a plurality of the second elastic members positioned in a plurality of the plurality of holes in the first elastic member. The first and second elastomeric materials may comprise silicone.
According to another aspect of the present invention, a spring element comprises a first elastic member comprised of silicone having a first modulus of elasticity and a plurality of second elastic members each comprised of silicone having a second modulus of elasticity. The plurality of second elastic members are positioned in each of a plurality of holes in the first elastic member such that the spring element has an overall modulus of elasticity different from the first and second moduli of elasticity.
According to yet another aspect of the present invention, a spring element comprises a first elastic member anda second elastic member. The first elastic member is comprised of a first elastomeric material having a first modulus of elasticity and the second elastic member is comprised of a second elastomeric material having a second modulus of elasticity. The second elastic member is positioned within the first elastic member such that the spring element has an overall modulus of elasticity different from the first and second moduli of elasticity. The spring element may further comprise a plurality of the second elastic members positioned within the first elastic member. The second elastic member may be substantially spherical or elongated. The first elastomeric material may comprise foam-like silicone while the second elastomeric material may comprise substantially solid silicone.
According to another aspect of the present invention, an apparatus for attaching


interconnect structure comprising a plurality of conductors patterned to match corresponding ones of the plurality of contacts on the semiconductor and an attachment device pressing the interconnect structure against the semiconductor to provide an electrical connection between the plurality of conductors and the corresponding ones of the plurality of contacts. The attachment device comprises a spring element including a first elastic member and a second elastic member. The first elastic member comprises a first elastomeric material having a first modulus of elasticity and the second elastic member comprises a second elastomeric material having a second modulus of elasticity. The second elastic member is positioned within the first elastic member such that the spring element has an overall modulus of elasticity different from the first and second moduli ofholes are formed in the first elastic member to adjust an overall modulus of elasticity of the spring element. The method may further comprise the step of adding a second elastic member comprised of a second elastomeric material having a second modulus of elasticity to one of the plurality of holes so that the overall modulus of elasticity is different from the first and second moduli of elasticity. The method may further comprise the step of adding a plurality of the second elastic members to a plurality of the plurality of holes in the first elastic member. The plurality of holes may be formed by punching, laser drilling or molding the first elastic member.
According to yet another aspect of the present invention, a method of making a spring


element comprises providing a first elastic member comprised of a first elastomeric material having a first modulus of elasticity. A plurality of holes are wet drilled in the first elastic member to adjust an overall modulus of elasticity of the spring element.
According to a further aspect of the present invention, a method of making a spring element comprises providing a first elastic member comprised of a first elastomeric material having a first modulus of elasticity. A plurality of holes are wet drilled in the first elastic member to adjust an overall modulus of elasticity of the spring element. One of a plurality of second elastic members are then added to each of the plurality of holes. Each of the plurality of second elastic members is comprised of asecond elastomeric material having a second modulus of elasticity such that an overall modulus of elasticity of the spring element is different from the first and second moduli of elasticity.
According to a still further aspect of the present invention, a method of making a spring element comprises providing a first elastic member comprised of a first elastomeric material having a first modulus of elasticity. Second elastic member composed of a second elastomeric material having a second modulus of elasticity is formed in the first elastic member such that the spring element has an overall modulus of elasticity different from the first and second moduli of elasticity. The method may further comprise the step of forming a plurality of the second elastic members within the first elastic member.
Accordingly, it


Pittsburgh City Council Passes RIV Riverfront Zoning Bill, Positioning Pittsburgh To Become A National Model in Creating a More Economically, Environmentally, and Socially Sustainable Riverfront

July 31, 2018

Image courtesy of Flickr user Nick Postorino.

The City of Pittsburgh Legislature passed the RIV Riverfront Zoning Bill in July 2018, which created riverfront zoning standards to incentivize developers and property owners to create a more economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable riverfront. The RIV legislation was the result of a long process led by Pittsburgh’s City Planning Department and supported by local nonprofits, developers and neighborhood groups. “With the RIV, Pittsburgh could be a national model for using zoning to encourage sustainable, smart growth on urban waterfronts,” explains Stephan Bontrager, Vice President of Communication & Outreach at Riverlife, a non-profit dedicated to reclaiming,UBM India announced the 5th edition of the Concrete Show India (CSI), the only expo in the country exclusively dedicated to the construction and infrastructure sector. Covering key areas including roads and highways, housing, airports, ports, power, rail, dams and bridges, Concrete Show India 2017 will be held at the Bombay Convention & Exhibition Centre (BCEC) in Mumbai from May 4-6, 2017.

Concrete Show India will showcase latest offerings in core categories encompassing concrete and construction, construction equipments, construction chemical, and commercial and industrial flooring. The show has added a brand new category called Smart BuildTech that will feature innovations in automations, software and IT systems and construction tools and instruments. The three-day show will provide an excellent opportunities to industry professionals such as architects, civil engineers, consultants, contractors,


developers, procurement managers and consultants from major construction and infrastructure companies to interact, network and exchange insights with exhibitors from across the industry.

The expo coincides with a high point in the infrastructure sector where it is being granted unprecedented prominence by the Government of India, as a key driver of the Indian economy. A number of policies have been initiated by the Central Government that will ensure time-bound creation of world-class infrastructure in the country and propel its overall development.

Concrete Show India 2017 has been well-received by the industry with support from key associations such as its sector partner this year, the Indian Construction Equipment Manufacturers’ Association (ICEMA), which has been on-boarded for the first time; its conference partner, the Indian Concrete Institute (ICI); Construction Chemicals Manufacturers Associationnot subject anyone to a sentence of physical and sexual assaults, inadequate medical care, and risks of suicide and mental health decompensation.”

The Justice Department initiated a comprehensive investigation in February 2008, pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), with the assistance of experts in the fields of corrections, correctional medical and mental health care, and environmental safety and sanitation. The department issued comprehensive findings regarding its investigation in September 2009, with an emergency update to its findings in April 2012 after conditions had not improved for inmates. In September 2012, the department intervened in the Jones case, a pattern or practice lawsuit filed on behalf of current and future prisoners by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Today’s agreement comprehensively addresses the deficiencies outlined in the department's


A word-for word recording of the popular New King James Version Complete Bible on 3 MP3 CDS as narrated by Eric Martin with crystal clear sound, packaged in an attractive case and designed billboard box for protection and convenience. Includes FREE DVD The Indestructible Book, a dramatic story recounting in splendid detail the saga of William Tyndale's heroic efforts to bring an English Bible to the English-speaking people of the world.subpoena, dated June 16, 1975, requested the production of 26 categories of documents dealing with various aspects of the financial affairs of the Philadelphia law firm of Freedman, Borowsky & Lorry for the previous 10 years.  It was addressed to 'Any Responsible Officer Freedman, Borowsky & Lorry,' was served on Freedman on June 18, 1975, and was returnable before the Grand Jury at Newark, New Jersey on June 23, 1975.  By agreement with the United States Attorney the return date was extended to permit disposition of a motion to quash.  On July 11, 1975 Freedman moved to quash.  The motion asserted that Freedman 'owns, possesses and controls the books, papers and records described in said subpoena' and resisted compliance on grounds (1) that there


ruled that the government had satisfied the Schofield criteria, denied the motion to quash, and directed Freedman to 'produce at 10 A.M. on Tuesday, July 15, 1975, to the Grand Jury, any and all books, records, documents and correspondence set forth in the Subpoena duly served upon the movant.'  The order did not direct Freedman to testify, but only to produce specific records.

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On July 15, 1975 Freedman appeared before the grand jury but refused to produce the subpoenaed records for the reasons previously asserted, and because the production of such materials would violate his privilege against self-incrimination, and because he suspected that he had been the subject of unlawful electronic surveillance by the United States.  On July 16, 1975 the district court entered an order schedulinga hearing on July 23, 1975 to determine (a) whether the law firm of Freedman, Borowsky & Lorry is a sole proprietorship of Freedman, as he contended, and (b) whether the grand jury subpoena was issued as a result of any unlawful electronic surveillance.3

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The hearing actually commenced on July 24, 1975.  In response to the suggestion that the grand jury subpoena might have been the result of unlawful electronic surveillance, the government produced the affidavit of Frank C. Razzano, an Assistant United States Attorney, and a letter from an official of the Department of Justice.4 The hearing was addressed primarily to Freedman's contention that he had the sole proprietary interest in the subpoenaed records, and that they were covered by his privilege against self incrimination.  The


issuing body

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 A good example of the breadth of the subpoena is category 14, 'Contracts and copies of contracts including all retainer agreements.'

