a, xi. 139

Kabyles, marriage custom of the, to ensure the birth of a boy, vi. 262;
  their cure for jealousy, ix. 33

Kacha Nagas of Assam, parents named after their children among the, iii.
            333

Kacharis, the, of Assam, their fear of demons, ix. 93

Kachh, the Rao of, i. 385 _n._ 1

Kachins of Burma, their custom of making a new fire on taking possession
            of a new house, ii. 237 _sq._;
  continence of women at brewing beer among the, iii. 200;
  their offerings at sowing and reaping, viii. 121 _sq._;
  their belief in demons, ix. 96

Kadesh, a Semitic goddess, v. 137 _n._ 2

Kadiak, islanda tree, ii. 38

Katoemanggoengan, a lawgiver, born again in a crocodile, viii. 211

Katrine, Loch, x. 231

Katsina, a Hausa kingdom, custom of killing infirm kings in, iv. 35

Katzenthal in Baden, charm to make the hemp grow tall in, i. 138

Kaua Indians of North-Western Brazil, their masked dances, vii. 111, ix.
            236, 381

Kauffmann, Professor F., on the Balder myth, x. 102 _n._ 1, 103 _n._;
  on the external soul, xi. 97 _n._

Kaumpuli, the Baganda god of plague, ix. 4

Kaupole, a Midsummer pole in Eastern Prussia, xi. 49

_Kausika Sutra_, ancient Hindoo book of sorcery, i. 209, 229, ix. 192

Kavirondo, the Bantu tribes of, purification of manslayers among, iii. 176


uses of the bodies of the dead, vi. 106

Koeniggraetz district of Bohemia, King and Queen on Whit-Monday in village
            of the, ii. 89;
  beheading the Whitsuntide king on Whit-Monday in the, iv. 209 _sq._

Koenigshain, in Silesia, custom of "Driving out Death" at, iv. 264 _sq._

Konkan, Southern, mode of getting rid of cholera in, ix. 191 _sq._

Konkaus of California, their dance of the dead, vi. 53

Konz on the Moselle, custom of rolling a burning wheel down hill at, x.
            118, 163 _sq._, 337 _sq._

Kooboos of Sumatra, their theory of the afterbirth and navel-string, xi.
            162fruit-trees threatened in, ii. 22;
  superstition as to shadows in, iii. 89;
  building custom in, iii. 89;
  charm to prevent the consummation of marriage in, iii. 300;
  the harvest Hare in, vii. 280;
  sticks or stones piled on scenes of violent death in, ix. 15;
  fires on St. John's Eve in, x. 211 _sq._

Leschiy, a woodland spirit in Russia, ii. 124 _sq._

Leslie, David, on Caffre belief as to spirits of the dead incarnate in
            serpents, xi. 211 _n._ 2, 212 _n._

Lesneven, in Brittany, burning of an effigy (of Carnival) on Ash Wednesday
            at, iv. 229 _sq._

Leti, island of, taboos observed


rice personified as husband and wife in,
            vii. 201 _sqq._

London, the immortal girl of, x. 99;
  Midsummer fires in, x. 196 _sq._

Long Man, a river-god, i. 144

"---- -haired mother," title of the Goddess of Maize in Mexico, i. 136

---- -headed men chosen kings, ii. 297

Longevity, homoeopathic charms to ensure, i. 158, 169

"Longevity garments," in China, i. 169

Longforgan, parish of, in Perthshire, the Maiden Feast at harvest in, vii.
            156 _sq._

Longnor, near Leebotwood, in Shropshire, the Mare at harvest at, vii. 294

Longridge Fell, _leeting_ the witches at Hallowe'en at, x. 245

Lons-le-Saulnier, in the Jura, last sheaf called the Bitch at, vii. 272

Looboos (Loeboes) of Sumatra creepprevent them from coming to life
              again, viii. 260

Lusatia (Lausitz), custom of "Carrying out Death" in, iv. 239, 247, 249;
  the "Witch-burning" in, ix. 163.
  _See also_ Lausitz

Luschan, Professor F. von, on kings of Dahomey and Benin in animal forms,
            iv. 85 _n._ 3, 86 _n._ 1;
  on images stuck with nails, ix. 70 _n._ 1

Lushais of Assam, men dressed as women, women dressed as men, among the,
            vi. 255 _n._ 1;
  their belief in demons, ix. 94;
  sick children passed through a coil among the, xi. 185


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Mandalay, human sacrifices at gateways of, iii. 90;
  kings of Burma screened from public gaze at, iii. 125 _sq._;
  the ceremony of head-washing at, iii. 253

Mandan Indians, afraid of having their portraits taken, iii. 97;
  their belief as to the stars, iv. 67 _sq._;
  their personification of maize as an Old Woman, vii. 204 _sq._;
  their annual expulsion of the devil, ix. 171

Mandarins, deceased, deification of, i. 415

Mandeling, a district of Sumatra, treatment of the afterbirth in, i. 192
            _sq._;
  the King of the Rice in, vii. 197;
  respect for tigers in, viii. 216

Mandelings of Sumatra, their excuses to tree-spirits for cutting down
       fourth, regarded as unlucky, ii. 57 _n._ 4;
  of Earth in spring, ii. 76, 94;
  to a palm-tree before tapping it, ii. 101;
  of near kin, the prohibition of, perhaps based historically on
              superstition, ii. 117;
  of girls to spirits of lakes, ii. 150 _sq._;
  of girls to rivers, ii. 151 _sq._;
  with king's widow constitutes a claim to the kingdom, ii. 281 _sqq._,
              iv. 193;
  with half-sister legal in Attica, ii. 284;
  rice strewn on bridegroom's head at, iii. 35;
  the consummation of, prevented by knots and locks, iii. 299 _sqq._;


Galela, x. 79;
  in Sumatra, x. 79;
  in Africa, x. 79 _sqq._;
  among the Jews and in Syria, x. 83 _sq._;
  in India, x. 84 _sq._;
  in Annam, x. 85

Mentawei Islands, ceremony at reception of strangers in the, iii. 104

Mentras of Malacca use a special language in searching for lignum aloes,
            iii. 404;
  their tradition as to primitive man, vi. 140

Mephitic vapours, worship of, v. 203 _sqq._

Mequinez in Morocco, custom of throwing water on each other at Midsummer
            at, x. 216

Mercato Nuovo at Florence, the Old Woman sawn through at Mid-Lent in the,
       knocking in a nail annually, ix. 67 _n._ 2

Mon, island of, belief of Esthonian reapers in, as to cutting the first
            corn, vii. 285

Monarchy in ancient Greece and Rome, tradition of its abolition, i. 46;
  rise of, i. 216 _sqq._;
  essential to emergence of mankind from savagery, i. 217;
  hereditary and elective, combination of the two, ii. 292 _sqq._

Monbuttu (Monbutto) or Mangbettou of Central Africa, their custom of
            lengthening the heads of chiefs' children, ii. 297;
  their king takes his meals in private, iii. 118 _sq._;
  women the agricultural labourers among the, vii. 119

_Mondard_, the great, a straw-man placed on oldest


of the dead, iii. 358
              _sqq._, 375, or the names of chiefs and kings, iii. 375, 376
              _sqq._;
  of ancestors bestowed on their reincarnations, iii. 368 _sq._;
  of kings and chiefs tabooed, iii. 374 _sqq._;
  of supernatural beings tabooed, iii. 384 _sqq._;
  of gods tabooed, iii. 387 _sqq._;
  of spirits and gods, magical virtue of, iii. 389 _sqq._;
  of Roman gods not to be mentioned, iii. 391 _n._ 1;
  lucky, iii. 391 _n._ 1;
  of dangerous animals not to be mentioned, iii. 396 _sqq._;
  conventional, for common objects on long and perilous journeys,marriage of Diana and Virbius perhaps annually celebrated at, ii.
              129;
  Dianus and Diana at, ii. 376 _sqq._, v. 45;
  sacramental bread at, xi. 286 _n._ 2;
  at evening, xi. 308 _sq._

----, the Lake of, i. 1 _sqq._;
  annual tragedy perhaps formerly enacted at, xi. 286

----, the sacred grove of, i. 2, 8, 12, 17, 40, 41, ii. 378, xi. 315;
  perhaps composed of oaks, ii. 379, 386

_Nemontemi_, the five supplementary days of the Aztec calendar, ix. 339

_Nemus_, meaning of the word, i. 2 _n._ 1;
  supposed town of, i. 3 _n._ 1;
  a grove or woodland glade, ii. 9

Neolithic implements found in the peatbogs of Denmark and


Bohemia, custom of beating young women with green boughs
            in the Christmas holidays at, ix. 270

Neuhausen, near Merseburg, binder of last sheaf wrapt in ears of oats at,
            vii. 221

Neuhof, near Marburg, remedy for gout at, ix. 56

Neumann, J. B., on the belief in demons among the Battas, ix. 87;
  on the Batta doctrine of souls, xi. 223 _n._ 2

Neumark, "Easter Smacks" in, ix. 269

Neusass, in West Prussia, the last sheaf called the Old Woman at, vii. 137

Neustadt, in Silesia, Midsummer fires at, x. 170;
  near Marburg, the need-fire at, x. 270

Neuwied, Prince of, on a Minnetaree ceremony, vii. 209 _n._ 2

New, Charles, oneating flesh of white snake in, viii. 146;
  cairns in, ix. 14;
  bonfires on Midsummer Eve in, x. 171;
  the need-fire in, x. 280;
  superstitions about a parasitic rowan in, xi. 281

