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He served as a combat engineer in the Korean War.
Before becoming a full-time writer, he was an industrial engineer at Proctor and Gamble, where he helped design the machinery to make Pringles.
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There’s office space on the second and third floors of the station, though the only thing open on the second was the bathroom. A lone potted plant sat in front of a closed office at one end of the third floor hallway, and at the other end the one sign of life was an open door revealing a lone man in a tank top sitting at a computer, a fan blowing a breeze in his direction, and some papers strewn across a meeting table in the middle of the room.

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middle-aged men and women must have been members of some club, since they all wore matching Irish green nylon vests.

As you’d expect, the area has a lot of hiking supply stores, especially between Exits 1 and 2. A left on Jinheung-ro (진흥로) from the latter leads toward the start of the Bukhan Mountain Perimeter Track (북한산둘레길), about 800 meters away, an entry point for hikes into Bukhan Mountain and further on into Dobong Mountain. As it was mid-afternoon when I got there, a steady stream of trekkers was heading back toward the station, passing a couple people who’d set up large tables on the sidewalk to sell hiking supplies.

This leafy area also houses a large concentration of government buildings on either side of the road, especially ministries relatedbase of Bukhansan, and offers a convenient respite from the city and the chance to snatch a few breaths of fresh air. It’s quiet – I was alone when I visited – and consists of only three modest buildings. Behind one is a small garden where leafy vegetables grow in the ground alongside plants in rows of Styrofoam boxes. The main building and the one behind it feature paintings on their sides, and a small shrine of sorts was set up between them – a couple dozen small Buddha figurines sitting on a rock. Rather strangely, some of the leaves on the trees in front of the main temple building were not green, like all of the others around them, but a very autumnal red and rust instead.

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A 48-year-old man is in serious condition after a late night shooting in New Iberia.

Major Ryan Turner with the Iberia Parish Sheriff's office says it happened on Monday, just before midnight, in the 500 block of Walton Street. He says responding deputies found the victim with a gun shot wound to his stomach. He underwent surgery in a local hospital.

It's believed that a female suspect is the shooter. Major Turner says the victim told them he and the suspect got into an altercation just before she allegedly shot him. She then ran away in an unknown direction. The woman is described as a black female.

If you have any information, call the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office at (337) 369-3711.


February 28, 2012, New York – Leaks published today from Stratfor, a private intelligence corporation, indicate the United States Department of Justice has issued a secret, sealed indictment against Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks. In response, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement:

A sealed indictment against Julian Assange would underscore the very thing Wikileaks has been fighting against: abuses the government commits in an environment of secrecy and expansive, reflexive calls for "national security." From the shocking, inhumane treatment of Bradley Manning, to secret grand jury proceedings, to Stratfor's apparent knowledge of the existence of a sealed indictment before either Mr. Assange or the American public had such knowledge, the government's conduct in this case reveals why more transparency, not more secrecy, is essential. ThisSquadron's orders in disarray, crash inquiry told

A former Squadron Leader has told a hearing at Ohakea air base that when he returned to 3 Squadron its orders were in disarray and it was under-resourced.

Rob Stockley was giving evidence at a hearing for Flight Lieutenant Dan Pezaro who was leading a formation of three helicopters, one of which was involved in a fatal crash on Anzac Day 2010.

Flight-Lieutenant Hayden Madsen, Flying Officer Daniel Gregory and Corporal Ben Carson died when their Iroquois crashed at Pukerua Bay while en route to a dawn ceremony in Wellington on 25 April that year. Sergeant Stevin Creeggan was seriously injured.

Flight Lieutenant Pezaro is charged with negligently failing to perform a duty by not aborting the mission when the weather deteriorated. He is not


alleged to have directly caused the accident.

Mr Stockley authorised the fatal mission and told the hearing on Thursday he didn't consider that Flight Lieutenant Pezaro's actions were negligent.

He said the squadron had a culture of pushing the limits, and members seemed to believe that they had a discretion to infringe limits set for flying bad weather.

Mr Stockley said customarily in 3 Squadron there were no limits, other than what the pilot was comfortable with, and it was not normal practice at the time to abort a mission if it could still be completed.

A military police officer told the hearing he saw nothing specific to suggest who was leading the three-helicopter formation.

Army Staff Sergeant Michael Marr said he understood Flight Lieutenant Pezaro was in charge of the formation becausehe was piloting the lead aircraft, but saw nothing specifically stating that was so.

Questions have also been raised about whether orders given surrounding the flight were couched in the language military orders ought to be.

In a video interview, Flight Lieutenant Pezaro said on Thursday that the operating orders at Ohakea were a shambles, with several orders in use including Defence Force Flying Orders, Squadron Orders and temporary orders.

He said he volunteered for the Anzac Day flight because it was an honour to be involved.


of, and later teacher at, the famed Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris, Mr. Gaines established a theatre company, “The Moving Picture Mime Show” in London that had great success and toured the world for 10 years. That company was considered a flagship cultural envoy, and performed in major theatre festivals around the world, including Hong Kong, New York, Tokyo, Bali, Beijing, and the official Edinburgh Festival.

Since his return to the U.S., he has taught workshops at many colleges and universities around the country and was a faculty member at the University of Missouri Kansas City Graduate Program. He has written and directed plays for other companies and acted in works from “Waiting for Godot” to “The Brothers Karamazov”. He is a member of the Big Apple Circus ClownCare Unit, where he works in Children’s National Medical Center (DC) and Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is currently teaching at George Mason University in Virginia, just outside Washington, DC.

Among his other achievements are the co-creation and direction of two shows for YBY Theatre in Salzburg, Austria (“Dich und Dunn” and “Schnick-Schnack”) and the creation of a solo piece, “A Little Business at the Big Top”, performed at the 2008 New York Clown Festival.


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Pudupattinam is a village in the Thanjavur taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India.

Demographics

As per the 2001 census, Pudupattinam had a total population of 7261 with 3577 males and 3684 females. The sex ratio was 1030. The literacy rate was 85.02.

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On February 3rd, the All Star Racing Association celebrated the conclusion of their 36th season with over 80 guests gathering at the Hotel Northampton in Northampton, MA. The season’s top performers were recognized amongst racers, family, and friends from across New England as well as Canada.

As always, guests enjoyed an excellent dinner buffet and there was no shortage of sweets for the post meal cravings. The awards presentation began at the conclusion of dinner with the first acknowledgment going to the great sponsors that support the ASRA. The list of sponsors was the longest to date and those contributions continue to allow ASRA to offer one of the best racing deals out there for stock and super stock participants. Each track was also thanked for their continued supportof ASRA throughout the year.

The first awards handed out for the evening were the individual track champions. Unfortunately Wayne Delmonte from Lebanon Dragway was unable to attend but Eric Merryfield presented Jim Whitehead with a plaque and gold card as the Lebanon Valley Dragway point’s winner. Paul Lorenti, president of New England Dragway, then took the podium and shared some exciting news with those in attendance that class eliminations for both Stock and Super Stock would be contested at the 2018 New England Nationals. It is great to hear that some true heads up racing for a Wally would be returning to the northeast. Paul then congratulated Gregg Sutherland for being the New England Dragway track champion and was awarded with a plaque and free entries into each


of the 2018 ASRA races at Epping.

Things proceeded with providing the individual race winners with their hardware. Race 1 honors went to Gregg Sutherland as he opened up the 2017 season with a win at New England Dragway. Race number 2, which was initially rained out, was won by a non-member and Jim Whitehead was victorious in race 3 at Lebanon Valley. At the double header at Epping in late July, Todd Bednaz claimed victory at race 4 and then Tim Stickles was the last man standing for race 5. The season came to a close in early October in New York with Bob Vogel besting the field in race 6 and then Todd Bednaz returning to the winner’s circle as the shoot-out champion.

As done every year, themembership votes on the specialty awards during the yearly rules meeting. The best appearing car went to Carl Libucha with his spotless 55 Chevy. The ASRA support person of the year award went to Jane Vogel who is always at the track supporting her husband in competition. The coveted Peter O Moran Sportsman of the Year award was received by Bob Vogel who was extremely appreciative of the recognition by his peers.

The awards ceremony continued on to presenting each of the top 10 finishers in the Banks Championship Points with a plaque, once again provided by John Gray and his family. 2017 was one of the most tightly contested points chases in quite some time with 9 racers in mathematical contention heading into the last race of the


year. The last plaque handed out was to Jim Whitehead, the 2017 ASRA Champion who took center stage to provide a few words to all in attendance. Jim thanked his wife and 3 kids for all their support at home which makes it possible for him to make it to the race track. He had some special comments for his “lucky charm” in his daughter Erica and for the help of his son Tim who was able to attend most of the races. He expressed his appreciation for the association and its racers that provide great racing and even better friendships.

The night concluded by pulling the winners for the membership raffle as well as the 50/50 raffle. Bob Vogel’s number was pulled for the 2018 ASRA membership andStephanie Markow was the lucky winner of the 50/50. The room was then full of friendly chatter and energetic tunes played by a live band as guests continued enjoying their evening. The entire Board of Directors would like to thank all the sponsors, participants, their families, and their friends for a very successful 2017 racing season.


Doug Stanglin

USA TODAY

With Kansas and Missouri in the bull's eye, a winter storm descended on the nation's midsection Saturday, bringing thick ice, dangerous driving conditions and power outages as it stretched its tentacles as far east as the mid-Atlantic.

There was little chance of a letup from the icy onslaught as another round of freezing rain was forecast for Sunday morning, keeping ice warnings in place for the two states, as well as Oklahoma.

Winter storm watches forecast up to three-quarters of an inch of ice and as much as three inches of snow across the central Plains and parts of Iowa, Illinois and Nebraska.

The National Weather Service said freezing rain would continue across a wide swath of north central Oklahoma, potentially bringing an additional 1.5 inches of ice accumulationand the central Appalachians, the National Weather Service said. It warned that ice in excess of a half inch "is enough to cause severe travel disruptions and power outages."

