the elements opposed to Daesh within Syria and paves the way for the departure of Assad."

Elsewhere, the Ministry of Defence has announced that the Royal Navy's Type 45 destroyer HMS Defender has joined the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle in the Indian Ocean ready to support operations against IS.

Earlier, Prime Minister David Cameron told the Commons the first 1,000 Syrian refugees to be resettled in the UK had now arrived.he knows he lies as much as he does. It’s as if he only has a short-term memory and a very tiny and selective long-term memory. He seems to remember only slights and compliments. He said he was against the Iraq war but is on record as saying he was for it. He says he never met the disabled journalist he mocked at one of his rallies and yet the said journalist had interviewed him multiple times. He said he respects women but is on record as saying he doesn’t and his actions and comments suggest otherwise. He said his taxes are under audit, but has provided no proof that they are. He and his surrogates have said he has given hundreds of thousands of his own money


during the debates and continues to do so at his rallies. Trump says he is a great businessman, yet his companies have filed bankruptcy papers 6 times. And amid fraud claims, Trump University folded.

9. Trump might govern as an authoritarian dictator. He was inspired by a quote from a notable fascist, Benito Mussolini which reads, “better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep,” and has praised Vladimir Putin repeatedly for being a strong man and for complimenting him for being “brilliant” which turned out to be a bad translation. Putin himself clarified that he meant Trump is colorful or flamboyant, not brilliant. Putin salivates at the prospects of using Trump as a puppet, which he seems to be doing to influence U.S.elections. Trump even went so far as to encourage the Russians to hack the missing 33,000 emails. This is outrageous – encouraging a foreign country to commit espionage on the U.S. and some would consider treasonous. Trump prides himself on being a strong man, with large hands and once bragged of being the best baseball player to come out of New York. His masculine pride notwithstanding, Trump has shown a shocking lack of understanding and respect for democratic principles.

8. Trump disrepects women. He is on record as saying he likes to kiss them and grab them because he can get away with it. A number of women have alleged that he sexually assaulted them. His response has been that he doesn’t know the women and that after the


election he is going to sue them all. He is also on record as saying that women who obtain abortions should be punished.

7. Tump has made racist and bigotted comments, calling Mexicans rapists, and denouncing a Mexican American judge as being biased in a case against Trump “University.” He was slow to denounce David Duke, a former KKK grand wizard who endorsed him. He called for a ban on Muslims entering the country and even suggested the need to close down mosques. He has essentially blamed the entire Muslim American community in the U.S. for not rooting out the terrorists among them – as if it were their sole responsibiltiy. He has shown very little concern for the humanitarian plight of Syrian refugees and argued that the U.S.town and in the architecture. One of the more eye pleasing objects was the lighthouse, completed by soldiers (not sure which country’s) in 1857, that one can climb for something like 20 pesos.

The town has many museums, restaurants, churches and shops that sell local art, handicrafts and clothing. There are beaches on the Rio de la Plata, areas for camping and picnics in Aaron del Anchorena National Park and there’s even a bullring.

But the highlight of the day was the restaurant we stumbled upon called Buen Suspiro which features local cheeses, wines, pastries, soups and entrees made with locally sourced ingredients.

It is located in the cellar of a home that must have been built in the 1700’s by the Portuguese, with low hung wooden beams. The cavernous space


did not see much of the cordillera because we stayed in Lo Valle Campino, a hillside community near the airport, no Andes in sight, obscured by hills and smog. Nena took us to El Centro which I guess translates to downtown where we met up with my niece Nati and her boyfriend Andres to watch Chile vs. Holland. Fanaticos were out in force ready for a grand celebration that never happened as the Orange clad Dutchmen lead by striker Robben outplayed the scrappy Chilean squad.

Downtown Santiago is a linear collection of buildings and shops for miles and miles. It has a little bit of a NYC feel without all the tall buildings and the sense of neighborhood. It felt like a giant outdoor shopping mall.

Graffiti is in abundantsupply and some curious and colorful murals adorn city walls and subway structures, some of it good, some not; some sanctioned, some clearly not.

Our gracious Santiago hosts, Milton and Nena, made us feel at home in their tidy house with a living room constructed of pine wood adorned with local art. In addition to good conversation and cheer, we ate well. Nena served up Cazuela, a typical Chilean soup made with a clear broth, squash, beef, corn, potatoes, peas and green beans cut french style with pebre (a hot sauce) and fresh cut cilantro to sprinkle on top. She also served fish soup, fillet of reineta (a local fish) and Pastel De Choclo, a distinctive corn-based casserole. Wine poured a plenty, all local reds and whites. My favorite


free Wi-Fi, sent some emails, watched a World Cup match – Ecuador v. France, bought some beer and wine, which I am now sipping, the wine that is, a Uruguayan Gewurztraminer which cost about $8.60, that is, to be frank, slightly syrupy, not unlike a Viogner, and leaves a sweet and unpleasant medicinal cough drop like aftertaste. This recommended wine is unbalanced, but drinkable.

The tourist information clerks said that Uruguay is known for meat and in particular, the Chivito sandwich, a carnivorous delight and what I ordered from the Chilean waiter at the Cafe Brasilero in an area of town called the Old City near Plaza Matriz. This cafe has been around since 1877 and sports antique chairs and tables, brass chandeliers and a big screen TV forOn Wednesday afternoon, Johnson will visit Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, who will officially invite the new leader of the UK's governing Conservative party to form a government.

After his short meeting with the Queen, the new prime minister and his new principal private secretary will travel back to Downing Street, where, traditionally, new PMs give a speech to the nation outside the black door of Number 10.

Before all of that, outgoing leader Theresa May will address lawmakers in the House of Commons at her last-ever session of Prime Minister's Questions -- the raucous Punch and Judy show that takes place every week that parliament sits.

Prime ministers often use their final PMQs to settle political scores and thank loyal supporters. Given the nightmare through which May has attempted to


first week.

Whoever is appointed, it will be seen as the first sign of what kind of prime minister he intends to be, especially when it comes to Brexit.

We know that Johnson's preferred option is a deal with Europe that is significantly different from the one that May negotiated. He is also committed to leaving without a deal on October 31, if necessary.

There are two key questions here: First, how different does that deal have to be? Second, how committed is he to no deal?

The broad Johnson coalition contains people who were consistently loyal to May's softer approach to Brexit and, in contrast, some of the hardest Euroskeptics in the Conservative party. He has a lot of talent to pick from and the formation of his new-look government willbe watched closely, both in London and Brussels.

However, this might all be academic. It's no secret that May has left a political mess behind her. This leadership contest and the razzamatazz of Johnson's campaign has been a bit of a distraction. There might be a new top team, but Johnson will stride into Downing Street facing many of the same problems as May.

He has no majority in the House of Commons. His party is bitterly divided over Brexit. The nation is losing trust in politicians and political institutions. The opposition Labour party is primed to bring Johnson down and force a general election. And the Europeans, with whom he hopes to negotiate a new deal, are far less trusting of Johnson than they were of May.

It may come


to be that after electing such a divisive figure -- for some, Johnson embodies the worst aspects of a political party loathed by a decent chunk of the population -- the Conservatives find themselves fighting an early election with a leader who alienates a large number of the people who voted Remain in 2016. And remember, that victory was far from emphatic.

So, after he meets the Queen to collect his crown (not literally), Johnson has his work cut out for him. The boy who dreamed of being prime minister might find on day one that he is a weaker leader than his long-suffering predecessor. Thank goodness parliament is due to rise for the summer on Friday and not return until September.OJ.

It must have dwarfed the biggest, baddest Black Friday sale ever. On the morning of Friday April 7, 1933, thirsty crowds queued up outside breweries across the country, waiting for them to open their doors for the first time in 13 years. Prohibition was history, and the parched public was ready for beer.

Great beer bars have a lot in common: an excellent selection of reasonably priced craft beer, accessible and knowledgeable staff, the real possibility of a place to sit, a sound level that invites conversation, and the availability of decent food.

Spring may be the only season in San Francisco that feels like it does in other parts of the country—only better, of course. We have green, leafy trees and budding flowers like the rest of the country,


in both groups, and it was comparable with pregnant women without RLS. The rate of operative delivery was not clearly different between the pregnant women with idiopathic and secondary RLS. Thus, pregnancy outcome is similar in both groups.

One limitation of the study was small sample size, in addition to the lack of the control group. Further investigations are needed to demonstrate especial features of RLS secondary to pregnancy.

Conclusion
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There are no significant differences between clinical features and outcomes of RLS among pregnant women with idiopathic or secondary form of the syndrome. Nevertheless, due to annoying symptoms of RLS in pregnant women, especially sleep disturbances, it is preferable to detect and treat women with idiopathic RLS before pregnancy.

The study was funded by Iran University of Medical Sciences and Tehran UniversityIsraeli soldiers are refusing to allow entry to a group of about 20 Eritrean refugees trapped for six days between Egyptian land and a high steel fence that Israel has erected along its southern border. Despite high temperatures and lack of shade, the soldiers have been instructed to provide only limited quantities of water.

The Israeli interior minister, Eli Yishai, said Israel "must act with a heavy hand". The country had "a very clear policy and a border fence", he told Army Radio. "We cannot let them enter."

The group, which includes two women and a child, are refusing to return to Egypt. Technically, they are on Israeli territory but the recently erected fence prevents them advancing.

According to Israeli media reports, one of the women was visibly pregnant, but migrants


told the soldiers watching the group she had miscarried.

The refugees have not been offered food since arriving at the spot in the northern stretch of the Israel-Egypt border last Thursday. Temperatures in the desert area are expected to peak at about 33C on Wednesday.

