wife – as told by the key suspects and witnesses to the crime, including one testimony conveyed by the dead Samurai himself through a medium.

The film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, and was picked up by US distributor RKO for wide release. It turned out to be a major hit at the box office, leading to an increased demand for Japanese films in America. Satyajit Ray, upon seeing “Rashomon” for the first time in 1952 said, “I saw it three times on consecutive days, and wondered each time if there was another film anywhere which gave such sustained and dazzling proof of a director’s command over every aspect of film making.”

Renowned directors like Kenji Mizoguchi and Yasujiro Ozu, hitherto unknown outside of Japan, beganand Shinobu Hashimoto, took a satirical approach to the bleak subject matter, mocking both the Japanese bureaucracy and the US occupation of Japan. The film opened to rave reviews and was a huge box office success, further cementing the director’s growing reputation. “Ikiru” is widely considered as a bonafide masterpiece and one of Kurosawa’s most personal films.

For his next project, Kurosawa took his two Ikiru screenwriters to a secluded inn to create the screenplay for “Seven Samurai”, an epic tale set in the late-16th century, about a poor farming village that hires a group of drifting samurai to protect it against an impending attack by bandits. Shooting took almost a year to complete, and the film opened in 1954, three times over budget, with a screen time of


three and a half hours. It contained all of Kurosawa’s signature flourishes: outdoor shooting in rugged landscapes with moody, often inclement weather to reflect the inner world of the characters; a high level of period detailing with superb set, costume and weapon design; and stunningly recreated equestrian battle sequences using multiple-camera setups.

The film became a big hit in Japan, was eventually released overseas to massive acclaim (after substantial cuts to it’s runtime), and is now considered as one of the greatest films of all time. The story was transplanted into the old American west and remade as “The Magnificent Seven” by John Sturges (1960), boasting an all-star cast of Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Horst Buchholz, James Coburn, Brad Dexter, Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, and Charles Bronson. The Americanremake went on to be a cultural phenomenon in its own right.

Kurosawa’s next major film, “Throne of Blood” (1957), was a traditional adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, and like “Seven Samurai:, was set in the Sengoku era of 16th century Japan. The characterizations, staging and production design drew heavily upon Noh, the traditional theater of Japan. Although the film does not contain a single line from the original, it is considered the finest adaptation of the celebrated play, which tells the story of a warrior who is goaded on to assassinate his monarch by his power-hungry wife.

Another adaptation from the literary canon followed almost immediately. The “Lower Depths”, based on a play by iconic Russian author Maxim Gorky was filmed on an enclosed set, to emphasize the confined nature


“Yojimbo” (1961), a darkly comic samurai-western, about a master-less Samurai, played by Toshiro Mifune, who drifts into a desolate town overrun by rival criminal gangs, proved to be his most successful to date. Influenced by generic Hollywood depictions of the American west, down to its music and atmosphere, the film in turn inspired “A Fistful of Dollars”, an unauthorized remake by Sergio Leone. Toho, the Japanese studio backing Kurosawa, filed a lawsuit on his behalf and prevailed in court. Following the success of “Yojimbo”, Kurosawa was pressured by the studio into making a comic sequel, “Sanjuro”, about an internecine Samurai power struggle, which turned out to be an even bigger hit than the original.

Kurosawa based his 1963 crime film “High and Low” on the American author Ed McBain’snovel “King’s Ransom”. Considered by some critics to be his strongest urban drama, “High and Low” focuses on Gondo, a powerhouse executive in the Japanese shoe industry hit by a huge ransom demand, with a twist — the kidnapper takes, not his own son, but his chauffeur’s. It was the third consecutive film to break Kurosawa’s previous box office records, and won him many accolades.

Kurosawa’s next project, “Red Beard”, a humanist drama set in a mid-nineteenth century clinic for impoverished patients, marked the end of his long collaboration with Toshiro Mifune. It remains one of the director’s best-loved works in his native country. The film also marked the end of his contract with Toho studios and the midway point in his career.

He spent many of the following years


mired in the 20th Century Fox debacle, “Tora, Tora, Tora!” about the Japanese attack on Pearl harbor. It turned out to be an unviable relationship and the studio terminated his contract for reasons not fully known.

To prove he was still viable as a director, Kurosawa enlisted the help of famed Japanese directors Keisuke Kinoshita, Kon Ichikawa and Masaki Kobayashi, to put together “Dodesukaden:, his third film (after Sanjuro and Red Beard) to be adapted from the works of author Shigeru Yamamoto. The film failed to make an impression on critics or audiences and died a natural death at the box office. It was the straw that almost broke the camel’s back. On December 22, 1971, he slit his wrists and throat multiple times. The attempt to take hisown life proved unsuccessful and Kurosawa resigned himself to domestic life, not knowing if he would ever direct another film again.

In early 1973, he got a new lease of life when Soviet studio MosFilm invited him to make a film in the USSR. Kurosawa revived a long dormant project, based on the memoir by Russian army engineer Vladimir Arsenyev about his friendship with a nomadic hunter, Derzu Uzala (which is also the title of the film), of the remote Nanai tribe, who twice saved Arsenyev’s life while acting as a guide to his surveying expedition in remote eastern Siberia.

The visually stunning film was shot on location over a period of nine months, and portrays the relationship between an urban city-dweller and a wise old man of the Tundra


in close touch with his natural surroundings. The wise old Asian was the inspiration for the character of Yoda in Star Wars. The film opened in August 1975 and won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

As fate would have it, George Lucas was the driving force behind Kurosawa’s next project, “Kagemusha”, about a peasant thief who is called upon to impersonate a warlord upon the latter’s untimely demise. Lucas stepped in at a low point in Kurosawa’s career, when it was virtually impossible for the director to secure financing for his films. He coaxed 20th Century Fox, the same studio that had fired Kurosawa ten years earlier, to produce the film and roped in Francis Ford Coppola, another Kurosawa fan, as co-producer. The film opened in1980 and quickly became a massive hit in Japan. A little later it went on to win the Palme d’Or at Cannes.

Despite the success of “Kagemusha” , it took five long years for Kurosawa to launch his next film, “Ran”, starring Tatsuya Nakadai. The script, derived from Shakespeare’s “King Lear”, tells the story of a cruel Daimyo (warlord) who is betrayed by his two sons, thereby plunging the kingdom into bloody chaos. The film was unable to secure funding in Japan but eventually found a supporter in French producer Serge Silberman who had backed a number of renowned European directors including Luis Bunuel. Production was halted midway when Kurosawa’s wife Yoko passed away. The film was eventually made and released on 31st May 1985 to major accolades. It


is often counted as one of the director’s most accomplished works.

Among the many standout scenes is the one in which defeated daimyo Hidetora wanders in a state of disorientation through the doomsday spectacle of his beleaguered castle. Each moment in the film is so perfectly composed and every scene so meticulously constructed so as to provide the kind of transcendent moments of cinematic ecstasy all but lost in the digital age.

Kurosawa turned to another of his famous fans, Steven Spielberg, for “Dreams”, a magical-realist fable divided into eight separate vignettes. It was based on recurrent dreams that Kurosawa claimed to have experienced over the years. The film was screened at the 1990 Cannes film festival, and the same year the director was awarded the Lifetime Achievement award atthe Academy Awards.

Kurosawa’s last two films, “Rhapsody in August” and “Madadayo” both arrived with a whimper, the former about the effects of the Nagasaki bombing on three generations of a post-war Japanese family and the latter about an aging Japanese professor who is not ready to quit his lifelong vocation.

A few years later, Kurosawa slipped and broke his spine while putting the finishing touches on a new script. The accident relegated him to a wheelchair for the rest of his life, and on September 6, 1998, he died of a stroke at the age of 88. By the end of his incredible career, the maestro had produced a body of work that would establish him as one of the most influential as well as revered directors in cinema


and extremely inefficient compared to the health-care systems of every other comparable liberal democracy. Moore, unlike some critics of the ACA from the left, is also careful to note that the ACA is a substantial improvement on the status quo ante: if it's "awful" compared to the French or Canadian or British models, it's a "godsend" for many Americans. Moore also has some sensible suggestions for improving the ACA in the short term-most notably, a public option and state-level experiments in more public health care where it's politically viable.

Where Moore goes wrong is in this paragraph:

What we now call Obamacare was conceived at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, and birthed in Massachusetts by Mitt Romney, then the governor. The president took Romneycare, a program designed tobeing called "one of the best games of this generation" by 1up.com, "one of the best games ever made" by Destructoid, and "as good as entertainment gets" by the Boston Herald. Still not convinced? What if we said all that stuff again, but with a pumping soundtrack?

The following personality test was developed by Aperture scientists in the late seventies as a way to determine test subject compatibility for cooperative testing initiatives. The test was categorized UNSAFE by Aperture Laboratories in 1977, after every test subject who took the test became immediately insane from having so many unassailable truths and gut-wrenching personal secrets about themselves revealed at once. The test was placed in a locked strong box and secured in an abandoned sub-basement. This sub-basement was then filled with


Rennes, which lags behind France’s financial heavyweights on the pitch: Olympique Lyonnais and Olympique Marseille. One bright spot has been the use of the club to promote sportswear company Puma, another one of his brands.

7.John Fredriksen

Net worth: $10.7 billion

Team: Valerenga

This much is certain about John Fredriksen: the oil tanker and shipping tycoon loves soccer almost as much as he hates paying taxes. Fredriksen became a citizen of Cyprus in 2006 to avoid Norway’s hefty taxes and now follows his Olso team mostly from afar. Fredriksen reportedly turned down a $200 million offer by Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich for his London mansion in 2006. A fan of English soccer, Fredriksen’s name has long been floated as a potential buyer of a Premier League club.

