in Monaco in 2003 after a practice crash, while in 2005 at Indianapolis all the Michelin runners pulled into the pits after the formation lap.

"I only count my race starts," the Briton confirmed to Roger Benoit, the veteran correspondent for the Swiss newspaper Blick.

"So my 200th will be on the 31st of July in Hungary," confirmed Button.

On August 6, 2006, then contesting his 113th grand prix at the wheel of a Honda, Button recorded his first formula one win at the Hungaroring.

Only Jarno Trulli (118) and Rubens Barrichello (123) took longer than Button to become grand prix winners, while with 179 races under his belt Nick Heidfeld is still trying to join them.

Only 11 F1 drivers have contested more grands prix than Button, with current rivals Rubens Barrichello(310) and Michael Schumacher (274) topping the list.

The Briton will climb to eighth on the all-time list by the end of the 2011 season, by surpassing the records of Alain Prost (198), Jean Alesi (201) and Nelson Piquet (203), and equaling Andrea de Cesaris' 208.

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shoulder fired weapon, rise again in the heads of the US Military. In fact, this idea can be dated back to the US M1 Carbine of 1941, but good ideas never die. So, in the 1994, US Army adopted the Colt Model 720 selective-fire carbine (basically, a shortened M16A2 rifle), as the US M4 Carbine. This weapon was intended to replace in service some M9 pistols, as well as some aged M3A1 submachine guns and some M16A2 rifles. New weapon was much more handy and comfortable to carry, than the long M16A2 rifle, so the US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) put its eye on the M4 as a possible universal weapon for all Special Operations community. For this purpose M4 was latter modified with the M16A3-style flat-top receiverfront grip and tactical light.

At the present time, the M4 carbine is used as a front-line weapon by US Army, Marine Corps and SOCOM operators in Iraq and Afghanistan. Combat experience with thos weapon resulted in update program, which will, as of now (mid-2010) following steps. First, Army wanted to install heavier barrel to allow more sustained firepower, combined with full-automatic mode of fire instead of 3-round burst, and ambidextrous safety/selector switch. Second stage will see improved rail adapter and a new, improved bolt carrier, and a possible third stage will include change of operating system (most probably, from direct gas to the gas piston).

At the present time, the Colt company still is the the prime M4 carbine manufacturer for US Armed forces, but many other companies build


Elizabeth Dias, a Wheaton College graduate and TIME magazine reporter, just gave notice of another formerly-large church that has embraced “gay Christianity” as a legitimate spiritual state. The church is GracePointe Church of Franklin, Tennessee. The location of this one gets your attention: this is a Bible belt church.

The pastor, Stan Mitchell, just preached for over forty minutes on Luke 24:13-16. Here is the biblical text:

That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and they were talking with each other about all these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were kept from recognizing him (Luke 24:13-16).

The connection Mitchell draws between the passagepeople." 13. When our miracles were presented to them, clear and profound, they said, "This is obviously magic." 14. They rejected them and were utterly convinced of their wrong ways, due to their arrogance. Note the consequences for the evildoers. CENTER = David and Solomon 15. We endowed David and Solomon with knowledge, and they said, "Praise GOD for blessing us more than many of His believing servants." 16. Solomon was David's heir. He said, "O people, we have been endowed with understanding the language of the birds, and all kinds of things have been bestowed upon us. This is indeed a real blessing." 17. Mobilized in the service of Solomon were his obedient soldiers of jinns and humans, as well as the birds; all at his disposal.


was a miserable shower upon people who had been warned. CENTER = Make No Distinction Among God's Messengers 59. Say, "Praise be to GOD and peace be upon His servants whom He chose. Is GOD better, or the idols some people set up?" CENTER = God ALONE Worthy of Worship 60. Who is the One who created the heavens and the earth? Who is the One who sends down to you from the sky water, whereby we produce gardens full of beauty-you could not possibly manufacture its trees? Is it another god with GOD? Indeed, they are people who have deviated. CENTER = Jesus, Mary, Muhammad, the Saints, etc. Never Participated 61. Who is the One who made the earth habitable, caused rivers to run through it, placedFriday, June 29, 2007

Marmaduke is being arrested by two police officers, one of whom has to be reminded to give suspects their Miranda warning. Marmaduke creator Brad Anderson's refusal to settle on a single spelling of the exclamation "woof" begins to border on infuriating.

Thursday, June 28, 2007

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Marmaduke's fat, elderly neighbor-man offers a nonsensical and asinine aphorism regarding Marmaduke's inexplicably misspelled onomatopoeias. Marmaduke may or may not have his balls caught in a sprinklerhead.


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Girls set to Rock London

In preparation for their participation in the FIRA-AER Sevens 2014 Championship in Bergen, Norway on 7 and 8 June, Scotland Women 7s – playing as Scotland Select – will be taking part in Rugby Rocks at Richmond Athletic Ground in London tomorrow (31 May).

Coached for the third season by former Scotland 7s captain, Scott Forrest, an extended squad have been together for two training camps. The team comprises experienced Scotland Women players, including winger Sarah Dixon and full back Steph Johnston, alongside relative newcomers to the game such as Rose Anderson, a former Olympic basketball player!

The team for Bergen – where Scotland are pooled with Moldova, Croatia and Finland – will be announced on Wednesday 4 June. Twelve teams compete in three:''"Mike" redirects here, for other uses, see [[Mike (disambiguation)]]''
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|nationality = American
|family = Unknown
|affiliations = [[Yakuza]], [[Uptown Yardies]], [[Colombian Cartel]], and the [[Mafia]] (unknown family or organization; might be the [[Forelli Family]].)
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'''Mike''' is the [[protagonist]] in [[Grand Theft Auto Advance]]. Along with his associate [[Vinnie]], the two had earned enough money to leave [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] for good, but Mike was coaxed by Vinnie to take a few more jobs from the Mafia before leaving. After Vinnie was thought to be killed by a car bomb, Mike attempted to trace the killer, while attracting negative


attention from all gangs in the city. It becomes apparant to Mike that Vinnie was still alive and was responsible for killing several of his bosses, as well as this he was intending to leave with Mike's share of the money. With this in mind, he killed Vinnie. Mike eventually escapes the city with a private aircraft owned by [[Cisco]], Mike's deceased ally and leader of the [[Colombian Cartel]].
It possible the "Mafia" that Mike and Vinnie work for is [[The Forelli Family]] as an early mission sees the two going to meet with the Mafia in [[Marco's Bistro]].
===Murders Commited by Mike===
*[[Federico]] - Killed on Vinnie's orders.
*[[Pat]] - Killed for not accepting shoes made by Cisco.
*[[Rafael]] - Killed for trying to protect Pat.
*[[Tomas]] - Killed for trying to protectPat.
*[[Georgie]] - Killed for trying to protect Pat.
*[[Vinnie]] - Killed for betraying him.
===Other Murders===
*[[Freddy (GTA A)|Freddy]] - If Mike waits, Freddy betrays Mike and sends his associates to kill him, but Mike kills all the associates and kills Freddy too.
*[[Biff Rock]] - If the player chooses to.
===Trivia===
Mike's has green pants and a gra/black shirt because grand theft auto advance was supposed to be a port for grand theft auto 3
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Mike is the protagonist in Grand Theft Auto Advance. Along with his associate Vinnie, the two had earned enough money to leave Liberty City for good, but Mike was coaxed by Vinnie to take a few more jobs from the Mafia before leaving. After Vinnie was thought to be


killed by a car bomb, Mike attempted to trace the killer, while attracting negative attention from all gangs in the city. It becomes apparant to Mike that Vinnie was still alive and was responsible for killing several of his bosses, as well as this he was intending to leave with Mike's share of the money. With this in mind, he killed Vinnie. Mike eventually escapes the city with a private aircraft owned by Cisco, Mike's deceased ally and leader of the Colombian Cartel.Enforcer. Dr. Goldman then miniaturizes it further into a ring. As Enforcer and his henchmen head to San Diego Naval Yards, they are followed by Ghost Rider. During Enforcer's fight with the shore patrol, he is attacked by Ghost Rider. The two battle until they both fall into the water. Enforcer escapes, but his ring falls off into the water during the fight.

Enforcer approaches Water Wizard and offers him a million dollars if he can eliminate Ghost Rider. Water Wizard uses his powers to create 1,000 liquid beings to help recover Enforcer's ring from the bottom of San Diego Harbor. Enforcer later has Water Wizard ambush Ghost Rider, which ends with Ghost Rider being knocked out and turning back into Johnny Blaze. Enforcer has the unconscious Johnny Blaze


For the first time in 20 years, Cornell's men's basketball team has supremacy in the Ivy League. The school clinched its first conference championship since 1988 and an automatic NCAA tournament berth by defeating Harvard 86-53 on Saturday.

The drenching rains and howling winds were gone but flooding concerns persisted Wednesday, as anxious residents waited for waters to recede so they could see what was left after this week's fierce storm.

Thousands of birds have been found dead or blackened since an oil spill two weeks ago, but no species has been hit harder than the surf scoter, a migratory sea duck that had already seen a precipitous population decline in recent decades.

Thousands of birds have been found dead or blackened since an oil spill two weeks ago, but no

The noted blogger Fjordman is filing this report via Gates of Vienna.

In my essay about the retreat of the Western world order , I mentioned the possibility of civil strife in the West caused by runaway immigration. This is no longer just a theoretical possibility. It is pretty clear to anybody following the developments in Europe that the situation in France is starting to become rather serious . President Jacques Chirac threw out part of a youth labor law that triggered massive protests and strikes, bowing to intense pressure from students and unions. The unemployment rate for youths under 26 is a staggering 22 percent nationwide, but soars to nearly 50 percent in some of those troubled areas with many Muslim immigrants. French Jews are leaving the country


in ever-growing numbers, fleeing a wave of anti-Semitism. Nidra Poller , American ex-pat writer and translator in Paris, has written some appalling stories about aggressive anti-Semitism, such as the murder and brutal torture of French Jew Ilan Halimi early in 2006.

