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Dahlia hesperioides is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Arnold Pagenstecher in 1900. It is found on the Bismarck Archipelago of New Guinea.

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Category:CalpinaeSeguin “Analog Decoding of Duo-Binary Codes”, International Symposium on Information Theory and its Applications, ISITA2004, Parma, Italy, Oct. 10-13, 2004. The decoder 4 shown in FIG. 2 appropriate to coding with two slices includes four independent individual decoders 511, 512, 521, 522, two per slice. Each individual decoder operates on a portion of the received frame. The individual decoders 511 and 521 operate respectively on the first half of the received frame and on the first half of the received frame that has been fully interleaved, and the individual decoders 512 and 522 operate respectively on the second half of the received frame and on the second half of the received frame that has been fully interleaved. In the more general case of coding with p slices, the


premium to the lessor".

It was reacting to the resignation of Bezuidenhout, who was appointed as new CEO of Africa-focused, low-cost airline fastjet from August 1 2016. Bezuidenhout has been CEO since Mango commenced operations ten years ago. He has also twice acted as SAA CEO.

READ: FastJet names Mango's Nico Bezuidenhout as new CE0The old wounds and new divisions opened up by Brazil’s impeachment vote were evident on Tuesday when Dilma Rousseff said it was “lamentable” that one of her accusers had glorified the torture used against her and others during the dictatorship era.

The president was referring to Jair Bolsonaro, a rightwing lower house deputy, who dedicated his vote in favour of impeachment to Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra, the colonel who headed the feared Doi-Codi torture unit in the 1970s.

Rousseff, a former guerrilla, was imprisoned at the time and tortured. She rarely goes into details, but once described how she was beaten, given electric shocks and left naked on the floor. Other women political prisoners from that time have said they were raped.

Bolsonaro – who is planning to run for president


in the next election – used his brief statement at the microphone during Sunday’s vote to laud the military leaders who beat and tormented leftwing leaders after the 1964 coup.

“They lost in 1964, and now they have lost in 2016,” he said. He then dedicated his vote to “the memory of Col Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra, the dread of Dilma Rousseff”.

Rousseff was asked to respond to that taunt at a press conference with foreign journalists on Tuesday. She paused briefly for composure, then replied with dignity: “It is regrettable that this moment in Brazil has opened a door to intolerance, hate and to this kind of statement,” she said.

Avoiding any mention of names, she continued: “I was arrested in the 1970s and I did, in fact, meet thisman he refers to. He was one of the biggest torturers in Brazil and was accused of torture and killing.”

After losing the vote by a crushing majority, the president is on the verge of losing power. From next Tuesday, the upper house will decide whether to proceed with impeachment. If a simple majority of the 81 senators approves in a vote on 17 May, Rousseff must stand aside for 180 days while they debate her fate.

Vice-President Michel Temer, who is set to replace her, has already begun discussions with other senior centre-right politicians who are likely to make up his new cabinet.

Bolsonaro, a former army captain, is the most prominent figure in the “bullets, beef and Bible” caucus on the extreme right of Brazilian politics. Revelling in his


sold the Jaguars last year for an estimated $770-million, and as a part-owner, she as well as Mr. Weaver came away with a significant personal fortune. Ms. Weaver, who won’t give her exact age except to note she is in her 70s, says she relishes the ability to give the money away in her own name, and says she plans to give away much of her fortune in her lifetime.

While the experience is new to her, at least in its scale, Jacksonville has a tradition of prominent women philanthropists.

The two largest private foundations in the Jacksonville area were both founded by women: Lucy Bell Gooding, who made her money from an insurance company, and Jessie Ball duPont, who married an heir of the industrial fortune. Their foundations havein 1953 her friends and acquaintances persuaded her to open her own agency, in which they invested. For her entire career her business was based in Goodwin's Court, an alley off St Martin's Lane, London. She was able to buy out her partners in 1963, after the success of her first "discovery'", Robert Bolt. Sometimes she could be wrong in her opinions. Of A Man for All Seasons (1966), Bolt's own screen adaptation of his play, she was dismissive: "We don’t expect it to succeed as it’s not very dramatic and has no sex at all".

She represented many of the leading dramatists to emerge from the 1950s onwards, including Alan Ayckbourn, Eugène Ionesco, J. B. Priestley, Stephen Poliakoff and David Hare. After discovering Joe Orton, then living on


The Village, LLC is hosting a public meeting on Monday, November 27th, starting at 6 p.m. at the St. Anthony High School Commons.

The purpose of this meeting is for the Developer to present a revised concept for the development of the property at 2401 and 2501 Lowry Avenue (former Lowry Grove Manufactured Home Park and current Bremer bank site) for community input.

The city offices have NOT received a revised submittal from the developer at this time. Upon receipt of the submittal, the city will send out notification through this email listserve and send out notices to nearby properties, as required by statute and city code for a public hearing.

City Council Meeting October 10, 2017

At the City Council meeting on October 10, 2017 The City Council voted unanimously onResolution 17-070 a resolution to Deny the Comprehensive Plan Amendments, PUD Preliminary Development Plan/PUD Rezoning, and Preliminary Plat related to The Village, LLC project located at 2401 and 2501 Lowry Avenue.

Request for Continuance

September 19, 2017
The Village LLC (the developer) of the Southern Gateway Development Project has requested a two week continuance of the City Council meeting. This matter will now be on the October 10, 2017 City Council meeting agenda.

Denial of a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to increase the density from 40 units/acre to 48 units/acre on the overall development site at 2401 and 2501 Lowry Avenue;

Denial of a Preliminary Planned Unit Development (PUD) Development Plan for the redevelopment plan;

Denial of a Preliminary Plat for the subdivision of the development site;

The Comprehensive Plan Amendment to re-guide the 2401 Lowry


MD, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY; Daniel Talmor, MD, MPH, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; Alvin Thomas Jr, MD, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC; Richard Waldhorn, MD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Baltimore, MD; Mark Woodhead, MD, Guidelines Director, European Respiratory Society; Robert Wise, MD, The Joint Commission, Chicago, IL; Randy Wax, MD, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada; Kevin Yeskey, MD (Steering Committee), Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC.

† A list of Task Force members is given in the Appendix.

The views expressed in this article do not represent official positions of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

During the period of the project, Dr. Rubinson initially received partial salary support from a contract with the Strategic National StockpileStudies in Canadian Military History

The Studies in Canadian Military History Series, published in association with the Canadian War Museum, presents the best of contemporary scholarship to provide new insights into all aspects of Canadian military history, from earliest times to recent events. The work of a new generation of scholars is especially encouraged and the books employ a variety of approaches - cultural, social, intellectual, economic, political, and comparative - to investigate gaps in the existing historiography. The books in the series feed immediately into future exhibitions, programs, and outreach efforts by the Canadian War Museum


against them.  Fifteen of the sixteen charges had been initiated by the Board.  Prior to July 15, 1983, after two evidentiary hearings involving fourteen of the charges, the hearing panel of the Board found that Dr. Horwitz had not violated any provision of the Podiatry Act, C.R.S. 12-32-107, as amended.  On July 15, 1983, Dr. Horwitz and the Board entered into a Stipulation whereby the Board agreed to dismiss with prejudice the two remaining charges of unprofessional conduct lodged against Dr. Horwitz in consideration of Dr. Horwitz's agreement to allow his surgical practice to be supervised by an ambulatory foot surgeon and his record keeping practice to be supervised by a podiatrist.  One Dr. Stephen Albert was appointed by the Board to serve assupervisor for both record keeping and surgery.

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Dr. Albert submitted reports to the Board prior to December 1, 1983, indicating that certain records kept by Dr. Horwitz had been deficient, but that Dr. Horwitz had undertaken corrective measures.  Dr. Albert did not submit any negative reports relative to Dr. Horwitz's surgical practice.  Also, on the same day, Dr. Albert and Dr. Horwitz met with the hearing panel of the Board relative to why Dr. Albert had supervised only a limited number of Dr. Horwitz's surgical practices.  During the course of this meeting, out of the presence of Dr. Horwitz, Dr. Albert expressed concern about the quality of Dr. Horwitz's surgical practice, and stated his belief that Dr. Horwitz was a danger to the public.  The


and future patients, and therefore to the public health, safety and welfare such as to imperatively require emergency action.  On that same day, the Board filed its formal complaint and on January 4, 1984, Dr. Horwitz was served with the Order of Summary Suspension and Formal Complaint.  Dr. Horwitz submitted his written response on January 5, 1984, but continued to practice podiatry until restrained from doing so by order of the District Court for the City and County of Denver on January 9, 1984.  Within fifteen days of Dr. Horwitz's response and within ten days of the issuance of the temporary restraining order, a full evidentiary hearing before a qualified hearing officer was held.  Dr. Horwitz was represented by counsel and was afforded fullopportunity to present evidence, express his positions and to fully cross-examine all witnesses.

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On February 6, 1984, the hearing officer rendered his decision.  He found in Dr. Horwitz's favor on forty-two (42) of the forty-four (44) allegations and also found against him on two charges, which he identified as relatively minor.  The hearing officer recommended that Dr. Horwitz's license to practice podiatry be immediately reinstated, subject to his completion of the supervision previously agreed upon.  Thereafter, the hearing panel and the inquiry panel of the Board denied Dr. Horwitz's application for reinstatement, and on May 1, 1984, the hearing panel, following review of the hearing transcript, entered its Final Order which in part affirmed the hearing officer's decision, in part modified the decision and in part


included independent findings.  The Order placed Dr. Horwitz on a one-year probation, subject to supervision.  It also imposed certain requirements.

