2017. The average price of a home outside the school district increased from about $105,000 in 1999 to about $195,000 in 2017.

The median household income, which increased from $21,441 in 2000 to about $30,500 in 2016, is not keeping pace with the cost of housing in both Ithaca and within ICSD outside the city.

“Prices (for houses) are quite high relative to income,” said Delia Yarrow, director of lending for Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services. “Prices are shooting up, especially in the Ithaca City School District, and also around Tompkins County.”

The number of house sales under $165,000 has decreased from 120 sales in Ithaca in January 2000 to less than 20 sales in January 2017.

The number of house sales under $165,000 in the Ithaca City School District but outside theinflationary nature of the system are those Fed regional bank presidents who hail from outside the major areas of bank cartels. The regional presidents are elected by the local bankers themselves, the nominal owners of the Fed. Thus, the Fed presidents from top cartel areas such as New York or Chicago, or the older financial elites from Philadelphia and Boston, tend to be pro-inflation ‘doves,’ whereas the relatively anti-inflation ‘hawks’ within the Fed come from the periphery outside the major cartel centers: e.g., those from Minneapolis, Richmond, Cleveland, Dallas, or St. Louis. Surely, this constellation of forces is no coincidence.

During his long tenure, Greenspan had to deal with such Regional Fed hawks as Michael Moskow, Robert Parry, William Poole, Alfred Broaddus (known as ‘chief hawk’), Jerry Jordan, Gary


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information systems. Dr. Sachin Kheterpal, MD, MBA is the primary mentor for Dr. Mathis, and is the Director for MPOG and member of the NIH Precision Medicine Initiative Advisory Panel. The proposed research will be completed under the guidance of Dr. Kheterpal, as well as co-mentors Milo Engoren, MD, Daniel Clauw, MD, and Kayvan Najarian, PhD. An advisory panel of experts in HF diagnosis and data science methodologies will provide Dr. Mathis with additional guidance. Background: HF is among the most common chronic conditions requiring hospitalization and carries high rates of mortality. In the perioperative period, HF is a risk factor for major cardiac complications. Despite advances in care, little progress has been made to reduce HF healthcare burden, with difficulties attributable to a lack of inexpensive, reliableThe Hockey News

Ron Francis accomplished a lot as a player. He won two Stanley Cups with the Pittsburgh Penguins, he played in four All-Star Games, and he lined his trophy case with a Selke, three Lady Byngs and a King Clancy. He hit the 100-point mark three times. He's a top-five scorer in NHL history. 'Ronnie Franchise' also did some marvellous things captaining the Carolina Hurricanes in the twilight of his career, sporting a classy swirl of grey in his hair. His 77 points in 2001-02 were the second most all-time by a 38-year-old. He was hockey's answer to Cal Ripken Jr.

But even someone as decorated as Francis had to realize he inherited a boat full of holes when he took over as Carolina Hurricanes GM last April.


to re-sign," Francis said. "That set us back a bit. But there are a lot of good, young pieces in our lineup."

The Canes do have some youngsters to get excited about. Elias Lindholm, drafted fifth overall in 2013, took a large step forward this year and appears on his way to stardom. Red Deer Rebels D-man Haydn Fleury was widely considered the best defenseman not named Aaron Ekblad in the 2014 draft class, and he should be an impact NHLer within a couple years. It's been a year to forget for Skinner, but he has 115 NHL goals before his 23rd birthday. Faulk, an absolute workhorse at both ends of the ice, spiked his offense to an unexpected level this year, with 15 goals and 49 points in80 games. As Francis pointed out, four of the Canes' top five scorers this season are 23 and younger.

So Carolina does have a decent foundation upon which to build a winning team, especially when it still has assets to sell off. Eric Staal's contract expires next season, and he would command a king's ransom at the 2016 trade deadline should Carolina dwell in the basement again, which is probable for at least one more season. Ward's deal expires, too, making him a suddenly attractive rental for a goalie-starved team. That pair could net the Canes some serious assets and set them up for a much brighter future. The Arizona Coyotes accomplished such a feat this year, adding tantalizing prospect Anthony Duclair and a bushel of draft picks.

Speaking of


that draft, the 2015 edition will net Carolina another exciting piece. Francis absolutely has the lottery on the mind – he's the first to broach the subject of ping-pong balls – and he hasn't abandoned the Connor McDavid pipe dream. Francis said he's seen No. 97 play this year and probably will again.

"When he winds 'er up, the speed is, it's NHL speed already, and he thinks the game extremely well," Francis said. "The skill set is extremely good. Normally when you watch guys you can see a flaw somewhere in their game, and he looks pretty good at this point as far as having to eliminate any flaws."

Still, if McDavid ends up in a red sweater, it's more likely an Arizona sweater. Five percent more likely, toA pilot whose aircraft went down in the Atlantic Ocean about 15 miles off the Florida coast was rescued Thursday after rescuers used a tracking device to locate him.

The U.S. Coast Guard in a statement said it received a notification from a registered Personal Locator Beacon and the Federal Aviation Administration reported a downed plane.

Along with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, the Coast Guard deployed an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter Crew, the Coast Guard Cutter Finback, a 45-foot response boat crew, and a 33-foot special purpose law enforcement crew to follow the signal from the tracking device.

SHARK ATTACKS DOUBLED IN 20 YEARS IN HIGHLY POPULATED AREAS, STUDY FINDS

The signal led the search teams about 15 miles east of Juno Beach, where they found 51-year-old Robert Lillard floating on


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ReferencesDOVER — Nine vacant and boarded up properties in downtown Dover will start the demolition process on Monday, setting the stage for what NCALL, the Central Delaware Habitat for Humanity and city officials hope will be a more promising future in the area.

The properties, all located in the Downtown Development District, were recently purchased by NCALL using Strong Neighborhoods Housing Funds that were awarded by the Delaware State Housing Authority.

Five of the properties facing demolition stand side-by-side on a single block of North Kirkwood Street, another pair of houses are located on South Queen Street and the remaining two are on South Kirkwood Street.

Eventually, the properties, located in areas that have been plagued by high-crime rates, will be redeveloped by the Central Delaware Habitat for Humanity.

“This is an


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Birmingham City bounced back from the pain of last week's successive 3-2 defeats to win their own St Andrew's Day five-goal thriller.

Marlon King hit the winner, his second of the night, in the 81st minute, as Lee Clark's men twice came from behind to beat high-flying Middlesbrough.

King's first-half penalty cancelled out Grant Leadbitter's early header.

Scott McDonald fired 'Boro back in front, but Wade Elliott volleyed home before King raced clear to win it.

Victory would have moved Tony Mowbray's side up to second, but their chance to close the gap on Cardiff and Crystal Palace in first and second evaporated as the hosts finished the stronger of the two sides.

It took 14 minutes to trigger the first noteworthy moment of the game -a goal-kick. But the home side's luck was in on the stroke of half-time when they won a penalty.

King fell to earth after making contact with Bikey's thigh and, from the resulting spotkick, the Blues' top scorer struck his fifth successful penalty of the season.

'Boro were back in front on 62 minutes when Seb Hines' headed flick-on caused such confusion between the stricken Ibanez and the stranded Butland that McDonald was able to nip in and fire his eighth goal of the campaign.

But this time the lead lasted just four minutes before half-time sub Wade Elliott volleyed Blues level.

Elliott's dipping effort was well-struck enough, but it was within reach of Steele, who would have been disappointed to have conceded it.

Steele redeemed himself by then parrying Jonathan Spector's fierce


“Circus,” since he used to act like a clown before becoming sober) decides to bring her to his old grandmother’s house, where she won’t be disturbed.

He then goes to bring his daughter Annie (Alison Barry), to the doctor’s office. She uses a wheelchair and needs a kidney transplant. While she’s hooked up to the dialysis machine, he tells her about the woman he caught in the net, but makes it into a fairy tale. Annie believes she is a selkie, a half-woman half-seal being who communicates underwater by singing, and is soon checking out every book on the subject at the local library.

Circus, meanwhile, has discovered that he has good luck when this woman, who tells him to call her Ondine, goes out fishing with him (contrary toLooking for Ondine.

Some of the best (and funniest) scenes in the movie are those between Circus and the local priest (Stephen Rea, who was also excellent in The Crying Game). The priest is the only person whom Circus confides in about Ondine, and may be his only friend in the town, besides his daughter. When Circus falls off the bandwagon late in the film, it is the priest who recognizes why.

“Misery is easy, Syracuse,” he says. “Happiness you have to work at.”

Jordan makes us care about these characters, though Annie is a tad annoying (for example, she risks her life in order to prove whether or not Ondine is a selkie, reminding me of the scene with the gun in Unbreakable). My main problem with the film, however,


The Experience

A mid 18th-century house in the centre of Bayeux, this is an architectural jewel. It was built for a botanist who worked at Versailles and specimen trees still stand in the grounds. In those days, carriages would rumble through the archway and enter the central ‘cour d’honneur’; still cobbled, the yard is an exquisite spot from which to glimpse a fascinating range of building styles. Delighted to share all he knows about this house and its history, Anthony, with impeccable English, is an exceptionally generous young host. Inside are white walls, parquet étoile floors and a curved and suspended staircase, one of only two in France. And such beautiful things: antiques and tapestries, brocade chairs and gilt-framed mirrors, a grand piano and a chandelier from Compiègne whereEric Nederlander, a Broadway producer with a history of disputes with the women in his life, claims that postpartum depression caused him to act violently against his wife.

