sleeve may alternatively be flexible, with rigidity being provided by the placement of a rigid obturator or the endoscope itself through the guide sleeve.
The access and visualization assembly is useful in various medical procedures, but will find particular utility in intracardiac procedures in which the heart is to remain beating, such as septal defect repair. In use, the guide sleeve and endoscope are positioned in the heart through the inner lumen of the access device of the invention or directly through a penetration in the heart wall. The transparent bulb is positioned in contact with the intracardiac surface to be viewed, such as the interatrial septum. The proximal end of the assembly is then manipulated from outside the chest to inspect the surface and identify the location ofthe invention, a method of locating an opening in a patient""s heart comprises the steps of positioning a visualization scope through a sleeve; positioning a distal end of the visualization scope into the heart through a penetration in a wall thereof; viewing the opening through the visualization scope; sliding the sleeve into the opening; and removing the visualization scope from the sleeve. The opening may comprise a septal defect, patent ductus arteriosus, or any of a variety of other intracardiac formations. The method may further include positioning the visualization scope in a sheath outside the heart such that a distal end of the visualization scope is adjacent to a transparent bulb on a distal end of the sheath; positioning the sheath in the heart through the sleeve; and


(CNN) NASA astronaut Andrew Feustel is over the moon after he received an honorary doctoral degree Friday from Purdue University -- and he didn't even have to leave the International Space Station.

An academic dean usually places the hood on a recipient of an honorary degree, Purdue said in a news release. In this case, Scott Tingle , another astronaut aboard the space station and a Purdue alumnus, placed the hood on Feustel's shoulders -- for reasons we can all understand.

Feustel called his doctor of science degree "a rare privilege" and said the school had "played and important, integral part in my life and my successes."

"For me, after community college, there was no other choice but Purdue -- the only university I applied to, hoping and now knowing thatpayments to Manafort by the Party of Regions, led by his former client Viktor Yanukovych, the ousted pro-Russian president of Ukraine. The Times received the ledger from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), an independent government agency. Current Issue View our current issue

The story rocked the 2016 election, given Manafort’s position as head of Trump’s campaign. The Hillary Clinton campaign immediately seized on it as proof that Manafort—and therefore Trump—was tied to Yanukovych and the Kremlin.

Four days later, the Times ran a follow-up story, based on more details released by NABU and publicity by Serhei Leshchenko, a member of the Ukrainian parliament, who told the Times he’d studied the ledger. The next day, Manafort resigned from Trump’s campaign.

Two weeks later, the Financial Times did a story about


McCarthy on track at the Tour Down Under

THE TOUR: Jay McCarthy (centre) among the peloton is during stage one of the Tour Down Under from Port Adelaide to Lyndoch. McCarthy could be one of the riders to watch today, live on Channel 9 from 11am.DAN PELEDCOLUMN-How the Occupy movement may yet lead America

Sept 14 (Reuters) - This coming Monday, Sept. 17, is the first anniversary of the day when protesters gathered in Lower Manhattan's Zuccotti Park under the banner of Occupy Wall Street.

The occupation was first dreamed up by Kalle Lasn and Micah White, the close collaborators behind Adbusters, a slickly produced, high-art magazine that uses the tools of commercial culture to make the case against capitalism.

Having decided that America needed an uprising akin to those that had shattered authoritarian governments across North Africa, Lasn and White chose a date, created an arresting image emblazoned with the Occupy Wall Street slogan, reached out to potential collaborators and then watched as their creation seized the imagination of millions of Americans.

One year on, the encampments


politically fruitful path for the American left would be to go back to the future - to draw on the lessons of the Populists of the William Jennings Bryan era, who sought to unite farmers and industrial workers against the stranglehold of Eastern capital. Back then, the Populists failed, as the interests of industrial workers were more closely tied to their bosses than to those of highly indebted smallholders living in the prairies. Now, however, millions of middle-income households struggle under the burden of underwater mortgages.

In the latest issue of the Nation, David Graeber, the anarchist anthropologist considered an intellectual leading light of the Occupy movement, argues that the "financialization" of the economy should be understood as "an enormous engine of debt extraction," through which the 1 percentBy the time the mayor and top Boston police officers walked into the Eagle Room - packed with reporters - in City Hall on Monday, most had an idea of what announcement was coming.

A Boston Globe report published early Monday morning said Boston Police Commissioner William Evans was set to retire and speculated that next-in-line Superintendent William Gross would replace him.

One person who did not see it coming: Gross' mother.

Sat in the front row, Diana Gross was told her son was receiving a national policing award, not that he would be appointed to the city's top police job. He is the first person of color to do so. She began to cry when the real news was announced.

"My mom is giving me the look," Gross said when he


approached the podium. "I could not have done this without my family."

Gross praised his mother who raised three children by herself. She moved her family from "the tough streets of Baltimore" to Boston's Dorchester neighborhood in the 1970s, at the height of the Boston busing crisis, Gross said.

In an interview after the announcement, Diana Gross said she was shocked and proud of her son for breaking a racial barrier in the oldest police department.

"I think that's a great thing, something Willy is really proud of," she said. "Let's hope other people can achieve this. It can happen. He's showing that it can happen."

Gross follows Evans, who will retire in August for a position with Boston College.fall of 1963 by The Singer Company).  Following first-run, the show entered daytime reruns on ABC and then syndication on Nick at Nite and TV Land for several years. It is currently shown on Decades (TV network). The first five seasons have been released on DVD.

This show was the first TV family sitcom to feature the mother as the center of the show. Reed's character, Donna Stone, is a loving mother and wife, but also a strong woman, an active participant in her community, a woman with feelings and a sense of humor. According to many of Reed's friends and family, Reed shared many similarities to the character that she portrayed on screen, implying that the fictional Donna Stone was a near-identical copy of Reed herself.

In a


Sunday, December 3, 2017

BIS: Echoes of Greenspan's conundrum in bond markets

A paradox reminiscent of Alan Greenspan's "conundrum" in the 2000s is playing out these days as global financial conditions have become easier ever since the U.S. Federal Reserve began its gradual but persistent tightening of monetary policy two years ago, according to the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).

Since the Fed in December 2015 raised its federal funds rate for the first time in almost 10 years, stock markets have surged, the yield on benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury notes has moved sideways, corporate credit spreads have narrowed, and a key indicator of the tightness of overall financial conditions index has dropped to lows not seen in the last 24 years.
"Can a tightening be considered effective if financial conditions unambiguouslyease?," asks Claudio Borio, head of BIS' monetary and economic department, as the world's oldest international financial institution releases its December quarterly review.

In fact, such a paradoxical outcome in financial markets is not entirely unheard of but reminiscent of the Fed's tightening from July 2004 to July 2006 when the benchmark fed funds rate was hiked to 5.25 percent from 1.00 percent.

During the first year of that tightening cycle, stock markets rose while long-term Treasury yields and corporate spreads dropped, leading former Fed Chairman Greenspan in 2005 to describe the fall in bond yields as a conundrum.

The reaction of financial markets in the 2000s was in sharp contrast with previous cycles of monetary tightening, especially the one in 1994 when the Fed's action triggered sharply higher yields, stock


market losses, wider credit spreads and massive currency depreciation in emerging markets.

One explanation behind the apparent paradox may lie in the overall economy. Market participants today are anticipating a future of even lower interest rates and possibly inflation than the Fed has communicated.

"Less appreciated perhaps, the very mix of gradualism and predictability may also have played a role, " says Borio, adding the expected pace of Fed tightening in this cycle is now expected to be the slowest on record.

Unlike 1994, when the Fed's move was steep and less thoroughly communicated to markets, central banks are now much clearer and transparent in their policy direction, with "forward guidance" and interest rate forecasts an integral part of their monetary toolbox.

"And scorched by the outside reaction in 1994 - nota month.

The monetary tightening has not yet really begun and vulnerabilities built up during the unusually long period of low interest rates are still there along with frothy valuations of all assets. And the longer this level of risk taking continues, the higher the exposures become.

"Short-run calm comes at the expense of possible long-run turbulence," said Borio.

Click to read the BIS December 2017 Quarterly Review.
In addition to a revamped and more timely commentary on developments in global banking and financial flows, the December review includes an analysis of credit risk transfers in which the authors document how global banks shift credit risks out of financial centers and riskier emerging market economies and into advanced economies.
The review also includes two special features that shed light on how the stock


in his soul and his cause forever
Thankfully Batman is there to nudge Superman along the right path that is the path Batman chooses
Wracked with guilt Superman decides to let Lois Lane perish rather than kill the Joker
but then
Something funny happens just as she flatlines Lois gasps back to life apparently the whole thing is one big
Gag by the Joker the toxin was designed to make it look like Lois was dying
And then bring her back from the brink
Superman was put through the wringer
Basically for no reason that is because the Joker
Felt like it, the Man of Steel will have to live the rest of his life knowing that he would have sacrificed the one he
Loves most in order to protect the world's most ruthless serial killer
And then Loiscoming back to life every day only to be subjected to some new and terrible horror
It's a tragic fate straight out of Greek mythology except in this case the Joker is Zeus
And he's turned to the rest of the gods into delicious euros
Even worse Superman watches it all happened helpless to do anything while his friend is eaten alive by a wake of vultures
That's one of the tamer torture methods depicted in the story, when Supes originally found Batman
He was being dragged into a grave by zombie clowns only to emerge from the ground and being pulled down to the dirt yet again
This kind of living hell is more than any man can endure even the Dark Knight
So broken was the bat after all was said and done


