leave some land or buildings either unused or underused. Some are closed factories; others are government buildings that are no longer used or needed. Infill development puts such properties into productive use through redevelopment, rehabilitation or new construction.

Regional Hubs

These hubs are located in a regional central location and serve a large number of smaller markets. Regional hubs include Budapest, Poznan and Central Germany, which offer interesting growth potential. These markets tend to recover somewhat slower than the large economic metropolises, but they show more growth later in the cycle, which is reflected in the Oxford Economics outlook on GDP growth from 2017 to 2027: 25 percent for regional hubs versus just over 17 percent in the market average.

Source: Oxford Economics, Prologis Research

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Markets rarely align perfectly with atiebreaker, which will take place tonight at Mississauga’s Hershey Center between the aforementioned Attack and Ice, who earned a spot in the tournament as champions of the Western Hockey League.

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Toronto, ON – The Ontario Hockey League today announced that Tampa Bay Lightning prospect Anthony DeAngelo of the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds is the Pioneer Energy OHL Player of the Week for the week ending March 1 after recording eight points in two games scoring four


There are currently 2000 Palestinians on hunger strike in Israeli prisons, though judging by the lack of coverage of the story in the mainstream media you'd never know it. Two of the prisoners involved are now in a critical condition, having been on hunger strike for 60 days and counting. They are protesting prison conditions, including the widespread use of solitary confinement, lack of medical treatment, and most importantly the use by the Israelis of the prisoner category described as administrative detention.

Under this particular category prisoners can be held indefinitely at the behest of the military without any charges being brought, no trial, or even so much as a hearing to be made aware of the evidence against them. Currently, over 300 Palestinians are being held in Israeliprisons and detentions centers under administrative detention, including six women and six children.

According to the website of the Palestinian prisoner support organisation Addameer, 19 of the Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike are being kept in solitary confinement. One of those, Ahmad Sa'adat, has been held in isolation for three years.

It is also claimed that the Israeli prison authorities are waging a campaign of punishment against the hunger strikers, which includes daily raids on their cells, the confiscation of personal belongings, cutting their electricity supply, and various other measures deemed illegal under the Fourth Geneva Convention.

Back in March Amnesty International called for the immediate release of Hana Shalabi, a female prisoner who was being held under administrative detention and was close to death as a result of the hunger


strike she began 37 days prior.

The human rights organization issued a statement on Shalabi's plight.

Amnesty International has repeatedly called on the Israeli authorities to release Hana Shalabi and other Palestinians held in administrative detention, unless they are promptly charged with internationally recognizable criminal offences and tried in accordance with international fair trial standards.

Shalabi's case came to international attention. The resulting pressure brought to bear on the Israeli government led to her being released her as part of the prisoner swap between Israel and Hamas involving 1,027 Palestinian detainees in return for Gilad Shalit, who'd been held captive in Gaza after being captured during an operation by members of the Palestinian resistance on an Israeli military position in 2006. Shalit was the only Israeli being detained by the Palestinians,who are now holding no Israelis captive. In contradistinction, the Israelis currently have over 4,000 Palestinians in captivity.

Israeli prisons and military detention camps are primarily located within the 1948 borders of Israel. There are a total of four interrogation centers, as well as secret interrogation facilities, five detention/holding centers, and about 21 prisons in which Palestinians from the Occupied Territories are held. The location of prisons within Israel and the transfer of detainees to locations within the occupying power's territory are illegal under international law and constitute a war crime. Article 76 of the Fourth Geneva Convention explicitly states that "Protected persons accused of offences shall be detained in the occupied country, and if convicted they shall serve their sentences therein."

Most of the Palestinian Prisoners are being held


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So Paul took his stand in the open space at the Areopagus and laid it out for them: "I'm here to introduce you to this God.... He doesn't play hide-and-seek with us. He's not remote; he's near. We live and move in him, can't get away from him!" ~Acts 17

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month, Netflix released First They Killed
My Father, based on the
experience of Loung Ung who is a childhood survivor of the Pol Pot regime during the Khmer Rouge years in
Cambodia. It is not
only a compelling story of individual suffering and the personal toll of a
horrific period in history but also a story with galvanizing relevance today. Director
Angelina Jolie, who co-wrote the script with Loung, whose book provides the
source material. The film peelsno surprise that The Last Shipis part of my regular summer viewing. The TNT action-drama, which wrapped up its fourth season this month, centers on the crew of theU.S.S. Nathan Jamesafter a global pandemic wipes out over 80 percent of the world’s population. The crew of the U.S. Navy ship spends the first three seasons finding and distributing a cure and the fourth tracking down and finding the solution to a plant virus that threatens to wipe out the world’s food supply. The last season or two has slipped into a more formulaic format than the first two. As Captain Chandler has transformed from a vulnerable father and mourning husband struggling with the consequences and costs of leadership into your standard hulked-out action hero, the show has wandered


grasp what was going on from scene to scene. At
first, I chalked it up to creator David Lynch’s surreal style, but half-an-hour
in I discovered why I was so confused: I was watching the first episode of the
second season instead of the first season. The
memory still makes me laugh, but it also reminds me of the way many of us
approach Scripture. We often start in the middle, with Jesus—who is, indeed,
the central crux of and …

I recently ran across an article in The Dartmouth that underscores the effects of political polarization in the U.S. "A survey of Dartmouth's political landscape" explores the results of a campus-wide survey last month in which a little over 430 students answered questions about several issues, including tolerance for and relations with opposing politicalas a five-year-old boy, is accidentally
separated from his older brother while scavenging in trains in India. After falling asleep on a bench at one of the stations,
Saroo (played by Sunny Pawar) boards another train hoping to find his brother
but ends up 1600 kilometers away in Calcutta. Illiterate, Saroo doesn’t know
his last name or his mother’s name and he can't speak the local language, so he ends up spending harrowing weeks trying to
survive on the streets. He eventually ends up in an orphanage, where he’s
adopted by Sue and John Brierley (played by Nicole Kidman and David Wenham)
along with another boy from India, and they both grow up in Australia. In his
20s, haunted by his past, Saroo (now played by Dev Patel) begins a six-year search
for his birthplace, eventually locating


ENGLEWOOD – An Englewood viaduct is a lot brighter this week thanks to the work of Chicago teens, who spent the summer creating large murals as part of a park district youth arts program.

The murals were the final summer project for the Chicago Park District’s Teens Re-Imagining Art, Community & Environment (TRACE ) initiative, a teen leadership program which promotes civic engagement and aims to develop creative, environmental and community-based cultural stewards through the arts.

Teens ages 14-19 are recruited to participate in TRACE from across the city.

One of two murals depicting Englewood’s past and future reside under the Englewood Line located at 58th & Halsted Ave. Lee Edwards/ Block Club Chicago

The Englewood murals were painted on the walls of the viaduct under the future Englewood Line, unused trainProject: Bob's Shingle Style Home, Episode 21, Part 3

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In the kitchen, soapstone countertops, the kitchen sink, and a new Moen faucet get installed. Outside, planting is underway, as the landscapers plant a tree in the bluestone terrace. Bob takes us on a trip to the Burpee Seeds trial gardens in Pennsylvania.

Bob meets with Mark Marini to discuss implementation of the landscaping plans and plant a thundercloud plum tree in the bluestone terrace. Bob talks through the process and learns about the soil used around the roots and the initial watering schedule.

This project centers around the remodel of Bob Vila's own gracious Shingle Style home in Cambridge, MA. It's a house with a lot of history and beautiful architectural details, many of which were obliterated in remodels of


times I have clicked "I'm a passenger" while playing Pokemon go and driving. — Katie Thompson (@kt_donovan4) August 31, 2016

Confessionals like this have caused public health researchers to lament the dangers posed by “Pokemon Go” players who are so dedicated to their quests that they keep playing even when they get behind the wheel or step into traffic.

To advance in the game, players must move around in the real world, collecting items from physical landmarks and battling at virtual Pokemon Gyms near their actual location. The app took the country by storm when it was released on July 6, and many applauded the game’s success in encouraging outdoor physical activity. (Some researchers also jumped on the craze by turning players into citizen scientists.)

But there was a cost: Many[Sports medicine in Norway].
In Norway sports medicine is not organized as a single specialty among the medical disciplines. It involves work carried out by doctors with different specialties, dominated by physical medicine and rehabilitation, along with orthopaedic surgery, internal medicine, gynaecology and physiology. Preventive work, acute treatment and rehabilitation of injured athletes, as well as scientific work in the field of sports and sports medicine, are major elements of this field of medicine. It is important to educate medical students and doctors in sports medicine. This education started years ago at the university hospitals in Oslo and Trondheim. It is expected to be extended, and to become organized in future as an integrated part of the regular education of medical students and the post-graduate education of doctors.