Litigation

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Dr. Horwitz filed this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Secs. 1983 and 1988 against the State Board of Medical Examiners and its then current members.  He sought compensatory and punitive damages, together with attorney's fees, alleging that he had been subjected to unfounded complaints, summarily suspended from the practice of podiatry in violation of his Fourteenth Amendment due process rights, and defamed and subjected to outrageous conduct.  The Board was dismissed from the suit by virtue of the State's claim of sovereign immunity invoked pursuant to the Eleventh Amendment.  That ruling is not challenged on appeal.

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Prior to filing the instant action, Dr. Horwitz appealedlicense and thus could not have been the basis for any clearly established constitutional rights of Dr. Horwitz which were offended by the Board's suspension.  We agree.

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Dr. Horwitz relies strongly on Barry v. Barchi for the proposition that he was entitled to due process safeguards prior to the summary suspension of his license.  The Barry court, while recognizing that the horse trainer's license issued by the New York Racing Board was such a property interest as to invoke due process protections, nevertheless held that the state's interest in assuring the integrity of racing entitled the state to impose an interim suspension without a presuspension hearing:

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Unquestionably, the magnitude of a trainer's interest in avoiding suspension is substantial;  but the state also has an important interest in


Legends Game Director Dan Tudge as he and the development team provide fans with the first ever demo of the game including exclusive reveals of the Campaign and some of the game’s NPC Companions.

Tune into the action as the intrepid adventurers look to find an alternate route into the city of Luskan in order to meet an informant, but find themselves in a struggle for survival against the undead swarming the city’s slums.

Shawn is an author and co-founder of Tribality.com. He first got into tabletop RPGs through ninjas and then by playing a Kender in Dragonlance. Years later, he can be found running games in the Nentir Vale and his own Seas of Vodari campaign setting.the highest-paid public position in Arkansas. The newspaper did succeed in procuring almost 22,000 emails between foundation staff and UA, in order to track if there was any separation between the school and the foundation. The line between them seems to be blurred; foundation management were present for job interviews for UA Athletics department positions and for UA high-level strategy sessions and were able to use university trademarks at no cost.

While support foundations exist to help support a university, they are singular and separate. Yet, UA helped promote the foundation membership program, and the school let the foundation renege on capital campaign commitments in the millions.

One of the authors of Bill 231, Robert Steinbuch, a law professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, said the Democrat-Gazette’s


(CNN) -- When Billy Nungesser appears on the news, sweat-soaked and breathless, railing against BP and the government for failing to keep the oil in the Gulf of Mexico from reaching Louisiana's shores, the anguish on the politician's face is real.

"He takes this personally because he feels a great responsibility for the lives and livelihoods of the people of Plaquemines Parish," said Benny Puckett, a parish employee who works for Nungesser. "When he says things that some people take as controversial, he doesn't mean to be controversial; he's just speaking from his heart."

Among his more provocative statements: that the leadership of the Coast Guard and Army Corps of Engineers should be fired, that their plan of attack has been an "embarrassment."

"They had no plan to keep the oilout, even though they said it wouldn't come ashore. They had no plan to clean it up. They had no plan to make the fishermen whole. It's like it's being run with a bunch of seventh-graders," the outspoken freshman parish president said last week. "This is absolutely ridiculous and unacceptable."

Nungesser, president of Louisiana's southernmost parish, where the Mississippi River meets the Gulf, spoke with President Obama on Friday about how to minimize the spill's impact on a community whose livelihood depends on fishing and offshore oil industries.

Nungesser has said he is confident in the president's assurance that something would be done to protect the barrier islands, which come more than a month after the politician began sounding the alarm bell over the spill's potential impact on Plaquemines' extensive


me because he never stops," said friend Leo Polazzo, who has known Nungesser since his days as a local businessman. "I talk to his fiancée to find out about him, because I can't talk to him because he's so busy."

Nungesser says his energy comes from wanting "to do the right thing."

"Dad always told me I had one speed: always wide open," he said. "I can't rest as long as the job still needs to be done."

His outspokenness comes as no surprise to those who know him. Before Nungesser became the weary face representing Louisiana's coastal communities, he was already known among friends and constituents as someone who'd do anything to help others, who'd open his home to strangers and stray animals alike.

Like most Gulf Coast natives, his backstoryis tied to the industries that have sustained the region. He grew up in Algiers, outside of New Orleans, working in his father's cannery before starting his own business ventures.

He was the second of four children and was known as the class clown who could never stay still and often brought home stray animals much to his parents' chagrin, his sister, Heidi Nungesser Landry, said.

"Billy never sat down for a meal. He probably had [attention deficit disorder], but they didn't diagnose it in those days. Our father would tell him to sit in the corner, and he could not stand still," she said.

After high school, he attended LSU and Holy Cross but didn't graduate, she said. Inspired by his father, William Nungesser Sr., a local businessman and chairman


of the state Republican Party, she said the younger Nungesser made an unsuccessful run for state representative and served on the state levee board in the 1980s.

Soon after he began working for his father's business, which had evolved into a catering company for the offshore industry, providing cooks and food on oil rigs. During trips out to check on operations or fill in for someone who called in sick, Nungesser became aware of living conditions on the rig and came up with an idea for his own business: converting old shipping containers into living quarters.

General Marine Leasing proved to be a great success, mostly due to Nungesser's finesse with clients, said Rene Cross, a contractor who became a friend of Nungesser's after working with him.

"He made it athink he sent a few to the butcher, but you can also use their horns for vitamin supplements, so he ended up making a profit by grinding up their horns."

Nungesser lost most of his herd when Hurricane Katrina roared through Plaquemines in 2005, carrying some of the elk up to 30 miles from his property, Cross said.

Yet Nungesser eagerly participated in relief efforts, taking his airboat on rescue missions, opening his home to stranded people and abandoned animals, and helping to clear roads. On adjacent property, a riding facility that he built for handicapped children became a staging ground for relief efforts, where volunteers slept and supplies were stored, according to Puckett, who worked on Nungesser's property coordinating relief efforts.

"Billy is probably the most compassionate person that I've


dealt with on a regular basis and that compassion has never waned. It stays there all the time," Puckett said. "He was eager, at a moment's notice, to help out. He stepped up, and he never refused anybody that he could assist. He'd give you the shirt off his back and last dollar in pocket."

Nungesser says he ran for parish president in part because he didn't see the incumbent in the community during the Katrina clean-up.

"I saw absolutely no one standing up for the people of this parish," he said. "People told me, 'You ought to run and quit complaining.' "

Since taking office in 2007, those who know him say he has cemented his reputation as a dedicated champion of the beleaguered community through a long list ofNEW DELHI: Mumbai-born music maestro Zubin Mehta today said he failed to understand why artists, writers filmmakers and other intellectuals were returning their state awards, while suggesting that those protesting against the government should engage in a "dialogue" with it.

"Intellectuals are going ahead and giving back awards whether they are writers or filmmakers. They must feel very strongly and I respect them for what they are doing. On the other hand, I read what the government ministers are saying. I think both parties should meet together and talk about their grievances," he said.

The renowned conductor is here as part of the final leg of the debut India tour of the Australian World Orchestra (AWO), that recently wrapped up performances in Mumbai and Chennai.

Mehta is performing in the city


after a gap of 10 years.

Referring to the slew of protests by writers, artists, filmmakers, historians, academics and scholars against the "rising intolerance" in the country, the world-renowned musician said he came to know about it only through news reports.

"I don't live here and I have not been through this entire process day by day. I read about it about for last five or six days in the paper. I wish I could talk to one of them for them to explain it to me, because it is a major movement which is going on right now," he said.

At least 36 writers had returned their Sahitya Akademi awards following which a group of authors had staged a silent march with black gags and armbands here recently in protestsemi-weighted "waterfall" keyboard. Later in 2012 the Nord Electro 4 HP and 4 SW were released.  They have the same features as the Electro 4D, except with the digital drawbars of the Electro 3 and earlier, increased sample memory, and 73-key keyboards like the Electro 3 HP and SW.

On January 16, 2015 Clavia announced the Nord Electro 5 on their website. Two 5D models, one with 61 (5D 61) and the other with 73 keys (5D 73) as well a version with 73 keys hammer action Portable (HP 73).

On January 19, 2018 Clavia announced the Nord Electro 6. Just as with the previous generation, there are two models with drawbars and waterfall keys (Electro 6D61 and 6D73) and one with a 73-note Hammer Action keybed (Electro 6HP).


Students at the University of Missouri-Kansas City had an opportunity to ask U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill questions during a campaign stop Monday.

The Democrat, who is running for re-election against Republican Josh Hawley, was looking to connect with younger voters, though several in the crowd were older. But McCaskill was determined to focus on the students.

"The number of people in this room today, you could decide this election," she said. But, she added, if each person in the room who has spent 24 hours playing video games or on Instagram in the past 57 days spent that time campaigning with her ahead of the Nov. 6 election, it might not be as close.

Students raised topics like sexual violence on college campuses, health insurance and climate change. McCaskill struck aI'm hoping she decides against him."

UMKC student Adam Sisk told KCUR he appreciated the way McCaskill made him feel included. He was a first-time voter in the 2016 election, and said he came to the event because he wants to be as informed as possible before voting this year.

In closing, McCaskill asked the crowd what it would take to get them to turn out in November. A few students voiced the difficulty of fitting voting into their schedules, suggesting early voting and even making election day a holiday.

KCUR is licensed to the University of Missouri Board of Curators and is an editorially independent community service of the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

KCUR news intern Celisa Calacal contributed to this report.

Andrea Tudhope is a reporter at KCUR 89.3. Email her


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Four Arab films are set to be screened at a film festival to be held in Toronto next month, said a report.
The films, which will be screened at the 39th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) to run from September 4 to 14, hav

Saudi Arabia's national carrier Saudia is launching its debut flight to the Canadian city of Toronto starting from today (October 28) as part of its global expansion strategy.
The airline will operate three flights a week on t

Four films funded by Doha Film Institute (DFI), Qatar’s independent, not-for-profit cultural organisation that promotes global filmmaking, are set to debut at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
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Amazon.com, the website of the world's largest online retailer, went down for about 15 minutes on Monday in a rareexpectations heading into the season.

