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From our vintage toy range we have some fantastic products which will keep the anyone from the kids to Nan happy for hours.

Traditional
wooden catch a cup game in cotton tidy bag. The main goal of the game
is to get the ball into the cup. While the concept is very easy,
mastering the game sometimes requires many hours of practice. To play,
the player holds the cup by the handle and lets the ball hang freely.
The player then tosses the ball upward by jerking the arm holding the
toy, attempting to catch the ball in the cup.

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Product details:

Product Code: 21892

Material: wood/cotton

Dimensions: Length: 18 cm

Diameter: 4.00cm

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By SAMUEL OYADONGHA
BENIN — THE member representing Orhionmwon/Uhunmwonde Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Mr. Samson Osagie, has commended President Goodluck Jonathan and the Federal Executive Council for finally approving the design of the Gelegele Sea Port in the 2010/2011 Federal budget.

He recalled that Mr. Ehiogie West-Idahosa, Mr. Samson Osagie and Senator Ehigie Uzamere worked tirelessly to ensure the incorporation of the Gelegele Sea Port into the Federal budget and that of the Niger Delta Ministry.

He commended Elder Godsday Orubebe, the Minister of the Niger Delta for pushing the Memo for consideration by the Federal Executive Council and all those who have pushed for the project over the years.

According to him, ”With that project, Edo people are on the verge of economic


freedom as that project will open up the economy of the state”, he said and urged the government to continue to implement projects that have huge economic impact on the people.

He said that representatives of Edo State in the National Assembly will continue to support the state government to attract viable projects to the state for its rapid development and transformation.

Also, the House of Representatives elect for Ovia Federal Constituency, Mr. Issac Osahon described the project as laudable and promised to ensure that other projects that would complement the port are established.

In the meantime, chairman of the Human Rights Defenders Organisation of Nigeria, HURDON, Warri, Sir Casely Omon_Irabor Tuesday, has appealed to the Defence Headquarters to call the JTF to order, alleging that it was carrying out extra_judicialkillings in the region under the disguise of looking for militant leader, John Togo.

Omon_Irabor who spoke to Vanguard on phone said his organization had received reports of extra_judicial killings of serveral persons, adding, “It is not proper for JTF to be arresting people and shooting them for no reason other than that they are associates of John Togo. The task should be called to order; this is not what the law of this country stipulates”.

“Today (yesterday), they arrested an about 17 – 18 years old son of a sister of John Togo, who was returning to Benin City, where he is staying with his father at Okwagbe. His father is a policeman, what are they arresting him for, what is his offence is he John Togo”, he queried.


Whale researchers say an endangered species of whale is experiencing a mini-baby boom in New England waters.

The North Atlantic right whale is one of the rarest species of whale on the planet. They number only about 411.

The Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown, Massachusetts, said Friday its aerial survey team spotted two mom and calf pairs. The whales were seen in Cape Cod Bay on Thursday. That brings the number of calves seen in New England waters alone this year to three.

That’s big news because the whale’s population has been falling, and no calves were seen last year.

The whales give birth off Georgia and Florida in the winter and travel to feeding grounds off New England in the early spring.Eid-Ul-Fitr is being celebrated today by Muslims across the globe

Eid-Ul-Fitr is being celebrated today by Muslims across the globe after the month-long dawn to dusk fasting period of Ramadan. Every year, the dates of Ramadan and Eid change according to the Muslim calendar which is based on the phases of the moon. Eid is not just the time for celebrations, get-togethers and feasting, but also remembering Allah, thanking him for the strength he bestowed for a successful Ramadan. Zakat or charity is also offered on this day, as a mark of sharing joys with the less opportune. Ramadan is time for spiritual reflection that takes one towards the divine.

Celebratory messages have been pouring in from political leaders, celebrities and prominent figures across India and world.

Here are the LIVE


updates of Eid Celebrations:

Jun 05, 2019 15:03 (IST) Eid: In Pictures

New Delhi: Young boys greet each other after offering 'namaz' at Jama Masjid

Jun 05, 2019 15:02 (IST) Eid: In Pictures

New Delhi: Muslim devotees offer 'Namaz' at Jama Masjid on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr

Jun 05, 2019 15:02 (IST) Eid: In Pictures

Moradabad: Muslims devotees offer prayers on the occasion of Eid-ul- Fitr festival, at Eidgah

Jun 05, 2019 15:01 (IST) Eid: In Pictures

Agartala: Muslim devotees offer 'namaz' on the occasion of Eid-ul- Fitr festival, at Machkhowa Idgah

Jun 05, 2019 15:00 (IST) Eid: In Pictures

Jammu: Muslim devotees offer prayers on the occasion of Eid-ul- Fitr festival, at Eidgah in Jammu

Jun 05, 2019 15:00 (IST) Eid: In Pictures

Mumbai: Muslim devotees offer 'namaz' on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr

Jun 05, 2019 14:59 (IST) Eid: InPictures

New Delhi: Devotees offer 'namaz' at the footsteps of Feroz Shah Kotla mosque

Jun 05, 2019 14:58 (IST) Eid: In Pictures

Kolkata: Muslims greet each other after offering 'namaz' at Red Road on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr that marks the end of the holy month of Ramzan, in Kolkata, Wednesday, June 5, 2019.

Jun 05, 2019 14:53 (IST) Hamid Ansari, Shahnawaz Hussain, Ghulam Nabi Azad offer prayers at Jama Masjid

Former Vice President of India Hamid Ansari, senior BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain and Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad offered prayers at Jama Masjid today on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr.

"This is a day to be celebrated with happiness and enthusiasm after the Holy month of Ramzan. It''s a great thing that everyone celebrates this festival together with immense happiness. On this occasion, I


appeal to every citizen of this country that they should live with brotherhood and harmony and celebrate this festival with love," Mr Hussain told ANI.

Three of the officials visited the mosque one after another and offered Namaz. Soon after that, they were seen greeting and wishing other people at Jama Masjid.

People were seen in large numbers at Delhi's Jama Masjid on the occasion of Eid.

Jun 05, 2019 14:48 (IST) Actor Amitabh Bachchan wished everyone on Eid.

"Eid Mubarak .. love peace and prosperity among all .." he tweeted.

Jun 05, 2019 13:45 (IST) People offering Namaz on the occasion of Idu'l Fitr Eid at Jama Masjid in Delhi:

Picture Courtesy: PIB India

Jun 05, 2019 12:52 (IST) Some pictures of Eid celebrations:

Jun 05, 2019 12:35 (IST) Jammu and Kashmir politician Omar AdbullahUl Fitr Celebrated With Fervour In Andhra Pradesh, Telangana

Eid ul Fitr 2019 India: Eid-ul-Fitr, marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, was celebrated with religious fervour and gaiety across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday."

Eid ul Fitr 2019 India: Eid-ul-Fitr, marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, was celebrated with religious fervour and gaiety across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday."

Jun 05, 2019 12:19 (IST) Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilot Together At Iftar As Interview Widens Rift

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his deputy Sachin Pilot were seen together at an Iftar at the Congress office in Jaipur on Tuesday, on a day Mr Gehlot's comments exposed a raging feud between the two top leaders." Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his deputy


Sachin Pilot were seen together at an Iftar at the Congress office in Jaipur on Tuesday, on a day Mr Gehlot's comments exposed a raging feud between the two top leaders."