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 The government's response, addressed to Jonathan Goldstein, United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey and signed by William Lynch, Chief of the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section of the Criminal Division of the Justice Department, read as follows (426a):
'This is with regard to your request that we ascertain whether the following individual was monitored by electronic surveillance.
A review of the Department of Justice files discloses no information indicating that conversations of Abraham E. Freedman were at any time overheard by electronic surveillance or that premises known to be owned, leased or licensed by him were covered by electronic surveillance by the Federal Bureauaccede to the latter construction as pertaining to himself, and submitted a supplemental affidavit which he asked the court also to consider in his defense.

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Revealed by the authorized interceptions were the operations of a gambling business which received wagers on college and professional sports, the majority of such wagers consisting of football bets placed by telephone.  In all, more than $140,000 in bets were received from 86 persons during the 13-day period of the interceptions.  The daily operations of the gambling business were conducted primarily at a residence in Fresno leased to defendant Robert Monopoli.  During the period in question, defendants Robert Monopoli, Julius Monopoli, Bruce Wilkins and David Hunt disseminated line information to, and accepted bets from, betters on a telephone at the Fresno


office and two other locations.

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John Judd was an independent bookmaker who accepted bets at his Bakersfield residence.  Every few days during the indictment period, Wilkins called defendant Judd in Bakersfield and received the "line"8 from Judd on basketball and football games to be played in the coming week.  No other source of line information was used by the gambling business.  Wilkins also placed lay-off wagers9 with Judd by telephone.  The gambling business did not use any other outlet for lay-off wagers.  In addition, Judd was a one-third partner with Robert Monopoli and Wilkins in the profits or losses resulting from bets placed in Fresno with football cards.

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Baker was an independent bookmaker who operated from a residence in Arroyo Grande, California.  On fivebets because in one of the conversations Judd told Baker, "It's a lay-off from a place up there.  See under 'me'."  ("Me" was the designation of an account referred to previously by Judd in relaying bets received from another member of the organization.)  The trial court was not bound to accept defendant's allegations at face value and could draw reasonable inferences from the stipulation of facts.

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It was reasonable to conclude that Baker violated Section 1955 because he regularly and directly exchanged line information and lay-off bets with Judd as an integral part of the illegal gambling business.  This conviction finds ample support in the record.10

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Affirmed.

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 The Honorable A. Sherman Christensen, Senior United States District Judge for the District of Utah, sitting by designation

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See also Abascal, supra, at 827.  This is not the situation here, where all other taps were at least as clearly supported as the tap on Judd's line

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 Two wiretaps were involved in Abascal.  As to one, there was "little doubt of the sufficiency of the supporting affidavit."  The court held with regard to the second tap on the basis of a showing similar to the one made here that its supporting affidavit also was sufficient.  In Santora, an affidavit purportedly supporting a second tap was held insufficient because it relied by reference upon an affidavit dealing with a prior tap and different suspects

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 The "line" or "point spread" is a number of points given to the weaker team in a particular contest tomake it as likely to win as the stronger team.  The bookmaker must utilize a line to assure that bets are attracted to each team in equal amounts.  If a bookmaker can achieve equal wagers on each team, he assumes no risk on the outcome of the game but is guaranteed a profit he charges the losing betters.  (Stipulation of the parties.)

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 When betting action becomes heavy on one side, the bookmaker uses three principal devices to bring the betting volume into parity.  He may refuse to accept bets on the heavy side hoping that continued betting on the other side will bring the game into balance.  He may adjust the line making the underbet side a more attractive wager.  More probably,


keep for life.) Mine is WM 04 56 51 B)

That afternoon lessons cancelled we and our teachers had fun together which was a nice thing to do on our last day (we going into the world of work and our teachers getting rid of us all lol)

This was pre VHS with the only video recorders being spool to spool studio equipment. Strangely our school had one. No pre recorded bought video's just programmes recorded from the school programmes schedule

Some bright spark owned a cine' camera and he filmed us all. Mr Howell our history & citizen studies teacher danced embarrassingly to a punk song and Mrs Phelps our Home Economics teacher (who actually went on to marry Mr Howell) made us all cakes I am purposely only usingnot so much about paedophilia in the public domain as you can see from all this historical sex abuse raising it's ugly head

Anyway back to our last day: Mrs Coombes (her husband Eddie built the houses on our Coombe Drive we lived on) showed us a 'bit' She was unusually at school wearing a blouse showing quite a bit of cleavage knowing full well a lot of us pupils fancied & had crush's on her. She didn't go as far as a napkin style mini skirt but give her ten points for effort thinking what would excite us kids

Mr (Noddy) Holmes our RE teacher joined in too - He was a bit stuffy but he did agree to go into the stocks & have wet sponge's thrown at


The Courses

A TALE OF TWO COURSES

Set within the opulent surroundings of the Estate our two championship standard golf courses sit beautifully into the 18th Century parkland. The courses are appropriately named after the Prime Ministers who once resided at Brocket Hall, Lord Palmerston and Lord Melbourne. Both are quintessentially British in design, but at the same time offer a completely different challenge for golfers of all abilities. They are immaculately maintained allowing them to remain open all year round, with no winter greens even on the coldest of days.

Together, they are two of the finest golf courses in England and provide the perfect backdrop for the tournaments and golf days that fill the social calendar. Both courses regularly play host to professional and members' tournaments as well asPro-Am tournaments where our members can meet and play with professionals from around the world.

The Melbourne Course

ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COURSES IN ENGLAND

The par 72 Melbourne Course was opened in June 1992 and is the handiwork of design duo and former Ryder Cup golfers Peter Alliss and Clive Clark. Both Alliss and Clark have spent many years excelling in various areas of the golf industry, and their encyclopaedic knowledge of the game shines through as soon as you set foot on the first tee.

The course provides an enjoyable challenge in stunning surroundings, crossing the River Lea on several occasions as you follow the natural contours of the Estate, before a memorable finish in front of the Hall after a short ferry ride to the 18th green.

The Palmerston


the centre every year.

Founded in 2004, Merazonia’s 250-acre property is located near the village of Mera – one of the gateways to Ecuador’s Oriente region – where the Andean foothills and lush cloud forests progressively give way to the rainforests of the lowland Amazon basin.

The cloud forest near Mera, Ecuador in January 2016 (Photo: Justin Taus).

The centre primarily caters to various species of primates, parrots and other mammals. However, it also assists in collecting data on the region’s cat populations and contributes to their conservation in a variety of ways. In 2015, the centre made national news after it managed to capture images of a rare black melanistic jaguar on one its trap cameras on two different occasions. The same camera, located on a trail through dense foreston the centre’s property, has also photographed other jaguars, pumas, oncillas, jaguarundis, margays and ocelots.

The majority of animals brought to Merazonia are rescues from the illegal wildlife trade, as is the case with an adult puma named Pangui who arrived at the centre in 2011. Extremely emaciated, the puma was one of 30 animals confiscated from a hostel in the Andean highlands where it was kept in a small cage as a tourist attraction. Although the centre initially aimed to release Pangui, it became clear that she was just too domesticated to survive in the wild. It is for this reason that she, like a number of other animals at Merazonia, will live out the rest of their lives in the centre’s large enclosures that are designed to


resemble their natural habitats.

Pangui, a rescued Puma patrols her enclosure at Merazonia in January 2016 (Photo: Justin Taus).

Nevertheless, like every true rehabilitation centre, their primary focus is to reintegrate animals back to their forest homes whenever possible. Since its inception, Merazonia has released tens of dozens of animals including primates, reptiles, and cats like oncillas, margays and ocelots.

The story of the ocelot patiently awaiting release, however, is particularly inspiring to Frank Weijand, co-founder of Merazonia, who says it is but one of many positive signs of shifting attitudes in local communities in regards to wildlife conservation. Although he recognizes that some people still resort to the 3-S treatment (which makes it difficult to accurately asses the amount of wildlife being killed), it is increasingly common for people toCommission Cat Specialist Group. This makes the prospects of such a conservation strategy being enacted in the country seem particularly troublesome.

Eventually, the Ministry of Environment completed its paperwork and gave the green light for the ocelot’s relocation in late January 2016. After a quick inspection in the clinic, a team of three Merazonia coordinators set out for the chosen relocation site, Llanganates National Park – a location known to hold healthy populations of cats.

Merazonia coordinators Thomas Ottenhoff (left) and Jason Howard transport the ocelot to the clinic on the day of its release (Photo: Justin Taus).

Once on site, the team started their journey into the jungle accompanied by members of the ministry. Coordinators Thomas Ottenhoff, Jason Howard and Jeni Taylor took turns carrying the cat in pairs, aided


by a long pole to which the transport cage was attached. After 45 minutes, they encountered a major obstacle – the turbid waters of a fast-flowing river.