time he gets a chance
Earth to Batman is also Thomas Wayne
But still a little bit different than flashpoint Batman, in this case both Bruce and Thomas survived the initial attack and Martha died
Bruce lived on to become Batman
but died
Saving the world and so Thomas took on his son's place to avenge his kid earth two Batman wipes out the Joker but in doing
So becomes a different hero altogether more in line with the Punisher than his own son
in some of these alternate universe stories killing the Joker makes a little more sense
Wouldn't pirate Batman just straight-up stab the Joker like the scurvy dog he is
Yeah
He would. Vampire Batman is also a little bit different infected with vampirism after a battle with Dracula
Batman has left to stalk the Gothamstreets as a nocturnal bloodsucker for a while
He resists his urges instead feeding on rats as an unsoiled vampire that is yet to consume human blood
He was immune to things like crosses in holy water
But eventually vampire Batman gave in to his temptation and murdered Joker by sucking him dry
Staking him just to make sure the bastard stayed down
You'll notice in a lot of these kill shots that Joker is smiling even during his last breath
even as he's impaled through the heart Joker knows that he's
Corrupted Batman, the foul blood of his enemy now courses through Batman's veins giving him an insatiable hunger
Since he's killed Joker. There's nothing stopping him from killing anyone else who crosses in the wrong way
That's more
Or less what happens for any Batman then


kills
Often giving in to that dark desire and ending the Joker just means giving him what he wants, something that has grave consequences
Like the time that Batman killed the Joker in the injustice comic, okay, okay, okay?
That's technically just a dream sequence. In the real story
Superman is the one that kills Joker, pushed to the brink when Joker tricked him into killing a pregnant Lois Lane, Superman
eviscerated Joker and started down a dark fascist path that gives the injustice game its dystopian setting
It's a horrible universe to live in and one that the Joker
Would have loved when he killed the Joker you could still hear him laughing in hell
for this type of shocking but subtly persuasive argument that Zizek has become famous within academic circles. Yet, his niche popularity has as much to do with his persona as his ideas. For those who have had the pleasure to see Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek speak, the man is an abomination, or as he aptly states in the documentary, recently put out on DVD by Zeitgeist, he is a ‘monster’; hairy, unkempt, his shirt drenched in perspiration. He works himself into the sweat as he makes his brilliant observations about everything from popular culture to the war on terror, and, in the process, he seems almost unable to control his own intellectual momentum, saliva flying from his rapidly moving lips. His fans, or the ‘idiots’, as he calls


them through his heavy French accent, cannot resist him.

A self-fashioned disciple of French psychoanalytic philosopher Jacques Lacan, Zizek has stirred both imagination and indignation with provocatively titled books such as The Plague of Fantasies, Did Somebody Say Totalitarianism?, and Welcome to the Desert of the Real!: Five Essays on September 11 and Related Dates. Whether he compares North American culture to ‘virtual reality’, or ideology to how societies dispose of their excrement, Zizek displays an intellectual dexterity that allows him to go from James Bond to Stalinist politics and finally to Hegel within a single sentence. His adroit use of pop culture references has earned him a young academic following, yet his dynamic but notoriously opaque prose challenges them to untangle his complex web of historical, cultural, andphilosophical examples.

What unites these seemingly disparate threads is the conviction of his writing, its unique and energetic application of Lacanian theory (with a little Freud and Marx thrown in) to our contemporary world. The no frills documentary, directed by Astra Taylor, attempts to capture this energy; it points the camera at Zizek and steps out of the way, resisting any claim to linear progression, and interjecting only to punctuate scenes with relevant samples of his prose. The strategy allows Zizek’s magnetic presence to carry the film through its intellectual vignettes as the philosopher travels from city to city, delivering speeches to packed university lecture halls. Although he has been twice previously featured on film, those two documentaries simply captured his delivery of individual lectures. Zizek!, for the first


time, attempts to show more of the man himself during, but also between, such events.

His lecture style proves irresistibly dynamic as he defends the waning popularity of psychoanalytic criticism, and attacks the deconstruction amongst the culprits who have placed him at the periphery of the academy. Some of his most light-hearted moments, as well as snarling invectives, come at the expense of such detractors. In one scene, he verbally flagellates an audience member who characterizes Lacan’s philosophy as antiquated. In another, picking up a bottle of iced tea, he mocks the inability of critics like Judith Butler, with whom he has a playfully adversarial relationship, to make a direct statement (‘this is a bottle of iced tea’) without appending a myriad of convoluted qualifications, qualifications he states arethe demands of his critics that he provide concrete answers when he prefers to raise provocative questions and encourage his audience to step back and consider the less obvious implications of their actions.

Perhaps, then, the refusal to offer easy answers results from the resistance to his popular persona, his attempt to avoid reduction of his work to a reified public image so that he may be taken more seriously. Zizek! reveals the self-awareness of its star who proves more willing to feed the humorous paradox than resolve it—beds, toilets, and all. Perhaps then he also recognizes the value of the joke of his persona; the ridiculousness of a popular philosopher caught in the media gaze, but also the freedom that that ridiculousness affords him to discuss his ideas


Traditional Chinese Medicine and herbal hepatotoxicity: a tabular compilation of reported cases.
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) with its focus on herbal use became popular worldwide. Treatment was perceived as safe, with neglect of rare adverse reactions including liver injury. To compile worldwide cases of liver injury by herbal TCM, we undertook a selective literature search in the PubMed database and searched for the items Traditional Chinese Medicine, TCM, Traditional Asian Medicine, and Traditional Oriental Medicine, also combined with the terms herbal hepatotoxicity or herb induced liver injury. The search focused primarily on English-language case reports, case series, and clinical reviews. We identified reported hepatotoxicity cases in 77 relevant publications with 57 different herbs and herbal mixtures of TCM, which were further analyzed for causality by the Council for Internationalresult of the Uruguay Round negotiations (a distinction is made between GATT 1994, the updated parts of GATT, and GATT 1947, the original agreement which is still the heart of GATT 1994). GATT 1994 is not however the only legally binding agreement included via the Final Act at Marrakesh; a long list of about 60 agreements, annexes, decisions and understandings was adopted. The agreements fall into a structure with six main parts:
 The Agreement Establishing the WTO
 Goods and investment – the Multilateral Agreements on Trade in Goods including the GATT 1994 and the Trade Related Investment Measures (TRIMS)
 Services – the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)
 Intellectual property – the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)
 Dispute settlement (DSU)
 Reviews of governments'


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Waker was founded by childhood friends and songwriting duo Chase Bader (Vocals, Acoustic) and Conor Kelly (Electric guitar). The group hails from Nashville, mashing soul, rock & roll , & funk into an eclectic, danceable sound, focusing on songs that aim for the heart, head... and feet.

Originally known as Koa, Waker was christened in late summer 2016 following the addition of Dave Czuba (drums) & David Crutcher (keys) to the already talented lineup of Ryan Ladd (bass), Alex Mathews (sax), and Ryan McClanahan (percussion).

With a name that stems from the line, “Getting close to bedtime, time to wake,” in their song, “Fever,” The intention has always been clear, to “wake people” with their music. In a short amount of time, the band has already conquered festivalstages at Bonnaroo, ACL, Hangout, SXSW, Firefly, and Wakarusa. They’ve toured with Blues Traveler, JJ Grey & Mofro, Moon Taxi, Galactic, the Wailers, recorded a session for Audiotree live, and headlined theater shows across the country.

Since the release of their 2015 EP, the band has continued their nonstop regiment of touring & writing. Look for new music in 2017.


Instead of challenging the legal basis of the strike, the institutions we regard as “checks” on the president have simply fawned and simpered.

Military force is dangerous; its lawless use is even more dangerous. The constitutional and statutory constraints on the war power, as interpreted in practice over the past 75 years, already afford a president broad leeway to send American forces into harm’s way; but Trump has now blown past the few constraints that remain.

And nobody is calling him on that.

President Trump, after watching televised footage of a gas attack on the rebel-held city of Khan Sheikhoun, ordered U.S. forces to strike at a Syrian Air Force base. That was not an attack on the United States. Trump did not request authorization from Congress. He also did notRelease Year

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The IAEA says a vessel from Japan's Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology had "collected water samples at several points 30 kilometres from the coastline and found measurable concentrations of iodine-131 and caesium-137".

It also says three workers at the plant had been exposed to "elevated levels" of radiation, giving details about an incident reported earlier on Thursday in Japan.

"The three were working in the turbine building of reactor Unit 3 and have received a radiation dose in the range of 170-180 millisieverts," it says, adding two of them were taken to hospital for treatment for "severely contaminated feet".

"The workers had been working for about three hours in contact with contaminated water," the IAEA statement said.

The average dose for a nuclear plant worker is 50


millisieverts over five years. The Fukushima operator has raised the limit for the emergency work to 100 millisieverts an hour.

Situation 'serious', but improving

IAEA official Graham Andrew says that as far as the reactors were concerned, "there is some good news to report from the last 24 hours, although the overall situation is still very serious."

Some "technical concerns related to the status of the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi site appear to be slightly less acute in some respects," Andrew says in a statement.

Radiation dose rates at the plant itself had decreased to 210 microsieverts per hour on 23 March 23 from 1930 two days earlier.

"Of the six radionuclides monitored, only iodine-131 was found to be in excess of the limits set by Japan," he says.

"There continues to bemedication, doctors must monitor the recipient closely in the months after the donor organ is introduced. The recipient will also take drugs to prevent organ rejection. Those are not expected to significantly interfere with the HIV-suppressing medications.