Jun 05, 2019 11:50 (IST) Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar also tweeted on Eid:

Eid-ul-Fitr greetings to all!

May the grace of the Almighty usher happiness and harmony in everyone's life. #EidMubarakpic.twitter.com/cLhMFvz9Rk - Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) June 5, 2019

Jun 05, 2019 11:49 (IST) Congress chief Rahul Gandhi extended his Eid wishes on Twitter:

"Eid Mubarak and my best wishes to all on the auspicious occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr," he tweeted. He also shared a photo:

Jun 05, 2019 11:47 (IST) Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished everyone on Eid:

Have a blessed Id-ul-Fitr. pic.twitter.com/71R9GMW3Tf - Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 5, 2019other supporters of the Council for Social Democracy resigned the Labour whip. Unsurprisingly Bradley was among the Labour MPs who defected to the new Social Democratic Party which emerged from the Council for Social Democracy in March 1981.

In 1983, he stood for re-election in Leicester East but came third with 21% of the vote.  This however may have had the effect of helping the Conservative candidate Peter Bruinvels beat the future Labour minister Patricia Hewitt by 933 votes. He died in Kettering aged 76.

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unclear who’s piloting War Machine’s suit (in Civil War we saw Rhodey being seriously injured, but we do know that Cheadle is still playing the character in Infinity War).

Meanwhile, in New York, Iron Man has assembled his own makeshift squad in the wake of his team from Civil War falling apart. In one shot from the Infinity War trailer, it appears he’s called upon Doctor Strange, Wong, and Bruce Banner, a.k.a. the Hulk, for some help:

Spider-Man also appears to be in New York City, as we catch sight of him on a school bus there, but we don’t see him interact with Iron Man and the other team members.

And then there’s the cosmic team out in space, featuring Thor and the Guardians of the Galaxy — including aUhl. The plaintiff alleges that Lynn Uhl's death was caused by a defective product manufactured by the defendants. After one false start, the parties filed a stipulation to submit the case to binding arbitration. The Court therefore dismissed the case with the proviso that it retained jurisdiction to adjudicate motions relating to the arbitral award. The arbitrators rendered an award in favor of the plaintiffs, and the plaintiff and intervening plaintiff filed a motion to enforce the award. The defendants responded with a motion to vacate the arbitral award. The plaintiffs also seek "post-judgment" interest, and a writ of garnishment. The Court heard oral argument on the motions on December 7, 2006. The Court now finds that none of the arbitrators was laboring under a conflict of interest,


crushed him. Uhl survived, the accident but ultimately expired from his injuries about fourteen months after the accident.
*902 On June 21, 2004, Donna Uhl instituted this wrongful death action, asserting claims for products liability, negligence, and breach of the implied warranty of merchantability. She is represented by attorney David R. Skinner. On September 16, 2004, the parties stipulated to the entry of an order allowing Pacific Employers Insurance Company to intervene as a plaintiff in this matter. Pacific Employers, represented by its own attorney, Roy W. Johnson, sought to recover the cost of the worker's compensation benefits it had paid to the plaintiff and the decedent.
Following the entry of a scheduling order and a period of discovery, counsel for the parties informed the Court that they had reachedan agreement to submit the case to binding arbitration. They filed a stipulation to that effect, and on November 14, 2005 the Court entered an order dismissing the case while retaining jurisdiction to review and enforce the arbitral award. The trial scheduled for November 29, 2005 was cancelled, and the parties were directed to complete the arbitration on or before January 31, 2006.
No arbitration occurred within that time frame, however, because the defendants refused to sign an agreement setting forth the arbitration ground rules. On March 30, 2006, the plaintiff filed a motion to compel the defendants to execute the arbitration agreement. The defendants responded in opposition to the motion, and the Court held a hearing on May 16, 2006. At the hearing, the Court concluded that it


that had made substantial payments to the plaintiff resulting from the alleged wrongful acts of the defendants. There is no documentation suggesting a financial arrangement between Stein and Johnson.
The defendants also submitted selected pleadings from Perreca v. Central Metal Products, Inc., a case that proceeded in the Macomb County Circuit Court from 1999 to 2001. The plaintiff in that case was jointly represented by Martin Stein and Roy. Johnson, and he sued his employer for injuries sustained on the job. The submissions indicate that an attorney from Bowman and Brooke LLP, the law firm representing the defendants in the present matter, served as defense counsel in the Perraca case prior to a substitution of counsel. The lawsuit was dismissed by stipulation, presumably after the parties reached a settlement.
Thedefendants also have supplied a number of docket-sheet printouts from the this Court and the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan that show that in four cases, Martin Stein represented a personal injury plaintiff and Roy Johnson represented a worker's compensation carrier as intervening plaintiff. The first case is from 1994, the second proceeded in 1996 and 1997, the third printout is a 1994 case, and the fourth is from a case that was pending from 1996 to 1998. Another printout from a case that proceeded in 1995 and 1996, Shelton v. Verson, shows that Stein and Johnson jointly represented the personal-injury plaintiffs.
In response to the defendants' motion to vacate the arbitration award, the plaintiffs argue that none of the defendant's submissions warrants a


conclusion of conflict of interest or bias on Martin Stein's part. In the two cases in which Johnson and Stein acted as co-counsel for a personal injury plaintiff no referral fees were exchanged. Johnson states that in Perraca, neither he nor his firm received a referral fee, he received no attorney fee himself, and because no third-party action existed a first-party worker's compensation claim was filed on behalf of the plaintiff. Moreover, he says that defense counsel was aware of the joint representation because Bowman and Brooke LLP defended this matter. In Shelton, a 1995 case, no attorney fee was recovered because summary judgment was granted for the opposing party. In addition, the intervening plaintiff states that defense counsel knew: well before the arbitration commenced that Johnson andof the prior professional contacts between arbitrator Stein and attorney Johnson. That same defense law firm appeared in opposition to the pair in one of their prior joint representation cases, and attorney Fresard acknowledged that Johnson told him in. December 2005 that he and Stein had been involved in other lawsuits representing plaintiffs and intervening plaintiffs, respectively. The defendants' evidence shows that the most recent such event occurred four years earlier in 2001. Since defense counsel knew about the event well before the arbitration hearing, the defendants have failed to demonstrate why defense counsel's exercise of due diligence prior to the arbitration would not have uncovered the relationship of which they now complain. Defense counsel were on notice of Johnson and Stein's relationship since December 16, 2005, yet


Donald Trump at a rally in Aston, Pennsylvania. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst A professor who has accurately predicted the outcome of every presidential election since 1984 told The Washington Post that 2016 was the hardest election to predict yet.

But he has come to a conclusion about who is most likely to win — Republican nominee Donald Trump.

Professor Allan Lichtman, who wrote the book "Predicting the Next President: The Keys to the White House," uses a series of true/false statements to determine his predictions. He considers things like incumbency, the economy, social unrest, scandals, and charisma to figure out which way the election is likely to go.