Mapping speech pathology services to developmentally vulnerable and at-risk communities using the Australian Early Development Census.
The Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) is a population-based measure of children's development across five domains in the first year of formal schooling. In this study, the AEDC data from two domains (Language and Cognitive Skills and Communication Skills and General Knowledge) were used to explore the extent and distribution of vulnerability in communication skills among children in Australian communities. Speech Pathology Australia (SPA) membership data were then used to explore the accessibility of services within those communities. The 2012 AEDC data were accessed for 289,973 children, living in 577 communities across Australia. The number of children identified as "at risk" (10-25(th) percentile) or developmentally "vulnerable" (< 10(th) percentile) in each of theQ:

American book translated to French: poor boy starts out selling newspapers in the street

I'm French and am looking for a book I read as a child. I think it's an American book (I read it translated in French). It's about a boy, probably in the early XXth century (or late XIXth), who is poor and starts by selling newspapers in the street. I think he then becomes a succesful journalist. The cover of the book, in France at least, was colorful and showed a boy holding newspapers in the street. Unfortunately, I don't remember much more than that. I'd say that the overall philosophy of the book was to promote a certain way of life to children, something like: "with a lot of courage and dedication, you can


equipment and furnishings were placed in service in 1986 constituted the world headquarters of the plaintiff and its affiliates. As a result, the requirement of subsection (C) of § 204 has been met. In addition, there is no disagreement that the plaintiff was the original lessee of the building in question. As a result, the requirements of subsection (A) have been met. There is also no disagreement that the property at issue was provided for use in the plaintiff's world headquarters. Finally, there is no disagreement that the plaintiff did enter into an agreement to lease the building before September 26, 1985. The plaintiff had leased and occupied the building since the early 1960s.
The issue is whether the prospective language of the section, including: "is to be used",service in 1988 and 1989. The equipment and systems were to be used in the company's headquarters, which the company had leased since 1974.
The court in Kjellstrom found that the taxpayer did not qualify for the world headquarters transitional rule investment tax credit. It found that the taxpayer's headquarters were not world headquarters. It also found that some of the equipment and systems placed in service were not "qualified property." However, more relevant to our discussion here today, the court also found that Congress only intended the transitional rules to apply to taxpayers who were building new headquarters and had only entered into "an agreement to lease" rather than into the lease itself as of September 26, 1985.
Is so holding, the Court looked to the legislative history of


to its legislative history.
The overall purpose of § 204 was to provide exceptions for the repeal of the ITC. It is with that purpose in mind that I must read the plain language of the statute to determine whether the plaintiff qualifies for an ITC under the world headquarters transitional rule.
Upon review of the transitional rule and the Kjellstrom and Airborne decisions, I am persuaded that the plaintiff qualifies under such rule. The plaintiff meets all requirements of the rule. It is undisputed that it is the original lessee of its world headquarters in Philadelphia; it entered into a lease prior to September 26, 1985; and, the property in question was to be used in the plaintiff's world headquarters and the buildings were to serve as the plaintiff'sthen half an hour
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By John McVeyPublished April 2nd 2007 in The Journal - Martinsburg Journal (WV)

Senate Bill 482 was introduced to the West Virginia Senate in early February during the recently concluded regular legislative session. SB482 would have included the Mountain State in the interstate compact titled "Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote."

SB482, despite its highly placed list of sponsors, and its companion bill in the House of Delegates, House Bill 3247, the lone sponsor of which was Mike Caputo, D-Marion, went nowhere, both dying in committees.

What these bills would do if either were enacted would mandate West Virginia’s five presidential electors go to the candidate with the most popular votes nationally. The bills would be ways of sidestepping the Electoral College wherein West Virginia’selectors go to the candidate who carries the state.

West Virginia is one of 38 states where similar bills have been introduced to their state legislatures.

Maryland became the fifth state Wednesday in which at least one chamber of the state Legislature passed National Popular Vote legislation. Maryland’s Senate passed its version of the bill by a vote of 29-17.

One chamber in the Arkansas, Hawaii and Colorado legislatures have passed similar pieces of legislation. In Colorado, the bill was defeated in the other chamber.

The California Legislature passed an NPV bill last year, but it was vetoed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

In nine states, National Popular Vote bills are being drafted and in three, NPV bills are looking for sponsors.

The idea behind the bill is the popular vote would determine who becomes


president, not the Electoral College. In 2000, Al Gore garnered more votes than George W. Bush, but Bush won the presidency because he got more Electoral College votes.

In 1824, there were four presidential candidates and none won a majority of electoral votes. As per the Constitution, the members of the House of Representatives picked the next president in such a case. Talk about cut-throat politics.

The House selected John Quincy Adams over Andrew Jackson, although Jackson won a plurality of electoral votes and the most popular votes, but not a majority.

Jackson got the last laugh, though. He won the presidency four years later by getting the most popular votes and electoral votes.

Samuel J. Tilden garnered more popular votes in 1876 than Rutherford B. Hayes. There were some 20 electoralGrooming nurses for the new century. Analysis of nurses' registers in London voluntary hospitals before the First World War.
This paper reports on the analysis of nurse probationer registers from 1903 to 1912. The analysis exploring characteristics of the 'modern', reformed nurse. Registers from four London voluntary hospitals were used (St Mary's (Paddington), Westminster, St Thomas's and the London Homoeopathic Hospitals). Socio-demographic data (age on entry, own previous and fathers' occupations, home addresses, wastage rates and reasons for leaving early) and personal characteristics were recorded from the total sample of 500. The 'good, kind and reliable' rather than the 'clever' nurse was preferred by the recording matrons. Relevant extracts from the British Nursing Journal and the Nursing Times are used to support discussion of data in the registers. This


one as an ogress. Once the woman
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At that moment, the ogress appeared and attacked her. The woman took her
son and ran to the monastery for refuge. There the Buddha told them the whole
story and asked them to stop hating each other, for otherwise they would
never be free. He told them this verse to make them understand his meaning.
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other from then on.village of Hamfest. His life, before the adventure, consists primarily of ordinary things. Feeding the hogs, cleaning the barn, repairing the leather on his old worn out shoes. At the time of year where the adventure is to begin there is a freezing wind coming down off of the eastern mountains, and the pond is still frozen from the long brutal winter. A hog died this winter, frozen after falling through a crack in the ice of Foxwood stream that boundsNorth Stye. Mrs. Hogsworth, the old matron of the household, scolds her children while cooking eggs and bacon for breakfast. Old Jeremiah is whittling a stick at the head of the long wooden table in the kitchen reflecting on the hardships they've all endured, and hoping that this


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Claes Oldenburg

American, born Sweden, born 1929

Geometric Mouse, Scale C, 1971

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Anodized aluminum

Dimensions: 19 × 20 × 13 in. (48.3 × 50.8 × 33 cm)

Gift of Dr. Bernard J. and Arlene D. Harris, 1991.30

Claes Oldenburg, a leading figure in the Pop Art movement of the late 1950s and early 1960s, is most well known for turning the mundane, average, and small into monumental sculptures. Geometric Mouse-Scale C, inspired by the cartoon character, Mickey Mouse, is a study for an outdoor sculpture that was eventually created in multiple variations of size, scale, and color.When Men Desire

When Men Desire  is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by J. Gordon Edwards and starring Theda Bara. It is presumed to be a lost film.

Plot
As described in a film magazine review, after the United States declares war on Germany in 1917, American citizens within Germany like Marie Lohr (Bara), who was visiting her uncle Professor Lohr (Elkas) in Strassburg, hastily attempt to obtain passports and leave the county. However, Major von Rohn (Nye), a powerful officer in the German Army, desires her as a companion, noting that German officers in war time are permitted to have any woman that they fancy. Marie's American aviator sweetheart, Robert Stedman (Ward), has reached Switzerland, and Marie attempts to keep Von Rohn at a respectful distance. She


Wisconsin Republican and Marine combat veteran in Iraq. The panel had 12 other members, including the FBI director, the deputy defense secretary, the acting deputy director of national intelligence and the acting deputy secretary of homeland security. The executive branch members helped craft the report but didn’t formally endorse it.

With The Post’s blessing, I moderated the presentation of the group’s report Wednesday, interviewing the two co-chairs and eight of the panelists onstage. I also attended one of the commission’s roughly 30 meetings and met with executive director Mark Montgomery and his staff at their headquarters in Crystal City, Va. My takeaway is that this kind of nonpartisan crisis planning is what the American people want and need from their government, especially in this period of public anxiety and"It Didn't Hurt a Bit" Kid: dental precursor to Mad Magazine's Alfred E. Neuman.
Since 1956, Mad Magazine has featured the same unique character on virtually every cover: a grinning, freckle-faced, red-headed boy with a missing central incisor and enormous protruding ears. Known as "Alfred E. Neuman," the "What--Me Worry?" Kid, he has become one of the most widely recognized images in the modern Western world. Capturing the imagination of Mad readers, he is portrayed as a comical figure with contradictory characteristics: he is a likeable, inept, inspiring, mischievous, quintessential nerd.