In a statement, the Israeli Defence Forces said: "The area under question has a long expanse of fence that was recently built in order to prevent unauthorised infiltration into Israeli territory. On the western side of the fence, on Egypt's side, is a group of foreigners whose entrance into Israel has been prevented thanks to this fence. For humanitarian reasons, [Israeli] forces have been providing the foreigners with water."

The Association for Civil Rights in Israel condemned the refusal to allow the refugees entry. "Israel hasfence, that they won't enter and instead return to their country."

Last month, another group of refugees were trapped in similar circumstances for several days before they were admitted to Israel for humanitarian reasons, and taken to a detention centre.

Israel began building the fence along its 150-mile southern border last summer and it is due to be completed by the end of this year. According to the Population and Immigration Authority, the number of migrants entering Israel from Egypt fell to 200 in August, compared with 2,000 a year earlier.

An Israeli government spokesman said: "According to international practices and binding precedents, the fence is a de facto border, and therefore anyone who is beyond it is not located in Israeli territory and is therefore not eligible for automatic entry."

No


international body had determined that Eritrean or Sudanese citizens were being persecuted in Egypt or that their lives were in danger, he added. "Therefore, there is no legal obligation to allow entry into Israel of those who are near the fence."

The presence of migrants from sub-Sahara Africa in Israel has become a volatile political and social issue over recent months. A number of buildings housing African migrants have been firebombed, and some politicians have stoked anti-migrant sentiment. One described migrants from Sudan as "a cancer in our body". The prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, said the "flood" of migrants "threatens our existence as a Jewish and democratic state".

About 62,000 African migrants had entered Israel by May this year, according to the immigration authority. Israel's population is 7.8 million.

Human RightsArsenal have submitted an offer of £16m to Málaga for Santi Cazorla and are confident of making him their third signing of the summer, while also closing in on a season-long loan deal for Real Madrid's Nuri Sahin.

Arsène Wenger has tracked Cazorla since the beginning of last summer, but the Arsenal manager was deterred from making a firm move for the Spain midfielder by his price tag. Cazorla left Villarreal for Málaga in a €19m (£15m) deal, while Wenger took Mikel Arteta from Everton at the last moment for £10m to bolster his midfield. Wenger, though, has come to see the value in Cazorla, an all-round midfielder who is capable of playing wide or centrally, and the Frenchman is hopeful of completing the deal after he and the


Arsenal squad return from their tour of the Far East. They play their third and final match against Kitchee in Hong Kong on Sunday.

Cazorla has agreed personal terms in principle with Arsenal and the sense that the deal is close has been reinforced by events at Málaga in recent days as the club's problems with debt threaten their participation in La Liga. The club's Qatari owner, Sheikh Abdullah al-Thani, sent the executive Moayad Shatat to Spain last Thursday to resolve the raft of problems, among them Cazorla's future.

At the same time, the Málaga manager, Manuel Pellegrini, said that selling Cazorla for €20m would amount to "giving him away". Shatat was supposed to offer immediate reassurances but worryingly for Pellegrini and Málaga he has said nothing and it emergedon Saturday night, according to reports in Spain, that he was investigating the sale of the club. Cazorla has not gone on the Venezuela tour, although he was never going to after his exertions for Spain at Euro 2012.

Arsenal, who have already signed the strikers Lukas Podolski and Olivier Giroud, are in talks with Madrid over Sahin. José Mourinho, who signed the the Turkey midfielder from Borussia Dortmund last summer, has suggested that it would be better if he looked for a fresh opportunity in light of his struggles to establish himself at the Bernabéu. The 23-year-old Sahin was not happy to hear that and he is not yet entirely sold on the proposed loan move, particularly as there is no option for Arsenal to buy him at


the end of it.

He travelled with the Madrid squad to the United States morning for their pre-season tour, which presents Arsenal with a logistical difficulty, but the London club remain hopeful of convincing him to join them. They want to have both Cazorla and Sahin available for their final pre-season friendly away to Köln on 12 August.Yukon Riverside Arts Festival

The Yukon Riverside Arts Festival takes place in many venues around Dawson City on Discovery Days weekend, including the open-air Riverside Park & Gazebo.

The festival aims to provide an accessible environment for community members and visitors to interact directly with the arts and explore their creativity.

A wide range of events, including exhibitions, workshops, lectures, public art, live music, an art market and more includes artists practicing traditional and non-traditional contemporary art from the Yukon and abroad. Many festival events are free of charge.


Primary Carcinoma of the Male Breast: A Report of 16 Cases in Australian Ex-Servicemen.
A report of 16 cases of primary male breast carcinoma is presented. The average age was 70 years. Crude five-year survival was 38% overall. The aetiology and management of the disease is discussed. Special reference is made to the use of modified radical mastectomy for the early lesion and the role of orchidectomy for palliation in the advanced case.ways to intervene with premature and other dysregulated labor. The candidate has an extensive background in molecular biology and cell culture techniques obtained during graduate and postdoctoral work. The goal in this project will be to provide a thorough grounding in histologic, physiologic and behavioral methods, under the experienced mentorship of her sponsor, Joseph Majzoub, and her collaborator, Louis Muglia, which will serve the candidate well as she pursues a career as an independent investigator in academic medicine. The resources, in terms of equipment, animal facilities, and personnel available for learned consultation, are rich within the Division of Endocrinology, not to mention at Children's Hospital as a whole.


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Companies like Uber and Lyft could easily prevent sexual assaults if they wanted to, says lawyer Mike Bomberger.

Uber revealed Thursday that more than 3,000 sexual assaults were reported during U.S. rides in 2018, and 2,936 in 2017. Lyft vowed to release a safety report of its own, but did not say when. There is no data about Canada.

"The numbers are jarring and hard to digest," Tony West, Uber's chief legal officer, told the New York Times. "What it says is that Uber is a reflection of the society it serves."

Bomberger doesn't buy that. He's a San Diego, Calif., lawyer who represents more than 100 people who say they were sexually assaulted in an Uber or a Lyft, and he spoke to As It Happens host Carol    A-3699-17T1
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in a home where marijuana was accessible and exposing the children to

individuals who used the substance inside the residence. We affirm.

      We take the following facts from the record of the fact-finding hearing.

The Division of Child Protection and Permanency (Division) received multiple

referrals involving this family in 2012 (two), 2013, and 2014 (two), including,

among others, allegations of illicit drug use. In November 2015, the Division

received the referral in this matter from Heather's elementary school advising

she brought a "blunt," a hollowed


out cigar filled with marijuana, to school. The

school contacted the New Brunswick Police Department and Officer David

Pagan responded to interview Heather. Heather informed him she knew the

blunt contained drugs and stated she brought it from her home. Pagan confirmed

the blunt contained marijuana.

      Division caseworker Ebony Williams arrived at the school the same day

to interview Heather. The child stated she brought the modified cigar to school,

and stated "inside the black thing is green stuff . . . it's a blunt. It's for grown -

ups. You smoke it, but it's bad for you." Heather also stated a person named D.

(Danielle) lived at the home, slept on a red pull-out mattress in the living room,

and smoked marijuana in the basement. She informed Williams she found the

blunt  3
Heather explained to Williams what a blunt wrapper was and recounted Danielle

often had them in her back pocket.

      Heather also stated other individuals smoked marijuana in the basement

of her home and she was in the basement with those individuals. She explained

marijuana smelled differently than cigarette smoke and demonstrated how

marijuana was rolled into blunts. Heather described other drug- and alcohol-

related activity by her mother and others in the residence, however, it was not

the focus of the trial judge's findings.

      Williams then interviewed Quincy. He explained there were numerous

visitors to the home and both of his parents smoke cigarettes. He recalled he

was in the basement and observed people, including his maternal grandfather,

R.E. (Randy), handling material which was "green


and stringy" and "add[ing]

some brown stuff to it" prior to rolling it up. Quincy told Williams he saw the

green and brown material in an ashtray stored upstairs.       He corroborated

Heather's testimony regarding Danielle, stating he observed her smoking

marijuana and she often kept rolling papers in her back pocket.

      Williams interviewed Randy who advised he currently resided with the

family. When Williams asked Randy to see the basement, he asked whether he

could enter the basement alone first because there were "illegal things down

                                     where the

marijuana was located.

      Williams interviewed Chris. He confirmed Danielle sometimes slept at

the home on the red couch in the living room. He denied knowing whether

Danielle or anyone else smoked marijuana in the basement and stated he was

unable to detect the scent of marijuana emanating from the basement. Williams

testified the marijuana odor was readily apparent when she visited the home.

Chris stated Randy served as a caretaker for the children, but claimed he was

never under the influence of drugs or alcohol while caring for them. He also

denied any personal drug use, knowledge of whether Quinn used drugs, or how

Heather found the blunt she brought to school.

      Williams interviewed Quinn who stated she did not use marijuana and

denied knowing Heather


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often around adults and sometimes acted like one. Williams later elaborated at

the fact-finding hearing that Chris and Quinn both believed Heather was being

untruthful and derived her knowledge from listening to adult conversations and

watching the television show "CSI" and the Discovery Channel.

      Following its investigation, the Division removed all four children and

substantiated   Chris    and    Quinn     for   "substantial    risk   of   physical

injury/environment injurious to health and welfare." The Division based its

findings on: (1) Heather and Quincy's disclosure of drug use in the home by

multiple adults, (2) both children reporting having access to thedrugs, including

Heather finding the blunt and bringing it to school, and (3) the drug use

occurring in the home. The Division filed a verified complaint for custody of

the children pursuant to N.J.S.A. 9:6-8.21 and 30:4C-12 setting forth a detailed

recitation of its allegations against the children's parents.

      Neither parent testified nor called any witnesses at the fact-finding trial.

The trial judge found it was undisputed Heather brought marijuana to school,

which she obtained from home, and knew was marijuana. He noted it was also

undisputed that a number of other individuals lived in the home, including

Danielle, who both Heather and Quincy confirmed slept in the home on the red

couch, where Heather found the marijuana. The judge found many people


in plain view on top

of the washing machine.