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Martinez is in near-normal physical health. Her viral load is undetectable. “Her health is excellent. Her HIV is well-controlled. Her immune system is essentially normal,” said Christine Durand, an associate professor of medicine at Hopkins and a member of the team that evaluated Martinez.

In 1983, Martinez and her twin sister were born 12 weeks prematurely in San Jose and soon developed anemia. The daughter of a naval officer, Martinez was taken to a military hospital in San Francisco for a blood transfusion in the days before the supply was tested for HIV,


was first discovered by Galileo in 1610. It is the 2nd largest moon in the solar system, and is larger than the Earth's moon. It is about as big as the distance across the United States. Callisto...morePublic record

Police said a man who had an aneurysm and collapsed on a Goldsboro sidewalk has been given a negative prognosis by doctors. Alex McDuffie, 46, of Level Street suffered an aneurysm and was found bleeding on a city street. Police said Wayne Memorial Hospital emergency room doctors said it appeared that McDuffie had blunt force trauma, so investigators launched an assault investigation. They were later informed by Pitt Memorial Hospital that McDuffie had had an aneurysm, police said.

Teeth lost in pole and knife attack

Maximo Andres of U.S. 117 Alternate, Dudley, was hit in the face with a pole and cut with a knife by a person he is acquainted with on Will Anderson Road early Wednesday evening, according to the Wayne County Sheriff's Office. The injury included


loss of teeth, according to a report. Investigation into the matter continues, police said.

Man smashes glass, tries to load gun

A 33-year-old Pikeville area man broke a glass gun case at the North Spence Avenue Wal-Mart and attempted to load a shotgun just before 11 p.m. on Wednesday, according to a Goldsboro police report. Recovered in the incident were a 12-gauge Remington shotgun and a box of shells. Brody Clifton, 33, was later involuntarily committed to Cherry Hospital by a Wayne Memorial Hospital emergency room doctor, police said.

Two church break-ins

Two church break-ins were reported on Wednesday night, county and city authorities said:

*The first reported break-in was at Madison Avenue Baptist Church on South Madison Avenue. A back window suffered damages, but all the electronics apparently targeted for theft weredhimmis, the condition of submission they are forced to live in under Islamic rule.

In Denmark, “Muslims make up 5% of the population but receive 40% of social-welfare outlays.”

In Germany, foreign nationals are consistently overrepresented in unemployment figures, with Turks being in the worst situation, with an unemployment rate of 23% and comprising one third of all unemployed foreigners.

In Sweden, a 15.1% immigrant population burden 60.5% of the entire nation’s welfare costs.

Despite all attempts to make immigration look good, in the UK we see that, while European immigrants bring a net economic benefit to the country, non-Europeans take in benefits and services £100 billion (or 14%) more than they put back. In 17 years they cost the public purse nearly £120 billion.

This differential, indeed opposite, effect of European versus


non-European immigration on the British economy makes Nigel Farage, leader of the fast-rising populist, anti-EU and anti-immigration party UKIP, sound absurd when he concentrates his efforts on stopping Bulgarian and Romanian immigration instead of the much more ruinous Asian and African invasion. While preserving European national identities is certainly a worthy goal, his motive is obviously to avoid the deadly charge of racism.

Muslims, like other immigrants, make the competition for limited resources — hospitals, doctor surgeries, school places, housing, jobs — much harder for the local Whites.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the West of being responsible for the deterioration of relations with Moscow.

Russia has been hit by Western sanctions, put in place after President Putin annexed Crimea from Ukraine in March. The Kremlin continues to deny claims that Russian troops have been sent to fight with separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine,

Answering a question from the BBC's John Simpson at his end-of-year news conference, Mr Putin said the West was the aggressor, not Russia.I was born on All Hollows Night in 1885 in Sora Village, a remote village in Japan kept out of the history books for fear of invasion. Our village never had enemies with the outside world, it was in the village that they feared most of all.

It wasn't a traitor in the village, or a murderer. No, they feared the one thing they couldn't control...

The demon spirit - Morikai

Every one hundred years a Morikai would be born in the village. This year... it was me. I don't remember the village very well. I was banished along with my parents the day I was born. But dad used to tell me how beautiful it was, he even made a house in the forest so we wouldn't feel so far


and decided to take measures to ensure I never escaped again.

I landed heavily (or rather, as heavily as someone with my weight could) onto the bed as my master forced me onto my back and tied my arms together. I looked up in fear as he tore the front of my shirt and placed a hand over my Water-Stone.

His voice was over-flowing with hatred as he hissed "If you struggle I'll tear you apart" I laid as still as I could as he tied a ribbon around my neck. There was a bell, enchanted with an unknown magic, on the ribbon that laid in the crook of my neck.

He rung the tiny gold bell once...

And I lost my will

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Chester come to school and said,"Durn, I growed another head."TeacherCalabresi, who is a leading scientist in demyelinating diseases, will regularly meet, advise and help him prioritize the genes and pathways for further examination. Additionally, during the mentored phase, the PI will regularly meet with his advisory committee, attend scientific conferences, and continue his career development. The PI is in an ideal environment for the proposed research and for his career development as Dr. Zack has an established hPSC lab, state-of-the-art HCS facilities, and collaborations with renowned neuroscientists and vision-scientists. This will help PI to set-up good collaborations, learn new techniques, and build an independent research laboratory at a well-established academic institution.


Caroline Manzo is ready to peace out of the Housewives franchise. After five drama-filled seasons on Real Housewives of New Jersey, Manzo, 52, will not be returning for season six, multiple sources tell Us Weekly.

The tough-talking, no-nonsense married mother of three was one of the original cast members on RHONJ when it debuted back in 2009; she costarred alongside sister Dina Manzo, sister-in-law Jacqueline Laurita, Teresa Giudice and Danielle Staub. Both Dina and Staub — who notoriously clashed during seasons one and two — have since left the show.

Despite the RHONJ departure, though, Manzo won't be leaving the Bravo fold. As reported earlier this month, she's already taping the pilot for her own spinoff, Manzo'd With Children. Following the matriarch's role as "ringleader of the crazy circus thatis her Italian family," the series will feature husband Albert, grown kids Albie, Chris and Lauren and her sister Fran. (Another insider says of Manzo's status on the show that launched her: "Nothing is final.")

The season-five finale of RHONJ — which currently stars Manzo, Giudice, Laurita, Giuidice's sister-in-law Melissa Gorga and cousin Kathy Wakile — airs on Sunday, Sept. 29. (Season six of RHONJ has not yet been confirmed.)

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advance until November, 1957, when Owl Drug, Inc., defaulted in the payment of the rental and also defaulted for the months of December, 1957, and January, 1958.
On January 2nd, attorney for the plaintiff wrote a letter to Owl Drug, Inc., Jack Whiteker and Berta Whiteker and demanded payment of $1500.00, the rent due for the three above months. Owl Drug, Inc., went into receivership February 5, 1958, and the receiver took possession of the Owl Drug Store in the leased premises. The receiver paid the rentals from February 5, 1958, to an early date in April, 1958. Plaintiff was informed that the assets of Owl Drug, Inc., were to be sold by the receiver and that the leased premises would be abandoned and that Owl Drug, Inc., hadbecome a defunct corporation incapable of performing or carrying out any of its contractual obligations. Attorney for plaintiff on *35 March 27, 1958, wrote the following letter to the defendants:
  "Owl, Inc.,
  "c/o Mr. John Wheeler, Attorney
  "First National Building
  "Tulsa, Oklahoma
  "Mr. Jack Whiteker
  "c/o Mr. John Wheeler, Attorney
  "First National Building
  "Tulsa, Oklahoma
  "Mrs. Berta Whiteker
  "404 East 6th Street
  "Bristow, Oklahoma
"Dear Sirs and Madam:
"You have defaulted in the terms and provisions of the storeroom lease dated August 1, 1956, between you and Jayhawk Building Corporation on the premises known as 200 South Boston Avenue and 208 South Boston Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
"You have failed to respond to the demand for payment of rentals that are


period of said lease commencing August 1, 1956, and ending July 31, 1961. Defendant occupied said premises from August 1, 1956, to and including the month of April, 1958. Defendants are indebted to plaintiff on account for rentals and electricity furnished for and during the period commencing December 1, 1956, to and and including the month of April, 1958, in the sum of Two Thousand Five Hundred Fifty and 14/100 Dollars ($2,550.14), all as detailed and itemized in the statement of account hereto attached and marked Exhibit `B' and made a part of this petition in all of its particulars to the same extent and effect as if the original record of account was herein contained."
The answer of the defendant, Berta Asher, was a general denial, no considerationLynn B. Edelman

Anthony Sherr was destined to be the president of Green Valley Country Club. You might even say that it is in his gene pool. Sherr's parents, Linda and Ron Sherr, have been members of the Lafayette Hill club since 1964. The Blue Bell attorney recalls accompanying his father to his first Green Valley Federation Day dinner at the age of...

Across Pennsylvania, students are saying goodbye to their teachers and classmates during these final days of the school calendar. However, the promise of "See you in September" may be an empty one for some of the 44,000 children who currently attend private or parochial schools. These students receive scholarship assistance from the Educational Improvement Tax Credit program. But EITC is...

Robert A. Zuritsky, member of the executive committee


of JFRE, Federation's affinity group for men and women in the real estate industry, is thrilled by the selection of the National Museum of American Jewish History as the site of its inaugural JFRE Fund event on Wednesday, June 9. "It will be exciting to hold our event in this new world-class...