Lindsey Kupferman, his second wife, got a restraining order against him for violent behavior in 2008, and he claims in divorce papers obtained by The New York Post that he suffered from the baby blues after the birth of their daughter Mira.

Nederlander, 46, was first married to Jerry Seinfeld's wife Jessica Sklar. After their Italian honeymoon, and barely a month after they wed, she asked for a divorce after reportedly meeting the comedian at a New York City gym. The Seinfelds have been married since 1999.

But, he warned, it is no excuse for violence -- in fact, he said, men already


prone to outbursts are at greater risk for postpartum depression.

The blues can come out in irritability and anger, as well as physical aggression and lack of impulse control, according to Courtenay.

"A lot of men don't act on it, but have fears of hurting their babies or partners," he said. "Some men do act on those feelings."

Kupferman, who is a psychologist, filed for divorce at the end of 2007, according to her lawyer at the time,
Robert G. Smith.

Smith told ABCNews.com that he was "unauthorized" to speak about the case, but confirmed that Nederlander had been accused of domestic violence and the divorce is still pending.

At the time, Smith said that the judge had signed a protection order "based upon a finding of danger to person or property and domesticviolence."

A 2010 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that 14 percent of American men experience postpartum depression after the birth of a child.

Courtenay, who specializes in treating males, said his own research found that 1 in 4 men suffer from the post-baby blues, most often in the three-to-four-month period after birth.

He said the JAMA had looked at 43 "very good studies" that were large and population based.

Post-Baby Depression Affects Men, Too

Doctors suspect that the condition is partially hormonal and may be triggered by lack of sleep. Men also have fewer support systems to fight off the depression.

"During pregnancy and after the child is born, a man's hormones change dramatically -- it's sort of a double whammy," Courtenay said. "Not only does testosterone go


down, but the estrogen levels go up."

At the same time, men experience increased prolactin levels, the hormone in pregnant women and nursing mothers, up until the baby is 1 year old.

Though researchers don't fully understand why this happens, he said they suspect it's "nature's way of helping fathers bond with babies."

Neurological changes caused by lack of sleep can also play a role in men's behavior after the birth of a child, according to Courtenay.

"A normally healthy adult goes without good night's sleep for a month and they begin to show signs of clinical depression," he said. "So the lack of sleep, combined with hormonal changes and can create a perfect storm."

But men don't handle the stress as well as their female counterparts, he said. "They are more likelyto avoid, deny, distract or drink alcohol or take drugs in response to depression and anxiety ... that only compounds the problems unless they have healthy coping strategies."

Men have fewer friends and social networks and rely on them less, according to Courtenay. "They primarily rely on their spouse or female partner as primary support."

And if the woman is having difficulty with the same things, depression can escalate.

In Nederlander's case, he was accused of abusing Kupferman, which he denied at the time. His lawyer, Bernard Clair, did not return calls from ABCNews.com.

A judge granted a protection order for Kupferman in February 2008.

More recently, Nederlander was jailed for a day for allegedly pushing his 31-year-old girlfriend Nancy Okun's face into a taxi cab divider window last summer and yanking her


Scandinavian Countries Global Leader In Social Justice/Cohesion

Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland have the highest levels of social cohesion, followed by Canada, the US, Australia, and New Zealand, according to the Social Cohesion Radar, a study released July 16 by the Bertelsmann Foundation, a German-based think tank, and Jacobs University in Bremen, Germany. The study examines 34 countries in the EU and the OECD: the 27 EU member states and seven OECD countries: Australia, Canada, Israel, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland and the US.

While many conservatives continue to bash the liberal social program paradigm as an unwieldy welfare state of dependency…

Scandinavian countries have the most equitable societies in Europe, according to research by the Bertelsmann Foundation, a German-based think tank — finding the strongest social cohesion in Denmark, Norway, Finlandand Sweden.

In these Nordic countries, which consistently rank at the top, a universal welfare state actively redistributes wealth and promotes equality of opportunity — the heart of Faustian urGe “Economic Morality: EQUALITY of advancement opportunity and treatment under the law and social memes — EQUITABILITY of rewards and outcomes [economic and social].” The quality of these countries’ institutions is also unusually high. These appear to be the factors behind the strong social cohesion in the Nordic pattern.

Most of Western Europe—Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg, Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Spain—feature above-average to average social cohesion. Lithuania, Latvia and the southeast European countries of Bulgaria, Greece and Romania suffer from low social cohesion.

SOCIAL COHESION?

Social cohesion is defined as how well members of a community live and work together. A cohesive


are two relatively religious countries: Ireland and the United States. These countries appear to be able to achieve a level of social cohesion similar to that found in the relatively non-religious Nordic countries, under very different circumstances. Despite conservative political rants, respect for varied religious views ultimately prevails and tolerance — perhaps at times uneasy — holds sway, especially within the United States.

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Several sources inside and outside the White House said Trump's decision to take questions after his infrastructure statement on Tuesday came as an unwelcome surprise to his staff. A White House official distributed talking points and research materials to allies shortly afterward that focused solely on infrastructure and construction permitting, according to copies obtained by the Washington Examiner, underscoring the degree to which aides believed the day would produce media coverage of infrastructure only.

Gary Cohn, Trump's chief economic adviser, was particularly upset


by the incident, two people familiar with the situation said. The president's remarks undid one of his most visible projects to date, as one source noted Cohn played a major role in creating the business advisory councils that Trump dissolved on Wednesday.

A White House official told reporters traveling with the president on Thursday that "nothing has changed" in Cohn's plans to remain at the helm of Trump's National Economic Council amid speculation that Cohn may resign over the president's remarks.

Trump's new chief of staff, John Kelly, watched the impromptu press conference unfold Tuesday with an expression so pained that it quickly went viral.

The episode has shaken confidence in Kelly both inside the White House and among its Republican allies.

"It's pretty apparent that he's got qualms after this wholeHouse. But most people recognized Kelly's impact would be limited by Trump's unwillingness to change core tendencies."

Amid the chaos over Trump's Charlottesville comments, Hope Hicks, a longtime Trump aide, assumed control of the White House press shop as the interim communications director, ending weeks of uncertainty about who would take the job. Hicks had already been performing many of the duties that typically fall to a communications director, and her new position was viewed internally as a natural next step for the Trump loyalist.

"I think she earned it and will keep it," said one person who has worked with Hicks.

Her promotion came just as Sean Spicer, former White House press secretary, quietly ended his tenure this week. Spicer officially resigned last month after Trump named Anthony Scaramucci as


his communications director, but remained on board for several weeks to facilitate a transition under Scaramucci that ultimately never occurred.

Hicks did not return a request for comment on her appointment.

Her shift to the press office could allow Trump to exert greater control over the White House's messaging strategy, as Hicks is considered one of the West Wing staffers to whom Trump is closest.

On the day of Hicks' elevation to communications director, one of Trump's top aides seemingly went rogue in a series of rare on-the-record interviews with the American Prospect, the New York Times, and the Daily Mail.

Steve Bannon may have conducted the first interview with a writer for the Prospect, a left-leaning publication, inadvertently, said one person close to Trump's chief strategist. But Bannon clearly intended thetwo interviews that followed to appear on the record, and in them, he doubled down on Trump's argument that removing Confederate statues erodes American culture.

A person familiar with the situation said Bannon acted as Trump's "political Secret Service" by granting a juicy interview to the Prospect and described the move as an effort by Bannon to "take a bullet" for Trump by drawing attention to something other than Charlottesville.

"Steve did something that almost no one else in the West Wing would consider doing — he had someone fire live ammunition at him to draw attention away from POTUS," the person said. "You have to respect that."

Bannon had already come under scrutiny for his feud with national security adviser H.R. McMaster due to Kelly's suspicion that Bannon had orchestrated


a right-wing campaign against McMaster through a series of leaks.

"I think [Kelly] feels like he's alone on an island dealing with Bannon and Trump," one outside adviser told the Washington Examiner. "And I doubt it helps that Bannon thinks Tuesday's press conference was a ‘defining moment' or great success."

Roger Stone, an occasional outside adviser to Trump, suggested the consternation within the West Wing over the president's comments could be attributed to the political backgrounds of many top aides.

"If the president had surrounded himself with Trump loyalists who understand his constituency and the dynamics of the current political situation, instead of establishment types who are of the same mindset as Trump's critics, perhaps he would not have these staff issues," Stone told the Washington Examiner. "When you hire gutlessmoderate Republicans, you shouldn't be surprised when they act like moderate Republicans."

However, Stone predicted Hicks would find success in the communications director role because "she has a clear understanding of both Trump and the media."

The turmoil that engulfed Washington this week reached all the way to South America, where Vice President Mike Pence was midway through a four-country tour of the region meant to strengthen U.S. relationships and address the collapse of Venezuela when the controversy over Trump's comments erupted.

Pence had been scheduled to hold a press conference in Santiago on Wednesday after delivering joint statements with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, but his staff told reporters aboard Air Force Two that the event would not involve questions at the behest of the Chileans. However, just before Pence and


Bachelet took their respective podiums, the vice president's spokesman said Pence had requested that reporters be allowed to ask him questions at the conclusion of the event.

"What happened in Charlottesville was a tragedy, and the president has been clear on this tragedy and so have I," Pence said Wednesday in response to a question about Charlottesville. "The strength of the United States of America is always strongest, as the president has said so eloquently, when we are united around our shared values, and so it will always be."

