visited the school, but that Loretta, by her own choice, refused to meet with her mother.  The government argued, over Provost's objection, that the evidence of Marvin's conduct as an indication of her veracity was relevant because of the defendant's suggestion that the Stones induced Loretta to manufacture the alleged assault in an attempt to win a custody dispute over Loretta and that they attempted to keep Loretta awayspend the day with Shirley Marvin's four adult children, Deanna, Maria, Linn and Terry (the defendant).  On the 26th, Shirley Marvin and Loretta returned to Lower Brule, along with Deanna's sons, Paul and Michael Provost.  When Michael contracted pneumonia and was hospitalized in Chamberlain, near Lower Brule, Shirley Marvin summoned Michael's mother, Deanna Provost, who drove to Lower Brule on December 29, along with her brother Terry Provost and her nieces, Shylo and Natasha.  Another daughter of Marvin's, Maria Thompson, along with her husband and three children, arrived on December 31, and stayed until January 2.  On January 3, Marvin and Loretta left Lower Brule, and the next day Marvin returned Loretta to her father, Larry Stone, in Spearfish

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Daniela grew up in an Italian-Swiss family. Her education as a travel consultant has inspired her to love foreign cultures and to travel all over the world.

She studied English at an American college in San Francisco, California/USA. Back in Switzerland, she remained infected by travel fever and, together with her travel agency team in Zurich, built up a large clientele who gladly put themselves in her trustworthy hands. Her friends have given her the nickname "Travel Guru" because she often provides good advice and has traveled to many countries.

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Although a deal is yet to be officially struck as the team continues work on its commercial package, the 42-year-old is readying for his sixth season at BJR and his 18th full-time in V8 Supercars.

Bright looks likely to be the squad’s only carryover driver, with Fabian Coulthard headed to DJR Team Penske and Dale Wood expected to fill Nissan Motorsport’s fourth car.

After two relatively strong seasons since the introduction of the Car of the Future regulations, Bright has struggled for much of 2015.

With only a single top six finish since May – scored in the wet at Sydney Motorsport Park – Bright is currently 15th in the championship


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The Constitution of India guarantees freedom of expression, but places certain restrictions on content, with a view towards maintaining communal and religious harmony, given the history of communal tension in the nation. According to the Information Technology Rules 2011, objectionable content includes anything that “threatens the unity, integrity, defence, security or sovereignty of India, friendly relations with foreign states or public order".

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Srinagar, October 29, 2019

On 5 August 2019 India abrogated Article 370 that ended Kashmir’s semi-autonomous status. On 31 October 2019, these changes come into effect.

When the clock strikes midnight on 31 October 2019, India’s settler-colonial project in Kashmir will begin.

The foundation for this project was laid since the military invasion and occupation of Kashmir in 1947, and more explicitly with the decision to abrogate Article 35A on 5 August 2019.

October 31 is the day when Kashmir officially becomes a fully annexed territory and whose historical residents will be effaced as rights-bearing subjects.

October 31 marks the day Indian state begins to create a new material reality on the ground to permanently deny the people of Kashmir a legitimate say in determining their own future.

As a UN Human Rights statementset of exploration and combat mechanics.

Alex Preston, the Lead Designer, Animator and Secondary Programmer, took some time out of making his game and supporting its Kickstarter Project to talk to me about Hyper Light Drifter.

Combat, Puzzles and Exploration

"It's a vast and beautiful world that you're adventuring through," Preston explained. "With hyper-fast, lightning-quick combat."

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Homegrown coach for Poland

Plachta takes over men’s national team; Swede for juniors

Former assistant coach Jacek Plachta (left) takes over the Polish national team from Igor Zakharkin (right). Photo: Sarunas Mazeika

WARSAW – The Polish Ice Hockey Association named long-time national team player Jacek Plachta as head coach of the men’s national team.

Plachta has been the assistant coach of Igor Zakharkin, who leaves the team to join Vyacheslav Bykov in the coaching staff of SKA St. Petersburg. Zakharkin will remain in touch with the Polish national team as a consultant.

Zakharkin was coaching the Poles for two years and led Poland to gold at the 2014 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group B in neighbouring country Lithuania and thus to promotion to the Division I Group A.

With Plachta theteam will be back in Polish hands for the first time since the era of Wiktor Pysz (2000-2004, 2010-2012), who led Poland to one top division participation in 2002.

Plachta was one of the best Polish forwards of the last two decades. He represented Poland in ten IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship tournaments and was the scoring leader in two Division I / B-Pool events (1998, 2001). After playing in the top Polish league with GKS Katowice, he was playing in the top German league for 18 seasons until retiring in 2008. His son Matthias Plachta, 23, debuted for the German men’s national team in the 2014 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship.

The 45-year-old was the head coach of several Polish club teams, Katowice, Tychy and most recently Krynica.

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Polish national team Plachta will be assisted by a Russian, Sergei Pushkov, who was coaching Tonsberg Vikings (Norway) and Neman Grodno (Belarus) last season.

The new coaching duo will assemble the national team for the first time at the Škoda Cup in Dresden, Germany, 23-24 August where it will play Dresden (GER), Wolfsburg (GER) and Litvinov (CZE).

After earning promotion to the second level in men’s hockey, Poland will face Italy, Kazakhstan, Japan, Ukraine and Hungary in the 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group A next spring.

On the U20 national team Russian coach Andrei Parfenov will be replaced by a Swede, Torbjorn Johansson, who same as his predecessor will also work with the U18 national team and at the association’s sport school in Sosnowiec.

The 41-year-old played inthe top leagues of Sweden, Russia, Germany and other countries during the ‘90s and 2000s. After quitting as a player he was working as a coach with junior teams at Leksand.

He will coach the U20 national team for the first time in the upcoming weekend with two exhibition games on home ice in Tychy against France.

In the 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division I Group B in Dunaujvaros, Poland will play Kazakhstan, France, Ukraine, Japan and host Hungary.

The U18 national team will compete in the Division II Group A in Tallinn and play Korea, Croatia, Netherlands, Great Britain and host Estonia.


playing important roles in steering and managing the economy. In fact, Malaysia was regarded in the 1990s as one of the successful models of the ‘development state’ in East Asia, which through learning and transferring resources to productive sectors had successfully industrialised the country and lifted many of its citizens out of poverty.

These East Asian developmental states, including Japan, Taiwan, Singapore and South Korea, shared some common characteristics. Many of them (except Japan) were authoritarian regimes in the 1970s and 1980s. But all of them were strong in facilitating policies and learning from others for growth.

On top of that, being authoritarian also helped these countries to stabilise their political landscape and therefore create a business environment which encouraged foreign investment to flow in. However, in Malaysia, it cameforms of corruption.

Singapore, meanwhile, is an outlier. Despite not much progress in terms of democratisation, the city state has been outstanding in eliminating corruption. Many would point to the tough law and the high salaries of politicians and civil servants for the reason behind low corruption in the country. But exactly how Singaporean leaders could be disciplined despite no strong institutional checks and balances is still subject to debate, although this could possibly relate to their strong desire to guarantee Singapore’s survival in the international market and the region.

Zahid Hamidi, Keruak and Najib Razak–Patronage and Corruption is rampant in Malaysia today

Malaysia is stuck in the middle. Not only is it in the middle-income trap, but it is also wrestling between authoritarianism and democracy. The quality of its institutions,


South Korea, was impeached. This happened just within months after the corruption scandal involving Park’s best friend erupted in October last year.