Julie Ufberg of Elkins Park describes the 2009 Israel Independence Day celebration at Penn's Landing as "the luckiest day in my life." Ufberg was the grand-prize winner of two round-trip tickets to Israel, provided by El Al Israel Airlines, a platinum sponsor of the free community festival, sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia. Ufberg will present the winning...

The Armon family of Elkins Park participated in Federation's Mitzvah Mania effort last November, sorting and boxing foodcollected for the Mitzvah Food Project at the SHARE food program warehouse in North Philadelphia. Wendy Armon recalls that her then 6-year-old son, Spencer, had a ball. He even told her that he wants to do it again for his seventh birthday...

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Lynn serves as director of public and corporate communications for the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia.

Media relations is one of her chief responsibilities and greatest loves. Each week, she is responsible for developing feature stories for the Federation section profiling initiatives that have impacted the lives of Jews here, in Israel and in the former Soviet Union.

She also writes about the men and women who volunteer their time, talent and resources to ensure that Federation is able to raise the funds it needs to make a difference.


has the sporting thrill of pan-continental rivalry and the Masters has the romance of Augusta. But they don't have Jamie Dornan, Andy Garcia, Hugh Grant, Luis Figo and Ruud Gullit wandering the fairways alongside the world's finest golfers, such as Danny Willett, Martin Kaymer, Branden Grace and Padraig Harrington.

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For the uninitiated, the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship is an annual four-day golf tournament traditionally played on the first weekend of October, and competed by professionals and amateurs. It's a unique format, which allows the professionals to compete for a £4m prize pot, while a team competition, featuring both the experts and amateurs, runs concurrently. And the amateurs are always a glorious who's who of A-listers who play golf. All this makes for a surreal sporting occasion andsome memorable pairings on the fairways. Imagine Paul Pogba and Wayne Rooney teaming up with Jamie Oliver and Bill Clinton for an FA Cup game, at Old Trafford, and you’re close to what this event does for golf.

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As much as the golf is often sublime – this year Swede Alex Noren shot a record-equalling 64 at the notoriously tough Carnoustie course – it's the action off the greens at the Saturday night gala dinner that provides the real magic, as GQ discovered last weekend. It's just the greatest random celebrity generator made real life. On the way to the bar at one point I walked past actor Matthew Goode, horse-racing great Sir Anthony McCoy, Irish rugby legend Brian O'Driscoll, former Chelsea and Germany midfielder Michael Ballack and George


By Jill Disis

jill.disis@indystar.com

A teenager was shot and killed on the Eastside and another man fatally stabbed in the neck at an airport hotel overnight, the first violent deaths recorded in the city this year.

The first death happened at about 12:30 a.m. Thursday when Indianapolis Metropolitan Police went to South Temple Avenue and Graydon Street on the city’s Eastside on reports that a person had been shot, according to an IMPD report.

When police arrived they found a 16-year-old boy in the street with a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead on the scene by emergency medical crews, the report says.

The teenager was later identified as Tyrell Alford, Indianapolis. His age was initially reported to be 17.

There are no suspects in Alford’s death.

Interactive map:Marion County homicides from 2006 to date

Justover an hour later at about 1:44 a.m., police were dispatched to the Hyatt Place Indianapolis Airport Hotel, 5500 W. Bradbury Ave. on the Southwestside, on a report that a person had been stabbed.

At the scene they found a man in the hotel lobby with a stab wound to his neck, according to an IMPD report. Police say they believe the incident happened in the parking lot of the hotel. The man was not a guest of the hotel.

The man, who has not been identified, was taken to Eskenazi Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The case was classified as a criminal homicide in the report, though there are no witnesses or suspects at this time, according to an IMPD news release.

The latest incidents come as Indianapolis finished


its deadliest year since 2006.

In 2013, police recorded 126 criminal homicides, including one death in a suspected murder-suicide attempt on Dec. 31. It was the first time that number eclipsed 100 in five years.

In 2006, police recorded 140 murders in the city.

Call Star reporter Jill Disis at (317) 444-6137. Follow her on Twitter: @jdisisOpinion

ILLINOIS – -(AmmoLand.com)- An Illinois Circuit Judge has issued a permanent injunction against a ban on so-called “assault weapons” in the village of Deerfield, a Chicago suburb, in a case brought by the Second Amendment Foundation and the Illinois State Rifle Association.

SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan Gottlieb declared it a victory against legislative extremism, adding that, “it has no place on American soil.”

Deerfield Village trustees last year adopted the ban, which included fines of up to $1,000 per day for violations. According to the Chicago Tribune, Lake County Circuit Judge Luis A. Berrones ruled that the village had “overstepped its authority.”

In addition to SAF and ISRA, Deerfield resident gun owner Daniel Easterday was also a plaintiff. They were represented by Glen Ellyn attorney David Sigale. The


Donald Trump vs Tom Ford plus Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson truce

From Rosie O’Donnell to Arnold Schwarzenegger toVanity Fair, it feels like nothing is safe from the wrath of President-elect Donald Trump. Over the past few months, particularly in the midst of the recent US Presidential Election, Donald has been spewing criticism at pretty much anybody – or thing – that (he feels) has gotten in his way.

Although Donald is no longer desperately fighting for the coveted spot in the Oval Office (as he is days away from being sworn in as the 45th President of the United States), he made another bold public move by publicly condemning a new celebrity victim.

On Wednesday, Donald did a guest appearance on Fox & Friends. During this stint, the former Celebrity Apprenticebegan his career in the early 1980s with guest shots on many TV series. In 1990 he scored a signature role as FBI Agent Albert Rosenfield on David Lynch’s smash series “Twin Peaks.” He reprised that character for the 1992 movie “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me.”

He will encore yet again as Agent Rosenfield for Showtime’s “Twin Peaks” revival airing this spring.

Along with TV, Ferrer appeared in more than 40 movies, including “RoboCop,” where he played the villainous Bob Morton, designer of the title character, “Iron Man 3 ,” where he portrayed the vice president, and “Traffic.”

Before becoming an actor, he was a successful studio musician who played drums in a variety of bands and toured with his mother and Bing Crosby.

Survivors include his wife Lori and sons


giving up child support.”

He admitted making the offer, but claimed that Thurman makes it so “onerous” to see his daughter he often feels like “giving up.”

Jennifer Lopez suffered a rare wardrobe fail at the People’s Choice Awards on Wednesday night when her dress ripped.

The 47-year-old actress looked stunning in a dramatic embellished gown. However, as she left the stage with her Favorite TV Crime Drama Actress Award, cameras caught a tear behind the arm.

Lopez, who won the award for her role in “Shades of Blue,” was hardly let down by the rip, as the dress remained one of the most eye-catching of the evening.

It had a cut-out-embellished chain bodice, under which the singer wore a nude bra for extra coverage.

Upon collecting her award, she said: “I want toPlease follow & like us

Sefton Remembrance Services: All you need to know

The Mayor of Sefton, councillors and council officers will all attend Remembrance Day services taking place across the borough next week

They will all remember those who died in conflict at services being held on Sunday, November 11.

The Mayor of Sefton, Cllr Dave Robinson, will attend a morning service at the War Memorial, King’s Gardens, Bootle at 10.50am and an afternoon service at Holy Trinity Church, Formby at 3pm.

Councillors and other Sefton Council representatives will be present at a total of 11 services being held on Sunday, November 11 throughout the borough.

These will be held at other locations in Aintree, Ainsdale, Crosby, Hightown, Ince Blundell, Litherland, Maghull, Southport and Waterloo.

As with previous years members of the public are


which includes maintenance and collision coverage.

Among the first customers are actress Jamie Lee Curtis and filmmaker husband Christopher Guest, actress Laura Harris, film producer Ron Yerxa, as well as businessmen Jon Spallino and Jim Salomon.

"It's so smooth," said Harris, who played villainness Marie Warner on the hit TV show "24." "It's like a future machine, but it's not."

Harris, Spallino and Yerxa were flown to the ceremony, courtesy of Honda. Yerxa says he's excited to show off the car and believes there's "a lot of interest."

The biggest obstacles standing in the way of wider adoption of fuel cell vehicles are cost and the dearth of hydrogen fuel stations. For the Clarity's release in California, Honda said it received 50,000 applications through its Web site but considered only buyers livingnear hydrogen fuel stations in Torrance, Santa Monica and Irvine.

"This is indeed a historic day for both Honda and American Honda -- a new chapter in our nearly fifty-year history in America," said John Mendel, a senior vice president at America

Honda Motor Co. at a morning ceremony here. "It's an especially significant day for American Honda as we plant firm footsteps toward the mainstreaming of fuel cell cars."

Initially, however, the Clarity will go only to a chosen few starting July and then launch in Japan this fall.

Although Honda Motor Co. was the first Japanese automaker to launch a gas-electric hybrid vehicle in the U.S. in 1999, it has been outpaced by the dominance of Toyota's popular Prius.

Toyota announced in May that it has sold more than 1 million


Duff, even though his newest player, who came to school as an 11th-grader, had spent only a few months playing organized basketball.

“I think this kid will have a chance at the NBA,” Cusumano said. “I have never said that about any kid from Windsor.”

Duff related the story of how Nicola came to Canada from South Sudan, the home of former NBA star Manute Bol. Another Sudanese player, Deng D’Awol, who had played college basketball in the United States, spotted Nicola while coaching in South Sudan. D’Awol had played youth basketball in Canada with the son of Patricia Marsden-Dole, a former Canadian ambassador to Tanzania, so they turned to her for help. Eventually Nicola found his way to Windsor and Cusumano, who had submitted Nicola’s application to Canada Homestay.

