re-employment age band; and clarify the conditions in which the current re-employment could be raised further and the long-term targeted age.

He also urged the Government to work out recruitment plans and conversion programmes to induct mature workers into growing areas such as healthcare, eldercare and ageing in place (support services to enable the elderly to age in the comfort of their homes).

He added: “These areas of growing job opportunities are also where mature workers can play to their strengths.”

Desmond Choo: Uncover the Value That Youths Bring to the Nation

LMP Desmond Choo spoke on youths and the future of Singapore’s economy. He highlighted the importance of social and career foundations, especially for youths and young Singaporean workers and families. One way to prepare this group is through the IndustryThe jury delivered their verdict after the five-day-long trial. Prince George's County Police Corporal Reginald Baker was found "not guilty" of second degree assault. He bowed in tears as one of his lawyers put his arm around him.

The jury foreman announced a different result for the second officer. Corporal James Harrison was found "guilty" of second degree assault, but "not guilty" of misconduct in office.

During their deliberations the jury twice asked to review the video of the clash in College Park between police and students the night Maryland beat Duke in basketball on March 3, 2010.

The jury decided that Corporal Baker, who was the first officer to hit student James McKenna was justified, because McKenna approached police horses after being ordered to stop. But Corporal Harrison, who joined


in hitting McKenna with a baton, used excessive force because the student was already on the ground and submissive.

Harrison is a 22 year veteran of the force who was once named "Officer of the Year" and won the "Medal of Valor."

Former University of Maryland student John McKenna reacted to the verdict saying, "I'm definitely glad that some justice has been done today. It has been a long two years for me and my family, but there's a broader crime committed here and it's way bigger than two cops charged in this trial. So we hope that the Department of Justice continues their investigation."

State's Attorney Angela Alsobrooks whose office prosecuted the two officers and Prince George's County police Chief Mark Magaw say they are partners in protecting the community

AlsobrooksAn investigation by the Wake Forest Athletic Department following the Wake Forest-Louisville football game on November 12th, found that former Wake Forest coach Tommy Elrod has provided or attempted to provide confidential game plan information to opposing teams, starting in 2014.

Elrod served as the Wake Forest color man on the IMG Radio Network beginning in 2014, and has been terminated immediately from his position at IMG.

According to a Wake Forest press release, he will “no longer broadcast Wake Forest football games and has been banned from Wake Forest athletics and its facilities.”

Elrod graduated from Wake Forest in 1997 and served as an assistant under Jim Grobe for 11 seasons. He was not retained by current head coach Dave Clawson.

The full press release from media relations is below in


its entirety:

“Following the Louisville football game on November 12, Wake Forest conducted a thorough investigation to determine if confidential and proprietary game preparation information had been compromised. The investigation was not limited to the situation with Louisville and was comprehensive in nature. The investigation determined the following:

Based on emails, text messages and phone records, Tommy Elrod, a radio announcer for Wake Forest football games, provided or attempted to provide confidential and proprietary game preparations on multiple occasions, starting in 2014.

No members of the Wake Forest athletic department, football staff or players were involved in any way in these actions.

Tommy Elrod is an alumnus of Wake Forest and was a member of the football team from 1993-1997. He later was hired as a graduate assistant under Jim Grobe andheld multiple positions for 11 seasons. He was not retained by Dave Clawson and joined the Wake Forest IMG Radio Network in 2014 as a football analyst covering Wake Forest football. Elrod has been terminated immediately from his position at IMG and will no longer broadcast Wake Forest football games. He has been banned from Wake Forest athletics and its facilities.

Wake Forest has notified all the appropriate entities related to these activities, and has taken steps to enhance security of game preparation activities. The University is satisfied with the actions taken and will have no further comment on the details of its investigation at this time.”

Statement from Ron Wellman, Wake Forest Director of Athletics:

I have known Tommy Elrod since his days as a player on our football team.


ministry announced that only eight out of the country's 74 biggest cities had passed the government's basic air quality standards in 2014.

Most of the cities found to have the worst air were in the northeast of the country.

China is attempting to cut pollution but still relies heavily on coal for its energy and industrial needs.Ben Garris, his natural life time, then to heirs or next of kin in case he has no heirs."
The habendum clause is regular in form, as follows:
"To have and to hold, all and singular, the said premises before mentioned unto the said Ben Garris, and his Heirs and Assigns forever."
The deed contains a general warranty to "Ben Garris or his heirs and assigns." The renunciation of dower by the wife of the grantor is "unto the within named Ben Garris, or his heirs or next nearest of kin Heirs and assigns."
*550 Ben Garris died on May 5, 1957. He had five children. The oldest died at the age of ten months. The record does not disclose whether this child was born before or after the above deed was


executed. The other four children were born subsequent to its execution and constitute the appellants on this appeal. They contend that their father, Ben Garris, only acquired a life estate under the above conveyance and as remaindermen they are now vested with fee simple title to the property. It is conceded that respondent through divers mesnes conveyances has acquired whatever title Ben Garris received under the foregoing deed. She and her predecessors in title have been in possession of the property under a claim of absolute ownership for 37 years. Ben Garris lost posession in 1923 through foreclosure proceedings.
The Master to whom the case was referred concluded that the word "heirs" in the granting clause was not used in its technical sense but to denote "children"; that Benand if he should die without any lawful heirs of his body, then it is to be the property of his other brothers and sisters then living equally divided between them." The habendum was regular in form to the grantee, his heirs and assigns forever. The Court held that *553 the grantee, to whom issue was born, acquired a fee simple title, subject to the life estate in the grantor. The decision was placed on several grounds. In the course of the discussion, the Court said: "If the phrase `his lawful heirs after him' limited the grantee to a life estate with remainder to his heirs or the heirs of his body (the latter in view of the words of the defeasance clause), the Rule in Shelley's Case


recalled the controversy over Trump's Twitter account sharing an image of Clinton over a background of money that labeled her "corrupt" in a six-pointed star, as well as instances where he has retweeted white supremacists.

Trump's three adult children have been active in his White House bid and regularly appear at campaign events and in media appearances defending their father.demolitions occurred.

They find that the clearest drops in firearm deaths and injuries occurred in areas where six to 12 abandoned buildings were demolished in the first 18 months of the demolition program. Areas where fewer buildings were demolished had smaller drops.

Jay, who will soon join the faculty of Boston University, worked with David Hemenway of Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health and FACTS co-director Marc Zimmerman of the U-M School of Public Health. Other co-authors were Luke Miratrix of the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Charles Branas of the Columbia Mailman School of Public Health, another FACTS faculty member.

Zimmerman, who is also the director of the Michigan Youth Violence Prevention Center, said demolitions are part of the process of cleaning up neighborhoods that show people care


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Conor is currently researching Ireland's physical culture movement as a PhD student at University College Dublin. When not in the library or the gym, he likes to try his hand at writing....with mixed results.(Reuters) - Sheriff's deputies have arrested four teenage boys suspected of slaughtering more than 900 chickens that were beaten to death by intruders at a poultry farm in central California, authorities said.

The birds were killed, some of them apparently with a golf club, during a break-in last month at the Foster Farms facility in Caruthers, the Fresno County Sheriff's Office said.

The Sheriff's Office said late on Wednesday that detectives acting on a tip from the public arrested 18-year-old Gabriel Quintero of Riverdale and three male juveniles, a 15-year-old and two 17-year-olds, earlier in the day.

It said evidence was found during the arrests that tied the suspects to the crime, but the office did not elaborate. It also said further evidence linking the four to the scene was discovered


during a follow-up investigation at the farm on Wednesday.

A total of 920 chickens died, police said. [ID:nL2N0RW1BC]

Quintero was booked into the county jail on charges of burglary and felony cruelty to animals, the Sheriff's Office said, while the three younger teenagers were booked into the Fresno Juvenile Justice Center on the same charges.

Livingston, California-based Foster Farms had called the killings "an unconscionable act" and offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to the prosecution of those responsible.

The company commended the Sheriff's Office and the public on Thursday for their swift action leading to the arrests.

Ira Brill, Foster Farms' director of communications, said in a statement the company will work with law enforcement to distribute the reward.

(Reporting by Daniel Wallis in Denver; Editing by Eric Beech)Bile acids are the principal solid dissolved in bile. They play major roles in the formation of bile water, in the solubilization of bile lipids, and in the dispersion of the products of lipolysis in the gut lumen. During past years of grant support, we have studied bile acid metabolism in the developing organism. We have shown that such fundamental processes as bile acid synthesis, hepatic secretion, and intestinal absorption, are incompletely developed at birth and undergo maturation during the first weeks of life. In the grant period immediately preceding this application, we reexamined the bile acid constituents of human meconium. Meconium, the first feces of the newborn, contains the intestinal content of the fetus at birth, and, as such, is a record of intrauterine intestinal events. To


CANTON, Ohio -- Dallas Cowboys left guard Nate Livings underwent a second surgery on his right knee in nearly six months, coach Jason Garrett confirmed Friday.

Livings' first surgery was in February. He aggravated the knee during organized team activities in May and hoped rest would take care of the issue. He missed the early part of training camp because of a cut on his foot but returned to the field and took over his first-team snaps. He sat out of Thursday's practice because of knee soreness.

The typical recovery time from a scope is two to four weeks, which would put Livings' availability for the season opener against the New York Giants in doubt. Livings is the second starter to need knee surgery in camp, joining linebacker Anthony Spencer.

