assistant, Mike Sullivan, although it sounds like they are not going to be together. Tortorella preferred to keep his business private, but word is he recognizes he was so shaken by his firing in New York, he should’ve taken time off.

11. In the AHL, Carolina is looking for a new coach in Charlotte. Two names jump right out: Nelson (depending on what happens in Edmonton) and Florida assistant Mark Morris. Both interviewed with the Hurricanes before Bill Peters was hired and both have strong American League resumes.

12. Wouldn’t be surprised if NHL execs at the Worlds spend some time chatting with Geoff Ward to gauge his future. Ward, who won a Stanley Cup as an assistant in Boston, led Mannheim to a German championship on a team featuringan arbitrary catalog page, and a specification for processing the search information be provided. Further, an editing system manufacturing a catalog corresponding to the specification shares with an editing system according to the DVD-Video specification.
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in east Delhi.

“We are looking for a new house and, as soon as we finalise on it, we will vacate this house and transfer possession to the government,” said the AAP source.

After coming to power in Delhi in December, 2013, Mr. Kejriwal had stepped down from office in February, 2014, following a brief 49-day stint as Delhi Chief Minister.

The source, meanwhile, added that Mr. Kejriwal was looking to have the house allotted in the name of his wife, who is a senior IRS officer.

The source said that Mr. Kejriwal’s wife, Sunita, is due for a promotion in her job which would entitle her to accommodation of a type similar to the one on Tilak Road, but noted that it could take a couple of months due to theOklahoma Memories

Woodward Tornado, 1947

"A little boy died there. Of course the doctor said that my husband was already dead, so they loaded him in the back of a pickup."

That's the voice of Agnes Giddens. Agnes was working at the Oasis Steakhouse the night of April 9, 1947…the night the deadliest tornado in Oklahoma history devastated the city of Woodward.

From the Oklahoma History Center, this is Oklahoma Memories. I'm Michael Dean.

It was quiet night in Woodward, the night of April 9, 1947. Agnes Giddens was a waitress at the Oasis Steakhouse working the night shift. That was her preference. Her husband worked days; she worked nights. That way someone was always at home with her two sons. But that night, no one would have expected what would happen over


the next couple of hours.

"It was kind of the beginning of spring. People wanted to be out and doing things and all, and I remember this cloud bank in the southwest about sundown and lightning and such and I thought 'Well, it's going to rain and maybe the weather will get settled and so on.' Then, of course, after dark why it began to build up and move toward town."

On April 7th, a pacific warm front crossed through Arizona and New Mexico, and by April 9th, the front arrived near Amarillo where it collided with a strong cold front. The wind speed in Amarillo was clocked at more than 100 miles per hour, and in short order, a half-dozen tornadoes formed and dropped from the sky. The firstone with a base estimated at two miles wide struck Canadian, Texas. The biggest town in its path was Woodward.

There were no tornado warnings as we're accustomed to today. And on Wednesday April 9, 1947, it was the third day of a nationwide telephone strike. Only emergency operators were working the switchboards at the local phone offices.

Giddens was concerned that night. Usually her husband and two sons, ages 5 and 8, came by the Oasis where her husband would have a cup of coffee, and the boys would drink a soda.

"…and he didn't come over that evening for some reason, and I don't know why. He always came over but not that evening, and I wanted to call him and even tried to call him, but the operator


windows, you know, bulging and cracking and popping and so on. Then it wasn't long 'til dishes started coming off the shelves, and the whole building came apart. People were screaming."

Giddens left the Oasis as soon as the tornado passed. Her house was just two blocks away. She felt her way home through the pitch black of the night only to find her home gone. She knew the path of the storm was to the northeast…

"…and it all was headed toward the northeast, and so I reasoned, well they've got the northeast of where the house was. I found them a block away in a grater ditch, all three of them, and I would say my husband was probably already dead, all I could hear was the deathgurgle in his throat, and then the little boy was unconscious, and my oldest one that lived through it, he was crying that he was hurt. 'Please help me, Mom.'"

The first reports that night were that 12 people were killed, but it was much worse than that. The first reports were that some houses and buildings had been demolished. It was much worse than that. The next morning, at daybreak, those who survived found themselves in the midst of a catastrophe. A two-mile-wide tornado had leveled 100 city blocks in Woodward, leaving 185 dead and 1,000 people injured.

The interview with Agnes Giddens was recorded in 1983. It's a part of the oral history collection at the Oklahoma History Center. The Oklahoma History Center is located on NE 23rd


Bob Thurston, Miami University professor, opens coffee shop

OXFORD — A Miami University history professor has taken his interest in coffee from the classroom to the business world, opening the Oxford Coffee Company at 21 Lynn Avenue.

Bob Thurston said his interest in coffee goes back many years, starting as a personal interest. As his research took him to other countries and he added to his knowledge of the subject, it crossed over from curiosity to scholarly interest.

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Younger residents in nursing homes.
Younger residents in nursing facilities represent a growing but little recognized population. This study examined a group of younger residents, describing issues identified by residents and facility staff and identifying strategies that might improve their quality of life. In this study, the majority of younger residents were men with significant physical and mental health deficits, who spent most of their time alone or watching television. Residents wanted a greater variety of relevant recreational activities and more meaningful relationships with family, staff, and other residents. Staff believed nursing facilities were not designed for younger residents, resulting in unmet psychosocial and recreational needs.meter compared to RMB 32.7 per square meter in the comparable quarter of 2011. The Company attributes its reduced sales volume to the continued challenging business conditions in China's real estate sector. Beginning in December 2012, the Company reduced the selling price of its ceramic tile products to be competitive in the market and maintain its market share. The Company believes that the decrease in the pricing of its ceramic tile products is temporary and that product pricing will revert to normal levels once business conditions improve.

Gross profit for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2012 was RMB 29.3 million (US$ 4.9 million), down 79.0% from RMB 139.4 million (US$ 21.9 million) for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2011. The year-over-year decrease in gross profit was attributable


Selected Financial Position Items

Cash and bank balances were RMB 89.4 million (US$ 14.4 million) as of December 31, 2012, compared with RMB 42.1 million (US$ 6.7 million) as of December 31, 2011. The increase in cash and bank balances was the result of sustained profits and reduced capital expenditures during the year ended December 31, 2012.

Inventory turnover was 101 days as of December 31, 2012 compared with 84 days as of December 31, 2011. The increase in inventory turnover reflects the decrease in sales volume of ceramic titles, which resulted in slower moving of finished goods at year-end 2012.

Trade receivables turnover was 117 days as of December 31, 2012 compared with 93 days as of December 31, 2011. The Company's trade receivables include a 17% value-added-tax ("VAT"), whereasreported revenue is net of VAT. Trade receivables turnover excluding VAT amounts was 100 days as of December 31, 2012 compared with 79 days as of December 31, 2011. The increase in average turnover days was mainly due to the Company having extended the credit period for certain customers to address funding pressures of those customers in the quarter ended December 31, 2012.

Trade payables turnover was 64 days as of December 31, 2012 compared with 77 days as of December 31, 2011. The average turnover days were within the Company's normal credit period.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash flow used in operating activities was RMB 33.2 million (US$ 5.2 million) for the quarter ended December 31, 2012, compared to RMB 67.3 million (US$ 10.5 million) of cash flow generated from


productive capacity of 30 million square meters and we utilized capacity capable of producing 12 million square meters of ceramic tiles annually in the fourth quarter of 2012.

Management reviews the levels of capital expenditures throughout the year and makes adjustments to its capital expenditures subject to market conditions. The Company had no capital expenditures in the first and second quarters of 2012, and used $3 million in the third quarter for the replacement of old equipment at its Hengda facility. The company had no capital expenditures in the fourth quarter of 2012.

Business Outlook

As a result of the slowdown in China's construction and real estate sectors, in the fourth quarter of 2012, the Company experienced a contraction in both its sales volume and average selling price related to boththe comparable year-ago quarter and sequentially from the third quarter of 2012. The Company's sales volume (the amount of square meters of ceramic tile sold) decreased 29.8% in the fourth quarter relative to the comparable year-ago quarter and 28.7% from the third quarter of 2012. In addition, the average selling price of the Company's ceramic tiles decreased 13.7% in the fourth quarter relative to the comparable year-ago quarter and 2.5% from the third quarter of 2012. In the third quarter of 2012, the Company was able to largely offset a decline in its sales volume through an improved average selling price due to its customers' migration to higher margin ceramic tiles. However, due to the sluggish construction sector and intensified competition, the Company enacted a temporary strategy to


up land supplies for housing which would spur real estate development and construction. Further, reports indicate that real estate developers have improved their liquidity as funding channels have reopened. These factors could support the beginning of new construction activity that would bode well for China's building materials sector and induce a change in the current market environment.

