interaction
The quality of the team's debate and decision making rose dramatically. Individual members of the team could take risks with one another, exposing their previously hidden agendas and making their dialogue more honest, because the level of trust had risen substantially. The result was wider participation, more constructive debate, greater excitement, and more creative output.

3. Active renewal processes
To inject new ideas and fresh perspectives, the top team looked for outside sources of information and developed a variety of scenarios about its industry. It also increased its effectiveness through individual coaching of members as well as by recruiting a new member from outside the company.

"I can't imagine going back to the way we were before," the CEO said. "Not just the old structure but the old way of working.work processes ample time to reflect on the deeper causes of problems, on the areas where they can add the most value as a team, and on the quality of their past decisions. It is the process of discovering the best way for the members of the team to work together that ensures the absorption of basic behavioral lessons.

The prize for building effective top teams is clear: they develop better strategies, perform more consistently, and increase the confidence of stakeholders. They get positive results—and make the work itself a more positive experience both for the team's members and for the people they lead.

About the authors

Erika Herb is a consultant in McKinsey's London office, where Keith Leslie and Colin Price are principals.

In working with top teams, the authors have


VA treatment record included an assessment of chronic pain syndrome, for which the Veteran was to take Ibuprofen as needed.

The May 2014 VA examination noted the Veteran's degenerative disk disease of the low back with constant daily pain.  At such time, the Veteran reported pain and a hot feeling that radiated down both legs into his feet.  He also noted that he sometimes had a lack of feeling or a "needles and pins" tingling sensation in the bilateral feet.  The examiner observed that the Veteran reported filing a claim for service connection for chronic pain and fatigue because he wanted it to be clear that he has chronic pain in his back and both legs.

Following a review of the record, aninterview with the Veteran, and a physical examination, the examiner concluded that the Veteran did not have a diagnosis of fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome, and gave no symptoms of such conditions.  In this regard, the examiner noted that often back and leg pain interferes with sleep, which caused the Veteran to feel more fatigued, and, if he got a good night's sleep, he felt energetic.  The examiner opined that there was no separate disability related to the Veteran's chronic pain and fatigue.  She reported that the Veteran's chronic daily pain condition is the same as his service-connected back disability with related bilateral leg pain.  She further opined that the Veteran's fatigue was most likely due to poor sleep from his back and leg


pain.

Based on the foregoing, the Board finds that the Veteran does not have a disability manifested by chronic pain and fatigue that is separate and distinct from his service-connected back and bilateral leg disabilities.

In reaching such conclusion, the Board finds the May 2014 VA examiner's opinions to be more probative than the April 2010 VA treatment record indicating an assessment of chronic fatigue syndrome.  In this regard, the VA examiner provided detailed rationale for the conclusion reached, following a thorough examination of the Veteran's medical history, as reported in the record, and an interview with the Veteran.  See Nieves-Rodriguez, supra; Stefl, supra.  There is no indication that the April 2010 VA treatment provider thoroughly reviewed the Veteran's medical history, and noFollowing his turn as Ted Mosby on the hit sitcom How I Met Your Mother, actor Josh Radnor shifted away from TV comedies. And he'll keep that streak going with his latest series, ABC's Grey's Anatomy. Upon entering Grey Sloan Memorial, Radnor will find himself the potential new love interest of one Meredith Grey. Start the gossip train rolling.

While it is true that Josh Radnor has officially joined the cast of Grey's Anatomy, according to People, it hasn't been fully confirmed what kind of capacity he'll be seen in. But there is a good chance that he'll spark up a new romance with Meredith, who has had some ups and down in that department since Derek died. Could this be her next beau? It'll be interesting to see


how it play sout.

A preview for an upcoming episode shows Meredith arriving at work and standing in the lounge in a trench coat. Amelia and Alex start asking her questions, and Maggie correctly guesses that she has a date. But it's not one that she can divulge much information about, because she's never met him, and she has no idea what he looks like.

That would presumably be Josh Radnor's time to enter the picture. His presence will probably come as a blow to fans who have been waiting patiently for sparks to continue developing between Ellen Pompeo's Meredith and Giacomo Gianniotti's DeLuca. That technically could still happen, mind you, just not in the most immediate future.

Going into Season 15, fans also thought that Meredith might have had hereyes on Chris Carmack's new orthopedic surgeon Atticus Lincoln, better known as Link. However, Meredith has not had any kind words to offer the Ortho God so far. Plus, it looks like Link is going to try and make something happen with Amelia, who already has her hands full elsewhere.

From 2005-2014, Josh Radnor was part of one of TV's most popular ensembles, with How I Met Your Mother settling into its post-Friends groove. (Fans had gripes about the finale, but that's neither here nor there.) Since then, he's been a lead in two different TV dramas, PBS' Civil War-set Mercy Street and Jason Katims' short-lived Rise. He's also been in two feature films in the past few years, Jeff D. Johsnon's 2016 drama The Seeker and Theresa Bennett's


said Kedah is planning an airport to cater for cargo during his visit to Penang to brief the state on the airport.

"However, the survey done to build the airport was a comprehensive one that included both passengers and cargo," he said.

Chow said the Finance Ministry had said the airport was a Private Finance Initiative and it was still too early to say what type of an airport it would be.

To a question from Goh Choon Aik (PH-Bukit Tambun) on plans to build an airport on one of islands under the Penang South Reclamation project, Chow said it would need to be studied.

Kedah Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir had said in February that the state had obtained approval from the federal government to develop the new RM1.6bil airportBased on the Castle Lectures in Ethics, Politics, and Economics that Walzer (social scientist at the Institute for Advanced Study, an editor of Dissent and the author of Spheres of Justice) delivered at Yale in 1996, this brief book explores international examples not of political toleration but of ""cultural, religious, and way-of-life differences."" He begins historically, with five societal models: antidemocratic empire; the respect for sovereignty within the international order; multinational states, such as Switzerland and Belgium, that have a respect for their constituent nationalities built into their constitutions; nation-states; and immigrant societies that respect individual rights. He then looks at some hard cases, such as the pressure of immigration on French national identity, the multiple tensions in Israel, the secessionary impulses in Quebec and aboriginal Canada. He


concludes by reflecting on the contemporary American tendency toward group distinctions, as well as on the countering call for the hegemony of a shared culture. He supports the empowerment of locally based groups in running schools, housing and museums, believing (rather optimistically) that such particularization will weaken rather than strengthen ethnic group difference. He's on stronger ground, however, when he argues that multiculturalism can't succeed without an attack on class difference. Walzer offers interesting insights into power, class, gender, religion, education and civil religion: e.g., the common identity fostered by the latter (Independence Day, etc.) is especially important in immigrant societies like ours. Still, he might have augmented his thesis with some attention to the roles of popular culture and constitutional law. Reader's Subscription selection. (May)Over billions of years, the total carbon content of the outer part of the Earth -- in its upper mantle, crust, oceans, and atmospheres -- has gradually increased, scientists reported this month in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Craig Manning, a professor of geology and geochemistry at UCLA, and Peter Kelemen, a geochemistry professor at Columbia University, present new analyses that represent an important advance in refining our understanding of Earth's deep carbon cycle.

Manning and Kelemen studied how carbon, the chemical basis of all known life, behaves in a variety of tectonic settings. They assessed, among other factors, how much carbon is added to Earth's crust and how much carbon is released into the atmosphere. The new model combines measurements, predictions and calculations.

Their research includes


makes it into the deep mantle. Kelemen and Manning's new analysis suggests instead that subduction may return almost no carbon to the mantle, and that 'exchange between the deep interior and surface reservoirs is in balance.'

Some carbon must make it past subduction zones. Diamonds form in the mantle both from carbon that has never traveled to Earth's surface, known as primordial carbon, and from carbon that has cycled from the mantle to the surface and back again, known as recycled carbon. Manning and Kelemen corroborated their findings with a calculation based on the characteristics of diamonds, which form from carbon in the earth's mantle.

Deep carbon is important because the carbon at the Earth's surface, on which we depend, 'exists only by permission of the deep Earth,' Manning said,at 7,312.46, a level last hit on
Jan. 6. Shares of SM Investments Corp and San Miguel
Corp each dropped almost 2 percent.
Selling in Singapore and Thailand both came
at a smaller pace while Malaysia and Vietnam
staged a mild rebound.
Brokers in the region expect market consolidation in the
near term. Singapore-based NRA Capital said market breadth in
Singapore improved through the session and was slightly positive
while brokers in Bangkok saw external factors dominating
sentiment.
"We expect the SET to adjust down today, as local positives
are outweighed by concerns over the hemorrhaging Chinese stock
market," strategists at broker Asia Wealth Securities wrote in a
report.
An index of Asian shares reversed course and rose on
Thursday as a slide in battered Chinese stocks was stemmed, at
least temporarily, while the safe-haven yen was nudged off highs
scaled against the dollar.
Shares in Indonesian


Michael Clemens is a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development, where he studies the economic effects and causes of migration around the world. He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles on migration, development, and impact evaluation, and his research has been awarded the Royal Economic Society Prize. He also serves as a Research Fellow of IZA Institute of Labor Economics in Bonn, Germany, and is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Population Economics and World Development. He is the author of the book The Walls of Nations, forthcoming from Columbia University Press. Previously, Clemens has been an Affiliated Associate Professor of Public Policy at Georgetown University, a visiting scholar at New York University, and a consultant for the World Bank, Bain & Co., the Environmental DefenseFund, and the United Nations Development Program. He has lived and worked in Colombia, Brazil, and Turkey. He received his PhD from the Department of Economics at Harvard University, specializing in economic development, public finance, and economic history.


declares Dexter a “Tree City USA” community was bent and affixed to a telephone pole. Nearby, trees lay on the ground, rendering surrounding roads closed or impassable.