Here are five guys who are having disastrous seasons in their contract year.

Boston Red Sox 1B/3B Kevin Youkilis

After two injury-plagued, subpar seasons during which he missed a combined 102 games, 2012 was going to be a huge season in determining his immediate future.

Thus far, things could not have gone any worse.

Not only does Youkilis have career lows in batting average, on-base and slugging percentage at .212/.295/.391 respectively, but he has already missed around 45 percent of Boston's games this season.

Making matters worse is that his replacement Will Middlebrooks has virtually Wally Pipp'd Youkilis, hitting .292 with a .492 slugging percentage in his place.

With all the trade rumors surrounding Youkilis, it is clear his future is not in Boston. Considering how poorly his season has


gone so far, it is hard to imagine a 33-year-old Youkilis landing a long-term deal as he heads toward free agency.

St. Louis Cardinals 1B/OF Lance Berkman

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Before the 2011 season, many so-called "experts" thought Lance Berkman was finished, with ESPN calling his signing that offseason a "gamble."

After two consecutive seasons marred by injury, it was hard to blame them, but 2011 turned out to be one of the best seasons in Berkman's career. He hit 31 home runs, drove in 94, and signed a one-year extension with St. Louis to prove that it was no fluke.

However, only signing a one-year deal has not worked out for Berkman, as it appears his 2011 was more of an aberration than a revelation. Berkman injured his knee stretching for aroutine ground ball at first and is projected to miss six to eight weeks.

Just one year after Berkman finished seventh in the MVP voting, his agent will have a tough time getting a big-time contract for his client.

Detroit Tigers OF Delmon Young

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After finishing in the top three of Baseball America's top 100 prospects an incredible four times, Delmon Young was headed for stardom.

He had everything you could want in a player. Speed, power, the ability to hit for average. When he was a mere 20 years old, he hit .316 with eight homers and 22 steals in half a season at Triple-A.

Twenty years old!

However, outside of his 2010 season, when he hit .298 with 112 RBI and his incredible showing in Detroit's playoff run last season,


he has been a shadow of that player the rest of his career.

This year was supposed to be the year he would finally break out and build off the 2011 postseason to become a consistent, All-Star-caliber player.

Unfortunately for the Tigers, there is no fairy-tale ending in this story.

Young got off to a slow start with the bat, and to make matters worse, he got arrested in New York City and was suspended for seven games.

It should be easy for a player that oozes talent like Young to secure a long-term deal but instead, he has the look of a player who will never be able to live up to his vast potential.

Seattle Mariners OF Ichiro Suzuki

Despite coming over from Japan at the age of 27, he has hadhimself a Hall of Fame career with 10 straight 200-hit seasons and will soon have himself 2,500 hits in just 12 years in MLB action.

Having said that, he is in a precipitous decline, and after starting the year with nine hits in his first 22 at-bats, he has slumped to a .259 average.

Before 2011, Ichiro had never hit below .303, but last season he saw his average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage drop to career lows. Suzuki needed a bounce-back 2012 in order to get the multi-year deal or even a big one-year deal this offseason.

Because he is still such a big name and huge fan favorite, it would not surprise me if he sticks in Seattle. However, if he turned in one of his classic seasons, he


would have been able to land a much bigger deal in spite of his age (38).

Detroit Tigers RP Jose Valverde

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Heading into 2012, Jose Valverde was not only coming off the greatest season of his career, but one of the best seasons a closer has had in MLB history and had himself lined up for a nice payday.

Not only did Valverde lead the league in saves, but he did not blow a single opportunity, going 52-for-52 in save chances including the postseason.

However, unfortunately for both Valverde and the Tigers, this year he has been awful. As ESPN points out, Valverde has never posted a worse K-BB ratio, his velocity is down from where it was in 2009 and 2010, and he is allowed a tremendous amount ofdetails!

The Transformers Writers' Room is closed, and the website Deadline reports that the results are... two definite movies, one of which is an animated feature about the history of Cybertron, and the other is Transformers 5. Except for the script by Akiva Goldsman, Transformers 5 is shaping up as you'd expect: Michael Bay directs in his third -possibly fourth - final turn in the Transformers director's chair, and Mark Wahlberg returns as Cade Yeager. Keep reading for specifics!

Site sponsor Robotkingdom has reported that Masterpiece Tracks, due for release this month, has been delayed. No more information is currently available, but Robotkingdom has promised the new release date as soon as they have it. Keep reading to see the post!

Transformers At The Moon has posted links to two new


trademark filings from Hasbro: Backtrack, and Autobot Wheelie. The latter's pretty well known, and the name Backtrack was previously used in the live-action and Armada toylines. As to what they'll be used for, we've got some speculation on that in regards to Wheelie. Read on to see!

Olivus Prime of the TFW2005 Forums was able to sit down with Mark Ryan recently and talk Transformers movies. Ryan is the voice behind Revenge of the Fallen's Jetfire and Age of Extinction's Lockdown, and spoke of his inspiration for Jetfire, the amount of his own acting that was put into Lockdown... and perhaps most interestingly, a hint at the direction of Transformers 5 and the Transformers Cinematic Universe at large. Read on to see what he had to say!

A new characterDay 41 of 175 – CRAIG

Those of you who are familiar with Craig Sager’s work on NBA on TNT know the impact he had on the league, the network and sports reporting in general.

Craig Sager died today from his long battle with Leukemia. He was 65-years-old.

The picture of Sager and me was taken in March at RODEOHOUSTON. Here is the story:

We were broadcasting before the gates opened and I see that sweater walking my way. My first thought was, “man, it takes some serious stones to wear that sweater to Rodeo.”

Then I realize that guy is walking straight towards me. As he gets closer and closer, he looks more and more familiar to me.

He approaches me:

Sager: Excuse me.

Me: Yes?

Sager: I was by your radio station booth yesterday and


member is operated to switch, at the time when the rotational position of the seat back frame is adjusted within a range of seating positions, between a locked state, in which rotation of the upper arm is locked, and a lock-released state, in which the lock of the rotation of the upper arm is released.
Then, the reclining apparatus includes a ratchet (a rotating member for forward-tilting) interposed between the upper arm and the seat back frame in order for operating the seat back to tilt forward (walk-in operation) in a state where a position of a reclining angle adjustment is memorized, at the time when an occupant enters or exits from a seat which is positioned at the back of the seat back. The ratchet is fixed towhere phases of rotational angles of the upper arm relative to the lower arm between a right side reclining apparatus and a left side reclining apparatus displace. Then, in a situation where next reclining operation of the seat back is performed in a state where the phase displaces as described above, operation's feeling is unpleasant.
Further, in the configuration described in the patent document, the ratchet is interposed between the upper arm and the seat back frame. However, in a configuration in which the ratchet is interposed between the lower arm and the cushion frame, similarly, the phase displacement described above induces an unpleasant feeling of the reclining operation. A need thus exists for a seat for a vehicle, in which walk-in operation is possible while a position of


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Colin had been throwing up the night before from coughing too much. He is the second person in the tour group to do so, and a handful others also have really bad coughs. So far my immunity has held strong and haven’t got any symptoms yet. The rampant infections combined with heavy drinking from the night before had turned most of the tour group into half-asleep zombies. This made the bus ride to Nice, France, very uninteresting. We did stop through Italy on the way through for lunch, making it a different country for each meal (Switzerland for breakfast and France for dinner) which was pretty cool.

We arrived at a French Perfumery which was quite interesting. Fact of the day: did you know it takes three tonnes ofhe was adopted into in childhood, thanks to the kindness of Creed’s widowed wife, while Rocky lived in poverty most of his life. And the other glaring difference is that Rocky never grew up in the shadow of his father. Although Apollo died before Adonis was ever born, his status as the ex-heavyweight champion of the world for some years weighed heavily upon Adonis, although he failed to admit it until it was being pointed out to him. This theme of making your own path, and not piggybacking off of the success of his father, is touched heavily upon as the story unfolds.

Before the plot gets too heavy, he goes by Johnson (his mother’s name), but calls are made by some shady characters and they find out the


since February.

United will be a different proposition under Giggs, who replaced the sacked David Moyes last week and savoured a 4-0 victory over beleaguered Norwich City in his first game in charge.

There is a new-found belief that Sunderland can pull of a great escape, though, and they have fond memories of their League Cup semi-final against United in January - when they won on penalties.

Striker Fabio Borini, scorer of two penalties in their last two games, is bullish over the north-east club's chances of staying up and Saturday's trip to Old Trafford holds no fear for the on-loan Liverpool striker.

"We have two more home games left and one away and we need to keep believing." he told the club's official website.

"We’ve made a big step forward and mustSo a player starts out with one character, the overlord and the game is like a huge real time strategy.

The one character has to protect the entire populace as they begin the building stage as the first wave of barbarian attacks attack.

After clearing it and making a name for the hero/heroine he will be awarded with some guard which he can strategically place and some towers.

After given some time the character can grow the simple village into a town and since its like a medieval warring states era he becomes a captain of the guard or captain of a raid.

The game goes into a samurai warriors style gameplay of one hero fighting hordes of enemies and his army can be upgraded after each chapter as the town continues


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1:18 PM PT -- Sinead was found at a hotel near Wilmette and taken to a nearby hospital ... according to Chicago local news.

12:15 PM PT -- Cops say they found Sinead and she is safe. She is no longer listed as missing and in danger.

Sinead O'Connor has gone missing, and police have reason to believe she's at risk of suicide.

The singer went out on a bicycle ride Sunday around 1 PM in the Chicago suburb of Wilmette, and has not been seen since. Someone called cops to report she hadn't returned from the bike ride ... and officers are now searching for her.

