captain changed the ship's path to make port on time, sailing through an area known to have rocky shoals, the station said.

"There was a bang, and then the ship suddenly tilted over," said a 57-year-old survivor, identified only by the surname Yoo, Yonhap news agency reported.

Some of those who managed to escape the ship told Korean media that the captain had told passengers to remain where they were, which may have reduced their chances of survival, they said.

"I ran into my room, after I heard the announcement. But things didn't seem right," a female student who jumped into the water told a local TV station, the Korea Times newspaper reported.

Passengers on the left side of the ferry who followed the captain's instructions may have been trapped in theand helicopters and rescuers plucked dazed students, many wearing life jackets, out of the water or off the vessel's side.

Yonhap said 175 people had been rescued before the ship turned belly up and sank. Ships, airplanes and helicopters buzzed around the hull in a continuing search for survivors in the swift-moving, muddy water 12 miles off the island of Byeongpoong.

Arirang TV interviewed several survivors cloaked in blankets who said the sea was calm before the disaster.

"Then all of a sudden, the ship felt like it flipped on its side violently," an elderly man lying on a rescue ship told the station. "People were cornered and they couldn't get out of their cabins because they couldn't open the doors."

A male student said he was yelling for 40 minutes before


he was rescued.

"Things were falling and people were sliding down the ship," he said.

At Ansan Danwon High School, students were sent home and parents gathered for news about the ferry. Park Ji Hee, a first-year student, said she saw about a dozen parents crying at the school entrance.Parents clung to cellphones awaiting calls from their children.

Contributing: Associated Pressor a progressive acting drawer slide. In the former, the members of a telescoping type precision slide, for instance, can be made to open in a very selective manner, such that the cabinet member, which typically remains fixed, supports an intermediate member (or center member) and a drawer member both of which substantially xe2x80x9cnestxe2x80x9d into the envelope of the cabinet member profile. The drawer member is attached to the drawer, carrying the drawer and its contents. When a precision drawer slide of this type is opened in a sequentially acting version, the intermediate member and the drawer member move forward in unison, owing to the particular sequential engagement device involved, until the center member reaches the end of its forward travel. At that point, the drawer member is


then released from the sequential engagement device and is allowed to continue the forward travel until it reaches its end. In this fashion, the loading efficiency is maximized as between the points on the drawer member and the intermediate member during the early stages in the opening of the drawer. In the forward most position, it can be appreciated that the load is substantially cantilevered over the outward most points of the drawer slide travel reducing the spreading of the load since it is asserted over a smaller contact zone as between the drawer member contact with the intermediate member, and similarly, with the intermediate member contact with the cabinet member. The actual transmission of the loading occurs normally through the ball bearings until the load is receivedby the cabinet member. In the sequential action described, it is believed that the ball bearings in the cabinet races actually operate under conditions of less pressure as the slide is opened since the loads are not cantilevered as they would be in other slide designs. When sequential action is used, the load is distributed across more portions of the drawer member and the intermediate member in the early stages of the opening procedure which is beneficial to the performance and durability of the drawer slide.
In the alternative, a progression type movement is known whereby, using the same example cited above, the intermediate member and the drawer member are made to move simultaneously in the forward direction. The advantage of this progressive movement is that the load capacities


are still being dispersed efficiently, to a large extent (although not as completely as they are in the sequential acting drawer slide). Even though the forward end of travel for both the intermediate member and the drawer member are reached at pretty much at the same point in time, the actual speed at which each member travels is not the same. Typically the drawer member has to travel its full length before it reaches the fully opened position while the intermediate member travels approximately about half its length. This results in the drawer member being progressively moved at about twice the speed at which the intermediate member travels.
One clear advantage of the progression type of movement is the fact that it is actuated by frictional engagement with athe center member is picked up by the drawer member during opening, or when the center member impacts the cabinet member which may occur prior to the time when the drawer member reaches it full extension.
Turning now to other aspects of precision drawer slide technology, there has been a long standing design approach with respect to the configuration of the channel members that make up the precision drawer slide product itself. The channel members, as the name implies, are roughly xe2x80x9cC-Shapedxe2x80x9d and the height and width of the various components of the web and flanges making up the member may vary with the application, the load that is anticipated, and the design envelope that may be available to the manufacturer. With respect to precision drawer slide members; it


characteristics to a large extent, thus, if a solution could be found for reducing the tendency for flange deformation, it would increase the performance characteristics of the precision drawer slide product substantially.
The deformation of the flange is believed to come about by at least two different factors. The first relates to the effects of the contact made by the ball bearing under load onto the surface on the raceway of the cabinet member. Again, of particular interest is the lower raceway which handles a good deal of the load as the drawer is opened and closed. Most of this concern is focused at the front of the cabinet member where the load is maximized when the drawer is fully opened. As the ball xe2x80x9cworksxe2x80x9d the metal in theas the drawer slide is moved to an open position, the ball bearings traverse the channel in the raceways and typically, under some loading. The flange ends of the xe2x80x9cCxe2x80x9d shaped profile act somewhat like springs in that they react to the loading by elastically deforming in the direction of the load. In the present case, the bending occurs at that portion of the flange that extends from the race back to the web zone of the channel member.
The spring action as may now be appreciated, is detrimental in more than one way. The elastic deformation that occurs is uncontrolled insofar as the tolerances considered in the drawer slide design, even at the time the slide is first opened. Thus when it occurs, and the degree to which


the usage of what as known as a quick disconnect strip or member. It is not uncommon in precision drawer slide products to have an auxiliary member that rides on top of the drawer member. This auxiliary member is typically fastened in some permanent fashion to the drawer itself. As the name applies, the quick disconnect feature allows for easy engagement and disengagement of the drawer from the drawer slide assembly. The engagement/disengagement may be done by those working on the fabrication of the cabinet, or those who are installing the cabinet and from time to time, by the end user of the cabinet. The latching mechanism of some of the prior art includes a plastic lever, mountable on the quick disconnect strip, and which is biased inthe quick disconnect function.
The quick disconnect strips of the prior art have also suffered from ergonomic limitations as well. Typically, the quick disconnect strips are oriented in the same way as the drawer member and the front end of the quick disconnect strip terminates near the front end of the drawer member. This results in the location of the actual quick disconnect xe2x80x9clatchxe2x80x9d in the vicinity of the front terminal point on the quick disconnect strip. Thus to cause the disengagement function to occur, the user is made to grip the front portion of the drawer and to simultaneously activate the latch to cause the quick disconnect strip to be disengaged, and then to elevate the drawer from the drawer member for removal. The problem with this approach


the intermediate member, move at entirely random rates relative to each other and to the cabinet member. Secondly, in some precision drawer slide designs, the drawer member and the intermediate member may be made to transition sequentially, such that the drawer member and the intermediate member move together in one fixed paring as the drawers open, and when the intermediate member reaches the end of it""s travel, the drawer member is then disengaged or unlatched, and allowed to continue to transition to an open position until it reaches the end of its travel. Thus, the term sequential. Lastly, progressive movement is defined by the proportional advancement of the drawer member and the intermediate member as the drawers open. The only prior art examples of this action use eitherthe inclusion of a roller bearing in-between a drawer member and cabinet member of a three membered precision drawer slide, wherein, said roller bearing is rotatably mounted onto the intermediate member in parallel alignment with the vertical webs of the three members. The roller bearing of the present invention providing progressive movement for the multi-membered precision drawer slide product, when transitioned from a closed position to an open position and vice versa. The progressive action thereby resulting from the active frictional engagement of the roller bearings as it contacts the inner web surfaces of the drawer member and the outer web surface of the hat section of the cabinet member. Furthermore, the roller bearing progressive movement of the present invention has increasing frictional engagement and durability as the


Three days of national mourning have been declared in Guatemala, after 21 girls were killed in a fire, apparently started in protest against abuse at a crowded children's care home.

A crowd of relatives, many of them wailing with grief, continue to gather late on Wednesday (local time) outside the Virgen de Asuncion home, in the municipality of San Jose Pinula, some 25km southwest of the capital Guatemala City.

Al Jazeera's David Mercer, reporting from San Jose Pinula, said an investigation is under way, to determine what caused the fire.

Our correspondent also reported that the surviving children were being transferred to other care centres and orphanages.

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The head of Guatemala's social welfare agency, Carlos Rodas, said youths at the shelter started rioting on Tuesday ingoing to ask for the immediate closure of the centre, and attribute administrative and criminal responsibility against those in charge of the centre for not fulfilling their duty," she said.

She noted that last year the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights had found in favour of several adolescents who had alleged maltreatment and sexual abuse in the shelter.

She stressed that those sent to the centre should receive "better protection" than in their families where they were abused.

Another prosecutor tasked with protecting children in the country, Harold Flores, told Emisoras Unidas that since last year complaints had surged against the shelter over minors running away to escape alleged sexual abuse there.

He said an investigation had been started to find the reasons and those responsible for Wednesday's tragedy.

Meanwhile, Al Jazeera's Mercer


Suspect Arrested and Charged in February Shooting of Lansing Teen

In early February of this year, a 16-year-old girl was shot in the back; Lansing police searched for a suspect after blocking off roadways between Daleford and Oakland avenues along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Last week, police arrested 18-year-old Uriah Jackson in connection with the shooting, according to a news article at Mlive.com. He was arraigned on Friday April 26 before Lansing District Judge Hugh Clarke, and is charged with one count of felony firearm, one count of carrying a weapon with unlawful intent, and two counts of assault with intent to murder.

