of the basketball player she most wanted to emulate: a famous American athlete named LeBron James. She had seen James on the Internet and found him mesmerizing. “He is black and tall and a really nice player,” she said. He was powerful and agile, endlessly clever. She wanted to have that kind of magic.

In a way, she felt destined for the game. Her mother, Warsan, had played when she was younger. Her father, Khaled, had worked as a referee in Somali basketball leagues, and she had gone to his games. “To see women and men playing, it was inspiring,” Aisha recalled. She began joining pickup games in tan-dirt lots around her house with kids who lived in her neighborhood. She didn’t know what she was doing, but shesand pools in the cracks, are filled with soldiers and policemen.

Aisha grew up in Suuq Bacaad, a neighborhood of low bungalows behind gates with bright, peeling paint. Her father had four wives and divided his time between them, but he managed to be with Aisha enough for her to feel loved. Her family wasn’t rich, but had enough money to get by. “My parents really worked hard to make sure that I had everything I needed,” she recalled. Aisha had two brothers and a sister, and she took it for granted that each member of the family would look out for the others. Even her neighborhood functioned like a clan: she played hide-and-seek with other children, some of whom were as close to her as siblings.

Warsan ran a


café and a business that sold gold. She was tall and gentle, and never hit her children, as other mothers in the neighborhood did. She understood Aisha’s passion for basketball, because she’d once had the same need to play. Khaled supported Aisha, too, visiting her on the court and urging her to take the game seriously. Somalia has a club league, in which hundreds of girls and women play on eight teams in Mogadishu and several more in other parts of the country; the best players are recruited for the national team. “My father told me, ‘Either leave basketball or aspire to be a professional,’ ” Aisha said.

For Aisha, the best part of the day was going with her friends to a neighborhood court. In school, she wasto modernize the country. He moved to end the lineage-based clan, which traditionally defined politics in Somalia, by imposing a nationalist form of socialism. He codified a written form of the Somali language, which had been exclusively oral, and introduced a countrywide literacy program. His government promoted women’s rights, enabling women’s basketball to flourish; the national team played at the Pan Arab Games, and travelled to Iraq, Jordan, and Morocco.

A decade of lawlessness followed Barre’s fall, until the Islamic Courts Union, a group of Sharia courts backed by militias, assumed power. They took a harsh view of crime: thieves’ limbs were amputated, adulterers were stoned, and murderers were executed. Sports were declared satanic acts, and Somalis caught watching games on television were arrested; girls couldn’t go to stadiums


to watch basketball, handball, or track and field, let alone compete in them. But, as the country reacted to the uncertainty with increasing conservatism, the Sharia courts had popular support. After a U.S.-backed Ethiopian invasion disbanded them, in 2006, a faction of their militias called al-Shabaab, or “the Youth,” rose up in response. It was even more extreme than the courts: when its members caught Somalis involved in sports, they sometimes killed them.

For five years, al-Shabaab fought bloody skirmishes for control of Mogadishu and the surrounding regions. Soldiers from the African Union, a continental organization, battled against them, with help from Somali clan militias. The United States, eager to fight terror but reluctant to send in its own troops, provided aid to the A.U. soldiers’ home countries andDear Editor,

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Juhi is furious

The ever-so-sweet and polite Juhi Chawla is fuming at an international airline company and its staff’s behaviour and misconduct.

Oh, what’s this that I’m hearing? The ever-so-sweet and polite Juhi Chawla is fuming at an international airline company and its staff’s behaviour and misconduct, informs Sher Lock. The actor flew to Australia and New Zealand for the screening of I Am.

She carried her tanpura with her because she does her music riyaaz every morning. Since the instrument was too huge, she was asked for it to be checked in, with a fragile tag, of course. On arrival in the country down under, she found that her tanpura was broken with a big gaping hole in its body. Holmes says, the actor was even denied remuneration against theor what a lark) had run out of steam.

The list of grievances against him had become a lengthy one. Over a year ago, it was revealed that he permitted a company owned by Huang Xiangmo, with claimed links to the Chinese communist party, to foot a legal bill for his office. Such a donation, as it was termed, saw him resign from the front bench. (It is worth noting that Huang had donated generously to the Liberal Party as well – a far from negligible $50,000 to the Victorian branch in November 2014.)

Then came the revelation, scenting of a targeted intelligence leak, that the senator had been cautionary to the billionaire prior to a meeting: leave the phones behind, he suggested, as they were surely surveillance targets.

But of


all such detractions and transgressions, an umbrella theme of sorts had emerged. Dastyari was to be crucified for being too close to a power that is both boon and bugbear for Australia. His behaviour had revealed a dark future, one of Chinese influence edging out US suasion. In Australia, this has assumed something of a binary idiocy, the either or of allegiance. If you are to be bought, be bought by a power that is approved by the Canberra mandarins.

In an age where the snippet and tweet comprise narratives and the basis of whole worlds of presumed knowledge, Dastyari was probably best off coming clean from the start. A mole hill, in time, became a mountain of immense proportion. His flirt with China became an embrace, then asordid tryst.

The news cycles and social media buffoons did the rest: he had become, according to cartoonish villain and immigration minister Peter Dutton, a double agent. Attorney-General George Brandis claimed the senator had been “suborned or compromised” by China. He was pro-Chinese, going against the line of his party and that of government policy on the South China Sea.

A reading of his now notorious speech on the subject suggests that he was buying into a heresy Australia’s politicians will never be forgiven for: stepping away from the teat of an approved empire. Rather than coddling a Chinese view in any specific sense, he was, more importantly, insisting that Australia stay out of any future territorial disputes China might have over the territories. But to not have a view


on the subject was very much the same as having one.

This would effectively mean a form of what international relations theorists like to term decoupling, a removal from a future US-China confrontation, a distancing from the tight grip of the Washington establishment.

Dastyari might have left it at that. The sin had been committed. Shorten insisted that the Turnbull government stop its relentless haranguing, which included a threat to bring Dastyari before the privileges committee to explain a congenital problem of Australian politics: the influence of foreign donations.

But being the figure that he is, a misjudgement was lurking behind the corner. Dastyari went further, obviously showing that he believes the Chinese case to have legs. Rather than wishing to be a heretic, he began showing signs that he wasSAVANNAH, Ga. -- Savannah police are crediting an officer with saving the life of a choking newborn baby by racing to her apartment and then using chest compressions to restart the infant's breathing. Dramatic video from an officer's body-worn camera shows the infant's desperate mother, Tina Adkins, holding her unresponsive 29-day-old baby Friday.

Savannah-Chatham police Officer William Eng raced up three flights of stairs to perform CPR.

Eng finally saw Bella move, "and I heard a little cry," he told The Savannah Morning News.

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"I stopped and I turned her to my face and saw her eyes open and she started moving," Eng said. "I was so relieved."

When Bella began choking, she turned beet red and also blue, her mother recalled in an interview with


reach Indore via Delhi. Pune has better connectivity, so it was decided that CSK shift base to Pune,” an IPL source said to Times of India.

The source further stated that captain Dhoni knows the conditions well and logistically it made sense to have Pune as the new venue.

Chennai’s first IPL game in three years, which took place on Tuesday, was marred by several political parties protesting outside the ground and causing disruption. The effect of the protests were also felt during the game as shoes were hurled by a small group of fans at CSK players during Kolkata Knight Riders’ innings.

This is not the first time CSK have been forced to shift their home games to another venue. In 2014, they had to move to Ranchi as SriDonald Trump defends dictator Kim Jong Un, bashes Joe Biden, sits down with Abe in Japan The president spent time on the golf course with Shinzo Abe as well.

TOKYO -- One day after President Donald Trump's national security adviser, John Bolton, said North Korea's missile launches earlier this month violated a U.N. Security Council resolution, the president said Kim Jong Un's launch of "small weapons" didn't bother him.

The president, who spent Sunday morning playing golf with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, went on to say he has confidence that Kim will "keep his promise" to not launch any missiles and thinks Kim's recent insult against presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden -- calling him a "low-IQ individual," the same language Trump himself has used -- is


the main problem with the first one."

While Trump has tried to spin North Korea's recent launch, both Bolton and Japan have accused North Korea of violating U.N. resolutions. Bolton's comments were the first time a U.S. official said North Korea was in violation.

The Trump administration is trying to keep diplomatic doors open to North Korea, even though Bolton admitted the U.S. has not "heard much" from North Korea since the summit in Hanoi fell apart. He said U.S. Special Envoy to North Korea Stephen Biegun has not received contact from his counterpart in Pyongyang.

Bolton also said he supports Japan's efforts to sit down for negotiations with Kim. Abe still has not met with the North Korean leader.

Japanese officials said that during Trump's four-day state visit, Abe will beintroducing Trump to the families of Japanese abducted by North Koreans. Trump had a similar meeting during his last visit to Japan. The release of Japanese abductees is a top priority for Abe.

Despite the defense of Kim, the two foreign leaders appeared to be getting along great on the golf course Sunday. Abe tweeted a photo of the two smiling from the course talking about an "unwavering" alliance between the two countries in Japanese.

After the pair hit the links, Trump stated on Twitter the two world leaders have made "great progress" in the trade negotiations, but indicated he may wait until after July to announce any potential deal.

Trump himself tweeted about the round of golf -- a pastime both leaders have bonded over -- and his love for


with my fellow officials in SFOA. I have not found one person who is unapproachable and unwilling to bounce questions off of. I plan to continue working for SFOA, with the goal of ultimately officiating college football in the future.

Chad Hewlett, Referee

After the first couple of games I felt I had become apart of a bigger family and developed relationships with fellow officials who shared my same passion. Being an official allowed me the opportunity to learn the game from a whole new level, and develop a new found respect for football that I did not have before. As a guardian of the game I feel as though I am someone whom people can look up to and admire for being in the trenches with the athletes.

Matt Faler,century CE.