Lichtman told The Post how the system works:

"The keys are 13 true/false questions, where an answer of 'true' always favors the reelection of the partyholding the White House, in this case the Democrats. And the keys are phrased to reflect the basic theory that elections are primarily judgments on the performance of the party holding the White House. And if six or more of the 13 keys are false — that is, they go against the party in power — they lose. If fewer than six are false, the party in power gets four more years."

Still, Trump is such an unusual candidate that he might break the American political mold that has held for decades.

"We've never before seen a candidate who's spent his life enriching himself at the expense of others," Lichtman said. "He's the first candidate in our history to be a serial fabricator, making up things as he goes along."

He


noted that Trump has also taken other questionable steps, like embracing Russian President Vladimir Putin, inviting Russian hackers to meddle in the US election, and threatening to blow Iranian ships out of the water if they came too close to US vessels.

"Given all of these exceptions that Donald Trump represents, he may well shatter patterns of history that have held for more than 150 years, lose this election even if the historical circumstances favor it," Lichtman said.

It looks like a narrow victory for Trump, Lichtman said, and the key is Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson, who is polling in double-digits now. But that might shift by Election Day.

"As people realize the choice is not Gary Johnson, the only choice is between Trump and Clinton, those Gary Johnson supportersmay move away from Johnson and toward Clinton, particularly those millennials," Lichtman said.

Trump has been surging lately in the polls, but last month his Democratic challenger, Hillary Clinton, was far ahead.

Other less fickle measures of predicting the election put Clinton out in front. An Electoral College map released last month from the University of Virginia Center for Politics projected Clinton to win the election by a landslide.


officials Saturday increased the number of people being monitored from 16 to 29. These people were in the vicinity of Vinson or had contact with her. They include people who were in a bridal shop she visited. One of them was a "close contact" and is under quarantine, according to DiOrio. All are healthy. The new measures include daily health monitoring by a local health department official and those being monitored "cannot leave the United States due to the inability to track them down in the event they fail to meet their daily reporting requirements," the statement read. "We're taking an aggressive approach, no doubt about it, but it's just common sense. Some might criticize us for being too aggressive, but we're comfortable taking that criticism," said Dr.January 23, 2018 Cape Coral Mayor Joe Coviello will participate on a small business and entrepreneurship panel at the United States Conference of Mayors’ 86thWinter Meeting, which will take place Jan. more »»

January 18, 2018 Last year’s drought was a real eye opener for Cape Coral officials struggling to keep enough water in city canals to be able to fight fires and for residents to water their lawns. more »»

January 18, 2018 Food trucks, bands, school clubs, and community groups will all converge on Cape Coral High School Saturday for its inaugural Community Festival this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. more »»

January 16, 2018 Schools may have been closed Monday, but the city of Cape Coral and the Cape Coral Charter School Authority teamed up to


For the love of books

Two years since Kristine Simisim first opened Books and Borders Café in Tomas Morato—a restaurant venture that combines her love for books and coffee—the young entrepreneur happily found herself inaugurating her fourth branch at Manhattan Parkview, Araneta Center, Cubao. For the 27-year-old, the latest store proved her concept was not just a fad.

“I opened this café two years ago because I realized people are always reading on the internet. I really wanted to bring back their love for books through this café,” Simisim told The Manila Times adding that she believes their continuous growth shows book lovers are just waiting to have places dedicated for them.

Book and Borders owner Kristine Simisim (third from left) with her special guests Jonas Gaffud (second from left), CarloDetails

PROFESSIONAL ROLL-BAG 2: rectangular large bag with wheels.
Made in Italy.

Entirely made of robust nylon 840.
Two compartments with independent zips. The first thinner, with internal full-length pocket. The second wider, with a divider to separate weapons from clothing and a wide full-lenght internal pocket for humid clothes
Two external pouches for additional carrying capacity. An external transparent thin pockets for name tag and flag.
Handles covered with soft grip.
The belts on bag's top can make the bag more compact and are compatible to connect the "Separate Travel bag" - sku: NEG-945STB

Aluminum backbone and big wheels to guarantee stability, resistance and comfortable step-over steps and obstacles. Metallic buckles and clasps to gurantee higher resistance to cold/hot/humidity (eg. when disembarking from flights)
Bottom part moulded in ABS with side flaps designed to prevent wheel


Nocardia transvalensis resistant to amikacin: an unusual cause of microbial keratitis.
To report a case of microbial keratitis caused by Nocardia transvalensis with resistance to amikacin. Case report. A 51-year-old man was referred with a 10-week history of ocular pain, photophobia, redness, and blurred vision. At his initial presentation, a corneal foreign body was removed and he was diagnosed with anterior uveitis, with commencement of topical corticosteroid therapy and ofloxacin. Despite treatment, he experienced ongoing foreign body sensation and glare. At presentation to our clinic, a central epithelial defect with multiple stromal infiltrates in a wreath pattern was identified and a diagnosis of infective keratitis was made. He was initially commenced on topical amikacin, oral trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, and oral voriconazole. Corneal scraping confirmed Nocardia species. Microbiological culture revealed N. transvalensisduring the period between December 17, 2003 and October 4, 2005. Furthermore, the Court grants Principal its costs and attorneys' fees associated with the filing of the interpleader action. The Court denies both Donald and Cathi's requests for attorneys' fees made in their respective responses to Principal's Motion for an Award of Attorneys' Fees.
A. Facts
On October 14, 2003, Cathi filed a petition for divorce from Stephen Irwin (Stephen) in Butler County, Kansas District Court. That same day, the Butler County District Court entered an ex parte Temporary Order (TRO), pursuant to Cathi's request, prohibiting Stephen from changing the beneficiary of his life insurance. At the time, Stephen was insured under group life insurance policies (the Plan) issued by Principal. The Plan specifies that RAC is the plan administrator


and plan sponsor of the group life insurance policies. RACEBT is the policyholder of the group life insurance policies. At the time he enrolled in the Plan, Stephen designated Cathi as the primary beneficiary of the life insurance policies and his mother, Sandy Wassner, as a secondary beneficiary. On November 9, 2003, Stephen signed a form attempting to change the primary beneficiary on his life insurance policies. He listed Donald, his father, as the primary beneficiary, and Cathi as the secondary beneficiary. On December 17, 2003, Stephen died. No divorce decree was ever entered by the Butler County District Court.
Cathi submitted a claim for death benefits available under Stephen's life insurance policies dated January 2, 2004, which was eventually forwarded by RAC to Principal for disposition. Principal stampedthis form and a copy of Stephen's death certificate "Received" on February 16, 2004, On February 16, 2004, the rate of interest on death proceeds left on deposit with Principal was 3%.
On February 24, 2004, Marlene Brown, a human resources specialist at RAC, sent Kay Root of Principal a facsimile attaching the change of beneficiary form from November listing Donald as the primary beneficiary. This was the first time Principal had received this form. On April 1, 2004, Donald submitted a claim for the same death benefits with Brown and she forwarded the claim to Principal. On May 14, 2004, Diane Nelson of Principal sent a letter to counsel for Donald, referring to a letter he had sent the company on May 4, asking Principal to "reconsider its