The 16-year-old girl was allegedly shot in the lower back on February 2 as she was involved in an argument with a large group of individuals;It is possible – albeit roughly – to equate the number of visitors a museum has each year to a vote for it to be the best. That said, if a list were compiled, and a select few chosen as the best of all museums, it would be as follows:

Top 5: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City – This is one of the most popular museums in the world because of two main factors: First, it is conveniently located in one of the busiest places in the world. Second, the museum has a collection of seventeen curatorial departments with a total of over two million individual pieces ranging from ancient Egyptian to modern contemporary art. Popularly called the Met, this monster of a gallery is home


to a permanent collection that includes the works of Rembrandt, Botticelli, and Dürer’s famous Adam and Eve.

Top 4: The British Museum, London – This is another museum of monstrous proportions, and in its early days in the 1800s, was called the largest construction site in Europe. While it now dedicates itself to the world’s cultural history, no longer housing a natural history collection, the British Museum still has a massive permanent collection of over eight million pieces, including the famed Rosetta Stone. Another reason for its spot in the list is the fact it has a free admission.

Top 3: The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington D. C. – This museum not only houses the largest collection of aircraft and spacecraft in the world including iconic craftsuch as the Flyer and the Enola Gay, but is also a research center for aviation and space travel. It also houses the Phoebe Waterman Haas Observatory, which has been open to the public since 2009, and boasts over sixty thousand aerospace objects, and more than twenty-thousand cubic feet of archival records. Finally, just like most other attractions on the National Park, entrance to the museum is free.

Top 2: The National Museum of Natural History, Washington D. C. – Also located on the National Mall, the National Museum of Natural History is currently the most popular mall in the United States. Its location helps draw in close to seven million visitors every year, turning it into the most visited natural history museum in the world. It has a


collection of 125 million specimens from the natural world, including fossils, rocks, plants, and animals; it even houses a near perfect 330 carat blue star sapphire called the Star of Asia.

Top 1: The Musée du Louvre, Paris – The Louvre Museum holds the top spot for almost every year in terms of popularity at nearly ten million visitors every year. It is not as intimidating in terms of architectural span and size compared to the rest of its competition, but it fights with a collection of thirty-five thousand iconic objects that span from early prehistoric items to modern art. It boasts a variety of historically infamous masterpieces such as the Mona Lisa, the Venus de Milo, and the Louvre Pyramids. The Louvre has learned to bathe in theblue duffel bag, but the guy wasn’t with him. I heard him telling our chief that he slipped off quickly and he did not have a clue on where he went.

Ralph ran towards me as he had seen me limping with a paramedic. He told me that he shot the guy that we were after, so he just threw the duffel bag and ran his ass off. I asked him what was inside the bag. He told me that it was all cocaine and it costs about more than our lifetime, as we both chuckled about it. He added that he already turned the bag over to our chief. Meanwhile, the paramedic told me to keep icing my sprain to keep the swelling down. He also gave me


would love to come along later to the hospital with me.

Sherry and I have a son and his name is Carl. He too was devastated by her mom’s passing last year. He did not even came to her mom’s funeral. He just stayed in his old room, staring blankly at the wall. I tried to understand him as we all have our own ways to cope with problems. We rarely see each other as he now lives in Houston, Texas and living with his own family. I am glad that he contacted me a few days ago and he told me that he is coming for a visit here in Pennsylvania with his family. I asked him about the reason on why is he visiting and he toldEvery morning, she spends an hour a day dealing with her nausea and vomiting. I felt bad that all I could do was hold her hair whenever she was vomiting. I told her about it and she said that it was always enough that I am always beside her.

Dealing with her second trimester was better as her pregnancy symptoms gradually came off. The only thing that made her worry was stretch marks was starting to appear on the breasts and she wanted them to come off as soon as possible. I explained it to her that it was normal because of her sudden weight gain, but she still insisted that she get a consult with a dermatologist.

The doctor told her that stretch marks gradually fade in time. It


am glad that Sherry finally was contented with what she heard. She told me that she would try the less invasive and cheaper ways to deal with her marks first and I agreed. I do not want her to undergo any kind of surgery just because of her vanity.

My wife, Sherry used to work as a flight attendant for a certain airline. She has big blue eyes, tall, pretty with long and gorgeous blonde hair. The first time that I glanced upon her, she captured me right away with her beauty. I was on her flight because I was going to attend a seminar about police civic duties in California. My flight took over 5hours and I took that time to know her better. She was so friendlybunions was my wife’s question to the doctor. She told her that wearing high-heeled and ill-fitting shoes cause them. She also added that heredity and arthritis could also be a factor. She told my wife that she needed to cease wearing her heels from time to time to give her feet the time to rest.

Sherry did not want to undergo a bunion surgery because she was afraid of the thought of the pain that was why she wanted alternatives. She also cannot resign from her work so she opted for the other treatments offered by the podiatrist like orthotic devices, such as custom-made arch supports and shoe inserts, which relieves tension on the base of her toe. She also tried specific exercises, which really helped her deal with


to time, even though we are now retired. He also lives here in Suffolk, Virginia so we often bump around each other.

One night at around 11pm, my phone rang and I was worried that it was an emergency call. I picked it up and asked who it was and I was surprised that it was Ralph. He told me that it was not an emergency, but he was indeed on a troubled tone. I told him that I was still up when the phone rang and if he wanted to come over, it was okay. He laughed and told me that he was actually around my neighborhood and was hoping that I was free to talk. I invited him to come over and have a few beers withdaughter went the hospital again in the morning. The doctor told them that his x-ray confirmed that he has bronchitis. He told Ralph to keep drinking water so soften up the phlegm in his throat. He was prescribed with a broad-spectrum antibiotic to be taken for ten days straight. He was also advised to refrain from doing strenuous activities as it could hinder his full recovery. He told the doctor that he does not want to feel useless in just lying in bed all day. The doctor told him that he could watch TV or read books, but it is advisable to keep him inside his home until he is healed. The doctor asked him about when was the last time that he smoked and he told him


TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese regulators are considering taking action against Apple Inc over possible antitrust violations that may have helped it dominate the nation’s smartphone sales, government sources said, a move that could hit the company’s profit margins in one of its most profitable markets.

In a report published last month, Japan’s Fair Trade Commission (FTC) said that NTT Docomo, KDDI Corp and Softbank Group were refusing to sell older surplus iPhone models to third party retailers, thereby hobbling smaller competitors.

Apple was not named in that report, but two senior government sources told Reuters that regulators were also focusing on Apple’s supply agreements with all three carriers.

Under those deals, surplus stock of older iPhones is kept out of the market and sent to overseas markets, such as Hong Kong,vie affective et dans l’origine des variations des fonctions perceptivo-associatives. Archives internationales de neurologie, des maladies héréditaires, de médecine mentale et psychosomatique 64/65, ss. 96-108, 1945/46
 Le mécanisme des troubles perceptivo-associatifs en rapport avec l’origine de l’hallucination et du délire (étude physiopathologique). — Peyronnet, 1946.
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cell, which changed the morphology of the bacteria to an elongated shape. Presence of a transcriptional regulatory gene (ArsR) of the ars genetic system was confirmed by amplification and sequencing. The symbiotic property of the isolate was also confirmed by amplification and sequencing of the NodC gene. These results indicate that the isolated Rhizobium bacteria may exert dual roles in the environment, arsenic bioremediation from the soil as well as increase of soil fertility through nitrogen fixation.Commentary: The EU Doesn't Need Another Union

An alliance between France and Germany could alienate other states

December 1, 2003, 12:00 AM EST

Is it Europe's most important romance? Over the past year, French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder have been getting cozier and cozier. First, they aligned German and French policies on Iraq. Then they joined forces on issues such as agricultural subsidies, Europe's Constitution, and economic policies.

Now, guess what: There's even talk of "marriage." In Paris and Berlin, an official name has been coined for this proposed binational linkup: The Franco-German Union. French and German policymakers are debating a wide range of measures to make the alliance much deeper, including common French-German citizenship and melding the two nations' armed forces and educational systems. A union between


the two great states of continental Europe is "the one historic bet we cannot lose," French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin said in mid-November, making sure the remark was widely reported in the media.

The relationship didn't seem so starry-eyed a little over a year ago. Schröder was desperately fighting to win reelection in late 2002, and Chirac made little effort to hide his preference for Schröder's Bavarian archrival, conservative candidate Edmund Stoiber. When Schröder pulled off a surprising victory, it looked as if relations between the German center-left and the French center-right would enter the deep freeze.

But within one month, the two hashed out an agreement on capping agricultural subsidies by 2013, a move that opened stalled negotiations to expand the European Union to the east. By early'03, Chirac and Schröder had joined forces to oppose a U.S. attack on Iraq. In April, France and Germany announced plans to set up a European military headquarters independent of NATO. And on Oct. 17, Schröder even let Chirac represent Germany at a key European Summit.