Freitag said a weaker tornado was on the ground for 3 to 5 minutes in Monroe County’s Ida Township. He estimated those winds at 80 to 90 mph.

Hemwall said a house in the town of Exeter was struck by lightning and debris swirled around another in Monroe County’s Dundee.

A third possible tornado was reported in northwest Lapeer County, near Columbiaville. Authorities reported damage in a three-mile area there. The storm ripped a two-story home from its foundation, damaged barns and vehicles, and knocked down trees. It packed wind gusts of up to 70 mph in Lapeer County and 2-inch hail, the weatherFeb. 5, 2019, 7 p.m.

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Phillies open 2013 in Atlanta, return home to face KC

Phillies open 2013 in Atlanta, return home to face KC

PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies have not played the Kansas City Royals since 2007, but they will play them in their home opener in 2013.

Major League Baseball released its schedule for next season on Wednesday.

Here are some highlights:

The Phillies open the season April 1-4 with a three-game series against the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field. They return home to host the Royals in a three-game series April 5-7. The homestand continues against the New York Mets on April 8-10.

The Phillies play the Royals, Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers in Interleague Play. They play the Indians on the road for two games


April 30-May 1 before playing them at home for two games May 14-15. The Phillies and Red Sox play a home-and-home series in May, with the Phils visiting Fenway Park on May 27-28, and the Red Sox visiting Citizens Bank Park on May 29-30.

The Phillies visit Target Field for a three-game series June 11-13, and the White Sox visit Philadelphia on July 12-14.

The Phillies finish Interleague Play on July 26-28 against the Tigers at Comerica Park.

There is a 10-game road trip June 24-July 4 against the San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates. The Phillies follow that with a 10-game homestand July 5-14 against the Braves, Washington Nationals and White Sox.

And then it's back on the road for a nine-game road trip against the Mets, St.management after seeing reports this week the injured five-eighth was going to walk away from rugby.

"Our contracting manager [Matt Carroll] has tried to speak directly to his agent without any success," Nucifora said. "Obviously on the back of what came out Monday night we've tried to make contact, with little joy and no luck, about wanting to enter into a discussion. Without dialogue it's pretty difficult to go anywhere." Cooper was last month fined $40,000 for a series of criticisms he made of the Wallabies and the ARU, which involved claims the Test team environment was "toxic" and "destroying" him as a person and as a player. Nucifora said the ARU considered the matter water under the bridge and wanted Cooper to stay in the sport. "I think


policy and campaign differences between the two candidates in coverage of the first, second and third debate and a cover story.

The big takeaway from election night at a federal level: Billions of dollars
spent on campaigns later, the U.S. House of Representatives remains in
Republican hands, the U.S. Senate remains in Democratic hands and the
White House remains in Democratic hands. In other words, billions of
dollars were spent to change almost nothing.

At the state level, Issue 1, which called for a
constitutional convention, lost. But Issue 2, which was an attempt at
redistricting reform, lost as well. CityBeat covered the rise and details of Issue 2 in a story and commentary.

In the state’s legislature races, incumbents swept.
Republican Bill Seitz beat Democrat Richard Luken for the eighth district
of the Ohio Senate. Republican Peter Stautbergbeat Democrat Nathan
Wissman for the 27th district of the Ohio House. Democrat Connie Pillich
beat Republican Mike Wilson for the 28th district of the Ohio House.
Republican Louis Blessing beat Democrat Hubert Brown for the 29th
district of the Ohio House. Republican Lou Terhar beat Democrat Steven
Newsome for the 30th district of the Ohio House. Democrat Denise
Driehaus beat Republican Michael Gabbard for the 31st district of the
Ohio House. Democrat Dale Mallory beat Republican Ron Mosby for the 32nd
district of the Ohio House. Democrat Alicia Reece beat Republican Tom
Bryan for the 33rd district of the Ohio House.

At the local level, Issue 4, which gives City Council
four-year terms, was approved. Issue 42, which renewed a tax levy
for Cincinnati Public Schools, passed. Issue 50, a tax levy for senior
health services, was approved. Issue 51,


rated
38 percent as Kept, 16 percent Compromised and 17 percent Broken.

Twice during his speech the president was interrupted by audience
members shouting from the stands.

The first was a man on the balcony level of the arena
interrupted, shouting anti-abortion slogans and waving a sign showing mutilated
fetuses before being dragged out by about five law enforcement officers. Both were
drowned out by supporters.

Music legend Stevie Wonder opened the rally for Obama, playing a
number of his hits, opening up “Superstition” with a refrain of “on the right
track, can’t go back.”

Wonder discussed abortion policy between songs and urged Ohioans
who had not already voted to do so either early on Monday or Election Day.

So far, 28 percent of Ohio voters have already cast their
ballots. CNN reports that those votes favor Obama 63/35, according to public
polling.

Meanwhilethreatened to bring the legislation to
referendum, but the Republican-controlled legislature and Kasich
repealed most of the measures and restored expanded early voting in Ohio
before the referendum came to a vote. A federal court also
restored early voting for all Ohioans for the three days prior to Election Day, which the previous repeals had only brought back for military voters.

In 2012, Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, a Republican,
invoked uniform early voting hours, effectively eliminating most
weekend voting, and made last-minute changes that placed the burden of
proper identification on voters instead of poll workers, which Democrats
argued made verifying provisional ballots more difficult.

When asked to justify some of the measures, Doug Preisse,
close adviser to Kasich and chairman of the Franklin County Republican
Party, wrote in an email to The Columbus Dispatch, “I guess I
really


that, among other things, give same-sex
partners the right to visit their loved ones in the hospital and make
medical decisions.

He said the next president would also likely have the
opportunity to appoint new justices to the U.S. Supreme Court. The court
will likely decide the fate of California’s Proposition 8, which
outlawed gay marriage.

"If you care about equality, you've got to vote," Seelbach said. "The easiest way to vote is to vote early."

The Obama campaign in Ohio plans to release a new online ad touting the president’s accomplishments for LGBT people.

The ad, made available to CityBeat, features Zach Wahls, a
gay-rights activist born to a lesbian couple via artificial
insemination. Wahls is known for his testimony before the Iowa House
Judiciary Committee against a constitutional amendment that would ban
gay marriage in that state.

In the ad,during the week of Oct. 20. Counties would have the right to tack on additional voting hours too.

The ruling is the latest chapter in Ohio's early votingsaga, and a setback for Ohio Gov. John R Kasich and Secretary of State Jon A. Husted. Both Republicans say measures to reduce early voting are an effort to make voting hours across the state more uniform. In February, Kasich signed into law a bill that eliminated Golden Week, effectively reducing the early voting period to 28 days from 35 days. Husted also issued a directive that lopped off evening and weekend hours. Such measures were necessary to reduce fraud, save money and create uniformity across the state, Kasich and his supporters have said.

The “ruling kicks the door open to having different


rules for voting in each of Ohio’s 88 counties, which is not fair and uniform,” Husted said in a statement.

The ruling was in response to a lawsuit filed by several civil rights groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People of Ohio, and several African-American churches. Economus ruled that the reductions would disproportionately hurt low-income and minority voters, many of whom overwhelmingly use Golden Week to cast ballots. African-American churches, in particular, have taken advantage of the week by providing congregates transportation to and from the polls after services.

According to a study cited in the ruling on early voting in the greater Cleveland area, “African-American voters cast an estimated 77.9 perfect of all” early votes in 2008.

In 2012, 1.9 millionuse its power to defend the right to vote

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder last week said the Justice Department plans to join a lawsuit against the state of Ohio seeking to restore early voting in the state.

Holder revealed the DOJ’s intention to join the fight in Ohio over early voting during an interview about terrorism with ABC News in London July 11. That portion of the interview was unaired. Holder’s comments were revealed when the DOJ released transcripts to the press this week.

The Ohio suit, originally brought by the Ohio American Civil Liberties Union and other civil rights groups, claims the Republican-led elimination of early voting hours is unconstitutional because it will disproportionately affect minorities.

Ohio’s General Assembly, which is controlled by Republicans, passed laws in February eliminating six


early voting days and same-day voter registration. Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted subsequently eliminated early voting the last two Sundays before elections and on weekday evenings in the days before elections.

“I’m pleased that the U.S. Department of Justice will be joining the fight to protect voter rights in Ohio,” FitzGerald said in the release. “Under Governor Kasich, access to the polls has significantly decreased for hardworking Ohioans across the state.”

Mayor John Cranley is trying to find a compromise
over whether early voting will move out of downtown after the 2016
general election, as some Republicans in the county government
have suggested. Cranley called for a meeting with Hamilton County Board
of Elections Chairman and Hamilton County Democratic Party Chairman Tim
Burke, Hamilton County Republican Party Chairman Alex Triantafilou,
Cincinnati NAACP President Ishton MortonThank you to everyone who read
my blogs during my nearly two years at CityBeat, and I hope I helped you understand the city’s complicated, exciting political and economic climate a little better, even if you sometimes disagreed with what I wrote.

Board of Elections to move, Kasich repeals one early voting week, income inequality on rise

Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted on Friday ruled that
the Hamilton County Board of Elections can move to a former hospital
site at Mount Airy after the 2016 election, but whether early voting
moves along with the Board of Elections needs to be resolved separately.
The decision does little to resolve the dispute between local Democrats
and Republicans about which location — downtown or Mount Airy — is
better for early voters. Democrats argue downtown, as the central hub


of
local public transportation, best meets the need of most early voters.
Republicans argue the Mount Airy facility is closer to the center of the
whole county and provides free parking, which Republicans say should
make up for the few bus routes that go to the neighborhood.

