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former Alabama senator would recuse himself.

So, it's possible that Trump gets rid of either Sessions or Rosenstein as payback for the Cohen raid. (Make no mistake: The targeting of Cohen by the FBI is the equivalent in Trump's mind of raiding the home of a member of his family; he and Cohen are that close.)

But, we know that Trump already ordered Mueller fired last summer, only to be talked out of it by White House counsel Don McGahn . That he has already gone down that road once means he can go down it again.

And, unlike last summer when Trump reluctantly backed away from his plan to fire Mueller, the President is surrounded by far fewer people he trusts or listens to. Hope Hicks is gone. Rob Porteris gone. Johnny McEntee is gone. Trump's relationship with chief of staff John Kelly is strained. The President is more isolated than he has been at any time since he began running for the office he currently holds.

An angry and embittered Trump without any sort of protective cocoon around him is capable of almost anything -- up to and including getting rid of the man who has been a burr in his saddle for the past year.

Look at the language Trump used to describe the Mueller probe on Monday. Yes, he called the special counsel probe a "total witch hunt" -- as he has done in the past. But, he went a step further -- making clear that he believed what Mueller and Rosenstein were doing was undermining


contribute 8 million Euros to the Double Star programme. This funding will be used for refurbishment and pre-integration of the European instruments, acquisition of data for four hours per day and co-ordination of scientific operations.  This schedule enabled Double Star to operate simultaneously with ESA's Cluster mission.

The first equatorial spacecraft (Tan Ce 1, Chinese for 'Explorer 1', also known as TC-1) was launched by a Long March 2C launch vehicle on December 29, 2003 at 19:06 UT. Its purpose was to investigate Earth's huge 'magnetotail', the region where particles are accelerated towards the planet's magnetic poles by a process known as 'reconnection'.

The second polar spacecraft (TC-2) was launched July 25, 2004 at 07:05 UT, also by Long March 2C. It will concentrate on physical processes taking placeOntario PC Leadership Candidate: School Children Are Too Distracted By ‘Anal Sex’ To Focus On Math

Ontario PC Leadership Candidate: School Children Are Too Distracted By ‘Anal Sex’ To Focus On Math

Just when you thought Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives had hit rock bottom, the Tories still find a way to dig themselves into a deeper hole.

It was bad enough when disgraced former leader Patrick Brown brazenly claimed in an interview Thursday he never actually resigned four weeks ago, only to see his half-baked story go up in smoke Friday morning when the Toronto Star published a four-week old audio recording of Brown telling MPPs he was, in fact, resigning.

Now along comes Ontario PC leadership candidate Tanya Granic Allen, head of the hardline social conservative group Parents as First Educators (PAFE).

During


THE company seeking to build houses on Fairoaks Airport land says it aims to rebalance the housing market in the area.

As expected, Fairoaks Garden Village Ltd applied for outline planning permission for a 1,000 home community on Thursday last week.

The company has moved the emphasis of its plans to have 40% of the houses to be “affordable”, after cutting 500 houses from its original scheme.

It now plans a mix of affordable rent, shared ownership and shared equity housing for the airport land on the borders of Chobham, Horsell and Ottershaw. Private rental and self-build homes will also be included.Riders will cover 700km over five days of the Western Australian coast to raise awareness of youth mental health and wellbeing More than 180 cyclists set the wheels in motion this morning as they set off on the start of 700 kilometre journeys from Geraldton and Albany to Perth. Mental Health Minister Roger Cook is aiming to be the first State Minister to complete the ride. The Minister will cycle 700km along the Great Southern and South-West coast over the next five days. He will visit high schools along the way and meet young people to raise awareness about youth mental health, and help reduce the stigma which surrounds the issue. Mr Cook is also participating in The Hawaiian Ride for Youth to help illustrate firsthand the important


join the discussion with other young people in one of ReachOut.com's online forums. Comments attributed to Mental Health Minister Roger Cook "Mental health issues affect many Western Australians. In 2016, 8.1 per cent of Western Australian children aged up to 15 years old had been treated for an emotional or mental health problem. This was the highest recorded number in Western Australia and a significant increase from 2002, when it was just three per cent. "It's extremely important we support our young people so they can thrive and go on to live mentally healthy lives. "The State Government is continuing to work with services on the ground, like Youth Focus, and all levels of government to help prevent young people from falling through the cracks." Schedule of schoolRio Tinto, State Government funding and the support of public libraries, the State Library produces and distributes reading materials and literacy messages to 96 per cent of newborn babies and 99.8 per cent of kindergarten pupils across the State. Comments attributed to Culture and the Arts Minister David Templeman "The release of Better Beginnings resources for vision impaired infants is a milestone in the achievements of this award-winning early childhood literacy program. "Parents play an important role as their child's first teacher and should take the opportunity to enjoy this special bonding time. "Since 2004, Rio Tinto has contributed to the literacy of a generation of Western Australian children. This is a remarkable contribution to the people of this State." Minister's office - 6552 5400

Construction of Inner City


College will start this week School construction and Subi East renewal to help support WA jobs PACT Construction awarded the forward and earthworks contract Subiaco Redevelopment Scheme now approved by McGowan Government Construction of the new secondary school at Kitchener Park in Subiaco will start this week. PACT Construction has been awarded the forward and earthworks contract for the $68 million stage one of the build. Works will start today to realign the underground water pipes and services infrastructure ahead of the main building works starting in the middle of the year. Students at Inner City College will enjoy modern specialist facilities equipped with innovative new technology, including a sports hall and gymnasium, lecture theatres and library as well as science, digital technology, food and textiles labs. Meanwhile,the Minister for Planning has now approved the Subiaco Redevelopment Scheme, which transfers planning authority to the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority. Scheme 2 sets out a high level vision for the future of Subiaco, laying the groundwork for master planning for the future of Subiaco Oval, the Princess Margaret Hospital site and wider Subi East precinct to get underway. Approval of the scheme is another milestone as the McGowan Government works to create more connected communities across Perth. The iconic Subiaco Oval will be retained as a shared open space and the local community will also have access to the college's playing courts and gymnasium. The school will open to Year 7 students in 2020, expanding to cater for Year 7 to 12 students in 2025. Comments attributed to


Planning Minister Rita Saffioti "The location of the new school presents new opportunities and has been designed specifically to enhance the character of its local community. "The exciting new Subi East renewal project will transform Subiaco Oval's surrounds and the Princess Margaret Hospital site into a vibrant place for living, learning and leisure. "It is also connected to existing public transport connections, making it a prime location for new homes and businesses." Premier's office - 6552 5000 Education and Training Minister's office - 6552 5700 Planning Minister's office - 6552 5500

Health Minister Roger Cook officially launches the Albany after-hours GP and nurse practitioner service, based at the Albany Health Campus Service is a collaboration between a number of Albany-based general practices to improve care in their community Testamentat a facility co-located next to the emergency department at Albany Health Campus. There was a 49 per cent increase in emergency department presentations in Western Australia between 2005 and 2015, so approaches such as this one are helping to build a sustainable future for WA's health system. The new service will run as a trial until June 2019, improving access to GPs and nurse practitioners after-hours in the Albany area. Comments attributed to Health Minister Roger Cook "The release of the Sustainable Health Review Interim Report last month highlighted a need to improve care in our communities - to reduce costs and waste and to reduce the pressure on our emergency departments. "This new service is about better access to GP and nurse practitioner services for patients


tourism. "We have committed upgrades at Broome and Fremantle while delivering new shore tensioning units in Geraldton. "These infrastructure commitments go a long way towards attracting and retaining cruise ships to WA ports." Premier's office - 6552 5000 Tourism Minister's office - 6552 5600 Transport Minister's office - 6552 5500

Trade event attracts record number of delegates from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan Chinese visitors highest source of international visitor spending Key tourism trade partners from China, Hong Kong, and, for the first time, Taiwan, have gathered in Perth for Ni Hao WA 2018. The event is hosted by the State Government, through Tourism Western Australia, and includes workshops, business meetings and familiarisation tours of WA's regions to ensure visiting agents get a first-hand experience of what the Statehas to offer. The fifth annual Ni Hao (Chinese for 'hello') WA is the biggest to date with a record number of buyers including 25 from China, nine from Hong Kong and four from Taiwan, as well as Chinese trade media. A total of 50 delegates from 41 WA tourism businesses are also attending Ni Hao WA 2018. In a few short years, China has emerged as a key priority market for WA with the number of Chinese visiting the State, rising to 58,600 in the year ending December 2017, a 14.2 per cent increase on the previous year. China has become Western Australia's highest source of international visitor spending, contributing $291 million to the economy in the year ending December 2017, a 15.5 per cent increase on


to parking and roads to make the area more pedestrian friendly, and improve connections between foreshore businesses and the ocean. In a nod to Scarborough's cultural heritage, the famous Snake Pit returns and will be a popular attraction providing recreation facilities for all ages and abilities, including a 12-foot, competition-grade skate bowl for local use, events and global competitions. A new playground and play space for families visiting the Scarborough Beach foreshore also forms part of the redevelopment. The State Government, through Lotterywest, contributed $1.47 million to the play space which is inspired by the connection to the Noongar culture and the beach environment, and incorporates climbing structures, swings, slides and other unique play components. The new beachfront will be on show to thousands of interstate and regionalWA jobs and the economy Mandurah Crab Fest celebrates 20 years this weekend For the first time in Western Australia, drone technology will be rolled out to monitor how recreational fishers go about getting their catch. Fisheries and Innovation and ICT Minister Dave Kelly today launched the first drone being used in a 12-month survey run by the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development to monitor the recreational catch of the Mandurah crab fishery. In June 2016, professional and recreational fishers who share the blue swimmer crab resource from the estuary, joined forces to become the world's first commercial and recreational fishery to ever be certified by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC). This survey will provide a comprehensive estimate of the distribution and effort of recreational fishers


