homes and businesses and prompting evacuation orders. Hide Caption 2 of 33 Photos: Wildfires blaze in California Highway Patrol officers go door to door to ask Sonoma residents to evacuate their homes as a wildfire approaches on October 11. Hide Caption 3 of 33 Photos: Wildfires blaze in California Homes are destroyed in the Coffey Park neighborhood of Santa Rosa on October 11. Hide Caption 4 of 33 Photos: Wildfires blaze in California The sign of a Firestone store malfunctions in Santa Rosa on Tuesday, October 10. Hide Caption 5 of 33 Photos: Wildfires blaze in California Damaged winemaking vats and tanks stand in ashes and debris at the Paradise Ridge Winery in Santa Rosa. Hide Caption 6 of 33 Photos: Wildfires blaze in California Smoke clouds thesun from wildfires burning in Santa Rosa and Napa Valley on October 10. Hide Caption 7 of 33 Photos: Wildfires blaze in California Mary Caughey, center in blue, reacts after finding her wedding ring in the remains of her home in Kenwood on October 10. Hide Caption 8 of 33 Photos: Wildfires blaze in California Puddles of melted metal trail away from a burned-out car near Napa on October 10. Hide Caption 9 of 33 Photos: Wildfires blaze in California A TV cameraman inches closer to a burning building at a winery in Napa Valley on Monday, October 9. Hide Caption 10 of 33 Photos: Wildfires blaze in California A firefighting plane helps battle a blaze just north of Tustin on October 9. Hide Caption 11 of 33


Photos: Wildfires blaze in California A historic barn burns in Santa Rosa on October 9. Hide Caption 12 of 33 Photos: Wildfires blaze in California The Santa Rosa Hilton Hotel burns to the ground on October 9. Hide Caption 13 of 33 Photos: Wildfires blaze in California Jim Stites watches as part of his neighborhood burns in Fountaingrove on October 9. Hide Caption 14 of 33 Photos: Wildfires blaze in California Fire burns from an open gas valve near the pool area of a Santa Rosa trailer park on October 9. Hide Caption 15 of 33 Photos: Wildfires blaze in California A man rushes to save his house as a wildfire moves through Glen Ellen on October 9. Hide Caption 16 of 33 Photos: Wildfires blaze in Californiapeople flee Orange on October 9. Hide Caption 22 of 33 Photos: Wildfires blaze in California Santa Rosa residents sift through the remains of a burned home on October 9. Hide Caption 23 of 33 Photos: Wildfires blaze in California The remains of fire-damaged homes and cars smolder at a Santa Rosa trailer park on October 9. Hide Caption 24 of 33 Photos: Wildfires blaze in California A tent structure built for the Safeway Open golf tournament burns in Napa on October 9. Hide Caption 25 of 33 Photos: Wildfires blaze in California Fire consumes a barn in Glen Ellen on October 9. Hide Caption 26 of 33 Photos: Wildfires blaze in California Smoke rises in the hills east of Napa on October 9. Hide Caption 27 of


33 Photos: Wildfires blaze in California A man passes a burning house in Napa on October 9. Hide Caption 28 of 33 Photos: Wildfires blaze in California The remains of fire-damaged homes are seen in Glen Ellen on October 9. Hide Caption 29 of 33 Photos: Wildfires blaze in California A wildfire burns behind the Sonoma Raceway on October 9. Hide Caption 30 of 33 Photos: Wildfires blaze in California A building burns in Napa on October 9. Hide Caption 31 of 33 Photos: Wildfires blaze in California Flames overtake a building in the Napa wine region on October 9. Hide Caption 32 of 33 Photos: Wildfires blaze in California Two women hug as they watch houses burn in Santa Rosa on October 9. Hide Caption 33 ofDelos Reyes is grateful for the shelters and the kind workers there.

She's a retiree from Hewlett-Packard and had lived in her Santa Rosa house in Coffey Park for 26 years. She lives with her son and grandson.

She said they have to stay in the area because her grandson works locally. But so far, the only available apartments have been in San Francisco (50 miles away), Sacramento (95 miles away) and Bakersfield (300 miles away).

Robert Delos Reyes and his mother, Lydia Delos Reyes have been staying at a shelter in Santa Rosa since their home burned down.

"We keep calling, but nothing is available. All residents are in the same situation. A lot of people need a place. They just said nothing's available," she said.

They're working with their insurance company,


ashes

The question of where Michael Ruiz and his family would live also weighed heavily. They had lost their home and all their belongings.

His pregnant wife, Charity Ruiz, escaped from the flames -- that overtook their Santa Rosa house -- on a bicycle last week. She put her two daughters in a toddler trailer hitched to the bike and rode out of the flames to safety.

Michael and Charity Ruiz celebrate the birth of their son, Remington Phoenix with their two daughters.

A week after her harrowing escape, she gave birth to their third child.

With a newborn and two toddlers, the couple were eager to find a place for their growing family that was close to the couple's workplace, a church in Santa Rosa.

Like many, Michael Ruiz struggled to find anythingavailable, but worked with a family friend who's a real estate agent. They may have found a rental in Sebastopol, a city about five miles west of Santa Rosa, he said.

In a span of a week, they lost their home that was bought in March, escaped from their burning neighborhood and welcomed the birth of their son.

"In the midst of all the heartache, there's incredible joy as well," Ruiz said.

He said they named their newborn son Remington Phoenix, to symbolize that "something beautiful has been born out of the ashes."


one example of losses incurred after harvest. In order to quantify grain damage, one must also understand grain quality. Grain quality is a very broad term and can relate to many topics such as foreign material, chemical compositions, mechanical damage, insect infestations, and many more. These references to quality are highly dependent on the end use of the grain. Certain types of damage may be acceptable to specific industries, whereas others cannot use grain with these issues.

Defining Grain Damage
Grain damage is such a broad term that it can be difficult to pinpoint all factors that can be considered damage. In addition, these factors are not easily measured. Many common methods for determining grain damage levels include some type visible inspection, which can carry with it a large amountPeter Siddle hopes he can bring some stability to Australia's new-look Test team, saying the side has "lacked a little bit of leadership" in recent times.

Next month's two-Test series against Pakistan is Australia's first since the Cape Town ball-tampering saga that saw three players banned, leaving a fresh regime led by new coach Justin Langer and new captain Tim Paine eager to turn over a new leaf.

India spinners helping Australia acclimatise

Siddle hasn't played a Test in almost two years but is the second-most capped player in the squad – his 62 Tests is topped only by Nathan Lyon's 78 – and the right-armer believes his reputation as a lion-hearted character played as much a part in his recall as his strong recent form in English county cricket.

"'JL' (Langer)


Australia board, is expected in the coming weeks.

Former Test allrounder Shane Watson, who was Michael Clarke's deputy between 2011 and 2013, argued this week that Paine should have the deciding vote in determining his deputy.

Watson (right) was Michael Clarke's deputy for two years // Getty

"I really believe the captain should have a massive influence because then there's more chance of getting that dynamic right," Watson told News Corp, saying selectors "have got it wrong" on several occasions in recent years, including with his own appointment as deputy.

"They make the decision which is the wrong one and in the end it means there's tension in the leadership group, which is the opposite to what you need.

"You want people complementing each other to help get the best out of thenew person comes in and their personality and the way they coach and want to lead the team," he said.

"It always gives a good vibe around the group. He's very intense, people can understand the way he went about the game when he played, how switched on and how hard he worked.

"He knows his plans, he knows the way he wants the team to go. The boys are getting a good feel for that over the first couple of days."

Qantas Tour of the UAE

Australia Test squad: Tim Paine (c), Ashton Agar, Brendan Doggett, Aaron Finch, Travis Head, Jon Holland, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitch Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Michael Neser, Matthew Renshaw, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc

Sep 29 - Oct 2: Tour match v Pak A, Dubai

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Story highlights Trump's remarks came after meeting with Republican congressional leaders and some members of his Cabinet at Camp David.

His response comes after an explosive report in The New York Times published Thursday

Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump told reporters at Camp David on Saturday that he still stands with Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

"Yes, I do," he responded when asked about Sessions by a reporter after meeting with Republican congressional leaders and some members of his Cabinet at Camp David.

Trump's response Saturday comes after an explosive report in The New York Times that special counsel Robert Mueller is aware of an unsuccessful attempt by Trump to lobby Sessions not to recuse himself from the Justice Department's Russia probe.

The Times, citing two people with knowledge of the episode, said TrumpIf the trailers for Ready Player One weren't proof enough that this might be the most nostalgia-packed movie of all time, this should do the trick. Warner Bros. has released 12 new posters for the film, each of which takes inspiration from a classic movie.

The homages range from Back to the Future to Steve McQueen's Bullitt to The Iron Giant--a movie whose main character has been heavily featured in Ready Player One's promotional campaign. These images are perhaps the best way to sell a movie like this.

The story, based on the Ernest Cline novel, is set in a near-future dystopian world where people escape from their overcrowded cities into a virtual world filled with fictional characters, objects, and settings from their favorite pieces of pop culture. Why not


take advantage of the pop culture audiences already love to sell them on this escape of a movie?

Interestingly, though Steven Spielberg is the director of Ready Player One, none of his movies are represented in the posters--there are titles in which he served as a producer, though. Ready Player One hits theaters on March 29. Take a look at each of the new posters and the movies that inspired in this gallery.

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MADRID (Reuters) - Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont on Thursday proposed member of parliament Quim Torra as candidate for head of the Catalan government as the region attempts to put an end to a seven-month impasse and form an administration.

Catalan lawmakers must pick a leader to form a government by May 22 to avert more elections, following a standoff during which separatist politicians put forward candidates who were blocked by the courts for being either abroad or in jail.

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy called regional elections in December after sacking the previous administration for illegally declaring independence from Spain. However, pro-independence parties again won a majority of seats.