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“IfI had the opportunity to go to the NBA I would definitely go,” Nicola admitted. “My big deal is the education. This is my main thing.”

The Detroit Pistons, who play just across the river from Windsor, donated a bunch of gear for Nicola to use, including Size 16 shoes.

Nicola’s stats are hard to come by. According to the Windsor Star, he scored 10 points against St. Anne in December. He scored 12 points in a loss to St. Anne in the ACC senior boys’ basketball playoffs in February, according to one box score. He scored nine points in a loss to Holy Names High School in February, according to another.


Over 300 students occupied two rooms at the National College of Art and Design today after the director of the college refused to meet them to discuss their concerns over cuts, overcrowding and funding.

Students and graduates occupied the college’s board room and staff room after the director of NCAD pulled out of a scheduled meeting.

Director Declan McGonagle was due to meet with the students at 1pm today following a protest last Friday in which over 400 students hand-delivered letters of demands to him.

He circulated an email to all members of the student body around 12 noon today, in which he said that he was no longer willing to meet with them.

McGonagle said that he would not meet with members of the student body if the occupation was setcontinue tomorrow.

NCAD students are being supported by staff members in the college, along with trade union SIPTU, literary critic Terry Eagleton, artist Jesse Jones and senior lecturer at UCD’s School of Sociology Kieran Allen.

The University of the Arts London, LSC Arts and the University of Amsterdam, where students have also occupied spaces, have also shown support for NCAD students.

Laura Colgan


You may be aware that Trump still has NOT released his tax records, something Hillary Clinton has already done, as he claims he's undergoing a routine audit and will release the information afterwards.

Part of the reason people are so curious about his return is they want to fact check some of the claims the businessman has made like how he's said at rallies that he gives "millions" to charities every year. In fact, just last week Donald's son, Eric Trump, even said that his father gives "millions and millions and millions" to charities including "hundreds of thousands" to the Eric Trump Foundation!

Well after the 32-year-old's confident comments and telling the Washington Post that he would get back to them regarding the numbers, Eric simply replied with an e-mailcourses in curriculum studies and qualitative research
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they can do with the guys between the pipes.

Defense

Starting with the USA defense, the first problem is Connor Murphy is the most experienced NHL defenseman on the roster. A player with barely over two years of NHL experience leads the defensive core. Behind him are players with one year or less in the NHL. One of them, Steve Santini, has one game in the NHL with the New Jersey Devils after leaving Boston College. Because of the lack of experience, the United States defense has committed several mistakes that can’t happen in a tournament like the World Championship. There are many players that the USA could have asked to come to the tournament, and below is a list of players who either didn’t make it to the playoffsor were knocked out that the USA could have at least considered.

Dustin Byfuglien

John-Michael Liles

Jack Johnson

Ryan McDonagh

Torey Krug

Shayne Gostisbehere

Justin Faulk

All of those players have either missed or were knocked out of the playoffs. Even if the United States were to get half of those players, their defensive core would be solid enough to compete and possibly be in contention for a medal. They could potentially have the captain of the New York Rangers in McDonagh, a Calder Trophy candidate in Gostisbehere and the defenseman with the most points on the Boston Bruins in Krug.

Offense

The offensive core for the United States isn’t as young as the defensive core but they still have three players who have never played a game in the National Hockey League. University of Michgan hockey is


well represented on the USA roster with former and present players. Three players who played this season for the Wolverines are on the roster for the Red, White and Blue. J.T. Compher, a prospect of the Colorado Avalanche, Tyler Motte (Blackhawks) and Kyle Connor (Winnipeg) are all a part of this year’s USA team.

Along with those three, Auston Matthews has made his presence known on the United States roster. Although he hasn’t played a game in the NHL yet, in 36 games for the ZSC Lions of the Swiss National League A, Matthews had 24 goals and 22 assists. NHL talent includes the likes of Dylan Larkin and Nick Foligno, both solid players and players who were the top of their teams in points during the regular season.

Belowis a list of NHL players that could be considered by the USA Hockey staff:

Jason Pominville

Bobby Ryan

Max Pacioretty

Derek Stepan

James van Riemsdyk

Brandon Saad

Alex Galchenyuk

Jack Eichel

Stepan had a career year in goals for the New York Rangers and Ryan had the most points he’s had in the three years he’s played for the Ottawa Senators. Just having those two on the USA roster would improve the center ice position tenfold. Saad also had a career year scoring 31 goals and earning 22 assists for the Columbus Blue jackets. Just adding a few more of the higher caliber NHL players could improve the United States roster significantly.

Obviously the United States has elected to bring a younger roster to Russia for the World Championships and with the World Cup of Hockey coming


Bitcoin is a pain to spend. It is energy-guzzling, perilously slow and, with the prospect of dazzling returns (at least until recently), perhaps best to HODL ‘til you retire. But Bitcoin can count at least one group of spendthrifts among its users: Russian hackers accused of hacking in the 2016 election.

According to an indictment released Friday by the DOJ, the Russian intelligence officers who orchestrated the 2016 hacks of the Democratic National Committee and Clinton campaign funded their operation using $95,000 worth of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The hackers allegedly used the funds to purchase the domains, servers, and accounts involved in obtaining and disseminating the stolen materials. Charging “conspiracy to launder money,” the indictment states the arrangement allowed the hackers to “avoid direct relationships with traditional financiallarge scale anarchist movemements with decisive
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2 recent examples, and 2 old ones :

Recently Syrian Kurds (YPG) are more or less anarchists and had decisive
military victories, mainly but not only against ISIS...

Zapatista Army of National Liberation is close to anarchism too... The
conflict never was an all-out-war, so I would not called anything decisive
military victories though...

During the Spanish civil war, anarchist had been instrumental against the
nationalist forces, especially at the beginning of the war.

And in post WW1's Ukraine, the Makhnovshchyna had played an important
historical role

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I like how Authoritania is a caricature of evil but they stop short of
invading Anarchia. They want to project their evil government control
everywhere but I guess they haven't figured out boats. This is very convenient
for the metaphor.

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I get that this book is trying to provide


Anna Torv is plotting her small-screen return.

The Fringe star has signed on to David Fincher's upcoming Netflix drama Mind Hunter, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

The project is based on the 1996 book Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit by John Douglas and Mark Olshanker. While specific details about the drama are being kept under wraps in typical Fincher fashion, the series is said to revolve around two FBI agents in 1979 who interview serial killers in an effort to help them solve current murders. Torv will play Wendy, a psychologist. She joins previously cast Jonathan Groff (Looking), who will play Holden, one of the special agents.

Originally developed at HBO via Fox 21, Mind Hunter hails from Fincher as well as Charlize Theron's Denver and Delilahbanner. Joe Penhall (The Road) will pen the script for Netflix, with Fincher and Theron on board to executive produce.

For Torv, the role marks her stateside TV return following her starring role in HBO's Ryan Murphy sexuality drama Open. The actress, best known for Fox's cult sci-fi drama Fringe, most recently filmed Australian dramas Deadline Gallipoli and Secret City. She is repped by WME and United Management in Australia.

Reps for Netflix and Torv declined comment.


Bounties

by Louis P. Towles, 2006

Bounties, or grants, were implemented by Great Britain in the eighteenth century to encourage the production of vital or hard-to-obtain goods. Although rewards were given for the production of silk and indigo, the most important bounties in North Carolina were those paid for naval stores, including tar, pitch, turpentine, and rosin. The practice of paying bounties for naval stores, which were essential to maintain Britain's large fleet, began in the early 1700s with the realization that it was dangerous to depend entirely on northern countries (Norway, Sweden, and Denmark) for such goods. Knowing that England's colonies could not hope to compete commercially with these nations without governmental assistance, Parliament in 1705 offered a bounty of four pounds sterling per ton of tar and pitchof course, it was more expensive than a PC because it was an Apple.

Even worse, Apple already knew during the summer of 1995 that it was still years away from releasing a next gen operating system. Rather than admit the fact, Apple just kept pushing the release date back by a few months at a time. The next gen turned out to be OS X, released during 2001, a mere six years later than promised.

As the years of delays passed, Apple continued to promise each new buyer that the system being purchased would run the new OS when released. At the same time, computers older than a couple of years were continually dropped from the list of those that would be compatible with the new OS. By 1997,


it will be towed back to the city of origin (real time). If the player completes the trip they are awarded a single point and invited to drive back. There is no pause button. Needless to say it exceeded its design goal of complete boringness and was never released.
Now the game is back, in its full Sega CD glory, for a second (first?) life as a charity event. Comedy group Loading Ready Run is playing the game to raise money for the Child's Play Charity (founded by Penny Arcade). Four members of the comedy group are playing the game non-stop for a sentence that increases by the amount of money that is donated (currently 104 hours and counting).
You can tune into the wonderful adventures of this virtual roadthe agreement signed by parties to the conflict and the guarantors, and carbon translated to Arabic, Russian, English, and Turkish. The details of the agreement should be made public.

include a published and clear description of the role of the guarantors (Russian Federation and Turkey) and means to verify and sanction any violation.

declare the UN Security Council resolutions as the unique political reference to the negotiation process, especially UNSCR 2118 and UNSCR 2254.

The signatories see in the High Negotiations Committee the sole representative of the Syrian revolution and opposition in the negotiations. The Syrian regime should appoint its delegation and negotiations should be between two parties only.