Australians to learn more about their heritage and nurture a sense of pride when sharing their culture with the wider community. "In bringing together a number of community groups to be a part of this festival, the Russian Ethnic Community and Youth Development Association are displaying the true spirit of Harmony Week." Minister's office - 6552 5600

Tea ceremonies reveal the wealth of cultures in Western Australia Harmony Week event supported by the McGowan Government for $3,500 Tea is a key feature of many cultures and is the theme of the Buddha's Light International Association of Western Australia (BLIAWA) Harmony Week celebration, Tea and Harmony, tomorrow (March 18), at the spectacular Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple of WA in Maylands. Groups from WA's Japanese, Turkish, Russian, English and Chinesethe Girrawheen Hub will provide community members with space to develop their own projects and initiatives, undertake capacity building programs and develop new networks. The hub, located at the site of the former Girrawheen Scout Hall, will also provide a focus point for organisations to seek partnerships and opportunities to engage with culturally diverse communities in Perth's northern corridor. The Girrawheen Hub is being launched as a part of Harmony Week, a State Government initiative, which is a time for Western Australians to explore and celebrate this State's wealth of cultural, faith, linguistic and ethnic diversity. Harmony Week runs from March 15 to 21 every year. Comments attributed to Citizenship and Multicultural Interests Minister Paul Papalia "Western Australia's cultural diversity is one of our greatest strengths - it


operators from paying the temporary levy. "By not imposing the cap on metropolitan and regional taxi vehicle authorisations, we are creating a more level playing field with charter vehicle operators for which numbers are currently uncapped. "The Government has worked with representatives of the WA Country Taxi Operators' Association to get the best outcomes for the on-demand transport industry in regional areas." Minister's office - 6552 5500

Facility to support people with disability, their families and carers with respite Variety of support models providing families and carers choice in respite experience Disability Services Minister Stephen Dawson has today officially opened the Pilbara Retreat (the Retreat) in Port Hedland. The Retreat will provide an opportunity for the families and carers of people with disability to take a break from theircaring role, confident that their loved ones can access the necessary supports in an appropriate setting. Taking a break at the Retreat will empower people with disability to develop new skills and participate in new experiences, as well as strengthening families and carers to continue in their important support roles. The Department of Communities developed the Retreat in collaboration with local stakeholders, including members of a Local Community Liaison Group who had significant input into the final design of the facility. Following a public tender process, the Department of Communities awarded the contract to Empowering People In Communities (EPIC) to deliver services at the Retreat commencing from March 19, 2018. EPIC has offices in Hedland, Newman, Karratha and Roebourne and also provides outreach services across the Pilbara region


as 'the multicultural gem of the Great Southern region'. The festival, which includes live entertainment, cooking demonstrations, market stalls and an international food village, is a highlight in the town's social calendar with about 5,000 people expected to attend. Katanning is one of the most culturally diverse regional areas in Australia with more than 50 languages spoken in the town, and more than 37 per cent of residents having one or both parents born overseas. This incredible diversity is reflected in the harmony festival, which features a number of diverse cultural groups including the Afghan, Chinese, Karen, Filipino, Malay, Burundi, Twa and Indian communities. The McGowan Government is proud to support this Harmony Week event via the Office of Multicultural Interests, the Great Southern Development Commission, Lotterywest, and6552 5600

Disaster assistance has been made available for the local government areas of Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, Laverton and Wyndham-East Kimberley, which were affected by Tropical Cyclone Kelvin in February 2018. Assistance is being provided through the jointly-funded Commonwealth-State Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA). Minister for Law Enforcement and Cyber Security Angus Taylor, who has responsibility for Commonwealth disaster assistance, said that funding is being made available through the NDRRA to support affected individuals and communities and repair flood-damaged assets. "Tropical Cyclone Kelvin hit as a Category 2 Tropical Cyclone, 250 kilometres south of Broome near Anna Plains Station," Mr Taylor said. "There were severe winds in excess of 100 km per hour, with heavy rainfall exceeding 500mm in Broome, 237mm at Anna Plains Station and 229mm


in Derby." "Floodwaters continue to affect this region, where many communities are still recovering from Tropical Cyclone Hilda, Tropical Cyclone Joyce and the most recent tropical low." Western Australian Emergency Services Minister Fran Logan said that several sections of the Great Northern Highway and all major roads into Broome were temporarily closed. "The funding available through the NDRRA will help these communities recover and ensure damaged public infrastructure can be repaired," Mr Logan said. "The Commonwealth and Western Australian governments recognise the importance of acting quickly to help these communities, particularly those that were affected by flooding in late January." Assistance available under the NDRRA may include personal hardship and distress assistance for affected individuals and families financial support for affected local governments and state agencies to helpchildcare services in the Wheatbelt region to improve childhood development, employment opportunities and economic prosperity Childcare services in the Wheatbelt region will now be stronger and more sustainable with an investment of $1.4 million, benefiting families and regional businesses. The State Government, through the Regional Community Child Care Development Fund, and Lotterywest today announced joint funding to support the implementation of the Regional Early Education and Development Inc (REED) organisation, which will enable community-based centres to merge under a single banner. Good quality childcare services are important for children's development, their families, and for the economic and social fabric of communities in the Wheatbelt region. For a decade, the sustainability of services in the Wheatbelt region has been a challenge, despite Commonwealth, State and local government financial support.


The investment will ensure childcare services Continue to be provided across the Wheatbelt region for the benefit of children and their families, and local businesses; and Are sustainable and can continue to deliver high-quality programs which contribute to children's development in their critical early years. Supporting the mergers will be REED's nine-member board, which brings high-level expertise to its governance role. A central management structure based in Narrogin will free individual management committees from complex governance and legal responsibilities while retaining quality services for children and families in their communities. The Regional Community Child Care Development Fund is funded by Royalties for Regions. Comments attributed to Community Services Minister Simone McGurk "In regional WA, the provision of childcare is a challenge, in part, due to the difficulty ofimportant to retaining young families in the regions and increasing the participation of women in regional economies. "This is a good investment of Royalties for Regions funding, helping to strengthen workforce participation in the Wheatbelt." Community Services Minister's office - 6552 6600 Regional Development Minister's office - 6552 6200

Town celebrates Harmony Week with 'Welcome to Three Springs' Event supported by the McGowan Government The Three Springs community will tomorrow (March 17) celebrate Harmony Week with 'Welcome to Three Springs' - a family-friendly multicultural community event. Welcome to Three Springs will feature live cultural performances, local business stalls, interactive activities and a long-table dinner with authentic Malaysian and New Zealand cuisine. The event will provide an opportunity for community members to meet each other and learn about the cultures


Features of the 14.4 metre-wide bridge include a steel/concrete composite superstructure that accommodates two traffic lanes, a pedestrian walkway on the western side and bridge lighting. Possum ropes will also be installed on both sides of the Collie River channel to facilitate possum movements along the watercourse. Work on the structure started in early 2017 and generated up to 100 jobs during its peak construction period, including various local sub-contractors and businesses. The steel components of the beams for the bridge were also fabricated in Western Australia. Comments attributed to Transport Minister Rita Saffioti "It has been just over a year since construction on this bridge commenced, and it is great to see community excitement and anticipation build for this greatly needed project. "Not only will road usersLaw, prospective suppliers of government contracts will be required to submit local participation plans as part of their tender. These will require suppliers to provide information on levels of local business engagement as well as the jobs, apprenticeships and traineeships that will be created and retained. These plans will then be incorporated into the contracts of successful suppliers to ensure the promised local jobs are delivered. Successful bidders will also be required to report on the fulfilment of their plans. An Industry Link Advisory Service has been established to provide a range of services to help local businesses and State Government agencies to understand the new strategy. As part of the advisory service, Local Content Advisors are available to provide advisory services to businesses in regional areas. Their


year on goods, services and infrastructure. Through the local industry participation plans, the State Government will ensure that WA jobs are maximised on this spending. "Small to medium-sized businesses represent the lion's share of business activity in Western Australia and around the nation. "They are key, job-creating drivers of the local economy, and the State Government is determined to provide them with the support they need to continue to flourish, long into the future." WA Industry Link pilot projects METRONET rolling stock; Stage 1 of the design and construction of the York Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade; Design and construction of Berth 3 Deck Replacement at the Port of Port Hedland; Bunbury Regional Prison Expansion; Casuarina Prison; New Museum Stage 2; Reid Highway (Altone Road to West Swan Road)in south-eastern Laos failed, sending 5 billion cubic metres of water down a tributary of the Mekong River. At least 35 people were killed and 100 are missing. More than 13,000 people have been affected across 13 villages in the area.


And Adm. Eric. T. Olson, who was deeply involved in planning the May mission, said Sunday that he hopes no one ever will.

Until retiring last year, Olson was the eighth commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, based at MacDill Air Force Base, and served a principal role in planning the raid on bin Laden's compound in Pakistan.

While awareness of his involvement with the historical raid to get the mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks may have drawn many to hear Olson speak Sunday night at the Tampa Jewish Federation's Ninth Annual President's Dinner, the about 650 attendees left without knowing much more.

Olson credits the success of the mission to the dedication of those involved to reveal absolutely nothing to anyone in advance — or ever.

"It's importantto keep secrets secret," Olson said. "If we want to retain this capability, we've got to not talk about it now."

