of innovative, value-added gourmet delicatessen lines, has taken a new five-year lease on its food preparation facility in Huntingwood in what has been described as one of the largest deals in a Blacktown industrial area this year. Covering 2496.5 square metres, the premises is a specialised food processing warehouse that consists of an existing food preparation fit-out as well as cool rooms, freezers and some production areas. Scott Bailey, of Knight Frank Parramatta's industrial team said the deal was struck at a competitive annual rental of $115 per square metre.

Moorebank. Advisors appointed for project

The Department of Finance and Deregulation, which is responsible for the controversial $490 million, 83-hectare Moorebank intermodal terminal project, has appointed advisers to assist with a feasibility study into the project being conducted by theMoorebank Project Office. The advisers include global professional services firm KPMG, engineering firm Parsons Brinckerhoff, advisory group SAHA International and legal firm Blake Dawson. Communications firms Kreab Gavin Anderson and GA Research were commissioned to conduct the community consultation portion of the study. Jodie Brough, a consultant from Kreab Gavin Anderson, said the feasibility study would consider a range of factors including financial, commercial and technical considerations.

Rouse Hill. Charging station for electric cars

The Rouse Hill Town Centre has become the first shopping centre in Australia to introduce networked commercial charging stations for electric vehicles. ChargePoint chief ,James Brown, said the stations at Rouse Hill were an important first step to creating a network to allow electric vehicles to become viable in Sydney. Centre manager, Martin Ollis, said they


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Combining dance, theater, spoken text, and video, Red is a striking documentary performance that takes its point of departure from the Cultural Revolution’s canonized ballet, The Red Detachment of Women. Red revisits this iconic ballet through memory, movement, and anecdotal material from the dancers. Join us asWen Hui, a pioneer of contemporary dance in China, and her Beijing-basedLiving Dance Studiopremiere this stunning new work in New York.

Wen Hui believes that the body holds memories and, through a complex and arduous process, she and her company extract these memories as movements.

The dramaturg for the production,Zhuang Jiayun, describes Wen Hui’s philosophy:

Our body is an archive, the witness and carrier of history, a location to understand how the assembled histories and memories have inscribed themselves deeply on us. Our bodyis also a catalyst for memory and sites of transgressive impulses.

The all-female, multi-generational cast of four bring their personal relations to the revolutionary ballet to the fore,Redthen becoming a dynamic container for the exploration of history and ideology. The "grandmother" of the company,Liu Zhuying, danced in the original performances ofThe Red Detachment of Women thousands of times. The younger Wen Hui looked up to Liu, when in the early 1970s, she was a young student at Yunnan Art School dreaming of being cast in the ballet.Li Xinminis a generation younger than Wen and comes toRedfrom her unorthodox journey, from a rural mountainous town to becoming the housekeeper of theLiving Dance Studioand then an unlikely segue to joining the dance company.Li Yuyaois the youngest in the cast, and at


where to hit it, and she did and it broke apart. Firebats and Marauders came to visit and after the fight the artifact was gone, Lightning swears she saw a long black-clad arm grabbing it…

So the main body of The Black Skull got away, I bet we haven’t seen the last of them. The landship was picked up on satellite. From all accounts, it looks like the WWII British Admiralty V class naval destroyer, made up to look like The Vampire, which was sunk in the Bay of Bengal by the Japanese.

After we finally met up with our Lancer and started heading home, I was complaining about having been shot and Red lifted his shirt and showed me a nasty scar on his chest, he muttered something aboutget Lord Havoc himself to command his legions of Havoc machines to assist them in rapidly crushing the armies of the world, while minimizing the number of civilian casualties that a prolonged conflict would cause.

The leader of the Black Skull organization is a Promethean who calls himself Black Skull, the lieutenant knows that he was in the Swiss base but has no idea where his leader personally retreated to.

When asked about how he and his men were recruited, he responds that they were members of the Croatian Defence Forces during the Yugoslav wars. After the wars were over they were demobilized and ended up working as “security consultants” and general soldiers-for-hire. Black Skull personally recruited him to help create a new, socialist world order.

The video from the interview


was running live in our classroom. Miss Midnight gives a Q&A and critique session as a class exercise after the interview, and then excuses herself.

After our interview ends, Miss Midnight drops in for a brief chat. She gives him two options: tell her how Black Skull intends to control Lord Havoc and walk away a free man, or remain silent and die. He just laughs and says “What would Lord Havoc do for his son?”. This is apparently a good enough answer to save his life.

Since the video feed was still running, everyone in the classroom sees this exchange. Red Star asks her whether she really would have killed him, but she declines to even acknowledge his question.The “Magnum P.I.” reboot pilot has cast Jay Hernandez as the titular private eye, Variety has learned.

Hernandez will play Thomas Magnum, a decorated ex-Navy SEAL who, upon returning home from Afghanistan, repurposes his military skills to become a private investigator. Tom Selleck, who currently stars in the CBS drama “Blue Bloods,” played the role in the original series.

Hernandez’s recent film roles include the DC Entertainment film “Suicide Squad” and appearances in both entries in the “Bad Moms” comedy franchise. He has also appeared in films like “Friday Night Lights,” “Hostel,” and in the Netflix fantasy-action film “Bright.” On the television side, he has recently appeared in “Scandal,” “Nashville,” and “The Expanse.”

He is repped by ICM Partners, Alchemy Entertainment and Fuller Law.

Peter Lenkov, the writer and producer behind current


How to Install a 4-Wire Power Cord for a GE Dryer

By Cecilia Harsch Updated September 26, 2017

Since 1996, the National Electrical Code has required all new residential construction to install grounded, four-wire dryer receptacles. Before Jan. 1 of that year, residential construction was allowed to install three-wire dryer receptacles. Because of the availability of both receptacles in homes, as of 2010 GE dryers are not sold with a cord attached or with a power cord at all. You must purchase your four-wire power cord separately and install it in your GE dryer.

Install a 4-Wire Power Cord for a GE Dryer

Turn the screws holding the terminal block access cover counterclockwise to remove them, releasing the cover from the back of your GE dryer. Removing the cover exposes the terminalblock inside the access panel.

Insert the wings of a butterfly clamp connector into the circular opening beneath the access panel. Thread the wires from the four-wire power cord through the connector and into the access panel. The clamp connector is provided with the dryer cord.

Remove the green ground screw located at the top left of the access panel opening in the GE dryer cabinet. Remove the existing green ground dryer harness wire from beneath this screw. Thread the ground screw through the ring terminal on the green wire from the four-wire power cord. Attach the ground screw and the power cord green wire to the dryer cabinet.

Remove the silver screw from the middle terminal on the terminal block. Attach the white wire from the four-wire power cord to


connector keeps the GE four-wire power cord from accidentally pulling from the dryer cabinet. Replace the terminal block access cover onto the back of the dryer.

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About the Author

Cecilia Harsch has been writing professionally since 2009. She writes mainly home improvement, health and travel articles for various online publications. She has several years of experience in the home-improvement industry, focusing on gardening, and a background in group exercise instruction. Harsch received her Certified Nurses Assistant license in 2004. She attended Tarrant County College and studied English composition.WASHINGTON/KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Tuesday said it will use a Great Depression-era program to pay up to $12 billion to help U.S. farmers weather a growing trade war with China, the European Union and others that the president began.

It is a clear signal the U.S. President Donald Trump is determined to stick with tariffs as his weapon of choice in the conflict.

The move meant to cushion the blow for a politically important constituency was met with broad criticism by many farmers and farm-belt lawmakers, including Republicans. Rural and agricultural states supported Trump by wide margins in the 2016 election.

Trump’s trade policies have become central in several rural-state U.S. Senate races ahead of congressional elections in November.

The president, speaking at an event in Kansas


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Whedon.

Original Airdate

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didn’t really
settle down until the second season) and the way
vampires die.
Also, the actors playing the roles that are in the
movie have all been
changed. Finally, the biggest difference would have
to be the
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A new exhibition will open shortly at Los Angeles' wonderful Petersen Automotive Museum. It's called "Hollywood Dream Machines: Vehicles of Science Fiction and Fantasy," and as the name suggests, it features the two- and four-wheel stars of movies and video games, most of which will be very familiar to anyone with a passing interest in depictions of dystopian futures or speculative fiction.

"'Hollywood Dream Machines’ will be the biggest exhibit of our 25th anniversary," said Petersen Automotive Museum Executive Director Terry L. Karges. "With more than 40 vehicles from the silver screen spread across the museum, the exhibit is anSkating Palace.

The medal is the first for Russia, which has never placed in short track events. Ahn is a three-time gold medalist, winning gold for South Korea in the men’s 1,000m, 1,500m and 5,000m relay in the 2006 Torino Winter Olympic Games.

At Torino, Ahn also took home a bronze in the men’s 500m relay, making him the first athlete to have stood on the medal podium for all the speed skating competitions. The “Emperor on Short Track” has shown that he is a force to be reckoned with.

In a press meeting after winning the bronze, Ahn talked about his decision to compete as a naturalized Russian in the Sochi Olympics, “It was not an easy one. I am so glad to take part in the Olympics again. Winning


A representative of St. Paul’s Church on Nassau Street called police the afternoon of Nov. 26 to report that some time after mass on Sunday, Nov. 24th, an envelope containing the church collection was stolen from the rectory. The loss was estimated to be approximately $2,800. Police are investigating the theft.

A patient at Princeton House on Herrontown Road reported the evening of Nov. 26 that he was harassed and assaulted by two other patients at the facility. The victim said that while he was arguing with one patient, he was punched from behind by a second patient. The victim complained of pain as a result of the assault. No charges were filed at the time of the report.