9.Philip Anschutz

Net worth: $7.5 billion

Teams: LosAngeles Galaxy, Houston Dynamo, Hammarby

In 2009 Anschutz’s star-studded L.A. Galaxy lost the MLS title game on penalty kicks. Had the club won, it would have been awarded the aptly named the Philip F. Anschutz Trophy. After all, few have done more than Anschutz, who once owned five MLS teams at the same time, to grow the game’s professional ranks in the U.S. His soccer holdings have been trimmed in recent years to L.A., 50% of Houston and 49% of Swedish Club Hammaraby. His venture into women’s soccer, the L.A. Sol, folded earlier this year.

10.Bernard Ecclestone

Net worth: $4.2 billion

Team: Queen’s Park Rangers

Ecclestone, the president and chief executive of Formula One, has seemingly had to weather one media firestorm after another in recent years, including allegations of sexism, anti-Semitism and


Shah Dad Khan

Shah Dad Khan is a Pakistani politician Born in Lachi District Kohat who has been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since August 2018.
Shahdad is the retired major of Pakistan army

Political career

He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal from Constituency PK-81 (Kohat-II) in 2018 Pakistani general election.

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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)A 17-year-old boy was killed and two men were injured in a shooting late Friday in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis, police said.

The three were among six people shot Friday night in Minneapolis in three separate incidents. Police did not say if the incidents were related. No arrests have been made.

In the most recent shooting, just before midnight, police received a report of shots fired in the 300 block of S. Cedar Avenue. Meanwhile, an ambulance was flagged down in the 2100 block of Riverside Avenue.

By the time police arrived, two victims were in the ambulance — the teenage boy, who was pronounced dead, and a 21-year-old man suffering from a noncritical gunshot wound, police said. The latter was taken to HCMC.

A short time later, police said, a


third person, a 31-year-old man, arrived at HCMC suffering from a noncritical gunshot wound from the same incident.

Earlier Friday night, two 20-year-old men were shot and wounded on the North Side. According to police, officers were investigating a ShotSpotter activation when a man called 911 to say he had been shot, offering no clear location. Area hospitals were advised of the call in case any gunshot victims came in. Shortly afterward, the two men arrived at HCMC in a vehicle, and officers interviewed them there.

The victims told police that they were driving on W. Broadway when they heard gunshots and realized they had been shot. They were unable to provide any further information, police said.

The first victim was shot in the leg, the second in the hand.

A few19, 2005 Trump hired Todd. Todd's season of "The Apprentice" was also the last season to land in the Top 20 Nielsen ratings, ranking at #15, with an average of 13.96 million viewers.

Life after The Apprentice
Todd chose to oversee the renovation of an oceanfront mansion at Palm Beach, Florida, rather than oversee the production of the next Miss Universe Pageant. Donald Trump charged Todd with a $25 million fix-up of the 60,000 square-foot property, which was purchased in 2008 for $95 million by Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev. The sale of the mansion is claimed to be the most expensive real estate transaction on record in the U.S. at the time.

In September, 2005, Todd was involved with the 'Find Your Dream Job' college events sponsored by Dove and Cosmopolitan


Last updated on .From the section Rugby League

Kevin Sinfield helped Leeds beat Wigan in the 2015 Super League Grand Final to seal a domestic treble in his final game for the club

Former Leeds Rhinos and England captain Kevin Sinfield has been appointed rugby director at the Rugby Football League.

Sinfield played more than 500 games for Leeds between 1997 and 2015, and spent a year with rugby union side Yorkshire Carnegie before retiring in May.

The 35-year-old's new role includes helping create the England team's four-year plan for the 2021 World Cup.

He will also work with the RFL's commercial team to help players find new careers after their retirement.

"The 20 years Kevin has spent as a player at the very highest level of the game will provide us with incredibleFace, The Seven Year Itch and Alfred Hitchcock films. François revealed that she gave her own input for the costumes, saying "I loved being involved in the creation of costumes. I could say that these suspenders should be thinner, or this skirt should be worn with an extra petticoat, or have a bow added." David thought the right lingerie was crucial to the look and pointy bras, girdles and bodices were used to underpin the silhouettes. Some of the lingerie was made by Parisian corsetry house Cadolle.

As Rose is "a young provincial woman", she often wears pretty dresses, while Bejo's character Marie, who is married to an American man, has a casual early Sixties look. David explained that she wanted Marie to be a modern woman and she


people it's actually
one of the worst countries in Europe for
LGBTQ+ equality now while one of the
cities is having its first-ever pride
march simultaneously there's a bunch of
anti-gay protesting there have been
rocks thrown at marchers which has also
been encouraged by the government which
has been ramping up its hate speech well
some people see these protests and LGBTQ
zones as a protection of religious
liberty because Poland is a very
Catholic country other people see it
simply as a political ploy for the party
and power to stay in power and use the
LGBT community as a sort of scapegoat
that stability but a battle that I here
to focus on I'm gonna bring up the
second story I wanted to talk about now
because what's going on in Poland really
has a lot to do with a global pushback
against LGBTQ plus equalityjust been named as the new face of
the 50 pound bill here in the UK I think
this is extremely exciting for a number
of reasons for one thing Alan Turing was
in competition to be the face of the 50
pound bill with a number of other
figures throughout history including
some which were really anti LGBT like
Margot Thatcher to see this gay man who
was such an important figure head in
queer history but also in World War two
and inventing computers and someone who
had such an impact on really humanity to
see him win this position over a woman
who was so against our community is just
really exciting and it feels like a
victory for the lgbtq+ community plus
he's just a hero of mine I think he's an
incredible figurehead Alan turning was
chemically castrated by the UK
government for


blame. As the world teeters on the brink of nuclear war, British intelligence learns that one of the crafts has landed in the Sea of Japan. After faking his own death, secret agent James Bond (Sean Connery) is sent to investigate, resurfacing (literally) in Japan where he’s aided by Tiger Tanaka (Tetsuro Tamba) and the beautiful Aki (Akiko Wakabayashi), who help him uncover a sinister global conspiracy which appears to implicate SPECTRE and Red China but it means training as a ninja and disguising himself as a local fisherman … The Japanese volcano Mount Shinmoedake which serves as the centre of this film’s action erupted yesterday, just in time to whet my appetite for this fifth James Bond spy adventure. It’s the one that Roald Dahl wrote, jettisoningthem all, OHMSS. This however is directed by Lewis Gilbert, who would go on to make The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker and he has fun with the location shoot creating some really well-paced scenes in beautiful settings. And there’s that song, with lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and performed by Nancy Sinatra.

Veteran British director Lewis Gilbert has shuffled off this mortal coil at the grand old age of 97. His is a career marked not merely by longevity or versatility but by the power of making films that speak to generation after generation not least my own James Bond years because he directed the first of that series that I was allowed to go see at the cinema, Moonraker. It might not have been one of the


best Bonds – or even one of his best Bonds – because he had already made The Spy Who Loved Me and You Only Live Twice – but for a kid it had tremendous value, hopping up the cartoon-like aspects and the ingenious potential of the effects. The impression you get is that he likes the characters whose stories he is shaping (even Alfie!) – and then you learn he was a child actor, born to music hall performers, which explains his generosity towards them. This goes some way toward why he was as much at ease doing war films with Kenneth More as he was female-centric dramas with Julie Walters. The realisation that he was responsible for so many of those war movies broadcast on Sunday afternoonsin my childhood (and how I adored the Seventies iteration, Operation Daybreak) and other youth-oriented and equally affecting films is a testament to his own taste as much the material that might have been on the table – Susannah York in The Greengage Summer is an adolescent favourite and remains a wonderfully made drama; later Free Love stories like Paul and Michelle offer more contemporary takes on the concept of youthful relationships and the negotiating required to attain maturity. He would make films that found massive audiences in the Eighties with two projects adapted from Willy Russell’s plays about middle-aged lower class women getting their mojo back, Educating Rita and Shirley Valentine. He played a small role in The Divorce of Lady X opposite Laurence Olivier and made


such an impression on mogul Alexander Korda he offered to sponsor him at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Gilbert instead opted to study directing and assisted Alfred Hitchcock on Jamaica Inn. He acquired technical knowledge during his wartime service with the American Air Corps film unit where he was seconded to the director William Keighley and after making a handful of short documentaries for Gaumont British put it to excellent use in those brilliantly crafted post-war British films that still tell us so much about the mindset that combated WW2 and dealt with the tricky (cinematic) aftermath. He married Hylda Tafler, sister of the actor Sydney, and it was she who found the property Alfie while visiting the hairdresser one day, seated beside an actress who wasappearing in the Bill Naughton play. It was the standout of his career because it was the culmination of his studies of working class people who were finally being dramatised in complete narratives but it was also a theatrical style of filmmaking which broke the fourth wall. He often said his worst experience was working with Orson Welles on Ferry to Hong Kong and his biggest mistake was turning down Oliver! Lewis Gilbert, truly a professional man for all seasons and showman who was an excellent and amusing interviewee and recorded his memoirs in All My Flashbacks. Rest in peace.