The individual members involved have not received, nor do they want, any individual credit for achieving the highly complex, multi-agency feat, Olson said.

And he warned against believing any triumphant tales heard through the grapevine.

"The people who want to talk about the mission are not the people who were on it," he said.

The agency that Olson formerly led, SoComm, ensures the readiness of joint special operations forces and conducts operations worldwide.

Olson conceptualized his speech's theme, "The World at Night: Global Security in the 21st Century," from a NASA photograph he saw of the world that illuminated areas more densely concentrated with wealth and power.

While the United States, Europe and


Asia shone brightly, the Middle East remained dark.

"Just because a place is dark at night doesn't mean it's not connected," Olson said.

He advanced that theme throughout his speech by touching on security issues and goals such as "moving ahead of the sound of guns."

Forces shouldn't react to a crisis by thinking what to do once it occurs, he explained, but what could have been done 10 years ago to prevent it, he said.

Olson was a political-military affairs specialist with emphasis on the Middle East, and has served operationally in and commanded an underwater demolition team, SEAL team and Naval special warfare group, among other accomplishments.

As a former Navy SEAL and special operations officer, Olson worked in hot spots around the world during 37 years of service.

His overseas assignmentsBest known internationally for his chilly, haunting melodramas Yella (2007) and Jerichow (2008), Christian Petzold has yet again teamed up with actress Nina Hoss for his latest film Barbara. Hoss gives a mesmerising performance as Barbara Wolff, a doctor who has applied for an exit visa from the GDR only to find herself transferred from Berlin to a provincial hospital in the countryside, spied upon by the Stasi while her lover in the West is secretly preparing to help her escape via the Baltic Sea. Like all Petzold’s films, Barbara is informed by the director’s background in literature and cinema history, and yet it stands in its own right as a subtly balanced, emotionally restrained and elegantly shot drama crafted by a real auteur, with a style, vision


his apartment after a long shift and suddenly gets attacked by a sniper. What makes this sequence so fascinating and one of the most frenetic moments in the film is the perspective. Normally, any director would cut from Gene Hackman walking down the street to the sniper and then follow him through the reticle just before the gunshot to build up tension and suspense. But the film doesn’t do that: instead the camera keeps at eye level with Hackman during the entire chase. Only after 15 minutes of chasing the sniper through the jammed streets of New York, only in the very moment when Doyle seems to have caught himself in a dead end, when he struggles to stay in control, that’s when the camera changes its perspectivecould be so again. And in the final episode she had so much potential to do so.

Not only was she on the good side in the beginning. But when she set off to unite the Earth Kingdom, she did so with good intent. She wanted to protect the Earth Kingdom as a whole, where she felt that Su had abandoned them. In the beginning she had supplied peoples with food and other supply. Even to the end she firmly believed...she was convinced that she was doing the right thing. That she was just trying to protect her peoples. She didn't want them tossed aside like they meant nothing as she was by her parents. She wanted to take care of them, she just went about it the wrong


that out of hand. She didn't just apologize, she thanked Korra (in a way) for saving her despite it all, even though she knew that Korra would end up taking her to meet her fate.

On top of her apology she went down without a fight. After Korra saved her from that spirit ray she stated that she owed Korra her life. Kuvira's army was still willing to blast away at them all if they didn't release her. She could have pulled one of those "if I go down, I'm taking as many of you as I can down with me" things. But she didn't, she told them to stand down. Furthermore she said that she would accept an punishment that the world saw fit.

Even when Kuvira was atarse. I like Baatar, he's not a bad character, but come on...this is ridiculous really.

Needless to say, I just hope that somewhere down the lines Kuvira get out of jail and gets the second chance she deserves because honestly, the woman was a lot more merciful than she could have been at her strongest. She's a woman who was cast aside by her own parents and did what she did because she didn't want others to feel the same way she did...helpless and abandoned. Instead of mimicking Kuvira's real parents, perhaps Su should have actually treated her like family.

I'm not saying Kuvira was right, she wasn't. I'm also not saying she shouldn't be punished at all, she should--she did kill people. I am however saying that Baatar should


WILKES-BARRE — A lawsuit against disgraced former judges Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. and Michael T. Conahan was dropped Wednesday as the plaintiffs opted to join class-action litigation against the judges at the heart of the kids-for-cash scandal.

Plaintiff Raul Clark filed the suit in 2009 alleging that during a November 2002 hearing, Ciavarella directed him to count the number of birds perched on a ledge outside of the courtroom. Clark, who was 14 at the time, counted six and Ciavarella in turn sentenced him to six months of detention — one for each bird, the complaint alleges.

The judges are now serving lengthy prison sentences on racketeering charges for accepting bribes in exchange for funneling juveniles into detention centers co-owned by former Drums-based attorney Robert J. Powell.

The motion Harrisburg-based attorneythe quirky adults (with their odd dialogue and inexplicable life choices) are as strong here as have ever been in an Anderson film, the results of which deliver perhaps the most clear and concise message from this director to date.

The movie features orphan Sam Shakusky, who meets a kindred spirit in the emotionally troubled early-teen Suzy Bishop. Together the two hatch a plan to run away from a society in which neither of them belong, embracing a juvenile love that, while railed against by “sensible” adults, eventually becomes the only sane thing on the small New England island.

Genuine moments of odd hilarity are rife here, stemming mostly from the actions of the adults which seem absurd when placed in a context anywhere but inside the movie. As an


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Play Depicts Bloody Legacy of South Asian Partition

March 21, 2018 by Gary Singh

Theater company EnActe Arts tells the story of the violence that led to the greatest mass migration in history.

India and Pakistan were born from violence. Depicting that violence through the stories of its survivors posed a few obstacles for EnActe Arts, a local theatrical company whose next production, The Parting, comes to the Hammer Theatre this weekend.

"Showing graphic violence does not serve the purpose in any way," says Vinita Belani, EnActe's founder and artistic director, when describing her approach. "What we want to show is the idea of violence and the aftermath of violence, and so, because this is a dance-theater-in-equal-parts production, we use dance to stylize the violence. Then we show the actualhorror of the violence through the after effects."

In 1947, Britain partitioned its South Asian territory into the separate nation-states of India and Pakistan, bailing from the scene and unleashing what was likely, at that time, the biggest mass migration in human history. Anywhere between 10 and 15 million people were displaced and forced to leave their ancestral lands on a moment's notice after being peaceful neighbors for millennia. Neighborhood after neighborhood disintegrated into civil war-style violence with Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims committing massacres against each other, while refugees spent weeks migrating between the two newly constructed countries. At least 1 million people lost their lives. Aside from exacerbating communal hatred and religious-based distrust in that part of the world, which politicians are still exploiting to this day, Partition


is often mentioned in the same paragraph as the Holocaust or the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, yet it remains ignored in comparison to those other tragedies.

In telling the story, The Parting does not concern itself with the politicians and figureheads who oversaw Partition. Instead, the narrative relays the stories of people directly affected by the violence. Belani says she took this approach for a few different reasons. In the same way that the history of the Holocaust was not written by Hitler's or Churchill's views alone, but by what actually happened to the survivors, so should the story of Partition. Through narratives based on or inspired by real human events, the central narrative of the play asks questions. How did people experience Partition? What were their perceptions?How did they react to the cascade of events? Why was this allowed to happen?

"You cannot get an accurate historical context or view of any event until you tell it from the perspective of the people who survived that event," Belani says, adding that even though politics brought us to the current point in history, the history was told by the people. "When you start researching those atrocities, and people committing atrocities on other people, who, until the day before, were neighbors and friends, you start to realize that this is a story about the people that were displaced."

The Parting is a multidisciplinary, multiethnic experience, just like the sections of India that were affected. Kathak artist Farah Yasmeen Shaikh choreographed the dance elements, bringing in a variety of


Urals metal industry grows despite sanctions, region’s head says

August 31, 2014, 23:24 UTC+3CHELYABINSKOn the whole, the economic situation in the region is stable, the acting head said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin

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CHELYABINSK, August 31, /ITAR-TASS/. Metallurgical industry in the Chelyabinsk region shows a four to 16% growth despite western sanctions and a general slowdown of the Russian economy, the acting head of the Russian region in the Ural Mountains said on Sunday.

On the whole, the economic situation in the region is stable, with industrial growth of two percent in January-August, and a 4% growth in the agro-industrial sector, the acting head said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Russian officials and companies came under Western sanctions, including visa bans andasset freezes, after Russia incorporated Crimea in mid-March.

Moscow warned the West that the language of sanctions will have a boomerang effect. The West announced new sectoral sanctions against Russia in late July over Moscow’s position on Ukrainian events. Russia imposed on August 6 a one-year ban on imports of beef, pork, poultry, fish, cheeses, fruit, vegetables and dairy products from Australia, Canada, the EU, the United States and Norway.


There are more than 3,000 counties in the U.S. Of the 75 with the highest incomes, 44 are located in the Northeast, including Maryland and Virginia. The corridor of metropolitan statistical areas that runs from Washington, D.C., through Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston includes 37 of these top-earning counties (where the median family takes home at least $75,000 a year). Zoom in to the region, and it shows a kind of wealth belt unmatched even on the West Coast.

Poverty is similarly concentrated in the American South. Seventy-nine percent of the poorest counties in the country (where the median family makes less than $35,437) are located in the South:

2012 Poverty rate of the total population by county. via Atlantic Cities

This latest Census release also slices data by schooldistrict, revealing the below picture of poverty rates by district among school-aged children 5 to 17. In dark blue, these are the school districts with some the steepest challenges educating low-income children on scarce resources: 2012 school-aged poverty rate by school district. via Atlantic Cities

Relative to 2007, 33 percent of all U.S. counties saw statistically significant increases in poverty by 2012 (across all age groups), deepening the challenges in places that had been struggling even before the recession. Over this same time period, however, one part of the country in particular saw an actual increase in median incomes, and it wasn't the traditionally wealthy Northeast corridor.