Pence cut short his trip to South America by one day in order to join the president at a national security meeting at Camp David on Friday, a White House official told the Washington Examiner. Pence also canceled two political eventsin Virginia on Saturday in order to "provide flexibility should the Camp David discussions need more time/attention," the official said.

However, some observers viewed Pence's last-minute scheduling shuffle as a signal that the backlash over Trump's Charlottesville response had grown serious enough to require all hands on deck.

The dust-up has also disrupted a relatively quiet August recess for congressional Republicans, many of whom emerged this week to condemn the president's words.

Republican aides on Capitol Hill expressed frustration with the situation and projected a sense of uncertainty about whether temperatures would still be too high to accomplish anything substantive by the time lawmakers return to Washington at the end of the month.

By Thursday morning, Trump was beginning to return fire to the GOP lawmakers who had criticized him most aggressively.

He


excoriated "[p]ublicity seeking" Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., in a tweet Thursday that ripped Graham for claiming Trump had drawn a "moral equivalency" between white supremacist demonstrators and the left-wing counter-protesters who had come to oppose them.

"Such a disgusting lie," Trump wrote. "He just can't forget his election trouncing. The people of South Carolina will remember!"

Trump also went after Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., for his criticism of the White House's Charlottesville response. Flake has long served as one of Trump's most vocal critics within the GOP.

"Great to see that Dr. Kelli Ward is running against Flake Jeff Flake, who is WEAK on borders, crime and a non-factor in Senate," Trump wrote in a tweet praising Flake's Republican primary opponent. "He's toxic!"

A source close to the White House said theSajjad Hussain, AFP | Indian supporters of the opposition Indian National Congress party hold a model of a Rafale fighter jet as they shout slogans during a protest against the Rafale jets deal, in New Delhi on August 30, 2018.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faced calls for his resignation over allegations of corruption in a military jet deal with France after former French president François Hollande was quoted as saying France had no choice in local partners.

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Hollande's comments on Friday stoked debate over a subject that has gained significant traction in India in recent weeks, since the opposition Congress party accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of favouring a private conglomerate over a public company in the aircraft deal estimated to be worth $8.7 billion.

The party alleges


Modi gave preferential treatment to industrialist Anil Ambani, the billionaire chairman of Reliance Group, to the detriment of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), the state-run giant that has been producing planes for decades, most of them Russian under licence.

Officials in India and France say French manufacturer Dassault had freely chosen to partner with Reliance, despite Ambani having no previous experience in the aeronautics sector.

"We did not have a say in that," Hollande told investigative website Mediapart. "It was the Indian government that proposed this service group (Reliance), and Dassault who negotiated with Ambani. We did not have a choice, we took the interlocutor who was given to us."

Under Indian defence procurement rules, a foreign firm must invest at least 30 percent of the contract in India to help itbuild up its manufacturing base and wean off imports.

For that, the French firm picked Reliance and not Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.

"The PM personally negotiated and changed the Rafale deal behind closed doors. Thanks to François Hollande, we now know he personally delivered a deal worth billions of dollars to ... Anil Ambani," Rahul Gandhi, the president of the main opposition Congress party, said in a tweet. "The PM has betrayed India."

The PM personally negotiated & changed the #Rafale deal behind closed doors. Thanks to François Hollande, we now know he personally delivered a deal worth billions of dollars to a bankrupt Anil Ambani.

The PM has betrayed India. He has dishonoured the blood of our soldiers. Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) September 21, 2018

Modi, who stormed to power in 2014 promising to


rid India of deep-seated corruption, had no "moral right" to remain in power after the revelations from Hollande, senior Congress leader Anand Sharma said.

Smaller parties also joined the attack on Modi who is already under pressure to shore up his political base ahead of a series of state elections this year followed by a national election in 2019.

Modi's office did not respond to a request for comment. The defence ministry said in a tweet that neither the French nor Indian government had had a say in the matter.

"The report referring to fmr French president Mr. Hollande's statement that GoI (government of India) insisted upon a particular firm as offset partner for the Dassault Aviation in Rafale is being verified.

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Second, the Palestinian National Authority has a judicial system more developed than that of many members of the I.C.C., which would allow it to comply with the cooperative obligations contained in the statute.

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QCEW Publication AccelerationBolland And Hawks Team Up With Dominick's For Annual Book Drive

Event Information: Blackhawks center Dave Bolland will make a special appearance to sign autographs at Dominick’s as part of the Chicago Blackhawks Charities’ Second Annual Book Drive to benefit Chicago Public Schools. Fans that donate a new or gently used book at the appearance to help promote the book drive will receive an autograph from Bolland, who has posted three points (G, 2A) in six games this season. The book drive takes place at participating Dominick’s during the month of October.

Bolland, 23, has registered 67 points (24G, 43A) and 84 penalty minutes in 127 career regular-season tilts over parts of four seasons (2006-09) with the Blackhawks. Last season, the Mimico, Ontario, native appeared in 81 of Chicago’s 82


regular-season games, ranking sixth on the club with a career-high 19 goals, seventh with a career-best 47 points and ninth with a career-most 28 assists. He also tied for third on the team with eight assists and fourth with 12 points in 17 tilts during his Stanley Cup Playoff debut during the squad’s run to the Western Conference Final.Al Qaeda takes aim at Israel

Al Qaeda, which originally announced its presence on the global scene in 1998 as "The World Islamic Front for Jihad against the Jews and Crusaders," for the first time has claimed an attack on the Jewish state from neighboring Lebanon.

Abu Musab Zarqawi, the commander of Al Qaeda's Middle East branch, issued a warning to Israel on the group's website, boasting that Katyusha rockets fired two weeks ago from southern Lebanon were just the "beginning of a welcome operation to strike deep in enemy territory, at the instructions of Osama bin Laden."

The claim of responsibility and its accompanying threat of more to come seem to realize concerns in Israel that over time Al Qaeda might step up attacks from neighboring Arab countries or from


regions under control of the Palestinian Authority, analysts say.

After Israel withdrew its troops and settlers from the Gaza Strip in August, ending a 38-year-long occupation, Israeli officials expressed concern that Al Qaeda operatives had slipped in from Egypt during the course of several days of uncontrolled border crossings.

Moreover, the development also follows what may be a shift in strategy for Al Qaeda: While not giving up attempts to inflict massive attacks on major targets in the US and in Europe, it will take advantage of opportunities to hit targets in the Middle East.

These include the ongoing suicide bombings in Iraq's deadly insurgency and attacks on pro-Western forces in the Arab world - from international targets in Saudi Arabia to the triple bombing attack on three major hotels inAmman, Jordan on Nov. 9, 2005.

The attempt to ratchet up tensions on the Israel-Lebanon border comes at a time when the Israeli security establishment is concerned about the perception abroad of the country being in a state of political crisis, given that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has been in critical condition for the past week.

"Zarqawi has tried to attack Israeli targets for a long time. We know for a fact that Al Qaeda has been pondering attacking inside the Israeli border, so it's nothing new, but we should see it as part of a trend," says Yoram Schweitzer, an expert on Al Qaeda at the Jaffe Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University.

"The reaction in Lebanon shows that even Hizbullah is a little bit frustrated," he adds,


"not that they mind Israel being attacked, but they don't like anyone else trying to control their territory."

Indeed, the attempt of Al Qaeda operatives to gain ground in southern Lebanon, which has long been a magnet for militant groups, appears to have irked Hizbullah, or the Party of God, the primary military and political organization controlling the south of the country.

Hizbullah has moved toward a sort of hostile quiet with Israel during the more than five years since Israel withdrew from its occupied "security zone" in Lebanon.

It appears likely, many observers say, that the attacks were perpetrated by Palestinian militants who would like to link their agenda with Al Qaeda's.

Although Shiite Hizbullah, backed by Iran, tends to have good relations with mainstream Sunni groups in Lebanon, it isWhen 'Doctor Who' met Santa

By Henry Hanks, CNN

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On November 23, 1963, "Doctor Who" was first broadcast on the BBC. Today, it remains a cult favorite among science-fiction fans young and old. Peter Capaldi (pictured with Jenna Coleman) took over as the Twelfth Doctor this season. Click through the gallery to see the men who have played the title character.

The Doctor -- a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey who traveled through space and time -- was first played by William Hartnell, who took along his granddaughter on his adventures.

Patrick Troughton took over the role in 1966, and it was explained on the show that Time Lords can regenerate into new bodies upon their death. Troughton's Second Doctor was more of an


oddball, prone to playing his recorder and fooling enemies into thinking he was a simpleton.

Jon Pertwee's Third Doctor dove headlong into the 1970s. He was the closest to James Bond of any of the Doctors, earthbound and a big fan of traveling in flashy vehicles.

The Fourth Doctor, played by Tom Baker, is a favorite of many fans, having played the character the longest starting in 1974. Baker brought back some of the childlike aspects of the Doctor in a big way, and he gained a robotic dog companion, K-9.

Peter Davison's Fifth Doctor brought the character into the 1980s as a young, well-dressed cricketer, leading a team of companions on his adventures.

The no-nonsense Sixth Doctor, Colin Baker, took over in 1984. Despite his outlandish, colorful costume, he was oneof the least approachable-seeming Doctors.

The Seventh Doctor, starting in 1987, ended the original series of "Doctor Who." Sylvester McCoy's take on the character returned him to the quirky mannerisms of the Second and Fourth Doctors, though this one was more of a schemer.

Up until recently, the Eighth Doctor's adventures on screen lasted all of one TV movie, a failed attempt to resurrect the series on Fox. Paul McGann returned on a "Webisode" in 2013, explaining what became of his character when he regenerated.