This depiction is believed to have been made around 900 BC. To the Aztecs, Quetzalcoatl was, as his name indicates, a feathered serpent, a flying reptile (much like a dragon), who was a boundary-maker (and transgressor) between earth and sky. He was a creator deity having contributed essentially to the creation of Mankind. Kukulkan is the name of a Maya snake deity that also serves to designate historical persons.

However, similar accounts of reptilian beings can be found in the Koran as well.

There mysterious creates refred to as the Djinn, were according to texts, present on Earth prior to humans. The story tells that at one point Iblis, the leader of the Djinn offended God was rebellious and was cursed like the serpents in the Garden of Eden


becoming Earthbound trapped on Earth for eternity.

There is a Hopi legend about three cities on the Pacific Coast that were completely underground, and according to this legend, 5,000 years ago a meteor shower caused strange beings, described as the lizard people to seek refugee underground. These creatures constructed an elaborate network of tunnels located beneath Los Angeles, using advanced technologies that could even melt rock.

In Benares, India there is a nearly identical legend that talks about the Well of Sheshna, which in Hindu legend is an entrance into an underground city of the Nagas that according to texts, are a race of semi-divine serpent people that live in an underground city, called Patala. According to mythology, it is a place of great power and only the holy couldSanjay Dutt: Flops do not bother me

'There are many films where things have gone horribly wrong'

Meeting Sanjay Dutt is not an easy task, my film journalist friends warned me. "He will never turn up for the interview," one said. Another added, he will answer only in yes or no.

With such negative feedback, my colleague Hitesh Harisinghani and I went to interview him. We waited for five hours and were told he would not turn up that day. The interview could be done the next day.

The interview was important because he is the only big star of the film Lamhaa that is releasing on July 16.

The second day, Dutt turned up, but had already given 10 interviews and was too tired to answer any more questions. Can we meet


493. Among other things, certified labs must participate in periodic quality control proficiency tests.
Wade's troubles began in 2005 when it flunked portions of two proficiency tests. In response, a field investigator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") advised Wade "that it would be beneficial" for the lab "to receive training and comparison testing of the[ir] equipment from another" certified lab, such as the nearby Muskogee Regional Medical Center. Wade followed up on this recommendation, arranging to receive training and technical support from Muskogee.
In February 2006, Wade took another proficiency test. This time, instead of testing the proficiency testing samples in Wade's own lab, a technician first took the samples to Muskogee and tested them on Muskogee's equipment. Only then did the technician return the samplesNational League

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The supreme commander of the Yuchi Indian nation,whose name is Kipahalgwa

The ships London Merchant and the Simonds passing the Isle of Wight as the Salzburgers sail to Georgia in the fall of 1735(sic)

In 1731 the Protestant community of Salzburg was expelled by the Catholic heirarchy which came to the attention of the British House of Commons. As part of the colonial settlement arrangements organized for Georgia, the refugees were brought to America in 1734.

Their voyage and establishment of a settlement (Ebenezer) was overseen by a Bavarian nobleman, Baron Philip von Reck, who kept a journal and sketchbook relating to his travels to Savannah and beyond.

Many of the sketches depicted plant and bird species from the Georgia environs for the first time. von Reck also contributedto the knowledge about the customs and dress of the local natives. Although there is little biographical detail about von Reck online, he is said to have acquired anti-slavery beliefs after travelling further around the then American colonies and meeting with church and governement officials.

I think his journal was edited and published soon after Ebenezer was founded but a further annotated extract with some sketches was released in 1980 (Hvidt, Kristian [Ed.] - Beehive Press)


[Ecological approach to the eating habits and the cancer mortality of Brazilian people].
Brazil is very big country that is located from tropical (north) to temperate (south) zone. There are very big differences not only on the eating habit but also on the death rate from cancer. People living in the south, takes much meat and milk, and has high mortality rate from cancer, and in the north, people takes vegetable foods and the cancer death rate is very low. Eating habit of the people, both Japanese and Brazilian, living in Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina, the south of Brazil, were surveyed and the transition of the cancer death rates were also discussed. The south Brazilian people have very high mortality from esophagus cancer which may beClinical and linkage study of a large family with simple ectopia lentis linked to FBN1.
Simple ectopia lentis (EL) was studied in a large family, by clinical examination and analysis of linkage to markers in the region of FBN1, the gene for fibrillin which causes Marfan syndrome on chromosome 15. No patient had clinical or echocardiographic evidence of Marfan syndrome, although there was a trend towards relatively longer measurements of height; lower segment; arm span; middle finger, hand, and foot length in the affected members of the family, compared with unaffected sibs of the same sex. Analysis of linkage to intragenic FBN1 markers was inconclusive because they were relatively uniformative. Construction of a multipoint background map from the CEPH reference families identified microsatellite markers linked closely to FBN1 which


on a sedate black model, but with the highest amount of memory, and places his order. A window opens with instructions for an encrypted text message transferring the money for the purchase. Immediately after he sends the text, he receives a confirmation text message, and the website confirms the order and a scheduled delivery date the next day at 2:00 pm by drone.

In the warehouse, the order is received and converted to a specific black phone with the required memory. The corresponding phone RFID tag is assigned to the order, and an automated process picks the correct phone from the shelves and brings it to the loading dock. A drone arrives back from a delivery and picks up the item and the corresponding delivery address. It loads thephone and several other items and leaves.

At the scheduled time, the doctor is at the hospital, but on the way home he drops by the local store to pick up his package which the drone dropped off there. He is pleased with his purchase and visits the distributor website to give a good rating and a positive review. Despite being in a developing country, he has received his delivery more quickly than his rural counterpart in a developed country and he has paid lower transaction fees than the 3% to 5% common for online purchases with credit cards.”

In the end, the future of distribution for developing countries is promising, as long as the future technologies we’re talking about actually prove to work. Even if one of these countries


they're going to lose their housing, lose their belongings."

Eric Jonsson is a program co-ordinator with Navigator Street Outreach. (Dave Laughlin/CBC)

Eric Jonsson works with two tenants in the building as part of his job as co-ordinator of the Navigator Street Outreach program, which helps people who are homeless. He said one of his clients used to live on the street before moving into 25 Vimy Ave., and he's worried he'll end up there again.

"I've been telling him until they show up with the sheriffs, you can stay there because there's nowhere else to go," Jonsson said. "Affordable housing is so hard to come by in the city right now that … there's really nowhere for most people to go, unfortunately."

Political reaction

On Thursday, Patricia Arab, the minister responsible for thehim, including a qurchi-bashi, and a legion of specialized qurchis for his "accoutrements" (i.e. qurchi-e zereh, qurchi-e kafsh, qurchi-e tarkesh, etc.).

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Fortunately, the echo of the cave masks Tom’s voice, which causes Joe to run away. Also, in the 1953 Disney cartoon, Peter Pan uses the echo of Skull Rock to trick Mr. Smee into believing his voice is that of Captain Hook. In doing so, Peter Pan orders Smee to release Tiger Lilly, who has been taken prisoner by Hook in hopes of luring PP to his death. The echo of the cave proves to sufficiently confuse Smee, who then humorously gets chastised by the real Captain Hook for disobeying his original orders. Slurpeez108

Jenny: “Peter Pan is a little boy Regina!” His switch from the nice Lost boy to Pan was amazing.

Still a big questions: How did Pan know Henry had the heart of the truest believer, before100 stories about Fissel finger in southern York County: Any one could be true

Theresa Krout with New Hope Fissel’s United Church of Christ holds a petrified, severed human finger and several teeth found during renovations in 2002 of an old stone home located on church grounds. Many items were unearthed during renovations of the Shrewsbury Township farmhouse: Egg cartons store old belt buckles and girdle clips, baby food jars hold nails, yogurt containers carry broken china and a coffee can has pottery pieces. ‘We kept looking for that pot of gold, but it never came,’ Krout says of the items found. Background posts: Two York County union churches vestiges of bygone era, Parade Music Prince Roland Seitz: From Shrewsbury to Friday Night Lights and The things you learn


reading local history.
The discovery of the interesting photo of Fissel’s one-room school places a spotlight on that area surrounding Susquehannock High School.
Where did name Fissel’s, as nearby New Hope United Church of Christ is called, come from?
And what is the story of the severed pinkie finger founds during renovations to an 1823 house about six years ago?… .

Many 18-century York County churches or schools drew their names from the owner of land on which the buildings were erected.
Frederick Fissel was an early member of the church that borrowed his name, according to Charles H. Glatfelter’s “York County’s Lutherans.”
The church was of 16 Lutheran congregations pre-dating the American Revolution, according to Glatfelter. It was an early union church, which meant Lutheran and German Reformed (forerunner to United Church ofChrist) congregations share buildings.
The congregation’s current building was dedicated 100 years ago this year.
But what of that finger?
Six years ago, the congregation was restoring an old stone house to help the homeless and victims of domestic abuse when they found a severed finger. At the time, some in the congregation worried that the story of the finger would overshadow the church’s ministry to the surrounding area.
But here’s the history lesson: Loss of fingers in farm machinery was common. As funeral director Jim Hartenstein said, someone probably wrapped his hand and went back to work. He had crops to tend to.
A story from the York Daily Record/Sunday News (7/5/08) tells about the find:

When members of New Hope Fissel’s United Church of Christ in Shrewsbury Township pulled away old walls,


research focus was on York County journalism history.

York Town Square explores both the rapidly changing world of journalism and the landscape of regional history. History and journalism are part of a continuum, and this site hopes to intrigue readers on both accounts. See additional York Town Square posts here.the lug chain, which operate to urge one end of the lumber material toward a stop or fence, also referred to as a paddle. In this arrangement, each successive piece of lumber is spaced from the other in the direction of travel along the lumber conveyor by the lugs of the lug chain and one of the ends of the lumber is laterally aligned to the stop or fence.
The piece to be cut to length is positioned for contact with a saw or series of saws. In the configuration of sawmill conveyor equipment just described, the saws are stationary relative to the conveyor and the board is laterally positioned on the conveyor relative to the saw blade. A positioning fence, which one end of the lumber piece abuts


Danny Green v Shane Cameron

Quinn Rooney

Lyndon Edney of Australia lands a punch to the chin of Jeremy Van Diemen of Australia in the undercard to the world title bout between Danny Green of Australia and Shane Cameron of New Zealand at Hisense Arena on November 21, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia.