the stakeholder eventually deposited the fund into the court's registry.[10]
This action was instituted in the first instance by Donald on May 19, 2004, under Kansas insurance law. According to the summary judgment record, the suit was filed prior to Principal reaching a firm decision as to who the rightful beneficiary under the terms of the Plan was, and before it was able to complete an investigation of the competing claims. In fact, Principal sent a letter to both claimants on June 4, 2004, stating that it was still reviewing the claims. Principal filed a motion to dismiss the complaint approximately two months later on July 20. The entire basis for the motion to dismiss was that ERISA preempted Donald's state law claims. Principal filed its Answer and counterclaimawarding the insurance proceeds to one claimant or the other. Although the Court denied the motion to dismiss, it agreed with Principal on the preemption issue. Even before the Court ruled on the motion to dismiss, Principal sent correspondence to the Court and plaintiff's counsel expressing its desire to expedite the proceedings and requesting the Court rule on the pending motion to dismiss:
Although Principal believes Cathi Irwin to be the proper recipient of the benefits, Donald Irwin's claims against Principal have resulted in Principal being unable to pay the benefits to Cathi Irwin with fear of potential double payment. At the same time, Principal has been advised by Cathi Irwin that she may also file suit against Principal for failure to pay the benefits, giving rise to Principal's


It took rickshaw driver Mohammad Rasheed a year to save Rs300 to buy his daughter a bike, so when he found Rs3 billion ($22.5 million) had passed through an unused bank account in his name, he was stunned and scared.

Auto-rickshaw driver Mohammad Rasheed drives his rickshaw in Korangi. ─ AFP

"I started sweating and shivering," said the 43-year-old ─ just the latest victim of a money laundering scheme that Prime Minister Imran Khan has vowed to crush.

When he got a call from the Federal Investigation Agency, Rasheed's first inclination was to go into hiding, but friends and family members finally convinced him to cooperate with officials.

His case mirrors dozens of similar stories in recent weeks that have filled newspapers in Pakistan and riled a populace long accustomed to extravaganttales of corruption and theft.

The incidents follow a similar arc ─ bank accounts in poor residents' names are flooded with cash, then suddenly emptied in a laundering scheme that has likely seen hundreds of millions of dollars moved out of the country.

Rasheed's name was eventually cleared, but his anxiety remained.

Auto-rickshaw driver Mohammad Rasheed plays with his daughter Nabeeha Rasheed in their home in Korangi. ─ AFP

"I stopped driving my rented rickshaw on the roads because of the fear that some other investigating agencies might pick me up," he said. "My wife fell sick because of the tension."

Only weeks before the fiasco he had finally been able to buy a Rs300 bike with worn tyres for his daughter ─ the fruit of a year's careful saving.

'Stolen money'

The revelation of


the laundering frenzy comes as the newly elected PM Khan has vowed to squash rampant corruption and recover billions siphoned from the country as his government scrambles to shore up Pakistan's deteriorating finances.

"This is your stolen money," said the former cricketer during a televised address to the nation Wednesday.

"It was stolen on public contracts... and transferred into these accounts, then laundered abroad. I will spare no corrupt man in this country," he promised.

Falooda vendor Mohammad Qadir prepares falooda for customers at his cart in Orangi Town. ─ AFP

But for victims like Mohammad Qadir the damage has already been done.

"I have never even seen a bank from the inside," said the 52-year-old falooda vendor.

Transactions were nevertheless made in his name for Rs2.25bn.

Since news of the incident spread Qadir sayshe is regularly mocked by his neighbours and also fears being kidnapped by criminal elements who believe he has billions of rupees to spare for hefty ransoms.

Falooda vendor Mohammad Qadir (L) prepares falooda for customers at his cart in Orangi Town. ─ AFP

"He is a penniless billionaire," one of Qadir's acquaintances laughed while driving past his falooda cart in Orangi town.

"People make fun of me, but I ended up with nothing at all from this situation," said Qadir. "It is such a tragedy."

Public health department official Sarwat Zehra speaks during an interview with AFP at her home in Zaman Town in the eastern district of Karachi. ─ AFP

Sarwat Zehra, a 56-year-old official, says she has suffered from high-blood pressure after being handed a bill for Rs13m in back


taxes.

"I was told that a company had illegally passed Rs14 or 15bn through my account," she said.

The poor have long been used as fronts for the elite to dodge taxes and hide assets.

But the scale of the bank account scheme is unprecedented, with authorities pointing the finger at some of Karachi's wealthiest power brokers including figures with links to former president Asif Zardari.

'Blacklist'

In September, the Supreme Court established a commission to investigate the scourge, finding that at least $400m had passed through "thousands of false accounts", using the names of impoverished people.

Some 600 companies and individuals "are associated with the scandal", the commission concluded.

It is all the more embarrassing for Khan as his administration scrambles to secure billions of dollars in foreign financial assistance, while also entering talksRafael dos Anjos became the new UFC lightweight champion, and the feeling was "priceless" following a dominating victory over Anthony Pettis at UFC 185.

The Brazilian veteran, who claimed the 155-pound belt after winning eight of his last fights inside in the UFC, celebrated his victory with his family inside the Octagon in Dallas. dos Anjos, who said before the fight he wouldn’t let anyone beat him up in front of his kids, really meant it.

"It was priceless," dos Anjos told Ariel Helwani on Monday’s edition of The MMA Hour. "Being the UFC champion and having my kids in the Octagon, my wife, them holding the belt. That was like a movie. I’m so glad to be in this position. Just to be fighting for the belt, I was


7th-place Silvertips in three-way fight to make playoffs

The Everett Silvertips once again find themselves in a fight for their playoff lives.One month remains in the WHL's regular season, and the Tips are again in a position where they'll have to slug it out just to reach the postseason."Ever since I got here it's been like this, so it's nothing new," Tips overage winger Ryan Harrison said. "It's going to be a good race to the end, just like it has been here in Everett for a couple years."Everett heads into the upcoming three-games-in-three-days, which begins tonight in Kelowna and continues with home games against Spokane and Seattle, in seventh place in the Western Conference. The Tips have 47 points, which is three ahead of eighth-place Seattle and fiveAbstract

In the 1972 Socialist Register we analysed the development of the radical science movement from its birth in the struggle against. the genocidal science rained upon the peoples of Indochina to its often halting and uneven attempts to develop theory. Although we called that paper 'The Radicalization of Science', it actually spoke of the double process by which science which had been seen as socially and technically progressive was increasingly recognized as incorporated within the state, and the radicalization of scientists in opposition to this process. As part of that movement, we saw its task as the winning and transformation of the scientific knowledge itself, the making of a science for the people. Whilst it was easy to see the immediate tasks of opposition to the development and


A clown mask on Halloween night is nothing unusual, but with Rob Zombie set to helm a project that includes both, anything could happen. Zombie recently revealed his next movie, titled 31, in a teaser video. Details on the film have been kept quiet since the video's debut, but in a new interview Zombie shed some light on the mysterious 31.