Norwegian sailors, their use of rowan, ix. 267

---- witch sinks ship, i. 326

Norwich, greasing the weapon instead of the wound at, i. 203

---- Cathedral, the Boy Bishop at, ix. 337;
  Easter candle in, x. 122 _n._

Nose stopped to prevent the escape of the soul, iii. 31, 71

Nose-boring, custom observed by medicine-men at, in New South Wales, i. 94

Nostrils, soul supposed to escape by the, iii. 30, 32, 33, 122

Nosy Be, an island of Madagascar, worshipful black bull kept in, viii. 40


the _Nonae Caprotinae_, ix.
              258;
  said to have been cut to pieces by the patricians, ix. 258

Romulus or Remulus, king of Alba, his rivalry with Jupiter, ii. 180

---- and Remus, said to be sons of the fire, ii. 196;
  their legend perhaps a reminiscence of a double kingship, ii. 290;
  suckled by she-wolf under a fig-tree, ii. 318;
  reputed sons of Mars by a Vestal Virgin, vi. 234 _sq._

---- and Tatius, ii. 290

Rongrong village in Assam, hobby-horse at, viii. 337

Roocooyen Indians of French Guiana, their tug-of-war, ix. 181;
  their custom of stinging young people with ants and wasps, ix. 263.
  _See_ Rucuyennes

Roof, children's cast teeth deposited on the, i.at, iv. 151;
  temporary king at, iv. 151

Samaria captured by Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, iv. 169;
  the fall of, v. 25

Samaveda, the, ancient Indian collection of hymns, i. 269

Samban tribe of Dyaks, their belief as to the influence of Rajah Brooke on
            the crops, i. 362

Sambawa, East Indian island, human foundation-sacrifices in, iii. 91

Sambee, title signifying god, applied to the king of Loango, i. 396

_Sambucus ebulus_, dwarf elder, in rain-making, i. 273

Samhain, All Saints' Day (November 1st), New Year's Day in Ireland, x. 225

---- Eve of (Hallowe'en), new fire kindled in Ireland on, x. 139, 225;
  Irish New Year dated from, x. 139, 225;
  fiends and goblins let loose on, x. 226

_Samhanach_, Hallowe'en


by some savages and by the ancients, ii. 24;
  influence of the, on vegetation, ii. 97 _sqq._;
  division of labour between the, vii. 129;
  danger apprehended from the relation of the, xi. 277 _sq._

Sextus Pompeius, his consultation of the Thessalian witch, iii. 390

Sexual communism, tradition of, ii. 284, 287

---- crime, blighting effects attributed to, ii. 107 _sqq._

---- intercourse practised to make the crops and fruits grow, ii. 97, 98
            _sqq._

---- orgies as a fertility charm, ii. 98 _sqq._

Seyf el-Mulook and the jinnee, the story of, xi. 137

Sgaus, Karen tribe of Burma, will not mention their parents' names, iii.
            337

Sgealoir, the burying-ground of, in297;
  given to cattle, vii. 134, 155, 158, 161, 170;
  stones fastened to, vii. 135 _sq._, 138, 139;
  harvester tied up in, vii. 134, 139, 145, 221, 222;
  called the Harvest-mother, vii. 135;
  called the Great Mother, vii. 135, 136;
  called the Old Woman or Old Man, vii. 136 _sqq._;
  called the Grandmother, vii. 136;
  person identified with, vii. 138 _sq._;
  corn-spirit caught in, vii. 139;
  called the _Cailleach_ (Old Wife), vii. 140 _sqq._;
  burnt and its ashes strewed on fields, vii. 146;
  called the Bastard, vii. 150;
  called the Child, vii. 151;
  given to the cattle at Christmas, vii. 155, 158, 160 _sq._;
  cut by the youngest girl on the field, vii.


Togoland, ii. 370

Soemara, in Celebes, were-wolf at, x. 312

Soerakarta, district of Java, conduct of natives in an earthquake, v. 202
            _n._ 1

Soest, customs at flax-pulling near, vii. 225

Sofala in East Africa, the Caffres of, their objection to be struck with
            anything hollow, i. 157;
  king of, revered as a god by his people, i. 392;
  kings of, put to death, iv. 37 _sq._;
  dead kings of, consulted as oracles, iv. 201;
  the Makalanga near, x. 135 _n._ 2

Sogamoso or Sogamozo, in South America, the pontiff of, supernatural
            powers ascribed to, i.the Zuni at, viii. 179;
  new fire kindled by the Zuni at, x. 132, 133;
  its importance for primitive man, x. 160 _sq._

----, the winter, reckoned by the ancients the Nativity of the Sun, v. 303,
            x. 246;
  Egyptian ceremony at, vi. 50;
  Aztec festival of killing and eating a god at, viii. 90;
  dramatic processions representing the corn spirit at, viii. 325;
  festival of the Koryaks after, ix. 126 _sq._;
  new fire kindled by the Zuni at, x. 132;
  Persian festival of fire at, x. 269

Solstices observed by Californian Indians, vii. 125;
  festivals of fire at the, x. 132 _sq._, 246, 247, 331 _sq._;
  the old


or stones piled on scenes of violent death in, ix. 15;
  the three mythical kings on Twelfth Day in, ix. 329;
  Midsummer fires and customs in, x. 208;
  bathing at Midsummer in, xi. 29;
  vervain gathered at Midsummer in, xi. 62

Spanish cathedrals, the Boy Bishop in, ix. 338

Spark Sunday in Switzerland, x. 118

Sparks of fire supposed to impregnate women, ii. 197, 231;
  of Yule log prognosticate chickens, lambs, foals, calves, etc., x. 251,
              262, 263, 264

Sparrow, external soul of a jinnee in a, xi. 137

Sparrows, charms to keep them from the corn, viii. 274

Sparta, the two kings of, i. 46 _sq._;
  their relation to Castor and Pollux, i. 48-50

----,at initiation of lads in Australia, xi. 227 _sq._, 234, 235

Sublician bridge at Rome, puppets of rushes annually thrown from the,
            viii. 107

Subordination of the individual to the community, the principle of ancient
            society, v. 300

Substitutes put to death instead of kings, iv. 56 _sqq._, 115, 160, 194
            _sq._;
  slaves killed as substitutes for their masters at a king's funeral, iv.
              117;
  for human sacrifices, iv. 124, 214 _sqq._, v. 146 _sq._, 219 _sq._, 285,


 in hunting and fishing, i. 120 _sqq._;
  in voyages, i. 126;
  in war, i. 126 _sqq._

Telephus at Pergamus, rule as to persons who had sacrificed to, viii. 85

Telingana, euphemistic name for snake in, iii. 402

Tell Ta'annek (Taanach), in Palestine, burial of children in jars at, v.
            109 _n._ 1

Tell-el-Amarna, the new capital of King Amenophis IV., vi. 123 _n._ 1,
            124, 125;
  tablets, iv. 170 _n._ 5;
  letters, v. 16 _n._ 5, 21 _n._ 2, 135 _n._

Tellemarken in Norway, cairns to which passers-by add stones in, ix. 14

Teltown, in County Meath, the fair at, iv. 99

Telugu remedy for a fever, ix.v. 278;
  fast of the women at the, vi. 40 _sq._;
  seeds of pomegranates not eaten at the, vii. 14;
  indecencies at the, vii. 63;
  descent and ascent of Persephone at the, viii. 17;
  its analogy with folk-customs of Northern Europe, viii. 20 _sq._

Thessalian witch, her love-charm, iii. 270;
  consulted by Sextus Pompeius, iii. 390

Thessalians, their festival of the Peloria, resembling the Saturnalia, ix.
            350

Thessaly, kings of, i. 47 _n._;
  rain-making among the Greeks of, i. 272 _sq._;
  Crannon in, i. 309

Thetis and her infant son, how she tried to make him immortal by fire, v.
            180

Thevet, F.


rain, i. 253;
  their beliefs and customs concerning twins, i. 264 _sq._;
  their belief as to the loon and rain, i. 288;
  their superstition as to killing a frog, i. 293;
  their reverence for sunflower roots, ii. 13;
  the fire-drill of the, ii. 208;
  their custom of not sleeping the night after a death, iii. 37 _sq._;
  recovery of lost souls by shamans among the, iii. 57 _sq._;
  think that the setting sun draws away men's souls, iii. 65;
  their fear of witchcraft at meals, iii. 117;
  customs of mourners among the, iii. 142 _sq._;
  their custom after killing an enemy, iii. 181;
  their continence and other observances before hunting, iii. 198;
  their disposal ofsacrifices offered to the water-god on,
            ii. 158 _sq._

Tomas or Habes, a tribe of Nigeria, revere a fetish doctor, iii. 124

Tomb of chief, sacrifices at, viii. 113

---- of Hyacinth, v. 314

---- of Midas, v. 286

---- of Moses, ix. 21

---- of Osiris, vi. 18 _sq._, 20 _sqq._

Tombs of the ancient kings of Egypt, vi. 19;
  of the kings of Uganda, vi. 168 _sq._;
  of kings sacred, vi. 194 _sq._

Tomil, village in Yap, taboos observed by men for the sake of girls under
            puberty at, iii. 293

Tomori, the, of Central Celebes, their treatment of the afterbirth, i.