It wasn’t until they were half way through the river that they realized the gravity of the situation, as they suddenly stepped into a frigid, waist-deep pool. As the strong current pushed against them they struggled to hold the cage high in the air to avoid submerging the cat as they fought to regain their balance. To make matters worse, the cat had begun to stress, causing her to repeatedly claw at Ottenhoff’s hands, which were just out of reach.

Once on firm ground on the opposing bank, the cat promptly relaxed as it actively sniffed out its new surroundings. Soon after, uponto Thailand to spend time with flat-headed cats!

Flat-headed cats are a little known species, native to some parts of south east Asia, such as the island of Borneo. They are specialised fish hunters and are classed as endangered on the IUCN Red List.

Around a year and a half ago I saw via the internet that there were a handful of flat-headed cats kept in captivity in Thailand, and so decided to get in contact with these collections.

It took a while of being passed between email addresses, but finally I was put in contact with the animal manager of a well known zoo not too far from Bangkok.

I explained through our conversations about myself and my interest in spending time with the zoo’s flat-headed cats to get a small


each) in there later that day. One of the cats came out of the resting place and walked over to the freshly cleaned pond once I had moved away from it, and interestingly I noticed that as he walked around, he was constantly letting out a very fine stream of urine, as a way of spreading his scent – this is probably why the smell in the enclosure was so strong!

It was interesting to really see the physique of this species when the cat was up and about.. a very short, round shape with a short and flattened tail. wide, webbed paws with claws that stuck out, just like those of the very closely related fishing cat. This species mainly hunts fish, so these physical adaptations help ita place that I wanted to go to alone.

One long and bumpy plane journey later we arrived safely and were taken to the sanctuary, which was through the local village, down a dirt track and behind a big set of metal gates. Despite being extremely tired from the journey and the shock to the system of being in such a high humidity area (after coming from a very rainy London) I was itching to see the cat, but it was 2am so everything was in darkness.

Once we had had the chance to catch up on sleep the owner showed us around the grounds and explained why she had the various animals there. Animals such as the golden cat, some mangabey monkeys, mongoose, civets, various small hoofed animals and


asked this and got on with designs straight away.

My weekend at the sanctuary was mostly spent sat by the side of the African golden cat enclosure, completely mesmerised by how stunning it was.

It was a 4 year old male that the owner took in at a young age, due to villagers finding him on his own at the edge of a forest who then handed him over to police.

He was a solidly built cat, a little bigger than a caracal (which it is closely related to genetically) with a reddish/grey coat, a white underside and faint markings along his sides & belly. He had huge feet, long back legs, a shorter tail and amazing crystal blue eyes.

Despite having been in a captive environment from a young age, heshowed lots of interest and natural stalking behaviour in the various hoof stock species roaming freely in the area next to his enclosure. He would also readily leap up the branches in the enclosure to try and catch wild birds that landed on his roof.

He wasn’t as aggressive as I had expected him to be, although he would hiss if I shuffled position (mainly due to the ants that were climbing into my shorts!) He was actually quite interested in what I was doing, and I have a lot of great pictures of his big pink nose, where he would put his face up to the camera just as the photo was taken!

With the keeper, I went in to the enclosure to clean up his mess and any


Rolls-Royce opening depot for Global Hawk engines

LONDON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- An engine depot services facility used on Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles is being opened at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma by Rolls-Royce.

Funds for the facility, to begin operations in 2015, are being provided by the U.S. Air Force under a $49 million award, the first public-private partnership by Rolls-Royce to provide engine services for the Air Force.

"We look forward to working with the U.S. Air Force to create a new services facility for Rolls-Royce AE 3007H engines at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma," said Paul Craig, Rolls-Royce president of Defense Services. "In creating this facility, we will apply our innovative approach to services, delivering the latest advances in support, tooling and design right tothe heart of the customer's operation.

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Rolls-Royce said the facility will be created in an existing building and include new support equipment, tooling, work stations, assembly platforms and modification of an existing test cell.

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The UK cemented its position as the leading player in the global offshore wind energy market today with the announcement that it has attained one gigawatt of installed offshore wind capacity.

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Gregg Allman fronted the Allman Brothers Band for over 40 years until his death in 2017 at the age of 69. Writer Mark Binelli described Allman’s voice as “a beautifully scarred blues howl, old beyond its years.”

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PearlTrees is a unique tool. It is both a visual and collaborative curation application that allows you and your colleagues to collect, organize, and share any URL you find online. In addition, you can upload photos you take and drag and organize URLs into categories called "PearlTrees." Another innovation is the option to engage socially using a term called _Pearl Teams,_ and you can share your PearlTrees on Twitter and Facebook as well as your WordPress blogs and Drupal website (Drupal is a free, open-source web development platform for creating websites). You can check out the application at iTunes or download the Chrome extension for free. If you haveplace in Italy, pin some of your travel photos from Rome, Venice, and Milan. If you wrote a novel about a single mom, post information about single mothers, women entrepreneurs, and current women's issues. If you wrote a cookbook, share recipes and photographs of your latest creations. Keep reading for additional ideas.

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On Twitter, the character limit is 140, but the first rule is to keep your tweets between 100 to 110 characters. Doing so will increase the chances that your messages will be retweeted simply because there will be room for the "retweeter" to add his or her username and add a comment such as "[Great tips!]."

Here are several sample posts. Notice how succinct these tweets are:

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what distinguishes it, and that is what has fueled its dominance in marketing. So it makes sense that we need to allocate time during our days to converse with our Tweeps, friends, fans, and connections. If you don't make time for the conversations, you are simply broadcasting your message like a radio host.

Social media allows authors in particular to converse directly with their readership in a manner that was never possible before Facebook was created. Today, indie authors have a powerful medium with which they can market their books, converse with their audience, answer questions in a matter of minutes, and further their relationships with loyal readers. Maybe William Faulkner never would have wanted this option, but can you imagine what it would have been like to sharecommunity and build engagement. Here are a few:

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Have you noticed the ribbon of social media icons that appear along- side the blogs you read? You can install this plugin to encourage so- cial sharing right from your website. Social sharing buttons include Twitter, Buffer, Facebook Share, Facebook Like, Digg, LinkedIn, Google+1, and many more.

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in the infinite galaxy of websites and improve your site's search engine optimization (SEO) so that readers will more easily be able to find you and your books.

Here are just a few benefits to blogging:

  * Your blog will enable you to build a community with your readers and give them an opportunity to ask questions. This in turn will enable you to create relationships with your readers, learn from them, and help them get to know the author behind the story.

  * You can turn to your readers to find out what they most want to know. Perhaps they're interested in learning about the background of a minor character or would like to know why you named the dog in your book Legolas.

  *page and write a status update on your profile that says, "Hey, dear friends, I just started a Facebook page where I'll be discussing my new book and other topics. I would love it if you would take a peek, tell me how I can improve it, and give it a Like. If you feel brave, you could add this line: "I would be thrilled if you would then recommend it to just one other friend. Thanks!" On your Facebook page, thank people who Like it, boost a post occasionally (boosting is a type of Face- book advertising), and run an annual contest offering a $25 Star- buck gift cards or a $50 gift certificate to a local bookstore as a prize.

  2. Start a Twitter account,


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The Eyrie

Crazy old Lysa Arryn lives here along with her son, crazy young Robert.