On the verge of a European tour with his band, Rob Zombie spoke with Radio Metal about 31. He talked about why this movie took preference over his hockey movie and addressed rumors about 31 being a House of 1000 Corpses prequel:

On the title of 31 and whether it's a prequel:

"31, yeah, because it takes place on October 31st. No, it’s totally different. All I can tell you'Vacationauts': Space Tourism Posters for the Final Frontier (Gallery)

Be a Vacationaut

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Space Florida's new multimedia space tourism campaign, WeAreGo FL, aims to turn Florida's vacationers into "Vacationauts" by encouraging people to visit space-related attractions and watch rocket launches while visiting Florida's east coast. In this vintage-style Vacationauts poster, an astronaut sunbathes on the beach. Read our full story on the Vacationauts campaign here.

Make Space Part of Your Epic Florida Vacation

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A fully-suited astronaut helps kids on the beach build a sand castle in this advertisement from the Vacationauts space tourism campaign, which encourages Florida's tourists to make space adventures a part of their vacation plans.

Unforgettable Moments Are Go for Launch in Florida

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What's more romantic than long walks on the beach? A rocket launch on the beach! The


We Are Go Vacationauts campaign encourages Florida's vacationers to go see a rocket launch at the beach.

Everything Going Up is Going Down in Florida.

Credit: WeAreGoFL

A family watches a rocket launch from the beach in this advertisement from Space Florida's Vacationauts campaign. The campaign's "We Are Go" app includes a map with good beach viewing spots for local rocket launches.

Come for the Sun. Stay for the Space.

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A limited-edition poster from Florida's space tourism campaign, Vacationauts. Space Florida wants people who visit "the sunshine state" to consider watching a rocket launch from the beach while on vacation.

Space! It's Closer Than You Think.

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A limited-edition poster from the space tourism campaign, Vacationauts, which encourages people who visit Florida to incorporate space adventures into their vacation plans.

Out-of-This-World Excitement!

Vintage Vacationaut Posters

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Vacationautposter images will be available for download in high-resolution for free at WeAreGoFL.com beginning in mid-October.

Vacationaut Retro Lunch Box

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This exclusive Vacationaut lunch box comes with everything you need to get started with the multimedia Vacationaut experience. The campaign will give away a limited number of these via social media during the first few months of its launch date (Sept. 23).

Vacationaut Special Mission Kit

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The Vacationauts mission starter kit comes with a vintage-style metal lunch box, a booklet, four postcards, astronaut ice cream (freeze-dried Neapolitan flavored), a Vacationaut pin, one mission badge, a sticker and a pen.

Vacationaut Patch Giveaway

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The Vacationaut campaign is planning giveaways of special iron-on mission badges during the first few months following the campaign's launch in September.

Hanneke joined the team at Space.com in August


2016 as a staff writer and producer. She's a self-proclaimed science geek from the South with a passion for all things out of this world! She has previously written for Scholastic, MedPage Today, Scienceline, and Oak Ridge National Lab. After studying physics at the University of Tennessee in her home town of Knoxville, she moved to New York City and earned her graduate degree in Science, Health and Environmental Reporting (SHERP) from New York University. To keep up with Hanneke's latest work, follow her on Twitter, Facebook or Google+.

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Space Florida's new multimedia space tourism campaign, WeAreGo FL, aims to turn Florida's vacationers into "Vacationauts" by encouraging people to visit space-related attractions and watch rocket launches while visiting Florida's eastcoast. In this vintage-style Vacationauts poster, an astronaut sunbathes on the beach. Read our full story on the Vacationauts campaign here.

Make Space Part of Your Epic Florida Vacation

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A fully-suited astronaut helps kids on the beach build a sand castle in this advertisement from the Vacationauts space tourism campaign, which encourages Florida's tourists to make space adventures a part of their vacation plans.

Unforgettable Moments Are Go for Launch in Florida

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What's more romantic than long walks on the beach? A rocket launch on the beach! The We Are Go Vacationauts campaign encourages Florida's vacationers to go see a rocket launch at the beach.

Everything Going Up is Going Down in Florida.

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A family watches a rocket launch from the beach in this advertisement from Space Florida's Vacationauts campaign. The


a limited number of these via social media during the first few months of its launch date (Sept. 23).

Vacationaut Special Mission Kit

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The Vacationauts mission starter kit comes with a vintage-style metal lunch box, a booklet, four postcards, astronaut ice cream (freeze-dried Neapolitan flavored), a Vacationaut pin, one mission badge, a sticker and a pen.

Vacationaut Patch Giveaway

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The Vacationaut campaign is planning giveaways of special iron-on mission badges during the first few months following the campaign's launch in September.a child's bedroom or play area. It offers an abundance of space, not limited to toys, but also useful for books, games, puzzles and decorative items. It has two open shelves and a large box on the bottom with an attached lid. The top part of this kid's storage chest includes a rack ideal for arranging accessories. Below that is a shelf where books up to 10" in height fit vertically. The final section, a large toy chest, offers plenty of room for keeping their favorite things in one central location, closed off from view. It is made of sturdy materials in a kid-friendly design with no sharp edges or heavy lids to open and close. With this attractive Lift and Hide Bookcase Storage Chest unit you create


It may be a new low in propaganda. National Public Radio (NPR) used the news that Syrian First Lady Asma Assad had overcome breast cancer to mock her and continue the information war against Syria. They interviewed a Human Rights Watch staffer named Lama Fakih who is an American from Michigan now based in Beirut.

Do you believe Ms. Fakih in Beirut or do you believe people who live in Syria who say we are being lied to? Lilly Martin is such a person. Although she is American from Fresno California, Lilly has lived in Syria for nearly 25 years. She is married to a Syrian and has two Syrian sons. Dr. Nabil Antaki is another such person. He is a medical doctor in Aleppo, fluent in English andFrench as well as his native Arabic.

While NPR snorts about Asma Assad "sporting a chic blonde pixie cut", Lilly Martin points out that she was recently bald while fighting for her life.

While Ms. Fakir in Beirut says that there is "quite a lot of anger" because Asma Assad has conquered cancer, Dr. Antaki says that Syrians are happy at the news. Asma Assad is First Lady, mother to three children, and known for her compassion. Lilly Martin says that even while she battled cancer Mrs. Assad continued her charitable work.

While Ms. Fakih says that the "Assad government has been systematically targeting medical facilities and medical personnel", Dr. Antaki, who has remained in Aleppo throughout the conflict, says this is not true. While there are many western accusations that


the Syrian government attacks hospitals, the evidence is remarkably thin. One of the most highly publicized cases was regarding "Al Quds Hospital" in east Aleppo. In April 2016 there was a media blitz about this hospital having been destroyed by the Syrian Army. Following the departure of the "rebels", it was discovered that "Al Quds Hospital" was an unmarked portion of an apartment building, that it had NOT been bombed and was the LEAST damaged building in the area. It was determined that the nearby Nusra (Al Qaeda) headquarters and ammunition depot was the Syrian army target. Accusations that "Al Quds Hospital" was bombed were false. It was a media stunt.

Ms. Fakih says that "Syrians have not been able to benefit from medical care in Syria since thebeginning of the uprising in 2012". Lilly Martin simply says "This is factually untrue. The Syrian system of national hospitals, free services to the public, are in every area of Syria and have run continuously throughout the war." Dr. Antaki is an example; he is one of thousands of doctors working at hundreds of hospitals throughout Syria. But you would never know it from NPR or Ms. Fakih.