This invention relates to a recreational toy commonly known as the hula hoop and, more particularly, to a device for connecting the tubular ends of the hula hoop together.
Hula hoops are lightweight circular hoops constructed usually from tubular plastic. The hoop is a recreational toy of enduring popularity used simply by placing it at one's midsection and swiveling the hips like a hula dancer. The hoop spins around the hip area and the object is to keep it going as long as possible.
The hula hoop is formed from a straight yet flexible piece of tubing capable of being formed into a circle or hoop. Upon forming the tube into the hoop, the purpose of this invention emerges; the ends of the now formed hoop must be connected togetherto form the hula hoop.
The hoop ends are connected, most commonly, by use of a wooden dowel. The dowel is of substantially the same diameter as the inside diameter of the hoop tubing and is placed into each end of the adjoined tubing until the ends of the tubing are adjacent. A staple is then used at each end of the tubing to secure each tubing end to the wooden dowel thereby securing the tubing into a hoop.
Inherent problems with the currently used method of securing the hoop ends include its suspect security, referring to its frequent failure to cause the ends to remained secured, and safety concerns due to loosening staples having sharp, skin piercing ends. Staples do not effectively secure the tubing for an extended amount


comprises two closely coupled conductors disposed in substantially parallel, side-by-side relation to each other. These conductors extend from the intermediate location to an end location. Two terminals are provided at the end location, one terminal being at an end of one of the two closely coupled conductors and the other terminal being at an adjacent end of the other of the two closely coupled conductors. The probe includes processing circuitry and a transmission line having first and second opposite ends. The first end of the transmission line is connected to the processing circuitry, and the second end of the transmission line is connected directly to the dipole antenna at the terminals. The two closely coupled conductors are connected to each other at the intermediate location by a pairAdrian Meikle

Adrian Meikle (born 17 March 1965) is a Welsh curler and member of the Wales Men's Curling Team that takes part in the European Curling Championships. He is also a member of the Welsh Mixed Doubles and Senior Team.

He played in one World Curling Championships, in 1995 as a second for Wales.

He won a gold medal at the  2007 European Mixed Curling Championship as a skip.

Personal life
He is a son of Hugh Meikle, Welsh curler and one of the founders of Welsh Curling Association.

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Tommy Milone and the Oakland Athletics showed no signs of jet lag in their first game in the U.S. after opening the regular season in Japan.

Milone pitched six perfect innings Saturday night with six strikeouts to lead the A's to a 9-0 victory over the Sacramento River Cats, Oakland's Triple-A affiliate.

The A's returned to Oakland on Thursday evening after a week in Japan, where they split two games with the Seattle Mariners.

Several Oakland players said before Saturday's game that they still were getting their body clocks adjusted.

Milone wasn't one of them. The left-hander said he slept on the plane ride home from Tokyo to adjust to the time change. He was fresh and ready for his starting assignment, then went out and locked down the No. 3 spotin Oakland's rotation.

"I knew what I was doing out there, and it would have been cool to keep going," said Milone, who left after throwing 80 pitches.

Andrew Carignan pitched a scoreless seventh inning, walking two batters, to complete a no-hitter for the A's. The game was called after seven innings due to rain that began during the bottom of the seventh.

The A's got a three-run homer from Coco Crisp in the second inning and a solo homer by Josh Donaldson in the fifth.

Milone dominated the Sacramento batters. The River Cats hit only four balls beyond the infield.

"It's what we've seen all spring," Oakland manager Bob Melvin said. "When he misses, it's usually by design. Great command, I mean, you see his mechanics. Real still head and he really


A's to Japan, strained a hamstring last week and did not join the team in Sacramento. Melvin said Ramirez would not play in the three-game Bay Bridge exhibition series against the San Francisco Giants. ... Left-hander Dallas Braden, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list earlier this week, suffered a setback in his recovery from shoulder surgery when he strained his throwing shoulder last week. "He's not throwing right now," Melvin said. "We're on hold with that. I don't have a timetable with him."he shared her treatment records with prosecutors, who asked for a new competency hearing.

12.15 Monday

The parents of Brittany Zimmermann send a Dane County judge a letter asking him to not release the 911 call Zimmermann made the day she was killed. Zimmermann's parents say releasing the tape, which reportedly includes sounds of Zimmermann screaming, would violate their daughter's privacy. Several media organizations have sued the county seeking release of the tape and other records.

Madison Assistant City Attorney Jim Voss, 62, announces he is retiring, after 34 years with the city.

Fitchburg Ald. Jay Allen declares he will run for mayor. The city's current mayor, Tom Clauder, is not running for re-election. Allen owns Appliance Pros and has been on the Fitchburg city council since 1993.

The New York Stock Exchange


says it will delist Spectrum Brands, after the price of its stock drops to 13 cents a share. Spectrum's Rayovac and Remington brands are based in Madison.

Madison's Plan Commission approves plans for a child care center in the Midtown Commons development on the far west side. Neighbors had objected to the plan because they didn't want a commercial operation in a residential area.

Mortgage IT in Middleton informs the state Department of Workforce Development that it is closing, laying off 72 workers.pulp and paper company. Located on Hunt River, between Hopedale and Natuashish, the camp was reached by a Twin Otter aircraft and was used exclusively by clients and guests of Abitibi-Price. Lester also worked as a guide on the Gander River for Abitibi Price and for the Government Camp. In total, Lester has spent more than fifty years as a river guide in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Lester’s clients were mostly businessmen and government officials, people from all over the world including Spain, France, Russia and Mexico. “More than once we had to fetch the hook from trees,” Lester laughs. During his time as a guide, Lester had the opportunity to meet a number of notable people including George Bush Sr., General Wes Marlon, General and movie star Mark Clark,


March) Whimsy Stamps released this month's new rubber designs, Shapeology dies, Whimsy Designer Paper packs, new Shape EZ templates and new Whimsy Prints. From then until 26 March the Whimsy Stamps DT and Special Guest are showcasing these fabulous new goodies with a daily mini blog hop!

At the end of release week, we will draw 3 winners from the comments left on our designers' daily mini blog hop posts and each of these 3 winners will win 2 new release stamps! You have 24hrs to enter each daily mini blog hop by leaving a comment on every blog listed for that day. The prize locations are secret, so be sure to hop and leave comments every day to win!

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Monday, March 25, 2013

Hello and welcome to Day 6 of Whimsy Stamps March Rubber & Die Release Showcase!

On Wednesday (20 March) Whimsy Stamps released this month's new rubber designs, Shapeology dies, Whimsy Designer Paper packs, new Shape EZ templates and new Whimsy Prints. From then until 26 March the Whimsy Stamps DT and Special Guest are showcasing these fabulous new goodies with a daily mini blog hop!

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For my creation, I've used MelJens Lazy Susan Buggies image, it's been colored in Prisma Pencils and layered several times for dimension. I've used Star Dust stickles to give the white a little shimmer.

Remember that the entire new release is available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favourites.

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Iran 'influenced' Iraq over US troops' exit By Gabriel Gatehouse

BBC News, Baghdad Published duration 14 November 2011

image caption The US must withdraw all its remaining forces from Iraq by 31 December

Iran influenced Baghdad's decision to refuse to allow the US to keep troops in Iraq beyond the end of this year, a senior adviser to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has told the BBC.

Under the current agreement, the US must withdraw all its remaining forces from Iraq by 31 December.

The admission will fuel speculation about Iran's growing influence in Iraq, as US forces leave.

Iraq's decision was a humiliating moment for the United States.

Washington had lobbied hard, and publicly, for a new agreement that would allow the US to keep a contingent of several thousand soldiers in Iraq.

After monthsThe US officially joined the big one, WW II, after the Japs attacked Pearl Harbor, although we were already supplying the Brits
with food and materials plus our ships were being torpedoed by U-Boats. In an emotional frenzy similar to post 9-11 the country
scrambled to ramp up to war footing. One question was what to do about the 112,000 Japanese-Americans, primarily on the
west coast, where an invasion could take place.
Dorothea Lange photographed the internment process, then Army intelligence grabbed the pictures and squirreled them away
in the national archives..

Quote:

“A viper is nonetheless a viper wherever the egg is hatched—so a Japanese-American, born of Japanese parents—grows up to be a Japanese, not an American.”
— Los Angeles Times, February 2, 1942

Quote:

“The Japanese race is an enemy race and while many second and


there, working for Aylmer Robinson who
owned the island but lived on another island. Among the Hawaiians were Jap born issei Ishimatsu Shintani and Hawaiian-born
nisei Yoshio and Irene Harada.

