Sinapyl alcohol

Sinapyl alcohol is an organic compound structurally related to cinnamic acid.  It is biosynthetized via the phenylpropanoid biochemical pathway, its immediate precursor being sinapaldehyde.  This phytochemical is one of the monolignols, which are precursor to lignin or lignans. It is also a biosynthetic precursor to various stilbenoids and coumarins.

See also

Sinapinic acid
Syringol
Syringaldehyde
Syringic acid
Acetosyringone
Sinapine
Canolol
Phenolic content in wine

References

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Category:EthersLaw of the Canyon

Law of the Canyon is a 1947 American Western film directed by Ray Nazarro and written by Eileen Gary. The film stars Charles Starrett, Nancy Saunders, Robert 'Buzz' Henry, Texas Jim Lewis and Smiley Burnette. The film was released on April 24, 1947, by Columbia Pictures.

Plot

Cast
Charles Starrett as Steve Langtry / The Durango Kid
Nancy Saunders as Mary Coleman
Robert 'Buzz' Henry as Spike Coleman
Texas Jim Lewis as Guitar Player
Smiley Burnette as Smiley
Fred F. Sears as Dr. Middleton
George Chesebro as Sheriff Coleman
Edmund Cobb as T. D. Wilson
Zon Murray as Fletcher
Jack Kirk as Ben

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Floods deaths down but economic losses significant

BANGKOK, 11 December 2012 - An early view of disaster trends in 2012 across Asia, the world's most disaster-prone region, shows that mortality from flood events continues to decline but economic losses remain a major cause of concern.

In 2012 so far, floods were the most frequent disaster occurring in Asia (44%) and had the highest human and economic impact. They accounted for 54% of the death toll in Asia, 78% of people affected and 56% of all economic damages in the region.

Pakistan suffered large-scale loss of life from floods for the third successive year as 480 people died in floods between August and October. Floods in China (June-July) affected over 17 million people and caused the highest economic losses (US $4.8 billion).

Floodsand storms remain the main threats in Asia, as seen last week in the Philippines when Typhoon Bopha resulted in 500 deaths but overall, in 2012, fewer people were killed by disasters in Asia compared to previous years, the Louvain University Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) confirmed today in a joint press conference with the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) in Bangkok, Thailand.

In Southern, South-Eastern and Eastern Asia, 83 disasters caused 3,103 deaths, affected a total of 64.5 million people and triggered US$ 15.1 billion damages in 2012**. Globally, these three regions accounted for 57 per cent of the total deaths, 74 per cent of the affected people and 34 per cent of the total economic damages caused by disasters in the


first ten months of 2012. Worldwide, 231 disasters caused 5,469 deaths, affected a total of 87 million others, and caused US$ 44.6 billion economic damages.

"Fortunately this year, the regions did not suffer from any major disaster, such as an earthquake. Asian disaster figures are low compared to other years and this is good news," said Dr. Debby Sapir, Director of CRED.

"The 2012 figures show that floods and storms affected most people and caused most economic damages in the regions. Data also suggest that some high risk countries in the region have made significant progress in controlling disaster impacts. This means that preparedness and prevention measures can be effective," she said.

Jerry Velasquez, Head of the UNISDR Asia Pacific, said: "The relative reduction in the number of disasters so farconfirms the trend that was already observed by the 2011 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction and the last Asian Pacific Disaster Report, but economic losses are going up and we should be worried about it."

"Unless prevention--including climate action--takes center stage, disasters will likely block development," said Vinod Thomas, Director General of Independent Evaluation at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) who was also a speaker at the press conference. "Yet for too long we have thought of natural calamities as just periodic interruptions to development but this is not the case anymore, we need to invest more in preventive actions before disasters strike," he said.

ADB's Response to Natural Disasters and Disaster Risks which was recently released also signaled the increase of floods and storms in the region


California ranchers, farmers discuss food in America

DAVIS, CA - Farmers, ranchers and food experts from across the nation will participate in a multi-city town hall style meeting at the Mondavi Institute in Davis. The purpose is to directly answer questions from the American public about how food is grown and raised.

The Food Dialogues is organized by the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance.

Experts including California farmers and ranchers will have a conversation via satellite with other food panelists in New York City, Washington D.C. and Fair Oaks Farms, Indiana.3. He's a co-founder of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

Before Adam Walsh's kidnapping and death, there was no national database on missing children. Law enforcement officers could enter information on stolen cars, stolen guns and stolen jewelry -- but there was no central place to keep information on missing children.

Carlina White, now 27, knew something was amiss when the woman who claimed to be her mother didn't resemble her and couldn't provide her birth certificate. So she logged onto the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and found what turned out to be her baby picture -- eventually solving her own kidnapping.


a closure for a container having an externally screw threaded neck, the closure comprising a top portion and a depending skirt which has on its internal surface a complementary screw thread, a free edge of the depending skirt being joined by a plurality of frangible bridges to a tamper evident band, the band comprising a generally cylindrical body portion and a segmented rib extending inwardly of the body portion and adapted to provide a lip to engage under a retaining flange extending outwardly from the neck of the container below the screw thread thereon, the rib having an upper side facing generally towards the top of the closure and an under side facing generally away from the top, the body portion being provided with projections or other localisedareas of thickening to enhance the longitudinal stiffness of the body portion while still permitting it to expand radially as it is forced over the retaining flange on a container.
In a first preferred aspect the present invention consists in a closure for a container having an externally screw threaded neck, the closure comprising a top and a depending skirt which has on its internal surface a complementary screw thread, a free edge of the depending skirt being joined by a plurality of frangible bridges to a tamper evident band, the band comprising a generally cylindrical body portion and a continuous or segmented rib extending inwardly of the body portion and adapted to provide a lip to engage under a retaining flange extending outwardly from the neck of the


container below the screw thread thereon, the rib having an upper side facing generally towards the top of the closure and an under side facing generally away from the top, the closure being characterized in that the upper side of the rib comprises a first surface contiguous with the body portion of the band, which surface slopes inwardly and downwardly from the top, and a second surface which is positioned radially inwardly from the first surface, the second surface having a slope angle more nearly normal to the longitudinal axis of the closure than the first surface is to that longitudinal axis.
In the prior art closures the upper side of the rib has always been linear in cross-section. The upper side has either lain in a plane normalof the rib. The first surface preferably has a slope angle to a plane normal to the longitudinal axis of the closure of from 10xc2x0 to 60xc2x0, more preferably 12xc2x0 to 40xc2x0 and most preferably 15xc2x0 to 25xc2x0. The second surface on the upper side of the rib preferably comprises from 75% to 25% and more preferably 55% to 45% of the radial width of the upper side of the rib. The second surface preferably lies in a plane normal to the longitudinal axis of the closure or at an angle of up to 10xc2x0 to that plane, most preferably it lies in that plane.
In carrying out the present invention it has been found that during the injection moulding of closures from an injection mould which defines a


first and second surfaces.
Therefore in another aspect the present invention consists in a closure for a container having an externally screw threaded neck, the closure comprising a top and a depending skirt which has on its external surface a complimentary screw thread, a free edge of the depending skirt being joined by a plurality of frangible bridges to a tamper evident band, the band comprising a generally cylindrical body portion and a continuous or segmented rib extending inwardly of the body portion and adapted to provide a lip to engage under a retaining flange extending outwardly from the neck of the container below the screw thread thereon, the rib having an upper side facing generally towards the top of the closure and an under side facing generally awayfrom the top, the closure being characterised in that the closure is formed by injection moulding from a synthetic plastics material in a mould which defines the upper side of the rib as comprising a first surface contiguous with the body portion of the band, which surface slopes inwardly and downwardly from the top, and a second surface which is positioned radially inwardly from the first surface, the second surface having a slope angle more nearly normal to the longitudinal axis of the closure than the first surface is to that longitudinal axis. The mould surface preferably has the other characteristics previously described as being preferred for the upper side of the rib itself.
In another embodiment of the invention the radially inner surface of the band is provided


away from the closure top, i.e., they face in a direction that a mould core used to mould the closure was withdrawn. The planar end surfaces are also preferably inclined to a notional radial plane extending from the longitudinal axis of the closure to the end of the respective rib segment such that the ends are inclined to the skirt of the closure by an included angle that is less than the included angle that the respective notional plane makes with the skirt.
The tamper evident band is further preferably provided with areas of localised thickening which extend outwardly from an external surface of the body portion of the band. The areas of thickening further preferably extend parallel to the longitudinal axis of the closure and across the longitudinalwidth of the band.
The areas of outer thickening serve to reinforce and strengthen the tamper evident band. The reinforcement of the band preferably enhances the vertical stiffness of the band whilst retaining a sufficient flexibility to facilitate application of the closure to the container. The reinforcement also allows sufficient axial force to be applied to the free end of the band in order to successfully eject the closure from a core portion of a mould used in the closure production. The reinforcement of the band further reduces the possibility of the closure being tampered with and the band stretched in order that it may be eased back over the retaining flange on a container to which the closure has been applied.
The bridges are preferably evenly spaced about the