Injuriesforms, but on the other hand, discoveries are few and far between. This article introduces a couple of new species discovered in 2006.

Study of new species contributes to the knowledge base of microevolutionary patterns and processes of parrot evolution and can be used to test the relative contribution that different microevolutionary forces have in shaping species.

Camiguin Hanging-parrot, Loriculus (philippensis) camiguinensis

This parrot was first described in 2006 and is found on the island of Camiguin in the Philippines. It was identified as a separate species from the Philippine Hanging Parrot (Loriculus camiguinensis). It is a mostly green bird measuring around five and a half inches. It was discovered in Camiguin's forest in the coconut plantations, and there are thought to be a population of around 2,000.

Tucuman Mitred Conure, Aratinga


sun conure is only about twelve inches long from head to tail. They have a large head and beak with very striking colors. They usually have lots of yellow, orange and green on them. Their beak is black and their feet are gray. This bird originates from the eastern parts of South America, mostly by the Amazon River. It isn't found in as many places as it used to be found because people came and took the birds to sell them. They used to be found in Southeast Venezuela, Northeast Brazil, Northern Amazon, Guyana, Surinam and French Guiana.

One of the best things about this bird besides its beauty is how affectionate it is. They are extremely social and absolutely love to interact with their owners. They will justgreen. The cheeks are a bright green and there are dull green patches on the sides of the neck, throat and upper breast. The tail is maroon, wing feathers have a bluish tinge and the breast is grayish. There is purple on the belly and the beak and ear covers are brown. Sexes are similar, and it is difficult to determine males from females. The juveniles have duller plumage with darker irises. They also exhibit less of the maroon coloration on the abdomen.

Diet:

A bird feeds on a diet of fruits, such as bananas and raisins, and seeds, such as sunflower and hemp seeds.

Habitat:

This parrot ranges from west central and south Mato Grosso, Brazil, through portions of northern and eastern Bolivia, and down to northwestern Argentina. It inhabits forests


effective. Morris bagged the USMNT’s lone goal in a very strong performance. He eventually subbed off in the 85th minute after his goal and two key passes, including one that really should have been a goal. Roldan focused on the right side of the field in triangle midfield with Jackson Yueill and Sebastian Lletget. Roldan showed well and hopefully gets more minutes under Berhalter as one of the few players (and Morris) who played well in Berhalter’s style.

USMNT U17s - Alfonso Ocampo-Chavez and Ethan Dobbelaere (Academy)

The two were called in for the U17s Four Nations Tournament in the Netherlands and started off hot immediately. In the first match against Mexico, AOC started and grabbed an assist on the team’s first goal. He subbed off in the 72nd minute,replaced by fellow academy member, Ethan Dobblelaere. Dobbelaere continued the offense assisting on the team’s game winner, taking down Mexico 2-1. Game 2 was against the hosts, Netherlands, and the USA won 3-1 with both making an appearance. Dobbelaere started and played the first half while AOC subbed on in the 62nd. The final match, which could clinch the tournament, the team fell apart and lost 4-1 to Denmark. AOC did start the match but subs were not posted.

Martinique - Jordy Delem

After suffering a concussion against the LA Galaxy, Jordy Delem did not feature for Martinique in their first match against Trinidad & Tobago, a 1-1 draw. In the second match, Delem started on the backline, where he normally does for the national team, and went the full


90. Jordy grabbed the tying goal in the 80th minute. Free kick in, headed across goal, crossed back to the far post where Delem was unmarked and tapped it in. Martinique sits tied with Trinidad on two points in the Concacaf League of Nations, League A, Group C. Honduras didn’t play tournament matches during the window.

Trinidad & Tobago - Joevin Jones

Joevin started the first match for Trinidad and bagged the sole goal in their 1-1 draw with Martinique. Joevin was called on to convert a penalty for T&T in the 65th and hit a beautiful PK to tie the match. Jones subbed on a little later in the 71st. In the second match, also against Martinique, Joevin was on the bench. He subbed on in the 63rd justIIA Urges More Progress in Internal Control Reporting

In preparation for a meeting on April 4, 2002 with the board of directors of the New York Stock Exchange, the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) conducted a lightning-fast Internet survey of its members to determine the norms for public reporting on internal controls. The survey was rolled out, completed and compiled in just two days thanks to Internet technology. The results showed progress in internal control reporting, but the IIA thinks more progress is needed to strengthen corporate accountability and enhance corporate governance.

The Norms

The companies represented in the survey consisted of publicly traded companies (58%), privately-owned companies (13%), not for profit organizations (13%) and governmental or other entities (15%). The norms:

40% include a report on internal control in their annual


LONDON (Reuters) - The number of women in senior roles at financial services firms in Britain has flatlined since 2005 despite diversity “rhetoric” from industry, according to research from the Financial Conduct Authority.

The early morning sun silhouettes commuters as they make their way through Canary Wharf in London, Britain September 5, 2019. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

The markets watchdog said on Friday that despite bold targets and high-profile initiatives to boost the number of women in leading roles, there have been only pockets of progress.

The proportion of women in so-called approved persons roles - those responsible for key aspects of a company such as systems and controls - and more recently those vetted under the new senior managers regime was 17% in UK financial services in 2019, almost unchanged since 2005,350 signatories covering 800,000 employees in the financial sector.

Under the charter, firms set their own targets and implementation strategies for increasing the number of senior women in their organization, and agree to publicly report on progress.

An update on the charter’s progress for the finance ministry in July said a shortage of senior women, particularly with backgrounds in technology and investment, could frustrate efforts to reach diversity objectives.

Continued male domination of the sector was also deterring women from entering financial services in the first place, and some firms don’t want to feel obliged to hire a woman when a woman departs, said the update, which was compiled by the New Financial think-tank after surveying the charter’s signatories.

Encouraging women to apply for senior roles was challenging as firms “fished” in


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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31770774), the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China (2015A030313518), the Provincial Major Project of Basic or Applied Research in Natural Science, Guangdong Provincial Education Department (2016KZDXM038), and thenever even voted in the state he wants to represent. Though he claims to have voted from the 1st Congressional district in the 2008 Presidential election, a visit with that office in October revealed that they had rejected his voter application when notice sent to the registering address came back unconfirmed. A visit with the same office in late November confirmed still no registration – and he had never voted in Ellis County history. So did he vote in the 1st district, or didn’t he? It sure looks like he didn’t – so why did he claim otherwise?


the project out to tender. Quite possibly a reputable private company that could have delivered the desired saving has lost out.

Das Ver Good!

A rousing success then

As I've learned from my current employer the definition of "success" for major IT project is somewhat like the definition of "theory" in the scientific community. I.e. what you use the term for in day to day conversation is nothing like how it's used in specialised areas.

Famously one project I worked on had a party to celebrate it's "success" over a year ago. The project is still not complete and has in fact been closed down so can never deliver on it's promises. The people involved in the planning of it have all been promoted out of harms way and the whole matterhired Wolff & Samson — the law firm of David Samson, one of Christie's long-time friends, whom the governor appointed to lead the powerful Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. It also brought on board Mercury Public Affairs, a firm at which longtime Christie political strategist Mike Duhaime is a partner, to handle communications.

Northstar New Jersey, a joint venture led by Gtech, was the only bidder in late 2012 when the state formally sought a private company to take over the lottery. It won a 15-year contract to run the vast majority of the lottery's operations, including ticket sales and marketing. A few functions, such as public relations, remain with the state, which oversees Northstar via a lottery commission whose members serve at Christie's discretion.

Neither Northstar


nor Gtech returned multiple calls and emails seeking comment.

The state's Democratic legislature passed a law in May 2013 prohibiting Christie from privatizing the lottery without its consent. The governor vetoed the bill and moved ahead with the project. Northstar formally took over in October 2013.

Gtech's lobbying didn't stop when it got the lottery contract. Between 2012 and the end of last year, the company paid Wolff & Samson $460,000 to represent its interests. Wolff & Samson lobbyists did not respond to calls and emails seeking comment.

Wolff & Samson reported meeting regularly with state officials in charge of the lottery over several years, according to lobbying records. In response to public information requests for emails or notes from meetings with Wolff & Samson, the state's Treasury Department said nosuch records existed. The department later acknowledged the existence of a handful of emails, but refused to produce them.

Christie's push to privatize the lottery was billed as a way to make it run more like a business, but Northstar today spends more and employs more people than when the lottery was run by the state. During the state's last fiscal year, which included nine months of Northstar's management, the lottery reported $45 million in expenses and fees — or $10 million more than the state's administrative costs in the year before.

"The lottery believes Northstar is managing its expenses properly," said Joseph Perone, a spokesman for the state's Treasury Department.

Though Northstar fell short of its contractually set targets for income to the state by $55 million in the last


fiscal year, the Christie administration unilaterally agreed to lower them — saving the company millions of dollars in penalties.

Perone said the state reduced the targets out of fairness, because the lottery was still recovering from Hurricane Sandy. The storm struck New Jersey in 2012, eight months before the Northstar contract was signed.

"As a taxpayer, I'd like to know why projections aren't being met, and what steps are being taken to remediate the problem," said Democratic Assemblyman Gary Schaer, a critic of the lottery privatization who chairs the state budget committee.