They don’t make ’em like they used to. An aging James Bond (Sean Connery) makes a mistake during a routine training mission which leads M (Edward Fox) to believe


adding comic relief as the local Foreign Office rep, Von Sydow as the cat-stroking mad genius and Brandauer giving his best tongue in cheek as the neurotic foe, this is not in the vein of the original Bonds. It’s a remake of Thunderball which was the subject of litigation from producer Kevin McClory who co-wrote the original story with Ivar Bryce and Ian Fleming who then based his novel on the resulting screenplay co-written with Jack Whittingham before any of the films were ever made. (This is covered in Robert Sellers’ book The Battle for Bond). It thereby sideswiped the ‘official’ Broccoli machine by bringing the original Bond back – in the form of a much older Connery in a re-run of his fourth Bond outing which hadthe side. He also has raped his daughter and her school friend, as well as "done it" with his dog, Dexter. He has stolen money from church, tries to force his views on the community, considers what he don't like to be "liberal" or "communist" or "godless". He brags about his Christianity but often tells racist jokes at work. He is a hypochristian to the max.

(1) Much like a hypocrite, a hypochristian is one who acts and/or self-proclaims themselves to be a Christian or have Christian-like qualities, beliefs and virtues in public, church or anywhere else people can observe them.

(2) A person who judges and sets Christian-like standards for other people, even though they do not possess the same particular characteristics/qualities.

Joe: Man, how can Brittany lecture me about


The Australian government should establish a public-private sector committee, dubbed the "Innovation Collaboration" (IC) to help Australia's financial system infrastructure keep pace with emerging technology, according to the Financial System Inquiry's final report.

The report (PDF), which was released on November 8, recommended that the proposed committee consist of senior industry, government, regulatory, academic, and consumer representatives.

"The pace of innovation in the financial sector is rapid," the report said. "Estimates suggest AU$27 billion of current banking industry revenue is under threat of digital disruption. Accordingly, government and regulators need to be aware of innovative developments to respond in a considered, timely, and coordinated manner.

"With a mix of stakeholders, the recommended IC model merges industry and policy expertise to help identify innovation opportunities. Innovators could access a forum that offersthe release of the Murray Financial System Inquiry report, SocietyOne ... welcomes the explicit acknowledgement by the Murray Inquiry of the role that technology-based innovation and particularly online lenders could play in boosting competition and consumer choice," the company said in a statement.

SocietyOne CEO and co-founder Matt Symons also expressed his support of, and interest in being involved with, the report's proposed Innovation Collaboration committee.

Murray said that not only would such a move encourage greater competition in Australia's lending landscape, it could also provide support for the local venture capital sector -- good news for startups.

"Our focus has been on boosting competition, for example, by encouraging the emergence of rival lenders and new techniques such as crowdfunding and peer-to-peer lending," said Murray at an event held in Sydney


manage risks."

Murray said that more technologically neutral regulation would facilitate full online service delivery more quickly.

Among the report's 44 recommendations was a call for the update of the 2009 Cyber Security Strategy (CSS) in a bid to reflect changes in the threat environment, and improve cohesion in policy implementation.

The report recommended the establishment of a formal framework for cybersecurity information sharing and response to digital threats.

"Submissions indicate the CSS is out of date and not suited to today's threat environment," the report said. "Given the rapidly changing nature of cyberspace and the threat environment, government should act to ensure Australia has an updated and cohesive CSS."

The report also made recommendations for the review of the costs and benefits of increasing access to improving the use of data, whichshould also take into account community concerns about appropriate privacy protections.

"Government should commission the Productivity Commission to commence, by the end of 2015, an inquiry into the costs and benefits of increasing access to, and improving the use of, data, subject to privacy considerations," the report said.

At the CEDA event in Sydney, Murray urged the government and industry to embrace the recommendations in Australia's "national interest".


Tampa Bay Bucs New Uniform Design Unveiled

TAMPA BAY, FLORIDA — Today the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Nike unveiled the team’s new NFL Nike Elite 51 Uniform design for the 2014 season. The uniform is a completely integrated system of dress with a new design that honors the Buccaneers’ rich tradition while boldly bringing the team into the future through a modern industrial design aesthetic.

(Images courtesy of Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the NFL)

In collaboration with the Buccaneers and the NFL, Nike designers incorporated many of the unique historical aspects of the Tampa Bay area by showcasing the city’s roots, vibrant culture and spirited fanbase. The new uniform features a refreshed color scheme honoring the franchise’s past and present, while confidently positioning the team for the future.

“Today marks the culminationpositioned on the right shoulder and the abbreviated “BUCS” moniker on the left. The enhanced flag is proudly displayed on both the right and left hip of the pant.

The team’s transformation is exemplified in the Bucs new helmet, featuring a reinvigorated logotype and highlighted by an updated, more menacing Jolly Roger. Unique to the Buccaneers, the helmet also features a hand-painted pewter speed line overlaid with a larger flag logo designed to accentuate the revolutionized, confident spirit of the franchise.

The previously scheduled press event on Wednesday, March 5, has been replaced in favor of an exclusive, Buccaneers Season Pass Members-only event featuring the first live viewing of the new uniforms. Further details will be provided at a later date. A photo gallery of high-resolution imagery and additional information


build the Galapagos four million years ago." "Millions of years ago, Galapagos was born of fire." "An eruption deep under the Pacific spewed lava from the sea floor." "Layers of rock built up towards the surface over several hundred thousand years." "A series of islands emerged from the sea." "Today, there are 16 of them, all of which are volcanoes." "Most are now extinct and the oldest are crumbling into the sea." "But the newer islands are still active and spitting fire." "The youngest is Fernandina." "It rose from the sea just 500,000 years ago." "And because it's still active, the lava fields that cover it are still unweathered." "And here, in this desolate, barren place, we can see how the ingredients of a great natural experiment cametogether." "Fate placed these islands in a unique spot on this planet." "They lie plumb on the equator, with its year-long warmth and sunshine." "But perhaps, more importantly, they also lie at the crossroads between two competing winds." "The southeast trade winds blow up from South America and the northeast trades come down from the Caribbean and Central America." "These two winds are the lifeblood of the Galapagos." "They carried the earliest settlers to the emerging volcanic islands." "Some of the very first animals here were spiders." "There are some 150 different known species of them in the Galapagos today," "and they travel in a way that is all their own - they balloon." "The hatchlings of many species use specially adapted silk." "A spiderling climbs to the


nectar and pollinated them." "Carpenter bees are still the main pollinators on the islands." "And the plants have adapted accordingly." "Nearly all the flowers on the Galapagos are now either white or yellow." "Those are the colours preferred by the carpenter bees, so there's no point in being anything else." "So, land plants flourished." "In the sea, there was another factor that helped the colonists." "Amazingly, it came not from the nearest land, South America but from 8,000 miles away, across the Pacific in the other direction, to the West." "From the tropical rainforests of New Guinea." "Rain washes nutrients from the forest soil, down streams into rivers" "and finally, into the ocean." "And there, swept up by the currents, they're carried across the Pacific to the Galapagos."he inflates it to attract a mate or see off a rival." "There's also another kind of Booby " "the blue-footed." "His spectacular feet are the key elements in his courtship display in which he tries to persuade his mate that his really are the bluest feet around." "Boobies are superb fishermen." "Once they spot a shoal, they fly out to a height of 25 metres and then they dive into the water at speeds of 60 miles per hour or more." "Hitting the water with such force could kill many birds but boobies have special air sacs in their heads that cushion the impact." "Cormorants are coastal birds rather than ocean travellers so they can only have arrived in the Galapagos by accident, having probably been swept


the Galapagos." "They could hardly have found anywhere more different from their polar home and in response, they changed." "The emperor penguin that lives near the South Pole stands over a metre high." "The Galapagos penguin is now only half as tall." "It's the smallest of the whole penguin family." "And that helps a lot in the Galapagos." "Small animals lose heat much faster than big ones." "And the penguins have developed behavioural tricks as well." "Bare feet are easily sunburnt so they do their best to keep them covered." "And some parts of the sea around the islands are quite cool." "The Humboldt current, flowing up from the Antarctic and washing around the western parts of the archipelago, is still quite chilly." "So, most of the penguinssettled and multiplied." "Today, there are thousands of them." "So many, and so widely distributed throughout the islands, that they are now one of the Galapagos' most famous inhabitants." "But these are the most celebrated of all." "The ones that gave the islands their name - giant tortoises." "Tortoises can't swim, but they can float." "And about three million years ago, one of them, a large species from the South American forests, was carried away perhaps by a flash flood and swept out to sea." "After weeks, maybe even months, they eventually landed on an island and one of them, perhaps a gravid female, produced eggs." "As time passed, they spread into other islands in the archipelago." "Giant tortoises had arrived in the Galapagos." "With this small selection


of animals and plants in place, nature's great experiment gathered pace." "Forged by fire, fuelled by the ocean," "fanned by the winds and seeded by a very few and very different species." "A new community was established here in the Galapagos, and one with a very small but very oddly assorted cast of characters." "There were no amphibians." "Because of their porous skin, they are poisoned by seawater." "There were no mammals except for a small short-tailed rat." "Flying insects and seeds of plants had reached here, brought by the wind." "But fundamentally, this was a land of birds which flew here and reptiles which floated here." "And together, they had to make a living on this bare, rocky island that was so crucially different from the well-watered,on hand and things may of turned out slightly different.

The game plays out faster than Z!!! as well, with two games being completed despite the first being a 'learn as you go' affair. This might of been down to only having three players but the town layout seems more compact, and once you've got a few infections on the go you can easily start herding the humans into dead ends (pun intended). In both games there was one person who trailed behind badly due to luck of the dice and just not getting started with the infections.

Have not tried a Humans vs Zombies game yet, it would probably require at least four players to make it interesting.¶


Sunday, June 06, 2010

There's a very good article in Foreign Policy by Marc Lynch and Kristin M. Lord which reminds us that we are at the first anniversary of Obama's speech in Cairo where, he pledged "a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world, one based on mutual interest and mutual respect".