Colorful weather service maps showing the hardest-hit areas put Dodge City, Kan., in the deep purple center, with heavy precipitation expected Saturday night into Sunday and ice accumulations up to an inch.

At least three road deaths were blamed on the storm, including two in separate accidents in Missouri and one involving a semi-truck outside Weatherford, Okla. In Western Oklahoma, Interstate 40 was closed in two places because of accidents, according to the highway patrol.

The governors of Oklahoma and Missouri declared states of emergency, and the National Guard was mobilized in Missouri and Kansas, where some 200 guardsmen patrolled key roads


and helped stranded motorists.

Nearly 4,300 homes were without power by mid-morning in Missouri and Illinois as heavy ice accumulation brought down power lines, KSDK-TV reported.

Hundreds of schools were closed Friday in the target areas, as well as several college campuses. St. Louis closed all city operations and braced for what could be its worst ice storm in at least a decade.

In Kansas City, the NFL moved the AFC divisional playoff game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs from noon to Sunday evening to allow more time to treat roads and parking lots at Arrowhead Stadium.

Missouri Department of Transportation crews were working 12-hour shifts to treat roads and highways, said Linda Wilson Horn, a MoDOT spokeswoman. She said some of the freezing rain washed the chemicals awaythe vetting scheme for foreign researchers was not working and many university researchers had yet to embrace the key issues.

After the session, committee chair Ian Gibson said it was likely the committee would recommend some sort of oath or ethical code of practice in its final report this summer.

Mike Crumpton of the Academy of Medical Sciences, said: "There is an absolute requirement for awareness to be introduced to all members of a laboratory from the lowest upwards. I don't think that is happening as cogently as it should."

The Foreign Office confirmed last month that it was reviewing its voluntary vetting scheme for universities, aimed at ensuring that countries developing weapons of mass destruction could not use UK universities to train scientists.

David Allen, registrar and secretary of Birmingham University,


told the committee: "There is a general agreement that it is not working as intended."

He said that according to confidential information from the Foreign Office, in the past six months four institutes, which cannot be named, had referred more than 500 applications from foreign researchers, while comparable universities had referred none.

Mr Allen confirmed that if a researcher from Iraq applied to a UK university to work in a "dubious" area, their success would depend on the institute selected.

The Royal Society tentatively welcomed the idea of an ethical code of practice to increase awareness among researchers. But in its written submission to the inquiry it stressed the danger of limiting academic freedom and inflicting even greater damage on society.

Brian Eyre, chair of its standing committee on scientific aspects ofTAMPA, Fla. -- Linebacker Brandon Magee was released by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Wednesday morning. It didn't take him long to find a new team -- in a different sport.

Brandon Magee will try to catch on with the Red Sox after he was released by the Buccaneers. George Gojkovich/Getty Images

Magee told the Tampa Bay Times he was headed to spring training at the Boston Red Sox's minor league facility in Fort Myers, Florida.

"I'm grateful for the opportunity they gave me at the time. Right now, I'm focused on spring training," Magee told the newspaper.

Magee played both sports in college at Arizona State and was drafted by the Red Sox in 2012. He previously was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays and Oakland Athletics. Magee was with the


and Mrs. Moore were forced at gunpoint across the street to the porch of an abandoned house. On the way, Evans was also struck with the shotgun on the side of the head. Attempts to enter the abandoned house were unsuccessful. Both Evans and Lowe were robbed. After Mrs. Pittman had escaped, one of the assailants grabbed Mrs. Moore, saying: "This one will do." Evans advanced, and the assailant carrying the gun fired it into the porch floor. Evans and Lowe were *359 warned not to follow, and Mrs. Moore was dragged down the porch stairs, across the walk and down the street. Her clothes were torn off from the waist down, and she was thrown on the ground. They then covered her face and "took turns" havingsexual intercourse with her. They also forced her to engage in deviate sexual acts. None of the victims were able to identify any of their assailants.
The State introduced five witnesses who testified concerning the defendants' connection with the crimes. Peter Collins, who had already entered a guilty plea to the rape charge, testified that Heard first approached him with a plan to rob the two white girls and two white boys at Kags, and that after he agreed, Heard went and got a shotgun. They then encountered Martin who agreed to the plan after Heard had said he would like to have intercourse with one of the girls. Collins stated the details of the crimes: Heard carried the shotgun with him during the entire incident, struck at least


one of the male victims with the gun, and discharged it into the porch floor. Heard threw Mrs. Moore onto the ground and then forced her to perform a deviate sexual act with him. Martin was present at the time. Collins admitted that he had raped Mrs. Moore, but denied that he forced her to perform a deviate sexual act with him. Finally, he stated that after the entire incident the three of them gathered together in Carver Park where they encountered four other youths.
Cleo Westland, James Coe, Paul Hurt and Roland Lewis each testified that he saw the two defendants and Collins in Carver Park early on the morning of May 17, and that the defendant Heard said that "some people had got raped down at Kag's."Amazing 3d Aquarium -The Free3d Tetris - new game from Free Game Series by Elefun Multimedia. This new series is a suite of Amazing 3d Aquarium landscapes, at the background of which runs Tetris - the most popular game in the world. This game is a real enduring masterpiece in multiplicity of computer arcade games. Since the beginning of 3d Games Age...

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The present invention provides a faucet handle that includes a hub, handle body and end cap. The handle body includes a first end with external threads, a second end with internal threads, and a central bore extending between the first and second ends. The end cap includes a shank with a bore configured to receive a driver, such as a hex wrench, and threads to engage the internal threads of the second end.
A method of assembling a faucet handle includes inserting a driver, such as a hex wrench, through the central bore to engage the end cap and drive the end cap into engagement with theChair of Jewish Labour Movement says MP has ‘proven herself to be a bold and courageous agent of change’

Labour has lifted the suspension of Bradford West MP Naz Shah, who was disciplined over Facebook posts that suggested Israelis be deported to the US.

Shah, who said she deeply regretted her remarks, resigned as an aide to the shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, after a number of posts made before she was elected surfaced from Facebook.

The MP, who won the seat for Labour from Respect MP George Galloway in 2015, used a point of order in the House of Commons to apologise for what she had posted. “Antisemitism is racism, full stop,” she said. “As an MP, I will do everything in my power to build relations between Muslims, Jews and


people of different faiths and none.”

She also published an opinion piece in the Jewish News, saying she wanted to make “an unequivocal apology for statements and ideas that I have foolishly endorsed in the past”.

Despite initially backing the MP after her apology, the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, suspended her from the party in April pending an investigation, stripping her of the parliamentary whip and preventing her from undertaking any party activity.

During the height of the Israeli offensive in Gaza two years ago, Shah shared a picture that showed the state of Israel being relocated to the US, adding the caption “problem solved”.

In another controversial post, the MP urged followers to vote in an online poll about the Gaza war, claiming the result was skewed because “the Jews area Taiwanese in US, you'll be filthy rich in years.

Here's a great gospel:

Heaven is defined as an American salary, a Chinese cook, an English house, and a Japanese wife. Hell is defined as having a Chinese salary, an English cook, a Japanese house, and an American wife.

headhonchoII wrote:It's common for Taiwanese to come in a little late due to overtime the previous day. Taiwanese often work weekends too.Not enough holidays and time off, spot on.

The workers don't want to work late, but they have no other choice in many cases. Meetings are often scheduled at 6pm or 7pm. If you leave early you risk losing your job.Well you say, just take the risk , but maybe they need the money and most importantly the next place of employment


Last mission to repair the Hubble telescopeHubble space telescope discoveries have enriched our understanding of the cosmos. In this special report, you will see facts about the Hubble space telescope, discoveries it has made and what the last mission's goals are.

For their own goodFifty years ago, they were screwed-up kids sent to the Florida School for Boys to be straightened out. But now they are screwed-up men, scarred by the whippings they endured. Read the story and see a video and portrait gallery.

State wants to give county storm-battered park

Navarre Beach State Park has been closed since Ivan hit last year.

Associated Press
Published October 6, 2005

NAVARRE BEACH - The state has offered to repair and then return a new but storm-battered beachfront park to Santa Rosa County after months ofhaggling over how it should be salvaged. But some county officials don't want it.

Navarre Beach State Park had been open just a few months last year when it was battered by Hurricane Ivan and then slammed again this year by a pair of tropical storms and Hurricane Dennis.

The storms flattened dunes, eroded the beach and destroyed buildings, bicycle paths, roads and boardwalks at the park in this barrier island community. It has been closed since Ivan struck on Sept. 16, 2004.

Florida Park Service spokesman Matt Mitchell said it would make more sense for the 130 acres donated by Santa Rosa to reopen as a county park.

"It's a popular day use, in-and-out-type recreation area for community activities," Mitchell said. "It's less suited for a state park."

The state spent $10-million


developing the park, which has beachfront on the Gulf of Mexico and Santa Rosa Sound, with picnic pavilions, a campground, showers and laundry facilities.

Park Service officials want to restore the park with Federal Emergency Management Agency funds under a cooperative agreement with Santa Rosa, but county commissioners first must sign off on its return.

Commissioner John Broxson said he will push for the state to keep it. He's not sure the county can afford the upkeep.

"They made a commitment and I want them to stay on that commitment," Broxson said. "Do the people of Santa Rosa County want to undergird the expense of operating a park on that barrier island? We need to understand if we can handle that."

County Administrator Hunter Walker also questioned the proposal, noting the parkWe already know the President has gone mobile -- and now he wants to take the rest of the government with him. President Obama has gone on the record ordering major federal agencies to jump on the mobile bandwagon, developing apps to increase public access to tax payer funded departments like education and healthcare. Said the President in a statement, "Americans deserve a government that works for them anytime, anywhere, and on any device." Obama has ordered the agencies to join the app revolution within the next 12 months.


Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama, left, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center, and Republic of Korea Vice Minister Lim Sung-nam, right, met in Washington, D.C., on Thursday to discuss wide-ranging issues, including provocations by North Korea. The three countries said they would reaffirm their commitment to work for a denuclearized North Korea. Photo courtesy of Antony Blinken

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- The United States, South Korea and Japan have agreed to increase efforts to pressure North Korea to further isolate the country into "irreversible denuclearization."

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Republic of Korea Vice Minister Lim Sung-nam and Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama met in Washington, D.C., on Thursday to discuss several issues, including cybersecurity, energy, health and economic policies, but North Korea'sincreased provocations related to its nuclear capabilities led the agenda.

"North Korea's illicit nuclear and ballistic missile programs directly threaten the security of the United States, Japan, and the ROK. Our three countries share the belief that the complete, verifiable, and irreversible denuclearization of North Korea remains the only viable option to safeguard peace and security. North Korea's provocations only serve to deepen its isolation," the U.S. Department of State said in a statement following the trilateral meeting.

The State Department said the three countries will continue working to make sure other countries implement all United Nations sanctions against North Korea, adding that the international community should also consider North Korea's "economic deprivation and horrific human rights abuses at the hands of the Kim Jong Un regime."

The North Korean leader


on Sunday said Pyongyang has nearly completed its efforts to test launch an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. Theoretically, the warhead could reach U.S. shores.

"There is broad international consensus that North Korea must refrain from its destabilizing actions and rhetoric, and focus on honoring its international obligations and commitments," the U.S. State Department added. "These sanctions, along with our close trilateral coordination on our respective new unilateral sanctions against North Korea, are the latest steps in our ongoing efforts to convince North Korea that the only path to the economic development and international recognition it claims to seek is by returning to credible and meaningful negotiations on denuclearization."

During a press conference, Blinken said it was "absolutely vitally important that we exercise sustained comprehensive pressureRace, Ethnicity, and the Cold WarA Global Perspective

Editor(s): Philip Muehlenbeck

The racial front in the global Cold War

A white American woman is raped by a black Panamanian laborer in 1946 in the Panama Canal Zone, and the aftermath affects labor relations in the Western hemisphere for the next two decades. And numerous nations use the African continent to exercise their colonial muscle and postwar power, only to encounter the financial and military burdens that will exhaust and alienate their own citizenry half a world away. As Race, Ethnicity, and the Cold War reveals, during this dangerous era there were no longer any "isolated incidents." Like the butterfly flapping its wings and changing the weather on the other side of the globe, an instance of racial or ethnic hostility had


ripple effects across a Cold War world of brinksmanship between bitter national rivals and ideological opponents.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction: The Borders of Race and NationNico Slate

Part I: Race and the International System

Token Diplomacy: The United States, Race, and the Cold WarMichael L. Krenn

A Wind of Change? White Redoubt and the Postcolonial Moment in South Africa, 1960-1963Ryan M. Irwin

Part II: Race, Ethnicity, and Decolonization

Race, Labor, and Security in the Panama Canal Zone: The 1946 Greaves Rape Case, Local 713, and the Isthmian Cold War CrackdownMichael Donoghue

Part III: Race and the Interplay of Domestic and International Politics

Testing the Limits of Soviet Internationalism: African Students in the Soviet UnionMaxim Matusevich

Crimes against Humanity in the Congo: Nazi Legacies and the German Cold War in AfricaKatrina M. Hagen

Race and the Cuban Revolution: The Impactof Cuba's Intervention in AngolaHenley Adams

Part IV: Ethnicity and the Interplay of Domestic and International Politics

Ethnic Nationalism in the Cold War Context: The Cyprus Issue in the Greek and Greek American Public Debate, 1954-1989Zinovia Lialiouti and Philip E. Muehlenbeck

God Bless Reagan and God Help Canada: The Polish Canadian Action Group and Solidarność in TorontoEric L. Payseur

Ethnic Nationalism and the Collapse of Soviet CommunismMark R. Beissinger

Biography of Editor(s)

Philip E. Muehlenbeck, Professorial Lecturer in History at George Washington University, is the author of Betting on the Africans: John F. Kennedy's Courting of African Nationalist Leaders.

Reviews

"...an effective and engrossing collection of impressive scholarship on a relatively understudied topic."--Journal of Cold War Studies

"…the authors included [in Race, Ethnicity, and the Cold War] demonstrate a nuanced understanding of how anti-colonial and anti-racist struggles,


immigration, and nationalist movements connect to the Cold War histories of peoples throughout the world."--Journal of African American History

"The collection is a valuable addition to the historiography of the new international history."--Social History

"Race, Ethnicity, and the Cold War makes it clear that race, and even racism, was not something uniquely afflicting the United States, and that it can be studied in many other societies, and that it had an impact on the foreign policies of these countries." --Thomas Alan Schwartz, author of Lyndon Johnson and Europe

"By uncovering the transnational history of linkages between race, ethnicity, and global conflict, this volume makes clear that the challenge of grappling with, in Obama's words, our 'teeming, colliding, irksome diversity,' marked not just the United States, but many parts of the world.Even though there are still five months to go before Vijay Gokhale's two-year tenure as the foreign secretary ends in January 2020, speculation is rife that Syed Akbaruddin, India's permanent representative at the United Nations, could be heading back to the South Block as his replacement.

The two other names doing the rounds for the coveted post are Ruchi Ghanashyam, India’s High Commissioner in the United Kingdom, and Harshvardhan Shringla, India’s Ambassador in the United States.

Akbaruddin is a 1985-batch officer of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) who retires in April 2020. The two other candidates — Ruchi Ghanashyam, a 1982-batch officer also retires in April 2020, and Harshvardhan Shringla, who is from the 1984 batch, retires only in 2022. Akbaruddin is junior to both in the service.

Ruchi Ghanashyam, the


Indian ambassador to the United Kingdom. (Picture courtesy: Twitter)

If Akbaruddin is chosen as the foreign secretary, he will have to jump several batches and a number of officers who are senior to him in the IFS. But that won't be unique or unprecedented. In the Indian diplomatic history, this has happened several times and many celebrated foreign secretaries have benefited from such decisions.

Harshvardhan Shringla, the Indian ambassador to the US, seen here with industrialist Anand Mahindra. (Picture courtesy: Twitter)

According to the convention, if a junior IFS officer is chosen as foreign secretary, those senior to him in the service do not serve in the headquarters. Though, they may continue as ambassadors elsewhere. Since both Ruchi Ghanashyam and Harsh Shringla are serving in London and Washington respectively, they canin the pool should be chosen as the next foreign secretary. The selection of the foreign secretary, who unlike other secretaries of the government, is also head of his service -- Indian Foreign Service -- is normally done by the Prime Minister, often -- though, not always — in consultation with the External Affairs Minister (EAM).

It may not, therefore, come as a surprise if the Indian High Commissioner in London is overlooked in favour of an IFS officer junior to her.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has often shown “out-of-the-box” thinking on critical issues and also in choosing key officials in his government. S. Jaishankar, now the foreign minister, was brought in as foreign secretary in January 2015 a few days before he was to retire from service. It was


than go along with his benefactors, the Pharaoh forces them to help him rebuild his lost empire.
| Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Johnny, Long Tom
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| Dec
| The Vanisher
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| Lester Dent
| Robert George Harris
| A horrible hunchback liberates twenty convicts from a maximum-security prison by causing them to vanish from their cells and reappear elsewhere. The same power that can break people out of any prison can also be used to break into any vault, anywhere in the world!
| Doc, Monk, Ham
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| 1937
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| Land of Long Juju / Land of Long Ju Ju
| 47
| Lawrence Donovan
| Robert George Harris
| After Renny goes missing in Africa, Doc and his crew travel to the remote African kingdom, where they thwart a scheme by The Shimba to overthrow72
| Evelyn Coulson / Lester Dent
| Emery Clarke
| Testing the Army's new X-Ship off the Carolina coast, Renny disappears into a malignant yellow cloud.
| Doc, Monk, Ham, Renny, Long Tom, Pat
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| 1939
| Mar
| The Freckled Shark| 73
| Lester Dent
| Emery Clarke
| An anomalous shark skin leads Doc's crew to the Florida Keys to confront a ruthless dictator and the adventuresome "Henry Peace" about looted treasure.
| Doc, Monk, Ham, Johnny
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| 1939
| Apr
| World's Fair Goblin| 74
| William G. Bogart / Lester Dent
| Emery Clarke
| An eight-foot-tall monster haunts the 1939 New York World's Fair, doing the bidding of the scientific genius who created it as the first of an army of giant. Can Doc and his crew stop this would-be world ruler from harnessing the tremendous


for the return of a down payment of $50,000 held in escrow, the defendants third-party plaintiffs appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Greco, Jr., J.), entered March 10, 2014, as, after a nonjury trial and an inquest as to damages, is in favor of the plaintiffs and the third-party defendants and against them in the principal sum of $40,000, and awarded them the sum of only $10,000 remaining in the escrow account, the plaintiffs cross-appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of the same judgment as is in their favor and against the defendants third-party plaintiffs in the principal sum of only $40,000, and the third-party defendants separately cross-appeal from the same judgment.
ORDERED thatdeclared (in slightly saltier language)

Covers of rock classics like Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven." Massive 20,000-person sing alongs. Pyro, confetti, and a beer-guzzling Drunk Bunny: Green Day's summer tour is a total blowout. And Saturday night in Denver it got even better: The Bay Area punks debuted a never-before-heard song. Watch video below.

The tune, "Cigarettes and Valentines," is a power-punk jam that sounds more like Green Day's ragtag roots than their rock operas of late (see American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown). Which makes sense: According to Punk News the song was the title track from the band's


Skill Development in the Hospitality Sector - Opportunities & Concerns

Over the past few decades, the Indian Diaspora has formed a significant portion of immigrant populations in western countries such as the United States and Canada. With a win, though, it sought to be the most professional opportunity for qualified Indians; internal customers. Technically the geographical migration of labor from one country to another is known as the brain drain. They take with them the skills and knowledge that they have acquired in their home country. Draining their services contributing towards the development of the country; that promises a far higher standard of living in return for their skills.