In Malaysia, the overhaul in political structure over the long run must be achieved through electoral reform, which includes making the Election Commission independent and reducing gerrymandering and malapportionment. As long as the electoral system is not changed, UMNO can remain in power by holding onto its support bases in rural areas. The recent controversies surrounding redelineation process just again highlight the need for reform.

To many, for Malaysia to regain its shine after the 1MDB scandal, Najib must go. But that would be just a tiny first step on a long journey to reform and democratise its political and administrative institutions.

Najib strategy is spewing hate and fearnecessitate a robust public debate. Yet all too often, law enforcement agencies acquire surveillance technology in near-secrecy, relying on federal grant funding or promises of “free” technology from manufacturers, leading to the unregulated deployment of everything from aerial-based surveillance to social media monitoring tools. These technologies are disproportionately used – and misused – to criminalize communities of color and those vulnerable to police abuse.

At the same time, communities across the United States are fighting back. Working with Community Control Over Police Surveillance, a reform effort spearheaded by 17 organizations, including the ACLU, residents in cities and counties in Silicon Valley, Oakland, Seattle, and New York are rallying behind local ordinances that would require transparency, accountability, and oversight for all surveillance proposals. California is also considering a statewide bill


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Richard Georg Strauss: 11 June 1864 - 8 September 1949For decades the song cycle of Richard Strauss known as 'Four Last Songs' has been at the summit of my idea of the most sublimely beautiful music ever written. Strauss died before these songs were premiered in London in 1950. It was not his intention to group the set of the three Hesse poems/songs together with that by Eichendorff, but this was the inspiration of his friend Ernst Roth to unite them as 'The Four Last Songs'. Roth was the chief editor of the musical publishers Boosey & Hawkes. Since Kirsten Flagstad first sang these, every soprano worth her salt wants one day to tackle these pieces when she thinks she is mature enough and ready. Manytransition team, traveled to China to assist in the trade negotiations. It also grants more access to American credit rating agencies, bond underwriters and other financial service businesses.

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It came after 22 minutes before he then gifted Watford's Etienne Capoue an instant equaliser with a poor header. But Watford levelled through goals to Daryl Janmaat and Stefano Okaka, before Fabregas scored the victor .

New S.Korean leader sets course in stormy diplomacy
Tokyo and Seoul signed a General Security of Military Information Agreement previous year , which must be renewed annually. Mr Moon named former journalist Lee Nak Yon, a four-term lawmaker, as prime minister - a largely coordinating role.

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School Professor Michael Dorf. Arkansas has a state law that does the same thing. Under the federal case law, in order for an entity to count as a private club, it must have some sort of restricted membership and not be generally open to the public.

"A gun range that is generally open to the public but excludes Muslims - or any other group based on a forbidden classification - could not fairly say that everyone is a member except Muslims," Dorf added.

Mark Killenbeck, a Constitutional law professor at University of Arkansas School of Law, said if Morgan is sued, she could have a hard time showing her gun range is a private club and not subject to the federal statutory ban on discrimination of the basis of religion.

"Theincluding Harvey drew guns on West, and Harvey insisted upon being allowed to drive. West acquiesced. Harvey advised him to do as he was told so that he would not get shot. All three held guns on West while one of the other two men demanded his jewelry. He refused, and the jewelry was never taken from him. One of the other two men announced from the back seat that after they drove on a little further he intended to shoot *42 West. West grabbed the steering wheel as Harvey drove; the other man shot West in the back of the neck; Harvey stopped the car, saying something like "why did you shoot him?"; West opened the car door and rolled out; the car drove off with Harvey


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Malta’s political and geographical circumstances make it a uniquely challenging place to institute new water and energy policies. Unlike Singapore or China, where word from the top decides all matters, the Maltese have a vibrant democracy, one where issues are debated in public and decided on election day, often by razor-thin margins. Unlike the United States or Australia, every decision taken by the national government is local. Each citizen bears the consequences not just of some faceless bureaucrat’s whims but also the actions of his or her neighbors. With the country’s energy supply at the


idea is to run treated wastewater through RO and use additional disinfection measures before pumping it back into the ground.

Meanwhile, the water price increases are encouraging individual Maltese to take matters into their own hands. "Now that the water price has run up, we can see already a lot of actions," says Joseph Cilia, a professor in the power and control engineering department at the University of Malta. Cilia’s own home is a showcase of the Maltese home of the future. He recently installed photovoltaic panels with help from government subsidies. He also placed the water tanks of his toilets 3 meters above the bowls and set them up to flush automatically, thereby cutting his water bill by 40 percent.

"It’s often human nature that when faced with anew analysis suggests that falling PV panel prices and rising fossil fuel prices could together make large-scale solar installations cost-competitive without government support within a decade – sooner than is usually assumed.

The report was commissioned by the Solar Trade Association (STA) from Ernst & Young's energy and environmental infrastructure advisory unit in response to the recent shake-up of Fits, which saw government support for large solar systems significantly reduced. This was a result of the government's decision to cap the total that could be spent via Fits and weight the limited budget in favour of domestic and other small-scale installations.

The chairman of the STA, Howard Johns, said the new analysis backed up the industry line that government support for all types of solar systems in the next few


and no one was injured.There were several other accidents involving jackknifed big rigs - including on the westbound 210 Freeway near the 134 Freeway in Pasadena. The crash had multiple lanes shut down for hours.Another jackknifed big rig shut down multiple lanes on the northbound 710 Freeway at the 105 interchange in the Lynwood area, causing heavy backups.A wreck involving four to six vehicles created parking-lot conditions on the westbound 10 Freeway near Soto Street in the Lincoln Heights area around 5:30 a.m.The heavy rain caused serious flooding on the northbound 5 Freeway at Lankershim Boulevard in Sun Valley. Caltrans crews busy for three hours pumping out the water before they could reopen the lanes.There were also multiple incidents of flooding, including on the southbound 110 Freeway atand their own safety.

It's been a decade since the passage of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006. Professionals from around the country met at the 2016 National Symposium on Sex Offender Management and Accountability to exchange ideas, learn about new tools and projects, and network with others in the field. The Sex Offender Management Assessment and Planning Initiative (SOMAPI) was highlighted in detail. This event was a fitting way to cap the 10th anniversary of the Adam Walsh Act.

As Pride Month comes to a close, here at the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) we applaud those who have worked so passionately to advance the rights of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning/Queer, Intersexual, or Gender Non-Conforming (LGBTQI-GNC) community. We look forward


People around the world paused to commemorate Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day on Tuesday, a remembrance of the more than 1.5 million Armenians who were systematically exterminated between 1915 and 1923 under the Ottoman Empire.

Thousands of people marched in Los Angeles, home to one of America’s largest Armenian communities, to demand recognition of the genocide. Yet in his commemorative statement, Trump only went as far as describing the events as a “mass atrocity”:

Today we commemorate the Meds Yeghern, one of the worst mass atrocities of the 20th century, when one and a half million Armenians were deported, massacred, or marched to their deaths in the final years of the Ottoman Empire. We recall the horrific events of 1915 and grieve for the lives lost and the many who suffered.