According to an alert sent out by cops ... O'Connor is being classified as "missing suicidal." She was last seen on a Raleigh motorized bicycleEven when you get your hostages back, there can be serious reprecussions–as President Barack Obama is fast learning.

Several Republican lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate believe that Obama broke the law by exchanging five Taliban leaders for captured U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl.

And they are urging Congress to investigate whether this is grounds for impeachment.

A Federal law requires the Secretary of Defense to notify Congress 30 days before releasing any detainees from prison. He must also explain why they are not expected to again pose a threat to the United States.

“I think in the eyes of many, he broke the law by not informing Congress 30 days before that,” California Rep. Buck McKeon, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said in


but could not secure a halt to the shelling of Tripoli.

Only two days after the kidnappings, the body of Arkady Katov, a 30-year-old consular secretary, was found in a Beirut trash dump. He had been shot through the head.

That was when the KGB took over negotiations.

Insignia of the KGB

They kidnapped a man known to be a close relative of a prominent Hizbollah leader. Then they castrated him, stuffed his testicles in his mouth, shot him in the head, and sent the body back to Hizbollah.

The KGB then informed the Hizbollah leader: We know the names of other close relatives of yours, and the same will happen to them if our diplomats are not released immediately.

Soon afterward, the remaining three Soviet attaches were released only 150 yards from theSoviet Embassy.

Hizbollah telephoned a statement to news agencies claiming that the release was a gesture of “goodwill.”

In Washington, D.C., then-CIA Director William Casey decided that the Soviets knew the language of Hizbollah.

The United States has fallen prey to Political Correctness, and thus refuses to acknowledge a connection between Islamic terrorism and the Islamic religion.

Even worse, those who dare produce evidence of such a link–often in the words of the terrorists themselves–are marked for attacks on their integrity.

So wrote Steven Emerson, founder and executive editor of The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT), in an ad/editorial published in The New York Times in late May.

From that ad:

“Our nation’s security and its cherished value of free speech has been endangered by the bullying campaigns of radical Islamic groups, masquerading as ‘civil


the United States and around the world.

“It has become a principal source of critical evidence to a wide variety of government offices and law enforcement agencies, as well as the U.S. Congress and numerous public policy forums.”

The site further states that Steve Emerson, its founder and executive director, “is an internationally recognized expert on terrorism and national security and author.

Oliver “Buck” Revell, former head of FBI Investigations and Counter-Terrorism; and

Bob Blitzer, former counterterrorism chief at the FBI.

A major theme of Emerson’s publication is that much of the political leadership the United States has fallen prey to Political Correctness. As a result, they refuse to acknowledge a connection between Islamic terrorism and the Islamic religion.

In late May, the IPT posted an ad in The New York Times, warning aboutThe present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of apple tree, which was discovered by me and believed to be a chance seedling or mutation, which is a whole tree on my cultivated property in Sequoyah County, Okla.
At the time of the discovery I was growing an orchard of the apple variety known as "Yellow Delicious". At the time this tree was about four years old it came to my attention that it was producing apples which have some distinct and outstanding characteristics which were materially different in a number of respects from the characteristics of the "Yellow Delicious" variety, which were growing under the same conditions in the same area adjacent thereto.
Qualified experts, who have seen the new variety, have attested to the unique combination


Hundreds of people stung in Shaanxi province by swarms of giant insects believed to have multiplied over warm summer

Twenty-eight people have died and hundreds have been injured in a wave of attacks by giant hornets in central China, according to reports.

Victims described being chased for hundreds of metres by the creatures and stung as many as 200 times.

Most of the attacks in the past three months were in remote, rural, wooded areas in southern Shaanxi, the province's China Business newspaper reported.

In the city of Ankang alone, 18 people have died from the stings, health official Zhou Yuanhong told Associated Press. People in the cities of Hanzhong and Shangluo have also been injured.

The insects' highly toxic stings can lead to anaphylactic shock and renal failure. An official from Ankang'sdisease control centre urged people to seek medical help if they received more than 10 stings, and warned that emergency treatment was required for those stung more than 30 times.

One woman in her 50s said she had spent almost a month in hospital and was still incontinent after receiving more than 200 stings. A man from her village died of kidney failure.

The hornet attacks are a recurring problem in the area from May to as late as November. According to Ankang police, 36 people died in the city and 715 were injured by the creatures between 2002 and 2005. But Zhou said the issue had been particularly severe this year, possibly because of weather changes.

Experts have suggested in the past that warmer temperatures in the area have led


a series of Florida horror stories involving little girls and sexual predators. Florida prosecutor Harry Shorstein said the problems are not statewide. "I can tell you that our county aggressively prosecutes sex offender crimes. The sexual offender laws we have in Florida are sufficient, but the laws are only as good as those who administer those laws." But The Factor again argued that Florida seems to be in chaos. "The judicial system in Florida has broken down. They're continuing to recycle bad people back into society. How many more little girls in Florida are going to have to die because the judges don't take these predators seriously?"

Florida was the scene of another high profile tragedy when 9-year old Jessica Lunsford was brutalized and murdered by sex offender Johnthe authorities to maintain the area and shut down illegal immigration."

Crime reporter Aphrodite Jones joined The Factor with one of her occasional updates on the Michael Jackson trial. Jones reported on the continuing bizarre testimony by the mother of Jackson's accuser. "In the history of trial law," Jones told The Factor, "I have never seen such a crazy witness. She is manic, she is tearful when it's not appropriate, and she's taking over the courtroom. The prosecution can't control her and the defense can't control her." Jones suggested that the mother's erratic behavior may benefit the defense. "I think it's possible that she's helping Michael Jackson. I think if it was decided tomorrow he would not be convicted."

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U.S. companies are optimistic about international business and emerging market opportunities in the year ahead despite trade uncertainty, our 2017 International Business Indicator survey shows. With a score of 74 — a nine point increase from 2016 — the International Business Indicator metric of global business sentiments is the highest it has been since we began the annual business survey four years ago.

Citing a number of macroeconomic factors including a strong U.S. dollar, 81% of U.S. companies expect a rise in their international business activity in 2017. However, 78% are concerned about the effects of failed trade pacts, such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

View the materials belowinventors behind the other “humble masterpieces,” the man behind the sleeve is no artist, but an innovator. Jay Sorensen invented the Java Jacket in 1991 as a solution to a common problem—hot coffee burns fingers. The idea emerged in 1989 when he was pulling out of a coffee shop drive-through on the way to his daughter’s school and a coffee spill burned his fingers, forcing him to release a scalding cup of coffee onto his lap. At the time, he was struggling as a realtor in the years since closing his family-owned service station in Portland, Oregon. While the coffee accident was unfortunate, it gave him the germ of an innovative idea: there had to be a better way to drink coffee on the go.

Sorensen initially set out


embossed chipboard or linerboard after nixing corrugated paper because of the price point. (Starbucks, who obtained their own patent after Sorensen got his, used the more expensive corrugated paper on the inside of their cup sleeves and smooth paper on the outside.)

He gave his invention a catchy name, the Java Jacket. Sorensen made his first sale out of the trunk of his car to the Oregon chain Coffee People. A few weeks later, he went to a coffee trade show in Seattle and sold 100 cases in just 30 minutes. “I was like a rock star or something there,” Sorensen says.

Success accelerated from there. In the first year alone, he enlisted more than 500 clients who were eager to protect the hands of their coffee-driven customers. Today, approximatelysulfur dioxide pollution near the refineries because the toxic gas is now burned off in a flare.

Valero appealed, and the panel's chairman, Bryan Shaw, said last April that the Legislature likely intended a broader interpretation of the law. He instructed his staff to research whether they could award partial exemptions to Valero. Shaw declined to be interviewed for this story, saying it could present a conflict because the issue will be brought before him again.

Shaw, the environmental commissioner who encouraged the panel to take a new look at the oil company tax refund, was hand-picked for his post by Gov. Rick Perry. He’s an odd choice to head an environmental quality panel – as Mother Jonesreported last week, he’s a climate change skeptic who has a long history


... and then they want money back?"

Willard Mitt Romney absolutely refuses to let the words that come out of his mouth be dictated by reality. He recently insisted that "corporations are people." Now, in an attempt to portray himself as some sort of "everyman" instead of the millionaire tycoon that he is, he's attacking President Obama for his ties to Harvard faculty. But judging by his associations and resume, Romney himself might as well keep a residence in Cambridge and have his own reserved parking space on Harvard's campus.

Mitt Romney once again criticized President Obama for taking his advice from the "Harvard faculty lounge" in a speech in Florida on Thursday. He's repeated the line on the campaign trail despite being a Harvard alum himself and counting Harvardfaculty among his own top advisers.

In a major address on foreign policy last month, Romney used the school as a punchline to decry Obama as overly weak in dealing with dictators. "That may be what they think in that Harvard faculty lounge," he said, "but it's not what they know on the battlefield!"

Romney has never served on the battlefield, but he does hold degrees from Harvard in business and law. That's one more than Obama, who has a law degree from the school and headed the Harvard Law Review. And it's not just Romney who has Crimson ties: The Boston Globe notes that three of his children have attended Harvard Business School.

But, hey, at least he's not taking his advice from the faculty lounge, right? Actually Romney relies


power on the money of corporate America and the passion of an increasingly politicized Religious Right -- and, for the most part, gave both groups enough of what they wanted once he was in office to keep them both happy. But he also bucked those interests at some important points. Contrary to current Reagan hagiography, he raised taxes 11 times during his eight years in office -- including the largest corporate tax hike in American history -- when it became clear that pure trickle-down economics would be disastrous for the economy. And in 1981, over the objections of anti-choice groups, he nominated the highly qualified and politically moderate Sandra Day O'Connor to serve on the Supreme Court.