It was the Upper Great Plains. Statistically significant increases in median income, from 2007-2012, are shown in green:

Change in median household income, 2007-2012,


by county. via Atlantic Cities As a result of the energy boom in the Dakotas, households in about half of the counties there were better off in 2012 than they were in 2007, a distinction most of the rest of the country doesn't share.

All maps, based on U.S. Census Bureau Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, are courtesy of the Census Bureau.the past decade, while the number of states offering early voting, no-excuse absentee voting, and vote by mail has increased.

The total number of voters who voted early, absentee or by mail more than doubled from 24.9 million in 2004 to 57.2 million in 2016, representing an increase from one in five of all ballots cast to two in five of all ballots cast.

The number of U.S. citizens voting early more than doubled from nearly 10.2 million early ballots cast in 2004 to 24.1 million early ballots cast in 2016.

In 2016, 16 states showed a combined percentage of greater than 50 percent of votes cast early, by mail, or via absentee voting.

Early, Absentee, and Mail Voting

Voting in the Unites States in the 21st century has undergone some significant changes


sign up once to receive an absentee ballot and will receive absentee ballots in all future elections.

Vote by mail: All registered voters in the jurisdiction are mailed a ballot.

Additionally, certain states allow for early voting, which allows qualified voters to cast a ballot in person at designated locations and during specific times prior to Election Day. In the Election Administration and Voting Survey (EAVS), early voting data includes both early votes cast on voting machines and absentee ballots that are cast at an in person location prior to Election Day.

More People Voting Early, Using Mail and Absentee Ballots

Percent Voting Absentee, By Mail, or Early, 2004-16

Chart Caption: Data includes all 50 states, Washington, D.C., American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Mail Ballots were not trackedin the EAVS until 2008.

There has been a steady increase in the number and percentage of voters voting early in both presidential and off year federal election years since 2004, when the EAVS was first administered the percentage voting early more than doubled from 2004-2016, rising from 8.4 percent to 17.2 percent, with nearly 10.2 million early ballots cast in 2004 and 24.1 million early ballots cast in 2016. The number of absentee ballots cast by absentee voters nearly doubled, from 14.7 million in 2004 to 24.8 million in 2016. Mail voting was tracked beginning in 2008, and the number showed a steady increase through 2016, more than tripling from 2.4 million in 2008 to 8.2 million in 2016. The total number of voters who voted by one


2016, 16 states showed a combined percentage of greater than 50 percent of votes cast early, by mail, or via absentee voting. Colorado, Oregon and Washington have the highest rates because each is a mail voting state and almost all of their votes were mail ballots. Six additional states reported over 50 percent of their votes as absentee ballots: Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, Montana, and Utah. Seven states reported having over 50 percent of their votes cast early: Arkansas, Georgia, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. Impacts Early, absentee and mail voting has had a variety of impacts on the election process, including implications for voter accessibility. The 2016 Survey of the Performance of American Elections (SPAE) found that “33 percent of voters 70 years andnear me in the park, with thousands attending, were women dressed in Islamic headwear, Orthodox Jews, people from India wearing red, white and blue shirts and saris, African Americans whose families who have helped build Nyack for centuries and men, women and children of so many national backgrounds that I cannot remember the total count of different countries.

And all here on July Fourth, a distinctly American holiday that was probably new or certainly newish to many in the park. Some had come from countries where no celebration is allowed save bowing to the national leader.

It is usual practice to recall America’s history on July Fourth and for politicians in particular to make note of how immigrants built the country after the almost suicidal chances taken by those at


to keep the American people from seeing how few of them there are in the US House now, and when people stand up to what the Democrats are doing when Barack Obama spews his venom, then if they're scattered throughout the Republicans, it won't be as noticeable if the Republicans sit apart."

As it turns out, it was Broun who began spewing his poison at the President before Barack Obama had taken the oath of office.

Just days after the 2008 election, Politico reported, Broun said "he fears that President-elect Obama will establish a Gestapo-like security force to impose a Marxist dictatorship."

"It may sound a bit crazy and off base, but the thing is, he's the one who proposed this national security force," Rep. Paul Broun said of Obama insale and one that shows that there’s still buying and selling even in a tough economy. Congrats to buyer, seller and Giordano

DomainSponsor’s DOMAINfest brand is now also adding networking events to their busy schedule of events. Besides DOMAINfest Global which was held in January in Santa Monica and DOMAINfest Europe in Prague in October, the company is now introducing two one-day networking events in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and New York City, NY.

The one-day events will be held on May 13, 2010 at the W Hotel in Fort Lauderdale and on August 18, 2010 at the Grand Hyatt in midtown Manhattan, immediately following the Affiliate Summit East conference.

The events will feature subject-matter experts invited to facilitate free-flowing power networking sessions that will kick off each event from 1:30 pm


(RDE) for registrars in 2007, the program was a direct result of the problems experienced with the registrar RegisterFly. ICANN requires all registrars to deposit a copy of their whois information with an approved RDE provider in order to protect registrants from the loss of their domain. The system is trying to encourage registrars to deposit the underlying whois information for domains under whois privacy (which was one of the issues at Registerfly, since some of the ownership data was lost). Registrars under the old Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) can still deposit whois proxy information, but the new RAA forces registrars to inform their registrants if this is the case.

With the ICANN Deposit Audit Service (IDAS) application, Iron Mountain systematically audits registrar escrow deposits, measures the integrity ofillegal for their personal gain at the expense of the people. Brazil: The United States and the IMF and World Bank lent billions to the Governments of Brazil, yet their internal demand side politics kept inflation rising at a rate two hundred times that of the world's lending nations. The debts were eventually either restructured or forgiven with the exception of one. That loan which was collected in full at illegal interest rates was one made by the Vatican!(I assume that they are conservative money grubbing, profit orientated butt ends for that deed.)

Your demographics and concepts about how the world turns and what makes for world trade are good observations, but you are seeing the tops of the hills and not the valleys underneath that give them a


The standardization of global morality and development and utilization of a standard language for all peoples. 5. The de-emphasis on world health in favor of establishing a base for social and economic growth. Saving lives to be spent in misery is incongruent from my point of view. The funds spent on heterogenous research and development are so redundant that it is a miracle that any single research program obtains a result.

To imply that Martin Luther King was a leader, much less a solution is to be naive. He was certainly the man of the hour for the liberation of downtrodden peoples, and a vehicle for national awareness of a social ill, but he was extremely naive about the world's problems and international politics. He was the right manPhotograph: Justin Lane/EPA

The presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg has insisted he is a “champion for women in the workplace”, after the republication of a 30-year-old booklet purporting to contain his “Wit and Wisdom” cast an uncomfortable spotlight on the billionaire former New York mayor.

Related: Once a longshot, Bloomberg is gaining ground in California. Will it last?

The Washington Post made the 1990 booklet available online as it published an investigation of how Bloomberg has “for years battled women’s allegations of profane, sexist comments”. The booklet was presented as a gift to Bloomberg on his 48th party and contains a catalogue of sexist remarks attributed to the billionaire during his time at the company he founded.

The renewed attention on Bloomberg – who has for years been the subject of allegations that


his company fostered a hostile and sexist environment towards women – comes as he has surged in the race for the Democratic nomination to face Donald Trump in November.

With the leftwinger Bernie Sanders climbing in national polls and former vice-president Joe Biden falling away, Bloomberg’s self-financed candidacy has begun to attract support from moderates seeking what they believe will be an electable alternative to Donald Trump.

On Saturday the rightwing Drudge Report website caused a stir when it said “sources close to the Bloomberg campaign” said he was considering Hillary Clinton, the Democratic candidate beaten by Trump in 2016, as his running mate this year.

But with such increasing prominence, fuelled in part by a massive TV and Facebook advertising effort, has come increasing scrutiny of the former Republican’s recordprevious election Mike has been in.”

In September 2001, however, when Bloomberg first ran for mayor in New York, a position he would fill for three terms, the New York Daily News quoted a spokesman as saying: “Some of the things he might have said. He says he can’t recall saying many of the things he was asked about.”

Bloomberg was also reported to have called the remarks a “bunch of Borscht Belt jokes”.

The publication of the booklet comes during a Democratic primary influenced by the #MeToo movement, which seeks redress against men in positions of power accused of mistreating women.

Trump has enraged opponents with offensive remarks about women and minorities, as well as his history of accusations of sexual misconduct and assault.

Bloomberg has been taken to court by a


Dr. Gafford on October 13, 1981, with a history of seizure activity, and based upon his observation of a seizure episode Dr. Gafford prescribed Dilantin; (b) Ms. Desemo was last treated by Dr. Gafford on October 20, 1981; (c) as a result of a reaction to the Dilantin medication, Ms. Desemo has lost the vision in both eyes; (d) subsequent doctors have diagnosed Ms. Desemo as having "hysterical neurosis" and finding that her "judgment is impaired in line with the conversion syndrome, but not otherwise"; (e) in August of 1983 a rehabilitation counselor saw Ms. Desemo "at the request of her attorney" and came to the conclusion that "Ms. Desemo has functioned in an unstable fashion with diminished mental capacity"; (f) on October 7, 1983, Ms. Desemo's attorneywith complaints of painless lymph node swelling in bilateral neck and axillae for three years, along with a history of weight loss, generalized weakness, and fever. However, there was no history of joint pain, skin rash, edema, hematuria, or bone pain at the presentation. There was no contact history of tuberculosis, and there was no history of similar illness or of autoimmune diseases in the family.