powerless by mistletoe, xi. 86, 283, 294

Trophonius at Lebadea, iv. 166 _n._ 1

Troppau, in Silesia, "Carrying out Death" at, iv. 250 _sq._

Trows, certain mythical beings in Shetland, ix. 168

Troy, sanctuary of Athena at, ii. 284;
  the game of, iv. 76 _sq._

"True of speech," epithet of Osiris, vi. 21

"True Man, the," official title of the head of Taoism in China, i. 413

---- Steel, whose heart was in a bird, xi. 110 _sq._

Trumpets, blowing of, in the rites of Attis, v. 268;
  in rites of Dionysus, vii. 15;
  blown to expel demons, ix. 116, 117, 156;
  blown at the feast of Purim, ix. 394;
  sounded at initiation of young men, xi. 249

----, penny, blown at Befana (Twelfth Night) in Rome, ix. 166;
  at thea charm to produce rain, ix. 175 _sq._, 178 _sq._

Tugeri or Kaya-Kaya of Dutch New Guinea, their use of bull-roarers, xi.
            242 _sq._

Tuhoe tribe of Maoris, their belief as to the fertilization of barren
            women, ii. 56

Tui Nkualita, a Fijian chief, founder of the fire-walk, xi. 11

Tuic tribe of the Upper Nile, lion-tamer as chief of the, i. 347 _sq._

Tuikilakila, a Fijian chief, claims to be a god, i. 389

Tukaitawa, a Mangaian warrior, whose strength waxed and waned with his
            shadow, iii. 87

Tul-ya's e'en, seven days before Christmas, the Trows let loose on, in


a living man, ii. 76;
  spirit of, represented in duplicate by a girl and an effigy, ii. 78;
  spirit of, represented by a king or queen, ii. 84, 87, 88;
  influence of the sexes on, ii. 97 _sqq._;
  men and women masquerading as spirits of, ii. 120;
  marriage of the powers of, ii. 142, 171;
  death and revival of the spirit of, iv. 212, 252, 263 _sqq._;
  perhaps generalized from a tree-spirit, iv. 253, v. 233;
  mythical theory of the growth and decay of, v. 3 _sqq._;
  annual decay and revival of, represented dramatically in the rites of
              Adonis, v. 227 _sqq._;
  gardens of Adonis        intercourse, in West Australia, v. 105

Worship of trees, ii. 7 _sqq._;
  of the oak, ii. 349 _sqq._, xi. 298 _sqq._;
  of mephitic vapours, v. 203 _sqq._;
  of hot springs, v. 206 _sqq._;
  of volcanoes, v. 216 _sqq._;
  of cattle, viii. 35 _sqq._;
  of animals, two forms of the, viii. 311;
  of snake, viii. 316 _sq._;
  paid to human representatives of gods in Mexico, ix. 278, 282, 289, 293;
  of ancestors in Fiji, xi. 243 _sq._

---- of ancestral spirits among the Bantu tribes of Africa, vi. 174 _sqq._;
  among the Khasis of Assam, vi. 203

---- of the dead, magic blent with the, i. 164;
  perhaps fused with the propitiation of


and the sky, ii. 358 _sqq._;
  his oracular oak at Dodona, ii. 358;
  prayed to for rain by the Greeks, ii. 359;
  father of Aeacus, ii. 359;
  the sign-giving, on Mount Parnes, ii. 360;
  his resemblance to Donar and Thor, ii. 364;
  his resemblance to Perun and Perkunas, ii. 365, 367;
  as sky-god, ii. 374;
  his sanctuary on Mount Lycaeus, iii. 88;
  the fleece of, {~GREEK CAPITAL LETTER DELTA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON WITH VARIA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER FINAL SIGMA~} {~GREEK SMALL LETTER KAPPA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER OMEGA WITH OXIA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER DELTA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER NU~}, iii. 312 _n._ 3;
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Wall Street. The people, in their wisdom, could see that this concentration of financial power undermined the democratic distribution of political power. But by the 1980s, there was an additional reason to be wary – as Ronald Reagan unleashed a money revolution. This money revolution – like all revolutions – was the commingling of many forces – globalization, the ad-hoc Bretton Woods II agreement, and the relaxation of regulations and reduction of taxes. This revolution helped to concentrate an increasing percentage of the world’s wealth in the hands of a small number of Wall Street (and also London) bankers. The function of these bankers – their expertise – was to balance risk and profit to their customers’ satisfaction – to maximize profit for themselves and their customers whilefour participants had "mittlere Reife" (correspondent approximately to an O-level), seven had "Abitur" (A-level), and one had an university degree. The first three excluded participants had "mittlere Reife", the fourth excluded participant did not report his highest degree of education.

None of the participants had any known neurological impairments and all of them had normal or corrected-to-normal vision. They gave written informed consent before their participation and received a monetary compensation. All of the native signers were right-handed according to self-report and the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory. The participants had learned DGS from birth from their Deaf parents.

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deaf"). On average, the selected participants were 87% (SE 3.7, range: 60% to 100%) correct in the DGS comprehension test. The study had been approved by the ethical committee of the German Society of Psychology (Nr: BRBHF 07022008).

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How do I start a regex search from the left to find the first instance

HJH3123|||38|323|h38|0|84  [[[MATCH]]]
HJH3123|332|44|38|323|h38|0|84
HJH3123|4431||38|323|h38|0|84
HJH3123|4431|33|38||h38|0|84

I only want to find || before the third | of every new line.
I've been trying to figure this out with little success.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

A:

So it seems that the following regex does the job:
(?m)^[^|]*\|\|

Explanation:

(?m) : set the m modifier which makes ^$ match start and end of line respectively
^ : begin of line
[^|]*: match anything except | zero or more times
\|\| : match ||, we had to escape them since they are used in regex to express an or statement

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carried these with a rush. The slag heap was a maze of tunnels, too, down
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siege of Lens for there was no quarter asked or given. However, after holding
on all night the Canadians were forced to relinquish what they had won
next day, as a German counter-attack swarmed over in such strength that
it forced a stubborn retreat back down the smashed trenches.

This brought to a close the
Canadian attempts to wrest Lens from the Germans. Casualties for July and
August were now listed at 10,746. In addition, the nature of the fighting
had imposed a heavy strain on all ranks.New Delhi [India], April 10 (ANI): Former Australian spinner Shane Warne on Friday said that 2005 Ashes will always stand out as a special series for him even though his side lost the urn for the first time in 18 years.

Warne posted a video on Instagram to talk about his favourite Ashes memories and he talked about all those moments that stand out in his career.

"Every Ashes series was special, it was outstanding. 2005 Ashes series stands out as a special series even though we lost, I played in nine Ashes series and it was the only one I lose. I think the sportsmanship and skill that was in display caught everyone's attention," Warne said in the video posted on Instagram.

"Ashes series has always been played in great


spirit. We used to have beer in each other's dressing rooms after the close of play. I think that's what really stands out in my Ashes memories, those friendships have been made for life," he added.

England had won the Ashes after 18 years in 2005 after the hosts defeated Australia 2-1 in the five-match series.

Australia had won the opening Test at Lord's, but then the side went on to lose the second and fourth Test match.

Warne also said that playing the Test in front of his children was always special and he went on to make a special mention of the MCG Test during the 2006-07 Ashes.

"Playing in front of your children is always special, so the last Test I played at MCG was in front of myJoin the Conversation

Dan Morris: Fort Sumter tour a must for Civil War enthusiasts

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The first shots of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, in the harbor at Charleston, S.C. The fort used to be three stories with brick walls 5 feet thick, but artillery bombardments basically reduced it to rubble during the Civil War. Fort Sumter’s surviving structures and additions, now part of the National Park Service, can be toured but are only accessible by boat.
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Being a history enthusiast, my bucket list had always included a visit to Fort Sumter in the harbor of Charleston, S.C.

The first shots of the Civil War were fired toward her on April 12, 1861, and I wanted


and read all the information available, much less visit the gift shop.

But it's fun to stand atop the fort walls, look at the surrounding harbor and have a better understanding of what took place during the first weeks of the Civil War.

When you first see Fort Sumter, you wonder how a fort with such short walls could possibly be a deterrent. Then you learn that the fort of 1861 was reduced largely to rubble during the Civil War.

It was an impressive, three-story fort with brick walls 5 feet thick when the war began. Today you see the remains of the first story and its cannon placements, plus additions that were made in 1898 during the Spanish-American War.

History lesson

I don't want to bore you, but it might be interestingto recall a few facts surrounding the start of the Civil War in South Carolina.

On Dec. 20, 1860, South Carolina delegates voted unanimously to secede from the Federal Union, following the November election of President Abraham Lincoln. The delegates said Lincoln was "hostile to slavery" and would encroach upon the rights of slaveholding states.

Within six weeks of South Carolina's secession, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana did the same. Delegates from those six states met in February 1861, adopted a constitution, formed the Confederate States of America and elected Jefferson Davis as president.

Texas, Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas and Tennessee eventually seceded to total 11 Confederate states.

By March, after Texas joined the Confederacy, most of the Federal forts in the first seven seceding states had been seized by the


Confederacy. But Fort Sumter was still under Federal control.

On Dec. 26, 1860, six days after South Carolina seceded, Union Major Robert Anderson secretly moved his troops from another Charleston Harbor fort to Fort Sumter and vowed to hold it until ordered otherwise.