Schaer said his staff has struggled to get even basic updates on the lottery's financials, and was only able to review the lottery's most recent financial statements after The Associated Press provided his staff a copy of the lottery'sFebruary report, which it obtained via a public records request.

Northstar's performance in New Jersey echoed results in two other states in which Northstar runs lottery systems. The company fell just short of its targets in Indiana last year, and missed its Illinois lottery targets for three straight years before the state terminated the arrangement last year.

Despite that record, the minutes of New Jersey's lottery commission reflect little criticism or questions of Northstar officials in attendance. Public discussions instead include updates on which of the lottery's YouTube videos were the most popular.

"We're not going to sit here today and talk contract issues," lottery Executive Director Carol Hedinger said after the AP asked a question about Northstar's management during a public meeting last week.

Officials continue to struggle with how to


So a few months back we had a really bad few weeks in UK, several cyclists died on our roads in the space of only a few days. The London Cycling Campaign invited cyclists from across London to attend a vigil at the sites of one of the deaths, a location which has been involved in several deaths previously, Bow Roundabout. I attended the vigil and made a short video documenting it and the turn out.

As I always do, I put a video up online. The Daily Mail decided to add it to one of their articles, not by using youtube embed but instead adding it onto their system and putting adverts in front of it. The following is my correspondents with the Daily Mail about them breachingUPDATE (10:15 A.M.) – The Gregg County Sheriff’s Office has released the identity of the suspect killed by a deputy late Sunday night after a violent fight on I-20.

Dewayne Morgan, 37, is from Tatum and had convictions for violence in Gregg County.

Back in 2006, Morgan pled guilty charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and was sentenced to 12 years in prison.

Deputy Tubb also released the identity of the deputy involved as Logan Joines. He is 31 years old and from Longview, according to public records.

According to Tubb, Joines had a violent fight with Morgan in the ditch off I-20 and was forced to shoot him. Tubb said that Joines attempted to use his taser, but it was ineffective.

Morgan died of his injuries at a Marshall hospital.

The


to take him into custody.

The deputy then pulled his gun and shot the man. The suspect was transported to CHRISTUS Good Shepherd in Marshall where he later died.

Tubb said the deputy was transported to a separate hospital where he is receiving treatment for his injuries.

The Texas Rangers are heading up the investigation into the shooting, which is standard protocol for deputy-involved shootings.Pools Explained

The reward given to players during tournaments is called a prize pool. It is collected money given to all the competing teams at the end of the tournament, with the winner getting the biggest share. Normally, the prize pool comes from the buy-ins of players’ entry fees. But that is not the case with esports.

Companies get the prize pool from crowdfunding. They raise small amounts of money, usually via internet marketing, from a huge number of people or supporters of the game. For instance, this year, Dota 2 The International 2018’s prize pool was worth $25,532,177. But how did Valve, the developer of the game, come up with this massive prize pool?

A blog post from The Esports Observer said that the prize pool was accumulated from Valve’s


to Statistica, there were over 739,000 players online at the same time on Steam on October 13, 2018. There was even a time in March 2016 that the number of players reached 1.29 million. With that huge number, it came as no surprise when Valve was able to accumulate a prize pool worth more than US$20 million, mostly out of the Battle Pass purchases.

The more players and supporters an esport has, the higher the in-game purchases it can earn, and the bigger its prize pool can get.

Biggest Prize Pools in Esports History

As of this writing, the biggest esport in terms of prize pool is Fortnite. On May 21, 2018, The Fortnite Team released a statement through its Twitter account that its game developer, Epic Games, will provide US$100,000,000the timing of the visa lift – following on the heels of Trump’s vows to expel millions of illegal immigrants – has sparked concerns among officials that Canada could again see a substantial increase in Mexican asylum seekers, government sources told the Guardian.

Between 2005 and 2008, Canadian officials said refugee claims from Mexico nearly tripled, making Mexico the number one source country for claims. Of the more than 9,400 claims filed by Mexicans in 2008, just 11% were accepted.

The visa was embraced as a means of border control by the Conservative government. “The visa requirement I am announcing will give us a greater ability to manage the flow of people into Canada,” the then immigration minister Jason Kenney said in a statement. “In addition to creating significant delays


and spiralling new costs in our refugee program, the sheer volume of these claims is undermining our ability to help people fleeing real persecution.”

After the visa was introduced, the number of Mexican asylum seekers plunged – dropping to 120 in 2015 – but the Canadian government came under tremendous political pressure from Mexico to end the policy.

In June, the government agreed to do so, in exchange for Mexico expanding its imports of Canadian beef. “This move will make it easier for our Mexican friends to visit Canada, while growing our local economies and strengthening our communities,” Justin Trudeau, Canada’s prime minister, said at the time.

At the time, few had considered the possibility that Trump – who had vowed to build a wall along the shared border between theUS and Mexico and deport millions of undocumented workers and illegal residents – would win the US election.

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If Trump carries through on those pledges, it could result in a substantial impact on Canada, said Toronto immigration lawyer Lorne Waldman. “It’s the lifting of the visa and the fact that Trump is going to take over, those two factors together are seen as a major pull factor attracting people to come to Canada.”

He drew parallels with another wave of migrants that headed north in recent years. “After 9/11, when there was a significant crackdown in the United States on Muslims, there was a significant number of people who came across the border from the United States into


In September 2016, the opening fanfare of a high school soccer game in Rochester, New York, was interrupted when 18 varsity boys’ soccer players took a knee during the national anthem. These players, who attend World of Inquiry School, were protesting racial injustice and police brutality. Their action was inspired by San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s ongoing national anthem protest, which he had begun a month earlier at an NFL preseason game.

The protest kick-started the grassroots organizing efforts of a small group of Rochester City School District (RCSD) teachers, parents, administrators and community members. Inspired by the students’ passion, the group decided to take action that would send a message to all students in the district: Rochester schools believe that black lives matter. Their work eventually evolvedto teachers and parents across the district. Together they researched the “Black Lives Matter at School” rallies in Seattle Public Schools, which were endorsed by the teachers union and involved more than 2,000 educators calling for racial equity in education. Widmaier and his colleagues asked themselves, What would something similar look like in Rochester?

After connecting with educators in Seattle to help determine their next steps, the group formed an organizing committee, which started to meet every other Sunday in the café area of a local grocery store.

Widmaier, who is white, saw the committee meetings as a space to engage in dialogue about race and racism, and to be critically conscious about what advocating for Black Lives Matter looks like in a district where, as of the 2015–16 school


Outbreak of Salmonella worthington meningitis & septicaemia in a hospital at Chandigarh (north India).
During August 1988 an outbreak of hospital acquired infection due to S. worthington has been reported at the Nehru Hospital, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh. A total of seven neonates presented with the clinical features of meningitis and septicaemia during this outbreak and six babies died. S. worthington was isolated from blood and cerebrospinal fluid respectively. The same strains were isolated from the baby warmer mattress, baby cot, suction machine bottle and wall of the fridge. Samples from doctors, nurses and apparently healthy babies born during this period did not grow the above organism. This appears to be the first report on S. worthington in human beings from India. The outbreak wasReaders may have noticed the addition of the comic strip "Zed" and related panels to the pages of the Westfield Republican and Mayville Sentinel News. Zed's creator, Duane Abel, donated a year's subscription of his syndicated strip after the paper covered his visit to Ripley Central School on Oct. 10, 2012.

"A cartoonist should strive for more from his creation," Abel said in a recent interview. "Your main goal is to build a relationship with the reader that can last for several years and even into several decades. Al Capp, creator of the comic strip series Lil' Amber, detested the term 'cartoonist' and preferred the moniker of 'novelist' by enlisting the media of words and pictures. On the other hand to have the privilege to create something that might


when he signed with Future Features Syndicate, shortly after Zed's creation. He continued to promote Zed while he pursued a theatrical degree from the University of Akron. At the age of 25, he then founded his own publishing company, Corkey Comic, which takes its name from his nickname for his wife, Coral.

Zed has been compiled into five books so far, including a recently published Christmas book.

Abel said he has a very personal relationship with Zed.

"I've known him longer than my wife or my kids," he said. "It's not satire. It's not political. It's a wholesome, family comic strip. Zed is the kind of guy I wish I could be - hopeful, optimistic and wide-eyed. He is just about the best friend I could have."

As such, Abel said itall over town to every newsstand to find the ongoing adventure of your favorite comic strip character are gone," he said. "However there is a great deal of encouragement for the future of the comic strip as can be seen with the success of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Big Nate book series. When a reader latches onto a comic strip and becomes invested in the world created, there is no better feeling."

The draw of comic strips lies in their ability to form a relationship with the reader, Abel said. He cited a recent survey stating 70 percent of newspaper readers turn to the comic page first. He says the reason for that is simple.

"The comics' pages are a short visit with old friends," Abel said. "Some


that enjoys comics and is helpful to their parents is a kid that I would not mind hanging out with. The reason that most of the 'Helping Mommy' panels center on laundry is because no matter how hard I try I can't get too far from the laundry hamper. But don't worry, I will make it around the whole house given enough time."

Abel describes himself as a "horrible multi-tasker" and needs complete concentration to write his strip, which he does at his desk beside the washer and dryer. His main support and inspiration for his strip comes from his wife, Coral.