Gov. John Kasich on Friday signed two controversial
election bills that reduce the time allotted for early voting by one
week and restrict counties’ ability to send out unsolicited absentee
voting applications. The reduction of early voting in particular raised
claims of “voter suppression” from Democrats because the bill eliminates
the Golden Week in which early voters can register to vote and actually vote on
the same day. Republicans say the bills are necessary to establish
uniform early voting hours and rules across the state. In general, both
sides acknowledge Democrats benefit from moreearly voting access and
Republicans benefit from less early voting access.

Income inequality rose in Ohio between 1979 and 2011, but Ohio fared
better than most states, according to an analysis from the Economic
Policy Institute and the Economic Analysis and Research Network. Ohio’s
top 1 percent make roughly 18.1 times the annual income as the bottom 99
percent. In comparison, the average nationwide rate is 24.4 and the rate
in the two worst performing states — New York and Connecticut — is 40.

Contrary to faulty reports from Councilman Charlie Winburn and The Cincinnati Enquirer,
the city extensively warned residents about its decision to decertify
the flood levee around Lunken Airport. In fact, Winburn in 2010 actually
voted in favor of an ordinance that supported the decertification. The
decision means residents in the area need to purchase flood insurance.

Mayor


becomes law.

A Christian university located south of Columbus gets public dollars to teach “biblical truth,” an Akron Beacon Journal investigation found. And the school’s president and lobbyist just happen to sit on the Ohio Board of Education.

Mayor John Cranley plans to address long-term unemployment
in Cincinnati with several new initiatives, some of which could get
support from the White House, he told CityBeat yesterday. According to Cranley, the idea is to end employer discrimination against the
long-term unemployed or land the long-term unemployed into jobs to end
the job-crippling gap in their resumes. Cranley’s push against long-term
unemployment comes in preparation of his visit today to the White
House, which is looking for different ways to tackle the sluggish
economy without going through a gridlocked Congress.

Republican Secretary of State Jon Husted said it would bevoting access for people who rely on public transportation, while
Republicans argue free parking at the new facility would outweigh the
loss of bus access.

Officials plan to break ground today on the Anna Louise
Inn’s new location at Mount Auburn. The start of construction marks the
beginning of the next chapter for the Inn afters its owner, Cincinnati
Union Bethel (CUB), lost a contentious legal battle against
financial giant Western & Southern. CUB sought to keep the Inn at
the location it has been at since 1909, while Western & Southern aimed to claim the property to invoke its full development vision on the Lytle
Park neighborhood. After two years of litigation, both sides reached a
settlement in which CUB agreed to move.

With bipartisan support, the Ohio House cleared a bill that
reduces the costs and speeds up


crime lab at the location.

The acceptance comes despite lingering uncertainties about
whether the Board of Elections will also move to the former hospital in
Mount Airy. County commissioners previously warned the Board of
Elections must move with the crime lab to provide the occupancy
necessary to financially justify renovations at the 500,000-square-foot
facility.

The decision also comes despite remaining questions about
how exactly the cash-strapped county government will fund the move and
the renovations it entails.

Hamilton County Coroner Lakshmi Sammarco and Sheriff Jim
Neil both lobbied for the new crime lab. Citing expert opinions, they
argue the current crime lab lacks space and needs to be modernized,
which could put criminal evidence and trials at risk.

Board of Commissioners President Chris Monzel called the
gift a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” — a sentiment both other
commissioners seemed to follow.

“This is a home run forcalendar is short and already very crowded. Although Senate leaders say they are committed to the goal, House leaders appear less enthusiastic. But a powerful coalition of forces, including business leaders who can bend a member's ear, is keen for Congress to act. "Legislation would show the public that our nation's leaders have a long-range plan of action on U.S. competitiveness," says Susan Traiman of the Business Roundtable, a consortium of 160 CEOs from across U.S. industry.

The legislation draws upon several efforts over the past year examining the status of U.S. science and technology, including the National Academies' Rising Above the Gathering Storm report and the National Summit on Competitiveness (Science, 21 October 2005, p. 423; 16 December 2005, p. 1752). In February, the Bush Administration proposed starting


a 10-year doubling of basic research at the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) core labs (Science, 17 February, p. 929) as part of its 2007 budget request. And the initial funding for what the Administration has dubbed the American Competitiveness Initiative (ACI) is working its way through the legislative process.

Science advocates can't say enough about the importance of ACI. But they believe even more is needed to improve math and science education and enhance U.S. innovation. Taking their cue from Gathering Storm and other reports, legislators from both parties introduced a fistful of bills earlier this year that would expand existing research and education activities at several agencies and set up newSeveral of the bills also expand NSF's role in science and math education, a position that clashes with the Administration's plans for the Department of Education to lead efforts to improve math and science education and manage all the ACI's education components.

Presidential science adviser Jack Marburger emphasized those points in hard-line letters this spring to the chairs of the committees as they prepared to vote out one of the Senate bills (S. 2802) and two House bills (HR 5356/5358). The Senate measure, Marburger warned Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) on 17 May, "would undermine and delay" ongoing research at the three agencies, "duplicate or complicate existing education and technology programs," and "compete with private investment" in both areas. The House bills, he told Representative Sherry Boehlert (R-NY) on 5


June, "would diminish the impact" of the requested increases for the three ACI agencies.

Boehlert says he was "quite disappointed" by Marburger's letter, noting the president's declaration in his January State of the Union address that the country "must continue to lead the world in human talent and creativity." Boehlert added, "I thought that we had been working with OSTP on these issues," referring to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy that Marburger heads.

Three weeks after the House committee passed both bills, �berstaffer Karl Rove, new domestic policy chief Karl Zinsmeister, and a score of high-tech industry and academic lobbyists met at the White House to discuss the pending legislation. Although nothing was resolved--some participants say Rove and Marburger scolded them for supporting the bills, whereasdifference between sounds is preserved whether you recite it horizontally or vertically. It was extended and completed with fricatives and sibilants, semi-vowels, and vowels, and was eventually codified into the Brahmi alphabet, which is one of the most systematic sound-to-writing mappings. Scholar Frits Staal has commented, "Like Mendelejev’s Periodic System of Elements, the varga system was the result of centuries of analysis. In the course of that development the basic concepts of phonology were discovered and defined.

The Varga system and the Pratishakshyas, contributions of the Shiksha texts, are elaborate systems which deal with the generation and classification of sound.

Other Shiksha texts

In addition, several Shiksha texts exist, most of them in metrical verse form but a few in sutra form. The following list contains some of these surviving texts


Today in Science History – February 24 – Inflammable Air

February 24 marks the passing of Henry Cavendish. Cavendish was an English natural philosopher who made a meticulous study of air and calculated the density of the Earth.

In the late 18th Century, scientists used the term gas and air interchangeably. Cavendish was one of the first to notice that perhaps the air was made up of different types of ‘airs’. His most famous investigations led to the discovery of ‘inflammable air’ or hydrogen. He collected hydrogen by collecting the gas given off by the reaction of metals and strong acids and called it ‘inflammable air’. Inflammable air was almost entirely made up of phlogiston, the substance in a body that causes them to burn. He found if he combinedof salt. His measurements were so precise, his value of G was within 1% of the accepted value of 6.67×10−11 m3/kg·s2. He used this value to determine the average density of the Earth and in turn, calculated the mass of the Earth.

Henry Cavendish was supported through a stipend granted by his father, Lord Charles Cavendish. When his father died and Henry became Lord Cavendish, he was one of the wealthiest people in England. He set himself up in his private home laboratory to avoid interactions with others. One of his main contacts with other people was through his private library. He would loan books to men who were properly vouched for. He would also check books out for himself. If he needed one of his books, he would


enter the loan into his ledger. This solitary life was extended to his research. He rarely published his findings. After his death, several sealed packets of his notes were discovered and edited by James Clark Maxwell and published nearly 70 years later.

Notable Science Events for February 24

1967 – Brian Schmidt was born.

Brian SchmidtCredit: Markus Pössel

Schmidt is an American/Australian astronomer who discovered the expansion of the universe is accelerating. Previous theories held the universe’s expansion was slowing down and Schmidt’s team set out to measure the rate of deceleration using the red-shift of Type 1a supernovae. Their measurements showed the opposite and they spent the next few weeks trying to find their error. Once they decided they hadn’t made an error, they published a paper with Adam Reiss. Anothersupernova group led by Saul Perlmutter discovered the same thing at nearly the same time. The accelerating universe discovery would earn all three the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics.

1923 – Edward Williams Morley died.

Edward Williams Morley (1838 – 1923)

Morley was an American scientist best known for his extremely accurate measurement of the atomic weight of oxygen. Atomic masses used to be measured based on oxygen having an atomic mass of exactly 16. This practice made sense until isotopes were discovered. Morley was studying the gases that made up Earth’s atmosphere and their weights. He spent eleven years improving the accuracy of his equipment until he produced an atomic weight measurement accurate to 1 part in 10,000.

Morley attempted with A. A. Michelson to detect the ‘aether’ in the Michelson/Morley


experiment. The experiment was designed to provide proof of the existence of a luminiferous aether that propagated lightwaves through space. The null results of this experiment would eventually lead to Einstein’s theory of relativity.

1913 – William Summer Johnson was born.

Johnson was an American biochemist who developed the first artificially produced steroids and considered one of the leaders of the field of organic synthesis. He produced several techniques to simplify the synthesis of several steroids and vitamins.

1866 – Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev was born.