Byof the Holocaust through commemorations and reparations. Meanwhile, Turkey continues to deny many of its crimes and even persecutes those who demand its recognition.

When former President Barack Obama came to power in 2009, he promised the more than one million Armenians living in the United States that he would recognize the genocide, although, like many of his foreign policy promises, it never materialized.

Yet recognition of the genocide remains an important conservative issue. The Armenian genocide was the first Christian genocide of the twentieth century and led to the displacement of millions of people from their Biblical homelands.

To this day, Turkey controls vast swaths of Armenian territory, while many of its Armenian inhabitants have been forced to convert to Islam. Christians are systematically persecuted, particularly those living in Kurdish


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We are aware some patients in the UK do stop treatments early and the reasons behind this need further investigation Dr Susie Jennings,, Breakthrough Breast Cancer

They were asked about their symptoms before treatment and at three, six, 12 and 24 months after starting treatment.

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contact there, and while Woodbury denied doing it on purpose — he said they're instructed to reach in on defense against Wisconsin's good shooters — even Wisconsin's players weren't too upset. Frank Kaminsky even joked about it after the game:

"I'm blind," Kaminsky joked. "It happens during the game. I've had much worse happen. I'm not thinking anything about it."

After the game, Iowa coach Fran McCaffery and Dakich got into a sparring match. McCaffery said that there was "no way" Woodbury did it on purpose and Dakich was "completely out of line." Dakich responded on Twitter:

The vine I just retweeted didn't show Woodbury measuring up Kaminsky by rubbing his head.. "Out of line".. Please — Dan Dakich (@dandakich) January 21, 2015

Dakich invited McCaffery on to his Indianapolis-based radio show,but McCaffery declined to make an appearance. However, McCaffery wasn't done talking, as transcribed by Scott Dochterman of The Gazette in Cedar Rapids, and McCaffery blasted Dakich on his own radio show, even attacking Dakich's coaching:

Danny Dakich is so far out of line. He's just lost it on this one. He doesn't know Adam Woodbury. And for him to say the reprehensible things he's said about an amateur is inexcusable. It's absolutely inexcusable that his network would allow him to say those things of things about a guy he doesn't know. ... He's a TV guy. If he was a coach, he'd be coaching. I should tell him to go buy some lottery tickets. He'd have a better chance to win the lottery than to ever in any


that up."

Dakich played at Indiana, became an assistant under Bob Knight and coached for 10 years at Bowling Green, winning one MAC title, making two NITs and no NCAA Tournaments and finishing with a .500 record in conference play. He then coached Indiana for seven games as an interim coach at the end of the the 2007-08 season. He went 3-4, with a loss in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament and a loss in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Dakich wasn't done with this argument after seeing McCaffery's comments, firing back on Twitter:

Hold it Iowa fans ..I didn't tweet a thing about the game all day..didn't talk about it on my show..McCaffery has a nighttime radio show 1/2 — Dan Dakich (@dandakich) January 22,The girl awoke with a scream. A strong pain in her chest made her suddenly place her hand to her heart. When she looked down, she found her nightgown - covered in bright blood. The girl remained calm, even though she did not know what to do. The pain was excruciating. She opened the buttons of her nightgown to find stitches neatly placed where her heart is.

Thunder boomed from the outside and lightning lit the room. She caught the eye of a man preparing to jump from her window. With a box in his hand, he glared back at her. His green eyes were piercing through her, his expression unreadable. He was gone by the next strike of lightning.

She sat up in her bed, waiting for something to


What to Know The Air Force One will help educate children about American politics.

A barge carried the iconic plane from Rhode Island to National Harbor Monday.

The "Air Force One Experience" will be at National Harbor through the holiday season.

Air Force One — well, a replica — floated down the Potomac River on Monday morning.

A barge was carrying the iconic plane from Rhode Island to National Harbor, Maryland, where people will have a chance to see it up close and personal beginning Oct. 19.

The life-size copy is part of a project to help educate children about America's political history and democracy. Visitors to the "Air Force One Experience" can tour the plane and see what it's like to be a president on Air Force One.

The plane was set toWebsite to carry forward Netaji legacy

Kolkata: People across the globe can now get a new insight into the lives of nationalist leaders Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and his brother Sarat Chandra Bose thanks to a new website that has a new and extensive archive on their lives and works.

The website, www.theboselegacy.com, containing writings, speeches, prison notes and jottings, diary entries, private correspondence, photographs, audio recordings and video films of the Bose brothers, was on Friday launched by former Supreme Court justice AK Ganguly and former West Bengal advocate general Naranarayan Gooptu.

With most of its material drawn from the personal collection of Sarat Chandra Bose's son Amiya Nath Bose, the website is a handiwork of Netaji descendants who have been campaigning for declassification of secret files on the nationalist


leader.

Besides, a plethora of hitherto unpublished materials, the website also features original Bengali translations of two books by Netaji-Mukti Sangram (the Indian struggle) and Bharat Pathik (India pilgrim), whose cover was designed by legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray.

"The website would be an effective medium to disseminate the contributions of Bose brothers towards India's freedom struggle and its development as a democracy. With many documents pertaining to Netaji remaining classified, I hope, the website will acquire immense significance providing people across the world, a new insight into the lives and works of the Bose brothers," Gooptu said, launching the website.

Observing the Netaji's ideals and principles of democracy and social justice continue to be relevant in today's world, Ganguly, the former chairperson of the West Bengal Human Rights commission expressed concernover the ruling class attempts to curb the people's freedom of expression.

"While the constitution stands for the freedom of expression, there have been increasing instances when the ruling class has tried to snatch the people's freedom of expression. In states like West Bengal and other parts of the country, the ruling class often ensures that dissenting voices are gagged," said Ganguly.

Ganguly also observed that despite India's several decades of freedom, it was "yet to become a socialist country".


majority in Obergefell vs. Hodges. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr. also dissented.

The ruling was no surprise since the justices had stood back in recent months and watched as federal judges, state courts, lawmakers and voters knocked down the legal barriers to gay marriages in 37 states.

That surge of support for gay marriage was set off two years ago when the high court struck down part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act and said the marriages of same-sex couples deserved equal dignity and respect under the law.

That decision resolved only a question of federal benefits for these couples, but its reasoning spurred judges to void a series of state laws that had limited marriage to a man and a woman.

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a .459 shooting percentage...Scored 1 two-point goal...Had 6 assists on the season...Set the Cannons single season (45) and all-time scoring record (140).

2009: Played in 7 games for the Cannons...Tallied 18 points on 15 goals and 3 assists...Tied for second on the team in both Power Play goals (3) and Power Play points(5)...Collected 3 groundballs.

2008: Played in all 12 games for the Cannons…Led the team in goals (34) and game-winning goals (3)…Tied for first on the team in points (41)… Had three or more goals in seven games…Named MLL Offensive Player of the Week after a season-high six goals against Long Island on 7/12/08…MLL All-Star.

2007: Played in all 12 games …Scored 21 goals and two assists for 23 points…Named to the MLL All-Star Team…Led the Eastern Conference All-Stars tovictory with four goals (including one two-point goal)…MLL All-Star Game MVP.