It then asks whether Obama's reaction to the Gaza flotilla outrage makes Muslims more or less likely to believe that Obama cannot deliver on his promise.

But the high expectations raised by Obama's Cairo speech led to a backlash when few concrete programs immediately materialized. Within months, grumbling began about America's failure to match words with deeds. To the frustration of the White House, Muslims focused more upon America's failure to compel Israel tofreeze settlement construction in the West Bank and East Jerusalem than on the call for a broad new relationship between the United States and the Muslim communities of the world.

This should not have been a surprise: as Obama himself clearly recognized when he decided to prioritize it in Cairo, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has for decades been the litmus test by which Muslims and Arabs judge American credibility and intentions.

Obama set the bar high in Cairo by daring to mention some of the most contentious issues between the US and the Muslim and Arab world, the most contentious of all being the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians.

But, once again, we find almost the entire world expressing shock at Israel's actions whilst the US Vice President goes to


perspective, became hidden by the gloomy forest , or terminated in a zigzag which ascended some steep hill.

Now, there was an old manor-house, where they no longer ate snails, they were quite extinct; but the burdocks were not extinct, they grew and grew all over the walks and all the beds; they could not get the mastery over them--it was a whole forest of burdocks.

The whole forest became suddenly a babel of hoarse screams and shrill shrieks.

Also, there are the Tree People who dwelt in the forest between Long Lake and the mountains.

The Ranger or the Forest , that cuts the foreclaws off our dogs.

They went through the muddy village, past threshing floors and green fields of winter rye, downhill where snow still lodged near the bridge, uphillwhere the clay had been liquefied by the rain, past strips of stubble land and bushes touched with green here and there, and into a birch forest growing on both sides of the road.

Slowly the stricken flier sank to the ground, and when I had freed myself and Woola from the entangling wreckage I found that we were upon the verge of a natural forest--so rare a thing upon the bosom of dying Mars that, outside of the forest in the Valley Dor beside the Lost Sea of Korus, I never before had seen its like upon the planet.


FILE PHOTO: Legend Holdings chairman Liu Chuanzhi attends a news conference on the company's annual results in Hong Kong, China March 30, 2016. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

(Reuters) - Lenovo Group’s founder, Liu Chuanzhi, will retire at the year end as chairman of its parent Legend Holdings, the company said on Wednesday.

Seventy-five-year-old Liu, who founded Legend Holdings in 1984, had stepped down as the chairman of Lenovo Group in 2011 to focus on the parent company.

Legend veteran Ning Min, who joined the company in 1991 and has held several senior roles over the years including that of chief financial officer, has been appointed the new chairman.the charges occurred on October 14, 1974. A complaint was filed on October 16, 1974. On that same day, the Chief of the Swatara Township Police went to the Ponderosa Steak House where appellant was known to have been employed at the time the incident took place. Chief Walmer was informed that appellant had not reported to work since the date of the incident. Appellant's home address in Harrisburg was given to the police by the management at Ponderosa. Upon checking the address, the police were told that appellant no longer lived there. It was later determined that appellant left that address between October 14 and October 16. The police then proceeded to the residence of appellant's sister in Steelton. She informed the police that she did not


know of appellant's whereabouts. The police made numerous visits to both addresses for the next month or so, and requested the Ponderosa management to inform the police if appellant attempted to pick up his check for wages owed him. Copies of the warrant were forwarded to the Harrisburg and Steelton police departments. On October 14, 1974, a few hours after the incident, appellant was heard to ask one of Ponderosa's managers for twenty dollars "to leave town." N.T. at 10. Appellant lived in Lewistown, Pennsylvania, from October 1974, until he was picked up on a reckless driving charge on June 11, 1975, by the Lewistown Police, who learned of the warrant in Dauphin County and arrested appellant on the rape and related charges. Appellant's trial commenced on Octoberthe upper portion of a partition separating adjoining vertical heating flues is formed with a flow port having a fixed bottom edge.
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The level of heating in the foregoing coke oven is adjusted as follows. When the lower flow port is closed and the upper one is open, combustion products flow from one vertical flue to the other through the upper port and vice versa when the position of the slide gates is reversed. By changing the position of the slide gates it is possible to control the temperature within the upper portion of the vertical heating flues and, accordingly, the temperature in the coking chamber upper portion. The provision of rectangular pockets with theA Texas man has been arrested for opening a tub of Blue Bell ice cream in a Walmart, licking it, putting it back on the shelf and then posting a video of his disgusting behavior on social media.

D’Adrien Anderson, 24, posted the video on his Facebook account on Monday and was arrested on Thursday evening.

Licking ice cream and putting it back on the shelf has become part of a sick trend of people posting photos of themselves tampering with food in grocery stores in hopes of going viral. In fact, Anderson himself even wrote that was his motivation in the caption of his 19 second long video, writing “Happy national soft ice cream day lmao #viral.”

The video had over 130,000 views by Friday afternoon.

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ranks of America's elite. This placed serious strain on Madison's meagre $5,000 salary as secretary of state that was little augmented by income from the plantation.

It was not only their lifestyles and background that bound Madison and Jefferson. They were both men of the Revolution who shared its ideals and desired to build a nation anchored on the principles of liberty and individualism that had led America to revolt against king and country. The America they sought was one where the power of government was limited, taxes were minimal, and Congress represented and expressed the will of the people.

Jefferson and Madison were grateful that Congress was not in session, and the president astutely resisted recalling it for an emergency sitting that would certainly result in rapid drafting andtheir souls and gradually wean them from a hunting-and-gathering life considered at odds with the influence of Christianity. But missionary zeal after Britain conquered New France became less vigorous as the power of the Roman Catholic Church was reduced. Instead the British governors made little effort to undermine the traditional Indian way of life so long as the natives kept the peace and continued to work in the fur trade. And, knowing the thin line of redcoats and Canadian militia could not alone repel any determined American invasion, the British continued to foster a web of military alliances with the Indians on the frontier and to husband their power so that they could be unleashed against any invading force.

# SIX

# _War Hawks_

# SPRING 1812

_S_ outh of the Canadian


proved childless as did this one, there was never a rumour that Castlereagh even considered unfaithfulness. When away from home, his letters were regular, and occasionally he sent plaited strands of his hair to go inside a locket he had given her. The locket contained a portrait of Castlereagh at twenty-five as painted by the Regency's leading miniaturist, Richard Cosway.

Such depth of attachment was typical of the man. Intensely loyal to friends, he expected loyalty in return. Once resolved on a course of action, Castlereagh unflinchingly committed to its implementation. This was what had made repeal of the orders-in-council so personally galling.

Throughout his political career, he had demonstrated this characteristic. Appointed chief secretary of Ireland by his relative and then lord lieutenant of Ireland Earl Camden in 1798,scant credence to American justifications for the war. After examining President Madison's war message and the causes cited in it, Goulburn dismissed them as mere camouflage. He believed Madison conspired with Napoleon Bonaparte—the two men, or at least their governments, having a secret understanding where each would work assiduously to bring about Britain's defeat. The seizure of parts of Spanish West Florida and the massing of troops on the Canadian border preparatory to an invasion there confirmed that the true American intent was conquest and expansion of territory at the cost of Britain and her Spanish ally. Like many Britons, Goulburn considered the American declaration of war a "stab in the back" at a time when Britain was locked in a life-and-death struggle to prevent world domination by


the Indians failed to strike these columns, Harrison thanked his good fortune and retaliated with a search-and-destroy mission. Regular cavalry and the ruthless mounted Kentucky volunteers rode hard through the forests, burning villages, destroying crops, slaughtering any Indian who crossed their path. No distinction was made between friend and foe. The Potawatomi and Miami—many of the latter having remained loyal to the United States—fled to Brownstown and Amherstburg and claimed British protection. Dependent on the British for food, these and other tribes switched their allegiances accordingly.

Raids and ambushes carried out by both sides raged on as the snows fell and the rivers and lakes froze hard, but it was clear that the winter would pass in a bloody contest where neither side could prevail.

In Washington, a gloomy pallincompetence with which the war had been prosecuted in 1812. Given some successes, the north would _rally_ to the war that the south and west unshakeably supported. "The justness of our cause... the spirit & patriotism of the Country... will at last I think bring us honourably out."

The House and the Senate were hardly as keen to support the war as Clay made out, a fact quickly made evident when Monroe and Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin tabled a series of urgent proposals. Gallatin's dilemma was how to finance a war from a nearly empty treasury chest. Expenses in 1813 would total $32 million, of which $17 million would go to the army and $5 million to the navy. Yet he forecast only $12 million in revenues,


New Orleans, would assume command in the north. Gearing up for this change for some time, Armstrong had sent word four months earlier for Wilkinson to report to Washington. Fifty-six, Wilkinson was not one of the Revolution's favoured sons. His was the reputation of a professional schemer and incompetent most notorious for participating in a cabal that had attempted to bring about the sacking of George Washington. Most U.S. senior officers despised him. His health in recent months had been poor. Sensing no urgency in Armstrong's summons, Wilkinson turtled northward and had yet to pass all the way through Georgia, stopping here and there to visit acquaintances and take long rests, when he learned that Armstrong had fired Dearborn and he was to make haste to Washington. PickingScribner's Sons, 1920), 1.

14. J. C. A. Stagg, _Mr. Madison's War: Politics, Diplomacy, and Warfare in the Early American Republic, 1783–1830_ (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1983), 299–300.