Lyndon Edney of Australia lands a punch to the chin of Jeremy Van Diemen of Australia in the undercard to the world title bout between Danny Green of Australia and Shane Cameron of New Zealand at Hisense Arena on November 21, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia.

Danny Green v Shane Cameron

Quinn Rooney

Danny Green of Australia celebrates with the belt after winning the world title bout between Danny Green of Australia and Shane Cameron of New Zealand at Hisense Arena on November21, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia.

Danny Green of Australia celebrates with the belt after winning the world title bout between Danny Green of Australia and Shane Cameron of New Zealand at Hisense Arena on November 21, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia.

Danny Green v Shane Cameron

Quinn Rooney

Lyndon Edney of Australia lands a punch to the chin of Jeremy Van Diemen of Australia in the undercard to the world title bout between Danny Green of Australia and Shane Cameron of New Zealand at Hisense Arena on November 21, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia.

Lyndon Edney of Australia lands a punch to the chin of Jeremy Van Diemen of Australia in the undercard to the world title bout between Danny Green of Australia and Shane Cameron of New Zealand at Hisense Arena on November 21,


2012 in Melbourne, Australia.

Danny Green v Shane Cameron

Quinn Rooney

Jake Carr punches Dinesh Kanth of Sri Lanka in their Super Middleweight undercard bout before the world title bout between Danny Green of Australia and Shane Cameron of New Zealand at Hisense Arena on November 21, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia.

Jake Carr punches Dinesh Kanth of Sri Lanka in their Super Middleweight undercard bout before the world title bout between Danny Green of Australia and Shane Cameron of New Zealand at Hisense Arena on November 21, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia.

Danny Green v Shane Cameron

Quinn Rooney

Jake Carr punches Dinesh Kanth of Sri Lanka in their Super Middleweight undercard bout before the world title bout between Danny Green of Australia and Shane Cameron of New Zealand at Hisense Arena on November 21, 2012in Melbourne, Australia.

Jake Carr punches Dinesh Kanth of Sri Lanka in their Super Middleweight undercard bout before the world title bout between Danny Green of Australia and Shane Cameron of New Zealand at Hisense Arena on November 21, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia.


List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1949

List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1949.

1949 U.S. and Canadian Fellows

 Robert Sharon Allen, Deceased. General Nonfiction: 1949.
 Emmett Langdon Avery, Deceased. 18th Century English Literature: 1949.
 M. Margaret Ball, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Duke University: 1949.
 Edward Norton Barnhart, Deceased. Psychology and Political Science: 1949.
 Simon Harvey Bauer, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Cornell University: 1949.
 Earl Francis Beach, Economist: 1949
 Elias Joseph Bickerman, Deceased. Classics: 1949, 1959.
 Hyman Bloom, Artist, Nashua, New Hampshire: 1949.
 Morton Wilfred Bloomfield, Deceased: Medieval Studies: 1949, 1964.
 Arna Bontemps, Deceased. Biography: 1949.
 Muriel Virginia Bradley, Deceased. Plant Biology: 1949.
 Helene M. Brewer, Professor Emeritus of English, Queens College, City University of New York: 1949. Appointed as Hooker, Helene Maxwell.
 Leo Brewer, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry,Non-Fiction: 1949.
 Melvin Spencer Newman, Deceased: Chemistry: 1949.
 Harald Herborg Nielsen, Deceased. Physics: 1949.
 Walter J. Ong, S.J., University Professor Emeritus of Humanities, William E. Haren Professor Emeritus of English, and Professor of Humanities Emeritus in Psychiatry, St. Louis University: 1949, 1951.
 Arthur Osver, Artist; Professor Emeritus of Painting, Washington University: 1949, 1951.
 Cyrias Ouellet, Professor of Theoretical Physical Chemistry, Laval University: 1949.
 Homer Gordon Page, Deceased Photographer, Cornwall Bridge, Connecticut: 1949.
 George Frederik Papenfuss, Deceased. Biology-Plant Science: 1949.
 Angelo M. Pellegrini, Deceased. General Nonfiction: 1949.
 Frank Alois Pitelka, Research Ecologist, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology; Professor Emeritus of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley: 1949.
 Samuel Whitehall Putnam, Deceased. Latin American Studies: 1949.
 Sidney Raffel, Professor Emeritus of Medical Microbiology, Stanford University: 1949.
 John Calyer Ranney, Deceased. Political


technology, and opportunity. Epcot center has been created to showcase prototype concepts and technologies that may someday serve people everywhere. This is the essence of Epcot Center a collective endeavor by people, for people in the hope for a better world.
From all of us in the Disney family we hope you enjoy
your stay in Epcot center.
and now we ask for your safety and those around you that you walk slowly and carefully to your first destination.
Have a great day and welcome to the 21st century
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2:52 Chorus of women: A new creationChorus of men: It's all around you

Chorus of women: A celebrationChorus of men: A celebration

Chorus of women: A new sensationChorus of men: It will astound you

Chorus of women: A celebrationChorus of men:Excellence.

The best I can do is offer you a description of what I remember from the Communicore video, and how those "new" lyrics fit into the mix...

The video started off with a 3-platform stage set up in front of what I think was Communicore East, plaza entrance. They had this procession of CMs carrying these tall Epcot signs with the old "retro" Epcot logos. One of the signs had the Communicore logo. Behind the stage was a band, which may have been Future Corps. Not sure on that though. The music was vamping during the entire procession, exactly as heard in the first few seconds of the opening announcement clip you referred to. Then came the 80?s dancing. Pretty funny stuff. Between the costumes and the choreography, I


looks like an old-school flip communicator on her belt (Discovery is a prequel to the 1966 original series) as well as what could be a tricorder hanging below her left hip — seems appropriate for a First Officer (Spock often carried a tricorder on missions supporting Captain Kirk in TOS).

Other previously announced cast members include Jason Isaacs (the Harry Potter franchise) as Captain Lorca, James Frain (Gotham) as Spock’s father, Sarek; Doug Jones (Hellboy) as Lt. Saru, a Starfleet Science Officer and member of a new alien species in the Star Trek universe; and Anthony Rapp (Rent) as Lt. Stamets.

Wednesday is CBS’s upfront presentation to advertisers so we might get more intel about Star Trek: Discovery, so stay tuned.

Episode Recaps Previous 10 best Star Trek moments from PatrickThe Miss Universe Canada organizers concede Jenna Talackova is a “real girl,” but that doesn’t mean they will let her in their beauty pageant.

Talackova, a native of Vancouver, will not be competing in this year’s Miss Universe Canada pageant because she was born a male.

According to Denis Davila, national director of Miss Universe Canada, the rules set by the Miss Universe franchise state that each contestant must be a “naturally born female.” According to Davila, Talackova claimed on her registration form she was born a female. He said he suspected otherwise and asked her about it on March 13, when she admitted she was not. She was pulled from the contest that day.

“She feels like a real girl and she is a real girl. She didn’t expect people


Q:

Meaning of the troubled parent theme in Lost

I have noticed that Lost series has a number of characters damaged in some way by their parents:

John Locke (father stealing John's kidney and throwing him out of building)
Sawyer (father killing Sawyer's mother)
Ben Linus (father blaming Ben for his mother's death)
Jin (prostitute mother blackmailing his wife)
Hugo (father leaving family behind)
Kate (abusive step-father)
Sun (control-freak father)
Jack (surgeon father abusing alcohol)
Shannon (step-mother stealing Shannon's inheritance)
...

Later we learn that:

Kate kills her step-father
Ben kills his father
John indirectly kills his father
Jack indirectly kills his father
...

And I am sure I might have missed more. Finally, the question:

What is the importance of the 'Troubled Parent/Childhood' theme in
  Lost and why does it appear so frequently in lives of the main
  characters?

A:

Here is a full listmost of these stories are like Star Wars because at their core, they are multi generational family Sagas set within metaphysical universes. And with main characters coming to terms with the truth of whom their parents (or parental figures) really are, often by facing them in some way.
For LOST this notion was personified through many characters, because it was more of an epic than the other works, but really when it gets down to it, it's a very intimate father and son story about Jack Sheppard not understanding or being able to forgive his father.
IMO the Island was a time-machine that housed all conceivable manner of life extension through it's exotic light-water or it's "heart" (Life, Death, and Rebirth). The Island was pushing the characters SPIRITUALLY forward, by


making them confront their past, and ironically with what they didn't know about the connections they had to each other and/or each other's families, as they began to try and make their own. For Jack in particular, this also became about a need to save the Island.

Also many of Bad Robots early works, and especially LOST, often referenced or had allusions to Star Wars, as many who worked on the series are known Star Wars fans, including JJ Abrams who has now gone on to co-write and direct Star Wars: The Force Awakens & Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, suggesting that his company's early works prove why Disney heads, such as Kathleen Kennedy would think he is the right fit for any 'Skywalker Saga' film.
In addition Damonfollows:

"MELBA MILLER declares:
"That at the time of her original accident and injury, she suffered severe pain and injury in the general area of her third lumbar vertebre, that at that time she weighed approximately 170 pounds, and that for a period of at least four (4) months thereafter she was compelled to remain flat on her back on boards, without moving;
"That she has never recovered fully, that her improvement after the first four months was painfully slow, and that she was in effect in bed, and a bed patient, for approximately two (2) years;
"That ultimately she was fitted with a body brace and support, and with crutches which permitted her to move about the house, but the degree of incapacity and weakness was so great that in or


about the last week of December, 1968, and while attempting to move and make up her bed, she then sustained a relapse or a reinjury to the same body area, ligaments, and muscles originally injured; that her pain at this time was so intense and excruciating that she could not be moved, and that she thereafter was again compelled to remain absolutely motionless in bed for in excess of one or two months at the advice of her Doctor;
"That when degree of recovery again permitted her to move about enough to get out of bed and leave the house, she was taken again to be examined by Dr. Eugene Padel in Redding on April 17, 1969;
"That at that time she could walk only with great difficulty, and wasAsked late last year how he was feeling, Frank Burch replied, "A little overwhelmed."