A baby carriage was stolen from the first block of Mercerher bank and told the $2,500 check was fraudulent. The detective bureau is investigating the incident.

A resident of Edgerstoune Road contacted police to report that on Nov. 9 she was contacted by her bank about fraudulent activity on her debit card account. A $404.94 charge was made to a Walmart in Bowie, Maryland on Nov. 8. The victim did not make the charge to Walmart and was still in possession of her debit card. She had no idea how her account was compromised. The detective bureau is investigating.

A sales associate from Zoe on Hulfish Street called police on Nov. 14 to report that several handbags were stolen from the store. The three bags, valued at a combined $8,555, were stolen by two people who entered the store together.


One suspect is described as a black female, medium complexion, approximately 5’5″ with a medium build, early 20s, black long straight hair, last seen wearing black leggings, gray cardigan, large plaid checkered scarf, black knee high boots with silver zippers, carrying a large silver Gucci bag and wearing large framed black sunglasses. The second suspect in the store is described as a black male, medium complexion, approximately 6′, very thin, early 20s, last seen wearing baggy light blue jeans, a gray hooded sweatshirt, and a black knit hat. A third suspect, who was driving a vehicle in which the two fled, is described as a black female, about 18, with long straight black hair, last seen wearing a maroon cardigan. Anyone with information regarding these thefts should contactnationalisation of land which is parcelled out to large corporations. The reliance on colonialism as a mechanism of creating new market-based opportunities. The use of legal charters to allow for things joint stock companies and limited liability regimes. And finally the removal of the means of production from labourers and communities and into the hands of capitalists. Historically this has been seen in the enclosures throughout much of Western Europe, as well as the modern enclosures in large areas of the developing world. This removes labourers, or the proletariat, from their position of independent subsistence farmers and workers as their means of independence (their land) is removed from them by the state. Many 18th and 19th century industrialists saw such enclosures as necessary to creating a landless proletariat


The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus such as an electrophotographic copying apparatus and a printing apparatus for forming an image by successively forming a plurality of toner images different in color on a photosensitive drum and transferring the plurality of toner images formed on the photosensitive drum in such a manner as to superpose the toner images successively on a transfer material held on a transfer drum, and more particularly to the art of preventing nonconformity detecting means for detecting the transfer material conveyed to the transfer drum in nonconforming condition from making any detection error.
A typical image forming apparatus of the sort which employs a transfer drum is used for forming an image by successively forming a plurality of toner images different in color,with the toner image formed on one side upside down and feeding it again.
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On May 20, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) presented its agenda for the first 100 days of government — if people of the country elect the party to power.

The ambitious agenda- often mocked by party’s critics- included transformation in governance, revitalisation of economic growth and ensuring the country’s national security.

As PTI emerged victorious in July 25 general elections, people of the country pinned all their hopes in the party’s plan to run the country and their eyes were on the barometer itself set up by the party- the 100-day plan.

In his first speech as country’s premier, Imran Khan made it clear that he will leave no stone unturned to bring the promised reforms and his priorities will be health, education and social reform.

As his government entered its 100th day today,inaugurated the Clean and Green Pakistan Drive Action Day campaign by planting a tree at a college in Islamabad.

The PM said the cleanliness drive had three aspects, adding that the first aspect of the drive was spreading awareness among people, especially children, about importance of sanitation and thus incorporate a lesson in this regard in school syllabus of grade-1 to 5.

Secondly, he said, the people will be given awareness about dumping sites. He added his government will overcome load-shedding by generating electricity from trash.

The prime minister said there will be contests regarding sanitation at tehsil level every two months and the official concerned would be rewarded or penalized on the basis of the state of cleanliness in their areas.

This is the first of its kind campaign in Pakistan


introduced Picasso to his photographs of ice skaters with lights attached to their skates. Immediately Picasso started making images in the air with a small flashlight in a dark room. This series of photos became known as Picasso's "light drawings."

Feast your eyes on mind melting landscapes from Zhou Fan aka Chou Fan. The artist is based out of Shanghai, China, who typically paints with acrylics. We previously featured another one his bizarre yet beautiful illustrated series back in May 2010.

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I love those pictures. I’ve checked the website and clearly she seeks perfection in each of her works. And is full of creativity. I find the different tecniques used shows a desire for creation more than a simple repetition of works. It is easy to see from the processCarlin had previously served as chief of staff to then-FBI Director Robert S. Mueller.

Section 702 requires the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence to provide the FISA Court with annual certifications that specify categories of foreign intelligence information the government is authorized to acquire pursuant to Section 702.

The Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence must also certify that Intelligence Community elements will follow targeting procedures and minimization procedures that are approved by the FISA Court as part of the annual certification.

The National Security Division and Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) are jointly required to routinely review all Intelligence Agency U.S. person queries of content to ensure Section 702 queries satisfy the legal standard.

The NSD – with notice to the ODNI –


cause order authorizing electronic surveillance on Carter Page from the FISA Court.

At this point, the FISA Court was still unaware of the Section 702 violations.

On October 24, 2016, Rogers verbally informed the FISA Court of his findings (Page 4 of Court Ruling).

On October 26, 2016, Rogers appeared formally before the FISA Court and presented the written findings of his audit (Page 4, 14 & 19 of Court Ruling & Senate testimony).

The FISA Court was unaware of the FISA/Query violations until they were presented to the Court by NSA Director Rogers.

The government knew Rogers was conducting his own compliance review. Rogers knew the government was finalizing its 2016 Certification.

The government knew its 2016 Certification lacked material and legally required disclosure.

There is only one explanation that makes sense to me.

Carlindidn’t disclose his knowledge of FISA Abuse in the annual Section 702 Certifications in order to avoid raising suspicions at the FISA Court ahead of the Carter Page FISA Warrant.

The FBI and DOJ’s NSD were quite literally racing against Rogers’ Investigation in order to obtain a FISA Warrant on Carter Page.

While all this was transpiring, DNI James Clapper & Defense Secretary Ash Carter submitted a recommendation that Rogers be removed from his post as NSA Director.

The move to fire Rogers – which failed – originated sometime in mid-October 2016.

Exactly when Director Rogers was preparing to present his findings to the FISA Court.

There is a small postscript to this portion of the story.

On November 17, 2016, Rogers traveled to meet President-Elect Trump and his Transition Team in Trump Tower.


Rogers did not inform his boss, DNI James Clapper.

Later that evening, the Trump Transition Team suddenly announced they were moving all transition activity to Trump National Golf Club in New Jersey…

A few days back I resent an article I had written on May 18, 2018:

Per the DNC Lawsuit, Russia FIRST gained access to DNC Network in July 2015. “In July 2015, Russian Intelligence gained access to Democratic National

Committee (DNC) networks and maintained that access until at least June 2016”.https://t.co/SsKpl34l2V — Jeff @ themarketswork (@themarketswork) July 14, 2018

It detailed the hacking of the DNC Server and provided a timeline of events. In the article I then overlayed the DNC timeline with that of Mike Rogers.

The results proved interesting. Here are a sequence of dates from the article.

2015:

July 20, 2015– The Yates Memorandum denying Inspector General Access & Oversight of information collected by the DOJ & FBI under Title III is issued.

July 27, 2015 – Russia’s cyberattack on the DNC began only weeks after Trump announced his candidacy for President of the United States.

September 2015 – the FBI notified the DNC that hackers had compromised “at least one DNC server.” The FBI called the DNC Help Desk.

November 2015 – the FBI notified the DNC one of the DNC’s computers was now transmitting information to Russia.

November 2015-April 2016 – The FBI and DOJ’s National Security Division (NSD) used private contractors to access raw FISA information using “To” and “From” FISA-702(16) & “About” FISA-702(17) queries.

March 2016:

March 9, 2016 – NSA Director Rogers became aware of improper access to raw


in Virginia and Washington DC. This attack was executed by GRU agents.

April 22, 2016 – Russian intelligence prepared massive amounts of data for exfiltration from DNC servers.

April 28, 2016 – DNC IT Staff detected and ultimately confirmed access to the DNC network by unauthorized users.

April 28, 2016 – DNC CEO Amy Dacy spoke with Michael Sussmann, a DNC lawyer and partner with Perkins Coie. Sussmann contacted Shawn Henry, CSO and President of Crowdstrike Services. Dacy “resigned” as CEO of DNC on August 2, 2016.

As I noted in the article:

The timing between Admiral Rogers’ discovery of outside contractors and the sudden problems with the DNC Servers appears far too coincidental.

Coincidence Number One:

July 20, 2015 – The Yates Memorandum is issued. It bars Inspector General Oversight of information collected byBANGKOK — A Vietnamese woman who was the only person convicted in the bold assassination of Kim Jong-un’s elder half brother, Kim Jong-nam, was released on Friday after serving 27 months in a Malaysian prison.

The release of Doan Thi Huong, 30, brings an end to the legal case in the murder of Mr. Kim, who died in February 2017 after two women smeared VX nerve agent on his face at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The use of a severely toxic military weapon in such a public assassination was highly unusual.

An Indonesian woman arrested in the case, Siti Aisyah, 27, was released in March after high-level appeals by the Indonesian government to free her.

The police have identified at least seven North Koreans suspected of involvement in the killing, but


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Act of Congress, in the year 1865,BY DERBY & MILLER,In the Clerk's Office of the
District Court of the United States for the Southern Districtof New York.local outlets in the U.S. (and until last year had the best, simplest, fastest breaking news app on the planet), tweeted something he had heard on GEO TV, a Pakistani television station.