In 2008, she was evaluated at another hospital for lymphadenopathy which showed reactive changes in fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) and no further treatment was instituted. She had developed generalized swelling of her body in 2009 for which she was evaluated at a different institute and improved after taking oral medications for one month. However, detailed medical records were not available.

On examination, she


This Week in Diversity: Gender, Books, and Maps.

As happens fairly regularly in the literary world, people have been talking about gender and books. Two different takes caught our eyes this week: The Book Bench at the New Yorker took an analytical look at the discussion with What We Talk About When We Talk About Men Not Reading, looking at both men’s reading and at the the publishing industry. Meanwhile, author Maureen Johnson took a personal look at the issue with Sell the Girls, in which she talks about how the vast majority of her assigned reading, in school and college, was by and about men.

Far from the publishing biz, some girls in Afghanistan are growing up as boys. The New York Times gives a good look, explaining thatISIS recruit more terrorists."

After Clinton said Trump had generally displayed a "penchant for sexism," Trump went after her husband, former US President Bill Clinton. Trump recently proclaimed that the former president has "a terrible record of women abuse," referring to the Monica Lewinsky scandal, among other things.

At his Saturday rally, Trump also blasted Hillary Clinton for a report on her husband's paid speeches while she was secretary of state. As he has done frequently before, Trump further asserted that Clinton "shouldn't be allowed to run" because of the private email system she used for her State Department work.

"She should be in jail, by the way, for what she did," Trump said. "Everybody knows she should be in jail. What she did with the emails is a disgrace," he


order directing plaintiff to vacate the premises and surrender possession.
Plaintiff answered defendant's counterclaim with a general denial and, as defenses thereto, sets up the alleged oral modification of the lease and estoppel.
Plaintiff filed a supplemental complaint, alleging partial eviction from the front entrance of the office building and partial eviction from the elevator, by reason of defendant's having changed the locks and having kept the main entrance locked on Sundays, evenings and holidays. He prays that rent be suspended from March 27, 1962, the date when the front entrance was locked, until the partial eviction is discontinued.
The pretrial order required no answer by defendant to plaintiff's supplemental complaint since, at the pretrial conference, defendant denied each and every allegation thereof.
The case was tried to a jury. At theconstitute the agreement between the parties.
We now turn our attention to the question as to whether there was an oral modification of the lease, as claimed by plaintiff.
In Paragraph 30 of the lease, lessee agrees that no amendment or modification of the lease shall be valid or binding unless expressed in writing and executed by the parties thereto in the same manner as the execution of the lease. It is admitted that no written modification of the lease, or any of the terms thereof, was ever executed. Plaintiff claims, however, that there was an oral modification. He testified that after several conversations with defendant's agents he (the plaintiff) addressed a letter to one Hart, leasing agent of the defendant, on September 12, 1961, expressing plaintiff's views of the


the main entrance locked on Sundays, evenings and holidays after March 27, 1962, and plaintiff was compelled to use his key to the back entrance and climb back stairs to his third floor office; that there should be an abatement of his rent until this condition is remedied. Defendant explains that this action was necessary because of possible vandalism and damage in the front lobby should the front door be left unlocked other than during regular office hours.
Plaintiff testified that he often worked in his office on Sundays and holidays, but usually avoided appointments in the evenings, and admits that on at least two holidays in 1961 the building was kept open and on other occasions was opened up at his request when he had an appointment withfor occupancy on the day the term of the lease is to begin, the lessee need not move in and take possession, and until the premises are ready the rent payments are suspended. Paragraph 14 provides that if the lessee moves in and takes possession of the leased premises, this action is conclusive as against him that the premises were in good and satisfactory condition and were ready for occupancy, and rent would commence from the date possession was actually taken.
On or about September 1, 1961, the date the term of the lease began, plaintiff moved his furniture into the leased premises, took possession of the office, and has remained in possession and occupied the premises as a law office continuously up to the date of trial. Plaintiff


had his option and exercised his option by moving into the premises while he still maintained that the premises were not completed, thus bringing into effect the provisions of Paragraph 14.
Throughout the case, plaintiff complained of many items that he thought should be completed before the office was ready for occupancy, such as a lack of the number "10395" on the outside of the building, the lack of an office directory in the lobby, failure to repaint the east wall of the office, lack of proper soundproofing, damaged ceiling panels, improper cold and heat controls, a scratch on a window pane, lack of a mail slot in the office door, noisy air ducts, scratched enamel, lack of a sign in the lobby directing attention to the building directory,That Paragraph 30 of the lease provided that all modifications of its terms be in writing and executed in the same manner as the lease. That plaintiff's letter of September 12, 1961, did not constitute a modification in conformance with said Paragraph 30. That the taking of possession by plaintiff of the leased premises was conclusive against him that said premises were fit for occupancy under Paragraph 14 of the lease. That a forfeiture was declared by defendant pursuant to the terms of the lease for nonpayment of rent. That plaintiff went into possession under said Paragraph 14, continued in possession, and is still in possession and has paid no rent. That plaintiff's authorization to defendant to withdraw funds from plaintiff's trust account did not constitute a tender


presented by the appellants, we concur in the ruling of the court below. There is no ambiguity in the language of the will with respect to the beneficiaries of the trusts. It provides clearly and unequivocally that the beneficiaries of both trusts, exclusive of the sums to be paid to certain designated persons for life, shall be his niece Marion Green Johnston and his nephew Ottis Green, Jr., and Aileen Morel Johnston and John Devereaux Johnston, Jr., children of his niece, together with any child or children that may thereafter be born to either his niece Marion Green Johnston or his nephew Ottis Green, Jr. Moreover, he provided that in the event, during the life of the trust created under Item X of his will, any beneficiary thereunder,and at the time of the above-described dicing, an adhesive sheet or the like (dicing tape) is adhered to the rear surface of the wafer so that the wafer is diced in an adhered and secure condition, and the formed chips are picked by being pushed up by a needle from the film substrate side of the dicing tape and are secured to a die pad.
In recent years, as applications of IC chips have widened, an extremely thin wafer having a thickness of approximately 50 μm that can be used in an IC card or the like, or that can be utilized in a layered form has been in demand. However, the wafer having a thickness of approximately 50 μm greatly develops a warp and easily cracks due


Under this scenario, all these teams would finish 8-8, and the Steelers would be the sixth seed in the AFC. Ties are broken first inside a division. The Jets would eliminate the Dolphins, and the Steelers would eliminate the Ravens based on better division record. The Steelers would eliminate the Jets based on head-to-head play and the Chargers based on conference record.

If only the Steelers had played in September the way they did on a throwback Sunday night in December.

The Steelers turned a succession of special teams mistakes by the Cincinnati Bengals (9-5) into a club record-tying 21-point first quarter that featured an Antonio Brown touchdown catch and 67-yard punt return score, and they beat up on their division rival 30-20 at Heinz Field.

The first-place Bengals were favoredto win in Pittsburgh for the first time since 1989, but it was the Steelers who turned back the clock with a vintage performance that made their fans wonder where this had been all season.

“Cincinnati was beginning to feel good about themselves against us,” safety Ryan Clark said. “They'd won two in a row and at the end of the game in September they were fighting and talking. It was good to get them at a time they were feeling good about themselves.”

At the same time, the Steelers were wondering where their fans were.

There were nearly 20,000 no-shows — the crowd of 45,873 easily was the smallest since Heinz Field opened in 2001 — and they missed the kind of all-around performance the Steelers rarely have produced while


of touchdowns in the fourth quarter, but they hardly mattered.

Ending a two-game losing streak that left them with only a mathematical chance of reaching the playoffs, the Steelers (6-8) staved off playoff elimination and delayed the Bengals' AFC North title-clinching for at least another week. They also badly damaged Cincinnati's chances of securing a wild-card weekend bye.

The Steelers' 21st win in their past 29 games against the Bengals was a payback of sorts for the Bengals' 13-10 win at Heinz Field last December that eliminated Pittsburgh from playoff contention.

It didn't take long at all, either.

Bengals punter Kevin Huber — he couldn't have had a much more miserable night — mishandled the snap as he tried to get off a kick near his goal line on Cincinnati's first possessionand was tackled by Will Allen at the 1.

Le'Veon Bell couldn't get in on first down but did on second to start the Steelers on only the second 21-point opening quarter in their history. The other one was against the New England Patriots in 2004, during Roethlisberger's rookie season.

It would get worse for Huber and the Bengals.

Brown's 11-yard punt return again gave the Steelers the ball at the Cincinnati 47, and he finished the eight-play drive with a 13-yard scoring catch that made it 14-0. Brown made five catches and needs just five more to reach the 100-catch mark for the season.

It wasn't Brown's biggest play of the night.

Huber punted yet again and, as Brown broke free after fielding the punt at his own 33, tried to move


Within this application several publications are referenced by Arabic numerals within parentheses. Full citations for these references may be found at the end of the specification immediately preceding the claims. The disclosures of these publications in their entirety are hereby incorporated by reference into this application in order to more fully describe the state of the art to which this invention pertains.
Current scientific literature reveals that inflammatory mediators initiate a biochemical chain of events that increase capillary permeability. Under such circumstances the separation of capillary endothelial junctions cannot keep infused colloids such as serum albumin, Dextran-40, and particular intracapillary fluids within the vessel.
Colloids such as serum albumin escape into the interstitium creating a nonfunctional "third space", the volume of which increases as albumin leakage increases. This leakage widensand groundwater projects work best in California’s diverse geography and consideration of the impact of climate change on our water supply.