When 2005 began, Burch's law firm, Piper Rudnick, joined with British giant DLA and Silicon Valley powerhouse Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich to become one of the world's largest law firms. In the months since, Burch, as co-CEO, has helped oversee the work of bringing more than 3,000 lawyers together.

He has also discovered that after a while, even the most impressive hotel rooms meld into one big blur.

DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary is carving out a place for itself for the long term, Burch said. Ultimately, "there will be a relatively small number of truly global business law firms. We are clearly in the race to be one of those firms."

A year after DLA Piper's


of the firm's evolution are less obvious. While DLA Piper is muscling into new markets, it was already one of Baltimore's top-tier firms, and its chief rivals say they haven't seen a big change in the firm's competitiveness for local clients. There has not been an exodus of lawyers from the firm, though a few have quietly left for competitors with more of a regional focus.

In a recent interview, Michael Baader, partner-in-charge for top competitor Venable LLP's Baltimore office, said DLA Piper has "a specific strategy that's working for them ... They're a formidable competitor in the marketplace." Venable was Baltimore's largest law firm by number of lawyers in 2005, with 177 local attorneys, according to Baltimore Business Journal research. Piper ranked second at the time with 174.As of this week, it had 164 Baltimore lawyers.

Changing times

About 25 years ago, Piper & Marbury predicted that many of Baltimore's corporate headquarters would disappear, and started diversifying its client base. Today, DLA Piper represents many of the nation's largest and most powerful companies -- of which fewer and fewer call Baltimore home. DLA Piper counts many of Baltimore's remaining stalwarts as clients, including T. Rowe Price Group Inc. and McCormick & Co., as well as hot homegrown technology companies like Visicu Inc., which is readying an initial public offering.

Behind the scenes, several lawyers who have left Piper in recent years say the firm's evolution has boosted rates to levels that some local companies are unwilling to pay. In 2005, the firm's hourly billings averaged $450 for partners


DLA Piper's rates are "squarely in the middle" of the group of about 25 national and international law firms that it considers its peers. The firm, he says, doesn't want to be everything to everyone, and it is not a logical fit for most small businesses. DLA Piper's target clientele is national and international corporate giants -- especially for securities work -- and emerging technology companies.

Thomson Financial ranked DLA Piper third globally among law firms advising on corporate mergers and acquisitions in 2005, while Mergermarket ranked the firm third in technology M&A advising in the United States.

DLA Piper says its growth benefits Baltimore in a number of ways. As the firm's revenues rose last year, its cash corporate giving in Baltimore rose 11 percent to $785,000. Locally, DLAPiper's pro bono hours -- which equal an hour's worth of free legal work -- rose to 12,552 last year. That was a 67 percent increase from the previous year, as the number of people participating rose.

Going international

Even within the firm, lawyers say it can be hard to wrap their minds around how a new office in Beijing affects the Baltimore operation's work. But some of DLA Piper's Baltimore lawyers say they are getting to work on cases the firm could never have done before the merger.

In the past year, Michelle Dickinson, an associate in DLA Piper's litigation group in Baltimore, has traveled to London and Turkey to work on a case in which the firm is representing a Turkish natural gas company. "We had such a local,


& Marbury merged with Chicago-based Rudnick & Wolfe in 1999. The deal was then the largest law firm merger in history and kick-started Piper's ambitious growth plan. It also gave the firm a crash course in the details of making a merger work.

National legal experts -- several of which consulted on the DLA Piper deal -- are impressed with how it has played out so far.

"They've just done incredibly well on almost every test," said Bradford Hildebrandt, chairman of Hildebrandt International, which worked on the deal and the firms' strategy. Recruiting from competitors has been successful, revenues have grown and the firm has gained access to clients its predecessors could not, Hildebrandt said.

But successfully integrating the deal will take years. British giant Clifford Chance merged with New York'sQ:

Why didn't Hermione tell the DA about the jinx she placed on the parchment?

In the first meeting of Dumbledore's Army at the Hog's Head Hermione asks the students present to sign a parchment,  which they all do. The parchment serves as a magical contract:

When the last person — Zacharias — had signed, Hermione took  the
  parchment back and slipped it carefully into her bag. There was an
  odd feeling in the group now. It was as though they had just signed
  some kind of contract. ~ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

The parchment had a jinx on it, whose purpose was to serve as a warning they were betrayed:

Hermione’s eyes slid rapidly down the notice. Her expression became


attention be paid to the ordinary laws of health, and the mother, if she have a sound constitution, will make a better nurse than by any foolish deviation founded on ignorance and caprice.

The following case proves the correctness of this statement:

A young lady, confined with her first child, left the lying-in room at the expiration of the third week, a good nurse, and in perfect health. She had had some slight trouble with her nipples, but this was soon overcome.

The porter system was now commenced, and from a pint to a pint and a half of this beverage was taken in the four and twenty hours. This was resorted to, not because there was any deficiency in the supply of milk, for it was ample, and the infantbeer, she was advised to follow precisely her former dietetic plan, but with the addition of half a pint of barley-milk morning and night. Both parent and child continued in excellent health during the remaining period of suckling, and the latter did not taste artificial food until the ninth month, the parent's milk being all-sufficient for its wants.

No one can doubt that the porter was in this case the source of the mischief. The patient had gone into the lying-in-room in full health, had had a good time, and came out from her chamber (comparatively) as strong as she entered it. Her constitution had not been previously worn down by repeated child-bearing and nursing, she had an ample supply of milk, and was fully capable, therefore, of performing


to convert
Uranium into Plutonium and to breed from it.
This was actually the first reactor to generate
some power.
It lit four little light bulbs and ultimately
generated, I believe several hundred kilowatts
of power.
But it shows how early the United States was
moving out on the fast breeder reactor.
It was followed by the experimental breed
reactor number two, which was also a fast
breeder reactor much larger this time.
It made 62 megawatts of thermal power.
Industry got excited about the potential for
making breeder reactors.
This was actually a commercial reactor, The
Enrico Fermi Breeder Reactor in Monroe Michigan.
They began working on this reactor in 1957
and it achieved criticality in 1966.
But shortly after it achieved criticality,
they had a melt down at the Enrico Fermi Reactor
where the reactor was damaged and shut down.
At this time, Alvin Weinberg and his colleagues
at1968.
At that point, the United States had already
built several fast breeder reactors.
We're looking at 75 to nearly a hundred million
dollars in 1968.
It's very hard to see the green line for the
Molten-salt breeder reactor technology, it's
extremely low and then ultimately, it was
cancelled and briefly resurrected in 1975
and then cancelled again.
So, on a scale of the appropriations that
were made to the fast breeder reactor, you've
just about can't see the appropriations that
were made to the Molten-salt breeder reactor.
In June of 1971, President Richard Nixon made
a speech where he talked about the need for
the fast breeder reactor.
He put the United States on record that this
would be a top national goal.
Now, we don't have any video from the speech
he gave that day.
But later on in that day, he called Representative
Craig Hosmer from California


the breeder
reactor effort.
Representative Craig Hosmer, who was the fellow
on the phone call that we heard earlier, said
that "If cost targets were missed, I for one
don't intend to scream and holler about it."
It's not hard to see that they could see great
economic benefits occurring to their area
of the country if the breeder reactor program
was to go forward.
In that same month, the atomic energy commission
issued WASH 1222, which was an evaluation
of Weinberg's Molten-salt breeder reactor.
It was highly critical of several technological
issues that had been encountered during the
development of that idea, more importantly
though, it almost completely ignored the safety
and economic improvements possible through
the use of the Molten-salt breeder reactor
technology.
Weinberg himself had a meeting which Chet
Holified and Milton Shaw of the Atomic energy
commission in 1972.
We don't know exactly when this meeting took
place.
Ouronly record of it is contained in Weinberg's
book, his autobiography, The First Nuclear.
Here's what he said, "I found myself increasingly
at odd with the reactor to the vision of the
Atomic energy commission.
The director at the time was Milton Shaw.
Milt was cut from the Rickover cloth, he had
a singleness of purpose and was prepared to
bend the rules and regulations in achievement
of his goal."
Why would he feel this pressure if he has
the president and these congressional folks
pushing for the fast breeder reactor?
"At the time, he became director, the atomic
energy commission had made the liquid-metal
fast breeder reactor, the primary goal of
it's reactor program.
Milt tackled the LMFBR project with Rickoverian
dedication: woe unto any who stood in his
way.
This caused problems for me since I was still
espousing the Molten-salt breeder."
Milt was like a bull, he


that could have happened to me.
My views about nuclear energy were at variance
with those of the AEC congressional leadership.
After all, it was I who had called nuclear
energy a Faustian bargain, who continued to
promote the molten-salt breeder.
So, Weinberg's pursuit of Thorium appears
to have had a great deal to do with why he
was fired from his position at Oak Ridge in
the atomic energy commission.
And it's not hard to see when you stack up
the forces that weren't supportive of the
fast breeder and that effort, the money, the
industrial backing, the confidence they had
and here is Weinberg trying to push something
different, why they would attempt to truncate
his work.
The [INDISTINCT] that was in January of 1973,
Oak Ridge was directed by the atomic energy
commission to terminate the development of
the molten-salt reactor.
April of that year, Nixonwent into reiterate
his commitment to the fast breeder, saying
it would extract 30 times more energy from
Uranium than light water reactors and it was
highest priority target for nuclear resear
and development.
We weren't the only ones pursuing the fast
breeder reactor.
In August 1973, the Phenix reactor in France
achieved critically.
So, we had real competition in this area and
I think it had something to do with the zeal
the United States felt to become preeminent
in this field.
But then something else happened in 1973 that
was far more significant.
The Yom Kippur war started, it led to the
OPEC oil Embargo.
Suddenly, the United States, their supply
of oil was cut back tremendously.
There were long lines, gas stations, people
were having to alternate days when they could
buy gas, people were--somebody's not able
to get to work, enormous amount of economic
activity which truncated.
Nixon felt