Torra is a lawyer and journalist who has been active in pro-independence lobbies in the wealthy region.


well.

Over the last couple of offseasons, there has been a trend. At positions where perhaps a young player is being expected to step in, the team brings in a veteran. In Bruce Arians' first season, it was Eric Winston they brought in. At tight end last year when they had a pair of inexperienced guys in Troy Niklas and Darren Fells, they brought in Jermaine Gresham. At inside linebacker, when it was still uncertain Kevin Minter could handle the starting job full time, they signed Sean Weatherspoon. At outside linebacker, where it was Alex Okafor and Kareem Martin entering last year, they brought in LaMarr Woodley.

The team already has a lineman who can start at right guard or at right tackle in Earl Watford, so they already have“Draconians, also called dragonmen, are humanoid beings with dragonlike features created during the War of the Lance. They are originally made from the eggs of good dragons corrupted with dark magic. During that era Draconians served as assault troops and special forces in the Dragonarmies of Takhisis. After the war they scattered to various regions of Ansalon. During the Chaos War a small group of the draconians find eggs containing female draconians. After the females hatched those draconians form the nation of Teyr, establishing the draconian race. Draconians are split into five principle races; Baaz, Kapak, Sivak, Aurak, and Bozak.[21] There are also noble draconians, which are formed from the eggs of evil dragons, and have a good alignment. There are flame, vapor, lightning, venom, and frost variants.”—Wikipidia


A statement by the Afrin Liberation Forces said that during the last days, their units have launched a series of military actions against terrorist Turkish army and its jihadist allied near the cities of Mare and Azaz as well as in Afrin city center.

The statement detailed the operations as follows:

“One of our squads assaulted simultaneously a number of military points of the Turkish-backed terrorists in the vicinity of Mare city on 19th of December, killing about five terrorists and wounding several others.

On the same day and near Azaz city, our team targeted a Turkish-backed mercenary with sniper fire, killing him.

Our squad planted an explosive device at the headquarters of the Sultan Mohamed Fatih Brigade in Afrin city center on 20th of December. No clear information could be obtainedabout the number of killed and wounded terrorists.

Our team targeted with an explosive device a joint patrol conducted by the Turkish army and the Hamza Division mercenaries while they were driving on the road that connects Marate village with Afrin city center. Action resulted in the inury of one Turkish soldier and one mercenary.”

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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates in general to a fluorescent endoscope apparatus, and in particular to a fluorescent endoscope apparatus for insertion into the body of a living subject, irradiating a living-tissue subject with stimulating light, measuring the fluorescent light emitted by the living-tissue subject upon irradiation thereof by the stimulating light and detecting a fluorescent image formed of the emitted fluorescent light.
2. Description of the Related Art
There have been proposed technologies for irradiating a living-tissue subject with stimulating light, receiving the fluorescent light emitted from the living-tissue subject thereupon, wherein, utilizing the difference between the fluorescent light emitted from a normal tissue and the fluorescent light emitted by a diseased tissue upon irradiation thereof by a stimulating light of a predetermined wavelength, a fluorescentdetecting the difference between the brightness distribution of the brightness distribution of the normal image and the brightness distribution occurring within the body of a patient, and a stimulating light emission prevention controlling means for preventing, via the stimulating light emission preventing means, the emission of stimulating light, based on the detection signal detected by the brightness distribution detecting means.
Here, for cases in which the subject of a measurement to be obtained by use of a fluorescent endoscope apparatus is, for example, the tube-shaped organs (the esophagus, the stomach, the duodenum, the large intestine, etc.), the brightness distribution occurring in a normal image of the inside of the body of a patient is brighter on the circumference of the image than in the middle of the image, and


at a distance several centimeters from the stimulating light emitting end portion of the endoscope insertion portion.
In addition, the detecting means of the eighth fluorescent endoscope apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a temperature detecting means disposed in the end portion of the endoscope insertion portion for detecting that the temperature occurring near the side of the end portion of the endoscope insertion portion differs from the temperature inside the body of the patient, and a stimulating light emission prevention controlling means for preventing, via the stimulating light emission preventing means, the emission of stimulating light, based on the detection signal detected by the temperature detecting means.
Here, because the temperature of the area near the side of the end portion of the endoscope insertion portionfrom the stimulating light emitting end portion of the endoscope insertion portion.
In addition, the detecting means of the tenth fluorescent endoscope apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a magnetic field producing means, which is mounted at the opening of the body orifice into which the endoscope insertion portion of the endoscope apparatus is to be inserted, for producing a magnetic field, and a magnetic field detecting means disposed in the endoscope insertion portion for detecting aforementioned magnetic field, and a stimulating light emission prevention controlling means for preventing, via the stimulating light emission preventing means, the emission of stimulating light, based on the detection signal detected by the magnetic field detecting means.
In addition, the detecting means of the eleventh fluorescent endoscope apparatus according to the


of which a measurement is to be taken.
In addition, the stimulating light emission prevention controlling means of the fifteenth fluorescent endoscope apparatus according to the present invention is a stimulating light standby means for controlling emission of the stimulating light by maintaining it in a standby state.
Here, the standby state refers to the ready-state of emitting stimulating light, for example, a state in which the voltage of the power source of the stimulating light source is reduced to a level below that required for operation of the stimulating light source, etc.; in short, any state in which the stimulating light standby means controls the stimulating light projecting means so that stimulating light is not emitted therefrom.
In addition, according to the sixteenth embodiment of the fluorescent endoscope apparatus accordinglight guided through the guiding means and a normal image of the light reflected from the section of which a measurement is to be taken upon irradiation thereof by the illuminating light, and a stimulating light controlling means for controlling the emission of stimulating light from the stimulating light projecting means, further comprising a power-source state detecting means for detecting that the power source of the fluorescent endoscope apparatus has been switched from the OFF to the ON state, a stimulating light emission preventing means for putting the stimulated light in an emission-prohibited state in which emission of stimulating light is prevented, an unlocking operation detecting means for detecting that a predetermined operation for unlocking the emission-prohibited state has been performed, and a stimulating light emission prevention controlling


emission prevention controlling means causes operation of the stimulating emission preventing means and the stimulating light is put in the emission-prohibited state. Then, when the predetermined operation for unlocking the emission-prohibited state has been performed, this predetermined operation is detected by the unlocked-state operation detecting means, and detection data indicative thereof is transmitted to the stimulating light emission prevention controlling means. The stimulating light emission prevention controlling means causes operation of the stimulating emission preventing means and the stimulating light emission-prohibited state is unlocked.
Here, the expression xe2x80x9cthe power source of the fluorescent endoscope apparatusxe2x80x9d means at least the power for turning the stimulating light projecting means ON. Further, in the state in which the power source is in the transitional state of having been switched from OFF toin the emission-prohibited state.
In addition, for cases in which the stimulating light emission preventing means is a stimulating light standby means, when the power source is switched from OFF to ON and the power-source state detecting means detects that the power source has been switched from OFF to ON, or when the fluorescent endoscope apparatus is reset and the reset detecting means detects that this state has been reset, the stimulating light emission prevention controlling means reads the control data recorded in the stimulating light emission prevention control data recording means, and causes operation of the stimulating light standby means so that the stimulating light can be put in the emission-prohibited state.
Further, the predetermined operation for unlocking the emission-prohibited state of the stimulating light may be an operation


prevention of the emission of stimulating light can be controlled solely by the control signal.
In addition, according to the fifteenth fluorescent endoscope apparatus according of the present invention, because the stimulating light emission prevention controlling means the is a stimulating light standby means for controlling emission of the stimulating light by maintaining it in a standby state, there is no necessity to provide a new device, and prevention of the emission of stimulating light can be controlled solely by the control signal.
In addition, according to the sixteenth embodiment of the fluorescent endoscope apparatus according to the present invention, because GaN type laser light is used as the stimulating light, fluorescent light is efficiently emitted from the section of which a measurement is being taken, and the apparatus canthe power source has been switched from the OFF to the ON position, detection data indicative thereof is transmitted to the stimulating light emission prevention controlling means. At this time, the stimulating light emission prevention controlling means reads in the control data recorded in the stimulating light emission prevention control data recording means for controlling the stimulating light emission preventing means, and causes the operation of the stimulating light emission preventing means; the stimulating light is put in the emission-prohibited state.
When the fluorescent endoscope apparatus is detected by the reset detecting means as having been reset, detection data indicative thereof is transmitted to the stimulating light emission prevention controlling means, after which, the stimulating light is put in the emission-prohibited state in the same way as when the


Story highlights New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur turned 40 on May 6

He couldn't celebrate because he was about to lead the Devils to the Eastern Conference Finals

Steve Politi: "No goaltender in NHL history has won more games than Brodeur"

He won his first Stanley Cup at 23; he could win his fourth at an age most players are retired

Martin Brodeur was unstrapping his goaltending pads after another victory, about to be rushed to a TV interview, when a reporter on deadline made a request. Could he answer just one quick question?

"Yes, I'm 40," Brodeur cracked, predicting the question before it could be asked. "For some reason, that's a big deal."

Well, it actually is, and the reason is simple: Brodeur couldn't celebrate the milestone -- his birthday was May6 -- because he was too busy notching another win en route to leading the New Jersey Devils to the Eastern Conference Finals.

And now, as the playoffs move to the final two rounds, Brodeur has a chance to win the Stanley Cup at an age when most players already have hung up their skates and picked up their golf clubs.

Turning 40 usually means collecting your gag gifts and waking up with a hangover and a realization: You're not as young as you used to be. For Brodeur, it means doing what he's done his entire adult life: winning hockey games at the highest level in the sport.