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On December 7, 1941, Airman First Class Shigenori Nishikaichi (c. 1919 – December 13, 1941), who had taken part in the second wave of the Pearl Harbor attack, crash-landed his battle-damaged aircraft, an A6M2 Zero "B11-120" from the carrier Hiryu, in a Niʻihau field near where Hawila Kaleohano (1912–1986), a native Hawaiian, was standing. Kaleohano was unaware of the attack at Pearl Harbor, but knew from newspapers that the relationship between the U.S. and Japan was poor due to Japanese expansionism and the U.S. oil embargo on Japan. Recognizing Nishikaichi and his plane as Japanese, Kaleohano thought it prudent to relievethe pilot of his pistol and papers before the dazed airman could react. He and the other Hawaiians who gathered about treated the pilot with courtesy and the traditional Hawaiian hospitality, even throwing a party for him later that Sunday afternoon. However, the Hawaiians could not understand Nishikaichi, who spoke only Japanese with a limited amount of English. They sent for Japanese-born Ishimatsu Shintani (an issei), who was married to a native Hawaiian, to translate.
Having been briefed on the situation beforehand and approaching the task with evident distaste, Shintani exchanged just a few words with the pilot and departed without explanation. The puzzled Hawaiians then sent for Yoshio Harada, who was born in Hawaii of Japanese ancestry, and his wife Irene (Irene was issei), both of whom constituted


the remainder of the Niʻihau population of Japanese ancestry. Nishikaichi informed Harada of the attack on Pearl Harbor, a revelation Harada thought prudent not to share with the non-Japanese natives. Nishikaichi desperately wanted his papers returned, which he had been told should by no means fall into American hands, but Kaleohano refused to return them. The Haradas decided to assist Nishikaichi in retrieving his papers and escaping.

First they offered Kaleohano $200 for the pilots papers but he refused. Harada and Nishikaichi, attacked the lone guard posted
at Harada’s house. They locked the guard in a warehouse, took the pilot’s pistol and a shotgun then went to Kaleohanos but he
escaped to warn the others. They burned the plane after removing two machine guns/ammo, then burned Kaleohano‘s house,
hoping to destroy thepapers with the codes and plans. Most couldn’t believe their friend/neighbor for three years, Harada, could
do that, but when the escaped guard arrived they hid in the forest.

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Historian Gordon Prange notes that it was "the rapidity with which the three resident Japanese went over to the pilot's cause" which troubled the Hawaiians. "The more pessimistic among them cited the Niʻihau incident as proof that no one could trust any Japanese, even if an American citizen, not to go over to Japan if it appeared expedient."
Novelist William Hallstead argues that the Niʻihau incident had an influence on decisions leading to the Japanese American internment. According to Hallstead, the behavior of Shintani and the Haradas were included in an official Navy report dated January 26, 1942. Its author, Navy Lieutenant


C. B. Baldwin, wrote, "The fact that the two Niʻihau Japanese who had previously shown no anti-American tendencies went to the aid of the pilot when Japanese domination of the island seemed possible, indicate[s] [the] likelihood that Japanese residents previously believed loyal to the United States may aid Japan if further Japanese attacks appear successful."

That's why it seemed like a good idea at the time.
It wouldn't happen now because they could easily decide who to lock up by scanning everyone's NSA dossier.

The picture of the camp with the flag looks like Manzanar. It's in California at the base of the Sierra Nevada range. Twil and I visited the site and it's very solemn. The interment of thousands of American citizens was an avoidable tragedy, a self inflicted wound,born out of unreasonable fear.

Fear we see driving actions of those with power and the public trust even today. Fear.

Slow to respond to this due to such inconveniences as fire, evacuations, failure of electricity, cell service and internet. Thankfully things are back to nearly normal without serious damage except for an oversize truck's snagging my landline yesterday, removing the only thing that worked during all last week.
My Aunt Lola was a Quaker and a delight to know.
In 1941 Japanese assets of all kinds were being gobbled up for pennies on the dollar in the very few days available before mandatory relocation.
Aunt Lola knew several families and through them got title to many homes and businesses. returning them at the end of the war.
I had many Japanese schoolmates that


Chapter 6: Diamond Dust

While he could never be sure, due to the memory loss that plagued him so much since he woke up, but Farran was as close to sure as he could be that he had never felt as anxious as he did today. Every minute seemed to last an eternity, and he found himself staring more at the clock throughout the day than he did at his notes. A fact that was not missed by Weiss who, after the first hour or so, started to elbow him in the ribs every time he looked away from the notebook in front of him. He would never admit it, but he was impressed by just how accurate her aim was becoming. At lunch, Ruby pulled him aside toremind him that until they were ready to bring any of their teammates into the Metaverse with them, they couldn't afford to act abnormal and risk them catching onto the fact that something was up. He knew she was right, and made it a point to keep calm and act normal. Not that it made the day go any faster.

Finally, Professor Goodwitch ended their class for the afternoon, assigning them homework and allowed them to leave. Team RWBY returned to their dorm room to change out of their uniforms. Now in their usual attire, Weiss, Blake and Yang bid Ruby and Farran farewell as they departed for their previously made plans, leaving the two of them alone. It only took a shared nod between the two for them


interests and hobbies which would be satisfied by these packages, whether their own order or sent by friends and alumni. Professor Oobleck, for example, was a connoisseur of coffee from all over Remnant, and would always be willing to share a cup with curious students, whereas Professor Peach had near daily deliveries of weapons parts and magazines. Had Farran not seen it himself, he would not have believed Professor Port to be a man so infatuated show tunes. Even Professor Goodwitch received regular packages, although the contents and even the sender were a closely guarded secret, one which remained a highly debated topic between student and staff alike. No one would even know she received a package until it was left outside of her office, all shipping informationbetween their world and the Metaverse.

Once he felt the ground rematerialize under him, and the light from his scroll faded away, Farran was immediately dragged face to face with the stowaway, their purple irises mere inches away from his face. Yang Xiao Long stood in front of him, gripping him tight by the collar, snarling up at him. Her hair started glowing, and her eyes started turning red, which Farran had realized in recent days were the warning signs of her semblance activating, which meant pain was certainly soon on the way.

Ruby zipped over between them, forcing the two apart, "Yang?! What are you doing here? Were you following us?"

"Of course I was! You're not exactly sneaky Ruby, especially when you're excited. I needed to know why the


intended effect, as the blonde quietly sunk to her knees, "Just calm down and I'll explain everything."

Farran started from the beginning, from his first meeting with Igor after he had just woken up. He explained everything they knew about this world, about Richards and Cardin, about Shadows, and about Personas. He told her about how he had faced his other self, awakening to his Persona, and how Ruby had done the same. In the middle of his story, Viola appeared by them out of the same blue fire she had come from the other day. While it did add to her shock and confusion, seeing the girl with yellow eyes from his story seemed to help Yang accept what Farran was saying. To drive it all home, Farranalright?"

Ruby and Farran nodded, as they prepared to send her to the real world. Viola instructed Farran to activate the app while it was facing her, which would send her back without him having to make two trips. She explained that the only reason Yang was brought with them is because she was making contact with Farran when they left. He did as he was instructed, and when the light faded from his scroll once more, Yang had disappeared back to their world, as if she had never been there at all.

"Alright," Farran turned back to the two remaining girls, "What's the game plan here? We just need to get a keycard from one of the Shadows, right?"

Viola nodded, "Correct. I did a little looking around on my


happen if he were to answer it, whether or not there would be a voice on the other end. Before he could entertain that thought any more, Viola directed them through a set of doors off to the left. As she explained, the doors to their right would lead to a corridor heading into the main floor of the factory, while the path they would take was a designated passage for guards, leading to a catwalk that overlooked the factory floor. While there might be more guards at the start, she elaborated, walking through the factory floor would raise the alarm far more.

The doors opened up into a dull, gray hallway the length of which was lit up by panels of tube lights. Various paintings, motivational posters, andcork boards covered in memos had been left plastered every few feet on the walls. For as warped and twisted as the world outside had been, the inside of the factory, at least that which he had seen, seemed eerily similar to the usual office fare to Farran, almost as if he could walk into any place of business in Vale and find a hallway that was almost an exact followed the hall down to a flight of stairs leading up, which in turn led to an outcropping with a set of double doors in front of them, a keypad much like the one by the elevator hung next to it, and a small office to the left. Viola ordered them to post up outside the office, taking


moving into position. Farran kept watch over the Shadow, which paced back and forth in the office, muttering about production being slowed. After a few minutes, it finally turned its back to the door, taking a look at a monitor on the far wall. Seeing his chance, Farran bolted into the room, and before the Shadow could turn around, he reached over its shoulder, grabbed its mask, and pulled. Despite not having any sort of binding to the Shadow, pulling the mask off felt like trying to free something from hardened concrete. Still, after a bit of effort, the mask finally came off with a horrifying tearing sound. His first goal accomplished, Farran took a few steps back as Ruby and Viola rushed in to join him, watchingthe guard collapse into a pile of black ooze and transform.

The pile of ooze stretched and shifted, turning itself into a group of four Shadows, three of which were the same Slimes they had fought the previous time. The fourth, however, was one that had not seen before, transforming into a small, floating, cartoonish humanoid, almost completely covered in a purple robe. The robe had a small hole around the Shadows face where two beady red eyes leered out, the rest of its facial features blocked by the shadow of its straw conical hat. This new Shadow seemed to be in charge, as when it swung the wooden oar it held in its gloved hands, the Slimes started to attack.