Today's Tea Party candidates, as they love to remind us, are beholdenmillion dollar gifts, and they could of course include the Kochs.

"What you talkin' bout, Willard?" leaps to mind at the thought of the natty Harvard-educated Wall Street executive and former Massachusetts governor railing against "eastern elites" at the last Republican National Convention. And it aches to be shouted out when I am reminded that Willard Mitt Romney, seeking someone to head his legal team, chose a man whose reactionary views about the U.S. Constitution led to a bi-partisan Senate vote to keep him off the Supreme Court, Robert Bork.

Willard's embrace of Bork, despite his angry rants since then, such as those calling for active government censorship of popular culture, is clearly meant to signal far-right activists that they can count on more Supreme Court Justices in the mold


of Scalia, Thomas, Roberts and Alito, who are all energetically working to make Romney's assertion that "corporations are people" a legal reality.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry formally launched his presidential campaign last weekend, apparently hoping to upstage those competitors who were slugging it out in the Iowa Straw Poll. The event was won by Michele Bachmann, whose core supporters come from the same Religious Right-Tea Party crowd expected to be Perry's base. He may have just made it official, but in fact Perry has already been running hard. A week before his announcement, he solidified the devotion of Religious Right leaders and activists with a defiantly sectarian prayer rally sponsored by some of the country's most extreme promoters of religious and anti-gay bigotry. His financial backers began hitting upevangelical pastors mobilized by the likes of self-described "Christocrat" Rick Scarborough. According to the Texas Freedom Network, Between May 2005 and October 2008 the Texas Restoration Project held eight pastors' policy briefings. Part of Perry's invitation to the October 2008 event said:

While Congress occupies its time trying to legislate defeat in Iraq, we hope you will attend a Pastors Policy Briefing that will equip you to walk point in the war of values and ideas.

Rediscovering God in America -- Austin is intended to remind us that excuses are not the proper strategy when facing evil and confronting enemies. Instead, we must rally godly people and seek God's provision for the resources, the courage, and the strength necessary to win and, ultimately, glorify Him.

In 2009, he participated in a


closed-door session with Texas pastors sponsored by the U.S. Pastor Council, and hosted a state prayer breakfast that featured Gary Bauer as the keynote speaker. And last year, he was visited by a group of pastors associated with the dominionist New Apostolic Reformation, who told him that God had chosen him for bigger things; they were among the leaders of last weekend's "Response."

The Response itself was called by Perry but sponsored and paid for by the American Family Association, which has been designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center for its pattern or spreading false and denigrating information about gay people, and which promotes some of the ugliest bigotry spewed on the nation's airwaves. Among the extremist co-sponsors and speakers at The Response were dominionistAssociated Press called "one of the worst in the nation." Perry's budget relied heavily on federal stimulus funds to plug a massive 2010 budget deficit. The budget finally passed this year cut some $4 billion out of state support for public education and is expected to result in tens of thousands of teacher layoffs.

Meanwhile, Texas ranks at or near the bottom of many indicators of individual and community health. It is worst in the country in the percentage of children with health insurance and pregnant women receiving early prenatal care. It has the highest percentage of workers earning at or below the minimum wage. It has the lowest percentage of adults with a high school diploma. It is worst for known carcinogens released into the air and among


trying to appeal to. And the speed with which Romney has been spinning to the right is an alarming sign of the political winds within the Republican Party.

This weekend, Romney will be making an important appearance among a group that has historically mistrusted him: the Religious Right. Speaking at the annual conference of Ralph Reed's Faith and Freedom Coalition, Romney can be expected to once again disavow his previously convenient reasonable positions on abortion rights and gay equality. But he is also likely to go a step farther.

At a similar event in 2007, as he tried to shake off his image as a socially moderate Massachusetts Republican in preparation for his first presidential run, Romney spoke at the Values Voter Summit hosted by a coalition of right-wing socialissues groups. In his speech, he rattled off Religious Right catchphrases, speaking of the United States' "Judeo-Christian heritage," the "breakdown of the family," and making "out-of-wedlock birth out of fashion again" and passing an anti-gay marriage amendment to "protect marriage from liberal, unelected judges." He promised a federal "marriage amendment," funding for vouchers for religious schools and across-the-board anti-choice policies. By earlier that year, he had impressed Ann Coulter enough that she endorsed him in a speech made famous by her use of an anti-gay slur.

At last year's Values Voter Summit, having done full penance to the Religious Right for his previous statements in favor of gay rights and choice, Romney focused his speech on right-wing economic policies, including an odd tribute comparing Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton to


the Founding Fathers. But the company he kept revealed the friends he was hoping to make. The event was sponsored in part by the Family Research Council and the American Family Association, two groups who were soon to be named "hate groups" by the SPLC for their long histories of false anti-gay rhetoric. Romney's fellow speakers included Religious Right stalwarts Phyllis Schlafly, Tony Perkins, Planned Parenthood scam artist Lila Rose, and the AFA's Bryan Fischer, who has gained infamy with his vicious rhetoric about gays and lesbians, Muslims, African Americans and progressives. I wrote a letter to Romney warning him about associating himself with Fischer -- he didn't respond.

The Religious Right leaders that Romney is eager to curry favor with aren't just hostile to gays, Muslims and thesocial safety net -- many have expressed concern or even outright hostility to Romney's own Mormon faith. Fischer recently confronted Romney's faith, declaring that there is "a direct contradiction between Mormon theology and the teaching of Jesus Christ." A writer for a leading Religious Right publication declared, "If Mitt Romney believes what the Mormon Church teaches about the world and how it operates, then he is unfit to serve." As Romney angles himself into an increasingly extreme GOP, he will have to make nice to those who insult not only his past politics but his core religious beliefs.

At the Faith and Freedom Conference this weekend, Romney will have a similar opportunity to reinforce his social conservative bona fides while tying in his newly adamant anti-gay and anti-choice positions


could well be the GOP candidate. So it's worth taking a good look at his record and his far-right ideology.

Part of Pawlenty's appeal is supposed to be that he is from Minnesota, and was elected as a conservative in a bluish-purplish state. Some people wrongly assume that being from Minnesota automatically makes him some kind of moderate. In fact, Pawlenty is campaigning as a hard-core, across-the-board conservative.

He makes appeals to Religious Right voters by talking up his faith and appearing on even the most offensive radio shows, like that of the American Family Association's Bryan Fischer, who is surely one of the most extreme, hateful and bigoted personalities in Christian radio. Pawlenty helped raise money for Ralph Reed's "Faith and Freedom Coalition" in Iowa. And he appointed aneducation commissioner who equated teaching of evolution with teaching of creationism but thought teaching sharing in kindergarten was "socialist."

Pawlenty's attacks on reproductive rights please anti-abortion advocates. A National Review Online blogger says Pawlenty "may be the strongest pro-life candidate" in 2012. As governor, Pawlenty signed legislation erecting barriers to women seeking abortions, including a required waiting period and anti-choice lecture. He has spoken at anti-choice rallies, looking forward to a day when Roe v. Wade would be overturned, saying: "We have a dream today that someday soon this will not be an anniversary of sadness, but an anniversary of justice restored."

Pawlenty has also fine-tuned his campaign and his record to be more attractive to the far-right Republican Party of the Tea Party era. He once actively supported regional


Party events and appeals to Tea Partiers with his opposition to health care reform. He denounces "Obamacare" as unconstitutional and one of the worst pieces of legislation in the history of the country. He compares the health care reform law to drug dealing and has joined legal efforts to prevent it from being implemented. In 2006, Pawlenty, in what opponents called election-year politics, pushed a wide array of proposals to crack down on immigration. Last year, he advocated amending the Constitution to deny citizenship to the American-born children of undocumented immigrants. Speaking to a Hispanic Republican group in January, he fudged his position, but said, "We can't have wide swaths of the country nodding or winking or looking the other way to broad violations of the law," rhetoricthat echoes the "anti-amnesty" language used by opponents of comprehensive immigration reform.

And Pawlenty works hard to appeal to the economic and corporate right. He wrote a column in the Wall Street Journal last December slamming government employees and decrying a "silent coup, an inside job engineered by self-interested politicians and fueled by campaign contributions." The nonpartisan PolitiFact rated the column and its claims about government workers "Pants on Fire" -- its most-lying "Truth-o-meter" rating.

Pawlenty's self-portrait doesn't always mesh with reality. He rails against the "immoral debt" and touts his record as a governor of holding the line on growth in government. But in fact, as governor, he used short-term budget tricks that "left the state with a $5-billion projected deficit, one of the highest in the nation as


a percentage of the state's general fund." He railed against the Obama administration's stimulus bill but then asked for $236 million from it.

He portrays himself as an anti-tax champion, but that's not how many Minnesotans experienced him. A state revenue department study in 2009 found that Minnesotans earning less than $129,879 saw their tax rates increase under Pawlenty. "Don't let anyone tell you Governor Pawlenty didn't raise taxes," said Sen. Al Franken. "It's about whom he raised them on. He raised them on lower- and middle-income families all across the state in order to pay for our kids' education."

Pawlenty promises right-wing groups that as president he will appoint "strict constructionist" judges -- code for judges with an 18th-century view of Americans' rights and interests. Last year he bypassedhis state's Commission on Judicial Selection to appoint to a judgeship an attorney with strong Religious Right connections who served as counsel for the Minnesota Family Council in an anti-gay marriage case.

Back in 2008, when Pawlenty was frequently mentioned as a potential vice presidential candidate, he was criticized for being too boring on television, maybe a bit too "Minnesota nice." So the 2012 Pawlenty has learned how to make himself sufficiently aggressive for the GOP zeitgeist. In speeches at conservative conferences, Pawlenty denigrates President Obama, accusing him of appeasing the nation's enemies. In his campaign launch message, Pawlenty said President Obama lacks both understanding of the nation's problems and the courage to address them.