Lebedev was a Russian physicist who was the first to prove light exerts mechanical pressure on the surface it is shined on. He accurately measured the pressure of light on a solid body which gave the first quantitative proof to Clark Maxwell’s electromagnetic theories. He was responsiblethese arrangements. Para- is added to the name the first grouping, meta- is the prefix for the second, and ortho for the third.

1811 – Eugène Melchior Péligot was born.

Eugène-Melchior Péligot (1811 – 1890)

Péligot was a French chemist who first isolated the element uranium. He produced the metal sample by heating a salt of uranium with potassium.

He also discovered the methyl radical with Jean-Baptiste Dumas while experimenting with methanol.

1810 – Henry Cavendish died.

1799 – Georg Christoph Lichtenberg died.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742 – 1799)

Lichtenberg was a German scientist whose main research was with electricity. He discovered when a static charge is introduced to a dielectric material, interesting branching patterns appear. These patterns are called Lichtenberg figures.

1664 – Thomas Newcomen was born.

Newcomen was an English ironmonger who constructed the first practical


atmospheric steam engine pump to remove water from coal mines.

This engine took steam from a boiler to push a piston up. Cold water was allowed into the piston chamber which cooled the steam. The vacuum formed by the cooling steam would pull the piston down to start the process all over again. The piston’s movement would be linked to anything that required the back and forth repetitive motion.

The invention of the Newcomen steam engine marks the beginning of the Industrial Revolution.

1582 – The Gregorian calendar was created.

The calendar we use today was created by Pope Gregory XIII. He reformed the previous Julian calendar to its current form by papal bull. The modified calendar introduced a leap day every four years and the date format would include a year,“to completely suspend US arms sales to Saudi Arabia or be forever linked to Yemen wartime atrocities.”

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The rights group stressed that “the US, UK, and others selling weapons to Saudi Arabia should suspend these sales until unlawful attacks are curtailed and properly investigated.”

The report referred to two devastating airstrikes delivered by the Saudi Air Force, namely the March attack on Mastaba market, which claimed the lives of 97 civilians, and an October attack on a funeral hall in Sanaa that left at least 100 people killed and more than 500 wounded.

The UN human rights body said in August that the Saudi-led coalition was responsible for roughly 60 percent of the 3,800 civilians killed in Yemen since March 2015. The war has also displaced 3.7 million others, pushing


went after members of congress — Senate and the House — especially on the intelligence committees and the armed services committees, lawyers, law firms, judges, State Department officials, part of the White House, multinational companies, financial firms, NGOs, civil rights groups …”

With the continuing release of secret files on the NSA’s spying programs on American citizens, spying programs supported in their entirety by the Obama Administration, it appears that the false illusion of Barack Obama as the reincarnation of Jack Kennedy is finally coming to an abrupt and rude end. It’s being assisted by the multiple stress fractures of the economy, joblessness, divisive politics and the growing distrust of government at all levels, ironically called forth by that very government. There’s also the environment and energy, when combinedWildsfees Accommodation Scam Uncovered

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We chat to Mike McNaughton of the Kelston Motor Group: Mike McNaughton is a Director of the Kelston Motor Group – Kelston is an independent Motor Group representing a number of brands across the country. In the stable of the Kelston Group are Ford, Hyundai, Volkswagen, Toyota, Citroen, Mahindra, FAW and Peugeot Motor Car Dealerships. Mike has been involved in business for 40


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A British Columbia judge has concluded the federal government's mandatory-minimum sentence for the possession of a loaded and prohibited firearm is arbitrary and fundamentally unjust and has the potential to violate a person's protection against cruel and unusual punishment.

The ruling is the latest across the country from judges who believe the law forcing them to impose a three-year minimum prison sentence in all such cases violates the charter.

It comes as the Ontario Court of Appeal prepares to hear several separate cases together next month on the topic in an effort to come up with a uniform ruling.

The B.C. ruling was handed down by provincial court Judge James Bahen on Thursday as he sentenced a man who'd been arrested with a loaded Glock semi-automatic handgun in a Louis Vuittonbag in November 2010.

Court heard police watched as Glenn Harley Tetsuji Sheck left his house, drove to another house briefly and then entered a crowded restaurant with the bag and the gun.

In his ruling, the judge noted Sheck was 29 years old at the time and had no criminal record. He was a father of four and made child support payments to the mother of three children. He is an apprentice electrician in a family business and is a member of the Shuswap First Nation.

Bahen found that in B.C., the sentence for such a crime would have been 18 months to two and a half years before the Conservative government introduced the three-year minimum in 2008.

"I ... have concluded that by any estimation of the range of sentence


DAVID BAILIN is an artist working primarily in drawing. He received his MA from Hunter College in New York and his BFA at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He has received fellowship awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the NEA / Mid-American Arts Alliance as well as the Arkansas Art Council. Bailin was given a solo exhibition in 2000 at the Arkansas Art Center in Little Rock and at the Visual Arts Center at the Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 2009. His work has been acquired by a number of public institutions including the Arkansas Art Center Foundation Collection in Little Rock, and the National Jewish Museum in Washington D.C. Bailin has received critical reviews in ARTnews, theLos Angeles Times, the LA Weekly, the Oxford American Magazine, art Ltd and other periodicals, and was the subject of a 2008 documentary entitled “Charcoal Lines.” The 2017 International Drawing Annual 11 exhibition-in-print includes two drawings from Bailin’s Erasing series. He was selected by the Arkansas Times weekly as one of Arkansas’ Visionaries in 2014. In 2014 he participated in the 56th Annual Delta Exhibition at the Arkansas Art Center and received the prestigious Grand Award.Bailin is represented by Koplin del Rio Gallery, Seattle, WA and Boswell Mourot Fine Art, Little Rock, AR. David Bailin currently lives and works in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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earn Division I All-American honors at the University of Oregon and a spot as an alternate on the U.S. Olympic team for the Sydney Games in 2000.

This guy is completely comfortable in his wrestling skin, too. He doesn’t try to come out and prove anything on the feet. His sole purpose for standing strikes is to close the distance for takedowns, whether Greco or freestyle. And he is almost always successful in executing them.

Bisping is a marginal wrestler, but he has excellent takedown defense, both in terms of a quick sprawl and great balance against the fence. Yet, that defense has to be a bit rusty because there is no way that he brought in top level wrestlers to prepare for Maia. The same thing holds true formentioned, is solely designed to close the distance for a takedown. He possesses neither the technique nor the power to give Bisping any concern whatsoever on the feet.

Bisping is very skilled at fighting behind and active jab, with a stick-and-move mentality, while circling to his left. In my opinion, that is his single biggest key to victory. The good news is Bisping is the most effective when he is doing just that, despite the fact that it was his major mistake in his first knockout loss. In that fight, he was facing a guy with a dynamite-filled right hand, so circling to his left meant that he was walking right into the weapon he so desperately wanted to avoid.

Sonnen isn’t Dan Henderson. He doesn’t have much in the


to victory in a soccer game, and the two face off once more at a tension-filled press conference. Tickets for UFC 189 are now on sale at UFCFIGHTWEEK.com.

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Jose Aldo and Conor McGregor cross the pond to England. Aldo cheers on his countrymen to victory in a soccer game, and the two face off once more at a tension-filled press conference. Tickets for UFC 189 are now on sale at UFCFIGHTWEEK.com.

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Jose Aldo and Conor McGregor take over chilly Toronto. As Aldo’s patience for McGregor’s trash talk wears thin, Dana White is forced to play peacemaker on set, on stage and behind the scenes. Tickets for UFC 189 are now on sale at UFCFIGHTWEEK.com.

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Jose Aldo channels Tony Montana while his opponent Conor McGregor channelsfriendly, highly experienced musicians.

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"Two households, both alike in dignity in fair Verona, where we lay our scene from ancient grudge break to new mutiny where civil blood makes civil hands unclean." "From forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;" "...whose misadventured piteous overthrows doth with their death bury their parents' strife." "The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love and the continuance of their parents' rage which, but their children's end, nought could remove is now the two hours' traffic of our stage." "Two households  both alike in dignity  in fair Verona, where we lay our scene  from ancient grudge break to new mutiny  where civil blood makes civil hands unclean." "From forth the fatal loins of these twoas well, and includes a photo of the plaque (see below) in the sidewalk at 801 Lighthouse Ave. in Pacific Grove.