To accelerate the development of tourism human capital in the country, the emphasis is laid on Skill development schemes by theABUJA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The 21 Chibok schoolgirls freed by Boko Haram militants last month say they were not abused or raped during two-and-a-half years’ captivity in northeast Nigeria, a source close to the presidency said on Wednesday.

Many girls kidnapped by the Islamist militant group have been used as sex slaves, fighters and even suicide bombers, according to rights groups including Amnesty International.

But the 21 freed girls said the militants treated them well while they were held captive, according to a confidential report based on their two-week debriefing prepared for President Muhammadu Buhari and seen by the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

The girls, released last month after Switzerland and the Red Cross brokered a deal, are now being held in a secret location in the capital Abuja for assessment


people.

Boko Haram has kidnapped hundreds of men, women and children but the abduction of the Chibok girls - some 200 of whom are still missing - prompted outrage worldwide and their plight was publicized using a Twitter hashtag, #bringbackourgirls.

NO FORCED MARRIAGE, CONVERSION

The daily routine for the girls, who were moved in captivity between the northeastern town of Gwoza and the Sambisa forest, a Boko Haram stronghold, involved personal time in the morning followed by Koranic teaching and cooking meals, the report said.

Most of the girls said they were held in makeshift dwellings made of zinc sheets in Sambisa, while those who were married lived with their militant husbands in camps across the forest.

The 21 recently released girls said that while the Boko Haram militants advised them to marryFLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- Two years ago, Ryan Fitzpatrick got benched by the Houston Texans after a Week 9 loss. He lost his starting job to the inexperienced Ryan Mallett, and he publicly expressed his displeasure.

Two weeks later, the Texans went back to Fitzpatrick, who responded with the game of his life -- six touchdown passes and 358 yards in a rout of Tennessee.

In 2014 with the Texans, a fired-up Ryan Fitzpatrick rebounded from his benching to toss six touchdown passes. Troy Taormina/USA TODAY Sports

Maybe an angry Fitzpatrick is a good Fitzpatrick.

The New York Jets hope so. They're counting on him to channel his post-benching emotions into positive results when they face the Cleveland Browns.

"Just going off his comments, he seems pissed off," wide receiver Brandon Marshall said.


"If this is the thing that helps us all play better, I'm all for it. Say whatever you want to say; we need to win games."

After replacing the injured Geno Smith and rallying the Jets to a win last Sunday, Fitzpatrick made headlines by accusing team brass of losing faith in him. He's right -- the owner, general manager and coach bailed on him -- but he gave them cause by playing at an unacceptable level. Desperate for a spark, they turned to Smith.

Now they need him because Smith, playing the role of Mallett, wrecked his right knee and is done for the season.

Coach Todd Bowles downplayed Fitzpatrick's comments, saying he's cool with a "pissed off" quarterback as long as he cut downs on the turnovers.

"Whatever fuels thethem armed, using borrowed funds. The size of her crew was anomalously large for a Revenue Marine vessel, suggesting that Brooks had intended to engage in privateering.

On 17 July 1812 Brooks declared that James Madison would sail from Charleston to intercept
six British merchant vessels reported to be sailing up the coast from Jamaica without a naval escort. Six days later he succeeded in capturing the British brig Shamrock, May, master, of 300 tons bm, six guns, and a crew of 15 men. She had been sailing from London to Amelia Island with a cargo of arms and ammunition. Then on 1 August James Madison captured the brig Santa Rosa. James Madison sent Santa Rosa, which was sailing under Spanish colours, into Savannah.

James Madisons last cruise began on 15


from the Ballentine family, which had bought it from the Donnallys and owned it for 16 years. Now the chief executive officer of Mexico Chiquito, Inc., Haynie never met the Donnallys, but he did meet Mrs. Donnally’s daughter and she told him about the old days. Blackie was her stepfather.

The food hasn’t changed greatly since the beginning. It’s of a style that today would be called Tex-Mex. Not until the last quarter of the 20th century did Mexicans began moving to Arkansas in numbers, and opening restaurants that offered more authentic Mexican fare. For years, Mexico Chiquito and places like Browning’s (which opened in the 1940s) and Island X, served the only kind of Mexican food that Arkansans knew.

“Mexico Chiquito was known for its cheese dip – chilion Sunday, was quoted in the statement as saying he was "very excited and optimistic" about next season, adding "we'll take it year-to-year after that."

Scully will work all Dodgers home games and road games against NL West and AL West teams, and handle every inning of the club's television broadcasts. He'll also be heard on radio for the first three innings when those games are simulcast.


Super Smash Bros. for Wii U is the best game of 2014

It appears that gaming's transition year has turned into transition years. The first full calendar year for next-generation consoles PS4 and Xbox One failed to spur the release of more than a handful of great games—and most of those high-scoring releases were merely re-releases of older titles for the new platforms.

For the second straight year, just 11 console games (representing 9 unique titles) scored 90 or higher. Of those, only three were new games rather than ports of previously released titles. Overall, there were just 14 90+ releases in 2014 (see list at the bottom of this page), the lowest such total since 2006.

Even this year's highest-scoring new release—Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. for Wii U—had a significantlya public meeting of the Exhibition Place Community Liaison Committee happening on March 5th at 7pm, and you're invited.

Here's the full notice detailing what it's about. Basically, the possibilities of expanding to 30,000 and of the Argos moving in were included in the initial plans, MLSE wants to move the Argos in, and has been in discussions with the City Manager and now there's an urgency to get it done before the Pan Am games in 2015*. The notice specifically mentions Community input and hearing the concerns of the public and that "Any issues raised by the community can then be reported to the meetings of both the Board and City Council on this matter and fed into the design and planning approval process undertaken by MLSE and


pursuit based on the vehicle-pursuit report. After the
initial officer began pursuit, the suspect continued driving down
side streets, passing other pedestrians who also jumped out of the
way, before the first officer lost sight of the driver and radioed
other officers to look for the fleeing car. The suspect and law
enforcement reached speeds of eighty miles per hour. The car
made a U-turn and drove on pedestrian sidewalks, hit a vehicle
and continued driving before another officer threw a “stop stick” to
puncture the tires of the fleeing car. The fleeing car hit Appellee’s
car, and the driver of the fleeing car got out and ran before being
apprehended by the officer who initiated the pursuit. The pursuit
covered a total of 5.5 miles. Appellee noted that the officer
indicated in the report that he initiated pursuit becausebe sued without its own
    permission, has been a fundamental tenet of Anglo–
    American jurisprudence for centuries and is based on the
    principle that “the King can do no wrong.” The doctrine
    was a part of the English common law when the State of
    Florida was founded and has been adopted and codified
    by the Florida Legislature. The original justification for
    incorporating the doctrine into American jurisprudence
    was the logical and practical ground that there can be no


only continued pursuit after the vehicle reentered his
sight. He did not follow the suspect in an attempt “to maintain
visual observation,” and therefore the officer acted in accordance
with the written policy.
     Appellant also argues the officers violated the policy by failing
to terminate pursuit when the risks of pursuit outweighed the
need for apprehension.          But in addition to the initial
endangerment of the pedestrians near the driveway, the arrest
report stated that the fleeing vehicle ran several cars off the road
and repeatedly drove on the sidewalk to get around traffic. The
evidence thus established that the fleeing driver endangered the
public before the pursuit and continued to endanger the public
during pursuit, and as such established that the need for
apprehension continued throughout theDocumentary compiled from the video diary of a Palestinian farmer, who films unrest in his West Bank village, using cameras which are consistently shot or smashed.

Oscar-nominated film compiled from the video diary of a Palestinian farmer who documents unrest in his West Bank village. Emad Burnat starts filming with his first camera following the birth of his fourth son. At the same time in his village of Bil'in, a separation barrier is being built and the villagers begin to resist this decision.

Over several years Burnat films this non-violent struggle against the Israeli army - which is led by two of his best friends - literally from his own point of view. Soon, these events begin to impact his own life. Bulldozers knocking down olive trees, the loss of


employee, was killed in a work-related vehicle accident on June 13, 1991. Mr. London was survived by appellees, his widow and three children. Appellant accepted appellees' claim as compensable and began paying compensation in an amount equal to 662/3% of the decedent's average weekly wage. The appellees contended before the Administrative Law Judge that the correct rate of benefits was 80% of the decedent's average weekly wage, and that because appellant was guilty of a safety violation they were entitled to additional compensation of 25%.
On August 24, 1992, the Administrative Law Judge held that the proper compensation rate was 80%, and that appellees were entitled to additional benefits of 25% because the decedent's death was caused in part by appellant's failure to comply with an Arkansas statute pertainingan injury occurring on and after July 1, 1986, through June 30, 1987, the maximum weekly benefits payable shall be One Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($175.00).
(B) For disability or death due to an injury occurring on and after July 1, 1987, through December 31, 1988, the maximum weekly benefits payable shall be One Hundred Eighty-nine Dollars ($189.00).
(C) For disability or death due to an injury occurring on and after January 1, 1989, through December 31, 1989, the maximum weekly benefits payable shall be sixty-six and two-thirds percent (662/3%) of the state average weekly wage.
(D) For a disability or death which results from an injury occurring during a calendar year beginning on or after January 1, 1990, the maximum weekly benefit payable shall be seventy percent (70%) of the state


Jurgen Klopp has two games in nine days that will go a long way to deciding the destiny of Liverpool’s season, yet everywhere he goes at the moment he is followed by the name of Philippe Coutinho, the man who is not here in Germany to help plot a safe path into the Champions League group stage.