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The remains of the original first story of Fort Sumter, including gun placements and a museum, can be toured in the harbor at Charleston, S.C.
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Tensions grew, and on April 12 at 3:20 a.m., Confederates warned Anderson that he had one hour to surrender or the fort would be shelled. He refused, and at 4:30 a.m. the first shot of the Civil War was fired. But it didn't actually hit anything. According to the National Park Service, it was a "10-inch mortar shell, firedfrom (nearby) Fort Johnson, that exploded above Fort Sumter as a signal for Confederate artillery to open fire on the Union-held fort."

Anderson's troops defended the fort for 34 hours before he surrendered. Although much of the fort was in flames or damaged, no one was killed during the bombardment, and only five Union soldiers were injured.

Anderson and his men were allowed to march out of the fort and board a ship that took them to New York. But the Civil War had begun.

Although Union guns pounded Fort Sumter often and essentially reduced it to rubble, Confederates held the fort until Feb. 17, 1865, less than three months before the war ended.

A small garrison was stationed at the fort during World War I, and anti-aircraft guns were installed during


is passionate about air quality and new technologies, and he's particularly passionate about bringing hydrogen-powered commuter rail to this area. Better yet, the retired strategic planner from BellSouth has been doing something about it, networking with everyone from engineers to government officials to speed up the day when his vision becomes a reality.

With the EPA recently naming Mecklenburg and seven surrounding counties in violation of the new ozone standard for air quality, a need for cleaner, renewable energy has never been greater. Thompson and his allies say that although hydrogen-powered commuter rail is at least a few years down the road, it could be a big source of relief for the region's smog.

Americans are no strangers to technology-based visions. After all, we've all long been promised a helicopterfirst of its kind in the world -- could get its start along the 28-mile North Corridor commuter rail system linking Charlotte to Mooresville. There's still research and development to be done, and other hurdles to overcome, but a group of activists is trying to get all the pieces to fall into place. If they succeed, "hydrail," as local supporters have dubbed it, could dramatically impact the entire Charlotte region in terms of transportation, the environment, tourism, economic development, and perhaps even the state's place in history.

Stan Thompson has been a longtime activist for improving Charlotte's air quality, having worked with the EPA since the early 90s on reducing congestion as a way to abate pollution. When he retired to Mooresville in 1996, he joined the Charlotte Chamber's


the idea was dismissed as not being technologically viable, Thompson began researching and networking in earnest, talking with scientists, environmentalists, light rail experts and policy makers across the country.

Thompson also got together with friend and longtime Mooresville resident Jim Bowman, a retired aeronautical engineer who once worked on NASA's Lunar Lander program. Bowman also believed in the idea, and his in-depth, hands-on engineering experience complemented Thompson's theoretical approach. Together, the two men came up with the term "hydrail," and began spreading the word about their evolving idea.

As the hydrail project gained momentum, Bill Thunberg, Economic Development VP for the Mooresville/South Iredell Chamber, asked Thompson to chair Mooresville's Transportation Committee.

"When I first met Stan, I was looking for a way for the people and different agencies of this regionto bring their resources together and help improve the quality of life," Thunberg says. "When Stan started talking about hydrail, I immediately latched on. This project has so much potential, and the synergies are obvious. I believe the impact in this region could be a lot stronger than the biotech industry, which is being touted at the state level."

Specifically, Thunberg sees the project creating in the area a "Hydrogen Valley USA," and points out that there is renewable hydroelectric power available from a number of sources along or near the North Corridor rail line, including Cowan's Ford Dam and McGuire Nuclear Station. "It's an entirely new industry," Thunberg says. "There's all kinds of economic development opportunities in terms of new businesses, jobs and tourism. It would be completely


Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Travis County prosecutors moved to dismiss the murder indictments against the two remaining defendants in the 1991 yogurt shop murders after announcing in court today that they are still looking for the person whose DNA was found last year in one of the four teenage victims.

Assistant District Attorney Efrain De La Fuente said in court that the decision came because state District Judge Mike Lynch has ordered that a continuance in the case to conduct further DNA testing would not be considered.

“We are still testing,” he said.

The packed courtroom was quiet after Lynch ordered the dismissals. Defendants Michael Scott and Robert Springsteen, who were once both convicted in the case, hugged their lawyers and supporters in court.

Outside the courtroom, lawyers for the defendants called onof the child involved and we are content to leave it there."
On or about August 1, 1972, Mrs. Anderson received permission from the Minnesota district court to bring Anna to Kansas for the four-week summer vacation. She brought the child to the home of her parents in Sedgwick County where, on August 24, 1972, before her visitation rights had expired, she filed an action in the district court of that county alleging a change of circumstances occurring after the Minnesota decree was entered, and praying that she be awarded custody. On the following day Mrs. Anderson moved for an order of temporary custody and on September 5, 1972, by which time visitation rights had expired, the Sedgwick district court issued an ex parte order giving custody of Anna


to her mother pending trial or until further order.
On September 13, 1972, Mr. Anderson filed a motion to dismiss the proceedings pending in the Sedgwick district court, setting up the Minnesota decree and alleging that Mrs. Anderson was in violation thereof; that she had committed a fraud upon the Minnesota court; that she was engaging in forum shopping; and that the exercise of jurisdiction by the Sedgwick district court would be improper. This motion was heard and overruled on September 15, 1972, and the temporary order of custody was continued in effect.
The present action was commenced against Mrs. Anderson on October 18, 1972. It was filed in the district court of Butler County, inasmuch as Anna and her mother had moved to El Dorado. Hereafter *390 we shallwith maternal relatives who later took them to Daniel. After a year of separation Daniel filed divorce proceedings in California. Sandra failed to appear. In due time Daniel was granted a divorce and was awarded custody of the two children. Six months later Sandra appeared on the scene and filed a motion for change of custody, or in the alternative for rights of visitation. The California court made an interim order permitting *395 Sandra to take the children to Johnson County for the summer, but directed they be returned before August 27. After returning to Kansas with the children, Sandra proceeded to file an action for divorce in the District Court of Wyandotte County and obtained, at that time, a temporary order of custody. Upon being apprised of


the operator, but they have not been subject to tension along the axis of the tape and will not be unduly distorted but tend to be legible.
If the bucket type digger approaches the tape along a path on or near the axis of the tape in a parallel direction to the installation, the earth surrounding the tape becomes loosened by the digger and the digger tends to grab the tape and place a section of the tape under axial tension, often with disastrous results as far as the preservation of legibility of the sign on the tape is concerned. The axial tension tends to stretch the tape, distorting the sign, and in the end tearing the tape erratically.
It is not feasible to bury a tape which is sufficientlyAt present, in the existing digital film projector, a display screen is typically set up to display the relevant information from the projector, for example, the films to be played, the playing operations and relevant parameters in the film playing process etc. The display screen is usually connected by a control circuit to a storage unit in the projector, and it is usually operated by an operator.
With the popularization of digital film entertainment, the second-tier market and its additional requirements for digital film playback have emerged. For example, private cinema viewers are eager to adopt professional digital film players so as to enjoy first-run theatrical film releases at the comfort of their own homes; further, there are some personalized demands in the film market, such as ordering and


watching of a particular post theatrical film when desired. These services are usually provided in a movie premiere, a party, or as part of some commercial activity. In addition, the demands for watching first-run and post-theatrical film releases call for a system that is capable of charging on a play-count. However, existing digital film projection systems cannot meet the requirements and demands of this second-tier market due to their inherent limitations of obtaining authorization from digital film playback.
Some of the reasons are as follows.
For copyright protection, existing cinema projection systems usually adopt a KDM (Key Delivery Message) licensing method, which means that a cinema needs to apply for a KDM from a film distributor. The KDM is a file for delivering a key; it mainly contains the followingUpon receiving the KDM, the cinema can decrypt and play the encrypted digital film only by correctly extracting the film content and obtaining the key after decryption. In addition to the key, the KDM also includes the valid time period and a TDL for the key etc. Therefore, by virtue of such information, the film distributor can control both the film playing schedule and the projector. In other words, a film cannot be played if the time period carried by the KDM is exceeded, or if it is in a projector not in connection with the server designated by the KDM.
The key's time window is determined upon communications among the film distributor, the cinema and the film producer. After the key has expired, the cinema can apply for


REUTERS - The United States and its negotiating partners agreed "in secret" to allow Iran to evade some restrictions in last year's landmark nuclear agreement in order to meet the deadline for it to start getting relief from economic sanctions, according to a report reviewed by Reuters.

The report is to be published on Thursday by the Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security, said the think tank's president David Albright, a former UN weapons inspector and co-author of the report. It is based on information provided by several officials of governments involved in the negotiations, who Albright declined to identify.

Reuters could not independently verify the report's assertions.

"The exemptions or loopholes are happening in secret, and it appears that they favor Iran," Albright said.

Among the exemptions were two thatnegotiated the accord -- the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany -- made no secret arrangements.

A White House official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the joint commission and its role were "not secret." He did not address the report's assertions of exemptions.

Diplomats at the United Nations for the other P5+1 countries did not respond to Reuters' requests for comment on the report.

The report's assertions are likely to anger critics of the nuclear deal. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has vowed to renegotiate the agreement if he's elected, while Democrat Hillary Clinton supports the accord.

Albright said the exceptions risked setting precedents that Iran could use to seek additional waivers.

Albright served as an inspector with the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team that investigated former Iraqi


President Saddam Hussein's nuclear weapons program.