A merger of France and Germany? It's not as outlandish an idea as it might appear for two countries that fought three all-out wars against each other over the past 135 years. From the 1950s until the 1990s, the EU cruised along on a Franco-German motor, with Paris and Bonn calling the shots. Today, with the EU expanding eastward, many French and German policymakers are uneasy over the potential dispersion of authority in a grand Europe of 25 members. Both Chirac and Schröder


worry that EU decision-making is being paralyzed by haggling over questions such as voting rights and the makeup of the European Commission in Brussels.

But talk of Franco-German wedding bells could actually drive Europe apart instead of bringing it together. The unilateral moves of France and Germany to counter the Americans on Iraq are still viewed by a majority of European countries as having unnecessarily split the Atlantic Alliance. And French and German credibility in economic policy has been severely weakened by the two countries' inability to control public spending. "France and Germany are seen as defending their own tiny interests," says Anne-Marie Le Gloannec, a specialist in French-German relations at the Centre d'Études et de Recherches Internationales in Paris.

The big bet Chirac and Schröder are making is thatother countries will soon want to join them. They believe Spain and Italy could swing around to supporting them by next year -- a move that would pressure Britain and the new candidate countries to be more accommodating of Berlin and Paris on key issues. Yet the likely victor in Spanish elections next March, Mariano Rajoy, could prove as stubbornly pro-NATO as incumbent José María Aznar. And odds are good that Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who staunchly supports the U.S. action in Iraq, could stay in office until at least 2006.

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German and French citizens certainly seem to favor closer ties. According to an early November poll by Mannheim-based Ipos, 56% of Germans believe that France is now


mainland’s securities market. Previously, they could only enter the market by owning a minority stake in a joint venture with a local Chinese partner.

Foreign fund managers have expressed great interest in raising onshore funds to invest in the Chinese interbank bond market, which is currently unavailable to them, as they see fixed-income products as an important asset class in their portfolios and a necessary tool to hedge against risks in the equities market for their clients.

Many of them have also been seeking regulatory approval to raise onshore funds and invest in overseas markets with a certain quota under the pilot program known as the Qualified Domestic Limited Partnership.

“The QDLP program has allowed us to further understand the risk preference of Chinese investors and the existing regulatory environment inShouting overwhelms Kagen forum on health care

Angry crowd packs library for listening session with congressman

Aug. 4, 2009

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Keegan Kyle
kkyle@greenbaypressgazette.com

At least fifty people hoping to attend a listening session of U.S. Rep Steve Kagen Monday night could not find a seat.

Congressional staff stopped people from entering the auditorium at the Brown County Central Library in Green Bay when its seating filled with 300 people. Attendants who could not get a seat in the auditorium found a spot to stand in the compact lobby and listened to the event through speakers.

The vast majority of people attending the event appeared to come in protest of the health-care legislation, and they repeatedly disrupted the event by shouting. ...


Friends and family packed an Espanola Public Schools board meeting Wednesday night, demanding that one of the district's most beloved basketball coaches be allowed to come back to work.

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Friends, family, and former athletes packed an Espanola Public Schools board meeting Wednesday night, demanding that one of the district's most beloved basketball coaches be allowed to come back to work.Earlier this week, Espanola Valley High's boys' basketball coach Richard Martinez told Action 7 News that he was suspended because he prayed with his team before winning the 5A State Championship over a week ago.Video of the prayer, which surfaced online, shows Martinez leading his teamin the Lord's Prayer and then initiating a moment of silence. The entire incident lasts less than one minute.On Wednesday night, EPS Superintendent Bobbie Gutierrez confirmed that Martinez was placed on administrative leave after she had received complaints regarding the video.Gutierrez said she had no issue with the prayer. However, she said teachers and faculty members are not allowed to lead students in prayer.Gutierrez said she would have had zero issue with the video if students had initiated the prayer.But most of the community that attended the board meeting could not have cared less about that. Many pledged their support to Martinez during public comment."He's a good man, and he's good for this town," one man said."You won't find a better coach in Espanola Valley," another woman said.


That was followed by thunderous applause.Martinez's niece, Krista Martinez, was at the meeting and said her uncle should be reinstated."I think it's outrageous that they suspended him for that," Martinez said. "Espanola is such a religious place and such a religious community."The board didn't discuss Martinez publicly, but the board president did acknowledge everyone's frustrations after public comment.As for how long Martinez could be on leave, Gutierrez said she expects her review of the coach to take a few weeks at most.She also said that the prayer isn't the only reason Martinez is suspended, but wouldn't go into further details.9294662"I thought I was going to die, it was horrible," a terrified Somali refugee proclaimed. He had just lived through an arson attack on a refugee center in Sweden.

There have been 15 arson attacks on refugee shelters in Sweden so far in 2015 -- more than one per month. In one attack, in August, a Christian cross was set on fire outside of a refugee center, recalling the KKK and white supremacist terrorism in the U.S.

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Sweden, which has a reputation of being an exceptionally progressive and egalitarian country, and which has pledged to take a disproportionately large number of refugees, is by no means the only European country to be hit with a string of such attacks.

Just weeks ago, a refugee center in neighboring Finland was firebombed. At


the same time, elsewhere in the country, scores of racists attacked a bus full of refugees. One of the far-right assailants was dressed in a white robe with a pointed hat, another KKK symbol.

Further south, in the Netherlands less than two weeks ago, a refugee shelter was also attacked by 20 masked men.

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Perhaps most worrying is the growth of violent far-right extremism in Germany. For months, Germany has seen a swelling wave of xenophobic violence. Dozens of refugee centers have been set on fire, and refugees themselves have been assaulted. Several days ago, pro-refugee German mayoral candidate Henriette Reker was stabbed in the neck by a far-right terrorist with a link to neo-Nazi groups.

These attacks come as the anti-Muslim Pegida (an acronym for "Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamizationof the West") movement celebrates its one-year birthday. In these past 12 months, Pegida has organized a series of increasingly large protests, at which protesters chant against Muslims, refugees, and immigrants, whom they refer to as "invaders."

In a recent rally, a Pegida speaker warned that Germany is becoming a "Muslim garbage dump," and lamented that "the concentration camps are unfortunately out of action at the moment." Pegida claims to be anti-Nazi, but its movement has strikingly fascistic tendencies. In fact, Pegida's founder quit after a photo of him dressed like Hitler was leaked.

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The world is witnessing the worst refugee crisis since World War II. The German government said it expects up to 1.5 million refugees to arrive in the country in 2015. In the past several months, as


refugees -- most of whom are fleeing violent wars in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia -- have flooded Europe in search of asylum, far-right parties and movements preaching anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant doctrines, like Pegida, have rapidly grown in popularity.

The Netherland's far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) has become the country's most popular political party. Anti-fascists are concerned. In an interview with Radio Netherlands Worldwide (RNW), the Dutch equivalent of NPR, prominent philosopher Rob Riemen warned about the dangers of the PVV's growth. The PVV is "fascist," Riemen warned. "I don't mean that as a term of abuse; it's an objective historical judgment. There are numerous parallels between fascism then and now. History is there to learn from and, if we don't, we will make the same mistakes."

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ReferencingGeert Wilders, the anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim leader of the party who frequently rails against "multiculturalism," Riemen explains that what "you can clearly see with Wilders is the cultivation of feelings of unease and fear in society. Societal unease is blamed on a single scapegoat: Muslims. He is also an authoritarian, charismatic leader who has little time for democracy."

The PVV, like other anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim groups in Europe, Riemen explains, "is more a movement than a party." Almost every European country has its PVV equivalent. Greece has Golden Dawn; Hungary has Jobbik; Denmark has the Danish People's Party; France has the National Front; Britain has the British National Party and the U.K. Independence Party; Germany has the National Democratic Party and Pegida. Wilders, like many of the leaders of


the these other far-right movement, wants to close his country's borders, and refuse to provide asylum for refugees.

The far-right is on the rise throughout Europe. Observers warn that the continent may be seeing the resurgence of fascism. This neo-fascism is not identical to its early 20th-century predecessor, but it is the same in spirit. And the new targets of the neo-fascist's hatred, the scapegoats whom they blame for their countries' ills, are refugees and Muslims.in 2017, he re-signed for Indera in early 2018, appearing at the 4-1 win over IKLS FC in the FA Cup.

International career
Khair was a member of the Brunei under-21 team that played in the 2014 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy. He made his sole appearance in the final group game against Malaysia where despite winning the match 2–1, the home side failed to advance to the semi-final stage on goal difference.

A year later, Khair travelled with the under-23s for the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification held in Indonesia in late March 2015. However, he missed out on the squad for the 28th SEA Games held in May.

Khair made his full international debut on 6 June 2015 versus Singapore in a friendly match that finished 5–1 against Brunei. He was selected


spring in 2012 showing that OSHA takes twice as long as the EPA to issue rules and five times as long as the SEC to issue new rules. In fact, during the Obama administration, the Obama administration has not initiated and completed a single new workplace safety rule in its four-and-a-half years of being in office. I mean, this is incredible. So, OSHA is a top enemy, and workplace safety rules, of deregulatory people. For instance, last year the Obama administration proposed a rule that would have limited—would have put rules in place to protect children working on farms. Children that work on farms die at six times the rate of children working in other industries. The Obama administration, under pressure leading up to the election, withdrew thatOAKLAND -- The Oakland Museum of California is offering a $12,000 reward for a Gold Rush-era quartz and gold encrusted jewel box stolen from the permanent collection during the second heist in as many months.