The Company's backlog of orders for delivery in the first quarter of 2013 is approximately RMB 141.9 million (US$ 22.8 million), which would represent a year-over-year decrease in revenue for the first quarter of 2013 as compared to revenues recorded in the first quarter of 2012. This negative year-over-year comparison represents a change from previous quarters which had generally shown strong positive year-over-year comparisons. Under normal circumstances, the Company's backlog is ansupport for an increase in both affordable and senior housing should also generate opportunities for real estate development companies.

Given the slowdown in domestic demand, the Company believes that it is unlikely that it will bring the unused 26 million square meters of annual productive capacity online at its two facilities until macroeconomic conditions improve. The Company's utilization of its online productive capacity for its two facilities was 68.3% in the fourth quarter of 2012, a decrease from 86.6% in the third quarter of 2012.

To retain its competitive edge, the Company will maintain its currently wide range of product offerings and continue to augment it with new products from its research and development program which has the potential to result in products that realize higher margins. The Company believes


A 7-year-old girl from Eastern Aleppo has become a lightning rod for pro-regime and pro-Kremlin trolls after tweeting about life under the bombs in Aleppo

by Amr Salahi

In the past two months seven year old Bana Al-Abed has drawn global attention for her tweets from besieged East Aleppo, which is today under ferocious assault from Russia and regime forces, aided by Iraqi, Lebanese and Iranian militias. Hundreds of people have been killed in the past week, and according to her Twitter account, Bana’s house was destroyed on November 27. She has also seen other people, including one of her friends, killed.

Bana’s account, twitter.com/AlabedBana, was managed by her mother, Fatemah, and before it was shut down on December 4, it had 199,000 followers. The identities of Bana and her motherwere verified by Twitter and the account had received a great deal of supportive interaction. Harry Potter author JK Rowling sent Bana electronic copies of her books on learning that she was a fan.

However, this seven year old girl whose life is at constant risk from airstrikes and artillery fire has been subjected to constant abuse from supporters of Russia and the Assad regime. The trolling attacks on Bana’s account come in various forms, ranging from crude death threats to accusations of forgery. Another account (twitter.com/alabed_banana) has even been set up to caricature it.

When the Syrian revolution broke out in March 2011, social media became one of the most important tools in the hands of pro-democracy activists. They would use Facebook, Twitter, and video-sharing sites to organise protests


and upload images, bypassing the regime’s censorship of traditional media. The videos they took were broadcast by major international news networks.

In response, regime supporters set up the Syrian Electronic Army, which carries out various forms of online sabotage such as defacement of websites critical of the regime and spamming of social media pages with pro-regime comments. The Russian state has established a much stronger organization, the Internet Research Agency, which uses social media accounts and fake videos and photographs to spread disinformation across the Internet. In 2015, for example, it staged a fake ISIS attack on a chemical plant in the United States using tweets from hundreds of seemingly genuine Twitter accounts in an attempt to create panic.

Given the nature of the attacks on Bana’s account it isservices have seen a sharp rise in use during the coronavirus pandemic. Facebook said video-calling on Messenger had doubled since last year, in areas most affected by coronavirus.

Rival app Zoom saw daily active users grow to 300 million in April. And Houseparty, owned by Fortnite-maker Epic Games, was downloaded more than two million times at the beginning of March, as the first major US cities issued stay-at-home orders.

Some apps, such as Microsoft Teams, have offered premium features for free during the pandemic.

Facebook's new Messenger Rooms feature was introduced in a blog post by chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, a move usually reserved for its biggest product launches.

New features

Like Houseparty, Messenger Rooms will let people drop in and out of group video chats while the "room" is open.

John Hegeman, vice


Childhood and the End of Age (1999), Cradle of Redeeming Love: The Theology of the Christmas Mystery (2002) and Sweet and Blessed Country: The Christian Hope for Heaven (2005).  He has been responsible for the English translations of works by Hans Urs von Balthasar, Pope Benedict XVI and Cardinal Christoph Schönborn.

Saward has been described by Father Aidan Nichols as "the Balthasar of the English-speaking world". However, in recent years, Saward appears to have come to share the growing unease among some  Catholics about the nature and origin of Balthasar's theology.  In his 2005 work, The Sweet and Blessed Country, he describes Balthasar's theory of universal hope as “a kind of blasphemy”. Alyssa Pitstick, one of the Swiss theologian's critics, studied under Saward at the InternationalNonesuch releases Steve Reich's Pulse / Quartet on February 2, 2018; the album is also available on vinyl LP on March 30. Pulse (2015) is performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble—an artist collective committed to transforming the way music is created and experienced—and Quartet (2013) is played by the Colin Currie Group, an ensemble led by percussionist Colin Currie that specializes in the music of Steve Reich; these are also the ensembles that gave the world premiere performances of the respective works.

Reich says, "Pulse, for winds, strings, piano and electric bass, was completed in 2015 and was, in part, a reaction to Quartet, in which I changed keys more frequently than in any previous work. In Pulse I felt the need to stay put harmonically and spin out


vernacular music, particularly jazz. "There's just a handful of living composers who can legitimately claim to have altered the direction of musical history and Steve Reich is one of them," states the Guardian. In April 2009 Steve Reich was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Music for his composition Double Sextet. Nonesuch has released twenty-three Steve Reich albums, beginning in 1985 with The Desert Music and including two box sets; his most recent album was Radio Rewrite (2014).'Loving' father overdoses on prescription drugs after family argument, inquest hears

'Loving' father overdoses on prescription drugs after family argument, inquest hears

A "loving" father from Bushey took his own life by overdosing on prescription medication, an inquest heard.

Tony Myring, of Siskin Close was found dead and surrounded by a large number of pills, by his wife at his home on January 6.

Assistant coroner, Graham Danbury, told the court that in the days prior to his death, there was a serious argument between Mr Myring and his wife.

After the argument Mr Myring's wife and son left the house for a few days. And when they returned she found him dead on the bed.

The 49-year-old who also had two daughters, had a long history of mental health issues - he was


diagnosed with depression and post-traumatic stress, which stemmed from having an "unhappy childhood".

Mr Danbury said there was "abuse in a domestic, family context," in Mr Myring's childhood which had "affected him for the rest of his life."

A post-mortem examination found there was a high concentration of beneflaxin in the blood - an anti-depressant drug and the amount taken was fatal.

The coroner recorded the verdict as suicide.

He said: "I am satisfied that he took a significant overdoes of his medication and that it was his intention to end his of own life. He had a background of depression and all that he had been through just got too much for him.

"I therefore record the conclusion that Mr Myring took his own life."

Mr Myring's wife said after the inquest: "HeAS A SOPHOMORE IN 2010:
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awareness among human beings.

What was probably the first non-stop flight was made not from New York to Paris but from Ceylon to a place near modern Delhi, if the records are correct.According to the Sanskrit epic, Ramayana, a story many centuries older than the Greek epics, an Indian king made this trip in a balloon in five days. His carriage was called “Pushpaka”, meaning “butter-fly- […]

Marvelous Explanation Shiva Lingam – Some Scientific TruthsIn the Nirgun-Sagun state Shiva is worshiped as the Shivalingam (Contrary to the rumors spread by our Islamic brothers that Shivalingam is the male genital the fact is that Shivalingam has a deep and scientific theory and philosophy).A glance at the rounded, elliptical, an-iconic image of Shivalingam […]

HINDU CIVIL ENGINEERING TECHNIQUES IN 8000BCE? SHRIVARDHAN SUBMERGED WALLpassage of FISA in 1978 to address widespread domestic spying by the NSA, CIA and FBI, which was exposed in a series of congressional investigations by a group of senators known as the Church Committee.

Several of that committee’s key participants, including former Vice President and Senator Walter Mondale and former Senator Gary Hart, also spoke at Georgetown on Tuesday, providing a historical perspective on the court they said has drifted from its original intent in a dangerous way. These lawmakers expected the court to halt warrantless wiretapping and other illegal practices by authorizing only legitimate requests, while meeting the state’s need for secrecy. But recent revelations about the unprecedented scope of domestic information-gathering, and the fact that the court has approved virtually all of the requests for authorization


argue on behalf of civil liberties, and California Democrat Adam Schiff introduced similar legislation in the House last week. (My colleague George Zornick spoke to Schiff about his bill in July.)

Other reforms pointed to by former Church Committee members include making the court’s opinions public, and changing the process by which FISC judges are chosen. Currently, the chief justice of the Supreme Court appoints judges to seven-year terms with no congressional oversight. John Roberts’ appointments have been almost exclusively Republican. Under another bill put forward by Senator Blumenthal, the Chief Justice would select from a pool of judges nominated by each of the federal circuits. Schiff wrote a bill reforming the nomination process so that it requires presidential appointment and Senate confirmation, and yet another to increase transparency(with a major national security loophole). Because FISC does not have oversight over the NSA’s adherence to its rulings, boosting the role of the inspector general is also critical for enforcing any new legislation.