The Sunspear Water Gardens

The lovely, private palace where the princes of Dorne spend most of their vacation time.1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a recording disk drive such as a hard disk drive (HDD), and in particular, to a recording disk drive comprising a recording disk and a shroud wall spaced from the peripheral end of the recording disk.
2. Description of the Prior Art
It is well known in the field of HDDs that turbulence within the enclosure of the magnetic recording disk causes a flutter of the rotating magnetic recording disk. Such turbulence is usually induced by the rotation of the magnetic recording disk. For example, Japanese Patent Laid-open No. 53-57009 discloses an annular plate surrounding the magnetic recording disk so as to reduce the flutter. The disclosed technique suggests that the outer periphery of the magnetic recording disk is spaced apart


from the inner wall of the annular plate by 1.0 mm. Reduction of the flutter is in general required to avoid collision of the flying head slider against the surface of the rotating magnetic recording disk in the HDD.
The magnetic recording disk has got smaller in size. Reduction in size of the magnetic recording disk is accompanied with reduction in the amplitude of the flutter. In addition, the behavior of the flying head slider has got a higher stability, which serves to avoid variation in the flying height of the flying head slider above the surface of the magnetic recording disk. Accordingly, less probability can be found in collision of the flying head slider against the magnetic recording disk in the HDD in recent years.
There is still agreater demand for. a higher storage density to a magnetic recording disk. The storage density can be improved by reducing spaces between the adjacent recording or data tracks on the magnetic recording disk. Reduction in spaces between the data tracks cannot be considered without taking flutter of the rotating magnetic recording disk into account. Flutter induces sway of the magnetic recording disk at the outer periphery in the direction orthogonal to the surface of the disk, namely, the longitudinal direction. Such sway induces not only the collision of the flying head slider against the magnetic recording disk but also the lateral shift of the data tracks which leads to failure in positioning the flying head slider above the target data track. Specifically, the flutter of the rotating magnetic


a gap equal to or smaller than 0.5 mm to an peripheral end of the recording disk; and a rectification groove formed in the shroud member at a position adjacent an area opposed to the peripheral end of the recording disk.
A recording disk drive of the second aspect may achieve the aforementioned advantages in the same manner as the first aspect. In addition, the shroud member employed in the second aspect may serve to facilitate the process of producing the recording disk drive.
Furthermore, a method of assembling the aforementioned recording disk drive, may comprise: preparing an enclosure of a recording disk; forming a groove on an inner surface of a tubular material having an inside diameter larger than an outside diameter of the recording disk, the groove extendingin a circumferential direction of the tubular material; cutting an annular member off the tubular material, the annular member including the groove formed on its inner surface; and setting the annular member in the enclosure so as to oppose the inner surface of the annular member to a peripheral end of the recording disk by a predetermined gap. The peripheral end of the recording disk is opposed to the inner surface at an area adjacent the groove.
It should be noted that the present invention may be applied not only to a magnetic recording disk drive such as a hard disk drive, for example, but also to an optical recording disk drive employing an optical recording disk such as a compact disk (CD, CD-R, CD-RW) and a digital video


many methods to getaway simply outdoors of New York Metropolis.
It’s advisable to carry a copy of the passport and a complete medical equipment at all times. Male’ is the capital city, but most visitors head straight out to one of the distant atolls, where luxury resorts and bone-white seashores fringed by aquamarine waters await. Terrorist attacks are frequent, and the specter of attacks, kidnap, and illegal detention towards foreigners from terrorist teams, local militia, armed tribesmen, and legal teams proceed in many components of the nation.
Climbing the bluff that overlooks Watch Hill harbor and the Atlantic Ocean, you possibly can nearly see Victorian-era vacationers as they hauled their steamer trunks to the portico of the bright yellow Ocean Home , a grand resort constructed in 1868, and renovatedConservative Leader Andrew Scheer started his second day on the campaign trail by accusing the Liberals of trying to change the channel on the SNC-Lavalin scandal after they pushed out a new video of an anti-abortion activist turned Tory candidate.

"The only people who are continuously trying to re-open this debate or fear-monger on this issue are Liberals," said Scheer during a stop in the riding of York Centre, where Rachel Willson will run under the blue banner.

"They are going to continue to do this for 39 days because they are desperate to change the channel on their scandals and corruption."

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says that if he becomes prime minister, his government won't introduce legislation on abortion. The issue is back on the agenda after the Liberals released


right of women to choose what to do with their own pregnancies.

"No one can force a woman to choose when or with whom to start a family. It is her choice," he said. "That is my core conviction."

Before the campaign began, Tourism Minister Mélanie Joly tweeted another short video clip of a media interview with Scott Hayward, founder of the anti-abortion group RightNow, while accusing Scheer of "saying different things to different people."

Scheer will spend the rest of the day preparing for the Maclean's/Citytv debate tonight.

Singh, Scheer to make debate debut

Trudeau will spend his second day on the campaign trail again trying to distance himself from the ghost of the SNC-Lavalin affair with his first policy announcement in Victoria, B.C.

Trudeau is set to make a brief stop inKamloops, B.C., before heading to Edmonton for a rally, skipping the debate.

On Wednesday night, the wing of the Liberal campaign plane was scraped by the roof of the media bus on the tarmac in Victoria. The party has secured a replacement aircraft.

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer, Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, left to right. All but Trudeau will take part in a debate Thursday night on Day 2 of the federal election campaign. (Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press, Ben Nelms/Reuters, Philippe Wojazer/Reuters, Christopher Katsarov)

Before ducking into his own debate prep, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh started his second day of campaigning by promising to build a hospital in Brampton, Ont., if he is elected prime minister.

Both Scheer and Singh are


making their debate debuts tonight and will be looking to impress, even though their main rival, Trudeau, won't be there.

NDP campaign sources say Singh has been preparing for weeks for his first leaders' debate. He spent much of the past two days in mock debates with people playing the roles of Scheer and Green leader Elizabeth May.

At Wednesday's campaign event, Singh said he will spend time focusing on the man not in the room.

"[Canadians] expect that the prime minister should be able to stand up and respond to questions, hold up and defend his record," Singh told reporters. "[Trudeau's] record is pretty abysmal, but that doesn't mean that he should give up on the debate."

Here are the party leaders' public schedules, all in eastern time (ET):

Liberals' Justin Trudeau:

11High land costs down under mean the end of cottages

I believe you know I am a supporter of living small. I was just in a neighbourhood a few weeks ago that had undergone a change in the other direction.

I remembered a neighbourhood close to our new house that had been primarily small bungalows that had been constructed in the late forties. The entire area had been built for returning soldiers after World War II, and had been street after street of similarly designed homes of 1000 to 1500 square foot size.

I’m a boomer, and when I was small we lived in a house much like this — maybe you remember homes like this — two bedrooms on top (your Dad probably put another in the basement when you


numbers and bank accounts had not been established in many areas. A committee has been set up to examine the issues, he said.

As per Planning Commission data, between June and December 2013, the government has transferred Rs 3,200 crore to the bank accounts of 20.7 million LPG customers, who had got the linkage in 291 districts. This is about 20 per cent of the total 100.3 million LPG customers. While the figure means one in five LPG customers has an Aadhaar-enabled bank account, the number has reached the current level in less than a year.

In September 2013, the DBTL beneficiaries were only 21.9 million for whom the government had transferred Rs 222 crore subsidy in 54 districts. The numbers have leapfrogged, since then.

The DBTL scheme allowed the subsidy,A new chapter

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Iran is preparing for an economic boom after a U.N. nuclear watchdog ruled in January that the country had abided by an agreement reached last July with six world powers to curb its nuclear programme, lifting sanctions that have stifled its economy for several years.
On January 16, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, verified that Iran had met its nuclear commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), paving the way for the lifting of a number of international sanctions that have crippled the Iranian economy for several years. The JCPOA, which was reached in July 2015 between Iran, the P5+1 (the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council – China, France, Russia, UK and the


inflows of foreign money, says Nizzola. International companies will then be welcome to enter Iran’s economy through joint ventures – including those in the banking sector – and direct investment.
International players looking to cash in on opportunities in Iran will benefit from an already diverse and mature investment environment, says Joanna Addison, a partner at Herbert Smith Freehills based in the Middle East, and chair of the firm’s Iran Working Group. “You can have 100 percent foreign ownership in many sectors in Iran, which is not the case in many of the other Persian Gulf countries. Iran also has bilateral investment treaties with more than 50 countries, double taxation agreements with more than 20 countries, and the basic infrastructure in place to attract foreign investment.”
Furthermore, in November lastprospect of more Iranian supply pushes down crude prices, trading centres such as Dubai could be used as a hub for foreign companies going back into Iran.
The expected influx of investment into Iran is also likely to spark more competition in the legal space in the Middle East. Lawyers in the region expect international firms to beef up their headcount in their existing Middle East offices, and eventually look at entering into associations or partnering with local Iranian firms. As this story went to print, CMS launched an office in Tehran, becoming the first international firm to set up shop in Iran. Due to the lack of transparency in most sectors in Iran, clients are spending a lot of time gathering market intelligence on potential local business partners,


dressing room. Having that level of professional in the dressing room have very important for Arsenal this season.”

Cech would certainly be the wise option for Wenger to name as his new skipper next season, given his current stature in the squad.

Mertesacker has enjoyed a fine season in the heart of the defence alongside Laurent Koscielny, but many expect him to lose that place at some point in the near future with Gabriel Paulista waiting in the wings.

Cech though is surely guaranteed his place for the next few years at least based on the impact he has had this season, making him an ideal replacement on the basis of playing time alone.

Sean Lunt

Sean Lunt is a Journalism and Spanish graduate with a passion for football. As an avid Evertonfan he has survived the Walter Smith era, enjoyed the resurgence under David Moyes and is now wholly embracing the Spanish revolution with Roberto Martinez. Away from Everton he follows the rest of the football league and has a particular interest in La Liga.