2006: MLL rookie season…Appeared in eight games…Cannons team Rookie of the Year…Led Cannons in goals with 25, first Cannons rookie to lead team in that category…Set Cannons rookie scoring record…Averaged over three goals per game…Fifth on the team in points with 26…Scored season-high five goals at Baltimore on 7/8/06…Scored three or more goals in five games…Scored at least one goal in all eight games he played in.

COLLEGE: Named as a Second Team All-American during his senior season in 2006…Led all ACC midfielders and ranked eighth overall in goals (2.07 goals per game) during his junior season (2005)…Scored at least once in every game he played except against Duke in 2005…Led the team in goals on five occasions during


his junior season…Played on the first midfield unit as a sophomore with Kyle Dixon and former Cannon Drew Thompson…Tied for fifth among ACC midfielders in goals (11) as a sophomore in 2004…One of five freshmen to play in every game for Virginia…Tied for seventh among ACC freshmen in goals and ninth in total points in 2004…Scored his first collegiate goal against Towson.

PERSONAL: Nickname is Posk…Has three dogs…Favorite movie is The Shawshank Redemption…Favorite food is a salad…Favorite holiday is Christmas…First job was as a bus boy…Favorite sports teams are the Chicago Bears, New York Yankees and New York Rangers…Favorite college mascot is “Cavman” from Virginia…Enjoys golf, fishing, and boating…First car was a Pathfinder…Favorite vacation spot is at any beach…Favorite sports other than lacrosse are football and basketball…Childhood idols wereon the court at Madison Square Garden -- The World's Most Famous Arena -- and take on Kansas in a nationally televised game between two preseason top-five teams.

The next day, Will Watanabe, Jackson's best friend, will board a flight to Tokyo, where he'll begin his mission with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Watanabe will spend two years in Japan, not even venturing home for a long weekend.

Win or lose, Jackson will return to Durham immediately following that Kansas game, where he'll settle back in as one of the big men on campus. More than 34,000 fans will continue to track his moves on Instagram, while another 12,000 will read his 140-character messages on Twitter.

Watanabe said he won't be able to use Instagram, Twitter or


We believe in being good people.''

This, in some ways, is Jackson's mission: breaking down the perceptions and stereotypes that still chase Mormons to this day. With offshoot sects of their religion drawing attention thanks to reality TV shows such as "Sister Wives" and "Big Love," LDS members are still viewed with a quizzical, if not altogether skeptical, eye. Many people either don't understand what Mormonism is or they base their opinions on misinformation.

The very thought that Jackson even toyed with deferring his college basketball career for a mission might have sounded crazy.

But up until last year, Jackson had every intention of going away on a mission. Peppered with questions about his future as he traveled the recruiting circuit, he remained steadfast in his desire to be a missionary.It was not because he felt he had to. He simply wanted to.

Jackson won the 2016 dunk contest at the McDonald's All American game. Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire

Jackson essentially was reared on three principles: to compete, to succeed and to serve.

"We never cared what they wanted to do,'' Jackson's father, Al, said. "But whatever it was, they were going to excel.''

Al lived the message he preached, setting a rather high bar for his five kids to meet. A former college basketball and baseball player at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, he graduated from the rigorous academic school and then earned a master's degree from John Hopkins. He put those degrees to use in Washington, D.C., working for 13 years as both a lobbyist and consultant, involved in providing counsel on national


issues that frequently included homeland security. He turned that experience into a position as a state senator, appointed to a vacant seat in Utah in 2014.

"Eh, he was only a state senator,'' Frank joked about his dad.

That is the essence of the oldest boy and second youngest of five kids in the Jackson family.

Jackson and his older sister, Kayla, were the alpha dogs in the house. Each wanted things their own way and were downright competitive -- and occasionally combative in the process. Since the two left for college -- Kayla is at BYU and will marry on Dec. 22 during her younger brother's lone break from hoops -- Al and his wife, Juleen, can't help but notice how peaceful their home is now.

But Al was no fool.He made sure his son's goal to rule the roost would go through him, and Al was ready to meet or block his son as necessary, sometimes quite literally. The two started squaring off in hoops just as soon as the boy could swish a bucket on the six-foot Fisher-Price hoop in the basement. Al never once let his son win.

"I'd scream, 'You're the biggest jerk ever. You're an old man. You couldn't let me score a couple of times?'" Frank Jackson said. "And he never did.''

Yet, almost every single time, after he'd storm off forsaking his dad, Jackson would return for more, sometime within minutes.

"He has worn us out since he got here on this Earth,'' his father said, obvious pride in his voice. "But he learned


to be competitive.''

Such bullheadedness might seem mutually exclusive to a faithful life, but as fervent as Al and Juleen were about teaching their kids to work for what they wanted, they were even more devoted to their faith. Juleen was born in Sandy, Utah, and raised a Mormon. She was working as an intern in D.C. when she met Al; about three weeks into their relationship, she brought him along to church.

Raised a Baptist in South Carolina and Maryland, Al was skeptical. He held plenty of his own stereotypes about the Mormon faith, tantamount among them that few members were of his race.

Jackson attended Lone Peak High School in Highland, Utah. BYU has four Lone Peak alumni on its roster. Courtesy of Adidas

Instead, at an inner-city church inD.C., Al found a congregation diverse in color and socioeconomic status. Kids, many of them without fathers, loved the former basketball player, and soon Al was not only a regular at church, but he was also in charge of the youth hoops team. His faith grew in lockstep with his relationship with those boys -- many of whom he stays in touch with to this day -- and in 1992, he converted.

A year later, Al and Juleen were married. When Frank was 11, the growing family moved to Utah. Surrounded by kids of his own faith, Frank grew up as they all did, dreaming about the day they would head off on their mission.

"When you grow up in the LDS culture as Franklin did, going on a mission


is just a natural progression,'' Al said. "We talked to him about it since he was a baby, but we really didn't have to talk about it. That's what all the kids did.''

Watanabe actually was the better athlete, at least at first. He matured faster than most of his buddies, which means he also grew taller earlier, and so when his club team played Jackson's, Watanabe usually emerged the victor. He was cocky about it too, reminding Jackson who owned the court.

Genetics eventually sucked the air out of Watanabe's braggadocio, and by the time the two started training at a nearby gym that concentrates on agility and speed work, Jackson left Watanabe in the dust.

"He could jump higher than everyone else, do all the drills faster,'' Watanabe said."He just stood out.''

One night, Jackson dropped 30 points in a high school game as a freshman, and his father thought perhaps those Fisher-Price throwdowns had their merit. BYU thought the same. When Cougars coach Dave Rose offered Jackson a scholarship in 2013, the freshman quickly accepted.

The Provo school seemed ideal, with a very good basketball program and one that understood his Mormon faith. Deferring entry to BYU for a mission would be more the norm, not the exception there. But one year later, as Jackson worked his way up the recruiting ladder, he also worked up the courage to get out of his commitment.

Duke's struggles at point guard last season were well-documented. Former Duke guard Derek Thornton transferred at the conclusion of the season. Courtesy of Adidas

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in 83 percent of the heroin checked and, alarmingly, in much of the cocaine and methamphetamine as well.

But no one has ever died of an overdose at Insite. Rather, Insite saves lives: It has treated more than 6,900 overdoses since opening in 2003, more than 3,110 of which required naloxone, said Dr. Mark Lysyshyn, a medical health officer at Vancouver Coastal Health.