15. Gallatin, 2.

16. Brant, 158.

17. Ibid., 159.

18. Elizabeth Donnan, ed., "Papers of James A. Bayard, 1796–1815," _Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1913,_ 1915: 204.

19. Ibid., 206.

20. Frank A. Updyke, _The Diplomacy of the War of 1812_ (Gloucester, MA: Peter Smith, 1965), 149.

21. Donnan, 205.

22. Henry Adams, 539.

23. Ibid., 540.

24. Ibid., 543–44.

25. Ibid., 544–45.

26. Brant, 161–62.

27. Ibid., 161.

28. Donnan, 385–86.

## FOURTEEN: AN EXPANDED WAR

1. J. Mackay Hitsman, _The Incredible War of 1812: A Military History_ (Toronto: Robin Brass Studio, 1999), 117.

2. Irving Brant, _James Madison: Commander in Chief, 1812–1836_ (New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1961), 112.

3. Ibid., 117.

4. Hitsman,


Fun runs, festivals and more planned for former Calverton Links course

The site of the former Calverton Links golf course has been vacant for more than two years. But come spring the lot will be in use again — full of muddy runners, zombie-clad people and children doused in color.

The co-owners of Cousins Paintball on Edwards Avenue in Calverton recently signed a three-year lease on the 83-acre property, which they will use to host a variety of events from zombie runs to survival races. Paul Sattler and Dean De Prete, the cousin duo — hence the name Cousins Paintball — also own Long Island Sports Park, which organizes 15 family-centered events each year around the country. Three of those events are held annually in Riverhead: the zombie run, survivalgive expression to insights in openness and love within the Instinct of Life Force. Together with the Natural Supportive flow of the Inner Shaman with its magic and Timelessness as we move onwards in the spiral to navigate the evolution of synchronicity in trusting our steps on the passageway.

Planets: Asteroid Belt, Uranus, Jupiter, Saturn.

Iquitos, also known as Iquitos City, is the capital city of _Peru’s Maynas Province and Loreto Region. The largest metropolis in the Peruvian Amazon, east of the Andes, it is the sixth most populous city of Peru.

It is known as the “capital of the Peruvian Amazon.” The city is located in the Great Plains of the Amazon Basin, fed by the Amazon, Nanay and Itaya rivers. Overall, it constitutes the Iquitos metropolitan area, a conurbation


of 471,993 inhabitants consisting of four districts: Iquitos, Punchana, Belen and San Juan Bautista. It is the largest city in the world that cannot be reached by road – it is accessible only by river and air.

The area was long inhabited by indigenous peoples. The founding date of the European city is uncertain. Spanish historical documents state that it was set up around 1757 as a Spanish Jesuit reduction by the banks of the Nanay River. The Jesuits gathered local Napeano (Yameo) and Iquito natives to live here, and they named it San Pablo de Napeanos.

In the late 19th century, the city became the center of export of rubber production from the Amazon Basin and was the headquarters of the Peruvian Amazon Company. The rubber boom attracted thousandsof European traders and workers, some of whom amassed wealth with the high-volume production, processing and trade in rubber. The city’s economy was highly dependent on PAC, controlled in the nation by Peruvian businessman Juan Luis Arana.

The operations of PAC’s forces in the Basin, who kept indigenous workers in near slavery conditions through use of force and harsh treatment, was investigated by Roger Casement, the British consul-general in Peru. He had investigated labor conditions for natives in the Congo Free State when it was under King Leopold’s control, reporting on the abuse of thousands of workers. His 1913 exposure of abuses of Peruvian workers caused a reaction against the company among the several British members of its board and many stockholders. The company struggled financially and lost backing


in the UK. In addition, rubber seedlings had been smuggled out of the country and cultivated on plantations in Southeast Asia. As the plants matured, the competition undercut prices of the Peruvian product. With the decline of the rubber industry, many workers and merchants left Iquitos.

As one of the leading cities, along with Manaus, in the huge Amazon rubber boom (1880-1914), Iquitos was influenced by the numerous Europeans who flocked to it. Architecture and cultural institutions established during this period expressed their own traditions. An opera house and Jewish cemetery were among the institutions established.

Later in the 20th century, the city and region diversified its economy. The region exported timber, fish and their products, oil, minerals, and agricultural crops. It also derives considerable revenue from tourism and relatedcrafts, as well as bakery, and carbonated drinks and beer. By 1999, the city had consolidated its four municipalities.

The architecture and historical treasures reflect the colonial and early 20th-century European period, attracting an increased tourist trade in the 21st century. In addition it is a center of ecological tourism. It has become a major cosmopolitan city with strong roots in the Amazon, featuring a complex history and cuisine, Amazonian landscapes, nightlife, and a growing cultural movement.

In 2012, 250,000 visitors were recorded. Many have been attracted since the Amazon rainforest was ranked as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. Iquitos inaugurated international flights to the main hub of Panama City in 2012, with shared destinations with Miami and Cancun. Its international airport is expected to become


one of six international air centers of Peru. The city was ranked as sixth on the list of “10 leading cities in 2011” of the Lonely Planet guidebook.

The Historic Center of Iquitos has several structures that have been designated as part of the Cultural Heritage of the Nation: the Cathedral of Iquitos, the Iron House, the Old Hotel Palace, Cohen House, and more than 70 other buildings. Other landmarks are the Plaza de Armas; Jiron Prospero, an avenue that is the site of several shopping and historical areas; and the lively neighborhood of Belén, often dubbed the “Amazon Venice” for its many waterways. The city is also home to the Amazon Library, one of the two most important in Latin America.

The city can be reached only by airplanethe Mayans of a period that they might prefer to forget. Here is the creation story from the “Popol Vuh,” the sacred book of the Mayans.

“After Earth was created and after all plants and animals were created, the gods wanted to make creatures that could worship and honor them. They made mankind of earth material. But the earth was soft and fell apart when it was wet. With care Creator cut a design form sculpture from wood. It seemed like real people and they populated the Earth. They had sons and daughters, but they had no soul and no intelligence. They walked on hands and feet but where aimlessly. They had responsibility for the animals, but treated them badly. They were also disrespectful towards their surroundings.

Than came the


large and small animals, pots and pans, all the furniture, and they rebelled against the people of wood. And the gods saw that the people of wood also did not remembered their Creators. Therefore, the Heart of Heaven caused a flood that swallowed all the people of wood. The people of wood ran in all kind of directions. They tried to climb on roofs, but the houses collapsed. They sought refuge in trees, but the trees shook them off. They fled into caves, but the caves closed themselves automatically. Several managed to flee into the mountains, where they still live like monkeys. ”

It is the Moon for inspiration! The monkey as a positive flow is the happy clown, who always enjoys games. It is the Inner Child, freehis rights but went on to reexamine the search and seizure issue and again suppressed the cocaine evidence after changing its earlier view that the agent had reasonable suspicion when he asked Porter to step off the bus.  The United States appeals once again.  The district court erred in reopening a fourth amendment issue already decided on appeal.  See United States v. Bartsh, 69 F.3d 864, 866 (8th Cir.1995).  The order suppressing the cocaine is reversed, and the case is remanded for further proceedings consistent with the opinions of this court.

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also used the platform to slam political opponent Sam Rainsy who he said had lost

Sihanoukville, the Kingdom’s most famous beach destination for tourists, is seemingly becoming a paradise for Chinese investors as well.
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US President Donald Trump on Friday appointed W Patrick Murphy as the new US Ambassador to Cambodia, replacing incumbent William A Heidt.
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It was dubbed a success by caretaker prime minister Hun Sen after the electoral victory of his Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), which is poised to take all seats in theit and cast if off my feet. I did, and IMMEDIATELY the numbness left and has not returned. That was several days ago!"

The following came from another ministry.

Mark 1:32 And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them that were with demons.

Mark 1:33 And all the city was gathered together at the door.

Mark 1:34 And He healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many demons; and suffered not the demons to speak, because they knew Him.

John 10:9 I am the door: by Me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal and to kill, and to


some cases it leads to amputation.

Another area that he touches is down into the 6/BLADDER. This spirit causes the people to have the constant problem of running to the bathroom with excessive urination.

This spirit also touches the 7/SKIN causing excessive itching. He also reaches into the 8/EARS, he has a spirit that worships him called the dumb and deaf spirit where he damages that area.

The DIABETES spirit will also touch the 9/LUNGS causing breathing problems. He also will strike in the man and woman in the 10/REPRODUCTIVE AREAS. In the man he will strike him with impotence. The results of the DIABETES spirit attacking the human body is that he will impair the vision in the person in his later years, developing cataracts and vision problems. He inducesability of the demons to inflict damage on the human body. By the way, these demons are inside of your body, not hanging on the back! Can the demons affect the human body and destroy it? Well, let's look at Matthew 9:32-33:

"As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man having demons. And when the demon was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marveled, saying, it was never so seen in Israel."

Now here is a spirit of dumbness attacking the vocal chords and hinders the person from being able to speak. A dumb spirit can stop the speech, eliminates the action of the vocal box or the voice box of the human. So the demons can afflict your body in a physical way.


these is in Luke 13:11-12. "And behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together and could in no wise lift up herself. And when Jesus saw her, He called her to Him, and said unto her "Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity."

This is also repeated in Luke 13:16. Now here is a spirit called infirmity and there is a broad range of these spirits and they can inflict harm on the human body also. They can sap your strength, they can inflict you with weakness, feebleness of health and sickness. They can also cause your body to just pine away just sitting watching television and just wasting away to nothing and these are called infirmity spirits and theyand look at a woman that he did not know was there and lust spirits in a male when he sees a woman when he contacts her that lust spirit contacts his eyes with any part of her body that is exposed whether he wants to move them or not. The demonic effects can be found in the Bible.