The New York City Health Department has confirmed that two children's deaths are influenza-related.

In the most recent case, a 911 call was placed in Queens early Monday morning about an unconscious 8-year-old girl. When officers arrived they found the father administering CPR to the girl, later identified as Amely Baez.

EMS rushed her to Elmhurst Hospital but it was too late. The Medical Examiner says her death would be classified as natural.

Earlier in the day, health officials had confirmed its first pediatric death of the flu season. It did not release details around the first case but encouraged people to get flu shots.

In a statement, it said: "The tragic death of a child due to the flu is a reminder of the devastating effects this illness can have onChandigarh airport remains shut owing to dust

5 months ago

Jun 15, 2018

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Chandigarh, June 15 : All national and international flights from the Chandigarh International Airport remained suspended on Friday, the second day, owing to low visibility due to dust, officials said.

The Met office said the situation is likely improve late Friday night when there are chances of rainfall.

"All flights remained grounded due to poor viability," an official at the Chandigarh International Airport told IANS.

He said all passengers bound for Dubai were transferred to Delhi from Chandigarh via road.

Local Met office director Surinder Paul said that western disturbances were approaching the region which will bring rains either on Friday night or Saturday morning and help improve the situation.


inflation when adjusted for shrinking products was significantly higher. Global cocoa prices since jumping to a five-year high at the start of last year have plunged "sharply" over the past 12 months, the ONS added. However, the European import price of sugar sank to its lowest level on record in March this year, while cocoa prices have ... Lire la suite »

Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said the robot found large amounts of lavalike debris apparently containing fuel that had flowed out of the core into the primary containment vessel of the Unit 3 reactor at Fukushima. Tepco said there is a "high possibility" that the solidified objects found hanging "like icicles" around the control rod mechanism attached to the bottom of the reactor's pressure vessel, whichThe History of the Jews in Malta

The history of theJewsin Malta can be traced back to approximately 60 AD. The first Jew known to have set foot on Malta wasPaul of Tarsus, whose ship foundered there in 60 AD. Paul went on to introduce Christianity to the island population.

Greek inscriptions and menorah-decorated tombs indicate that Jews and early Christians lived on Malta during the fourth and fifth centuries AD. During the Arab rule of the island Jews often held posts as civil servants; one member of the community even reaching the highest possible rank, Vizier.

A photo of a Jewish Maltese family in Malta during the British Period, early 20th century.

The Jewish population of Malta peaked in theMiddle Ages under Norman rule. The Normans occupied the islands from 1091,


with five hundred Jews living on the main island and 350 on the sister island, Gozo. The Jewish people generally prospered during this period and were not required to live in ghettos. Most owned agricultural land or worked as merchants. Abraham Abulafia, a well-known Jewish mystic, lived on Comino from 1285 to his death in the 1290s.

In 1435 the Università demanded the abolition of a tax which was due to be imposed on the Jews. This was well appreciated by the Jewish Community in Malta and Gozo and a Gozitan Jew named Xilorun was chosen as an ambassador of the Maltese Deputies to the court of Sicily. In 1479 Malta and Sicily came under Aragoneserule and the 1492 Edict of Expulsion forced all Jews to leave the country.Because they made up such a large portion of the island's population the Spanish Crown forced them to pay compensation for the losses caused by their expulsion.

It is not clear where the Jews of Malta went, but they may have joined the Sicilian community in Levant. It is also likely that several dozen Maltese Jews converted to Christianity to remain in the country as did many Sicilian Jews. This is further evidenced by the large number of Maltese surnames thought to be of Jewish origin.

In the medieval era when Mdina was Malta's capital, one-third of its population was Jewish. A synagogue inside Mdina was destroyed by an earthquake in 1693. Deeds and other documents written by Jewish notaries in Maltese with Hebrew script are today located in the


Mdina Cathedral Museum. They are amongst the earliest known Maltese language texts, dating back to the 14th century.

In 1530Charles V of Spaingave Malta to theKnights of Saint John. The Knights ruled the island until 1798; many Sicilian conversos then moved here remembering the Knights' liberal policy towards the Jews of Rhodes, but they had to continue practicing their religion in secrecy. Jews volunteered for the desperate attempt to relieve Fort St Elmo during the Great Siege. Following this, was no free Jewish population in the country during the Knights' reign. The Knights would often take passengers of merchant ships - including numerous Jews - hostage in order to get the ransom and it would be up to Jewish Societies for the Redemption of Captives to raise it. Therewere therefore many Jewish slaves in Malta during this period and Malta was frequently mentioned for its large enslaved Jewish population in Jewish literature of the period. Free Jews wishing to visit the country could only enter through one port in Valletta, which is still known as the Jews' Sallyport.

With Napoleon Bonaparte slavery in Malta was abolished and thus, it then became possible for a free Jewish community to exist once again. Hence, Jewish settlers began to arrive shortly afterwards. The majority of the contemporary Maltese Jewish community originates in Jewish immigration from Gibraltar, England, North Africa, Portugal and Turkey during the short period of French rule from 1798 to 1800 andBritish rule after that. From 1805 Jews were the targets of campaigns by the Maltese directed at


all foreigners. In 1846, a Tripolitania became the country's first modernrabbi.

During the early 20th century the island did not always have a rabbi of its own and rabbis would be flown in from Sicily to perform ceremonies. In the time before World War II many Jews fleeing Nazism came to Malta as it was the only European country not to require visas of Jews fleeing German rule. Numerous Maltese Jews fought Germany in the British Army during the war.

An early photograph of a Maltese Jewish family taken in Valletta, MaltaIraq for 12 months in 2005.

Although he refused to talk about his wartime experiences during recent interviews with Cronkite News, Pereyda said in a 2015 video interview that the situation in Iraq was “chaotic”.

He watched military contractors hanging from a bridge in Fallujah, he said in the video, his platoon underwent ambushes and attacks and he watched helplessly as a shot-down Apache helicopter burned with passengers inside.

Now 34, Pereyda lives in Tucson and works in a marijuana dispensary.

Pereyda maintains that marijuana has eased the symptoms of his combat-related PTSD and physical pain from back and shoulder injuries.

When he returned from Iraq, he drank too much, he said, and got in bar fights. He said some people in the military encouraged the heavy use of alcohol after deployments.

“It doesn’t


change when you get back from a deployment,” Pereyda said of his PTSD.

“In fact, it’s worse.”

In 2009, he said, the injuries and PTSD resulted in his medical retirement from the Army.

The VA, he said, prescribed him muscle relaxants and opioids to manage sleep, anxiety and physical pain. As he developed a tolerance to these drugs, he became addicted and abused them, self-medicating to deal with PTSD and physical pain, he said.

The addictions strained his personal life, resulting in divorce and the loss of his home, he said. He eventually ended up living with his parents.

In 2010, Pereyda said, he gave up prescription drugs and alcohol and turned to marijuana to deal with his physical and emotional pain.

“I started using cannabis exclusively for my symptom management and control,” heFashioning racial selves: reflexive practices in the Society for Racial Hygiene.
The paper examines the admissions practices of the German Society for Racial Hygiene (Gesellschaft für Rassenhygiene) between 1905 and 1916. It assesses the Society's changing statutes and the various charts (genealogical, anthropological, and clinical) used to vet prospective members. The Society's admissions procedures were dual-use technologies, at once serving as evidence for both the larger goals of racial science research and the narrower aims of social inclusion/exclusion. But these procedures can also be interpreted as reflexive practices by which members fashioned their sense of racial self and cultivated relations to that self. Finally, the article situates these practices in the context of histories of human experimentation, the self, and biopolitics.


Tony, Tony was very upset and that was part of the toughening up process for him.”

Hockey went on to be human services minister and then at the start of 2007 took over the poison chalice of workplace relations (which also saw him put into cabinet); he presided over the attempt to soften its harsher edge. But the political damage was irreversible.

In opposition, he became shadow treasurer under Turnbull, after Julie Bishop stepped down in face of criticism about her performance. Then he had an extraordinary chance for the top job when Turnbull’s leadership collapsed. Hockey, a moderate, was offered the position from people, including Abbott, across the party spectrum. The catch was he would have had to repudiate the emissions trading scheme that he had backed – andevent. Pontius Pilate was the judge who authorized the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. At one point he 'washed his hands' to show he wasn't responsible for the execution of Jesus, but still sent him to his death. In The Master & Margarita he is living with his conscience in a never ending state of penance.