"Stephen King stated that he always wrote for his 'ideal reader,' which was his wife," Abel said. "I am no different. Believe it or not, if the wivesAs many as 180 troops are to be deployed at the Bulgaria-Turkey border, Defense Minister Nikolay Nenchev has said.

The soldiers will be in charge of providing logistic support to Border Police, the Interior Ministry subdivision in charge of safeguarding border security.

Troops who are to provide assistance there could undergo "additional preparation and training" if this is required, the Bulgarian National Radio quotes Nenchev as saying.

The Defense Ministry could as well provide the State Agency for refugees with derelict barracks and units in case the agency needs them.

The minister's comments have marked the conclusion of a weeks-long dispute between him and his colleague heading the Ministry of Interior, Veselin Vuchkov. The latter had earlier proposed that the army deploy troops to help border police in its attempts at stemming


the influx of asylum seekers illegally crossing into Bulgaria.

Military officials, including Nenchev himself, had resisted, arguing there were no illegal grounds to send troops there in a move which in their words could be interpreted as "an act of aggression" by Turkey. The minister later added the army was not legally authorized to carry out such activity.

Earlier in January Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov intervened, saying that the army would only provide "logistic support".

On Saturday Nenchev also commented on the country's defense expenditure in the aftermath of a visit of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to Bulgaria this week.

He explained that Bulgaria was to receive USD 15 M set aside for defense investment in the course of 2015, with the sum granted by the US government. In hisheard it, he wrapped his face in his coat. He went out, and stood at the cave’s entrance.”

The bible is full of examples of faithful people who discovered the heart of God when they listened in the thin, quietude of their own silence - Job, Zechariah, Gamaliel, Jesus’ own mother Mary. In the book of Revelation John the Visionary tell us that after he saw the trials of this world, and after he saw the triumph of the saints, and after he saw the worship of the courts of heaven — then he saw the Lamb open a seventh and final scroll of promise and he saw it bring… thirty minutes of silence. The great victory of Jesus passed through the silence of the grave, and the final


tool, while the pinion lug is mounted in such a way as to slide alternatively or reciprocally in the guide slot when the disc rotates continuously. Through the continuous rotation of the disc, reciprocating rotary movement is achieved around a perpendicular axis of the cylinder bearing so that the drilling tool may rotates about every one quarter turn.
It has been found, however, that the pinion lug coupled into the longitudinal slot of the cylinder reciprocates in direct contact with the inner wall of the slot so that the unsmooth alternate rotational movement is effected to cause severe wearing out both for the longitudinal guide slot and the pinion lug. In addition, the pinion lug may unhook easily out of the longitudinal guide slot at the two extreme positionsThe acquisition of farmland from the world's poor by rich countries and international corporations is accelerating at an alarming rate, with an area half the size of Europe's farmland targeted in the last six months, reports from UN officials and agriculture experts say.

New reports from the UN and analysts in India, Washington and London estimate that at least 30m hectares is being acquired to grow food for countries such as China and the Gulf states who cannot produce enough for their populations. According to the UN, the trend is accelerating and could severely impair the ability of poor countries to feed themselves.

Today it emerged that world leaders are to discuss what is being described as "land grabbing" or "neo-colonialism" at the G8 meeting next week. A spokesman for


was bought last year. The land grab is being blamed on wealthy countries with concerns about food security.

Some of the largest deals include South Korea's acquisition of 700,000ha in Sudan, and Saudi Arabia's purchase of 500,000ha in Tanzania. The Democratic Republic of the Congo expects to shortly conclude an 8m-hectare deal with a group of South African businesses to grow maize and soya beans as well as poultry and dairy farming.

India has lent money to 80 companies to buy 350,000ha in Africa. At least six countries are known to have bought large landholdings in Sudan, one of the least food-secure countries in the world.

Other countries that have acquired land in the last year include the Gulf states, Sweden, China and Libya. Those targeted include not only fertile countriesworld's largest food, financial and car companies have invested in land.

Alpcot Agro of Sweden bought 120,000ha in Russia, South Korea's Hyundai has paid $6.5m (£4m) for a majority stake in Khorol Zerno, which owns 10,000ha in Eastern Siberia, while Morgan Stanley has bought 40,000ha in Ukraine. Last year South Korea's Daewoo signed a 99-year lease for 1.3m hectares of agricultural land in Madagascar.

Devinder Sharma, analyst with the Forum for Biotechnology and Food Security in India, predicted civil unrest.

"Outsourcing food production will ensure food security for investing countries but would leave behind a trail of hunger, starvation and food scarcities for local populations," he said. "The environmental tab of highly intensive farming – devastated soils, dry aquifer, and ruined ecology from chemical infestation – will be left for the


host country to pick up."

In Madagascar, the Daewoo agreement was seen as a factor in the subsequent uprising that led to the ousting of the president, Marc Ravalomanana. His replacement, Andry Rajoelina, immediately moved to repeal the deal.

Concern is mounting because much of the land has been targeted for its good water supplies and proximity to ports. According to a report last month by the London-based International Institute for Environment and Development, the land deals "create risks and opportunities".

"Increased investment may bring benefits such as GDP growth and improved government revenues, and may create opportunities for economic development and livelihood improvement. But they may result in local people losing access to the resources on which they depend for their food security – particularly as some key recipient countriesand healthcare are vastly insufficient.

Strangio writes that “a canny manipulation of his country’s history” is crucial to Hun Sen’s rule. Domestically, the prime minister maintains the dubious line that he is the only man who can keep the still-fragile peace. To the West, he presents Cambodia as a country that, because of its scarred past, deserves some slack when it misses the development mark, a narrative abetted by the foreign press. Almost no story about Cambodia, including this one, can fail to mention that around 1.7 million people died when the Khmer Rouge, a communist regime bent on radical agrarian reform, ruled the country from 1975 to 1979. (Hun Sen was a Khmer Rouge deputy regimental commander, earning a glass eye when he was wounded in battle before


The boat's guest of honor, U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, rose to laud his hosts and to assure them that his country was taking steps to "get our act together" on offshore wind power.

"We see Denmark as a leader and an example in wind, especially offshore," Salazar told a cabin filled mostly with European journalists and wind-energy officials. "We know we have a tremendous way to go."

Denmark draws more than 20% of its electricity from wind, the highest percentage in the world and one envied by U.S. officials eager to boost production of renewable energy.

His hastily organized harbor tour helped launch a weeklong charm offensive by the Obama administration at the international climate negotiations in Copenhagen, a push to sell world government and business leaders on the UnitedStates' increased commitment to renewable energy and combating climate change.

In public, at least, there appears to be a long way to go, as evidenced in part by an exchange Wednesday between representatives of the U.S. and China.

The United States' special climate envoy, Todd Stern, urged China to honor its pledge to reduce its carbon emissions and to include that commitment in an international climate change agreement. China's chief climate negotiator, Yu Qingtai, not only rejected the idea, he also criticized the U.S. for failing to provide financial aid to developing countries and reduce its own emissions of harmful gases.

Such sentiment toward the U.S. was anticipated. While Salazar was motoring through waters shrouded in gray, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson briefed reporters and activists on the administration's efforts


to curb greenhouse gas emissions unilaterally. She touted the administration's declaration this week that those gases endanger human health and are thus subject to regulation under the Clean Air Act.

Stern also emphasized the EPA action during an afternoon news conference, along with the U.S. economic stimulus dollars devoted to renewable energy. "The United States' commitment is strong," he said, adding later, "It's an aggressive package that the president has put down."

A parade of Cabinet-level secretaries will repeat that theme in the coming days, including the secretaries of Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, along with the head of the White House Council on Environmental Quality and the president's top advisors on science and climate change.

Environmental groups say the effort appears to be winning support from diplomats who have worried aloudin recent weeks that the administration's action has not matched its lofty rhetoric. But those groups say only President Obama can deliver the assurances that the rest of the world needs to complete a new emission-reduction treaty.

"What they're going to need to hear from the president next week," said Alden Meyer, director of strategy and policy for the Union of Concerned Scientists, "is that it is going to be his priority to push [a climate bill] through the Senate after healthcare."

Salazar, a former senator from Colorado, told his maritime audience that a climate bill that limited carbon emissions would accelerate his efforts to encourage offshore wind farms on the Outer Continental Shelf managed by the Interior Department. The United States does not currently have such farms.

He commended the


The House of Lords Communications Committee has launched an enquiry on the advertising industry, including a look at the regulation of digital marketing. Jude King reports.

Advertising Regulation [FR] New opportunities for French television advertising With the aim of rebalancing regulatory constraints as between internet and TV ads, and with the aim of developing competitiveness of the TV advertising market, the French Ministry of Culture and Communication launched a public consultation with the intention of simplifying French regulation of TV advertising (law n° 86-1067 and decree n° 92-280). Claire Bouchenard reports.

Advertising Regulation [FR] Tobacco manufacturers are not persona non grata at French’s sport events Three tobacco manufacturers that signed public relations services agreements with the French Tennis Federation (Fédération Française de Tennis, FFT), within the context of the FrenchLuke Croll Joins Exeter on a Permanent Contract

Exeter City have confirmed the signing of Luke Croll on a permanent contract following his release from Premier League side Crystal Palace.

Luke, who can play at left-back or centre-half, spent the majority of last season on loan at St James Park where he played 20 games starting 17 games.

Speaking about making his move to Exeter permanent, 22-year-old Luke said:

I am delighted. Last season, when I was on loan, I really enjoyed my time here and the environment of the club and the management and the players is what made we want to sign.