a first thread segment distal to the top, along a helical thread locus. Each of the thread segments, except the first, is preferably formed with two substantially planar end surfaces which are inclined to the axis of the closure and face away from the closure top, ie, they face in the direction that a mould core used to mould the closure was withdrawn. The term xe2x80x9csubstantially planar surfacexe2x80x9d is used to mean a surface which is actually planar or which is cured provided that it all faces in the defined direction. The first of the thread segments is preferably pointed at its end distal to its one adjacent thread segment to assist in mating the thread on the closure with a corresponding thread on the neck of acontainer.
The substantially planar ends of the thread segments are also preferably inclined to a notional radial planes of the closure extending from the longitudinal axis of the closure to the end of the respective thread segment such that the ends are inclined to the cylindrical skirt by an included angle that is less than the included angle that the respective notional radial plane makes with that skirt.
To assist in the venting of gas between the thread segment the spaces between the segment in adjacent turns of the thread are aligned. A groove may be provided on the inside surface of the skirt of the closure extending longitudinally thereof through the aligned spaces.
In another embodiment the present invention consists in an injection moulded article including a cylindrical wall having


a thread formed on its radially inner surface, the thread being comprised of a plurality of segments arranged in spaced apart array along the helical locus of the thread, at least some of the thread segments terminating at at least one end in a substantially planar surface inclined to the axis of the thread and facing the direction in which a mould core used in the moulding of the article was withdrawn.
The closure is preferably formed with means for sealingly engaging with the container to prevent leakage therefrom. Any one of the large number of alternative sealing arrangements known may be used with the closure according to the present invention. These include integral sealing ribs or flanges, wadding or flowed-in gaskets.
The sealing arrangement preferably comprises an annular sealingrib which projects downwardly from an underside of the top of the closure, the rib including a first portion having a substantially cylindrical inner surface, the first portion being contiguous with the top and lying adjacent to the skirt of the closure and a second, frusto-conical, portion contiguous with an end of the first portion distal to the top and extending radially inwardly to terminate in a circular free edge, the first portion having an internal diameter at least equal to an external diameter of the neck of the container to which the closure is to be attached such that during threaded engagement of the closure with the neck, the second, frusto-conical, portion will be engaged by a free end of the neck and folded back against the


substantially cylindrical inner surface of the first portion of the rib to form a gas-tight seal between at least an outer surface of the neck of the container and the closure.
The closure most preferably has a skirt having a substantially cylindrical form carrying on its outside surface a series of fine vertical ribs terminating at the lower edge of the skirt in a narrow circumferential rib. The frangible bridges are preferably considerably thinner in their radial dimensions than the skirt and the band and the inner surface of the bridges lie flush with the respective radially inner surfaces of the skirt and the band. The radially outer surface of the band is of a slightly smaller diameter than the skirt except in the areas of local thickening whichproject radially outwardly beyond the radial extent of the skirt.
In this most preferred embodiment of the inside surface of the skirt is preferably generally cylindrical with a helical array of thread segments extending radially inwardly of that surface. The thread segments are separated from one another by axially aligned spaces. The inside of the band is preferably defined by a smooth upper cylindrical surface above the rib of the same diameter as the inside surface of the skirt. The rib is preferably formed of rib segments in axial alignment with the thread segments on the inside surface of the skirt and with the spaces between the rib segments in axial alignment with the spaces between the thread segments. Below the rib the inside surface of the band is


with concerts, events and parties.With its exceptional collection and internationally acclaimed exhibitions the Kunsthaus Zürich attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. The Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft is the Association of Friends of the Kunsthaus Zürich, counts more than 20’000 members and is therefore one of the largest and oldest art societies in Europe. There is also the Kunsthaus art education program, which includes school programs, continued learning classes as well as leisure time classes, serves children, adolescents and adults. A well-rehearsed team of professional art educators and art historians looks forward to welcoming you at the Kunsthaus.The exhibition will be on view from August 25 through October 8, 2017 at Kunsthaus Zürich, Heimplatz 1, 8001 Zürich, Switzerland.

Advertisementchance. One writer got 28 rejections on a book idea before he realized that it may be too specific or not in line with what publishers wanted. He didn’t give up. Instead, he tried another which got accepted immediately. He jokingly said that early in his career he got enough rejection slips to wallpaper his bathroom.

A young California food writer wrote a Moroccan cookbook. No one was interested in it, so she published it herself. She ended up with a room full of several thousand books. Did she quit? No. She contacted Nieman Marcus in Texas and got them interested in selling it in their gourmet shop. That worked out fine, so she continued contacting department store chains and gourmet shops across the country. Her first venture was


Pequot Press.
Throughout my writing career, I've produced nearly 4,000 articles and 15 books. I write non-fiction because I feel that fact is infinitely more interesting than fiction. However, in one of my latest books, Shipwrecks and Buried Treasure: The Outer Banks from Globe Pequot Press, I crossed the boundary between nonfiction and fiction, writing an historical narrative of the harrowing disasters in the seas off North Carolina.18 U.S.C.A. § 2115. Warrant issued and defendant was arrested on September 30. On October 2, he was brought before the court at which time his rights were explained and counsel was appointed to represent him. On October 15, 1964, petitioner appeared before the court with counsel, and was arraigned, and entered a plea of not guilty. Petitioner was tried to a jury in January 1965, found guilty, and sentence of imprisonment was imposed. A timely appeal was taken from such conviction. We affirmed on October 7, 1965. Masters v. United States, 8 Cir., 351 F.2d 105.

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The present petition for habeas corpus was filed on April 30, 1965, while petitioner was being held in custody of the defendant in the Polk County, Iowa, jail pursuant to his conviction


SYRACUSE -- A man was killed in a traffic accident about 3:30 p.m.on Saturday when his car slammed into a telephone pole.

According to a Syracuse Police press release, as the 20-year-old was trying to pass another car he entered oncoming traffic then over-corrected before crashing. He was ejected from his vehicle and died at the scene. Police said speed and weather may have been factors in the crash.into use in Germany at the beginning of World War I, the Haber-Bosch process has been the source of an ever-larger fraction of the nitrogen available for biological processes.

Hoffmann then addressed the perception of chemistry among the wider public. “In the past 50 years, pollution has changed from normal entropy to a sin,” he asserted. The public perception of chemistry descended from a mid-20th-century source of innovation and products to make life better to a source of pollution and a threat to health. He then proposed a three-point plan to reconnect chemistry with the world at large. Chemistry leaders should:

accept human nature

introduce ethical and ecological concerns in all chemical training

reawaken the primary motive of science, to meliorate the human condition

On stage in Torino, Michele Brown as Katie Wertheim


the tension central to his latest play. He takes creativity as a given of human life: “As we create—we cannot help creating—we have a responsibility to ask about final use.”

He then took a seat with the audience and watched the premiere of his third play, which follows the family of a scientist who committed suicide as they deal with the consequences and the meaning of his death and the choices they made because of him.

Hoffmann remained in Torino for much of the week that followed, participating in discussions and public events during the biennial congress. He is very well known for saying “Chemistry is beautiful.” Through plays and poetry, he brings his own perception of beauty to audiences who might otherwise never be able to see what heis really ludicrous. Russia is one of the only long-term energy exporters. Of course [it] has been joined by the UK and Norway in recent decades. But this is a tradition, it’s going back for a century,” he added.

The project, with an estimated total cost of €11.4 billion (US$12.7 billion), was announced in December 2014 during Putin’s visit to Turkey as an alternative to the canceled South Stream route through Bulgaria.

But after the downing of a Russian jet by the Turkish Air Force in November 2015, Russia suspended the project. It was revived only after Turkey publicly apologized for the incident this August.


Rhythm of Rituals

First Published in Corporate Dossier, Economic Times, 18 July 2008

As Ravi entered his cabin, he suddenly felt lost. What was he supposed to do next? He set up his laptop and went straight for the email inbox. Maybe there were emails there to respond. And in the midst of responding to the emails, maybe he would find a purpose, a task that would make the rest of the day meaningful.

Ravi needs a structure in his life. A plan. But he does not know how to go about it. A business year has just got over and until last week, the sales target was the destination, and the desire to reach it kept him going. Now, the target has been reached, the year is over, and suddenlyThus, the stories would go in cycles – again, and again, and again, with the same beginnings, with the same endings, change happening only in between. In the middle was the exciting part – mystery, action, romance. Ravi realized these tales were so much like life. Every business year would begin the same way – with a target. And would end the same way – with a struggle to reach the target. The exciting part was in the middle. In the middle was life!

While driving to office, Ravi had noticed a few workshops on the roadside where artisans were molding clay images of Ganesha, and Durga. They did this every year, in the rainy season, preparing for festivals that were celebrated as the rains drew to a close.


By then the images of Ganesha and Durga would be ready for worship. After being worshipped for nine-ten days, the images would be dissolved in a water body. And the following year, at the same time, the artisans would mould fresh images once again. Repetition was the key. The festivals recurred cyclically, just like the stories. Was this the way of the forefathers to show that while change is inevitable (stories end, images are dissolved in water), all change is cyclical (stories restart and images are recreated)? Through the rhythm of rituals, one’s mind was drawn to the cyclical nature of things so that life seemed less uncertain and more predictable.