The show was rebooted in 2005, and Christopher Eccleston's Ninth Doctor was the first one many new fans saw. Wearing a leather jacket, this Doctor was stripped down to his bare essentials.

After Eccleston's departure at the end of the first new season, David Tennant brought back


some of the quirkiness with his Tenth Doctor, a trenchcoat-wearing adventurer with a great sense of humor. He was recently voted fans' favorite Doctor by readers of the UK's Radio Times.

Matt Smith brought a youthful appearance to the Eleventh Doctor starting in 2010. His penchant for wearing bow ties and fezzes and dancing like a "drunken giraffe" played against the fact that he was determined to save the day, and his companions, no matter what.

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Nick Frost makes a smashing Santa in "Doctor Who" special

There was a heartbreaking goodbye involving Clara

Fans on Twitter reacted mostly in positive way, but some were less than enthused

Editor's note: The following contains spoilers about the "DoctorWho" Christmas special.

(CNN) -- The big draw to this year's "Doctor Who" Christmas special was the Doctor meeting Santa, but as usual, there ended up being a lot more to it than that.

First thing's first, Nick Frost was brilliant casting in one of the best portrayals of Santa ever. And the story -- which involved dreams within dreams -- was classic "Who," slyly acknowledging the fact that it was also paying tribute to "Alien" and "The Thing From Another World."("There's a horror film called 'Alien'?" the Doctor asked in shock. "That's really offensive. No wonder everyone keeps invading you.")

But the biggest question hanging over all was where things stood between the Doctor and Clara.

As showrunner Steven Moffat put it in a recent call with the press, "As (the


Atlantic City and New Jersey.”

A previous version of the bill, A-2578, cleared both chambers of the legislature in late December 2012. Gov. Christie used all of his allotted 45 days considering whether to sign the measure before ultimately opting for a conditional veto. At the time Christie acknowledged that “now is the time for our State to move forward, again leading the way for the nation, by becoming one of the first States to permit Internet gaming,” but expressed concerns about problem gaming and regulatory transparency. He also insisted on a 10-year sunset for the measure so that legislators would have an opportunity in the future to review whether or not online gaming had been a success in the Garden State.

None of those changes encountered any serious resistancethat Rational Group will enter the New Jersey online gaming market.

Kevin McGrady

Legislative and Politics Beat Writer: Kevin McGrady practiced corporate law in New York City for eight years before moving to Las Vegas in 2008 to join the gaming industry. Kevin is a graduate of New York University and Columbia University School of Law.


LONDON, June 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockton announced today that it has acquired the specialist motorsport insurance broker, MIS Motorsport, based in Guiseley, near Leeds. Lockton and MIS Motorsport completed the transaction on 1 June 2014 after receiving regulatory approval.

Lockton already has a presence in the UK motorsport market and in the US where it acts for a number of speedway tracks, rallies, and car clubs. MIS Motorsport is a market leader in the UK, Europe, and the Far East where it is a recognised brand across every market segment from Formula 1 to Karting, and the World Rally Championship through to Club Rallies. The acquisition will strengthen Lockton's offering in this sector and give it a winning position in the motorsport business while supporting MIS Motorsport's expansionthe MIS, Lockton Motorsport brand on the worldwide stage."

The combined Lockton MIS team will be based in the north of England working out of Lockton and MIS premises in Manchester and Leeds. Terms of the transaction were not released.

Lockton is the world's largest privately held insurance broker with operations around the world. MIS Motorsport is a privately held specialist broker with 10 staff in the U.K. Its founder, Dermot Hanafin, started the niche motorsport insurance brokerage business in 2007. A 25-year veteran of the insurance business, Dermot was an amateur rally driver and still participates today, he is currently preparing to participate in the 2015 Dakar Rally.

About Lockton

More than 4,900 professionals at Lockton provide 35,000 clients around the world with risk management, insurance, and employee benefits consulting services


that improve their businesses. From its founding in 1966 in Kansas City, Missouri, Lockton has attracted entrepreneurial professionals who have driven its growth to become the largest privately held insurance broker in the world and 9th largest overall. Independent researcher Greenwich Associates has awarded Lockton its Service Excellence Award for risk management for large companies. For five consecutive years, Business Insurance has recognized Lockton as a "Best Place to Work in Insurance."To see the latest insights from Lockton's experts, check Lockton Market Update.Dame Vivien Duffield has very clear memories of the first time she visited Israel. The year was 1955 and she was 9 years old. Her parents had just divorced and it was her first vacation without her mother.

From their home in London, she, her father – billionaire businessman Charles Clore – and her brother Alan boarded a plane to the young country, which was itself only seven years old at the time. The plane landed in Paris, then took off for Rome, followed by Athens, with Lod airport being the last stop.

Waiting for them at the airport, tense and excited, was Meyer Weisgal. Weisgal was a Zionist leader and he served as the right hand of Israel’s first president, Chaim Weizmann. He was also the founder and president


of the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot. He had far-reaching plans for this visit. The focus of attention was, obviously, Vivien’s father.

She is now 72, but remembers every detail of that visit, and of her first impression of Weisgal.

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“This creature from another world appeared, and took us to the Weizmann Institute and we had the most wonderful time. I remember that we stayed in Abba Eban’s house, because at the time he was the ambassador in Washington.”

Their devoted guide on their excursions around the country was Pinhas Sapir, at the time the minister of trade and industry. He too was casting an eye on her father’s checkbook, as he was on the money ofother Jewish philanthropists whom he showed around Israel, hoping to captivate both their hearts and wallets.

“We went everywhere. We went to Arad, which didn’t exist – it was a plant growing in the middle of the desert. We went to all those places. I always think I know Israel better than most Israelis. I remember the first time I just screamed, hearing this terrible noise. It was jackals that were howling in the orange groves in Rehovot.”

Open gallery view John Paul Getty chats to Charles Clore, left, during a Foyles Luncheon at the South Restaurant, Earls Count, London, June 12, 1964. Credit: AP

Did Sapir’s efforts work? Was your father persuaded?

“No, he never put a large sum of money into Israel, not as an investment. He gave the money.


her own country, she’s one of the most influential, important and well-liked women; a patron of the arts and education, someone who is especially dedicated to her causes. In 2015, The Guardian estimated that she had given away some 300 million English pounds (at the time more than $450 million) in Britain alone.

Dame Vivien has supported such art institutions as the Tate galleries, the Royal Ballet, the Royal Opera House – where, as head of its board of directors, she single-handedly extricated it from a budgetary deficit by contributing 5.5 million English pounds – and others.

When the British government slashed budgets, Duffield provided funds for education, both as an individual donor and as part of a group. She spearheaded a drive to collect more than 1 billion Englishpounds for Oxford University. She’s supported galleries and museums, built the renowned Southbank Centre for arts, and in 2013 established JW3, a non-denominational Jewish cultural center in north London.

Open gallery view Dame Vivien Duffield Credit: Maria Spann

In Israel, too, the list of recipients is long and dizzying. It includes the Weizmann Institute, to which she’s given “many millions,” in her words, and the Tower of David Museum in Jerusalem, which the Clore Israel Foundation and Duffield established.

Her family established Jerusalem’s Beit Hahayal hostel for soldiers, as well as a string of other structures and institutions in the capital, including libraries, parks, battered women’s shelters, and homes for such organizations as Ilan, for physically handicapped children, and Akim, for the mentally disabled. She has provided funds to establish and


these huge houses, with very rich people. Then you get the very religious and the non-religious, it hasn’t ‘melted’ the way it should. The Arabs were there, but there wasn’t this viciousness directed at them like there is now.”

A secretive past

Duffield doesn’t give many interviews, not in her country and certainly not in Israel. She grew up in an unusual home. Her mother, born Francine Halphen, was from an affluent Parisian family and was a member of the French Resistance during the Nazi occupation. Her father, Charles Clore, was one of Britain’s most prominent postwar businessmen.

Clore was born in London in 1904, on the very day his parents reached East London after migrating from somewhere in Eastern Europe. He never was willing to say a word about histo London, and before he had reached 25, he was a wealthy man.

By the time his daughter was born, the Clores were one of the richest families in Britain. Until his death, in 1979, Clore ruled over a business empire that included clothing and shoe chains, department stores such as Selfridges and Sears, as well as a great deal of property. He was knighted for his extensive philanthropy, which was administered by the foundation he established.

What kind of childhood did you have?

“I was 9 when my parents divorced. When I was little, I didn’t see much of them. I had a nanny, and they traveled all the time. They were always in very exotic places, my parents. Not like an Israeli childhood. My mother was French, so we


Sears, but he didn’t agree – girls simply didn’t do that sort of thing. It’s true, there were hardly any women in business then.” Vivien had to “make do with studying languages in Oxford.”

Nevertheless, ultimately, she was her father’s heiress, and it was she who took the helm of the foundation he’d established. Between 1987 and 2000, she also administered another charity she'd set up. She then decided to combine the two bodies. She became Dame Vivien in 2000. Her marriage to banker John Duffield produced a daughter and a son, Arbella and George. After her divorce, in 1976, she had a relationship for three decades with media mogul Jocelyn Stevens, who died in 2014.

What happens in 'Fauda'?

Today, Duffield exhibits the ambivalence felt by many Jews and loversdance and digital art.