      The judge concluded Heather was able to identify a blunt, describe its

contents, and knew the odor of marijuana. He found Heather's statements

corroborated by Williams' observations, Pagan's testimony, and Quincy and

Randy's statements.     The judge found Quincy's statements proved several

individuals entered the basement to smoke marijuana, and he too could describe

the color and texture of marijuana from these interactions. The judge noted

Williams' observations supported and corroborated Quincy's, noting she

observed the red couch in the living room and marijuana in the basement within

two adult steps of the children's toys.

      The judge concluded:

            the competent, reliable, and corroborated evidence  children.

      The Division's complaint alleged Heather stated Quinn used other illicit

substances such as "mollies," 3 but the judge concluded the Division had not met

its burden of proof on this allegation. However, the judge found the assertion

probative of the general atmosphere in the residence. He stated:

            While the [c]ourt does not find that the Division has
            proved that mollies were in the house, this [c]ourt,
            which has already found through testimony and

3
  Molly, or MDMA, is a form of the "party drug" ecstasy. DEA, Ecstasy or
MDMA (also Known


         they smoked marijuana themselves, certainly knew that
            there were drugs in the home and drugs were being used
            in the home.

      The judge concluded the totality of the circumstances demonstrated the

children were placed at substantial risk of harm. He stated "it was simply good

fortune and luck" Heather or Quincy did not ingest or consume the marijuana

obviously present in the home. He further found:

            [These] children were also in the home with people who
        appearance,

color, texture, and smell, how to use it, or the other details they revealed.

      The trial judge found the explanations offered by defendants insufficient

to explain how the children gained this knowledge. Further, he determined

Chris' claim that he was unaware of the drugs in the home was not credible when

compared against the substantial weight of the evidence adduced by the

Division. The judge's conclusion the children were placed at substantial risk of

harm by Chris allowing them to reside in an environment where they were

frequently exposed to individuals who were under the influence of marijuana,

and drugs were present, accessible, and actually handled by Heather was

supported by the record. See State v. Fuqua, 234 N.J. 583, 595-96 (2018)


Repentance

Responding to a distress call, the U.S.S. Voyager approaches a damaged alien vessel and transports two injured passengers to Sickbay and nine others to a Cargo Bay. In the Cargo Bay, three of the rescued aliens are Nygean guards holding the others prisoner, and they are concerned that their weapons didn't beam over because the other men are dangerous criminals. In Sickbay, another prisoner named Iko takes Seven of Nine hostage and demands a ship and some food. Tuvok arrives with the Nygean warden, Yediq, who says he won't negotiate with criminals. Iko is distracted and Seven breaks free from his grasp. He then grabs the Doctor, but Tuvok fires his phaser through the holographic Doctor and strikes Iko to the floor.

Later, Yediq thanks Captain Janeway for savingtake it back because the prisoners don't deserve such an elaborate meal, but Neelix and Tuvok cite Federation protocols regarding the treatment of prisoners, and Yediq relents. Meanwhile, the Doctor expresses to Seven how troubled he is by the captain's arrangements with the Nygeans, because he believes their death penalty is barbaric.

In the Cargo Bay, a prisoner named Joleg provokes Iko into causing a disturbance, and when Yediq checks on him, Iko threatens the warden's children. The Nygean guards enter Iko's cell and beat him severely, but then Voyager security officers jump in and stop the violence. Afterwards Janeway is infuriated with Yediq and bans him and his men from the Cargo Bay, putting Tuvok in charge of the prisoners. The Doctor treats Iko in Sickbay, and asks


Seven to provide nanoprobes so he can program them to repair the neurological damage done to the prisoner's brain.

Meanwhile Neelix delivers food again to the prisoners, and Joleg tells him that he ended up among the condemned because he was found in the vicinity of a murder, and was arrested and convicted simply because he is Benkaran — a species "known" by the Nygeans to always be criminal. Later, Neelix contacts the Nygean government under the pretense of a "cultural exchange" and acquires data on their criminal justice system. He tells Tom Paris and B'Elanna Torres that Benkarans occupy a disproportionate amount of space in Nygean prisons, and are ten times more likely to be executed for their crimes than Nygeans. In particular, Joleg was convicted on circumstantialthe nanoprobes have established new neural pathways in his brain. While the Doctor gathers more information about Nygean physiology, Iko tries to make conversation with Seven. She is intrigued when he regains his childhood fascination with stars and constellations.

Meanwhile in the Cargo Bay Neelix teaches Joleg how to play Kadis-Kot. In their conversation Neelix learns that the Nygean legal system is based on a principle called "Vekto Valek K'Vadim" — ancient Nygean for "Favor the Victims" — by which the victim's family dictates the convict's sentence. He also learns that if a defendant is wealthy enough, he can negotiate a monetary settlement with the family rather than serve a sentence. Neelix is appalled and wants to help Joleg, but the prisoner doesn't want to do anything that would


imply he's guilty. Instead he asks Neelix simply to transmit a letter to his brother.

The Doctor determines that Iko was born with a congenital brain defect that made him prone to violence and sociopathic behavior, and the nanoprobes have inadvertently repaired it. He informs Janeway of this, and she realizes that Iko's "conscience" has been activated. The Doctor believes Iko is no longer a threat, and Seven notes that by some definitions he is not the same man who committed the murder. They tell a skeptical Yediq that Iko has undergone a fundamental change, and killing him won't accomplish anything. They persuade him to work with Tuvok to draft an appeal and submit it to the authorities on behalf of Iko. Iko doesn't want the appeal though, andtells Seven that he deserves to die. He demands to be returned to his cell, where he asks Neelix to give his meal to another prisoner, Egrid, whom he used to always steal food from.

Later, Janeway and Yediq inform Seven that Iko's appeal was rejected. Seven passionately insists on doing more to help him. Janeway realizes that Seven has an issue with atonement, that perhaps if Iko is found not guilty that she herself will somehow be not guilty for the violent acts she committed as a Borg. Just then the ship is jolted by alien fire. The attack causes a power loss in the Cargo Bay holding the prisoners. Joleg and the other inmates, except for Iko, overpower the guards and escape with weapons. The alien vessel


tries to beam over the five Benkaran prisoners, but Voyager fires upon the vessel's transporter array and it retreats.

Meanwhile Tuvok tries to neutralize the prisoners in the ship's corridors, but Joleg takes Yediq hostage and demands a shuttle. Joleg backs into the Cargo Bay and has another prisoner seal the door with a phaser rifle. Joleg pushes Yediq to the floor and prepares to kill him, but Iko stops him, saying, "He's mine." Iko takes the phaser and points it at Yediq while Joleg laughs. But then he hands the phaser to Yediq, who immediately shoots down Joleg and the other prisoner. Yediq realizes that Iko really has changed.

Yediq subsequently uses his influence to convince the family of Iko's victim to hear his appeal. Iko speaks to themindia

Updated: Jul 02, 2020 23:15 IST

The United States and India are racing to negotiate a limited trade deal that US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi can sign at the United Nations General Assembly in New York at the end of September, people familiar with the talks said.

A deal between the world’s most populous democracies would be a welcome victory for Trump, whose administration has made little headway negotiating an end to its prolonged trade war with China. Trump is also expected to sign a deal with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe next week that lowers Japanese farm tariffs.

Also Watch | A billion eyes on ‘Howdy Modi’, how and when to watch the PM’s Houston gala

The deal under discussion with India would lower some tariffs


apples and walnuts.

India is the largest buyer of US almonds, paying $543 million for more than half of US almond exports in 2018, according to the US Department of Agriculture. It is the second largest buyer of US apples.

Pork, Dairy, Nuts

The talks are focused on US demands that India reduce agricultural tariffs, including those for almonds, pork, dairy products, cherries, apples and other commodities, people familiar with the talks in both Washington and New Delhi said.

India is likely to allow some US dairy imports, the official said. Another Indian official said the United States was pushing India to remove high pricing barriers on imported US medical devices including cardiac stents.

In return, India wants the GSP restored for a few more years, as Modi struggles to boost exports dampenedby sluggish global demand made worse by the US-China trade war. New Delhi also wants market access for some of its farm products such as grapes to export to the United States.

The United States is also seeking lower tariffs on high-end electronics products, one of the Indian officials said.

Both sides are discussing revising India’s domestic content rules on ethanol to allow more imports of the US fuel additive, two US sources familiar with the discussions said.

A narrow deal would be a positive first step and leave thorny issues aside such as the new e-commerce rules, said Roger Murry, deputy director of the Alliance for Fair Trade with India, a group of US trade associations.

“We’re hopeful that the Houston events can be bolstered by some real progress on the


April 18, 2014, Friday

A key government witness in the terrorism trial of an Islamic cleric may testify from Britain via a closed circuit television connection, a federal judge in Manhattan said in a ruling released on Monday.China has called on all parties in the Korean standoff to stay calm and “stop irritating each other” a day after North Korea said the United States was pushing the region to the brink of nuclear war.

The United States has urged China, reclusive North Korea's lone major ally, to do more to rein in its neighbour's nuclear and missile programmes that have prompted an assertive response from the Trump administration, warning that the “era of strategic patience” is over.

The United States has sent a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to Korean waters and a pair of strategic US bombers flew training drills with the South Korean and Japanese air forces in another show of strength this week.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang, asked about the bomber flights, the drills and


time when Trump and “other US warmongers are crying out for making a preemptive nuclear strike” on the North.

“The reckless military provocation is pushing the situation on the Korean peninsula closer to the brink of nuclear war,” the North's official KCNA news agency said on Tuesday.

Tension on the Korean peninsula has been high for weeks, driven by concern that the North might conduct its sixth nuclear test in defiance of UN Security Council resolutions.