One of the greatest lessons to be drawn from the Church Committee is of the significant role Congress can play in investigating and challenging abuses of civil liberties by the government. While the committee’s tangible legacy was the laws that, for a while at least, curtailed domestic spying, it was the information made public through exhaustive hearings that made legislative action possible. These revelations were not about only domestic spying but also the assassination of foreign leaders and other shocking examples of executive overreach. Whether Congress will crack down on the intelligence community is one


President Donald Trump promised he’d always hire the “best people” during his presidential campaign, but not only has that turned out to be false, he’s had more turnover than any president in modern history, if not ever.

The president is fond of playing “whack-a-mole” with his personnel problems, by shuffling the players around instead of actually looking for, as he put it, the “best people.”

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For example, Mick Mulvaney joined the Trump administration after serving as a U.S Republican Congressman. He served as Trump’s Director of the Office of Management and Budget, then added to his resume the title of Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Mulvaney then became Trump’s Acting White House Chief of Staff, replacing embattled and disgraced John Kelly – while giving up his CFPBjob but still retaining the role of Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

Fast forward to Friday evening.

President Trump has just announced his latest nominee to become Ambassador to the United Nations, after his earlier nominee, who would have replaced Nikki Haley, was forced to withdraw her nomination after illegally hiring as a nanny an immigrant unauthorized to work in the U.S.

“I am pleased to announce that Kelly Knight Craft, our current Ambassador to Canada, is being nominated to be United States Ambassador to the United Nations,” Trump announced via tweet. No formal White House announcement has been made yet. “Kelly has done an outstanding job representing our Nation and I have no doubt that, under her leadership, our Country will be represented at the highest level.


the rest of the world.

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There is no indication Knight Craft is qualified for the role.

Knight Craft does hail from Kentucky, where she has also been a major GOP donor, or, as one Canadian news publication described it, “Knight Craft is well known among Republicans, to whom she has donated piles of money.”

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, also of Kentucky, reportedly recommended her for the role of UN Ambassador.

McConnell is not the only member of his family greasing the wheels. This week Trump Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, who happens to be married to the Senate Majority Leader, was embroiled in scandal.

Secretary Chao “has met at least 10 times with Kentucky business leaders or politicians after email requests made by her husband, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY),” The Dailymicrowave generator 28 are converted into a vibration mode by a mode converter 30, and then guided to the planar antenna member 18. The microwaves guided to the planar antenna member 18 are propagated in the radial direction of the planar antenna member 18, radiated through the slots 22 of the planar antenna member 18, passed through the top plate 16, and introduced into the process chamber 4. Plasma is generated in a processing space S of the process chamber 4 due to the microwaves, and a predetermined plasma process, such as etching or thin film forming, is performed on the wafer W.
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Seagate and HTC Jointly Announce VR Power Drive to Create a New VR Experience

Seagate, a world leader in data storage solutions, and HTC VIVE, an innovation world leader in the field of smart mobile devices and virtual reality (VR), have jointly launched the SeagateⓇ VR Power Drive at the 2018 HTC New Ecosystem Conference in Shenzhen, China, helping VR device users expand their storage capacity and battery life.

Virtual reality is developing with great speed and momentum in China, and VR applications are emerging one after another in the fields of entertainment, education and healthcare, etc. According to a report jointly released by iResearch and Greenlight Insights, China will become a main VR market globally. In 2016, the VR market in China reached RMB 3.46 billion (about US$550 million).II, Evangelium Vitae (25
March 1995), 62). At the same time, pro-abortion forces declare that the "right
to choose" is absolute, and that there will be "no turning back." The formula
for an intense and long-lasting struggle is in place. We cannot retreat from it,
and have nowhere to go but forward in the great task of transforming society.
The United States bishops have called for urgent, priority attention to abortion
as "the fundamental human rights issue of our day" (Resolution on Abortion,
November 7, 1989;see also Pastoral Plan for Pro-life Activities: A
Reaffirmation, 1985; Living the Gospel of Life, 1998). In short,
there is only one, indivisible Gospel. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the
Gospel of Life.

Learning from other social reform movements

If we study social reform movements, we find that they always exposed
the injustice they were


fighting, and that this was an integral key to their
success.

The civil rights movement was galvanized, for example, when the 14-year-old
boy, Emmett Till, was killed and thrown in the Tallahatchie River. Authorities
wanted to bury the body quickly, but his mother insisted on an open casket
funeral so the world could see what was done to her boy. Black Americans
everywhere saw the mutilated corpse when the photo was carried in Jet magazine.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was guided by the philosophy he expressed in his
famous Letter from a Birmingham Jail, in which he wrote, "Like a boil
that can never be cured so long as it is covered up but must be opened with all
its ugliness to the natural medicines of air and light, injustice must be
exposed, with all the tension itsthe rest of us. But we propose to make you and the whole country so sick
and tired of the whole business that when the time for action comes, child labor
abuses will be creatures of the past."

Government officials have been well aware of the power of photos for
social change. President Woodrow Wilson ensured that no photos of the World War
I battlefield carnage ever reached the public. These same suppressed photos were
later used by isolationists trying to keep the United States out of Word War II.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt set up a special section of Farm Security
Administration to use ¼ million photos to sell his New Deal programs.

Educators likewise are not unaware of the need to graphically portray
injustice. Just look at the way the movie "Schindler's List" has been used


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New Delhi: The Supreme Court has issued notice on a petition challenging a Jharkhand high court judgement, refusing to quash a sedition case registered against four tribal activists for allegedly inciting violence by writing Facebook posts supporting the so-called Pathalgadi movement of the Munda tribal community.

The four petitioners have also been booked under section 66A of the Information and Technology Act, a provision the top court had struck down in 2015. While upholding the registration of the case against them, the HC had allowed criminal proceedings to continue even under the IT law.

Pathalgadi, having its origin in a resistance movement by tribals during British rule, is a practice of raising huge stone plaques at village outskirts with warnings to outsiders not to enterAvanquest partners with Xerox to deliver more powerful, productive and greener workflow solutions.

New Xerox Partner Avanquest, provider of business solutions to the enterprise, has successfully deployed its first joint solution at Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, implementing RightFax with Xerox MFDs.

The implementation of the IT solution at Barnsley MBC, which electronically processes all faxes, printing and copying was precipitated by a move to brand new office premises within Barnsley, South Yorkshire.

Leading by example, the council has responded to Government environmental initiatives by demonstrating a greener way of processing documents, thus eliminating the need for fax machines within the organisation and the paper they use, saving energy and ultimately our trees.

Avanquest UK, based in Winchester, Hampshire run an ongoing scheme in conjunction with the Woodland Trust to plant trees in


Project Runway has gone through many alterations since its 2004 debut. Season 17 of the long-running show, which premieres March 14 on Bravo, marks the show’s return to its original network with an almost entirely new lineup of stars and a lot to prove after a bumpy ride behind the scenes.

Project Runway was on Bravo for its first five seasons before moving to Lifetime. The transition to Lifetime was messy, to say the least, as producers and networks sued each other and eventually settled out of court. The Weinstein Company was one of Project Runway’s original production companies. Then the Harvey Weinstein scandal hit in late 2017 and the company imploded into bankruptcy leaving Project Runway in disarray again.

Project Runway reunited with its original production company Magical Elvesseasons, and she remains the toughest judge.

Welteroth, former editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue, is somewhat of a mystery since she’s the least-known to the general public. Not enough of her personality was shown in the Season 17 premiere, but kudos to the show for finally having a black person as a permanent judge on the show.

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The Contestants

This season’s designer most likely to be a fan fave is Kovid Kapoor. The wide-eyed Brooklyn-based 29-year-old from India has the right mix of cheerful personality and emotional gravitas—he and his longtime boyfriend had the police called on them and were nearly arrested for their relationship in India, where homosexuality was illegal until it became decriminalized in September 2018.

Kapoor is among the diverse group of immigrants who appear this season, including Afa


design chosen by judges and the fan-voted design will be made by Nineteenth Amendment and sold on Bravotv.com.

The fashions of Elton John will be a theme for an upcoming episode, no doubt timed to the May release of Rocketman.

The Models

For the first time, Project Runway has a transgender model: an Asian beauty named Mimi. She’s paired with Kapoor for the first challenge, and their emotional bonding will bring tears to viewers’ eyes. The models for this season are a diverse mix of races and body types.

The Prizes

The show has increased its grand prize to its largest cash payout so far: $250,000, plus $50,000 toward a design studio. The winner will also get a mentorship from the Council of Fashion Designers of America and a feature in Elle anddamage and birth defects in rats.

The federal government has required labeling of trans fats on food sold in grocery stores since 2006. And health campaigns have targeted Americans with messages to reduce their intake.

Restaurants have responded to the pressure. Yum Brands, owner of KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, ditched trans fats from its cooking oils in 2007. McDonald's and Burger King followed in 2008. Unilever, the world's leading maker of margarine, eliminated the ingredient in all its spreads this year.

The result is that daily per capita consumption of hydrogenated oils in the U.S. plunged to one gram in 2012 from 4.3 grams in 2003.