Are we rats on a ferret-wheel, running but reaching nowhere? From the window of his office, Ravi noticedThe ritual anchored his team – gave the week a very certain start, a clear indicator that the weekend was over and the week had begun. It allowed the team to cope better with the Monday morning blues, and return to the corporate fold faster. Now, Ravi plans to institute more office rhythms – monthly reviews, quarterly team dinners, bi-annual picnics with family. He has realized that people respond to rhythms very well – like cyclical festivals and stories they give everyone the opportunity to find excitement and new insights in the otherwise monotony of life.


a large chest wall sarcoma. Informed consent was obtained from the patient for this study.

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A 30-year-old male, known case of chronic kidney disease (CKD), on hemodialysis presented to the outpatient clinic with the complaint of a lump and feeling of heaviness on the left side of the chest for the past three months. According to the patient, the mass had progressively increased in size during this time, especially during the last month. There was no history of pain, trauma, weight loss, cough, dyspnea or fever.

His past medical history was positive for obstructive uropathy due to recurrent calculi which had eventually lead to CKD. He was on hemodialysis for the past three months. He had a surgical history of left pyelolithotomy in 2010.

On examination, he was a healthystage, whereby further relief of the volume of the apparatus, as well as the energy input, is achieved.
Accordingly, the marc entering the apparatus is first of all heated indirectly. This causes part of the solvent to evaporate but, as long as the material being desolventised still contains some solvent, its temperature will not rise to above the boiling point of the solvent at the prevailing pressure. In a second stage, direct steam causes the remaining solvent to evaporate and the temperature of the material being desolventised to rise to close to the boiling point of water at the prevailing pressure. The treatment of the material being desolventised at this elevated temperature and moisture level is commonly referred to as toasting. In the case of soya bean meal, toasting


The term “electric vehicle” as used herein, includes vehicles having an electric machine for vehicle propulsion, such as battery electric vehicles (BEV), hybrid electric vehicles (HEV), and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV). A BEV includes an electric machine, wherein the energy source for the electric machine is a battery that is re-chargeable from an external electric grid. In a BEV, the battery is the source of energy for vehicle propulsion. A HEV includes an internal combustion engine and one or more electric machines, wherein the energy source for the engine is fuel and the energy source for the electric machine is a battery. In a HEV, the engine is the main source of energy for vehicle propulsion with the battery providing supplemental energy for vehicle propulsion (the batterybuffers fuel energy and recovers kinematic energy in electric form). A PHEV is like a HEV, but the PHEV has a larger capacity battery that is rechargeable from the external electric grid. In a PHEV, the battery is the main source of energy for vehicle propulsion until the battery depletes to a low energy level, at which time the PHEV operates like a HEV for vehicle propulsion.
Electric vehicles may include a voltage converter (DC-DC converter) connected between the battery and the electric machine. Electric vehicles that have AC electric machines also include an inverter connected between the DC-DC converter and each electric machine. A voltage converter increases (“boosts”) or decreases (“bucks”) the voltage potential to facilitate torque capability optimization. The DC-DC converter includes an inductor (or reactor) assembly,


WASHINGTON  One of Al Qaeda's senior theologians is calling on his followers to end their military jihad and saying the attacks of September 11, 2001, were a "catastrophe for all Muslims."

In a serialized manifesto written from prison in Egypt, Sayyed Imam al-Sharif is blasting Osama bin Laden for deceiving the Taliban leader, Mullah Omar, and for insulting the Prophet Muhammad by comparing the September 11 attacks to the early raids of the Ansar warriors. The lapsed jihadist even calls for the formation of a special Islamic court to try Osama bin Laden and his old comrade Ayman al-Zawahri.

The disclosures from Mr. Sharif, also known as Dr. Fadl and Abd al-Qadir ibn Abd al-Aziz, have already opened a rift at the highest levels of Al Qaeda. The group'sdeputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, a former associate of the defecting theologian in Egypt, personally mocked him last month in a video, remarking that he was unaware Egyptian prisons had fax machines. Meanwhile, leading Western analysts are saying the defection of Mr. Sharif indicates the beginning of the end for Al Qaeda.

The author of "Inside Al Qaeda," Rohan Gunaratna said in an interview this week, "There is nothing more important than a former jihadist as important as Dr. Fadl criticizing the jihadist vanguard." Mr. Gunaratna, who acts at times as a consultant for American and Western intelligence, described the reformed theologian as "both an ideologue and operational leader, but he was primarily an ideologue."

An expert on Islamic terrorism with the Jamestown Foundation, Steven Ulph, also said the defection of Mr.


seminal texts for Sunni jihadism and in particular Al Qaeda, in "Fundamental Concepts Regarding Jihad" and "The Five Ground Rules for the Achieving of Victory or Its Absence." Those books are scholarly justifications, citing the Koran and Hadiths, for joining a war against Muslim apostates such as the Egyptian ruling class and for a broader jihad against the far enemy of America.

Originally rounded up in the arrests following the 1981 assassination of Egyptian president, Anwar Sadat, Mr. Sharif served in an Egyptian jail with Ayman al-Zawahri, who would later go on to be the deputy to Mr. bin Laden. In 2001, shortly after the September 11 attacks, Mr. Sharif was arrested in Yemen and was later sent to Egypt in 2003 or 2004.

His latest texts are a renunciationof his earlier work, saying the military jihad or war against apostate states and America is futile. But the ex-jihadist also calls into question the virtue of Mr. bin Laden and Mr. Zawahri. In some ways the manifesto reads in parts like a spicy Washington memoir by an embittered former official.

Of his old associates he writes, "Bin Laden, al-Zawahri, and others fled at the beginning of the American bombing [in Afghanistan], to the point of abandoning their wives and families to be killed along with other innocent people," according to a translation provided by the Middle East Media Research Institute. It goes on, "I think that a sharia court should be established, composed of reliable scholars, to hold these people accountable for their crimes  even if in


absentia  so that those who are ignorant in their religion do not repeat this futility."

Mr. Sharif also says Mr. Zawahri informed on his friends after he was arrested following the Sadat assassination in 1981. "I don't know of anyone in Islamic history having committed such deceit, fraud, falsification, and betrayal of trust with such hostility to someone else's book, and perverted it - no one before Ayman al-Zawahri," he wrote.

Last month, in a video produced by Al Qaeda's production company, Mr. Zawahri said the latest recantations from his one time friend were the result of torture, asking if the electrical current for the fax machine he used to serialize his new book in the Arabic press also powered the prison's electric chair. Egypt has been singled outby Human Rights Watch and other human rights groups for the practice of torture in its prisons, particularly the use of electric shocks. In February, a man named Abu Omar who claimed to be kidnapped by the CIA and transported to an Egyptian prison described in detail how he was tortured during his interrogations by Egypt's security services.

On Monday, an American intelligence official familiar with the interrogation of Mr. Sharif said that in 2004 the Al Qaeda cleric was tortured. "All I am saying is that screw drivers were involved," this official, who asked to be anonymous, said. When asked if Mr. Sharif was tortured, Mr. Gunaratna responded by saying, "He spent time in an Egyptian prison."

But Mr. Gunaratna also said he believed Mr. Sharif's conversion was genuine.


"He has had a genuine change of heart because we are seeing a trend today in Egypt where the original members of both of the major jihadist organizations are turning, the senior members of these groups, many have gone back and been remorseful," he said. "He is not an exception because there is a trend. . . The traditional jihad movement is almost coming to an end. What has it accomplished in more than 25 years?"

Two spokesmen for American government agencies yesterday declined to comment on this story.shoulder girdle, which itself consists of the clavicle and scapula (or shoulder blade bone). The scapula is a large, flat, triangular bone, located at the rear of the rib cage at an upper left border. The scapula is capable of movement in several directions. Upwards (elevation) and downwards (depression), forwards (protraction) and backwards (retraction), in addition to circumduction (pivoting upward and outward or inward and downward over the posterior of the rib cage). Several muscles control these scapular movements, including the trapezius, pectoralis major and minor, and the rhomboids.
The scapula is an essential part of normal shoulder function. The scapulothoracic articulation accounts for approximately 30% of all shoulder motion, with the remaining 70% provided by the glenohumeral joint. There are 17 muscular attachments to the scapula. These muscles


Every Saturday, one hot-button topic will be highlighted in the form of a mailbag question:

Is Dion Lewis in danger of getting cut? Even though the Pats are unbeaten with him in the lineup? — NF (@bosox3304) August 10, 2017

Is it weird that Lewis is still in the game? — Victoria (@ToriGrignon) August 11, 2017

With the New England Patriots sitting most of their top players in the preseason opener, and running back Dion Lewis totaling 24 snaps (more than any running back), it sparked several questions from followers on what that means for Lewis' chances to be on the 53-man roster.

I had Lewis as a lock heading into training camp. My opinion hasn't changed based on Thursday night.

When I re-watched the game, I highlighted one play in my notes-- a 12-yard run with 1 minute, 52 seconds remaining in the second quarter -- and wrote the following next to it: "The old Dion is back."

What stood out to me watching the game was Lewis' ability to make an initial tackler miss and create yardage after the catch. He finished with 32 yards on seven carries (4.6 average) and added four catches for 23 yards (5.8 average).