In Germany, where Liverpool arrived yesterday, Klopp is treated with reverence, especially at a club which will play its first ever European tie in the Champions League play-off at the Rhein-Neckar Stadium tonight. There is excitement at the home of Hoffenheim at a famous opponent and a famous returning son of Germany, although Klopp is in no doubt he faces a challenge as serious as any an English club has had atthis stage.

In Sinsheim, where the village team of Hoffenheim play their games in their 30,150-capacity stadium, Klopp moved to dispel any doubt that he and Fenway Sports Group, the club’s owners, are on the same page when it comes to keeping Coutinho, absent with a back injury.

There is no question the club’s No 10 wants to go to Barcelona, who bid £90 million at the last time of asking. The only issue now is how hard the Brazilian is prepared to push it before the window closes.


television series debuts
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Category:Television series by Ciwen MediaGolden Gate Bridge, it was pretty evident which group was mine.

It was a fine group of six - Esteban and Aaron up from the southland, regular ride-buddy JimG, ZugsterBags Adam and Bradley on a Quickbeam and me on mine - evenly split between coastable many-geared bikes and those with proper drivetrains. Rivendell bikes held a slight majority, with a pair of Romulii (Aaron and Esteban) and two orange Ents (me and Bradley) versus a Kogswell P/R700 (JimG) and the Box Dog Bikes Pelican (Adam). Another statistical impossibility played out as there were actually three Zugster Rando Bags represented on one ride - a beatable record, but still pretty danged impressive. (Which made me very happy to have spent a few moments remounting mine before the ride.)

We introduced ourselves


trash cans until the road narrowed before the turns began. We caucused briefly, and decided to stick to the pavement of Sir Francis Drake - probably one of the oldest stretches of oddly improved roadway left in the county - rather than veer onto the unpaved section of the Cross-Marin Trail. The old concrete of the road has been reconfigured and patched, but once inside Samuel P. Taylor Park boundaries, it remains an esoteric reminder of driving along the river in your 1947 Hudson. Depending upon the attitude of the autos, it can be a wee bit sketchy, but a fair amount of rain had fallen here on New Year’s Day, and things felt even more damp in this narrower and more wooded section. Rather than splatter mudthe pitch out of town and grabbed the Pt. Reyes - Petaluma road for a while.

We cut back towards the Cross-Marin Trail again, enjoying the greening hills and rural landscapes. There have been enough rains to reinvigorate a bit of growth, without making things excessively sloppy. Once on the trail, opted to slog through the unpaved bits rather than duke it out with the vehicular traffic returning from the coast. The worst part was the first half mile or so, with sloppier mud and more leaves. As we continued onward, the terrain firmed up again and I realized why Aaron had caught up to us - the man could move his bike pretty danged well. We ended up on the Inkwells Bridge awaiting the rest of the gang.


SPRING, Texas – A grand jury will have to determine whether a suburban Houston man knew he was shooting his teenage daughter's guest — or thought he was shooting an intruder.

The dead 17-year-old boy's family identified him as Johran McCormick of Spring. Zakia McCormick tells KHOU-TV of Houston she knows she won't have her son back, but she'd like at least an apology. In her words, "He didn't deserve to die like that."

The shooting happened about 2:30 a.m. Thursday. Assistant Chief Deputy Constable Mark Herman says the 55-year-old homeowner heard noises coming from his 16-year-old daughter's bedroom, investigated, found the boy with his daughter and shot him in the ensuing altercation.

Investigators said the girl initially denied knowing the boy, but sheriff's Sgt. Ben Beall says she apparently knewRSC-North transitions first RLC to Afghan control

Courtesy Photo | Balkh province Regional Logistics Center warehouse. The Balkh RLC is the first to completely transition to Afghan control following a ceremony May 7. (U.S. Army courtesy photo)
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BALKH PROVINCE, Afghanistan - The Afghan National Police (ANP) have taken over logistics functions in northern Afghanistan.

The Regional Support Command-North Logistics Training Advisory Team, celebrated the transition of the local Regional Logistics Center in Balkh province to Afghanistan National Security Forces control during a short ceremony in May.

“It is a really great honor to be the first RLC in Afghanistan under complete Afghan control,” said Lt. Col. Kherijani Abdullah, the RLC commander, during the ceremony. Up until now, coalition forces provided guidance and instruction on how


Gero literally ripping his torso apart. Also, in future Trunks Timeline, it was implied that Future Gohan wouldn't have lost his hand if he were to have eaten the Senzu Bean himself instead of giving it to Trunks. Even in the latest Tournament of Power arc, Vegeta had a black eye after his fight with Jiren which was instantly cured on taking a Senzu Bean after getting eliminated. Hence, with regard to the first part of your question,It is not an "All- Cure medicine". It was stated in the Android Saga that Goku had died on account of having a heart virus and that there was no cure available at that point in time. So that implies that the Senzu Bean is definitely not a cure-everything drug.With regardJim Boggia

Jim Boggia is a pop singer-songwriter based in Philadelphia. In 1998, he co-wrote the song "Glory" which reached # 1 on the Billboard charts.

Early life
Jim Boggia was born in Royal Oak, Michigan. At birth, he was declared legally blind in his left eye. He began playing the guitar at age five, encouraged by his musician father. In 1982 he graduated from Fenton High School in Fenton, Michigan. Boggia eventually moved to Philadelphia in order to work as a customer service representative in a high-tech studio equipment company.

Career
Boggia later quit his job and began his musical career by doing session work, jingles, and writing songs for other musical artists. He played or toured with various artists including Juliana Hatfield, Jill Sobule, Amanda Marshall, and Bernadette Peters. In 1998


remarks at the press conference below.

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Launching Campaign Nonviolence

The National Press Club, Washington, D.C.

Sept. 18, 2014

By Rev. John Dear

Today we are pleased to announce the launch of Campaign Nonviolence, a growing grassroots movement that begins this Sunday, September 21st, International Peace Day, with a week of over 227 protests, marches and rallies across the country in every state against war, military spending, poverty, the epidemic of violence and catastrophic climate change.

I want to welcome my friends here, Ken Butigan, director of Campaign Nonviolence, Rev. Lennox Yearwood, of the Hip Hop Caucus who is on our board and who also works with 350.org, my friend Marie Dennis a long time peace activist with Pax Christi, the national Catholic peace movement, and my friend Congressman Dennis Kucinich, a long timeAbandonment issues: Creepy photos of doctor's deserted mansion with exam room littered with instruments and microscope slides containing slices of human kidneys

Looking at images of an abandoned doctor's house in Germany taken by photographer Daniel Marbaix prompts curiosity similar to that evoked by great historical sites.

Who were these people? Why did they leave in such a hurry? What happened here?

The once-grand house is badly dilapidated but its rooms still boast gorgeous fixtures and items inexplicably abandoned, suggesting a sudden flight from the home by its occupants.

It's the sheer amount of items remaining in the home that shed a little light on who the occupants were.

Coats hang on hooks, their colors still bright and handbags of polished leather look ready to be slung over a woman's shoulder.

The most eerie


sight of the house, and how it got its name, is the physician's exam room, complete with instruments and slices of kidney set between glass, ready to be examined.

Daniel Marbaix has a fascination with urban decay and the places abandoned during civilization's relentless march.

He says little is known about the home, but he says the home has been abandoned for at least 20 years.

'It looks like most of the family were killed in a car accident (found head stones for them in the house) and the lady of the house died shortly after leaving everything behind from work stuff... to personal photos and kids paintings,' he t old Reddit r eaders.

The abandoned doctor's house forms part of Marbaix's book States of Decay which documents abandoned sites from allover Europe and North America.

More of Marbaix's work can be found on his Flickr site and his Faceb ook account .

Time for your check-up: The long-abandoned examination room of the physician who once owned this home

The last waltz: Sheet music and a photograph sit on top of the piano which stands among the debris strewn about the floor Unfinished symphony: Lacy and ruffled curtains remain open from the morning they were drawn it the piano room of the abandoned house

Drawing room: Ornate furniture and floral wallpaper adorn this room which perhaps once served as a refuge for the lady of the house

Leave a note: The house was abandoned in too much of a hurry for the owners to type a letter on this vintage typewriter


a Flood aims to explain how we got here. Marc Mohan, The Oregonian (Read the entire Oregonian review)

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

James Gleick, the author of the best sellers Chaos and Genius, now brings us a work just as astonishing and masterly: a revelatory chronicle and meditation that shows how information has become the modern era's defining quality — the blood, the fuel, the vital principle of our world.

The story of information begins in a time profoundly unlike our own, when every thought and utterance vanishes as soon as it is born. From the invention of scripts and alphabets to the long-misunderstood talking drums of Africa, Gleick tells the story of information technologies that changed the very nature of human consciousness. He provides portraits of the key figures contributingdo but more efficiently. While the revolution in communications was taking these steps, Bell Labs scientist Claude Shannon helped to write a monograph for them, A Mathematical Theory of Communication, in which he coined the word 'bit' to name a fundamental unit of computer information. As bestselling author Gleick (Chaos) astutely argues, Shannon's neologism profoundly changed our view of the world; his brilliant work introduced us to the notion that a tiny piece of hardware could transmit messages that contained meaning and that a physical unit, a bit, could measure a quality as elusive as information. Shannon's story is only one of many in this sprawling history of information. With his brilliant ability to synthesize mounds of details and to tell rich stories, Gleick leads us on a


journey from one form of communicating information to another, beginning with African tribes' use of drums and including along the way scientists like Samuel B. Morse, who invented the telegraph; Norbert Wiener, who developed cybernetics; and Ada Byron, the great Romantic poet's daughter, who collaborated with Charles Babbage in developing the first mechanical computer. Gleick's exceptional history of culture concludes that information is indeed the blood, the fuel, and the vital principle on which our world runs. (Apr.)" Publishers Weekly (starred review) (Copyright PWxyz LLC)

Review:

"Accessible and engrossing." Library Journal

Review:

"[A] tour de force....This is intellectual history of tremendous verve, insight, and significance. Unfailingly spirited, often poetic, Gleick recharges our astonishment over the complexity and resonance of the digital sphere and ponders our hunger for connectedness....Destined to be a sciencefascinating foundation, impressive in its reach. A very good read, certainly recommended." The Complete Review

Synopsis:

On the eve of the theory's 100th birthday, here is the first complete biography of Einsteins theory of general relativity, revealing the personal feuds and ideological battles, the decades of neglect, the resurgence, and now, the deep questioning of a theory that has given us black holes, dark energy, and modern cosmology.