Still, the ingredient remains in some foods such as frosting and shortening, which require hydrogenated oil to maintain their semi-solid consistency. Restaurants sometimes deep-fry


the Long John Silver's Big Catch meal contained 33 grams of trans fat. That's more than two weeks' worth based on the American Heart Assn.'s recommendation of two grams daily, according to the CSPI. The group called the offering the "worst restaurant meal in America."

Long John Silver's said in August that it would be trans fat free by the end of the year in an effort to become a "contemporary, relevant seafood brand."

Joan McGlockton, vice president of industry affairs and food policy for the National Restaurant Assn., said in a statement that the group planned "to discuss the impact of this proposal on the industry and submit comments" as well as "continue to work with our members and the manufacturing supply chain to address any new federal standardsnot to open Hemsley’s mediastinum
to irrigate that area for possible stool.
   On September 30, 2011, Hemsley was transferred out of the
intensive care unit. The next day, he became restless, confused,
hypotensive, hypoxemic, and unresponsive and later died as a
result of acute respiratory failure due to or as a consequence
of peritonitis and of sepsis due to or as a consequence of coro-
nary artery disease.
   On September 19, 2013, the Estate filed a complaint against
the doctors. In its complaint, the Estate asserted a medi-
cal malpractice claim under the Nebraska Hospital-Medical
Liability Act, Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 44-2801 to 44-2855 (Reissue
2010). The Estate argued that due to Langdon’s and Batter’s
professional negligence, the Estate was entitled to predeath
damages, wrongful death damages, and funeral expenses.
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that was the Anaheim Ducks in the first round, and were swept in four games. The loss eliminated Winnipeg from postseason contention and brought an abrupt halt to a year which saw the Jets amass a respectable record of 82-43-26. Winnipeg held leads in Games 2 and 3 of their first round series, but ultimately the Ducks were too much to handle offensively, rallying on both occasions to maintain control from wire to wire. The Jets will now look to the 2016 season for another crack at the ultimate prize.

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4/22/15 - The Winnipeg Jets need to get a win if they want to stay in the playoffs. After three games against the Ducks in the Divisional Semifinals, the Jets have yet to win. In the first meeting,the Jets were ahead 2-1 at the end of the second period. However, the Ducks scored three in the final period to draw ahead and win. The second match up was similar, with the Jets ahead 1-0 until the Ducks scored twice in the third period. The final match up went into overtime, with the Ducks coming back from behind to tie up the game and then win in overtime. The Jets will need to not just get ahead but also protect their lead in their fourth match to get the chance at a fifth game, with tickets available starting at $18.

4/17/15 - The Winnipeg Jets beat the Flames 5-1 in their final game of the regular season. Both teams changed up their lineups to rest some of


the regular starters in preparation for the playoffs. Calgary got on the board in the first minute of play. However, just seconds later Drew Stafford scored to even up the game. After a scoreless second period, the Jets started the third period off with a bang with a goal by Michael Frolik. Later in the period, Lee Stempniak, Adam Lowry, and Matt Halischuk added points to the board. Prior to the game, the Jets had secured the second wild card of the Western Conference. They play the Anaheim Ducks for the divisional semifinals, with their first game in Anaheim on April 16, with tickets starting at $19.

4/3/15 - The Winnipeg Jets have picked possibly the worst time of the season to not win – not that there’s everfour of their last six. Although the Jets fell in their last outing, a 5-1 loss to Washington, their last two wins have both come via the shootout route, against Edmonton and Detroit.

2/13/15 - After snapping a six-game losing streak last week, the Winnipeg Jets strung together a pair of victories, only to fall to division rival (and division leader) Nashville this week. At the moment, the Jets are still in the middle of the Central Division pack, five points ahead of Minnesota and four behind Chicago.

2/6/15 - In the Central Division race, the Winnipeg Jets appear to be falling back. Stuck on 61 points because of a five game losing streak, the Jets’ lead over their fifth-place division rival, Colorado, has narrowed to six points, while standing


just three points behind third-place Chicago.

1/30/15 - Even though the Winnipeg Jets are fourth in the Central Division, they are just two points behind Chicago and St. Louis, who are tied for second. The Jets did not start the second half of the season the right way, though, losing in their first outing since the All-Star Game.

12/19/14 - After losing three of their last four games – two of those losses coming to Pacific Division leading Anaheim – the Winnipeg Jets scored a win over Buffalo earlier in the week. The Jets are in the thick of the Central Division race, standing in fourth place behind Chicago, St. Louis and Nashville.

12/12/14 - The big news out of Winnipeg comes off the rink for the Jets. A report onare experiencing early season success -- well, they are. One of them is the Winnipeg Jets, who, in the very tightly packed Central Division of the Western Conference where first and last place are separated by only six points, are just two points back of division leading Nashville.

10/31/14 - The Winnipeg Jets pulled out a win of 4-3 in a nail-biter game against the New York Islanders Tuesday, Oct. 28. The Islanders game them a run for their money but the Jets stood their ground and hung on for the win. The Jets have won back-to-back games for the first time this season and improved 4-5. Captain Andrew Ladd scored his second shot of the game at 3:31 into the third period off a rebound. The game was


took up residence in the NHL's cellar for the first 40-odd games of the season. The Jets made moves this summer on roster as well: parting ways with Olli Jokinen, Devin Setoguchi and Al Montoya, while adding TJ Galiardi and Mathieu Perreault. Now, in Maurice’s first full season at the helm, there’s no telling what heights this team will reach in the upcoming 2014-2015 season. Get your Winnipeg Jets tickets now!

The Jets kick off their 82-game slate on the road against the Arizona Coyotes on Oct. 9. They’ll continue their tough opening road trip with a visit to San Jose (Oct. 11) and Los Angles (Oct. 12). The Stanley Cup Champion Los Angeles Kings will return the favor and visit MTS Centre on Mar. 1. Winnipeg will playwin. The journey continues as the Winnipeg Jets make their way to Carolina, Washington, and St. Louis before the weekend concludes. Now two games above .500 for the first time since the start of the season, Winnipeg is within four points of the final playoff spot.

1/30/14 – Winnipeg will play their final game on home ice before the Olympic break tomorrow night at MTS Centre. The matchup against the Vancouver Canucks is averaging $193 with limited seats still available. Will the Jets recent coaching change continue to reap positive results (won six of eight since Paul Maurice replaced Claude Noel) for the squad? A win Friday would break the Canucks four game winning streak in the series and give the Jets confidence as they fight for the final


Western Conference playoff spot.

The Winnipeg Jets are no longer part of the Southeast Division. The NHL realignment sent the Jets from the East to the West. A move to the Central Division should allow for some new geographical rivalries. One must-see NHL game this season on the Winnipeg Jets schedule is Winnipeg Jets vs. Phoenix Coyotes (former Jets) on January 13.

2012-2013 Season

As part of the Southeast Division, the Jets (what an appropriate name) rack up many miles to play their Divisional opponents; in fact, they lead the Eastern Conference in total miles traveled this season. With the shortened NHL season, it becomes even more important to win on the road — something the Jets have not been able to do well in the past. Lucky for Jets hockeyfans who like to travel or may be displaced, Jets away tickets are just $109, about one-third the cost of Winnipeg Jets tickets at MTS Centre.

Jets tickets are in such high demand that when the team began selling Winnipeg season tickets in 2011 (in preparation for their move), they sold out minutes after going on sale to the general public. Winnipeg has embraced the teams return from Atlanta and it seems as if the NHL made the right decision in moving the team. Winnipeg Jets tickets were the most expensive in the League averaging $342 prior to the season's start. Behind the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Winnipeg Jets saw the largest percentage increase in the price of tickets since last year (+83%).

The Winnipeg Jets schedule may be tough


Indonesian police have arrested a man suspected of owning the van that exploded outside a Bali nightclub last month killing more than 180 people.

The man was arrested in East Java, where he is being questioned, said East Java police chief Heru Susanto.

Police on Wednesday said they were questioning at least 10 people in connection with the Bali bombing, but no-one has formally been declared a suspect.

A man said to resemble a police sketch was arrested in Medan

Among the people arrested are two men said to resemble police sketches of men seen by several witnesses at the scene of the blasts.

However, it remains unclear whether police believe the two men were involved in the 12 October bombing.

One of the men was arrested in the North Sumatran capital of Medanforce’s efforts to date.

People evacuated

The comments came as a Russian Defense Ministry plane evacuated 80 people from the epicenter of the virus in Wuhan, China.

A second Russian military plane was reportedly en route late Tuesday to collect the roughly 70 people remaining, a group that, while mostly Russian, included citizens from neighboring Kazakhstan, Belarus, Ukraine and Armenia.

In Moscow, Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova announced that those returning would undergo a mandatory two-week precautionary quarantine in Siberia’s Tyumen region. None of the evacuees, Golikova noted, were at this point showing symptoms.

Yet an official from a government consumer protection group was also quoted as saying that the Siberian medical facilities would be secured by fencing and patrolled by Russian National Guard, presumably to prevent escapes.