The first charged directly at Farran, forcing him to


dodge. Having been in dire straits the last time they fought, Farran had completely missed the fact that these Shadows stunk to high heaven. As he moved out of the way, the wind that rushed past him was filled with the odor of spoilt milk and sulfur. Ruby summoned Lupa, who reared back and struck it with a gale of wind, tearing it apart. The wind whipping by Farran carried the smell, forcing him to cover his nose and mouth. He turned to see one of the Slimes preparing to charge Ruby, but before it could move, he summoned Abel, who launched a spell of his own, nuclear energy exploding from the side of the Shadow, and crackling outwards. With two of the Shadows down, Farran started tofeel confident, only for a chill to fall over him, as if the hands of Death itself were wrapped around him. He scanned the room, looking where this might be coming from, but Viola called to him, telling him to dodge. He moved away just as a wave of dark energy surged from the ground beneath his feet, a spell from the remaining Slime, before fizzing from existence. Ruby summoned Lupa, sending the wolf charging at the Shadow, and cleaving it in two with its scythe.

With just the leader left, Farran spun to face it, only to find the Shadow lifting its oar above its head. Before he could react, he felt a burst of cold rocket into his chest, followed by searing pain along his chest and


arm, as if he was being prodded with needles. He looked down to find a large ice crystal expanding by his collarbone, the chill deepening for a few seconds before it disappeared. Ruby brought forth Lupa again, who charged the Shadow, only for it to smash its oar across Lupa's face with a mighty crack. Despite her Persona being the one who was struck, Farran could see Ruby flinch back, holding her jaw as if she had been hit. The Shadow flew towards her, bringing its oar hard against her ribs. Ruby fell to a knee, but summoned Lupa again, who reared back and howled, sending a burst of wind at the Shadow, and knocking it back several feet. The Shadow brought its oar above its head again,looking to send another ball of ice at Ruby, but before it could do so, Farran called out Abel, who swung his spear, striking the Shadow, and knocking the oar out of its hands. Now in between the two Persona users, and its weapon clear across the room, the Shadows eyes darted around in a panic, looking for some way to defend itself.

With the Shadow now defenseless, Farran tried to finish it, but froze, feeling almost like he had déjà vu. He looked down at his right hand, only to see the manacles that normally appeared when he would summon Abel had manifested themselves, however they were only connected to one wrist this time. He looked at the Shadow, then back to the chains, then to the Shadow,


Shadow he had just defeated. When he opened them again, he noticed the chains had once again appeared around his wrists. He took a deep breath, and snapped them apart, "Come forth! Charon!"

Just like every time he had summoned Abel, a circle of blue light appeared in front of him, and when it had vanished, the Shadow he had forged a contract with, Charon, floated in the middle. Its beady red eyes scanned the room, then hovered over to Farran with a look of confusion. Almost as soon as she saw his new Persona, Ruby dashed over to it, and Farran could see stars in her eyes.

"Awww, it's so cute! Hi there, little one!" She cooed, as Charon took refuge behind Farran, shaking, "Oh, it's ok! You canto waist height on either side of them. From what he could tell, they were about halfway through the factory. Farran strode to one side, peering down to the factory floor below. Large vats of noxious, green liquid sat at the far end, producing crystals that looked much like giant, bastardized versions of the dust crystals Weiss had shown him. The liquid seemed to be piped in from another area, which was probably the cause of the fumes that blotted out the sky outside, as the smell of the factory was much like that of the clouds. The crystals were dropped onto conveyor belts, which hauled them off to machines that crushed them into the fine, white powder they had seen in the video, which in turn was


had visited previously, this section of the factory started to branch off into its own labyrinth of hallways, however compared to the barren steel of the platform, one could genuinely confuse where they were walking as a typical office building. Small offices, meeting rooms, and lounges jutted out from their path, their various phones and computer terminals providing the only sound as the din of the factory started to die down behind them. Every so often, they would encounter a lone guard Shadow on patrol, forcing them to sneak by, or in some cases they had to fight. It was through these fights that Farran had been able to acquire two new Personas.

As they walked, Farran had to admire Ruby's fighting ability. Even without Lupa, he had beenamazed at just how competent a fighter she was, and at such a young age too. Not to mention she was able to control a weapon that stood taller than she did with such dexterity. She even seemed to do better against the Shadows than she did in the practice rounds he had seen her fight in class, as if she held back against human opponents. One fight in particular, in which he had gained his first of the two Personas, stood out to him. Not long after they first started through the offices, they had encountered a guard Shadow that transformed into a troop of rambunctious Shadows that took on the appearance of large, leafy gourds with human hands and feet sticking out. During the ensuing battle,


the Shadows resisted the wind spells of Lupa, forcing Ruby to switch to the offensive herself. It was almost cruel watching this girl slicing down the Shadows, which soon realized they had been outmatched. The last remaining one sprinted to Farran, almost begging for its life. It was then that he forged a contract with the Shadow, which he found out was named Kijimuna, a Persona of the Star Arcana.

Granted, he was also finding that he wasn't such a slouch in his own right. The more he continued to fight, the better he kept getting, as if he were shaking off more and more rust each time. His bad knee still continued to be a problem, his movements were slowed more than he would have liked, and thecramped corridors they were stuck fighting in made it almost impossible to use his wings instead, but the brace he had received the other day kept the pain to a dull minimum, rather than searing up whenever he took a step like the last trip. Even so, he found his mettle being tested quite consistently, as the Shadows continued to grow faster and stronger as they continued, demanding he and Ruby continue to grow better as a team, and forcing Farran to the limit of his reflexes, both with his blade, and switching between his growing list of Personas. His second new Persona came from a battle against a guard Shadow, this one more feminine than the past few, that transformed into a woman wearing a white gown,


the hems lined with the symbols of card suits, as well as a black blindfold. Her haughtiness was only matched by her lightning speed, forcing both Farran and Ruby on their heels with blistering strikes from her rapier. On top of her speed, the Shadow tried to force the two apart by summoning a number of card soldiers to block their path. Still, the Shadow could not fully keep track of both Persona users, and as her reinforcements dwindled, due to their weakness to the wind attacks of Lupa and Kijimuna, it slowly but surely returned to a two on one fight. In the end, Ruby was able to disarm the Shadow, and Farran recruited her to fight with them. Thus he gained a new Persona in LadyLuck to match his bond of Fortune with Weiss.

Finally, they found the place they were looking for. At the very top floor of the office building, they found another lobby lined with couches, with a door sitting behind a secretary's desk with a placard next to it labeled "Company President". The door itself had been left cracked a bit, and from what small amount they could see through, they were able to see a guard Shadow in a gaudy golden suit, much bigger than all the rest, sitting behind a mahogany desk, its hands tented in front of its face, almost as if it were waiting for them. From what Viola could sense, this was certainly the Shadow that held the keycard they needed to access the elevator,


as well as any other doors they would need to pass. She could also tell that it was very strong, much stronger than any they had faced so far. They all agreed that it would be for the best to rest up for a few minutes, as Ruby had Lupa heal their wounds. In the end, it wasn't much, as Lupa's healing spells drained Ruby considerably, but it was still enough to get them patched up well enough to fight. After they had rested a bit, the three crowded near the door, preparing to take on this next challenge.

At Beacon Academy:

From the moment she had been returned to Beacon from the Metaverse, Yang sped around the campus, trying all her usual methods to vent her frustration. At first,she returned to the dorm, clambering up into her bunk to try to sleep it off. Instead, every time she closed her eyes, she pictured that other world: the purple skies, the destroyed town, the sickening factory with the tower standing above all else, and the video. Just the thought of the video was enough to rouse her anger all over again. She tried taking her mind off of it by playing video games and listening to music, hell she even took one of Blake's books and tried reading, but nothing could get it out of her mind. Thinking about the smile on Richards's face as he took over and ruined Velvet's life, and then started talking about doing the same to someone else almost caused her to


snap her scroll right in half.

Ultimately, Yang left the dorm and was on her way to the airstrip, thinking about jumping on Bumblebee, cruising down to Junior's club, buying a drink, and maybe smacking around a few of his goons when she finally stopped to take a deep breath. While she couldn't deny it would be a blast, and a Strawberry Sunrise sounded fantastic at the moment, messing up the club again would only create more problems for her to deal with. Instead, she changed course and headed for the school's gym, heading straight for the training rooms. Working up a good sweat always made her feel better, even on the worst of days, and she planned on doing just that.

