in Gaza endured strike after strike by the Israeli air force, there were demonstrations in Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Afghanistan, Chile, the U.S. and Syria condemning what many see as the collective punishment of the Palestinian people.

Israel says its attacks, which in six days have killed more than 160 people and injured more than a thousand, are aimed at stopping the hundreds of Hamas rocket attacks fired into Israel in recent days.

Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators holding banners and chanting anti-Israeli slogans in Paris

Indonesian Muslim protesters shout slogans during a rally against the Israeli attack on Gaza, in Jakarta, Indonesia today Two Lebanese men carry a fake missile to protest against the Israeli offensive in Gaza

At the United Nations, a Security Council statement approved by all 15 memberscalled for de-escalation of the violence, restoration of calm, and a resumption of direct negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians

Indian protestors hold placards as they take part in a rally against Israeli attacks on Gaza in New Delhi today

An Afghan policeman stands next to a protest banner, during a rally against Israeli attacks on the Palestinian territories, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan today

Hundreds of Syrian protesters hold anti-Israel banners and posters, Syrian and Palestinian flags during a sit-in in front of the UN office in Damascus, Syria

People march in Hong Kong protest today against Israel's military campaign in Gaza

Pro-Palestinian protesters rally against Israel in Sydney today


(Coastal Motor Launch).

Fairmile Flotillas

Affectionately known as The Little Ships, Little Fighting Ships or Q-Boats by their crews, during the Second World War the Fairmile B Motor Launches of the RCN played a vital role escorting shipping along the St. Lawrence River, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and between Newfoundland and the mainland of Canada. Regularly deployed in flotillas of six The Little Ships relieved larger escort craft urgently needed elsewhere by carrying out anti-submarine patrols, port defence and rescue duties. Based out of shore establishments on the St. Lawrence River, Halifax, Saint John, Shelburne, Sydney and on the West Coast; at sea the RCN Fairmile Fleets were accompanied by two "mother ships" HMCS Preserver (F94) and HMCS Provider (F100) providing fresh water, fuel and medical services.

Operationalsigning on as foundation members.

The Rudd government committed significant resources to renewable energy. Legislation for an expanded Renewable Energy Target was passed in August 2009, expanding it from 9,500 GWh by 2010 to 45,000 GWh by 2020 and introducing a 'solar credits' multiplier to provide an additional incentive for the installation of solar photovoltaic systems.

The Rudd Government sought to introduce an emissions trading scheme to tackle climate change in Australia and embarked on a thorough policy development process involving the Garnaut Review led by its climate change adviser, Ross Garnaut, followed by a green paper on ETS design issues, Treasury modelling to inform mitigation target decisions and a final white paper, which would be published in December 2008. The White Paper included a plan to introduce an emissions


50%, an increase of the income level at which the Medicare Levy Surcharge was targeted, and introducing means tests for some other benefits. Some other measures were blocked or amended in the Senate, in which any crossbencher in combination with the Coalition could defeat a bill.

In May 2008, Rudd committed to a "root and branch" review of all aspects of the Australian taxation system, led by the secretary of the Treasury, Ken Henry, and taking evidence from a wide range of sources. After receiving around 1,500 submissions and running a two-day conference, the Henry Tax Review reported to the Treasurer in December 2009. On 2 May 2010, the Rudd government formally responded, announcing a package of measures to help support investment in the non-mining sectors and rebalance theNew deepwater drilling rigs extend search for energy

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A supply vessel cruises near the Discoverer Inspiration in the Gulf of Mexico. The huge ship is nearly as big as an aircraft carrier and built to operate in waters up to 12,000 feet deep and drill wells another five miles below the sea floor.

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Ray Pittman controls the main drilling functions from a cyber chair on Discoverer Inspiration.

SOME oil and gas industry leaders like to say the “easy oil” in the world has been found. But perhaps the only way to fully appreciate that idea is to step aboard a ship like the Discoverer Inspiration.

The $630 million vessel is one of a new wave of ultra-deepwater drilling rigs, leaving Asian


a third or even half, there's huge, huge improvements in the economics, which would bring some discoveries in that in the past would be considered uneconomic,” he said.

Oil companies are demanding such rigs as they expand their search for oil and natural gas into deeper waters of mature basins like the Gulf of Mexico and eye emerging regions such as the Philippines and East Africa.

Today, there are 128 rigs in the world capable of drilling in at least 4,000 feet of water, and most reside in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, Brazil and West Africa, said Tom Kellock, head of consulting at ODS-Petrodata in Houston. An additional 67 rigs are planned, on order or under construction, though 27 have still have no contract with oil companies, he said.

Butthe Indian lunches and the English dinners, lay a third path, not moderate but iconoclastic. It was provided by my Thakurma, who travelled from household to household along with her husband until she and Thakurda established a kind of metronomic movement between my father’s house and his younger brother’s house. There were two other brothers, but one lived in inaccessible Air Force cantonments, dots on the map of India. The other had married a practising Wiccan who convinced him that he was actually the bastard of a royal family, fostered out in my Thakurma’s household. Ignoring the evidence presented by the family nose, the very distinctive protuberance that was replicated faithfully on the physiognomy of all the brothers, he elected in the interests of marital peace to disown


war between my prejudices and my tastebuds, she won.

As the years went by, the two households were tossed around. My Kaka went abroad; we spent six years shifting from house to house in Delhi while my father was posted in Calcutta. In that period of collective rootlessness, my grandparents shared our refugee status. Sometimes with us, sometimes not, depending on the size of the house my resourceful mother, lumbered with three rambunctious children, could find.

All the places we stayed in then had a common feature: the pre-shrunk kitchen. Instead of the large, roomy spaces we’d grown up with, we had to accommodate ourselves to closets with a stove bunged in. Thakurma’s repertoire of sweets, which ranged from malpoa to payesh, from sandesh to labango latika, from layered patishaptasI had accompanied my father to the electric crematorium on Ring Road, braving the raised eyebrows of well-meaning North Indian friends who felt that women had no place in that temple to death. But the woman we were about to cremate was the first feminist I’d ever met in my life; it was because of her that my mother had become a lawyer, well into middle age, instead of remaining a housewife. It was because I’d seen her writing short stories that I was trying to earn a living with hack journalism instead of marrying some rich guy and doing ikebana arrangements around the house. The least I could do was show up to say goodbye.

The electric crematorium, with its bare stage for relatives to say a few


old where.”

My Thakurma lay on the platform in front of the oven. There was a final muttered prayer, a clang, the platform slid first forward and then with surprising speed, backward as the door to the furnace opened. She went in head first, her eyes closed, and before the door swung shut again I saw her head and then her torso haloed by flames.

On the plate held out by the assistant chef, I imagined I could smell wood ashes, burning flesh, crisped bones. His smile was beginning to slip a little; the staff was beginning to look a trifle questioning. In place of the focaccia, I thought I could see my Thakurma’s fair, wrinkled, only slightly mottled flesh, beginning to sear. The door of the restaurant’s brand-new, state-of-the-artservice division, let him make it independent and brand it Unipart.  The use of the Unipart brand to market service parts for British Leyland vehicles was similar in concept to Ford's Motorcraft brand. The next year British Leyland was effectively nationalised. Egan left in 1976 to join Massey Ferguson.

Then 29-year-old John Neill replaced Egan and he continued Egan's policy of providing the same logistical services to its parent's competitors as well as to British Leyland. In 1987, shortly after British Leyland had been re-privatised as the Rover Group, Neill led a management buyout of Unipart, in part financed by a wider employee buy-in. Unipart is now 70% owned by its workforce and pension fund, the other 30% is held by sympathetic institutions. After the buyout, Unipart's main


Moritz, South Dakota

Moritz is an unincorporated community in Deuel County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota.

History
A post office called Moritz was established in 1899, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1923. The community was named for Andrew Moritz, an early settler.

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The Detroit Red Wings revealed plans for a new home on Sunday as part of a re-energizing of the Motor City's downtown core.

Olympia Development of Michigan announced in a report on the National Hockey League's website (NHL.com) plans to transform dozens of underutilized blocks between downtown and midtown Detroit into a sports and entertainment district.

The plans call for a new arena to replace the aging Joe Louis Arena that has been the Wings' home since 1979.

"It's always been my dream to see a vibrant and energized downtown Detroit," Red Wings owner Mike Ilitch said in a statement


Tabbed International League’s Most Valuable Player after averaging five kills, two aces and two digs per game and leading Crusaders to CIF Southern Section Division V-A championship match for first time in school’s history. Registered 35 kills in five-game championship match defeat.

Piloted Lancers to a 34-3 record and the CIF Southern Section Division I-A championship en route to being named division coach of the year after moving up a division. Led La Salle to Del Rey League championship and an appearance in the CIF State Division I postseason.Bushcaddy

Bushcaddy Aircraft Canada, usually just called Bushcaddy or BushCaddy, is a Canadian aircraft manufacturer based at the Cornwall Regional Airport in Summerstown, Ontario. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of kit aircraft.

History

The company started as a flight training operation called Club Aeronautique Delisle Incorporated (CADI), based in Lac Saint-Jean, Quebec. It was founded by Jean Eude Potvin who designed the CADI R-80 and put it into production as a kit aircraft in 1994. He went on to design and build the R-120 and L-160.