2 Commanders from the Naval Postgraduate School where Gary Kildall taught

A large contingent of former Digital Research employees

NOTE: We are investigating how to upload more photos to this website and will do so ASAP! In the meantime, here are links to the Memorial Plaque and a few more pics courtesy of Doug Faribairn of the Computer History Museum:

The video is about 1 hr and 40 min total. It includes the presentations in Pacific Grove City Hall and the unveiling of the plaque outside 801 Lighthouse Avenue. The speakers and times of their first comments are:Robert Huitt 1:00Brian Berg 2:15Howard Michel 12:16David Laws 21:44Tom Rolander 26:50Gordon Eubanks 29:00Brian Halla


M is for Marshall

Thurgood Marshall

by Shuan

Thurgood Marshall was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1908.
He attended Howard University Law School. After graduating
from college he went to work for the NAACP.
He also practiced as a lawyer. His most famous
victory was in 1954, Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.
This historic decision overturned segregation in the Topeka schools.
He was appointed to the Supreme Court and served there
until he retired in 1991. He died two years later.the criminal action and to pinpoint the best scenes for an antropomorphometrical analysis. The scene of the crime was therefore reconstructed by bringing the suspect back to the bank where the robbery took place, who was then filmed with the same closed circuit video cameras and made to assume positions as close as possible to those of the bank robber to be identified. Taking frame no. 17, points of comparable similarity were identified on the face and right ear of the perpetrator of the crime and the same points of similarity identified on the face of the suspect: right and left eyebrows, right and left eyes, "glabella", nose, mouth, chin, fold between nose and upper lip, right ear, elix, tragus,"fossetta", "conca" and lobule. After careful comparative morphometric computer


not assume any other liabilities or obligations of the Seller whatsoever." (Emphasis supplied.)
Terry Britt, the general manager of RES, testified that the reference to tenant agreements in the Asset Purchase Agreement referred to active tenant agreements. He further testified that RES had been careful not to assume any outstanding liabilities of Air Center since Air Center had encountered financial difficulty in managing the airport. He also testified that none of the shareholders, officers, or directors of RES were shareholders, officers, or directors of Air Center. Appellant testified that he sold his airplane for scrap in 1988. He did not contend that he had a contract with RES and first became aware of its existence when he saw its name in documentation obtained by his counsel.
At the close oflease. However, we note that appellant claimed in his previous appeal that Air Center was liable to it because it allegedly breached its oral contract with him to store and secure his plane. See Blum, supra at 314. In any event, the evidence is undisputed that appellant was not a party to the original lease agreement or any of the amendments thereto and appellant points to no provision in the lease agreement RES executed with the Authority whereby it assumed any liabilities Air Center may have had to appellant. See Howard, supra.
Appellant's claim that RES specifically assumed Air Center's liabilities to him in the Asset Purchase Agreement it entered into with Air Center is equally without merit. Since appellant's plane was removed from the airport in 1988, his


established" for qualified immunity purposes at the time of the alleged incident.

I. FACTS & DISPOSITION BELOW1

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In this case we attend to the aftermath of a protracted lovers' quarrel in which, it would seem, each party has attempted to use the official machinery of the justice system to exact revenge on the other. It is emphatically not the sort of case that we relish. At all times relevant to this suit the defendant Charles Grayeb was a member of the Peoria City Council, the defendant John Stenson was the Chief of the Peoria Police Department, and the defendants Stuart Barden and Jeffrey Kice were police officers with the Peoria Police Department. Defendant Grayeb and plaintiff Joseph A. Lunini, Jr. met in June 1995. Lunini and Grayeb began a personalrelationship with sexual overtones in June 1995, and they began to live together in December 1995 or January 1996. In 1997, Lunini and Grayeb moved into a single-family home at 510 West High Street (the High Street residence) in Peoria, Illinois, which Grayeb had purchased earlier that year. Grayeb is still the record owner of the property. Lunini and Grayeb were the sole residents of the High Street residence from 1997 until June 2000, and Lunini's children would visit the residence almost every weekend.

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Sometime during the first half of 2000 Lunini and Grayeb began to have major difficulties in their relationship, and by June a breakup was on the horizon. On June 27, 2000, after a City Council meeting, Grayeb met with Chief Stenson and discussed his problems


placing his boxes in the front parlor, and a confrontation ensued. Lunini alleges that Grayeb lost his temper, swore at him, slapped him twice in the face and punched him in the face once. Lunini also reports that Grayeb told him to "go ahead and call the police," boasting that the police would not help Lunini since Grayeb was a member of the City Council. Grayeb disputes that this altercation ever occurred, but the precise details of the confrontation are immaterial to this appeal. After allegedly being struck in the face, Lunini grabbed a portable telephone, dialed 911 and went outside the house. He told the 911 operator that he had been assaulted at the High Street residence.

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Defendants Barden and Kice were dispatched to the scene between 5:00and 5:30 a.m., where they found Lunini outside the house in his bathrobe and holding a telephone. Lunini told Barden that he and Grayeb had gotten into an argument about Lunini's smoking in the house, and that while he was packing boxes Grayeb had slapped him twice and punched him in the face. Barden observed that Lunini was bleeding from his lip and had blood on his hand. Lunini also told Barden that he and Grayeb were ending a relationship and that Lunini was planning to move out. Lunini claims that Barden and Kice laughed and "made faces" when Lunini mentioned his relationship with Grayeb. After Lunini declined the defendants' offer to call an ambulance, defendant Kice told him to "go over and sit on the curb and


don't leave." Barden and Kice then went to enter the house; Lunini remained sitting on the curb outside for approximately one hour.

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Meanwhile, upon seeing the police cars arrive in front of the High Street residence, Grayeb called the police station and asked to have Chief Stenson paged. Grayeb claims he wanted to speak to Stenson since he was alarmed that Lunini had entered his house at 4:30 a.m. and because he did not know why the police had been summoned. Shortly thereafter, Barden and Kice entered the residence. Grayeb told Barden that Lunini was in the process of moving out and that he and Lunini had gotten into an argument about a cigarette Lunini had left in the house. Grayeb told Barden that he was unaware of Lunini'sinjury, and Barden observed no blood on Grayeb's person. At some point Barden and Kice also called for a sergeant to come to the High Street residence since the incident involved a man of "prestige" from the City Council. The sergeant remained there until Barden and Kice left the scene.

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While Barden was inside the house, Chief Stenson returned Grayeb's earlier call. Grayeb and Stenson had a short conversation, the content of which is somewhat contested, and then Stenson asked to speak with Barden. Barden told Stenson about Lunini's claim but said there was no physical evidence of an altercation such as overturned furniture, broken glass or torn clothes. Barden also told Stenson that he could not determine how Lunini had been injured since there were no witnesses to


was allowed to change clothes, Kice escorted him down to the garage where Lunini relinquished his house key, gate key and garage door opener. Barden gave Lunini a domestic violence form and explained how he could obtain an order of protection if he desired one. Barden went back inside, gave a domestic violence form to Grayeb as well, and then left the residence. Lunini also left the residence, followed by two squad cars, and drove to the home of his friend Terry Ricci at 2007 North Linn in Peoria.

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Peoria Police Department General Order # 400.01 sets forth procedures for responding to domestic violence incidents. The Order provides that under the Illinois Domestic Violence Act, an officer is expected to handle domestic violence in a manner similar to anybrought before a jury because it was a "homo thing." Lunini then brought the instant action against Grayeb, Stenson, Barden and Kice, asserting claims under the Fourth Amendment for violation of his right to be free from unreasonable seizure, under the Fourteenth Amendment for violation of his right to equal protection of the law, under § 3604 of the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq., along with a state law claim for battery. Lunini's equal protection claim was advanced as a "class of one" suit, alleging an improper withdrawal of police protection based on animus toward him and/or favoritism toward Grayeb.

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The defendants moved for summary judgment and on February 27, 2004, the district court entered an order granting in part and denying in part the


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As I write this, India has got itself a new President and we wait with bated breath to judge how much Pranab Mukherjee will change the perception of India’s most august post. As a kid I visited the Rashtrapati Bhavan three times (all three times we were invited because my father was being bestowed with medals by the Government of India) and I remember each time being awestruck by the regality of the building, the formality of the ceremonies and the high tea that followed in the stunning gardens there. It was also the first time I set eyes on the then Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi and have no qualms stating that I immediately fell in love. Yes, the Rashtrapati Bhavan fuelled25 years of their label, they take an unabashed, provocative look back at their lives together. The great masters of Indian art, Akbar Padamsee and Sakti Burman, both colossus in the field of Indian art, open up to Hi! about their creative endurance over many decades; do read what they think of the young turks in the business. Some young cricketers threaten to run torrid on the field and we catch them before they slip off to Sri Lanka for the series.
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Political roadmap on the synchronisation of the Baltic States’ signed

Jun 21, 2019

The political roadmap implementing the synchronisation of the Baltic States' electricity networks with the Continental European Network via Poland, was signed on 20th of June by President of Lithuania, Prime Minister of Estonia, Poland and Latvia and the President of the European Commission.

The synchronisation of the Baltic States with the Central European grid is a cornerstone and one of the most emblematic projects of the Energy Union, a concrete expression of European solidarity in energy security. The Roadmap sets the target date of 2025 for the full synchronisation.

The parties agreed to implement the infrastructure and operational measures in the Baltic States and Poland by ensuring the timely completion of the following intermediate milestones:

Ensuring an adequate amount ofBelorussian system operators, and identifying required measures, if any, to ensure the continued security of the Kaliningrad region electricity system and necessary system services, in a scenario of no cross-border transmission capacity available for trade flows after the de-synchronisation process, as already officially communicated by the Baltic TSOs to the Russian and Belorussian system operators in March 2019.

The European Commission and the Baltic States will continue necessary procedures in order to finalise the discussion with the Russian and Belarussian sides, so that the de-synchronisation process from the Russian, including Kaliningrad region, and Belarussian systems can be managed without additional risks for the security of their systems, as already agreed in the Political Roadmap of 28 June 2018.

Whilst formerly an "energy island", the Baltic States region is now connected


with European partners through recently established electricity lines with Poland (LitPol Link), Sweden (NordBalt) and Finland (Estlink 1 and Estlink 2). These projects were made possible and built with EU support. For historical reasons, however, the Baltic States' electricity grid is still operated in a synchronous mode with the Russian and Belarusian systems.

The desynchronisation of the Baltic States' electricity grid from these systems and the synchronisation with the continental European network (CEN) is an essential political priority for the achievement of the Energy Union. The relevant grid reinforcements have been included in the third EU list of Projects of Common Interest (PCIs) adopted by the Commission on 23 November 2017. On 19 March 2019, the Connecting Europe Facility grant agreement was signed for the €323 million financing forRussia investigation seeks 1st charges, indictment announcement may come as soon as Monday, sources say Robert Mueller's team sought charges against at least one unidentified person

 -- The special counsel team investigating Russia's alleged meddling in the 2016 election and possible links to the campaign of President Donald Trump has sought charges against at least one unidentified target, ABC News has learned.