Synopsis:

A revelatory exploration of emerging trends in "big data"—our newfound ability to gather and interpret vast amounts of information—and the revolutionary effects these developments are producing in business, science, and society at large.

Synopsis:

A revelatory exploration of the hottest trend in technology and the dramatic impact it will have on the economy, science, and society at large.

Which paint color is most likely to tell


argues, Shannon's neologism profoundly changed our view of the world; his brilliant work introduced us to the notion that a tiny piece of hardware could transmit messages that contained meaning and that a physical unit, a bit, could measure a quality as elusive as information. Shannon's story is only one of many in this sprawling history of information. With his brilliant ability to synthesize mounds of details and to tell rich stories, Gleick leads us on a journey from one form of communicating information to another, beginning with African tribes' use of drums and including along the way scientists like Samuel B. Morse, who invented the telegraph; Norbert Wiener, who developed cybernetics; and Ada Byron, the great Romantic poet's daughter, who collaborated with Charles Babbage in developing thefirst mechanical computer. Gleick's exceptional history of culture concludes that information is indeed the blood, the fuel, and the vital principle on which our world runs. (Apr.)" Publishers Weekly (starred review) (Copyright PWxyz LLC)

"Review A Day"
by Marc Mohan, The Oregonian,
"Recent appearances on the quiz show Jeopardy by the IBM supercomputer dubbed Watson have brought questions of artificial vs. human intelligence to the fore in publications as diverse as the Economist and Entertainment Weekly. The silicon beast's ability to parse natural language full of idiom and metaphor (and to phrase its answers in the form of questions) has been truly impressive. But Watson's feats would not have been possible without instantaneous access to virtually the entire sum of human knowledge via the Internet. Yet these days that's the part


of science and culture, astrophysicist Pedro Ferreira brings general relativity to life through the story of the brilliant physicists, mathematicians, and astronomers who have taken up its challenge. For these scientists, the theory has been both a treasure trove and an enigma, fueling a century of intellectual struggle and triumph.. Einsteins theory, which explains the relationships among gravity, space, and time, is possibly the most perfect intellectual achievement of modern physics, yet studying it has always been a controversial endeavor. Relativists were the target of persecution in Hitlers Germany, hounded in Stalins Russia, and disdained in 1950s America. Even today, PhD students are warned that specializing in general relativity will make them unemployable. Despite these pitfalls, general relativity has flourished, delivering key insights into our understanding of theintroduced into evidence.
In Cause No. 20,153, appellant's judicial confession recites that on November 26, 1972, in Navarro County, appellant had carnal copulation with prosecutrix, in an opening of the body of prosecutrix which was not a sexual part, to-wit, the mouth. The written stipulation of testimony of the prosecutrix reflects that she would testify that appellant on November 26, 1972, "by force and without the consent of said witness, put his penis into the mouth of said witness."
In Cause No. 20,155, appellant's judicial confession recites that on November 26, 1972, in Navarro County, "I did have carnal copulation with ..., a female human being by using my mouth on her sexual parts." The written stipulation of testimony of the prosecutrix reflects that she would testify that on the


Westpac has reached a settlement with the corporate regulator after admitting its automated loan assessment system breached responsible lending laws, issuing more than 10,000 home loans that should not have been automatically approved.

Key points: Westpac's fine punishes the bank for approving loans customers potentially couldn't afford

Westpac's fine punishes the bank for approving loans customers potentially couldn't afford The bank was also accused of not assessing the long-term viability of interest-only loans for customers

The bank was also accused of not assessing the long-term viability of interest-only loans for customers Westpac has since changed its lending policies and the way it assesses customers' living expenses

The bank will pay a $35 million civil penalty and the regulator's legal costs to settle the case, brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commissionthese issues in its first block of hearings, finding that other banks, including ANZ, were potentially too reliant on the low-ball HEM estimates when evaluating loan applications.

Documents released by the royal commission also showed that a 2017 review of the four major banks by the bank regulator APRA found Westpac was an "outlier" in its home loan approvals and risk assessment processes.

APRA has tightened home lending standards, forcing banks to make genuine inquiries into loan applicants' expenses.

Banking analysts say these moves may have reduced some customers' borrowing power by up to 42 per cent.

The bank analysts at UBS have also warned on the related issue of "liar loans", where borrowers or their mortgage brokers underestimate their expenses or overestimate their incomes to get access to bigger loans than


the carousel continues to be indexed, the metal cools to form a wheel casting. Once the metal is completely solidified, the mold is opened and the wheel casting removed. Risers and gates are removed from the casting and the casting is machined to a final shape.
A typical cast wheel includes a generally cylindrical wheel rim which is adapted to carry a pneumatic vehicle tire. The rim has a recessed center portion which is called a deepwell. Extending from the deepwell toward the inboard end of the wheel is a tapered portion called a leg. The leg terminates in a circumferential inboard tire safety bead which retains an inboard tire wall bead upon the wheel rim. Adjacent to the inboard tire safety bead is an inboard tire bead seatwhich carries the inboard tire wall bead. The inboard end of the wheel rim terminates in an inboard tire retaining flange.
The outboard end of the deepwell ends at a deepwell wall which extends radially to a circumferential outboard tire safety bead which retains an outboard tire wall bead upon the wheel rim. Adjacent to the outboard tire safety bead is an outboard tire bead seat which carries the outboard tire wall bead. The outboard end of the wheel rim terminates in an outboard tire retaining flange.
The wheel further includes a circular wheel disc which is typically formed across the outboard end of the wheel rim to provide a sufficient volume within the wheel to receive the larger disc brake assemblies used on current cars and steering and drive


components which are included in front wheel drive vehicles. The wheel disc typically includes a central wheel hub which is supported within the wheel rim by plurality of wheel spokes. A pilot hole is formed through the center of the wheel hub and a plurality of wheel lug holes are formed through the wheel hub on a bolt-circle which is concentric with the pilot hole. The outboard end of the wheel rim supports the wheel spokes and is commonly referred to as a wheel sidewall.
Alternately, a wheel spider comprising a wheel hub and a plurality of spokes can be formed within the wheel rim.and Chris Power and David Parkinson for discussions. CLL also acknowledges support from STFC consolidated grant ST/L00075X/1 as well as funding support from the University of Queensland - University of Western Australia Bilateral Research Collaboration Award. This work was supported by resources provided by The Pawsey Supercomputing Centre with funding from the Australian Government and the Government of Western Australia. The simulations described in this study used the DiRAC Data Centric system at Durham University, operated by the Institute for Computational Cosmology on behalf of STFC DiRAC HPC Facility (www.dirac.ac.uk). This equipment was funded by BIS National E-Infrastructure Capital grant ST/K00042X/1, STFC Capital grant ST/H008519/1, and STFC DiRAC Operations grant ST/K003267/1 and Durham University. DiRAC is part of the National E-Infrastructure. Part of this work was performed at


a partitioning member used for dividing a raising space from the adjoining rearing space is supported by a hinge member allowing the partitioning member to swing round a vertical axis at the boundary between a raising space and a paddock, a livestock in a raising space is driven into the paddock on the side of the raising space by swinging the partitioning member round the vertical axis of the hinge portion, and the cutting machine is traversed along the raising line as one space formed by installing a raising space consecutively to turn over the flooring material.
Thus, in accordance with this method, when the partitioning member is swung round the vertical axis of the hinge portion in turning over (agitating) a flooring material, a livestock in a raisingthat following the surgery six months out is currently viewed as the best case scenario.

That would leave Jurgen Klopp without Oxlade-Chamberlain until around November time.

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Oxlade-Chamberlain's impressive debut season for Liverpool was cruelly cut short when he was stretchered off in agony at Anfield on April 24.

The injury also wrecked his hopes of featuring for England in June's World Cup finals in Russia.

Oxlade-Chamberlain grew in stature over the course of the campaign – scoring five goals in 42 appearances following his £35million move from Arsenal.

“I cannot believe that this wonderful player and person in such a positive situation helping the team, making such a clear challenge, had this happen to him,”


COLLINGWOOD defender Tom Langdon’s future hangs in the balance 10 days after he played a starring role in his club’s heartbreaking Grand Final defeat.

Langdon, who is out of contract and has had an offer from the Magpies on the table since last Tuesday, was spotted in Sydney today and it is believed his toured the club’s facilities as he considers a move.

Langdon received one vote in the Norm Smith Medal count: From Sydney coach John Longmire.

Fremantle is also keen on the 24 year-old, who played a career-high 23 senior games this year following two seasons ravaged by injuries.

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And despite reports last week effectively securing Langdon’s future at Collingwood, foxfooty.com.au understands there is still plenty to play out in negotiations.

When contacted on Tuesday afternoon, the Sydney SwansSize matters for dog's behaviour. And so does skull shape

(Phys.org) —A variation of Short Man's syndrome applies to man's best friend, new evidence from the University of Sydney suggests.

The shorter the dog, regardless of breed, the more likely it is to march to the beat of its own drum, according to the University led research on the relationship between a dog's shape and its behaviour.

"There will always be exceptions but these data on large numbers of dogs help to define a 'new normal'. What is normal in terms of dog behaviour clearly depends on more than simply its breed," said Professor Paul McGreevy from the University's Faculty of Veterinary Science. Professor McGreevy is lead author of a journal article on the findings published in PLOS One today.