Muslim blogs are calling for violence against the Jews, the whites and the well-to-do. They say, “We must burn France, as Hamas will burn Israel.” The growth of the Islamic population is explosive. According to some, one out of three babies born in France is now a Muslim. Around 70% of French prisoners are Muslims. Hundreds of Muslim ghettos are already de facto following sharia, not French law. Some have pointed out that the French military are not always squeamish, but there are estimates that 15% of thearmed forces are already made up of Muslims, and rising. How effective can the army then be in upholding the French republic? At the same time, opinion polls show that the French are now officially the most anti-capitalist nation on earth. France has chosen Socialism and Islam. It will get both, and sink into a quagmire of its own making. Some believe France will quietly become a Muslim country, others believe in civil war in the near future:

The French Disease

Within 20 years, one person out of four in France will be Muslim, and almost certainly poor and angry. So the French disease progresses. It is chronic becoming terminal. On the way toward collapse, there will be no civil war, just moments of harsh violence. The population will change.


of the West.

I guess there is some poetic justice in the fact that the country that initiated and has led the creation of Eurabia now gets consumed by its own Frankenstein monster, but we should not gloat over this. The downfall of France is very bad news for the rest of the West. Again, what happens to their nukes and military resources? As stated in the book “Eurabia” by Bat Ye’or, the merger of Europe and the Arab-Islamic world has been encouraged by the French political elite in particular at least since the early 1970s, with a vision of creating a united Europe and Mediterranean basin under French leadership, in what has basically been a French dream since the age of Napoleon, the great hero of current Frenchno major war in Western Europe, as its civilization is already dead and very few will bother fighting for it.

The only violence will be sporadic Islamic terror attacks to induce fear, and occasional Muslim mob assaults in European streets to remind the dhimmis who is boss. It is conceivable that the center of European civilization will move from Western Europe to Eastern Europe, but even Eastern Europe will be put under severe pressure from Muslims, both in the Middle East and in the West. The basic rule is that the areas Muslims have taken into possession remain in Islamic hands, while the native population and culture is slowly eradicated. If this holds true for us today, then parts of Western Europe are already lost, and will indeed become


chauffeured around town. The payoff occurs with diminutive Katie making Eric worship her bitchy butt and toes with his tongue. After jerking him off, she feeds Eric his own splooge! Spoiled rich bitch Jessica Ryan likes to bully her servants, especially geeky black butler Chris Cock. She coolly degrades him to the point of sniffing and licking her soft ass. Busty Asian stripper Gaia humiliates regular patron Dominik Kross in front of the other customers, but after the club closes, she uses the pathetic loser for her own pleasure. Each tale reaches its climax with a merciful hand job for these pitiful prick. The erotic torture of “Facesitting Tales #4” is literally breathtaking.The sentencing of a contractor in the horticulture industry for hiring unlawful migrant workers who were all paid below the minimum wage sends a strong message to employers who may contemplate employing migrants who are not entitled to work in New Zealand.Media release

31 January 2013Home detention in unlawful migrant case

The sentencing of a contractor in the horticulture industry for hiring unlawful migrant workers who were all paid below the minimum wage sends a strong message to employers who may contemplate employing migrants who are not entitled to work in New Zealand.

Bun Thuon Lam, a Vietnamese national with New Zealand residence, pleaded guilty to five charges under the Immigration Act relating to aiding and abetting people to remain in New Zealand unlawfully or to breach a condition of their


Robins bring Artus back on loan

27 Aug 2009 18:03:43

The 20-year-old made nine appearances for the Robins during a similar spell last season, with his three goals narrowly failing to help the club avoid relegation.
Artus, who has yet to play for his hometown club, has also enjoyed loan spells with Exeter, Brentford and Kettering.A fifteen-year-old student has died from his injuries after he was beaten up at school.

Logan Davidson passed away yesterday, a day after he was allegedly set upon by a schoolmate who waited for him outside class before launching the attack.

Authorities reported that Davidson was unable to defend himself from the attack at Canyon High School in New Braunfels, Texas.

The suspect allegedly waited outside of Davidson's classroom and punched the victim twice, leaving him bleeding from the face and unconscious, reported KVUE.

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Logan Davidson (pictured) who was tragically beaten to death by a fellow classmate at Canyon High School on Tuesday, is remembered fondly by all who knew him

There were many witnesses in the hallway at the time of the assault.

Davidson was airlifted to University Hospital with


critical wounds and he died late on Wednesday evening, Julie Jerome with Comal ISD confirmed Thursday morning.

The school campus was on lock down on Tuesday morning and the suspect was taken to Guadalupe County Juvenile Detention Center where he is being detained. His identity is being kept secret because he is a minor.

The suspect waited for Logan outside of his classroom at Canyon High School and punched him before he had time to defend himself

The suspect has been charged with aggravated assault, a charge which may be brought up to murder.

Cormal ISD Superintendent Andrew Kim released The following public statement:

'It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of one of our Canyon High School students involved in Tuesday's altercation. Our thoughts and prayers go to thefamilies of both students involved and we will all work to protect their privacy during this difficult time. Campus and district counselors will be available throughout the week at CHS to assist students and staff process this shocking and tragic event.'

Logan Davidson is pictured here in football gear with his brother, Matt Davidson

Counselors are available on campus to speak to students and faculty who are dealing with the incident.

The cause of the scuffle has not yet been determined but it is undergoing an investigation by the New Braunfels Police Department Criminal Investigations Unit.

According to KENS 5 news, people from all over New Braunsfels came together on Thursday to hold a memorial for Davidson.

Logan's Uncle, Mitchell, told reporters that the family is suffering but is thankful for the loving


Evans stated that after having several consensual sexual acts, Pierce protested Williams' last attempt of sexual intercourse with her. Evans observed Williams tackle Pierce when she attempted to run away. Shortly thereafter, Evans saw Williams standing over Pierce's bloody body with a knife in his bloodstained hand and his foot resting upon Pierce's shoulder. Evans stated that Williams admitted stabbing Pierce in the heart and cutting her throat and Williams related that he was not going to leave the area until he was sure Pierce was dead. Karen Ann Pierce's body was discovered approximately ten days later by a hunter, Ronnie Russell. Pierce's throat had been slashed, she had been strangled and stabbed in the heart. Her vagina and anus had been excised with a small, sharp knife.via his former testimony, that he found the body of Karen Pierce while he and his wife were hunting in a wooded area of Jackson County.
Gregory Lynn Fountain, twenty-three years of age, testified, via his former testimony, that he took Karen Pierce to dinner the night of January 11, 1983, and left her at the Scoreboard Lounge at approximately 11:00 or 11:30 p.m. after she declined to leave with him.
Don Stewart testified he was an investigator with the Jackson County Sheriff's Office and was responsible for evidence collection and photography. He also testified the Scoreboard Lounge was a bar for rowdy people and a "pretty rough" place noted for its "barroom brawls."
James Tyson, Jr., a Jackson County deputy sheriff, testified he recovered the victim's purse and tennis shoes


from the Scoreboard Lounge.
Thomas Terrell Evans, a thirty-one year-old co-defendant who entered a plea of guilty to accessory-after-the-fact and received a sentence of five years, described again the events that took place at the Scoreboard Lounge. He also testified about subsequent events at the Old Plantation Home and later in the wooded area of Jackson County where the killing took place. Evans said that he and Pierce initially left the lounge together, with Evans making plans for Williams and Mike Norwood to meet them nearby at the Old Plantation Home. Evans said that they all intended to have sexual intercourse with Karen Pierce and that Norwood and Williams, in fact, did have sexual intercourse with Pierce. The group made several stops for beer and other activities before proceedingto the wooded area in Jackson County where Karen was murdered.
Evans testified that when they left the Old Plantation and traveled to the wooded area, the four of them continued drinking beer and "smoking dope" until daybreak. Norwood and Williams each had sexual intercourse twice with Karen Pierce. Evans' testimony is that he witnessed the debauchery throughout the entire night, and that around dawn, he observed that Williams grabbed Pierce around the waist and "tackled" her after she attempted to run away from the truck. Evans then watched Williams take Pierce into the burned out underbrush. It did not appear to Evans that Pierce was walking under her own power; rather, Williams had his arm around Pierce's waist while her arm was draped over his shoulders. Her bodily


movement was inconsistent with the way people normally walk.
Evans later observed Williams standing "over the top of the girl with his foot on her back." According to Evans, Williams "switched hands with his knife and pulled her head up [by her hair] and I could see where, you know, she had a incision across her throat there." Williams was smiling at the time.
Williams told Evans that when he stabbed Pierce in the chest she "jumped straight up." Williams also told Evans "that he wasn't going to leave until he was sure that she was dead." After Williams was positive Karen was dead, Evans testified that the three of them went to eat breakfast and have coffee. Williams stated that he threw away his bloody shirt and other "junkthat [he] thought belonged to Miss Pierce" in a dumpster.
*1186 Michael Norwood, an accessory-after-the-fact to the murder, testified that several days after the incident Williams told him he had cut Pierce's throat. He claimed that Williams made a joke out of it.
Dr. Paul McGarry testified that he performed an autopsy on the body of Karen Pierce on January 25, 1983. He identified thirteen color photographs of Pierce and described in considerable detail the nature and extent of Pierce's horrible injuries.
Nine witnesses testified for Williams in mitigation. The gist of the evidence in extenuation and mitigation was that Williams could not have inflicted the wounds upon Pierce all by himself; rather, he had to have some assistance from Evans and Norwood.
Jennie Cummings testified that she was present at the