A second event took place last month as part of an international fringe festival in Be’er Sheva. For one day, the old city became a stage for British art. Taking part were Israeli groups such as the Thespis Theater, with its “Shakespeare Sonnets,” and three British groups: Company Chameleon, with a street dance performance; Fruit for the Apocalypse; and a joint performance by the Israeli Clipa Theater and the O’Neill-Ross group.

All events, past and future, are intended to strengthen the links between the two countries and to expose the Israeli public to art it would not otherwise be exposed to.


never to tell anyone she’s divergent. The next day Beatrice and her brother Caleb must choose their factions. The whole family expects Caleb will choose Abnegation, he suits it so well, but with Beatrice they are less sure. They can choose, Abnegation: Selflessness, Dauntless: Bravery, Candor: Honesty, Erudite: Knowledge, or Amity: Kindness. When the time comes Caleb goes forward, and to everyone’s shock, transfers to Erudite: Knowledge. Beatrice tries to convince herself to stay for her parents’ sake, but in the end, transfers to Dauntless: Bravery.
The initiation process for Beatrice is hard. She shortens her name, to Tris and, with the other fourteen initiates, some Dauntless-born, some not, she begins to fight for one of the ten spots open. If she is not in the top ten, sheget to the second book though we begin to see Gale is definitely more rebellious than Katniss, he wants to take down the capitol, he wants to start rebellions, and he wants Katniss to use her popularity as a winner to help start a rebellion. Then the Quarter Quell comes and once again, Katniss trusts Gale with keeping her family alive, which he does. He exceeds her expectations. When the firebombs rain down on 12 after Katniss destroys the arena, Gale rescues his family, her family, and as many villagers a possible. He evacuates people he becomes a hero and is given a position of responsibility when he gets to 13 which he embraces. Gale is very loyal, her always protects Katniss and stands up for her, he


loves her unconditionally. He gets frustrated and upset with her, yes, but he always cares for her and they know how to agree to disagree without harming their friendship. He also wants to help her get what she wants. When he realizes in Mockingjay, that she’s desperate for Peeta to be saved, (she’s practically pining away for him) he volunteers to be part of the the rescue team. Unfortunately Gale’s motives are screwed up most of the time, he is motivated by anger, revenge and hatred. He wants to avenge his father, Katniss, the tributes who’ve had to die, the people who live in the districts starving to give the Capitol wealth. He hates the Capitol for it’s wealth and it’s disregard for the districts and the peoplegirlish glee, but then when Gale is almost whipped to death, she and her mother are the ones that take control and begin to fix everything. the two people who were portrayed as the weakest, the ones who most needed taking care of are suddenly taking care of everyone, and keeping Gale alive. Prim is strong and keeps her head. Apparently she frequently helps her mother with patients while Katniss, strong, tough Katniss, gets sick and lightheaded. When Katniss finds out she’s going to the games again, Prim is a little rock, helping her, encouraging her, pampering her until she goes. We next see Prim in district 13 where she’s working with her mother in the hospital areas and in school, eventually, to become a doctor. Prim takes


and Cinna to arrive from the capitol to help them prepare for the “victory tour” which is when the Hunger Games winner (well winners this time round) tour the districts making speeches and being congratulated by people in the districts of those they killed in order to win. The tour concludes with a big party at the capitol and then a big party and the winners’ home district.

The morning of the prep team’s intended arrival, Katniss arrives home from hunting (alone, Gale now works in the mines, so she doesn’t see him often), her mother seems anxious. A capitol official is in the kitchen with her mother and escorts her to the study where Katniss is greeted by none other than President Snow. This is not protocol, thestarts at midnight” he says and says goodbye to go to his meeting.

The last stop of the tour is in District 12, Peeta and Katniss’ home district. They’re taken to the mayor’s house to be prepped by the prep team and when Katniss is finished early she goes to find the mayor’s daughter, her friend, Madge. On her way to find her she pops her head into the mayors study to say “Hello” and sees a report on a television channel for the mayor’s eyes only about an uprising in district eight. She quickly leaves the room and hurries of to find Madge.

On a Sunday trip to the lake with Gale, Katniss suggests they run away, like they once thought of doing before she went to the Games.


their way research the other tributes and watch the recordings of their games so they can see how they fight. The have their interviews and their prep with their old preps team and Cinna. Katniss’ team, Octavia, Flavius, and Venia are heartbroken that she’s going back into the Games and keep breaking down in tears as they try and get her ready.

During the training work outs at the Training Center Haymitch instructs Katniss and Peeta to find some people they want to form an alliance with. When they finally get into the Games (the arena is a circle with the Cornicopia in the middle surrounded by water. At the water’s edge is beach and then jungle) Peeta and Katniss end up in an alliance with Finnick, Mags (who,There, now you know why you must read this book, the world will not be fixed until you do.

I had heard about The Hunger Games, knew lots of people liked the book, knew there was a movie coming out, saw some gifs on tumblr…eventually I decided to see what all the hullabulloo was about. Then I remembered last year, one lunch hour at school a friend in my class had been reading this book and I picked it up to read the back/first few pages. Two chapters in and at the end of lunch hour she pried it from my hands and I never remembered the author to track a copy down in the library. Then all this ruckus started with the movie coming out and I went


plot spoilers) summary:The Hunger Games is a post-apocalyptic novel about North America, after, (wait for it) the apocalypse. (high fives for cap’n obvious there!) What remains of the continent is the Capital, Panem, and it’s outlying districts, of which there are twelve. Originally there were thirteen but years before the book takes place there was a rebellion among the districts against the capital and the capital struck back, destroying district 13 and leaving the other districts quite aware that they were little better than slaves. As a reminder that rebellion is a bad idea the Capital hosts the annual “Hunger Games”. In these Games each district sends in two “tributes”, a boy and a girl to compete in the arena in the capital. The twenty-four 12-18 years oldsUT status to Ladakh will dilute J-K's spl status: Mehbooba

Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday hit out at Congress for including the demand for a Union Territory (UT) status to Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, saying such a move will not only divide the state but dilute its special status as well.

"Such a move will not only divide Jammu and Kashmir, but will also dilute the special status that the state enjoys under Article 370 of the constitution," PDP president Mehbooba Mufti told PTI.

The demand for a Union Territory status is part of Congress manifesto for 2014 parliamentary polls for Ladakh which mentions that the party "stands for the struggle for the Union Territory status to Ladakh."

The manifesto was released by the party during an election rally


held in support of its candidate for Ladakh parliamentary seat, Tsering Samphel, at Leh yesterday, where senior party leader and state cabinet minister Nawang Rigzin Jora was present.

Mehbooba also accused Congress of playing "polarising" politics while trying to "outsmart" BJP.

"Congress is trying to outsmart BJP. It is trying to play a polarising card. They hanged Afzal Guru (Parliament attack convict) as part of it and to outsmart BJP.

"He was not hanged on the matter of principles but to score a point over BJP. Now also, they want to score a point over BJP, as BJP supports the demand for Union Territory status for Ladakh," she said.

Mehbooba also criticised the ruling National Conference (NC) in the state, saying it was "hypocritical" of the party to have an alliance withachieve my dream of winning a national title, but everything that has come along since then is more than I could have every imagined.”

Haddad is the seventh recipient of the award that is voted on by eight coaches from around the country – two from each region — and the third heavyweight winner, including the second straight. He edged Central Regional Wrestler of the Year Casy Rowell of Central Oklahoma by one point for the top honor.

Haddad spent two years at North Carolina and was a Division I national qualifier for the Tar Heels in 2012 before transferring to Kutztown. He’s 51-5 in two years with the Golden Bears and placed fourth in the national tournament as a sophomore in 2013 before winning the title this season.

Previous winners


of the award were Nebraska-Kearney heavyweight Tervel Dlagnev (2008), Nebraska-Omaha 157-pounder Todd Meneely (2009), Pittsburgh-Johnstown 133-pounder Shane Valko (2010), Western State 197-pounder Donovan McMahill (2011), Upper Iowa 133-pounder Trevor Franklin (2012) and Grand Canyon heavyweight Tyrell Fortune (2013).Seventeen years ago, Ken Imhoff watched Cannonball Run and became so enamored with the Lamborghini Countach in the film, he hand-built his own, in his basement. In what we imagine might be the most Jalopnik build ever undertaken, Ken designed and fabricated his own tig-welded frame, installed a thoroughly massaged 351 cubic inch V8 with a ZF-25 5-speed transmission, hand-formed the aluminum body over a meticulously measured and accurate body form, and finished it all off in a beautiful metallic gray. It took Ken 10 years to complete the project, and the results — as you can see both in the gallery and in the video below the jump — are amazing. There's only one problem, when you build a car in a basement — how do you


moneyed backgrounds,” said Alex Kain ’09, who has lived off-campus for two years.

Still, students who are on financial aid are still eligible for receiving aid off-campus, Director of Student Financial Services Caesar Storlazzi said. The aid money is simply transferred to off-campus facilities, such as landlords and gas companies, in exchange for a smaller Yale tab.

The relative cost of on- and off-campus housing is largely determined by rent, which ranges vastly by building and area. Houses and apartment buildings on the west side of campus, along Howe Street and Edgewood Avenue, for example, typically have low-end monthly rents, from $400 to $600 a person. The rents in other apartment buildings, like the Taft, the Oxford, the Cambridge, the Dinmore and Orleton Court are usually a couple hundred dollarsto the Chinese restaurant around the corner. (White is a former photography editor for the News.)

Still, off-campus students who miss the convenience and quantity of Yale’s dining halls can attend Sunday family night dinners, purchase a 5-meal-a-week plan or bursar their meals. Many students interviewed even admitted to leaving dining halls with bags full of fruit and napkin-wrapped sandwiches to last them at home.