“People will live in their own


company has since ceased offering the service.

The RBK daily newspaper also reported the government was considering a ban on export sales of medical masks. Stocks reportedly were low after a run on orders by consumers, since news of the coronavirus broke. Price hikes were also reported amid the deficit.

In St. Petersburg, a February 11 performance by a Chinese national opera and dance troupe at the city's famed Marinsky Theater was postponed until a “more favorable time.”

All these measures came atop previous efforts to essentially seal Russia’s 4,300-kilometer-border with China — with a ban on auto and foot traffic, as well as issuance of tourist visas to Chinese tourists introduced by the Kremlin last week.

Measures

Despite the measures, Russia’s Deputy Health Minister Sergei Krayevoy admitted his ministry had no choiceDave Matthews Band Perform ‘Christmas Song’ On ‘Jimmy Fallon’

The holiday music magic continues. Dave Matthews Band appeared on last night's 'Late Show With Jimmy Fallon,' performing 'Christmas Song,' a tune that goes all the way back to DMB's first record, the 1993 live indie release 'Remember Two Things.'

Dave and the band taped the performance earlier in the month when they stopped by NBC studios to rock ‘Rooftop,' a tune off their latest album, 'Away From the World.' That song was broadcast on that evening's episode of 'Fallon,' which also included an interview with Dave and even featured the singer teaming up with actress Keira Knightley and facing off against Fallon and singer Michael Bublé in a little competition they all call ‘The Musical Instrument Game.’ Watch all of


growth.

The Institute for the World Economy, located in Kiel, succinctly summed up the economic trend in the Federal Republic of Germany: ‘The German economy remains on track towards expansion in a turbulent international environment’. Following a brief period of slack in the summer, the order books for industry filled up again significantly. Prominent among the winners were companies offering intermediate and capital goods. Capacity utilisation in the manufacturing sectors was slightly above average. The construction industry (and housing construction in particular) experienced a strong boom. In addition, high levels of household consumption once again bolstered the German economy, which experienced 1.9 percent real growth in GDP.

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The year 2015

The year 2015

The global economy never really gathered steamprogressed in large strides. The French economy, on the other hand, lacked momentum; Italy's economic output failed to develop at the expected pace; and the economies of Greece, Croatia and Latvia found themselves in a fragile state.

The bottom line for the economy in the Federal Republic of Germany was favourable. Price-adjusted GDP here was 1.8 percent higher on the year. The most important pillar for the upswing was household consumption, fuelled by favourable developments in the labour market, high growth in employment and rising wages. Other factors contributing to overall economic growth included the construction industry, a lively upturn in the services sector and brisk foreign trade.

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The year 2014

The year 2014

Neither feast nor famine –


crisis of sovereign debt intensified, budget cuts and an unfavourable investment climate placed a burden on many of the economies of Europe. Gross domestic product in the 17 countries of the Eurozone fell by 0.6 per cent compared to 2011. The poor economic situation was then projected back onto the entire global economy. Low demand from Europe had a negative effect on economic development in China and Japan, among others.

Although industry in Germany also had the consequences of the economic downturn to contend with, the German economy held steady overall. The annual economic report of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology saw the German economy in a robust situation that had noticeably ebbed over the last quarter: ‘The competitiveness of the German economy is high, and despiteincreasing pressures and risks at home and abroad, German economic growth is robust. Employment levels and prosperity in Germany have steadily risen over the past years. Again in 2012, Germany – in contrast to the Eurozone as a whole – reported considerable growth in the amount of 0.7 per cent. Over the course of the year, however, economic momentum continuously slackened.’ As ‘central causes for the weak end of the year’, the opinion identified, ‘in addition to a significant slowdown in the global economy, particularly the uncertainty among market participants as a result of high levels of debt in the industrialised countries’ that had, ‘from the beginning of the year, had a massive impact on the German economy's willingness to invest’.

Particularly in Germany, the trend for the Messer


Group was better than average and revealed a 14-per cent increase in revenue. Added to this were sustained good rates of growth in China, Vietnam, Peru and Turkey, which permitted the group of companies to increase overall revenue compared with 2011 by a full EUR 60 million.

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The year 2011

The year 2011

The global economy was still in good shape in numerous groups of countries, but then the momentum for growth in nearly all of the economic regions was lost. Economic stakeholders everywhere were called upon once more to bear more of the risks for the global economy. With the sovereign debt crisis intensified in the US and in the Eurozone, and with uncertainty among investors and consumers alike, growth in worldwide real gross domestic productcent). The Federal Republic of Germany remained the locomotive for economic development within the Eurozone. During the first two quarters in particular, the German economy recovered further from the effects of the financial and economic crisis in 2008/09, sustained by high demand for exports and a steady domestic demand, and by year’s end it had registered 3.0 per cent growth in gross domestic product. All sectors contributed to the 10.9-per cent revenue growth experienced by German industry. Outstanding gains were recorded in mechanical engineering (+ 15.0 per cent), metal production (+ 14.7 per cent) and in motor-vehicle construction (+ 10.8 per cent).

By the 2011 financial year, not much of the crisis could be felt at the Messer Group, either. Excellent business in Germany, in France, in Switzerland and


especially in South-Eastern Europe and China, pushed overall revenue for the Messer Group beyond the EUR 1 billion mark for the first time (EBITDA totalled to EUR 241 million).

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The year 2010

The year 2010

Things always seem to happen when you least expect them. The global economy recovered much more quickly than expected from the global shock of 2008/09. World production (+ 4.9 per cent) and world trade (+ 12.3 per cent) increased noticeably and already returned to values on an order of magnitude of those seen prior to the severe slump in the autumn of 2008. There were disparities, though, in the rates of growth and in the contribution to economic recovery by the various groups of countries. In addition to an expansive monetary andRepublic of Germany was far less affected by the global recession (+ 4.1 per cent economic growth). The global economic upturn and growing demand for capital goods abroad was particularly welcome in the German economy, as the Annual Economic Report of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology underscores: ‘Last year, the German economy grew at a rate not seen since reunification. [...] The impetus from the foreign trade sector has long since jumped over to investment and consumption. Domestic demand is increasingly becoming the driving force for growth. The upturn is thus now on firm footing and self-sustaining.’ Indeed, the trend in business for the Messer Group was also downright remarkable, and there was an increase in the Group's operating result, EBITDA, profit after tax and in


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It's a timeless classic of children's literature and the third most-quoted book in English after the Bible and Shakespeare. But what lies behind the extraordinary appeal of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to generations of adults and children alike? To mark the 150th anniversary of its publication, this documentary explores the life and imagination of the man who wrote it, the Reverend Charles Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll." Broadcaster and journalist Martha Kearney delves into the biographies of both Carroll himself and of the young girl, Alice Liddell, who inspired his most famous creation. Kearney's lifelong passion for Carroll's work began as a young girl, when she starred as Carroll's heroine Alice in her local village play. She discusses the book with a range of experts,


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Fifth graders were busy writing acrostic poems on small posters. One girl wrote a school spirit poem, with the first letter of each line spelling out the school name: S for "super," N for "nice," and so on. She even drew a picture of a bobcat (pictures were not required) that was a spot-on replication of the school mascot. A boy wrote an acrostic poem with the first letter of each line spelling out his name: A for "agressive" (unfortunately spelled incorrectly); N for "nutty"; and so on. No picture.

So what kind of feedback did the teacher give? Her comments gave students the impression that the girl's poem was perfect and that the boy's


poem was not so good, mostly because of that one misspelled word and the fact that his lines sloped downward on the poster.

This assignment was a giant missed opportunity for both students. The girl's work was a skillful replication of things she'd seen before. All the words were simple, the school spirit theme was a common one, and the point of her drawing was to duplicate the school mascot. She needed to know that her work was proficient—but she also needed to be challenged to work with more originality when writing poems. She only received half that feedback.

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Michael Cohen made a surprise appearance at a court in New York after reaching a plea deal with Robert Mueller, the special counsel leading the probe, which saw him admit to lying over the Trump company's links to Russia.
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However, on the campaign trail he repeatedly denied having any interest in Russia and while Mr Trump asserted that the Moscow project was common knowledge during the campaign, there is no record of him discussing it publicly.

The only public mention from him of Trump Tower Russia was a tweet in November 2013, while thanking his hosts at the Miss Universe pageant in Russia, where he said “You have done a FANTASTIC job. TRUMP TOWER-MOSCOW is next.”

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His tweet came as Felix Sater, a real estate developer who advised the Trump Organisation on the Trump Tower Moscow deal, said the business at one time planned to give Russian


Last July, Wisconsin's far-right state government declared victory for its "free market" agenda when it announced that it would transfer $3,000,000,000 in taxpayer-funded corporate welfare to Foxconn, in order to tempt the company to open a factory in the state — despite the company's long history of broken promises and outright lies about the jobs and spending in other places that had welcomed it in.