No goaltender in NHL history has won more games than Brodeur: His 656 career victories are 105 more than Patrick Roy, who


is second on the list. The next active goaltender on the all-time list, Roberto Luongo, has just 339, so it's a record that may never be broken.

And no one has appeared in a playoff game in his teens and his 40s, which became another line on Brodeur's long résumé this week. He is the definition of longevity, and he's not just hanging on by the edge of his skates, either.

"You go out, and you compete against players that are such a young age," Brodeur said during the Devils' second-round series against the Flyers, which they won in five games. "I'm more than twice the age of (Devils rookie defenseman) Adam Larsson. I mean, you kind of shake your head a little bit.

"But you're able to play at alevel when you're having fun and you're able to compete in a league you always wanted to play and still be able to keep going. For me, I don't take anything for granted. I appreciate every moment, especially this year. It's been awesome for me."

Brodeur has spent his entire career outside the limelight. That comes with the territory of playing in the NHL, the least popular of the four major U.S. sports leagues, and playing for the Devils, who lack the following of their rivals across the Hudson River, the New York Rangers. The Devils, despite their continued success, are rarely picked for national TV games.

That doesn't diminish what he could accomplish this spring. When Brodeur won his first Stanley Cup, he was just 23. Now, if the


Devils continue their hot streak through the playoffs, he could win his fourth at 40.

That would be a 17-year gap between his first title and his last one. There aren't many athletes who can match that, but two who did -- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Babe Ruth -- are recognized amongst the greatest in sports history.

Brodeur is certainly among hockey's greatest. Along with his three Stanley Cups (1995, 2000, 2003), he's won two Olympic gold medals (2002, 2010) and the Vezina Trophy as the league's top goalie four times (2003, 2004, 2007, 2008). His ability to handle the puck behind the net changed the sport, leading to a rule change that restricted where goalies could play the puck.

His critics have said that Brodeur benefited from the Devils' defensive approachfor years. But his former role model -- who later became his biggest rival -- thought that argument was unfair.

"I remember in the playoffs, he once said he was facing more critics than shots," said Roy, who owns most of the NHL goaltending records that Brodeur doesn't have. "I thought it was a nice way to deal with the pressure. From the outside watching him, he almost makes it look easy, but I know how tough it is."

Roy retired in 2003, when he was 37. Brodeur is in the final year of his contract but has said he's leaning toward coming back next year -- his 20th in a Devils uniform -- "if they're going to take me back."

He said he's having too much fun to stop now.

"You


a few. And they have all improved as players under him.

Troublesome? Arsene Wenger inspired the best form of Emmanuel Adebayor's and Nicolas Anelka's careers

Decorated: Arsene Wenger is one of the most respected figures in the game

Emmanuel Adebayor went from hitting shots yards over the bar in training to scoring 30 goals in a season.

And Suarez has so much talent. He brings goals, has intelligence in the way he links with players, and shows calmness in front of goal. Suarez is a nightmare to play against, too, because of the way he wriggles and turns inside his opponent.

Looking elsewhere? Suarez is good enough to transform Arsenal's hopes of success

From Arsenal’s point of view, this possible deal is exciting. You need a world-class striker to compete at the highest levelwill be as an instructor.

The attention now will to his Hall of Fame candidacy, as Clemens will appear on the ballot for the first time later this year. Despite a 24-year major league career that included 354 wins, 4,672 strikeouts, seven Cy Young Awards and an MVP Award, suspicions of performance-enhancing drug use could keep Clemens out of Cooperstown.


The first three events (fencing, swimming, and show jumping) were scored on a points system. Those points were then converted into a time handicap for the final combined event (pistol shooting and cross-country running), with the points leader starting first and each other competitor having a delayed start based on how many points behind the leader they were. This results in the finish order of the run being the final ranking for the event.

Unlike previous games, the fencing event consisted of two rounds: the traditional round-robin stage plus a “bonus round.” In the round-robin, each competitor faced every other competitor in a one-touch bout. The competitors were ranked according to how many victories they earn. The bonus round was held on one piste in a ladder, knock-out system.quotas to the athletes had taken place based on the competition results. Five continental championships afforded twenty places each per gender: one each from Africa and Oceania, five from Asia, eight from Europe, and five from the Americas with a maximum of one quota per NOC (winners from NORCECA and South America, and top three from the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada).[7] Qualified athletes will also be the winner of the 2015 UIPM World Cup final (held in Minsk, Belarus from June 12 to 14) and the top three finishers at the World Championships in Berlin, Germany, held between June 28 and July 6, 2015.[7]

The top three ranked athletes, having not qualified by any means, were awarded a place at the 2016 UIPM World Championships in


the amount of revenue they receive as a commission for selling lottery tickets. Both the lottery officials and the retail lottery agents realize that, among other factors, the number of lottery tickets sold depends, in large part, on the speed and efficiency of the retail agent and the electronic wagering terminal in processing the bet slips and issuing the lottery tickets to the customers. However, lottery systems, as presently designed and operated, introduce procedures that increase inefficiencies and cause lost sales at the retail agent terminal.
One reason for such lost sales is that customers are required to fill out bet slips, on which the customers mark by hand the selection of numbers to be played. Frequently, the customers, unaware of the sensitivity of the mark-sense card reader associatedAlthough unseasonal rain disrupted play at the 2016 Shenzhen Open, all was not lost — by moving the concluding round of qualifiers indoors, the tournament was still able to finalize the singles main draw despite the perniciously misting grey skies. Should the rain continue this week, the main draw matches may also follow suit and move indoors.

To the delight of local fans who lined the indoor court, China’s ZHANG Kai-lin upended the higher-ranked Stefanie Voegele (SUI), who bore a taped upper right thigh, 6-3, 7-6(4). Zhang, after building an early lead to take the first set, did not falter in the second even when Voegele pushed her to a breaker. Zhang will need to recover quickly as she will return to the court to face a formidable first-round


round she will face fellow qualifier Nicole Gibbs (USA), who handily defeated Maria-Teresa Torró-Flor (ESP) 6-1, 6-3 to earn her berth in the main draw.

There was one main draw match contested indoors on the first day of play at the 2016 Shenzhen Open — a doubles showdown between Irina Khromacheva (RUS) and Lidziya Marozava (BLR) and Varatchaya Wongteanchai (THA) and YANG Zhaoxuan (CHN). Khromacheva and Marozava dominated the first set 6-0, active at the net, aggressively crossing to break up crosscourt baseline play, not at all shy about punishing the opposing net person. After Wongteanchai and Yang settled in and began to place their shots with better precision, errors and escalating frustration crept into the Russian-speaking duo’s game. After trailing for most of the second set, Khromacheva andMarozava finally steadied to turn the set around to go up a break 5-4 and serve for the match, which they closed with emphatic bellows and fist pumps.

Local fans will recognize many familiar names on Monday with one player from Chinese Taipei and six mainland Chinese players taking the court. Notably, PENG Shuai (the 2014 singles finalist in Shenzhen) will finish out the center court billing with doubles partner LIANG Chen, facing wildcard team LI Yixuan and SHENG Yuqi. In singles, the third, fourth, seventh and eighth seeds will all begin their 2016 campaigns, each seeking to win her first match of the year.

ORDER OF PLAY – MONDAY, JANUARY 04, 2016

On Monday January 4, play will start at 11am on all three courts, with the next match to


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U.S.S. Enterprise NX-1701-A

The Enterprise That Never Was!

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The U.S.S. ENTERPRISE and other similarly configured vessels are based on the Jefferies-Guzman-Joseph starship design theory. This theory was formulated on Earth during the mid-Twentieth Century. Accumulating a vast list of heroic achievements over forty years, the ENTERPRISE became a symbol of Star Fleet and the Federation. During its final few years of service, the ship was regulated from first-line duty to Academy Training Vessel.

To keep the ENTERPRISE name on the leading edge of Federation technology, Star Fleet had devised two plans: First, evaluate the trial runs of the U.S.S. EXCELSIOR (The Great Experiment). At the time, this newest and largest ship was equipped with the latest experimental technology. Once the EXCELSIOR lived up tobegan to unravel both of Star Fleet's plans. With so many malfunctioning systems aboard the EXCELSIOR, the process of testing her was slow during trial acceptance runs. The Solaris design (still on the drawing screens) had only seven months of research and development.

The Federation Council gave Star Fleet the "go-ahead" to rechristen a newly built, state-of-the-art, proven vessel the ENTERPRISE. The hull registry was changed to NCC-1701-A. The new ENTERPRISE was virtually identical to the previous ENTERPRISE with several technical and cosmetic exceptions.

After overcoming her problems, EXCELSIOR was eventually commissioned. The name ENTERPRISE became a sister ship in the EXCELSIOR class with hull registry NCC-1701-B. The Solaris design was permanently kept in research and development status. Commander Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott foresaw future starship configurations (ships becoming rounder,


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In 2019 Clark is recording her debut album in Nashville Tennessee, which features the founder of Hootie & the Blowish and country music legend Darius Rucker.