It was something that was spoken about at the back end of last season as I knew I was leaving Palace. There were options on the table but it


his back, and that he had compromised and settled his workmen's compensation claim against the employer and its insurance carrier, and such settlement had been approved by the Industrial Accident Commission of the State of California. He also testified that he had received another industrial injury to his back in the State of Oregon in 1962; that as a result thereof another operation was performed on his back, and that he had compromised and settled his workmen's compensation claim against that employer, and such settlement had been approved by the State Industrial Accident Commission of the State of Oregon. Certified copies of the orders of those two Industrial Accident Commissions were received in evidence. Claimant also testified concerning the Oklahoma accident involved and the settlement of his claimbeen no pre-existing impairment. After payments by the employer or his insurance carrier, if any, have ceased, the remainder of such compensation shall be paid out of the Special Indemnity Fund provided for in § 173 of this title, in periodical installments."
Section 1 of the Act (85 O.S. 1961, § 171), with the numerals appearing herein in parenthesis being inserted by the court for clarity and convenience, provides that:
"For the purpose of this Act, the term `physically impaired person' is hereby defined to be a person who as a result of accident, disease, birth, military action, or any other cause, has suffered (1) the loss of the sight of one eye, (2) the loss by amputation of the whole or a part of some member of the body,


or a permanent partial disability, two per cent of the award shall be withheld from the injured employee and be paid into the Special Indemnity Fund.
From a consideration of the Special Indemnity Fund Act in its entirety, as originally enacted and as amended in 1961, we perceive a legislative intent for the terms "the State Industrial Commission" and "the State Industrial Court," as used therein, to mean only the agency of the State of Oklahoma which prior to June 16, 1959 was designated the "State Industrial Commission" and since that date has been, and is, designated the "State Industrial Court."
This means, of course, that at the time of his last injury the claimant herein was not a "physically impaired person" within the definition of that term as setlegislation puts all "physically impaired persons" described in the Act in a class by themselves and "operates equally upon all the subjects within the [designated] class for which it was adopted." Apparently his theory is that he is just as physically impaired as he would have been if his previous disabilities had been acquired in Oklahoma and had been adjudged and determined by the State Industrial Commission (Court) of the State of Oklahoma.
There can be no doubt but that the Special Indemnity Fund Act was adopted because employers were loathe to, and even refused to, hire any person having a permanent disability, since under the Workmen's Compensation Law if such a person sustained a compensable injury his employer at the time would be liable for compensation for the


by removing  as to the particular portion, or class, of such unemployables which is designated in the act as "physically impaired persons," as that term is defined in Section 1 of the Act  the former objection to employing persons having *106 a permanent disability. This was to be accomplished, and was accomplished, by providing for the apportionment, between the employer and the Special Indemnity Fund therein created, of the liability for the payment of the total amount of compensation provided in the Workmen's Compensation Law for permanent disability in cases involving compensable injuries to persons within the designated class, with the employer's liability being limited to compensation for the degree of disability that would have resulted from the last injury in the absence of the previousDownton Abbey's Earl of Grantham Getting the News That He Has Lost the Bulk of His Wife's Inheritance On a Railway Stock

If you were among the breathless throng of PBS viewers awaiting the first episode of the third season of Downton Abbey last Sunday evening, and you are a cautious investor, you were no doubt horrified at how the Earl of Grantham had tossed his wife’s fortune and the financial security of his family into a solitary stock now set to file bankruptcy.

Downton Abbey is the British television series written by Julian Fellowes that has become an international sensation. The first season began in the years leading up to World War I. We have now moved along to 1920 in the fictional country estate, Downton Abbey, of the


Crawley family, headed by the Earl and Countess of Grantham.

This should be the most joyful time in the Earl of Grantham’s life. His palatial home, which had been turned into a military hospital during the war has now been restored to normalcy and a beautiful wedding is about to take place for his beloved daughter, Mary.

But then the message comes for the Earl to travel to London to receive grave news from his financial advisor. The Earl has put the bulk of his American wife’s fortune, left to her by her father, in the Canadian Grand Trunk Line – a railway stock.

As the Earl learns “almost all” the money has been lost, he asks his advisor why so much money was invested. His advisor reminds him that itfund to sustain the family.

The Earl then ignored the advice of his financial advisor not to invest so heavily in one railroad stock – apparently relying on his own gut instincts, poorly honed over a protected, pampered life at Downton Abbey. (There are numerous scenes in the series of the Earl, a healthy, fit, middle aged man, being dressed for dinner by a servant. If one can’t rely on their own instincts to dress themselves, it would be a good rule of thumb not to rely on those instincts to invest in stocks.)

As I watched this segment, I thought of the modern day investors who were lulled into complacency in Enron, WorldCom, AIG, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Citigroup and dot com companies


On a quick stroll through the beer section at any liquor store, customers might notice that the old standby of the craft beer world, the brown, longneck bottle, has some growing competition, the can. Long the vessel for the mass-produced lagers of the big breweries, the aluminum can is gaining traction with smaller brewers and beer nerds thanks to improvements in technology and changing tastes.

Start-ups and established craft breweries alike are introducing canned beers to their product lines or just ditching the bottle altogether.

Two of New Jersey's newest breweries, Forgotten Boardwalk Brewing Co. in Cherry Hill and Spellbound Brewing in Mount Holly -- which both opened in 2014 -- made the decision to can from the very beginning.

John Companick, one of the owners of Spellbound, said although bottlinginternal electrodes disposed to face each other, having the dielectric layer interposed therebetween, and external electrodes electrically connected to the internal electrodes.
Recently, as electronic products have been gradually miniaturized, microminiaturization and the implementation of super high capacitance in the multilayer ceramic capacitors used in the electronic products have been required.
Therefore, a ceramic capacitor, in which thicknesses of the dielectric layers and the internal electrodes are thin for micro-miniaturization of the product and the number of stacked dielectric layers is increased for super high capacitance, has been manufactured, but there was a limitation in increasing the capacitance of the product with only this configuration.
A multilayer ceramic capacitor having a structure, in which an overlap area between the internal electrodes is increased in order to increase capacitance of the product,


and an electrical short phenomenon occurs. On the other hand, if the pad 108 is not covered by the mask layer, the etchant easily penetrates along the edge of the pad 108 and damages the devices in the non-MEMS region 102. Moreover, while the pad 108 is designed to drive the MEMS device 106 or the semiconductor device, the connection arrangement should also be taken into consideration, so as to avoid the short phenomenon or the cross talk noise.the world are only too happy to provide subject matter down in the weeds.

Back home, I live in the English Lake District, which the Royal Air Force use nearly as much to practice flying down to 250ft as the famous Mach Loop situated near Machynlleth in North Wales, but due to cuts in flying hours over the past five years the volume of fast jet traffic has dropped dramatically. Luckily, I have had the chance to pay a few visits to the United States recently and in particular to the place know as Rainbow or Star Wars Canyon in Death Valley National Park. This is located in a low flying training area known as the R2508 Complex and is part of the Sidewinder low level route between Owens


Valley and Panamint valley. It is officially called the Jedi Transition.

The canyon itself is located above Panamint Springs and can be easily reached from Father Crowleys Vista, which has a parking area and happens to be right where Jet traffic drops into the canyon. Traffic usually passes in a west to east direction, but passes in both directions are common place. Much of the movements are Navy F/A-18's from NAWS China Lake and NAS Lemoore, but one of best things compared to here in the UK these days is literally anything could come through. I have seen aircraft as diverse as the Thunderbirds to a B-1B heading down Panamint valley at a few hundred feet above the ground.

One thing to bear in mind before venturing out and aboutContact Us

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For the Night of 9 July 2010

North Korea-US: North Korea today proposed to the US that it be allowed to send a team to investigate the sinking of the patrol ship Cheonan. The government in Pyongyang proposed working-level talks on 13v July at Panmunjom, with the possibility of high-level talks to follow. Working-level contacts signify talks between colonels. The North said it is interested in probing the incident in a fair and scientific way.

"This proposal is a manifestation of the unshakable will of the army and people of (North Korea) to probe the truth behind the 'Cheonan' case in an objective, scientific and fair way," the North's military said in a message sent Friday to the U.S. command in Seoul, according to the Korean Central News


Agency.

Comment: Late last month, the U.N. Command proposed general-level talks with North Korea to discuss the ship sinking. The North rejected that offer but has now countered with one that starts a process that could achieve the same result but under bilateral national flags. The North officially no longer has a UN Mission at Panmunjom. Its presence is a Korean People's Army mission.

The North made the proposal just before the U.N. Security Council's approval of a statement that condemned the sinking of the corvette Cheonan, without blaming the North. The North Koreans continue to behave as if they really do not know what occurred.

North Korea-UN: Update. Today, the UN Security Council finally issued a statement that condemned the sinking of the South Korean corvette Cheonan last March, butwithout assigning blame. The Council expressed "deep concern" over the findings of the international investigation team that a North Korean torpedo sank the ship. Again it did so without supporting the finding and while taking note of the North's insistence it had nothing to do with the incident.

The statement also praised South Korea's government for the "restraint" it had shown since the incident and called for "appropriate and peaceful measures to be taken against those responsible".