Sean Gilmore and Marlene Gill started a flight training venture at Montréal/Saint-Lazare Aerodrome, operating a CADI R-80 aircraft. Impressed with the design they became distributors for Potvin, handling marketing outside of Quebec. In 1998 Potvin expressed a desire to retire and Gilmour


in designing the building and placing the art within provides another layer to the deep commitment of the Center – not only to the legacy of its namesake who cherished the arts so dearly, but for the community it will serve in the years to come.

THE ARCHITECTURE

Chris McVoy, senior partner at Steven Holl Architects, says the selection of their firm to design The REACH was a once-in-a-lifetime commission – the kind of project that makes up an architect’s dream.

With its serene, subterranean layout, exterior slopes made up of glistening white titanium concrete and lush greenery surrounding the grounds, McVoy says The REACH represents more than a stunning arts campus or extension of the institution the Center established with its original building.

“We had a chance to transform a 1970san organization with a deep sense of mission and a real commitment to the idea that the arts can really express American life.”

Broun, who served for many years as the director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and retired in 2016, says her involvement in The REACH is a perfect way for her to stay engaged with the arts and work with one of the most prestigious, fabulous arts organizations in America.

She took Kennedy’s legacy as a powerful arts advocate to heart while working with artists, museums and donors to adorn the space. She notes that while a connection to the Kennedy administration was not a necessary requirement for inclusion, there are some beautiful connections to his life that make an appearance at The REACH – namely in


chooses not to pinpoint just one or two events. Instead, she says she’s most excited about the juxtaposition of different kinds of activities happening simultaneously – a jazz opera going on at the same time as a dance program or taking in a Lichtenstein sculpture and then wandering over to the river pavilion and playing on the brand-new Sing for Hope Piano.

At the end of the day, her goal both for the festival and The REACH as a whole is to invite all of the other cultural organizations in our community and from around the world to share and experience the art being created and explored at the Center’s many spaces. She’s especially looking forward to seeing artists collaborate in-studio and appreciate each other’s work through The REACH’sWelcome to the Global Spine Congress 2019 (GSC). This year, AOSpine's annual event is heading to one of North America's most vibrant cities, Toronto. Known for its dynamic mix of tourist attractions---from museums to the world-famous CN Tower---Toronto is also recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world.

The GSC is one of the largest gatherings for thousands of spine surgeons from all over the world. The event provides an outstanding forum to exchange ideas; network with fellow spine professionals; and learn about the latest research, techniques, and technologies in spine surgery.

The GSC is unique in its approach to sharing knowledge and developing new approaches to the treatment of spinal disorders to help advance spine care and improve patient care. The Congress is open


The West Bengal Unit President of the Congress party, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary, has threatened to complain to Rahul Gandhi against Abhishek Manu Singhvi for going against the interests of the party in the state.

Advocate Singhvi appeared in the Apex Court for the Mamata Banerjee government opposing the demand for the deployment of Central forces in the state ahead of the Panchayat elections while Chowdhary appeared in the Calcutta High Court to defend his plea seeking the deployment of Central forces to ensure fair polls.

Earlier, Abhishek Manu Singhvi had secured his nomination to the Rajya Sabha with the support from MLAs of the Trinamool Congress. And after Mamata Banerjee met with Sonia Gandhi, it appears that there isCongre some understanding between the two parties ahead of the 2019 Generalage. During the recordings, the owlets remained in their nest box and were fed normally by their parents. After having their sleep patterns recorded for up to five days, the logger was removed. All of the owlets subsequently fledged and returned at normal rates to breed in the following year, indicating that there were no long-term adverse effects of eves-dropping on their sleeping brains.

Despite lacking significant eye movements (a trait common to owls), the owlets spent large amounts of time in REM sleep. “During this sleep phase, the owlets' EEG showed awake-like activity, their eyes remained closed, and their heads nodded slowly”, reports Madeleine Scriba from the University of Lausanne (see video in the link below). Importantly, the researchers discovered that just as in baby humans, the time


follower . Islam and Christianity share a common trait in that both take the teachings and example of a single man as their highest authority…. an authority that trumps all other teachings, traditions or cultural standards. Neither Jesus of Nazareth, nor Mohammed are mythical figures. They are historical and their lives were documented to a degree that is actually quite rare for historical figures . Neither Muslim nor Christian is entitled to simply make stuff up in order to justify their actions.

With me so far?

The comparison between ISIS and some crusaders fails because Mohammed and Jesus were very different people who taught differently and set different examples.

Jesus stated explicitly that he was not interested in geopolitical power. On the only recorded incident in which one of his followersattempted to use violence, Jesus rebuked him. He stated explicitly that murder was wrong. His followers spread their faith by teaching the appeal of Jesus to the conscience of the individual, not by intimidating epode into compliance.

Mohammed, on the other hand, was a man of violence who ordered, sanctioned and carried out murders. He engaged in acts of extreme violence and deception in order to establish a geopolitical kingdom in which all residents were forced to obey his rules. It is no accident that when ISIS carry out atrocities, they are able to quote the teachings and example of Mohammed…… because that is the kind of man he was!

The bottom line is that Mohammed – and hence Islam – was inconsistent. Mohammed advocated both peace AND violence, coexistence


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yet it may not only be at work in the labour market, but also in the stock market. An intriguing facet of investor behaviour is the apparent neglect of sin stocks, the equity of firms whose operations are widely seen as encouraging vice (Kacperczyk and Hong, 2009: 15), such as tobacco, alcohol, adult entertainment, weapons and gambling companies. Possibly due to the negative connotations of such firms, investors may ignore their shares, despite evidence of high returns (Fabozzi, Ma and Oliphant, 2008: 1; Kacperczyk and Hong, 2009: 15).

Capital markets play a huge role within the economy. The size of the global stock market is estimated to be $57 trillion (McKinsey & Company, 2011). Traditional finance theories hold that stocks' values should only be determined by their unique propertiesthe impact of social norms when selecting and managing investment portfolios.

Previous literature (Kacperczyk and Hong, 2009: 16) has found a systematic bias against sin stocks in the financial market. This article seeks to investigate how the global financial crisis has impacted the behaviour of stock market participants in their consideration of social norms regarding investment decisions, by posing the question: How has institutional investment in and analyst coverage of sin stocks changed during the course of the financial crisis?

The research essentially asks if the avoidance of sin depends on the level of wealth.On the one hand, the increased scrutiny that the financial sector is now under since the crisis may have led to stricter adherence to social norms. Yet on the other hand, the difficult economic climate could


behavioural asset-pricing model allowing both objective and subjective risk to affect equity demand.

Not since the 1930s has the world seen such an astonishing economic meltdown as that which began in 2007. The financial crisis sparked by the bursting of the US housing and credit bubble, precipitating a shutdown of credit markets, created substantial damages to equity and real estate wealth. Such crises are endemic to the effective functioning of stock markets (Senbet and Gande, 2009: 3), depressing returns, inducing major volatility and increasing risk (Chaudhury, 2011: 67). Equity trading has not yet recovered, even continuing to decline, with investors moving away from equity in favour of less risky securities such as bonds (Popper, 2012). This change in investment preferences is noted as a shortcoming of the research –research and writing of this article; Ms. Emma Cragg for her vital assistance during the data collection process; and finally the Reinvention editorial team and anonymous peer reviewers, whose advice, support and patience were absolutely crucial in readying this article for publication.

Notes

[1] Megan Brown graduated from the University of Warwick in July 2013 with a first class BScHons Economics degree. Currently living in London, she is a second year analyst at the investment banking firm Morgan Stanley, working within equity derivatives.

To cite this paper please use the following details: Brown, M. (2015), 'Social Norms and Equity Investment Behaviour During the Financial Crisis: An Investigation into the Effects of Social Norms upon Stock Markets and the Impact of the Financial Crisis', Reinvention: an International Journal of Undergraduate Research, Volume


to use constitutional means to exclude James from the throne. Exclusion bills were passed by the House of Commons in May 1679 and November 1680, but Charles extinguished the first by dissolving Parliament, and allowed the second to be defeated in the House of Lords. The turning point came in March 1681. The new Parliament met in Oxford, but was dissolved within a week, before a third exclusion bill had time even to complete its course through the Commons. As it slowly became apparent that Charles had no intention of ever summoning Parliament again, the Whig party split; the moderates became inactive or crossed over to the other side; the radicals, led by Shaftesbury, began to think with increasing seriousness about the possibilities of insurrection.

Charles rightly saw Shaftesburyof which it is the idea is round. More radically: an intentional apple need not have any intentional shape whatsoever, even though its associated material apple – its material counterpart, as we might call it – must have some shape or other.

Now this does sound bizarre; but the principle from which it follows is stated very clearly by Locke. "Let any _Idea_ be as it will," he declares, "it can be no other but such as the Mind perceives it to be" (E II.xxix.5: 364). An object of perception has all and only those properties which it is perceived to have, which is to say, those which appear in the perception, or of which the perceiver is consciously aware. And not only do people sometimes perceive things to


side, knowledge occurs when some fact is presented directly to the mind.