While Albright has neither endorsed nor denounced the overall agreement, he has expressed concern over what he considers potential flaws in the nuclear deal, including the expiration of key limitations on Iran's nuclear work in 10-15 years.

Exemptions on uranium, 'hot cells'

The administration of President Barack Obama informed Congress of the exemptions on Jan. 16, said the report. Albright said the exemptions, which have not been made public, were detailed in confidential documents sent to Capitol Hill that day - after the exemptions had already been granted.

The White House official said the administration had briefed Congress "frequently and comprehensively" on the joint commission's work.

Democratic Senator Bob Menendez, a leading critic of the Iran deal and a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,Australia's detention of asylum-seekers at sea ruled legal

Australia's detention of 157 asylum-seekers at sea for weeks in June was legal, the nation's High Court found Wednesday in a win for the government's hardline immigration stance.

In a tight 4-3 decision, the court ruled the government was entitled to hold the group of Tamils from Sri Lanka on a customs ship with a view to return them to India -- where they had set out from.

The ruling means they are unable to seek compensation for their month-long detention.

Australia's detention of 157 asylum-seekers at sea for weeks in June was legal, the nation's High Court, shown here in Canberra, has found in a win for the government's hardline immigration stance ©Torsten Blackwood (AFP/File)

"I am pleased with the result," Immigration Minister Peter


Dutton told reporters in Canberra. "It has vindicated the government's position and we welcome the result."

The case was mounted by an asylum-seeker, only named as CPCF. Lawyers for the man, who is being kept with his family and the other Tamils in a detention camp on the Pacific island of Nauru, said the outcome was disappointing.

But they said the case helped to shed light on the government's treatment of the asylum-seekers at sea.

"What's been important through the case is that it brought this vital scrutiny, breaking the secrecy around our client's detention," the executive director of the Human Rights Law Centre, Hugh de Kretser, told reporters.

"It was important that these serious and untested questions under Australian law were brought to the High Court."

The High Court decision cannot beappealed.

De Kretser said his client was "sad and disappointed by the decision" but his focus was on his claim for refugee status in Nauru.

"At least one of the 157 on board has had his refugee claim determined and has been found to be a refugee and has been released into the community," he said.

"My understanding is the others are waiting on their decisions to be processed."

Lawyers had claimed their clients were falsely imprisoned on the ship. Their case centred around whether Canberra had the power to remove asylum-seekers from its contiguous zone, just outside territorial waters, and send them to other countries.

The decision came as the Australian government hailed its "Operation Sovereign Borders" policy of turning back boats carrying asylum-seekers trying to enter the country, as a success.

"Only


one vessel has arrived in Australia in 2014, and all of those aboard that vessel were transferred to Nauru," operation commander Lieutenant General Angus Campbell said Wednesday.

There had been "15 returns of various forms during the course of Operation Sovereign Borders", including boats turned back to Indonesia and Sri Lanka, instances where asylum-seekers were taken back by foreign countries, and rescues at sea.

Since July 2013 the Australian government has sent asylum-seekers arriving on boats to Papua New Guinea's Manus Island and Nauru.

They are denied resettlement in Australia even if they are genuine refugees.

The government has said the policy is necessary to stop the flow of so-called "boat people" arriving in Australia.

They had previously been arriving almost daily in often unsafe wooden fishing vessels, with hundreds drowning en route.Could Paris Hilton be the next member of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills even though she doesn’t have a ring on it? If it was up to her, then the answer would be yes.

The Bravo reality show has been somewhat of a family affair for Paris’ family. Currently, her aunt, Kyle Richards, is starring in the hit show and has since the very first season. Her other aunt, Kim Richards, appeared in the series for a few seasons, though she is off the show now. But a new report from Radar Online suggests that Hilton wants to get back to her reality television roots and join the cast of the show.

According to an insider, Kyle Richards is actually the one that is trying to get Paris to


I more or less stay calm."

Oyarzabal has been playing alongside Martin Odegaard at Real Sociedad and the Spaniard spoke highly of his club teammate.

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Oyarzabal was speaking from Spain's national team training camp, where he is becoming more and more involved.

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"I'm very happy to be here, I come to enjoy myself and learn."the heels of another record-breaking year of climate change impacts, yet there are still more than 100 climate change deniers serving in Congress.

The good news is that there are bright spots worth highlighting. Freshmen Democrats are overwhelmingly pro-environment with an average score of 88 percent in 2013. Members who defeated the 2012 members of LCV’s Dirty Dozen have an average 2013 score of 92 percent while the Dirty Dozen members had an average lifetime score of just 12 percent.

The scores in the House, however, show the dramatic influence of the Tea Party, which has caused the House Republican average to continue a dismal decline. Scores have steadily dropped for House Republicans with an average of 17 percent in 2008, 10 percent in 2012, down to a staggeringly low


Finnish stamp awarded as world’s best

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A Finnish nature-themed postage stamp was awarded as the Best Stamp of the World at the International Nexofil Awards.

Designed by Stiina Hovi and based on a photograph by Jari Hakala, the Calm and Tranquil stamp won the first prize in the Best Stamps of the World competition organised in Spain.

The international jury consisted of philatelists from 37 countries, who commented that the stamp “represents the calm and tranquility of Finnish nature”. All in all, the jury picked winners for 11 categories, with Calm and Tranquil nabbing the first prize in the main one.

“The main prize in the NexoFil competition once again demonstrates the appreciation of Finnish stamps globally,” said Posti’s design manager Tommi Kantola. “Awards are always happy surprises that encourageMichelle Bond, who has served as the Global Head of Policy at Blockchain and Head of Global Regulatory Affairs and Public Policy at Bloomberg, as well as Senior Counsel at both the Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, the expanded global regulatory team will be vital advocates and voices as we continue to engage with policymakers worldwide.

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Frequent flying travelers take pictures beneath the Dreamliner, Boeing’s new 787 airplane, during the first North American charter of United Airlines’s Dreamliner going from San Francisco, to Houston and ending in Chicago, in Houston, in early November.

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Have you seen the toilet?” said the man next to me.Somalia's al-Shabab 'to kill' French hostage Denis Allex Published duration 16 January 2013

image caption France says it believes Denis Allex was killed in Friday's commando raid

Al-Shabab militants in Somalia say they will execute the French intelligence agent Denis Allex in retaliation for a botched French operation to free him.

The French government, however, says it believes Mr Allex was killed by his captors during Friday's raid in which two French commandos died.

Al-Shabab have denied the French account. The militants have published an image of one of the dead soldiers.

But no proof of death has been made public for Mr Allex.

In a Twitter statement, al-Shabab said that, because of the rescue attempt, France would be responsible for his death.

The group said it had decided execute him to avenge the deaths


of the dozens of Muslim civilians killed during Friday's operation.

The French Chief of Defence Staff, Adm Edouard Guillaud, told French radio that he believed Mr Allex was already dead and accused al-Shabab of "media manipulation".

On Friday, about 50 helicopter-borne French commandos launched an assault on the al-Shabab stronghold of Bulo Marer, where it is believed Mr Allex was being held.

Al-Shabab says it had advance warning of the attack.

France says 17 militants were killed during the fighting, which witnesses said was intense and last for at least an hour. Several civilians are reported to have been killed in the clashes.

The French Defence Minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, said France had acted because of what he called al-Shabab's "unreasonable demands".

"The Shabab were asking for the release of I don't know howmany jihadist prisoners around the world. It was impossible and completely unrealistic," he said.

A senior al-Shabab commander, Sheikh Mohamed Ibrahim, said the group had been warned about the impending raid, but gave no more details.

France has a large military base in neighbouring Djibouti, including army, marine and air force units.

For more than 20 years Somalia has seen clan-based warlords, rival politicians and Islamist militants battling for control of the country.

Last year, MPs elected a new president in a process backed by the UN.

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Jonah Hex (Johnathon Schaech) will return to DC's Legends of Tomorrow for its season 3 finale, ComicBook.com has confirmed. Warner Bros. Television confirmed the speculation, but had no comment as to what role Hex might play in the episode.

Fans have been speculating that John Constantine might make his way to the upcoming season finale of DC's Legends of Tomorrow ever since a rogue Instagram post seemingly (but not definitely) outed the plot point. Hex, though, had been lower on the audience's radar.

The character was a fan-favorite guest star in the show's first season, Schaech's episode marked as a highlight despite lukewarm reception of the show as a whole. In season 2, fans fell in love with the series and Schaech became one of the first recurring guest stars.cast. But also, the Western aspect of it all that's touched onto the other side. Westworld does a lot of this, where there's a lot going on in the West that no one really knows except for Hex. Him being a bounty hunter and him getting rid of the bad people in this world, that's something that he has to go off and do."

In the comics, the iconic western hero at one point did have a time-travel story, in which he appeared in Hex, a series set in a dystopian future in which he battled sci-fi badguys with a ray gun rather than a six-shooter. References to the Hex era have appeared in the Justice League Unlimited animated series as well as on Legends, in which Hex has


Many consumers in the United States continue to acquire goods, services, utilities, housing, etc., for which they sometimes owe creditors balances especially overdue balances. A creditor may be owed money by a consumer debtor who has a checking account with money therein, but that will not necessarily translate into the debtor on his own initiative using that money to write a paper check to the creditor, put the check into a suitably addressed envelope, stamp the envelope, and mail the envelope. In some cases, the debtor may be residing, or on travel, somewhere other than where the postal mail being sent by the creditor is going, or the debtor may otherwise be out of touch with his postal mail. In other cases, the debtor's mail may be unopened,The troops are from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).