Of our readers who (mostly) finished the book, the reviews were that it was worth the effort. I walked away from our discussion with a renewed interest to give it a second try. It is now on the night stand atop the other book that I didn't read that they loved... War and Peace. I'll get right on it.


James Comey James Brien ComeyDemocrats fear Russia interference could spoil bid to retake Senate Book: FBI sex crimes investigator helped trigger October 2016 public probe of Clinton emails Trump jabs at FBI director over testimony on Russia, antifa MORE said in a new interview that while most Americans shrugged off a tweet in which President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE suggested the former FBI director should serve jail time, the president threatening a private citizen is "not normal."

In an interview with NPR, Comey warned Americans of what he says is the danger of letting Trump'srule of law and the threats most of all to the truth," Comey said.

"Lady Justice can't be peeking under the blindfold to see if Donald Trump wants her to convict so-and-so and not convict so-and-so. If we lose that, we've lost the rule of law, and so there's great danger in the president of the United States saying 'you should be in jail,' " Comey said.

Trump fired Comey last year over his frustration around the handing of the Russia investigation, which led to the appointment of the special counsel, Robert Mueller Robert (Bob) MuellerCNN's Toobin warns McCabe is in 'perilous condition' with emboldened Trump CNN anchor rips Trump over Stone while evoking Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting The Hill's 12:30 Report: New Hampshire fallout MORE.

Mueller's team is investigating, among other


undo the last election, it’s an attempt to influence the next one as well.”

The partisan divide in the House and the country was reflected not only in the rhetoric, but also in the vote, which approved the motion to pursue the process 232 to 196. It was very close to a party-line vote, with just two Democrats voting against — Collin Peterson of Minnesota and Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey, each of whom represents Republican-leaning districts — and one independent voting in favour (Justin Amash of Michigan, who left the Republican Party earlier this year to support the impeachment proceedings).

Trump, who had no events listed on his public schedule, appeared to be watching the proceedings from the White House, issuing tweets during the debate about the “Impeachmentthan had the two previous impeachment proceedings in living memory, against Bill Clinton and Richard Nixon.

This vote likely ends a stage of the process that has been characterized by leaks to the media of confidential depositions, and should soon move testimony onto the public stage. Televised hearings will take in a format similar to courtroom proceedings, with witnesses called, examined and cross-examined.

At the end of those hearings, members of the House of Representatives will vote on whether to impeach the president, essentially deciding whether they think his actions merit sending him to a trial in the Senate. If that happens, a two-thirds majority vote would be required at the end of a trial in the Republican-controlled Senate to remove Trump from office.

No U.S. president has ever been removed


from office through the impeachment process. Richard Nixon might have been, but he resigned as the House prepared to vote on his impeachment. Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson were impeached by the House but not convicted by the Senate.

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The evidence the House’s Democratic majority will seek to uncover and examine during its inquiry is whether Trump improperly pressured Ukraine and its president to open investigations that would help him in his upcoming election campaign.

It’s already been alleged by some witnesses, whose confidential testimony has been publicly reported, that the president and those working on his behalf made a coveted visit to the White House by the Ukrainian president — and possibly hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid — conditional on openingNews summary:

Despite strong recommendations from Vice President Mike Pence, then-Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, and White House Counsel Don McGahn during a February 10, 2017, conversation that the president immediately fire his then-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, Trump still refused to do so, according to confidential White House records. Earlier that day, Pence, Priebus, and McGahn had met in the Situation Room to read classified transcripts of Flynn’s conversations on sanctions with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. After reading those intercepts, the three men concluded that Flynn had lied to the American public, to the vice president, and perhaps even to the FBI. Pence, Priebus, and McGahn confronted Flynn before then recommending to Trump that Flynn be fired. Trump would not undertake to do so—a refusal so inexplicable to


the president’s men that they worried that he was protecting Flynn because he knew in advance of Flynn’s back-channel diplomacy with Russia, or had even authorized it, giving Flynn significant leverage over Trump, even the power to blackmail him, to keep his job. Alarmed by Trump’s inaction on firing Flynn, two senior administration officials then arranged a leak to the press about Justice Department warnings to the White House concerning Flynn’s false statements in order to force the president’s hand.

On February 10, 2017, Vice President Mike Pence, Reince Priebus, the then-chief of staff to the president, and White House Counsel Don McGahn spoke by phone with the president’s then-national security adviser, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn. The president’s men already believed that Flynn had lied to the vice president—and,worse, possibly to the FBI—about conversations Flynn had had with Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak. Priebus and McGahn had questioned Flynn two days earlier, on February 8, without Pence present, and had already reached a similar conclusion, according to confidential White House records and interviews I have conducted. But Pence wanted to question Flynn himself. And Priebus and McGahn wanted to be completely sure they were doing the right thing before recommending to President Trump that Flynn be fired, according to these same sources.

Earlier on February 10, Pence, Priebus, and McGahn had been able to read for themselves, for the first time, the top-secret transcripts of exactly what Flynn and Kislyak had said to one another, according to confidential government records. The transcripts of the


investigation of the Russian Federation’s covert program to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, including whether senior campaign aides to Trump conspired with Russian officials to help defeat Hillary Clinton and elect Trump, and whether Flynn had lied to the FBI during that investigation. McCabe was severely restricted in what he could say to Pence and the others because of the ongoing criminal investigation, but the little that he was able to tell them underscored what Pence and the others would learn from listening to the intercepts themselves: that the investigation of Flynn was a serious matter and that Flynn had been lying about his conversations with Kislyak. According to one former and one current federal law enforcement official, McCabe has told the special counsel, Robert Mueller, thatchief of staff, and the White House counsel, the president’s refusal to fire Flynn was inexplicable. Priebus, McGahn, and a White House attorney named John Eisenberg, who had listened to the intercepts six days earlier, were concerned that Trump was protecting Flynn, and speculated among themselves and with their subordinates that this might be because the president knew in advance of Flynn’s dubious, back-channel diplomacy with Russia, or had even authorized it. Priebus and McGahn then shared their views with Pence. Their concerns were intensified because if this was the case, Flynn had significant leverage over Trump, even the power to subtly blackmail him, to keep his job. McGahn in particular had been warned earlier as well by the Justice Department that Flynn was susceptible to blackmail by


presidency.”

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Pence became involved in the Flynn matter for public relations reasons.

On December 29, 2016, the outgoing Obama administration imposed sanctions against the Russian Federation for covertly interfering with the 2016 presidential election in an effort to defeat Hillary Clinton and help elect Donald Trump. That same day, Flynn and Kislyak spoke by phone—conversations intercepted and recorded by US intelligence and law enforcement agencies. Flynn counseled that Russia should not retaliate against the US for the sanctions. (Flynn pleaded guilty in December 2017 to federal criminal charges that he had lied to the FBI when he denied discussing sanctions with Kislyak.)

On January 12, 2017, still during the transition, Washington Post columnist David Ignatius disclosed that US intelligence agencies had intercepted the phone calls, although Ignatius’s sources did not knowstory, which began:

National security adviser Michael Flynn privately discussed US sanctions against Russia with that country’s ambassador to the United States during the month before President Trump took office, contrary to public assertions by Trump officials, current and former US officials said. Flynn’s communications with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak were interpreted by some senior US officials as an inappropriate and potentially illegal signal to the Kremlin that it could expect a reprieve from sanctions that were being imposed by the Obama administration in late December to punish Russia for its alleged interference in the 2016 election.

Extraordinarily, according to government records and sources, the first time that Pence learned that Flynn had lied to him was when he was shown this Post article online. Nobody had told him anything


“consciousness of guilt” on behalf of the president.

Back at the White House on February 10, Pence had a chance meeting with Flynn. Pence confronted Flynn, asking whether Flynn had told him the truth about his conversations with Kislyak, according to people familiar with the encounter. Flynn then acknowledged that he had given Pence misleading information, but insisted that he had not done so intentionally, claiming that he had misremembered.

Later that day, Pence, Priebus, and McGahn together questioned Flynn again, and then decided he had to go. Flynn persisted in equivocating about his recollection of his conversations with Kislyak, but insisted he had not purposely lied to the vice president or the FBI. Then he added that if he and the ambassador had discussed sanctions, “it was only becausePriebus, McGahn, and other administration officials watched on television as Flynn accompanied Trump and Abe to Mar-a-Lago. Based on their conversation with Trump earlier, the vice president and the others believed that the president might ask for Flynn’s resignation. The TV images of Trump, Abe, and Flynn together seemingly appeared as a continuous loop on cable television from Mar-a-Lago and, in the words of one person close to one of the White House principals, were seen back in Washington as “a personal taunt” from the president.