Beyond that, however, the challenge will be to maintain focus. The commission should take a cold and calculated view of which projects pencil out and which ones do not. Some projects will be best suited for Northern California, while others will have more impact in the Central Valley or Southern California.

It’s a daunting task made even more difficult with much political pressure brought on the independent commission. Recently, 11 members of the Legislature sent a letter to the water commission to fund the construction of reservoirs at Temperance Flat and Sites.

In Washington, Reps. John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, and Doug LaMalfa, R-Richvale, introduced a bill to speed up feasibility


studies for the Sites reservoir.

Thankfully, the water commission is not made up of elected politicians. The issue of storage is already politicized, proving to be the most contentious aspect of the water bond. The commissioners are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Senate.

They bring a wide range of knowledge and views about water issues to the monthly hearings, with expertise in agriculture, the environment, engineering and construction.

But the goals of this commission are a far cry from the original board, which was established in 1945, with Gov. Earl Warren appointing its first member. Back then the board was recommending flood-control projects and beneficial uses of water.

In the late 1990s, terms of the commission members expired, no appointments were made and it no longer had a quorumto break the rules and play Florent Malouda Tuesday evening in the Gold Cup.

The CONCACAF disciplinary committee announced that the match between French Guiana and Honduras, which finished as a scoreless draw on the night, would be forfeited by French Guiana, awarding Honduras a 3-0 result.

In addition, French Guiana was fined an undisclosed amount and the 37-year-old Malouda was assessed a two-match stadium ban.

“As a consequence of fielding Florent Malouda, who was confirmed by the Disciplinary Committee to be ineligible to play in the Gold Cup 2017 according to the applicable regulations, the Disciplinary Committee has levied sanctions and fines against the French Guiana Football League (LGF) and has suspended the player ruled ineligible,” CONCACAF said in a statement.

Malouda of course earned 80 caps for the French National


Team during a long career in Europe where he starred for Lyon and Chelsea, but began playing for his native French Guiana earlier this year, captaining the side to third place at the Caribbean Cup, which served as a qualifying tournament for the Gold Cup.

For whatever reason, CONCACAF allowed Malouda to compete for French Guiana in that competition but has decided to honor FIFA rules, which say a player cannot switch international teams once they’ve played in an official FIFA match, at the Gold Cup, which ruled Malouda ineligible for the Gold Cup. Normally FIFA rules don’t apply to French Guiana because the nation, an overseas department of France, is not a member of FIFA.

At the same time, Malouda was allowed to be registered on the French Guianaroster, placed on the starting lineup and take the field, even though the game was almost surely going to be forfeited.

The strange situation has perhaps met its end, with French Guiana now with no chance of advancing to the knockout round of the Gold Cup with two losses through its first two games against Canada and Honduras.

French Guiana wraps up the group stage against Costa Rica on Friday evening.


in temperature and NDVI. The remaining species were recorded in areas with large variations. The maximum environmental niche overlap was ∼73.6% between A. mixtum and A. cajennense and 73.5% between A. tonelliae and A. sculptum. Projecting these inferences on the geographical space revealed probable areas of sympatry or parapatry between A. mixtum and A. cajennense or between A. tonelliae and A. sculptum, the latter of which was confirmed with field collections. The A. sculptum distribution overlaps with that of A. tonelliae in northern Argentina and Paraguay; parapatry occurs at one extreme of the conditions occupied by both species. Compared with areas of allopatry, sites with both species had consistently lower temperatures, except for 10-12weeks during the summer, and higher NDVI values throughout the year. We hypothesise that theA mare and her nursing foal have been poisoned with a cocktail of prescription and over-the-counter drugs in the third serious attack on animals belonging to a Red Beach woman in the past year.

The 18-year-old mare Annie and her month-old foal Revvy have been shifted to a secret location north of Auckland after the latest attack.

An eyewitness told the Herald on Sunday a group of schoolboys ran off from the William Bayes Place grazing paddock on Thursday afternoon, leaving behind a supermarket bag full of anti-depressants, anti-inflammatory and anti-nausea pills.

Distraught owner Amber-Leigh Erasmus said the newborn foal was discovered shaking, barely able to stand with its eyes rolling back into its head.

The mare had an immediate allergic reaction to the drugs and was suffering from painful welts.

Last night,


the older animal's health was causing concern after losing a startling amount of weight.

This was the third in a series of attacks on the animals.

The pregnant mare was tagged and drenched in alcohol last May.

After it was moved to another location she was wounded in a machete attack in September.

Red Beach resident Glenis Swan said she disturbed a trio of teens wearing Orewa College uniforms in the horse paddock.

She said they were behaving strangely and when they noticed her approaching they bolted, dropping their stash of pills.

She collected the bag and called police.

Orewa College principal Kathleen Shevland could not be contacted yesterday.

Erasmus said she was devastated by the discovery and was trying to rally as much awareness and public support to find the culprits. She had set upa Facebook page in an attempt to raise money for her growing veterinary bills. And she was prepared to pursue this latest incident after the earlier May attack remained unsolved.

"I'm so upset. I've been in tears ever since it happened," she said. "I really want these people caught.

"I'm really sad this could be done by kids and I'm completely beside myself."

Erasmus, who runs a horse training centre, said her animals were now fearful of humans and the foal was even distancing itself from its mother.

People were responding to her online requests with donations coming in, including supplements and feed for her ailing horses.

Dairy Flat Clinic veterinarian Anna Day said: "The mare and her foal are okay. It's just a really odd thing to do.

"It's probable that if somebody


as the dancing machine of the group, finally goes all out in his solo music video. I have seen him slowly but surely grow into a confident man, and this video came at the perfect time in his career. He totally takes on his edgy, “dangerous” character in this, showing off his flawless dance skill and his versatility in singing in different styles than the typical SHINee sound. The final product is just full of pure Taemin talent.

#47: Toheart – Delicious

While Taemin was preparing for his solo debut, his SHINee brother Key was off joining INFINITE’s Woohyun for a really fun duet project. Toheart is one of the first inter-group subunits I have seen (second to Troublemaker?) and I loved it. Key and Woohyun have great chemistry inMan Begs Internet To Stop Making Him Defend Trump

MARYSVILLE, OH—Local man Dennis Pavone is a middle-of-the-road conservative. He's not crazy about President Donald Trump yet finds himself constantly being forced to defend the man against ever more deranged attacks from both the left and the Never Trump right.

Pavone says he's always getting dragged into arguments where the accusations leveled against Trump are so outlandish that he's forced to take the president's side.

"OK, I'm really not a big Trump fan, so please stop making me defend him, you psychos," he wrote in a recent Twitter thread after a progressive accused Trump of forcing a couple to drink aquarium cleaner. "Seriously, how insane do you people have to be to make me side with Trump every time? I didn't even


Brittany Vidal Prepares For Hurricane Dorian, Wraps Home In Plastic Bags And Duct Tape | September 2

Jacksonville: Florida woman Brittany Vidal has taken a unique way to prepping her home for the coming wrath of Hurricane Dorian.

It appears as though Vidal has wrapped her home in heavy duty plastic. She’s also using 300 sandbags and a whole lot of duct tape to reinforce the wrap, in hopes it keeps water from Hurricane Dorian from coming into her house.

She and others who live in the Davis Shores area dealt with major flooding in hurricanes Matthew and Irma. The neighbors know the risk when they’re warned about incoming storms.

Davis Shores is in Evacuation Zone A. Zones A and B have a population of close to 149,000 people who were askedworship? Seemingly, it did for the Israelites. After all, sexual feelings are some of the strongest possessed by humanity. The New Testament describes the pagan world as characteristically driven by the sensate, by lusts and desires (Romans 13:14; 1 John 2:16; 1 Peter 1:14; Jude 18). There is great danger therefore, when feelings, not faith, drive God’s people. 13. Ibid. Schultz also notes that the name for God (plural, elohim) might have been employed by the Israelites “in a pagan polytheistic way.” 14. U. Cassuto, A Commentary on the Book of Exodus, Israel Abrahams, Translator (Jerusalem: The Magnes Press, The Hebrew University, 1967) 420. 15. Brevard S. Childs, The Book of Exodus (Philadelphia; The Westminster Press, 1974) 566.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

"One World - One Dream"

This is the title


links the idea of "dream" to global "peace":

In spite of the differences in colors, languages and races, we share the charm and joy of the Olympic Games, and together we seek for the ideal of Mankind for peace. We belong to the same world and we share the same aspirations and dreams. [emphasis added]

And the next paragraph continues with the theme of global harmony, peace and dream:

"One World One Dream" is a profound manifestation of the core concepts of the Beijing Olympic Games. It reflects the values of harmony connoted in the concept of "People's Olympics", the core and soul of the three concepts -- "Green Olympics, High-tech Olympics and People's Olympics". While "Harmony of Man with Nature" and "Peace Enjoys Priority" are the philosophies and ideals ofheart in order to enter a realm consciousness in which the divine becomes visible? Insight into the question rests upon two points: first—what it means to be "pure in heart"; and second—what it means to "see God."