The Centre on December 11 airlifted 5,000 paramilitary personnel to Northeastern States, including Assam, for maintenance of law and order duties in wake protests over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which is being debated in Parliament, officials said.

Also Read Assam turns into battleground amid anti-CAB protests

Nearly 20 companies (2,000 personnel) have been withdrawn from Kashmir, where they had been sent prior to the Centre’s decision on August 5 to abrogate Article 370 provisions and split the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories.

The remaining 30 companies have been withdrawn from other places and rushed to Northeastern States, the officials said.

The troops are from the Central Reserve


Petra Vallone didn't know what to expect when the ride-hailing service invited her to attend its first-ever Driver Advisory Forum in January.

But just two weeks after getting Uber's emailed invitation, she was on a plane from Glendale, Arizona, to San Francisco, where she would join 34 other drivers. Uber paid for meals, a two nights' stay at the swanky Hotel Nikko and gave them each $500 in ride credits to get around town.

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The January 16 summit was part of a major push by Uber to mend relations with drivers. It's a big task for new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, who's trying to fix a mess left behind by his predecessor, Travis Kalanick, who was forced out last June. That effort includes convincing the company's more than 3 million driversIn June, it instituted a program called "180 days of change," adding 38 new features -- including tipping and 24-hour phone support -- aimed at helping drivers. And in December, the company announced it was creating the twice-yearly advisory forum and would pay to fly drivers to San Francisco to discuss pressing issues with executives.

"It's a work in progress, for sure, but I think they are trying hard," said Vallone, a school bus driver who, for the past year, has driven about 20 hours a week for Uber. "Otherwise they wouldn't think about getting their drivers together and having their feedback."

Discussions during the first day-long summit centered on drivers' pay, Uber's phone and email support, and improving the app, said Vallone and Bill Steigerwald -- the two drivers


event. Uber's CEO spent about 45 minutes with the drivers, assuring them at the end of the day that the company is working to do better by them. Khosrowshahi also fielded questions about Uber's profitability (he described it as "competitive" in some cities) and the timing for going public. He dodged that question.

"We've had a lot of drama. Thanks for sticking with us," Khosrowshahi told the drivers, according to Steigerwald.

Drivers came in from across the US, including Georgia, Washington, Tennessee, Connecticut and Florida, Steigerwald said.

Besides Khosrowshahi, the drivers met with a number of product managers and executives, including Chief Operating Officer Barney Harford and Meghan Varena Joyce, regional general manager for US and Canada.

"It was packed with teams coming in and talking to us," Vallone said. "They splitBanjara Hills area. Not many could enter the building since the raids on Jagan’s establishments began on Thursday morning as it was under a cover of tight security. But the sources said it was nothing less than a palace!

“It is spread in a place double the size of the international cricket stadium in Hyderabad,” the source said. It was also said that there was a plan to construct a helipad on the premises and Jagan was thinking of buying a helicopter. Unofficial estimates pegged the cost of the building including its interiors at close to Rs350 crore.

For the officers in the search team, it took them 10 hours to go through the building and record the inventory. “Even the bathrooms were searched,” the source said. However, getting into


some of the rooms was not that easy for the CBI officers. Family members of the son of former chief minister YS

Rajasekhara Reddy at first refused them entry into a prayer hall. It took some tough talking from VV Laxminarayana, joint director of the CBI in Hyderabad, to convince the family members including some women members of the family, to step aside.

Interestingly, Jagan was busy on his consolation tour (Odarpu Yatra) in Krishna district of the state while the CBI officials were busy recording the findings at his residence.

“The entire building was video-recorded by the CBI officers,” the source said.

Jagan’s sister and YSR’s daughter Sharmila, her husband and an evangelist Anil Kumar, Jagan’s mother and YSR’s widow Vijaya Lakshmi were present at the residence at the time ofthe search. Sources said CBI officials questioned Vijaya Lakshmi and Br Anil Kumar, and that the family members were cooperating with the investigators.

What the search yielded was not known but apparently several incriminating documents and computer hard-discs were found in some of the rooms. It was following a direction from the Andhra Pradesh high court that the CBI swung into action to probe the allegations of amassing of wealth by the MP during the time his father was chief minister of the state.

It was alleged that the corporate entities and individuals who were allotted land for SEZs, mines and irrigation projects, pumped in kickbacks in the form of investments in Jagan’s businesses including the two media outfits - a Telugu news daily and a TV channel. The CBI


LOS ANGELES -- After setting a new standard with six outdoor games this season, the NHL expects to scale back next season while still continuing the outdoor game tradition beyond New Year's Day.

John Collins, the League's chief operating officer, said Friday at Dodger Stadium that the League will "definitely" be holding fewer than six outdoor games next season, but he wouldn't put a number on how many and he wouldn't say where they could be other than Washington, D.C., which has already been announced as the host city for the Winter Classic on Jan. 1, 2015, at a still to be determined venue against a yet unnamed opponent.

"We have ideas," Collins said. "There are the markets that everybody points to that we all know would be great. Wealready announced Washington. Everybody knows Minnesota would be great. Colorado would be great. If this goes well [in Los Angeles], San Jose would be great."

Collins noted Montreal and Toronto are possibilities, provided the League can find the proper venue to host an outdoor game.

"With the Canadiens, two years ago they had U2 in the summer in a pop-up stadium with 80,000 people," Collins said. "It was in the summer, though, in Montreal. We'll have to see. I'm not sure that would take quite as well."

Collins said the League decided to do six outdoor games this season (2014 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic, 2014 Tim Hortons Heritage Classic, and the four 2014 Coors Light NHL Stadium Series games) because of the uniqueness of the season with it being in an


Olympic year and having NBC and CBC, the NHL's national broadcast rights holders, as the Olympic broadcast rights holders in the United States and Canada, respectively.

He admitted oversaturation of the outdoor games is a possibility, but added all of the League's corporate sponsors are on board with more being better. He also indicated the reaction from the markets where these games are taking place shows the eagerness and hype is still strong.

"When you're in the market, L.A. doesn't care that there are two games in New York," Collins said. "I mean, this is their game, and they're embracing it and they love it. It's going to be special. Hopefully it's not going to be the only one they'll ever get, but right now it's the only one they'vecops caught up with the Range Rover. Officers asked Bartlett if he had any weapons. He said yes, and when they searched the vehicle, they found "a black Springfield Armory XD9, which was located in the right front passenger rear pouch loaded, without a holster, and readily accessible to the driver."

Asked if he had a permit to carry the gun, Bartlett said he didn't know he needed one. Cops arrested him.

Later, while in custody, the arrest form says, Bartlett said, "Why am I being arrested when those kids are free to ride around? I did pull out my gun, but I never pointed it at them."

Another video that surfaced just after midnight shows Bartlett telling the young people blocking traffic to "get in front of my car, you


original structure burned down in December 1933. The tower was rebuilt using public works appropriations. The current structure is made of concrete, which was completed and relit in 1935. It was automated by the United States Coast Guard in 1984.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Five Finger Light Station in 2004.  The listing was as a historic district including four contributing buildings and one other contributing structure.

The original lighthouse burned.  The replacement, built in 1935, "is a good example of Modern Movement architecture, popular in the 1930s for concrete buildings, and adapted by the U.S. Lighthouse Service as the agency replaced the original wood frame lighthouse buildings at many of its sixteen staffed stations in Alaska."

The light station was listed onGuild of Dungeoneering is not a story of heroes. It is not a tale of bravery. It is not a tale of gods and demons and the men caught in the wake of their eternal struggle. It is the story of petty street trash looking to die an ignoble death to buy a better bedroom. It is the story of anonymous, disposable failures casually flitting through a death maze of your making towards dubious fame. It is a game for losers. And that is what makes it great.

On the surface, it's pretty simple. You're presented with the journal of a douchebag: A guy who was kicked out of the world's premier guild of heroes before deciding, out of spite, to start his own guild of famed adventurers. Having


Residential Flood Prevention Reimbursement Program
On December 20, 2004, Council passed legislation creating the Residential Flood Prevention Advisory Board.Applications are turned into City Hall, 3487 S. Smith Road, Fairlawn, OH 44333, during normal business hours, from Jan 1 through August 31 of each year. You may download an application from this site or pick one up at City Hall.

On February 23, 2009, Council passed Ordinance 2009-006,which renamed the Residential Flood Prevention Advisory Board to the Residential Housing Assistance Board. On January 23, 2017 Council passed Ordinance 2016-091A, which amends Section 291.01. Applications are reviewed and recommendations are made by the Residential Housing Assistance Board.

Residential Housing Rehabilitation Financial Assistance Program
On February 23, 2009, Council passed Ordinance 2009-008A, which created the Residential Housing Rehabilitation Financial Assistance Program. Ordinance 2016-091A, passed bythe same kidney and sometimes on the same newspapers which year after year in the 1930s tried to blind this country to the rising peril which confronted it, or archbishops who live in palaces, faring delicately with the bedclothes pulled right up over their heads. They have got it exactly and diametrically wrong."

In 1968, Britain still had time to reverse course, but because its leaders didn't want to be called "racists" and immigrants were doing jobs British citizens were increasingly reluctant to do (sound familiar?) the floodgates were left open. It may be too late for Britain, as it may be too late for France and Germany.