Indeed, drug overdose deaths in the United States have surpassed deaths from AIDS at the peak of that crisis in the mid-1990s. In 2015 drug overdose deaths rose 11 percent, reaching almost 53,000. Heroin overdoses alone surpassed gun homicides. With AIDS, it took militant action from groups like ACT UP, the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, to force the government to treat the disease as a publicopened the first legal needle exchange in North America and the first injection facility, even as the Harper government fought harm reduction measures from taking hold on the national level.

The United States, of course, is far less equipped to fight fentanyl. With Trump in office, advocates are pushing for localities to take the lead. Currently, supervised injection sites are under consideration around the country, including in Massachusetts and in metro Seattle. Prescription heroin, which will likely be one of the harm reduction movement’s top priorities if supervised injection sites begin to open, is slowly entering the discussion.

It’s a conversation, however, that the Trump administration seems determined to shut down, retreating to the comforting, zombielike illusion that government can use tough talk and mass imprisonment to will illicit drug


By James Kratch | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

Kyle Bolin's playing days were beginning to appear behind him.

A call earlier this week changed that.

The former Rutgers and Louisville quarterback has signed a deal with Alliance Atlanta, one of the franchises set to begin play early next year in the upstart Alliance of American Football's inaugural season. Bolin's deal was finalized Thursday.

"I heard a little bit about the league being developed in the summer, and Mike (Celli, Bolin's Long Branch-based agent) mentioned it to me as an option if the opportunity as there," Bolin told NJ Advance Media. "I got a call from the GM (Middletown native Billy Devaney) on Monday, and he just told me he'd heard a lot of great things about me, told me a littleand Eagles assistant Brad Childress as its coach, will have a minicamp at some point in November, but players don't report to training camp until January. The 10-game AAF season will begin after the Super Bowl in February.

Bolin is the third known former Rutgers player to sign with the centrally-owned eight-team league. Running back Josh Hicks signed with Alliance Memphis, while defensive end Myles Nash will play for Alliance San Diego.

The AAF is the latest football league to attempt to find a foothold during the NFL offseason. Most leagues have failed before it, but many believe the AAF, which will begin with four teams located in the Southeast and four in the Southwest, could be different.

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out of the game for a year or two, not working out as hard as they need to be. They possibly get in trouble, or just decide to start a new career. Or they’re lost to the Canadian Football League.”

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Bolin made the decision to pursue a professional career in January after an up-and-down year as a graduate transfer player for the Scarlet Knights. Bolin won the starting job in the summer and was voted a team captain months after joining the program, but he was benched after five games and did not play in the second half of the year.

After spending time in his hometown of Lexington, Kentucky, following the end of the season, Bolin committed to keep pursuing the NFL. He returnedto New Jersey, hired Celli and worked with quarterback trainer Tony Racioppi, a former two-time Division III All-American for Rowan, at TEST Football Academy in Martinsville.

Bolin said he thinks it's the best decision he's ever made. He was able to impress NFL scouts during strong pro day showings at Kentucky and Rutgers, earning a rookie minicamp tryout with the Eagles. But he was not offered a contract by the Super Bowl champions, putting his playing career back into doubt.

Bolin always planned to coach after his playing days were over – he attended the national coaches convention this year to begin networking – and he decided to focus on that goal after speaking with Rutgers coach Chris Ash.

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at the AAF ahead of its February 2019 launch:

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WHAT IS THE AAF?

The American Alliance of Football is a new league set to launch after the Super Bowl. Training camp for the league opens in January. A 10-week season then begins February.

The AAF aspires to establish itself as an offseason league that serves as an unofficial "Triple-A" league of sorts for the NFL.

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The eight-team, centrally-owned league will four franchises located in the Southeast (Atlanta, Birmingham, Memphis and Orlando) and four in the Southwest (Phoenix, Salt Lake City, San Antonio and San Diego).

The league has a television deal with CBS, an intriguing salary and benefits structure – reported three-year, $250,000 contracts with a bonus system and the ability to breakthe deal for NFL opportunities – and plenty of notable names behind it.

Filmmaker Charlie Ebersol, the son of retired NBC Sports executive Dick Ebersol, and Pro Football Hall of Fame general manager Bill Polian are the public faces of the league, with several former NFL stars serving as consultants, including former Giants defensive end Justin Tuck. Dick Ebersol, who helped found the old XFL - the new version, scheduled to begin in 2020, will be an AAF competitor - is also a consultant.

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Childress is just one of several notable head coaches expected to lead an AAF team. The others:

• Birmingham: Former Giants defensive coordinator Tim Lewis

• Memphis: Pro Hall of Fame linebacker Mike Singletary

• Orlando: Former NFL, college coach Steve Spurrier

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New Jersey may soon follow (but hopefully not too far) in California's footsteps by passing a bill outlawing so-called "gay conversion therapy" for those under the age of 18. After being disowned by former proponent Dr. Robert Spitzer, such conversion therapies are coming under scrutiny in New Jersey, where lawmakers are starting to wonder how strong the statewide stomach for bullshit pseudo-psychological practices really is.

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According to USA Today, a bill outlawing conversion therapies (the preferred term among supporters is "sexual orientation change efforts") sailed through New Jersey's Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee by a vote of 7 to 1 on March 18. Now, like a star-crossed second-grade fieldQ:

Is it true that the Black Stone was given to Adam to erase his sins?

From ancient-origins.net:

Muslims also believe that the Kaaba stone was once part of the stones of heaven.  There are various versions of its story of origin, all similar to one the another. When Adam was banished from the Garden of Eden, he was filled with sin. The Black Stone was given to him to erase this sin and allow him entrance back into heaven. Some instead believe the ancient stone was brought from a nearby mountain by the archangel Gabriel.

Is this true?

A:

I doubt this was the case as the verses below indicate that how Adam was forgiven and no mention is made of the black stone in this context:

And We said, "O Adam, dwell,


rulings, a hassan hadith can be used as proof.
Apart from the hadith by Ibn 'Abbās on the origin of the black stone, other stories are not corroborated: Gabriel bringing the black stone from a nearby mountain, or the black stone being given to Adam to erase his sins.

of two species – a female horse and a male donkey – so they end up with an odd number of chromosomes. A horse has 64 chromosomes and a donkey has 62. A mule inherits 63. An even number of chromosomes is needed to divide into pairs and reproduce.

But those numbers added up to implausibility in late April when the Amoses awoke to a braying and whinnying ruckus in the corral behind their house.

Running to the rescue

They spotted a foal peeking out from between the front legs of one of their favorite black mules, Kate. They tore outside to save the baby from the male mules – the johns – that were trying to stomp the little critter and the other female mules – the mollies – that


Albany Chefs' Food & Wine Festival Pouring Happy Bitch Wines

This is a 3 day Food & Wine themed festival that highlights the chefs and restaurant in the Capital Region (Albany, NY) and educates consumers on healthy, sustainable agriculture. All net profits from this event are donated to a deserving non-profit arts organization. The beneficiaries are listed on their website.

The festival begins Thursday evening at City Hall with the Mayor's VIP Reception from 5pm - 7pm. On Friday evening from 4pm - 8pm the first Grand Tasting of over 250 global wines, spirits and beer. There will be food tastings available as well as educational food, wine and spirits seminars. Friday evening at the tasting you can meet the up and coming chefs of the region at the RisingAs the NDP mulls over its disastrous election outcome, more than a dozen ridings are urging the party to embrace a plan for dramatic change at the party convention in April.