great pressure so, he announced
project independence which was a plan to make
the United States energy independent by 1980.
This involved building many fast breeder reactors,
many conventional reactors, new oil drilling,
new refineries, new coalmines, all kinds of
things to make the United States independent
in energy supply.
He promoted these in talks before congress
but then in March of 1974, the oil Embargo
ended and pressure reduced to implement project
independence.
But something else happened that was very
significant in 1974.
India detonated a nuclear weapon that had
been built from Plutonium separated from natural
Uranium and a heavy water reactor.
This was a very significant event in the history
of how the United States approached nuclear
power because they became quite fearful, the
Plutonium that could be separated from Uranium
in reprocessing facilities would be able to
be used in a nuclear weapon.
And there are manytakes so much more fuel to start
a fast breeder reactor for the same electrical
power rating than a thermal reactor.
Nixon resigned in 1974 and Gerald Ford became
the President.
He put some changes in place for the atomic
energy commission, splitting it into two new
divisions, the nuclear regulatory commission
and the energy research and development administration
which would go on to become the DOE.
The joint congressional committee in atomic
energy lead by Chet Holifield was abolished,
the balance of power which changed when Ford
came in, in 1974 and made these changes to
the AEC and to the congressional committee.
But Ford still supported the fast breeder
reactor.
He mentioned it in several of his speeches
including in State of the Union Address.
He increased funding for RND for the fast
breeder reactor.
And he highlighted how the fast breeder reactor
could be used to extend


Uranium resources
for centuries.
As the 1976 election approached though, it
was very close between Jimmy Carter and Gerald
Ford.
Jimmy Carter wanted Uranium reprocessing to
be abolished.
He did not want it to take place.
Only about a week before the election, on
October 28th, 1976, Ford took Carter's position.
He said, "We are not going to reprocess Uranium
anymore.
We're not going to separate Plutonium," and
he highlighted the risk of proliferation as
one of the main reasons why he was making
this decision.
But it's almost certain that pressure from
Carter and an attempt to improve his potential
to win the 1976s election had to have something
to do with it.
At that time, the proposal was to build another
fast breeder reactor.
This time in Tennessee, very close to Oak
Ridge on the Clinch River, so this was the
proposal that was before the nation as Jimmy
Carter becamethe President in 1977.
And Carter was not a supporter of this fast
breeder reactor.
He considered that the fast breeder reactor
and its concentration had something to do
with the lack of technology development and
solar energy.
He blamed the focus that had been on the fast
breeder reactor.
He called our society a Plutonium society
that would use the fast breeder reactor.
In April, he reiterated Ford's ban on reprocessing.
So, not too much of a surprise, Ford had basically
assumed Carter's position, Carter's says,
"Yes, we will continue that as National Policy."
He also calls for a cut back and funding for
the Clinch River breeder reactor.
However, he announced a new energy plan, focused
less on petroleum and more on coal.
He said, "There's no need to enter the Plutonium
age by licensing or building a fast breeder
reactor such as the proposed demonstration
plan at


Clinch River."
And again, he blamed the emphasis on the breeder
reactor for slow progress made in the progress
of solar power.
Surprisingly, Carter knew a thing or two about
Thorium.
And the reason he did is because at this time,
Admiral Rickover was working with his neighbor
reactors branch to load a Thorium Dioxide
Uranium-233 Dioxide core into the shipping
port reactor.
Carter was able to turn the switch that turned
the first and only Thorium breeder reactor
in US history on.
Several times he mentioned how--we wanted
to try other approaches to breeder reactors
than Plutonium, specifically light water breeder
reactors using Uranium.
But then, a meltdown happened a Three Mile
Island, public confidence in nuclear energy
in particular the light water reactor really
went down.
Even after Ronald Reagan was elected and lifted
the ban on commercial reprocessing, no reprocessing
plans were built.
In 1982, the shipping port reactor whichabove segment is not part of the judicial opinion delivered by the Court. The metadata has been prepared by Kenya Law as a guide in understanding the subject of the judicial opinion. Kenya Law makes no warranties as to the comprehensiveness or accuracy of the information

(Being an appeal from the ruling of the High Court of Kenya at Nyeri, Wakiaga, J.), delivered on 8th July, 2013)

in

Election Petition No. 4 of 2013)

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JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

[1.] RICHARD NCHARPI LEIYAGU, the appellant, contested for the position for the Member of the National Assembly for the Laikipia North Constituency during the General Elections of 4th March, 2013. MATHEW KIPEME LEMPURKEL, the 3rd respondent, was declared the elected Member of Parliament for Laikipia North Constituency and was duly gazetted by the INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL


AND BOUNDARIES COMMMISSION, the 1st respondent, in the Kenya Gazette of 13th March, 2013. Aggrieved by the outcome of the said elections, on or about the 10th April, 2013, the petitioner (appellant) filed a petition before the High Court at Nyeri seeking for an order inter alia nullifying the election of the 3rd respondent as Member of Parliament for Laikipia North Constituency.

[2] The Petition was duly served upon the respondents, they filed their responses and a pretrial conference was held on the 22nd May, 2013, before Wakiaga, J., in the presence of all the parties. It was agreed that the hearing or the trial of the Petition was allocated the 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th June, 2013. Out of those dates the appellant was allocated two days thatis the 10th and 11th June, 2013, within which he was supposed to give his evidence and his witnesses, while the respondents were given the 12th and 13th June, 2013. The dates were agreed upon by the parties and their respective counsel signed the consent order allocating the aforesaid dates.

[3] On the 10th June, 2013, when the petition came up for hearing, the appellant and his counsel were absent. The Judge set aside the matter for some time to allow the appellant and his counsel appear before him; it appears from the record, the learned Judge directed the Court Registry to call the offices of counsel for the appellant and inform them that the petition would proceed for hearing at 12 noon. When the court reconvened and both


the appellant and his counsel were absent, the court was moved by counsel for the respondents to dismiss the petition for want of prosecution and also for failure by petitioner to comply with the directions given by court regarding filing of some affidavits, which according to the respondents, were filed outside the agreed time frame.

[4] After hearing the parties the Judge adjourned the petition to the following day that is to the 11th June, 2013. On that day the appellant and his counsel were present in court, they unsuccessfully attempted to give an explanation for their failure to attend court on the 10th June, 2013. The Judge directed that he would first read the ruling which he had prepared and the appellant and his counsel were at libertyoversight, and gave a chronology of what happened. Due to the mistake, he received a call from the court registry at 11:30 am on the same day that is 10th June, 2013. However, he was unable to present himself in court by 12 noon owing to the distance between Nyeri and Nairobi where he was. He, nonetheless, made frantic efforts to get a counsel from Nyeri to hold his brief and that also did not bear fruits. The appellant and his counsel were present in court on the 11th June, 2013, which was the second day that was designated for the appellant to present his evidence and his witnesses and he was ready to proceed.

[9] Mr. Mwangi submitted that in the special circumstances of this case, the Judge


nationwide. Amendment 2 clones sprung up in states ranging from Oregon to Michigan to Florida. At a meeting of Christian right organizations, one of the authors of the amendment promised the crowd, “There is a national movement coming out of Amendment 2.”

Amendment 2 did produce a national movement, but not of the sort the Christian right intended.

Calls to boycott Colorado, led by the Denver-based organization Boycott Colorado, began within a few days of the amendment’s passage. Soon national groups like the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force joined the effort.

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Multiple organizations canceled conventions in Colorado; a major publishing company changed its plans to relocate to Denver; and the city councils of New York, Philadelphia and Atlanta endorsed the boycott. Manywere put forward in eight states in 1994: Idaho, Oregon, Arizona, Maine, Missouri, Michigan, Florida and Washington. Six failed to even make the ballot. The two that did, in Oregon and Idaho, went down to defeat. Two years later Amendment 2 itself was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in Romer v. Evans.

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They must find it difficult, those who have taken authority as the truth, rather than truth as the authority.

Friday, June 11, 2010

Skynet is in development

It's a little behind James Cameron's predictions, but it's coming.

NetworkWorld -

By 2047 the Air Force says unmanned aircraft with blazing artificial intelligence systems could fly over a target and determine whether or not to unleash lethal weapons - without human intervention.

Such intelligent unmanned aircraft were described in the Air Force's wide-ranging "Unmanned Aircraft Systems Flight Plan 2009-2047" report which outlines the service's future use of drones. The report details major new responsibilities for unmanned aircraft from the ability to refuel other aircraft to the capacity to swarm multiple drones on a single target.

And of course the capability to attack enemy targets on its own.