Scoreboard Lounge the evening of the homicide and that she observed Pierce in the company of Thomas Terrell Evans.
Kenneth McMillon, a deputy sheriff in 1983, testified he was one of the investigators in the case and that charges were filed against people other than Williams, Evans, and Norwood for acts committed at the Scoreboard Lounge. None of his information revealed that Williams was involved in any crime against Pierce at the Scoreboard Lounge.
Dr. Claude L. Brown, a psychiatrist in Mobile, Alabama, testified that he examined Williams prior to trial in 1983 and that he was present in the courtroom during trial and heard the testimony of the witnesses. Dr. Brown testified he felt Williams at the time "... was not operating with a full, detached, rational degree ofcontrol due to factors of his personality and of the situation." Dr. Brown had never assigned any specific psychiatric diagnosis to Williams, but the defendant was not psychotic or crazy. Dr. Brown maintained that Williams had an identity crisis. He characterized Williams as "an individual who is strongly subject to the influence of other individuals in that the atmosphere, if you will, of that night down in Gautier in January 1983, the atmosphere in that lounge and the atmosphere that these three men created amongst themselves, was one that impaired his already to some extent deficient attitudes about himself and his rational control."
Anna Ezell, head of toxicology at the Mississippi State Crime Laboratory, testified that she found "trace amounts" of methaqualone (Quaalude) and Phencyclidine (PCP) in autopsy samples


defendant's former wife, married Williams in 1971 and divorced him in 1974. They had one child, a girl, who was eighteen years of age at the time of this hearing. Williams has communicated via letters and the telephone with both Judy and his daughter. In Swords' opinion, Williams was someone worth saving.
Josephine Hunter, Williams' mother, testified she received one to two letters a week and two telephone calls a month from her son. Hunter stated that she sent Williams a package every thirty days. In her opinion, her son's life was worth saving.
John Richard, a volunteer chaplain at Parchman, testified that in April of 1988, Williams made a videotape bespeaking the evils of parental disobedience, using drugs and abusing alcohol. Richard stated that from September of 1988 untilmurder charge. Id. at 1255. This Court held in Conner that this potential error was cured by the jury's verdict which by necessary implication found Conner guilty of the lesser included offense of simple murder. Id. In the case at bar, the jury in the guilt phase found Williams guilty of capital murder. The omission of the kidnaping instruction in the resentencing phase was cured by that first jury's conviction of murder and kidnaping, which by necessary implication allowed the resentencing jury to consider whether Williams was guilty of the underlying felony of kidnaping for aggravator purposes.
In order to find Williams guilty of capital murder, the first jury made the determination that Williams was guilty of murder while in the commission of kidnaping. This capital murder verdict was


upon a defendant who had been found guilty by a prior jury.
Williams places great weight on the testimony by Evans on cross at the resentencing trial in which Evans stated that he could not see for sure whether or not Williams dragged Pierce into the woods, or whether her legs were moving to indicate that she was walking. Williams labels this a "drastic change" in testimony. However, Evans had testified on direct that Pierce's legs were moving in such a way that was inconsistent with the way people normally walk. Also, being dragged into the woods is just one among several instances of kidnaping that the prosecution argued at the first trial. The prosecutor argued that several instances of kidnaping occurred: first, when Pierce was taken from thehe cut his throat. But the minute he starts putting evidence that this was a one-time deal and he's rehabilitated and he's a nice guy, we're going to put it on.
The subsequent ruling made by the trial judge is quoted as follows:
BY THE COURT: You bear that in mind, Mr. Fortner.
No evidence suggesting that Williams cut the throat of his victim during the armed robbery was introduced during the sentence-determining hearing. On the other hand, the fact that a knife was exhibited during the robbery and that $120 was taken from the victim's person against his will was conveyed to the jury via a copy of the indictment and commitment order issued in 1973.
Williams also claims the trial court's ruling "chilled" his right to testify in his own


his examination and use of the photos to explain his reasoning to the jury. Dr. McGarry further testified that in his medical opinion, the photographs would aid and assist him in his explanation and would aid the jury in understanding his testimony.
Dr. McGarry described for the benefit of the jury the bodily trauma inflicted upon the youthful victim. Pierce's throat had been slashed, nearly from ear to ear. She had been strangled and stabbed in the heart; her vagina and her anal canal had been excised from her body with a sharp instrument, and over thirty additional stab wounds, described by Dr. McGarry as experimental cuttings, were observed in and around the genital area. Dr. McGarry's testimony reflected that Pierce was alive and conscious when her throat wasthe girl was drunk or doing drugs "put in by herself, or in my opinion more likely put there by the animal that she was with."
The first mention of someone putting something in Karen's drink came from defense counsel in his opening argument. He said, "While at the Scoreboard Lounge that night, Karen Ann Pierce didn't drink a little bit; Karen Pierce drank a lot. Someone may have put some type of drugs in the things she was drinking, or she might have taken the drugs herself." Williams is taking the position that the defense can mention a possibility such as this when the defense is trying to show that Pierce was in an altered state and not completely innocent, but when the prosecution attempts to refute Williams'


the body of Karen Ann Pierce on January 22, 1983, while deer hunting with his wife in a thickly wooded area of Jackson County. Fountain had testified that he was with Karen Ann Pierce as *1207 her escort on the evening of Pierce's death and that after taking her to the Tiki Lounge in Gautier for dinner, the two went to the Scoreboard Lounge. Fountain said that one man was giving Karen liquor and when he motioned for the man to stop, the man became rather belligerent. Fountain decided to leave. Karen refused to leave with him and insisted on staying at the Scoreboard. Fountain said he left at 11:00 or 11:30 p.m.
Williams objected at trial and still contends the trial court erred in admitting into evidence thehave thought of some different questions to ask these witnesses is not sufficient to demonstrate a violation of the confrontation clause.
Even so, the trial judge did conduct a hearing during which the State sought to demonstrate that Russell and Fountain were unavailable as witnesses. L.H. Fountain, a criminal investigator with the office of the district attorney, testified as to the efforts made by him and others to locate these two witnesses prior to the resentencing hearing. These efforts include contacting families in the area with the same last names as the men, contacting former employers, placing the names on the National Crime Information Center computer, and contacting the former district attorney's assistant, who, while able to locate other witnesses, could not uncover these two witnesses. Their best efforts


of the English supremacist he confuses the Nationalists with the Scots. This kind of bravado plays badly in Scotland where anyone from outside picking a fight and attempting to lord it over the Scots gets the sullen stare…name and number quietly filed. You can see the same anti-Scottish contempt in the commentators – we had two examples last night on television in Simon Pia and John McTernan where their loathing of the SNP and specifically Salmond is visceral. They know that Salmond is head and shoulders above anything Labour has to offer, he has overturned their applecart of domination and patronage and they hate him for it. So when they think their side has stolen a point back as they do over the currency, their glee is unconfined.ZENI Group Announces Zennies Ambassador Program: A Global Community Building Initiative

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June 26, 2017, Amsterdam. Netherlands – The Dutch digital collective
ZENI Group has announced the launch of the Zennies Ambassadorship Program with the intention of creating a global community. Zennies is a decentralized cryptocurrency aimed at changing the perception of how digital tokens can be used by people. It is a totally decentralized, completely independent cryptocurrency with its own blockchain and it acts as the native currency for the arcade gaming platform ZENIgames.

The Zennies Ambassadorship Program, also known as “The Zambassador Program” follows the success of
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Rocky Mountain Poison Control Center, in Denver, said that a study by the center found that from 2006-2013, there were 12 million single-product exposures reported to poison control centers, and 80,456 of those involved homeopathic products.

The vast majority of the homeopathic exposures -- 92% -- involved children under 6, and fewer than 500 of those exposures involved follow-up care at a healthcare facility, Krenzelok said. The study was funded by the Consumer Healthcare Products Association, a trade group for the makers of OTC healthcare products.

But having no adverse effects doesn't mean something is harmless, said Janine Jagger, MPH, PhD, president of the Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) Foundation. Jagger, who is also a professor of medicine at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, noted that even though there iscontained other ingredients.

"We've found a number of products that use several ingredients where the homeopathic drug is only one part and the rest of the active ingredients are not homeopathic," Amy Rothenberg, ND, of Enfield, Conn., board member of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP), said Monday. "The AANP agrees with FDA that these should not be marketed as homeopathic products, and this comes back to ... accuracy that needs to go into any labeling that's done."

Evidence of Efficacy?

The FDA officials on the panel questioned several homeopathy proponents about the evidence available to show that homeopathy is effective. After Tanya Kell, interim president of the North American Society of Homeopaths, said that there was a "long-established record of safety and efficacy in homeopathy," panelist Elaine Lippmann, JD,


DENNIS Jensen’s political career is as good as over.

Despite receiving a letter of support from Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, the Tangney preselection committee today endorsed former Liberal state director Ben Morton as the candidate for the safe Liberal seat.

The decision will need to be ratified at State Council on Saturday, but it is almost certain the decision will stand.

This time, there is no John Howard to save Dr Jensen, as was the case in 2007.

There have been several previous attempts to oust Dr Jensen.

Supporters of Mr Morton said it was a “convincing” win.

PerthNow understands the final vote was 57 in favour of the former state director, and seven votes for Dr Jensen.

After the vote, Dr Jensen reportedly stormed out of the offices and headed straight to his carignoring waiting media.

Fellow federal MP Nola Marino is also fighting for her political survival.

The federal member for Forrest, who also received a reference from Mr Turnbull, will confront the selection committee tomorrow.