The continued shelling of the Barada valley in Damascus suburbs, Atareb in Aleppo suburbs and other areas in Syria proves yet again the


"The Square", directed by Swedish director Ruben Ostlund, won Sunday evening the Palme d'Or of the 70th Cannes Film Festival.

Swedish director Ruben Ostlund poses with his trophy during a photocall at the 70th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 28, 2017. Film "The Square", directed by Ruben Ostlund, won the Palme d'Or of the 70th Cannes Film Festival. (Xinhua/Xu Jinquan)frivolousness. The best years of life are wasted in small talk and still smaller reading, tears and sighs being wasted over a novelist's creations, while God's creatures die for want of a word of sympathy." Another names, "Frivolity, want of definiteness of purpose." Still another says: "The giving of so little time to serious reflection and for preparation for the responsible duties of life. In other words, frivolity of manner, shallowness of thought, and, as a consequence, insipidity of speech are strongly marked faults in some young ladies." This writer pleads for deeper, intenser earnestness. "Young women will reach a high excellence of moral character only as they prepare themselves for life by self-discipline and culture." Another puts it down as "A want of firm decision in character


women. He has seen them whispering in the church and Sunday school, during sermon and lesson, even during prayer, and has marked other acts of irreverence. It is to be hoped that this fault is indeed rare, unless it be in very young girls, who know no better. But as the fault has been pointed out by one who has been sorely pained by it, will not the girls and young women think of it a moment? A girl's religion should be full of joy and gladness. It should make her happy, fill her lips with song; but it should make her so reverent that, in the presence of her God, in prayer, in worship, in the study of the Bible, her heart shall be silent with thesame spirit in some girls. It is hoped that there are but few who see their own face in this mirror.

Not long since I stood by the coffin and grave of a young girl whom I had known for a dozen years. She received a fine education, having finished a course in one of the best colleges of the land. What did she do with her education? Did she sit down as a lady of elegant leisure? Did she think her trained powers were too fine to be used in any common work? Did she look down from her lofty height upon her mother as old-fashioned, out of date? No: she came home from college at the end of her course, and at once went into her home


to lift the burden and care from the shoulders of the loving, patient mother who had toiled for her so long in order that she might receive her education and training. When the beautiful girl was dead, the mother told me with loving gladness how Gertrude had lifted one by one every burden from her during those years, until, at last, the child's own hands carried all the household care and responsibility. She did not think her richly-furnished life too fine to be used in plain household duties, She remembered all her mother's self-denials in her behalf in earlier days, and rejoiced that now she might, in some measure, reward her. I have spoken of this one young woman's loving regard for her mother, and of the wayshe showed it, in the hope that it may inspire in many another young girl's heart a spirit of noble helpfulness toward a tired mother.

One writer notes as a fault in some young women, that they are careless of their good names. "They are not careful enough as to their associates and companions. Some of them are seen with young men who are known to be of questionable moral character. On the streets they talk loudly, so as unconsciously to attract attention to themselves. They act so that young men of the looser sort will stare at them and even dare to speak to them." In these and other ways, certain young women, this writer says, imperil their own good name, and, I may add, imperil their souls.

When


will young girls learn that modesty and shrinking from public gaze are the invariable marks of true beauty in womanhood; and that anything which is contrary to these is a mark of vulgarity and ill-breeding? Guard your name as the jewel of your life. Many a young woman with pure life has lived under shadows all her later years, because of some careless—only careless, not wrong—act in youth which had the appearance of evil.

In one letter received from a thoughtful young man, mention is made of a "disregard of health," as a common fault in young women. Another mentions but one fault,—"the lack of glad earnestness." Another specifies, "thoughtlessness, heedlessness, a disregard of the feelings of others," Another thinks some young women "so weak and dependent that theysuch an older sister. Volumes could be written concerning such ministries. Moses was not the only child by whose infancy's cradle an older sister has kept sacred watch. He was not the only great man who has owed much of his greatness to a faithful, self-denying Miriam. Many a man who is now honored in the world owes all his power and influence to a woman, perhaps too much forgotten now, perhaps worn and wrinkled, beauty gone, brightness faded, living alone and solitary, but who, in the days of his youth, was guardian angel to him, freely pouring out the best and richest of her life for him, giving the very blood of her veins that he might have more life; denying herself even needed comforts that he,


families. Many of them have refused brilliant offers of marriage that they might remain at home to be the shield and comfort and stay of parents growing feeble and needing their gentle care. Hundreds more there are who have hidden away their own heart-hunger that they devote their lives to good deeds for Christ and for humanity.

Florence Nightingale denied herself the joy and sweetness of wedded happiness, and gave her life to service in army hospitals, carrying to wounded and weary men the blessing of her kindly ministry, instead of shutting it up within the walls of a home of her own. And "Sister Dora," who wrought with such brave spirit in English perl-houses, "whose story is as a helpful evangel, was the bride of the world's sorrowA neighbour fianally reported the abuse to police A man who suffered months of violence at the hands of his fiancee has spoken of his ordeal to help raise awareness of domestic abuse against men. Michelle Williamson's attacks on Ian McNicholl included stubbing cigarettes on his chest, putting them up his nose and scalding him with boiling water. In April she was jailed for seven years after being found guilty of grievous bodily harm with intent and assault. Mr McNicholl, 46, of Grimsby, said: "Her abuse knew no boundaries." The former training consultant said he suffered one "isolated attack" in the early part of their relationship but the abuse began when Williamson moved into Mr McNicholl's Grimsby home. 'Absolute agony' He said attacks usually began after Williamson, 34,


and market information for the deregulated North American natural gas industry. Since the first issue of Natural Gas Intelligence was published in 1981, NGI has provided key pricing and data relied upon daily by thousands of industry participants in the U.S, Canada and Mexico as well as Central and South America, Europe and Asia.result from abrasion of only a small arc of the coating around the circumference of the housing. Conventionally, the tip of the blade is coated with a highly erosion resistant material.
The abradable coating must also be structurally sound to resist failure at points other than where contacted by the blade tip, must resist the thermal and vibratory strains imposed upon it in use, and must be readily fabricated in a reproducible and cost efficient manner. Considerable effort has gone into the development of abradable seals having the desired combination of properties. The present invention is reflective of that continuing effort.
One form of abradable seal developed in the past was a porous structure, obtained by use of a fugitive material in the precursor article. In the prior art, pressing


An animal service has offered a $1000 reward for information leading to the identification of a person who shot a dog multiple times in the head and body, and left it to suffer.

A young male black and white crossbred, likely aged between 12 and 18 months, was found alive near Chamberlains Ford in Leeston on Anzac Day.

X-rays revealed multiple gun wounds. Bullet fragments had shattered the dog's jaw.

A decision was made to euthanise the dog due to the severity of its injuries.

SPCA Canterbury chief executive officer Barry Helem urged anyone with information to get in contact.

"It's inexcusable to leave a dog suffering like that, and it's in clear breach of the Animal Welfare Act."

The dog was underweight when it was found, Helem said, but it was hard totell what the dog's background was like without speaking to its owner.

"The dog could have been lying on the ground for a considerable period of time before it was found."

The dog was wearing a red collar, but it had no registration tag or microchip. Police had been notified.

In the past 12 months the Canterbury SPCA had dealt with an increase in animal welfare complaints involving dogs.

Helem said he was concerned about the trend, and was working hard to educate the community on responsible pet ownership.

"It's not a quick fix."

The dog attack was not thought to be related to the discovery of Christchurch man Marcus Tucker's body near Lake Ellesmere, about a seven minute drive away. An associate of Tucker said he did not own a dog of that


Editor's note: Paul Begala, a Democratic strategist and CNN political contributor, was a political consultant for Bill Clinton's presidential campaign in 1992 and was counselor to Clinton in the White House.

Paul Begala says Cheney is hypocritical when he says he fears massive government expansion under Obama.

(CNN) -- Dick Cheney has finally found the limits of government power.

In his interview with CNN's John King -- his first television interview since leaving the vice presidency -- Cheney revealed a view of federal power that is incoherent and hypocritical.

According to recently released legal memos from the Bush-Cheney administration, the former vice president believes that the federal government can ignore the First Amendment and suppress free speech and freedom of the press as part of its "war on terror."

An October 23, 2001,memo from Justice Department lawyers John C. Yoo and Robert J. Delahunty said, "First Amendment speech and press rights may also be subordinated to the overriding need to wage war successfully."

Former Vice President Cheney also believes, according to these same memos, that the federal government can send troops to burst into the homes of American citizens without a search warrant, despite the Fourth Amendment's protection against such unreasonable searches. He believes that the federal government has the right to arrest an American citizen on American soil and hold him in prison without charges. He believes that the federal government can listen in on your phone conversations without a court order.

Cheney believes that the federal government can ignore the Geneva Conventions, binding treaties largely written by the United States,


signed by the president and ratified by the Senate. He believes that the federal government can commit torture, despite laws and treaties making torture a crime.

As the Washington Post reported, "Starting in January, 2002, Cheney turned his attention to the practical business of crushing a captive's will to resist. The vice president's office played a central role in shattering limits on coercion of prisoners in U.S. custody, commissioning and defending legal opinions that the Bush administration has since portrayed as the initiatives, months later, of lower-ranking officials."

The newspaper said, "Cheney and his allies ... did not originate every idea to rewrite or reinterpret the law, but fresh accounts from participants show that they translated muscular theories, from Yoo and others, into the operational language of government."