It is true that there have been disruption and damage to many hospitals, as demonstrated in this jihadi assault on Al Kindi Hospital. These are the "rebels" supported by Ms. Fakih and Human Rights Watch. They effectively supported them in east Aleppo until they were expelled from the city. Now Ms. Fakih and HRW is supporting the "rebels" in their last


redoubt in Idlib. There are countless videos demonstrating the cruelty and fanaticism of the "rebels". For example, the aftermath of the above assault on Kindi Hospital and the execution of the Syrian soldiers who defended the hospital. Those who are cheerleading for the "rebels" and trying to prevent the Syrian reclaiming Idlib should look at the execution video to see what they are supporting.

The West has provided weapons and other support to the "rebels". In parallel, there has been a campaign to whitewash the "rebels" and demonize the Syrian government. On top of this, the USA has imposed crushing sanctions on Syria which make it difficult or impossible to get critical medicines and replacement parts for western medical equipment. Dr. Antaki says it took him 1.5 years toobtain a replacement part for a Japanese medical instrument. I had my own experience with the draconian and inhumane sanctions. It took one year and endless hassle to send hearing aid batteries to help a deaf child in Syria.

This is one among hundreds of Syria "regime change" propaganda pieces broadcast on NPR. Behind a facade of authority and objectivity, there is bias and misinformation along with crocodile tears. As Lilly Martin says, "While the Syrian government medical system has tried to meet all the needs of Syrian civilians during 8 years of armed conflict, still there are numerous cases where the needs were not met and Syrians have suffered, and that blame must be shouldered by every person who held a gun against Syria and their foreign supporters


It has been found desirable in heat exchangers, particularly those used for condensers in refrigeration systems, to incorporate a serpentine tube configuration. The tubes are flat and are bent to form a plurality of straight passages connected by U-shaped bends. Preferably, two pre-bent extruded tubes are nested within one another and interconnected by fins (also called air centers) to form a tube and center style condenser. This style condenser uses tubes as a passageway for the refrigerant and the air centers attached outside the tubes increase the heat transfer. By nesting the two serpentine tubes together, a two passage serpentine condenser with increased performance is created.
The assembly of the air centers or fins between the tubes of the two passage condenser without special methods and equipment would beon.

When it comes to leasing things to tax havens, state governments have form. Electricity networks in both Victoria and South Australia have links to tax havens.

NSW too; some 40 per cent of the Transgrid electricity sale last year went to two entities domiciled in the Cayman Islands.

The secrecy shrouding the auction of the LPI means the actual corporate entities lurking behind each bidding syndicate remain a mystery.

The public, which owns the asset, even has to rely on newspaper leaks, likely from investment banks involved in the sale, to speculate as to the identity of the bidders. According to press reports, the bidding line-up is down to three consortia and two private equity players:

– Carlyle Group

– Affinity Equity Partners

– Hastings Funds Management, Advara and First State Super

– Macquarie Infrastructure


and Real Assets group and Link Group

– Borealis Infrastructure’s Teranet, and Computershare.

Advised by Morgan Stanley, the Carlyle Group is more than just an artful tax structurer. As a significant investor in the arms sector, and via its high political connections such as former US president George Bush Senior, it has a notorious track record of profiteering from wars, the Iraq War in particular. Even The Economist has written, “Carlyle Group gives capitalism a bad name”.

Stakeholders in the state of NSW concerned about sensitive details of who owns what land and how the state is divided up, have good reason for concern.

Then there is the bidding combination of Macquarie Bank and Link Group. The former is well-known for its sharp practises and the aggressive tax structures of its infrastructurean Australian corporation with no tax haven parentage.

This column, co-published by The Conversation with michaelwest.com.au, is part of the Democracy Futures series, a joint global initiative with the Sydney Democracy Network. The project aims to stimulate fresh thinking about the many challenges facing democracies in the 21st century.


has not – as you may have noticed – stopped Brexit in its path.

And if Labour forms a government after an election – the only plausible route to the referendum the People’s Vote campaign exists to promote – and if this faction is central to the remain campaign, we might as well skip the hassle and declare defeat in advance.

• Owen Jones is a Guardian columnistSenior Services of Stamford at 945 Summer St. by the end of February, administrators of the club, which has operated in the city since 1947, have arranged to move to a new home at St. John's Episcopal Church on Main Street.

The move, along with the club's ability to pay staff salaries and other program costs, however, hinges on an upcoming budget vote by the Senior Services of Stamford's Board of Trustees, said Betty McOsker, the club's program director.

Senior Services of Stamford, which is seeking to tighten spending, is expected to make a decision on funding for the club in the next two to three weeks, officials said.

"We have to wait for the board to make a decision," McOsker said. "If we can move to St. John's Episcopal Church,


a number of years."

The amount of money available to disperse through the grants has fallen $140,000 a year since three years ago, she said.

"We just can't further reduce that," Domonkos said.

Father James Wheeler, rector of St. John's Episcopal Church, said he is excited about the possibility of the Over 60 Club moving to the church.

The club would be situated in a recently renovated second-floor hall that is equipped with an elevator, he said.

"We would love them to come over and have their home here, and the more we looked into it the better it seemed," Wheeler said. "This is a group that does great work with a particular population, and we'd really like to see this marriage happen."

Ormond, who also serves as a trustee of Senior Services ofSeoul, South Korea (CNN) A North Korean soldier was shot by his former comrades while defecting to South Korea across the demilitarized zone, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement Monday.

The wounded soldier was evacuated from the site for emergency medical attention, the statement said, after defecting from a North Korean guard post at the Joint Security Area on the heavily-guarded border between the two countries.

The soldier is reported to have left the North Korean guard post in front of Panmungak, on the border inside the demilitarized zone, or the DMZ, and proceeded to move towards Freedom House on the South Korean side.

It's the same border area that was visited by US Secretary of Defense James Mattis less than a month ago.

The UN Command in South


Korea said the person drove a vehicle near the military demarcation line, the de facto border between the countries.

"He then exited the vehicle and continued fleeing south across the line as he was fired upon by other soldiers from North Korea," the command said.

View from North Korea side of the Demilitarized Zone earlier this year, at Panmungak, looking towards Freedom House.

The man "initially took cover near a building on the southern side" of the Joint Security Area. South Korean and US forces took him to the Ajou University Medical Center.

At a South Korean Ministry of Defense press briefing on Tuesday, a spokesman confirmed the fleeing North Korean had been hit in the elbow and the shoulder.

The spokesman said the defector's vehicle had gotten stuck in a gutter closeto the border, after which he jumped out of the vehicle and ran towards the South Korean side.

According to the ministry spokesman, South Korean soldiers did not return fire. It's still unclear under what conditions the North Korean defector was retrieved, with the spokesman saying he was found collapsed in some bushes.

The command's Military Armistice Commission notified the North Korean People's Army that "the individual is being medically treated at this time and an investigation into the incident is underway."

The Ministry of Defense confirmed to CNN more than 40 bullets were fired at the defector during his escape to South Korea, five of which hit him.

Some were pistol rounds while others were from an AK-47, the ministry spokesman said. There has been no confirmation yet whether the bullets


crossed into South Korea.

The soldier was still in a critical condition in a South Korean intensive care unit at Ajou University Hospital, a spokesperson confirmed to media on Tuesday.