The thief took the historic "Comstock Jewel Casket," which is covered in California gold, from a museum exhibit in the history wing Monday morning while the museum was closed.

A second artifact also was taken, but officials wouldn't release information about what the item was or how much both pieces are worth. They are particularly worried the burglar will try to melt the irreplaceable box made from gold-bearing moss quartz that hasn't been mined in California since the 19th century and which was stolen and returned once before to the museum in 1978.

"This is a


theft of our history and the heritage of our children," Mayor Jean Quan said Wednesday.

On Monday, the thief apparently forced his way into the second floor exhibit through an emergency exit door just a few feet from where the 3-pound jewel box was encased in a Plexiglas display wired to an alarm.

A security guard heard the alarm and could see the intruder on a screen in another section of the compound that stretches for a city block along Oak Street.

The guard called Oakland police, but the thief had already left by the time officers arrived.

The description of the man was vague except that he was wearing a white mask, "which is relatively unique," said Lt. Oliver Cunningham Wednesday at the museum.

Cunningham said investigators believe the thief was thesame man who broke into the same exhibit about 11:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 12.

Gold nuggets and other, undisclosed artifacts, some more than 200 years old, were stolen during that break-in.

The museum increased security after that burglary.

The heightened security worked, "but obviously we would like the security measures to be better or this wouldn't have happened," museum Executive Director Lori Fogarty said.

Other than these two burglaries, Fogarty said she couldn't remember another break-in since she arrived at the museum seven years ago.

The museum, however, has experienced several important changes recently.

The Oakland Museum of California Foundation took over running the day-to-day operations in July 2011 and recently finished extensive renovations.

The museum collection belongs to the city of Oakland, and this is the second time the coveted casket, made about


1875, has escaped the museum's control. The first time was after hours on March 1978 and was the first forced-entry theft in the institution's more than 40-year history.

That year, a thief forced his way into the room through a door from the garden and stole the Comstock Casket, about the size of a small shoe box, made by an artisan San Francisco goldsmith, A. Andrews, as a wedding anniversary gift in the 19th century. He had decorated the inside with scenes of trains crossing the plain, Indians on horseback and buffalo herds, and the box rested on four feet formed of miniature representations of Minerva, a symbol of California.

An anonymous donor purchased the box for $11,400 and gave it to the museum in 1969 when it opened. Anwas in self-defense.

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The main difficulty with this case is that the government was allowed to introduce evidence in its case-in-chief of a domestic quarrel between the defendant and his girlfriend which occurred some two years prior to the events giving rise to the defendant's conviction.  The evidence about the domestic incident was offered by the government through the testimony of the defendant's girlfriend, Sundown White Lance.  She testified that during this domestic dispute the defendant ripped a phone off the wall and held her in her apartment against her will for over three hours.  She alleged that the defendant held a knife in his hand as he was choking her and threatened to kill her.  According to White Lance, however, the defendant never opened


Mark Teixeira sees a lot of differences between his and ESPN.com's power rankings, including the positions of the Diamondbacks and Twins on the two lists. (1:32)

After spending 25 of 27 weeks on top of our rankings last season, and opening at No. 1 in our preseason rankings, it's more of the same for the Chicago Cubs. But it wasn't unanimous, with the Cleveland Indians and Baltimore Orioles both getting support for the top spot. The Orioles jumped all the way up to No. 4 from their preseason ranking of No. 13. A little lower in the rankings, the Minnesota Twins (No. 28 to No. 14) and the Arizona Diamondbacks (No. 22 to No. 9) made big moves up.

Headed in the opposite direction: the San Francisco Giants (dropped ninespots to No. 16) and the Texas Rangers (dropped 11 spots to No. 19).

This week's voters are Jim Bowden, Eric Karabell, Tim Kurkjian, David Schoenfield and Jayson Stark.

Preseason rankings

Record: 4-2

Preseason ranking: No. 1

Despite a slow start from reigning MVP Kris Bryant (0-for-his-first-13 with six K's), the Cubs won their opening series in St. Louis behind strong pitching, allowing nine runs in three games. They'll be tested at home this week in a three-game series against the Dodgers in a rematch of last year's National League Championship Series. -- Paul Hembekides, ESPN Stats & Information

Record: 3-3

Preseason ranking: No. 2

The reigning American League champs swept the Rangers in their first series of the season, but then dropped three straight in Arizona. The good news is Francisco Lindor has three homers


time in his career Miggy went hitless in his first four games of a season. -- Michael Bonzagni, ESPN Stats & Information

Record: 3-3

Preseason ranking: No. 9

The front of the rotation -- Noah Syndergaard, Jacob deGrom and Matt Harvey -- looked as good as the Mets could have hoped for. The back of the rotation ... not so much, with both Zack Wheeler and Robert Gsellman (nine innings, eight runs in two starts) unable to give the team sufficient length. The offense has looked like nothing has changed, with a heavy reliance on home runs and a lack of strung-together rallies. -- Mark Simon, ESPN Stats & Information

Record: 2-4

Preseason ranking: No. 11

The Cardinals' rotation has been good already, and Carlos Martinez was electric in his first career Opening Daysoon. -- Sarah Langs, ESPN Stats & Information

Record: 2-5

Preseason ranking: No. 7

About that outfield: The Giants have already started three left fielders and two center fielders and just signed Melvin Upton Jr. The two positions are hitting a combined .105/.148/.140. -- David Schoenfield, ESPN.com

Record: 3-3

Preseason ranking: No. 20

In 2016, the Marlins won their first series with the Mets, then didn't win another against them. Their start to 2017 was highly encouraging, particularly in how their lefties, Wei-Yin Chen and Adam Conley, shut down the Mets' bats (11 innings, two runs) in a series win. Also of note: Catcher J.T. Realmuto had a breakout season last year and has picked up right where he left off, hitting .500 with two homers in the first week. -- Mark Simon, ESPN


posted a .680 slugging percentage the opening week of the season, hitting two go-ahead home runs in the process. The Halos did take a hit, however, when Garrett Richards exited his first start with a biceps strain that landed him on the DL. -- Paul Hembekides, ESPN Stats & Information

Record: 2-4

Preseason ranking: No. 18

The Royals let Greg Holland walk in free agency and dealt closer Wade Davis to the Cubs for Jorge Soler. The lack of depth in the bullpen could be a problem for Kansas City as its relievers rank last in the majors with a 9.00 ERA. New closer Kelvin Herrera gave up a game-tying homer in the ninth on Sunday and the Royals would eventually lose in 12. -- Michael Bonzagni, ESPN Stats & Information

Record:He's pitching them inside 72 percent of the time, three times his 2016 rate. -- Mark Simon, ESPN Stats & Information

Record: 3-3

Preseason ranking: No. 24

The Phillies have already showed both sides of youth: lots of promise and plenty of room to improve. They scored 14 runs in their first four games and then exploded for 12 runs in the first inning on Saturday. And Vince Velasquez epitomized that struggle. He had 10 strikeouts in his first start, but allowed four runs, including two homers, and lasted just four innings. -- John Fisher, ESPN Stats & Information

Record: 2-3

Preseason ranking: No. 27

The White Sox had two games postponed and handed the Twins their first loss of the season on Saturday. Perhaps the most encouraging sign was James Shields' win on


first obtained in writing." Id. at 1092. The District Court agreed with this claim finding that because the merger occurred by "operation of law" there was no assignment or transfer within the meaning of the "anti-assignment" clause. Id. at 1093. The merger at issue in PPG was consummated, in part, under the same Delaware merger law that controlled the merger in the case at bar.
On appeal the Sixth Circuit reversed the District Court. In doing so, the court first relied on an interpretation of the Delaware merger law and its effect on property interests: "In short, the underlying property of the constituent corporation is transferred to the resultant corporation upon the carrying out of the consolidation or merger .... Koppers Coal & Transportation Co. v. United States, 107Report: Ill-Prepared Workforce Looms

In a report filled with gloomy news about the readiness of the next-generation workforce, IT was called out as a bright spot of adequate preparation.

Young people entering the U.S. workforce lack critical skills essential for success, finds a survey released Oct. 2 by a consortium of business research organizations.
The consortium, made up of The Conference Board, Corporate Voices for Working Families, the Partnership for 21st Century Skills and the Society for Human Resource Management, released a report filled with gloomy news about the readiness of the next-generation workforce, yet IT was called out as an adequately-prepared "bright spot" among high school graduates, who are considered critical for current and future workplace needs.

Though areas of teamwork and diversity were encouraging, most of the report brought sobering


of incoming students were viewed as deficient in basic English writing skills, including grammar and spelling, especially when applied to written workplace communications such as memos and reports.
While 58 percent of responding employers said that critical thinking and problem-solving skills were very important, 70 percent rated recently-hired high school students deficient in these areas.
The growing frustration over the quality of entrants into the workforce is viewed as critical to the United States remaining globally competitive, Richard Cavanagh, President and CEO of The Conference Board, said.
"It is clear from the report that greater communication and collaboration between the business sector and educators is critical to ensure that young people are prepared to enter the workplace of the 21st century," Cavanagh said.
"Less than intense preparation in critical skills can leadindustrial reason that the Confederates fought so hard to defend the city. The capital of the Confederacy could easily be moved again if necessary, but Richmond's industry and factories could not be moved.