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Category:Zambian emigrants to Australiasuch as RIE (Reactive Ion Etching). Thereafter, the exposed gate oxide film 7, i.e., portions of the gate oxide film 7 on the HV region 20 and the logic region 30 are etched away by the dilute HF treatment (FIG. 31). After the photoresist 51 is removed by the acid treatment, a dummy gate oxide film 11 about 15 nm thick is formed on the HV region 20 and the logic region 30 by thermal oxidation. Consequently, an oxide film 13 is also formed by the thermal oxidation on the side wall of the first polysilicon film 8 on the cell region 10. Thereafter, a photoresist 52 having a pattern which covers the cell region 10 and the logic region 30 and exposes the HV region 20 is


nm thick is formed by stacking the oxide film on the gate oxide film 14. In the logic region 30, a gate oxide film 17 about 15 nm thick is formed by thermally oxidizing the surface of the semiconductor substrate. By this method, gate oxide films different in thickness are formed on the HV region 20 and the logic region 30. Thereafter, a polysilicon film (second polysilicon film) 18 as a second layer which serves as a gate electrode material is deposited on the entire surface of the semiconductor substrate 2 by the CVD process. As in the case of the first polysilicon film, an impurity such as phosphorus is diffused into this polysilicon film 18 (FIG. 35).
In such a conventional semiconductor device, for example, in a semiconductordevice having both an EPROM and a logic, however, the gate electrodes in both the HV region and the logic region are made of the second polysilicon film. In addition, the gate oxide film thickness in the HV region is different from that in the logic region. Therefore, in the conventional fabrication method, a total of three oxide film removing steps using the dilute HF treatment are performed for the dummy gate oxide film in the cell, the gate oxide film in the cell, and the dummy oxide film in the HV region, before the gate oxide film in the HV region is formed. Furthermore, before the gate oxide film is formed in the logic region, removing of the gate oxide film in the HV region is performed


in addition to the three-time dilute HF treatment; that is, the dilute HF treatment is performed a total of four times.
In the method of fabricating the conventional semiconductor device having both a memory and a logic as described above, the thickness of the field oxide film formed on the element isolation region is unavoidably decreased due to the dilute HF treatment performed a number of times in the oxide film removing steps. This decrease in the film thickness leads to a lowering or a variation in the field inverting voltage, causing leakage between the fields. In addition, a decrease in the field oxide film which is due to the film thickness decrease brings about a variation in the driving force of a transistor or leakage of the transistor.painting on the wall of the Cable Car station atop Mt. Chiliad was one of the earliest sources of intrigue for GTA conspiracy-hunters.The main map is remarkably similar to the shaft and chamber layout of a pyramid, suggesting the possible existence of a subterranean dungeon. Also scattered around the image are a number of smaller markers. While the meaning of many of the symbols within have been encrypted, the large icons of cracking egg, a spaceship, and a humanoid form remain an intriguing puzzlement.

The symbol matches the UFO depicted in the Cable Car station painting. On the back of the platform it reads "Come back when your story is complete."

The carefully hidden painting beneath the platform atop Chiliad’s highest point is the sighting point for a well-documented postgame


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To date 4 confirmed UFOs have been located in GTA 5. Details on each are available at UFOs. Most pertinent to the search is the presence of a UFO directly over Mt. Chiliad, appearing in the rain at 3 AM after 100% completion.

The Search for Underground Tunnels at Mt Chilliad

Recent reports of players using clipping glitches to gain access to the inside of the mountain to show tunnels have mostly been dismissed as known and already accessable tunnels:

The Road Tunnel joining Paleto Bay to the Alamo Sea

The Rail Tunnel joining Paleto Bay to the Alamo Sea

The Road Tunnel that passes under the runways at Fort Zancudo

Though the hunt still continues as tunnels are not made visible until in91-year-old great grandmother wins lottery twice in three months

Lena Eaton, a 91-year-old great grandmother, is arguably the luckiest woman in Indiana.

In the past three months, the Indianapolis resident has purchased not one, but two winning lottery tickets.

In August, Eaton won a $300,000 prize with a Quick Draw ticket. On Thursday, she walked into the Hoosier Lottery headquarters with another winning ticket: a scratch-off worth $99,999.

In doing so, she defied incredible odds.

For her first win, she matched 10 of 20 Quick Draw numbers on a ticket purchased at the Discount Check Cashing store on the 2800 block of Lafayette Road. The chances of that happening? One in 8.9 million.

For her second win, she bought a $5 Scorchin' Hot 9s scratch-off ticket at a Safeway Foods on the 3000 block


of Kessler Ave. She had a one in 646,000 chance of winning that one.

The odds of winning both: One in 5.7 trillion.

Eaton told lottery officials she had already started home improvements — new windows and a new bathroom — after her $300,000 win in August.

With her second big win, she plans to indulge and do some traveling, she said.

Part of what makes her win so satisfying is that she can help her family when they need it, she said. That family includes six children, 16 grandchildren, and more than 20 great grandchildren.

"It's been a pleasure being able to help them," the longtime lottery player said. "I've got good kids."

(Click to display full-size in gallery)Lena Eaton, a 91-year-old great grandmother, is arguably the luckiest woman in Indiana. In theBrett Okamoto ESPN Staff Writer 1 Minute Read

A welterweight rematch between two former champions in Tyron Woodley and Robbie Lawler will headline UFC Fight Night on June 29 in Minneapolis, UFC president Dana White told ESPN on Wednesday.

Sources confirmed verbal agreements for the bout are in place. The UFC Fight Night event will take place at Target Center and air on ESPN.

Woodley (19-4-1) surrendered the UFC's 170-pound title in a decision loss to Kamaru Usman at UFC 235 earlier this month in Las Vegas. That 36-year-old native of Ferguson, Missouri, was unbeaten in seven consecutive bouts prior to the loss.

Earlier this year, Woodley had entertained the idea of moving up in weight, but he is now focused on regaining the welterweight belt.

Lawler (28-13) is coming off a controversial


submission loss to Ben Askren at UFC 235. The bout was stopped in the first round when Askren caught Lawler in a bulldog choke; however, replays showed Lawler might still have been in the fight when it was called off.

Fighting out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Lawler missed all of 2018 due to ACL surgery.

The 170-pound bout is a rematch of a 2016 title fight. Woodley claimed the belt in a first-round knockout at UFC 201 in Atlanta.Mitt gets a standing ovation at the NAACP

Did Mitt just have his first moment of "campaign magic" with the NAACP? Tim Stanley of the UK Telegraph thinks so, though he specifies that it was not the usual charismatic sort of oratorical magic, but rather a challenge, and it came late in the speech, after a slow start.

It wasn't quite a game changer, but Mitt Romney finally gave voters a moment of magic in his NAACP convention speech this Wednesday. For once, style and content rose to the occasion. He even earned himself a standing ovation from a civil rights lobby - a big win for a Republican candidate. [...]

At first, Romney started as badly as we've come to expect. Here's Mitt's problem: the substance of his speeches might


be appropriate, but he never adjusts his style to suit the situation. Close your eyes and he could have been speaking in a tractor factory. Bill Clinton might have invoked "my sweet Lord" and shed a few tears over some saccharine anecdote. Mitt just ploughed on like he was giving a breakdown of this year's company profits. [...]

When Mitt announced that he was committed to repealing Obamacare, he was booed. That seems to have been some sort of turning point, for the crowd and for Romney. He didn't flinch or falter:

Pledging - with all the enthusiasm of a quarterly report from accounts - to make jobs his priority, Romney finally stepped off script and addressed the boos head on. "If you want a president who will make thingsdone this a number of times on the campaign trail in a vain bid to give himself a narrative beyond "When I was a kid, I got an A in math." It usually fails to get a response from the audience. But this time, Romney reminded the NAACP that his father had backed civil rights laws as Governor of Michigan and marched with protesters. In other words, there is a history of Republican support for the black freedom struggle that predates the Democratic one. In fact, while George Wallace was standing on the school door and the Kennedys were tapping Martin Luther King Jnr's phone, some Republican lawmakers were fighting the good fight against segregation.

And what motivated George? According to Mitt, it was his Mormonism: "My father was


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Did Mitt just have his first moment of "campaign magic" with the NAACP? Tim Stanley of the UK Telegraph thinks so, though he specifies that it was not the usual charismatic sort of oratorical magic, but rather a challenge, and it came late in the speech, after a slow start.

It wasn't quite a game changer, but Mitt Romney finally gave voters a moment of magic in his NAACP convention speech this Wednesday. For once, style and content rose to the occasion. He even earned himself a standing ovation from a civil rights lobby - a big win for a Republican candidate. [...]

At first, Romney started as badly as we've come to expect. Here's Mitt's problem:the substance of his speeches might be appropriate, but he never adjusts his style to suit the situation. Close your eyes and he could have been speaking in a tractor factory. Bill Clinton might have invoked "my sweet Lord" and shed a few tears over some saccharine anecdote. Mitt just ploughed on like he was giving a breakdown of this year's company profits. [...]

When Mitt announced that he was committed to repealing Obamacare, he was booed. That seems to have been some sort of turning point, for the crowd and for Romney. He didn't flinch or falter:

Pledging - with all the enthusiasm of a quarterly report from accounts - to make jobs his priority, Romney finally stepped off script and addressed the boos head on. "If you want


about his father, George Romney. Mitt's done this a number of times on the campaign trail in a vain bid to give himself a narrative beyond "When I was a kid, I got an A in math." It usually fails to get a response from the audience. But this time, Romney reminded the NAACP that his father had backed civil rights laws as Governor of Michigan and marched with protesters. In other words, there is a history of Republican support for the black freedom struggle that predates the Democratic one. In fact, while George Wallace was standing on the school door and the Kennedys were tapping Martin Luther King Jnr's phone, some Republican lawmakers were fighting the good fight against segregation.

And what motivated George? According to Mitt, itwas his Mormonism: "My father was a man of faith who knew that every person was a child of God." For that, Mitt earned himself a chord on the church organ. By the end of the speech, the audience was on its feet.

Put aside race for a moment. These were mostly Protestants, many of whom are active in churches, standing in approval of a Mormon's religious convictions. Something happened here worth examining closely.

Mitt may be finding his campaign persona, bit by bit. Fortitude is not a bad quality. People respect it.