The US military's THAAD anti-missile defence system has reached initial operational capacity in South Korea, US. officials told Reuters, although they cautioned that it would not be fully operational for some months.

China has repeatedly expressed its opposition to the system, whose powerful radar it fears could reach inside Chinese territory, just as Trump has praisedChinese President Xi Jinping for his efforts to rein in North Korea.

It was widely feared North Korea could conduct a nuclear test on or around 15 April to celebrate the anniversary of the birth of the North's founding leader, Kim Il Sung, or on 25 April, the 85th anniversary of the foundation of its Korean People's Army.

The North has conducted such tests or missile launches to mark significant events in the past.

Instead, North Korea held a big military parade featuring a display of missiles on 15 April and then a large, live-fire artillery drill 10 days later.

Trump drew criticism in Washington on Monday when he said he would be “honoured” to meet North Korea's young leader.

“If it would be appropriate for me to meet with him, I would


the South after their 1950-53 conflict ended in a truce, not a treaty, and it regularly threatens to destroy the United States, Japan and South Korea.

North Korea said on Wednesday an American man it had detained in late April, the third US citizen being held by the isolated country, was intercepted because he was attempting to commit “hostile acts”.

In pictures: North Korea military drill Show all 8 1 /8 In pictures: North Korea military drill In pictures: North Korea military drill North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un watches a military drill marking the 85th anniversary of the establishment of the Korean People's Army (KPA) KCNA/Handout via REUTERS In pictures: North Korea military drill A military drill marking the 85th anniversary of the establishment of the Korean People's Army(KPA) is seen in this handout photo by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) KCNA/Handout via REUTERS In pictures: North Korea military drill A military drill marking the 85th anniversary of the establishment of the Korean People's Army (KPA) is seen in this handout photo by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) KCNA/Handout via REUTERS In pictures: North Korea military drill A military drill marking the 85th anniversary of the establishment of the Korean People's Army (KPA) KCNA/Handout via REUTERS In pictures: North Korea military drill A military drill marking the 85th anniversary of the establishment of the Korean People's Army (KPA) KCNA/Handout via REUTERS In pictures: North Korea military drill This image made from video of still images broadcast in a news bulletin by North


Korea's KRT, shows what was said to be a 'Combined Fire Demonstration' held to celebrate the 85th anniversary of the North Korean army, in Wonsan, North Korea. KRT via AP Video In pictures: North Korea military drill This image made from video of still images broadcast in a news bulletin by North Korea's KRT, shows what was said to be a 'Combined Fire Demonstration' held to celebrate the 85th anniversary of the North Korean army, in Wonsan, North Korea. KRT via AP Video In pictures: North Korea military drill This image made from video of still images broadcast in a news bulletin by North Korea's KRT, shows what was said to be a 'Combined Fire Demonstration' held to celebrate the 85th anniversary of the North Korean army, inWonsan, North Korea. KRT via AP Video

North Korea, which has been criticised for its human rights record, has in the past used detained Americans to extract high-profile visits from the United States, with which it has no formal diplomatic relations.

Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday meanwhile spoke by telephone about Syria and “about how best to resolve the very dangerous situation in North Korea”, the White House said.


Operational effectiveness and quality assurance mechanisms with stochastic demand of blood supply: blood bank case study.
A general overview of various blood products operational effectiveness and related strategies that can be utilised by service providers (in particular, healthcare providers) is presented in the present study. In terms of the massive volumes of blood products, the North American blood centres collect more than eight million units of whole blood, which represents appropriately 50% of the US and Quebec, Canada?s volunteer donor blood supply. A case study of the quality inspection and inventory control concerns of the Central Blood Bank, located in the metropolitan area of Pittsburgh, PA, is presented. Initially, brief introduction to its general operating environment is followed by sections describing its general situation, quality-service initiatives, and followed byIt was the border wall that didn’t get built.

In 2006, Boeing and a team of other companies won a federal contract to construct a wall to protect the United States border with Mexico, which stretches roughly 2,000 miles, from California to Texas.

Five years and about $1 billion later, the government threw in the towel. Costs had ballooned, and the surveillance systems suffered from technical difficulties. Nearly all of the money had been spent on just 53 miles of the border in Arizona.

The project was a loss for taxpayers. But for contractors, it was a big win.

Today, as President Trump declares his intention to move forward with plans to build a barrier along the Mexican border, many of the details remain little more than a guessing game. Does Mr.


Satur Ocampo.

Satur Ocampo, Bayan Muna president, interviewed by Reihana Mohideen

August 11, 2010 -- Some 1205 extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary killings, largely political activists and journalists, took place under the government of former Philippines president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, according to the human rights organisation Karapatan. In the few weeks since the June 30 inauguration of the new president Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, six extrajudicial killings have taken place, three being members of organisations aligned with the Bayan Muna (Country First) party.

Bayan Muna is an electoral formation and Satur Ocampo is its president. Ocampo is a former member of the Philippines Congress representing Bayan Muna, when Bayan Muna topped the 2001 and 2004 party list elections (the system of proportional representation for the marginalised sectors). Ocampo headed the peace negotiationsarrest can still be issued.”

The struggle for land reform

A key focus of the struggle for land reform in the country today is Hacienda Luisita, some 6453 hectares of land belonging to the Cojuangco-Aquino clan (Cory Cojuangco Aquino was a member of the Cojuangco clan). The land is subject to the land reform provisions of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program, a cornerstone land reform program of the former government of Cory Aquino. The Cojuangco-Aquino clan have resisted the redistribution of their land to the farmers and workers at Hacienda Luisita. Some of the main farmers and workers organisations involved in the struggle for land reform at Hacienda Luisita belong to the Bayan forces.

Ocampo points out that “Noynoy is very quiet about Hacienda Luisita. He didn’t mention it in his


inaugural address, although during the election campaign he expressed his desire to redistribute the land, but he was contradicted by his cousin who is managing Hacienda Luisita. The family does not want to let go of the land. The Supreme Court is currently reviewing the petition of the family against the decision of the Department of Agrarian Reform, in 2006, to distribute the land. When the Cojuangcos acquired the land in 1958 they signed an agreement that they would hand over the land in ten years, but they did not do so. There are a lot of problems facing Noynoy and he may not be able to size up the degree of the problems he faces.”

The Hacienda Luisita struggle for land reform has once again heated up inwe must in these cases, the record discloses that on the morning of July 30, 1963, Cole met his fellow employees, Peters and Muschlitz, at the township garage or equipment building at approximately 6:55 o'clock a.m.; that the working day for these men began at 7:00 o'clock a.m.; that at approximately 7:15 o'clock a.m. these three men left the township garage, Peters and Muschlitz riding in a township truck (which carried the tools to be used that day), and Cole in his own automobile, destined for work on Township Route 634; that, while sometimes riding on the township truck, Cole generally drove his own automobile from the township garage to the place where the actual labor was to be performed; that sometimes Cole carried his own tools in


she's "always going to be seen as Baby Spice, the sweet and innocent one," says the singer who was 21 when the movie came out. "Even when I'm 30," she realizes, horrified.

Bunton is now 41.

Before that, the girls goof on each other when they swap clothes in the dress-up montage sequence (described in No. 1).

Scary Spice in Ginger Spice's clothes says, "Blah blah blah, girl power, feminism, d'you know what I mean?"

Posh in Baby's pigtails tells the camera, "My mommy is my best friend."

Sporty in Posh's LBD sticks her nose up and says, "I'm just too posh." (Which is ironic, considering Mel C. was slammed for using a "terrible posh accent" in an interview last year.

Baby as Scary wears cheetah print and complains, "Are we finished yet?"

Ginger asUnresponsive private plane still missing after crash off Jamaican coast

Authorities on the island of Jamaica prepared Saturday to resume the search for the mysterious private plane that lost contact with ground controllers on a flight from New York to Florida and crashed about 14 miles northeast of the Caribbean island.

The plane was carrying a prominent upstate New York couple.

A son of Rochester real estate developer Laurence Glazer and his entrepreneur wife, Jane, says he cannot confirm they were killed in the crash. But numerous public officials extended their condolences for a couple described as a linchpin in efforts to rejuvenate a city stung by the decline of corporate giants.

The Glazers were taken on a ghostly 1,700-mile journey after apparently becoming incapacitated. U.S. fighter pilots launched to shadow the


in journalism from Columbia University, David Cohn was often frustrated with the publishing industry.

"Freelancing is such an antiquated system," says Cohn, 26, sitting in his Mission District studio apartment, which doubles as an office for his 5-month-old journalism startup, Spot.Us. In thinking about how to make the editorial model more "dynamic," Cohn circled around one idea: pitching to the public, rather than to publishers.

"Traditionally .001 percent of the population gets to set the news agenda, and they were called editors. They were the ones with freelance budgets, they could hire people and tell them what was important to cover.

"What I'm trying to do is increase the number of people who set the editorial agenda," Cohn says.

Armed with citizen journalism credentials after working under media mavens like New Yorkthat story is valid. That's important, because I don't want company A to fund a story on company B," he says.

Since its launch on Nov. 10, Spot.Us has helped to publish nine stories on a variety of Bay Area topics, as the Knight grant stipulates that all stories must have local focus. Eight other stories have been funded and are in development, while 10 story ideas are awaiting funding.

The response to Spot.Us has been mostly positive. James Rainey, writing in the Los Angeles Times, praised Cohn's concept but noted that "the site's platform outperforms its product."

San Francisco freelance writer Bernice Yeung contributed to Spot.Us' inaugural assignment, a fact-checking project on San Francisco ballot initiatives during the November election published in Spot.Us and the Public Press, and currently has


Sunnyvale man killed in Monday motorcycle crash identified

MOUNTAIN VIEW -- A motorcyclist who was killed when he rear-ended a car on Highway 85 early Monday evening has been identified as Mitsutoshi Nakahara, 41, of Sunnyvale.