Richmond was the only large-scale industrial city controlled by the Confederacy during most of the Civil War. The city's warehouses were the supply and logistical center for Confederate forces. The city's Tredegar Iron Works, the 3rd largest foundry in the United States at the start of the war, produced most of the Confederate artillery, including a number of giant rail-mounted siege cannons. The company also manufactured railroad locomotives, boxcars and rails, as well as steam propulsion plants and iron plating for warships. Richmond's factories also produced guns, bullets, tents, uniforms, harnesses, leather goods, swords, bayonets, and


Jyoshna

Jyoshna (Joanne La Trobe) aka Jyosna, Joshna, Jyotsna, is a British born  New Zealander Kirtan singer/songwriter and ethnomusicologist.  Her stage name comes from Sanskrita and the meaning is "moonlight".

Biography
Joanne La Trobe, stage name Jyoshna was born in England, 11 August 1956 into a musical family, her parent are named Leslie Essex La Trobe and Toni La Trobe (aka Isobel Burton). The family migrated to Australia then to New Zealand in 1963, which became their home. Jyoshna began composing at an early age and was performing with her band "The Livewires", at Greenmeadows Intermediate School, Manurewa. Her second band was Turiiya which included Daryn Long (aka Diipali Linwood) and Kim Wesney who performed, composed and recorded together between 1983 and 1990. Since then Jyoshna has gone onGerman media said on Monday that 5,835 refugee minors had disappeared in Germany over the past year, 555 of them under the age of 14.

The number was reported by the German news organization Funke Mediengruppe, which obtained the information in response to an inquiry sent to the German parliament.

Many fear that refugee minors could be exploited

Many refugee minors make the arduous journey to Germany without any adult supervision. Back in early February, the Ministry of Family Affairs, responding to media reports about the status of refugee minors in the country, said there was no reason to believe thousands of minors and children had gone missing.

Criticism of Merkel

The Interior Ministry, which had responded to Funke Mediengruppe's request, didn't provide an explanation for the disappearances.

Green politician Luise Amtsberg took the


A “transformative” $110 million redevelopment project near the southern end of College Park is scheduled to break ground in 2018, said Ken Ulman, the chief economic development strategist for the University of Maryland’s College Park Foundation.

The project is a collaboration between the university’s College Park Foundation, Bozzuto — a local real estate development and construction company — and Willard Retail, according to a news release.

This redevelopment plan, which will include more than 100,000 square feet of retail space, upscale housing and restaurant space where the Quality Inn and Plato’s Diner currently stand, is part of the Greater College Park vision, a three-pronged approach focusing on campus developments, public-private research collaborations and downtown projects, Ulman said.

Although specific retailers have not yet been named for the project, the site willmarket. The site will also include space for 300 luxury apartments geared specifically toward faculty, staff, young families and other non-students, Ulman added.

The UMCP foundation, along with Bozzuto and Willard Retail, will take possession of the site in February 2017, Weiler said, and the groups will begin preparation “almost immediately.”

The Bozzuto development company, which is located in Greenbelt and has worked on similar plans near Catholic University in northeast Washington and Baltimore, will model this project after projects in these locations, while aiming to produce an “innovative” product, said Jeff Kayce, a Bozzuto vice president and a 2003 alumnus who majored in architecture.

Bozzuto developers will primarily be working on the housing portion of this plan, but are the master developers for the project. They will also collaborate with


level since returning to pre-season training in November.

Emerging defender Wayne Milera Junior won the first 2km time trial last month ahead of defender Jake Kelly and ruckman Reilly O’Brien, while midfielder Brad Crouch has put together a strong pre-season training block after missing all of 2018 through injury.CLEVELAND -- Ben Cherington followed Theo Epstein as general manager of the Boston Red Sox after the 2011 season, and over the next three years, the team fostered what might have been the best farm system in baseball. Matt Barnes, Jackie Bradley Jr. and Mookie Betts, all developed effectively, with infielder Xander Bogaerts just ahead of them.

Meanwhile, at the big league level, a series of short-term free-agent signings paid off, and the Red Sox won the 2013 World Series. For all of that success, Cherington was demoted in the summer of 2015 -- effectively fired as the head of baseball operations.

His replacement was Dave Dombrowski, who did the bidding of ownership and worked aggressively to augment the team, using assets from Cherington's fertile farm system and the team's


substantial financial resources and adding Chris Sale, Craig Kimbrel, David Price and others. The Red Sox won the World Series in 2018, after 119 wins and arguably the greatest performance in franchise history. And less than a year later, Dombrowski was fired.

Two World Series titles in six years, and two executives -- with two very different personalities, operating very differently -- both dismissed. These decisions loosely frame the industry perception of the Red Sox as a chaotic company, a miserable place to work. Boston owner John Henry needs to understand this, because it is why some of the people he'd probably love to consider as possible replacements for Dombrowski privately dismiss the idea out of hand.

They saw what happened to Cherington. They saw what happened to Dombrowski.INTRODUCTION
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As the world marks the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, it’s probably safe to state that no one reading this article had any personal experience of the war to end all wars. Yet one reason this particular war may seem more remote to most Americans today than does, say, World War II, or even the much earlier American Civil War, is the lack of instantly recognizable, prominent art associated with the “Great War” in this country.

There’s still no National World War I monument on the national mall here in Washington, for example, although twice as many Americans died in World War I as did in Vietnam. A notable exception however, can be found in the work of a French painter who settled down inAmerica after his combat days came to an end.

Henri Farré (1871-1934) was born in Foix in southwestern France, close to the border with Catalonia. As a young man, he went to Paris to study painting at the legendary École des Beaux-Arts under the great French Symbolist painter Gustave Moreau (1826-1898).

Stylistically speaking, Farré eschewed the rather spooky art of his master, and instead became something between an Impressionist and a Fauvist. After finishing his studies, Farré moved to Buenos Aires, and for a number of years he led a very comfortable life painting society portraits, landscapes, and mythological nudes while continuing to submit paintings every year for an exhibition at the annual Paris Salon from 1897 to 1914.

When World War I broke out, Farré decided to return home to


France and do his part. Because of his artistic skills, he was given a rather interesting military commission to depict the war on canvas. While other artists, such as John Singer Sargent, also saw duty recording events like battles and troop movements during World War I, Farré was asked to record the brand new combat sector of military aviation for posterity. It would prove to be what set him apart from all other artists working at the time.

Aviation Art

Between 1914 and 1917, Farré traveled to battlefronts and training grounds around France, painting images of aircraft and the men who flew and maintained them. These artistic duties often brought him into great personal peril, such as serving as a gunner at the back of a two-seater airplane, trying tobombs or tracer fire. These works exhibit the kind of quick, punctuated, but deliberate brushwork that one sees from Henri Matisse or André Derain.

During the final year of the war, Farré embarked on a lengthy exhibition tour of the United States, bringing more than 100 of his works to our shores. Titled “Sky Fighters of France,” the exhibition was both a propaganda tool of the French government and a fundraising effort on behalf of the children of French aviators who had died in combat.

At these exhibitions, which toured all over the country for months, Farré gave talks about his art, and about the daring escapades of the combat aviators, as he drummed up public support for the war effort. Perhaps unexpectedly, Farré ended up liking America so much


that he moved to Chicago at the end of the war, and remained there for the rest of his life, painting cityscapes of the skyline and scenes along Lake Michigan.

In 1919, Farré published his memoir of the war, titled after the exhibition and illustrated with a number of his works. He recounted his efforts to get to know (and capture in his art) the men with whom he served, and what aerial combat was really like. It’s an absolute howl of a book, despite its very serious subject matter, because these early flyboys were a riot: tough, smart, and daring, yet sophisticated and nonchalant. Farré was a generation older than they, yet they accepted him as one of their own, because he jumped right into the gung-ho spiritto the production of some spectacular images of aircraft in battle: images that were unprecedented in the history of art before Farré first created them on canvas.

This is why it’s always important to take a step back and consider art in the context of the history and culture of when and where it was made. While today you might be more taken with the archaic airplanes depicted in Farré’s work, try to put yourself back in the mindset of your great-grandparents in places like Boston, New York, or Washington, when they visited the Farré exhibition and looked at these paintings. They had never seen anything like this, for the simple reason that art depicting aerial combat was something completely new.

Most people seeing this work for the first time


during Farré’s 1918 tour of the United States had never been in an airplane, and many had never even seen one up close. After all, Farré was painting his images of swooping, looping aircraft only a little more than a decade after the Wright brothers’ first flight at Kitty Hawk.

At this point in his life, aviator Charles Lindbergh was just a teenager who would not make his famous transatlantic flight for several more years. Commercial aviation only really began to get underway across the country during the 1920s, and the overwhelming majority of Americans couldn’t even afford to purchase an airline ticket until after World War II.

In looking at his art and coming to understand its importance, think about all the different types of art that Farré’s innovationsIn a second video, which the tracker took with his cellphone as he tried to get his video equipment back, Wagner, who is seeking to challenge Gov. Wolf in next year's election, is seen forcefully trying to block the camera, leaving the tracker complaining of an assault that left him with a bloody finger.


numbers.? Albert Connell isn't nearly as good as he thinks
he is and that may be part of the problem.