It isn't too late for the United States, though it is getting close. Too many American leaders suffer from the same weak-kneed


The evolution and direction of OPTN oversight of live organ donation and transplantation in the United States.
For more than 20 years, the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) has developed policies and bylaws relating to equitable allocation of deceased donor organs for transplantation. United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) operates the OPTN under contract with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Until recent years, the OPTN had little defined authority regarding living donor organ for transplantation except for the collection of data relating to living donor transplants. Beginning with the implementation of the OPTN Final Rule in 2000, and continuing with more recent announcements, the OPTN's role in living donation has grown. Its responsibilities now include monitoringContenders Battle In The U.S. Open

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon and nice to say time for sports.

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SIMON: The U.S. Open full swing. We've seen a curtain call for James Blake, an early exit by Venus Williams, a glitter of greatness from Victoria Duval and Serena Williams star burning bright as ever. For the latest from Blushing Meadows we turn to Howard Bryant of ESPN.com and ESPN the Magazine. He joins us from his studios of the Radio Foundation in New York City. Howard, thanks for being with us.

HOWARD BRYANT: Thank you. Good morning, Scott.

SIMON: And before we get to tennis, which you have been covering assiduously this week, let me ask about that NFL settlement. The lawsuit for former NFL players


4 in the world in 2006. Only Andre Agassi and Andy Roddick were ranked higher as Americans in the past decade.

One of the last players on the last American team to win the Davis Cup in 2007 and he's clearly one of those players who was another victim of having played in the Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer years. If those guys weren't there I think we might have seen a lot more championships from James Blake. Well deserved for him.

SIMON: Now, I suspect we're going to get plenty of chance to talk about Serena Williams later in the tournament, but let me ask you about Victoria Duval. Seventeen years old, defeating Samantha Stosur, a former champion, in the first round. Wow, that was nice to see.

BRYANT: And it'swhat the tournament's all about. When you come to the U.S. Open, you want some form of magic. It's a great New York tournament and Victoria Duval, doing what she did on the court over at Armstrong just captivated everybody. It was fascinating stuff to see a 17-year-old have so much poise. I mean, this isn't the era of Andrea Jaeger and Tracey Austin anymore. Teenagers don't win at this level anymore and so what she did, it was the magic of the tournament and they went out, she lost her next match to Daniela Hantuchová.

She's got a huge future and the American women are in much, much better shape than the men. They're outstanding.


Stories of Chinese Tunnels in Tacoma Continue to this Day

Tacoma’s history as a rough-and-tumble pioneer town on the water makes it fertile soil for tales that would otherwise appear in pulp fiction magazines and dime-store novellas of a bygone era.

The City of Destiny had it all – brothels, saloons, corrupt politicians, railroad barons and rowdy loggers looking for fun during the heyday of the Old West. Some folks say that it also had “Shanghai tunnels” that ship captains would use to smuggle drunken saloon customers onto ships when prudence called for kidnapping crews to get the sails underway. Others say the Chinese railroad workers built the rumored tunnels to escape persecution that culminated in the Chinese expulsion of 1885. Yet others believe turn-of-the-last-century bootleggers and drug smugglers storedthat the marshy lake west of State Route 16 near South 19th Street. The lake was given the name China Lake, reportedly because it was a site of a tunnel that had allegedly been dug by Chinese workers before they were forcibly expelled in 1885 – an act that gained national headlines as the Tacoma Method of removing Chinese railway workers after the tracks were laid. Several other tunnel stories involve nondescript sites in Fircrest and South Tacoma.

Rumors of tunnels running downtown focus on the Shanghai storyline, largely because of their proximity to the waterfront. The practice is based in fact, although the particulars are a matter of debate. It was called Shanghaiing, largely because shippers crafted the practice in that Chinese city as a way to shuttle


cheap labor to America to build the transcontinental railroad.

The Tacoma version of the story generally involves the bars on Pacific Avenue because the nearby hillside slopes into Commencement Bay, making the shuttling of knocked-out sailors easy and undetectable. Many of these stories focus on the Bodega Saloon, built in 1889 at 709 Pacific Avenue. It is currently Meconi’s Pub and Eatery, but was the seediest bar and brothel in the city in the 1890s. The myth behind its tunnels has some factual history with it after two men talked about them in 1936 as part of the Federal Writers’ Project to gather local stories and put writers to work during the waning years of the Great Depression. The stories told by William Zimmerman and V.W. Jenkins remain inthe Library of Congress and talk about “mysterious Chinese tunnels” beneath Tacoma.

Far from urban legend, these tunnels are well known, but their purpose is less sinister than Shanghaiing or smuggling. The Consumer Central Heating Co. was based along Dock Street around the turn of the last century and provided many of the downtown buildings and hotels with steam heat. Lacking steel pipes that are commonly used today, the system required crawl-space-sized tunnels to send the steam from the plant to places throughout the city. The system operated for more than 50 years and only closed down in the late 1970s, when buildings shifted to having their own air conditioning systems. The tunnels were never removed and were only filled in when crews came across them. The boom of


open up into a cavity or den-shaped area, however. That could explain reports of witnesses seeing “rooms” in the tunnels, but bears don’t typically dig long tunnels as witnesses also described. There are no known photos inside the tunnel.

The tunnel was built for the Union Pacific Railroad Co’s subsidiary Oregon-Washington railroad, which sought a way to run a train yard and tracks in what is now the Nalley Valley. Work started in 1909 but a track-share agreement between Union Pacific and Nothern Pacific made the route obsolete before it was completed. Work simply stopped on May 19, 1910. The tunnel was a half mile long at the time. The tunnel was sealed, but was not forgotten. Water in the tunnel caused the timber braces to collapse. The roadwayof Mogadisco at Versions in Manchester.

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You're Mine

As if he could see it in her eyes, Lucien moved onto the bed with a smirk, crawling forward towards her with a cruel deviance in his eyes. She was frozen in place, not fighting until his fingers wrapped around her right wrist, binding it in one of the leather hand cuffs which she had not even noticed were attached to the mahogany head board. She whimpered pulling at the cuff, trying to pull her hand from within his grasp as he bound the other. "Relax my sweet Mayenna, do not be too afraid." That was a suggestion made too late, but perhaps it was better that way. The manner in which her generous breasts rose and fell over the fabric of the night garment, the waythat her legs were already spread across the width of the bed, the alluring fear within her expressive eyes were all so intoxicatingly sexy. She was so innocent, and vulnerable, it caused his cock to grow turgid in his trousers.

Smirking, he moved forward, shifting her legs so that he was sitting between her thighs, pussy clearly on display to him. Her ivory cheeks grew florid with a blush as his fingers began to explore her snatch. He took his time, sliding his middle finger in to her pussy one knuckle at a time, his hand already covered in her juices. "Oh my dear, you are so deliciously wet." He breathed, leaning in against her lips. His other fingers pinched her nipple, pulling on the darkening pebble as his


thumb began to rub against her swollen clit. The purely erotic moan that ripped through her lean form caused his cock to twitch in arousal. "That is right my dear, stop fighting it." In truth the girl had stopped considering fighting the sensation long ago, there was a fire burning in her belly, and he seemed to be able to bring her release. Her back arched towards him as he pulled hard on her other nipple, her jaw clenching as she tried to suppress another series of moans.

He mused in silence, watching her as her head tilted towards her shoulder, eyes closed tightly as she struggled against her own pleasure, trying to regain control. His finger was sliding in and out of her pussy slowly at first butthen progressively faster. Oh god, she was so tight. He had known that Mayenna had only ever had sex once, but damn, he had never even had a virgin with a pussy so deliciously tight. A smirk twitched on his lips at the thought of what would soon be stretching her wide. After seven minutes or so he slowly slid another finger into her, filling the girl more thoroughly than she had been in much too long. Her fingers were clenched into fists as he moved in and out of her tight snatch. Lucien leaned in to kiss her again, "Grind against my hand." He murmured firmly before plunging into another kiss. His hand moved from her nipple to instead fondle her full breast purposefully. She complied readily,


pressing her pelvis into his hand, carefully at first before following his pace.

The sounds of her wanton moans and his fingers sliding in and out of her dripping cunt filled the small room. He was pushing in a third finger as she whimpered, squirming against him adjusting to the digits. "Do you want to cum my dear" he inquired in seeming innocence, flicking her clit with his thumb. This sent a jolt down her spine, causing her to shiver and writhe against his hand as his pace moved faster, hips complying to the tempo of his hand. She wished he would just do it and not degrade her further by making her say it. The girl couldn't believe that she was riding his hand willingly, no not willinglyhe had to have been doing something to her, making her want this as terribly as she did. He flicked her clit again, pulling his fingers almost completely out of her and then pounding them completely in. "Say it." He continued firmly, and she couldn't resist any longer, she had no will power, the fire was burning so brightly in her belly that the only thing that she could even consider was cumming.

"Please...please, let me cum." She groaned hoarsely against his lips, as he pressed them against hers again, roughly molesting her breast. He smirked and did not take more than a moment to comply with her request. He forced his fingers in and out of her roughly and quickly, making sure to brush against her swollen nub


with each thrust. It took less than five minutes. She was humping his hand with abandon, thinking about nothing except the relief that only he could give her at that moment. And he did.