The question arises, of what sorts of facts can we human beings be directly aware; what is the potential scope of knowledge? Here too we have to distinguish between Locke's official and his unofficial answer. His official answer was that we can have knowledge only of what nowadays (after Kant) we would call _conceptual truths_. Hence the famous opening of Book IV of the _Essay:_ Knowledge is _"nothing but the perception of the connexion and agreement, or disagreement and repugnancy of any of our Ideas_. In this alone it consists. Where this Perception is, there is Knowledge, and where it is not, there, though we may fancy, guess, or believe, yet we always come short of Knowledge"entities, is he anything more than a powerful tyrant? And if obligation is simply the necessity of doing an act commanded by that tyrant and backed by sanctions, are we not caught in the worst aspects of Hobbes's view of morals as self-interested precepts that become obligatory, and can be carried out, only when they are turned into the enforceable commands of a political sovereign? Pufendorf suggested that we could see from empirical evidence that God is benevolent, so that we should be grateful for his bounty to us. Gratitude, therefore, gives us a reason to do as God commands, a reason not the same as the selfish fear of punishment. Still, he admitted that most people would not be moved by gratitude and that sanctions are needed


itself on verisimilitude. One is the financial realities of big clubs and small ones in Football Manager. It’s much easier for an up-and-coming second division team to up-and-come their way into the Champions League in the game than in real life. For smaller teams, all of the money and prestige that comes with being a UCL regular is basically profit, allowing them to reinvest it in better players, better coaches, and bigger stadiums, which doubles down on their growth.

On the other hand, the game is kind of dumb in that it will let big clubs spend themselves into oblivion, usually on bloated contracts for former greats. When those greats of yesteryear no longer perform to their reputation and weekly wages, it sends the club into a financial deathSimilarly, Soutik Biswas of the BBC argued that Slumdog Millionaire is an imitation of Indian films that have been "routinely ignored," suggesting that "if you are looking for gritty realism set in the badlands of Mumbai, order a DVD of a film called Satya by Ramgopal Verma. The 1998 feature on an immigrant who is sucked into Mumbai's colourful underworld makes Slumdog look like a slick, uplifting MTV docu-drama."  Matthew Schneeberger, an American working as a journalist in India, opined:

Finally, a fourth argument is that a "happy ending" film about slum-dwellers is inherently misleading.  For example, Sudip Mazumdar of Newsweek wrote:

Response from filmmakers and actors

In an interview after the Oscars, actor and filmmaker Aamir Khan argued that he didn't "see Slumdog ... as an


Mumbai as "a city in which sensitivity coexists with despair, commitment with indifference, activism with inaction, and humanism with the inhumane." Shyamal Sengupta, a professor of film studies at the Whistling Woods International Institute for Films, Media, Animationa and Media Arts in Mumbai, criticized the film for its stereotypical portrayals of Indians by calling it a "white man's imagined India. It's not quite snake charmers, but it's close. It's a poverty tour." Matias Echanove and Rahul Srivastava noted critically in The New York Times that the film misrepresents and stereotypes the Dharavi slum in Mumbai.

Professor Mitu Sengupta, in the Department of Politics & Public Administration at Ryerson University in Toronto, criticized the way in which Mumbai's poor were depicted, stating:

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Category:ReactionsThe current, generation-defining confrontation in North Dakota, led by members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, is about challenging racism and defending the earth. It is also notably about cultural rights.

For those who have not been paying attention: The issue is the multi-billion-dollar, US Army Corps of Engineer-approved Dakota Access Pipeline Project, set to extend 1,172 miles across four states. In North Dakota, the pipeline was originally set to pass near the state capital, Bismarck, but was rerouted when it was deemed a potential threat to the water there.

Instead, it was set to pass just a half-mile north of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, with Dakota and Lakota leaders saying—logically—that it threatens their own water resources.

Opposition to the pipeline began in April, but has gathered historic momentum. As


of this writing, the Sacred Stones protest camp is the most significant gathering of Native American tribal representatives in a century.

Supporters have responded to the call from as far away as Maine, Mississippi, and Hawaii. Indian Country has the story of Tlingit artist Doug Chilton, who trekked some 2,800 miles from Juneau, Alaska, to join the Sacred Stones encampment. The Broken Boxes podcast, normally devoted to contemporary indigenous art, has moving interviews from the camp:

A resolution of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in opposition to the pipeline expresses longstanding concerns about public health and welfare, and the environmental threat, but it also states that “the horizontal direction drilling in the construction of the pipeline would destroy valuable cultural resources.”

Such concerns were given greater force at the end ofAugust when the tribe’s heritage expert, Tim Mentz, Sr., was allowed by an area rancher to survey land around the pipeline’s proposed route. On September 2, Mentz filed a declaration of his findings in United States District Court in Washington, DC, as part of the tribe’s attempt to halt construction under the National Historic Preservation Act.

In his survey, Mentz says, he discovered “82 stone features and archaeological sites, including 27 burial sites.” Some extended into the area of the pipeline (which he was not directly allowed to access), while others were near enough to it to be endangered by construction. Five, he found, were of particular note.

“Each of these sites,” he wrote, “carries great historic, religious, and cultural importance to the people of Standing Rock, other tribes of


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Hackers Steal Army Secrets From South Korea

A maker of law reports that hackers stole 1,715 data files carrying military secrets of South Korea with war programs opposed to North Korea, after they invaded several computers the South Korean army used, according to Softpedia, which published the news on August 21, 2010.

Remarking about the unfortunate incident, the military stated that it was the greatest breach ever since South Korea established its Cyber Security Center during December 2005 for combating the kind of attacks.

As per reports obtained, the breach took place during January-March this year (2010), whilst unspecified malware infected the computers of thirteen military personnel engaged in studying confidential data. These thirteen officers, who encountered the attack, were on duty in units situated


in the same area.

Reportedly, the officers, one of whom was Col. Jang, were studying army data on their PCs whilst hackers contaminated the Internet-connected systems with worms for stealing secrets.

JoongAng Daily in its news published on August 20, 2010 reported that according to lawmaker Song Young-sun for Future Hope Alliance who is also a National Defense Committee member under the National Assembly, the hacked data partially consisted of vital details regarding war programs opposed to North Korea.

The hackers, who committed the grave offence, are still to be identified, sources said. However, since an identical virus and believably from one common source was used to execute the attacks, South Korea thinks it's North Korea in the neighborhood that was involved.

Also according to the reports, data hacks for army secretsincreased from one in 2007, five in 2008, 41 in 2009 to more than 1,000 during January-June 2010 alone. On average the figure currently stands at 93,720 per day, an increase by three times since 2006 when it was 29,681.

Naturally South Korean authorities are disturbed regarding such an unceasing surge in data breach incidences with the addition of the number of instances in which army employees are deliberately leaking out secrets for money. Reportedly, there have been 71 army employees who were found deliberately giving away army secrets during January-June 2010, while 59 employees had secrets leaking out on mistake.


The start was Hiller's fourth in a row and third victory in that stretch. He has started six of Anaheim's past seven, posting a 4-2 record.

Giguere's father died in mid-December, and since the goalie came back, he has played fewer games than usual and been relatively inconsistent when he has been between the pipes. Ducks coach Randy Carlyle said he wanted to give Giguere some time and some space to get his game back in order, thus Hiller gets the nod.

"We think this is the best route to take in this situation, and we're going to live with it," Carlyle said. "It's not like he (Giguere) is not going to play for our hockey club again. He's going to get his opportunity.

"As I've said, we have 1A andLindy Ruff said. "I didn't like our skill guys tonight; they didn't get enough done for us. There wasn't much coming from the top.

Perry's goal turned out to be the difference. Buffalo's Patrick Lalime slowed a shot, but the puck got past him and was sitting behind him in the crease. Perry then reached around and tapped it in for his 17th goal.

Rivet knocked in a rebound for his first goal of the season.

Andrew Ebbett and Kunitz combined on a bang-bang play early in the third period to give Anaheim a 2-1 lead while Rivet was serving a slashing penalty. Ebbett controlled the puck directly behind the Buffalo goal, then snapped a pass to Kunitz, bearing down on Lalime from the right side. Kunitz slid the puck between


others (and herself) on the vegan track. Read more to find out Claire's story, her favorites, and her advice to all other new vegans out there...

Ethan Ciment and Michael Suchman are under the Herbivore Spotlight. In their story, Ethan and Michael, the "VeganMos," discuss their book NYC Vegan, their thoughts behind what makes a strong vegan community, and how to successfully welcome people into that community (through food as well as your activism). Read on to learn about the VeganMos and how NYC Vegan is a celebration of intersectional community as much as it is an invitation for others to enjoy delicious vegan food.a 15-year-old Egyptian girl. She developed difficulty writing with her right hand at age 8. The problem started selectively with writing but soon spread to involve other tasks. She switched to writing with her left hand, and developed writing problem two years later. Subsequently she developed problems with other tasks including holding utensils and using a computer for school. She had slow developmental milestones and some cognitive impairment but no history of seizures. Her ethnic background is Egyptian/Turkish and Egyptian/Syrian on maternal and paternal sides respectively, with no known consanguinity.

Physical examination revealed no macrocephaly. Eye movements were normal, and her speech was slightly scanning but not dysarthric. As soon as she picked up a pen to write, there was moderate to severe action dystonia in both arms, more


The Science and Controversy of Offshore Wind: BOEM Embarks on New Research Efforts While Fishing Groups Take Aim at An Offshore Wind Lease In New York

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is embarking on several studies to better understand offshore resources and species. At the same time, fishing interests have sued BOEM to block an offshore wind lease, challenging not only the lease itself but the process that BOEM uses to award leases and conduct its environmental analysis under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

Fighting Over Fish

On September 12, 2017, the Fisheries Survival Fund and other fishing interests asked a federal judge to block a $42.5 million lease awarded by BOEM to Statoil Wind off the coast of New York. The case, filedlikely in early 2018.