Update: The mainstream media has chosen to focus on the boos, and downplay if not ignore the standing ovation. Let them! They are in denial, and cannot put a cofferdam around momentum. Mitt went into the Lion's den


joining News Corp, Raju spent nearly 25 years as a journalist and editor. He started at The Economic Times in India before moving to The Dayton Daily News (Ohio), The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), and The Washington Post. Starting out as a summer intern at WSJ, he eventually became Editor of The Wall Street Journal Europe and later Managing Editor of WSJ’s digital newsrooms. At The Washington Post, he was the Managing Editor who led the Post’s rethinking of its separate digital and print newsrooms and operations.

A native of Hyderabad, India, Raju is also the founder of Mint, currently India’s second-largest daily business newspaper by circulation.

“Raju’s extensive international and journalistic experience will add valuable perspective to the Board as we look to bring new voices from around theworld into our movement. I am impressed by his willingness to learn about and embrace the values behind the Wikimedia movement, and look forward to working with him to support our free knowledge mission,” said Nataliia Tymkiv, Governance Chair for the Board.

Raju is currently the Vice-chair for the Board of Directors of the International Center for Journalists, as well as a member of the Board of Trustees for the Institute of International Education, which administers the Fulbright Scholarship programmes. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Raju joins eight other Foundation Trustees who collectively bring expertise in the Wikimedia community, financial oversight, governance, and organizational development; and a commitment to advancing Wikimedia’s mission of free knowledge for all.

He was approved unanimously by the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees. His term


also used in the construction of sugar mill buildings on sugar plantations in the 1820s and 1830s. Examples are the Bulow, Dunlawton and New Smyrna sugar mills. In these early structures, the porous coquina was protected by lime plaster. With the exception of a few residences that have been restored in St. Augustine, the coquina masonry of these structures is today exposed to the elements and is slowly deteriorating.

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Overlying the fossiliferous sands and sandy clays of the upper San Fernando River in northeastern Mexico is a bed of coquina limestone dating probably to the Cenozoic era. Coquina deposits also occur in the Baja California peninsula, including submerged "reefs". So-called coquina "reefs" occur at Punta Borrascosa, San Felipe and Coloraditos on the northeast coast of Baja California. These haveTaking a serious note of the attempts to move the nuns, who were part of the public protest against Bishop Franco Mulakkal, out of the Kuravilangadu convent, Bishop Agnelo of the Jalandhar diocese has directed the Missionaries of Jesus congregation to withhold their transfer orders till the case is over.

In an e-mail addressed to the five nuns, a copy of which is with The Hindu, the Bishop said that he was giving a directive to Regina Kadamthottu, Superior General of the Missionaries of Jesus congregation, not to issue any letters to the five nuns without his explicit permission.

“This will be an order to her from me as Apostolic Administrator in charge of the Congregation-since it is of Diocesan Right, it comes under me,” read the letter.

The letter also


Bihar, while Sister Josephine Villoonnickal was reminded of her appointment as Superior at the Lalmatia community in Jharkhand in May 2017.

Sister Nina Rose, who had been also part of the protest, and the survivor nun, however, had not been issued any such directive.was a HUGE deal this year in Houston and it continues to grow every year.

This year's Simon Fashion NOW Fall show was off the charts! Here is the video round up thanks to fashionista rock star Erica Renee Garza! E Motion Medias produced the brilliant Simon Fashion Now montage video. The music is local too!! Paul Couture producinged the track especially for this project, LOVE it!! Check him out along with the rest of Houston's who's who!

LA-based lifestyle brand Splendid® announces a new store opening at Highland Village in October 2012, it’s first location in the Gulf Coast region. Of course, it had to come to Houston! The 1,500 square foot space offers all of the line’s colorful, comfortable collections for women, men, kids and babies in an


fobs by braiding, twisting and knotting Splendid® fabric with colorful beads, as well as custom button making. Guests will leave with all sorts of goodies and tasty treats.

Most people know Hanh Tran as the 3D painter who's creations transform at space bringing movement and life. You have no doubt heard of her with recent art commissions including a painting event with Mayor Annise Parker, a commission for Susan B. Komen and her many fdonations to charity auctions around the state. She has found another way to bring her unique touch to her collectors, custom made handbags. Tran is moving from painting canvas on an easel to canvas purses. Currently available online or at Lucho Houston, she plans to debut the line at the October Dallas Fashion Mart. TheNot going away.

Last year’s inaugural Kunkel Awards didn’t exactly grab the gaming world by the throat.

Many gaming journalists purposefully ignored the Kunkels. They were suspicious of SPJ AirPlay, the 2015 live-streamed debate about the ethics of the gaming press. Onstage were several GamerGate proponents. (GamerGate opponents refused to attend.)

Explains James Fudge, the managing editor of Unwinnable, former ME of the defunct Games Politics, and one of the creators of the Kunkel Awards…

“Last year, a number of colleagues privately expressed discomfort at publicly supporting the first annual Kunkel awards, mostly due to a lack of trust or confidence in SPJ. That distrust – while understandable in the caustic online atmosphere of 2016 – was unfounded and misguided. The Kunkel Awards accomplished what they were designed to do: highlight excellent


national median of $1,755.
 Transport: (at the ) 5.6% of employed people travelled to work on public transport, and 76.8% by car (either as driver or as passenger).
 Housing: The average household size was 2.7 people. Most (81.6%) occupied private dwellings were separate houses, 18.0% were semi-detached (row or terrace houses, townhouses etc.), and 0.4% were flats, units or apartments.
 Religion: The most common religious affiliation was "No Religion" (34.8%); the next most common responses were Catholic 23.0%, Anglican 10.5% and Islam 3.4%.

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of any such communication. The agency thus sought no further information or clarification from

the Workers as to their claims.

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on April 18, 2007 – even though the agency had published its Federal Register notice of the

initiation of the investigation a mere eight days earlier. Compare A.R. 22-24 (dated April 18, 2007)

(denial of petition) with 72 Fed. Reg. at 17,938 (April 10, 2007) (notice of receipt of petition1321 (2005)
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the attendant layoffs of the Blue Bell employees, were due to both “domestic and overseas

competition”:

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What top employers look for in new college grads

(CNNMoney) The name of your college and your GPA probably won't help you land your first job.

Only 1% of recruiters say those are top factors when hiring new college grads, according to a new survey from Korn Ferry Futurestep that asked 1,500 professionals about their companies' hiring plans.

"There are still some organizations that want to focus on elite schools and GPAs, but that's trending away," said Troy Steece, a college recruiting expert at Korn Ferry Futurestep.

He said those recruiting for technical jobs like engineering might be more likely to restrict their search to candidates with high GPAs from specific schools.

College major was a top factor for just 3% of respondents.

So what will recruiters be looking at?

About 61% said that "drive"wrong if you ask me, it sticks. And it frames the campaign which actually starts next year, the campaign for federal elections. And so Angela Merkel is out to fight for her reelection.

SIEGEL: What have been some other reactions to this attack in Berlin from German politicians?

KORNELIUS: Quite honestly, most reactions were calm and considerate. There was no blaming going on apart from two camps, and those are the right-wing populist camps, first of all - the newly founded and now very strong AfD party, which is trying to make its way into the federal parliament next year.

And the second one is a sister party of Angela Merkel's Conservative Party, the Bavarian CSU. And the prime minister and party chairman of that party, Horst Seehofer, is a very


A 91-year-old Native Hawaiian multimillionaire heiress has married her longtime partner.

Retired Hawaii Supreme Court Justice Steven Levinson says he presided over the wedding of Abigail Kawananakoa and Veronica Gail Worth during a ceremony Sunday at his Honolulu home.

The marriage comes amid a court battle over control of her trust worth $215 million.

She is considered a princess because she's a descendant of Prince David Kawananakoa, who was an heir to the throne of the Hawaiian Kingdom. She is the great-granddaughter of James Campbell, a sugar plantation owner and one of Hawaii's largest landowners.

Levinson says same-sex couples often ask him to perform their wedding ceremonies. Levinson is considered a champion of gay marriage for authoring a 1993 opinion that said denying marriage licenses to same-sex couples was discrimination."His name has come up a few times," Jones told The World Game. "It's about trying to get the best fit for the club, but he is certainly someone we're looking at.

"Someone of Shane Smeltz's quality we'd have to be interested in."

Smeltz is back in Sydney after a successful half-season stint playing for Kedah FC in the Malaysia Super League.

The 35-year-old striker told The World Game that after a short rest he had recently begun training privately with a view to striking a new deal when the window opens - either in the A-League or elsewhere in Asia.

"I'm looking forward to the next challenge and the timing is good for me," Smeltz said.

"I haven't written off the idea of going back to Malaysia, but you've got Asia opening


was already risen and at the height of its power during Daniel’s time. In Daniel 2, when he spoke of the image with the head of gold, arms of silver, mid-section of brass, legs of iron, and feet of iron and clay, he clearly says the golden head is the current kingdom of Babylon. But Daniel 7:17 says all the kingdoms are yet in the future relative to Daniel’s time.

Proof Three – We Find the Beasts Again in Revelation 13 – Modern End Times

Revelation 13:1-3 KJV And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw A BEAST rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. (2) And thebeast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.

Notice our beasts are again mentioned in Revelation 13, modern end times. Especially notice that these beasts are ONE BEAST this time, implying they somehow together make up the final Kingdom of the Antichrist, yet one head in particular will the rule all of the others – known as the dreadful beast. When you count the heads of Daniel’s beasts you


an eagle as its symbol? The United States, of course. The United States separated from Great Britain about 250 years ago in 1776.

The Bear as Russia

The bear is the second beast which arises after the lion. A bear is a modern-day symbol of Russia. When the Berlin Wall came down, modern-day Russia was reborn in 1991. However, it is really a rebirth of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic originally birthed in the October Revolution of 1917. Russia is well known for its ability to devour much flesh as leaders like Lenin and Stalin killed several million people. The bear is raised up on one side with three ribs in its mouth. These three ribs may be the nations the final end-time Russia will conquer in an attemptthe passage. It says this leopard has four heads. So there must be four distinct kingdoms within this one kingdom. It also says it has the wings of a fowl. Therefore, another kingdom is associated with it.