DMZ defections

Monday's defection is the third by a member of the North Korean military this year, following two soldiers who fled to South Korea separately in June.

Prior to 2017, there had only been four military defectors from North Korea over the past five years: one in 2016, one in 2015 and two in 2012.

Robert Kelly, associate professor at the Department of Political Science at Pusan National University, said the prominent defection and the shooting was "genuinely surprising."

"It's fairly unusual, I can't think of the last time (a defector was shot at) ... it certainly adds to the tensions," he said.

Thedefector is currently in South Korean military custody, according to the statement.

"Our military has raised the alert level in anticipation of North Korean provocation. The military is maintaining a full readiness," the Joint Chiefs of Staff statement said.

The North Korean military has more than 1.2 million active soldiers and a further 7.7 million in reserves. It is one of the largest ground forces in the world.

US man arrested

In a bizarre twist, Monday's successful defection from North Korea came as an American man was arrested in South Korea apparently attempting to go in the other direction.

According to South Korea's Ministry of Defense, a 58-year-old man from Louisiana entered a controlled area in Yeoncheon County, on the border with North Korea, early Monday morning.

The man was reported to police by


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FACTBOX: Jerusalem, a city at the heart of conflict

(Reuters) - Jerusalem, where voters choose a new mayor in an Israeli election on Nov 11 that Palestinian residents say they will boycott, lies at the heart of conflict in the Middle East.

Here are some key facts about the city:

HISTORY

Situated 760 meters (2,500 feet) up in the hills between the Dead Sea and the Mediterranean, Jerusalem has been settled for 5,000 years. It became the center of Jewish religion and nationhood. Muslims revere it as the site of Prophet Mohammad's ascension to heaven. For Christians, it saw the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus.

Britain took Jerusalem from the Ottoman Turks in World War One and ruled Palestine for the following three decades.

STATUS

Under a 1947 U.N. plan to partition Palestine into aa yellow patch applied over the locomotive's former number and a new UP number applied on the cab. This allowed UP to number locomotives into its roster without spending the time and money necessary to perform a complete repaint. In May 2015, UP rostered 212 "patches", consisting of:
 22 Chicago and North Western (whose CNW logos have been hidden by the "patches"),
 174 Southern Pacific (AC4400CW, GP40-2, MP15AC, and GP60)
 14 St. Louis Southwestern (GP60)
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While not technically a predecessor locomotive in the traditional sense, UP also rostered a single SD40-2 (3564) still in the 1970s paint scheme, not counting DDA40X No. 6936, which is part of the Union Pacific Heritage Fleet.

In 2017, Union Pacific decided to repaint all locomotives not in


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He lived in Colorado, and I lived in Arizona. We spent our first year together chatting online nightly and visiting each other every few months. By the end of our first year, Avi and I decided we were right for each other, and because he had fewer ties to Colorado than I had to Arizona, he set about sending resumes out and coming to Tucson for interviews. My last trip to Colorado, we went engagement ring shopping. A month later, he came to Tucson for a job interview (he wasn't offered the job), and proposed in our hotel room that evening.

The very next day, he got a phone call from another company he had applied to, had an interview just hoursMadrid in the last 16.

Now to be drawn in the same group as PSG and Liverpool means the privilege of being in the second pot was useless. The Napoli chairman said it's incredible that Liverpool was in pot three considering they got to the final last season and has urged UEFA to change the regulations.

Napoli sit second in Serie A. How would you rate their start to the season?

There were a lot of doubts after the loss of manager Maurizio Sarri and the exit of a great leader Liverpool fans know well, Pepe Reina.

Furthermore the schedule has been very hard. Napoli have already faced Lazio, Milan, Fiorentina and Juventus in the first seven games.

Even if Napoli has six points less then past year at this point, this start


winger for the first time in his career. The team has less possession of the ball and is more direct now. With Sarri, Napoli were the best in terms of possession in Europe with Man City and Barca, now we're 23rd.

Which players have impressed so far this season? Who do Liverpool need to be wary of?

The best in this moment is Insigne. He changed position and he is scoring a lot with five already. Brazilian midfielder Allan is also in amazing condition and it's crazy that Tite prefers Renato Augusto to him in the international team.

Another player who Liverpool need to focus on is Piotr Zielinski. His position has changed too, he's a left midfielder now, but he moves a lot into the centre, giving space to theLoading Video Unavailable Click to play Tap to play The video will start in 8 Cancel Play now

Yeah, Napoli have only got Faouzi Ghoulam who is out from last season's match against Man City. He is one of the best left-backs in Europe and Napoli miss him very much. All the rest are available and in good condition. Maybe Ancelotti will make two or three changes from the game against Juventus.

Finally, what's your prediction?

Napoli will be a different team, so much stronger than the friendly match they played with Liverpool in Dublin in August. But Liverpool is a top team now.

Maybe a draw with goals at both ends – that would be a good result for Liverpool after beating PSG and not so bad for Napoli who can


taken care of two different households, and will depart to walk the red kids soon. ... Jim ran the Bolder Boulder in 54 minutes on Monday, while Kathy easily made her guessed walking time. Our trash is usually picked up on Tuesday, but was set back to yesterday because of Memorial Day. Usually the recycling or compost is picked up before 7:30 a.m., and the trash is grabbed between noon and 2. Yesterday, the recycling was picked up around noon at one house, and three at the other; the trash was picked up at 5:30 at the first house and has yet to be grabbed, as of now, at the second house. With the raccoons in the neighborhood, it made for an interesting morning. ... Archaeologists believe theyShe was driving a vehicle while she was that drunk. She could easily have killed other motorists, or folks on the sidewalk. She could have parked her car and died from alcohol poisoning. There are all sorts of scenarios that might have happened. - A woman was recently put in jail for 33 years after her 8th time of DUI; this time she struck and killed two young parents and their infant. To escape being arrested, she dove into a local reservoir and tried to swim away. She was caught. When pulled up into the boat, her first question was, "Who did I kill?" Drunkenness has been a problem of civilization from day one - maybe we should finally start implementing some DUI laws that have teeth. ....


Back home on the island, the Island Roxy Theatre is getting a new life. Renovations are being done, and the theatre will begin showing movies next week - and they have also booked their first musical endeavor, a string quartet. Go, Roxy! .... Louis J. Feuchter, 1885-1957, was a renowned Baltimore artist who painted maritime scenes of the Chesapeake Bay and Eastern Shore. The Museum of Chincoteague Island is presenting an exhibit of his work in paintings in oils and watercolors, as well as many sketches. These works provide a visual record of the vessels that plied the area waters in the early 1900s. The works are privately owned and have never been exhibited publicly before. They have been loaned to the museum specifically for this exhibit whichruns for three weeks only, opening Saturday, and running through June 24. Feuchter's artistic talent was recognized early in his life, and he was admitted to the prestigious Maryland Institute of Art when he was 12. In the 1940s, he was commissioned to paint the murals in the Mariners' Museum of Newport News. Today, his works are featured in many museum collections. The museum is open Tuesday through Sunday from 11 a.m.-5 p.m., and closed on Mondays. Admission is $3 for adults; children 12 and under are admitted free with accompanying adult.