As we later found out, the U.S. special forces conducting the raid on Bin Laden's hideout lost one of two helicopters used in the operation.

But even van Poppel might not have been the first alert on Twitter. Sohaib Athar, who lists as his location on Twitter as Abbottabad, the Pakistani town where Bid Laden was found, and who describes himself as an IT consultant "taking a a break from the rat-race by hiding in the mountains with his laptops" (ironically), tweeted the following at about 4:30 p.m. ET (which would have been 1:30 a.m. local time):

Shortly after,


on January 1 of this year when Japan started ringing in the New Year. Almost 7,000 tweets per second were flying then. (But last night's figures were way ahead of the amount of Twitter usage when Michael Jackson died—just 456 tweets per second. But that was June 2009, and significantly fewer people were on Twitter.)

Facebook was apparently the place to be if you were a politician. George W. Bush posted a statement, which as of early this morning, had over 36,000 Likes, and over 9,000 comments.

And if anyone had any doubt that Facebook is now the broadcasting medium of choice for pols, all you had to do was follow the company’s "Congress on Facebook" page to track the number of Senators and Congressman posting statements to their pagesFaustus (And his family) were middle-management.

Hey, Hydra got America working (Building Dreadnaughts and warships and serving in the Hydra armies), superheroes from beating up each other, protecting the population from monsters from outer space, ...and it only cost were the destruction of Las Vegas, death of Rick Jones, blackout of New York city, imprisoning Inhumans, shunting Mutants into unwanted lands, and Alpha Flight stuck in outer space.


Men's Golf

Pete Ballo Finishes as Runner-Up at Connecticut Amateur Championship

Jun 28, 2013

HAMDEN, Conn. – Sacred Heart men's golfer Pete Ballo (Stamford, Conn.) reached the final match of the 111th Connecticut Amateur Championship last week, held at New Haven Country Club. Ballo reached the final 36-hole match but fell 3 and 1.

Ballo was +2 through two rounds of stroke play, putting him tied for fourth and in the group of 32 for match play. In the round of 32, the redshirt-junior needed 19 holes to defeat Gregory Palmer. He also needed 19 holes to win his round of 16 match. After winning his quarterfinal match 1-up, Ballo won his semifinal 3 and 2.

Ballo was a Second-Team All-NEC selection this past spring, leading the Pioneers with four top-five finishes.Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni met in New York with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

During the meeting, Livni suggested discussing realistic and achievable issues. According to the foreign minister, "We must be courageous in making decisions, but also smart enough to advance the process in a realistic way, preventing it from failing." (Yitzhak Benhorin, Washington)


417 F.Supp. 94 (1976)
PITTSBURGH FEDERATION OF TEACHERS LOCAL 400, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO, and Bonnie Schlueter
v.
M. L. AARON et al.
Civ. A. No. 75-1392.
United States District Court, W. D. Pennsylvania.
June 1, 1976.
Louis Kushner, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiffs.
Justin Johnson, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendants.

OPINION
KNOX, District Judge.
The Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers, Local 400 has filed a complaint to determine the constitutionality of a resolution adopted by the Board of Public Education of the School District of Pittsburgh on October 21, 1975. The action is filed by the Federation on behalf of its members. An individual non-member Bonnie J. Schlueter, a resident of Westmoreland County, an applicant for employment with the Pittsburgh School District has joined therein. The evidence showed that at the time the suit was filed, she had applied fora position as librarian with the Pittsburgh School District but in view of the restrictions against hiring additional personnel imposed for economic *95 reasons, it was questionable when she might be extended an offer of employment.
On October 21, 1975, the School Board adopted a resolution as follows:
"WHEREAS, the Board of Public Education of the School District of Pittsburgh has deliberated the general question of residency of employees and has concluded that governmental purposes are served by the residency requirement hereinafter set forth, including but not limited to reduction in unemployment rates of inner-city citizens; enhancement of the quality of employee performance by greater personal knowledge of the conditions in the School District and by a feeling of greater personal stake in the School District's progress; diminution of absenteeism


on November 24, 1975, filed a motion to dismiss for failure to state a cause of action pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) FRCP.
On October 31, 1975, plaintiffs filed a motion for a preliminary injunction which was set down for hearing on November 14, 1975. At this time, a certain amount of testimony was taken including testimony from plaintiff Schlueter as well as others. In view of the doubts which the court had as to standing of the plaintiff Federation to bring this suit and questions raised as to restrictions on intrastate travel versus interstate travel, testimony was also received from George Myers, one of the Federation's members who lived in West Virginia and who commuted daily to his employment as a teacher in the Pittsburgh School District and statedthere were others in his situation who travelled interstate.
It is noted, however, that the resolution does not apply to Myers or to any other non-residents of Pennsylvania employed on November 1, 1975, or indeed to any teachers and members of plaintiff Federation employed on November 1, 1975, since it is only required that those employed on and after date of November 1, shall establish their residence within the territorial boundaries of the School District within three months of the time of employment and continuously maintain such residency thereafter during employment.
We have, however, had submitted to the court an affidavit by Albert Fondy, President of the plaintiff Federation, who states under date of March 11, 1976, that three members of the Federation have been hired by the school district


drawing a correlation between conventional wisdom, and a new emperor who was considered by many to be a true successor to Justinian.

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Further reading

Paris Gregory. Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online, 2003.

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Brunetta’s investigation concluded in July last year that the contracts were indeed cooked. Cutler then claimed the case was just the “tip of the iceberg,” prompting the latest survey of 442 contracts.

In July this year, Brunetta also reported on a separate but similar case at the Canada School of Public Service. He found school officials had stacked the deck to ensure up to $170,000 worth of work went to a favoured supplier between 2009 and 2011.

Over the last few years, the Harper government has been mired in criticisms about non-competitive contracting, most recently for its now-stalled efforts to buy the F-35 stealth fighter jet. The auditor general of Canada delivered a scathing indictment of the F-35 acquisition process in April.

The military also


Ever since the year 813, when the tomb of St.James was claimed to be (re-)discovered there, the city of Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain has attracted many thousands of Christian pilgrims from all parts of Europe, particularly in the Middle Ages. As a result, there is no single route or trail. Of course, it all depends on where you start your pilgrimage.

Almost every West European country has an association, society or confraternity dedicated to pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, often carrying the name of the apostle involved: St.James, known by numerous translations such as Sint Jacob, Sint Jakobus, Saint-Jacques, Sankt Jakob, Sant Iago, etc. These organisations all provide information on the pilgrimage to their members, and also issue an official internationally recognized ‘pilgrim pass'. Having collected thecorrect stamps en route, pass-holders are entitled to the official ‘Compostela' certificate to prove that the pilgrimage was accomplished as intended.

Four routes in France traditionally start from Paris, Le Puy, Vézelay and Arles. After crossing the Pyrenees they all join into one rather clearly defined route across the northwest of Spain. Symbol of the Santiago de Compostela Pilgrim Way(s) is a scallop shell, also used for waymarking the route (yellow scallop shell against a blue background).

Spain

Classic route

The classic Way of St. James is the Camino Francés. The three main Ways in France - Via Podiensis, Via Lemovicensis, Via Turonensis - come together in the Pyrenees and cross the mountains near Roncesvaux. Hence, the Camino Francés turns straight west over the plains of northern Spain to Santiago de Compostela,


too, is the Way over Le Puy-en-Velay, the Via Podiensis. This has been dubbed the GR65. This important Way was and is used by pilgrims from the south and central Europe, from Hungary to Poland.

Via Tolosana

The fourth main Way is the Via Tolosana, bringing pilgrims from Italy, and connecting to the other important pilgrim destination, Rome. Traveling via Toulouse, these pilgrims cross the Pyrenees at the Col du Somport. The state name is GR653.

Belgium

Belgium has a dense network of pilgrim ways. They run north-south, and bring pilgrims from Holland, Flanders and Wallonia to France. The Belgian Ways of Saint James connect to the Via Turonensis over Paris and the Via Lemovicensis over Vézelay. There are five main clusters of trails.

Central-west

One of the main routes is the central-west routeover Paris (Via Turonensis) and one over Vézelay (Via Lemovicensis). Since the latter is far more popular, most Dutch pilgrims follow Ways to Limburg, the southeastern corner bordering Belgium and Germany.

Coastal Way to Paris

Let’s start with the option over Paris along the coast. Starting in Wieringen or in Den Oever, the pilgrims head for Haarlem.

From Haarlem, the path continues south more or less along the coast. In Schipluiden is a bifurcation: one way goes east to Antwerpen,the other continues south. Continuing south, there is a second split in Vlissingen. One way goes to Brugge in Belgium, the other to Gent in Belgium.

Main Way to Paris

The other pilgrim way to Paris has historic roots. The start is in the north of the country, either in the village Sint-Jacobiparochie or


in the town Uithuizen. These Ways head for the village Hasselt. Then the route continues to Utrecht, Breda and Antwerpen in Belgium.

Main Way to Vézelay

Two Ways connect the busy west of the country to the province of Limburg and Vézelay. The Pelgrimspad is primarily a trail for walkers enjoying the countryside. The Jacobsweg Amstelredam is primarily a trail for pilgrims enjoying cities and cathedrals.

Eastern Way to Vézelay

Things get a bit complicated here. The same paths in the north of the Netherlands that are used to go to Paris, are also frequented by pilgrims heading for Vézelay. Hasselt has the key to this mystery: the village is a main intersection of pilgrim ways.