QB Steve  Beuerlein (Car)? It's clear to everyone that 1999 was a career
year.? He's still subject to a great game here and there but he's just too
streaky to lean very heavily on.

QB Shaun  King (TB)? This guy just isn't very good.

QB Charlie  Batch (Det)? I've never been a big Charlie Batch fan although
he's  certainly had his days.? He looked a bit lost at times Sunday and
possibly  losing Herman Moore won't help.? (Although German Crowell is back)

QB Troy  Aikman (Dal)? I hope Aikman does himself a favor and gives Steve
Young a call.? A sore backNew Doctor Who figures dip by 1.2m viewers

Tough act to follow: new Doctor Matt Smith, with assistant Karen Gillan, took over in theTardis from David Tennant

Viewing figures for Doctor Who have dropped by 1.2 million since Matt Smith took over as the new Time Lord, according to the latest TV ratings.

The 27-year-old actor and assistant Karen Gillan, 22, were expected to continue the success of the previous Doctor, David Tennant, whose last full series was in 2008.

The new series has had an average of six million viewers, down from 7.2 million for Tennant. But the BBC claims viewing figures have held and that more people are watching on demand through media such as BBC iPlayer.

Paul Gambaccini has been signed up as the face of a new television channel


Contract Extension: Yaya Toure Pens New One-Year City Deal

Ivorian midfielder, Yaya Toure has signed a new one-year contract at Manchester City after playing a major role for the club during the second half of the recently concluded season in England.

Toure fell out with manager Pep Guardiola following a clash between his agent Dmitri Seluk and the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss. Speaking with the club’s official website, the delighted Toure stated that: “I am delighted. I told myself the journey at City is not done.”

Former African footballer of the year Toure would have been a free agent this summer with his previous contract expected to run out later this month. Speaking further on the new deal, He said: “I am very lucky now to be part ofIRVING, Texas -- In the end, there was nothing left he could do, so Dana Dimel tried to stand inside the elevator in silence. Wouldn't happen. The performance by Collin Klein simply wouldn't allow it. An Oklahoma State official said, "That's a great quarterback." Dimel replied, "He certainly is. Thank you." Then the Kansas State co-offensive coordinator let out an exaggerated sigh while a thousand thoughts ripped through his head.


the opposite of it.)

There's no admission fee, but we will be collecting money for Doctors or Engineers Without Borders. Donations are optional but recommended.

Gallery Hours and Special Events Open to the Public:

Wednesday, September 23 through Friday, September 25
12noon – 8pm
- Main Gallery
- Opening Day features Laser Etching ($25 a laptop, $5 a gadget)

Friday, September 25
8pm-10pm
- Public Party, with prizes

Saturday, September 26
11am – 8pm
- Main Gallery

Saturday, September 26
9pm - Live DJ set by Music Director Jason Bentley, KCRW, 100% independently funded radio station

NEW YORK – On September 23rd, the Gizmodo Gallery is bringing the most impressive and fun tech in the world to Manhattan. The interactive museum will be filled with the coolest gadgets, handpicked from today and yesteryear, ranging from a one-of-a-kind model of the first Apple phonetheir own rare and wonderful tech pieces to the public.

WHAT:
THE GIZMODO GALLERY presented by Gizmodo – a blog about gadgets and technology. Started in 2002, Gizmodo has grown to be Gawker Media's largest blog, bringing in upwards of 100 million page views a month in traffic with posts about a variety of electronics, as well as all sorts of things gadget geeks might enjoy. The Gallery is Gizmodo's best content from the year, come to life.

Read more about our Giz Gallery 09 here, follow @gizgallery on Twitter and see what else we'll be playing with at the event. And special thanks to Toyota's Prius — without their sponsorship, there would be no Gizmodo Gallery.


gas, and thus Cl2 and HCl are generated as reaction products. When the TiN film is formed after the Ti film is formed, these reaction products act to etch the Ti film. This etching action brings about a problem such that the TiN film peels off the Ti film due to an insufficient adhesion degree between the Ti film and the upper layer or TiN film, and a thermal stress or the like applied when a filler metal film is formed.
Conventionally, in order to solve this problem, after the Ti film is formed, NH3 gas is supplied to nitride the Ti film, and then the TiN film is formed. According to this method, the Ti film is nitrided and is thereby prevented from being etched by Cl2 andthey seek a buyer. Marussia went into administration on Monday and will also miss the next two grands prix, though they are still planning to take part in the final race of the season, in Abu Dhabi on 23 November.

The next two most desperate teams are Sauber and Lotus, who in 2012 and 2013 posted respective losses of more than £22m and £64.9m. Williams, one of the most famous names in F1, who are running third in the constructors’ championship, have already reported a six months’ loss of £20m for 2014. Even the biggest teams have struggled to replace dwindling sponsorship in recent years.

F1 has had no coherent leadership in the past year while Ecclestone, who will be 84 on Tuesday, fought bribery allegations in London and Munich


courts. Now, against a background of spiralling costs, unequal payments to teams, falling crowds and TV audiences, as well as declining sponsorship and no agreement about capping costs, the sport has reached the point of no return.

How apt, then, that Ecclestone – who continues to spin gold for shareholders, the private equity company CVC Capital, if not the teams – has been given a blueprint for the sport’s future by the best salesmen in the world, the Americans, who want a closer relationship between drivers and fans as well as greater use of social media.

Andretti, the Italian-American who won the world title in 1978, told the Guardian: “Formula One should loosen up a bit. I think they’ve gone slightly overboard with the technical side of the engine. AndSORE LOSERS: New Rochelle High School Cheerleading Team Banned From New York State Championships After Students Stole Winner’s Prizes

Written By: Robert Cox

NEW ROCHELLE, NY — The 2018 New York State Public High School Athletic Association Cheerleading Championship will take place at the SRC Arena & Events Center in Syracuse, NY on Saturday, March 3. The New Rochelle High School Girls Cheerleading team will not be there.

The squad was banned from competition for one year following an incident at last years’s NYSPHSAA event. New Rochelle Athletic Director Steve Young confirmed the one year ban to Talk of the Sound in an email.

According to several sources familiar with the incident, some members of the team, upset that New Rochelle came in third in their division, stole t-shirts meant for the


team from Greece Athena High School, the first place team.

Event staff came onto the team bus to confront the students and demand the t-shirts be returned. Initially, the students denied stealing the t-shirts. After event staff persisted the shirts were returned by being thrown at the event staff.

Compounding matters, when a meeting was held by sports officials to determine disciplinary action, no one from the City School District of New Rochelle responded. A letter was sent to Young but he did not reply, according to sources familiar with the incident. According to this same source, Schools Superintendent Dr. Brian Osborne learned of the disciplinary meeting after it had occurred. He sent a reply anyway to no effect and the ban went into effect.

A dirty little secret of theNew Rochelle High School Cheerleading Team, which had a remarkable record under Head Coach Chrissy Stanionis, long-time former coach, is that Stanionis used a quirk in the rules to compete against smaller schools, racking up victories facing off against schools less than half the size of New Rochelle High School, in some cases one-third the size.

Competitive cheerleading in New York State is broken into two divisions within each division there is a small and large Class based upon team size: Small 5-16 and Large 17- 32. Division I is 750 and above and Division II is 749 and below.

Despite being one of the largest high schools in New York State, New Rochelle High School competes in “Division I – Small”.

The top finishers in the 2017 NYSPHSAA Cheerleading Champions


May 2017. According to knowledgeable sources, there were significant financial irregularities with the Program.

CORRECTION: Chrissy Stanionis was not “separated from employment by the District in May 2017” as she originally told Talk of the Sound. She was fired by Steve Young on April 21, 2017.”

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UPDATE: Chrissy Stanionis has engaged an attorney to demand this article be taken down from Talk of the Sound. Below is the email from Christopher James Berlingieri, Esq. of Berlingieri Law, PLL with an office at 244 Fifth Avenue, Suite F27 New York, New York 10001T: 347.766.5185 F: 914.730.104 E: cjb@nyctlaw.com:

“Mr. Cox:

My name is Christopher James Berlingieri. I am an attorney contacting you on behalf of myUS pulled multiple ways in Syria as Islamic State recedes

International News

Jan 24, 2018

By MATTHEW LEE and JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the last few years, the United States could neatly sum its objective in Syria in a single, uncontroversial bullet point: fighting the Islamic State group. Now that the extremists have been squeezed from all but the last bits of their former territory, the Trump administration is struggling to define the boundaries of its mission, and how and when America’s lengthy engagement will end.
A crisis between the U.S. and Turkey, triggered by the latter’s new military offensive in Syria, has laid bare how a dizzying array of alliances in Syria is growing even more convoluted in the absence of IS as a major force. Either the