Conserving Birds & Bats

In partnership with Deepwater Wind, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the University of Rhode Island and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, BOEM is funding a study that will aid conservation efforts for key bird and bat species. Since 2013, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s Division of Migratory Birds, in collaboration with URI and UMass Amherst, has deployed advanced VHF telemetry to track the movement of high-priority bird and bat species, including common terns, American oystercatchers, and certain species protected under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), such as roseate terns and piping plovers.

Deepwater Wind recently installed a new tracking station on the easternmost platform at the Block Island Wind Farm (the nation’s first offshore wind farm), which will provide data on any


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War Stories | Ultima Online: The virtual ecology

When creating Ultima Online, Richard Garriott had grand dreams. He and Starr Long planned on implementing a virtual ecology into their massively multiplayer online role-playing game. It was an ambitious system, one that would have cows that graze and predators that eat herbivores. However, once the game went live a small problem had arisen...

Kyle Orland
Kyle is the Senior Gaming Editor at Ars Technica, specializing in video game hardware and software. He has journalism and computer science degrees from University of Maryland. He is based in the Washington, DC area. Emailkyle.orland@arstechnica.com//Twitter@KyleOrlpurpose of this paper was to present a surgically treated patient, who was diagnosed with the primary TCC of the distal part of the urethra.

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A 76-year-old patient, reported to our urology outpatient department in October 2008 due to hematuria, which he observed at the beginning of micturition, a narrowed stream of urine, and a palpable small tumor in the distal part of the urethra. Physical examination of the penis revealed the presence of an oval, painless, solid tumor measuring approximately 2 cm in diameter, located in the peripheral part of the urethra, just below the glans penis. An ultrasonographic evaluation of the upper urinary tracts and the urinary bladder did not reveal any pathological lesions. In the ultrasonographic evaluation of the penis we established a hypoechogenic


specimens were collected from the urethra. The histopathological evaluation revealed that a neoplastic structure was not established. After three months, in April of 2009, follow-up cytological evaluation of the urine sediment was performed and the presence of neoplastic cells was not established.

The next cytological evaluation of the urine sediment, performed in February 2010 revealed the presence of neoplastic cells in the urine sediment. The patient reported the appearance of blood in the urine at the beginning of voiding, and physical examination revealed a small palpable tumor in the distal part of the urethra again. The patient was qualified for urethrocystoscopy and the procedure was performed at the beginning of March 2010. Local relapse of the neoplasm was established. Radical treatment including surgical removal of the distal part ofthe urethra with neoplastic lesion was proposed to the patient. The patient did not consent to this type of treatment so a second electroresection of the urethral tumor was performed on the 23^rd^ of March 2010. The histological evaluation provided the following diagnosis: urothelial carcinoma G2, high grade, pT1.

The next urethroscopy with specimen collection for histopathological evaluation was performed on the 11th of June 2010. The evaluation result: invasive urothelial carcinoma, high grade, pT1, G2.

Due to the occurrence of another local relapse, the patient was qualified for an open surgery. This time the patient gave his consent, but the procedure date was postponed due to cardiac disease in the patient. The surgical procedure was performed on October 7^th^, 2010. It included sharp preparation of the distal segment of


metastases from the penile part mainly relate to the inguinal lymph nodes and the external iliac lymph nodes. The neoplasm spreads through the blood vessels mainly to the lungs and the bones. Clinical symptoms of the urethral cancer usually occur in a significantly advanced stage. They include: hematuria occurring at the beginning of voiding, a blood leak regardless of micturition, a narrowed stream of urine to the retention of urine, pain of the penis and the perineum, the tumor noticeable in palpation (the penile part of the urethra) \[[@CIT0001]--[@CIT0006]\].

Presence of the TCC located in the distal part of the urethra was established in the described patient. Cancer metastases to the lymph nodes were not established. Due to location of the neoplastic lesions and the nature of histopathological structure,international publications, including The Spectator, UnHerd, the CBC, New Statesman, Vice, Al Jazeera, The Globe and Mail, and more. Meghan completed a Masters degree in the department of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at Simon Fraser University in 2012 and lives in Vancouver, B.C. with her dog.


kid at school is tough, even when youre a budding superhero. Bruce Wayne struggles to fit in at the elite Ducard Academy: a prep school for gifted kids and horrid bullies! The faculty actually seems to encourage nastiness. Still, Bruce makes friends with two other misfits: farm boy Clark Kent and the regal Diana

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As a viral pandemic spreads across America, Wade Vogel (ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER) searches for his runaway daughter Maggie (ABIGAIL BRESLIN) and finds her in the quarantine wing of a hospital. Wade brings his daughter back home to his family for the short time before the teenager begins a painful metamorphosis.Determined to hold onto his precious daughter as long as he can and refusing to hand her

As a viral pandemic spreads across America, Wade Vogel (ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER) searches for his runaway daughter Maggie (ABIGAIL BRESLIN) and finds her in the quarantine wing of a hospital. Wade brings his daughter back home to his


The Best Parks to Visit in Ashland, OR

Posted by Leland on June 12th, 2018

Ashland, Oregon is a small city located in the southern part of the state. It’s best known for hosting the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, but it’s also a place where parks and recreational areas exist in multitude. Hiking trails are abundant and some are even connected to local Ashland bed and breakfasts. From its exquisite trails to its quaint duck ponds and fragrant flower gardens, Ashland is a popular stop when traveling through Oregon. Here are some of the best parks to visit in Ashland, OR:

Lithia Park. Spanning over 100 acres total, Ashland’s largest and most centrally located park is near Mount Ashland. It is on the National Register of Historic Places and has been since1982. The park has been awarded the 10 Great Public Spaces in America award in 2014. It is chock full of beautiful sights such as the Butler Perozzi Fountain and the Japanese garden that exists there. The perfect park provides rental space for family get-togethers and weddings. It provides beautiful backdrops for photography, too, for interested parties.

Ashland Creek. The 5.4-mile long creek is part of the larger Bear Creek. It is located 21 miles away from the Rogue River, the larger body of water in the area. As beautiful as it is peaceful, the creek is a favorite attraction in Lithia Park. It provides a steady source of sound for anyone willing to walk beside it or stand to take its beauty in.

North Mountain Park Nature Center. Located


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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has decided to run for a seat in the Australian Senate, WikiLeaks announced on its Twitter page Saturday. The group, which facilitates the anonymous leaking of secret information, said it discovered it is possible for Assange to run while living in England under house arrest. Assange was born in Australia and grew up there. Since the summer of 2010, Assange has become an internationally controversial figure who has cast himself as a champion of free speech through distribution classified documents through the founding of his international organization, WikiLeaks.a “deeply disturbing and unpleasant case”. In a police interview, Hawkins said: “I was so bitter about my own life I thought I would try to upset somebody else’s.”

Hawkins and Riches pleaded guilty to a charge of perverting the course of justice. Hawkins also admitted a charge under the 1988 Malicious Communications Act of sending an indecent or grossly offensive Twitter message that was intended to cause anxiety and stress.

Riches, who previously went by the name David O’Brien and had a number of previous convictions for dishonesty, shoplifting and public order offences, was also informed he would have to serve half of his sentence, with the remainder on licence, after the court was told he took the blame to cover for his son.

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Clyde nuclear contract awarded Published duration 27 July 2012

image caption The decision to privatise maintenance of Britain's nuclear weapons on the Clyde was made last year

Private contractors are to take over the maintenance of Britain's nuclear weapons on the Clyde.

The Ministry of Defence has signed a contract which will see 149 workers transfer to an alliance of companies, looking after Trident and Polaris weapons systems.

There are also to be 39 Royal Navy secondments.

They work at the Royal Navy Armament Depot at Coulport and the Strategic Weapon Support Building at Faslane.

Both facilities are part of HM Naval Base Clyde.

The consortium, known as ABL Alliance, is made up of companies that already work on defence contracts, led by AWE, along with Babcock and Lockheed Martin.

The decision to privatise the workwas reached in May last year, when the MoD "decided the most effective way to sustain the workforce in the future was to use an experienced supplier within the private sector".

'Safety record'

The deal is a 15-year contract to outsource weapons support at Coulport and Faslane.

The jobs are in industrial and technical grades, warehousing and logistical support, along with supervisors and managers.

The MoD says it will continue to own the bases, and oversee security and activities at Coulport and Faslane, which will continue to be subject to the same safety regulation.