She nearly screamed as her orgasm came upon her, ripping through her body and mind. Her pussy clamped down around his fingers and her thighs pressed tightly against his legs. Her back was arched, arms pulling against her bonds, head pressing back against the wood of the head board. He watched Mayenna with a leer as she rode the orgasm, a prettier sight never before crossing his eyes. She writhed under him for a matter of moments before he leaned forward and whispered. "Only I can give you this, no other man. And I shallAmerica is an English-American folk rock band, originally composed of members Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell, and Dan Peek. The three members were barely past their teenage years when they became an overnight musical sensation in 1972; they reached a peak in popularity in the early to mid 1970s and early 1980s. Among the band's best known songs are "A Horse with No Name", "Sister Golden Hair" (both of which reached Number 1), "Ventura Highway", and "Tin Man".

Although their music was frequently derided by critics, from a commercial standpoint the band's singles and albums were exceptionally successful. They were popular enough to attract the services of famed Beatles producer George Martin for a run of seven albums. The band survived the loss of one of its original members near


the peak of its success only to see Beckley and Bunnell return the act to the top of charts as a duo with "You Can Do Magic" in 1982. Consistently touring for well over three decades, America still maintains a strong following and performs over 100 shows per year. On January 16, 2007, America released Here & Now, the band's first major label studio album in over twenty years.a raft of firms with spoofing and other types of market manipulation over the past several years, but the DOJ's case against Sarao is only the second criminal case against spoofing.

In November, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission pressed CME Group, the world's largest futures market operator, to continue to develop strategies to detect the practice.

Sarao's activities, according to the DOJ's complaint, took place on more volatile days for the markets when order cancellations are more common. The median trading volume forS&P 500 E-mini futures contracts on the 11 days between April 2010 and August 2011 noted in the complaint was more than 3.25 million contracts, compared with a median of about 2 million contracts for that entire time period.

He was also trading in the futures market, which


Pat and Una McDonagh, who have developed the Barack Obama Plaza in Moneygall, Co Offaly, with the US president’s nearest Irish relative Henry Healy (centre). Inset: Mr Obama

THE final lick of paint was being applied and the bunting erected for today's grand opening of the Barack Obama Plaza, the only services outlet on the motorway linking Dublin with Limerick.

The €7m development by Pat and Una McDonagh, owners of the Supermac's chain of restaurants, will now become the largest employer in the ancestral home of the US President, Moneygall, which has a population of 300.

More than 70 people will work at the plaza, which will have a variety of food outlets, a motor accessory shop, fuel station and convenience shop and state-of-the-art meeting rooms.

A visitor centre will open shortly,providing an educational experience focused on Irish-American history and culture while also celebrating President Obama's visit to Moneygall in 2011.

The development is the latest in the growing chain of properties being developed by the former schoolteacher who controls the Supermac's chain – the country's largest indigenous group of fast food restaurants.

Mr McDonagh said yesterday that it had been "a privilege" to work with the people of Moneygall to mark the visit of the areas "most famous son" to the village of his forefathers.

"We are thrilled with how the Barack Obama Plaza has turned out. We have had excellent local construction workers and suppliers helping to get the development prepared for business and now, as the doors open on Friday, we have a dedicated team in place ready to


greet and look after each customer as they arrive", he said.

President Obama's relative, Henry Healy has come on board as a manager at the plaza.

He said: "This is another milestone for Moneygall. We have a facility which will enhance the community and become one of the largest employers in the area."

Irish IndependentA relative of the Tyrannosaurus rex has been discovered in Uzbekistan, bridging a 20-million-year gap in the carnivore's evolutionary tree. The discovery shows T-rex only grew to its giant size toward the end of the dinosaurs' existence.

A 20-million-year gap in fossil records has meant palaeontologists have been unable to learn how and when the Tyrannosaurs grew so large. Research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences describes a newly-discovered fossil dating back 90 million years.

"The middle Cretaceous is a mysterious time in evolution because fossils of land-living animals from this time are known from very few places," said Alexander Averianov, researcher working on the study. "Uzbekistan is one of these places. The early evolution of many groups like tyrannosaurs took place in the coastal plains


of central Asia in the mid-Cretaceous."

Timurlengia euotica

The scientists uncovered a new species of horse-sized dinosaur in the Kyzylkum Desert, north Uzbekistan, that is an ancestor to the T.rex. The species – Timurlengia euotica – lived 90 million years ago; 24 million years before the T.rex dominated the land.

The distant cousin of the T.rex weighed around 250kg, and had long legs and sharp teeth. The T.euotica existed some 80 million years after the first Tyrannosaurs are known to have existed.

"Timurlengia was a nimble pursuit hunter with slender, blade-like teeth suitable for slicing through meat," explains researcher Hans Sues of the Smithsonian Institution. "It probably preyed on the various large plant-eaters, especially early duck-billed dinosaurs, which shared its world."

Evolution of Tyrannosaurus rex

The discovery gives researchers an insight into how theFlorence

The Uffizi in Florence

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The first room off to your left after you climb Vasari's monumental stairs (room 2; room 1 houses Roman reliefs) presents you with a crash course in the Renaissance's roots. It houses three huge altarpieces by Tuscany's greatest late-13th-century masters. On the right is Cimabue's Santa Trínita Maestà (1280), still rooted in the Byzantine traditions that governed painting in the early Middle Ages -- gold-leaf crosshatching in the drapery, an Eastern-style inlaid throne, spoonlike depressions above the noses, highly posed figures, and cloned angels with identical faces stacked up along the sides. On the left is Duccio's Rucellai Maestà (1285), painted by the master who founded the Sienese school of painting. The style is still medieval but introduces innovations into the rigid traditions. There's a


little more weight to the Child and the Madonna's face has a more human, somewhat sad, expression.

In the center of the room is Giotto's incredible Ognissanti Maestà (1310), by the man who's generally credited as the founding father of Renaissance painting. It's sometimes hard to appreciate just how much Giotto changed when he junked half the traditions of painting to go his own way. It's mainly in the very simple details, the sorts of things we take for granted in art today, such as the force of gravity, the display of basic emotions, the individual facial expressions, and the figures that look like they have an actual bulky body under their clothes. Giotto's Madonna sways slightly to one side, the fabric of her off-white shirt pulling realistically againsther breasts as she twists. Instead of floating in mysterious space, Giotto's saints and angels stand on solid ground.

Room 3 pays homage to the 14th-century Sienese school with delicately crafted works by Simone Martini and the Lorenzetti brothers. Here is Martini's Annunciation (1333). Mary, who in so much art both before and after this period is depicted as meekly accepting her divine duty, looks reluctant at the news of her imminent Immaculate Conception. Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti helped revolutionize Sienese art and the Sienese school before succumbing to the Black Death in 1348. Of their work here, Ambrogio's 1342 Presentation at the Temple ★ is the finest, with a rich use of color and a vast architectural space painted with some understanding of perspective -- whose depiction is


usually thought of as a 15th-century Florentine "discovery."

Room 4 houses the works of the 14th-century Florentine school, where you can clearly see the influence Giotto had on his contemporaries. Rooms 5 and 6 represent the flourishing of International Gothic, still grounded in medievalism but admitting some of the emergent naturalism and humanist philosophy into their highly decorative works. Gentile da Fabriano's Procession of the Magi (1423) is especially resplendent, and loaded with detail and caricature.

In room 7, the Renaissance proper starts taking shape, driven primarily by the quest of two artists, Paolo Uccello and Masaccio, for perfect perspective. On the left wall is Uccello's Battle of San Romano (1456), famously innovative but also rather ugly. This painting depicts one of Florence's great victories over rival Siena, but forUccello it was more of an excuse to explore perspective -- with which this painter was, by all accounts, obsessed. In the far corner is the only example of Masaccio's art here (he died at 27), the Madonna and Child with St. Anne, which he helped his master, Masolino, paint in 1424. Masaccio's earthy realism and sharp light are evident in the figures of Mary and the Child, as well as in the topmost angel peeking down.

In the center of room 8 is Piero della Francesca's Portrait of Federico da Montefeltro and Battista Sforza, painted around 1465 or 1470 and the only work by this remarkable Sansepolcran to survive in Florence. The fronts of the panels depict the duke of Urbino and his wife, while on the backs


are horse-drawn carts symbolic of the pair's respective virtues. Piero's lucid style and the detailed Flemish-style backgrounds need no commentary, but do note that he purposefully painted the husband and wife in profile -- without diluting the realism of a hooked nose and moles on the duke -- and mounted them face to face, forever gazing into each other's eyes.

The rest of room 8 is devoted to Filippo Lippi, with more than half a dozen works by the amorous monk who turned out rich religious paintings with an earthy quality and a three-dimensionality that make them immediately accessible. His most exquisite Madonna here is the Madonna and Child with Two Angels (1455-66) -- also a tender portrait of his mistress, Lucrezia Buti. Nearby are a few works bytheir illegitimate son, Filippino. Room 9 is an interlude of virtuoso paintings by Antonio del Pollaiolo, plus a number of large Virtues by his less-talented brother, Piero. These two masters of anatomical verisimilitude greatly influenced the young Botticelli.

The walls separating rooms 10 to 14 were knocked down in the 20th century to create one large space to accommodate the resurgent popularity of Sandro Filipepi -- better known by his nickname, Botticelli ("little barrels") -- master of willowy women in flowing gowns. Fourteen of his paintings line the walls, along with works by his pupil (and son of his former teacher) Filippino Lippi, and by Domenico Ghirlandaio, Michelangelo's first artistic master. But most flock here for just two paintings, Botticelli's Birth of Venus and his Primavera (Allegory of Spring).