From Hasselt, continue on the Jacobsweg Nieumeghen. Halfway, in the old city Doesburg, pilgrims from Oldenzaal willPorcelain Testo

Testo Porcelain

You tried to spit at the sun, put it out like a burning ember.
She has a porcelain soul.
As you crawl under the moon.
Make this bed and sleep forever.
She has a porcelain soul 'cause the life you live is less than alive.

As they scream, "let them burn," you know she'll burn at the hands of your kin.
As they scream, "let them burn," you know you won't forgive them
She crawls through the dirt like a four legged spider.
He's there laying beside her.
When the serpents tongue is wrapped around her neck.
"let them burn,"
"let them burn,"
And he knows that she died inside.
And he knows.
Open hands hold porcelain souls into the eyes of a traitor.
I still see a believer.
The witness is here.
She's a witch and I love her.
Buy back her soul


with the blood of the savior.
Is it too much to forgive?
The witness is here.
Open hands hold porcelain souls.
She falls to her knees and she begs for forgiveness as the Heavens open their gates.
The wood burns and the fire blazes, but he bought back her soul with the blood of the savior'New reality' dawns for storm-stunned islands

Albert Wheatley, 55, inspects the ruins of his home left in ruins by Hurricane Irma, in Parham Town, in the Caribbean British overseas territory of the British Virgin Island, June 7, 2018. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Sebastien Malo

* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation.

Global collaboration and private-sector investment are needed to help islands bolster resilience in the face of growing climate threats

Small islands, especially in the Caribbean, face a harsh new reality as storms of unprecedented ferocity threaten homes and businesses, causing such extreme devastation that generations down the track may still be paying the price.

With the seemingly inexorable march of climate change likely to make hurricanes more powerful, Caribbean - as well


thousands more from related ill health - as well as economic losses estimated at $130 billion.

Some islands - many with limited resources - were still struggling to rebuild homes, schools and hospitals, and restore electricity as this year's hurricane season started in June.

More support is needed to help islands generate bankable projects - both small and large - that can help their people, infrastructure and environments become more resilient to extreme weather and other stresses, said speakers.

REINVENTING ISLANDS

Islands around the world are already adapting to climate change and environmental degradation,said Kate Brown, executive director of the Global Island Partnership, an alliance of island states.

The Republic of Palau, for example, created one of the world's largest marine sanctuaries in 2015, turning 80 percent of its maritime territory into athat will "last for multiple generations", said Burnett.

And for non-sovereign overseas territories like BVI or the Dutch Antilles, the door is closed to international sources of finance for adapting to the wilder weather and rising seas linked to climate change, such as the Green Climate Fund.

Bringing in healthy amounts of money from the private sector is a key part of the answer, but projects need to be scaled up to meet investors' requirements, said experts.

Stewart Sarkozy-Banoczy, founder of Precovery Labs and director of the Island Resilience Initiative, said islanders were tired of "just talking" and instead "want to do".

"Money has to meet implementation," he told the discussion.

Necessity being the mother of invention, BVI has set up its own trust fund in the hope that organisations and wealthy individuals


might donate cash that will be invested in a more secure future, said Burnett.

An aerial view of the Republic of Palau in the western Pacific Ocean, July 19, 2018. Stuart Chape

LOCAL HACKS

"Smart islands" could become more than just a buzzword if tech ecosystems can be built to help entrepreneurs drum up home-grown solutions, while stemming the brain drain and boosting economies, the webinar heard.

"It's very difficult for these small islands to be better than San Francisco or Amsterdam," said Axel De Vries, advisory services manager at EY Dutch Caribbean.

"But there are so many small initiatives here on the islands... that can come up with great ideas just for the local situation."

EY worked with the Aruba Centre of Excellence for the Sustainable Development of SIDS to organise a hackathonJuly traditionally is one of the slowest months for recruiting news, but the past few weeks have been extremely busy - especially with events such as the FBU Top Gun Showcase Camp, the EA Sports Elite 11, Florida's Friday Night Lights, Florida State's Seminole Showtime Camp and LSU's camp.

The Top Gun Camp featured one of the best collection of elite prospects ever assembled, and there were a few standouts even among the group of four- and five-star prospects.

Most observers agreed running back Christine Michael of Beaumont (Texas) West Brook was the most impressive overall player in the camp. With the ability to glide through bag drills, show great hands catching the football and dominating in the one-on-ones and seven-on-seven drills, his play definitely was something that could push


him even higher in the rankings.

"He's got outstanding speed and quickness," said former NFL standout Lorenzo White, who coached the running back group for FBU. "The guys we've got here are supposed to be elite, and he's really, really shown that he's one of the best in the country. You hear about these guys and you always wonder if they're really as good as everybody says. He's all that they've talked about. I liked all the kids in our group, but he was the most impressive."

Five-star receiver Randall Carroll also was a big-time attention-grabber. Carroll, from Los Angeles Cathedral, easily was the fastest player on the field. Carroll is one of the top sprinters in California, but he's not a track guy playing football. Carroll is a footballplayer who loves to blow past defenders with his breakaway speed. He also showed good hands for a speed demon.

"This camp was a great challenge for me because I was banged up a little bit and there was a tremendous amount of talent out here," Carroll said. "I was pleased with how I performed, sure, but I'm always my biggest critic. I know I have to do better when the season gets here."

The Elite 11 is just in its second day, but a few players already have stood out - including Mission Viejo (Calif.) High's Allan Bridgford and Tampa Plant's Aaron Murray. Bridgford won the Golden Gun Award on Monday for being the most accurate passer of the day, and Murray had great consistency throughout the day. He


finished second in the accuracy contest, and showed he'll be able to make all the throws on the next level.

Florida's camp also was loaded with plenty of talent, and the prospect with the best reviews was running back Trent Richardson of Pensacola (Fla.) Escambia.

"Richardson is well put together and looks very powerful and strong, especially in the upper body," recruiting analyst Jamie Newberg said. "He runs well and was surprisingly quick and not stiff for his size. Richardson also caught the ball well. We're going to have some serious discussions about him being a five-star player."

Most agreed the top prospect at Florida State's second annual Showtime Camp was Gadsden (Ala.) City five-star cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick, the No. 13 prospect in the nation. He answered any and all challengesand demonstrated why he is considered among the best players in the nation.

"There were a ton of great receivers out here. Some of them like to talk a lot, and then others just went out there and were playing their game," Kirkpatrick said of the competition. "I really had a lot of fun out here at Florida State."

Many top prospects flocked to LSU's camp, but the main headliners had to be offensive linemen Chris Faulk of Slidell (La.) Northshore and Xavier Su'a Filo of Provo (Utah) Timpview. Recruiting analyst Barton Simmons came away impressed with both, especially Faulk.

"On the day, there may not have been a better overall performance than that of Faulk," Simmons said. "He has a terrific frame (6-6/280) and has great strength and balance. He


has narrowed his list to 10 schools: Auburn, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina, NC State, Oregon and USC. "I just visited Florida and Florida State recently, and they were both good," said Boyd, a four-star prospect who's the No. 7 receiver in the nation. "The trip to Florida was just great. That was probably my best visit yet. I was just really comfortable there."

• Michigan fans have been on pins and needles trying to figure out the status of star quarterback Kevin Newsome – is he or isn't he committed to the Wolverines? After the Top Gun Camp, he opened up a little bit about his status. "I'm committed to Michigan," Newsome said. "Me and Bryce McNeal (a wide receiver from Minneapolis Breck) were goingsingle 30cm LED strip with 10 LEDs, this special Pure Edition will include four LED strips.Visitors can experience the all-new Sound BlasterX AE-5 together with the entire Sound BlasterX series at Booth 3053, E3 Los Angeles Convention Center (June 13 - 15, 2017). The Sound BlasterX series includes the latest gear in the gaming ecosystem, including the award-winning Katana under-monitor audio system, Siege M04 precision gaming mouse, and Vanguard K08 mechanical keyboard. Also making a special appearance will be the X-Fi Sonic Carrier, Creative's ultimate audio for ultimate gaming. The Sonic Carrier, a powerful home entertainment system with Dolby Atmos, Creative SuperWide X-Fi, 17 drivers in a 15.2 configuration, and 2000W peak power, is set to blow gamers away with the ultimate immersive cinematic sound. Besides being showcased


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This photo taken in Solai, Nakuru County, on May 10, 2018 shows the remaining water in Patel Dam, which burst and killed more than 40 people. The DPP has ordered investigations into the tragedy. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

In Summary

The ill-fated dam was one of seven on the Patel farms that they have not legalised despite several visits by the agency’s officials.

The dam had 80 million litres of water, 72 million of which poured out to the neighbouring villages.

The Patel Dam tragedy in Solai, Nakuru County, has exposed a gap in the law, which stipulates that the National Environment Management Authority (Nema) inspect dams only after those building them have applied for a licence.

This brings


There have been many situations where pro level shooters have dumped a shotgun without fully engaging the safety, or the safety was flicked back to the “off” position when it scraped against the side of the barrel. Even worse is when shooters think they have run their gun dry, but the gun has only malfunctioned and there are still live rounds in it.

I was standing next to Erik Lund at the Texas Multigun competition, watching one of our squad mates going through the painful process of being disqualified for exactly this situation – a shotgun abandoned in an unsafe condition – when he gave me some insight on why shotguns are especially prone to this malf.

Shotguns like the FNH SLP lock open by default in their operating cycle;all but hoodwinks anyone foolish enough to negotiate with her. The language is almost West Wing level, circa late-1800s, full of legalese and old-fashioned-sounding put-downs. An early extended courtroom scene sets the stage for the verbal gymnastics we’ll be exposed to as the film goes on.