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US industrial designer, called the "dean of industrial design" by many. Born in Decatur, IN, he moved to New York in 1903 and studied at Art Students League of New York. He established his own typographic studio in 1911, and by mid 1920s was involved in commercial packaging. He left advertising in 1926 to open an industrial design firm in New York City and added industrial design to his letterhead in 1927, receiving his first contract with Eastman Kodak effective January 1, 1928. For Kodak designed a number of well-known cameras, including an Art Deco gift camera (1928), Baby Brownie (1934), Bantam Special (1936), and the Brownie Hawkeye (1950). He designed the Marmon 16, introduced in 1932, and thetrend-setting Texaco gas stations (1936). He was on the Board of Design for the 1939 World's Fair, where he also designed the Ford and US Steel pavilions. He wrote his book, Design This Day" in 1940. In 1944, he became the first president of the Society of Industrial Designers (SID). In 1948 he designed the first Polaroid camera for Edwin Land. After the war, WDTA became a major consultant for Boeing, establishing a branch office in Seattle, WA and has designed interiors for them ever since, including the Stratocruiser (1946), the 707 (1958), 737 (1963), 747 (1969), 767 (1982) and 777 (1995). WDTA also designed the furnishings for the new Air Force Academy in 1958. After his death, his son, Walter Dorwin Teague Jr., continued to run his


in time, a cluster of them settled in Canaan and become sedentary. At which point the “Hebrew” connotation is applied to a locus, time period and culture. Given a degree of success, they created a nation of their own. But became unique because of their theological understanding which eschews or disregards the dozens of deities identified by other peoples and selected a single god to be the focus of their worship and their religion. The Bible begins their story with the patriarchal narratives in the Book of Genesis and weaves their origins around a semi-nomadic character named Abraham, who lived in Ur of the Chaldees. Abraham was instructed by a new god, unfamiliar to his Sumerian neighbors, to journey southwest into Canaan. Arriving at the venerable altar invery lucky and very rich and very powerful and a giant in history if he kept faithful to the worship of El. The theme of Genesis is selection and covenant. Abraham and his son, grandson and great-grandson all nurtured along the unfolding Hebrew epic, noting Grandson Jacob in particular because he produced twelve sons, thus, twelve tribes. God El made the line of Abraham a special case, selected out of all the earth to be a special blessing. Genesis means “origins” or beginnings and introduces many of the building blocks of the faith…sacrifice, monolatry, covenant, circumcision, tribal delineation, etc. The story, 40 chapters long is unique, loaded with heroes, travel, miracles and blessings, dozens of encounters, and differs from other ancient religions because it is fashioned from the


and what must be done to gain divine favors, we see why Abraham employed sacrifice, was linked to the god through covenant, made male circumcision his first sacrament, believed in and used sacred oaths. So the early theology of Israel had a lot in common with Canaan, but one striking difference: its monolatry. At the end of Genesis about 1600 B.C., the 71, fourth-generation descendents of Abraham moved to Egypt because Cousin Joseph was prime minister and because there was a famine in Canaan. Between the two books, Genesis and Exodus, 420 years elapsed, and the Hebrew multiplied wondrously but were, alas in 1250 as Exodus opens, now subservient to the Egyptians and put to forced labor. The God Yahweh, hearing of their discomfiture, finally decided to fulfillhis promise to Abraham and created the hero Moses to free them. In Moses, by the way, we encounter the most significant figure in Hebrew history. Moses was raised in the royal palace and at age 40 in an altercation, he killed an Egyptian overseer, then fled east into the desert when he fell in with a Midianite Bedouin named Jethro and married his daughter. Content with the solitude in Sinai, he was suddenly rousted one sunny day by a voice out of a burning bush to “listen up”. The voice wants him to go back to Egypt and extract his people. After an argument with the flame and the voice, Moses finally asks, “If I go back and if the people listen, what god do I tell


first born in every household. But with one major exception. To avoid this fate descending on of his own people, Moses had each family kill a lamb, then dip a branch of hyssop in the lamb’s blood, smear it on the lintels over their doorway. So when the angel did appear that night with his sword of death, he spared all those homes marked with blood. Israel was instructed to roast the lamb, eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs, preparatory to a journey. The event was called “Passover” since the angel passed over Hebrew homes. When Pharaoh found his oldest son dead, he told Moses to get those cotton picking Hebrews out of sight and out of the country. So off they went, through the ReedSea (which parted for them), into the wilderness at Sinai, arriving at the mountain of the Lord fifty days after leaving. It was here they camped and agreed again to make Yahweh their God, offering sacrifice to seal the covenant. It was here as well they received the Ten Commandments. Plus several pages completing a long, interminable law code which the people solemnly agreed to obey. It was here as well that the priesthood was established and installed, then given a place to operate, namely a tabernacle, portable temple. My point in dwelling on the Exodus story is to point out the theological relevance of that moment in Hebrew history. On the 17th of April this year, the Jews celebrated an event called Passover. With roasted lamb, unleavened


bread and bitter herbs, commemorating an event they think might have first happened 3200 years ago. The Exodus narrative describes the founding of the nation Israel. It is their declaration of independence and constitutional convention. Under the patriarchs they were a clan, a large family. Under Moses, they gained their freedom, renewed the covenant with Yahweh, were given the law, were provided a ceremonial system which would support their religious life, were headed for a new country replete with an independent status. In their understanding, God himself had first selected, then brought them out of bondage, and sanctified them to be his agents. They were divinely appointed as “a royal priesthood”. The law delivered by Moses gave to them a lifestyle which if followed would not only bringBy virtue of the law and the priesthood generations in subsequent history professed and practiced their faith. They did it in unique ways: the nature of dress, the size and shape of the beard, the yarmulke, mezuzahs on the door posts, kosher diet, sacrifice, circumcision, the celebration of at least half dozen holy days including Passover, Yom Kippur, two harvest festivals, Hanukkah, and Rosh Hashana. They kept the Sabbath holy (meaning, no one worked); they raised all of their children; avoided marriage and even contact with gentiles, tithed of their produce to the Lord. In short the nature of their religion prescribed a style of life that kept them different...fact, keeps them unique today. The nature of their law was so exhaustive, there was little opportunity to wonder


what was right and what was wrong. Despite what is often repeated, they did not wander for 40 years in the wilderness. They soon found an oasis at Kadesh-Barnea where they spent the next 39 years. After which point, under a leader named Joshua they invaded Canaan, and with lightening speed subdued most of it, a story covered in the Book of Joshua. The Lord had promised them a land ”flowing with milk and honey”, a rich land, a glorious patrimony, Kerieth and Sinai were stops along the way. In 1966 I viewed the Jordan Valley from Mount Nebo where Moses got his first glimpse of the land. All I could think of was the God Yahweh really had a great sense of humor. Anyone looking at thehow to plant vines and harvest grapes, how to breed livestock, build houses, do irrigation, learn a little smelting, carpentry, cloth-making, and generally provide for themselves in a land which demands a lot of labor. It was hard time and very bloody, but ultimately brought to a close when a hero from the tribe of Benjamin named Saul united Israel to meet a new and more ominous foe, the Philistines. They were war-like and relatively sophisticated people who came storming out of the western Mediterranean and settled on the coast of Canaan in five city states. Possessing the secret to making iron, they were hard to withstand and as Israel developed and improved the land, their neighbors cast covetous eyes upon it and somewhere around 1030 decided to


move in. The Philistine pressure caused the nation to unite. Saul simply demanded recruits from every tribe for a national army and got full support, winning the first battles. But ultimately he was unable to prevail against Philistia. It is during the course of his wars against the Philistines that the future Hebrew king slowly worked his way up to become a top commander and then a member of Saul’s court. The hero was David, son of Jesse from the tribe of Judah. He demonstrated a good deal of military skill and considerable ability in organizing and leading and soon became a competitor for Saul’s crown. David was finally exiled, became a guerrilla leader and gained national acclaim. So when Saul was killed at Gilboa fighting against thePhilistines, David became the obvious choice for king and was duly elected by a council of the tribal elders. For his capital, he sent his own army under Joab to subdue Jerusalem which had never been captured and set up his court, consecrating the city for all time. Yahweh had chosen David as his agent and since David’s wars had brought Israel to a high-water point, he proved the power of the God to triumph over Israel’s enemies. Yahweh was so enamored with David that he declared Jerusalem would be his eternal home, and David’s line should rule the people Israel forever and ever, amen. He reigned for 40 years and subdued all the lands from the Orontes north of Damascus to the Gulf of Aquab. It was


the apogee of Hebrew power, militarily and politically, with the tribute rolling in; the armies invincible; and David the strongest presence in the Middle East. Then after forty years he slept with his fathers. If you need a date, he ascended the throne in roughly 1000 B.C., and his son Solomon was crowned in 960. If Moses authorized the priestly hierarchical system, it was David and Solomon who institutionalized it. Curiously, it was David who appointed the high priests: Zadok and Abiathar. They were his guys and owed their jobs, hospitalization insurance, performance bonus, and retirement programs to him. Under Solomon, the extensive, impressive and expensive structure of Israel’s ecclesiolatry is created. We had a high priestly system now made hereditary, and 24 rotating teams of Levites andacolytes and hundreds of functionaries involved in a ponderous, complex, ongoing, perennial system of sacrifices, processionals, assemblies, and business from then on. Religion becomes a big, I mean, huge production. Morning and evening prayers, morning and evening sacrifices, holy days, sacred areas, endless rites for purification since there are a jillion ways to sin. The result is that somehow or other, the religion of Israel, was superimposed like never before on the life and thought of the people. Solomon’s temple became a visible manifestation of the faith and since it was the most luxurious building in the nation it became the centerpiece of the Hebrew ethos. The first draft of the earliest written form of the Hebrew scriptures, a product which will become our Old Testament, was probably


and sold several of his cities to Hiram of Tyre. He was a fabulous builder but also a profligate one and when he died, was bankrupt and universally hated by his people. On his death, the kingdom broke apart and became two separate entities with a king each. Ten tribes went north and became known as Israel, while the two left in the south became Judah. The Northern Kingdom would last an even 200 years till 722 B.C. when they were subdued by Sargon II. The southern kingdom had better luck and lasted till 586…336 years after the death of Solomon. The stormy history of both kingdoms is recounted in the Books of I and II King. In that period the temple was a vehicle for providing historypart was old hat; the autocratic, arrogance of the priesthood, the partnership with the throne, the endless ceremony and pageantry, the continuing sacrifice, the religious calendar. Plus the distance established between the person and the God enforced by the ecclesiastical intermediary; add the continual element of fear, the ominous mystery surrounding the nature of the God and his impatience with humankind, all universal. So religion held little appeal and less promise; and when death came, all departed to the same abode, sheol, and roamed, like shades, in the netherworld. What finally gave theology a heart was a major breakthrough starting in the 8th Century by a class called the prophets. They opposed the status quo and naturally were considered dangerous revolutionaries. The wakeup call came from a sheepherder