Tuesday highlighted Syria’s combustible mix of conundrums for the United States.
In Asia, Defense Secretary James Mattis chastised Turkey for its offensive against the Kurds. And Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Paris and U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley at the United Nations renewed accusations of Russian complicity in chemical weapons use, following claims of a new attack this week outside Damascus.“Whoever conducted the attacks, Russia ultimately bears responsibility for the victims,” Tillerson said at a meeting designed to ensure accountability for chemical weapons strikes. He noted Russia has twice vetoed U.N. Security Council resolutions to allow inspection teams to prolong and expand probes of alleged chemical attacks.
Trying to explain America’s Syria policy last week, Tillerson said the U.S. would retain a military presence there for the foreseeable future torules that sections 32 and 33 of the Official Languages Act impose a positive burden upon the federal government not only to react or respond to pressures for more or better bilingual services, but to initiate programmes to those serves where there is a perceived need for them.
  1993:  R. v. Haché: The New Brunswick Court of Appeal rules that the government is not under a positive obligation to inform people that they have a right to services in their own language.
  1999:  R. v. Beaulac: The Supreme Court of Canada rules that section 530 of the Criminal Code, which allows for the accused to be heard in court in his or her preferred official language, be given a generous, purposive interpretation.
  2002:


enacted law establishing English as the only official language of the province is found to be ultra vires (and therefore unconstitutional) by the St. Boniface County Court. The provincial government simply ignores this decision, as well as a parallel 1909 decision of the same court (Bertrand v. Dussault) which also finds the law to be ultra vires.
  1896:  The Laurier-Greenway Compromise: Catholic education is permitted in public schools, and French may be used in teaching, but only on a school-by-school basis and only when there is a minimum of 10 French-speaking pupils. A Catholic school board is re-established, but without government funding.
  1900:  The provincial legislature amends the electoral law to permit qualified electors to vote as long as they are literate in English,Canada. This implication would be enforced by the Supreme Court in its 1935 ruling in R. v. DuBois.
  1910:  The Liberal government of Lomer Gouin enacts what came to be known as the La Vergne Law, which requires the use of French alongside English on documents such as utility bills and transportation tickets.
  1956:  The Tremblay Commission, an inquiry established by the provincial government of Maurice Duplessis, publishes its report. The report deals primarily with constitutional issues, but also makes recommendations for the creation of a provincial agency to monitor and regulate the quality of French in Quebec,
  1961:  The Liberal government of Jean Lesage establishes the Office de la langue française ("Office of the French language"). Its mandate is "to align


CASE REPORTS: anomalies in cephalothoracopagus synotus twins and their implications for morphogenesis in conjoined twins.
The anatomical features of a pair of female conjoined twins of the cephalothoracopagus type are described: the anterior face was well formed but the posterior face was cyclopean with a single ear canal. Visceral abnormalities included two shared hearts linked by an anastomotic arterial ring. The smaller of the hearts was univentricular with atrial situs ambiguus and anomalous pulmonary venous return, and was associated with two trilobed lungs. This, and the presence of a single spleen, suggested asplenia syndrome in one twin. The brains, orientated with respect to the notochordal axes, were joined only at the frontal poles. The abnormalities described in previous reports of twins of this type are reviewed and compared. InMJ Akbar: India minister sues #MeToo accuser Published duration 15 October 2018

image copyright Getty Images image caption Mr Akbar has strongly denied the allegations

Indian minister MJ Akbar has filed a defamation case against a woman journalist who named him as part of a #MeToo movement gripping the country.

Priya Ramani's allegations against Mr Akbar inspired more women to talk about his alleged "predatory conduct".

The former newspaper editor added that he would not be stepping down from his post as deputy foreign minister.

In a statement, Ms Ramani said she was "ready" to fight the allegations against her.

She added that she was "deeply disappointed" that "rather than engage with the serious allegations that many women have made against him, he seeks to silence them through intimidation and harassment."

Apart from the case


against Ms Ramani, Mr Akbar has threatened to also sue the other women who have spoken out against him.

The minister is the most high-profile figure to be named in India's #MeToo movement.

He returned from an official trip abroad on Monday and called the allegations "false" and "baseless".

A threat to India's #MeToo movement?

Ayeshea Perera, BBC News Delhi

Everyone expecting a contrite apology and possible resignation from junior Foreign Minister MJ Akbar could not have been more wrong.

His response to being named as part of India's #MeToo movement has been full of fire and fury.

The allegations against Mr Akbar will be hard to prove. Ms Ramani herself has said that "nothing happened" in her account, while the other allegations relate to events that took place many years ago, and will ultimatelyhard for women to sustain the momentum of what they have begun.

Mr Akbar was first named last week by Ms Ramani, who retweeted an article she had written for Vogue India in 2017 titled "To the Harvey Weinsteins of the world", where she recounted what she called her first experience of workplace harassment.

Ms Ramani did not name anyone in the original piece, but said in a tweet on 8 October that the article had been about Mr Akbar.

Since then, other women have come forward with their own stories naming Mr Akbar. At least one other anonymous account is believed to be about him.

One of India's most influential editors, he has edited leading English-language newspapers such as The Telegraph and The Asian Age.

In a statement posted on Twitter on


An off-duty Los Angeles police officer holding a child was knocked unconscious Friday in an unprovoked assault at a Costco in Corona and when he came to, he fired to protect himself and his son, the officer’s attorney said Monday. The shooting left a mentally disabled man dead and his parents injured and still in intensive care Monday.

Update: Family of man shot in Costco by off-duty LAPD officer calls for criminal prosecution

The lawyer for the officer on Monday offered, for the first time publicly, the officer’s account of what happened.

Attorney David Winslow said his client — whom he would not name — was struck from behind without a word being spoken while he was shopping with his wife and son. He was holding his 1 ½-year-old while feedinghim teriyaki chicken samples, Winslow said.

Winslow said the officer was briefly knocked unconscious and his son also fell to the ground.

The attorney said the armed officer then returned to consciousness and believing that his life and his son’s life were in immediate danger, he began firing his gun.

“While lying injured on the Costco floor, he was unprotected and had no other option to defend himself and his son from further deadly attack. He was in fear for his son’s life. The only option was deadly force,” Winslow said.

He added that his client had no time to identify himself as a law enforcement officer as the event happened very quickly.

“He believed he was under attack,” Winslow said. “That’s when the shooting started.”

“The entire situation is a terrible tragedy for


Repair of a Giant Omphalocele in an Infant With a Pericardial Implant Crosslinked With Oligourethane.
The giant omphalocele (GO) represents a challenge for the pediatric surgeon in its management and wall abdominoplasty. Here, we report the outcome of a case in which a GO in a newborn patient was repaired with an implant derived from decellularized bovine pericardium crosslinked with oligourethane. The implantation time was extended for 6 months. This was then followed up by the retrieval of the implant and the subsequent reconstruction in a second surgical time by the closure of the abdominal wall fascia. A short hospital stay, early integration into the patient's family environment, as well as early onset of the oral route without special care of the implant or reconstructed wall nor food restrictionsThe present invention and its underlying object are explained based on micromechanical microphone/pressure sensor systems, although they are in principle applicable to any arbitrary micromechanical sensor system combinations.
Micromechanical microphone systems usually have a sound transducer which is integrated on an MEMS chip for converting sound energy into electrical energy, in which a first electrode which is deflectable by sound energy and a stationary, perforated second electrode are capacitively interacting. The deflection of the first electrode is determined by the difference between the sound pressures upstream and downstream from the first electrode. If the deflection changes, the capacitance of the capacitor formed by the first and the second electrodes is changed, which is metrologically detectable.
On the back side of the first electrode, a so-called back volume is provided. The


that Randy Edsall wasn't a state employee when he became involved in his son's contract and that he would not be a direct supervisor for his son.

The draft ruling called the school's attempt to distance the father and son's work relationship "absurd."

The elder Edsall was re-hired by UConn last December after he was the coach of the Huskies from 1999 to 2010. Following an appearance in the Fiesta Bowl, he became the coach at Maryland. He was fired midway through the 2015 season.

Corey Edsall was an assistant under his father at Maryland and spent two years on Colorado's staff.about 20 years of age, she 17. A child was born in August, 1948. They lived with the husband's father and his family until June, 1949, when they moved to an apartment. After two months she left, and went to reside with a sister.
At the time of the master's hearings defendant was confined to a mental health hospital, and could not testify. Her husband's testimony stands on the record without her refutation. Even so, the testimony is replete with contradictions, a great deal of which is irrelevant contravention of immaterial testimony. Yet it does establish, to quote from the able opinion of the learned president judge, defendant's ". . . failure to perform the multitudinous duties usually devolving on a wife; her refusal to have sexual intercourse; her


leaving her home and baby without informing those remaining in the home where she was going or when *220 she would be back; her treatment of her husband, but most of all her unnatural conduct towards her baby convinces us that there is something radically wrong with this marriage." It is gravely doubtful whether the course of conduct thus summarized sufficiently established indignities to the person. Certainly, in view of her admittedly abnormal mental condition, her conduct could not result from a state of settled hate and estrangement, the basic and indispensable ingredient of the divorce ground of indignities.
When her mental abnormality first became noticeable is the subject of conflicting testimony. Assuredly, she was completely normal at the time of her wedding. Her husband noticed a change soonafter the birth of their child. Other witnesses, mostly her relatives, who had ample opportunities for personal observation, discovered mental aberrations within two or three months after the marriage, and this view is supported by the weight of the evidence. Nor can the cause of the mental disturbance be definitely ascertained from the lay evidence. Although it is charged that the husband's mistreatment produced the condition, it should be said, in justice to the young man, that the psychiatrist testified that defendant had definitely stated to him that he had not mistreated her. It may be, as the husband contends, that she brooded because she had not been able to marry a former "boy-friend", and thus brought upon herself the consequences of her own actions. Howbeit, the inescapable


fact is that at some period in her married life defendant became mentally deranged.
After the birth of the child, the family physician, because of defendant's continued and extreme nervousness, recommended that the husband take his wife to a Pittsburgh specialist. As a result she was confined to the St. Francis Hospital in that city for a month. Later she was examined by a competent psychiatrist, upon whose report she was committed to the Torrance *221 Mental Hospital, where she was an inmate at the time of the master's hearings. The psychiatrist's examination revealed a "great deal of emotional immaturity, her mood was labile, [with] inability to coordinate her thinking." The "basic reasons" for her condition, the psychiatrist testified, was "an arrested psychosexual development, [and] she was unable toHerat is cut off from the rest of the planet. This was once one of the great cities of the world, an imperial capital drawing its wealth from trade along the Silk Road with Iran, the rest of Afghanistan and central Asia. Above the 800-year-old mosque in the city centre are minarets covered in blue and green mosaics which soar above one of the most magnificent monuments of the Islamic world.