As part of the corporate welfare package, Wisconsin has agreed to secure a vast tract of land in Racine County for Foxconn's complex. The state is securing this land through eminent domain — the process by which governments can force a sale of land for some public purpose, like building roads or clearing the way for power-lines.

Eminent domain is rife with potential for harddisregarded. The speakers reminded the town that it had approved permits for costly renovations to their homes after it had privately promised Foxconn that it would knock those homes down; they pointed out that Wisconsin law prohibited this kind of eminent domain abuse; they vowed to sue.

Foxconn's already opened a small plant in Wisconsin. The workers there earn $14/hour. The jobs there were staffed through a national hiring agency that did not recruit from Wisconsin. Most of the workers there are classed as temps.

Kim and James Mahoney had been in their dream home less than a year when notified it was going to be razed for the Foxconn development. They're still waiting for an offer, even as the process to condemn their property as "blighted" is underway. Most


of the speakers were homeowners who were still holding out hope that they could keep their properties, or at least obtain better offers. Others were just frustrated that they had yet to receive offers despite months having passed since the village-sponsored auditors had completed their assessments. They spoke of their history in these homes, the care and expense they'd lavished on their properties. Many brought pictures. "We spent our life savings on this thing, and now we gotta move," said Alfredo Ortiz, an 18-year resident. "It's an insult," he added, reflecting the general mood of the testimonies. It was extremely personal for these residents; having your carefully maintained residence, or in at least one case, recently built dream home, designated as blighted.

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No governor in the nation is in as much trouble as Missouri’s Eric Greitens (R). He was already facing one felony count stemming from his alleged blackmail of his former mistress when the Republican governor was indicted again earlier this month for allegedly misusing his veterans charity to advance his political interests.

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Having long been hounded across the galaxy by the Dark Angels, First Captain Typhon of the Death Guard has limped his fleet to sanctuary in Segmentum Obscurus - as a guest of the separatist Luther of Caliban, no less. On the world of Zaramund, long a symbol of brotherhood amongst the Legions, Typhon begins to suspect that a new form of corruption has followed him out of the wider war. Will he embrace it, or escape into the darkness once more?

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but the refrigerator—and especially the pub, with its arcade games, pool table, and giant television—is pure startup. This isn’t an investment bank; this is Flow Traders NV, one of the world’s most successful algorithmic trading firms.

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October of this year saw the 30th anniversary of Black Monday, a day that shook Wall Street to the core with the biggest single-day stock market collapse in history - a 23% drop. Focusing on the events surrounding the infamous crash of 1987, Bloomberg Markets recounted the day in ever-reliable sumptuous detail, by speaking directly to those at the very epicentre of financial markets history. Read it here.

One small group of people with its old, established way of looking at theUrged to Change Approach to Mental Health

As City firms begin to finally thaw on the issue of mental health, this insightful article on Financial News London highlights that more still needs to be done with the latest research showing that a third of people working in investment banking said their job had a negative impact on their health and wellbeing. Read it here...

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to public reporting, Defendants’ [NSO Group] clients include, but are not limited to, government agencies in the Kingdom of Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Mexico as well as private entities.”

Meanwhile, the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto, which had volunteered to help WhatsApp identify cases where the suspected targets of this attack were members of civil society, such as human rights defenders and journalists, said it believed that at least 100 members of civil society, “which is an unmistakable pattern of abuse”, were targeted in these attacks globally.

This number may grow as more victims come forward, it added. These 100 members were spread across at least 20 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and North America.

In an opinion piece written for Washington Post, Willplan for business growth, focusing on the downtown area.

Santellana said former mayor Glenn Barham had to focus on the years-long drought for a large part of his term.

Now that water levels are stable, city council and staff can work on ways to bring new people and business to the area.

A recent population study shows millennials, people age 25-34, are the largest percentage of the population in Wichita Falls.

Santellana said he has big plans to light up downtown and make it a hot spot for the younger crowd. With thousands of Midwestern State University students, airmen at Sheppard Air Force Base, and other millennials in the city, opportunities are ripe to cater to this age bracket. Santellana said the recent council vote to approve ride-share franchises in the city


is a huge opportunity to more easily bring people downtown.

Tim Ingle said with limited funds, his campaign tried to capitalize on timing and the way his message was presented. They used social media and television to define differences between himself and Santellana.

“We both love the city and both want the best for the city. In the end, the voters speak. They know what they like and do not like,” Ingle said.

Ingle’s term is at an end and newcomer Jesse Brown will take over his council seat. Ingle said he has high hopes for Brown and plans to sit down with him and discuss projects he has in the works.

Ingle said he enjoyed his time on the council and appreciated the collaboration between council and city staff.

Being on thecouncil during the drought years was a very stressful and difficult time, and Ingle said he is looking forward to spending time with his family.

Former mayor Barham said after six and a half years in office, he is ready to pass the torch to Santellana. Barham said he and his wife are planning to do a great deal of traveling.

Santellana’s District 1 council position has one more year until the end of the term. The council will appoint someone to serve in the position until the next election period.


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Miami Dolphins safety Michael Thomas, wide receiver Kenny Stills and tight end Julius Thomas kneeled during the national anthem before Sunday's game against the Oakland Raiders, the Palm Beach Post's Joe Schad reported.

In October, Dolphins head coach Adam Gase created a rule mandating Dolphins players either stand for the anthem or remain in the tunnel prior to games. According to Schad, Gase gave the players permission to engage in the protest.

The trio had previously kneeled before Miami's Week 4 defeat to the New Orleans Saints, which was in London.

After Gase instituted his anthem rule, the three players stayed in the tunnel prior the Dolphins' Week 6 win over the Atlanta Falcons. Stills initially played down the significance of kneeling during the anthem with regard to theprotest movement's broader aims, per ESPN.com's James Walker:

"It's not about what I think about or anything like that. It's about the work that we are doing and it's never been about the protest or the flag or any of that. So I just continue to focus on the work that we are doing in the community and we've got some plans and things in the work with the NFL and so that's what we're working on."

A group of NFL players met with the league and team owners in October to discuss the protests during the anthem. The two sides left having made little progress.

According to the Washington Post's Mark Maske, the players invited the NFL and owners to another meeting with a mediator helping to work with the


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University secretary: Sally Jo Churchill

As the secretary for the university and the Board of Regents, Churchill's base pay is $325,059, but her total compensation in 2015 was $320,992.

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Athletic director: Jim Hackett

Former interim athletic director Jim Hackett earned $680,678 in total compensation in 2015. That was $65,000 more than his base salary of $615,000.

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Women's basketball coach: Kim Arcio

As the women's basketball coach Kim Arcio earned a base salary of $360,000. but her total compensation was slightly over $700,000, nearly doubling her salary.

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Baseball coach: Erik Bakich

The head baseball coach at the university earns a base salary of $173,644, but his total compensation was $285,511 in 2015.

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The head coachBest Way to expand Pakistan operations

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The Best Way Group of United Kingdom would expand its operations in Pakistan to meet the increased demand for cement, said its chairman Sir M Anwar Pervez. He expressed these views in a meeting with the Minister for Industries, Production and Special Initiatives Jehangir Khan Tareen.

"Pakistan is on the fast track of economic development," the minister said that as the industrial and other sectors were expanding, huge investment was needed to keep the country on track to achieving maximum economic growth.

Afghanistan has been importing over two million tons of cement from Pakistan but the demand was much higher due to reconstruction activities taking place there. Only because of high import of cement by the Afghanistan, the exports of Pakistan to Afghanistan


Holly Hofmann / Mike Wofford: Live at Athenaeum Jazz, Volume 2 (2007)

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Flutist Holly Hofmann's Live at Athenaeum Jazz, Volume 2 was recorded during the summer of 2006 at San Diego' s Athenaeum Jazz Music and Arts Library, in duet with musical partner/husband, Mike Wofford. Prior to the quartet recording Minor Miracle (Capri, 2005) Wofford's piano trio released the well-received Live at Athenaeum Jazz (Capri, 2004).

Though earlier efforts may be hard to come by, Hofmann's recent signing with Colorado-based Capri means she is now on a larger indie label. Previously, she was on the smaller Azica label, coincident to her tenure with the Ray Brown group.

Originally from Cleveland, Hofmann, studied with Slide Hampton andFrank Wess, relocating to San Diego in the mid-1980s. Championed by legendary bassist Ray Brown, Hofmann was a regular member of his group for a seven-year period until his passing in 2002. Although Hofmann had a significant series of recordings with other musicians including pianist Bill Cunliffe, her 2000 marriage to Wofford signaled a new collaboration.

P>Texas pianist Mike Wofford has a long history of active playing during the exciting period of West Coast Jazz during the 1960s, and served as the keyboardist for the Lighthouse All Stars.

This album presents both players at their best, with Hofmann's swing-oriented playing being highlighted, as well as Wofford's noteworthy ability to match her with prodding pianistics. Although this is not a "mood album" per se, a suggestion might be to play the


Columbia rape accuser brings mattress to graduation, defies administration

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Emma Sulkowicz, the Columbia University senior who made headlines starting in September for carrying her mattress around campus in protest of the administration’s handling of her alleged rape, brought the mattress to her Columbia College graduation on May 19 despite an administration email forbidding large items at the ceremony.