Guess why? It challenged the priesthood and the crown; each content with the way things were going since each liked the roles it played. Amos was booted out of Israel, the prophetic voices suppressed except as each could make converts. But the age of the great prophets (late 7th Century) was not one of good statecraft in Judah but rather of conflict, first with Assyria and then Babylon. Jerusalem fell in 586 B.C. The Babylonians destroyed the city, ravaged the land, decimated the populace. The court, aristocracy and the priesthood were marched off to Babylon in captivity now. The entire nation of David and Solomon was wiped off the map and had they not been different, they would have departed history like the Phoenicians, the Philistines, the Syrians,The Medo-Persian suzerainty was a refreshing breath of air in the Fertile Crescent. In the monarch Cyrus the Great, we encounter a warrior, conqueror, and manager without the need to visit devastation on conquered people the familiar pattern of Assyrian, Babylonian, Chaldean or Egyptian records. We have an inscription on a stele that reveals his policy: “I am Cyrus, king of the world, mighty king, king of Babylon, Sumer and Akkad. When I entered Babylon, I set up the seat of domination in the royal palace amidst jubilation and rejoicing. Marduk the great god caused the big-hearted inhabitants of Babylon to…me. My numerous troops moved about undisturbed in the midst of Babylon. I did not allow any to terrorize the land of Sumer and Akkad. I kept in


view the needs of Babylon and all its sanctuaries to promote their well-being. I lifted their unbecoming yoke. Their dilapidated dwellings I restored. I put an end to their misfortunes. At my deeds Marduk, the great Lord, rejoiced. The holy cities beyond the Tigris whose sanctuaries had been in ruins over a long period, I returned to their places and housed them in lasting abodes. I gathered together all their inhabitants and restored (to them) their dwellings.” There are corroborating references to the Persian record in the Old Testament Books of Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther. The former tells us that in 536 the first year after he had subdued Babylon and fell heir to her empire, Cyrus freed the Jews, encouraging a return to their homeland when theymight rebuild their nation. His agents returned the temple paraphernalia so they could reconstruct their cult, and he wanted them to reconstruct their culture. Maybe Cyrus – and the Persians – showed a remarkable tolerance and magnanimity because of their religion, Zoroastrianism. The history of the founder Zoroaster is obscure, told partially in legend or is deduced from extensive writings, references and teachings. Despite the mysterious origins of this faith, the remarkable theological innovation he installed flowed freely and unobtrusively into other religions, including Israel, who lived under Persian rule from 538-330 B.C. The creator of this faith – so the story goes - was divinely conceived through an angel, the juice of a haoma plant ingested by a priest, and then concourse with a woman of noble


lineage. The child from this mixture grew to manhood and became a recluse because of his great desire for learning and his meditation, centered on seeking righteousness. Like Jesus – he was tempted by the devil. But resisted, thanks to his God, Ahura Mazda. Shortly thereafter said God delivered the divine word to Zoroaster, creating the Zoroastrian scriptures, a long opus called the Avesta, the Book of Knowledge of Wisdom. Commissioned to preach it, like Amos, Jesus, Mohammed, Luther, Wesley and Baha Ullah, he had marginal luck until Hystaspes, the father of Darius was converted and agreed to spread the word among the Medes and Persians. The prophet succeeded in his mission, lived to a very old age and was consumed in a flash of lighting, thus, ascendedinto heaven. Before his advent the Persians worshipped animals, forbearers, the earth, the sun and a good many elements of Hinduism. Mithra was the chief god, then Anaita, the goddess of fertility, his consort. We also note a bull god, Haoma who dying, rose again and gave mankind his blood to drink, thus, conferring immortality. Priests who served this old and cluttered pantheon were called “magi”. Zoroaster – like Mohammed - was outraged at this primitive system and announced to the world a new god, Ahura Mazda, the Lord of Light and Heaven. Aided by King Darius, the old superstitious faiths were blotted out and the populace converted to new beliefs, making Zoroastrianism the official state religion. The scripture which instructed the faithful was the aforesaid Avesta which


truly, O Ahura-Mazda: Who determined the paths of the suns and stars – who is it by whom the moon waxes and wanes - who from below sustained the earth and the firmament from failing – who sustained the waters and the plants – who yoked the swiftness of the winds and the clouds – who Ahura Mazda called forth the Good Mind?” The god has seven qualities: Light, Good Mind, Right, Dominion, Piety, Well-Being and Immortality. His followers interpreted these attributes as separate holy beings or influences…Amesha Spenta, “immortal holy ones”. Add guardian angels, devils or demons. The first humans had been placed in a paradise only to be invaded by serpents, vermin, locusts, winters, sin, sodomy, menstruation and plagues, all sent there by Ahriman, Satan. Mankinddesign and tech concepts rather than finished
products.
Although it represents one of the world's biggest ever
entrepreneurial explosions, Silicon Valley has become such a generic
term for the US-based tech industry that it's easy to forget its
geography. Silicon Valley is the nickname for the Santa Clara County
area around the city of San Jose in Northern California, which is part
of the greater San Francisco Bay Area.
Stretched over 45 miles,
Silicon Valley towns like Palo Alto, Cupertino, Sunnyvale and Mountain
View are home to the HQs of Apple, Google, Intel, HP, Oracle, Facebook,
Evernote, eBay, Agilent, Adobe… the list is endless.
As a visitor
there's little to see unless you're an industry bod with a stack of
meetings, but near to Google's HQ in Mountain View is the Computer History Museum.
It's
now as much about wise investment decisions and innovative


services as
about engineering degrees and technical know-how, but why is there an
unbeatable entrepreneurial ecosystem here?
Hewlett-Packard
(created in 1939 and generally thought of as the initiator), Stanford
and Berkeley universities, the US Navy's early experiments with radio,
all played a critical part in creating a post-war tech industry where
teams of engineers moved between companies and helped create names that
still reverberate today, such as Intel and Apple. It also didn't hurt
that the area was all fields and orchards, so land was cheap.

Shenzhen: Electronics capital of the world

Shenzhen is where capitalism and communism bust into each other – and an iPhone pops out. The iPhone might say 'designed in California', but what it should say is 'born in Shenzhen'.
The
home of Foxconn (maker of gadgets for Apple, Microsoft, Sony and scores
of others) and hundreds ofother manufacturing facilities that together
create 90% of the globe's electronics,
the vast and growing metropolis of Shenzhen has become the world's
major manufacturing hub in the twenty-first century, taking over from
Taiwan.
It's just a short drive or train ride from Hong Kong in
the vast Pearl River Delta, and it's growing exponentially fast. Why is
it here? The city's success can be traced back to the Special Economic
Zone status conferred on a tiny fishing village back in 1979, China's
first. It's attracted so many people that overcrowding is now a serious
problem; the population of Shenzhen now stands at 15 million.
It's
a city that is attempting to make the transition from industrial centre
to tourist hotspot, though events like the Shenzhen Open provide only
sporadic reasons to visit. If you are in town – likely as a side-trip
from


Hong Kong – check out the bizarre recreations of the Eiffel Tower,
Taj Mahal and the Pyramids at the Window of the World, as well as Sung
Hing Square and the vast Luohu Commercial City shopping district.
Shenzhen
is increasingly a place of startups, product designers and capital – as
evidenced by the presence of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange – and China's
Silicon Valley is nothing short of the electronics capital of the world.

Stockholm: Home of the subscription economy

Did
you know that Spotify, Linux, Candy Crush, Skype and Minecraft creator
Mojang are all from Stockholm in Sweden? Increasingly known for far more
than the Nobel Prize, Abba and Volvo, the 800,000-strong capital of
Sweden is fast becoming famous for some of the globe's most recognisable
and successful tech services and apps.
Stockholm has almost as
many tech startups as Silicon Valley,trip around Tokyo's Akihabara Electric Town
is a must-do for any visiting tech-head. Expect instant language translation tech and more to debut at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, which could also see the birth of Ultra HD 8K.

Bengaluru: India's Silicon Valley

Bengaluru
(formerly known as Bangalore) in the southern state of Karnataka,
India, is home to a host of 'Bangalore tiger' companies like InfoSys,
Tata Consultancy Services and Wipro who handle operations, database
management and much more for global brands.
The epicentre of
India's high-tech and outsourcing industry, and a hub of software and
services development, the highly skilled IT workforce and unrivalled
market opportunities (India has a population of 1.25 billion) is making
affluent Bengaluru an IT investment hotspot.
The IT market in
India is booming, with massive growth in big data and analytics software
and services expected to help make the


sector worth around $12 billion
(about £7.8 billion, or AU$16.5 billion) in 2015. That's no wonder; half
the population of India is under 35 – the biggest proportion of youth
anywhere in the world – and the country has the third largest online
population in the world. It's also got a fast growing middle class.
Aside
from the 43-acre Infosys Campus at Electronic City – where 20,000
people live in a self-contained town – green and spacious Bengaluru is a
great place to visit, with Tipu Sultan's Summer Palace and the grand
Graeco-Roman styled Vidhana Soudha high on tourist itineraries.
However,
wherever you go in India the huge gap between rich and poor is
inescapable – this is a place where the tech industry's reputation as
being at the sharp end of capitalism rings truer than anywhere else.