While these may all be traits that will help Pawlenty win the Republican nomination, it's


showed him getting only 19 percent of the Republican primary vote there (although this was good for a nominal first place with Ms. Palin placing at 18 percent). Mr. Pawlenty's approval rating in Minnesota is also a tepid 47 percent.

After more than a dozen years out of office, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich jumped into the GOP presidential campaign this week, rolling out his candidacy via social media and a friendly interview with Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity. Gingrich thinks he's just what is needed to save America from itself and its flirtation with Barack Obama and the rest of the evil of what he calls the "secular-socialist machine."

Much of the media attention of Gingrich's candidacy has centered around his role in the 1995 government shutdown, which Gingrichthreat... The secular-socialist machine represents as great a threat to America as Nazi Germany or the Soviet Union once did... It's up to those of us who love our country to save America from the destructive, irreversible transformation that the Left have in store for us." In Real Change: The Fight for America's Future, he claims that the Obama administration (that would be the Faith-Based Initiative-continuing, National Prayer Day-celebrating, Easter Breakfast-sponsoring Obama administration) "has shown an unprecedented hostility to Christianity." He promotes ridiculous Religious Right claims about religious persecution in America, saying that Christians are threatened by "gay and secular fascism."

Gingrich spoke this spring at the Texas church led by John Hagee, whose support proved too controversial for John McCain in 2008. Newt combined two of his favorite


Candidates like Sen. Marco Rubio made American exceptionalism into a campaign theme in 2010, and hope to continue to smear Democrats as unbelievers in America's divinely-blessed founding and mission in the world. Gingrich has teamed up with Citizens United's David Bossie for a new "documentary" on American exceptionalism, A City Upon a Hill, The Spirit of American Exceptionalism, which features, among others, Donald Trump, Michele Bachmann, Allen West, Andrew Breitbart and Phyllis Schlafly.

Gingrich, like other Religious Right political figures, postures as a defender of Americans' religious liberty against a deeply hostile elite, the "secular-socialist machine." Yet he joined with gusto the opponents of the proposed Park51 Islamic community center in Manhattan, which right-wing activists vilified as the "Ground Zero Mosque," saying, "There should be no mosque near GroundZero in New York so long as there are no churches or synagogues in Saudi Arabia." In his book, Rediscovering God in America, Gingrich declared, "A steadfast commitment to religious freedom is the very cornerstone of American liberty." Regarding the Islamic center in New York, he said, "No mosque. No self-deception. No surrender."

Gingrich, like other Religious Right leaders, justifies his attacks on Islam by suggesting that it is not really a religion, saying radical Islam "is a comprehensive political, economic, and religious movement that seeks to impose sharia -- Islamic law -- upon all aspects of global society... Radical Islamists see politics and religion as inseparable in a way it is difficult for Americans to understand. Radical Islamists assert sharia's supremacy over the freely legislated laws and values


of the countries they live in and see it as their sacred duty to achieve this totalitarian supremacy in practice." Yet while Gingrich decries radical Islamists' goal of achieving "totalitarian supremacy," one of his own organizations, Renewing American Leadership, is run by an advocate of the 7 Mountains Mandate, a dominionist theology that argues that Christians are meant to control the levers of power in every aspect of government and society.

Gingrich is ideologically joined at the hip to "Christian nation" pseudo-historian David Barton. In Barton's worldview, the First Amendment is not about protecting religious pluralism, but was only meant to keep the federal government from siding with one group of Christians over another. Barton believes the First Amendment should not apply at all to the states, but thatstates should be free to pose religious tests for office, and local religious majorities should be free to use public schools for proselytizing prayer. On Barton's radio show, Gingrich promised that if he ran, he would be calling on Barton for help, presumably the way Barton helped turn out evangelical voters for the Republican Party during George W. Bush's reelection campaign. It seems to be a mutual admiration society. When Barton and other right-wing activists were pushing for changes in Texas textbooks, they urged that Cesar Chavez and Thurgood Marshall be dropped, but that Newt be added.

Gingrich shares Barton's view of the federal courts as evil usurpers of the founding fathers' religious intentions. "There is no attack on American culture more destructive and more historically dishonest than the


secular Left's relentless effort to drive God out of America's public square," Gingrich wrote in Rediscovering God in America. In a recent speech to the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast, Gingrich said the courts have been "especially powerful engines of coerced secularization," and that "From the 1962 school prayer decision on, there has been a decisive break with the essentially religious nature of historic American civilization." While in Congress, Gingrich promoted the Religious Right's false claims that courts had somehow banned students from praying, and repeatedly supported efforts to pass a constitutional amendment to return organized prayer to public schools.

Politics over Principle

In addition to intellectual arrogance, a shameless lack of principle may be Gingrich's most identifying characteristic. When the popular uprisings in the Middle East spread to Libya, Gingrichpresidential candidate standards. And when the CBN's Brody lobbed him the fluffiest of softballs by asking him to talk about his affairs in the context of his experience of God's forgiveness, Newt blew it by blaming his cheating on his love of country: "There's no question at times of my life, partially driven by how passionately I felt about this country, that I worked far too hard and things happened in my life that were not appropriate."

So Right and So Wrong

Gingrich's policy positions are pretty much standard fare in today's far-right Republican Party, including anti-worker, pro-corporate economic policies and support for criminalizing abortion. He has demonstrated his new-found commitment to the sacred nature of marriage by trying to buy the support of Religious Right activists in presidentially important


to which the flow tube is connected through an anchor. The housing can be configured to contain the leakage of pressurized materials from a break in the flow tube. These advantages allow the present invention to be used to measure the flow rates, including minimal flow rates, of material flowing through the pipeline.
In the present invention, the dual loops in the serial flow tube are connected by a crossover section. The outlet end of the first loop connects to an inlet end of the crossover section in the plane containing the first loop. The inlet end of the second loop connects to an outlet end of the crossover section in the plane of the second loop. The crossover section of the flow tube allows the present invention tothis small city of 63,000. In addition to the amphitheater, a mock-up of an olive oil factory, where the oil was purified and loaded into ampoule jars, is located underground. The arena is the site of the Pula Film Festival, held each summer.

In additional to the arena, other Roman monuments which are easily accessible in the city are the Temple of Augusta. This was destroyed during Allied bombing runs during WWII, but was rebuilt from the rubble and houses architecture and sculpture from the Roman period. The temple is located in the center in the old Forum which now, as then, is part of the central plaza. Part of the arch also remains, dated to 28 BC.

Unfortunately, the Archeological Museum was closed for renovations, so I can’t report


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When her late husband's sister asked her to take in a reticent young drifter who is to be best man at a granddaughter's wedding, 70-year-old recluse Dorothea May is forced to realize that old age will require a good deal more courage than she had

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When her late husband's sister asked her to take in a reticent young drifter who is to be best man at a granddaughter's wedding, 70-year-old recluse Dorothea May is forced to realize that old age will require a good deal more courage than she had anticipated.Father Louis Lougen, OMI (centre), Superior General of the Congregation of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, receives an honorary degree from Saint Paul University. He is shown with Mgr. Terrence Prendergast, Chancellor of SPU and Archbishop of Ottawa (left), and Chantal Beauvais, Rector of SPU (right).

Saint Paul University graduates celebrate their academic success at the SPU closing ceremony in April 2016.

Roger Collet, Session Chair of Saint Paul University’s Council of Administration (left), presents the Eugène de Mazenod Medal to Caroline Andrew, professor emeritus in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ottawa, in the presence of Mgr. Terrence Prendergast, Chancellor of SPU and Archbishop of Ottawa (right).


The Hill Cumorah Pageant began in 1937 as an LDS missionary tool and, for most of its 80 years, young Mormon proselytizers acted in the spectacle, passed out pamphlets and copies of the Book of Mormon to thousands of audience members, or brought potential converts to see it.

In other words, missionaries have been a constant presence at the Mormon version of Oberammergau, Germany’s famed live Passion play.

Until now.

Last week, full-time LDS missionaries in the New York Rochester Mission were forbidden to attend the annual showing — even with investigators in tow — during its run, which ends Saturday.

“This is primarily due to an effort to strengthen relationships between local members and those learning about the church,” LDS Church spokesman Daniel Woodruff writes in an email. “Members are encouragedto invite nonmember friends to the pageant, while missionaries play a critical role in preparing those people to have meaningful experiences there.”

On top of that, Woodruff says, “the mission president felt concern about the late hours and long distances missionaries are required to travel when attending the pageant.” Better, the mission president reasoned, for them to just stay in their areas.

Jerry Argetsinger, who directed the play in the 1990s, has a slightly different explanation for the ban: numbers.

In 1997, the last year Argetsinger directed, some 73,000 people saw the pageant, of whom 35,000 were not Mormons, he says. Missionaries collected some 2,400 “referrals” from playgoers saying they would welcome later visits from LDS proselytizers.

These days, he says, it’s closer to a total of 25,000 attendees, and most are


put so much money and time into it?”

It could be, says Barbara Jones Brown, executive director of the Mormon History Association, “pageants are a thing of the past.”

An innovative effort

In the 1920s, Eastern States Mission President B.H. Roberts took a group of missionaries west from New York City to the farm of LDS founder Joseph Smith in Palmyra, N.Y., the cradle of Mormonism, to celebrate Pioneer Day, according to a history compiled by Argetsinger. Part of that celebration “included the acting out of scenes from the Book of Mormon and church history.”

The church acquired the Hill Cumorah in 1928, and the celebration moved there. In the summer of 1935, as part of the dedicatory exercises of the Angel Moroni Monument, “The Book of Mormon in Song, Picture, andStory” was presented.

Two years later, the show had a script, missionaries as cast members, and lofty ambitions, Argetsinger writes.