NEIGHBORHOODS OF CULTURE

Unequal in quality but equal in cost, Yale’s dormitories are a socioeconomic equalizer. Many on-campus students suggested that the diversity of their college communities is often lost by moving off-campus. Ben Margines ’10 said he would never abandon his on-campus culture or the “grab bag of friends” he has lived with in his last three years at Yale.

“The continuous social interaction that on-campus


the custodial services and security gates of the University.

Many off-campus students grumbled of general maintenance issues, such as malfunctioning plumbing, dishwashers and air conditioning.

Kain, a resident of Lynwood Place, noticed that a ping-pong ball placed on his floor immediately rolled to one side of his room. “Our house is sinking on one side,” he deduced.

A door in Kain’s Lynwood bedroom leads out to a parking lot. On two different evenings, he said, uninvited strangers tried to open it with accompanying shouts of “Frank.”

Dwelling in these more independent — though sometimes more dangerous — living situations, feels less artificial, off-campus students agreed.

And as the economy continues to sour, upperclassmen are bracing for a tougher lifestyle after college. Paying bills and buying groceries, Sanchez said, is good practice for post-graduation.

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President Trump was at his golf club this afternoon.

Trump, who's in Mar-a-Lago in Florida this weekend, headed to the golf club earlier this morning and was seen reading a newspaper in his ride over. He left the club just after 2:30 p.m. ET.

This is Trump’s 226th day at a property that bears his name and 175th day at one of his golf clubs.

The President also tweeted this today:


Alberto were Double-A firsts for both hitters. Mazara’s blast to right field was the first of his career with Frisco and 20th of the season. Alberto went deep to left for his first jack as a RoughRider in 2014 and sixth on the year. The shortstop also hit four long balls with the ‘Riders in 2013.

-Teodoro Martinez extended his hitting streak to seven games with a single in the second. Teo is one game shy of tying his season-high of eight straight with a base knock.

-Patrick Cantwell was hit by a pitch for the 18th time this season, the most in the Texas League. He also drew a walk in the third and now has 17 base on balls in 2014.

-The ‘Riders snapped a streak of six straightof raw power at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, but there was concern his game was one-dimensional and that his height would prohibit him from playing an infield position. The Rangers weighed the risks and decided to take a chance on him with the 39th pick in the supplemental first round.

Now in his third season, Gallo has quickly gone from a well-known prospect in the Rangers organization to a name recognizable across professional baseball.

As a teenager in 2013, Gallo blasted 40 homers that season and earned the Joe Bauman Award as the top home run hitter in the minor leagues. In the process, he became the first teenager in more than 50 years to hit 40 home runs in a minor league season. The buzz around


Gallo only grew at the start of this season with Advanced-A Myrtle Beach.

In just over two months with the Pelicans, Gallo was a three-time Player of the Week in the Carolina League and belted three home runs in a game twice. The Carolina League named Gallo to its Mid-Season All-Star team, giving him yet another accolade to add to his collection. With the hype around Gallo continuing to increase, the Rangers offered Gallo a bigger challenge.

A Double-A call-up provides challenges for young players as the pitching and level of play makes a substantial leap. Gallo, though, proved up to the task in his RoughRiders debut on June 9.

With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, the newcomer left an unparalleled first impression when he smashed a 2-0pitch to left field for a walk-off, three-run home run to give his new team the dramatic victory.

Gallo has dealt with some growing pains during his first few months with the team, but the lefty has shown an ability to learn on the fly while continuing to rapidly pound the ball. Since the time of his promotion, Gallo has led the Texas League in homers, runs batted in, slugging percentage, OPS and total bases. He once again has the chance to reach the 40 home run plateau and would become the first minor leaguer to have back-to-back 40-homer seasons since 1981-1982.

Gallo’s power was also on display during MLB All-Star week in the Futures Game. In an exhibition contest between the top minor league baseball prospects, Gallo led Team


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Carrying a gun through a TSA checkpoint is illegal. But outside airports, because of the growth in state-issued concealed carry permits , many jurisdictions let permit-holders carry loaded firearms in holsters or in a bag.

The analysis of TSA data paints a picture of the firearms floating around our communities every day. Many of the guns found at airport security were left in the bottom of bags or in purses, forgotten until their owner slid their carry-on bag through screening equipment.

More than 85 percent of these guns were loaded, and more than 3 in 10 firearms found were "round-chambered" and ready to shoot.

Guns & America , a national public radio journalism collaboration,


transporting ammunition in your carry-on is also prohibited.

According to the Guns & America analysis, 8,474 of the guns left in carry-ons found by TSA over the course of these three years were loaded.

Location, Location, Location

In 2017, the most recent full year of available data, TSA agents found the most guns in carry-ons at:

Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) in Atlanta. Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW). Austin–Bergstrom International Airport (AUS). George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) in Houston. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) in Phoenix.

ATL, DFW and IAH are among the world's busiest airports.

When you adjust the numbers to account for the number of passengers at each airport, however, the rankings show a different picture.

TSA releases the raw numbers of guns its agents discover in baggage in weekly reports. Guns & Americaand sweating without hypotension before admission to the emergency room. However, 1 hour after ingestion, he developed bradycardia, hypotension, and severe weakness. While the patient showed no impairments in autonomous breathing or oxygen saturation, he had dyspnea and difficulty opening his eyes due to weakness. The patient reported an improvement in the subjective dyspnea after being given atropine, a change for which three possible explanations can be hypothesized. The dyspnea may have been caused by increased bronchial secretions, which was alleviated by atropine. Alternatively, the dyspnea may have resulted from impairment in respiratory muscle function due to the action of nicotine at the neuromuscular junction, an effect that may have faded over time.

Additionally, the dyspnea may have been caused by metabolic acidosis due to lactic acidosis. The patient\'s


Even Fans Admit Chances Of TPP Being Ratified By US Soon -- Or Ever -- Have Just Slumped

from the stumped-by-Trump dept

In the wake of the unexpected win of Donald Trump, people in many fields are starting to re-examine their assumptions about what might happen in the next few years. One of the areas impacted by Trump's success is trade in general, and trade deals in particular. For perhaps the first time, the 2016 election campaign put trade deals front and center. They may even have contributed to Hillary Clinton's downfall, since many found her sudden conversion to the anti-TPP movement unconvincing, to say the least.

Given Trump's vocal antipathy to TPP, even its strongest supporters are recognizing that it is now in trouble. Here, for example, is John Key,Prime Minister of New Zealand, and one of the cheerleaders for the deal: [TPP] would have been nice to have, but we're not going to have it in the short term. The leader of the main opposition party in New Zealand agreed: [TPP] seems to be dead in the water now. The Radio New Zealand report that these comments are taken from had further confirmation of TPP's demise from a source with privileged access to the man himself: A close Trump supporter, Senator Jeff Sessions, told reporters at Mr Trump's victory party last night the proposed deal was now "dead". Of course, "dead" is not an absolute term in politics. TPP may be dead in the short term -- something underlined by US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell


A retail store billing itself as "the Wal-Mart of weed" will open its doors in Sacramento tomorrow, the Sacramento Bee reports.

The 10,000-square-foot weGrow outlet, advertised as a one-stop shop for legal growers seeking supplies and training, claims the honor of being the industry's first-ever national franchise. Look for outposts of the self-proclaimed "first honest hydro store," which started as a solo warehouse operation in Oakland last year, to sprout up in Arizona, Colorado, Oregon, and even New Jersey in the coming months.

The Ganja Galleria doesn't sell any actual pot--it just offers growing and cultivation supplies, provides classes, and features an on-site doctor to help customers choose their favorite strain.

According to the Bee, the store's founder chose its opening location strategically. And he has no qualms being forthcoming aboutRichard Posner, essentially reviving the Motorola case.

As noted by Re/code, the federal appeals court's ruling disagreed with Apple's claim construction of its '647 patent. Specifically, the court sided with Judge Posner's definition of a particular patent claim involving an "analyzer server," which the jurist described as "a server routine separate from a client that receives data having structures from the client."

Because the Apple v. Samsung jury was given a different definition of analyzer servers, as presented by Apple, clarification is needed to render a sound decision. To that end, two expert witnesses, Carnegie Mellon professor Todd Mowry and University of North Carolina professor Kevin Jeffay, will be called in to offer testimony.

Apple and Samsung were originally scheduled to offer their respective two-hour closing arguments on Monday, though the


BANGKOK: Chinese national Zhang Jian, the self-proclaimed "future richest man in the world", has been arrested in Thailand.

According to Thailand daily The Nation, he was arrested by local police over a pyramid scheme that reportedly duped people in China and Malaysia out of 6bil bhat (RM600mil) and 3bil bhat (RM300mil) respectively.

Police are looking for Thais who may have been caught in the scheme, which was launched in June.

They also seized assets from the three worth 240mil bhat (RM24mil) in total.

The daily also reported that Bangkok police arrested Song Miqui, 37, and Wang Wenfang, 29, at a condominium in Pathumwan on Monday and seized cash in various currencies worth nearly 1mil bhat (RM100,000) in total, five Phuket land sale contracts worth 22.3mil bhat (RM2.3mil) two Phuket land title deeds,Wang's bank account with 1.5mil bhat (RM150,000) in it, and the suspects' Thai ID cards.

The 26-year-old Zhang, who founded the controversial YSLM multi-level marketing business, underwent a 100-day temporary ordination programme at a temple in Phuket since early August.