In fact, Yooregulator which incorporates a fuel adjuster in order that a user may adjust the flow of fuel from the regulator to the cylinder of the engine.
It is a still further object and feature of the present invention to provide a regulator which is simple and inexpensive to manufacture.
In accordance with the present invention, a regulator is provided for regulating the supply of fuel to an engine. The regulator includes a regulator body defining a holding chamber connectable to a fuel source, a supply chamber connectable to the engine and an orifice therebetween. A solenoid is connectable to the engine and moved between a closed position for preventing the flow of fuel into the holding chamber and an open position allowing the flow of fuel into the holding chamber


in response to activation of the engine. A regulating structure is movable between a closed position wherein the orifice is closed and an open position wherein the orifice is opened in response to the demand of fuel by the engine.
The regulator may include a fuel source conduit having an input connectable to the fuel source and an output communicating with the holding chamber in the regulator body. An engine conduit has an input communicating with the supply chamber in the regulator body and an output connectable to the engine. A fuel adjuster extends into the engine conduit. The fuel adjuster is movable between first and second positions for regulating the volume of fuel flowing therepast.
The regulating structure includes a lever having first and second opposite ends. The leveris pivotably mounted to the regulator body within the supply chamber and is pivotable between a first closing position and a second open position. A seal is mounted on the first end of the lever. The seal overlaps the orifice with the lever in the closing position. The regulating structure further includes a diaphragm interconnected to the second end of the lever. The diaphragm is movable within the supply chamber in response to the fuel demand of the engine between a first position wherein the lever is in the closing position and the second position wherein the lever is in the open position. A biasing structure urges the diaphragm towards the first position.
In accordance with a further aspect of the present invention, a regulator is provided for regulating


the supply of fuel to each cylinder of a multi-cylinder engine. The regulator includes a regulator body defining a first supply chamber and a second supply chamber. Each supply chamber is connectable to a fuel source. A first cylinder conduit has an input communicating with the first supply chamber in the regulator body and an output connectable to the first cylinder of the engine. A second cylinder conduit has an input communicating with the second supply chamber in the regulator body and an output connectable to a second cylinder of the engine.
A fuel source conduit has an input connectable to a fuel source and an output communicating with the first and second chambers in the regulator body. The regulator body defines a holding chamber and includes a firstorifice between the holding chamber and first supply chamber and a second orifice between the second holding chamber and the second supply chamber. The output of the fluid source conduit communicates with the holding chamber. A solenoid is connectable to the engine and is movable in response to activation of the engine between a closed position wherein the flow of fluid from the fuel source conduit to the holding chamber is prevented and an open position wherein the flow of fuel from the fuel source conduit to the holding chamber is allowed.
The regulator may further include a first regulating structure movable between the closed position wherein the first orifice is closed and an open position wherein the first orifice is opened in response to the fuel demanded by


the first cylinder of the engine. In addition, a second regulating structure is provided. The second regulating structure is movable between a closed position wherein the second orifice is closed and an open position wherein the second orifice is opened in response to the fuel demanded by the second cylinder of the engine.
The first regulating structure includes a lever having first and second opposite ends. The lever of the first regulating structure is pivotably mounted to the regulator body within the first supply chamber and is pivotable between a first closing position and a second open position. A seal is mounted on the first end of the lever. The seal overlaps the first orifice with the lever in the closing position. A diaphragm is movably disposed in thefirst chamber and is interconnected to the second end of the lever such that the diaphragm moves the lever between the closing and open positions in response to the fuel demanded by the engine.
The second regulating structure also includes a lever having first and second opposite ends. The lever of the second regulating structure is pivotably mounted to the regulator body within the second supply chamber and is pivotable between a first closing position and a second open position. A seal is mounted on the first end of the lever of the second regulating structure. The seal of the second regulating structure overlaps the second orifice with the lever of the second regulating structure in the closing position. A diaphragm is moveable disposed in the second supply chamber


and is interconnected to the second end of the lever of the second regulating structure such that diaphragm of the second regulating structure moves the lever of the second regulating structure between the closing and open positions in response to the fuel demanded by the second cylinder of the engine.
A first fuel adjuster extends into the first cylinder conduit. The first fuel adjuster is movable between the first and second positions for regulating the volume of fuel flowing therepast. A second fuel adjuster extends into the second cylinder conduit. The second fuel adjuster is movable between first and second positions for regulating the volume of fuel therepast.
In accordance with a still further aspect of the present invention, a system is provided for regulating the flow of fluid toeach cylinder of an engine of a generator. The system includes a controller for sensing activation of the generator. A regulator body defines a holding chamber having an inlet, a first supply chamber having an outlet, and a second supply chamber having an outlet. The regulator body includes a first orifice between the holding chamber and the first supply chamber and a second orifice between the holding chamber and the second supply chamber. A fuel source conduit has an input connectable to a fuel source and an output operatively connected to the input of the holding chamber in the regulator body. A first cylinder conduit has an input operatively connected to the output of the first supply chamber in the regulator body and an output connectable to the


first cylinder of the engine. A second cylinder conduit has an input operatively connected to the output of the second supply chamber in the regulator body and an output connectable to a second cylinder of the engine. A solenoid is operatively connected to the controller. The solenoid has a plunger which is movable between a first closed position wherein the plunger is seated within the input to the holding chamber so as to prevent the flow of fuel into the holding chamber from the fuel source conduit and a second open position wherein the plunger is removed from the input of the holding chamber so as to allow the flow of fuel into the holding chamber from the fuel source conduit in response to the controller sensing activationof the engine. A first regulating structure is disposed in the first supply chamber and is movable between a first closed configuration wherein the first orifice is closed and a second open configuration wherein the first orifice is open in response to the fuel demanded by the first cylinder of the engine. A second regulating structure is disposed in the second supply chamber. The second regulating structure is movable between a first closed configuration wherein the second orifice is closed and a second open configuration wherein the second orifice is opened in response to the fuel demanded by the second cylinder of the engine.
A first regulating structure includes a lever having first and second opposite ends. The lever is pivotably mounted to the regulator body within the first


supply chamber and is pivotable between a first closing position wherein the first regulating structure is in the closed configuration and a second open position wherein the first regulating structure is in the open configuration. A seal is mounted on the first end of the lever of the first regulating structure. The seal overlaps the first orifice with the lever in the closed position. A diaphragm is moveably disposed in the first supply chamber. The diaphragm is interconnected to the second end of the lever such that the diaphragm moves the lever between the closing and open positions in response to the fuel demanded by the first cylinder of the engine.
The second regulating structure includes a lever having first and second opposite ends. The lever of the secondregulating structure is pivotably mounted to the regulator body within the second supply chamber and is pivotable between a first closing position wherein the second regulating structure is in the closed configuration and a second open position wherein the second regulating structure is in the open configuration. A seal is mounted on the first end of the lever of the second regulating structure. The seal of the second regulating structure overlaps the second orifice when the lever of the second regulating structure is in the closing position. A diaphragm is moveably disposed in the second supply chamber. The diaphragm is interconnected to the second end of the lever of the second regulator structure such that the diaphragm of the second regulating structure moves the lever of the second


regulating structure between the closing and open position in response to the fuel demanded by the second cylinder of the engine.
The diaphragm of the first regulating structure is movable between a first cutoff position wherein the lever of the first regulating structure is in the closing position and a second open position wherein the lever of the first regulating structure is in the open position. The diaphragm of the second regulating structure is also movable between a first cutoff position wherein the lever of the second regulating structure is in the closing position and a second open position wherein the lever of the second regulating is in the open position.
It is contemplated that the system further include a first fuel adjuster extending into the first cylinder conduit. Thefirst fuel adjuster being movable between first and second positions for regulating the volume of fuel flowing therepast. A second fuel adjuster extends into second cylinder conduit. The second fuel adjuster is movable between first and the second positions for regulating the volume of fuel flowing therepast. It is contemplated that the holding chamber of the regulator body include a second input for connecting the system to an alternate fuel source.


had expanded meat production in WWI to feed the U.S. & Europe- prices dropped after WWI. This hurt farmers during 1920s. Later drought & depression devastated them in 1930s.

92. Middle to Upper Class Prospered a2. Middle to Upper Class Prospered a. Ended up with more money than they could spend b. Many ended up speculating heavily in the stock market - instead of investing in sound markets - idea was to get rich quick c. 1920s was known as a time of plenty: spend and not worry about the future

11The New Urban Culture: The Great MigrationA half-million blacks left the South for the North in the 1920s1. Higher paying jobs, left behind Southern farms and sharecropping2. Competed for jobs/housing with existing Northern Whitesa. caused resentmentb. race riots eruptedAlexander Graham Bell – not Sherlock Holmes This was the first complete sentence heard over the newly invented telephone. Blurted out by Bell on March 10, 1876, when he spilled acid on his trousers, the words were picked up by his assistant, Thomas A Watson, at the other end of the line.


days we made five experiments, each lasting from about one to three hours:

One single fire at a slightly sloping chert surface. First two, then four fires around a small, elevated chert outcrop. Two fires along a vertical face. First two, then four fires at and around a small, elevated outcrop with a hole down to underlying dolomite. Two fires at a slightly sloping surface.

The short-lived, small fires

Each fire had a diameter of about half a metre across, generally consuming some 10-20 small birch logs. The objective with two or more fires beside each other was to create shear stress in the area in between and simultaneously keep the temperature low in these areas. Such fires performed the best, both at sloping surfaces where we knew the rock washis poor debate leading up to the 1960 election. This was the first television debate as 70 million viewers tuned in and saw Richard Nixon sans makeup, looking almost sickly, and not shaven, while the young upstart Kennedy breezed his way to a debate victory and eventually a win in the election. But how much of this election was based on the issues and how much was based on lack of makeup and excess of beard stubble?