The Leap Manifesto offers a number of recommendations, including a proposal to wean the country off fossil fuels to address climate change.

The document — which has a wide range of supporters, including actors, labour unions and environmentalists — was unveiled in September during the election campaign.

At the time of its release, NDP Leader Tom Mulcair did not endorse it, but he said he welcomed new ideas and understood it reflected a desire for change.

"Canadians want change in Ottawa and I love the debates of ideas," he said at the time.

"We're going to bring in overarching sustainable development legislation.


We'll see clear targets. We'll start working with the world and stop working against the planet."

Avi Lewis, one of the key drivers behind the manifesto, said he finds it interesting that an NDP post-election working group has noted the party projected an image of "cautious change" during the campaign.

In a memo to supporters on Tuesday, NDP President Rebecca Blaikie noted many rank-and-file members believe this approach was out of sync with voters' desire for a sharp break from the Conservatives.

NDP President Rebecca Blaikie says some members believe the NDP's "cautious" approach in the last election was out of sync with voters' desire for a sharp break from the Conservatives. (Pawel Dwulit/Canadian Press)

Mulcair issued his own letter on Wednesday acknowledging the report provides a convincing summary of specific lapsesconspiracy theorist YouTuber Jack Belgarde, who spread white nationalist conspiracy theories and alleged that varied celebrities have connections to pedophilia.

Scavo claimed to have donated $80 to an obvious scam promising Trump supporters that they could crowd-fund Trump’s promised U.S.-Mexico border wall. His Facebook profile displays that he follows pro-Trump duo “Diamond & Silk”, failed California candidate Omar Navarro, alt-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos, the anti-Muslim hate group The United West, and anti-Muslim activist Laura Loomer.

On his campaign website, Scavo has shared photos of himself alongside Fox News pundits Pete Hegseth and Anthony Shaffer. Scavo describes himself a “pro-life” and “pro-family,” and likened Trump Tower in New York City to the holy city Mecca.

On March 12, Scavo will be up for election in a special election to fill the seat


where each individual spin behaves independently of the rest, just like atoms in an ideal gas. This highly disordered phase is the generic state of magnets at high temperatures, where thermal fluctuations dominate.  Upon cooling, the spins will often enter a ferromagnet (or antiferromagnet) phase. In this phase, interactions between the spins cause them to align into large-scale patterns, such as  domains, stripes, or checkerboards. These long-range patterns are referred to as "magnetic order," and are analogous to the regular crystal structure formed by many solids.

Quantum spin liquids offer a dramatic alternative to this typical behavior. One intuitive description of this state is as a "liquid" of disordered spins, in comparison to a ferromagnetic spin state, much in the way liquid water is in a disorderedArizona attorney general wants judge to stop elections inquiry

PHOENIX -- Lawyers for Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne urged a judge on
Monday to block an investigation of an election-law complaint by the Arizona
Citizens Clean Elections Commission, saying the commission lacks the authority
to scrutinize his re-election campaign because he's not using public funding.

"The critical question is what did the voters intend" when they passed the
Clean Elections Act in 1998, La Sota said. He argued the commission only was
authorized to investigate candidates that take public financing. If that wasn't
clear enough, La Sota said, the Legislature passed a law this year that
specifically said the commission can't go after traditionally funded candidates.

But lawyers for the commission disagree, arguing the law is clear that all
candidates for office can be penalized by the panel.

"The issue


is whether the commission has jurisdiction over non-participating
candidates," commission lawyer Joseph Kanefield said. "I think we've pretty
clearly established that the commission absolutely does have jurisdiction."

Bergin sharply questioned Horne's attorney on that point, pointing to the same
section of law the commission did and asking how it does not back the
commission's position. She said after Monday's hearing that she would try to
rule quickly.

Horne sued last month to stop an investigation of an election law complaint
filed by a former staffer. He's seeking a permanent injunction blocking the
inquiry.

The commission voted in June to investigate Horne after the staffer alleged the
attorney general used his executive staff to work on his re-election campaign in
violation of election laws. A separate investigation into the same matter was
initiated by the secretary of state's office last month andis being conducted
by a retired appeals court judge and Gilbert's town attorney.

Horne denies illegally using his staff to do campaign work.

He has been saddled by a series of legal and political problems as he seeks a
second term as the state's top law enforcement official. The Republican already
is appealing a finding by Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk that he and a top
aide illegally coordinated spending by an outside group supporting his 2010
election bid.

Horne faces a Republican challenger, Mark Brnovich, who has called on Horne to
drop out and said he "created a culture of corruption within the attorney
general's office."

If Horne beats Brnovich, he will face Democrat Felecia Rotellini in November in
a rematch of the 2010 election matchup. Horne edged Rotellini by about 4 percent
of the votes cast.
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White House aides and Trump campaign officials were "freaking out" after being "blindsided" by European Union Ambassador Gordon Sondland's testimony on Wednesday, which contained allegations of quid pro quo and pointed fingers at the president and other top administration officials, CNN's Jim Acosta reports.

The White House had attempted to get an "early peek" at Sondland's remarks during the jittery hours before the impeachment hearing began, due to the perception that he was a "wild card" witness, The Washington Post reports. Sondland's attorney had refused those attempts.

It became clear during the testimony, though, that Sondland's confirmation that "everyone was in the loop" was bad news for Republicans, who pivoted to attempting to distance Trump from what Democrats say was an attempt to pressure Ukraine into digging up dirt onHunter Biden, the son of his potential 2020 rival. Trump's campaign specifically zeroed in on Sondland saying that Trump "directly told him he wanted nothing from Ukraine," although Sondland did confirm that the requests of Trump's personal lawyer and fixer Rudy Giuliani "were a quid pro quo for arranging a White House visit" for the Ukrainian president, and that "Mr. Giuliani was expressing the desires of the president of the United States."

Trump campaign spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany maintained that "over and over we've heard from Democrats and the media that the next hearing, the next witness, the next testimony would be the bombshell they've been promising, only to have it fizzle out like all the rest. It has happened yet again." But Ken Starr, the lead prosecutor during the


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A PROMINENT Danish writer who heads a controversial group that claims free speech is under threat from Islam has escaped an attempt on his life in Copenhagen.

Lars Hedegaard, a well-known historian in Denmark, was able to fend off the attack on Tuesday after the gunman misfired, and was unharmed, police said in a statement.

The incident happened when Hedegaard, 70, opened his front door in the capital's Frederiksberg neighbourhood to a man pretending to be delivering a package and wearing a jacket showing the logo of the Danish postal service.

The attacker "fired a shot with his gun aimed at the victim's head'' but he missed, the statement read.

A struggle then ensued between the two men and the attacker fled the scene, it added.

Hedegaard is the president of Denmark's FreePress Society, an organisation that claims free speech is "being threatened, primarily by religious and ideological interests and international pressure groups.''

"I attacked him and hit him on the head,'' Hedegaard told the daily Politiken about the assassination attempt.

In an earlier statement, police said the gunmen's weapon jammed as he tried to fire off two more shots.

Based on eyewitness descriptions, police said the attacker was a bearded man aged around 25, who was about 1.80 metres tall.