Another vintage Coen touch is a “medicine man”, dressed inside of a bear skin, complete with head attached. The Coens love to pause and watch characters tangential to the plot (the coffee shop scene in Fargo comes to mind). This man adds texture to the proceedings, though not much story.

The acting is first-rate, with young Steinfeld holding her own against Bridges and Damon, who get into a “measuring dicks” contest that is hilarious. The landscape realism had me shivering and feeling dusty. At


tolerated?

Chris Bell is the middle of three boys born in upstate New York. They come from a big-boned family. The oldest got a nickname early of “Mad Dog” because he got in fights with schoolmates who called him fat. The younger one had a learning disability and ended up with the nickname “Smelly”. They all became obsessed with TV wrestling to the point of putting on shows in their basement and even performing in school talent shows.

Then Mad Dog went to play college football where he was all but ordered to begin taking steroids. Which he has never stopped to this day. He is now 35 or so. He also had a career in the WWF as one of the guys who lets the stars beat up onhim in the ring. The director turned 18 and moved to California to attend USC and to work out at the fabled Gold’s Gym in L.A. where his hero, Arnold, used to work out. His dream of WWF glory never panned out. Smelly is also a steroid user and competes in powerlifting competitions. (We see him bench press 705 pounds–unbelievable).

Somehow the Bell boys are a perfect “normal family” example which plays off well with all the well-known examples the director finds of steroid obsession. Bonds, Maguire, Conseco, Carl Lewis, Ben Johnson, Lyle Alzado, Hulk Hogan, as well as porn stars, Air Force pilots, Congressmen, psychiatrists, and medical doctors of all stripes. The medical doctors to a person are confident that steroids are as safe as any other treatment


the greatest natural backdrop in film history at his disposal, but that didn’t mean that he just sat back and watched the magic. The justly famous shots of darkened doorways with the silhouettes of characters remains quite striking. The vistas are broad, the shootouts easy to follow, and certain chase scenes where groups of Indians are several miles back on bluffs are fabulous in their composition. How Ford got everyone to be at the right place at the right time for a shot is beyond me.

There is an extra interlude where dancing and a wedding take place that felt out of place, but perhaps the film was too heavy for 1956 audiences and they needed some comic relief. This relief is in the form of a borderline retardedSPIEGEL ONLINE

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'Only Russia Can Exert Influence on Syria'

Despite the expulsion of Syrian envoys from several Western countries on Tuesday and Wednesday, a military intervention in the country remains unlikely. Both Russia and China are strictly opposed and the US is skeptical as well. German commentators explore the alternatives.

On Tuesday, the diplomatic war began in earnest. With the United Nations citing indications that many of the 108 people killed in last Friday's massacre in Houla, Syria were executed by pro-government militiamen, several Western nations expelled Syrian diplomats. In a coordinated move, the United States, Britain, Germany, Canada, Australia, Bulgaria, Spain, Italy, France and Switzerland all told Syrian ambassadors in their countries that they would have to leave. Japan did the same on Wednesday.

There has


been widespread international outrage over the bloodshed, in which dozens of children also lost their lives -- many of them, according to eyewitnesses, having been shot in the head at close range. Nevertheless, it appears unlikely that the UN will authorize a military intervention. Both China and Russia on Wednesday reiterated their opposition to such a move.

Their comments came as French President François Hollande indicated on Wednesday that he would not rule out the possibility of a military intervention in the country. "It is dependent on me and the others to convince the Russians and the Chinese" not to veto military action in the United Nations Security Council, Hollande said. "We cannot allow Syrian President Bashar Assad to continue massacring his own people." Hollande plans to meet withfewer than 20 of those killed on Friday night lost their lives in the artillery bombardment launched by pro-regime fighters. Most of the rest were killed by summary executions, with eyewitnesses reporting gunmen sweeping through Houla stabbing and shooting victims to death.

It is clear, said UN rights spokesman Rupert Colville on Tuesday, "that this was an absolutely abominable event that took place in Houla, and at least a substantial part of it were summary executions of civilians -- women and children." He added that "at this point it looks like entire families were shot in their houses." The UN Human Rights Council announced on Wednesday that it plans to hold an emergency session on Friday to address the events in Houla.

Kofi Annan, special UN envoy to Syria, travelled


also realize that fact. But a long civil war like the one that appears to be taking shape would likely hurt Russian and Chinese interests in the region more than a sudden overthrow of the despotic Assad clan. It is time to rethink things in Beijing and Moscow."

Financial daily Handelsblatt writes:

"After the Houla massacre, the rifts are so deep and the anger so intense that any political efforts seem doomed to failure. Yet diplomacy nevertheless offers the only way out of the difficult situation. The UN cannot fulfil the task, at least not alone. It has neither the means nor the strength. Its half-hearted resolutions, appeals and threats have all missed their mark. As long as the UN Security Council does not speak powerfully with a single voice,Welt writes:

"Expelling an ambassador is the strongest weapon available to diplomacy. But that won't put an end to the public outrage (over the Houla massacre). The United Nations have pinpointed the pro-regime shabiha militia as being responsible for this crime against humanity. It might be that President Assad does not personally lead this group of fighters, but he is ultimately responsible when his people are murdered by marauding mercenaries. In Syria, the chain of command ends with him, the dictator. Personal weakness does not protect one from culpability."

"Nevertheless, it is right of UN special envoy Kofi Annan to cling to his peace plan. Because it is still not too late for a 'Yemeni solution,' which would involve the Assad clan stepping down in exchange for political exile. Some


December 21, 2013

Flashback 1977 (part two) - STAR WARS, SORCERER, EXORCIST II...

1977 is spread over two posts because it's too picture-heavy for just one...

August, Film Review

Car Wash is a freewheeling slice-of-life comedy, with a little drama thrown in - a 'day in the life' of the employees and patrons of an L.A. car wash. A few years earlier, this may have been included as blaxploitation because of the mostly black cast, but the comedy and the UK chart invasion by Rose Royce tracks from the soundtrack album made this a mainstream hit. An early film to spawn a tie-in double album of original pop songs.At the time, audiences found it amusing that Antonio Fargas, Huggy Bear from Starsky and Hutch was playing an outrageously camp gay guy, andsurprised to see Lorraine Gary (fresh from Jaws) in such a small cameo. I had to assume that Richard Pryor was famous, because in 1977 I'd not seen him before. In retrospect, the biggest surprise in the credits is that the script is written by Joel Schumacher, as he transformed from costume designer to scriptwriter, before breaking into directing!The above publicity shot of most of the cast is on the location where the whole film was shot, but no longer exists. Another Dee Luxe car wash just like it can still be found near Griffith Park.

August, Photoplay Film Monthly

The seventies were very rapey. Rape scenarios were common in adult thrillers and action films, even appearing on movie posters (Jackson County Jail) and exploited as the focal point of


cream pies that was Tiswas, with its own huge studio and a bloodthirsty audience.

Just released in the US, here's an early British mention of Star Wars, illustrated by these early, soft-sell publicity photos. This spread (below) is made up of the most familiar, black-and-white images that were first seen from the film.

August, Films and Filming

Star Wars wasn't released until late December.

August, Films and Filming

Here's an advanced photo-spread for William Friedkin's truly epic adventure Sorcerer, which had just clashed with Star Wars in US cinemas, and lost. It wouldn't be released in the UK until the following year, when it also lost half an hour from its running time and was retitled Wages of Fear.

Because it lost money, Sorcerer was then presented poorly on home video, only ever achievinga pan-and-scan release on VHS and DVD. The director publicly tracked down the negative earlier this year and it's been restored for cinema showings and a blu-ray early in 2014.

And the disaster movies kept on coming, relentlessly, like a runaway train, rolling towards a rickety bridge, called The Cassandra Crossing. With a bellyload of passengers trapped on board because one of them is carrying an experimental deadly virus. Also on board are Richard Harris, Sophia Loren, Ava Gardner, Martin Sheen, Ann Turkel and Ray Lovelock. Thrills, action, soap, carnage, WW2 history, helicopters and a horror/sci-fi edge in a creepy scene that could have been lifted from The Crazies. Plus a great score by Jerry Goldsmith. This has just been released on blu-ray.

Like Two-Minute Warning and Black Sunday, Rollercoaster


was sold as a disaster movie but is really a long police procedural as a race against time. The point-of-view shots onboard some of the biggest rollercoasters of the time are a throwback to Cinerama thrills, with the added dimension of a Sensurround rumble track to save you having to go to a fun fair. The opening carnage where a bomb derails a rollercoaster was vicious at the time, but of course can't compete with Final Destination 3.

Still an agreeable thriller, helped by laconic George Segal as the safety inspector battling against a mad bomber and all the proprietors who want to keep their fun fairs open despite the risks.

August, Film Review

While Ray Harryhausen's special effects set a very high standard for children's fantasy entertainment, we were justas happy to watch Doug McClure fight stiff puppet dinosaurs in Edgar Rice Burroughs' adventures produced by Amicus Films. This was the sequel to The Land That Time Forgot.

September, Film Review

After the success of The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, Harryhausen made this third Arabian Nights adventure, Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger. Coincidentally, John Wayne's son Patrick starred in both this and People That Time Forgot.

August, Films and Filming

You see? This looks quite exciting, and the cast was superb for just a sequel (Richard Burton, Louise Fletcher, Max Von Sydow, James Earl Jones). But, John Boorman's Exorcist II: The Heretic was one of the early culprits that gave sequels a bad name.

October, Film Review

I think i saw Exorcist II, then The Exorcist on its five year anniversary


re-release. Not the recommended way of seeing them at all.