Walking mattress down ramps in Lerner for #ccclassday pic.twitter.com/lRT13hbZcZ — Teo Armus (@teoarmus) May 19, 2015

According to the Columbia Spectator, the university sent seniors an email on May 18 with provisional guidelines barring such items from their respective ceremonies — a mandate that was not issued in 2013 or 2014.

“Graduates should not bring into the ceremonial area large objects which could interfere with the proceedings or create discomfortto others in close, crowded spaces shared by thousands of people,” the email read.

The email, which created speculation as to whether it was aimed at Sulkowicz, did not specify the reason for the policy change, according to the Columbia Spectator. The newspaper's request to a university spokesperson for comment went unanswered. In the end, the administration appeared not to try to stop Sulkowicz from carrying it when she received her degree.

Emma Sulkowicz carrying her mattress across the stage at #ColumbiaCommencement pic.twitter.com/oF9sYwVYKX — Tess Koman (@tessie_the_mess) May 19, 2015

Sulkowicz, a visual arts student, said she would carry her mattress around campus until Paul Nungesser, the Columbia senior who Sulkowicz has accused of raping her, is expelled, graduates or otherwise leaves campus. That pledge became her senior thesis, “Carry That


THE MIRACLE AT FÁTIMA, PORTUGAL IN 1917

Fr. Mario Luigi Ciappi, papal theologian to Pope Pius XII: “In the Third Secret [of Fatima] it is foretold, among other things, that the great apostasy in the Church will begin at the top.” (1)

Saints Lúcia, Francisco and Jacinta of Fatima

Above timeline Image by Santo Condestável

The message and miracle of Our Lady of Fatima in 1917 is one of the greatest events in the history of the Catholic Church. Since the miracle at Fatima, which occurred on Oct. 13, 1917, was predicted to take place in advance, and was fulfilled in the presence of almost 100,000 people, it’s probably the greatest miracle in Catholic history outside the Resurrection. The Fatima miracle and message also bear tremendous significance for our topic: The Truthabout What Really Happened to the Catholic Church after Vatican II. Beginning on May 13, 1917, the Mother of God appeared six times to Jacinta (age 7), Francisco (age 9) and Lúcia (age 10) in Fatima, Portugal. The Blessed Virgin told the children to pray the Rosary every day; she showed them a vision of Hell; and she made prophecies about World War II and the expansion of Communism (“the errors of Russia”), among other things.

The Vision of Hell shown by Our Lady of Fatima to the children: “As the Lady spoke the last words, she opened Her hands once more, as She had done the two previous months. The rays [of light] appeared to penetrate the earth, and we saw, as it were, a vast sea of


it was predicted by the children and by Our Lady of Fatima. It stunned the gathered multitude, converted hardened unbelievers, including atheists and Freemasons, and confirmed thousands in the Catholic Faith.

Above: two pictures of the stunned crowd at Fatima on Oct. 13, 1917 witnessing the predicted miracle by Our Lady of Fatima

What was the Miracle of the Sun that so stunned and converted the enraptured audience of 70,000-plus at Fatima on Oct. 13, 1917? A brief examination of the miracle and its significance will go a long way in revealing: The Truth about What Really Happened to the Catholic Church after Vatican II.

“The sun stood forth in the clear zenith like a great silver disk which, though bright as any sun they had ever seen, they could lookstraight at without blinking, and with a unique and delightful satisfaction. This lasted but a moment. While they gazed, the huge ball began to ‘dance’ – that was the word all the beholders applied to it. Now it was whirling rapidly like a gigantic fire-wheel. After doing this for some time, it stopped. Then it rotated again, with dizzy, sickening speed. Finally there appeared on the rim a border of crimson, which flung across the sky, as from a hellish vortex, blood-red streamers of flame, reflecting to the earth, to the trees and shrubs, to the upturned faces and the clothes all sorts of brilliant colors in succession: green, red, orange, blue, violet, the whole spectrum in fact. Madly gyrating in this manner three times, the fiery orb


of rotation, still again seeming to detach itself from the sky, to approach the earth…’”5

During the miracle the sun was seen to be speeding toward the earth and the people thought the end of the world had come. The significance should be obvious: Fatima was an apocalyptic sign; it was a sign that the end was near, that the events which would precede the culmination of the world and the Second Coming of Jesus Christ were to begin. Men must amend their lives before the end of the world really came.

Based on some of these considerations, many have concluded that Our Lady of Fatima is the woman clothed with the sun described in chapter 12:1 of the Apocalypse:

“And a great sign appeared in heaven: A woman clothed withthe sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.” (Apocalypse 12:1)

The Fatima seers also reported that Our Lady was made all of light – she was more brilliant than the sun. The evidence is very strong that Our Lady of Fatima was the woman clothed with the sun prophesied in the Apocalypse, chapter 12. In fact, there is a stunning confirmation that Our Lady’s appearance at Fatima was the fulfillment of the prophecy in the Apocalypse about the woman clothed with the sun.

The Masonic Daily Paper, O Seculo, stunningly confirms without even knowing it that Our Lady was the woman clothed with the sun of the Apocalypse 12:1

The Miracle of the Sun worked by Our Lady of Fatima was reported


by anti-Catholic papers throughout Portugal. The liberal, Masonic and anti-clerical daily of Lisbon, O Seculo, had its Editor in Chief, Avelino de Almeida, on hand to report on the event. To his credit, he honestly reported on the solar prodigy. What we want to draw to your attention is the title of his article which was published in O Seculo on Oct. 15, 1917. Giving an account of the extraordinary event at Fatima on Oct. 13, his article in O Seculo of October 15 was entitled:

“How the sun danced in broad daylight at Fatima. The apparitions of the Virgin. – The sign of Heaven. – Thousands declare it a miracle. – War and peace.’’(6)

Please notice that the Masonic, anti-clerical daily of Lisbon described the event of Fatima andof Heaven: Apocalypse 12:3- “And there was seen another sign in Heaven: and behold a great red dragon… And his tail drew the third part of the stars of Heaven, and cast them to the Earth…”

Is it just a coincidence that Communism, at its height, held a third of the world in its grasp?

Warren H. Carroll, The Rise and Fall of the Communist Revolution, p. 418: “As Joseph Stalin walked into the Valley of the Shadow of Death, the international communist movement which he led held a third of the world in its grasp.” (9)

Jacinta Marto

born 1910, died 1920

Jacinta Marto was one of the three original visionaries at Fatima, Portugal in 1917. She was born in 1910 and died in 1920. In both 1935 and 1951 her body


every morning. It must have been about the end of October, when my husband brought Our Lady to our home in Moita. We arranged a little altar in the sitting room, and put the statue on it with two oil lamps burning.

We were perfectly right to be afraid, for on March 6 of the next year we heard a terrible explosion during the night. The Freemasons had placed four bombs in the chapel, and a fifth by the tree where Our Lady appeared. The roof was blown off, but the bomb by the tree did not explode. More of the story here.

Sister Lúcia of Fatima told Fr. Fuentes in 1957 that we are in the last times

One of the three visionaries of Fatima, Sr. Lúcia, told Fr. Fuentesanother envelope on which he indicated that the letter had to be opened in 1960 by himself, Bishop Jose Correia da Silva, if he was still alive, or if not, by the Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon.” (Novidades, February 24, 1960, quoted by La Documentation catholique, June 19, 1960, col. 751)

ƒ Canon Barthas: During his conversations with Sister Lucy on October 17-18, 1946, he had the opportunity to question her on the Third Secret. He writes: “When will the third element of the Secret be revealed to us?” Already in 1946, to this question Lucy and the Bishop of Leiria answered me uniformly, without hesitation and without comment: “In 1960.” And when I pushed my audacity so far as to ask why it was necessary to wait until then,


Lucy, ‘Why this date?’ She answered, ‘Because then it will seem clearer (mais claro).’” (La Documentation catholique, March 19, 1967, col. 542)

ƒ Father Joaquín Alonso, official archivist of Fatima: “Other bishops also spoke—and with authority—about the year 1960 as the date indicated for opening the famous letter. Thus, when the then titular Bishop of Tiava, and Auxiliary Bishop of Lisbon asked Lucy when the Secret was to be opened, he always received the same answer: in 1960.” (La Verdad sobre el Secreto de Fatima, Fr. Joaquín Alonso, Spanish Edition, p. 46)

ƒ Father Joaquín Alonso: “When Don Jose, the first Bishop of Leiria, and Sister Lucy agreed that the letter was to be opened in 1960, they obviously meant that its contents should be made public for the goodFatima be clearer in 1960?