“I write to recommend Dr Dennis Jensen MP be re-endorsed as the Liberal candidate for Tangney to contest the 2016 federal election,” Mr Turnbull wrote.

Of Ms Marino, the PM wrote: “Nola is an integral part of the Liberal team in Canberra and is a vital conduit between the parliamentary party and the ministry.

“She is the first woman to occupy this position for the Liberal Party, and is doing an outstanding job in the role.”

Mr Morton told the assembled media that he was humbled by the decision.


was also taking vitamin A supplements. She was not taking any ocular medications and she denied a history of ocular trauma or pathology aside from RP.

Her family history included a 49-year-old sister who was blind with RP and had hearing loss since childhood. Another sister, 47 years old, had a slowly progressive form of tunnel vision with RP (her hearing status was presumed normal). Her two other siblings, a brother and a sister, did not have any vision or hearing impairments.

On examination, our patient had a visual acuity of 20/30+2 in her right eye and 20/30 in her left eye. There was no improvement with pinhole correction. Her intraocular pressures were within normal limits in both eyes. With slit lamp examination, her external examination was normal and hersecured by a first deed of trust on all the partnership assets and a second deed of trust on his home.  Davis also agreed to pay off a $77,000 debt the partnership owed to the bank.  On September 15, Davis and Rushin executed articles of dissolution of the partnership, which were to become effective on (1) Davis' payment of $78,000 to Rushin and Rushin's transfer of the partnership assets to Davis, (2) Rushin's receipt of a release from Total of liability for all partnership debts, and (3) the bank's receipt of assurance from Total that Davis could assume the partnership's distribution agreements.  On September 16, the bank applied $77,000 of the loan proceeds to the partnership's outstanding promissory note and placed $78,000 in escrow for


of all debts owed Total by the partnership through September 17, 1981.  Davis requested that Total credit his account for the invoices Davis had later paid for products received by Rushin-Davis from September 1 through September 17.  Apparently in an attempt to recover amounts for which Davis claimed he was not liable, Davis continued to pull product in December and January for which he refused to pay.  On January 20, 1981, after Davis had pulled over $170,000 of product for which he had not paid, Total terminated Davis' right to pull product on credit.  Because Davis was unable to obtain gasoline to sell, he was unable to make his loan payments and the bank eventually foreclosed on his business and home.

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In April 1982, Totalbrought suit against Davis to recover the amount due on Davis' account.  Davis counterclaimed for fraud, alleging that Total fraudulently misrepresented to Davis the amount Rushin-Davis owed Total, that Davis had relied on the misrepresentation in deciding to buy out Rushin's interest, and that as a result, Davis lost his business and his home.  Davis also claimed that Total's termination of the distributorship agreement violated 15 U.S.C. Sec. 2802 (1982) of the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act.  The jury found in favor of Davis on Total's claim for money owed.  The jury also returned a verdict in Davis' favor on his claims of fraud and violation of the PMPA.  The jury awarded Davis $732,000 on his fraud claim but no damages on his PMPA


originally scheduled for release in March 2007. In 2008, the show, along with 30 other ADV titles were relicensed to Funimation. Most episodes are self-contained stories except for episodes 10-12 which combine to tell one story.

Episode 13 is an extra episode that was never aired on television and chronologically takes place between episodes 4 and 5. It was included with volume 5 of the Japanese DVD boxed set release.

Episode list

Reception
Anime News Network's Theron Martin said the anime series "carries much of the style and flavor of Ishinomori's other iconic works like Kamen Rider and Kikaider" and noted "the series emphasizes Mylene's sex appeal by offering healthy and regular doses of fan service, although it leaves the most graphic parts to the imagination." He commented the character designsMore like the next Ted Lewis! (Hardly anyone knows about Ted Lewis these days but in the 'twenties and 'thirties he led a band and played a little clarinet. His tag line was "Is everybody Happy?" Jazzman Eddie Condon who knew how to turn a phrase and tell a joke said of Ted Lewis: He could make the clarinet talk! But mostly it said "please put me back in the case.")

beowulf said,Last night I watched 3 Doors Down at the House of Blues in San Diego's Gas Lamp District. I can't say that I was ever a big fan of them (I probably knew a total of three songs out of last night's set ~ Kryptonite, Loser and Here Without You) and I probably would have never gone,


in Temecula (North San Diego County). Last time it was an acoustic session, this time 3 Doors Down slammed us with full blown electricity and there were stellar performances from each band.

Temecula (being famous for wine) also has some class "A" breweries... it was 90 degrees in the shade and I had a designated driver so the ice cold beer was a flowing!!!

My summer calendar is shaping up. I have Dave Koz Summer Horns Tour July 6. Toby Keith August 21 an Boston August 29 on a Friday night! I will do at least two spur of the moment Dakota Jazz Club shows....it is summer time on Nicholet Mall..... . Spending 10 days in NY next month from the Hudson Valley to Daryl's House to the Adirondacks toOverview

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AAFS 2015 Annual Meeting

The Academy's annual scientific meeting is held in February at which time over 800 scientific papers, breakfast seminars, workshops, and other special events are presented. The AAFS consists of eleven sections representing a wide range of forensic specialties, and the annual scientific meeting gathers these professionals who present the most current information, research, and updates in this expanding field.

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sections spanning the forensic enterprise. Included among the Academy's members are physicians, attorneys, dentists, toxicologists, physical anthropologists, document examiners, digital evidence experts, psychiatrists, physicists, engineers, criminalists, educators, and others. Representing all 50 United States, Canada, and 66 other countries worldwide, they actively practice forensic science and, in many cases, teach and conduct research in the field as well. Each section provides opportunities for professional development, personal contacts, awards, and recognition. Many sections publish periodic newsletters and mailings which keep their members abreast of activities and developments in their field.An explosion in an apartment building in the western German city of Wuppertal injured a number of people, at least five of them seriously, according to local emergency services.

Police say the blast rocked the multistory building shortly before midnight with a huge bang, scaring people in surrounding homes so much that they ran out into the street in a panic.

Debris from the building fell on top of vehicles parked outside

Several small fires broke out inside the building, and firefighters struggled to put out the flames in the early hours of Sunday because parts of the building kept collapsing.

Some residents managed to escape, but others became trapped and needed to be rescued by firefighters. A large number of rescuers worked to free people from the building.

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their summer palace in Nagarkot in order to enjoy the vista daily.

Nagarkot is only 20km from Kathmandu, but if you choose to trek, it is a 4-6 hour trekking journey (depending upon skill level). The trek actually starts at the temple of Changu Narayan in the Kathmandu Valley. The temple, a a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is one of the oldest Hindu temples in the valley, dating back to the 4th century. A stone slab discovered in the vicinity of the temple dates to the 5th century, and is the oldest such inscribed stone ever found in Nepal. Around the temple is a neighboring village where one begins to get a sense of Nepalese village life – children playing in the dusty lanes, women washing each other’s hairA bitcoin exchange in South Korea has gone out of business after being hacked, highlighting the perils of trying to cash in on this year's stunning boom in digital currencies.

Seoul-based Youbit said it was filing for bankruptcy after cyber-thieves stole nearly a fifth of its clients' holdings in an attack Tuesday.

It's the second time this year that Youbit, which allows customers to trade bitcoin and other digital currencies, has been hit by hackers.

In April, thieves made off with 38 billion won ($35 million) in digital currencies. The company didn't say how much was taken in the latest heist or how exactly it happened.

Related: What is bitcoin?

South Korea's Korea Internet and Security Agency said Wednesday that it was working with police to investigate this week's Youbit hack, but that


appreciate, we expect greater interest from attackers seeking to steal it," he said.

Bitcoin's price (XBT) is now more than 15 times as high as it was at the start of the year.

Suspicion for this week's Youbit hack could fall on North Korea.

South Korean police have accused North Korean hackers of targeting at least four different exchanges this year that trade bitcoin and other digital currencies in South Korea.

North Korea has previously denied any role in international cyberattacks.

Related: North Korea may be making a fortune from bitcoin mania

Bitcoin, which offers layers of anonymity, has long been a magnet for criminals.

Unlike traditional currencies like the U.S. dollar, digital currencies don't fall under central bank control and are largely unregulated.

South Korea has become a hotbed of bitcoin activity. On a givenThe Walking Dead season seven kickstarts its final furlong with an episode that seems to be largely dedicated to Carol Peletier (Melissa McBride) and the folk over at the Kingdom.

Titled 'Bury Me Here,' it can be deduced from the episode's high-octane trailer that this week's outing could be designed to get King Ezekiel's people in the right place ahead of the oncoming war against Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan)and The Saviours.

Ezekiel (Khary Payton) appears to have had enough playing ball with The Saviours - the trailer's climax shows him raising a gun to them during one of their typically-heated supply runs.