The things DIABETES spirits do to the body is: Example: one of the areas it affects is the eyes; Genesis 29:17 "Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favored." That word tender eyed translates to a word "ophthalmia" which is a spirit which attacks the eyes. Remember these demons take on these names. Leviticus 26:16 "I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over


another example: "And, behold, there was a certain man before Him which had the dropsy." Here is another spirit that works with DIABETES. He attacks four areas - Heart, Kidney, Liver and Brain. The medical profession says he leaves water in those areas. Those are the four areas that he attacks and these are also four of the ten areas the DIABETES attacks.

There are many other scriptures and you should start reading them and looking into this and researching this as there are other areas of the body that come under an attack by the DIABETES spirits. But in the pancreas they destroy the beta cells where the insulin is created and they can cause the blood sugar to go up and can cause it to go down.there and when I punctured that skin, it goes back to the roots." Now God should have realized that [today] we were gonna need insulin and shouldn't have put that in there (the Bible). But He never intended for us to keep the demons in us and curses on us, but break the skin and you have a problem.

There is also a problem in the Bible that if you seek the aid of a physician and not God: II Chronicles 16:12 "And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians. And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one


the enemy is gonna take you right out of the battle. So, you are gonna have to start trusting Jesus and this is the time to start doing it. Get DELIVERANCE from those things; treat it as a demon; it is a demon. He told you he was a demon.

DIABETES himself, lodges in the pancreas. He destroys the pro-insulin which becomes insulin and he interferes with the performance and functions of the body and he's housed right in the pancreas. Bind him and kick him out of there!

Burning Ague - works on one of his tentacles and goes and strikes the eyes. Brings the shields over the front of the eyes, and causes the vision to go dim and ultimately will bring in blindness. Attack him, he cancord that is not easily broken and move into your mind and into your emotions. Some people with this spirit have animal spirits in their bodies. That's because in the earlier days insulin injections came from cows and hogs. Beef insulin, hog, swine insulin was taken into the body. Spirits called cancer of the pancreas, high blood pressure run through certain nationalities called blood diseases, nerve destroyer and Kidney destroyer. Familiar spirits travel through family bloodlines to cause DIABETES and other diseases.

There is a DIABETES spirit which operates in the inner-ear. He inhibits your hearing, he inhibits what you receive through your ears. He flips your hearing backwards and puts water in your inner ear. Spirit of deafness works with the spirit in the inner ear.

Itching, irritation and


College of Arts and Sciences

Click for enlarged view Abdul-Rasheed Na'Allah, editor of the upcoming Obama-Mentum anthology.
Writers may submit up to three poems by e-mail to: a-naallah@wiu.edu or mail up to three poems to Dr. Na'Allah at the following address:
Department of African American Studies
Morgan Hall 232
Western Illinois University
1 University Circle
Macomb, IL 61455-1390, USA

WIU Professor Seeks "Obama-Mentum" Poetry for Anthology

January 16, 2009

MACOMB, IL - - Abdul-Rasheed Na'Allah, professor and chair of African American studies at Western Illinois University, invites the submission of English language poems from all the world's literary traditions, cultural forms and performance techniques that capture the emergence of the 21st century transformational presidency of Barack Obama.

The poems can reflect any aspects of spatial, cultural, historical, political, philosophical, experiential, emotional, organizational, community mobilizing, regional, national, universal and otherareas of significance of his election as the 44th president of the United States of America, according to Na'Allah.

"The Obama phenomenon has been described variously by the media, scholars and cultural thinkers as 'Obamamania,' 'Obamamentum' and more. Yet nothing is more vivid than the power of metaphors, images and onomatopoeia employed by poetry in capturing this important moment in our world, to paint Obama's extraordinary feat and to forever enliven the life and blood of this historical momentum," Na'Allah said.

Interested writers should send at most three poems to: Abdul-Rasheed Na'Allah, Department of African American Studies, Morgan Hall 232, Western Illinois University, 1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455-1390, USA, with their full names, short biographies, postal and e-mail addresses and a separate signed statement releasing the poems for publication


in the Obama-Mentum anthology, if selected. Selection will be through a jury of outstanding poets chosen by the editor. Entries may also be e-mailed to the editor at a-naallah@wiu.edu. Deadline for submission of poems is Feb. 28.

The Obama-Mentum anthology will be published by Ayebia Clarke Publishing Limited, publisher of the forthcoming "Martin Luther King, Jr.: An Anthology of Multicultural Poetry," edited by Na'Allah, who is a poet, critic and author of "Almajiri: A New African Poetry" and "Ahmadu Fulani."

Na'Allah previously edited "Ogoni's Agonies: Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Crisis in Nigeria" and "The People's Poet: Emerging Perspectives on Niyi Osundare." Na'Allah's new scholarly book, "African Discourse in Islam, Oral Traditions, and Performance," due out this year, is being published by Routledge.This week on Dopey! We get all Al Anonic! First we hear from my friend from work, Alex and what working with me when I was still high was like. And then we get into the tragic overdose of his brother, Fermin. Then we hear from Stephanie Wittels Wachs the sister of comedian Harris Wittels and the host and producer of Last Day podcast. She talks about the opioid epidemic, losing her brother and the mission of Last Day. All that plus: Emails, Voicemails, review and much much more on a straight Al-anon vomiting while you run high on heroin type episode of Dopey!


rode from Nara to Tsu. That too failed to produce any inspiring scenery but it was at least lacking in trucks and industrial estates.

Around Lake Biwa to Kyoto

Cycling to Kyoto via Lake Biwa (琵琶湖) is a popular option among cyclists in Japan and with a cycle path running nearly all the way along the lake’s eastern coast it is an easy and fairly safe way to put some good kilometres in the legs.

When I first made the journey I cycled from Inuyama (just north of Nagoya), past Mt. Ibuki (伊吹山) in Sekigahara (関ヶ原) (an historic town famous for one of Japan’s most famous battles), around the northern shore of the lake, through Takashima (高島市) and over the mountains to the west, before the long descent from the northFort Wayne’s first mall, Glenbrook Square, opened in 1966 on the north side of town. Three years later, Indianapolis-based Simon decided that Fort Wayne’s recent and projected growth indicated it could support a second enclosed regional mall. Located on the south side of town, Southtown Mall opened in July 1969. Southtown’s single-level complex debuted with a 100,000 square-foot Montgomery Ward and a 114,000 square-foot Fort Wayne-based Wolf and Dessauer department store, which was acquired that same year by Indianapolis-based L.S. Ayres. When Southtown opened, it had 567,000 square feet of retail space, including the anchors. In addition, G.C. Murphy operated a 60,000 square-foot junior anchor store, and there was a single-screen cinema, which was twinned in 1972 and expanded to a triplex in 1982.

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since 1700, with a knock-on impact on water quality and birdlife. Forests are diminishing, particularly in the tropics. In the first 13 years of this century, the area of intact forest fell by 7%, bigger than France and the UK combined. Although the overall rate of deforestation has slowed, this is partly an accounting trick, as monoculture plantations replace biodiverse jungle and woodland.

Oceans are no longer a sanctuary. Only 3% of marine areas are free from human pressure. Industrial fishing takes place in more than half the world’s oceans, leaving one-third of fish populations overexploited.

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Climate change, pollution and invasive species have had a relatively low impact, but theseapproach. If BI initiatives deliver meaningful information on which executives can run their company, then BI will filter throughout the rest of the organization.

Howard Dresner is president, founder and chief research officer at Dresner Advisory Services, LLC, an independent advisory firm. He is one of the foremost thought leaders in Business Intelligence and Performance Management, having coined the term “Business Intelligence” in 1989. He has published two books on the subject, The Performance Management Revolution — Business Results through Insight and Action, and Profiles in Performance — Business Intelligence Journeys and the Roadmap for Change. He hosts a weekly tweet chat (#BIWisdom) on Twitter each Friday. Prior to Dresner Advisory Services, Howard served as chief strategy officer at Hyperion Solutions and was a research fellow at Gartner, where


pretrial motion to suppress evidence hearing. The questions asked concerned statements made by defendant when the officers approached a car in which defendant was seated. The car was parked on the grass of a public park in the City of Phoenix.
We briefly set forth the facts produced at the hearing up to the time the trial court sustained defendant's objections to the officer's evidence. The hearing began with Officer Neal Mawk testifying that he was a patrolman with the City of Phoenix Police Department, having been employed by the City approximately four years; that he and his partner, Officer Tom Ruhl, were patrolling at about 7:00 a.m. on October 14, 1971, in the vicinity of 47th Avenue and Osborn Road when they noticed a customized two-door Chevrolet automobileparked on the grass ("backed up on the grass") of Orme Park, a small park in a residential area; that they approached the car and saw two people sitting in it. The officer then testified that he approached the car because it was an unusual time of the morning and because the car was *506 parked on the grass, which he believed to be a violation of the City Code. The officer further testified that defendant was sitting behind the steering wheel; that upon approaching the car the officers could see several stereo tapes "laying on the floor and in the back seat"; that there were wrappers "laying all over the interior of the vehicle"; and that defendant and the other occupant were in the process of "unwrapping"


that the County Attorney was attempting to bring out voluntary conflicting statements made by the defendant during his conversation with the officer so as to show probable cause for the subsequent arrest and seizure of the tapes. It also appears that by the court's ruling he was prevented from doing so, the trial court obviously taking the position that the circumstances were such that the officers were violating defendant's constitutional rights by asking the questions which brought about the conflicting statements. On the other hand, it is the State's position that the officer had observed enough unusual conduct to justify the questions asked, and that the field interrogation under the circumstances was constitutionally permissible. The following dialogue reflects the efforts of the prosecution to introduce the evidence:
"THE COURT:told the police he "bought the tapes from 16th Street and Buckeye"; that later in the conversation he changed his story to say he took them to settle a $10.00 debt. Due to the number of tapes observed, "a total of fifty-two (52)", the officer said he did not believe this. The suspect then increased the value to $20.00. The defendant then said he and the other occupant of the car got the tapes the previous night from a friend, John, at Helsing's restaurant on Central Avenue. This was contrary to his statement regarding the 16th Street and Buckeye location. Faced with a hearing on a motion to suppress, it was incumbent on the prosecution to show a lawful basis for warrantless seizure of the tapes. The offered


‘Mad Max’ to Make Comeback at Cannes Film Festival

Director George Miller’s fourth Mad Max film, starring Tom Hardy, will be screened at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 14, a day ahead of its worldwide release, reports Yahoo News.