TO BE PURE IN HEART

Ancient Jews commonly thought that cleanliness approached unto godliness (Matthew 23:25-28). Characteristically, Jews concerned themselves with ritual washings or baptisms (Hebrews 6:2), some of which were, in light of the demands of Old Testament law, justified. Jesus however, exhorted His followers to pursue purity. He was more concerned with His disciples' hearts than their hands. As the Psalmist asked, "Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? And who may stand in His holy place?" and then answered, "He who has clean hands and a pure heart"


hope."[5]

The difference between an impure heart and a pure heart can bee seen in Jesus' parable of "The Pharisee and the Publican" (Luke 18:9-14). The Pharisee came to God smug in his self-righteousness, thinking he was better than others. He was not desperate before God. The tax-collector, on the other hand, came to God in desperation. He was not looking for a self-help gospel, or seeking to see a god within. In fact, he turned his face away from heaven, flagellated his chest, and cried out, "God, be merciful to me, the sinner!" (Luke 18:13). With singular intent and desperation of heart, the sinner knew he needed a Savior, and that was all there was to it. He was pure in heart. Unlike the Pharisee, he was noof the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out! For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has become His counselor? Or who has first given to Him and it shall be repaid to him? For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen” (Romans 11:33-36).

Look at the end of that verse again. “…of Him and through Him and to Him are all things.” He is the source of everything, everything has to be done through Him and, most importantly, all things are to Him. This means He is the purpose and end goal of all things. Jesus said “I am the Alpha


in her landmark book The Hidden Dangers of the Rainbow (Huntington House, 1983).

In this new article, Cumbey links New Age leaders with evangelical leaders in ways which have heretofore have been undisclosed. Based on the groundbreaking research on the evangelical secret society called "The Family" (or "The Fellowship") made public by Jeff Sharlet in his recently released book The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power, Cumbey connects the dots to the Institute of Noetic Sciences. And she adds important pieces to the perplexing puzzle of interconnections between key evangelical leaders and ranking New Agers.

This fraternization at the highest echelons has been an ongoing problem for decades.

This blog began nearly three years ago with a series of posts that began on September 20, 2005 reviewingseveral conferences sponsored by the Billy Graham Association in the late 1970s where key evangelical leaders absorbed the futurist ideals of Willis Harman, whose new-world-order and New Age credentials were impressive. Just what were these "respectable" evangelical leaders doing finding common ground with Harman's Luciferian worldview?

The interconnections continued. Warren Smith wrote a key article in the mid 1990s entitled "Evangelicals and New Agers Together," in which he detailed the working relationship between former U.N. Assistant Secretary-General Robert Muller and evangelical mission leader Jay Gary.

More recently, we noted the significance of Emergent Church leader Brian McLaren speaking at the World Future Society (with Jay Gary also on the program).

Cumbey's recent revelations of key associations add a disturbing new dimension to Sharlet's book, The Family. It is hard enough to


grasp the staggering implications of Sharlet's book, but when she adds in the overlapping New Age personnel and agenda, the ramifications are shocking.

Sharlet's book is not for the faint-of-heart, yet much of it is understated. Anyone who has served in leadership in the Christian Right has eventually run into the power elite behind the scenes -- pulling strings, rearranging props, switching lights and changing the scenery for a utopic kingdom vision -- first for America, next for the world. Sharlet's book reveals a few of the men who are behind the curtain.

Monday, August 04, 2008

God's Dream = PEACE

A Global Kingdom Dream

For years, we’ve dreamed of the day when the three sectors of society: public, private and faith – specifically local churches – could be connected together for theMahatma Gandhi, Mother Theresa, Mikhail Gorbachev, etc. (Note: some living "saints" are part of The Elders); 3) this is intentionally a youth movement.

Desmond Tutu, the former archibishop of Cape Town and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has written several books on the topic of "God's Dream," including one for children. His book God Has A Dream: A Vision of Hope for Our Time has been endorsed by Nelson Mandela, The Dalai Lama, and Jimmy Carter.[4] Here are some key quotes from speeches he has given:

God has a dream for all his children. It is about a day when all people enjoy fundamental security and live free of fear. It is about a day when all people have a hospitable land in which to establish a future. ... God's dream


for God-realisation. Just start on your journey upward, inward and forward-upward to see God's Dream, inward to possess God's Dream, forward to become God's Dream. This Dream is the Dream of absolute Fulfilment.[12]

Sun Myung Moon heads up the world-wide Unification Church and has been involved in business, political, cultural, and mass-media endeavors for the past several decades. His teachings on "God's Dream" are astonishing in their similarity to the New Apostolic Reformation, and indeed Moon has hobnobbed with evangelical leaders, including paid junkets, for many decades. Moon has claimed to be the "Second Coming of Jesus."

God's dream still remains unfulfilled. It was not fulfilled 2,000 years ago, or in the home of any religious leader or any American home, and today the Unification Church is here to pledgethat he "asked Archbishop Tutu for a blessing. I knelt down -- and he gave me one."[19] In April 2008 Delirious? came out with Kingdom of Comfort, which is about a "shift happening." The following quotation explains the context:

Literature also played a big part in the writing of Kingdom of Comfort, inspiring the songs and the mission. In fact, not only did authors inspire the new album, some have also joined the band in the mission writing stories to encourage charity in conjunction with the new album. Delirious? plans to share these stories with their fans as four authors have been confirmed to participate so far: Graham Cray, Bishop of Maidstone and the chair of the working group who published The Mission Shaped Church; Brian McLaren, author of


Anyone and everyone of importance in the Empire's armed forces either knew Tanya von Degurechaff, or knew of The Argent. But as important as a military is to a nation's well being, it is only part of the government. And as much as the military jealously held on to Tanya as theirs and theirs alone, other agencies were starting to see her as the "go to" person for exceedingly complicated and dangerous missions.

The intelligence and counterintelligence branches, the Empire's foreign office and the economics ministry all wanted to use her services. Because of her business acumen, far in advance of the economic theories of the day, she even had something of a cult following in the economics ministry. They now busied themselves tracking dozens of economic indicators shehad taught and explained to them, that they had not before imagined, to the great benefit of the Imperial treasury, business and industry.

And when the economics ministry teamed up with the foreign office, they could apply a lot of pressure on the military. This was the case with the long simmering pot of problems that were Magna Rumeli and the Turkman Principalities. For all their faults, the old Sultanate of Magna Rumeli was steadfast in resisting political and military pressure from the Russy Federation, who had, even before the communists, dreamed of absorbing them into their sphere for their value as the crossroads of east and west, as well as for very old religious motivations.

So Russy tried to subvert and entice the restive minorities within the Sultanate. Domestically,


their problems were even worse, as while the Sultan and his government were forward looking, their foundations were based in their religion and antiquated styles of government. But a new generation wanted a mostly secular government founded in reason and rationality, and hoped to overthrow the Sultan to achieve it.

Though militarily stretched so thin that the Russy Federation had to make peace with the Empire, they were still able to muster about a division of mostly secret police, military intelligence and border security to infiltrate the eastern reaches of the Sultanate to stir up the restive minorities within, since it was not part of that treaty. The reaction to this by the new generation of Rumelians was to become very aggressive towards these minorities within Magna Rumeli, aswell as the Turkman Principalities, seen as inviting Russy involvement against their nation.

The father of the current Sultan, Mahmad VI, was a firm believer in modernizing his nation. He built railroads, highways, dams, and created a public education system which was not well received until he made it mandatory for all children despite their social standing. He used a large part of the national income to build his magnificent Dolmabache Palace, more modern and with more amenities than were used by royals in other nations. Gas lighting, electricity, and even its own theater. And plenty of places to hide from assassins and invaders, and niches for secret policemen, for he was also more than a little bit paranoid. The palace also had more traditional aspects, such as a


large area for the Sultan's harem, but for the most part had the best modern design of any palace around.

For his part, his son brought in a fleet of automobiles, and had an aircraft strip and hangar nearby. And his diplomats were always on the lookout for new and better technologies. Perhaps his oddest innovation was in the nearby city where most would assume his servants lived. It had all the businesses of a city, and everything a city of that size needed, and otherwise looked very orderly. But every person who lived there, from its mayor to the street beggars was a spy. The logic was that the main road leading to the palace passed through the city, and outsiders would figure on using it as abase from which to operate. The level of surveillance was absolute.

There was a multitude of concerns in the Empire for the future of Magna Rumeli, as well as the Turkman Principalities. Ever increasing trade with Afria had to pass through the land route gateway of the Principalities, or hazard the rampant piracy of the much longer littoral, or coastal route. And recent events had magnified the flow of trade with the far east, especially the Akitsushima Dominion, through Magna Rumeli itself.

And the Empire wanted the infiltration by the Russy Federation stopped cold, not just its troublemaking division but those trying to persuade the new generation to embrace communism.

So that the Empire's foreign office, economics ministry, and the military could assess the situation, Colonel von Degurechaff, Lieutenant Colonel Weiss,


and Major Serebryakov, accompanied by one of the most accomplished spies of the Empire, Margaret Zelle, were to travel as civilians to the capital of Magna Rumeli and were then to be invited as guests to the Dolmabache Palace, to have a business meeting with the Sultan and some of his advisers.

On their meeting with Agent Zelle, both Tanya and Visha were not particularly impressed, as she came off as rather average looking. But Lieutenant Colonel Weiss found it hard to contain himself, and was later chastized by Tanya for gawking like a teenage body. But he swore she just radiated sexual glamour of a kind he had never seen before.

For the purposes of this mission, Lieutenant Colonel Weiss would have the identity of the wealthy owner ofa diamond concern in the Empire's East Afrian colony, Margaret Zelle would be his wife, and Tanya and Major Serebryakov would be their daughters. Only the Sultan was aware of their real identities. Lieutenant Colonel Weiss would present one of the Sultan's aides, a diamond expert, with several cut stones for the Sultan as a gift from the Emperor, after which the Sultan would excuse his aides to speak with his visitors in private.