Fresh from being lied to by Daryl (Norman Reedus) about the safety of their friends, Carol could well be on the cusp of discovering the truth, leaving her abode


The most shocking Walking Dead moments Shane reanimates without being bitten (season 2, episode 12) When Carl (Chandler Riggs) guns down a deranged Shane (Jon Bernthal) to protect his father, the shock arrives when he manifests into a walker despite not being bitten; turns out everyone's infected with the virus and will turn whichever way they die. The most shocking Walking Dead moments Axel's bullet to the eye (season 3, episode 10) A character introduced in the show's prison arc, Axel is a reformed prisoner who strikes up a friendship with Carol - until he's gunned down mid-sentence. The most shocking Walking Dead moments Carl kills Lori after she gives birth (season 3, episode 4) Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies) goes into labour at the very moment a zombiesiege breaks out at the prison. Unfortunately, she doesn't make it through the procedure with her son Carl being the one to put a bullet to her head. The most shocking Walking Dead moments The Governor slays Hershel (season 4, episode 8) The Governor makes his dramatic return for a showdown at the prison after he captures Michonne (Danai Gurira) and Hershel (Scott Wilson). Rick reaches out, attempting to reason with him - but The Governor starts a war when he proceeds to decapitate poor old Hershel instead. The most shocking Walking Dead moments "Look at the flowers" (season 4, episode 14) In a standout episode from the show's fourth season, Carol is forced to take drastic measures when young teenager Lizzie murders her sister Mika in the


belief that she'll live on as a zombie. Realising Lizzie's depraved mind would endanger those around her, Carol puts a gun to the young girl's head and, telling her to "look at the flowers," pulls the trigger, fighting back the tears. The most shocking Walking Dead moments Carl's bullet to the eye (season 6, episode 9) Season six returned from its mid-season break in typically dramatic fashion when an iconic moment from the graphic novels came to life: Carl takes a bullet to the eye. The most shocking Walking Dead moments Beth is killed (season 5, episode 8) Upon being kidnapped, Beth (Emily Kinney) is taken to Grady Memorial Hospital managed by Atlanta Law Enforcement. Forced to reside there against her will, the group - including Rick andDaryl (Norman Reedus) - eventually find her - only for her to be accidentally shot in the head by her captor. The worst thing? Her sister Maggie (Lauren Cohan) had just arrived outside. The most shocking Walking Dead moments Negan kills Abraham Season seven opened in brutal form as we discovered it was Abraham (Michael Cudlitz) at the opposite end of Negan's baseball bat. "Suck my nuts," the soldier growls as the Saviours' leader brings Lucille raining down on his head until nothing remains but a pulpy mess. The most shocking Walking Dead moments Negan kills Glenn Negan decides to punish the group once more after getting clocked round the face by Daryl. Without expectation, he thwacks Lucille round the head of poor Glenn. With his eyeball popping


out of his head, he manages: "I'll find you, Maggie before Negan proceeds to finish the job ending the former pizza delivery boy's life.

The Walking Dead continues in the US this Sunday (12 March) with the UK premiere following on FOX at 9pm the following evening.Cite as: 579 U. S. ____ (2016)                              1

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funds from the Ohio Board of Regents and the Ohio State University Office of Research. We acknowledge financial support from the ARCHES project (7th Framework of the European Union, n 313146). Funding for the SDSS and SDSS-II has been provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Participating Institutions, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Japanese Monbukagakusho, the Max Planck Society, and the Higher Education Funding Council for England. The SDSS Web Site is http://www.sdss.org/. The SDSS is managed by the Astrophysical Research Consortium for the Participating Institutions. The Participating Institutions are the American Museum of Natural History, Astrophysical Institute Potsdam, University of Basel, University of Cambridge, Case Western Reserve University, University of Chicago, Drexel University, Fermilab, theInstitute for Advanced Study, the Japan Participation Group, Johns Hopkins University, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, the Korean Scientist Group, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (LAMOST), Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy (MPIA), the Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics (MPA), New Mexico State University, Ohio State University, University of Pittsburgh, University of Portsmouth, Princeton University, the United States Naval Observatory, and the University of Washington. Based on observations obtained with XMM-Newton, an ESA science mission with instruments and contributions directly funded by ESA Member States and NASA. This research has made use of data obtained from the 3XMM XMM-Newton serendipitous source catalogue compiled by the 10 institutes of the XMM-Newton Survey Science Centre selected by ESA.

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to people and say, ‘No, I'm not running for Senate, hang onto your money.'"

In May, Clarke said he was in talks about a position at the Department of Homeland Security though he never went on to work there.

"The position mentioned is a secretarial appointment. Such senior positions are announced by the Department when made official by the Secretary. No such announcement with regard to the Office of Public Engagement has been made," DHS responded in a statement in May.

A DHS spokesman confirmed to the Washington Examiner on Thursday evening that Clarke was not recently offered another position with the department.

If he had stayed on, Clarke would have sought re-election in November 2018.At the Goodwood Festival of Speed Lotus showcased its Type 130 hypercar and unveiled its name - Evija. Pronounced "ev-eye-a", it means "the first in existence" or "the living one". Indeed, this is the first all-electric hypercar from a British car maker and the first major Lotus model launch under the Geely ownership. Lotus teased the car at this year's auto show in Shanghai and has already committed to building 130 units corresponding to the model's initial name - Type 130. The Lotus Evija will be unveiled in full in London later this month.Visitors of the Goodwood Festival of Speed may get an exclusive glimpse of the Evija at the Lotus stand. It will be adjoined by the recently unveiled Lotus Evora GT4 Concept race car and models


smart Europe, a smart EV in the B-segment is due in 2022 based on a new EV platform The new global smart joint venture between Geely and Mercedes-Benz in China has established smart Europe GmbH as a wholly-owned subsidiary to supply, sell and service future smart vehicles in the European market. It will be located in Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Stuttgart. A new all-electric vehicle architecture will become the foundation for smart's entry into the premium B-segment range with its first products...

Lotus Evija enters production stage Lotus has announced that it readies the new manufacturing facility of the Evija all-electric hypercar for final prototype production. Series production and first customer deliveries of the all-electric two-seater will begin in the summer. Here Lotus will hand-build up to 130 examples of the Evija.The first year's production allocation is already designated to customers around the world. The production facility is...

Volvo Car and Geely consider combining their businesses In a press release from today, Volvo Car said that it is pondering on combining its business with Geely Automobile as this will "accelerate financial and technological synergies between the two companies. The considered combination would have the scale, knowledge and resources to be a leader in the ongoing transformation of the automotive industry. The combination would preserve the distinct identity of each of the...

GAC Group plans to invest USD 1 billion in NIO On January 15, Chinese media reported that GAC Group plans to invest 1 billion US dollars in NIO. It is believed that with the launch and delivery of the NIO


EC6, the brand's demand for funds will increase, and the next round of financing will become the focus of external attention. At the Q3 financial report meeting, the company's Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Feng Wei said that NIO has made significant progress in...

China EV sales for June 2019, Tesla Model 3 makes it in top five The EV Sales blog has published statistics for the Chinese market in June 2019. As a whole, June has been better than May in terms of sales growth. They are up 72% YoY mainly due to the sales growth of BEVs, whose growth is 97% YoY. The PEV share has reached a record 8.5% market share in June and the author predicts that in some months it might hit 10% or more.This growth in the previous month is explained with the...

Lotus Evija is official with 400 km of range and 2000 ps of target motor power As promised, Lotus unveiled the Evija - an all-electric hypercar. The press release says this is "is the most powerful series-production road car ever built." The car's project code is Type 130 and no more than 130 units from it will be built. Production will set off during 2020 in Hethel, close to the historic city of Norwich in the east of England, UK, which has been the home of Lotus since 1966. The Lotus Evija...

China new electric vehicles market statistics, BEVs are still going strong According to the latest statistical data from the The Traffic Management Bureau of the Ministry of Public


Security reported by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), Chinese manufacturers prodiced 113,000 BEVs and 20,000 PHEVs, up by 78% and down by 8.9% on yearly basis, respectively. The sales for the month are as follows: 129,000 BEVs and 22,000 PHEVs, up by 106.7% and 2.2% on yearly basis...

LG Chem and Geely make a joint venture in China for producing EV batteries Korea's main news agency Yonhap reports that LG Chem and Chinese automaker Geely are to create a 50:50 joint venture based in China for producing EV batteries. Each of the companies will invest some US$87 million. The construction of the factory which will have a 10 gigawatt hours capacity will set off later this year and LG Chem expects that the first battery packs producedthere will power Geely vehicles in 2022...

Lotus teases its Type 130 hypercar, will be fully unveiled later this year in London Today British brand Lotus has teased its Type 130 hypercar at the Shanghai International Auto Show 2019. The vehicle is said to be "in advanced stages of development" and is the first all-electric vehicle of the brand. The all-new car will be revealed, together with the full remarkable details and specification of this technical tour de force, in London, the birthplace of Lotus, later this year. Lotus is currently...

Polestar 2 debuts in China, local production is planned for early 2020 Volvo has announced the Polestar 2 at the end of February this year and now the all-electric car has debuted in Shanghai, China. Polestar confirmed that production


the weekly pivot at 2718.9, and the daily middle band, now in the 2688/9 area. SPX 60min chart:

Monday, 21 May 2018

I was concerned on Thursday that SPX would fail to do the obvious second leg down on the likely overall bull flag forming here, and in all likelihood SPX has now broken up from that bull flag. Confirmation that SPX is going up directly comes on a fill of the open island top gap from the mid-March high at 2752.01.

I'm leaning against another leg down here but if the bears are going to have (yet) another try at that, then first support is at the ES weekly pivot 2718.25 (same area on SPX), then a break of rising support from the mid-May low, now in the 2712 EStrumpets so loud in his ear, and the midges nibbled so at his hands and face wherever they could find a place free from soot, that at last he woke up, and stumbled away, down over a low wall, and into a narrow road, and up to the cottage door.

And a neat pretty cottage it was, with clipped yew hedges all round the garden, and yews inside too, cut into peacocks and trumpets and teapots and all kinds of queer shapes. And out of the open door came a noise like that of the frogs on the Great-A, when they know that it is going to be scorching hot to-morrow—and how they know that I don't know, and you don't know, and nobody knows.

He came slowly up to


foolish still when Sir John heard more of the story from the nurse; and more foolish still, again, when they heard the whole story from Miss Ellie, the little lady in white. All she had seen was a poor little black chimney-sweep, crying and sobbing, and going to get up the chimney again. Of course, she was very much frightened: and no wonder. But that was all. The boy had taken nothing in the room; by the mark of his little sooty feet, they could see that he had never been off the hearthrug till the nurse caught hold of him. It was all a mistake.