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Mad Max: Fury Road is the first film in the post-apocalyptic dystopian series in 30 years, when Max Rockatansky, then portrayed by Mel Gibson, last left fans of the cult trilogy to wander the desert in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.

Watch the trailer for 1985’s Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome:

The announcement marks the much-anticipated return of the Australian director, now 70, whose first film in the franchise became an instant blockbuster in 1979, when Mel Gibson captivated audiences as a rogue policemen on a quest to avenge the deaths ofhis partner, wife, and son.

Gibson went on to star in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior in 1981 and Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome in 1985.

Also set in a post-apocalyptic Australia, Fury Road includes action-packed death matches, while Tom Hardy’s Max teams up with a mysterious woman, named Furiousa, (Charlize Theron) to try to survive.


Comey was his boss and made McCabe look like a choirboy. He knew all about the lies and corruption going on at the highest levels of the FBI! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 17, 2018

For starters, Obama's ex-CIA director John Brennan broke out the thesaurus and lashed out at President Trump. "You may scapegoat Andy McCabe," Brennan wrote "but you will not destroy America...America will triumph over you."

As an aside, Brennan - who insisted on being sworn in under Obama on an original draft of the constitution - without the Bill of Rights and all those inconvenient amendments - notably spied on members of Congress, endorsed torture, and ran Obama's covert drone war. Maybe he became so cutthroat while learning Arabic and Middle Eastern studies in Cairo?

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prompt a round of applause for the late actor who clearly played a prominent part in her journey.

This journey has made Wax into one of the most well-known campaigners for better mental health and her words on the benefits of mindfulness, in whichever form one wants to pursue it, are deeply important.

Aisling is the Head of Learning Support at an independent school and recently graduated with a Masters in Learning and Teaching in the Performing Arts from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. As well as The Wee Review Aisling has also written for Street Soccer Scotland and the Times Educational Supplement and is a dance, theatre and book enthusiast.Mostar, delivering parcels, letters, and supplies to people on each side of the conflict. In one instance, he smuggled a young woman into East Mostar to meet with her boyfriend. The couple married later that night, an event that the grooms father said would not have been possible without Zoran's help. He frequently delivered letters and supplies to prisoners at the Heliodrom and Dretelj concentration camps in the area. Between 1993 and 1995, it is estimated that the Jewish community of Mostar sent 106,000 kilograms of food to East Mostar.

Similar to the actions of Chiune Sugihara and Jan Zwartendijk, Mandlbaum forged the identity cards of Serbs and Bosniaks to read Jevrejin (Jewish) in order to ensure their safe passage out of Mostar.

Assassination attempt
While many benefited from Zoran's actions,


road is Hammam as-Sarakh, a bathhouse and hunting lodge. The buildings have been almost completely restored, and you can see the channels that were used for hot water and steam. One hundred kms east of Amman, the oasis town of Azraq has a large castle built from black basalt, which was Lawrence of Arabia's headquarters during the Arab Revolt. Heading back towards Amman, the Qasr El Kharraneh and Qusayr 'Amra are the best preserved of the desert castles, Qusair Amra is noted for its extensive fresco paintings which cover virtually all the interior walls. The paintings include themes such as hunting, dancing, musicians, bathing scenes, cupids, and personifications of history, philosophy and poetry. We drive back to the hotel in Amman.Comfortable Hotel

Meals included:
Breakfast

Day 3

Today we begin early asvisit the ancient 'Gerasa'. In Roman times this was one of the ten wealthy, self-governing cities of the Decapolis, and was famous throughout the Roman empire for the luxury of its lifestyle. Buried for centuries under blown sand, Jerash is the only city of the Decapolis to have survived to any extent, with an outstanding forum, colonnaded main streets with the drains still intact, two theatres and a most impressive temple of Zeus. Not too far away is the only Arabic castle in Jordan, Ajloun. It is perched on a hilltop and has fantastic views of the surrounding countryside. Originally constructed in 1184 AD, it was destroyed and rebuilt over the centuries following numerous wars and earthquakes. Drive for overnight at Dead Sea.Standard Hotel

Meals included:
Breakfast
Dinner

Day 5

We start the


day by visiting Bethany beyond the Jordan, the site where Jesus Christ was baptised by John the Baptist marking the beginning of the new era of Christianity. We then take the road south from Amman along the 5,000-year-old Kings' Highway, be prepared for one of the most memorable journeys in the Holy Land, passing through a number of ancient sites. The first town we visit is Madaba, 'The City of Mosaics '. The city, best known for its spectacular Byzantine and Umayyad mosaics, is home to the famous 6th century mosaic map of Jerusalem and the Holy Land. With two million pieces of coloured stone, the map depicts hills and valleys, villages and towns as far as the Nile Delta. Nearby is the biblical Mount Nebo where Moseswas shown The Promised Land before his death and also has fantastically preserved mosaics. After a good look round we head south to the Dead Sea in time for a 'float' in the thick saline waters.Standard Hotel

Meals included:
Breakfast
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Day 6

Leaving the Dead Sea behind us we drive through the deep gorge of Wadi al Mujib. This massive canyon is impressive and is now a huge nature reserve, covering 212sq km. We arrive at Al Karak and Al Shawbak, two castles that played an important role in the Crusades. Built in mediaeval times Al Karak is the larger of the two castles, its well-preserved fortifications towering over the town offer incredible views. Al Shawbak, though not as well preserved is equally as notable. Late afternoon we drive on to Petra.


Overnight Petra.Standard Hotel

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Days 7-8

We have two full days to explore the UNESCO World Heritage site Petra. The 'rose-red city, half as old as time' was hidden for centuries until the Swiss explorer Burckhardt made his great discovery in 1812. Petra was founded by the Nabateans, an Arab tribe that arrived here in the sixth century BC. Building began in the third century BC and continued through the Roman period, financed by taxes levied on the desert caravans. Two features of Petra are unique: firstly, it is a city made defensible as it is built along a series of chasms, rather than on a hilltop; and secondly, it is built directly into the rock - beautiful red and yellow sandstone carved into impressive facades which glow in thePetra with its well preserved ruins which are hidden away in the mountains, before continuing to the Wadi Rum desert, a stretch of beautiful sand and rock desert. This is where Lawrence of Arabia and Prince Faisal assembled the Arab tribes for the attack on Aqaba in the First World War, and also where sections of the film of 'Lawrence of Arabia' were shot. We take a four-wheel drive vehicle far into the area for an exciting desert adventure before arriving to our permanent camp and destination for the night.Full-service Camping

Meals included:
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Day 10

We wake amidst the dramatic desert scenery and then make our way on to Aqaba, Jordan's port and holiday resort, famous for beautiful coral reefs. There is time to relax on a local beach with transport


and entrance included. You can add to the experience with optional snorkelling and lunch packages which your leader will explain. Please note there is a cost for these extras. There are several good restaurants in Aqaba for our evening meal together.
Standard Hotel

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Breakfast

Day 11

After breakfast, drive from Aqaba to Amman to explore the ancient city. Amman has served as the modern and ancient capital of Jordan. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, with a 1994 excavation uncovering homes and towers believed to have been built during the Stone Age, circa 7000 BC. The earliest written records refer to the city as Rabbath Ammon, the capital of the Ammonites in the 12th century BC. Later the city was named Philadelphia under the reignof Ptolemy Philadelphus 283-246BC. As one of the cities of the Decapolis under King Herod in 30BC major building works were conducted. The 6000 seated Roman Theatre on the citadel is testimony of Roman architecture, although extensively restored it remains a classic example. Also on Citadel Hill, just northwest of the Temple of Hercules, is the Jordan Archaeological Museum. This small museum houses an excellent collection of antiquities ranging from prehistoric times to the 15th century; see the Dead Sea Scrolls, a copy of the Mesha Stele and four rare Iron Age sarcophagi.Comfortable Hotel

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Jordan

Visas are required by most nationalities, including British, and can be obtained at the border or Amman airport. At time of print, visa fees (usually 40JOD) have been waived for all nationalities travelling to


was a converted van with the engine in the passenger compartment. In future it would be worth considering a small purpose built bus with the engine under the floor.