We're double jumping withAnd a mere twenty
years after that, Gates and partner Paul Allen formed Microsoft (or
Micro-Soft, as it was then known) in order to sell their BASIC
interpreter for the MITS Altair 8800.
What the hell does that
mean? It means that Gates and co. put a boot in the ass of computing and
sent it careening onto the den desk. BASIC made it possible for the
average hobbyist to interact with a computer. No more time-sharing at
the local university or spaghetti-only diets in order to afford a
personal computer. The revolution would not be televised; it would be
found in your home, on your desktop, with Microsoft's Altair BASIC.
But
in 1976, Microsoft's first year of operation, few in the tech industry
saw it that way. In the early years of computing, hardware was king –
IBM had grown into


a multi-national behemoth because of the success of
its time clocks and punch-card readers. Gates, however, envisioned a
different paradigm, one where software would supplant hardware as the
dominant driver of the computing space.
And thanks to the Microsoft-spurred rise of the home computing market, he was right.

One OS to rule them all

Over
the course of the 80's and 90's the rapidly decreasing cost of the
personal computer led to a rapidly increasing presence in households.
The "computer in every den" had joined "the chicken in every pot, and
the car in every garage" as an American aphorism.
And that was due in no small part to Bill Gates' Microsoft.
Microsoft's
DOS and later Windows operating systems came to dominate this new
market, thanks to their compatibility with most, if not all, non-Apple
PC's. What did consumers see whenever they pressedfor Bill Gates, but it wasn't bad for Average Joe and Jane either.
Just
as BASIC made it possible for hobbyists to access a personal computer,
DOS and Windows made it possible for the rest of us. Now Average Joe
could easily use and (more importantly) afford a technology previously
limited to businesses, tech-geeks and academics.

The internet tidal wave

Fairly
early on, Gates recognized the Internet would have a profound impact on
society. In his "Internet Tidal Wave" memo from 1995 he famously
described the Internet as the "most important single development to come
along since the IBM PC was introduced in 1981."

Riding the internet tidal wave

It
was natural then that Windows 95 came bundled with Microsoft's web
browser, Internet Explorer. For many consumers (due to 95's incredible
market penetration), IE was their introduction to the World Wide Web.
With
a 95% usage


share during its peak, IE is one of the most broadly used
applications Microsoft has ever produced. It won't be remembered for its
usability, but it will go down in history for helping to bring the
internet to everyone.

Xbox marks the spot

If Internet
Explorer fueled the Internet's rocket in the late 90's, Microsoft's
first gaming console, Xbox, would send it into orbit in the new
millennium.
While
not the first platform to introduce online gaming, Xbox, like many a
Gates product, made it a part of the zeitgeist. It was the first home
console to give gamers a built-in Ethernet port and a dedicated
cross-game networking platform. This platform, called Xbox Live, pushed
demand for an Internet fast enough to play Xbox games, and eventually
pulled America out of the dial-up age and into the broadband era. As the
YouTube's, Netflix's andThis Week in Tech, Star Talk, Nerdist and Tim Ferriss), and as
of the time this piece was published, they have yet to show up on the
storefront.
Regardless, Google Play Music's step into the
podcasting scene is a major acknowledgement of podcasts' growing
popularity, giving listeners a single integrated solution for all of
their listening needs.

Scientists have created a working Star Trek-like tractor beam
A
team of scientists from the Universities of Sussex and Bristol in the
UK have created a Star Trek-like tractor beam that uses sound waves to
move objects.
Published today in Nature Communications,
the scientists say the tech can be used for varying areas, including
the ability "transport drug capsules or microsurgical instruments
through living tissue."
Bruce Drinkwater, co-author of the paper
and the professor of ultrasonics at the University of Bristol explained
that while other researchers had used similar


While
expanding to more "key" regions is a good thing, it's also still limited
to American Express customers to start.
Cook gave no indication
when other credit cards, banks or financial institutions in these
countries would begin supporting Apple Pay.
The news of Apple Pay
expanding to more regions comes on the heels of another quarter of
record for the Cupertino firm. It clobbered revenue and profit from the
same quarter last year, sold 48 million iPhones and managed to see
growth in Mac sales. iPad sales slipped, as has been the case for
Apple's slates as of late, but the company didn't seem too phased amid
its other quarterly wins.

Apple Pay is heading to more countries soonApple Pay is going (more) global, CEO Tim Cook announced today during the company's quarterly earnings call.
Thanks
to a partnership with American Express, eligiblecustomers in Australia
and Canada will get access to Apple Pay later this year. The rollout
will continue into Hong Kong, Singapore and Spain in 2016.
Since
it launched, Apple Pay has only been available in the US and UK. While
expanding to more "key" regions is a good thing, it's also still limited
to American Express customers to start.
Cook gave no indication
when other credit cards, banks or financial institutions in these
countries would begin supporting Apple Pay.
The news of Apple Pay
expanding to more regions comes on the heels of another quarter of
record for the Cupertino firm. It clobbered revenue and profit from the
same quarter last year, sold 48 million iPhones and managed to see
growth in Mac sales. iPad sales slipped, as has been the case for
Apple's slates as of late, but the company didn't


VIDEO game consoles with motion controls like the Nintendo Wii could have a greater impact on players and need new rules, says a Government minister.

Home Affairs Minister Brendan O'Conner said a new generation of consumer electronics products were challenging the existing classification system.

"Computer game manufacturers encourage users to put down their control pads and participate physically in a game through motion-sensing technology," he said.

"These interactive features are set to increase the impact of the material being enjoyed by consumers.

"We need to consider how increased interactivity will impact on children and what this means for content regulation."

Mr O'Conner also named 3D televisions and DVDs that let people change viewing angles as technologies with "potential for greater interactivity".

The minister was speaking at a conference in Sydney on the impacts of2 years from 1926 through 1982.^[@B17]^ Detailed descriptions of the cohort and methods have been previously published.^[@B17],[@B18]^ Briefly, self-administered questionnaires were mailed to cohort members during the following three time periods: 1983 to 1989, 1994 to 1998, and 2003 to 2005. Informed consent was obtained to collect medical records. The USRT study has been annually approved by human subjects review boards at the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN) and the National Cancer Institute (Bethesda, MD).

Study Population
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Our study population included female, white participants who completed both the second and third questionnaires and reported being cancer free at the time of the second questionnaire (N = 46,100). Follow-up continued from completion of the second questionnaire until the earlier of first primary cancer diagnosis, including NMSC, or completion of the third


Space Administration.^[@B23]^ Cloud-adjusted daily ambient UV irradiance of 305 nm, which is part of the UVB spectrum and therefore related to the erythemal response of the skin,^[@B24]^ is provided on a 1 degree latitude by 1 degree longitude grid corresponding to approximately 111 × 85 km (69 × 53 miles), respectively. Satellite-based annual estimates of UVR have varied little since the start of measurements in the late 1970s, except from small fluctuations as a result of the 11-year solar cycle^[@B25]^; thus, daily noon-time estimates were averaged over years 1982 to 1992.

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To evaluate the relationship between reproductive factors, estrogen use, and first primary BCC, Cox proportional hazards regression analyses were used to compute hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% CIs with age as the time scale, which adjusts forOn June 8, 2004 the DOT
recorded
the first Venus transit in 122 years at high angular resolution in the
G band and in the Ca II H line. The DOT observers also used full-disk
cameras in white light and Halpha.

The DOT missed the ingress because the Sun rose over La Palma
only after the start of the transit.

The DOT has a parallactic mount so that the transit path is
straight. Celestial North is up.

The G band (so named by Joseph von Fraunhofer in 1817,
consisting of molecular CH lines at wavelength 430.5 nm in the blue
part of the solar spectrum) samples the solar photosphere from which
most sunlight escapes. This apparent "surface" (made of hot gas, not
one to walk on) shows granules and intergranular lanes which are
produced by convection in the outer layers of the


line that runs along Kalemegdan, Terazije, Slavija, and Čubura.

1960s

First specialized traffic surveys for the purpose of the future subway were conducted in 1965, only three years after the first such surveys were conducted in Chicago. In 1968, a comprehensive plan came about, led by Savo Janjić. The plan envisioned three lines, totaling a length of , with 35 stations. The neighborhoods, projected for the inclusion in the metro grid were: Zemun, New Belgrade, Zvezdara, downtown, Dorćol, Čubura, Banjica, Čukarica, Palilula, Višnjica with later additions of Braće Jerković and Dunavski Venac.

According to the city's general urban plan (GUP) in the 1960s, Cvetni Trg was envisioned as the location of the future central underground subway station of Belgrade, which would also replace the Belgrade Main railway station. The tunnelsthe Sava river for the metro was planned in 1998.

At first, two underground stations, Vukov Spomenik and Karađorđev Park were opened in 1995 and integrated into the suburban rail system of Beovoz. These are located in tunnels which were constructed for the abandoned metro project and they resemble conventional column metro stations.

Mayor Zoran Đinđić in 1997 revitalized the idea of the full subway, but as he was soon ousted from the office, the new chief city executive Spasoje Krunić later that year suspended the subway section again.