The following evening, Saturday February 11, the president and Abe had dinner on a terrace at Trump’s Mar-a-Largo Club, as other patrons gawked. In the middle of the dinner, someone in the president’s party opened up a laptop to view a test launch


by North Korea of a ballistic missile that had just occurred. Trump, bizarrely, had turned his club into an impromptu situation room as he consulted with Abe and his own national security team regarding a response. Flynn stood directly behind Trump and Abe, whispering advice. It was clear that Flynn was very much still the national security adviser.

This was the catalyst that led to the two senior administration officials instructing two subordinates to provide details to the Post about McGahn’s meetings with Sally Yates (it is unclear whether these officials were the first to tell the newspaper this information or were simply confirming facts that reporters had already gleaned from other sources). One person with first-hand knowledge of the incident told me: “It was viewed as an effortgone to great lengths to keep bad decisions contained to the West Wing,” the senior administration official wrote.

Bob Woodward reports in his new book Fear that the president’s chief economic adviser, Gary Cohn, swiped a letter off Trump’s Oval Office desk to prevent the president from terminating a bilateral trade agreement between the US and South Korea, which Cohn believed would have devastating economic consequences for both countries, as well as national security ones. (Cohn and Trump have both denied the story.)

In the case of the Flynn leak, the White House officials’ ploy appeared to work. Within hours of the Post story appearing on February 13, the president’s demanded Flynn’s resignation and Flynn quit as national security adviser. Before Flynn was fired, the president had a private conversation


windage lever of the sails from the centre of lateral resistance is 9.87 m.

She is commonly used for training youth (of any age) to sail, offering training and voyages that last from anywhere between an hour or two to many weeks. In 2002-2003, the ship and her crew embarked on a successful circumnavigation voyage around Australia to celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the first circumnavigation, charting and naming of the continent of Australia by Matthew Flinders. During this voyage, the crew docked in most Australian ports and coastal communities, with the help of Coastcare, to spread the message for individuals and organisations to become actively involved in ground works to protect and manage coastal and marine environments.

The ship was also able to connect with local schools and communityHere in the country’s northwest, St.-Louis is the kind of place that could draw terrorists’ attention. With its fading colonial architecture and horse-drawn carts, West Africa’s first French settlement retains much of its old European charm. The arches of the bridge leading to the old town center — on an island in the mouth of the Senegal River — were designed in the late 19th century by Gustave Eiffel.

Today, the city of 175,000 people is no longer a thriving colonial capital, but it is a Unesco World Heritage site that is considered culturally significant and hosts an internationally renowned jazz festival every May, drawing tourists from Africa and Europe. St.-Louis also spills into a bustling, raucous fishing village, where scores of colorfully painted wooden boats, called pirogues, bring


in a daily catch that is an economic lifeline.

In other words, it is just the kind of soft target frequented by foreigners, albeit somewhat off the beaten path, that extremists could strike someday, Senegalese and other Western officials said.

As part of the Pentagon’s Flintlock 2016 drills, an annual exercise in northwestern Africa, Senegal and Mauritania asked military planners this year to include riverine training for their forces. Mauritanian commandos are working with British trainers up river at Rosso on the Mauritanian side.

The exercise pairs Western trainers with African partners in different outposts scattered around Senegal and Mauritania. In Senegal, for instance, Estonian alpine experts are training Senegalese special forces; Italian commandos are working with troops from Chad; and Austrian special forces are also with Senegalese soldiers.

Dutch marines, whoBut the hitch is that influential Republicans are opposing the legislation.

President Donald Trump is championing a new piece of legislation that proposes to change America’s immigration system to give preference to skills than family links, but the fractious nature of the debate over the move suggests that it is far from becoming a law.

Two Republican senators — Lindsey Graham and Ron Johnson — and the Democrats have already declared their opposition to the proposed Bill.

RAISE or Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy Act, sponsored by Republican Senators David Perdue and Tom Cotton, also proposes to cut immigration by 41% in the first year and by 50% by the 10th year. According to the Bill, people with English proficiency will be preferred, and the number of refugees admitted


A chronicle of the part a small resort town on the south coast of England played in the story of the greatest rock 'n' roll group the world has ever known

Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Beatles & Bournemouth

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From Bournemouth To Sweden, 1963

Swedish radio journalist Klas Burling was an early convert to The Beatles, so much so that he followed them to England determined not only to secure Sweden's first broadcast interview with the group, but also to book them for a tour.He caught up with them on Friday, 23 August 1963 the day before the end of their week-long summer season at the Bournemouth Gaumont. She Loves You, which had elicited screams of approval fromBournemouth fans all week long, was released that day and by the time The Beatles came back on 16 November 1963, the town - like the nation - was in the grip of full-blown Beatlemania.But on that summer's day in August, Klas found the four lads in characteristically playful mood exercising the quick wit that had already become a trademark. Interestingly, John and Paul offer some insight into their songwriting partnership.Klas also succeeded in his second objective that day and The Beatles arrived in Sweden for a five-date tour on 24 October 1963. He went on to interview the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan in the 60s, but is still best remembered as the man who brought The Beatles to Sweden. And it all started in


Originally projected as a top-10 selection, James dropped into the Chargers' lap at the No. 17 overall pick, filling a big need on L.A.'s back end. After he gets up to speed, the FSU product is expected to slide right into a starting role in a stout Chargers secondary that has dealt with injury issues during training camp.

Speaking of Chargers secondary injuries, the team officially placed corner Jason Verrett on injured reserve with a torn Achilles. The move ends his season. Tight end Austin Roberts (knee) was also placed on IR.

Here are other injuries we're tracking Thursday:

1. Tennessee Titans safety Johnathan Cyprien, who went down in Wednesday's practice, was diagnosed with a torn ACL and is out for the season, coach Mike Vrabel said.

Rapoport reports the Titans arePortugal’s Port Wine Region Faces Fears About Future

PINHAO, Portugal (AP) - When Dominic Symington looks out from his shady hillside garden across the vineyards of Portugal’s majestic Douro Valley, he sees centuries of family and European history.

British families like the Symingtons have been at the heart of this northern Portuguese region’s port wine trade for generations. Dominic Symington, one of seven in the family wine business, has an ancestor - Walter Maynard - who shipped port to Britain in 1652.

Port, Symington says in an impeccable British accent, is a "way of life" for his family and tens of thousands of farmers along the River Douro.

The syrupy after-dinner drink has long been a hallmark European product, like Parma ham, Greek feta or French champagne. The business has withstood foreign


goods like port.

"It’s a sophisticated drink. It’s chic," she said.

Buckingham Palace usually serves port at state banquets, and it was on the menu when Queen Elizabeth II hosted President Barack Obama in May. That kind of patronage lends port distinction.

Part of the trade’s problem is that about 80 percent of production has traditionally been swallowed up by five main markets - France, the Netherlands, Portugal, Belgium and the United States. Britain, the historic main market for port, ranks sixth these days.

The worst financial crisis in living memory has helped squash sales in those countries. For many consumers, port is a luxury they can do without. Added to that, lifestyle changes have to some degree made the high-calorie drink unfashionable as consumers watch their waistline.

In the last century Symingtonfeta or French champagne.

Symington, though, says it’s an inevitable development. Porto has long banked on its prestige and aristocratic conventions, such as always passing the port to the left at formal dinner parties, but now it needs to shed its stuffy image, he says.

"We have to de-formalize port," said Symington.

British exporters built up the local wine trade after Britain went to war with France in 1678, losing access to French wines. The story goes that the British added grape brandy to the Douro wine to prevent it spoiling at sea. That made it 20 percent proof - almost twice as potent as table wine - and especially sweet by halting fermentation while the wine is still fruity.

Port has also drawn distinction from its upmarket price.

The lower-grade ports, called


winding roads that trace the contours of the Rio Douro, the Iberian peninsula’s third-longest river which enters from Spain, where it is known as the Duero.

During the fall grape harvest, local grape-pickers move slowly along the rows of vines that ripple uphill from the broad river. Starting just before the sun comes up over the surrounding high ridges, they dip their hands into the bushy vine leaves that are turning auburn and snip off heavy bunches of grapes that are sweet as jam.

Some 30,000 farmers along the valley use generations of know-how to produce wine which runs like a thread through local history. They rely on the lump sum from the harvest to help see them through the year.

Wine "is our daily bread," says 46-year-old Maria Augusta, takingbecome an eminent musicologist. He along with his cousin Surendranath Banerjee, compiled a large number of Dhrupad compositions, complete with their musical notations. Later, he not just sang, but also reproduced some of the well known Rabindra Sangeet songs, that is songs composed by Rabindranath Tagore, especially those in the Dhrupadanga. Prior to 1917, Banerjee had published the first volume of Sangeet Chandrika, which included the notations for Tagore's composition, Patha ekhan kela alasita anga.