In early July, Zhang made headlines in the Malaysian media when billboards of him appeared in Penang, proclaiming himself as the "future richest man in the world".

He also awarded his lucky "distributors" with luxury cars.

Malaysia's Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry had launched an investigation on YSLM - also known as Yun Shu Mao - of being linked to a get-rich-quick scam before Zhang left to Thailand.

The company later offered a refund to those who had not introduced any new members to the company.

Hundreds of people accepted the offer.


Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the thirty-second President of the United States (1933-45), was the only United States President to be elected to four terms. FDR, as he was called, served during the worst times in the history of the United States, including the Great Depression and World War II.

Born January 30, 1882 in Hyde Park, New York, his uncle was the former President, Theodore Roosevelt. His mother, Sarah Delano, was his father's second wife, and she could trace her ancestry back to the Plymouth Colony. As the only son of a wealthy family, Franklin first attended the prestigious Groton School, where his sense of social responsibility was formed, and then went on to Harvard. He was only an average student, but during his senior year was the editor ofthe elite Harvard Crimson (the student paper).

He graduated in 1903 and went on to Columbia Law School (1904-07), but he dropped out upon his admission to the New York State Bar Association in 1907. On March 27, 1905, he had married Eleanor Roosevelt, a distant cousin. As a young woman, Eleanor was shy, but she grew into one of the most prominent first ladies of this nation. In the latter part of her life she worked for social betterment, and she was highly regarded as a lecturer and newspaper columnist. From 1949 to 1952 she served as a United States delegate to the United Nations.

Franklin Roosevelt was elected to the New York Senate in 1910. His first elected public office was State Senator from the Hudson River District.


At this time, he became a Democrat, despite the fact that his Uncle Teddy was a Republican. During the bitter fight for President in 1912 he supported Woodrow Wilson. In 1913, President Wilson appointed him Assistant Secretary of the Navy under Josephus Daniels. This is where he got the reputation as an elitist and a dandy (a finely dressed man) that followed him throughout his career. In 1920 he was the Vice Presidential candidate on a ticket with James Cox. They lost to Warren G Harding.

While in his thirties Roosevelt, vacationing at his summer home on Campobello Island, suffered an attack of poliomyelitis. For the rest of his life, he was unable to walk without assistance. Inspired by his own experience with the illness, he would later foundthe March of Dimes to raise money for research into a cure for polio, as well as a national foundation at Warm Springs, Georgia for its treatment. FDR, himself, underwent treatment at this facility. His mother was the matriarch of the family and encouraged him, in her usual dominating manner, to retire to his home in Hyde Park and live his life contently there. Instead, he and Eleanor went against the grain. Eleanor, with the help of his trusted aide Louis McHenry Howe, assisted Franklin in keeping active in the Democratic Party. Franklin's mother was not happy at her lack of control, and she often took out her wrath on Eleanor.

At the Democratic National Convention of 1924, Franklin Roosevelt finally made a return to the political stage. He


was given the honor of placing Alfred Smith as the nominee for President of the United States. In his nomination speech, he referred to Smith as "The Happy Warrior." Franklin's delivery was masterful, and the speech gathered the Democrats behind Smith, who upon securing the nomination, strong-armed Roosevelt into running for Governor of New York. Smith had hoped that Roosevelt's appeal to the Protestants of rural New York would help him to carry the state in the election.

Smith lost the race for President to Herbert Hoover, but Roosevelt did become Governor of New York, although by a narrow margin, proving to all that, despite his health, he could manage a strong campaign. While Governor, he initiated various welfare reforms, the development of public power, and civil service reforms.He also began to have serious Presidential aspirations. He met with a group of trusted advisors, many of them prominent new Yorkers, whose purpose was to brainstorm ideas that might put the nation back on its feet and, at the same time, quietly position FDR with a Presidential image. Reelected in 1930, he began to use the radio as a means of contact with the people. Roosevelt was still Governor of New York when he first mounted his campaign for the White House. During the National Convention he promised the delegates a " New Deal." That terminology was forever linked to his presidency and is a great part of United States history.

Roosevelt gathered together a "Brain Trust" from New York's Columbia University. The group was formed prior to


the Chicago Convention and included Raymond Mosley (a law professor), Rexford Tugwell (agriculture economist), and A. A. Berle, Jr. (a specialist in corporate structure and finance). These men provided Roosevelt with a specific platform on which to run his campaign. He began to speak of "an economic constitutional order," which included conservation, relief, social insurance, and cheaper electricity. The Great Depression helped give him an overwhelming victory in the general election. His opponents criticized his physical limitations, but he used his powers of persuasion and charm. Some say that had there been television back then, a man in a wheelchair would never have been elected President of the United States; but Franklin was able to make voters forget his disability.

He became President in March of 1933 at oneof the worst points of the Great Depression. On the eve of his inauguration he inspired confidence with the people when he told them " The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Roosevelt began by winning the confidence of ordinary Americans through regular "fireside chats" on the radio. He asked them to stop hoarding cash, and on his first day as President he closed the Banks and ordered the Congress into special session to pass emergency banking legislation. It was a crisis situation. Between 12 and 14 million people were unemployed, and many were actually starving. In response, FDR recommended passage of programs such as the Works Progress Administration (WPA) that provided building projects, built schools and public buildings; the Civil Concentration Corps [CCC], wherein


unmarried men built roads and public projects under the direction of the Army; and The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), formed to build dams and hydroelectric plants for electricity and flood control on rivers. The Agricultural Adjustment Acts of 1933 and 1938 promoted reforestation and conservation and controlled supply and demand by paying farmers not to plant certain crops.

During Roosevelt's presidency; the gold standard was abandoned and the Social Security Act introduced. The Social Security Act provided unemployment compensation, retirement funds, and disability insurance on a national scale. The dollar was devalued to stimulate foreign trade and to support more competitive business practices. As part of the New Deal, aid and assistance were provided to farms and businesses. The National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) was passed to stabilized industryby eliminating cutthroat practices, maintaining prices, and promoting labor unionization. The United States Supreme Court claimed that the NIRA and the Agricultural Adjustment Acts were unconstitutional. In 1938 Roosevelt had Congress pass another AA Act that did fit the Supreme Court's Standards. Employment for the unemployed and "a chicken in every pot" were the themes of the times. Many critics called the programs socialistic and said they were creating a welfare state funded by the government. Roosevelt's social welfare platform created federal deficits never seen before in this country.

Roosevelt defeated Hoover for a second term and, for an unprecedented third term, he defeated Wendell Wilkie. Finally, in a fourth run, he defeated Thomas Dewey. Franklin Delano Roosevelt has been called the greatest President since Lincoln. But he is


also highly criticized, especially for circumventing Congress and even his own Cabinet to get his programs through. He would constantly employ the use of radio and his now famous "fireside chats" to talk directly to the American people.

Roosevelt foresaw the coming of the war that began in Europe in September of 1939. He kept playing cards with foreign policy, finding ways to aid the Allies against the Axis Powers. He advocated preparedness. Hitler was smashing his way through Europe, one country at a time, until he finally took France. In an overt gesture that broke the United State's neutrality, Roosevelt gave warships to the British, docking them in ports in the West Indies. Soon after this he introduced legislation to the Congress called the Lend-Lease Act. Under thisact, the Allied countries could trade leased foreign bases for supplies and ships under a cash and carry arrangement that would have materials delivered to their ports by American ships. Soon America's factories were again humming, and war materials flowed to the Allies in huge numbers.

Many of the American people did not want to enter into another war. Like the public, Roosevelt and his staff were divided on the matter; but the less-than-neutral actions of the United States with regard to shipping made for deteriorating relations with the Axis powers. The decision to enter the war was made for the US when on December 7, 1941, the Japanese Navy bombed the American fleet at Pearl Harbor. Hitler then also declared war on the United States. This truly was


a world war to end all wars. When Roosevelt spoke of the attack in his address to Congress on December 8, 1941, he called it "A day that will live in infamy." Yet Roosevelt had been eager for the United States to enter The War on the behalf of the Allies, and some argue he welcomed the Japanese attack as the excuse he needed. Roosevelt mobilized for war by enacting Woodrow Wilson's Selective Service Act, which created a draft to secure men for armed forces, and the War Production Board, which consolidated industry for the production of war materials on a massive scale.

Roosevelt and Britain's Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, planned all aspects of the war with unity and purpose. Their first mission was to annihilate Hitler and forceGermany into an unconditional surrender, which would never again allow an opening for the Germans to wage war upon the continent of Europe. Together they coordinated all of their countries' will and power to defeat the enemy. But to truly mount the war effort, they needed Stalin; and Stalin needed them. Although they knew of his plans for Eastern Europe, they had to align with the Communist for strategic purposes.

Roosevelt initiated the Manhattan Project, which eventually led to the development of the Atomic Bomb. Food and gasoline were rationed. Drives for rubber, scrap and even paper were conducted to support the war effort. Women took over the jobs formerly filled by the fighting men. Eleanor Roosevelt traveled about the country motivating these women with her wit and praise,


while Franklin attended high level conferences with Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill in places like Quebec, Malta, Tehran, and at Yalta. It was during the Yalta conference that the discussion that led to the formation of a United Nations was held.