Annnnd, the Jaws rip-offs continued blithely on along with many other 'animal attack' movies, until they were swallowed up by outer space. Orca - The Killer Whale was the most expensive movie in the wake of Jaws, Dino De Laurentiis mixing killer killer whales with elements of Moby Dick and Frankenstein. Besides Richard Harris and Charlotte Rampling, Bo Derek makes an early appearance.

September, Photoplay Film Monthly

More Jaws. Roger Moore's third James Bond The Spy Who Loved Me was the biggest summer hit that year. But Roger Moore's Bond films always seemed to be copying other movie trends rather than setting them. While the producers harped on about the huge new soundstage with three submarines parked in it, it wasn'tas spectacular as the hollow volcano of You Only Live Twice. But I was sold on the opening skiing action and the three-in-one car chase. Note: not many posters refer to "the provinces" any more!

October, Film Review

Win a car like the one in Gone in Sixty Seconds!

1977 was also my first time at the London Film Festival. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre hadn't hit cinemas yet, but here was Tobe Hooper's follow-up, Death Trap (now known as Eaten Alive). It looked pretty cheap on the big screen and got more laughs than screams, especially the wooden crocodile. The setbound swamp sapped its credibility too. I would have gladly swapped seeing this for a screening of Chain Saw.

December, Photoplay Film Monthly

A very advanced publicity shot of Roy Scheider on


location shooting Jaws 2, with producers Zanuck and Brown. Not released in the US until the summer of 1978.

December, Evening News

While movie magazines barely had a chance to herald its arrival by the end of the year, Star Wars premiered in London on December 27th (full page advert above) at two of the largest cinemas. The London Evening News ran a five day serialisation of the entire story to whet our appetites. On those pages were also adverts for the only merchandise available at the time - like the soundtrack album (below), the novelisation and the Meco disco remix album.gunfire that left one man seriously injured Friday afternoon on the East Side.

San Antonio Police Department Chief William McManus said officers were called to the 800 block of Nevada Street around 1 p.m. after receiving reports of a shooting.

McManus said the victim, in his 30s, who was hit once in the abdomen, walked a short distance after he was shot until he collapsed in front of a different house from where the fight originated.

A man sitting on the porch of that home then called 911.

The victim was taken to San Antonio Military Medical Center for treatment. The shooter, who the police suspect is the victim's brother, has not been apprehended.

Details on the argument were not given, nor have names been released.

Officers in the area are searching for a


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 extend along the city, providing magnificent beaches and points of view. Besides its natural features, Nouméa also has very attractive cultural offerings for tourists who choose to visit there.

From Ouvéa to the Isle of Pines, passing through Lifou, Tiga and Maré, the five islands bordering the Mainland, Grande Terre to the East are yet more gems to discover. From the blue hole of Hanawa at Ouvéa to the Warrior’s Leap at Wakone on Maré, via the Jokin Cliffs at Lifou or the Oro Bay on the Isle of Pines, let yourself be amazed!

The West Coast of the mainland (Grande Terre) shows off a great variety of scenery from its northern tip down to the area surrounding Nouméa. Characterised by both large spaces favouring cattle farming and a lagoon


of stunning beauty, the West Coast is also host to a rich cultural heritage.

The central mountain range of the Mainland (Grande Terre) is a natural boundary, overlooking the very different faces of the East and West Coasts. Exposed to strong winds and therefore more humid, the eastern coast offers scenery with sumptuous flora. With a population of largely Melanesian origin, the East Coast has also retained a particularly charming flavour of authenticity.

The Great South, comprising the Mont-Dore and Yaté municipalities, is the most symbolic region for New Caledonia’s three main colours: blue, green and red. From the rainforest to the mining lands there are a thousand shades of green, while the ocean offers a dazzling palette of blues. But if one colour dominates the Great South, it isCelebrating the New Year

If there is one day of the year which the world, at least most of it, seems to agree as being an important marker – it is 1 January. This is the day that represents the start of a new year. The date is so obviously logical to us – but that has not always been the case.

According to legend, our modern celebration of New Year’s Day stems from an ancient Roman pagan custom which some suggested started in 153 BC. This was the feast of Janus, the Roman god of doorways and beginnings. The name for the month of January also comes from Janus, who was depicted as having two faces – one looking back into the past, and the other peering forward to


of the New Year and of the Gregorian calendar happened gradually over many centuries. France, for example, adopted 1January as the New Year in 1564 but the Gregorian calendar in 1582, almost three decades later. Britain and its empire adopted both 1 January as the New Year and the Gregorian calendar only in 1752. Japan was the first Eastern country to adopt both 1 January as the New Year and the Gregorian calendar in 1872. It is difficult for us living today in the globalized world with so many common standards to imagine the confusion that happened when countries and peoples operated on different calendars.

Celebrating the differences too

In the same vein as Jean-Pierre Lehmann’s article on the feast of cultures and differences, it is gratifying to note thatInternational Wester Films: The Good, The Bad, The Weird (2008)

Korean director Kim Jee-woon's "The Good, The Bad, The Weird" transposes the Western to Manchuria in the late 1930s, taking part of the name of Sergio Leone's classic Spaghetti Western"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," but also its basic plot, and also the concept of a foreign Western named after food (the director asked that this be called a Kimchi Western.)

He also borrows some Leone's themes, especially that of the unstable partnership. This film is full of impromtu allegiances that quickly fall apart. It is, after all, the story of three unprincipled men each looking to possess a MacGuffin (in this case, a treasure map). The men are: The Good, a bounty hunter in cowboy garb played by


Jung Woo-sung; The Bad, a grinning psychopath in a suit, played by Lee Byung-hun; and The Weird, a thief played by Song Kang-ho, who is starting to develop into an international movie star for his ability to play dim-seeming goofballs who prove to be surprisingly canny.

The film is a series of frenetic set pieces, from a bravura opening scene in which the three characters simultaneously assault a train to the yet-more-bavura climax, when our heroes have a shootout on horseback while simultaneously being pursued by Manchurian gangsters but also by the Japanese military, who finally just starts shelling them.

Jung Woo-sung is stolid and looks terrific spinning his rifle to reload it, but the film is really Lee Byung-hun and Song Kang-ho's. The former plays a type I mostlyassociate with Manga, the slightly foppish villain with peek-a-boo bangs and a penchant for cruelty. Lee often plays the role with a smirk, like being utterly awful is amusing to him, but there is an undercurrent of irritation, as though the whole of humanity were bothersome; he has no compunctions about killing enemies and allies alike when they get on his nerves.

Song Kang-ho, in the meanwhile, has put together a crazy quilt outfit that feels like some folk costume, with a leather flight cap and goggles constantly perched on his head, looking like those pointed hats Mongolians wear, along with a red leather vest and two shoulder holsters. He's the characetr who has most fully synthesized an Eastern and a Western look, and he's ostensibly the film's hero.

It's


Uber’s legal woes with its drivers are far from over. In August, a federal judge rejected a proposed $100 million settlement with drivers in California and Massachusetts who claimed they should be classified as employees instead of independent contractors. Earlier this month, a case alleging Uber’s five-star rating system is racially discriminatory advanced before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

The latest wrinkle comes from New York, where state regulators have determined two former Uber drivers are eligible for unemployment payments. The crucial subtext: Those drivers are being classified by the state as employees, not contractors.

Levon Aleksanian and Jakir Hossain both filed for unemployment benefits last year after being “deactivated”—Uber-speak for fired—by the ride-hailing company. Such applications are supposed to take three to six weeks to resolve, but Aleksanian’s anda group of fish are a school, a group of hooved animals a herd. What is a group of Iron Hero Athletes called? A family. Sometimes the bond is so strong you start… Read more »

Our first of several Hero WODs for November. Police Officer Arthur “Artie” Lopez, 29, of Babylon Village, New York, was killed in the line of duty on Oct. 23, 2012. Lopez was in pursuit of a suspect who ran from… Read more »


Baiting fears as badger is snared

Police believe a badger found trapped in a snare in Bradford was caught for the illegal sport of baiting.

The young male badger suffered serious neck injuries after it became stuck in a cruel self-locking device in a remote wooded area of Clayton.

It was found suspended from a snare with its head barely touching the floor by 21-year-old Claire Hardaker, of Tyersal, who was out on the field with her horse Brandy.

“I spotted the badger on the other side of the valley. It was quite still but it started hissing at us. I felt horrified and angry and went for help.”

Stephen Henshall, who owns the land where it was found, called Bradford pest controller Peter Highsmith to help rescue the animal whose nearby settand use it for baiting which has been illegal since the mid 1800s.

“It had serious injuries to its neck and throat where the wire loop had got caught round its neck and got tighter.

“It had been in a total panic and had been jumping a few feet off the floor up at the fence trying to get free.”

The badger is still underweight but after two-weeks of treatment in a sanctuary in South Yorkshire it is hoped it can be released back into the wild to its family group.

PC Sanderson, who is based at Todmorden, said about 50 setts were attacked in West Yorkshire each year with between 300 and 400 badgers killed. Offenders who attack the protected species face a heavy fine or six months in prison.

He said:


to the 247Sports Composite rankings.

The 6-foot-3, 320-pound Shelvin was the longest-tenured commitment in LSU’s 2017 class, but will be the last to arrive on campus. The Lafayette, La., native took extra academic courses over the summer and was unable to report to campus with the rest of the football team on July 31.

Shelvin was stuck waiting for approval from the NCAA Clearinghouse. Silas said the process dragged on because the NCAA needed extra documentation regarding Shelvin’s transfer from Lafayette Northside High School to Crowley (La.) Notre Dame for his senior year. A shooting at Northside was a big factor in Shelvin’s transfer, but Silas said she had to send newspaper articles to prove to the NCAA that it happened.