Hidden Treasures of Jordon

The trip notes explained the trip so there were no surprises. We were a little rushed at time because of the shorter opening hours during winter.
The first and last hotel is Amman was poor. The breakfast were below standard and the room we had on the first visit had problems (the shower collapsed). The room we used on the last night had been refurbished. My principal criticism and the staff appeared to be going through the motions.
In contrast the second hotel was not brilliant but the staff worked hard to make us welcome.
There were 16 in thefloating in the Dead Sea whilst staying in the very comfortable Holiday Inn resort. It was also interesting to see at first hand the geographical relationship with Israel and to explore important Biblical sites.
I also particularly enjoyed seeing Jerash, a major Roman City.
Finally, I'd make a strong recommendation for the Jordanian Museum, which we saw on the last day. It houses some Dead Sea scrolls and the oldest figurines every found. It is particularly well laid out and in our view was a fitting end to an excellent trip.

What did you think of your group leader?

Ibrahim was an excellent ambassador for both Jordan and Exodus. We particularly liked his affable temperament and helpfulness. His organisational skills were good, and we enjoyed his restaurant recommendations. His historical knowledge was


bottle.
Exodus booked a day extra at each end of the tour for me, which also included airport transfers. This worked well because the normal tour sees an arrival at or after midnight, a transfer to the hotel, a few hours sleep, breakfast and away. My extra day before I used to take a leisurely walk in Amman, following the Lonely Planet walk, seeing some of the sites that are only covered fairly quickly on the last day of the tour and some that are not covered such as the Souks. The day after the tour I just had a relaxing day instead of having to have an evening dinner then off to the airport at 04:00 AM.

Jordan - Thoroughly Recommended!

A great experience, you get to see so much,STORY HIGHLIGHTS

A gunman has opened fire at a baseball practice game for lawmakers in Washington

The Congressmen were practising for an upcoming annual game for lawmakers

A gunman opened fire Wednesday at a baseball practice game for Republican lawmakers in Washington.

Senior Republican Congressman Steve Scalise was among several victims shot.

The lawmakers were practising for an upcoming annual game for lawmakers.

AFP reported fellow Republican lawmaker Mo Brooks as telling CNN that Scalise was shot in the hip, adding that at least two law enforcement officers and one congressional staffer were shot.

Scalise, the majority whip who rallies Republican votes in the House of Representatives, "was not able to move on his own power. He was dragging his body from the second base infield to the outfield to get away from the shooter


while all this firing was going on," Brooks said.

The gunman was later identified as James T. Hodgkinson, a strong supporter of leftist Senator Bernie Sanders.

US media identified Hodgkinson, who died following a shootout with police in the Washington suburb of Alexandria, as a 66-year-old from Belleville Illinois, a suburb of St. Louis.

Sanders swiftly responded to the reports, saying he was "sickened" by what he called a "despicable act."

Hodgkinson, who was using a rifle, had fired on the Republican lawmakers from a chain link fence surrounding the ground.

Brooks added that one of the men in their security detail fired back but "it was our pistol versus their rifle".

Reuters reported Fox News anchor Bret Baier as tweeting that Scalise was shot in the hip and is expected to survive.

Reports addedto preserve the Debtors' structure during the requisite unwinding process could not be obtained, these cases were, at a very early stage, converted to cases under Chapter 7 of the Code on November 9, 1998. Christine Shubert, Esquire, was appointed as interim trustee of all five Debtors on November 10, 1998. Daniel Grauman (with Shubert, "the Trustees") was elected as the permanent Chapter 7 trustee in the USP case on April 12, 1999, while Shubert remains as trustee in the other four cases.
The Movants filed the Motion before us on February 26, 1999. After agreed continuances from the original hearing date of March 25, 1999, and the next scheduled date of April 29, 1999, the matter was listed on June 22, 1999, with several proceedings arising out of


by their most recent incorporated practice, to USP in furtherance of USP's aforementioned plan to form a large physician practice management company. In the sale, the Movants exchanged the Stock for a combination of current cash and future payments. The future payments were represented by promissory notes ("the Notes") issued by USP to the Movants.
There were only four stock certificates ever issued by the Movants' medical practice corporations, and three of the four could not be found at the time of closing of the sale transaction. As a result, three of the Movants executed letter affidavits, attesting to the existence of the missing certificates; agreeing that they were "inducing" their practice to issue new certificates which would be "issued" to USP; and agreeing to indemnify their corporation fromno later than the IPO Termination Date.
(d) Except as provided in subparagraph 21(h), Deliverables means the Notes and the Common Shares. The Deliverables shall be delivered to USP on or before the IPO Termination Date. The portion of the Deliverables represented by the Common Shares shall be paid by the return to USP of all Common Shares beneficially owned by the Physicians (which shall equal the number of Common Shares issued to the Physicians by USP hereunder) together with executed stock powers with signature guarantee. Upon delivery of the Deliverables, all amounts of principal and interest due on the Notes shall no longer remain due, and the Notes will be delivered to USP on or before the IPO Termination Date and marked "Satisfied and Cancelled."
The Deliverables were further


defined in the Rider, at ¶ 21(h), as "the Notes, the Common Shares, and all amounts paid to Physicians under the Notes through prepayment or otherwise, through the IPO Termination Date."
When USP's IPO did not occur as scheduled, the Movants were empowered to exercise the Option. In addition, the Movants allege that USP failed to submit the July 30, 1998, payment on the Notes, constituting an event of default under the *598 Pledge Agreement. However, the only step taken by the Movants to extricate themselves from the transaction was the dispatch of the following letter ("the Letter") of August 11, 1998, to USP's President:
As you know, [USP] has failed to pay the most recent installment due under the . . . Notes, . . . and such failurethe Letter effected an unequivocal notice which constituted a proper tender of performance of their obligations necessary to exercise the Option. They support this assertion by observing that both they and USP treated the Movants as having terminated their relationship with USP following the delivery of the Letter.
However, Dr. Cesare, the sole witness in the hearing for the Movants, admitted that the Movants never delivered the Notes to USP. According to the Movants' apparent analysis, the return of the Notes was rendered unnecessary because of USP's alleged default on the payment due July 30, 1998. However, while a default was a necessary condition to successfully invoke the Option, it was not a sufficient condition to do so. Moreover, the alleged "agreement" of USP that the Letter was sufficient


delivery of the Deliverables, the Notes (marked "satisfied and canceled") and Common Shares of USP, were required. See the Rider, ¶¶ 21(c), (d), quoted at pages 597 - 598 supra. The Movants performed only the first of these two requirements. The second requirement, delivery of the Deliverables, was neither attempted nor accomplished.
We do note that only part of the Deliverables could have been returned to USP. USP's filing for bankruptcy protection was triggered by its failure to issue a public stock offering, so there were no common shares of USP in existence for the Movants to deliver in fulfillment of the second requirement. However, this factor, while relieving the Movants' burden in part, does not work to relieve them from the further requirement that the Notes were to  After several procedural matters

were resolved by Order dated January 22, 1996, respondent filed a

Notice of Proceeding in Bankruptcy on July 22, 1996.   By Order

dated July 24, 1996, pursuant to 11 U.S.C. section

362(a)(8)(1994), all proceedings before this Court were

automatically stayed.   In a status report filed September 27,

1996, respondent informed the Court that petitioner received a

discharge in his bankruptcy case on August 22, 1996.   Thereafter,

on September 27, 1996, we issued an Order lifting the stay of

proceedings.   On August 7, 1997, respondent filed the present

motion.   We notified petitioner of the filing and requested that

he file an objection with the basis therefor, on or before


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Motorola Sees China Success

BEIJING—Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc.'s smartphone sales are growing rapidly in China even though many Google Inc. services on the phones aren't available in the country, its chief executive said.

Sanjay Jha said in an interview the mobile handset maker has been able to work with local partners to deliver functions on its phones like email and maps, which have enabled continued rapid sales. The lack of Google features may be a...First English Final Fantasy XV voice actor revealed online

By Erren Van Duine on October 27, 2013 at 1:33 AM

Square Enix is notorious for keeping their voice casting plans under wraps, but it looks like one in particular has slipped away from them.

An actor by the name of Jay Preston has outed his involvement in Final Fantasy XV on his own website as well as his own Linkedin page. While we’re unable to attach him to any specific character, it’s interesting to see Square Enix reach out to a rather unknown actor for their big next generation bet.

The Japanese cast has largely been known for a good two years already and includes the likes of Tatsuhisa Suzuki (Noctis), Kenta Miyake (Gladiolus), Mamoru Miyano (Ignis), Tetsuya Kakihara (Prompto) and Hiroki


It was supposed to be a simple sentencing hearing.

It didn’t pan out that way for former National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn and his family, who were seated in the courtroom waiting for Judge Emmet G. Sullivan to enter the chamber.

The courthouse was packed with reporters, supporters, detractors, and lookie-loos who came to see what might transpire. The court bailiff had to open an overflow room after the benches in Flynn’s courtroom filled. Despite arriving an hour early, I was in the line that would end up in the overflow room. Also standing in line was Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton and Michael Ledeen, a national security expert and co-author of Flynn’s book The Field of Fight. Leeden was there to support his friend and Fittongone. He seemed stoic, upset and his body language reflected that fact. Sullivan then announced a 25 minute break to let Flynn discuss the matter with his attorneys. Flynn accepted the postponement of his sentencing.

When the break ended Kelner told Sullivan that they would accept the postponement. Sullivan then walked back all the inaccurate statements that Flynn was a traitor, along with the faulty statement that Flynn served as an unregistered foreign agent for Turkey, while he was at the White House.

Sullivan’s confusion, however, was one many people shared. I heard it in line at the courthouse with regard to the issue of Turkey. One man said Flynn “cut deals with the Russians and the Turks.” He was “working for the Russians,” said another man in the line.