Today, he is amongst the few singers from Bengal of the period, who performed the dhrupad-genre of singing, besides Radhika Prasad Goswami, Gopal Babu and Aghor Chakravarti.

His son Ramesh Banerjee also became a singer, while his notable disciples include Rita Ganguly.

In 1962, he was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship the highest honour conferred


by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.

Discography
 Tarana – Adana Kewali (1908) – Gramophone Company, Calcutta (Hindustani)
 Langar Deet Mohe Gheri – Behag Kawali (1908) – Gramophone Company, Calcutta (Hindustani)
 Brahomomoyee Parashtopara (1908) (Bengali)

Works

 Sangita-chandrika: A Treatise on Hindu music, Vol. I., 2nd Ed. Pub. Vijay Chand Mahtab Bahadur, Burdhwan. 1925.
 Sangita-chandrika: A Treatise on Hindu music'', Vol. II. Pub. Vijay Chand Mahtab Bahadur, Burdhwan. 1925.

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Category:19th-century male musicians[Jordan Mechner's evocative 1997 adventure game The Last Express is many things - cult classic, commercial failure, time-reversing Prince Of Persia inspiration - and Gamasutra caught up with the game's producer and technical designer to document its fascinating genesis.]

In 1997, Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner's studio Smoking Car Productions released The Last Express, an ambitious adventure game that played out as a tense train ride through Europe, in a compressed real-time version of the three days preceding the outbreak of World War I. Its unusual rotoscoped animation style echoed the elegant Art Nouveau movement that collapsed as war broke out.

Upon release, the game was hailed as an achievement, winning a number of adventure game of the year awards in the gaming press and receiving acclaim from outlets


like Newsweek, MSNBC, and USA Today in an era when such mainstream attention to games was rare.

But The Last Express had taken four years to develop and was wildly over-budget, in no small part due to the copious amounts of investment and time required to execute its film shoots and proprietary animation techniques. Furthermore, publisher Broderbund had recently lost its entire marketing staff, resulting in a dearth of advertising for the game.

To make matters worse, key publishing partners fell through and Broderbund was acquired by The Learning Company, focusing its scope to educational titles -- all of which meant The Last Express was soon out of publication, unable to reach the long tail sales on which adventure games traditionally had thrived.

In the decade since its release, The LastExpress has gained a growing following of fans who appreciate its atypical setting and its innovative systems -- the unbroken, real-time nature of the gameplay means that on a given playthrough, the player may hear entirely different conversations at any moment, depending on his position on the train, leading to different solutions to puzzles and different outcomes to the narrative.

And as an interesting historical footnote, its player-driven time manipulation mechanic was later revisited by Mechner for 2003's Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Though it never found the audience it would have needed to justify its budget, The Last Express stands as a fascinating fictional recreation of a defining moment in world events, as well as an impressive exploration of a game genre that often trends towards


the technically conservative.

Gamasutra recently caught up with two original leads on the project, producer Mark Netter and technical designer and lead programmer Mark Moran, to discuss the game's long development process, the goals and philosophies behind its setting and narrative, early 20th century class warfare, and what games do better than movies.

Creating the Concept

What was the genesis of Smoking Car Productions?

Mark Netter: It was formed in 1993 specifically for the purpose of doing the game. I think towards the end maybe we thought we'd do some others, but it ultimately didn't make sense. It was structured in a way that it was really about doing this passion project of Jordan's. It was also something that we thought was going to be phenomenally successful at the time.

Mark Moran: Smokinggame conceived? Was it Tomi Pierce and Jordan?

MN: Tomi Pierce was the co-writer with Jordan Mechner. Jordan had been living in Paris, and she [Tomi] thought that Jordan should do another video game, because he hadn't actually done an original video game since the mid-'80s. He'd lived in Cuba for a while and made a documentary film, and was just kind of hanging out in Paris.

Broderbund had made a sequel to [Prince of Persia], which he had some involvement with, but Tomi thought that he should do another game. She said, "What about the sentence: 'I was taking the midnight train to Berlin'?"

She had heard this sentence from a college professor when she was at Yale. She was one of the first women to go to Yale in


the '70s. She had a history professor who was lecturing their class, and he started telling a story one day with, "I was taking the night train to Berlin."

He was describing this train right after World War II, and she thought, "We should do a game about World War II," and Jordan immediately said, "No, let's not do World War II. Let's do World War I, because everyone's done World War II." There were a million World War II games.

Funny how that was several years before the real onslaught of World War II games.

MM: Well, even when I was a kid, there were those games like 1942, and everyone's been doing them. The History Channel, I think, could have originally been called The World War II Channel, exceptnow they actually have a Military Channel.

MN: The Last Express is pre-World War I. It's the last three nights and two days before World War I, virtually in real time. It's real time sped up by a factor of six.

Two things about [the period], I think, fascinated Jordan. One is the art style -- the whole Art Nouveau movement. Fascinating, beautiful, on the cusp of modernism.

The other thing was that World War I was really the break between the old world and the new world. There were huge family dynasties and all kinds of royalty and sub-royalty in various countries in Europe that got completely capsized by the four years of the war.

So it's a fascinating window into this pre-modern era, just on the cusp of it. In


the game, you've got these different factors -- you've got the old czarist, you've got the young anarchist, you've got the Serbian rebels, and the German munitions guy. It was a great chance to really bring those together.

The story was very much like a 1940s noir, like The Maltese Falcon, or Casablanca -- Casablanca in the mix of characters, and The Maltese Falcon in the mysterious object, which in this game is also a bird.

But it also did something original, by putting it back into that moment on the cusp of World War I. Ultimately, the game at the end created a fantastical, magical explanation of the start of World War I.Frank E. Petersen Jr., who suffered bruising racial indignities as a military enlistee in the 1950s and was even arrested at an officers’ club on suspicion of impersonating a lieutenant, but who endured to become the first black aviator and the first black general in the Marine Corps, died on Tuesday at his home in Stevensville, Md., near Annapolis. He was 83.

The cause was lung cancer, his wife, Alicia, said.

The son of a former sugar-cane plantation worker from St. Croix, the Virgin Islands, General Petersen grew up in Topeka, Kan., when schools were still segregated. He was told to retake a Navy entrance exam by a recruiter who suspected he had cheated the first time; steered to naval training as a mess steward because of his race; and


ejected from a public bus while training in Florida for refusing to sit with the other black passengers in the back.

In 1950, only two years after President Harry S. Truman desegregated the armed forces, he enlisted in the Navy. The Marines had begun admitting blacks during World War II, but mostly as longshoremen, laborers and stewards. By 1951, he recalled, the Marine Corps had only three black officers.

But in 1952, Mr. Petersen, by then a Marine, was commissioned as a second lieutenant and the Marines’ first black aviator. He would go on to fly 350 combat missions during two tours, in Korea and Vietnam (he safely bailed out after his F-4 Phantom was shot down in 1968), and to become the first of his race in the corps[The French School of Public Health (FSPH): I. General perspectives].
FSPH is based on the foundations of the 45-year-old National School of Public Health Administration (ENSP), located in Rennes (Brittany) on a 22-acre campus. The annual budget is 55 milion euros, which is only partly adequate for FSPH missions and objectives. What is currently needed, in addition to ENSP is a high-level academic establishment. It has been argued that France lacks the research resources and funding necessary to hold a leading international position in public health research and expertise. About 85% of international scientific papers published by French teams in the field of public health are produced by Inserm (the French equivalent of NIH) and university hospitals, which are mainly located in Paris. It is proposed to initially network


and reinforce existing forces, in close collaboration with top-level institutions in the French capital. This series of three papers proposes to establish a dynamic in two domains: (i) risk analysis and regulation, and (ii) prevention and screening in public health. FSPH will be grounded on scientific excellence, French-English bilingual training, openness to Europe and North America, worldwide notoriety, and collaboration with top-flight academic and research institutions, hospitals, and the private sector.Native American Dollars

The Native American Dollar coin series launched in 2009 to honor the contributions and accomplishments of Native Americans. Each year, a unique reverse design representing a different theme has been paired with the popular obverse design featuring Sacagawea.

The series was authorized under Public Law 110-82: The Native American $1 Coin Act, enacted on September 20, 2007. The legislation requires the Secretary of the Treasury to “mint and issue coins in commemoration of Native Americans and the important contributions made by Indian tribes and individual Native Americans to the development of the United States and the history of the United States.”

The reverse design for each year is to be emblematic of one important Native American or Native American contribution. To the extent possible, the design themes are