The same holds true for 2012, as many voters will vote for Obama because Romney blinks an unnatural amount of times or vote for Romney because Obama had a stray eyelash in the second debate. Many undecided voters will look to hackneyed rhetoric to form their opinion. While it is important that


home of Fasilides—an ancient Ethiopian Emperor. It is also the birthplace of Hailemichael Geiger.
Geiger spent the first nine years of his life in Ethiopia. Originally, Geiger stayed with his grandmother … [Read More]

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In need of a break from work and some recent near-death adventures, archaeologist Annja Creed visits France to indulge one of her greatest fantasies: finding D'Artagnan's lost sword. The rapier was a gift from the reigning monarch and has been missing since the seventeenth century.

And Ascher Vallois, one of Annja's treasure-hunting friends, believes he has located the site of the relic.

But when Annja meets with Vallois, she learns that he's made a huge sacrifice to protect the sword and its secret from a relic hunter. Annja discovers that the artifact holds the key to a fortune. And the man won't stop until he gets everything he wants - including Annja.


March every year. Yukon currently observes Pacific Daylight Time from early March to early November every year.

Under this current system, our solar noon (the point in the day when the sun is the highest) while on Standard Time in winter takes place closer to 1 p.m. During Daylight Saving Time in summer our solar noon happens closer to 2 p.m.

The Government of British Columbia plans to adopt a new permanent Pacific Time, which is the same calculation of time Yukon and BC currently use during Pacific Daylight Saving Time (March to November). This change will occur in March 2020.

Regardless of what Yukon chooses to do, Yukon will remain in sync with BC until at least November 2020.

What are the options?

Option A: Yukon stays on year-round Daylight Saving Timechurn stands have been recorded as historical monuments by regional bodies and the National Archives.

See also
Milk churn
Dairy
Dairy farming

References

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reinforcement elements such as cords or cables coated with mixes having a base of unvulcanized rubber, generally prepared in the form of plies.
After having put the bead wires of the tire in place on the sleeve, facing the bead recesses provided in the building drum, parts of the sleeve which are located radially below the bead wires are expanded radially until said parts are blocked below the bead wires. The portion of the sleeve located between the bead recesses is then deformed in order to obtain a toroidal shape, while axially bringing the said recesses towards each other. The clamping of the sleeve under the bead wires must be sufficient to prevent any relative displacement of the sleeve with respect to the bead wires during this operation.
This radialdeformation is obtained, for instance, by the inflating of a rubber bladder surrounding the building drum between the axially innermost bead recesses and permitting the laying of the products forming the tire on the quasi-cylindrical outer surface of said bladder when it is deflated.
Almost simultaneously with this second stage, the portions of the sleeve which are furthest axially to the outside are themselves also expanded radially towards the outside by the use of means forming part of the building drum and are progressively applied against the expanded portion of the sleeve located between the bead recesses. This operation, during which the beads are first formed and then the sidewalls of the tire, is known as "turning-up".
U.S. Pat. No. 4,683,021 describes a tire-building drum in which the turning-up of


the portions of the sleeve furthest axially to the outside is effected by the inflating of a first bladder of reduced dimensions for the forming of the beads, followed by the inflating of a second bladder which surrounds the first and is of much larger dimensions in order to form the sidewalls of the tire up to the points of said tires furthest radially to the outside; furthermore, another bladder is provided which is located axially to the outside of the two preceding ones in order to be able to effect the putting in place of the portion of the sidewall which is radially outermost by exerting an inwardly directed axial push on each of the turn-up bladders.
However, such a process does not assure an excellent production ofRiveland as Special Master on May 22, 2008. Just prior to that order, plaintiffs had filed three motions for partial summary judgment and a motion for a remedial order. Two of those motions were then referred to the Special Master for resolution.
Discovery in this case was not uneventful, either. Plaintiffs moved for a protective order, which was granted by the magistrate judge on May 14, 2007. Plaintiffs also filed several motions to compel, most of which were granted.[2] Plaintiffs were twice awarded attorney's fees by the magistrate judge for motions to compel, the magistrate judge concluding both times that defendants' nondisclosure of certain discovery was groundless. See Order, Sept. 21, 2007, 2007 WL 2781132; Order, May 14, 2008.
On June 13, 2008, the parties moved for approval of their


prejudgment interest in other federal question cases. Golden State Transit Corp. v. City of Los Angeles, 773 F.Supp. 204, 216-20 (C.D.Cal.1991). Out of an abundance of caution due to the absence of Circuit precedent on this issue, the court awards interest from the date of the entry of the injunction, October 7, 2008.

B. Costs and Fees for Discovery Sanctions
On May 14, 2008, the magistrate judge granted plaintiffs' motion for discovery sanctions. The magistrate judge concluded that an award of fees and costs was merited for the plaintiffs' March 13, 2008 and April 10, 2008 motions for sanctions, but declined to grant the award pending the court's resolution of the instant motion. Pursuant to the order of the magistrate judge, plaintiffs filed a declaration setting forth the fees andcosts associated with those motions on May 29, 2008.
The court has reviewed the plaintiffs' evidence tendered in support of their application for costs and fees for the discovery sanctions motions. Both the hours billed and the rates sought are reasonable. In addition to the court's observations with regard to plaintiffs' counsel's skills and quality of representation in the suit generally, as noted above, the work on the two motions appears to have been particularly onerous given the defendants' conduct during discovery, as detailed in the magistrate judge's orders. Additionally, plaintiffs have exercised billing discretion by seeking *903 2007 rates, although the work was performed in 2008, and declining to seek reimbursement for a great deal of time spent on the successful motions. See Declaration of Michael Bien in


For a woman in China in most of the second millenium C.E., the bound foot–in several different styles varying with time, but most enduringly the tiniest and most injurious “golden lotus” foot–was the price of entry to upper-class womanhood, and a possible ticket to social mobility for the lower classes. With the exception of the Manchu, who forbade the practice, the idea spread and became more and more de rigeur for Chinese women to inflict on their daughters, typically in the name of ensuring better marriage matches.

A woman with unbound feet, by the 19th century, was unlikely to thrive in court society, or even to be a successful dancer or performer. She had greater freedom to walk, yes, but society constrained her role to that of a servant,New York City to Test Lamp-Post Car Charging

A driver uses an ubitricity charging cable to recharge his electric vehicle. New York City selected the company to develop a pilot project to allow electric vehicles the ability to plug into a streetlamp for recharging.
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Finding a spot to charge your car in New York City could eventually get easier — just look for a streetlight.

The city is experimenting with new technology that allows drivers of electric vehicles to plug them into streetlamps. The New York City departments of Transportation and Citywide Administrative Services are working with the German company ubitricity to develop a pilot project and make it happen. The technology, already present in several European cities, involves the car operator carrying their own ubitricity mobile charging cable


Navy Secretary Richard Spencer was unexpectedly fired Sunday night over actions related to Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher, who President Donald Trump cleared of a conviction in a high-profile war crimes trial but has remained in the Navy's crosshairs.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper asked for Spencer's resignation "after losing trust and confidence in him" after secret negotiations with the White House were uncovered, the Defense Department said in an emailed statement.

While the Navy secretary publicly supported SEAL leadership's plan to have Gallagher stand before a Trident Review Board, Spencer privately assured the White House that the Navy SEAL would retire with both his rank and Trident pin.

The review board is held by fellow SEALs and their recommendation then passes to Naval Special Warfare Command and Navy Personnel Command before itsit sound as though he was resigning over a disagreement with the president, thus contradicting the Pentagon's narrative. Spencer is a former U.S. Marine who worked on Wall Street after his service.

While Gallagher was previously cleared of the most serious charges of murder and attempted murder, he was found guilty of taking photos with the body of a deceased teenage militant. For that he was demoted. Members of Gallagher's platoon also posed with the corpse, raising concerns about good order and discipline under Gallagher's authority.

President Trump recently intervened, pardoning Gallagher and restoring his rank.

This past week, news reports revealed that the Navy intended to kick Gallagher out of the SEALs. These reports prompted the president to tweet that the Navy would "NOT be taking away Warfighter and Navy


SEAL Eddie Gallagher's Trident Pin."

"As Secretary of the Navy, one the most important responsibilities I have to our people is to maintain good order and discipline throughout the ranks," Spencer wrote in his letter. "Unfortunately, it has become apparent that in this respect, I no longer share the same understanding with the Commander in Chief who appointed me."

"I cannot," he said, "in good conscience obey an order that I believe violates the sacred oath I took in the presence of my family, my flag and my faith to support and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Trump also characterized the Navy secretary's ouster as a disagreement.

"I was not pleased with the way that Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher's trial was handled by the Navy. He was treated very badly,"agent of appellant corporation. Judgment was accordingly entered against both defendants for accrued rentals and possession of the premises. Harris did not appeal.
 While novel in several of its aspects, the case it not factually involved. Following oral negotiations, which we will presently discuss, the lease was executed by the parties on July 16, 1929, the property described being situate in the city of Sacramento and informally referred to at the trial as the "Hotel Senator Garage". The term was for four years and the rentals $1,000 a month up to July 16, 1930, and $1,100 a month thereafter for the ramainder of the term. Appellant corporation immediately took possession of the premises, conducted a general garage business therein and paid the rentals provided for until February 16,