The anodyne, even-handed statement succeeded in not calling the North's bluff that it would retaliate violently in the event the Security Council named it as responsible for the sinking. Diplomats will tout as a success that the statement had unanimous support. Both China and Russia threatened to veto the statement, according to the


New York Times account, had it blamed North Korea.

North Korean reaction. North Korea's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Sin Son Ho, criticized today's Security Council's statement that condemns the sinking of a South Korean ship in March, The Associated Press reported 9 July. He said the council "failed to bring correct judgment or conclusion" to the situation that he says escalated tensions on the Korean Peninsula. He also said that the issue should have been resolved between North and South Korea, the United Nations should not have been involved and that North Korea is determined to find the truth behind the incident.

Comment: For now the UN statement has eased tension and reduced the likelihood of a violent confrontation. What remains is not conducive to stability. The NorthKoreans sank an Allied naval ship with impunity; used threats to brow-beat the UN into issuing an insipid statement; have avoided more sanctions; and have shown that China and Russia both will back the North in its most outrageous provocations. The Allies look outfoxed and impotent.

China-US: China has asked the South Korean government through a diplomatic channel to refrain from a joint exercise with the US in the Yellow Sea this month. The anti-submarine drill is planned as a response to North Korea's torpedo attack on the Navy corvette Cheonan.

South Korea and the United States plan to hold a naval exercise in the Yellow Sea, but the date and details have not been settled, Agence France-Presse reported 9 July, citing a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman. A government


'adventure' now, it will pay in the future," it added.

Chosun ilbo reported the Chinese military's deputy chief of staff, Gen. Ma Xiaotian, had already expressed opposition to the exercise in an interview with a Hong Kong TV on 1 July. So far the Chinese Foreign Ministry had complained only indirectly, saying countries concerned "should not do anything that will heighten tension in Northeast Asia and damage the security interest of the countries in this region."

On 22 June Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said he had seen the reports about the U.S. aircraft carrier joining the drill. "We're extremely concerned about these reports and will closely follow developments," he told a news conference. He said China was worried the show of naval force could unsettle the region. "Underin public.

They also have a military dimension because they will improve the lines of communication in the fa4r north of Pakistan which was the setting for the Kargil War in 1999

Iran: An unconfirmed report states that Iranian security forces are "bombing" Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) camps at Mount Qandil in northern Iraq in conjunction with wide-scale border operations, Anatolia news agency reported 9 July, citing unnamed Iranian security officials. A senior military official responsible for border security said the operations will continue uninterrupted

. Three PKK militants detained during the operations have been sentenced to death by Iranian authorities, bringing the total number of militants sentenced to death to 30.

Most of the reporting on the PKK insurgency is piecemeal, based on individual national efforts. Looking with a broader lens,


bible believer country in Asia since the 16th century, we Filipinos have always been indoctrinated to follow the right biblical direction.

Indeed, right direction towards "love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not with him." 1John 2:15

But especially to follow Jesus in what He directed in the bible for family values:
"If any man come to me and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple." Luke 14:26 Poch Suzara

Jesus Christ is coming. Some 1,845 times the bible speaks of the second coming of Jesus Christ. Indeed, numerically, it is probably the most emphatic teaching of the Newthe best policemen in the world. It has also been about creating fire in foreign countries and then present American military power as the best fire-fighters in the world.

Such, in brief, has been the American Dream overseas. Especially since the end of World War Two.

Today, America is falling apart as a world power. 50 million American children, and increasing daily, are officially described as living in poverty. Their mothers and fathers too, 100 million of them, are also bankrupt. They have lost their jobs. And to think that the task of rebuilding America falls with American children and their children. Hopefully, it is not yet too late. America can still be transformed to be the real God Bless America - the real land of the free and the


one else, I too was born an atheist. Indeed, coming out of mother's womb, I had no concept of a God in heaven or a devil in hell. However, after birth, I was raised and educated as a Catholic; especially to believe in the Son of God Jesus.
Well, much to my consternation, I eventually discovered by reading the bible that Jesus himself was not a Catholic. He was never baptized by Catholic priests. Also, God himself, the Father of Jesus, was never ever a Catholic God. Poch Suzara

Can we really imagine during the past 2,000 years in Catholic countries; and, 450 years in the Philippines - how we have all been praying daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly to "Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, nowis worth dying for." Well, even so, Rizal was executed in pubic by the Catholic church. In fact, the Catholic priests even declared that hours before he was executed, Rizal "retracted" and died not as a heretic but as a penitent Catholic. Indeed, that hours before he was executed - Rizal cried like a frightened little boy and begged for confession, mass, and communion because he regretted much to have authored two great novels about the sins and the crimes behind the wealth, power, and glory of the Catholic Church in the Philippines.

Now I ask: Why should we believe the Catholic priests? They have never ceased to tell us brazen lies about the way Jose Rizal died? Rizal himself already told us the truth not only about the


way he lived and work3ed, but also about the lies and deceptions of the Catholic church? Especially in its teachings in schools, colleges, and universities in the Philippines? Poch Suzara

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

For his courageous defense of the cause of Filipino priesthood, Father Burgos earned for himself the name "Champion of the Cause of the Filipino Clergy." He incurred, however, the hatred of the Spanish Catholic friars. Thus, when the Cavite mutiny broke out in 1872, the Spanish authorities arrested him together with Father Gomez and Father Zamora, charging them of having incited the revolution. After a mock trial at Fort Santiago Kangaroo court on February 15, 1872, they were sentenced to die by means of the garrote, a Catholic strangulation by an iron collar tightened by ascrew. On February 17, 1872, they were executed in Bagumbayan, now the Luneta.

Of course, since the rebellion of Fr Gomez, Burgos, and Zamora had no impact against the Catholic Church on the international arena - there was no need to concoct a RETRACTION story about the rebellious activities of these 3 Filipino Catholic priests.

On the other hand, Jose Rizal exposed via his two novels - the NOLI and FILI - for the whole world to discover the religious malarkey keeping the Filipino impoverished as a people and the Philippines backward as a country. Like Fr. Gomez, Burgos, and Zamora, Rizal, with trump-up charges by a Kangaroo court, was also publicly executed. The Spanish Catholic friars defending and protecting the religious industry of the Catholic church - had to


A judge in the US has rejected a defamation lawsuit brought by adult film star Stormy Daniels against President Donald Trump, and ordered her to pay his legal fees.

Judge S James Otero dismissed the suit by Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, filed earlier this year after Trump claimed on Twitter she had invented threats to silence her over an alleged sexual encounter between the two more than a decade ago. She said Trump’s tweets made her look like a liar.

Daniels still has a separate lawsuit linked to $130,000 she was allegedly paid by Trump’s lawyer shortly before the November 2016 presidential election to keep quiet about the affair.

In the defamation case, the judge ruled Trump’s tweet was the kind of “rhetorical hyperbole” normally associated with politicsNew England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady on Thursday dodged a question about whether he plans to visit the White House to celebrate the team's latest Super Bowl victory.

NBC Boston reported that Brady refused to divulge his plans when asked about them during a charity event at Gillette's headquarters in Boston.

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"Tom, do you have plans on going to the White House for a celebration?" reporter Perry Russom asked.

Brady looked to the crowd, which began booing and heckling.

"Next question," he said.

At least three Patriots players have already said they don't intend to join the team when it stops by the White House to celebrate Sunday's victory over the Los Angeles Rams.

Twin defensive backs Jason and Devin McCourty indicated they won't go, and defensive back Duron Harmon also said he would


sit out a celebratory trip to the White House.

President Trump Donald John TrumpBubba Wallace to be driver of Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin NASCAR team Graham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Southwest Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid MORE has a well-documented fondness for Brady, Patriots owner Robert Kraft and head coach Bill Belichick.

All three men offered their support for Trump at various times during the 2016 presidential campaign.

Brady has been friends with the president dating back to 2002, the same year Brady won his first Super Bowl and served as a judge for the then-Trump-owned Miss USA contest.

Despite their personal relationship, Brady opted to skip the team's White House visit in 2017 after the Patriots' Super Bowl win over theAtlanta Falcons. His absence reportedly disappointed Trump.

Trump has had a contentious relationship with professional athletes and sports figures.

He disinvited Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry from the White House in 2017, which led the team to cancel its visit after winning the NBA Finals. The president in 2018 disinvited the Philadelphia Eagles after a number of players said they were unlikely to attend.

Trump was more optimistic that the winner of Sunday's Super Bowl would stop by, particularly if the Patriots prevailed.

"People love to come to the White House," Trump said. "So the Patriots were here two years ago, and I’m sure they’ll be back."


Abstract

Australia has an abundance of native Sapindaceae, with a few species that are considered to have an edible aril. A number of these have minor 'bush food' status but have limited commercial potential. Longan, lychee and rambutan were introduced into Australia from the mid 1800s. Serious commercialization of these crops began from the 1970s when farmers in sub-tropical and tropical regions of Australia were seeking new commercial horticultural opportunities. Currently the value of these industries is in the vicinity of $35 M with lychee the predominate crop followed by longan and rambutan respectively. Despite Australia being a minor producer on the world scale it has contributed significantly to the scientific and production developments through the combined efforts of researchers and innovative growers. This paper details the development andfound Richard an apartment and charged him for their services in so doing. However, it was in their interest to get him out of the house. They moved him into the apartment and charged him for doing so. They also claim credit for getting Richard a job, although the record to [sic] clear that Janet's son simply pointed him in the right direction. Their financial and other services didn't do Richard much good. Ultimately he lost his job, was evicted from the apartment and had his few remaining belongings put out on the sidewalk where he lost most of them to an uncaring public. Some of the rest of the belongings wound up in Janet's possession.
Bankruptcy Opinion, at 16-17. Thompson and Shill's "professional services" to Richard Cunningham eventually


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Thursday, July 2, 2015

Confederate Flag

Some people like to display the Confederate flag. Some people don't like it. I am from California, so I don't feel like I have a dog in this fight. My family is from Kentucky, and California was a free state, but leaned to the south.