I viewed his extended workload as a sign that he is behind Mike Gillislee (slowed by a hamstring injury), Rex Burkhead and James White on the depth chart and that coaches thought there was a benefit to giving him extra work as he works to get back to his 2015 form. As Lewis has said, last year was a challenging one


The following year, New York, Massachusetts and Maryland followed. In 1928, New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania also adopted such voluntary programs. Report of the Motor Vehicle Inspection Commission to the Governor (Feb. 15, 1978) (1978 MVIC Report) at 51.[3]
A short time thereafter, the New Jersey Legislature decided to go further. L. 1931, c. 127 (see N.J.S.A. 39:8-1 and 2) provided the first specific statutory authority for a mandatory vehicle inspection program in the State. Implementation of the law was contingent upon the Governor's issuance of a proclamation to institute the program. However, the Governor never issued the necessary proclamation and, accordingly, no inspections were conducted under this law. 1978 MVIC Report at 51.
Five years later, a mandatory periodic vehicle inspection program with a few exceptions was finally enactedAct focused upon the control of air pollutants which were known to negatively impact on public health. With regard to automobile emissions, the pollutants with the highest impact were found to be ground level ozone, volatile organic compounds, nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide. The Act required the EPA to establish clean air standards and to assist individual states in achieving these standards. 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 7401-7642.
On July 1, 1972, New Jersey commenced, on an advisory basis, its first emissions testing program for motor vehicles. On February 1, 1974, New Jersey became the first state to institute a mandatory testing program, using the same test standards as the advisory program. 1978 MVIC Report at 34-35. On November 1, 1975, the test standards were changed to make them more stringent.


state interests involved in safety and emissions inspections are met. It has never been the policy of this State to relieve an owner of all responsibility for the condition of his or her vehicle, or to relieve the vehicle from further inspection and oversight once the vehicle has passed an annual inspection. Rather, the legislative history evinces a mandate for continuous responsibility for and continuous oversight over the condition of motor vehicles registered in this State and operating on its roadways.
At the time defendant was stopped, there were 10 MITs operating in the State. Each team is comprised of four motor vehicle inspectors who work in conjunction with the local police departments. They work Monday through Friday, and to avoid interfering with the commuting traffic, their normal hoursdid present significant data which clearly indicates the benefit MITs generate with respect to highway safety and cleaner air. The percentage of violations discovered by the MITs was overwhelming.
The MITs are instrumental in detecting violations relating to driving credentials and in uncovering violations or defects impacting substantially on the public safety and health. As one of the State's witnesses indicated, "the Mobile Inspection Teams are more effective in spotting equipment violations" than are the SICs. For example, in 1989, the MITs uncovered 2,332 vehicles with steering and suspension defects, 3,247 vehicles with brake defects, 6,391 vehicles with improperly-working lights, and 3,734 vehicles that were unlawfully polluting our air.
In 1990, the MITs uncovered 4,907 vehicles with faulty steering, suspension or tires, 6,196 vehicles with brake defects, 11,490 vehicles with


for the years 1989, 1990 and 1991 clearly demonstrate that the need for roadside inspections is substantial. One of the State's witnesses testified that the reason there were so many of these *368 safety violations, despite the fact that the State requires all vehicles to be inspected at least once a year, is that some violations were intentional in that people alter their vehicles after inspection and then get stopped on the road, and some violations are due to normal wear and tear.
The record plainly establishes that the SICs and the yearly inspection process cannot keep pace with even the most routine vehicle wear and tear, nor with those motorists who insist on altering their vehicles after inspection. Experience has also demonstrated that, even with the operation ofsaid in an interview last week.

An earlier policy issue facing Microsoft suggests how Mr. Smith likes to handle problems with pragmatism. When he interviewed for the general counsel job in 2001 with Bill Gates and other senior leaders of the company, Microsoft was facing a litany of penalties in its antitrust battle with the Justice Department, narrowly avoiding a government-ordered breakup of the company.

But a new wave of antitrust battles in Europe and from private companies loomed. During his interview, Mr. Smith showed the executives a single slide declaring that Microsoft needed to make peace with its foes.

At the time, Microsoft was widely seen as a bully. People who know Mr. Smith said that changing the company’s legal stance in the antitrust case, as well as later legal


F. RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

ORDER

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On June 30, 1995, Charles M. Vorhees ("Vorhees"), executor of the estate of Helen Brach, filed suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.  Vorhees sought declaratory and injunctive relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2201, claiming that section 49.1 of the Illinois Aeronautics Act is "repugnant to the concepts of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and thereby and otherwise violative of the Fourteenth Amendment of it."   The named defendants included Kirk Brown, Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation ("IDOT");  William L. Blake, Director of the IDOT Division of Aeronautics;  the County of DuPage, Illinois;  the City of Aurora, Illinois;  the City of Naperville, Illinois;  and thethe farm has been subject to significant recent development.

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In 1956, a private airport was built adjacent to the farm.  The airport's runway has its northern end abutting the southern boundary of the farm.  Today, the airport is operated by the Naper Aero Club for the private use of the Club's members.  Due to the proximity of the runway to the farmland, aircraft taking off from and landing at the airport necessarily traverse the farm at low altitude.

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In 1989, attempting to prevent developers from constructing tall structures near airport runways that would interfere with aircraft flight paths, the Illinois legislature enacted an amendment to the Illinois Aeronautics Act which provided that "[n]o person may create or construct any airport hazard which obstructs a restricted landing area


Helene Eliassen, M.D.

Dr. Helene Eliassen graduated from medical school at Karolinska Institue in Stockholm Sweden. She went on to complete her family practice residency in Solleftea, Sweden. Dr. Helene moved to the United States in 1988 and worked for one year at the Miami Children's Hospital in Florida before working in Pediatrics in Key West and Delray Beach, Florida where she continues to work.

Dr. Helene moved with her family to Alaska in 1989. Prior to moving to Anchorage she lived in Homer for a year working at a family practice clinic. In Anchorage Dr. Helene has worked in multiple family practice / urgent care clinics and has been part-time with us since 2002. She splits her time between Anchorage and Florida with her 3 grown kids and aafter effect. We were actually walking around here this morning just saying how somber the mood is. It's almost quiet as you come into the area in comparison to the other areas in Paris.

GREENE: The voice of one Parisian there speaking to NPR's Eleanor Beardsley, who like so many people in Paris are just trying to understand all of this, what happened yesterday at Notre Dame. Eleanor, thank you so much.

BEARDSLEY: Thank you, David.

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GREENE: So during past presidential elections it's been pretty standard for major party nominees to release their tax returns.

INSKEEP: In 2016, candidate Donald Trump became the first general election candidate in more than four decades who did not keep a promise to release them. Democrats in Congress have more recently requested his taxes,


highest income, and they were taxed at the highest rate. Beto O'Rourke and his wife have significant assets and investments and, according to his 2017 tax return, didn't give a whole lot to charity. And Elizabeth Warren, she was the most charitable. But a notable finding from these tax returns was what it showed about Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent senator. For years and years he's been one of the least wealthy members of Congress. But since his 2016 campaign, he was able to cash in on a book that he wrote, "Here We Go From Here" (ph). And he has lambasted millionaires and billionaires, as we know, for years - but guess what? After 2016, he made over a million dollars in some of those years. Andbase, you know, and that's - we've never seen a president who has focused more on his base to try to win re-election.

GREENE: NPR lead political editor Domenico Montanaro. Thanks, Domenico.

MONTANARO: You're so welcome.

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GREENE: Let's look back to the year 2000. Measles was declared officially eliminated from the United States after a full year of no transmissions.

INSKEEP: But now the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is seeing the virus return. New numbers were released yesterday and so far 555 cases - 555 - have been reported this year alone. New York City last week declared a public health emergency. New York's Herminia Palacio, Deputy Mayor of Health and Human Services asked parents to do more.

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HERMINIA PALACIO: When you make the decision not


therefore fully briefed and ripe for adjudication.

III. THE AMENDED COMPLAINT
By any reasonable measure, the Amended Complaint is sprawling; it consists of over two hundred paragraphs (several with discrete sub-parts), spans fifty-nine pages, and is accompanied by two lengthy exhibits. In the opening paragraph, Plaintiffs claim to seek "judicial review of the final administrative decisions of the Secretary. . . as to the amount of Medicare `outlier' payments due Plaintiffs for services provided under the Medicare program for fiscal years 1998-2006," Am. Compl. ¶ 1, but this rather discrete description is misleading, as the allegations in the Amended Complaint sweep much more broadly. Indeed, as described by Plaintiffs themselves, at the "heart" of their case is a wide-ranging challenge to the way the Secretary "implemented" the outlier payment system.category fit awkwardly in the standing framework by virtue of the fact that, as explained below, they fail to state a plausible entitlement to relief. See infra Part IV.A.2. Plaintiffs tender a handful of vague and non-specific allegations contending that the Secretary implemented and enforced the outlier payment system in a way that failed to correct outlier "underpayments" and resulted in denying Plaintiffs the financial protection that Congress intended. In this regard, the category is similarly premised upon the contention that the Secretary's actions or inactions caused Plaintiffs direct economic harm. These allegations, although insufficient to state a plausible claim for relief, pass muster to support a finding of standing at the pleading stage. See Sierra Club, 292 F.3d at 898-99 ("At the pleading stage, `general factual allegations


Mountain range, beginning to draw with it what's left of the light in the Upper Galilee, we set off to see the cranes. Our group, mostly journalists from around the world, are being led out into the middle of the broad Hula Valley by the steady pull of a battered old tractor...