Silas said the ordeal was very tough on her grandson,Share

Art UK announces project to catalogue British public sculpture online | Art UK has announced a major three year project to catalogue the national sculpture collection, with the aim of displaying every publicly-owned sculpture in Britain that was made in the last thousand years online by 2020. The initiative, which has partly been made possible by a £2.8m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, will see some 170,000 sculptures in museums, galleries, universities, hospitals and other public buildings across the country digitised and added to the artuk.org website for learning and research purposes.

Ei Arakawa work stolen from Skulptur Projekte Münster | An installation exhibited at Münster’s decennial Skulptur Projekte by the artist Ei Arakawa has been tampered with, with several component parts reported stolen. Entitled Harsh Citation, Harsh


staff’.

Kassel to build permanent Documenta institute | Kassel’s city council has announced plans to construct a permanent ‘Documenta Institute’ that will serve as a research and events centre in the years when the quinquennial art festival is dormant. According to the Art Newspaper, the site has been selected and a budget of €24m agreed, with funds coming from the German government, the state of Hesse and from the city itself.

Sylvie Patry to return to Musée d’Orsay | Sylvie Patry, chief curator of Philadelphia’s Barnes Foundation, is to return to the Musée d’Orsay to take up a position as deputy director for curatorial affairs and collections. Patry worked at the Paris institution for more than a decade before leaving for the USA in 2016. Associate curator Cindy Kang willN.H. delegates give Clinton early nod

Senator seen as state party favorite

"I love the Clintons," said Anita Freedman, 79, one of two New Hampshire delegates to the Democratic National Committee.
(Jim Cole/associated press)

By James W. Pindell, Globe Correspondent | February 7, 2007

As Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton prepares for her much-awaited first trip to New Hampshire as a presidential candidate this week, she can count on the support of both of the state Democratic Party's representatives to the Democratic National Committee, who have been among the most sought-after endorsements in the state.

The endorsements solidify Clinton's position as the early favorite of the state party establishment, though some of the top guns -- including Governor John Lynch and former governor Jeanne Shaheen -- have yet to choose a candidate.

The two delegates to


same person Republicans portray her to be."

State Democratic Party rules bar many leaders from endorsing any candidate in a Democratic primary, so Freedman and DiGangi's endorsements rank only below those of Lynch, Shaheen, and the state's two recently elected House members in terms of importance in the state party hierarchy.

In addition, Justin Nadeau , the 2004 Democratic congressional nominee in the state's first district, was scheduled to have dinner at the Clintons' Washington home last night. Nadeau recently agreed to be on the national finance team for Hillary Clinton's campaign .

Earning the support of activists like these in New Hampshire, a state that for 80 years has held the first-in-the-nation presidential primary, has been critical for previous presidential candidates because of the advice they give and the localcredibility they lend a candidate. But they don't always pick winners. In 2004, Freedman and DiGangi endorsed Richard Gephardt, the House minority leader, who withdrew from the race before the primary took place, after a disappointing finish in the Iowa caucuses.

Clinton is scheduled to visit the state this weekend for the first time since October 1996. Her full schedule has not been released but the Globe has learned there will be invitation-only house parties in Keene and Nashua, among other events.


Toronto might suffer during today's heat waves, but before the advent of air conditioning, an extended period of 30+ Celsius temperatures could be downright dangerous. Such was the case during the city's worst ever heat wave, which took place between July 8 to 15, 1936.

Few people were much interested in taking photographs of the scene, but reports indicate that tens of thousands slept by the waterfront during the peak of the heat, city parks were brimming at night, and people stuffed into public pools and air conditioned movie theatres like sardines.

Anything that could be done to escape the scorching temperatures was done, but the options were limited. Home air conditioning wasn't widespread, so people had to rely on cold showers, electric fans, and bouts in front of theirrefrigerators.

Ice delivery was made on Sunday, The Cherry Street bridge expanded severely from the heat, and many businesses closed up shop during the height of the heat wave. Wealthy residents fled the city for cottages.

The temperature peaked at over 40 Celsius for three days in a row (July 8-10) before dropping to the high 20s, which felt like an immense relief at the time but was in fact still well above average.

In fact, the summer of 1936 was historically hot. Other cities in North America experienced similar fatalities as a result of the unrelenting temperatures, and the economic toll from drought and crop loss.

Before the heat broke, over 225 residents had perished from the punishing weather in Toronto. Fatalities across the country are estimated at 1,180 for the


An attempt by Yarra Trams to reduce travel times by introducing a speedy new timetable has been abandoned after it backfired and took the company to the brink of a costly failure to meet its punctuality targets.

The "seasonal" timetable, which slashed scheduled journey times across the network from December, was quietly dumped at the end of March, the single worst month for tram punctuality since Keolis Downer took over running the system in 2009.

About one in three trams ran late on average on the worst performing lines, mostly in Melbourne's south-east and on the Swanston Street-St Kilda Road corridor.

Yarra Trams' performance has turned 180 degrees in recent months, from record on-time results in mid-2014 to an all-time low last month.are looking for decorative barriers made from cast iron or stainless steel. Some serve double duty as bicycle racks.

It's this market that Reliance is homing in on. Bollards with decorative metal covers help disguise the beefy metal and concrete barriers beneath.

"We ship product into every state in the U.S. and every province and territory in Canada," he said on a tour of his warehouse.

Bollards erected on sidewalks and plazas protect pedestrians in Times Square, New York City. (Mike Segar/Reuters)

"We have product in front of the Federal Reserve, Apple headquarters, Cirque du Soleil, major hotel chains, major restaurants, just about everything."

His company alone is now selling about 15,000 bollards a year.

Attacks using vehicles on the rise

Worldwide, the number of deliberate attacks using vehicles against pedestrians has been on the


lives

Weisz said early attempts at improving security were often hard to look at, but more recent measures have made public spaces more attractive and functional.

"You have to have designers, artists, community members, security experts all in the room together. This simply can't be an engineered solution."

Andy Yan, director of the Cities program at Simon Fraser University, says Vancouver and other cities are working to find ways to separate vehicles and people for all kinds of reasons. (Chris Corday/CBC)

In Vancouver, Andy Yan, director of the City Program at Simon Fraser University, agreed with the approach.

Standing on a busy Vancouver street, he noted that although deliberate attacks are on the increase, so are accidents.

He said urban designers have to be creative to protect people from vehicles.

Yan said concrete planters, benchesNews

“Bill Hayes’s tender memoir is a love letter—to New York City and to renowned science writer Oliver Sacks. Devastated by the sudden death of a longtime partner, Hayes (The Anatomist) relocated from San Francisco to Manhattan, where he became enamored with the strange rituals and brusque charm of the locals. At roughly the same time, he entered a relationship with Sacks, whose magisterial prose and celebrity concealed the fact that he’d been celibate for 35 years and never had a serious romantic attachment. Hayes explores his fascination with his new home and growing intimacy with the unworldly, brilliant man three decades his senior who was experiencing true love for the first time. In a mélange of journal entries, photos, scenes, and meditations, Hayes reconstructs his immersion in New


ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Braves know the routine.

Get it down to their final swing. Come through with the big hit. Run onto the field to celebrate.

The Atlanta Braves did it again in their last at-bat, beating the Washington Nationals 3-2 on Jason Heyward's two-out, run-scoring single in the ninth inning Wednesday night.

"Whew!" manager Bobby Cox said. "We need a breather once in a while."

Atlanta won for the 21st time on its final swing, which leads the majors, and improved baseball's best home record to 44-16, maintaining their 2½-game lead on the Philadelphia Phillies in the NL East. The Phillies kept pace by beating the San Francisco Giants 8-2.

With one out, Rick Ankiel blooped a broken-bat single just over the outstretched glove of second baseman Adam Kennedy. Sean Burnett(0-7) was replaced by Tyler Clippard, who made matters worse by walking David Ross. Clippard struck out Omar Infante, but Heyward lined a 3-0 pitch to left-center to bring home Ankiel without a throw.

"It wasn't the best pitch to hit," said Heyward, who was mobbed by his teammates near second base, "but it was enough to get the job done."

Clippard's pitch was down and away. Not enough, though, to keep the Braves rookie star from delivering the fifth walk-off hit of his young career.

"I wasn't really throwing strikes," Clippard said.

Billy Wagner (7-2) struck out the side in the ninth.

The Braves' fourth straight win came hours after they acquired slugging first baseman Derrek Lee from the Chicago Cubs for three minor league pitchers. Lee will join the team when


it gets to Wrigley Field on Friday for the start of a weekend series.

"We're excited about it," said Tim Hudson, who pitched seven strong innings but wasn't around for his 15th win. "It lets us know [the front office] is on the same page as us. We want to win. There's no egos in here."

In the meantime, the Braves did just fine in their next-to-last game before Lee comes aboard.

Hudson allowed two runs and eight hits -- all singles -- and benefited from four double plays. Washington starter Livan Hernandez allowed two runs over seven innings, pitching around nine hits and getting a heads-up play from center fielder Roger Bernadina in the sixth.

Martin Prado tried to tag up at first on a flyout to the warning track inthe sixth. Bernadina wasn't fooled, making a strong throw to second that nipped Prado.

For the second straight night, the Nationals took a 2-0 lead. For the second night in a row, it didn't matter.

Michael Morse and Willie Harris got the third started with consecutive singles. With one out, Bernadina lined a run-scoring hit to right, but he was tagged out trying to reach second on the throw home. Ryan Zimmerman drove home another run with a two-out single to left.