Personally, I don't care what flag people want to fly as long as they are good, patriotic Americans.I don't believe that flying the Confederate flag makes anyone less of an American. In the Spanish-American War the people of the South cheered the American Army as they went off to fight in Cuba. I think that was the final reconciliation of the Southern people to the Union.

Since that time the Confederate flag has mostly been used by people to show pride in their Southern Heritage. Not slavery, that was only a small fraction of the Southern people who owned slaves. Rather, respect, hard work, politeness, Southern hospitality. Sure some have used that flag for racist purposes, but unless someone is wearing a white hood, it does not generally stand for racism; that's the view from the Hysterical Right Wing.


multi-million-dollar publicity campaign and by changes in the membership of the Academy that saw 928 younger, more diverse voters join from across the globe. As a female-led, non-English language film shot in Mexico, a bag of Oscars for Roma will suit the Academy. But It will also herald a remarkable transformation for Netflix from mail-order company to global entertainment giant. Dr Simon Weaving is a lecturer in film at the University of Newcastle.

Opinion || Netflix walking the red carpet at Oscars

Yalitza Aparicio in a scene from the film 'Roma,' by filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron. The film is nominated for an Oscar for best picture and best foreign film.

After much weeping and gnashing of Hollywood teeth, the 91st Academy Awards and the televised ceremony that brings it to a global106 through gears 102 and 104. This rotational force is transmitted from the rotating shaft 106 to a rotor 110 through a rotational force transmitting shaft 108 constituted by a multiple spiral spring. Since the rotational force transmitting shaft 108 is constituted by the multiple spiral spring, it has both flexibility and expandability and can efficiently transmit a rotational force. The rotational force transmitting shaft 108 shown in FIG. 1 is constituted by a double spiral spring as an example. The rotor 110 is arranged in the internal space of an inserting portion 10 to be inserted in a body cavity (not shown). An ultrasonic transducer 112 is arranged on an end portion of the rotor 110. With this arrangement, the ultrasonic transducer 112 is rotated integrally with


harder to make. Meanwhile tantalum (used as an insulator in mobile-phone chips) once became so valuable that it, too, helped drive a war—the civil war in eastern Congo, where its ore has been dusted over the countryside like icing sugar by ancient volcanic eruptions.

The latest element to be dragged out of obscurity by the chemist-descendants of Prince Henry the Navigator is hafnium. This metal (or, rather, its oxide) is the magic ingredient that computer-chip designers hope will enable them to carry on shrinking the transistors on their products in obedience to Gordon Moore's famous law that the number of such transistors on a given area of chip will double every two years or so. Indeed, it is the most significant change of recipe since Dr Moore and hisindia

Updated: Aug 09, 2019 17:15 IST

Two US-based NRI entrepreneurs have made a princely donation of Rs 14 crores to the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at nearby Tirumala on Friday, a temple official said.

The devotees, who are friends and wished to remain anonymous, made the offering on the auspicious day of Goddess Sri Varalakshmi Vratham festival, the official told PTI.

After offering prayers with their family members at the cash-rich hill shrine, they handed over a demand draft for Rs 14 crore to A V Dharma Reddy, the Special Officer of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), that governs the over 2,000 year old temple, the temple official told PTI.

The devotees requested the temple officials to use the funds for different TTD-run public welfare trusts.

This is the second straight year


The squatting position for the second stage of labor: effects on labor and on maternal and fetal well-being.
A cohort study was designed to assess the effects of maternal squatting position for the second stage of labor on the evolution and progress of labor, and on maternal and fetal well-being. Outcomes from 200 squatting births, randomly selected from a sample of 1000, were compared with 100 semirecumbent births, randomly selected from a sample of 300. Data collection was by chart review. The two groups were similar with respect to most antepartal, intrapartal, and socioeconomic variables likely to affect labor outcomes. The mean length of the second stage of labor was 23 minutes shorter in squatting primiparas and 13 minutes shorter in squatting multiparas than in semirecumbent women. Squatting womenLONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Monday it was concerned by a sharp increase in Russian military flights close to its borders which it said were designed to test its air defenses.

"The extremely aggressive probing of our air space by Russian aircraft is an issue of concern to us," British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond told a committee of lawmakers.

"It is entirely appropriate for NATO countries in particular to work together to respond to what is a change of Russia's dealings with NATO and indeed the non-NATO European countries."

Interceptions of Russian military aircraft by the military alliance's planes have increased since Moscow annexed Ukraine's Crimea region in March, in particular over the Baltic region.

Last month, Britain's Royal Air Force intercepted Russian military aircraft flying close to British air space


The effects of drugs and chemicals upon the structure of the adrenal gland.
The susceptibility of the endocrine tissues to compound-induced lesions may be ranked in the following decreasing order of frequency: adrenal, testis, thyroid, ovary, pancreas, pituitary, and parathyroid. The first two are by far the most frequently affected. Pathologists unaccustomed to the evaluation of endocrine effects are often unaware of the number of compounds producing specific lesions in the adrenal. Compounds may produce changes in one of the following zones: fasciculata/reticularis, glomerulosa, or medulla. They are listed in this paper by affected zones. In the fasciculata/reticularis lesions are generally either degenerative or proliferative; in the glomerulosa they are necrotic or atrophic; in the medulla lesions are generally hypertrophic or proliferative.Theresa May insists she is "no quitter" and wants to lead the Conservatives into the 2022 election.

The PM was widely criticised for her performance during the 2017 campaign, which resulted in the Tories losing their majority.

Earlier, Mrs May stated she was "in this for the long term" - indicating she would lead the Tories into the 2022 election.

This has been met with scepticism from colleagues - but the PM was defiant when asked about her future during an official visit to Japan.

Image: The PM greets her Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe on her Far East trip

"I'm not a quitter," Mrs May said, when asked to clarify her remarks as she finished the first day of a three-day trade mission.

She said there were "real issues that we need to be


dealing with and I'm there to do it".

Asked about scepticism over her leadership ambitions back home, she said: "For most members of the public, they would say they want the Government to get on with the job and that's exactly what I and the Government are doing."

Just two months ago, in an interview with The Sun, Mrs May refused to commit to fighting the next general election as head of the Conservatives.

Last week, reports emerged that Mrs May was going to quit her premiership on 30 August 2019.

John Redwood: PM has my 'full support'

Number 10 dismissed the claims as "peak silly season".

The idea that she now wants to spend another five years as party boss came as a surprise to some of her MPs.

Jacob Rees-Mogg, the backbench ToryMP who this summer dismissed reports he could be the next leader, threw his support behind the PM.

"It's important to have clarity and stability during the Brexit negotiations," he told Sky News.

He said Mrs May was doing a good job in the talks, adding: "She is offering leadership and clarity of purpose, but above all she is doing her duty.

"It can't be easy to be a prime minister at the moment and she is putting the interest of the nation ahead of her personal interest."

"I think that's really impressive and deserves support."

Lord Heseltine, a former deputy prime minister for the Tories, told Sky News the idea was "not realistic".

"I don't believe there will an appetite, particularly in the parliamentary party, to rerun the last general election. I believe


they'll want a new leader," he said.

The Prime Minister has used her Japan trip to push the message she wants her premiership to stand for more than Brexit.

In a huddle with journalists on the plane, Mrs May spoke about how she wanted to pursue a domestic agenda with renewed vigour.

Image: Ex-Tory leader William Hague urged MPs to back the PM

The Conservative Party conference in October is expected to concentrate on issues such as housing and education - taking Mrs May back to the speech she delivered on the steps of Number 10 after she was first elected as Prime Minister last summer.

Former Tory leader William Hague has added his backing for Mrs May, despite her loss of her Commons majority in June.

Lord Hague urged Conservative MPs to getadults with 3 kids, the raft was heavy. We got down to the water and got a quick lesson on paddling and following instructions, which, by the way was lost on our teammates who were busy putting on sunscreen and retrieving items they had left on the bus

Once we launched we quickly hit the first set of rapids. Described as "refreshing", the water was downright cold! That first big splash in the face really got our blood pumping and we were yelling and screaming and paddling, or at least most of us were. The girl in front of me pretty much lifted her paddle out of the water each time we hit some rapids. As I said, these people were not good at listening so in turn not


foot remains as close to the ground as possible) into the next "check" position.  From this check position, the leg smoothly transitions into the next "extend" position, and so on. At the halfway point of the motion, the moving foot should be passing the ankle of the stationary foot.