At first glance, Jonathan Rosen's latest book, The Life of the Skies , subtitled Birding at the End of Nature , seems to be about, well, birds. But The Life of the Skies is about more than that. While exploring history, religion and culture, as found in literature spanning thousands of years, Rosen shows his readers -- and, in fact,...

As the effects of global warming continue to spread throughout the world, Israeli scientists -- and one, inextending from the second housing. In this manner, ratcheting control is provided for the pivotal movement of the first housing within the second housing.
However, in Godwin U.S. Pat. No. 3,861,281 the first housing extends outwardly from the second housing upon pivotal movement with respect to the second housing. In addition to providing a potential hazard to passengers, extension of the first housing outside of the second housing disrupts the aesthetic contour of the dashboard. To avoid these problems, modern outlet louver assemblies utilize a single housing including two sets of directional vanes disposed for pivotal movement within the housing. This eliminates the need for pivotal motion of the first housing because the two sets of directional vanes provide complete directional control of the airflow. However, ratcheting contact between


of students? According to Brazilian news magazine Veja, which published the video last weekend, the officers thought that the vehicle looked suspicious because of its model — a Hyundai HB20, one of the most frequently stolen cars in the city— and because the driver was wearing a baseball cap.

“That cap is everything,” one of the officers say on the video as the chase begins.

When the car failed to stop right away, the officer opened fire, apparently aiming at the back tire. He missed and hit Vargas, who was sitting in the backseat. She was taken to the hospital but died from her injuries.

The video shows the moments after the shooting, when Vargas’s friends plea for help and file into the back of the patrol car as the officersLast August, Ms. Bishop was one of three candidates who vied for the party’s leadership after Malcolm Turnbull, who was then the prime minister, was ousted in a back-room revolt. Despite having higher public approval ratings than her two male opponents, she lost on the first ballot with less than 13 percent of the vote. Scott Morrison, who was then the treasurer of Australia, was elected by Liberal Party lawmakers as the next prime minister.

After the vote, Ms. Bishop opted to leave the cabinet and become a rank-and-file lawmaker.

Ms. Ford said she did not think “it even occurred” to male party members to elect a woman as their leader. Ms. Bishop was the first woman to formally stand for leader of the Liberal Party.

“She was hugely popular with


maps are a joy to play in. The maps in the core game were known to be a little unfriendly to snipers, but these new maps allow sharpshooters to ply their trade. There are plenty of wide-open areas and perches for skilled marksmen to draw a bead on unsuspecting players.
The first sniping map of note is Hazard, which is a long golf course set in the crumbling remains of a resort. The entire middle part of the map quickly devolves into a no-man's land, because any player wandering into that grassy course gets shot down within moments by hidden assailants. Because of this dynamic, most of the action gets pushed to the sides of the battlefield. On modes like Domination, this map can get especially trying (but exciting)pre-production, starring Jesse Eisenberg and to be directed by Louis Leterrier. There is no director attached to Clone at this early stage. The announcement was made by Bob Weinstein, co-chairman of The Weinstein Company (TWC).

In the year 2013, the first human Clone was created and within years Clones were in most homes only to be taken advantage of by their human owners and treated as slaves. Following a revolution, civil war erupted between Mankind and their Clone creations who were fighting for their freedom. The Clones won. In this new world where Clones dominate, we follow Ethan on his quest to turn the tide of the war back in our favor against impossible odds. Clones may have the same DNA blueprint as humans, but they are younger, stronger,


healthier and more evolved. Is Mankind prepared to outsmart and defeat their own Clones?

How to Defeat Your Own Clone is being produced by Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Eric Robinson at The Gotham Group. Peter McHugh at The Gotham Group is Executive Producer. Overseeing for Dimension Films are SVP of Production, Matthew Stein and VP of Production and Creative Affairs, Matthew Signer.

"I'm excited to be working with Gotham and Ed Ricourt and feel this story has a fun and unique take on cloning that will be an entertaining movie for audiences," said Bob Weinstein.

"When I first found this book, I knew it had amazing potential for an exciting and unique film, and Ed Ricourt has delivered upon that potential. As a producer, I couldn't be more energized to be inover and immediately fall arelax. Unfortunately, I was usually just starting to get excited when he was finishing.

Sex quickly became a source of frustration for me. I turned into one of those women who viewed intercourse as a duty rather than a pleasure.

About five months after we were married our sex life had a small awakening. Matt's best friend Michael was getting married. Matt was in charge of the stag party. He rented several sex movies.

The stag party was held on Friday night. Matt rented the tapes on Thursday. Matt also bought two bottles of tequila and some Margarita mix for the party.

After dinner Thursday night Matt and I decided to try making some margaritas. We weren't big takeers. We both had two. After the second round of


a big smile on his face. I told him to go take his shower and get the bedroom ready.

When Matt got out of the shower, I went into the bathroom and took mine.

When I walked into the bedroom a movie was playing on the television, the covers were turned down, but Matt wasn't sitting on the edge of the bed. Instead he was kneeling on the floor next to the bed.

I told him that I thought that was a pretty big hint.

He told me that he was hoping I would take it that way.

I lay down on the bed and told Matt to kiss my feet. He obeyed immediately. It was a real thrill when I felt Matt kiss my toes. Having another permister submit to you istable with six other guests. I was seated on Matt's right. Ed and June Miller, a middle aged couple from Peoria Illinois were seated on his left.

Frank and Barbara Cummings and their twelve year old mister Mark were seated directly across from us. The Cummings were from Memphis Tennessee.

A very handsome middle aged man named Brad Colby was seated on my right. Brad was alone.

Barbara Cummings and June Miller hit it off right away. They spent the entire dinner talking about interior decoration.

Matt, Ed Miller, Frank Cummings and Frank's mister Mark were all sports fanatics. All four of them jumped right into a discussion about the NCAA basketball tournament.

I turned to Brad and asked him what he did for a living. He told me he was a structural


engineer. He traveled the world building bridges. He was divorced. His wife got tired of having an absentee husband.

This was his first vacation in two years. His company made him take it. He didn't know anyone. He was very worried that he was going to get bored.

We had takes and appetizers. Brad and I got to know each other. He was absolutely filled with fascinating stories. He'd built bridges on all seven continents.

The more I got to know this man, the more I was taken with him.

Our dinners arrived. While we were eating Matt commented that I seemed to be having a good time.

I told him that I was.

When we finished the main course I told Matt that I needed to go the ladies room. I asked himmet Brad, but he was certainly an outstanding prospect. I asked Matt if it would be okay with him if I spent some time with Brad after dinner.

Matt was obviously very excited. He slowly nodded his head and told me to go ahead.

I stared at him and asked if he was sure.

He told me that he would never be absolutely sure, but he knew I loved him and he doubted that I would ever get a better opportunity to try this. He made it very clear that he wanted me to go ahead.

I told Matt that when we got back to the table I was going to ask him if we could go dancing after dinner. If he was really sure, he should tell me that he had


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Brad stood up when we returned to the table. He was a gentleman.

There was a cup of coffee at my place and Matt's place. He was also considerate.

The waiter brought the dessert tray. Brad recommended the Creme Brulee.

I told him that I'd never had it before. He told both Matt and me that we'd love it. All three of us ordered it. It was wonderful.

While we were eating our dessert I asked Matt if we could go dancing after dinner.

Matt looked at me. This was the moment of truth. He told me that he had his heart set on going to the casino after dinner. He wanted to play some black jack.

I looked at Brad and asked him if he likedto dance.

He told me that he loved to dance, but he didn't want to cause any trouble between Matt and me.

Matt was wonderful. He told Brad that it wouldn't bother him at all if he took me dancing. He said that he would actually be doing him a favor. It would allow him to go to the casino without feeling guilty.

Brad smiled at Matt and told him that if he really didn't mind he would love to take me to one of the cabarets. He would love having some company for the rest of the evening.

Matt asked if it was okay with me that he went to the casino.

I told him that it was fine with me. It seemed like all three of us were getting what we


wanted. He got to go play black jack, I got to go dancing and Brad had some company for the rest of the evening.

When we finished our dessert and coffee Matt stood up and excused himself. He was on his way to the casino.

I stood up and walked to the door of the dining room with him. When we got to the door I kissed his cheek and told him that I loved him.

He told me to have fun and not worry about him. He did ask me to call the room and let him know if I ended up spending the night with Brad.

I told him that I didn't think that was going to happen tonight. Tonight I just wanted to get to know Brad a littlebetter.

I asked Matt if he was really going to go to the casino.

He told me that he was. He'd never been to one before. I cautioned him that we couldn't really afford to lose any money. He laughed and told me not to worry. He was even cheaper than I was.

I gave him a kiss and told him to have fun. He smiled and told me that if anything did happen tonight he wanted to hear all about it as soon as I got back to the room. He told me to wake him up if he was relaxing.

I told him that I would and asked him if he remembered how Sandra and Julie told Stevie about their dates when they got home.

Matt grinned and told me he


had a chance to truly appreciate just how good a dancer Brad was. I got into an easy rhythm with him and it felt like we were gliding over the dance floor.

We danced like this for a little while then Brad gradually shortened our steps and pulled me closer to him. I responded and pressed my cheek against his chest.

Brad was a tall man. He was at least 6'2". I'm only 5'4". When he pulled me close to him he was able to envelope me in his arms. It felt good.