Instandard present-day practice is to connect the headspaces of the delivering tank and the receiving tank to each other so that fuel vapor expelled from the receiving tank by the incoming fuel is conducted into the headspace of the delivering tank to maintain a constant headspace pressure in the delivering tank. At the conclusion of the fuel transfer operation, the headspace of each of the two tanks is sealed.
A vent valve for a delivery truck tank will most logically take the form of a normally closed valve, held closed by a spring. Compressed air for operating the truck brakes is readily available, and the utilization of a pneumatic motor for opening the vent valve is quite conventional. The pressure differential across the valve, when closed, is normally quite


valves are mounted in an opening in the top of the tank, the valve housing being effectively a short, reasonably large diameter pipe section extending vertically through the top wall of the tank with its lower end opening into the interior of the tank and its upper end opening at the exterior of the tank. The valve head can consist simply of a circular plate located at the lower end of the valve housing and biased upwardly by springs to seat against and close the lower end of the passage through the valve housing. The pneumatic motor is almost invariably mounted within the passage through the housing with its piston rod extending downwardly and connected to the vent valve head. The open upper end of the valve housingthe floor of the filter through which backwash fluid and, optionally, air may be introduced into the filter. The underdrain laterals placed over the flume must therefore be in fluid communication with the flume to allow the backwash fluid to pass up through the underdrain laterals and the filter media. This is accomplished by the placement of openings in at least one of the underdrain blocks which make up the underdrain lateral. The underdrain blocks containing this opening are commonly referred to as flume blocks. The flume may be located on the front end of the filter or somewhere in the middle.
When installing a gravity filter, anchor rods placed in a grid pattern are firmly attached to the floor of the filter and struts are attached to the


anchor rods to form a grid pattern on which the underdrain laterals sit. Grout is placed on the floor of the filter to fill in any space between the bottom of the underdrain lateral and the filter floor. However, it is necessary to keep the grout from running into the flume during installation of the underdrain laterals. A piece of bridging, a formed plastic trough, is used to hold grout or caulking against the bottom edge of the underdrain lateral to create the seal around the flume opening. The bridging must be pulled tight against the underdrain lateral and held in place with wire until the grout sets. It must also sit on some base grout to seal the bottom of the bridging to the filter floor. IfGolden Books.

In Irish, his surname is pronounced , originating on the west coast of Ireland, but English-speakers often pronounce it "scary", and this is the pronunciation used in popular video and audio renditions of his books and stories.

Overview of his work
Scarry's most famous series of books was about Busytown. Scarry's characters were almost always anthropomorphic animals. His books were popular with children throughout the world. Over 100 million copies of his books were sold, and they have been translated into dozens of languages.

While his books are largely populated by common animal species such as dogs, cats, raccoons, bears, owls, goats, foxes, wolves, rabbits, lions, tigers, rats, pigs, mice, chipmunks, alligators, crocodiles, beavers, walruses, and others, he proved to be quite adept at giving human characteristics to a


Hiroshima-sized weapons. "The world has become a far more dangerous place when the actions of two countries on the other side of the world could have such a drastic impact on the planet," study co-author Brian Toon, also of the University of Colorado at Boulder. Smoky soot plumes Previous studies, including a 1985 National Research Council Report, had examined the effects of nuclear war on ozone loss by considering the chemicals the bombs would spew into the atmosphere. But they failed to consider the massive smoke plumes that would rise into the air as the bombed-out cities burned. The new study considers both, painting a picture of citywide firestorms and ozone destruction. "It has as much to do with the bombs as it does with the fuels inozone that protects us from the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays is found. The soot could eventually rise 50 miles (80 kilometers) up in the atmosphere, the study found. The new study found that up in the stratosphere, the soot would continue to absorb incoming sunlight and heat the surrounding air. This heat would jump-start the chemical reactions that destroy ozone. "So the temperatures go way up and this changes the rates of a number of catalytic cycles that destroy ozone," Mills told LiveScience. As these cycles speed up, they wipe out the ozone molecules much faster than they would at normal temperatures. The heating of the stratosphere would also alter its circulation, prolonging the time that it normally takes for the air in that layer to turn over,


prolonging the soot's effect on ozone destruction. Global ozone hole Above the mid-latitudes, where the United States and most of Europe lie, ozone levels would drop by 25 to 40 percent. At higher northern latitudes, ozone losses would reach 50 to 70 percent, the model results show. "The models show this magnitude of ozone loss would persist for five years, and we would see substantial losses continuing for at least another five years," Mills said. The 1985 NRC report found only a 17 percent depletion of stratospheric ozone over the Northern Hemisphere, which would recover by half in just three years. "The big surprise is that this study demonstrates that a small-scale, regional nuclear conflict is capable of triggering ozone losses even larger than losses that were predictedfollowing a full-scale nuclear war," Toon said. These losses would drop ozone levels below the amount that typically marks the seasonal ozone hole over Antarctica — only this ozone hole would extend from about 20 degrees north and south of the equator, creating a near-global ozone hole. The loss of this protective "sunscreen" layer could have a terrible impact on the plants and animals living below that would then be susceptible to UV radiation. Damage to plants and animals at mid-latitudes would likely rise sharply, according to the study, which was funded by the University of Colorado at Boulder. UV rays could also damage the bacteria at the roots of some crops, which the plants depend on for some food. Previous studies have shown residents of aquatic ecosystems,


boards' drugs budgets, adding that the amount of NMF funding available to boards in 2017/18 "is not yet known".

Read more: third of GP trainee places for 2017 intake still unfilled

Audit Scotland said Scottish Government should shift from one-year funding allocations to three to five year funding cycles.

It said: “The lack of financial flexibility, with NHS boards required to break even at the end of each financial year, and lack of long-term planning are barriers to moving more care out of hospitals.”

The number of GP practices has fallen by three per cent in the past five years, to 963, forcing patients to join new surgeries. As a result, the average practice list size has increased by six per cent to 5,881. However, the number of GPs in Scotland hascharges be filed against them.

Hargrove, who was arrested on suspicion of resisting an officer and assault on a peace officer, was never charged with a crime.

The police encounter started after Hargrove, a Bakersfield resident, headed to the store to pick up a Father’s Day gift. The store was closed, so she turned around and headed home.

As Hargrove rode her bicycle in the blistering heat, she said, she stopped at an intersection to take a sip of water and noticed three patrol cruisers and an officer pointing a gun at her.

The officers had been looking for a man who had tried to stab a worker at the grocery store with a machete, according to a Bakersfield police report obtained by the Los Angeles Times.

The suspect was described as a


30-year-old black male who was 5 feet, 10 inches tall, weighed 160 pounds and had a shaved head and goatee, according to the police report. The man was carrying a pink duffel bag.

Hargrove is black, and stands 5 feet, 2 inches tall and weighs 120 pounds, according to the police report. She wore a red and black Spiderman backpack.

As police surrounded Hargrove, an officer asked her if she had stopped by the grocery store. Hargrove said she told them “No.” The officer then demanded she hand over her backpack, she said.

When Hargrove asked if he had a warrant, she said, he pointed toward a police dog, so she handed over her backpack.

According to the claim, the officer then grabbed her hands after she put them over her head.She was then propped up, punched and thrown to the ground.

The officer, the claim alleges, then put his knees on her back and head.

In the widely circulated NAACP video, Hargrove said, she told the officer “I can’t breathe. I can’t breathe.” Then, she said, she screamed for help.

As she lay on the ground, she said, the police dog gnawed at her leg.

Officer Christopher Moore, who is named in the claim as well as another senior officer named G. Vazquez, described a different version of events in his police report.

Moore said he told Hargrove she was being detained because she matched the suspect’s description and warned her that if she didn’t follow his commands, he would release his dog on her.

He wrote that Hargrove spun into the officer, who


Thursday, March 26, 2009

So-Called "human rights" NGOs Betray Gilad Shalit

The record of so-called "human rights" NGOs in regard to the rights of Gilad Shalit is shockingly inhumane. The "NGOs" have regularly disregarded his plight, although some have issued statements from time to time in his favor while often exploiting the occasion to heap even stronger accusations on Israel for its alleged violations of rights.

Gil`ad Shalit is an Israeli soldier captured by Hamas and allied forces in Gaza in June 2006 and held incomunicado since then [if he is still alive]. Part of the reason for the neglect by these NGOs lies in the fraud contained in their name -- NGO. These initials stand for "non-governmental organization." However, the name is fraudulent. Most of these "NGOs" get funding andpolitical direction from governments. And if governmental funding is minimal or non-existent, they still take their political direction from governments. They are not committed first and foremost to the lofty goals that they ostensibly espouse. Amnesty International for instance has its headquarters in London and seems to take political direction from the UK govt intelligence services, although certain American intelligence services may also have some input on Amnesty.

It should be borne in mind that Amnesty made a drastic change in its stated principles some 20 years ago. Originally, when founded in the 1960s, Amnesty championed "prisoners of conscience," that is, political prisoners who DID NOT advocate violence or the violent revolutionary overthrow of their governments. This principle was replaced about 20 years ago by one that approved of


minimal comments on Shalit's predicament contrast with the frequency and emphasis on allegations of Israeli "violations of international law."Introduction:

On March 15, 2009, to mark 1000 days since his kidnapping, NGO Monitor issued a press release about Gilad Shalit, "highlight[ing] the almost total silence and inaction of human rights NGOs over his fate," in particular Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch (HRW), and B'Tselem. Shalit has been held captive in Gaza since June, 25 2006 without access for the International Committee of the Red Cross, in direct contravention of the Geneva Convention. During this period, when international and Israeli NGOs published hundreds of reports and press releases alleging Israeli "war crimes," especially regarding Gaza, only a handful of statements addressed Shalit's plight, despite the irrefutable, ongoing violation of his rights.for his release. Instead, some NGOs have published occasional statements (tending to correspond to the one-year and 1000 day anniversaries of Shalit's capture), while others have ignored Shalit completely. Additionally, many NGO reports mention Shalit to condemn Israel for counterterrorism measures taken in the aftermath of his capture; Israel is accused of "war crimes," while Shalit's rights are erased.Amnesty International – Relative to HRW and Israeli NGOs, Amnesty International has taken a slightly more active interest in Gilad Shalit. Since June 2006, Amnesty has published 33 "urgent actions" relating to Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. None has addressed Gilad Shalit. But according to a news report, "Amnesty International has been working with the Shalit family," and Amnesty's Philip Luther claimed that "the Shalit case... had been taken up


speaker, Brian Railsback, said not only is Belcher energetic and compassionate, but he also knows how to accomplish tasks.