So Sir John told Grimes to go home, and promised him five shillings if he would bring the boy quietly up to him,Sunday, April 1, 2007

Yoshimi Battles Broadway

Entertainment Weekly reports that the Flaming Lips' 2002 musical masterpiece, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, is being turned into an actual musical... slated for Broadway. Could this actually happen? Considering the heavy hitters being mentioned alongside this project, the answer is absolutely. I'm incredibly curious about this endeavor and look forward to following it's progress. Yoshimi is certainly an album that conjures up some interesting imagery.

Article By Michael Endelman [EW]

The Great White Way will never be the same: In an exclusive interview, Wayne Coyne, lead singer of the Flaming Lips, told EW.com that the psych-rock band will team up with acclaimed TV writer and show creator Aaron Sorkin to turn the group's 2002 album Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots into a Broadway musical.

Sorkin's


Angelina Jolie says she had double mastectomy

Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer.

The Oscar-winning actress and partner to Brad Pitt made the announcement in the form of an op-ed she authored for Tuesday's New York Times (http://nyti.ms/17o4A0f ) under the headline, "My Medical Choice." She writes that between early February and late April she completed three months of surgical procedures to remove both breasts.

Jolie, 37, writes that she made the choice with thoughts of her six children after watching her own mother die too young from breast cancer.

"My mother fought cancer for almost a decade and died at 56," Jolie writes. "She held out long enough to meetbut the move and public announcement is unprecedented from a star so young and widely known as Jolie.

She briefly addresses the effects of the surgery on the idealized sexuality and iconic womanhood that have fueled her fame.

"I do not feel any less of a woman," Jolie writes. "I feel empowered that I made a strong choice that in no way diminishes my femininity."

She also wrote that Brad Pitt, her partner of eight years, was at the Pink Lotus Breast Center in Southern California for "every minute of the surgeries."

Jolie, daughter of Hollywood luminary Jon Voight, has appeared in dozens of films including 2010's "The Tourist" and "Salt," the "Tomb Raider" films, and 1999's "Girl, Interrupted," for which she won an Academy Award.

But she has appeared more often in


The invention relates to a connection element for light profiles intended for use in a sheet pile wall, the connection element having a base strip for attaching to a component of the sheet pile wall and a hook strip provided at the flat side of the base strip for engaging the interlock of a light profile, whereby the hook strip that encloses an inner chamber exhibits a straight connection section that originates at the base strip and runs at least approximately at a right angle to the longitudinal direction of the base strip, and a hook strip that follows the connection section and runs in an arc-like manner for at least 180°, where the end of said hook strip together with the flat side of the base stripTattoo of Kaiwhakaako

Teacher

This half sleeve tattoo was prepared for Jerome, father and teacher.
Family, central, is represented by the turtle while his pupils are represented by the row of enata accompanied along their voyage towards knowledge.

Inside the turtle a couple and a stylized twist, a braid and flax leaves symbolize union and love, with the names of his children inserted in the front flippers as maorigrams.

The Marquesan cross within the sun symbolizes balance and joy, hard to reach (they are surrounded by a path of Kamehameha, a path full of challenges), which can be found through knowledge (the standing stones at the base and the manta above it).

This voyage needs tenacity and strength (the row of spear heads) and adaptability (the rows of shark teeth).

The all seeing eye on


I Love Lucy (tv program)

Remember when Reva Shayne of "Guiding Light" stripped in the downtown fountain and announced, "I baptize myself the slut of Springfield, scarlet woman, common tramp?" Or when Tad Martin on "All My Children" proclaimed to his wacky mother Opal, "I am swimming in one scary gene pool?" Or when GL's H.B. Lewis stoically told son Josh, "Love the lord, love the life he's given you and the rest will take care of itself?"

Pete Rich. Pete Rich. Pete Rich.

He was the Emmy-winning, soap-opera writer who scripted some of daytime drama's most memorable lines, often within the confines of his spectacular historic Greek Revival-style home...

From "Are You Being Served?" and "Keeping Up Appearances" to "Fawlty Towers" and "Absolutely Fabulous," Americans have long appreciated British situation comedytime for Disney's Hollywood Studios. The theme park was born as Disney-MGM Studios on May 1, 1989, back when George Bush (the first one) was president, Americans learned to pronounce Exxon Valdez, and Eastern Air Lines was still...

"Sherlock" (PBS, Sundays). Wreathed in the glory that is Benedict Cumberbatch's current status as an international sex symbol -- "The Thinking Woman's Crumpet," he has been called, in the land of crumpets -- comes the third season of...

Shirley Mitchell, a veteran film and TV actress who was believed to be the last surviving adult cast member of TV's legendary sitcom "I Love Lucy," has died at 94.
Mitchell, who played Lucy's friend Marion during the 1953-54 season, died of...

There was never any doubt that "I Love Lucy" was full of color. But


for those whose imaginations need some help, CBS will air in December a one-hour special featuring two newly colorized classic episodes of the 1950s series.
The "I Love...

Today is the 62nd anniversary of the premiere of "I Love Lucy," the most important and still, for my money, the greatest situation comedy in television history.
Although the series can seem dated in some ways, it has remained unusually fresh,...

"Breaking Bad," the sweet little show that captured the hearts of approximately one-fortieth of a nation (more like one-thirtieth, if we reckon by the finale), sent itself into history Sunday with a well-balanced episode that stayed on...

You're an outsider heading to the Westside of Los Angeles — not the beach cities, but Beverly Hills, Brentwood, Westwood and the nearby well-heeled neighborhoods south ofthe Santa Monica Mountains. This means you'll be well-fed, well-rested and perhaps...

Even though she was born 100 years ago next month and her mega-hit TV show premiered 60 years ago this October, there remains a single truth about Lucille Ball: We still love Lucy. "I Love Lucy" is in black and white, and the fashions are...

Madelyn Pugh Davis, who with her writing partner Bob Carroll Jr. made television history in the 1950s writing Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz's landmark situation comedy "I Love Lucy," has died. She was 90.
Davis, a pioneering female radio and TV...


because the family is tired of watching a loved one destroy him or her self. The drug or alcohol addicted person is often the last one to know their condition. Denial can be thought of as an acronym for Donâ€™t Even Notice I Am Lying.

Addicts actually believe their own lies — thatâ€™s the delusional nature of drug and alcohol addiction. There are the same negative consequences in all areas of their lives.

Most often the families bring in the interventionist as a last resort. Theyâ€™ve tried everything else from giving the addicted person money, to imposing restrictions, to hiring him or her in the family business, to letting him or her live in the basement, etc. These are enabling behaviors and do nothing to help the addict.

The actual interventionProsecutors will rule whether there is enough evidence to indict the policemen.

All the policemen involved in the raid at the jail conspired to kill Espinosa and Yap and cover up the murders, Lavin said.

Investigators: Philippine police killed jailed mayor

Espinosa’s death has sparked scepticism even among politicians backing Duterte’s crackdown because of the apparent brazenness of the killings. He had surrendered to the national police chief in a nationally televised event after he and more than 160 other officials were named publicly by Duterte in August as part of a shame campaign.

Espinosa was later released, but was re-arrested and jailed in October after being indicted on drug and firearm charges.

His son, an alleged drug lord, was arrested in the United Arab Emirates in October and has been repatriated to


The
group applauds prior rate approval, ban on rate arbitration,
cherry-picking restrictions and CEO accountability as major
victories, but says the insurance crisis is far from over.

Media
Release for January 23, 20007

A statewide coalition of grassroots
consumer advocacy organizations, labor unions and neighborhood groups are
urging Governor Charlie Crist to sign the legislative package on insurance
that passed during the final hours of the special legislative session on
Monday.Formed early this year
to educate the public and advocate in the legislature for insurance reform
that would strengthen the overall system and provide real relief for
consumers, the broad based coalition collectively represents close to a
million
Florida
consumers.

The coalition, which includes the Florida
Justice Association, Florida AFL-CIO, Florida Consumer
Action Network, Florida PIRG, FIRM, HAC, ACORN,
Cyber Citizens for Justice, POA Of The Villages, Floridians In Action
and several condominium associations, applauds the Florida
Legislature for takingThe Cubs, winners of the Valley Stream Baseball League’s David Wright division, were honored at the championship dinner last Saturday night at the VFW hall.

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Bob Inzerillo, president of the Baseball League, thanked players and coaches for a great season.

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Nicholas Hernandez received his player of the year award in the Derek Jeter Division from coach Matt Roth.

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Thomas Marten of the Rays was all smiles when it was announced that he was selected as the player of the year in the Wright Division. He accepted the award from his coach, Jamie Lewin.

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By Andrew Hackmack

It was an exciting night for a few dozen local youth baseball players who got to enjoy a free dinner and take home trophies, as well.

The Valley Stream Baseball League hosted its annual


awards dinner last Saturday night at the VFW Hall on Merrick. The league’s three championship teams were recognized along with two outstanding players.

The Yankees, coached by Brian Cohen, were the winners of the Rookie Division. The Cubs, led by Nelson Martinez, were champions of the David Wright Division and the Marlins captured their second straight Derek Jeter Division title. Marlins coach Matt Roth led his team to an undefeated season, winning all 15 games.

The Player of the Year from the Wright Division was Thomas Marten of the Rays. His coach, Jamie Lewin, noted that Marten exemplified leadership, dedication and heart, and was the unanimous choice for the award among all coaches.

Nicholas Hernandez of the championship Marlins was the top player from the Jeter Division. Roth cited Hernandez’s exceptionthey had children the same age. In short order, John and Mary turned a setback into a benefit.