"The most


For nearly two years, California's unwieldy eighth grade math standards have lain untouched like an unexploded IED, a roadside bomb of the math wars. But with middle and high school math teachers clamoring for guidance and new assessments two-plus years away, the Legislature and State Board must soon answer the question, What about Algebra I in eighth grade?

Faced with political pressure from Gov. Schwarzenegger and bound by restrictions of the Legislature, the California State Academic Standards Commission and the State Board couldn't resolve the issue in July and August 2010, when they adopted the Common Core standards in math and English language arts. A strong-willed minority of Schwarzenegger appointees to the Commission who had a hand in designing the 1997 state math standards - Ze'ev Wurman, a Paloprivate schools that ignore Common Core will take Algebra in eighth grade, he said. "Private school kids will have calculus. Public school students will be less competitive for select private universities."

California is one of the few states that adopted a policy of universal Algebra in eighth grade, and by some measures, it has been a marked success. Last year, two-thirds of eighth graders took either Algebra or Geometry - compared with only a third in 2003. Despite that doubling, the proportion of students who tested proficient rose from 39 percent in 2003 to 47 percent in 2011.

But consider the majority who aren't proficient on the standardized test and even some who are, said Scott Farrand, a math professor at California State University, Sacramento, and leader of those on


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 21.Khimik Grodno                 40   3  9 28  21-71  1521, 2010, Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) trooper Josiah Trinkle was patrolling eastbound on Interstate 70 in Geary County. Trooper Trinkle has been employed with the KHP for three years. He had no law enforcement experience prior to his work for the KHP. He has received training on interdiction while employed with the KHP and has been involved in approximately 60 to 70 interdiction stops in the past three years.
2. The driving conditions on October 21st were excellent. It was sunny and the sky was clear. There was a light wind. In the area where Trooper Trinkle was patrolling, I-70 is straight, flat and without obstacles.
3. Trooper Trinkle's patrol car is equipped with a video camera. When the emergency lights are activated, the camera begins to produce a video


record beginning with the last thirty seconds prior to the activation of the emergency lights. The audio portion of the video is available shortly after the emergency lights are activated.
4. At approximately 10:15 a.m., Trooper Trinkle stopped a 1994 Honda Accord driven by Ramon Morales. The stop occurred near milepost 309. Morales appeared to be Hispanic and was driving a vehicle with a Tennessee license tag. Trooper Trinkle purportedly stopped him for failing to maintain a single lane of travel. After Trooper Trinkle approached the car, Morales told Trooper Trinkle that he did not speak English. Trooper Trinkle asked for his license and proof of insurance. He further asked him where he was going. He told the driver that he had crossed the white line. Trooper Trinkle thenreturned to his patrol car. As he was about to enter his car, he noticed a Toyota Matrix drive by. Trooper Trinkle was immediately suspicious of the car because it *1171 (1) was a vehicle that commonly had hidden compartments; and (2) had a Utah license plate. He testified that he was unable to determine the race of the driver.
5. Trooper Trinkle did not seek any information on the Honda's license plate or Morales' driver's license. Rather, he quickly wrote a warning ticket and provided it to the driver. He simply said, "Okay. Good day." He left the Honda quickly and returned to his patrol car. The period of time from when Trooper Trinkle noticed the Toyota Matrix to the time that he ultimately left the scene of


the stop of the Honda was about two minutes.
6. Trooper Trinkle then traveled at a high rate of speed to catch up to the Toyota Matrix. Trooper Trinkle could not remember how fast he traveled but he acknowledged that he "did hurry." He indicated that he may have been traveling at least 109 miles per hour. He noted that his car has the capability to travel at a rate of 147 miles per hour.
7. Trooper Trinkle eventually saw the Toyota Matrix. He followed the car for a period of one mile. During that time, he testified that he saw the car travel over the fog line, the white line on the right side of the road, twice and touch the fog line once. He pulled up to theside of the car, purportedly to see if the driver was wearing his seat belt. He then pulled in behind him and turned on his emergency lights. The car pulled over to the side of the road quickly near milepost 315 at approximately 10:24 a.m.
8. Trooper Trinkle approached the car from the passenger side. He said, "Hello, do you have your driver's license and proof of insurance?" The driver produced a Mexican driver's license and proof of insurance. He also asked the driver, who was subsequently identified as Heriberto Gonzalez-Garcia, where he was going. Trooper Trinkle asked Gonzalez-Garcia this question in both English and Spanish. Gonzalez-Garcia had some understanding of English, but it was clear that Spanish was his native language. Gonzalez-Garcia indicated that he was traveling to


Wichita. Trooper Trinkle found the destination odd because the turn to travel south to Wichita off of I-70 was in Salina, sixty-five miles west of the stop. Gonzalez-Garcia further indicated that he was traveling from Los Angeles. Trooper Trinkle told him that he had traveled over the white line. He asked Gonzalez-Garcia if he had anything to drink and he replied, "No." Trooper Trinkle noticed several energy drinks in the vehicle. This was indication to Trooper Trinkle that Gonzalez-Garcia was driving long hours. Trooper Trinkle further noticed a strong odor of air freshener coming from the inside of the car. Trooper Trinkle then returned to his patrol car and sought information on Gonzalez-Garcia's license and the Utah license plate. He learned that there was no negative history oneither the driver's license or the license plate. Trooper Trinkle did notice, however, that the Toyota was not registered or insured in the defendant's name.
9. Trooper Trinkle wrote out a warning ticket for Gonzalez-Garcia for failure to maintain a single lane of travel. He returned to the Toyota and provided the warning ticket to Gonzalez-Garcia. Trooper Trinkle explained that it was just a warning and not a ticket. Trooper Trinkle said, "So just try to keep it in your lane, alright? You drive safe." He then left the window and began to walk away. After he had gotten to the end of the car, he quickly returned and said, "Can I ask a few more questions?" Gonzalez-Garcia responded, "Okay."
10. Trooper Trinkle again asked if he was traveling to


Wichita. Gonzalez-Garcia told him again he was traveling to Wichita. Trooper Trinkle informed him that he had missed his turn. Gonzalez-Garcia said he *1172 was traveling to Wichita to look for work. He told Trooper Trinkle that he had a cousin in Wichita. He also told him that he was living in Salt Lake City, Utah. Trooper Trinkle then asked if he had ever been arrested or had anything illegal in the car. Gonzalez-Garcia responded in the negative to both questions. Trooper Trinkle then asked if could search the car. Again, he asked in English and in Spanish. Trooper Trinkle then asked, "Is it okay?" Gonzalez-Garcia responded, "Inside the car?" Trooper Trinkle initially said, "What?" Trooper Trinkle then responded, "Yes." Trooper Trinkle again asked, "Is it okay?" Gonzalez-Garciathen exited the vehicle. Trooper Trinkle understood Gonzalez-Garcia's action to exit the car as permission to search it. During this encounter, Trooper Trinkle used a conversational tone and was not hostile in any fashion. Trooper Trinkle had Gonzalez-Garcia stand at the front of the car on the passenger side by the shoulder to the highway. Gonzalez-Garcia stood there quietly while Trooper Trinkle began to search the car.
11. Trooper Trinkle and Gonzalez-Garcia were able to communicate during the stop. Gonzalez-Garcia generally seemed to understand what was being asked of him. He appeared to understand much of the English used by Trooper Trinkle. On the few occasions where there was some difficulty, Trooper Trinkle made efforts to clarify the questions so that Gonzalez-Garcia would understand. Trooper Trinkle spoke in both


English and Spanish. He was able to use some Spanish during the encounter, but most of his questions were in English. Trooper Trinkle spoke in a conversational tone during the entire traffic stop. He was polite and respectful.
12. In order to begin the search, Trooper Trinkle removed his hat and put on gloves. He began by searching the rear of the car. He saw a gas can filled with gasoline and some spray-on aerosol sealant. These discoveries led him to request additional help. He found the presence of the gas can unusual because most people do not carry one in their car. Moreover, he knew that some drug couriers carried a gas can because narcotics are often carried in the gas tank. The sealant suggested to him thatthe car might contain an after-market compartment because the sealant was often used to conceal such hidden areas. As Trooper Trinkle continued to search, other law enforcement personnel arrived on the scene.
13. One of the other officers discovered that the heat shield above the exhaust had been removed and replaced with rivets. This discovery also suggested a hidden compartment because the work did not look like it had been performed by a professional. The officers began to focus on the heat shield. This led them to check the center console between the driver and front passenger seat. They noticed that the bolts holding the console were heavily tooled. The heavy tooling was an indication that the console had been removed and replaced. The officers believed that the hidden


Vienna • Eliud Kipchoge sent shockwaves through the world of sport by becoming the first athlete to break the two-hour barrier for a marathon, although it will not count as a record.

The Olympic champion and world record holder from Kenya clocked 1 hour, 59 minutes and 40.2 seconds at the INEOS 1:59 Challenge on Saturday, an event set up for the attempt.

Kipchoge, who compared his attempt earlier to a man landing on the moon, twice punched his chest in celebration and smiled when he finished.

"That was the best moment of my life," he said before adding that he trained four-and-a-half months for his extraordinary race against the clock. "The pressure was very big on my shoulders. I got a phone call from the President of Kenya."

Starting at 8:15a.m., Kipchoge was supported by 36 pacemakers who accompanied him in alternating groups, one of the reasons the IAAF governing body will not ratify the time as a world record.

The groups were also helped by a pace car with a laser beam, projecting the ideal position on the road, and they received drinks handed over by cyclists and other runners to prevent them from having to slow down.

"It is a great feeling to make history in sport after Sir Roger Bannister," Kipchoge said in reference to the late Briton's first sub four-minute mile in 1954. "I am the happiest man in the world to be the first human to run under two hours and I can tell people that no human is limited. I expect more people all


as they gathered to watch the end of the run on a large screen. People pumped their fists, clapped and fell to their knees as Kipchoge cruised to the finish line.

In Kenya's running mecca of Eldoret, called the home of champions, hundreds of people burst on to the streets in celebration.