“This fall semester when I met with him as Faculty Chair, he had wonderful advice on how to move our agenda. He is a great listener. He is decisive. He is truthful,” said Railsback in an email message.

WCU Chancellor David O. Belcher rallies students at the start of the SoCon 2012 Championship game. Photo by Jarrett Frazier.

Along with academic work, Belcher has been actively involved with athletics. One of the most notable memories was Belcher trotting and chanting during a men’s basketball game, uplifting the crowd.

“His literal cheerleading sometimes for the university was just an amazing sight to behold,” added Wargo.

His cheerleading went further than athletics. Belcher’s ability to connectwith students distinguishes him from the bunch.

David O. Belcher, was appointed Chancellor of Western Carolina University on July 1, 2011. As Chancellor, he oversees an institution within the University of North Carolina system that has a current enrollment of over 11,000.

Belcher’s first year as Chancellor was not an easy task as he was to see out the “2020 Vision: Focusing Our Future” plan. This strategic plan focused on enrollment growth and reinforced the historic commitment to the region.

Throughout the years of his designation as Chancellor, Belcher has had a hand in the increase of the student body, the increase of institutional scholarships, and the overall improvements made on campus, including Noble Hall, Brown Cafeteria, and now a new Natural Sciences Building.

In addition to his academic career, Belcher is


a successful pianist. He has performed around the country as a recitalist and has dove deep into classical music.

While Belcher will remain on campus and involved in a limited role, the support shown for him and his decision show how much the campus community meant to him, and how much he meant on campus.ST. PAUL-Minnesotans must be eager to vote in the Nov. 8 election.

Nearly 47,000 registered to vote online last week, with about 27,000 on Friday, Sept. 23, alone, smashing the one-day record of 7,602.

The big interest in registering, as well as early voting, bodes well for high voter turnout in the 2016 election.

Secretary of State Steve Simon announced the figures on Monday, Sept. 26.

Simon credited three things for the record registration (which includes updating existing registrations): the beginning of early voting Friday, Facebook reminding users to register to vote and the series of presidential debates that began Monday night.

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Both major Minnesota political parties pushed early voting. They staged media events and invited people to lock in their votes as soon as possible.

The state's early voting actually


turnout in the country, and these historic online voter registration numbers are a positive sign that Minnesotans are preparing to step up to the challenge," Simon said.

For years, Minnesota led the country in voter turnout in general elections; that ended two years ago.

Simon said Minnesota has more than 3.2 million registered voters, but another 800,000 are eligible and not registered.

Minnesotans may go to mnvotes.org to register and find other election-related information.

In an effort to increase turnout, Simon's office and the Minnesota Lynx professional women's basketball team produced a public service announcement to appear on Fox Sports North, which carries Lynx games.

"Get in the game, Minnesota, and vote on Nov. 8," Hutchinson, Minn., native Lindsay Whalen says in the spot.coincides with World Wetlands Day on Saturday, February 2.

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Griffith Asia Institute and the Department of Business Strategy and Innovation welcomes Visiting Fellow, Dr Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary from the School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University, Japan. Dr Taghizadeh-Hesary has published on a wide range of topics, including energy economics, green finance, small and medium-sized enterprises finance, monetary policy, and banking. His credits include […]


MARCA.com's online readers voted Jordi Alba as the best signing of 2012. Modric, on the other hand received even more votes than Song to be named the transfer fiasco of the year.

The Barcelona left-back arrived at the Camp Nou on the back of his performances at Valencia and his contributions to Del Bosque's side at the European Championships. The Spanish national coach told him: "You're going to be the best left-back at the Euros". And he was. Four months are all he’s needed to be crowned the best signing of the summer transfer window.

Nigerian Martins (Levante) is considered by many as the second best La Liga signing of 2012 (14.6%) and Aduriz (13.4%) was third, slightly allaying the 'Llorente affair' at Bilbao.

Real Madrid paid €45m for Modric, aquality player in the Premier League who had Spain against the ropes in Euro 2012. Four months after his arrival at Madrid and the Croat has in no way lived up to expectations. He was chosen as the worst signing of the year with 32.2% of the votes. Song, who cost Barcelona €19m followed closely behind.


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The American Bison is the largest land mammal native to the Western Hemisphere, and a leading icon of the American west. Bison served as the foundation to many Native American tribes, whose lives were synced to their migrations and wholly dependent upon their meat and hides. Interestingly, the bison is not a true buffalo - that distinction is held by the Cape Buffalo of Africa and Water Buffalo of Asia. The word buffalo in America has been used colloquially for so long that it's now interchangeable with bison.

Range and Population: Before European settlement and westward expansion, bison numbered 20-30 million across the Great Plains from Canada to New Mexico. Numbers declined nominally when Native Americans acquired horses in the 1600s and could hunt more effectively, butstill never to excess. Unregulated hunting by settlers on an unprecedented scale - in addition to US Army initiatives aimed at reducing populations in order to weaken Native American tribes - drove numbers down to an estimated 1,090 by 1889. Restoration efforts, led by public and private interests, have lifted the population to approximately 500,000 across North America. Most are not 'pure' bison, however, as many have been cross-bred with domestic cattle. Yellowstone National Park has the largest population of free-roaming plains bison (2,000 - 4,500), and is one of only a few herds with cattle-free genes. The majority of today's bison live on private ranches and are managed as livestock (approximately 400,000).

Physical Traits; Adult bison stand 5 - 6.5 at the shoulder, are 10-12' long, and weigh


have no idea who David Lee is, he played with the Knicks for 5 years, his best season there he averaged 20 points. Lee became the best player in New York which may have more to say about the Knicks than it does about Lee. In the summer of 2010 the Golden State Warriors signed Lee to a 5-year deal. In Golden State, Lee was a steady force offensively for the Warriors. He never averaged less than 16 points for the Warriors in his first four seasons. As his teammate Stephen Curry began to rise in the NBA, Lee’s involvement in the offense decreased to a complimentary role. As the talent in Golden State developed, Lee became the odd man out. From there he headed from West to'Hot death' warning on climate

THE world would be condemned to a "hot death" if it did not
pursue so-called clean coal technologies and attempts to tackle
global warming should not come at the expense of economic growth,
according to federal Environment Minister Ian Campbell.

He also said there was no real upside into pumping more money
into old technologies such as wind turbines.

Senator Campbell yesterday welcomed a decision by the 157
countries that have ratified the Kyoto Protocol on climate change
to begin a new round of negotiations to cut greenhouse gas
emissions. However, he did not budge from Australia's decision to
continue to rely heavily on fossil fuels, such as coal.

"Coal and fossil fuels will still be a part of the future needs
of the world in 80 years' time," Senator Campbell told The
Age en route to


an "open and non-binding" dialogue that would not
lead to any "new commitments" to reduce carbon dioxide emissions
associated with climate change.

Senator Campbell said Australia had started negotiations on a
"post-Kyoto approach" with countries part of the Asia-Pacific
Partnership for Clean Development and Climate.

He said Kyoto was ineffective and countries instead needed to
focus on developing new technologies.

Shadow environment minister Anthony Albanese said other
countries would be "confused" by Australia's position. He said the
Government's refusal to ratify meant that Australia would increase
its emissions by 23 per cent by 2020.

"Australia must now join the rest of the world in ratifying the
Kyoto Protocol," Mr Albanese said.

Australian Conservation Foundation executive director Don Henry
said Senator Campbell's claims that Kyoto was irrelevant and
ineffective was "wildly inaccurate".

"The world's first strong agreement to tackle climate change is
alive and kicking but theCorey Lewandowski was interviewed Wednesday by Senate Intelligence Committee staffers probing Russian meddling in the 2016 election. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo Senate staffers interview Lewandowski in Russia probe

Senate Intelligence Committee staffers probing Russian meddling in the 2016 election on Wednesday interviewed Corey Lewandowski, President Donald Trump's first campaign manager, according to a source familiar with the panel's work.

Lewandowski's appearance comes after the intelligence panel's GOP chairman, Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), and vice chairman Mark Warner (D-Va.) have underscored that they still don't know whether any Trump associates colluded with Moscow to influence the election, signaling that any report on Russian influence may be delayed to 2018. CNN first reported Lewandowski's appearance Wednesday.

Lewandowski signed off on a July 2016 trip to Moscow by Carter Page, a former Trump campaign


Nerdy Girl Nation by Lindsey Gray

Who knew the girl who spent most of her Saturday nights watching Doctor Who marathons with her best friend would end up becoming a reality television star? Not Emma MacLean.

Emma tried to leave the nerdy girl behind as the Vice President of Operations for billionaire venture capitalist, Terrance Hunt, on the hit show Hunt for Life. When double tragedies occur on the same day, Emma is out of a job, but the cameras and a nation of fans continue to follow her.

Rob “Bobby” Breyer lived and breathed the professional wrestling circuit for five years. Rob happens to be a devoted Hunt for Life fan due to a chance meeting with Emma while in high school. When he reaches out to Emma in hertime of crisis, he never imagines how much it will change his life.

After twelve years, their attraction still sizzles and this time, Rob's not letting Emma get away. As the cameras roll, Emma's new career and Rob's quest for glory are in the spotlight. When the heat is on, they'll need all the support they can get from the Nerdy Girl Nation.

Lindsey Gray

Lindsey Gray typed her first complete novel at the age of twelve and dreamed of making her writing into a career. When her eighth grade class wrote a twenty year reunion story, casting her as a mystery novelist, she wasn't sure she could make it a reality. After years of writing off and on, she decided to make a go of it. In December of 2010


she finally made her dream come true with her first published novel, Lies Inside. Five years and thousands of written words later, Lindsey is releasing her seventh published work, Nerdy Girl Nation.
When Lindsey takes a break from writing, she spends time with her husband of thirteen years and their two children, reading all kinds of romance novels, and hosting her own weekly radio show, Gray Matters, on TMV Cafe Internet Radio.300,000) is outside the Japanese government's 12-mile "no-go zone" around that facility.