The dawn of a new day

Saturday was the difference between night and day. Matt had scheduled four additional home tours. He furnished links to the school’s websites with detailed information including instructor bios and parent recommendations. They visited one of those schools for a Saturday event after the area tour. The kids loved it. It was a full day, capped off with a casual barbeque with Matt and his family.

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On Sunday morning, they attended church services in one of the neighborhoods they had toured the day before. Later in the day, they met up again with Matt to review some questions he was researching and discuss the mechanics of


a transaction in the new state. Matt furnished them with a sample purchase agreement, municipality tax rates, and shared data about activities in which they had expressed interest.

What a weekend

They came home excited. The kids interacted with people their age. They liked the school they visited and may be attending. John and Mary were feeling good. The decision to switch agents very early was pivotal. They took advantage of every opportunity to learn and engage with community members. About three weeks later, they bought a house they looked at on the first trip. It has been several years, and they have integrated into their home, and the community, quite nicely.

— Richard Montgomery gives no nonsense real estate advice to readers most pressing questions. He is a real estateAmine Husseine, from Somalia, attempted the abduction of the terrified girl

A failed asylum seeker and convicted sex offender tried to kidnap a 10-year-old girl from a Tesco store and threatened to 'kill every British person he saw'.

Amine Husseine, from Somalia, attempted the abduction of the terrified girl as she looked at shoes in the supermarket in Eastgate, Bristol.

He told her to put the shoes back and go with him and when she told him she was not allowed to go with strangers he snarled 'just come' and the girl screamed.

The 35-year-old tried to grab her but she was rescued by her mother and sister and he fled.

While he left the premises, he told security staff: 'When I get back to Somalia I will kill every British person I


see and come back and abduct another child.'

Bristol Crown Court heard that Husseine arrived in the UK in 2009 and has committed 20 offences since then, including three other sexual assaults.

Two involved attacks on people in a hospital and bowling alley and the third was on a child under 13, for which he was jailed for 10 months.

But although his application for asylum has been refused all attempts to deport him have failed as Somalia does not accept forcibly deported people.

A moratorium, on the deportation of foreign criminals to Somalia, that was in place at the time of Huesseine's crimes, has now been lifted. But the country is running a case-by-case system on accepting them.

Husseine, of Eastville, Bristol, admitted attempted child abduction and theft of alcohol from theTesco and was jailed for two-and-a-half-years.

Judge Euan Ambrose told him: 'The obvious inference to be drawn from what you said at the time is that your motive was either sexual or violent.

'It matters not from a sentencing point of view. Each is deeply abhorrent. No other motive has been put forward.'

Amine Husseine, from Somalia, attempted the abduction of the terrified girl as she looked at shoes in the supermarket in Eastgate, Bristol (pictured)

Husseine was also given an indefinite restraining order banning him from all contact with the victim, her mum and sister or youngsters aged under 16

After the case the child's mum said she and her family were moving to another part of Bristol.

She said: 'It was terrifying, I wish the sentence was more. She doesn't want to


be around there no more.

'We have always told her about not going off with strangers. She is a star.'

Lee Mott, defending, said alcohol played a part in his client's offending and he accepted it had been his fault.

Husseine maintained his motive for trying to take the girl was not sexual and he would not harm a child.

Mr Mott said Husseine had worked to address alcohol issues in custody and wanted to make something of his life.A Michigan officer was harassed by his colleagues after an Ancestry.Com test revealed he was part Black. He was recently awarded $65,000 on Tuesday for a civil rights lawsuit filed against the city of Hastings, MI.

Police Officer Cleon Brown was subjected to racial ridicule after discovering he was 18-33 percent “sub-Saharan African” through a genetics test. He disclosed the information to his co-workers who began racially taunting him. They called Brown “Kunta Kente” and shouted “Black Lives Matter” when they passed the officer in the hallway. They also hung a Black Santa Clause figure from a Christmas tree with the numbers “18%” written on it.

In 2017, Brown sued the City of Hastings for $500,000 according to WBCH. He accused officers and the mayor of violating his civil and


in the upper portions of trees. Beetles prefer plants in direct sun, so heavily wooded areas are rarely attacked.

Adults are present until mid August. After mating females lay eggs in turf which hatch into grubs in August. Grubs feed on plant roots until cold weather drives than deeper into the soil. Adults emerge in summer of the following year.

The bacterial control, milky spore sold as Doom or Grub Attack, is commonly recommended to control Japanese beetle grubs. In our area milky spore is generally not recommended since it only controls Japanese beetle grubs and not our predominate lawn grub, annual white grub. Also Japanese beetle grubs must already be infesting the turf for milky spore to work effectively. Pesticides commonly used for lawn grub control such as diazinonbe limited to the US for the foreseeable future.

A spokeswoman for YouTube declined to comment.

Google has strengthened its relationship with Hollywood and programme makers in recent months in an attempt to keep up with competitors, including the market-leading Netflix and iTunes.

In the US, Netflix dominates the nascent online movie streaming market. With 23.6 million subscribers, the US-only site now commands as many eyeballs as Comcast, the largest cable operator in the US. Apple's iTunes, meanwhile, offers a formidable roster of new releases to download and to rent online.

Despite a low-key foray into independent movie-streaming – announced at the Sundance film festival in January 2010 – YouTube has yet to offer any big-name titles. The site's global reach, attracting more than 100 million users around the world, is understood


to have complicated negotiations with film studios, which usually sign licensing agreements on a country-by-country basis. The deal has been further complicated by existing partnerships between Hollywood studios and streaming services including Netflix.

YouTube has signed up a number of high-profile media executives, including former Netflix boss Robert Kyncl, in recent months as the site tries to move away from its user-generated video image. Two Paramount executives, Alex Carloss and Malik Ducard, have also joined YouTube recently, along with Universal Sports chief Claude Ruibal.

Kyncl, now YouTube's vice-president of TV and film entertainment, hinted at the movies-on-demand plan at a conference earlier this month. "Imagine if you had a video store on YouTube, where you could rent or buy the movie without being sent elsewhere," he said. "Obviously, there areNo sign yet how U.S. will respond to Iranian attack on American forces The Pentagon still has not released any official statement on the damage the missiles did in Iran's attack against two bases housing U.S. troops in Iraq, but the initial reports were that there had been no casualties. U.S. bases in the region were already on high alert in response to Iranian threats. David Martin reports on how the U.S. could respond to the missile strike.


would submit that college ball there is more important to and has a stronger tradition than in any other state, including North Carolina’s Tobacco Road or the flatlands of Ohio, Indiana or Kansas.

This year, for example, North Carolina sent five teams and Ohio sent four teams to the tournament. But four teams are also from Kentucky, which has less than half the population of Carolina and about a third the population of Ohio.

Also, and unlike those two states, in Kentucky there is no professional basketball team -- indeed no major league sports franchise of any kind. Nor is the football tradition strong. College basketball is king by default.

For a long time, UK occupied that throne with little or no dispute. Even today, UK basketball is one of thefew cultural institutions that bind the complex cultural and geographical patchwork of the Commonwealth together. Members of the UK roster -- their portraits etched in wall calendars and brochures -- are familiar figures to kids from Pikeville to Paducah, and the UK coach occupies a place of honor, intrigue and controversy that often overshadows the role -- if not the legal power -- of the governor.

But things began to change a generation ago, in the early 1970s, when a former John Wooden protégé and player named Denny Crum took over a respectable but by no means fabled Louisville program.

Crum changed everything.

Since 1971, the two schools have exhibited something close to parity -- not in the minds of most Kentuckians outside of Louisville, but in the minds of fair-minded


basketball fans and in the stat sheets.

Academically, the two schools aren’t going to make the NCAA Final Four anytime soon. Both are, shall we say, improving. UK is ranked 124th by U.S. News in its survey of national universities. U of L is 164th. The UK law school is ranked 62nd best; the U of L Brandeis School of Law, my alma mater, clocks in at 89th.

But no one questions our basketball IQ.

From 1971 until now, Louisville has won two National Championships and been in eight Final Fours, and Kentucky has won three National Championships and been in nine Final Fours.

UK fans hate these numbers, and hate the U of L with a schizophrenic mix of dismissive casualness and furious loathing. U of L fans, by far aminority in the state outside of Louisville (and even in Louisville UK allegiance is strong), are generally glad just to be on the same stage and now on a par nationally.

Louisville and Kentucky played each other in the NCAA's in 1959 -- a game U of L won. UK had shied away from playing Louisville before that game and after 1959 refused to schedule them for 24 years.

They only met because they were forced to, in the NCAA regional in Knoxville in 1983.

The so-called “Dream Game” became a nightmare for UK when Louisville won in overtime. The governor of the state at the time, John Y. Brown, attended the event wearing a two-sided cap (one side with Kentucky blue, the other with Cardinal red) and a hideous ultra-suede


sports coat with school colors split down the middle. (For a video see here.)

By the mid '80s the schools had agreed to play each other each year early in the season. This annual pageant of détente is about as heartfelt as a peace agreement between Israelis and Arabs.

There is also now a certain amount of facilities parity. Louisville plays in a new downtown arena that is not quite as big as Rupp Arena in the college town of Lexington. But the unfortunately named Yum! Center is a spiffy, state-of-the-art, Ohio Riverfront facility that is packed to the rafters for every game. (In 2011, UK and U of L ranked first and third in average attendance, respectively.)

(Just to complicate things -- and assert its continued statewide dominion -- theUniversity of Kentucky now is playing several games a year in Louisville’s OLD arena for 51 years, Freedom Hall.)

It's not just about history and regional rivalries.

The careers of Louisville coach Rick Pitino and UK coach John Calipari add fire to the family feud. The two were once friends; one played for and the other coached at the University of Massachusetts, and both coached in the NBA. They are both known as intense courtside tacticians, meticulous students of the game and master recruiters.