The chairman of the Free Press Society's Swedish arm, Ingrid Carlqvist, who spoke to Hedegaard after the attack, told AFP he described the assailant as someone of "Arab appearance''.

"It's a miracle that he's alive,'' she said.

Carlqvist said she believed the attack was linked to the group's work.

"We view Islam as a totalitarian ideology


on the judgment against him for $26,667.14 in count I. Nieto contends on appeal that: (1) as a corporate officer he may not be held individually liable for conversion committed in behalf of and for the sole benefit of the corporation; and (2) that the judgment against him was against the manifest weight of the evidence.
At the time of the events in controversy, the Pintura Corporation was an Illinois corporation engaged in the business of finishing and installing dry wall in construction projects. Nieto was its president and sole shareholder. Wille Building Materials Corporation (Wille), a nonparty, was an Illinois Corporation which supplied Pintura with dry wall and other supplies. Plaintiff NACA was and is in the business of making commercial loans. On May 23, 1974, Pintura assignedto Wille the balance of all monies to become due to Pintura from one Highland Construction Co., for work performed on a project in Elgin, Illinois. The assignment recites that it was given in consideration for Wille's continued extension of credit to Pintura. On September 27, 1974, in order to secure Wille's indebtedness to NACA, Wille assigned to NACA its right in the Pintura-Wille assignment. Subsequently, Highland issued five checks, totaling $35,322.73 payable jointly to Pintura and Wille. The checks were dated October 8, 1974, January 4, 1975, January 30, 1975 (two checks), and April 30, 1975. All checks were deposited in Pintura's corporate account. It was stipulated that defendant Nieto endorsed three checks in Pintura and Wille's names, and that he directed and authorized endorsement and deposit


occasions Mr. Wille accompanied him. However, Nieto testified initially that he was unable to recall whether Mr. Wille was along when any of the five checks in controversy were obtained. Then he stated Mr. Wille was present when he picked up the first check that Highland issued. He also admitted making a deposition statement that Mr. Wille accompanied him twice to pick up checks dated January 4, 1975, and January 30, 1975. At one point his testimony indicated that Mr. Wille's initial permission for Nieto's endorsements and deposit of the checks extended to all future checks; yet, on further examination he contradicted this testimony. Finally he acknowledged a deposition statement that arrangements for disposition of the checks was to be made on a check-by-check basis.
William Wille testified thathe never authorized defendant Nieto to sign the checks, deposit them into Pintura's account or negotiate them. He first learned that the checks were being deposited in Pintura's account through the Highland Construction Company. He subsequently confronted Nieto about the checks, but defendant never admitted receiving them. He acknowledged that Wille did receive two other checks from Highland, endorsed by Nieto and forwarded by the Pintura Corp. He denied giving any waivers of lien to Pintura Corp., and indicated that Wille's practice was generally to withhold waivers until checks were received.
The conflicting testimony required resolution of a credibility issue and the trial court apparently accepted Mr. Wille's testimony favoring the plaintiff. The trial judge, as the trier of fact, is in a position superior to a court of


The Orix Buffaloes have acquired former Hanshin Tigers pitcher Akira Iwamoto and former Chicago White Sox minor leaguer Donn Roach, the Pacific League club announced Saturday.

Iwamoto, a 25-year-old right-hander, was the Tigers’ fourth pick in the 2010 draft but pitched in just 21 games for the Central League club, going 4-2 with a 2.64 ERA in 58 career innings.

Since last year, Iwamoto had been playing in Japan’s independent BC League and this season had a 1.50 ERA in 26 games for the Fukui Miracle Elephants.

“His pitching has been solid. He gives it his all in the bullpen and we wanted to add him to increase our depth,” said Hiroyuki Nagamura, the Tigers director of baseball operations.

Roach, a 28-year-old right-hander, has played in 21 total major league games withhowever, can displace the boulder to the top of the nearest hill, from which it may return to its original position or roll down the other side of the hill, depending on the details of its perturbation from the top.

The boulder analogy highlights several important observations regarding self-gravitating spheres in hydrostatic equilibrium. The two equilibrium positions, stable and unstable, are self-contained in the sense that they require no containment pressure and therefore have a zero pressure boundary, corresponding to zero force required to maintain the boulder’s position at the top and bottom of the hill. In the intermediate positions, however, a containment pressure is required to maintain the structure of the sphere, just as a force is required to hold the boulder in place on the side of


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Postal Service to Issue Stamp Honoring Korean War Memorial, Armistice

By Rudi WilliamsAmerican Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, June 23, 2003  A photograph of stainless steel statues of a patrol trudging through snow toward an objective is featured on the new commemorative postage stamp honoring the Korean War Veterans Memorial that's slated to be dedicated by the U.S. Postal Service on July 27.

The 37-cents stamp also honors the 50th anniversary of the armistice that ended hostilities during the Korean War.

The stamp's official first day of issue ceremony will take place at the Korean War Veterans Memorial on Washington's National Mall.

The statuary troop patrol consists of 14 soldiers, one sailor, one airman and three Marines. The 7-foot-tall figures represent racial and ethnic cross sections of America - whites, African-Americans, Asians, American Indians and Hispanics.

One Marine carries an ammunition case about the size of a lunch box and a tripod on his shoulder.

The airman, wearing a fur hat, is the only one not wearing a helmet. There's also a statue of an African-American Army medic and a South Korean soldier fighting with the American unit.

Previous U.S. stamps have recognized the bravery of Korean War veterans and the significance of the Korean War in U.S. and world history. In 1985, the Postal Service issued the 22-cent "Veterans Korea" stamp. "The Korean War," a 33-cent stamp, was issued as part of the 1950s, and the "Celebrate the Century" stamp pane in 1999.

Congress authorized the building of the Korean War Veterans Memorial in 1986 and it was dedicated on July


27, 1995.

Shown marching in a wedge formation as if on patrol, the statues represent troops walking grimly through a triangular field of juniper bushes and marble barriers that symbolize the rough terrain in Korea. Their objective, at the apex of the triangular "field of service," is symbolized by a masted American flag. The figures are clad in wind-blown ponchos to recall the harsh weather troops endured during the three-year war - 1950 to 1953.

The 19 statues reflect off a shiny, 164-foot-long black granite wall. A computer-controlled sandblaster etched the wall's 41 panels, creating a mural of more than 2,500 images of U.S. personnel who supported combat troops. The etchings represent Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard personnel. Equipment etchings include everything from rocket launchers, vehiclesand tankers, to hospital units, to chaplains of all denominations and switchboard and radio operators.

Faces etched into the wall came from photographs in the National Archives and the National Air and Space Museum. Some of the people whose images were used are still alive.

The reflective quality of the granite creates the illusion of 38 statues, symbolic of the 38th Parallel and the 38 months of the war. When viewed from afar, it also creates the appearance of the mountain ranges of Korea.

The third element of the Korean War Veterans Memorial, an area of remembrance, consists of a circular reflecting pool at the apex surrounded by a grove of 40 Linden trees. "Freedom Is Not Free" is engraved on the segment of the wall that extends into the pool


area.

The memorial recognizes the contributions of more than 1.5 million Americans who served in Korea during the war. It also acknowledges the United Nations member countries that assisted South Korea in the conflict.