Investigators believe Nakahara was splitting lanes in stop-and-go traffic on a 2004 Triumph around 5:11 p.m. when he hit the rear of a Mini Cooper. Nakahara landed in the roadway while his motorcycle burst into flames and stopped traffic.

He was pronounced dead at the scene as a result of the collision, not the fire, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Lane splitting is the practice of straddling a lane divider to move through slower traffic. It is legal in California.

CHP officials said alcohol and drugs do not appear to be factors in the crash, andFor anyone in doubt, Angela Merkel has just addressed the EU parliament on 'The Future of Europe' and 'solidarity' is at the centre of her speech.

PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW

Mrs Merkel, the German Chancellor – for now – has just finished speaking to the EU Parliament on the future for Europe saying that the EU needed 'solidarity' and 'tolerance', which we all know means more integration.

And as part of all of this she made a very clear and unequivocal call for the formation of a European army.

And there are a few other things she wants: a common foreign and security policy, a common monetary policy and banking union and a common immigration and refugee policy.

As the UKIP leader Gerard Batten just Tweeted: "Can’t say Europe has not been


Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte continued to campaign against the Catholic Church in remarks Thursday, once again referring to Catholic bishops as “sons of bitches” and demanding the Church allow same-sex relationships because “most of them are gay.”

Duterte, who identifies vaguely as a theist but was raised Catholic, has previously threatened to kill Catholic priests for alleged drug use (he did not provide evidence for his claim) and encouraged Filipinos, who are about 85 percent Catholic, to leave the Church. On Wednesday night, he urged citizens to commit armed robbery against bishops.

Duterte made his latest comments against the Vatican at an event celebrating the groundbreaking at a site where the government will build a new school in Manila, according to Reuters. Rather than discuss the school, he told theNike T90

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Designed for the player who can give it all for a full game (and then some) hence the Total 90 moniker the Nike T90 series has grown into one of the most distinctive silos in the world of football boots.

Originally designed to offer a dynamic, exciting alternative to the Tiempo, the Air Zoom Total 90 I & II featured a Nike Air soleplate for supreme comfort, Kangaroo-like synthetic uppers and sweeping side-offset lacing; quickly becoming the boot of choice for stars like Luis Figo.

The next two incarnations dropped the AZ part of the name, instead focusing on player comfort and responsive cushioning whilst still offering room to shoot with a widely-offset lacing system.

In 2008 Nike re-focused the Total 90 range once more, transforming it into the T90


Laser. Now with aggressive rubber rings on the forefoot and reinforced heel counter, the T90 Laser was a power boot, focusing on improving accuracy and spin.

The Nike T90 range operated as the boot of choice for the highly mobile striker; the Laser I & II offered an innovative adaptive shield, designed to give strikers deadly striking platforms where they need them most on the foot. The laser III continued in the same path however the striking rubberized area was now shifted & focused on the instep side of the foot only. Same went for the Laser IV which simply streamlined the technology from the III.

Once fronted by the likes of Wayne Rooney & Fernando Torres, the T90 line will forever go downas a boot that marked the worldSun protection in Singapore's schools.
The World Health Organisation has identified schools as key players in the global effort to reduce the rising incidence of skin cancer. Singapore lies 70 miles from the Equator, with one of the world's highest ultraviolet (UV) index scores. It is a multi-ethnic society, with many expatriates. Children in Singapore are likely to be exposed to high levels of UV radiation, and represent a variety of skin types. This study aimed to assess sun protection measures in schools, the frequency of reported sunburn in schoolchildren of different ethnic groups, the level of parental and school concern about sun exposure, the sun-protective measures currently in place, and the parental and school support for public education and "sunsmart" school programmes. Questionnaires were sent to principals and


parents of primary schoolchildren in 20 local and eight international schools in January 2003. The majority of children in all ethnic groups in Singapore were reported to suffer to some degree from sunburn during their first ten years. Over 50 percent of parents and head teachers predicted an increased risk of skin cancer in their children. Some protective measures were in place. But teachers and parents were concerned, and most favoured the promotion of more active measures. The reported incidence of sunburn among Singaporean school children is higher than expected across all ethnic groups. Given the current level of sun protective measures in place, more could be done to educate parents and schools regarding "sunsmart practice", and reducing their future risk of skin cancer and eye damage.the cloth to be taken up by the empty cloth roll thereby preventing the cloth from being wound around the empty cloth roll in a state in which the top end of the cloth is loosened with respect to the roll. The empty cloth roll driving motor is provided separately from the weaving machine driving motor and the two motors are coupled to the cloth roll rotating shaft through gear mechanisms, respectively. The gear mechanisms are arranged such that a one-way clutch mechanism is interposed between the gear mechanisms and the gear mechanisms can slip relative to each other with respect to their rotation in a predetermined direction.
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He swore, then spat. The luck of him! Another step or two faster and he might have caught at least a glimpse.

Wearily, he walked back to the hotel and went to bed. He was not especially interested in what had been thrown. He was pretty certain what it had been...a lock pick, he was sure. At this point he didn't care, for if the three escaped it would be all the less to watch out for when the showdown came.

* * *

**H** E AWAKENED IN the cold light of dawn unrested, worried and sure that things were completely out of control.

All hell was about to break loose, and he did not know where or


want nothin' to mess with their big day. An' Rig, he's in no shape to fetch 'em."

"Coonskin," Shanaghy said seriously. "I need to talk to Rig. I need his advice. Look, I don't know what I'm walkin' into."

"You're a'doin' fine. Just you don't trust nobody. _Nobody_ , d'you hear?"

They rode away, and Shanaghy watched them go, torn with doubt. That young, beautiful girl, going off with a rough, dirty-looking old man...to where?

Turning his horse, he started back to town. As he rode he slowly reviewed what he knew and what he suspected.

The projected robbery had begun either in the mind of someone in town who knew about the money that would be arriving, or someone who had access to the information from other sources. Shanaghy knew enough aboutmildly, "is that you have to associate with so many dishonest people."

"Who did that?" McBride demanded. "How the devil—?"

"Looks like you boys have been played for suckers," Shanaghy continued. He turned to Josh. "You an' Joel hogtie this lot, including the lady. If you take my advice you'll watch her most of all."

She kept glancing at the train, and clutching her handbag in her left hand. He reached over and took the handbag from her. She started to pull it away but he took it with a quick jerk. When he opened it he found a .44 Derringer in it. He showed it to Joel Strong and Josh. "Can't be too careful," he added.

"What happened to that gold?" McBride demanded.

"If it gets into the papers, you can read


the Mosque during those days.

The IOA further ruled for banning the call for prayers via the Mosque loudspeakers and for subjecting the Muslim worshipers to intensive search at the entrance gates.

Palestinians aged between 15 and 30 years are also banned from performing their religious prayers at the Mosque. Head of the Ibrahimi Mosque Sheikh Hefdhi Abu Esneineh said the tough Israeli measures and crackdowns on the Muslim youth emptied the Mosque of its Muslim worshipers.

A few months ago, the Israeli occupation authorities slapped on ban on Muslim worshipers aged between 15 and 30 years and gave instructions to gun them down in case they enter the site.

Abu Esneineh warned of the serious upshots of such Israeli restrictions, including the striking decrease in the number of Muslim worshipers atthe Mosque. “No more than five Muslim worshipers perform their sunset prayers at the Mosque. In the afternoon, the number does not exceed 25,” said Sheikh Abu Esneineh.

“The number of visitors from neighboring towns and villages have almost hit zero due to the death threats and terror sparked by the occupation army,” he added.

Thousands of Palestinian protesters called Sunday for overthrowing the Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas during the funeral procession of youngster Dhiaa Marshoud, who was killed by the PA forces on Wednesday.

Walking in Dhiaa’s funeral procession, which kicked off from the Rafidia Hospital in Nablus, thousands of Palestinians urged Abbas to step down.

The mourners further called for toppling the PA national security chief, Nidhal Dukhan. Dhiaa was killed by the PA troops last Wednesday after


he was shot, along with his three friends, while driving in eastern Nablus.

Members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), including Ahmad al-Haj Ali and Jamal al-Tiraoui, also joined the funeral procession. Rage flared among the Palestinians as Abbas showed up in the funeral of the former Israeli President Shimon Peres while he did not show any kind of sympathy nor extended his condolences over the death of the Palestinian youth.

Israeli authorities locked down the West Bank and Gaza, home to over 5 million Palestinians, in preparation for the national celebration of the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, which begins at sundown on Sunday. In addition, the Israeli government approved plans for nearly one hundred more settlement units to be constructed in violation of international law in the Israeli-occupiedapproved by Israeli authorities in advance of the lockdown, according to the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories.

Meanwhile, the Israeli group Peace Now has uncovered government documents revealing that the Israeli government has approved the construction of 98 settlement units in the ‘Shiloh’ settlement.

Shiloh is locate in the northern West Bank, north of the Palestinian city of Nablus. According to a report in the Telegraph newspaper, “Shiloh was founded in the early 1970s when the settlers wanted to spread northwards. Several attempts to settle around the Palestinian city of Nablus had been foiled by the army and a more sophisticated approach was required. It came in the form of Ira Rappaport, an extremist even by the standards of the early settlers. After gaining permission from the government


to set up an archaeological dig in Shiloh, he quietly started building a settlement.

“Rappaport was a key member of a terrorist group called the Jewish Underground. In 1985, he was found guilty of planting a car bomb in Nablus that blew the legs off two Palestinian officials, Bassam Shakaa and Karim Khalaf. In a ruling that outraged many in Israel, the judge found him not guilty of attempted murder and convicted him on the charge of causing grievous bodily harm. He was sentenced to less than a year in prison and on his release was appointed leader of the Shiloh community.”