But, as Reuters reports today, the nuclear plant "is estimated to have released just 15 percent of the radiation at Chernobyl, but a complicated software modeling system created by the government to predict where the radiation would drift proved useless." So-called hot spots are showing up hundreds of miles away.


for 17 government agencies, two state-owned companies (one, Systembolaget, operating a monopoly, and another one, Apoteket, operating as a government-owned, non-monopolistic entity) and two institutes.

Policy areas
 Health care, health, social issues/insurance
 Housing and construction
 Religious communities
 State administration and public procurement

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Ray is active in the local community. He is a past 2-term president of the Stony Plain Chamber of Commerce, helped organize the 2012 Alberta Winter Games, and is an active member as a volunteer in various sports clubs in the region.

When Ray is not helping his clients, volunteering in the community or running after his kids, he likes cooking and outdoor pursuits such as gardening, hiking in the mountains, playing golf, water sports and skiing.

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Witnesses tell Senate Finance Committee ways to improve tax system

Witnesses gave the Senate Finance Committee a variety of suggestions
on how to fight tax identity theft and fraud, reform the tax system,
and fund the IRS during a hearing on Tuesday. The committee heard from
witnesses representing the IRS, the Taxpayer Advocate Service, the
Social Security Administration (SSA), and the AICPA.

Tax filing season

Jeffrey Porter, chair of the AICPA Tax Executive Committee, shared
with the committee feedback on the just-concluded tax filing season,
which got off to a delayed start because of the late enactment of the
American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, P.L. 112-240. He noted the
challenges the IRS faced in administering this tax season, but also
told the committee in his written testimony that the “adverse impact
extends to taxpayers and tax return preparers who face
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323 Ark. 680
PORTS PETROLEUM COMPANY, INC. OF OHIO, Appellant,
v.
Jim Guy TUCKER, As Governor of the State of Arkansas; Winston Bryant, As Attorney General of the State of Arkansas; Lone Star Company, Inc.; Thomas Oil Company; and Arkansas Oil Marketers Association, Appellees.
No. 95-705.
Supreme Court of Arkansas.
March 11, 1996.
*750 Peter G. Kumpe, Leon Holmes, Little Rock, for appellant.
Sherry P. Bartley, Marshall S. Ney, Angela S. Jegley, Senior Asst. Atty., Little Rock, for appellee.
BROWN, Justice.
The issue before this court is whether the Arkansas Petroleum Trade Practices Act (Act 380 of 1993) violates the Arkansas Constitution by impinging on the due process rights, the equal protection rights, and the privileges and immunities of appellant Ports Petroleum Co., Inc. We hold that Act 380 is constitutionally infirm because of its


of 1993). Ports Petroleum sued first and named Lone Star and Thomas Oil as defendants based on the threatening letters. It further named Governor Jim Guy Tucker and Attorney General Winston Bryant as parties defendant because they constitute the enforcement mechanism under the Act.
Ports Petroleum's declaratory judgment complaint alleged that Act 380 violates the Arkansas and United States Constitutions because it does not require an antitrust injury or predatory intent to run afoul of the Act. Its argument was framed in terms of due process, privileges and immunities, and equal protection violations. Ports Petroleum claimed that, as a practical matter, the prohibition on selling unbranded fuel below cost inhibited fair competition because unbranded fuel sellers are by necessity required to sell a greater volume of fuel at ato federal legislation. According to the complaint, the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution preempts Act 380. Ports Petroleum prayed for an injunction to halt enforcement of the Act.
The Arkansas Oil Marketers Association ("AOMA") moved to intervene as a defendant in the suit. The organization is comprised of approximately 200 independent petroleum marketers in the state, and, according to the motion, it played an instrumental role in developing the Act. The parties did not oppose the intervention of AOMA, and the trial court granted the motion.
Ports Petroleum moved for summary judgment. Attached to the motion were the two letters of intent to sue by Lone Star and Thomas Oil and an affidavit by Michael D. Ports, the president of Ports Petroleum. In the affidavit, Ports substantiated the


bottom surface, and a looped nose rope to hold onto, and it was the first commercialized prototype of what has become the snowboard. To ride it, you stood on it sideways, without bindings, and held on to the nose rope. After a balanced slide between about 5 feet, at 4mph, and 25 feet, at about 15mph, you fell down. These boards were very difficult to ride. Snurfers were red or yellow. I wanted a red one. That winter, when it snowed, my sisters and neighbors and I went to sled with the crowds on the big hill in Valley Forge State Park. It was a great, popular sled hill, broad and long and just the right steepness, bald and grassy and bare of trees and bushes. At anyit home.

My dad asked me what I was going to do with it.

“I’m going to make a Snurfer.”

And I did.

Now, I’m going to back up about two years, to the year 1964 or 65, when I was 8 or 9, and another big family, originally from Mexico, moved into the area, taking up residence in a big old stone farmhouse not far from ours. The father was a renowned and innovative heart surgeon pursuing the next phase in his great career in one of Philadelphia’s teaching hospitals, having come from some great coronary program in Southern California. The boys, my friend Jimbo and his brother Robby, brought skateboards with them from California.

At the time, there were no skateboards in Pennsylvania. They had to be brought in–like these–from the


calculable costs and consequences.

Devoted actors represent a dimension of thought and behavior distinct from instrumental rationality in resisting material compromises over such values. The cognitive structure of sacred values (as when land or law become hallowed or holy) together with the group dynamics that are involved in the embedding of sacred values into a unique group identity, is the primary focus of this research.

DEVOTED ACTORSM MODEL

A model that demonstrates how and when Devoted Actors influence government actions and financial markets.

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Through years of rigorous field based scientific research on values sets of people in conflict environments, researchers at Artis discovered the idea that a natural phenomenon existed in humanity whereby some people and groups are so devoted to values that they are movedchildren. One son graduated Yale in 1872.

His residence, the John Kendrick House, is now a historical site.

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John Daugherty, Realtors is pleased to announce that Cheri Fama, has been promoted to President. Formerly Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Cheri will also continue as Chief Operating Officer as she assumes her role as President.

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John Daugherty, Realtors announced that Dan Flournoy has been named director of John Daugherty Ranch & Land. Since 1995, Dan has been involved in the management of a large ranch in Central West Texas, dealing with all aspects of oil and gas transactions, transmission lines, wind turbines, government programs, water rights, hunting, livestock and all other ranch-specific issues. His exceptional management skills enabled this Central West Texas ranch to receive the Texas Parks and Wildlife sLone Star Steward Award for the Edwards Plateau region in 2010. In 2005, Dan and a partner started Sierra Farm Ranch Services to advise ranch owners how to more effectively and economically manage their properties.

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Marilyn Guion has joined Colvill Office Properties as Leasing Representative, Director of Client Services. With seven years of experience in commercial real estate, Guion is responsible for leasing, marketing, and advisory services to the firm's institutional clients. She serves as Leasing Representative for four million square feet of Colvill Office Properties Houston portfolio, including Galleria Office Towers, BLVD PLACE, Brookhollow Central, CityCentre, 2500 CityWest and San Felipe Plaza. She also handles the assessment of investment and acquisition opportunities in


Class A office properties for the firm s clients.

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Karin A. Mewis has been promoted to Vice President, Corporate Banking, Town & Country Financial Center, at Frost-Houston.

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Wes Northington has been promoted to Vice President, Corporate Banking, Town & Country Financial Center at Frost-Houston.

1 Cheri Fama been promoted to president of John Daugherty, Realtors and will continue in her role as chief operating officer.

1John Daugherty, Realtors announced that Dan Flournoy has been named director of John Daugherty Ranch & Land.

1Marilyn Guion has joined Colvill Office Properties as leasing representative, director of client services. She handles leasing of 4 million square feet of office space andassesses investment and acquisition opportunities for the firm's clients.

1KeyBanc Capital Markets, the corporate and investment banking arm of KeyCorp, announced the addition of David Lucke and David Banmilleras managing directors andNicholas Stuartas vice president to its oil and gas group in Houston. KeyBanc Capital Markets opened its Houston office in December 2011 under the direction of Sylvia Barnes, managing director and head of the oil and gas group.

1Shawnell Holmanhas joined Siebert Brandford Shank and Co. as managing director and co-manager of its Houston office. Holman, who oversaw the debt and investment portfolios for the city of Houston over the past decade, will focus on the financing needs for municipalities across Texas and the southwest U.S.

1James Howardhas joined Gardere Wynne Sewell as a partner in the Houston office and


A crazed, probably terrified squirrel scaled the netting behind home plate at Citizens Bank Park Friday night during the Philadelphia Phillies' game against the St. Louis Cardinals. Then things got interesting.

Things got nutty at Citizens Bank Park on Friday when a crazed squirrel scaled the netting behind home plate, flew through the air, and assaulted a member of the Philadelphia Phillies, sending all assembled into hysteria and members of the field-level press corps in search of higher ground.

The squirrel made his or her entrance to the proceedings by walking directly onto the field in front of St. Louis Cardinals' third-baseman Matt Carpenter during his second-inning at-bat. Immediately reversing course, the squirrel, who appeared under the influence of advanced narcotics, fled the area.

Two pitches later, as Phillies hurler PhillipeAumont readied to throw to Carpenter, television cameras caught the rascally rodent summitting the park's protective netting.

The footage then shows that it proceeded north-northeast along the first-base-line portion of the steel cable that holds the netting up, until it found itself roughly 25-feet above the home team's dugout, prompting a Phillies' broadcaster to gravely warn his television audience, "This might not end well."

Aumont and Carpenter ceased the at-bat altogether when shrieks of terror signaled the squirrel's descent - through the air - onto the top of the Phillies dugout.

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Several Phillies fans, the same lot known for once booing a man dressed as Santa Claus at a professional sporting event, unsurprisingly appeared repulsed and confounded by the squirrel's presence.

They were thoroughly unprepared when, dazed but still ambulatory,