But it is more personal than that. Pitino won a National Championship as the UK coach in 1996, before decamping to the NBA. When Denny Crum decided to retire in 2001 after 30 years as coach, Pitino came back to the Bluegrass -- as Louisville’s coach.

Pitino made


there is still a game to be played in New Orleans on Saturday.

More on that tomorrow.

CORRECTION: A previous version of this post misstated that Denny Crum retired as head coach of Louisville in 1991; he retired in 2001. It also misstated the attendance rankings for NCAA men's basketball programs and misstated Rick Pitino's relationship to the UMass basketball program. Rick Pitino also does not share the distinction of taking three different schools to the Final Four; he is currently the only coach to have done so. In this year's tournament, five -- not four -- teams are from North Carolina.The shock reelection of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's Liberal-National coalition is good news. Morrison is a strong U.S. ally against Chinese imperialism in the Indo-Pacific region.

The same cannot be said of the man who was expected to triumph over Morrison. Now-former Labor leader Bill Shorten had pledged to build closer ties with China in return for Beijing's economic investment. Shorten had also suggested his amenability to China's price tag for that investment: degrading Australia's close military relationship with America.

In contrast, Morrison has presided over significant increases in Australian defense spending and increasingly overt support for U.S. international order. Escalating joint military activity and exceptionally close intelligence coordination means that the U.S.-Australian alliance has rarely been stronger.

But this isn't about Morrison being some U.S. puppet. There's a mutual


interest here. Recognizing endemic Chinese interference in Australian politics, Morrison has realized China is no friend. Instead, he's doubled down on that nation which has guaranteed Australia's survival and prosperity for over 70 years — America.

This has infuriated the Chinese government, which had expected Australia to become a supplicant minion under Labor. In turn, China is taking increasingly aggressive action to pressure Morrison to change course. China thought Shorten's win would offer its ace card.

Bad luck. Instead, Morrison will continue supporting the broader architecture of U.S.-led security. He knows that shared democratic values and free trade are in the interest of all nations in the region — except, that is, China.of Stojakovic, who hit a fadeaway jumper as he fell to the ground.

But New York woke up in the fourth quarter, going on an 18-2 run to take the lead. Houston hit a 3-pointer, Van Horn drove strong for a dunk, and Dikembe Mutombo's block of Gerald Wallace's shot led to Charlie Ward's 3 that cut the Kings' lead to 93-92.

Van Horn then hit a 3-pointer to give the Knicks their first lead of the second half, with 7:07 left.

Houston, who did almost everything in the final minutes, including bring the ball up after Ward fouled out, and Howard Eisley both drove for easy layups that gave the Knicks a 106-100 lead and prompted Bobby Jackson to scream from the Kings bench, "They're scoring on us easy!"

After a


only four minutes in the second half of the Knicks' loss to Milwaukee on Wednesday, played 37 minutes and had two of his four blocked shots in the fourth quarter. But even when he wasn't blocking shots, he made slashers such as Bibby and Christie think twice about driving.

Shandon Anderson then fouled Bibby before his shot, and Bibby hit both free throws to pull the Kings to 112-111 with 1.9 seconds left. Kings coach Rick Adelman said Bibby tried to hit the back of the rim with the second free throw, but it swished through.

"We couldn't stop them," Adelman said. "Seventy-one points in the second half -- you're not going to win any games on the road doing that.

"We were our own worst enemy tonight."

Houston hit two freethrows for the final margin.

Ward fouled out in the second half. He had 13 points and 13 assists.

Game Notes:
Knicks coach Don Chaney said he's still undecided about the permanent ninth player in his rotation. He's considering forwards Othella Harrington, Clarence Weatherspoon and rookie Mike Sweetney. ... Kings F Chris Webber, still recovering from left knee surgery, shot around before the game and joined the team on the bench in the middle of the first quarter. ... The last time the Kings won at Madison Square Garden was Jan. 13, 1996.

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of several Houses on both Sides of a Street; which growing waste, was purchased and applied to that Use.I was received very kindly by the Warden, and went for many Days to the Academy. Every Room hath in it ' one or more Projectors; and I believe I could not be in fewer than five Hundred Rooms.The first Man I saw was of a meagre Aspect, with sooty Hands and Face, his Hair and Beard long, ragged and singed in several Places. His Clothes, Shirt, and Skin were all of the same Colour. He had been Eight Years upon a Project for extracting Sun-Beams out of Cucumbers, which were to be put into Vials hermetically sealed, and let out to warm the Air in raw inclement Summers. Hetold me, he did not doubt in Eight Years more, that he should be able to supply the Governor's Gardens with Sunshine at a reasonable Rate; but he complained that his Stock was low, and interested me to give him something as an Encouragement to Ingenuity, especially since this had been a very dear Season for Cucumbers. I made him a small Present, for my Lord had furnished me with Money on purpose, because he knew their Practice of begging from all who go to see them.I saw another at work to calcine Ice into Gunpowder; who likewise shewed me a Treatise he had written concerning the Malleability of Fire, which he intended to publish.There was a most ingenious Architect who had contrived a new Method for building


Houses, by beginning at the Roof, and working downwards to the Foundation; which he justified to me by the life Practice of those two prudent Insects the Bee and the Spider.In another Apartment I was highly pleased with a Projector, who had found a device of plowing the Ground with Hogs, to save the Charges of Plows, Cattle, and Labour. The Method is this: In an Acre of Ground you bury at six Inches Distance, and eight deep, a quantity of Acorns, Dates, Chestnuts, and other Masts or Vegetables whereof these Animals are fondest; then you drive six Hundred or more of them into the Field, where in a few Days they will root up the whole Ground in search of their Food, and make it fit forWhy Giants' Tyler Beede was optioned to minors after best career start originally appeared on nbcsportsbayarea.com

SAN DIEGO -- Tyler Beede grabbed his backpack late Tuesday night and said goodbye to some of his teammates as he left Petco Park. The Giants' plan was always for Beede to be optioned back to Triple-A after his final start of the first half, but instead of flying to Sacramento, Beede was headed back to Boston with a heavy heart.

Beede's stepfather, Andrew Rivers, passed away over the weekend in Massachusetts. He told manager Bruce Bochy that he wanted to stay and make his start Tuesday, and it ended up being the best of his young career. Beede threw seven strong innings in a 10-4 win over the Padres.

"He was probably even more


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M. Griot, A. I. Vila Casado, W.-Y. Weng, H. Chan and R. D. Wesel. .

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[Bike Xie]{} (S’07) was born in Shanghai, China, in 1983. He received the B.S. degree in electronic engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2005, and the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from University of California, Los Angeles, CA, in 2006. He is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree in the Communication Systems Lab at the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles.\
His research interests are in the area of information theory with particular interest in the topics of network information theory and channel coding.

[Miguel Griot]{} (S’05) received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay, in 2003, the M.S. and PhD degree in electricalengineering from the University of California at Los Angeles, in 2004 and 2008 respectively. He is currently with Qualcomm Inc., San Diego. His research interests include wireless communications, channel coding, information theory, multiple access channels and broadcast channels.

[Andres I. Vila Casado]{} received his B. S. in electrical engineering from the Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy in 2002. He received his M. S. and Ph. D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2004 and 2007 respectively.\
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a Professor with the UCLA Electrical Engineering Department and is the Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs for the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. He joined UCLA in 1996 after receiving his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford. His B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering are from MIT. His research is in the area of communication theory with particular interest in channel coding. He has received the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, an Okawa Foundation award for research in information and telecommunications, and the Excellence in Teaching Award from the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science. He has authored or co-authored over a hundred conference and journal publications.

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The term "relative gravity" of a structure as used herein refers to the additional force of weight of the structureHillary Clinton has told supporters she is feeling better and will return to the campaign trail soon, after she appeared to collapse at a memorial.

Mrs Clinton seemed to buckle while waiting to get into a minivan at a ceremony to mark 15 years since the 9/11 terror attacks in New York, and she needed help from her security detail.

It has since been revealed that she is suffering pneumonia and is on antibiotics.

Later on Monday, she tweeted: "Thanks to everyone who's reached out with well wishes. I'm feeling fine and getting better.

"Like anyone who's ever been home sick from work, I'm just anxious to get back out there. See you on the trail soon."

Senior aide Brian Fallon told MSNBC that Mrs Clinton had no other undeclared condition, adding: "I


expect that by the middle to the late of the week she'll be back out there on the campaign trail."

Like anyone who’s ever been home sick from work, I’m just anxious to get back out there. See you on the trail soon. -H — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) September 12, 2016

The Clinton campaign will also release additional medical information in the next few days that should reassure people about the state of her health, Mr Fallon added.

The candidate's doctor, Lisa Bardack, said Mrs Clinton is "recovering nicely" but has been urged to modify her campaign schedule after becoming overheated and dehydrated during the 11 September Commemoration Ceremony.

Image: Mrs Clinton interrupted a speech in Cleveland after suffering a coughing fit on 5 September

Speaking to Fox News, Mr Trump said: "Ihope she gets well soon... and gets back on the trail... and we'll be seeing her at the debates."

The Republican candidate, who has questioned Mrs Clinton's health during his campaign, added: "We have to see what's wrong. Whatever it is, I'm ready."

He did not mention her health when he spoke to the National Guard Association's convention in Baltimore on Monday, however, preferring to focus on criticising her for suggesting half of his supporters belonged in "a basket of deplorables".

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Democrat Mrs Clinton, who cancelled a campaign trip to California while she recovers, was seen in video footage swaying and then apparently stumbling before being supported by officials as she got into a black vehicle while leaving the memorial.

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