As we danced Brad slid his hand to the small of my back and pressed his hips against me. I suddenly realized that he had an erection.

I could tell that he had a big cock. I was excited.I wanted to see it. I wanted to touch it and play with it.

I stood on my tiptoes and whispered to him that he should take me to his room.

Brad nodded, took my hand and led me out of the cabaret.

If you aren't having fun, you aren't doing it right!

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Brad's stateroom was on the upper deck of the ship.

I was shocked when we walked inside. It was huge. There was a full sitting room and two large beds.

Brad noticed my reaction and told me to follow him. He pulled a curtain aside and opened a sliding glass door. There was a private balcony. We stepped outside. It was dark but the moon and the ship gave off enough light to see. The view was incredible.

Brad


to touch it.

Brad looked at me while he pushed a second finger into my cunt and told me that it had been over three years since he'd been with a woman.

I asked him how a man as handsome as he was didn't have lots of women.

He told me that he just didn't have time.

I asked him how he managed to cope with a life without sex.

He blushed and told me that he does what most men do in that situation. He masturbates.

I told him that when he was with me there were at least two nice alternatives to masturbation. I sat up and pulled his hand away from my cunt. I guided it to my lips and very suggestively started sucking on the two fingers that had justmy pussy.

I learned from the best porn stars in the business.

Brad lasted for a long time. I had a chance to try everything I saw in the movies. I even tried to deep throat his cock. I gagged. Those women make it look so easy, but it's really difficult.

I finished Brad's blow job by sucking his cock while I massaged his balls. He seemed to like that combination the best.

When Brad started cumming I pulled his cock out of my mouth and jacked him off while he ejaculated all over my face and hair. That was the way they did it in the movies.

Brad produced a lot more semen than Matt. By the time he was done cumming I was a mess. I kept jacking his cock until


A man from Denmark has been handed a six-month conditional prison sentence for spreading information about Popcorn Time. In what is being described as a first for Europe, the man was convicted after telling people how to download, install and use the movie streaming service. He was also ordered to forfeit $83,300 in ad revenue and complete 120 hours community service.

In August 2015, police in Denmark announced they had arrested a man in his thirties said to be the operator of a Popcorn Time-focused website. Popcorntime.dk was subsequently shut down and its domain placed under the control of the state prosecutor.

“The Danish State Prosecutor for Serious Economic and International Crime is presently conducting a criminal investigation that involves this domain name,” a seizure notice on the site reads.

“Asa court in Odense, Denmark, handed the now 39-year-old man behind PopcornTime.dk a six-month conditional prison sentence for spreading information about the controversial movie streaming service.

Senior prosecutor Dorte Køhler Frandsen from SØIK (State Attorney for Special Economic and International Crime), who was behind the criminal proceedings, described the successful prosecution as a first-of-its-kind moment for the entire region.

“Never before has a person been convicted of helping to spread streaming services. The judgment is therefore an important step in combating illegal streaming on the Internet and will reverberate throughout Europe,” Frandsen said.

According to a statement from the prosecutor, the 39-year-old earned 506,003 Danish Krone ($83,363) in advertising revenue from his website in 2015. In addition to forfeiting this amount and having his domain confiscated, the man will also be


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Prime Minister Tony Abbott has acknowledged that 50 Australian police officers who have flown to London ahead of a mission to secure the MH17 crash site may face ''difficulty'' as armed pro-Russian militiamen maintain their grip on the war-torn area.

Mr Abbott said on Thursday that he had spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the plan the previous evening - considered a key step in getting security forces on the ground to protect the investigation scene and complete the recovery of victims' bodies.

About 50 Australian Federal Police were due to arrive in London on Thursday evening, Australian time, before a possible security mission to the crash site alongside counterparts from the Netherlands and other countries that lost citizens in the crash.

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Foreign Minister Julie Bishopwas leaning way over, then I was sliding on the ground with the 450lbs motorcycle bouncing and flipping on top of me. There was no warning and no time to react, just the surprise realization that something bad was happening.

It was over almost as soon as it started. I kicked the bike off my left leg and stood up. Doing that was confusingly more difficult than usual. I looked around and there was a car sitting right there with a lady looking at me just totally aghast. Mouth open, a look of shock on her face. I remember seeing her eyes and knowing it was bad, but also remember refusing to accept that.

Autopilot kicked in and I tried to pick my bike up to move it out of


Friday that Sessions told White House counsel Don McGahn in a phone call last weekend that he could leave the Justice Department in the event of Rosenstein's ouster.

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In the phone call withthis game?IAN: The core influences were Laser Squad Nemesis, Chaos League, and Counter Strike. I mixed those with my own ADHD and love of novelty, along with a tiny bit of Duplicate Bridge. Then I played it and iterated it a lot until it was fun enough for me to choose over all other games, even when I wasn't working.

PAUL: Aesthetically, the game was influenced by a bunch of different things: primarily the work of of the interface designer Mark Coleran, and movies like Mission Impossible. We didn't think there were enough games based on the slick, cool interface you might see in a movie. I wanted to make an indie game which really "popped" in screenshots and was a million miles away from the kind of irritating,


as "Ian Hardingham's flexible tool" (feel free to chuckle) at one point - my school-enemies loved that. It got published as part of a Dungeon Keeper add-on kit in Germany.PAUL: That was what I meant - the Germany thing. Awesome.

IAN: I made a Red Alert 1 mod called "Didcot Apocalypse".PAUL: Ha ha, I actually didn't know that. That's such a good name for a mod. I once made a series of three games called Sheep Splatter in Klik and Play. They were lightgun games and they were really really good. They'd probably win an IGF award for innovation these days.

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IAN: I worked on a mod to port Shadow Warrior to the Unreal Tournament 1 engine. I modded Tribes 2 extensively.PAUL: Ithat Ty contends are copies of its copyrighted pig ("Squealer") and cow ("Daisy").  Ty began selling the "Beanie Babies" line, including Squealer, in 1993, and it was the popularity of the line that induced GMA to bring out its own line of bean-bag stuffed animals three years later.  GMA does not contest the part of the injunction that enjoins the sale of Louie, but asks us on a variety of grounds to vacate the other part, the part that enjoins it from selling Preston.

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We have appended to our opinion five pictures found in the appellate record.  The first shows Squealer (the darker pig, actually pink) and Preston (white).  The second is a picture of two real pigs.  The third and fourth are different


views of the design for Preston that Janet Salmon submitted to GMA several months before Preston went into production.  The fifth is a picture of the two bean-bag cows;  they are nearly identical.  A glance at the first picture shows a striking similarity between the two bean-bag pigs as well.  The photograph was supplied by GMA and actually understates the similarity (the animals themselves are part of the record).  The "real" Preston is the same length as Squealer and has a virtually identical snout.  The difference in the lengths of the two animals in the picture is a trick of the camera.  The difference in snouts results from the fact that the pictured Preston was a manufacturing botch.  And GMAinference that GMA copied Squealer.  In rebuttal all that GMA presented was the affidavit of the designer, Salmon, who swears, we must assume truthfully, that she never looked at a Squealer before submitting her design.  But it is not her design drawing that is alleged to infringe the copyright on Squealer;  it is the manufactured Preston, the soft sculpture itself, which, as a comparison of the first with the third and fourth pictures in the appendix reveals, is much more like Squealer than Salmon's drawing is.  And remember that the manufactured Preston in the photograph is a sport, with its stubby snout and its ribbon.  Interestingly, these are features of Salmon's drawing but not of the production-model Preston, suggesting design intervention between Salmon's


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The star refused to let her ill health affect her social plans and headed to dinner at Benihana in Encino, Calif.,to attract foreign banks interested in capturing regional business. Telecommunications—-provided by a sole state-owned enterprise--are reliable, but expensive. Djibouti offers significant incentives to private-sector investors, but obstacles to foreign investment include a small domestic market, and high labor and energy costs.

The Government of Djibouti recognizes the crucial need for foreign investment for the economic development of the country. Djibouti's assets include a strategic geographic location, an open trade regime, a stable currency, substantial tax breaks, and other incentives. Potential areas of investment include:

-- Transport/Shipping: Djibouti’s service-based economy revolves around its port business. A new fuel pier was dedicated in 2006, and a new USD 400 million container terminal in 2009.

--Services Sectors: Djibouti’s financial services sector continues to grow, as do port-related services such as freight forwarding. There is


the Port of Djibouti (since 2000), Djibouti International Airport (since 2002), and Djibouti Customs (since 2005).

The most important foreign direct investment in Djibouti is the Doraleh Port Project, located just west of the current seaport. The Doraleh Port Project already encompasses an oil terminal (dedicated 2006) and a container terminal (dedicated 2009), and is slated to include a large industrial and commercial free zone. The Doraleh Container Terminal handles sixth-generation container ships, and serves as both the principal port for landlocked Ethiopia, and as a transshipment hub.

In 2008, the Al-Noor Holding Group announced plans to construct a bridge linking Yemen and Djibouti. This estimated USD 200 billion project would include the construction of two new cities, one on each side of the bridge, with a special economic status.This is an ambitious, generational project likely to take many years to complete.