Germany seems to fit best as being the leopard because of their ferociousness at war like a leopard on the hunt. Interestingly, Germany has a modern tank is called the Leopard. The four heads are the four reichs (German for “empires”) of Germany. The First Reich was the Holy Roman Empire first ruled by a Frankish king Charlemagne (800 – 1806). The Second Reich was the German Empire under Otto Van Bismark (1870 – 1919). The Third Reich was Adolf Hitler’s rule (1933 – 1945). The Fourth Reich seems to be the


European Union (1958 – present), an entity almost entirely held up and controlled by Germany and France. The Germans have a strong alliance with the French as the key players of the European Union. France’s national symbol is a rooster, hence the wings of the foul prophecy is fulfilled when these two nations come together.

All of the reichs were/are attempting to unite Europe under one government and religion. They are attempting to recreate the original Holy Roman Empire which held so much power for over 1,000 years. The fall of the Berlin wall united East and West Germany into one nation again (and incidentally created modern-day Russia). This resurrection of Germany was prophesied in Revelation as the head that had the mortal wound but lived. Rev 13:3 KJVAnd I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. Germany was mortally wounded as a nation and was thought to never recover after WWII, uniting East and West Germany. But we know that it did happen which created the New World Order.

The New World Order

The New World Order, when fully grown, I believe will unite the West (Europe in particular) with the East (Russia in particular) under the banner of Socialism for “forty and two months” (Revelation 13:5) through the United Nations. This is the final dreadful beast that the Antichrist will rule. Europe right now is being prepared to choose between Islamic invaders and terrorists or Russia. Both “radical”


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Determined Cleverley hopes to dodge another injury bullet

For a career still in its infancy, Tom Cleverley’s already become a paradox. For all the youngster’s inexperience, Cleverley will start the forthcoming season as his fifth in senior professional football. Still in the throes of youth, yet the Basingstoke-born midfielder turns 23 in August. For all the talk of ‘brand Cleverley’ the player is yet to win a trophy at the highest level. And despite the belief that the kid can replace Paul Scholes as Manchester United’s creative force, Cleverley is yet to complete a full campaign as a player.

It is a career of immense promise, as yet unfulfilled by consistent performances, or some may add, an injury-free run with four different clubs. Indeed, the talented 22-year-old faces a pivotalcoming season having missed out on much of the previous campaign with an ankle injury, and England’s Euro 2012 party too. No longer can Cleverley afford to stand still, wait on the sidelines, or – the nightmare scenario – the physiotherapist’s bench.

Despite the limited appearances in a United shirt to date – just 15 in competitive matches – Cleverley made his club debut on the Reds’ pre-season tour of South Africa in July 2008, converting Wayne Rooney’s knock-down for United’s third goal in a 4-0 win over Kaizer Chiefs in Johannesburg.

The summer tour proved not to be the breakthrough into Sir Alex Ferguson’s first team though, with the 2007/08 Denzil Haroun Reserve Player of the Year award nominee farmed out to Leicester City on loan in January 2009.


After 15 appearances for the Tigers Cleverley’s loan spell came to an abrupt end when he suffered a season-ending shoulder injury; the first of many.

The following campaign Cleverley joined Watford, scoring 11 times in 33 games for the Championship outfit before suffering a knee injury and yet another premature end to the season.

Another loan, this time to Wigan Athletic during the 2010/11 season, came after Cleverley had joined the Reds’ summer tour to the United States, and Ferguson’s assertion that the youngster would remain at Old Trafford. Yet, the loan spell at Wigan proved to be successful, if blighted – once again – by niggling injuries. Four goals in 25 appearances followed in a frustratingly stop-start season.

It has been the pattern of a young career; talent interrupted. Indeed,    for the District of Nevada
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Hull KR coach Chris Chester has praised the performance of Terry Campese after the stand-off led the Robins to their first win of the Super League season. Campese was prominent as Hull KR fought back to beat Wigan by two

Wigan coach Shaun Wane says his team were “dumb” with the ball against Hull KR but is not concerned by their first defeat of the Super League season. Hull KR railed late to edge the Warriors yesterday by two points,

Ashton Sims has not arrived in Super League for a holiday, he is on a mission to claim his first piece of silverware. John Davidson reports. It’s a sad part of the modern game that some NRL players have seen

Warrington coach Tony Smith believes St George Illawarra


winger Eto Nabuli should have been red-carded for his high shot on Kevin Penny on Friday night. Nabuli coat-hangered Penny in the first half but did not receive a red or yellow

St George Illawarra Paul McGregor says he doesn’t believe there “was too much in” Eto Nabuli’s hight tackle on Warrington’s Kevin Penny in the World Club Series match last night. Nabuli coat-hangered Penny in the first half and was penalisied,

Former England coach Tony Smith believes the national team is improving and a victory over Australia and New Zealand will come. England suffered close losses against both the Kangaroos and Kiwis in the recent Four Nations, missing out of the

Salford centre Junior Sa’u says the competition for places in the Red Devils’ backline is heating up as theclub targets a finals spot in 2015. Sa’u was impressive in his first season in Super League, crossing for 12 tries

It’s time for the RFL to make a tough decision and replace Steve McNamara as England head coach. Missing the 2014 Four Nations final comes on the back of missing out on the World Cup final last year. That’s two

TotalRL TV caught up with Welsh rugby legend Gareth Thomas to talk about about crossing codes and the challenge facing Sam Burgess. We spoke to Thomas, who spent two seasons in Super League and gained four caps for Wales, about

TotalRL TV focuses on the start of the Four Nations this weekend, with England facing Samoa and Australia taking on New Zealand in the opening matches in Brisbane. League Express


else. In September of 2016, the press service of the National Security Committee announced the detention of a group of religious extremists in the province of West Kazakhstan. Allegedly, terrorists who planned attacks on law enforcement officers used the Internet to receive instructions from Islamic State terrorist cells operating outside Kazakhstan (Nur.kz, September 15, 2016).

Over the last two years, West Kazakhstan has been the scene of a number of violent terrorist activities, the most notorious case being the brazen attack on a gun shop and a National Guard military compound by a group of alleged Islamic extremists on June 5, 2016, in the city of Aktobe. In the ensuing shootout between attackers and law enforcement, eight people were killed, including three police officers (see EDM, June 21, 2016).The terrorist attack in Aktobe led to an unprecedented number of detentions in West Kazakhstan. Between August 12 and 30, 2016, twenty-one people were arrested, and, reportedly, the security services foiled the terrorist plots of three radical Islamist groups (https://vlast.kz, August, 31, 2016).

West Kazakhstan has a long history of religious extremism. The region was roiled by a wave of terrorist attacks in the years 2011 and 2012. Notably, a bomb exploded at the regional office of the National Security Committee in Aktobe, on May 17, 2011; and a special operation was carried out against Islamist militants who had killed several police officers in the village of Shubarshi (Temir district) that year. Some experts believe that the extremists are receiving financial support from foreign sources. But there are also


indications that home-grown terrorist groups profit from the illegal sale of oil (Tengrinews.kz, June 26, 2013).

In oil-rich West Kazakhstan, unlike the predominantly Russian-populated provinces of North and East Kazakhstan, Islamic traditions are deeply rooted in the mentality of ethnic Kazakhs. The head of the regional education department of the Atyrau region in West Kazakhstan, Nursaule Sailauova, complained that this year (2017) more than 200 female students came to school wearing hijabs (Muslim headscarves), in defiance of institutional regulations. This is a growing trend: last year, the number of hijab wearers in Atyrau schools did not exceed 140 students (Mgorod.kz, September 8).

Apart from this strong local religious mindset, scarce land resources in the region as well as widespread unemployment also create a breeding ground for extremist ideology. Symptomatically, terroristattacks in Aktobe in June 2016 were preceded by massive land protests in the West Kazakhstan city of Atyrau, which briskly spread to other areas of Kazakhstan (see EDM, May 16, 2016).

Due to its close vicinity to the restive North Caucasus region of Russia, West Kazakhstan is readily exposed to the growing influence of so-called Wahhabis and Salafists from Chechnya and Dagestan. To counter such “non-traditional” religious trends, local governments in West Kazakhstan are working together with the Kazakhstani Spiritual Board of Muslims to promote the teachings of the moderate Hanafi religious school, officially endorsed by Astana. But so far, they are losing the battle to religious radicals, who use the Internet to more effectively communicate with and recruit new members. Given the shortage of IT specialists, a


The Oscar Romero story: Archbishop who defied a military junta & became a saint

Archbishop Oscar Romero’s nomination for a sainthood by the Catholic Church has finally been ratified by Pope Francis. It comes decades after it was first put forward by Pope Paul VI.

The assassination of Romero in March 1980 plunged El Salvador into a bloody civil war that left around 90,000 people either dead or disappeared. The clergyman, an outspoken critic of the country’s ruling US-backed military junta, had been celebrating mass at the Chapel of the Divine Providence Hospital in the capital San Salvador when a single shot hit him in the chest. The shooting shocked the world and sparked a decades-long effort to bring those responsible to justice.

The day before his death, Romero had usedup of trained civilians and military figures to carry out politically-motivated assassinations and other human rights abuses in El Salvador. He is thought to have been the mastermind behind Romero’s assassination.

According to Jim Eisenbrandt, the author of ‘Assassination of a Saint,’ a book detailing the plot to kill Romero, the archbishop’s assassin was paid as little as $200. “Life is still cheap in El Salvador; Romero’s murder remains a dangerous topic,” said Eisenbrandt.