The trickiest part would be that their diamonds, computational jewels, flight equipment and weapons would need to be sent in a diplomatic pouch to the Imperial embassy in the capital city, so in the times they were without they would be relatively defenseless. However, Agent Zelle was top notch in close combat, and had worked


as an assassin, so would be their bodyguard.

Their flight to Byzantium, capital of Magna Rumeli, was not very eventful, other than Lieutenant Colonel Weiss becoming airsick. A very large and heavy luxury automobile, a V12 Pierce-Arrow from the embassy was sent to pick them up. Agent Zelle gave them a rundown on the vehicle. Made in the Unified States specifically for the Sultan, with modifications like armor plating, medium range radio and weapons compartments, if its tires were shot out it could ride on its rims for miles. Its powerful engine could accelerate faster than most vehicles and was strong enough to tow an armored car. In turn, the Sultan had gifted it to the Empire's embassy officially because it was last years' model, but practically to keepthe Empire's ambassador from being assassinated.

Tanya was impressed by the ancient and modern look of Byzantium. The embassy driver noted they were being tailed by at least two cars occupied by new generation agents, recognizable because of their odd looking red hats. He looked at Agent Zelle but did not say anything, then she remarked that it was more important that they get to the embassy.

Instead of getting into a fight with those fools, Tanya said to herself.

The driver kept a running monologue as if he were a tourist guide, yet also explaining the complex politics of Magna Rumeli woven in seamlessly. Byzantium was still wholly the domain of the Sultan's forces, but the new generation was setting up its own shadow government in the second city of


the realm further inland. He also let slip that his family were from an ethnic and religious minority and were afraid of persecution were the Sultan to be overthrown. He did not go into detail because by then they had arrived at the Empire's embassy and drove directly into its underground parking facility.

The ambassador and the embassy staff gave them the full VIP treatment, including a buffet far beyond their pay scale, including fine Black Sea caviar, vegetable and warm stuffed meat dolmas with tahini and other sauces, warm manti dumplings with garlic yogurt sauce, numerous cheeses, and sweet, sticky baklava for dessert. Having been informed of Tanya's fondness for coffee, they had regular, Ildoan espresso, the local brew and the local brew with cardamom spice, preferred incountry. Lieutenant Colonel Weiss, Agent Zelle, and Major Serebryakov all ate heartily, but Tanya limited herself to some cheese and ordinary coffee. She noted later that the others all needed to afford themselves some seltzer powder for heartburn.

The next morning they had just left the embassy when they heard a loud explosion in the distance, which the driver was able to identify as having come from the area of an open market frequented by a religious minority, though he could not guess as to its origin or purpose. Otherwise the streets had the normal high volume of traffic for a business day, while they were enroute to the palace. He made it a point to stop off at the town of spies just long enough to buy some


fruit, as a means to let the palace know they were soon to arrive.

Tanya had never seen such a grand palace. In past, the Russy Federation had several like this, but they were all razed by the Philistine communists, memories of a glorious and prosperous past they wanted forgotten, along with museums, art galleries, and libraries. But the quality and artistry of this place was impressive. Likewise, behind the scenes, Tanya was aware of recent technologies being put to good use. She almost giggled when she glanced through a doorway to see a ticker tape machine in operation with data from some stock market. They truly had to pass through a gauntlet of a busy part of the government to see the Sultan.

Finally, after an extended introduction undertheir fake personas, and Lieutenant Colonel Weiss passing the gift from the Emperor to the Sultan's aide, who stated to the Sultan that their quality and cut were magnificent, then the aides were excused to leave. After a brief pause, Tanya noted that the Sultan was positively leering at Agent Zelle, who in turn was both glancing at him seductively and blushing.

Tanya then got to the point, that the Empire was concerned for the well being of Magna Rumeli, as well as the Turkman Principalities, and that they had been sent there to, if possible, mitigate problems for the Sultan. In truth, said the Sultan, I have had the situation explained to me in depth by my most trusted friend and teacher, who was also my father's friend


as I no longer have an interest in women who are not particularly bright, but are lazy and complacent." Then he cast another wistful glance at Zelle, who looked away briefly. "So it is now where my friend and teacher lives, with his extensive library of books he has collected and those he has written. It still remains tradition that only the Sultan and trusted females can enter the harem, under severe penalty, and my subordinates are sticklers for tradition. But since nobody saw him enter, they cannot take against him for being there. And though he can leave at any time, he chooses to stay. Tanya was somewhat puzzled.

Before my father, Sultan Abdala Hamed II, built this palace, our friend and teacher lived in his own partof the old palace, and moved him here before designating the harem area as a harem, again to evade the rules. It was on his advice that my father began his program of modernizing our nation, and he provided ideas to help a few other strong rulers do the same. With this, the Sultan took out a strange looking key with which he opened the door to the harem.

Shelves of books. Stacks of books. Piles of very old scrolls. On a table she saw what looked like papyrus scrolls from the time of the Pharoahs, and even Aztec codices. Other tables had religious charts and small artifacts. Then from behind some shelves, Tanya heard "Good day! Do I have some visitors?", and out came a young man.

"Colonel," said


briefly considered enslaving my people, hoping to force them to do the jobs they had done, before realizing that slaves wouldn't do such jobs.

The last major group of my faith lived here, in my home country, so I had to return here to make my rule absolute. But the Sultan who reigned here at the time was an interesting man. Officially, he was of a different faith, and was believed to be a righteous follower. But privately, he admitted to me that he was a resolute cynic, a scoffer and an atheist. He had spoken at length with some of my early followers, and from them had learned an accurate account which I had given them, of my meeting with God, which I later refined and embellished considerablyno religious obligations, and with access to all sorts of palace amenities, outside of my harem.

It still took a while and more arguments before Sabetay Sevi became an atheist. Perhaps out of bitterness by the God-being, most of his blessing was stripped away, and as one last insult, since he was trapped in the palace until he died, his beard was taken away as well as his last 20-30 years of maturity, so he looked like a callow youth. He was also cursed with, if not immortality, then with an unnaturally long life.

In retrospect, he truly felt that this first Sultan was his friend, and he mourned his passing. So he decided to stay on as teacher and friend to his descent. Since then he had raised them


to be men of rationality and reason, and to shun beings that proclaim themself deities. But seeing the changes to the world, he estimated that the time of Sultans was ending, so had raised the last one to be somewhat fatalistic, and to be ready to flee when the revolution came.

Taking all this in, Tanya finally interjected by saying, "What if someone was to teach the leaders of the new generation how to rule?" Sabetay said that at least their leaders tended to be sensible, but many in their ranks lust for war and chaos. Currently they hope to slaughter the minorities of Magna Rumeli, as well as in the Turkman Principalities, so until they have tasted the bitter reality of war, they are beyond reason. This setto them that they have four months of effective control over the military and some of the government, augmented by their young and ambitious future leaders to prepare a very effective but covert defense against a massive landing by Commonwealth and other forces at the mouth of the strait. They will need defenses against ships and submarines, logistics and much, much more. And if their planning and execution is well done, they will have learned how to rule and defended the nation, and the Sultan will bloodlessly cede power to them and go into exile.

When all the preparations are made, the Empire will make a show of the short visit of a few decorative brigades to celebrate the new treaty. At the same time, my unit, The First


Mage Combined Arms Foreign Legion Division, that is unknown to most of the world, will covertly enter, wipe out the Russy secret police division trying to incite your minorities, and then establish air superiority over the area of the landing, after the new generation has had a taste of the modern battlefield.

"But where will the enemy attack?", asked the Sultan. "At a place you call 'Canakkale', but is known to the Commonwealth as 'Gallipoli'", replied Tanya.

Tanya has estimated six months in practical terms, the first two just to get the project started and to get advisers sent from the Empire. But it was accomplished in just over a month. Some of the new generation leaders remarked afterwards that their training was like getting a college degree in amonth of intense study. Likewise the Sultan's military command was driven to completely relearn everything they thought they knew about war. The battle area was intensely mapped and prepped, even with subdued rail lines, and submarine nets and sea mines made sections of the strait impassable, so commercial shipping lanes were tightly policed.

For her part, Tanya's division had taken over a formerly abandoned village and rebuilt it to look normal. Someone could pass through it and not know it was brimming with weapons, had barns with tanks and artillery, bulldozers and bridging equipment, yet produced almost no mana signature. Only after they had lingered a while would visitors maybe realize that no children were in evidence. But no reason to do so, as it was just another ordinary


village.

Ahead of schedule, back in the Empire the Intelligence ministry was carefully, even artistically, laying the groundwork for Commonwealth Intelligence to bite it all, hook, line and sinker. Hand crafted lies and half-truths, newspaper stories, and gently fanning the flames of aggression against the Empire. And soon the Commonwealth was running larger and larger landing exercises in preparation for an invasion.

Meanwhile, back in Dolmabache Palace, the Sultan and Sabetay Sevi were having more fun than they had in ages. Tanya made sure they had an active feed of all that was taking place. So when intelligence let it be known that a huge flotilla of Commonwealth warships laden with troops were enroute, they were already doing a victory dance.

In Londonium, Duke of Marlborough and First Lord of theCommonwealth Churbull was intensely covetous of the Empire's seemingly endless victories, and he wanted to hit them so hard, from so many directions, that it would cause their economy to collapse overnight. His impatience made him ignore the counsel of cooler heads, both outside and within his war cabinet. Convinced that Magna Rumeli was rotten to the core and crippled to the point of near collapse, he had issued orders that as soon as a beachhead was created in Gallipoli, that an airfield would be built, bombers quickly assembled, and firebombing of their capital city would commence.

Not just revenge for the massacre at Arene, but to show every other power what would happen to them if they had the temerity to align with the Empire. His view had