By midcentury, the “elders” from the entire mission took the lead roles in the pretaped performance as well as being in crowd scenes, while young women from LDS Church-owned Brigham Young University were bused to the East Coast to fill in those throngs (the few coveted female roles included the Virgin Mary and Sariah, wife of Book of Mormon prophet Lehi).

Dave Wonnacott, a retired businessman in St. George, took part in the pageant in 1965 and 1966 as a missionary.

The cast assembled the week before the first performance, he recalls, and missionaries helped train the young women on how to approach nonmembers in the audience.

“Apostles and [LDS] general authorities would


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Stockton, Calif. – The Pacific women's basketball team opens the 2012 Big West Tournament Tuesday, Mar. 6, at 7 p.m. with a quarterfinal game at UC Davis. The Tigers will look to advance to the semifinals for the second consecutive season and 10th time in program history.

"We have a nice mix of experienced players that know what postseason play is all about," head coach Lynne Roberts said. "The postseason definitely sees a heightened level of intensity, and we'll need their leadership as that intensity rises."

Pacific enters as the tournament's fifth seed by virtue of a three-way tie for third place in the league standings. The Tigers finished third with a 9-7 conference record, as did UCIrvine and UC Davis. The Big West tiebreaker gave UC Irvine the No. 3 seed as the Anteaters owned a 3-1 record against UC Davis and Pacific. The Aggies swept the season series from the Tigers, giving them the fourth seed.

The Tigers' third-place finish was the program's highest since the 2003-04 campaign. Pacific's nine conference wins are the most since the 2007-08 season, and the second-most since the 2003-04 season. Head Coach Lynne Roberts guided the Tigers to 16 wins on the year, the most since the 2002-03 season that saw Pacific finish 16-14.

Pacific and UC Davis first met on Saturday, Jan. 21, in a matinee contest at the Pavilion. The Tigers trailed by eight points with five minutes left before pulling to within two on a pair


of triples from junior forward Kendall Rodriguez with 37 seconds left. Pacific was able to get a stop on the defensive end but Rodriguez could not convert her three-point attempt as the Aggies made six straight free throws in the final five seconds to win, 59-51.

The second meeting took place at the Alex G. Spanos Center on Saturday, Feb. 25. Pacific led by as many as eight points in the second half, gaining a 38-30 advantage at the 15:16 mark. The Aggies would not go away, however, using a 12-4 run to turn a 54-50 deficit into a 62-58 lead with 28 seconds left. Junior guard Erica McKenzie brought the Tigers back to within one, 62-61, on a contested three-pointer with 21 seconds remaining. After a Pacific timeout,the Tigers were whistled for an intentional foul, giving UC Davis two free throws and the ball with 11 seconds left. The Aggies made three of their four free throws to seal the comeback win, 65-61.

"UC Davis is a very good team," Robert said. "They are very consistent with their system and do a great job with their changing defenses. Both games came down to late runs in the final moments, but the fact that this is a rivalry game and a postseason game will make for a fun match up."

The winner of Tuesday's contest will move on to the semifinals at the Honda Center in Anaheim on Friday. The semifinals will be re-seeded based on which four teams advance.


S standing for "senitmetric". Tests in April 1941 with early lash-up devices against  showed they could detect semi-submerged submarines at several miles range.

In June 1941 a formal application was made to Robert Watson-Watt, the Director of Communications Development (DCD), to form a separate group to develop an ASVS., a version of the Mark II with the minimal conversions needed to use the magnetron as the transmitter. During this same period the TRE was also developing the new H2S radar for Bomber Command. H2S featured a plan-position indicator (PPI), which produced a map-like 360° two-dimensional display of the ground below the aircraft. The PPI also greatly eased the operator workload for most other radar tasks as well, because they could see the area around the radar at athe convoys helped or hindered detection my Mark III is not mentioned in the sources. The RAF responded by having the aircraft stand off from the U-boats and call in destroyers, who could sink them with ease. If the U-boats attempted to dive, the aircraft would pounce. For the boats that managed to evade attack in the Bay, operations against the convoys were proving almost impossible. Every attempt to form up was disrupted long before the convoys approached, sometimes hundreds of miles away, when hunter-killer groups tracked them down. Shipping losses to the U-boats plummeted; in June less shipping was lost than any time since 1941. By the end of the month, 30 per cent of the U-boat force at sea had been lost, a catastrophe. Dönitz was


and in spite of a few instances of Naxos-aided U-boat escapes, these were the exception and Mark III remained the most widely used system until the end of the war.

Mark VI
Two types of attenuator were introduced for the Mark VI effort. Type 53 consisted of two wire rings, each  wavelengths long on either side of the waveguide between the magnetron and the antenna. When the rings were rotated parallel to the waveguide, they did not see the signal and did nothing to the propagation. When they were rotated perpendicular to the waveguide, they began to resonate and gave off a signal that, due to Lenz's law, opposed the original signal, muting it. These loops also attenuated the received signal and this was the reason for the moveAlyssa Spencer Earns Maiden Junior Tour Win At Ron Jon Vans Pro

The World Surf League (WSL) Ron Jon Vans Junior Pro finished its competition with the remaining two-to-three foot, southeast windswell that was on hand at Shepard Park as a massive day unfolded. Competing in her first Pro Junior event, Alyssa Spencer (USA) unleashed an amazing performance throughout the event, posting the highest single-wave score of 9.50 and heat total, 17.67 on the opening day of action - continuing her brilliant form into a maiden WSL Pro Junior victory.

Spencer, the now 13-year-old Carlsbad, Calif., native celebrated her birthday today and is off to a brilliant "golden year" - turning 13 on the 13th of March. She showed maturity beyond her years with smart, strong surfing that proved too


Anthony Scaramucci Anthony ScaramucciFormer DeVos chief of staff joins anti-Trump group Scaramucci to Lemon: Trump 'doubling down' on downplaying virus 'should scare' viewers Sunday shows - Leaked audio of Trump's sister reverberates MORE, the recently fired White House communications director, was planning a massive overhaul of the White House communications office, according to a memo he authored.

That memo, posted on Medium Wednesday by pro-Trump activist and media personality Mike Cernovich, outlines a plan to "professionalize" the communications shop, improve relations with mainstream media outlets and "humanize" President Trump Donald John TrumpObama calls on Senate not to fill Ginsburg's vacancy until after election Planned Parenthood: 'The fate of our rights' depends on Ginsburg replacement Progressive group to spend M in ad campaign on Supreme Court vacancy MORE.

"Implement a seriesreiterates Scaramucci's stated desire to "de-escalate tensions with the media." Part of that plan would be the creation of a "constructive 'complaint box'" that would allow journalists to air grievances with the communications office.

"Where possible, Comms will seek to make changes that make sense," the memo reads. "Regardless, relations with the media will improve if their complaints are welcomed and considered."

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Trump named Scaramucci communications director on July 21, a development that immediately prompted the resignation of former White House press secretary Sean Spicer.

Scaramucci came under fire days later after he delivered a profanity-laced tirade against former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus and other staffers during an interview with the New Yorker. Priebus resigned soon after and was replaced as chief of staff by Homeland Security Secretary


What I’ve Learned About Popularity From Pope Francis

TIME magazine called Pope Francis the People’s Pope in 2013, naming him Person of the Year. Pope Francis has his humble beginnings in Buenos Aires, Argentina. There, he was Cardinal and Archbishop and walked among cities filled with poverty and violence.

As the first Pope from Latin America, many eyes are on him, and I’m not an exception.

Although I’m not Catholic, I eagerly watched news coverage of Pope Francis’ visit to the U.S. in September 2015. Around that time, the Public Religion Research Institute and the Religion News Service conducted a survey that showed that 52% of Americans didn’t know the Pope was coming to town, while 69% of Catholic Americans knew about his visit. The survey also found that 67% ofof quality.” Pope Francis is a remarkable person. The Pope’s many actions have created a positive impression on people. He has washed and kissed prisoners’ feet, appointed new Catholic leaders to care for the poor, and kept an open-mind about gay marriage.

I remember the temptation to miss class to see him in Washington, DC, but at rethinking traffic, settled for watching Pope Francis, also known as Papa Francisco, on Univision, a major Spanish-speaking network.

During his visit to the U.S., Pope Francis also made stops in Pennsylvania and New York. He covered a lot of ground on his Popemobile and helicopter. The New York Timessummarized the highlights of his message as the following: protect the environment, condemn the death penalty, care for the poor, treat foreigners fairly, and so


of the camera had already been available in models from other manufacturers, things like a pentaprism viewfinder, instant return mirror, and bayonet-mounted interchangeable lenses. But what Nikon did that set the F apart was to bring all of those elements together into a single product that was vastly superior to anything the industry had ever seen and used before. Probably the biggest testament to the quality of the Nikon F was its long lifespan and use in extreme situations. Manufactured until 1973, it was used extensively by photojournalists around the world, including Don McCullin, who’s F absorbed a bullet impact in the Vietnam war, possibly saving his life. Modified versions of the camera were also used in space, including aboard the Skylab space station in the early 1970s.

RemnantsApple — who always finds itself being an innovator — was the first company to widely release a consumer-level digital camera with a Bayer sensor in the Apple QuickTake, back in 1994. As for the first DSLR, that credit goes to Fujifilm with the release of the FinePix S1 Pro in November 2001.

Kodak, which was making plenty of money selling film at the time, would never fully capitalize on its digital invention. Nevertheless, every other digital camera today is a result of Kodak’s pioneering work.