Sources tell ABC News an indictment announcement and arrest could possibly come as early as Monday.

A spokesman for the special counsel's office declined to comment.

CNN first reported a federal grand jury approved charges brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team.

Attorneys from Mueller's office were at the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., on Friday, including one of his senior prosecutors who specializes in fraud cases. ABC News confirmed


a filing was made at the court Friday.

It's unclear at this point how significant this potential action might be.

Mueller is investigating whether there was any collusion between members of the Trump presidential campaign and Russia in connection with the 2016 election. The special counsel has also been probing the financial dealings of some key Trump associates.

Sources close to former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort told ABC News that they have no indication that any charges against him may be imminent.

ABC News also reached out to people associated with former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn and have so far not received a comment in response.The LFB later said the fire was in the restaurant's extraction system and tweeted: "We managed to confine the fire to the extraction system & limit damage. 6 staff left before we arrived, all uninjured."

The fire affected an area of the roof of nearby Indian restaurant The Delhi Brasserie near the junction with Old Compton Street.

A worker at nearby Ceviche restaurant, who only gave her name as Katie, said: "There was a lot of black smoke. It all happened very fast. It seemed to be coming from the roof and then the street flooded with black smoke.

"All the poor people from Ronnie Scott's had to run out in their party hats- they do Christmas lunches there at this time of year. But we weren't scared for our business,


it was quite clear it was an isolated incident.

"It was certainly something you don't see every lunchtime. It was exciting for a few minutes. We were glad that we weren't affected and we were glad that Ronnie Scott's didn't burn down."

Lakhdar Melvena, a waitress at neighbouring restaurant Elcantara, said she was working in the basement when a worker from nearby Bar Italia alerted her to the fire.

She said: "I was in the basement getting some oranges and a woman came in and said the roof was on fire so I went straight outside and saw the smoke. I was worried that the fire was going to spread because the smoke coming in here was too much."would "upgrade the performance, operating efficiency, capacity, safety and reliability of Caltrain's commuter rail service," according to Caltrain.

"Caltrain spokeswoman Tasha Bartholomew says the [federal] funds are needed by March 1," reports Katy Murphyfor The Mercury News "Otherwise, she said, it 'would result in delays that could threaten the viability of the electrification project.'”

As a contender for the $647 million federal grant, the Caltrain project underwent a two-year review, receiving 'medium-high ratings' from the Federal Transit Administration. It now needs the signature of the new Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao — typically a pro-forma step done after a 30-day comment period, which ends in mid-February.

It is that connection to high-speed rail that has spurred the congressional Republican to target the Caltrain project, although the two are independent, though clearly


Financing package to fill funding holes from its inability to secure State or private funds, and is seeking an additional $650 million in grants from the federal government to electrify its line from San Jose to San Francisco for use by both transit and high-speed rail service.

The letter is also wrong about who owns the "line from San Jose to San Francisco." It was purchased by the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board from Southern Pacific Railroad in December 1991. See BayRail Alliance's excellent chronology on Caltrain history, dating back to 1851.

As Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, told the San Mateo Daily Journal,“It was stunning to me because there were inaccuracies in their letter and I thought it was very important that Secretary Chao get the real facts,” EshooUrban Sketchers."
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Separation problems

[By Fred Lynch] As I drew with my back to the wall of the abbey of San Martino (built in 1400), cars squeezed by one by one, then headed left or right before me. Pedestrians trickeled by, too. This is the narrowest opening of the walled city of Viterbo, called Porta San Pietro. Looking over at the big wooden door to the entrance, I wondered when was the last time they closed it.

It was the large unusual shadow formation that attracted me to draw here. But as time went on, I became more and more interested in the wall on my right. It held a strange mix of elaborate relief sculpture and clunky electricity boxes. The wall seemed a good illustration of


the beauties and blunders of the entire city of Viterbo, sometimes referred to as "The City of Fountains."

Soon after working at this spot, I learned that the wall was in the news. There was renewed interest and anger in the newspapers about the wall's missing feature. It seems that it held a wonderful fountain long ago. Now, the fountain lies separated and abandoned outside of the walls. Perhaps it was moved to relieve traffic congestion, or to provide parking spots. But what's left behind is odd, and in retrospect, foolish. Viterbo is an authentic untouristed town with real problems, including the preservation of its long history. But, a growing group of citizens are calling for the fountain's return.

Unfortunately, if water should flow again in a returnerd fountain ofThe Griffins grabbed the lead just 41 seconds into the game when Chris Minard and Jamie Johnson teamed up on a slick give-and-go, culminating in Minard’s 21st goal of the season from the top of the crease.

But Toronto answered with two goals of its own to seize the advantage before intermission. Nazem Kadri slid across the slot to beat Tom McCollum top-shelf at 4:30, and Ryan Hamilton jammed home a rebound during a power play at 10:11.

Philippe Dupuis pushed the Marlies’ lead to 3-1 just 51 ticks into the second period, before Tomas Tatar gathered a loose puck in the slot and quickly turned to whip it past Jussi Rynnas at the 5:39 mark to cut Grand Rapids’ deficit back to one. Toronto then had a chance to


Who is the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition?

Our mission is to reverse the trend of mass incarceration in Colorado. We are a coalition of nearly 7,000 individual members and over 100 faith and community organizations who have united to stop perpetual prison expansion in Colorado through policy and sentence reform.

Our chief areas of interest include drug policy reform, women in prison, racial injustice, the impact of incarceration on children and families, the problems associated with re-entry and stopping the practice of using private prisons in our state.

Sunday, October 03, 2010

SAN FRANCISCO — The medical-marijuana political movement in America began the night police busted into Dennis Peron's apartment with a warrant.

They twisted Peron's arms behind his back and placed him in handcuffs. They forced Jonathan West, Peron's boyfriend, tothe ground, and an officer held him there, Peron said, with a boot on the young man's chest. When officers learned West had AIDS, Peron said, they put on rubber gloves.

"He was very skinny, very weak," Peron, a longtime marijuana and gay-rights activist and former pot dealer from San Francisco, recalled. "And they were very mean."

That night in 1990, Peron was arrested for possession and distribution of marijuana he said he was keeping to alleviate West's suffering. A year later, after West died at age 29, Peron began collecting signatures to put an initiative on the San Francisco ballot recommending to state officials that marijuana be allowed for medical use.

It was the first medical-marijuana initiative campaign in the country, and it passed with overwhelming support.

"This was my revenge,"


for Scotland introduced the talks. The “live link” held as Doug and NASA put on a fascinating presentation of the Mars missions, past, present and future, and included mock up photos comparing Glenelg (Earth) with Glenelg (Mars). At the end, the audience, including many of the local primary school children fired questions at Doug which he enthusiastically answered before the link was eventually closed and the floor passed over to Dr Bonnie Dunbar, a veteran astronaut of 5 shuttle flights accumulating in over 50 days in space. She gave an enthralling story of her life and how she became an astronaut and also her views on how space travel and exploration will evolve in the future. Finally a stunning sign was unveiled by Bonnie Dunbar and John Brown500 “goody” bags were filled with lots of great gifts, one of which was a flash drive which included a recorded message to the people of Glenelg from the late, great Sir Patrick Moore, wishing them all the best for the Space, Stars and Mars day. This is one of the last recordings he made before passing away just a few weeks later. Alastair Holgate

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Kavanagh helps Saints go through

WATERFORD UNITED 0 ST PATRICK'S ATHLETIC 3

THE brilliance of Daryl Kavanagh helped St Patrick's Athletic progress in the FAI Ford Cup at the RSC last night. Kavanagh put Pat's in front on 17 minutes, after Kevin Burns produced a top save, the ball broke to Kavanagh and he had no difficulty heading home.

THE brilliance of Daryl Kavanagh helped St Patrick's Athletic progress in the FAI Ford Cup at the RSC last night. Kavanagh put Pat's in front on 17 minutes, after Kevin Burns produced a top save, the ball broke to Kavanagh and he had no difficulty heading home.

Kavanagh then outpaced the Blues defence three minutes later and beat Burns with a classy finish. The Blues tried to get back in the game butfor all GLA roads (under the Highways Act 1980).

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The Beastie Boys: Burden of the Beasties

Jack Barron,
Guardian, The,
23 May 1987

WHEN THE Beastie Boys step on stage in Brixton tonight at the start of their British tour everyone  the media, authorities, and fans alike  will be holding their breath to see whether the New York rap group will live up to, or more appropriately get down to, the blaze of publicity which has rolled before them like a carpet of broken flashbulbs. Only one thing is certain, they enter Britain as the most notorious group since the Sex Pistols.

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Pattonair is celebrating after its partner Derbyshire County Cricket Club reached its first T20 Finals Day in the competitions 17-year history.

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The Falcons put on a superb display as they cruised to a seven-wicket win, restricting opponents Gloucestershire to just 135-7.

The result means Derbyshire joins Essex Eagles, Notts Outlaws and holders Worcestershire Rapids to battle it out to be crowned T20 champions at Edgbaston on Saturday September 21.

Derbyshire’s playing ambitions received a boost at the start of the year after Pattonair, the Derby-based global supply chain service provider, agreed to support the club in a four-year naming rights deal.