Roosevelt's health had been deteriorating during the latter years of the War. The burden of the presidency took a toll on his body; but his mind persevered. Doctors constantly attended to him, doing what was necessary to keep him functioning. Roosevelt knew his days were numbered, but he desperately wanted to bring the War to a close. At Yalta the cold of the sea had made him ill, and upon his return, he went to Warm Springs, Georgia, for a much-needed rest. His wife was not with him,John Fitzsimmons, left, president of the Maine Community College System posed Wednesday with William H. Cassidy, president of Washington County Community College, center, and WCCC President Emeritus Ronald Renaud. The board of trustees of the community college system announced Wednesday that it plans to confer emeritus status on Cassidy who will retire at the end of this month. (Photo courtesy of Washington County Community College)

CALAIS, Maine — After 20 years of steady enrollment growth, the Maine Community College System is faced with budget cuts that likely will result in reductions in administration, faculty and staff at the state’s seven community colleges and could force the colleges to reduce the number of students it serves.

John Fitzsimmons, president of the community college system, said Wednesday that the budget cuts implemented


copyright in the U.S. is a letter from John Adams to Nathan Webb written on Sept. 1, 1755. Copyright in the Adams material was transferred to the Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) in 1956. In that same year the MHS published a microfilm edition of the correspondence and registered the copyright with the Copyright Office. Copyright was renewed in 1984, which means that copyright in the Adams letter will expire on Jan. 1, 2052, almost 300 years after it was written.

An allegedly infringed work reportedly has a title page stating that it was published. Furthermore, the defendants also claim that the work was distributed to more than 55,000 people. Nevertheless, the work is registered as an unpublished work with the Copyright Office. This is because the work was neverSkull Base Surgery

The skull is composed of bones and cartilage that form the face and the cranium, which surrounds the brain. You can feel the bones of the cranium on top of the skull. The five bones that form the bottom, or base, of the cranium also form the eye socket, roof of the nasal cavity, some of the sinuses, and the bones that surround the inner ear. The skull base is a crowded and complicated area with openings that the spinal cord, many blood vessels, and nerves all pass through.

Skull base surgery may be done to remove both benign and cancerous growths, and abnormalities on the underside of the brain, the skull base, or the top few vertebrae of the spinal column. Because this is such a


gland sits behind the nose and eyes.

Meningiomas. These tumors are often benign and grow from the meninges, the tissue that covers the brain and lies between the brain and skull.

Chordomas. This is a slow-growing bone tumor most often found at the base of the skull.

Trigeminal neuralgia, an intense pain on one side of the face.

Craniopharyngiomas, growths that occur near the pituitary gland.

Craniosynostosis, a condition in which the bones of the skull of an infant close too early, causing problems with brain growth and the shape of the skull.

Cerebrospinal fluid fistulas.

Cerebral aneurysm, a weak, often bulging area in a blood vessel in the brain.

Arteriovenous malformations. These are arteries and veins that are abnormally connected to one another.

Types of skull base surgery

Skull base surgery can be done in two mainhave been more appropriate: Though cities cover only 2 percent of global landmass, according to a report on sustainable development published by Citi, they contribute to the majority of carbon emissions.

The plans chosen by the agencies judging the competition address a crisis underway in cities around the world. In the U.S. alone, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, there is a shortage of 7.2 million homes attainable for extremely low-income households to rent. At the same time, cities that grow without an eye toward managing resource efficiencies become burdens to an already overstretched global environment—not to mention terrible places to live.

Of the 32 proposals submitted to the competition in New York, the winning project was one from two architecture firms and two developers called Via Verde.


one
was necessary, this would be discerned and recommended during the individual counseling that
had been ordered. Further, respondent-mother testified at the March 2014 dispositional review
hearing that she was treating with a psychiatrist, but had not been prescribed medication.
Respondent-mother has cited nothing in the record to support a finding that it was recommended
in these early stages that she undergo additional evaluation or that a disability be accommodated.

        The only evidence on which respondent-mother relies in support of her contention that
she suffered from a disability that required accommodation is the June 23, 2015 report from the
Clinic for Child Study. This report was generated in the middle of the first termination hearing
that did not result in the termination of parental rights. Indeed, after this terminationhearing, the
court declined to terminate parental rights and, instead, granted respondents additional time to
work toward reunification. On June 8, 2015, respondents and the children were evaluated by
psychologist Robert Geiger, M.A., LLP. During the evaluation, both respondents disclosed that
in their teen years they were diagnosed as bi-polar and suffering from ADHD. Respondent-
mother reported taking medication for two years after she was diagnosed at the age of 14. In
response to respondent-mother’s reporting of racing thoughts and difficulty sleeping, Geiger
noted that this supported her reports of suffering from bipolar disorder. Geiger also noted that
both respondents were oriented to person, place, and time, that their attitudes were appropriate,
and that their speech was coherent. Geiger found that their thought processes were logical, for
the most part, and that their moods were within normal limits.


it is only necessary to establish one
ground for termination by clear and convincing evidence and the court properly concluded that

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        The evidence established that JG and PS had been in care for three years. During that
time, the court denied the first petition to terminate parental rights and permitted respondent-
father additional time to work toward reunification. PDS was born between the denial of the first
petition and the second termination of parental rights hearing. AfterMission possible: twenty-five years of university and college collaboration in baccalaureate nursing education.
In Canada, nurse educators from five postsecondary institutions in the province of British Columbia established a collaborative nursing education initiative in 1989, with a vision to transform RN college diploma programs to baccalaureate degree programs. The principles, processes, and structures that served to develop and sustain this nursing education initiative are briefly reviewed. Curriculum, scholarship, and education legislation serve as platforms to critically explore a 25-year history (1989-2014) of successes, challenges, and transitions within this unique nursing education collaboration. The importance of curriculum development as faculty development, program evaluation as an adjunct to pedagogical scholarship, diversity of cross-institutional mandates, political interplay in nursing education, collegiality, and courageous leadership are highlighted. Nurse educators seeking to create successful


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More dirt has come to the light in the last few days, giving more proofs of the huge fraud. The PRD, party of López Obrador, claimed a recount of 48,000 booths (of a total 130,000 in the country), because these had inconsistencies or irregularities in the "preliminary" results compared with the exit polls they made. The Federal Electoral Institute (which director was promoted by the leader of the national teacher's union, with her own party now, but clearly supporting the current government. btw, she was involved in the murder of a competing leader of the teacher's union), for the "final" count, did not change much of the preliminary results, and only checked 2000 booths, and opening only 800 electoral packages. They also included some votes that had "goneelection real credibility? Their refusal fuels the common belief that the fraud was cooked...

Certainly, López Obrador will demand a recount to the Federal Electoral Tribunal and to the Supreme Court of Justice. Yesteray between 150,000 and 240,000 people met at the Zócalo in Mexico City for an "Informative Assembly" (see picture above, by José Carlo González of La Jornada). There will be a National March starting next Wednesday, from all the country, culminating next Sunday on Mexico City, to defend democracy and our right to vote.


sound of The Blood Brothers, Les Georges Leningrad and XBXRX. Their debut album was produced by Mexicalis techno favorite Ruben Tamayo a.k.a Fax (Traum, Static Discos, Rocket Racer).
That might explain why in such a short time, theyve shared stage with bands like: Xiu Xiu, Viking Moses!, Erase Errata, The Black Lips, The Spits, XBXRX (together they toured border cities in early 06), Montag, The Locust (toured mexico in june 07), Sleeping People, Crystal Castles, James Holden, The Rapture, Numbers, My Disco as well as known mexican artists like Fax, Zoe, Plastilina Mosh, Silverio, Childs, Austin TV, Insite, E.lebleu, Shes a Tease, Quiero Club, Panoptica, Nio Astronauta, Titn, Fancy Free among others.

"With a lusty charisma and a hilarious performance, Maniqui Lazer gives pop and rock an awkward twist neverthe front bumper. Perhaps then your eyes travel to the license plate: YRENT. Or maybe you spot smoke billowing from a chimney jutting from the roof – don't worry, the RV is not on fire. It's just smoke from the wood stove crackling inside.

Welcome to Tim Johnson's home. For the past year, Johnson has been living in his 1989 Toyota Odyssey motorhome decked out with solar panels, a wood stove, propane oven and make-shift bathroom. This is his version of living off the grid, his way of building a home without being tied down to a plot of land.

On the frigid spring day that I visited Johnson, I was greeted outside by his husky Tobias, a hefty dog with orange creamcicle coloring. Inside, the air was dense and


cozy from the radiant heat of the woodstove. His girlfriend, a performer who goes by the name Kage Free, reclined in a cushy seat by the door, and Johnson pulled up a chair next to the miniature fridge, offering me the bench seat facing the stove.

Johnson, a graduate student studying environmental science at Alaska Pacific University, has just completed his first year of living in the RV. "I'm here to say it works," he smiled.

He came up with the idea after several years of considering where to buy land."I just couldn't decide where I wanted to build," he said. And then it hit him: Why not go mobile?

Although his plans were met with less-than-enthusiastic responses from friends, Johnson soon began searching for his new home. He knew hewanted a four-wheel drive Toyota RV and, as luck would have it, one popped up "almost immediately" in Los Angeles.

"It was kind of a gamble, and I just decided to go for it," he said. He flew to L.A., and drove the rig back before settling in to refurbish it, a journey he chronicled on his blog.

Having grown up building log cabins in Georgia with his father, "I had an idea of what I was getting into," he said. He started by ripping up the floors and installing wood paneled flooring. But when time came to rip off the wallpaper, Johnson found what had been billed as a refurbished interior was actually just wallpaper slapped over water-damaged, rotting walls. "She got me pretty good," he said of the