The new settlement units will be used to house Israeli colonizers who constructed an illegal colonial outpost called ‘Amona’, which was ruled illegal under Israeli law.

All Israeli settlementsare considered to be a violation of international law, the Fourth Geneva Convention on the role of occupying nations, and agreements signed between the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority.

Since 1993, when the Oslo peace agreement was signed, Israel has transferred over 600,000 Israeli citizens into colonial settlements, constructed on Palestinian land that was seized by the Israeli military and then transferred to paramilitary settlement groups with the express purpose of expanding the Israeli state further onto Palestinian territory.

13 Palestinians, including three children, were killed and 170 others were wounded by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in the West Bank, Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip during last September.

10 of those victims were killed in cold blood at Israeli checkpoints, according to a recent report released by Abdullah Hurani


Center for Studies and Documentation.

The IOF also arrested and detained about 380 citizens, many of them children, during the same month.

The report also highlighted Israel's settlement expansion, saying that tenders for the construction of different 1,000 housing units and other buildings were announced in September.

During the reporting month, the Israeli authorities demolished 17 Palestinian homes and 44 structures used for agricultural, industrial, commercial, educational and personal purposes in the West Bank and Jerusalem.

Father Manuel Musallam, pastor of the Latin Church in Gaza, has launched a scathing attack on Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas for his recent participation in the funeral of former Israeli president Shimon Peres.

In Facebook remarks on Saturday, Father Musallam started his message to Abbas with the famous popular adage saying that "everything is a debtor a loan, even eye tears."

"Did Sharon attend the funeral of Abu Ammar and lamented him, Mr. President, in order for you to pay the debt with crocodile tears over Peres?

Did the bells of Churches ring and were the sounds of the holy Qur'an recited from minarets in grief in order to convey your love to the house of the deceased Zionist who killed your people, occupied your land and sucked the blood of your martyrs?" He rhetorically questioned.

"Today, as a result of your actions, Israel has really occupied the entire Palestine. Today, your national project collapsed along with the Palestinian Authority and all its institutions," the Palestinian clergy said.

"Today, you have been expelled from the free people's hearts, so go look for a cave among Israel's thieves


to live in."

The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) imposed Saturday evening a complete closure on occupied Palestinian territories (oPt). The military restrictions will last for three days starting from Sunday, spokesman for Israeli army said.

Similar restrictions will be also imposed for two days next week, he added.

The Israeli military restrictions came in coincidence with the Jewish holidays in October.

The Hamas Movement has said it will remain committed to supporting al-Quds intifada (uprising) against the Israeli occupation, calling on the Palestinian people from all spectra to patronize it.

In press remarks on the first anniversary of al-Quds intifada, senior Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya said that his Movement would continue to boost the intifada, stressing the need for strong popular support to help it continue.

Hayya also slammed Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas

The Mind-Blowing 1969 Ford Mustang Boss 429 Fastback is one of the most fascinating Ford Muscle Cars of all time.

The 1969 Ford Mustang Boss 429 Fastback is one of the rarest and desirable Ford Mustang models ever produced. The Boss 429 engine was developed by Fords to compete with the powerful Mopar 426 Hemi in NASCAR racing. However, in 1969 to homologate an engine to race in NASCAR they required a minimum of 500 engines to be installed in production cars and sold to the public. Ford decided to install these very special and powerful engines in the Mustang. Producing very special production cars with a racing engine.

A mean aggressive look, limited production numbers, and the Ford race bread engine makes the boss one of the most sought


out collectible Muscle Cars.

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Design of the Boss Cars

Design of the Iconic Boss Mustang cars was entrusted to Larry Shinoda. Ford wanted special cars to install the big 429 engines and the 302 to compete with the Z28 Camaro in Trans Am Racing. Shinoda came up with a simple but a mean look for the Boss cars compared to some of the other Mustang models of the same year. Externally the only thing that would make the Boss cars stand out from a standard Mustang was the wider tires, black chin spoiler, Boss Decal on the fenders and the massive fully functional hood scoop. He named the cars Boss as in honor of Ford president Bunkie Knudsen because he always called him “Boss”.

To saveavailable exterior colors were Black Jade, Candy Apple Red, Raven Black, Royal Maroon and Wimbledon White. The hood scoop was painted body color on all the 1969 cars, on the 1970 models it was painted black.

1969 Ford Mustang Boss 429 Fastback Exterior colors:

Raven Black

Royal Maroon

Black Jade

Candy Apple Red

Wimbledon White

The Mustang Boss 429 Interior

For 69 the Interior was only available in black vinyl. Like other mustangs the seating was laid-out in a 2+2 configuration with front high-back bucket seats. However, the rear seats did not fold-down like other Mustangs do to trunk mounted battery. A simulated woodgrain trim was optional.

1969 Ford Mustang Boss 429 Fastback Drivetrain

The Powerful Boss 429 Engine

The Boss 429 engine, also known as “Boss 9” was based on Ford 385 cubic inch block. The cast iron


approximately 32 passengers and at least 3 crew members, consisting of a flight attendant, and two pilots. Each seat was equipped with a seatback television and chest seatbelts. The spaceplane also had one restroom and wheels for an atmospheric landing on Earth. When traveling to Space Station V, the spaceplane rendezvoused with the central hanger. In 2001: A Space Odyssey, Heywood Floyd traveled to Space Station V on the spaceplane as the sole passenger on an early-morning flight. The spaceplane is equipped with aerospike rocket engines and jet engines for atmospheric flight.carries, while Kamara has been a weapon in the aerial attack with 20 catches for 147 yards and a touchdown. Only No. 1 wide receiver Michael Thomas has more catches than Kamara in New Orleans' first four games.

Josh Alper of Pro Football Talk (h/t Yahoo Sports) pointed out Peterson played a mere six snaps during Sunday's 20-0 victory over the Miami Dolphins, indicating "it's hard to think he'll be playing a lot at any time unless an injury shakes up the backfield mix."

That was a contest New Orleans had firmly in its control and could have turned to the veteran in an effort to run the ball and work the clock.

Peterson was a seven-time Pro Bowler and won the 2007 Rookie of the Year and 2012 NFL MVP


during his impressive tenure with the Minnesota Vikings, but he is 32 years old and played just three games in 2016 and one in 2014.

While his running backs coach still believes Peterson can turn back the clock, it is becoming more apparent he is a second- or third-option for the Saints rather than a workhorse.After four months of primary voting, and one year after Donald Trump announced his candidacy for president of the United States, the Republican National Committee’s convention is underway. Trump and Indiana Gov. Mike Pence have been declared the official Republican presidential and vice presidential nominees. The theme: Make America Great Again.

For four days, from July 18 to 21, Republican politicians, journalists, protesters, and the like will descend on Cleveland to ring in the Trump-Pence nomination. Trump's children Tiffany Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump, as well as Republican officials like House Speaker Paul Ryan, and Sen. Ted Cruz are slated to speak.

The schedule:

Where: Quicken Loans Center, Cleveland, Ohio

Monday's theme: Make America Safe Again

Proceedings will begin at 12:50 pm Eastern time.

Headlining speakers: Melania Trump; Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn;


and also says the Bible should be taught as part of "American history." The platform also opposes the current administration’s alleged "distortion of Title IX to micromanage" how higher education institutions handle sexual assault investigations.

On foreign policy, the platform sees the Iran nuclear deal as a "non-binding" agreement for the next president. The draft calls for legislation to "protect the national grid," pushing states to take action against the Chinese and Russian threat of electromagnetic pulse weapons, seeing an electromagnetic pulse as "no longer a theoretical concern." (As Yglesias notes, scientists don’t think this threat is real.)

On domestic political institutions, the platform calls for an "audit" of the Federal Reserve. It also maintains support for the Electoral College system and rebuffs a move to assign a president basedon the popular vote.

The speakers:

The first released list of RNC convention speakers, as Vox’s Libby Nelson pointed out, looked more like a season of Celebrity Apprentice than a political event. But alas, despite speculation, quarterback Tim Tebow will not be in attendance, nor will a lot of other prominent governors, members of Congress, and prominent Republicans.

Here’s who’s slated to speak (this list is tentative):

Congressional leaders:

Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell

House Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy

Members of Congress:

Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas

Sen. Tom Cotton, Arkansas

Sen. Jeff Sessions, Alabama

Sen. Joni Ernst, Iowa

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia

Sen. Ron Johnson, Wisconsin

Sen. Marco Rubio, Florida

Rep. Ryan Zinke, Montana

Rep. Michael McCaul, Texas

Rep. Sean Duffy, Wisconsin

Rep. Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee

Republican Party members and former officials

Reince Priebus, RNC chair

Sharon Day, RNC


political activists

Mark Geist and John Tiegen, two members of the Benghazi security team

Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, a critic of the Black Lives Matter movement

Karen Vaughn, anti-Obama activist whose son, a Navy SEAL, was killed in action

Marc Luttrell, a retired US Navy SEAL and the subject of the movie Lone Survivor

Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, rumored to be among Trump’s possible vice presidential picks

Pat Smith, mother of Sean Smith, who was killed in the Benghazi attacks

Jason Beardsley, advisor for Concerned Veterans of America

Kent Terry and Kelly Terry-Willis, from The Brian Terry Foundation in honor of their brother Brian Terry, a border patrol agent who died on duty

Mary Ann Mendoza, immigration reform advocate whose son died in a car accident involving an undocumented immigrant

Sabine Durden, immigration reform advocate whose sonwho learned to walk again with the University of Michigan football team

Scott Baio, actor and TV producer, most prominently known for playing in the sitcom Happy Days

What to expect

There is no question that Trump remains a contentious figure in the Republican Party. The speaker list is notably thin for a presidential convention: Big names in the Republic Party like South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who delivered the State of the Union response this year, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, and governors who won in blue states are not on the roster. Former candidates for the Republican nomination Sens. John McCain, Rand Paul, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich are also absent.