Commenting on the weekend’s victory, Derbyshire chief executive Ryan Duckett said: “To reach Finals Day is a momentous moment for the club and a mark


be the match mascot for the Aston Lark Tourist Fixture between Derbyshire and Australia

If youre planning an unforgettable proposal, youll need to find a memorable spot to pop the question and where better than the UKs capital city London is a great city for romance, with a range of colourful and quirky venues to choose from. This guide by

A new football themed venue called Jurgens Bierhaus will be opening later this month at the site of the old Tom Halls Tavern on the Strand in Liverpool.The site is currently being refurbished but will be open after the international football breakof the pigs selected must be similar across pens within the original allotment blocking), transported (32 km) to the University of Kentucky Meat Science Laboratory and rested for approximately 1 h before being harvested according to humane techniques by trained personnel. Animals were electrically stunned and killed by exsanguination followed by the immediate removal of the liver, heart, kidney, spleen, and front feet. The liver, heart, kidney, and spleen were weighed and one lobe of the liver, heart, right kidney, spleen, and front feet were stored at −20°C until processing and analysis. For the LD end-of-study muscle sample, the sample was taken after a 24-h carcass chill. The left side of each carcass was divided at the 10th rib and a sample taken from the center of the


later, in the devastating dark/pale beauty of Winona Ryder, giant-eyed and complicated, Snow White as an ‘80s teen. Girl could get the prince like nobody’s business but boy would she make him work for it.

Shalom Harlow photographed by François Nars

There was a real live Snow White at the girls’ boarding school, a year ahead of me. Linda had the bobbed black hair and marble skin, the wide-set eyes and a beautiful pillow-lipped mouth that she painted fuchsia on Valentine’s Day even though she was just going to class. She was also National Velvet because she rode horses. I remember taking a walk across campus very early one morning and there she was, jumping a horse around the misty lacrosse field instead of in the riding arena. Beautiful girlsdid mysterious things like that.

Linda was kind of a bad girl, too—and that was good, because Snow White and National Velvet couldn’t be sweet all the time (that would be unrealistic). She taunted the shy math teacher for his “turtle life.” For her senior project she went to a poor country to help out the poor people and stuff and in the slideshow at her presentation there was a photo of her with her arms flopped around the shoulders of little black kids, a cigarette (a cigarette!) dangling from her fingers. For graduation when all the other girls wore demure white dresses, she obeyed the virginal color code but wore a crisp, sexy skirt suit and heels like she just stepped out of Vogue (this was entirely possible


because she was a model, too). For her yearbook page, where other girls had meaningful poetry or inside jokes to accompany their pictures, Linda had only a breathtakingly beautiful photo of herself—no doubt from a professional photo shoot—above her name and her hometown, which was New York City. Yes, Snow White had moved to the Big Apple and could handle its poison.

For a while this school had a famous illustrator of children’s books residing on campus. At some point he decorated the stairwell of one of the dorms with his signature fantastical things we knew from his books—owls and alligators and castles. He died before my time at the school but I learned that in years past it was an annual spring tradition for him to choose agirl from the student body to be photographed riding a horse tricked out with a horn on its forehead. I remember seeing one of those photographs in a yearbook, in black and white: a lovely blonde looking every bit the fairytale princess astride her unicorn. I imagined that if Linda had been a student while he was still around, she would have been that girl on the magical steed.

There were other people living year-round on campus—the photography instructor and her scrappy-cute kids, the elderly philosopher and his floppy old dogs. There was also an Ethiopian family who helped maintain the grounds. They moved quietly about their work on campus. This was Makeda’s family, but she was also a high school student here. She lived in the dorms. And


a school assembly, something about a teenage girl and her nagging mom. Makeda’s voice was small and her words measured and monotone in their non-native tongue. When she read the lines of the mom character, “’…and take down that poster of Ice-T or Lemonade or whatever his name is,’” the audience roared with laughter. Laughing with her. Here was our own Andy Kaufman, and she was good.

I carefully traced the shape of her head, the high, thin brows, and those drowsy-lidded eyes onto the canvas, holding my breath and biting my lip as I usually did in those first few minutes of a drawing when I was determined to prove my rendering skills. As I was shading in the cherub mouth that said the things that made us"Mr. Dufresne, describe the confrontation you had with your wife the night she was murdered." "It was very bitter." "She said she was glad I knew, that she hated all the sneaking around." "And she said that she wanted a divorce in Reno." " What was your response?" " I told her I would not grant one." ""I'll see you in hell before I see you in Reno."" "Those were your words, according to your neighbors." "If they say so." "I really don't remember." "I was upset." "What happened after you argued with your wife?" "She packed a bag." "She packed a bag to go and stay with Mr. Quentin." "Glenn Quentin, golf pro at the Snowden Hills Country Club whom you had discovered was your wife 's


said Fort Hancock, Texas." "Fort Hancock right on the border." "That's where Andy crossed." "When I picture him heading south in his own car with the top down it always makes me laugh." "Andy Dufresne who crawled through a river of shit and came out clean on the other side." "Andy Dufresne headed for the Pacific." "Hadley's got him by the throat, right?" "He says, "l believe this boy's about to have himself an accident."" "Those of us who knew him best talk about him often." "I swear, the stuff he pulled..." ""My friends could use a couple of beers."" "And he got it!" "Sometimes it makes me sad, though Andy being gone." "I have to remind myself that some birds aren't meant to be caged." "Their feathers[Traditional bonesetter's gangrene of limb in children in Regional Hospital of Kaolack (Senegal)].
Little published data exist on the morbidity and mortality associated with poor trauma care in developing countries. This report highlights our experience with iatrogenic limb gangrene related to fracture management by traditional bonesetters. Children with bonesetter's gangrene were identified from a prospectively recorded paediatric surgery database at the Regional Hospital of Kaolack in Central Senegal. 21 children were treated for bonesetter's gangrene during a 18-month period (January 2007 up to June 2008). The average age was 10 years (range, 5 to 15 years). Bonesetter's gangrene was more common in boys (90.5%) and occurred almost exclusively in children from rural areas where access to health care was limited. 16 children underwent proximal extremity amputation. Complications included one


The People That Capitalism Makes

“The mode of production of material life determines the social, political and intellectual life process in general. It is not the consciousness of men that determines their existence, but their social existence that determines their consciousness.” Or, to give it a contemporary spin: it is not the Wyatt Kochs that build the economy, but the economy that builds Wyatt Kochs.

By now many people have had a good laugh at the expense of young Wyatt, heir to the least-known of the infamous Koch brothers. He drew national attention last week over a promotional video for his luxury Hawaiian shirt company, which sells a broad range of garish designs from pink handcuffs to orange cannolis for $140 each. Perhaps due to its toxic infamy, the Koch"Tonight we beginning new serie mystery, by de popular american writer Elizabeth George." "You may remember her is the author A Great Deliverance." "You may also remember her detective the suave erudite Thomas Lynley, 8th Earl of Asherton." "He "is the one with the Bentley" and the state in Cornwal." "His assistant Sargent Barbara Harvers has a uncommon touch." "She drives a mini and lives with her mam." "The predictable spark due flight, but after solving a gross murder in Yorkshire," "Lynley and Havers have declare the trust." "Tonight they had for Bredgar Hall, an elite boarding school in Bachshire." "A student is disappear and Lynley is summon by the housemaster, an old school friend, to take the case." "Lynley doesn't really have a choice." "As graduate in


killed by Barry, are we now saying, with the discovery close they, he was killed by someone inside the school?" "He was last seen alive inside the school, and he was found dead at Stoke Poges Cemetery." "Seems logical if his clothes were found here, he was killed here, or hereabouts." "That would tie in with what Colonel Bonnamy was implying." "Which was?" "Well according to him, he said that Matthew was deeply troubled by something at school." "And I showed Jeanie the letter we found and" "I asked her about the bit that Matthew wrote..." ""Don't worry, cos the boy who saw me can't say anything."" "Something struck me about that phrase." "The boy saw me "can't say anything"" "I mean, not "won't" or "wouldn't", but "can't"."to persuade the girl to...have a termination." " The girl was Patsy Whateley?" " Yes." "The day she went to London, she wrote to Eddie a letter, explaining my... help, and begged forgiveness." "Eddie was found dead later that night." "His wrists slashed." "The overwhelming sense of betrayal." "At his funeral, I decided I was unfit to teach any more." "Patsy had the baby." "The last minute she couldn't go through with the termination." "I eventually found her..." "Gave her money..." " To help bring up Matthew." " How could I not?" "Admin blocks cleared, sir." "You paid for Matthew to come here?" "It was you paid the other two thirds of the fees." "He had his father's intelligence." "It was being stifled where he was." "Young Matthew


Alt News fact checked this claim and found that this particular case is not a recent incident but dates back to August 2014. News had emerged from Meerut that a woman was allegedly gang-raped and forcibly converted. It was alleged that the crime had taken place inside a madrassa.

Tension had gripped the town of Meerut in August 2014 and the love jihad bogey was invoked by Hindutva groups. In an interesting turn of events however, later that year, the young woman who had alleged rape and forcible conversion withdrew the case. She stated that no such crime had been committed on her and that she had gone to her beloved, who belonged to another faith, of her own accord. Later in 2015, the woman married the accused.

The incidentsNice Legs is a new Seoul-based duo consisting of Lauren E Walker and Mark Lentz. Both hail from Arkansas but met for the first time on the indie music circuit in Korea. Lentz had been in-between bands, performing experimental rock under the solo moniker Henry Demos while Walker had just split off from performing vocals for the fuzz-pop band Slow Dress. They had been performing at the same venues in separate projects for nearly three years, and finally came together to create an EP in just two days of extensive recording.

Nice Legs’ first EP, Lullaby Land, was released last week through indie tape label Death Mountain Sound, founded by Lentz to support local musicians. The label has worked with Korean, American and Canadian bands, recording their live shows


Willie Nelson (idea)

Singer/songwriter Willie Nelson is known as a political man. Most famous for founding the long running Farm Aid in 1985 and recently appeared in advertisements for the campaign of Dennis Kucinich to gain the Democratic nomination in 2004.