Generally there are two standard sizes for a roll step.  First, the most common is  from heel to heel, in the extend position.  When executed at this size a marcher that started with the balls of his feet on a yard line will end up with the balls of his feet on the next yard line, five yards away, after taking eight steps; thus, this step is known as the "8 to 5 step". News

Kyle Hollingsworth Band Announces Hop On Tour

Kyle Hollingsworth will be taking his interactive Hop On Tour on the road this fall with the Kyle Hollingsworth Band. Hollingsworth will be working with the Stone Brewing Company to hold exclusive meet and greets and tasting contests at Belly Up in Solana, CA and The Roxy in West Hollywood, CA. Hollingsworth has also teamed up with Sierra Nevada Brewing Company to create a unique beer that will only be found at select shows during his fall tour. The beer has been named “Hop Bam Pale Ale” via a Facebook fan contest. The Hop Bam Pale Ale, a light pale ale with hints of orange, white peppercorn and white hops, will be featured at The Kyle Hollingsworth Band shows at The Roxy,


Excellent survey of American works for chamber orchestra.

Walter Piston's "Divertimento" was commissioned by the International Society for Contemporary Music and given its first performance by an ensemble of New York players at Columbia University in May, 1946. The group was conducted by Dmitri Mitropoulos. "The Three Tone Pictures" of Charles Tomlinson Griffes were originally composed for solo piano in 1915. At the request of Caroline Beebe, the pianist and director of the New York Chamber Music Society, Griffes prepared a chamber ensemble version of the "Tone Pictures." This version was premiered in Greenwich, Connecticut, in June 1920, less than two months after the composer's death. Ned Rorem composed his "Studies" in 1959, at the request of Cameron Baird, the head of the Music Department at Buffalo University. Hehad hired Rorem to teach a class in composition, give some public lectures and compose a work for chamber ensemble. Unfortunately, Baird died before the premiere of the work, which the composer conducted at the University in May, 1960. Copland's "Sextet" is actually a chamber version of his "Short Symphony." The original work was composed between 1931 and 19933. The chamber version, "Sextet," was composed in 1938 and given its first performance at Town Hall in New York by a group of Juilliard graduate students in February 1939.

Review:

"While each of these pieces has been recorded before - all but the Piston currently have at least one recording in the catalog - it was an excellent idea to bring all four together on a single disc. They work together


worse, tried to cover it up. No more. These people are predators and the common denominator is their ethnic heritage.”

The article raised issues of political correctness, racism and criminality, but the MP from Rotherham later found support from the Pakistan-origin cabinet minister in the Theresa May government, Sajid Javid, who said Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was wrong to sack Champion from his shadow cabinet.

There are also claims of grooming gangs exploiting Asian girls. Labour MP Preet Gill told Eastern Eye, a leading British Asian publication, that Asian girls are being exploited across Britain, but victims were afraid to report it to authorities and seek justice because they fear for their safety and concerns over bringing shame to their families.

The row involving Champion escalated after a columnist of The

People v Scott (2018 NY Slip Op 00203)

People v Scott

2018 NY Slip Op 00203

Decided on January 11, 2018

Appellate Division, Third Department

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided and Entered: January 11, 2018

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[*1]THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent,
vROBERT SCOTT, Appellant.

Calendar Date: November 13, 2017

Before: Garry, P.J., Clark, Mulvey, Aarons and Rumsey, JJ.

John Ferrara, Monticello, for appellant.
D. Holley Carnright, District Attorney, Kingston (Joan Gudesblatt Lamb of counsel) for respondent.

Clark, J.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Appeal from a decision of the County Court of Ulster County (Williams, J.), dated August 1, 2016, which classified defendant as a risk level three sex offender pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act.
Defendant waived indictment


hitters. He's actually been more effective than Mijares against lefties.

And that said, if Mijares is out for the year, I would expect the Twins to scour the waiver wire for a lefty reliever, because off last night, it's difficult to have much faith in Perkins.

Bill James did an elaborate age-to-age comparison between Jones and Eddie Mathews (it's in the 2010 edition of the Bill James Gold Mine) and concluded that Jones was slightly superior to Mathews — who was a great player.Q:

How to use 'die' as a passive verb

While watching a video of Stephen Jenkinson I was challenged by the declaration that grammatically 'die' cannot be used as a passive verb.
Is it possible to use die as a passive verb?  Nothing I tried seems to make sense.
For example:

He was died. (incorrect grammar)

According to: grammar.ccc.commnet.edu

Verbs are also said to be either active (The executive committee approved the new policy) or passive (The new policy was approved by the executive committee) in voice.
In the active voice, the subject and verb relationship is
  straightforward: the subject is a be-er or a do-er and the verb moves
  the sentence along.
In the passive voice, the subject of the sentence is neither a do-er
  or a be-er, but is acted


October 1998, Traffic Stream, through its Hong Kong Subsidiaries, had received income remittances from the Joint Ventures sufficient to cover the November 1998 interest payment. Wong Decl. ¶ 11. On April 27, 1999, in anticipation of the May 3, 1999 interest payment, two Joint Ventures operating toll roads in the Shandong province applied to local authorities for remittance of Guaranteed Income to the Hong Kong Subsidiaries. Id. ¶ 14. The local authorities rejected the Joint Ventures' request explaining that, pursuant to the September 1998 SAFE Notice, remittance of Guaranteed Income may only be authorized by SAFE.[14]Id. Defendant claims that prior to April 27, 1999, neither defendant nor its subsidiaries was aware of the SAFE Notice. Id. ¶ 11.
Upon learning of the policy change, the Joint Ventures together withMedical reasons behind player departures from male and female professional tennis competitions.
The number of retirements, withdrawals, and "lucky losers" (the replacement of a player who withdraws before the start of the tournament by a losing player from the qualifying round) from professional tennis tournaments has increased, but the reasons behind such departures have not yet been analyzed. An official consensus statement has been conducted to allow a general categorization of injuries in tennis. To determine the reasons for departure and injury rates in professional tennis. Descriptive epidemiology study. All reasons for departures were collected from official Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and Women's Tennis Association (WTA) web pages. All tournaments apart from the 4 major competitions (the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open) were included for


the period 2001-2012 for men and women. Personal data, tournament information, surface, match setting, date, and reason were obtained for each departure scenario. Variations in departure and injury rates were seen throughout the season. Women left and were injured significantly more than men. Women mainly left because of thigh injuries, whereas men left mainly because of back injuries. Playing surface only had an influence on the risk of lower back injuries. Only women's departures were affected by the tournament round. A high number of departures from tournaments have occurred during the past 10 years on the ATP and WTA circuits. Injuries were the main reasons of these departures, regardless of the type of departure and player sex. The back and thigh were the main locations of injuries forthe thieves, provided them with equipment and paid them half the face value of the electronics they bought, according to court documents.

He will spend five years on supervised release after getting out of prison. He was also ordered to forfeit three houses bought with the proceeds of the scam, $116,527 in cash and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of stolen goods.


Champion De La Salle in an earlier non-league contest.

The Indians are looking to get another win under their belt this week. The matchup will likely be an offensive battle.

In last Friday's win over Claremont quarterback Spenser Souza carried much of the load throwing 194 yards and rushing for 93 more.

After three straight wins, Valencia, a week away from its Foothill League opener, is a solid contender for the league crown.

Getting past the Comets in this game should be an easy task.

Westchester finished 4-7 overall last season in the Western League and enter tonight's contest having lost three straight.

At the helm of the Comets offense will be quarterback Herman Evans who is currently 20-of-42 for 187 yards. Leading rusher Andre Buford has 12 carries for 90 yards. Dominick Solley,who has been out for three weeks, will start today.

West Ranch (1-3) vs. Los Osos (3-1)West Ranch will travel to Los Osos High and take on the Grizzlies at 7 p.m.

Los Osos is considered one of the best programs in the Southern Section Central Division.

Led by UCLA commit quarterback Richard Brehaut, the Wildcats will have one last opportunity before league action to defeat a top team.

Brehaut, considered one of the best quarterbacks in the state, is currently 22-of-41 for 345 yards and three touchdowns.

Los Osos, which averaged 17.7 points per game last season, is favored for a Central Division title this season.

West Ranch will need big offensive numbers from running back Ross Bacon, who currently has 391 yards on 55 carries and quarterback Jake Bernards, who is second


Re-slating of The Lynn Building Roof (Queen’s University Belfast)

Re-slating of The Lynn Building Roof (Queen’s University Belfast)

Easter 2015 saw the completion of the refurbishment of the prestigious Lynn Building, Queens University Belfast. This Grade B Listed Building, as its name suggests, was designed by famous Belfast architect W.H. Lynn. The original section of the building was completed in 1863 and a later West section added in 1913. The red brick building had been home to the Queen’s Library for many years, until the opening of the new purpose built McClay Library Building in 2009.

With the Lynn building situated at the front of Queen’s University campus, adjacent to the Lanyon building, it was essential that the character of the original building was retained. The original slates were carefully strippedfrom the roof and assessed, whereupon, a proportion of the Green Vermont slates were found to have a limited remaining lifespan, and were deemed unfit for re-use on the roof.

LBS supplied the project with the new Bangor Blue Celtic 500×300 slates, and Vermont Green 500×300 slates, needed for the restoration work. The Bangor Blue Welsh slates make up the main part of the roof, with the Vermont slates used to create the attractive Green banding detail that is visible in the photos.

Welsh Slate has for many years been an important part of the architectural fabric of our landmark buildings here in Ireland. In keeping with this history the Lynn Building has been sensitively restored, and updated, without sacrificing the integrity or quality of the materials used, or indeed