Throughout the primaries, Trump’s biggest Republican critics floated the convention as a possible platform to oust Trump as the


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Last weekend, Snipe sailors gathered on both coasts to take part in the competitive racing and friendly sailing the class is known for. On the west coast, Mission Bay YC hosted the Herb Shear Invitational …

The San Diego NOOD was an all around success. Beautiful conditions gave sailors the opportunity to enjoy the fresh west coast air and all the things southern California has to offer. Coronado Yacht Club welcomed the …

That’s what Lowell North asked his friend John Shoemaker, one afternoon in 1957, while seated at the bar of San Diego Yacht Club. John replied, "Yes, I would," which surprised Lowell. Sure, they were friends, …The Scottish first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has said the attempted rape and sexual assault charges against her predecessor Alex Salmond will have no impact on her drive for independence.

Sturgeon told The Andrew Marr Show on BBC One that the case for independence was “bigger than any one man” and confirmed she would set out her plans for a second independence referendum in the coming weeks.

She was being interviewed in the wake of the disclosure that Salmond, 64, had been arrested and charged last week on nine counts of sexual assault, two of attempted rape, two charges of indecent assault and one of breach of the peace.

Salmond, a former first minister and Scottish National party leader, vociferously denied wrongdoing. He insisted after his appearance at Edinburgh sheriff court on


fair trial, including both the right to justice for victims and the presumption of innocence, and that we utterly condemn sexual misconduct in any form.”

The chatshow is made for RT by Slainte Media, which is jointly owned and produced by Salmond and the former SNP MP Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh, who like Salmond, lost her seat in the 2017 snap general election.

Earlier this month, Ahmed-Sheikh was fined £3,000 and found guilty of professional misconduct by the Scottish Solicitors’ Discipline Tribunal for mishandling a trust fund set up at Hamilton Burns, the former legal firm she helped run.

The tribunal said she and her business partner, had shown disregard for the rules by failing to keep proper accounts.

The pair insisted they had made no personal profit or been dishonest. The Scottish Solicitors’Ottawa Senators chief amateur scout Trent Mann was in Buffalo for the 2018 World Junior Hockey Championship and we picked his brain on the four Sens prospects that took part in the tournament.

His thoughts on Drake Batherson's showing at the World Juniors:

He really took advantage of the opportunity that was given to him. He was playing on the third line and second power play unit. For him, it kind of started back in November with the CHL/Russia Series where he had an opportunity to play for the head coach in those two games and he was able to show a little bit of his offensive ability. Going into the tryout, they knew it was there it was just a matter of if he'd be able to show it


or not and he continued to showcase his offensive skills through the tryouts. This was all after he returned from a finger injury so he was able to recover from that and he took advantage of the opportunities that he was given by the coach when they were available.

On Batherson's work ethic paying dividends:

It's a pretty nice story and very good for him. That's a good sign in terms of the player's development too. It means he's ready and willing to take advantage of whatever he's given. His whole history is that he's had to work really hard to get to the next level all the time so that just seems to be breed into him that that's what he has to do. He doesn't whine or complain,he just goes about his business, believes in himself and the results speak for themselves at the World Juniors.

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On Batherson's development since being drafted in June:

In the summertime when he left development camp we identified a couple of things for him to work on over the summer. Skating is always one for younger players and for him, he's not a bad skater he just needs to improve his quickness so he went back and worked on that along with other areas of his game. He got off to a great start in Cape Breton and it kind of went


put a lot of pressure on the other team's defenders on the forecheck. He was always driving lanes to the net and going into those dirty areas and was just tough to play against. He seemed to build some good chemistry with his linemates and they all understood the role that they had been given and they worked hard at it. They were an effective line for Team Canada.

On Formenton being among Canada's impressive depth:

Everyone kept talking about how there weren't any big superstars for Team Canada and maybe there wasn't but there were a lot of good players there and Alex was one of those kids that just put his skills to work and did what he was asked to do. He was also able to contributehis work ethic and his compete level. He's on pucks and defenders all the time so he's not easy to play against. He can also do a lot of good work along the boards and all those hard areas that not every player is willing to go to.

On how Nurmi was used throughout the tournament for Finland:

The role that they put him in suited him quite well. He was on a line that was supposed to create energy and make it hard and wear down other teams defenders along with contributing offensively where he could and I think he did all those things. In the games that were going really well, they'd pop him up to one of the other lines to see how he'd mesh with their


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Cheeks burning with shame, she directed her attention to her food and busied herself with cutting the sausage links into increasingly small chunks. She could still feel eyes on her.

Across the table, Esther audibly sipped her coffee.

"It's not bullshit," Yarrow protested. His voice was softer now, stripped of a lot of its arrogance, but if his feelings had been hurt he was hiding it well. "It's a quantum state identifier that uses coin faces as random number generators to determine the best possible course of action at any given moment. Of course, with it being quantum, the actions of the observer affect the outcome,


forums, he's a Developer.) He read it. And he liked it.

And he gave it five fucking stars!!!

A quote:

"I liked how you used the game lore, the all-friendly mission was neat, they sure love donuts... even the police drones."

"Did you fall in?" asked The Nose as she arrived at their table. "We were about to send in a search party and – holy crap, what happened in there?" His tone rose from condescending to alarmed as he noticed her flushed face and trembling gait.

"Took an epic shit," she said dismissively, dropping into her seat at the table opposite Esther and Yarrow. Her freshly magicked lighter was in her left front pocket, heavy as a loaded gun and warm as a newborn where it rode against her leg. And ina way, it was a gun; she’d expended a hell of a lot of energy to create it, but it was a lighter that would never run out of fuel, never fail to start a fire, never blow out in the wind or the rain. She knew this as surely as a mother knew her own child, and Teresa had birthed it though no less pain and blood. It would need to be named, she realized, but for now she was content to let it nestle in the crook of her groin. It was her sleeping baby, her magical shank, her literal smoking gun. She felt empowered, arrogant, unbeatable, like a bully that had cornered a new victim in the shower.

"So here's how it is," she declared with


predatory glee. "I appreciate the lift out of the rain, so I'll just forget about how you've basically abducted me." She fixed Esther with her hardest, coldest glare before turning to regard Yarrow. "But you have until I finish eating to convince me to buy whatever shit you're selling, because after that I am gone."

Pulling the straw from her glass of orange juice, she placed it between her back teeth and chewed. It felt a bit like one of those old-style cigarette holders, like FDR and the Penguin used. If Esther smoked, she'd use a holder, she idly mused. Old fashioned and classy. Nose would probably use an electronic bong or something.

"Selling something?" The man looked offended, his blinking almost audible. He was still frantically shaking with thenever in real life, and worried that it might be his version of her lighter. Coldness rose from the pit of her stomach at the thought of having lost her advantage.

"One of those newfangled computer iPhone things," Esther explained. "He uses it to calculate his numbers."

Again with the numbers. Teresa didn’t like where this was headed. "What do you mean?" she asked, her left hand drifting into her lap. She was ready to grab the lighter, use it if necessary. She wondered if she could turn it into a flamethrower if she pumped enough magical power through it.

"You'll see." She gave Teresa a knowing wink and sipped her coffee.

Yarrow picked up the coins, shook, threw them again. There was almost something elegant about the process, archaic and analog,


his long dexterous fingers handling the coins with all the ease of a practiced craps shooter, and then tapping – no, sliding his fingertips along the smooth surface of the computer phone, each movement accompanied by a discrete click from the phone's speaker. It wasn't so much a calculator as it was an electronic abacus, simultaneously cutting edge and antiquated.

He repeated the process in silence four more times, only noticing that the waitress had brought his food when he was unable to cast his coins because of the plate in front of him. Esther obligingly moved it out of his way, holding it until he had picked up and pocketed the coins.

The phone gonged softly. "Youthful Folly," he intoned, reading from the screen, "has success. It is notI who seek the young fool; the young fool seeks me. At the first oracle I inform him." He blinked twice, staring at the screen. "Well, then. That certainly helped." His tone suggested otherwise.

Thursday, March 5, 2009

"Christ," Teresa said jovially, "I look like complete shit." A blood vessel had burst within her right eye, staining the sclera just beneath the pupil a vicious scarlet, and she was examining it in the ladies' room mirror. She laughed hoarsely. "Utter dogshit."

The cold water from the faucet stung her eyes as she splashed it onto her face with trembling hands, her breath coming in short, ragged gasps. Her pulse was hammering in her head, and if she thought about it too long, that itch on the back of her throat made


her want to vomit.

She'd just performed the most potent magical act of her life, and it felt like two hours of rough sex. She could barely stand, let alone walk.

She was utterly wrecked.

She felt wonderful.

God damn, she thought with an idiot grin, I'm high.

There was a brief moment upon exiting the restroom when she contemplated making a run for it. The front door was ten feet away, and between her and their table was one of those games where, if you were very careful and fed it enough money, a crane would drop and just barely miss the stuffed animal you were aiming for. It was currently blinking and dinging as a young girl, dressed in entirely too much pink to be healthy, pumped quarter after quarter intolast week trying to figure out how to write what I envisioned for the next scene in Curse/Or.

Finally, tonight, I have this:

"Christ," Teresa said jovially, "I look like complete shit." A blood vessel had burst within her right eye, staining the sclera just beneath the pupil a vicious scarlet, and she examined it in the ladies' room mirror. She laughed hoarsely. "Utter dogshit."

The cold water stung her eyes as she splashed it onto her face with trembling hands, breath coming in short, ragged gasps. Her pulse was hammering in her head, and if she thought about it too long, that itch on the back of throat made her want to vomit.