Willie may have made his most political statement on September 13th, 1978 though. Only days after being released from jail in the Bahamas on the possession of marijuana, Jimmy Carter and the First Family had booked Willie to play a brief performance on the South Lawn of the White House for a dinner that was being put on by none other than the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing, commonly known as NASCAR. He was then invited by the Carters to stay the night at the White House.

TheThe body of Concepta Leonard, 51, was discovered by members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) in her home in Maguiresbridge shortly after 4.30pm on Monday afternoon after her son Conor, 30, managed to raise the alarm. Conor, who has Down Syndrome, was also injured in the attack and spent last night in intensive care being treated for stab injuries.

The body of Peadar Phair, 55, was found nearby, who had attempted to take his own life by hanging. It is understood police performed CPR on Phair and successfully kept him alive until the ambulance service arrived and took over the medical emergency.

Phair was the transported to the hospital by ambulance where he died a short time later.

It is understood that Phair and Leonard had previously dated


for a year but that she had broken up with Phair and concerned about his behavior had sought legal action against him. Phair had not been seen in the area for some time, where sources say he was well known for violence.

“Poor Conor was devoted to his mum and now he has lost her. Words cannot describe how that makes us feel.”

Brave Conor succeeded in raising the alarm when Phair, who is said to have worked between Northern Ireland and Scotland as a laborer, turned up at their family home unexpectedly. He spent last night being comforted by staff at South West Acute Hospital where he was being treated in intensive care. It is reported he suffered blood loss during the attack.

PSNI detectives are not looking for anyonewith True Grit from the Earth direct to your living room.....

Nuggets by Grant created in 1960 Innovated in 2013. Through using my resources at the world number one Natural gold Jewelry Manufacturing shop once know as Conner's Jewelers and now the company Orocal. Certificate of Authenticity-In Picture #7. · What is a Natural Gold Nugget?

It is a piece of gold that broke out of quartz deposits within the earth when erosion took place. It also goes by the name Placer Gold and each piece is a one of a kind with no two being exactly alike. · Where can they be found? Wherever the effects of erosion took place.

That would include rivers, streams, ancient dried up river channels and underground riverbeds. · How pure are they? Gold nuggets


other - Stardust - is designed to snatch a sample of dust from around a comet. The probe was launched in 1999 and is already on its way.

'Time capsules'

Scientists are interested in comets because they represent the primitive building blocks of the Solar System.

"If you want to study the early history of the Solar System it's no good looking at planets like the Earth and Moon," says Dr John Davies, an astronomer at the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh.

Rosetta really is the jewel in the crown of cometary exploration in the next few years

Dr Andrew Coates, University College London

"Comets are time capsules of what was in the Solar System 4.5 billion years ago."

There are other driving forces behind the new endeavours.

Manoeuvring a spacecraft around a comet and then landing onon Rosetta.

He also worked on Esa's Giotto mission, which flew by Comet Halley in March 1986.

He sees the latest Esa mission as a natural progression.

"Rosetta really is the jewel in the crown of cometary exploration in the next few years," says Dr Coates.

"It's the logical next step after Giotto, which flew past a comet at high speed.


9 Years Old Singer Lil Tay's Popular Songs and Albums, Her Earnings And Net Worth

Lil Tay is a 9 years old young girl. It is hard to believe but she is a rapper by profession and is currently responsible for creating a chaos on the internet by the use of explicit F and N words in her lyrics.

At just 9, the rapper has a couple of songs and albums to her name. And not to mention, her endeavors have already started to pay which have altogether accumulated into a huge net worth.

Lil Tay's Net Worth

Lil Tay has an estimated net worth of $1.5 million, as of 2018. She has made all of her money from the songs and music videos she has uploaded on YouTube.

CAPTION: Lil Tay witha big ward of money

SOURCE: twimg

She has her YouTube channel which was launched in 2015. From then on, she has grown up to have more than 87,000 subscribers on her channel and has more than 2.1 million views.

According to some reviews, her annual income is in between $13,000 to $110,00.

Cars and Properties

Owing to her age, the rapper still has no driving license and doesn't own any car, and currently resides with her parents in Atlanta.

CAPTION: Tay

SOURCE: youtube

Lil Tay has labeled herself the "youngest flexer of the century", regularly posing around with luxurious items including cars, houses, jewelry and designer clothes.

Lil Tay's songs and albums

Tay's started her official career in April 2018, from her debut single Money Way.

Songs

The little rapper has a couple of songs to her name. The


for her as she has recorded three albums after Buying Gold, which is Litty Tay, Record My Track and We up Now.

Videos

Her most popular video Lil Tay Responds to Rice Gum(Sister Bully) has gathered more than 2 million views.

She has announced that she will be releasing a new video with Chief Keef soon.

On April 18, 2018, she had a fight with Bhad Bhabie and Whoa Vicky. The video went viral within a day. She then uploaded a video dedicated to all her haters.Spontaneous cervical hematoma: a report of two cases.
Cervical hematomas are generally associated with trauma, surgery, and tumors. Although they are rare, they can be life-threatening because they put the patient at risk for great-vessel compression and upper airway obstruction. We describe two cases of spontaneous cervical hematoma--one in an 81-year-old man and the other in a 30-year-old woman. The man reported dysphonia, dysphagia, and neck swelling of 5 hours' duration. He had been taking 100 mg/day of aspirin for a cardiovascular condition. Examination revealed that the man had polycythemia vera. The woman was found to have neck ache, odynophagia, and cervical ecchymosis; portal hypertension, schistosomiasis, and blood dyscrasia were also found. Both patients denied trauma. A suspected diagnosis of cervical hematoma was confirmed by computed tomography, and treatment


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Progeria is a rare premature aging syndrome characterized by retarded physical development, abnormal facies, skeletal abnormalities and early onset of scleroderma. It was first described in 1886 by Jonathan Hutchinson\[[@ref1]\] and was also described independently in 1897 by Hastings Gilford.\[[@ref2]\] The condition was later named Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS). Approximately, 100 cases have been formally identified in medical history.\[[@ref3]\] Affected children are normal at birth and growth retardation is noticed from first year of life. By the second year, skin becomes thin and shiny in some areas but lax and wrinkled in other areas. Later, progressive mottled hyperpigmentation develops. Nails become dystrophic. Scalp and body hair becomes sparse. Dentition is abnormal and delayed. Death usually occurs in the second decade as a result of severe generalized atheroma.research and training programs The current application will create new synergies in clinical and translational research education at The University of Iowa by bringing together a number of successful training programs, including the Graduate Program in Translational Biomedicine, the K30 Iowa Scholars in Clinical Investigation Program, the Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship, and a NCRR-funded K12 Program. The coalescence of these programs will result in new master's and PhD degrees in Clinical and Translational Science. In addition to bringing clinical research training under a single umbrella, the Institute will create a vibrant intellectual community of accomplished senior mentors, junior faculty, and research scholars who will undertake crossdisciplinary, cutting-edge translational research. Scholars in the degree programs will receive a core didactic curriculum with tracks in five areas of investigation


northwest Washington. He served in the U.S. Army Military Police Corps, which offered him the opportunity to attend college on the GI Bill. He is a talented musician — guitar, bass and singing — who played gigs all over the Northwest with his band, Tony and the Tigers. Over the years, Branco created cartoons as a hobby. Once he saw America under assault by radical leftists, the hobby became a calling and another form of service to the country he loves and swore to protect from “all enemies, foreign and domestic.” His toons resonate and inform with razor-sharp humor, accruing a following of patriots everywhere. Branco has appeared on Fox News, “The Larry Elder Show,” “The Lars Larson Show” and more. His first book, “Comically Incorrect: A CollectionJames Mason was killed in an automobile collision. At the time of his death, James Mason was a passenger in an automobile owned by John Lisek, the uninsured driver.
Subsequent to James Mason's death, Lorraine Mason, as administratrix of the estate of her deceased son, made a claim for $40,000 under the uninsured motorist provisions of the aforementioned automobile liability insurance policies. Plaintiff denied this claim, and thereafter filed a complaint for declaratory judgment in the circuit court of Cook County, seeking a declaration that the estate of James Mason was entitled to recover uninsured motorist coverage only under decedent's automobile liability insurance policy. Defendants filed an answer, contending that the uninsured motorist coverages of both policies could be "stacked" and that defendants were, therefore, entitled to a recovery


most difficult to replicate in mechanical form. Just think about it: Your fingertips are constantly registering everything from temperature to vibrations to texture. Now, scientists are getting closer to matching the power of the fingertip with a new kind of sensor for pressure.

RoboCup Soccer

Germany is hosting a major soccer competition in June. No, not just the World Cup. RoboCup. Some day, robots may just challenge humans to a soccer match. In the meantime, they continue to practice. A 2050 soccer match is one aim of the RoboCup, an international research and education effort dedicated to promoting artificial-intelligence and robotics research.

The 10th Annual RoboCup competition is set for June 14-18 in Bremen, Germany.

The games began in 1997 in Nagoya, Japan. Last year's competition in Osaka, Japan, brought together 330a human hair. But inside, it looks like a layer cake. Each layer is made of a different kind of nanoparticle, either gold or a semiconductor. Between the layers is a thin plastic.

When something touches the film, the nanoparticles are pushed closer together. That changes a small electric current that runs through the film, and causes some of the nanoparticles to emit light.

"The area that is pressed more, more light comes out. And the area that is pressed less, less light comes out," Saraf explains.

The light is captured by a camera. When you put something like a penny on this mechanical fingertip, the pressure created by the penny produces an amazingly detailed image. Saraf says you can even see the wrinkles in President Lincoln's clothing, and the letters