It was on Jan. 25, 1959 that John XXIII announced that he had a special inspiration to suddenly call a new ecumenical council. (Jan. 25, by the way, was the same day on which the unknown light that illuminated the world prior to World War II lit up the skies of Europe. This unknown light that appeared on Jan. 25, 1938 was predicted by Our Lady of Fatima as a warning that God was going to punish the world with the things that were revealed in the second part of the secret. Was the fact that John XXIII called Vatican II on a Jan. 25 a warning about the coming punishment described in the third secret?)

This council called by John XXIII in 1959 would


is a medical doctor, who during the relevant times for this case was stationed at the Otisville Correctional Facility ("Otisville"), in New York.

Facts
Cole filed this complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging violations of his constitutional and civil rights resulting from interference with his access to the courts and deliberate indifference to his medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment.
In 1965, Cole suffered a back injury after he was beaten with ax handles by corrections officers at the Brooklyn House of Detention during a riot.
From 1965 to the present, Cole has been in the custody of the DOCS, with the exception of several intermittent periods of release. While incarcerated, Cole has sought treatment for his back from the various medical departments at the prison facilities andon occasion from outside consultants or specialists, with the recommendation of medical professionals within DOCS.
*498 Cole was transferred to Otisville in November 1995. He was incarcerated at Otisville from November 1995 to January 15, 1997. During his stay, he visited the Otisville Medical Center on numerous occasions. He saw a nurse on five occasions, on November 14, 1995; January 5, 1996; April 14, 1996; October 31, 1996; and December 13, 1996. Cole saw Miraflor on three occasions, on November 29, 1995; January 17, 1996; and November 14, 1996. He also had an appointment with another doctor, Dr. Robert Sarreck, on May 3, 1996.
The parties do not agree as to what occurred during each visit with the defendant, Miraflor. Cole claims that on each occasion, he requested a permit


UK Songwriting Contest winner Neil Fitzpatrick (pictured above) has just signed a major publishing deal with the world's biggest independent music publishing company for his UKSC winning song "Apart". He is now part of the elite group of songwriters signed to Peers Music Group, whose roster of songwriters and artists include Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Bjork, Christina Aguilera, Beyonce and Garth Brooks. The song was chosen by the UKSC's top music industry judges as a winner and was heard by many in the music industry when it appeared on the contest's annual promotional Winners Album.

A UKSC spokesperson said "The judges thought that this song deserved to be a success and we promoted it to our contacts in the music industry, both in the UK and internationally, as we dowith all UKSC winning songs. The response from industry insiders was very positive right from the start, so we knew the judges had made a good choice, and we are very pleased to know that Neil is now having such success with this song. It is well deserved."

Following the UKSC win sales of the song raised almost £30,000 for charity and Neil will be appearing in the Sky TV show about songwriters, Tin Pan Alley, which airs on Sky's Showbiz TV Channel on Sunday 2nd October at 6.30pm. The show is hosted by DJ Mike Read and aims to showcase the very best of British songwriting.


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Nine new Ford Canada vehicles that were allegedly raced down Trafalgar Road this morning will not be shipped to Ford dealerships, says a Ford Canada official.

The auto giant weighed in on the early morning incident that saw the nine vehicles allegedly exceed the posted speed limit by nearly 70 km/hr as they were moved from a storage lot in Milton by a third party company- destined for the Ford plant in Oakville.

Halton police said they received a number of calls about a group of vehicles speeding and appearing to be racing along Trafalgar Road.

Officers set up radar in the area of Trafalgar Road and McCraney Street and, a short time later, nine vehicles travelling southbound approached in a tight pack at speeds allegedly rangingThe 1995 Aum sarin gas attacks in Tokyo laid the foundations for the creation of support networks to help protect those affected by the incident

On the morning of March 20, 1995, Kazuo Asakawa had gone to work as usual. He was in the middle of a meeting with a client when a colleague called to inform him that his sister, Sachiko, had been admitted to hospital in critical condition.

Asakawa raced to the hospital and found that his sister had been placed on life support. He went to hold her hand but a doctor stopped him. The only thing he could do was call to his sister from a distance, praying she could understand he was close by.

Sachiko was one of the estimated 6,300 people who were injured in


the Aum Shinrikyo sarin gas attack in 1995. Thirteen people died in the strike on the Chiyoda, Marunouchi and Hibiya subway lines.

That fatal day changed Asakawa and his family’s lives forever. Sachiko had been on her way to a training session for her job. Instead of taking her normal commute, she had boarded a train on the Marunouchi Line.

Sachiko was found in a state of cardiopulmonary arrest at Nakano-Sakaue Station. She had been exposed to a large dose of sarin, and the first paramedic who tried to resuscitate her collapsed and had to be replaced. As a result of the attack, Sachiko suffered so much brain damage that a doctor told Asakawa she would have the intellectual capacity of a 5-year-old. She was also paralyzed and doctors saidshe would have trouble walking again.

“My mother asked the doctor if a miracle could happen,” Asakawa recalls. “The doctor told her the fact that she was still alive was a miracle in itself. She was in such a state we were warned she could die at any moment.”

Kazuo Asakawa and his sister, Sachiko, in 2009. | KYODO

Sachiko refused to give up. She recovered slowly, and went through a long period of rehabilitation. She was eventually able to roll over in bed and swallow pureed food. After nearly nine years of being hospitalized, she was finally discharged. Asakawa’s family had refurbished their home to accommodate his sister, adding slopes and bars to create a barrier-free environment. His wife had also undergone training to become a certified careworker.

However, a number


Abe worked hard to ensure that the victims and their families were given whatever money he could recover.

During this time, the government, which was the largest creditor in the insolvency, needed to pass legislation giving victims and their families priority.

Meanwhile, Aum changed its name to Aleph, and so another law had to be enacted specifying that spinoff groups of the cult would also be held accountable for compensation.

A total of ¥1.5 billion, or 40 percent of what was owed, was disbursed to victims by 2008. Since then, both Aleph and Hikari no Wa (Circle of Light), another Aum spinoff, have made a few payments.

However, Aleph recently refused to pay the outstanding ¥1 billion it still owed, forcing an official organization supporting the victims led by former Japan FederationAum carried out on the subway system from reoccurring. She agreed to represent the victims of the attack — a decision that turned her life around completely.

Day in and day out, Takahashi found herself having to deal with the press. Interview requests poured in and she found herself talking to reporters often late into the night, sometimes for hours until the last train. Her children had to learn to become more independent.

Takahashi became the face of the sarin gas attack victims, something that eventually drove a wedge between herself and her children.

Despite the hardship, however, Takahashi doesn’t regret being involved because talking to the media has actually helped her to deal with the incident in a number of ways. Not only has her position helped to sort out


more than $7 billion to victims and those who lost their loved ones within 33 months through December 2003.

Nakamura in 1998. | KYODO

“The ‘war on terror’ meant taking care of victims as well. That was the American way,” Nakamura says. “The Japanese government had done nothing six years after the sarin attack.”

As victims and their families couldn’t change the system in Japan from within, they looked at what was happening overseas and invited victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to attend a symposium in Tokyo in 2005. The visitors were asked to tell people here about the kind of support they received in the United States.

In 2008, 13 years after the attack, a special law was enacted to offer financial aid to victims of the Aum cult, includingthey probably would have quit if they could,” Morosawa says. “However, victims such as Ms. Takahashi have realized that they have to fight for themselves because no one else is going to fight on their behalf.”

A significant development is the enactment of the 2004 law that realizes the rights of crime victims by listing the need for various measures, including the improvement of a benefit system, provision of mental health care and the introduction of financial and tax measures to promote victim support activities by private organizations.

Another landmark victory for victims was the revision of the Criminal Procedure Law in 2007 to allow victim participation in criminal trials, including cases involving murder and rape.

The National Association of Crime Victims and Surviving Families, which was founded in 2000 and


has recently announced that it will disband in June, has long advocated for the establishment of such system.

At the time, the law stirred controversy amid concern that the courts could be used by a party seeking revenge and that rulings could be affected.

“The group tackled the most difficult problem head on with tremendous power and succeeded,” Morosawa says.

The law is not retroactive but several Aum victims, including Takahashi, were able to use the system in the arrest of the last Aum fugitive, Katsuya Takahashi, in 2012. His life sentence was finalized by the Supreme Court in January.

“Sitting in the gallery is completely different from being next to the prosecutor. The perpetrator is right there in front of you, so close,” Takahashi says. “I felt a sense of unityHirose, the person responsible for releasing sarin on the train that Sachiko had been riding.

“It was her case and I felt that she should hear the sentencing herself,” Asakawa says. “Sachiko would often say: ‘Aum. Complete idiot. Death penalty.'”

Sachiko was 31 at the time of the attack. She is now 54 and her mother is 93. Until last fall, they had both been living at Asakawa’s family home, with nurses visiting daily.

Sachiko was hospitalized in October last year after suffering spasms of unknown causes. After several months in the hospital, Asakawa and his family decided that Sachiko should be placed in a facility that would be able to provide her with round-the-clock care.

At 58, Asakawa still works as a salesman for a car components company. He tries to