The Pool of Remembrance bears the inscription: "Our nation honors her sons and daughters who answered the call to defend a country they never knew and a people they never met."

The Korean War began on June 25, 1950, when North Korean communist troops invaded South Korea. The U.S. and 21 other nations rallied to the defense of South Korea with military personnel, medical support and supplies. More than 34,000 Americans had been killed and another 103,000 wounded when an armistice was signed on July 27, 1953.

More than 3,000 soldiers from other United Nations countries were killedand 16,000 were wounded. South Korean casualties vary greatly, with estimates ranging from 50,000 to more than 400,000 dead and hundreds of thousands wounded. Millions of civilians are thought to have been killed or wounded.

John W. Alli of Catonsville, Md, took the photograph on the stamp just before a snowstorm in January 1996. Alli, who served two tours of duty in the Persian Gulf as a Marine Corps second lieutenant, is now a commercial airline pilot and a lieutenant colonel aviator in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve.

Marine Corps Reserve Lt. Col. John W. Alli of Catonsville, Md., took the photograph on the stamp just before a snowstorm in January 1996 when he was a lieutenant. Photo courtesy (c) 2002 USPS. Download screen-resolution


WORN DOWN BY disease, 65-year-old Pochavva Potharaju is the lone patient at the desolate 25-bed female cancer ward. Away from her village and her family, she feels time, the necessary axis of convalescence, passes slowly. At least she has Ramavva, her daughter-in-law and constant companion. It has been a month since Pochavva and Ramavva boarded a bus from Sarvapoor to Nizamabad, about 70 km away, with just enough money to cover the fare. They did not expect to stay long. “We have two acres of paddy back in the village. Since it costs too much to go home on weekends [when there is no treatment], the family has sent us bags of rice and clothes for our stay here,” says Ramavva, who cooks for both of them inpatient, however, the scheme, now known as Aarogyasri in Telangana, is a reinforcement of her faith in the state. Ironically, state-run hospitals are not the ones instilling this faith.

Since she first complained of a white discharge a year ago, Pochavva has been on a tiresome quest for a diagnosis. After several visits to and subsequent referrals from a neighbouring primary healthcare centre, a private hospital in Mudhole and a nursing home in Yellareddy, she eventually landed up at the Indur Cancer Hospital in Nizamabad, one of a handful of rural private hospitals empanelled under Aarogyasri for oncology. Super-specialty hospitals are largely concentrated in and around Hyderabad and in Warangal. Indur is perhaps the only privately run institution in a rural area that caters almost exclusively to Aarogyasri patients.


government, an agreement was finally reached on the evening of August 20th and the strike was suspended. The government has reportedly released Rs 560 crore towards Aarogyasri and Employee Health Scheme (EHS) dues. A committee is set to be appointed to troubleshoot payment delays.

In Telangana, which reports a higher incidence of morbidity and acute diseases than the national average, especially in rural areas (9.8 per cent against 8.9 for rural India) and among women, the cost of private healthcare is prohibitive. Childbirth costs Rs 13,320 in rural hospitals in Telangana and Rs 18,969 in urban ones against the all-India average of Rs 5,544 and Rs 11,685, respectively. And yet, government hospitals in the state serve only 29 per cent of inpatients as against 42 per cent in theNational Music Festival abandons Floyd and heads to Maryland

The National Music Festival, the two-week classical music series that drew much praise in its debut season in Floyd County this past summer will stage its second season in Maryland.

In August, the Festival announced it was in the black and told The Roanoke Times it had expanded its board to include Floyd County notables Bernie Coveney, Marie Henry and William May among others. Festival organizers talked glowingly about a second season, which new members of the board — and many of the festival’s financial contributors — assumed would be in Floyd County.

“For a new nonprofit organization, in this economy, we are proud that as we enter our second fiscal year we have paid all our bills and don’t have any


up and left.

On the festival’s Facebook page, a question asking for an explanation for the move went unanswered publicly.

On December 1, the festival changed its location and phone number on its Facebook page.

On December 3, festival organizers went on Facebook to ask for volunteers in and around Chestertown, MD, to help unpack the moving van that brought the festival’s belongings from Floyd to the Eastern Shore.

No contributor we contacted wanted to talk openly about the festival’s change of venue. The sudden departure of the music festival — which added to the county’s musical heritage — leaves a sour taste in the mouths of some. Email requesting an explanation for the move went unanswered. Phone calls were not returned.

The National Music Festival, located in Floyd, Virginia, is an orchestralThis person later withdrew the donation upon learning that the Festival would be moving to Maryland, and withheld the item from the Festival. Although the Festival Board does not wish to take legal action, the fact remains that this item legally belongs to the Festival and that withholding it was illegal.

When it became clear that the Festival was not sustainable in Floyd, the Board of Directors voted to move it to Chestertown, MD, which is my hometown. This decision was legally binding upon the organization – please do not forget that the Festival is a nonprofit organization and is governed by a legally convened board, not just Richard and myself.

Having given a year of our lives trying to bring something wonderful to Floyd – and having in the


calling the town office at 410-778-0500.

The Festival has two Board members from Floyd: Will May (who commented above) and Margaret McGee. Marie Henry, who is mentioned in the article, chose to resign because she did not feel that she could be of assistance to the Festival from afar. She is a member of the Advisory Board and remains an active volunteer. Please know that the Board decision to move the Festival was a unanimous one. Will, Margaret and Marie are working on a southwest VA chapter of the Friends of the National Music Festival, in the hopes of keeping the connection strong between the NMF and Floyd. Depending on the wishes of the community, plans include a Floyd NMF newsletter, musical events in Floyd, and a bus tripseason so that every penny could go into scholarships for the students, modest fees for the mentors, and various operating expenses. Expenses were well documented. When the NMF inaugural season was complete, there was virtually no money left over. The season closed “in the black”, however, and that is quite a feat. It often takes similar organizations several years to bring in enough funds to cover all expenses.

The intent was to make Floyd the permanent home for the National Music Festival.

There were internal problems. As often happens with a new organization and a new board of directors, there were growing pains related to roles and responsibilities. The most substantial issue appeared to be related to the fact that Richard and Caitlin each needed to earn a salary. They


personally contacted to shed light on this question.

Caitlin’s, Will’s and Margaret’s postings offer some perspective on the move, so I will include only a few additional thoughts. As a new, and now ex-board member of the NMF, as well as a volunteer throughout the festival last year, I observed and experienced great things happening for the festival and for Floyd. Generous donations of time, money, resources, and in-kind services were provided by the festival organizers, the then NMF board members, community members, businesses, mentors, students, and excited audience participants from Floyd, the surrounding area, and beyond. Within less than a year, the festival producers were able to pull together a professional, challenging, creative, and inspiring two-week marathon of fantastic music and performing arts. This could never have beenaccomplished without the full-on support of a great many people. In return, Floyd received accolades, recognition within the professional music community, great publicity, business, and visitors who came to discover and love their experiences in Floyd. All involved wished and expected to see the dream continue and grow.

The role of the governing board of the NMF was, and is, to best fulfill the mission and goals of the NMF while ensuring its integrity, its financial and legal viability and its continuing success. Late summer and early fall evaluations of the festival’s outcomes and future plans were extensively discussed, researched, and debated. While it was deeply hoped by all that the festival could be continued in Floyd, it became increasingly clear that this was not the best course of