After changing into her workout gear, she spentthe next while mauling the stuffing out of one of the gym's heavy bags. She jumped about, pounding out a rhythmic beat with a flurry of punches, picturing the bag as a stand in for Richards. Once I get a hold of you, Richards, I'm going to do this to that ugly, greasy, overweight, perverted face of yours and… She had to take another calming breath. She couldn't really afford to have her Semblance activate subconsciously while she was hitting the heavy bag. Yang still wasn't sure if Goodwitch had forgiven her for the last time, and she was fairly certain the answer was no. After all, while the looks she gave Yang were no longer quite at death stare level, they were still remarkably cold, even for


Goodwitch's standards. Not to mention that had been the last time she saw Goodwitch at the gym, as well as the last time she saw her covered in feathers. Which really is a shame. She looked fantastic like that. In her gym clothes, not the feathers. That wasn't the greatest. Although if anyone could pull off that look, she could. Thankful to finally have her mind on anything else but what she had seen earlier, she continued the rest of her workout in peace, the video and the Metaverse long forgotten.

Two hours later, Yang followed her extended workout up with a long shower. She had always had an issue with the showers at Signal's gym because whenever she stayed in for more than five minutes, the hot waterturned almost to ice. With as well funded as Beacon was, however, even the extended showers Yang sometimes treated herself to would stay piping hot from start to finish. Content and clean, she dried herself off and got dressed in some not sweaty clothes, then headed to her locker, only to be stopped by the sight of two brown rabbit ears peeking over the lockers, causing all of the memories from earlier to come flooding right back. Frowning, it occurred to Yang that she had never actually held a conversation with Velvet in the past despite having crossed paths on numerous occasions. No time like the present, I suppose… She curled around the corner to the next row of lockers, only to see Velvet sitting on the bench,


getting fast tracked a year. They're one of Richards's favorites, so there's really no point… And besides, it's better than the time they stuck a giant puff ball on the back of my skirt with rubber cement. Walking back to the dorm past everyone with a cotton tail was horrible, not to mention I had to buy a new skirt. At least Coco thought it was cute…"

"The nerve of some people… And Richards, that asshole!" Yang's hair started glowing slightly, "Why does he feel the need to go solely after you, of all people?!"

"Well, it's not like it's just me. He's not particularly fond of any of the other Faunus here, and I heard he even has plenty of human students he regularly targets. He's just been doublingthose two to come back, and force them to take her back in. She couldn't just sit around and do nothing until next time they wanted to go in. As she closed her locker, she noticed a strange notification on her scroll. She opened it up to find a new app had been downloaded on it, one with a blue butterfly as the thumbnail. Once it opened, she realized it was the same app Farran had used to get them to and from that other world. Well then, maybe I won't have to wait after all! Yang handed the bundle of clothes over to Velvet, who seemed much more chipper than when she found her, and bid her farewell. Minutes later, she entered the alleyway where Farran and


The death toll from the high-rise apartment collapse in Pyongyang on May 13 stands at more than 400, sources said Thursday.

Authorities are clearing debris from the site of the building collapse and have placed a camouflage net over the ruin in order to prevent exposure to satellite photos.

One source familiar said, "There is talk that around 400 to 490 people were killed in the accident. The building collapsed around 5 to 6 p.m. so many kids had come home from school by then, and there were many women and elderly people as well."

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to well absorb the impact in the hopper in which the kinetic energy caused by the drop of the medicine becomes largest (positioned at the final stage), the medicine can not stand up to the impact force generated at a time when the medicine collides with the hopper in accordance with an increase of the speed for discharging the medicine, so that it is unavoidable that a part of the medicine is broken. Further, since the micro powders of the medicine are generated in accordance with the breakage, it is extremely hard to prevent the contamination caused by the micro powders.
On the other hand, in the medicine feeding apparatus shown in the latter document, since the downsizing and densification is promoted for making the discharge speed of theJanice Daniels

She's not going away. Janice Daniels, the former mayor of Troy who was recalled by voters last November, plans to make a run for Troy city council.

Lauren Abdel-Razzaq reports for the Detroit News that Daniels has filed a petition to run.

Daniels was recalled after making several well-publicized statements. More from the Detroit News:

Daniels took heat for rejecting federal dollars for a transit center, making disparaging comments about homosexuals, calling the city charter a “whimsical” document and arguing with other city leaders during meetings.

In a special election in May, voters elected Dane Slater, who had been appointed to fill in as mayor, to hold the city’s top elected office until November 2015, when Daniels’ original term expires.

If I asked the well-informed Michigan Radio listeners to name the mayors


to prevent the issue from going before voters.

Daniels became a controversial figure the moment she took office. She refused to recite a pledge to uphold the city's charter at her inauguration, she posted an anti-gay slur on Facebook prior to taking office, and she refused to accept federal money for a new transit center (Troy city council later approved a scaled-down version of the transit center despite Daniels' objections). "Recall Janice Daniels" organizers say they expect the mayor will be recalled by voters. From the Detroit Free Press:

"The recall campaign looks forward to the November ballot, when responsible leadership will be restored to the city of Troy," said petitioners from the group Recall Janice Daniels in a statement released late Monday evening.

Daniels has told the Free Press thatcontinued conversation about her views on homosexuality is being foisted upon her. She previously said she would beat the recall effort.

Supporters of an effort to kick Troy's mayor out of office say they've submitted more than enough petition signatures to get the measure onto the November ballot.

John Kulesz is one of the recall campaign's organizers. He says he expects Mayor Janice Daniels and her supporters will put up a vigorous fight to keep her in office.

"These people are take no prisoner types,” said Kulesz. “So we know that they'll throw everything in the book at us to discredit us and accuse us of this that and the other thing. But we're going to stand up for our rights, and we're going to stand up for the people of


Troy."

Kulesz Daniels is harming Troy's reputation. Daniels gained notoriety over a gay slur she used on her Facebook page before she took office. She later angered many people when she voted to turn down federal money for a transit center.

But Daniels says those are not legitimate reasons for recall.

"If the new standard for recall is that a group of people doesn't like the way an elected official voted on an issue, or they don't like an elected official's opinion on issues, then we've gone to a very dangerous point in our history,” Daniels said. “I haven't committed a crime."

The Oakland County clerk's office has 35 days to certify the petitions.

A group seeking to recall Troy Mayor Janice Daniels won a split-decision victory yesterday as the Oakland County ElectionCommission approved recall language for a petition drive. That means organizers have 180 days to collect 7,985 signatures within a 90-day period to place the recall question on the ballot.

Daniels has angered some in her community for an anti-gay slur she made on her Facebook page prior to being mayor. Opponents of Daniels were also angered when Mayor Daniels rejected federal funding for a new transit center in Troy.

Wattrick writes that Daniels became a controversial figure the moment she took office:

At her inauguration, she refused to recite the traditional oath of office because she wouldn’t pledge to uphold Troy’s City Charter. Daniels dismissed Troy’s governing document as “whimsical.”

Troy Mayor Janice Daniels could face a recall campaign next November if members of the Oakland County Election Commission approve language


against the Company on August 6, 1973, directing it to bargain collectively in good faith with Local 191, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America (the 'Union' herein) as the certified bargaining representative for the Company's employees.  Certification was granted on October 31, 1972, based on the Union's narrow victory (by one vote) in an election held on June 14, 1972.  Because the Board granted certification and subsequently issued its order without affording the Company an evidentiary hearing on certain objections it raised with respect to the pre-election conduct of the Union, we deny enforcement of the Board's order and remand for an evidentiary hearing on those objections.

2
The Company is a small retail seller of building materials and home supplies in Trumbull, Connecticut. Upon the Union's filing of a petition with the Board for certification as collective bargaining representative for the Company's employees, an election was held at the Company on June 14, 1972, which the Union won by a vote of 7 to 6 in a unit of only 15 eligible voters, two of whom did not cast ballots.  Shortly after the election the Company filed timely objections with the Board, alleging that following the Union's distribution in early June of a letter to the employees stating that the Company 'had been making a great deal of money through you and your fellow employees,' the Union's Business Agent, two days before the election, had made material misrepresentations of fact to the employees, to which the Company had had


no opportunity to respond before the election.  Specifically the Company charged that at a meeting of its employees held at the Union's offices on June 12, 1972, the Union's Business Agent, Anthony Rossetti, stated that in the previous year the Company had 'made a profit . . . of $1,300,000.00' and that the Company's Vice-President, Fred Salvati, had 'just built a new residence for himself costing $75,000 to $80,000.'  Both statements, according to the Company, were 'absolutely false, untrue and misleading.'  During the year prior to the election the Company's total gross sales let alone profit, were 'only $970,000'1 and its profit was a much smaller amount.