But today Herat is cut off even from the rest of Afghanistan. I flew there because it was too dangerous to come by road. We turned right out of the battered-looking airport because, had we turned left down the main road towards Kandahar, we would soon have been in Taliban-controlled territory. The road going east to Bamyan and


part of it for the Save the Children Fund and partly on his own account, explained that business in Herat faces unique difficulties. For instance, last year he had contracts under way which he could only visit in disguise. One was for the construction of a school in Shindand district in the south of Herat province, a Pashtun area where the Taliban are strong. Mr Sidiqi, like most people in Herat, is a Tajik. Overall, the Taliban rebellion is confined to the Pashtun, the community to which 42 per cent of Afghans belong, while in the past the Tajiks, who make up 27 per cent of the population, have been the core of the anti-Taliban opposition.
“I wanted to see how work was going at the school, but Iissuing very few visas. Within Afghanistan there was pervasive corruption with the award of a contract usually determined by the size of the bribe offered to the officials in charge.

I was sympathetic to Mr Sidiqi’s difficulties in moving around the country except by plane, because I faced the same problem. I had gone to Herat because last Monday US aircraft had attacked several villages in the Bala Baluk district of Farah province, which is immediately to the south of Herat. The local governor and surviving villagers said that more than 120 civilians had been killed. The US military denied that anything like that number had died and, if they had, it was the Taliban who had done it by hurling grenades into houses.

The problem was that Bala Baluk


I did talk to a reliable witness, a radio reporter called Farooq Faizy, who had gone to Bala Baluk soon after the attack happened. He said that police and soldiers nearby were frightened of the Taliban and told him it was too dangerous to go on, but he spoke to some village elders, telling them: “Talk to us and we will tell the world.” He says he was none too sure who was in control of the three villages – Gerani, Gangabad and Khoujaha – that had been hit and he was careful about what he said. But he did take some 70 or 80 photographs and they bore out the villagers’ story: there were craters everywhere; the villages had been plastered with bombs; bodies had been tornthem, leading to the airstrikes. Farooq Faizy said he had seen signs of fighting in the shape of two burned-out Afghan army or police vehicles and a destroyed US Humvee, but they were seven or eight kilometres away from the site of the bombing. He had taken photographs of them showing the destroyed Afghan vehicles – Ford pick-ups with a machine gun mount over the bonnet. It seemed likely that this was the fight that had led to the Afghan army and their US advisers asking for air support. What the Americans never explain in Afghanistan or Iraq is why they are using weapons designed for world war three against villages that have not left the Middle Ages – which makes heavy civilian casualties inevitable.

Back in Herat, Mr


402 U.S. 313 (1971)
BLONDER-TONGUE LABORATORIES, INC.
v.
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS FOUNDATION ET AL.
No. 338.
Supreme Court of United States.
Argued January 14, 1971
Decided May 3, 1971
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT.
Robert H. Rines argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were Richard S. Phillips, Paul J. Foley, and Nelson H. Shapiro.
William A. Marshall argued the cause for respondent University of Illinois Foundation. With him on the brief were Charles J. Merriam and Basil P. Mann. Sidney G. Faber argued the cause for respondent JFD Electronics Corp. With him on the brief were Jerome M. Berliner, Robert C. Faber, and Myron C. Cass.
Assistant Attorney General McLaren argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal. With him on the brief werecourts' ability and facility in dealing with questions of when it is appropriate and fair to impose an estoppel against a party who has already litigated an issue once and lost. As one commentator has stated:
"Under the tests of time and subsequent developments, the Bernhard decision has proved its merit and the mettle of its author. The abrasive action of new factual configurations and of actual human controversies, disposed of in the common-law tradition by competent courts, far more than the commentaries of academicians, leaves the decision revealed for what it is, as it was written: a shining landmark of progress in justice and law administration." Currie, 53 Calif. L. Rev., at 37.
When these judicial developments are considered in the light of our consistent viewlast presented in Lear,


patents. In fiscal 1970, 87,321 civil suits were initiated, 1,023 of which involved patents. Annual Report of the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1968, Table C-2 (1969); Annual Report of the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1969, Table C-2 (1970); Annual Report of the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1970, Table C-2 (temp. ed. 1971) (hereafter Annual Report 1968, etc.).
[30]  Most patent cases are tried to the court. In fiscal 1968, 1969, and 1970, the total number of patent cases going to trial and the number of patent cases going toinvalid on the same ground by a court of competent jurisdiction from which no appeal has been or can be taken, order cancellation of such claim from the patent. Within thirty days of such order the clerk of the court shall transmit notice thereof to the Commissioner, who shall place the same in the public records of the Patent Office pertaining to such patent, and notice of cancellation of the claim shall be published by the Commissioner and endorsed on all copies of the patent thereafter distributed by the Patent Office.
"(b) In any action in a Federal court in which the validity of a claim of a patent is drawn into question, the owner of the patent, as shown by the records of the Patent Office, shall have


The University of Washington School of Medicine serves as the sole medical educational resource for 5 states in the US Northwest: Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho. It is also recognized as a major institution in biomedical research; since 1974, UW ranks first amongst American public universities for federal research funding and second amongst all universities (public and private) since 1991 for competing federal science and engineering grants. Within the UW, the Division of Gastroenterology of the Department of Medicine, composed of a core of 36 full-time faculty members, operates from five medical centers: the University of Washington Health Sciences Center, the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, the Harborview Medical Center, the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance/Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and Pacific Medical Clinics. This diversityallows the research and clinical programs of the GI Division to benefit from complementary strengths, ranging from tertiary referral centers to primary care centers in urban or rural setting, and from highly specialized centers to broadly diversified county medical centers. Benefiting from these strengths, the GI Division has had a long tradition of training academic fellows, dating to the 1950's. This application requests two trainees per year who will undergo rigorous research training for two year (4 positions total). SPECIFIC AIMS: Our training program has two specific aims that are integrated through our clinical and translational research infrastructure: . Translational Research in Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease 2. Epidemiology, Outcomes & Health Services Research. We propose multidisciplinary research between our specific aims spanning the definition of translational research. Specifically,


in. When she does go in and the mother tries to get Neal to go to the gravel pit, he fails to do so. In the third part of the story, Neal does not attend Caro’s funeral. The mother gives birth to a child named she names Brent.

In the final section of the story, the narrator learns that Neal is living near where she teaches, and her partner, Ruthann, convinces her she should go see him to help “rout her demons.” She discovers that Neal lives in a semi-respectable dump and buys his clothes from the Salvation Army—all of which he says suits his principles. He tells her how it happened—that he was stoned at the time and is not a swimmer and thus would have drowned alsoknow this is an old post, but I think it's interesting that you assumed the narrator to be female. Just based on the way the other characters speak to the narrator, I assumed male. But it seems Munro deliberately leaves it unclear since, in other stories, she usually does provide information about the narrator's appearance.

There's also the less "feminine" spelling of Caro's name coupled with the mention of the mother's chosen name for the baby: "Its name was going to be Brandy--already was Brandy--whether it was a boy or a girl."

Many of Munro's stories are set in the "women's lib" era, when it was fashionable to refer to one's partner as one's partner regardless of gender, as many academics (which the narrator is) still do now.

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Born and raised in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky. Received B.A. from Morehead State University in 1963; M.A. from Ohio University in 1964; Ph.D. from Ohio University in 1966. Taught at California State University, Long Beach from 1967 to 2007. Retired and currently writing and blogging.

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One hundred years ago, the great collection of stories Dubliners by James Joyce appeared. If you are interested in my comments on that collection, see my posts in April 2012 when the book was featured in Dublin's "One City, One Book."resilient, sleeve shaped sealing ring is situated in a widened bore in the second housing part, and is compressed axially during increasing screwing together of the housing parts. In WO 03/010461 the clamping ring is shown as a ring being split transversely of the circumferential direction, and the split has a relatively large dimension in the circumferential direction, whereby there is room for compressing the ring until the ends near the split engage each other. A resilient sealing ring is situated innermost in a widened bore in the second housing part, and is compressed by a sleeve, against which the clamping ring is pressed during the screwing together of the housing parts. Moreover, the second housing part is symmetrical about a transversal middle plane, whereby another first housing


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