She'd just performed the most potent magical act of her life, and it felt like two hours of


Just like most of the countries in the ASEAN region, the Philippines showcases some of the best beaches to keep its visitors relaxed and pampered. While there are several mainstream beach destinations in the country, it still has some of the most secluded and less visited beaches.

These destinations offer relaxing, idyllic, and picturesque spots that are seldom spoiled by congestion from other visitors. Some of these secret beaches may take a while to reach, but getting there is definitely worth your while.

1. Palaui Island

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Palaui Island is located in the Northern Philippines in the province of Cagayan. Thanks to its distinct remoteness, which includes an approximately sixteen-hour long bus ride from Manila, Palaui Island has become the refuge of lots of flora, as well as migratoryby tourists.

6. Sarangani

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Sarangani is easily overshadowed by the more popular beach destinations in Mindanao. However, the distinct beauty of Sarangani makes it worth a visit. The calm waves and generally mild summer weather is irresistible for visitors in the southern regions of the Philippines.

7. Mati

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This peaceful city in the province of Davao Oriental has some of the least visited beaches in the country. Dahican Beach offers some great choices for visitors that would like to see raw and underdeveloped beaches with their natural beauty being well preserved.

8. Batanes

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From the southernmost beach options, we now proceed to the northernmost province of the country. Batanes is a well-known destination, but not everyone is willing to visit this isolated-in-a-good-way province. With


peaceful and unspoiled beaches, refreshing breeze, and great spots just to relax and be in touch with nature, Batanes is a great place for a beach vacation.

Also read: How I Travelled Solo in Batanes for 5 Days with Only PHP 8,000 Budget

9. Maniwaya

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The beige-coloured beaches of Maniwaya Island in the province of Marinduque appeal to travellers who would like exclusivity. Maniwaya Island is surrounded by more popular beach destinations located in Batangas, Mindoro, and Quezon Province, and its exclusivity is one of the strongest points of this lesser known destination. Visitors can rent a private motorboat from the main island of Marinduque for a total secluded experience.

10. Subic Beach and Tikling Island

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Sorsogon is one of the provinces in the Bicol Region, andthat is often visited by foreigners rather than local tourists. Puraran and Gigmoto Beaches in Catanduanes are fun, breezy, and have this provincial feel that brings you home to the beach.

15. Camiguin

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Camiguin is known for its quirky tourist destinations like the Sunken Cemetery. It is also a destination for a relaxing escape away from mainstream tourist spots. With gentle waves, fresh and calm breeze, and perfect sunset views, the beaches of Camiguin have so much to offer its visitors.

Also read: 20 Best Islands in the Philippines for Beach Getaways

While the beaches mentioned in this list stands out, remember there are 7,107 islands and hundreds of kilometres of beaches in the Philippines. So go ahead and look for your secret beach paradise!


front windows of The Riverdale Press in the Bronx, gutting the newspaper's editorial offices and shutting down the building for five months.

Those men, like the group that declares it is defending Wikileaks and its leader Julian Assange, were anonymous. And like the anonymous attackers of Amazon, Visa, MasterCard and PayPal, they were attempting to silence without consent or recourse the commercial speech of an institution they disagreed strongly with. They believed their cause was a just one, based upon a gross and unlawful insult, as well as their deeply-held beliefs.

In their case, it was the strong conviction that author Salman Rushdie should die for the religious blasphemy in The Satanic Verses, and that a newspaper that defended Rushdie's First Amendment rights in the United States to sell hisin their intensive use. Overlooking the advantages of plastic bags, we confront the specter of an irreparable destruction remaining done to the setting. Plastic bags choose quite a few months, even many hundreds of years to degrade and thus clog drains, drift on seas, dangle from trees building themselves an complete nuisance for the natural environment.

The dangers of plastic bag use at the moment are getting taken critically and attempts are on to promote reusable or eco-friendly baggage. However, with no help on the folks at big, this motion will be ineffective. International locations like Taiwan, South Africa, Australia, Ireland, and Bangladesh have introduced demanding guidelines in opposition to using plastic luggage. Identical functions are now being regarded as in England and The us. But the good results


2014 Concept Car Yearbook is the fourth in an ongoing series of books that provide yearly snapshots of the latest and greatest technologies introduced by the automotive industry. In this book, we explore from an OEM and supplier perspective the newest and most technically interesting production vehicles released for the 2015 model year. In addition, we also have included a technology-focused recap of the concept cars revealed during 2014.

Readers will have, in one publication, a complete overview of the key advances that took place over the course of the year from around the world. Each new model is profiled in its own chapter with one or more articles by the award-winning editors and contributors of Automotive Engineering in this exclusive compilation of print and online content. The novelthe conversations I've seen him have, do not think he possesses.

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MtGox didn't use source code control.

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No actually, I meant the MtGox source code that deals with transactions. The
malleability issue was known long before MtGox announced the exploit. It's
possible that MtGox initially handled transactions correctly, but later
introduced the malleability issue so they can blame their problems on that.
Like I said before, I don't believe that's the case though.

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Mark was the CEO, the lead developer, the lead business guy, the lead
operations guy, and nearly everything else you can think of. He likely had
unlimited power to doctor anything he liked, and probably in a way that would
not make it easy for other employees to notice. Even if they did use source
control, he could probably


catch in the needle deployment system prevents the need for the introduction of a second surgical instrument into the location of the body where the suture was passed in order to retrieve the suture.
In some embodiments, the suturing instrument may include a deployment controller having a proximal end and a distal end. The deployment controller extends substantially along a longitudinal axis of the elongate body member to the distal portion of the elongate body member, where the distal end of the deployment controller is coupled to the needle carrier and moves the needle carrier between a retracted position and a deployed position. The proximal end of the deployment controller may be coupled to an actuator. In some embodiments, the deployment controller guides the needle carrier along a patha second needle carrier and a second forward-directed directed exit port. Further, the deployment controller may be coupled to the needle carrier with a flexible driver member. The flexible driver member may be manufactured of an alloy that includes at least or exclusively nickel and titanium.
In yet another embodiment, the invention relates to a suturing instrument including an elongate body member having a longitudinal axis and a distal tip needle deployment assembly joined with a distal end of the elongate body member such that the distal tip assembly is free to rotate axially about the longitudinal axis of the elongate body member. The distal tip needle deployment assembly includes a forward-directed needle exit port and a curved needle carrier channel formed in the distal tip needle deployment assembly,


a curved needle carrier movably positioned in the curved needle carrier channel, a suture with an attached needle tip, and a deployment controller including a proximal end and a distal end. The deployment controller extends substantially along the longitudinal axis of the elongate body member to the distal end of the elongate body member, where the distal end of the deployment controller is coupled to the distal tip suture deployment assembly and moves the curved suture carrier through the curved suture carrier channel as the deployment controller moves between a retracted position and a deployed position. Additionally, the proximal end of the deployment controller may be coupled to an actuator.
In still another embodiment, the invention relates to a suturing instrument including a body member defining a forward-directed exitport and a needle carrier channel, a needle carrier movably positioned in the needle carrier channel, and a surgical needle attached with an interference fit on a distal end of the needle carrier. The needle carrier has a retracted position within an interior region of the body member and a deployed position exterior to the body member. The needle carrier is configured within the needle carrier channel such that the needle carrier exits the interior region of the body member through the forward-directed exit port. In addition, the forward-directed exit port, needle carrier channel, and needle carrier can be located in a distal tip assembly coupled to the body member, and the distal tip assembly can be coupled to the body member such that the distal tip assembly


deployment controller is coupled to the needle carrier to facilitate movement of the needle carrier between a retracted position and a deployed position. In another embodiment, the invention further includes activating an actuator coupled to a proximal end of the deployment controller. In yet another embodiment, deploying the forward-deploying needle carrier out of the suturing instrument through a forward-directed exit port includes activating the deployment controller. The deployment controller is configured to guide the needle carrier along a path that includes a proximal curved path segment leading initially away from the elongate body member and then towards the elongate body member.
In yet another embodiment, the invention further includes placing a suturing instrument enclosing a second forward-deploying needle carrier. This embodiment may facilitate passing two sutures in the sameof the pelvic floor, deploying the suturing instrument such that the suture is passed through the tissue of the pelvic floor, and tightening the suture such that the pelvic floor buckles and is effectively shortened in height.
In one embodiment, the invention further comprises a second deploying of the suturing instrument such that the suture is passed through the tissue of the pelvic floor prior to tightening the suture such that the pelvic floor buckles and is effectively shortened in height.
In another embodiment, the invention relates to placing a suturing instrument enclosing a forward-deploying needle carrier including a needle adjacent to the tissue of the pelvic floor, in which the suturing instrument includes an elongate body member, a needle deployment system disposed at a distal portion of the elongate


Acclaimed performance artist Karen Finley explores the myth behind an iconic American First Lady in The Jackie Look, which officially opens Feb. 6 at the Laurie Beechman Theatre.

Karin Finley

Finley began performances Jan. 30 and will continue through March 6. The Jackie Look, according to press notes, offers a "unique look at history, style, trauma, femininity and the demands of being the First Lady. Using the structure of a lecture set in the present day, Jackie, one of the most photographed women of her day, contemplates her life in pictures. Jackie also makes use of You Tube and views online homages to her and her family. Along the way Jackie ruminates on Michelle Obama, Marilyn Monroe, Caroline's run for Senate, the art world, Michael Jackson, and the lasting impactof that fateful day on the grassy knoll in Dallas."

Finley is the recipient of two Obie Awards and two Bessies. Her solo pieces include George and Martha, Make Love, The American Chestnut, A Certain Level of Denial and The Return of The Chocolate Smeared Woman. In 1990 she sued the NEA, who withdrew grants on the grounds of indecency.

For tickets, priced $20, visit SpinCycleNYC. There is a $15 food/drink minimum at the Beechman.

The Laurie Beechman Theatre is located within the West Bank Cafe at 407 West 42nd Street.