The Ethiopia-Djibouti Railway Company (CDE)--jointly owned by the governments of Djibouti and Ethiopia--has for several years faced serious and financial and technical difficulties, largely linked to aging machinery and tough competition from Ethiopian trucking companies. The European Union has recently pledged 50 million Euros to help rehabilitate the CDE’s narrow-gauge tracks and renovate several bridges. Several recent attempts to establish private management of the CDE have failed, including negotiations with the South African company COMAZAR (2006) and the Kuwaiti Al-Ghanem Group (2008).

In April 2004, the Government of Djibouti conceded its fishing port to a private firm, Djibouti Maritime Management Investment (DMMI). A fish laboratory and a fish processing factory were inaugurated in 2009. Seafood products are


exported regionally. However, local standards reportedly still fall short of the most stringent international export requirements.

Djibouti’s National Investment Promotion Agency (NIPA), created in 2001, promotes private-sector investment, facilitates investment operations, and works to modernize the country's regulatory framework. The Minister of Investment Promotion—-a position created in 2008—-oversees NIPA. NIPA assists foreign and domestic investors by disseminating information and streamlining administrative procedures. Its ultimate goal is to serve as a one-stop shop for investors. NIPA identifies fishing, banking, insurance, tourism, health, and manufacturing as priority sectors for investment. In 2009, NIPA was particularly successful in attracting local companies to invest in Djibouti.

The government introduced a Value Added Tax (VAT) system in January 2009. The VAT consists of a flat rate tax of 7 percent imposed on companies with anannual turnover exceeding 80 million Djiboutian Francs (approximately USD 450,000). Whenever VAT is levied at 7 percent, other existing taxes on the same transaction are reduced by 7 percent. Between 2004 and 2008, the government lowered taxes on several categories of goods to counteract inflation and encourage business sector growth.

Djibouti belongs to a number of regional groupings, including the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), which groups 19 countries into a common market of more than 300 million people. Djibouti is eligible to benefit from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), and is also a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO). In addition, Djibouti is among the 34 African least developed countries with the option of entering


inter alia, extends legal protections to French investments in Djibouti.

Dispute Settlement

Djibouti's legal system is based on French law, and consists of three courts: a Court of First Instance, presided over by a single judge; a Court of Appeals, with three judges; and the Supreme Court. The government has increased funding for the judiciary and recognized the need to increase the transparency and efficiency of the judicial process. International lawyers practicing in Djibouti have reported effective application of maritime and other commercial laws, but there have been occasional reports in the past from foreign companies operating in Djibouti that court deliberations were biased or delayed.

Judgments by foreign courts are in principle accepted by Djiboutian courts, and Djibouti is member of the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes.Organization (WIPO) convention, the Paris Convention on the Protection of Industrial Rights, and the Bern Convention on the Protection of Literature and Art Works. In July 2006, Djibouti passed an additional law (Law 154) enforcing the protection of copyrights. In April 2009, the government created the Office of Industrial and Commercial Property Rights, and passed a comprehensive law on the protection of property rights in July 2009. In practice, protection of intellectual property rights has not been strictly enforced.

Transparency of the Regulatory System

Djibouti’s Port, Free Zone, airport, and customs service are now managed by Dubai Ports World. With the port and its related activities accounting for much of Djibouti’s formal economy, the effect of Dubai World’s private management has been substantial. Port and customs revenues have increased significantly,


and shippers note striking improvement in the transparency and efficiency of those operations. There are ongoing efforts to foster similar transparency in the rest of the economy, but bureaucratic obstacles and delays are often a problem.

Efficient Capital Markets and Portfolio Investment

Two large French commercial banks, Indosuez Bank and Bank for Commerce and Industry (which is partially owned by the Government of Djibouti), dominated the banking system for years. While these two banks still account for the lion’s share of deposits in-country, they now face competition from five new commercial banks, all established in Djibouti between 2006 and 2009. Credit is allocated on market terms, and foreign companies do not face discrimination in obtaining it. However, generally only well-established businesses obtain bank credit, as the cost of credit ishigh.

Djibouti’s five new commercial banks are: the International Commercial Bank, a Malaysian firm recently listed in London; the Saba Islamic Bank of Yemen; the Bank of Deposits and Credits of Djibouti, a bank backed by Swiss capital; Salam African Bank, an Islamic bank with shareholders from East Africa; and the Credit and Agricultural Bank of Yemen. The Central Bank has also approved a license for Dahabshiil Bank, which is already active in Djibouti a registered money-transfer service, and expects to begin banking operations during 2010. Deposits in the new banks have grown by more than 25 percent since January 2009, while their loans grew spectacularly at more than 220 percent during the same period. Nevertheless, the new banks have captured only some 10 percent of the market, according


favorably on companies which practice good corporate responsibility.

Political Violence

In 2009, there were no reports of political violence, but police dispersed several unauthorized demonstrations. There were no deaths or reports of serious injuries as the result of such protests. Sporadic youth violence between groups of young men in Djibouti City was an occasional problem, but police were quick to respond to such incidents. There were isolated claims of official impunity, arbitrary arrest and detention, and interference with privacy rights. Enforcement of libel laws impacted press freedom, and there were restrictions on freedom of assembly and association. Despite legal guarantees, there was also government interference with union activities and leaders. An ongoing border dispute with Eritrea, which led to fighting in June 2008, remains a potential source of instability innorthern Djibouti.

Corruption

Corruption exists in Djibouti and sometimes becomes an obstacle to investment and business development. Privatization of port, airport, and customs operations continued to substantially increase transparency and government revenues in the most important sectors of the economy. Recent major foreign investors have reported that they have operated free of government interference or corruption, and the government of Djibouti has pledged to protect as well as welcome new investment. However, there have been reports in the past of government officials applying pressure on smaller investors to become their “partners" or to obtain sub-contracts. Despite a substantial improvement in customs transparency under Dubai World’s management, there are still reports of business owners attempting to bribe officials to evade import taxes. While there are occasional allegations of corruption in the


judicial system, public perceptions of judicial transparency continue to improve. Two magistrates were dismissed in 2007 as the result of an investigation into judicial misconduct.

However, prosecution and punishment for corruption has been relatively rare. The Chamber of Accounts and Fiscal Discipline (CAFD) has the authority to verify and audit all public establishments for transparency and accountability, and to implement necessary legal sanctions. The CAFD has reported on cases of lack of transparency and accountability in governmental agencies.

The State General Inspection (SGI), another government institution, complements the work of the CAFD by ensuring that human and material resources in the public sector are properly utilized. In 2009, the SGI completed an audit of ministries’ inventories of government property, in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance’s own inspector general. TheCAFD and SGI are mandated to produce regular reporting, although in practice these reports were not always completed in a timely manner. In 2009 state-run media began to air anticorruption public service announcements developed in conjunction with the SGI. The public service announcements were aired twice a week in four languages.

Bilateral Investment Agreements

Djibouti has several bilateral investment agreements, including with France, Ethiopia, Yemen, Egypt, Malaysia, and India. Other treaties to which Djibouti is a party include: the Partnership Agreement between the Members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP); the Agreement for the Promotion, Protection and Guarantee of Investment Among Member States of the Organization of Islamic Conference; the Articles of Agreement of the Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit; the


Unified Agreement for the Investment of Arab Capital in the Arab States; and the Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment and Development.

OPIC and other Investment Insurance Programs

Djibouti is eligible for Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) programs, and OPIC has supported Djibouti-based projects. Djibouti is a member of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), which issued its first guarantees in Djibouti for the Doraleh Port Project.

Labor

School attendance is compulsory until the age of sixteen, and gross enrollment rates have risen from approximately 38 percent in 1998 to approximately 67 percent in 2009. However, vocational and professional training facilities remain limited. Skilled Djiboutian workers—-especially in highly demanded trades such as construction--are in short supply. The government of Djibouti and the Port of Djibouti remain the nation’s main employers. However, there arethe norm in most sectors of the economy.

The Labor Code allows for employees to form labor unions. It also provides guidelines on wages, overtime pay, annual leave, sick leave, work schedules and holidays. A new 2006 Labor Code was criticized by labor unions, who have asserted that it gives more rights to employers at the expense of workers. Two large labor unions exist in Djibouti, but only the Djiboutian Workers Union (UDT) is recognized by international organizations. Unions have accused the government of Djibouti of interfering in their internal affairs.

In December 2007, the government created a National Agency for Employment, Training, and Professional Integration (ANEFIP). One of the objectives of ANEFIP is to become a viable interlocutor for investors. ANEFIP maintains a database of Djiboutian job-seekers with various


educational backgrounds and kinds of experience. ANEFIP also issues work permits to foreign workers.

Foreign Trade Zones/Free Trade Zones

In 1995 the entire country of Djibouti was designated a free-export processing zone. Any company working exclusively for export in the industrial sector is eligible for designation as an Export Processing Company (EPC). The 17-hectare Djibouti Free Zone has been operational since 2004. It has the capacity to house up to 100 companies, and is approaching full capacity. As a result of financial problems in Dubai, several Emirati companies did not renew their registrations at the Djibouti Free Zone in 2009. An expanded free zone is planned as part of the Doraleh Port Project, although no date has been set for construction. Additional free zones in the planning stages include aninternational airport free zone, and an automobile and heavy equipment free zone.