"We should line up the entire road from the airport to Nairobi. Receive him like the hero he is," prominent activist Boniface Mwangi said on Twitter.

Running at an average pace of 2:50 minutes per kilometer (4:33.5 minutes per mile), Kipchoge was 11 seconds ahead of schedule halfway through his run. He then maintained his tempo until the pacemakers left him for the final 500 meters, where he sped up.

"I was really calm, I was just trying to maintainthe pace," said Kipchoge, adding he was never in doubt about breaking the barrier. "For me it was not 50-50, it was 90 percent."

Jim Ratcliffe, founder of the chemicals company backing the attempt, exchanged high-fives with Kipchoge after the finish.

"He even accelerated in the final kilometer, he is a super human," Ratcliffe said. "I can't believe he's done it. He did the first half in less than an hour and then he's just done that again."

Organizers said normal anti-doping regulations were in place and that Kipchoge and all the pacemakers were being tested in and out of competition by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU).

The team behind the event "has ensured all athletes involved in the project are undergoing extensive intelligence-led testing that has been pioneered by the partnership


between Abbott World Marathon Majors and the AIU," they said in a statement to The Associated Press.

The Prater Park in the Austrian capital offered long straights, protected from the wind by high trees, for most of the 9.6-kilometer course, which Kipchoge completed more than 4 times.

It was his second attempt at breaking the two-hour barrier, after missing out by 26 seconds at a similar event on the Formula One track in Monza, Italy, in May 2017.

Kipchoge, who took Olympic gold in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and has won 10 of his 11 marathons, holds the official world record of 2:01:39 since shattering the previous best mark by 78 seconds in Berlin last year.

In near-perfect circumstances at the meticulously planned attempt, Kipchoge shaved almost two minutes off thattime.

Long-time coach and mentor, Patrick Sang, a former Olympic and world steeplechase silver medalist, said it was "really exciting."

"I am happy for him and what he has achieved. He has inspired all of us that we can stretch our limits and that we can do more than we think we can do," Sang added.

Under Sang's guidance, Kipchoge won gold in the 5,000 meters at the world championship in 2003, the start of a distinguished track career which includes Olympic bronze and silver medals from 2004 and 2008.

After missing out on qualification for the 2012 London Olympics on the track, Kipchoge switched to the marathon and has since been pushing the boundaries of the discipline.


Arvind Kejriwal has a new challenge in his New Delhi assembly constituency, and it might prove to be a tough one: Vinod Kumar Binny, the first rebel MLA of AAP.

New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal has a new challenge on his home turf, New Delhi assembly constituency, and it might prove to be a tough one. Vinod Kumar Binny, the first rebel MLA of the Aam Aadmi Party and the first 'victim' of Kejriwal's coterie, is set to pitch himself against his former party chief. Kejriwal had emerged as a giant-killer after defeating three-time chief minister Sheila Dikshit last year, but this time he has to be very careful. Binny would be targeting the same vote base which backed the AAP founder. With middle-class support shrinking, Kejriwal might find himselfin trouble.

Binny, who was expelled from the AAP for allegedly making false statements in public against the party and its leadership, sees his second innings as an ideological rather than personal battle. "It's an ideological battle with Arvind Kejriwal and AAP, who fooled voters in Delhi with false promises and hopes. Earlier too, I had questioned the party but faced the consequences,” Binny told Firstpost.

While he is yet to announce formally whether he would be contesting from his old assembly seat, Laxmi Nagar, or from New Delhi, his search for a new office premises in New Delhi offers clear indication. Also, he has been active in Kejriwal's constituency over the last three months with a big team, working silently among people.

Binny was the first MLA to have blown


In India, Women Can’t Even Have Their Own Religion

Here’s an absolutely creepy situation out of India, where a court has refused to allow a woman to retain her own religion (Zoroastrianism), ruling that she is now officially the religion of her husband (Hinduism) because she married him.

The bench, though, has unanimously dismissed the petition by a Parsi woman married to a Hindu who had demanded a direction to Parsi Anjuman Trust not to prohibit her entry into Parsi religious places and to allow her to remain present during the last rites of her parents.

The petition was moved by one Goolrokh Adi Contractor, who had married Mahipal Gupta, a Hindu, under the provisions of the Special Marriage Act.

Goolrokh moved the petition after the Valsad Parsi Anjuman Trust did notthe priest refused to allow her to partake in communion, then when Barbara Johnson started her mother’s eulogy, he left the altar, then he courageously ran in his chambers and refused to do his job -that is: finish the funeral of one of his fucking parishioner– (so much for christian fortitude, hey, father Guarnizo?), and THEN… Then the Eucharistic minister, who was not a priest, said fuck the hierarchy, took the priest place, allowed the grieving Barbara Johnson to have her communion, with the unanimous approval of the people in the pew, and finally a retired priest jumped right out of his retirement to lead the final part of the funeral -the burial- while the other sadistic shameful excuse of a human being was still hiding in his


the possible

sale of the subsidiary.   As part of the expense reduction plan,

BERC's Montgomery-based staff was cut by approximately 50

percent.   Approximately 20 employees of BERC's Montgomery office

were either discharged or reassigned to other business entities

owned by Blount.

     As an incentive to many of BERC's remaining employees,

including petitioner, and in order to induce them to continue

their employment with BERC pending the sale, Blount offered

certain bonuses and severance benefits.   In so doing, Blount

sought to preserve BERC's value as a functioning business while

looking for a buyer.   Blount's use of incentive packages in such

a manner is a common business practice.

     The benefits were outlined in a letter from R. William Van

Sant (Van Sant), then president and chiefwas held between Van Sant and

petitioner in which they discussed the possible separation and

sale of BERC's domestic and foreign assets (the October 23

meeting).    After the October 23 meeting, petitioner grew doubtful

of Blount's intent to abide by the arrangement set forth in the

April 27 letter.    Petitioner's concern led him to contact an

attorney, John Bolton (Bolton).    On November 3, 1989, a meeting

was held to discuss the terms of the April 27 letter (the

November 3 meeting).    At the conclusion of the November 3

meeting, Van Sant fired petitioner.

     Blount ultimately sold all of the assets of BERC in three

separate sales, all of which had closed prior to the end of 1991.

Blount sold BERC for $38-39 million


             - 7 -

Blount, returned from retirement to serve as interim president of

the company.

     The Settlement Negotiations and Agreement

     On November 25, 1991, Reak met with petitioner to discuss

the possibility of a settlement (the November 25 meeting).   Reak

had no interest in partially settling the litigation with

petitioner and was interested only in a settlement that resolved

all outstanding issues.   After the November 25 meeting, Reak

tendered a written settlement offer to petitioner dated November

27, 1991 (the November 27 offer).   Petitioner did not accept the

November 27 offer.

     Jim Alexander (Alexander), defendant's counsel, was first

advised of petitioner's response to the November 27 offerby a

telephone call from Bolton the next day, November 28, 1991

(Thanksgiving Day).   On Thanksgiving Day, extensive discussions

took place between Bolton and Alexander.   By the end of the day,

Alexander and Bolton reached an agreement in principle for a

basis of settlement of the lawsuit (the agreement in principle),

and Alexander reported to his clients that the matter had been

resolved.   On Saturday, November 30, 1991, Alexander faxed a

draft settlement agreement to Bolton.

     On December 2, 1991, Alexander met with L. Daniel Morris

(Morris), Blount's vice president of legal services, and
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Resident Evil 8 - or Resident Evil Village as it's officially called - has been revealed, with a vague 2021 release date on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X. Although the name is causing a little confusion, it's exciting to see what the next Resident Evil game will bring after a duo of (rather glorious) remasters.

"The team behind Resident Evil Village is using its expertise with Capcom’s in-house RE Engine to bring a truly next-generation survival-horror experience to PS5," says Capcom's Kellen Haney.

After the success of Resident Evil 3 Remake, Resident Evil 2 Remake, and Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, there's pressure on Capcom to deliver something truly game-changing with Resident Evil 8. So, with that in mind, here's everything we know about the upcoming survival horror sequel below,and Peter Fabiano explained:

"You could call the actual Village another character in that game, and we did that because we would like players to understand that."

This aligns with the special developer message shared after the game's debut, in which Kanda took charge on the whole "is it 8 or not" question.

"Well, it's still the eighth in the series, and we're treating it as such," Kanda said. "You can even see the roman numeral 8 in the game logo, so it's Resident Evil 8 - just not in name."

So it is Resident Evil 8, just don't call it that, okay?

Resident Evil Village story

(Image credit: Capcom)

It's been confirmed that the Resident Evil Village story is a direct sequel to Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. In an interview with Famitsu magazine, game


producers Tsuyoshi Kanda and Peter Fabiano revealed that Resident Evil 8 will not only address the cliffhanger set by the Resident Evil 7 ending, but conclude that ongoing story entirely.

Translated by BraveWaveMusic's Alex Aniel, the pair apparently state that "Village is the sequel to Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, and serves as the conclusion to its story."

They also ask fans to "look closely at the trailer [to] see the connections between Ethan's current situation and what happened in Resident Evil 7", suggesting Capcom has let on more than we realise.

In our massive Resident Evil Village trailer breakdown of the debut trailer, we noticed a few things that could be very pertinent to the game's story:

It looks like Ethan and Mia have settled down

The 'He' referred to in the openingexhibitions.

This prolonged period of promotional activity is designed to encourage spending with all small, independent firms in the run-up to Christmas, and to counter some of the impact days like Black Friday and Cyber Monday have on consumer spending.

On the day itself, all small businesses across the UK are encouraged to join in the activities and promotions. It works too: In 2016, customers spent £717m on the day, an increase of 15% on the year before. The SBS team say:

“Small Business Saturday UK is a grassroots, non-commercial campaign, which highlights small business success and encourages consumers to ‘shop local’ and support small businesses in their communities.

The day itself takes place on the first Saturday in December each year, but the campaign aims to have a lasting impact on