3
Pursuant to 102.69 of the Board's Rules and Regulations, 29 C.F.R. 102.69, the Board's Acting Regional Director conducted anindependent investigation of the Company's objections.  In a report dated August 1, 1972, he found that the Union had held a meeting at its offices in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on the evening of June 12, 1972, which was attended by eight of the Company's employees.  During this meeting, after Rossetti had explained the Board's election procedures and urged the employees to vote for the Union, the subject of discussion turned to the Company's ability to pay the employees more money.  Rossetti denied that he initiated the discussion concerning Vice-President Salvati's new home or placed any value on it, and the Regional Director found no evidence to contradict him.  The Regional Director stated:

4
'Seven of the eight attending employees were interviewed by a Board Agent.  Five


 Beyond this, however, he apparently did not seek to ascertain the impact of Rossetti's statement by inquiring whether any of the interviewed employees had been influenced by it to vote in favor of the Union.  Instead he concluded in effect that Business Agent Rossetti's statements, as interpreted by him, were per se immaterial and hence that the Union's alleged misrepresentation of Company profits was meritless:

9
'The evidence does not tend to establish that Rossetti was referring to 'profits' as distinguished from gross income.  It is of course arguable that the use of the word 'made' implied a profit but there is enough ambiguity in the term, and so little an exaggeration in the figure, as to preclude a conclusion that a material misrepresentation was made. More importantly, it is clear from the nature of the statement allegedly made by Rossetti, that he was not talking from knowledge, but was expressing an opinion or making a guess and this obviously was clear also to the employees he was addressing who were competent to appraise the statement in the light of their own knowledge-- or lack of it-- concerning the Employer's profits from its operations.'

10
Accordingly, the Regional Director recommended that the Company's objections be overruled and that the Board certify the Union as the exclusive collective bargaining representative of the Company's employees.

11
The Company filed timely exceptions to the Regional Director's findings, conclusions and recommendations.  However, on October 31, 1972, the findings and conclusions were adopted by the full Board which certified the Union as


the bargaining representative for the Company's employees.  In November 1972, upon the Company's refusal to bargain collectively with the Union over wages, hours and working conditions, the Union filed an unfair labor practice charge with the Board and on December 14, 1972, the Board issued a complaint against the Company.  In its answer the Company challenged the validity of the original certification.  It also alleged that subsequent events, specifically the termination of 10 out of the 15 employees who had been eligible to vote in the election for theft of the Company's money and materials, made a revocation of certification proper, since there was a strong probability, as a result of the post-election turnover, that only a small fraction of those in the unit, andits employees.  His position, coupled with his mention of a specific profit figure, could reasonably have led the employees to believe that he had ferreted out the information from financial books or records available to the Union through its bank or other sources or from initial conferences with Company officers.  Nothing in the Regional Director's Report supports the view that the employees believed otherwise.

19
We likewise cannot agree with the Regional Director's conclusion that the employees were competent to appraise the Business Agent's specific figure in the light of their own knowledge of the Company's profit from its operations.  Without casting any reflections upon the employees, who are 'drivers, yardmen, fork-lift operators, millmen, store salesmen and stock clerks,' it strikes us as unreasonable to expect that


merit in the Company's other arguments.

34
I would deny the Company's petition for review and grant the Board's cross-application for enforcement of its order.

1
 At the time it filed its objections the Company's books were in the process of being audited so that no figure for net profits was available.  At oral argument the Company represented that its net profits were but a fraction of the $970,000 grossed by it

2
 Section 102.69(a) of the Board's Rules, 29 C.F.R. 102.69(a), provided only that 'any party may file with the regional director an original and three copies of objections to the conduct of the election or conduct affecting the results of the election, which shall contain a short statement of the reasons therefor.'

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Muzaffarnagar: A former sugar mill manager allegedly shot himself after being pressured by a retired IAS officer to get demonetised currency notes worth Rs 10 crore exchanged in a village in Shamli district on Friday.

The incident occurred in Badhev village under the Adarsh Mandi police station area last evening, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Shalok Kumar said.

The victim, Vijay Singh (51), left a suicide note accusing brother-in-law and retired IAS officer Vinod Kumar Pawar of putting pressure on him to get the demonetised notes exchanged, he said.

According to the suicide note, the victim had helped the accused exchange demonetised notes worth Rs 50 lakh earlier, the ASP said,adding that he also alleged that Pawar had forcibly captured a piece of land belonging to Singh's mother.

The pistol used in the suicide was seized and the note sent to handwriting experts for verification, the ASP said.

A case was registered under various sections of the law and an investigation was underway, he added.

Pawar, a resident of Ghaziabad, was earlier posted as an additional district magistrate in Muzaffarnagar and as a district magistrate in Bijnore.


   737,891                    ---                    295,157
       1
            50 percent of the interest due on the deficiency.

       Respondent determined deficiencies in and additions to INC's

Federal income tax for taxable years ended June 30, 1985 and

1986.       Subsequent to the issuance of the statutory notice and

upon submission of additional information to the District

Director, Austin, respondent determined revised deficiencies in

and additions to INC's Federal income      INC is a corporation that was organized pursuant to the laws

of the State of Delaware on December 22, 1982.     At the time the

petitions in docket Nos. 27089-90 and 3441-93 were filed, INC's

principal office was at 1250 N.E. Loop 410, Suite 1030, San

Antonio, Texas 78209.     During the years in issue, LTD owned,

either directly or indirectly, all of the outstanding stock of

INC.     On November 15, 1985, INC was registered with the SEC as an

investment adviser pursuant to section 203 of the Investment

Advisers Act of 1940.

        Holdings is a corporation that was organized pursuant to the

laws of the State of Delaware on February 24, 1987.


was a securities brokerage firm that was

registered in Mexico and headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico.

On November 27, 1981, LTD was incorporated as an exempted
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company5 pursuant to the laws of the Cayman Islands.   To maintain

its registration as an exempted company in the Cayman Islands,

LTD submitted on March 4, 1983, November 21, 1983, December 5,

1984, February 18, 1988, November 29, 1988, and December 8, 1989,

an "Annual Return and Declaration" stating, inter alia, that its

operations since its last return have been mainly outside the

Cayman Islands.

     LTD was a "sister company" of InverMexico; i.e.,LTD and

InverMexico were owned by the same persons or entities.   During

the years in issue, no client of LTD was a citizen or resident of

the United States.

     The principals of InverMexico managed a diverse group of

financial services companies in the name of InverMexico and other

entities; such companies were called "Grupo Inver", or the "Inver

Group".   During the late 1970's and early 1980's, in the face of

Mexico's declining oil revenues, the massive devaluation of the

peso, and a growing sense of political instability, wealthy

Mexicans increasingly sought opportunities outside Mexico's

borders for investments that were considered safer than domestic

investment opportunities.   In response to such "capital flight",

during those years the Mexican Government placed increasing

5

     An "exempted company" is one the operation


of which is
conducted mainly outside the Cayman Islands. Secs. 179, 181, The
Companies Law of the Cayman Islands.
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restrictions on the operations of Mexican financial institutions,

having already closed its borders to non-Mexican financial

institutions.   The culmination of Mexico's restrictive investment

regime was the imposition of exchange controls by presidential

decree during September 1982 and the nationalization of the

country's private banks.    From that date onward, no Mexican-

chartered bank or financial institution was permitted to handle

foreign-currency-denominated accounts.    Peso-based investments

lost value.   During 1982, many of the accounts managed by

InverMexico were diminished as aresult of the capital flight.

Clients of InverMexico were sending their money to Merrill Lynch

in the United States and to Swiss and Japanese banks.

     From its inception through its taxable year ended June 30,

1990, LTD did not file any registration statement, reporting

statement, or any other statement with any governmental entity in

Mexico.   During each of its taxable years ended June 30, 1984

through 1990, LTD was not registered to do business in Mexico.

D.   Creation of INC

     Prior to 1983, LTD had fewer than 15 clients.   For the

administration of the accounts of such clients, LTD used the

services of United States Trust Co. of New York (Cayman), Ltd.

(United States Trust); Paine Webber; and Shearson, American

Express, Inc. (Shearson).


clients' portfolios.

     After 1 year of working with United States Trust, LTD’s

principals concluded that the service provided by United States

Trust did not meet their expectations and that LTD was losing fee

revenue and possibly clients to United States Trust.    The

executive committee of the Inver Group decided to create another

related company that would perform the research, bookkeeping, and

administrative services formerly provided by United States Trust.

On December 22, 1982, INC was incorporated pursuant to the laws

of the State of Delaware for that purpose.

     The original INC office was established in New York City by

George Fahey, president and a director of INC.    Mr. Fahey leased

a small space at Rockefeller Center during early 1983.    INC’s

office personnelconsisted of Mr. Fahey and a secretary.      Mr.

Fahey maintained that office through the end of calendar year
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1983.    Notwithstanding the creation of INC, LTD's clients

continued to keep their accounts at United States Trust through

the end of 1983.

       Jose Zollino, treasurer and a director of INC, and Raymundo

Leal, chairman of the board of directors of INC, moved to San

Antonio, Texas, in August 1983.    By November 1983, INC had leased

space and opened an office in San Antonio.


 By the end of that

year, Mr. Zollino informed Mr. Fahey that INC's management wanted

to close the New York office and to have Mr. Fahey move to San

Antonio.    Mr. Fahey agreed to move to San Antonio, arriving there

on January 15, 1984.    Subsequently, LTD’s clients were

transferred from United States Trust to LTD.     Prior to that time,

none of the United States Trust accounts had been transferred to

LTD.    For its office, INC purchased an office copier, computer

equipment and software, and office equipment and furniture.