Foreign Direct Investment Statistics

The largest source of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Djibouti remains the Doraleh Port Project. Other FDIs include the construction of the five-star Kempinski Palace hotel, other construction and real estate growth, a U.S.-led salt extraction project at Djibouti’s Lac Assal, and nascent projects in the renewable energy sector.

The following data on annual FDI, from Djibouti’s Central Bank, show that estimated FDI in 2009 decreased somewhat. This trend is expected to continue in 2010, largely due to ongoing financial problems in Dubai.

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The Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain is pleased to announce that Amal Farah is now a Spokesperson of the organisation along with Maryam Namazie and Nahla Mahmoud.

Amal was born in the Somali capital Mogadishu and now resides in England. Her father Col. Mohamud Farah served under Somalia’s military dictator Siad Barre before he was forced into exile in 1983 where he served as a DFSS military commander until his death a year later. She was subsequently raised in a conservative Muslim household that practiced a purist and literal interpretation of Islam, an experience she found to be stifling and suffocating.

At seventeen Amal began to explore Islam deeply, studying the Quran and its meaning and Islamic history. She came to the conclusion several years later, whilst studying for aA small Pennsylvania town police chief and his friend have been charged with raping a child hundreds of times over seven years starting when the girl was just four.

Brent Getz, 27, was arrested and charged Tuesday along with Gregory Wagner, 28.

The alleged victim said both men sexually assaulted her, often at the same time, from 2005 to 2012.

The investigation began in 2012 when the child, who was 12 at the time, reported Wagner had been assaulting her, prosecutors said.

No charges were filed following an investigation.

Brent Getz (left), 27, the chief of police of Weissport, Pennsylvania, was arrested and charged Tuesday along with his friend, Gregory Wagner (right), 28

Three years later, a criminal complaint was prepared charging Wagner but it was dismissed due to a paperwork error.

Charges were never


refiled.

In August, a police officer revisited the case. It was then the victim said Getz also sexually abused her.

Getz became chief of police earlier this year in Weissport, a town of 412 people in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley, about 75 miles northwest of Philadelphia.

It is unknown whether council members who appointed Getz knew of the allegations.

A message was left with a phone number found for Paulette Watson, the mayor of Weissport.

Wagner admitted he and Getz sexually abused the girl together, prosecutors said. Attorney information for either man could not be found in court documents.

Both men remain jailed. Messages could not be left with phone numbers found for Getz and Wagner.

The victim said she was sexually assaulted hundreds of times between the ages of 4 and 11, both by Wagnerand Getz.

She said Wagner made her watch pornography with him. The attorney general's office did not disclose how the men knew the child.

Authorities found many electronic devices at Wagner's home, including his cellphone, which had Google searches of terms related to child pornography, prosecutors said.

Both Getz and Wagner were arraigned on charges. The men are scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing April 3.


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NMSU ROTC to host Las Cruces location of ?largest run in military history?

The New Mexico State University Air Force and Army ROTC will celebrate the Junior Reserve Officer?s Training Corps (JROTC) centennial by hosting the Las Cruces location of the Anniversary 5K Fun Run on Saturday, April 23.

?The Junior ROTC organization is trying to break a world record for the most participants in a military 5K by sponsoring this nationwide event,? said Lt. Col. Jeremiah Klomp, NMSU Air Force ROTC commander and professor of aerospace studies in the College of Arts and Sciences.

The 5K will be held simultaneously at locations worldwide, with the Las Cruces event beginning at 9 a.m. at NMSU?s Young Hall, 1300 S. Horseshoe Dr.

JROTC is a military-supported high school program thateducates and develops high school students in the area of military leadership and discipline, while making them aware of the benefits of active citizenship, Klomp explained.

The JROTC curriculum emphasizes academics, citizenship, character development, leadership skills, physical fitness and community service. Three local high schools ? Las Cruces, Mayfield and Onate ? currently have JROTC units.

?This event is a great opportunity to share more information about the JROTC programs and available classes for local high school students,? Klomp said. ?The Air Force and Army ROTC detachments at NMSU are proud to support the JROTC units in our local high schools wherever and whenever we can.?


were Hann Wang, Dong-Keun Lee, Kai-Yu Chen and Kangyi Zhang, all of UCLA’s department of bioengineering, School of Dentistry, California NanoSystems Institute and Jonsson Cancer Center; Jing-Yao Chen of UCLA’s department of chemical and biomolecular engineering; and Aleidy Silva of UCLA’s department of mechanical and aerospace engineering.

The work was supported in part by the National Cancer Institute, the National Science Foundation, the V Foundation for Cancer Research, the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation, the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening, and Beckman Coulter Life Sciences.TK Biography

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scientific literature. When we consulted with communities prior to starting this project, the 'old people' said 'we never had this problem' and began sharing stories of traditional health practices and a way of life. We were told some Indigenous Australians still practice a degree of 'Traditional Medicine' and they see health as a way of life, encompassing their land, law and culture, spirituality, economic, social, physical, mental and environmental well-being of its people. This was supported by Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr, a respected elder from one of our participating communities, who has described Aboriginal people as 'Food Gatherers'. She writes 'These "Food Gatherers", as well as physical, drew spiritual sustenance from nature and the land. It was this spiritual sustenance that gave them their real strength and the power for(i.e. management by an Indigenous council of community members); (iii) sufficient population (at least 5 births per annum); and (iv) signed, informed consent to participate in the study from the community council. The first three criteria were established through reference to published records, while the fourth criterion was established through a process of community consultation, as described later. Inclusion criteria for children within participating communities were as follows: (i) Aboriginal identity, as declared by parent or family member; (ii) permanent residency in the community, not an outstation, as defined by the council\'s population list, updated after consultation with community leaders; (iii) age 18 months to less than 48 months; (iv) no reported history of asthma; and (v) signed, informed consent of parent or family member.

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The project began in October 2005, with a 9-month period of community consultation to verify eligibility and to guide development of the community-level interventions. The consultation process also fulfilled requirements of the National Health and Medical Research Council and the Indigenous Advisory Committee of the Menzies School of Health Research.

A letter and information sheet describing the study was mailed and faxed to each community council along with follow-up telephone contact to solicit interest in a consultation visit. Communities that provided signed consent for the consultation visit were then visited by study personnel who spoke with council members, community elders and other community leaders in a 1-day visit. Information was provided about dental decay and its prevention, and community members were asked to describe theirliving in remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory of Australia. This paper uses both collective terms 'Indigenous' and 'Aboriginal' because individuals, organizations and publications relevant to the study use both terms.

The Top End is the most northern area of the Northern Territory, and it has a tropical climate; the Centre is the area around Alice Springs, and it has a desert climate; Katherine is the area south of Darwin surrounding the town of Katherine, and it has a sub-tropical climate; and East Arnhem is in the north east of the Territory, and it has a tropical climate.

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to all the community leaders and staff at community health centers. Finally, the study could not have been conducted without the support of all the Aboriginal families who participated in the study. Funding was provided by project grant \#320858 from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council. Colgate-Palmolive Pty Limited of Australia provided free supplies of Duraphat varnish and low-cost toothbrushes and toothpaste. Additional support for conduct of the study was provided by the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health and the Northern Territory Government Department of Health and Families.

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Colgate-Palmolive Pty Limited provided free supplies of Duraphat varnish used in this study, and they provided low-cost toothbrushes and toothpaste to community stores. Dr. Kaye Roberts-Thomson is Director of the Dental Practice Education Research UnitThe order to re-paint buildings was issued by Panchayat Raj commissioner | Photo courtesy: Ashish Pandey

In a controversial move, the YS Jaganmohan Reddy-led Andhra Pradesh government has decided to paint all panchayat buildings in party colours.

In an order issued by Panchayat Raj commissioner, the district collectors have been directed to paint all the Panchayat buildings in green, blue and white.

The colour scheme is similar to the YSR Congress Party's (YSRCP) flag colours.

Andhra Pradesh Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister, Botsa Satyanarayana, earlier even stirred a controversy by expressing the view of shifting capital Amravati - the dream capital as it was called which was also former Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu's ambitious project.


the Navy's request.

"Facing budget uncertainty - including a continuing resolution and the looming potential of $600 billion in across-the-board sequestration cuts - the U.S. Navy made this request to the secretary and he approved," said Little.

He added, "This prudent decision enables the U.S. Navy to maintain these ships to deploy on short notice in the event they are needed to respond to national security contingencies. "

The delay in sending the carrier is the most tangible sign that the military's operations could be affected by the automatic defense spending cuts that would be triggered on March 1.

Regardless of whether those cuts occur, the Pentagon's operations are also being stretched because it is still operating without a funding bill for the fiscal year. Instead, it, like the rest of thecombat teams outside of Afghanistan "at a reduced readiness level." Air Force flying hours and weapons systems maintenance would also be cut, putting some units "below acceptable readiness standards by the end of the fiscal year."

In preparation for sequestration, the Pentagon has already instituted a hiring freeze and authorized the layoffs of 46,000 temporary workers. Panetta warned that if sequestration takes place, the department's 800,000 civilians will have to miss as many as 22 days of work and could face a 20 percent cut in their salaries.

The Navy has had a near-continuous two-carrier presence in the Middle East for much of the past two years. But this past December, a delay in maintenance work on the USS Nimitz forced the Navy to reschedule its carrier deployment schedule and