At his funeral, the army killed dozens of people after opening fire on a crowd of 100,000 mourners. His murder sparked the beginning of a 12-year period of civil war and unrest. In the aftermath of the killing, Jimmy Carter increased the budget for non-lethal aid. Shortly before leaving office in 1981, he lifted the ban


on arms sales to El Salvador, a move which brought the total amount in US military assistance from $5.9million in 1980 to $81million in 1982.

Then-US president Ronald Reagan vowed to find the killers, as Western media reported that leftist rebels were responsible for his death. Romero’s killers were never brought to justice.

To date, only one man has been held responsible for Romero’s murder. In 2004, a human rights lawyer with the Center for Justice and Accountability used an obscure US statute to bring a civil suit against former Salvadoran Air Force Captain Alvaro Saravia in California.

The suit, which was brought by a relative of the archbishop, alleged that Saravia provided his own personal driver, and supplied weapons, for the assassination. He was also said to have paid theassassin. Saravia is said to have gone into hiding after being notified of the lawsuit. Following the hearing, in which evidence was heard from the driver who said he brought the assassin to and from the crime scene, Saravia was ordered in absentia to pay $10million to the plaintiff.

Romero was beatified, the first step in the process towards sainthood, in 2015, years after he was first put forward by Pope Paul VI. His path to sainthood had been blocked by Pope John Paul II who felt the honor would embolden members of the clergy who involve themselves in politics by espousing a liberation ideology and encouraging churchgoers to fight for social and economic justice. Pope Francis, and his predecessor Pope Benedict, are credited with freeing up the process.

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canonize him by the church was a tribute to his devotion.

Because he was declared a martyr, Romero was only required to produce one miracle instead of the mandated two. Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, the Vatican official who spearheaded the bid, told the Associated Press that the family of a Salvadoran woman who underwent emergency surgery during her pregnancy prayed to Romero, which they claim precipitated her miraculous recovery in 2015.North Carolina A&T State University (NCA&T) has been recognized as a leader in the production of STEM baccalaureate degrees awarded to African Americans and is the number 4 institution of origin for African American PhDs in STEM. Since 85% of its total student enrollment is African American, NCA&T is an excellent position to become one of the top producers of African American students who pursue careers in biomedical and behavioral health sciences. Although African Americans enter STEM fields at the same rates as their White and Asian counterparts, a high percentage leave the STEM majors in the first and second years of college. This is in part due to lack of information about STEM careers, and feeling overwhelmed by the pace and load of STEM curricula. Another contributing


West Lake

West Lake - Hangzhou's fame rests mainly
with the picturesque West Lake. West Lake covers an
area of 6.78 square kilometers. Three sides of the lake
are surrouned by verdant mountains and one side of it
properous city. Centuries later, Marco Polo called Hangzhou
the most enchanting city in all the world. This is most
evident in the West Lake area--the effective, if not
geographic, center of Hangzhou. Hills embrace the lake
on three sides; the city proper lies to the east. Ancient
Chinese people praised the West Lake area as a land
of intoxicating beauty. Su Shi, a poet from the Song
Dynasty, likened the lake to Xizi, a Chinese Cleopatra,
for its allure.

The charming lake is a pearl that lay by
the city. There are two brocade-ribbon-like causeways
inside the lake, namely Bai Causeway and Su causeway,
and they divideofficers arrived, and he consented to a search of the apartment. During the search, Officer Hart observed a laboratory in the appellant's bedroom. Numerous chemicals, laboratory equipment, booklets, and handwritten notes were found. These items, along with three containers of liquid from the freezer compartment of the refrigerator, were seized. Taylor Noggle of the Department of Forensic Sciences examined the chemicals, notes, and liquid seized, and he testified that he had determined that 3, 4 methylenediox-methamphetamine (MDMA) or ecstacy was in the process of being manufactured.

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Berlin (CNN) Nooruddin Mujaddady tries not to think about the events that led him to flee Afghanistan.

The death threats against his family back home, the grueling months-long journey to Europe, and the anxiety of his new life in Germany are constant weights on his mind. When he can, Mujaddady prefers to focus on cricket.

Standing on Berlin's Maifeld sports ground during a recent finals day of the German Cricket Federation's nationwide Super Series, the 25-year-old told CNN that when he plays cricket he doesn't think of "anything else -- just cricket and sport".

Once banned by the Nazis, who wanted Germany to concentrate on athletics, cricket is enjoying a renaissance because of the country's high levels of immigration.

Some of the best cricketing talent was on display at the Maifeld, oncethe scene of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini's 1937 rally.

Like Mujaddady, many of those competing have come from Afghanistan and Pakistan, fleeing war, violence and political persecution.

Mujaddady arrived in Germany two years ago after traveling from Afghanistan, through Pakistan and on to Europe via car, bus and foot.

At first, Germany was a faceless stranger. But slowly Mujaddady says he's adapting to his new surroundings in Rheinsberg, a picturesque city in the northeast of the country.

The national Super Series was held at Berlin's famous Maifeld.

Playing cricket has given him a new community, a group of friends and the opportunity to feel part of something again, he says.

"Here in Germany I'm like a child," Mujaddady told CNN.

"I am taking it slowly, step by step. Cricket has helped me to feel


better about everything and allowed me to relax."

Escaping the past

An experienced cricket player in Afghanistan, Mujaddady was introduced to a local club by a social worker six months after his arrival in Germany.

His tale is shared by other migrants. Between 2015 and the end of July, 171,491 Afghan nationals have claimed asylum in Germany, according to government figures. A total of 26,644 people have successfully applied for asylum after fleeing Pakistan.

Mujaddady (L) was all smiles at the Super Series finals day.

In the past two years, the number of people playing cricket in Germany on a regular basis has increased from 2,800 to 5,500.

There are now more than 300 clubs across the country -- up from 130 in 2015 -- and it's not just in cities like Berlin.

'We areplaying cricket everywhere'

Brian Mantle told CNN: "Six years ago, we had about 70 teams, now we have over 300."

For Brian Mantle, chief executive of the German Cricket Federation, the landscape has completely changed since he arrived in Germany from England in 1996.

"It is really growing by the week. Just this week we had two or three inquiries from clubs up and down the country," he told CNN.

"...we are not just playing cricket in the big cities, we are playing cricket everywhere. Small towns are getting cricket teams. It used to be just in Berlin, Hamburg, Bonn, Cologne and places like that. Now it's really everywhere where cricket is being played."

While Mantle oversees the national team, he also takes a hands-on role when it comes to grassroots cricket.

He views


the sport as the perfect tool to help those coming to terms with their new life to find others who are experiencing something similar.

At clubs across the country, he says friendships are being forged, stories are shared, problems are halved.

"The first level is to make these people feel comfortable here and to be happy," Mantle said.

"They are playing cricket against people from all over the world: There are Germans here, Indians, Pakistanis, English people, and it gives them the opportunity to just be a normal person.

"Out on the street they are maybe treated in a different way, but here they are just normal cricket players like everybody else. It helps them to be happy. This is the first step into integration."

The passion and enthusiasm are contagious. The Germannational side, which has benefited from the influx of new players, has made impressive strides.

Most recently, it won the European Region Division One title and will take part in the World Cricket League Division Five in Johannesburg, South Africa, starting next week.

The competition will pit Germany against teams from across the world such as Qatar, Ghana and Vanuatu, all developing cricketing nations.

But it is the sport's impact on new arrivals that has been attracting more attention.

'A better life'

Isrhad Ahmad lives in Bautzen, volunteers as a translator and is captain of his local cricket club.

Irshad Ahmad, a 30-year-old from Pakistan, is the captain of a local cricket club. He fled his home town of Gujrat under political persecution, seeking asylum in Germany.

"I had to decide quickly," Ahmad told CNN


her, a pointed show of diversity.

Despite their fundamental disagreements, one perspective both Trump and Clinton seemed to share was that banks and bankers are not to be trusted and that banks should possibly even be broken up. In the past few days, however, Trump has made one of his trademark sharp turns, suggesting ahead of his speech today that he might institute a moratorium on new financial regulation. He also announced a list of economic advisers on Friday—thirteen men, heavily populated with billionaire business figures, such as the hedge-fund manager John Paulson and Stephen Feinberg, of Cerberus Capital, and many of whom are Trump political donors, according to Politico. The list suggests that he won’t be seeking the policy expertise of academic economists and, combined with the banon regulation, might be seen as an effort to inch back into the good graces of Wall Street.

It might be too late for that. Clinton, at the moment, has emerged as the financial industry’s favorite candidate. It’s a fascinating and awkward development for Clinton, who took intense criticism from Bernie Sanders and others for making six-figure speeches to the bankers of Goldman Sachs. On August 2nd, the Clinton camp announced that she had had her “best fundraising month of the campaign,” with a total of ninety million dollars raised in July. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, hedge funds and private-equity funds donated $27.6 million to Clinton and pro-Clinton groups during this election cycle, while the Wall Street Journal, conducting its own, broader calculation, came to an


to offer policy ideas that the financial sector loved: free trade, tax cuts, and loosened regulation were the predictable trifecta, with a little budget austerity sprinkled in. The alignment between wealthy political donors from major banks and corporate executive suites and candidates like Mitt Romney, the Republican nominee for President in 2012, made logical sense, as predictable as the sun setting in the West.

An ominous-sounding line (to a banker, at least) from Clinton, “I believe Wall Street can never, ever be allowed to wreck Main Street again,” was followed up at the Democratic National Convention with a vague but chilling promise: “Wall Street, corporations, and the super-rich are going to start paying their fair share of taxes.” She went on, “When more than ninety per cent of thedebut. As I continued to play, I sought out streamers and online communities of Fellow Travelers to feel positive connection and love. I made my way slowly and steadily toward the center of the Euclid Galaxy, excited to join the hunt for mysteries there.