Canon AE-1 — 1976

Released in Japan in 1976, the Canon AE-1 was revolutionary for two main reasons. One, it was the first SLR to be microprocessor-equipped, allowing for functions such as shutter-priority automatic exposure. Two, it was insanely popular. Because of a big advertising


young DSLR-versus-mirrorless debate. It was the first mirrorless camera with full-frame, or 35mm, sensor, the same size as the sensors in professional-level DSLRs. Digital Trends named it camera of the year in 2013. This was the first time that many professional photographers could look at mirrorless as a viable alternative to bulky DSLRs. A 24-megapixel sensor packed into a body that weighed 474 grams was a big deal. Because of its build and image quality, the photo industry started to see a significant shift in photographers moving to mirrorless cameras — something that professionals would have scoffed at before the A7.

As a response to this industry shift, both Canon and Nikon released full-frame mirrorless systems in 2018 — but not before losing significant market share to Sony.

The nextAzza Al-Qasmi

Azza Ali Al-Qasmi (born 12 February 1985) is a Bahraini sport shooter. She was the flag bearer for Bahrain and part of the Bahraini Olympic team at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Olympic career
She competed in the women's 50 metre rifle three positions at the London Olympics. She did not advance further into the event but had scored a new Arab shooting record, having achieved a score of 576 points, including 21 inner-tens, across the three positions.  She ranked 33rd overall.

Personal life
Azza was born in the town of Riffa, in the Kingdom of Bahrain. She is bilingual in English and Arabic.

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The Florence city sample: dietary and life-style habits of a representative sample of adult residents. a comparison with the EPIC-Florence volunteers.
A representative sample of the general population residing in the city of Florence was invited to participate in the local section of the EPIC study with two major aims: i) to carry out a population-based survey on dietary and life-style habits in this urban area of Tuscany, Central Italy; ii) to compare these results with a large series of EPIC volunteers residing in the same municipality in order to evaluate the differences between the two groups. A random sample of 500 residents (250 women) aged 40-64 years, was invited to participate in the study; 362/500 (72.4%) accepted and followed the EPIC protocol. The distribution of selected individual characteristicsLehrer summed up the essence of such people when, in the Sixties, he wrote a song about them, which he called The Folk Song Army: ‘Every one of us cares / We all hate poverty, war and injustice / Unlike the rest of you squares.’

The fact is that ideologues on the Left hate us ‘squares’: those boring people who distrust dogmas and want governments to do as much good and little harm as possible.

One-time Labour MP Glenda Jackson summed up this mindset when, after Margaret Thatcher’s death in 2013, she delivered tirades against her in the Commons.

She added: 'And Left-wing ideologues stride across the moral high ground signalling their virtue at every opportunity by lauding idealism, dialogue and compassion, promising a taxpayer-financed Utopia and congratulating themselves on their


own goodness'

Asked if she at least might give her credit for being the first female Prime Minister, Ms Jackson’s breathtaking response was: ‘The first Prime Minister of female gender, OK. But a woman? Not on my terms.’

So, for ideological reasons, Thatcher was, as it were, unsexed. She was a Conservative, she believed market forces brought prosperity to the world, so she wasn’t fit to share in womanhood with Ms Jackson.

Oxfam suffers from this same sickness that afflicts the Left.

Founded during the war with the noble intention of alleviating hunger, as the charity has grown it has become an ideological virtue-signaller whose mission is to convert the world to its view of how it should be.

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The charity seems to show scant interest in celebrating the astonishing decline in global(Isiah getting introduced to New York. Screencap courtesy of ESPN)

When Ernie Grunfeld became the Bucks' general manager in 1999, the New York Knicks began a long, downward spiral of failure. Scott Layden, who had worked with the Utah Jazz for roughly two decades, filled Grunfeld's seat as the Knicks' GM. Layden's tenure with New York was a disaster. He traded an aging Patrick Ewing for Glen Rice and Luc Longley, a trade that began a long run of bad transactions for high-salary players. Layden re-signed Alan Houston to a whopping $100 million contract, which Houston never lived up to. He traded Latrell Sprewell for Keith Van Horn; he stocked the roster with Utah products and gave them ludicrous amounts of money; Clarence Weatherspoon was awarded an $18 million


contract; Howard Eisley and Shandon Anderson earned $83 million between them.

One week after U.S. forces discovered Saddam Hussein in a spider hole, Knicks' owner James Dolan fired Layden due to the team's steep decline. On the same day, Dolan announced that Hall of Fame point guard Isiah Thomas would be taking over as the president and general manager. Thomas had previously run the Toronto Raptors and Continental Basketball Association, and failed with both of them. But he had done a decent job as the coach of Indiana Pacers, and the anticipation over Thomas was notable. Stephen A. Smith, who would spend the next five years crucifying Isiah, told the Knick fans to celebrate because brighter days were on the way.

Where Layden had used a shovel to dig themillion in a sign-and-trade deal with the Chicago Bulls. Curry's effort with the team was lackluster; his defense was embarrassing and he averaged less than one block a game. As if getting him wasn't bad enough, Thomas had traded two first round picks to the Bulls in order to acquire him. The other one was a $30 million deal to Jerome James, who would spend the bulk of his time with the Knicks on the inactive roster. In the 07-08 season, James played a grand total of five minutes, equating to $1.2 million per minute.

The team's status dipped from mediocrity to calamity. Thomas' first pick as head coach, Lenny Wilkins, resigned because he didn't approve of the team's direction. On July 28, 2005, Larry Brown was hired as


their next coach. His $50 million contract made him the richest coach in sports history. Brown had the reputation of being a team-fixer, someone who could come in and quickly turn a franchise around. He made the Clippers a playoff team, the Sixers a finalist, and the Pistons a champion.

Yet even he couldn't repair the Knicks. Brown clashed with the New York roster -- particularly with Stephon Marbury -- and turned to Isiah to change the team. Thomas acquiesced and acquired more and more overpaid players at Brown's request. The season was an utter disaster. New York finished 23-59, the worst record in the NBA and the second-worst record in Knicks history. Larry Brown was fired in the offseason; stepping in as his replacement was none other thanIsiah Thomas, who was then the GM, the president, and the coach of the Knicks.

The tabloids reveled in the Knicks debacle. Because the team was considered the most important franchise in the NBA, and because his ousting seemed long overdue, demands for Isiah's termination came more frequently than for any other GM in history. While Isiah's incompetence placed himself in the news every couple days, the New York Knicks became otherwise irrelevant. The team that once showcased 455 consecutive sellouts was no longer featured on national television. Boos at Madison Square Garden were more common than cheers and "Fire Isiah" chants strung from the crowd.

In December 2006, the Knicks and Nuggets engaged in the league's first serious brawl since the Malice at the Palace. Isiah had told Denver's


Carmelo Anthony to not drive to the basket, and when Nuggets' guard J.R. Smith went for layup less than a minute later, Mardy Collins sent Smith to the ground. The two teams began to scuffle, and Carmelo leveled Collins with a punch to the face. Thomas was not suspended, though many blamed him for instigating the conflict.

Later that season, James Dolan handed Isiah a three-year contract extension. The Knicks CEO told reporters "I believe we have clearly seen significant and evident progress." At the time, New York was 29-34.

Isiah's troubles went beyond the playing court. In September 2007, Thomas was found liable in a sexual harassment suit by Anucha Browne Sanders. Dolan and Madison Square Garden were forced to pay her $11.6 million in retribution. The judgment wasone of the largest sums of money ever awarded in a sexual harassment case (though in fairness, she got $11 million more than she should have. To put it in perspective, Rae Carruth murdered his pregnant girlfriend and only had to pay $6 million to her estate).

The Knicks regressed in the 07-08 season and bottomed back to 23-59. By then, Isiah had lost complete control of the team. Early in the year, Thomas decided that Marbury was better suited to come off the bench. However when Starbury learned the news, Stephon told Isiah that he wouldn't play if he wasn't in the starting lineup.

"Isiah has to start me," Marbury told teammates according to an anonymous source. "I've got so much (stuff) on Isiah and he knows it. He


thinks he can (get) me. But I'll (get) him first. You have no idea what I know." Only a week later, Marbury was back in the starting lineup.

Near the end of the season, Donnie Walsh was hired as the Knicks president. Walsh had spent the previous two decades running the Indiana Pacers and had them in the postseason 16 times in 17 years. Walsh had hired Isiah as the Pacers coach back in 2000, leaving some to speculate that Thomas would remain in control of the organization. Only two days after the end of the NBA season, Isiah Thomas was fired and relenquished of his coaching and managerial dutues.

It's a shame that Isiah's image was tarnished as much as it was. As a player, he was one ofeligibility is not listed on the Award Letter, the student has not been awarded FWS eligibility. Part-time students who are enrolled at least half-time and have filed a FAFSA may check their eligibility with the Financial Aid Office.

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Tevlin: For Stillwater prison art teacher, exhibit is his exorcism

There is a small, framed drawing of the torso and arms of a slender woman hanging in the Bloomington Theatre and Art Center Gallery that is so exquisite in the detail and use of light that it almost looks like a black and white photograph.

Of course, William Murray has a story to tell about it.

“The artist was the enforcer for a cocaine gang,” Murray says in a matter-of-fact tone, the same tone he uses when he says, “They killed one of my students, the Irish gang did.”

Murray, trained at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and the University of Minnesota, is well versed in the language of art. What surprises is the nomenclature of crime and violence thatpermeates his conversations about his own art, and the art of his students.

Until he retired recently, Murray had taught art to bank robbers, murderers and child molesters since 1974 at Stillwater prison. Along the way, he became instructor, coach, confidant and friend to some of society’s worst misfits.

Starting Friday, work from some of his students from the 1970s and ’80s will be on display at the Bloomington gallery, along with riveting and disturbing work by Murray himself, art inspired — or perhaps “provoked” is a better word — by the prison and the people inside.

Looking around the room the first time he saw the exhibition displayed, Murray came to a startling conclusion: “It looks like the inmates were happier than I was.”

Indeed, among Murray’s own works is one


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