2000s

On 3 July 2004, the BELAM project was presented to the public. Feasibility study from 2004 estimated that the construction of the full subway would be unprofitable as the city is not growing as much as it did in the 1970s,


Description: Having packed up her possessions to move in with her lover, Laure is more unsettled than she appears. Needing to get out and have a change of scenery, she jumps in her car to go to have dinner with friends--only to become stuck in a terrible traffic jam. Laure completely forgot about the mass transit strike that has thrown the city into chaos. But Laure feels good in her car, the only place she has for herself right now. As she takes in the sights and sounds around her--the blare of horns and arguments, the shimmer of lights and camaraderie--Laure notices a calm and self-assured stranger, Jean, approach her car. Soon thereafter, she opens her car door to the man who, that night, will change her life.birthright as the lords of Pembrook.

But London Society had not been so quick to welcome the lords back into the fold. Once Sebastian's position as the Duke of Keswick was secured and their uncle dead, Tristan had returned to the love that had usurped Pembrook in his heart: the sea.

But after nearly twenty months of fighting tempests and gales, he was back on England's shores, feeling untethered, as though he'd somehow broken free of his moorings. He had no desire to return to the tedious London ballrooms. While there, he discovered women aplenty to warm his bed, but they were all cut of the same cloth: satin and silk and lace. They were drawn to the danger he represented. He had only to smile and they fell into


the tougher he was thought to be. Although Tristan had obtained a reputation for being incredibly tough. He suspected he could prance around in lacy shirts and no one would mess with him. At least not with Crimson Jack.

"Does Sebastian know you're back?"

With a sigh Tristan dropped into a chair across from Rafe. "I've not alerted him to my return."

"He has an heir now, you know."

He waited as Rafe poured whiskey into a tumbler and set it before him. He downed the amber liquid in one long swallow before saying, "I hadn't heard, but I'm relieved. Takes the pressure off me."

"You've no desire to be a duke?"

"None whatsoever."

"You're not going to follow in uncle's footsteps and try to take the dukedom?"

"Uncle's actions would indicate that he was mad,aunt's face shifted around until she looked rather like a dried prune. "Whatever do you mean by that?"

"It just seems that one should set one's standards a bit higher than simply not going with the worst."

"You're close to being on the shelf. You can't be particularly picky. You had your love, which is more than most women have. Now you must settle in and do your duty."

"Is one allowed love only once?"

"I daresay, if at all, once is all that one can hope for."

"That's a rather sad state of affairs for women, isn't it?"

"It is the way of it, m'dear. I'm a bit parched. Perhaps you'd like to come with me to the refreshment room."

So she could continue to be bombarded with such demoralizing commentary? "No, thank you.


. is he whom they wish you to marry?"

She almost stumbled with the realization that he hadn't just arrived at this affair. He'd been here for a while. He'd been watching her.

"The Marquess of Chetwyn. Walter's brother. And yes, he has apparently expressed interest. But I haven't settled on him." She didn't know why she felt compelled to say the last. Perhaps because she feared he might get into a row with Chetwyn. Seek to stake his claim. A claim he didn't truly have.

As her hand rested in his, as his other hand cupped her waist, she tried not to think about how marvelous it had been to have those hands roaming over her flesh. To have him rising above her. To have him bring her pleasure. Sheif inviting Tristan to the garden party had been a mistake. The following day he sent her two dozen roses. The unsigned note accompanying them had simply said, "You were right. Thank you."

Right about what, for pity's sake? That he would enjoy the garden party? That they couldn't continue their trysts?

A week had passed and she'd not seen him. She tried to settle into the life that she had expected: morning calls, balls, dinners, courtship. But it seemed so trite. As though now she was a stranger to it all. She forced herself to carry on as though she'd not changed one whit since the stormy night she'd walked into a haze-filled tavern. Her father and brothers noticed nothing amiss.

Even Chetwyn seemed unable to detect the differences in


but I've granted him permission. However, the door is to remain op—"

Chetwyn stepped into the bedchamber and slammed the door shut in her brother's face. Anne pressed a hand to her mouth to stifle her laughter. She could only imagine Jameson's startled expression. She'd never seen Chetwyn so forceful. It was a bit disconcerting to realize that it excited her to see him this way.

He strode to the fireplace, raised his arm, pressed it against the mantel, and stared into the cold empty hearth. "Do wish I'd stopped by your father's study for a bit of spirits."

"I have some brandy."

Looking over his shoulder at her, he grinned. "Do you?"

"Yes, would you like some?"

He shook his head. "No, I suppose not. You should know, Anne, that I will treather first story at seven, and it involved a fisherman who fell in love with a mermaid. She has since moved on to writing about sexy cowboys and dashing English lords (and sometimes, cleverly, in the same book!). Publishers Weekly says she is a "master of her craft." She is, indeed, and along with being a New York Times and USA Today bestseller, she has won the RITA® Award, three Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Awards, and a Career Achievement Award.

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positive for him, it was actually better than they thought and the future is bright for the kid."

Helton did not have a specific diagnosis, calling it a lower back injury.

Tuipulotu is the third Trojan to be lost for the season since the start of October, joining freshman DB Greg Johnson (shoulder) and starting guard Viane Talamaivao (pectoral).

News of Tuipulotu was expected to come down this week; Helton said on his Sunday media call that Tuipulotu and his family would meet with the doctors on Tuesday.

The former-five star prospect recovered from a knee injury in Week 2 but the back injury had been a nagging one since the spring as it continued to get worse throughout the season.

He played just 11 total snaps in his final game against Caland 39 total snaps on the season. His lone start came against Stanford, but he injured his knee in the first half forcing him to miss the remainder of the game and the Texas game.

USC has already taken steps to mitigating the loss of Tuipulotu, burning freshman DT Brandon Pili's redshirt over the weekend against Oregon State. He finished with three tackles.

The freshman, a former state champion wrestler, turned heads as an early enrollee in the spring, getting a lot of first team reps and putting himself in position to potentially start this season at nose tackle.

The 6-foot-3, 300-pounder was one of USC's prized gems from the 2017 recruiting class, flipping the Top 100 recruit from Pac-12 rival Washington in January. Tuipulotu was rated the No. 60 overall


Forest Service chief Tony Tooke resigns amid sexual misconduct allegations

Jessica Estepa | USA TODAY

Tony Tooke, the head of the Forest Service, resigned Wednesday in the wake of reports revealing sexual misconduct allegations made against the agency and Tooke himself.

In an email sent to his employees, Tooke acknowledged that he'd been under investigation, but implied that reports about his conduct contained misinformation.

"I have been forthright during the review, but I cannot combat every inaccuracy that is reported in the news media," he wrote. "What I can control, however, are decisions I make today and the choice of a path for the future that is best for our employees, the Forest Service and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. I must also think about what is best for my family."

PBS Newshourfirst reported last week that Tooke faced allegations about relationships he had with subordinates, before he became chief. Tooke, who worked for the agency for nearly four decades, took the top post in September.

The allegations against Tooke came to light as part of PBS's broader investigation the Forest Service, in which 34 current and former female employees described sexual harassment, sexual assault and retaliation.

"Many of you have seen the news reports which included the stories from women who told of their experiences with sexual harassment in the Forest Service," Tooke wrote to his employees. "I admire their courage... Please know that Forest Service leadership is committed to investing in the changes and resources needed to improve and become much better."

The Forest Service did not immediately return a request


susan Shaw

Dr. Susan Shaw is recognized for her landmark research on chemical contamination in marine mammals and commercially important marine fishes along the northwest Atlantic coast. Named Gulf of Maine Visionary in 2007, she is credited as the first scientist to discover that brominated flame retardants used in consumer products are biomagnifying in this US coastal marine food web.Austrian energy drink producer Red Bull "has officially entered German hockey and will take over German Hockey League (DEL) club EHC Munich on May 1," according to the SALZBURGER NACHRICHTEN.The shares of current club shareholder Michael Phillips "will be acquired by the company of billionaire Dietrich Mateschitz." Red Bull "signed on as the team's title sponsor and saved it from bankruptcy" in May. A club statement said: "EHC Red Bull Munich will therefore stay in Munich and participate in the upcoming '13-14 DEL season." The EHC Munich will become the second Red Bull-owned hockey team besides Austrian side EC Red Bull Salzburg (SALZBURGER NACHRICHTEN, 3/11).
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An implanted penile prosthetic is effective in relieving erectile dysfunction in men.
A penile prosthetic typically includes one or more cylinders that are implanted in the corpora cavernosa of the penis, a reservoir implanted in the abdomen that communicates with the cylinder(s), and a pump located in the scrotum that is employed to move liquid from the reservoir into the cylinder(s).
In a typical application, the user squeezes a bulb of the pump multiple times to draw liquid out of the reservoir, into the bulb, and move the liquid into the cylinders. The repeated squeezing of the bulb moves the liquid from the reservoir into the cylinders, which incrementally deflates the reservoir and incrementally inflates the cylinder(s) to eventually provide the user with an erect penis. The user may returnDisney Princess Birthday party

I was hired to make a Birthday Party for a 3 year old girl who wants to be a princess when she grows up and is in love with all of the Disney Princesses. I made a Cupcake Tower with Black Forest cupcakes, decorated with Disney Princesses Cupcake Toppers I made myself. The party was entertained by a Snow White, (who took pictures with the children, which were added to their gift baskets), and her helper (together they made a marionette show for the kids).

The wheather was awful, it rained the entire afternoon, so we were forced to move everything from the park to the room where the parents were chatting. I was worried that the kids would find it boring, but they were so