In the fourth, the Braves loaded the bases with no outs on Prado's leadoff double and two walks. Hernandez was on the verge of escaping with minimal damage when Melky Cabrera hit into a double play -- Prado scored on the play -- but the Nationals' defense made a


boneheaded play.

Alex Gonzalez lofted a popup into short right field. Morse came charging in from right field, Kennedy drifted out -- then both veered off at the last second, apparently thinking the other had called for the ball. It fell for a gift single that brought home the tying run.

The Nationals took another blow in the eighth when Zimmerman was tossed by home plate umpire Scott Barry after striking out to end the inning.

Zimmerman slammed down his bat and helmet, upset only at himself for swinging at a low pitch from Jonny Venters, but Barry took exception and gave him the heave. Walking toward his position, Zimmerman spun around in disbelief. Manager Jim Riggleman charged out of the dugout and got ejected, too, after an extended argument withDifferences in mortality between patients attending the emergency room services for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Asthma has a more favourable prognosis than chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), based on studies including few asthmatics and few women with COPD. We assessed differences in mortality between people attending the emergency room for asthma and for COPD in a population-based cohort. We recruited all the men and women, who were residents of Barcelona (Spain) over 14 years of age, who attended emergency room services for an obstructive lung disease during the period 1985-1989. Vital status was followed up to the end of 1995. A total of 15,517 individuals (including 4555 asthmatics and 2194 females with COPD) were studied. Mortality was ascertained using a record linkage with the regional Mortality Registry.


Europe caps longest stretch of weekly gains since 2006

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European stocks posted the sixth consecutive weekly advance, the longest stretch of gains since January 2006, as speculation grew that the worst of the financial crisis has passed.

The Dow Jones STOXX 600 Index rose 4.7 percent to 196.96, the highest level since Feb. 9. The measure has rebounded 25 percent from a 12-year low on March 9 as lenders signaled they made money at the beginning of this year and the US government unveiled plans to purchase as much as US$1 trillion in toxic assets from financial firms.

“The recent positive earnings from major banks like Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Citigroup has improved investor optimism that the worst of the banking crisis may be over,” said Joshua Raymond, a London-based marketof him in order to make that happen. Besides, he missed more than a quarter of the past four seasons.

At least the Grizz can save him for the playoffs, where they have been lacking beyond the arc.

9. Ed Davis

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The ball is in Ed Davis' court this season. After arriving in Memphis in February, he averaged 5.1 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.3 blocks in 15.1 minutes per game. Davis shot 51.7 percent from the field with little success away from the rim.

Lionel Hollins wasn't bullish on the former Toronto Raptor. CBSSports.com's Zach Harper said that while others were impressed by Davis, Hollins questioned whether he knew how to win.

With a new coach, Davis must prove that he can play tough and expand his game. Most of his


shots come at the rim. He shot 41.1 percent away from the basket last season. Improvement in that area would help Memphis' spacing greatly.

He consistently averages more than 10 rebounds per 36 minutes, but he must show it against the stronger players in the league.

Davis won't simply inherit the starting job from Zach Randolph. Only with substantial gains will it come his way.

7. Tayshaun Prince

Among those who have received valuable rest during the preseason is the Grizzlies' most senior member, Tayshaun Prince, who hasn't appeared in any warm-ups.

His role remains the same. As noted previously, he serves as a glue guy who boosts the offense with his facilitation skills and fundamental play, but doesn't put up significant numbers.

Seeing him take more of his limited attempts from beyond themost prolific turnover-forcing teams in the NBA. Meanwhile, he was in the top 10 in steals rate the last two seasons.

In each of those campaigns, he reached the All-Defensive Team.

Allen is almost unrivaled in his capacity as a defensive stopper. He defends multiple positions, shuts down passing lanes and torments leading scorers. Only LeBron James breaks opponents' attacks better.

Allen's defensive playmaking allows the Grizz to live with his poor offense. When a player allows 98.4 points per 100 possessions as a perimeter defender, he can get away with producing 102.

3. Zach Randolph

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Zach Randolph's stature is diminished a bit due to his drop-off as a shooter after the calendar turned to 2013. He went from shooting 49.4 percent from the field in the first two months


to 43.9 in the ensuing four months.

The Grizz hope for some sort of bounce back. Even if he's a little better than his career mark of 47.2 percent, it would help. The looks that he creates with Marc Gasol are more credible if he can hit a reasonable percentage of shots.

Even with a modest increase, the 31-year-old remains a great all-around threat.

After posting the second-best rebounding rate of his career and leading the league in offensive rebounds, he's fearsome as ever on the glass.

His defense is better than ever after placing eighth in defensive win shares.

While Randolph is the subject of trade rumors, he emphasized to The Commercial Appeal (subscription required) his desire to win a title with the Grizzlies.

"I just want to win a championship. That's allI want to do right now. I've made all the money. What else is there left to do?," he said.

A veteran who has rebuilt his career in a small market after several years of controversy needs large contributions from two other central players to make it happen.

2. Mike Conley

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Mike Conley started to approach his potential last season. After the Rudy Gay trade, he averaged 16.9 points and 6.5 assists per game. High assist numbers were never expected on a lackluster shooting team, but scoring was needed to boost his standing among point guards.

In his seventh season, Conley must show the complete portrait of himself as an elite floor general. After hitting a little more than half his shots at the rim, leading the slowest offense in


the league and shooting inconsistently from long range, he has room to make up.

But under a new coach who wants to push the pace, Conley has an opportunity. He can work a genuine structure to polish his distribution skills. If he utilizes more of his speed, he will have completed part of the test. Also, he should ensure that the ball moves more.

His defense needs no more finish. He was tops in steals and made the All-Defensive Team.

1. Marc Gasol

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With Dwight Howard floundering through injuries and indifference last season, Marc Gasol took the chance to build his case as the NBA's best center. Gasol led all centers with four assists per game while averaging 14.1 points and 7.8 rebounds per game and placing fifth with98.5 points allowed per 100 possessions.

After the Rudy Gay trade, he scored 15.2 points per game. That portends a possibility of a further increase in scoring.

With new offensive schemes and Zach Randolph likely shooting a bit less, Gasol will find more shot opportunities.

Few players make a bigger overall difference on a team than Gasol, as he was seventh in win shares per 48 minutes.

His free-throw shooting, which was second among all big men, illustrates how well-rounded he is.


series d'exercise du Meihuazhuang, Editions Haifeng (versione in Cinese-Francese)
 Wang Zhizong, Han Jianzhong e Yan Zijie, Five Ganzhi Meihuazhuang Techniques, Haifeng, (versione Cinese-Inglese)
 Lu Gongli 卢恭礼, Meihuazhuang Quanshu 梅花桩拳术, Zhongguo Gongren Chubanshe
 Yin Wei  尹伟, Meihuazhuang Ji fa Jing Cui 梅花桩技法精粹, Gong'an Daxue Chubanshe
 Han Xue 韩雪, Zhongzhou Wushu Wenhua Yanjiu 中州武术文化研究, Renmin Tiyu Chubanshe, Beijing, 2006,
 Cao Guangchao曹广超, Shuo Fo gui Dao meihuaquan 说佛归道梅花拳, article originally publishing on number 6 of Jingwu Magazine on 2007
 Huang Dashou, Zhongguo quanshu jieshao – Meihuaquan, article originally publishing on number 9 of December 1999 of Xing yu Ming magazine

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 Yinxing Meihuazhuang (French Language)
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zh:梅花桩its causes. But in the past couple of decades, a new science of happiness, driven by advances in positive psychology and extensive studies of the brain, has allowed researchers to more thoroughly understand happiness and its roots in both public policy and human behavior. Gallup polls 1,000 Americans daily regarding their life satisfaction using a popular tool called the Cantril ladder: Perhaps not surprisingly, Americans are 20 percent happier on weekends than on workdays.

Gallup also uses the ladder and other measures to assess the happiness of 150 countries in the world each year. Consistently, northern European nations rank on top, with Denmark in the number one spot (at 7.7 out of 10) year after year. The United States, which ranked 11th in 2007, has dropped to 17th place


BOSTON — The Governor of Maine and the Commander of the First Coast Guard District presented the Silver Lifesaving Medal and Certificate of Valor to two Maine Marine Patrol Officers at the State House Tuesday in Augusta, Maine.

Governor Paul R. LePage and Rear Adm. Steven D. Poulin awarded Specialist Corrie Roberts the Silver Lifesaving Medal and Sergeant Matt Talbot the Certificate of Valor for their heroic actions in October 2015 after receiving notification that the fishing vessel Legacy, a 40-foot lobster boat, was operating in an uncontrolled manner dangerously close to the rocky shore and local maritime traffic.

“These are prestigious awards that recognize the exceptional skill and bravery shown by these two Marine Patrol Officers under extremely challenging circumstances. Sergeant Talbot and Specialist Roberts are both deserving ofA trail of 15 cartridge casings led from the scene of a dice game in West Berkeley toward the corner where Anthony “Tone” Medearis III was struck with a bullet, fatally, in the back. The 22-year-old was running for his life and pleading for mercy as his killer followed behind him, walking, as he fired his gun over and over. It was Sept. 8, 2013, at about 5:40 p.m.

A trail of 15 cartridge casings led from the scene of a dice game in West Berkeley toward the corner where Anthony “Tone” Medearis III was struck by a bullet, fatally, in the back.

The 22-year-old was running for his life and pleading for mercy as his killer followed behind him, walking, as he fired his gun over and over. It