The invisible stars in the Haze Zone appeared a week and a half before I arrived, and then in early October, two days before I got to the edge of the Haze Zone, news of Stiikzz's discovery of the center on the PS4 spread like wildfire among my community of streamers. I was in the "he actually did it" camp and not in the "it must be a glitch" camp and began looking for clues to how Stiikzz reached the center. When news broke a


Chip Kelly praises Lane Johnson’s preseason debut

In his preseason debut, Philadelphia offensive tackle Lane Johnson looked like just the kind of player the Eagles hoped they were getting with the fourth overall pick in the NFL draft.

Eagles coach Chip Kelly said today that when offensive line coach Jeff Stoutland graded the film from the preseason opener against the Patriots, Johnson came out as the top player on the line.

“He may have been our most consistent offensive lineman, the way Coach Stoutland graded it out,” Kelly said. “He knew exactly what he was doing. He had no mental errors.”

Kelly named Johnson as one of three rookies who stood out as having exceptional preseason debuts, with the others being nose tackle Bennie Logan, a third-round pick, and defensive end DamionPages

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Hospital waiting times

The number of skilled non-EU workers granted UK visas is capped - with the Home Office arguing the restriction is in "the national interest" but NHS bosses say increasing numbers of doctors are being refused permission, worsening rota gaps and the waits patients face for treatment.

The NHS is already short of doctors.In the North West a long-running scheme has been refused 100 doctor visas. The scheme supplies junior doctors to more than 30 NHS trusts. Danny Mortimer, chief executive of NHS Employers, said he had heard of another 400 cases of blocked visas since December.

"We have examples of clinics being cancelled and delays in terms of patients receiving care."

Jon Rouse, chief officer of the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership, which represents


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Wednesday, July 19

What Classifies as a World War?

Taking a break from the television obession and hunk gazing, I am growing concern about the events between Lebanon and Isreal. If you notice I do talk about political things and other things other than the usual but many of the posts I didn't put any pictures so in this one I put some. And with people's concern about North Korea's fire power (which Kim Jon Il has been flagging around since the beginning of the Iraqi War), now people are saying 'World War III.'


yet to be recovered.

Dr Addison, addressing issues on the Banking Sector reforms at the fourth CEO Summit in Accra, said the difficulties had limited the effectiveness of the receivership process and delayed its outcomes.

He the situation had led to an engagement of the judicial system by the receivers to help in the recovery of certain assets from shareholders, directors and other loan defaulters.

He said there were currently about 50 cases pending before various courts across the country, but despite the efforts, the recovery process was being challenged by acts of some individuals involved, who had resorted to some measures to frustrate the system.

Dr Addison mentioned some of the challenges to include poor records, which made it difficult for receivers to identify and pursue some of the loan defaultersissues relating to collateral.

Dr Addison said a swift and fair judicial system would enhance the efforts being made by the Central Bank to bring some sanity into the banking sector, by fighting against financial crime including money-laundering.

Mr Ernest De-Graft Egyir, the Chief Executive of the Ghana CEO Network, thanked the Governor for shedding more light on what was going on in the banking sector, in order to ensure good corporate governance among the leadership of institutions.

He said the Summit on the theme: “The Futuristic Economy: Technology-Driven Future of Business and Governance for Economic Transformation,” had become necessary for discussions because the world of business and governance was at the threshold of transformation driven by emerging technologies.

He said the emerging technologies were profoundly changing the world of work, with


legacy arrears.”

The IMF Executive Board approved a $918 million loan to Ghana in 2015 to support a reform program aimed at faster growth and job creation while protecting social spending.

Government to offload shares of some state enterprises

Government to offload shares of some state enterprises

Government has hinted of plans to offload part of its shares in some state enterprises onto the Ghana stock market.

The move is part initiative to power the private sector to hold a majority stake in some of the state enterprises. The government believes offloading the shares will maximise the profit of the enterprises.

In an interview with Joy FM, Chief Executive of the State Enterprises Commission Stephen Asamoah Boateng said discussions with the finance ministry are far advanced to float some of the state enterprises onin Washington state and delivered to Sumitomo f.o.b. the Port of Olympia.  The seller performed all sorting, scaling, loading, and unloading of the logs except they were not sorted by length at delivery.  The logs were then stored in a storage yard at the port awaiting ships to take them to Japan.

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In order to load ships efficiently as they arrived at the port, Sumitomo continuously had a supply of logs on hand in the storage area.  The average turnover was 45 days, although specific logs may have stayed in the storage area for a shorter or longer period of time.  All logs were stored only as long as necessary to await arrival of a ship upon which they could be loaded.  Sumitomo sold


Coe the Court considered two collections of logs.  The first had been cut in Maine and floated down the Androscoggin River enroute to another location in Maine.  The course of the River took the logs through the town of Errol, New Hampshire, where they were delayed by low water.  The Court held that these logs were merely passing through New Hampshire and were already in the course of commercial transportation.  Therefore, they enjoyed constitutional protection from taxation.  116 U.S. at 525, 6 S.Ct. 475.

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The second crop of logs had been cut in New Hampshire and brought to Errol to be floated out of state.  The logs were floated in and placed on the banks of a tributary of the Androscoggin River awaitingrailroad, such products are not yet exports, nor are they in process of exportation, nor is exportation begun until they are committed to the common carrier for transportation out of the State to State of their destination, or have started on their ultimate passage to that State.

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116 U.S. at 525, 6 S.Ct. at 477.

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Sumitomo's logs are in the same position as the second collection of logs in Coe.  They were cut in the forests of Washington state and taken to an entrepot within that state, the port of Olympia, to await shipment out of the state.  They had neither been committed to a common carrier for export, A. G. Spalding & Bros. v. Edwards, 262 U.S. 66, 43 S.Ct. 485, 67 L.Ed. 865 (1923), nor loaded


transportation to Europe.  The Court held that Louisiana could not tax the oil being stored awaiting an available vessel.

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Sumitomo argues that, as with the oil in Carson, its logs were being stored at the port only to await the arrival of a ship to transport them to Japan.  This is true.  But unlike the oil in Carson, Sumitomo's logs had not been traveling interstate prior to their storage at the Port of Olympia.  Carson involved the interruption of an interstate/international journey that had admittedly begun long before the oil reached New Orleans.  The Court held merely that when such a journey is interrupted by a geographically necessary change in transportation modes, reasonable delays and inventories to facilitate that change do not cause thegoods to cease being 'exports' or 'goods in interstate commerce,' Thus, Carson involved a situation similar to the first group of logs in Coe which were delayed by low water during their journey through New Hampshire.

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Sumitomo's logs, on the other hand, were not interrupted on a journey through Washington from another state to a foreign destination.  They were, like the second group of logs in Coe, products of Washington taken to an entrepot from surrounding areas within the state.7  Thus, under the holding of Coe they had not yet become 'exports' falling under the protection of Article I, Section 10, Clause 2.

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It is true that Carson did not explicitly distinguish the oil delayed at the port from the logs collected at the entrepot in Coe on


About

John Brand began his Music Industry career in 1975 at London's Trident Studios. There he quickly became a popular House Engineer working with a wide variety of artists including Kiss, Rush, Genesis, Elton John, George Harrison and Bachman Turner Overdrive. He also gained much experience with some of the important Producers of the time such as George Martin (The Beatles), Mutt Lange (ACDC, Def Leppard, Bryan Adams) and Tony Visconti (David Bowie).

In 1979 John left Trident to work freelance in the USA with Producer Mike Stone (Asia, Whitesnake, Journey) recording Top 10 hits for New England and members of Kiss.

Returning to the UK in 1980 John worked at Farmyard Studios with Producer Rupert Hine (Tina Turner, Howard Jones) and from there he began his Production career with aTop 30 single for The Ruts, followed by a Top 20 Albums for among others Magazine, Aztec Camera, The Cult and The Waterboys.

During the next ten years John would Engineer and Produce more than 50 Albums and achieve Hit Singles and Albums around the world.

As an Engineer & Producer John has always enjoyed working with new artists. In the early 80's he helped Big Country develop the sound that lead to a deal with Phonogram and a million selling album The Crossing. He also helped craft the songs and style that lead to deals and subsequent success for Jermaine Stewart, Bros,Connor Reeves and The Beloved.

In 1991 John took on the role of Manager when he discovered "The dance band of the 90's" Sunscreem in a club in Chelmsford.


Six months later, after a series of gigs and showcases, the band were snapped up by Sony S2 and had many hits, including three US No1 dance records and won various awards around the world.

In 1995 John teamed up with dance Producer Roland Radaelli to form LWL. The aim of the Company was to both Publish and Produce the best Dance/Pop music. The first signing in conjunction with Chrysalis Music, was Mario Percali, an Italian Writer and Producer of many dance hits including 'Black Machine'. LWL commissioned around 14 tracks, recorded by various Producers in both Italy and the UK and had huge club and commercial hits with Asha 'JJ Tribute' & Kyra 'Everybody in the World'. John also worked closely with Simon Cowell co-producing hits for SallyAnne Marsh "In The Summertime', 'Windmills of your mind'.

As a Manager John developed a roster of both cutting edge and mainstream artists. Following the international chart hits of Sunscreem he signed alternative rock act Apes Pigs & Spacemen (MFN), singer songwriter & the voice of BT's hits Jan Johnston (CBS, A&M), Eclectic acoustic duo Pooka (Atlantic, Island), Award winning Emo act INME (MFN, BMG) and singer songwriter Rachel Mari Kimber (V2). But it is with the mainstream rock band Stereophonics (V2), that John achieved enormous success. Taking them from a small club in South Wales to arena tours and huge headlining events at Morfa Stadium, Donnington, Slane Castle and Cardiff's Millenium Stadium as well as headlines at Reading, Glastonbury and V Festivals. Stereophonics sold more than 9 million