E.     Structure and Operation of LTD's
       Promotion, Service, and Sales

       As conceived by LTD's founders, LTD's business was to

provide  Accordingly, LTD

depended upon referrals rather than direct marketing.

     The account executives of InverMexico (known in Mexico as

promotores and in the United States as promoters) were trained to

sell in Mexico the services of the companies within the Inver

Group, including LTD.   For clients who were interested in

Mexican, peso-based investments, an account would be opened at

InverMexico.    For clients who were interested in dollar deposits

or other investments outside Mexico, an account would be opened

at LTD.   The number of client accounts at LTD was approximately

70 during 1984, 257 during 1985, 434 during 1986, 557 during

1987, 870 during 1988, and 1,131 during 1989.   Not all client

accounts were actively traded.    For those years, the total

amounts of client


[LTD].
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The discretionary authorizations granted LTD the power to

maintain or to transfer assets in omnibus accounts.   In its early

Discretionary Authorizations, as well as in a brochure for

"selected investors who are not residents of the U.S.A.", and a

printed newsletter entitled "InverNews", LTD listed the San

Antonio office as its return address.

     Each client also granted a power of attorney to LTD,

allowing LTD to make investments in the name of the client, to

endorse for deposit and collection instruments payable to the

client, and to pay bills and fees of third parties on behalf of

theclient.    During LTD’s taxable years ended 1984 through 1986,

inclusive, the powers of attorney were notarized in Bexar County,

Texas.

     In some cases, the promoter assembled the account opening

documents signed by the client and sent them to San Antonio,

where they were countersigned in the name of LTD.   Mr. Fahey

executed "some" discretionary authorizations on behalf of LTD in

the United States.

     Once the account was opened, the promoter directed the

client to wire funds to a bank account opened in Texas in the

name of LTD.   LTD called this bank account the client clearing

account or clearing account.   Pursuant to its consulting

agreement with LTD, INC had the authority to invest the "cash,

securities, and other properties comprising the assets"


executed, on behalf of LTD, by William L.

Bricker (a tax partner at Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle,

in New York, New York, who was secretary and tax counsel of LTD)

and, on behalf of INC, by Mr. Fahey.   Letter agreements amended

INC's annual fee pursuant to the Agreement for the taxable years

ended June 30, 1984 through 1989.   Such letter agreements were
                               - 25 -

normally signed by Mr. Bricker on behalf of LTD and then sent to

Mr. Fahey for his signature on behalf of INC.

     The letter agreement for the taxable year ended June30,

1984, signed by Mr. Bricker and Mr. Fahey, was dated December 18,

1984.

     The letter agreement for the taxable year ended June 30,

1985, signed by Mr. Fahey but not Mr. Bricker, was dated July 1,

1984.    The cover letter transmitting the letter agreement for the

taxable year ended June 30, 1985, was dated July 17, 1985.    LTD

made 11 payments of $29,500, one each month, for a total of

$324,500 in fees during taxable year ended June 30, 1985.    LTD

made an adjustment on June 30, 1985, paying an additional

$257,500 in fees for a final total of $582,000 for taxable year

ended June 30, 1985.

     The letter agreement for taxable year ended June 30, 1986,

signed by Mr. Bricker


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June 30, 1987.     In his response letter dated August 17, 1987, Mr.

Bricker asked Mr. Dooley "whether there may be some basis coming

up perhaps with a similar result but basing it upon a percentage

of assets."

        The letter agreement for taxable year ended June 30, 1988,

signed by Mr. Bricker and Mr. Fahey, was dated "As of August 1,

1987".

        The letter agreement for taxable year ended June 30, 1989,

signed by Mr. Bricker and Mr. Fahey, was dated "As of July 1,

1988".

        The total fees paid by LTD to INC and the gross revenues

received by INC for each taxable year are set forthUnited States.       The

executive committee of the Inver Group established criteria,

relating to the bank’s size, equity, profitability, size of
                               - 27 -

deposits, assets and liabilities ratios, and standing with the

FDIC or FSLIC, to guide INC in selecting banks from which to

purchase certificates of deposit and term deposits.

     Pursuant to its Agreement with LTD, INC assembled and

maintained a document entitled Institution Standings, which

reflected financial information regarding financial institutions.

Mr. Fahey contacted a list of banks throughout the United States

and obtained interest rates from each bank for 30-day, 60-day,

90-day, and 6-month placements


a computer tape and transported the tape to Mexico City

where the statements were printed and sent to the promoters for

distribution to LTD’s clients.

I.   IRS Audit During Spring 1987

     During the spring of 1987, the IRS notified INC that it

would be the subject of an audit.   After INC became aware of the

upcoming audit, Mr. Dooley took LTD's general ledger to the

Cayman Islands.   Additionally, LTD's journal vouchers were sent

to the Cayman Islands.   The lower-level documents, however,

remained in San Antonio.    Mr. Dooley took the general ledger to

the firm that LTD used to maintain its registration in the Cayman

Islands and discussed the logistics of having the firm maintain

the general ledger.

     Mr. Zollino decided, While in Mexico, Mr. Graves was responsible for

insuring the integrity of the general ledger system and its

proper operation.   When Mr. Graves and Mr. Rodriguez returned

from Mexico to San Antonio, they brought with them the computer

tape containing the client statements, the laptop computer

containing the general ledgers for LTD and INC, and a floppy disk

containing the general ledgers for INC and LTD.

J.   The Transition to MultiValores

     By the end of taxable year 1986, the Inver Group consisted

of seven operating companies.    During early 1986, the operations

of InverMexico underwent a fundamental change, coinciding with

its registration as a public company on the Mexican stock

exchange.   Such changes led to divisions within the Inver Group

and a reexamination of LTD's relation to


InverMexico.

     During January 1987, Luis Garcia Blake, the principal and

owner of MultiValores S.A. de C.V. (MultiValores), a small,

Mexican stock brokerage firm, proposed to Mr. Zollino that LTD

join forces with MultiValores.    The eight LTD partners who left

InverMexico were joined in the new Inver Group by six principals
                                - 31 -

of MultiValores who took interests in LTD.     The combination with

MultiValores in 1987 brought changes in the financial and

operating controls of LTD and the Inver Group.    Additionally,

during 1988, promoters in Mexico began working with "district

offices", which    - 37 -

by LTD was called a "byte",6 which was the difference between the

interest obtained on client certificates of deposit and the

interest credited to client accounts.    The second type of income

earned by LTD was called internally "basis" income.    For certain

certificates of deposit purchased in the client’s name, LTD paid

clients a rate of return based upon a 365-day term of maturity

when such certificates actually had a 360-day term of maturity.

LTD retained the difference, which it called "basis" income.      The

third type of income earned by LTD was the "spread", which was

either the difference between (1) the interest obtained on

certificates of deposit purchased in LTD’s name and the interest

credited to client accounts for their IFF investments


or (2) the

interest obtained on LTD's client clearing account and the

interest credited to client accounts for their MMA investments.

Through the end of 1985, LTD credited its clients on the entire

amount of interest earned on IFF.

       During LTD’s taxable year ended June 30, 1985, the date on

which clients were paid interest for investments in certificates

of deposit was the date on which the interest was received by

LTD.    With respect to the IFF and MMA, the date of payment of

interest was independent of the date interest was received by LTD

from the banks.

6

     The record reveals that the term "byte" was used also to
refer to what we call LTD’s "spread".
         collateral was carrying, with the result that LTD did

not receive any income.     Loans made to clients were not reflected

on the books of LTD but were recorded against a particular

client's account.    In documents for a loan to its clients, LTD

listed the San Antonio office as its return address.

           c.     Non-U.S. Certificates of Deposit
                  and Term Deposits

     During its taxable year ended 1989, LTD began offering its

clients the opportunity to place their funds in pooled

investments outside the United States.     Such non-U.S.

certificates of deposit and


        a.     Currency Swaps

     LTD arranged for its clients currency swaps, which were

contracts in dollar futures.      In a currency swap, LTD and a

client entered into a contract in which LTD agreed to sell U.S.

dollars to the client for Mexican pesos at some future date.       The

sale price for the dollars was determined in accordance with the

interest rate negotiated between LTD and the client.        LTD's gross

receipts consisted of commissions that it received from Bank of

America and United States Trust for arranging the currency swaps.

LTD’s direct costs were the commissions it paid out for arranging

the currency swaps. from

LTD's Frost Bank account.

     iii.    LTD arranged purchases of dollars from a client in

exchange for pesos.    The client withdrew dollars from an LTD

account to exchange with pesos obtained by LTD.    The transaction

appeared as a debit on the client's monthly statement.
                                 - 45 -

     iv.     LTD purchased dollars from a client in exchange for

pesos and deposited the dollars into LTD's own account.      The

transaction appeared as a credit to LTD's Frost Bank