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Yesterday, near Sangatram in New Bengal, in India, a leopard somehow became trapped in a water retention pond at a tea plantation. A wildlife worker was called, a ladder was dispatched, and the leopard


wheelchair racers. Patrick, a friend who's a barrista at Starbuck's, said he was totally over-run by customers - especially since they had a $2 frappucino grande special running from 4 to 7 p.m. - Patrick worked by himself from 5 to 7, and couldn't even start to break down the work stations until 7 last night. ... The Boulder Creek Festival was its' usual success, and ended yesterday with the rubber duck race down Boulder Creek.
In the news: The man who was attacked in Miami has lost about 75% of his face, according to a local TV station. Larry Varga, who witnessed the ferocious attack, said: "The Police officer came over, told him several times to get off and a police officer climbed over the divider and gotin front of him and said, 'Get off!' And told him several times and the guy just stood his head up like that with a piece of flesh in his mouth and growled." That was when the officer shot the assailant. The victim is still in critical condition. .... Florida, Colorado and New Mexico are not the only states with wildfires - the Upper Peninsula of Michigan has a wildfire that has burnt over 34 square miles and destroyed over 36 residences. .... Shackleford, who won last year's Preakness, won yesterday's Metropolitan Mile Handicap, in his usual front-running style. Caleb's Posse was closing fast, but couldn't catch the big chestnut. .... Black Caviar, the Australian thoroughbred, will soon arrive in Great Britain. It had been hoped by the


the waterfall, as well as the interior water feature, gurgling gently. I've watered the organic garden and all of the potted flowers and plants outside, have fed the koi, have fed and played with the cats and dog, have walked the dog, and have taken Jim and Kathy to a drop-off site near the Start line of the Bolder Boulder. Jim's running group was to leave at 7:15, and I dropped he and Kathy off at 7:00, 6 blocks from the starting line. Kathy is walking the course, with her arm in her sling, as her arm and shoulder still give her some twinges. I'm about to go over to their house and "dognap" Boo and Mona to come play with Tessa in the back yard. I havethe British Colonies, (b) the Continental Army during the Revolution, (c) the War of 1812, (d) the Mexican War, (e) on both sides of the Civil War, and so on and so on... I am extremely proud of my ancestors who fought and bled for this country, and of everyone else who has served the United States. The armed forces of today deserve every one's respect and thanks.
I humbly thank all members of the United States armed services, whether they have served us in the past, are serving us now, or will do so in the future. America depends upon it's citizens who, willingly, serve our country. God bless you, and thank you.

Yesterday it got pretty windy in the afternoon and evening... I enjoyed my time with my


kits yesterday, and had a ball with Tessa and the kits at Lynn's. This morning, after watering the garden, I helped myself to a handful of fresh, ripe strawberries from the strawberry patch - golly, they were sweet! The tomato plants are producing blooms, and the carrots are sprouting, as are the asparagus plants. I would love to take Lovey and Nedi with me back to the house, but it will upset Lily too much. The other kits and Tessa welcome my kits, but Lily is the queen of the house, and she dislikes change of any kind. Lovey and Nedi are outside in the sun, running around and chasing each other like maniacs. With the Bolder Boulder tomorrow, I'll come back and visit them again tonight, andthen come back tomorrow afternoon. The kits won't be thrilled, but I think that's the best option, and I've already told my buddies at Safeway that they will not see me in the morning.
I've read two of the seven books I got at the library the other day, and am half-way through the third. The air around here yesterday was terrible - the fire up in Poudre Canyon is now out, but we got the smoke from the wildfire in New Mexico that has burnt over 130 square miles. We, of course, are under a fire and fireworks ban - and there's a fire on the west side of the mountains (the Paradox fire), that has burnt 3,000 acres in Colorado near the Utah border. It looks pretty


and clear outside this morning, while it was extremely hazy yesterday. I can still smell smoke in my apartment, this morning.
I had to do a double-take and then read an article today - it was about an incident in Miami, Florida. A woman driving across a causeway from Miami Beach Beach back to Miami, saw two men "fighting" alongside an exit ramp near the Miami Herald building. One man was naked and was chewing on the face of the other, clothed, man. Police arrived, and ordered the naked man to stop chewing, or eating, the other man's face. The other man was screaming and struggling. The naked man did not cease and desist, even after he had been shot twice. Reports say that the policeman put at least6 bullets into the naked man before he died - still chewing on the other man's face. The victim of the attack was taken to a hospital and is in critical condition, having had "almost half of his face eaten" by the naked assailant. Now I remember why I try to avoid Miami, when I visit Florida....

Yesterday was kind of crazy - when I stepped out in the hall to go grab a fresh bagel, one of my neighbors and I stopped to chat. As we were about to part ways, we realized there was a pair of legs visible on the landing of the north stairs. I told the man that I'd check out the person, and we parted. I paused at the bottom of the north


to feel safe in the hallways of the apartment building.
Speaking of which, a couple was awakened the other morning by the sound of someone wandering around in their house - the footsteps came closer, and the man grabbed his licensed gun from his nightstand. Before the intruder walked into the bedroom, both husband and wife yelled warnings - that they had a gun, and that they would shoot, if the intruder entered the bedroom. A woman entered the room, and continued to approach the bed, even though both people were yelling warnings. The woman was shot in the side, just above her hip. Turns out, she was dead drunk, and had just graduated from CU last week. She managed to find the one unlocked screen door in a$2.75 million home, and entered, trying to find her own room. (She lived two miles away.) Colorado has a "Make my day" law, under which, if a verbal warning is given, the home owner has the right to protect him or herself with deadly force. The young lady survived the shooting, and announced that she is "disappointed" that the state and home owners are still going to charge her with felony trespass.....
My kits are super, but I missed sleeping with them last night. Instead, I had Dhisana, Lily and Lyra in bed with me, and Tessa on the floor next to the bed. Before 6:30 this morning, I had fed all the critters, re-filled the bee water dish, watered the organic garden, and watered all the potted and


Nedi has found/made a new hidey-hole that is somewhere in the closet - he went in there with the first clap of thunder last night, and I didn't see him again until this morning. Lovey, on the other hand, snuggled as close as she could get - I think she would have burrowed under my skin, if she could have done so.
I've been at the Thore house, and received detailed instructions on caring for the pets, house, plants, waterfall and garden for the next two plus weeks. Then I walked Rosie and Remy, and ended up at the Snow house, so Remy could lay down and rest, and Mona could chase Rosie for another 30 minutes, trying to take Rose's blue squeaky bone away from her. ... Iover to stay with the red kids again for a couple of hours, then I'll walk them in the morning, and move into the Thore house tomorrow afternoon. ... Kathy and Jim are still deciding on their options for the running of the Bolder Boulder on Monday - I'm pretty sure I'll be driving them to, or from, or both ways. ... And Creative Cause, who ran in the Derby and placed third in the Preakness, is going to skip the Belmont on June 9. John Velasquez has been named as the jockey aboard Union Rags for the race.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Boulder reached 89 degrees yesterday, breaking an 80-year-record. Today, a front is passing through, and we hope to have a high temperature of 72. It's grey outside,


a couple of hours with Rosie and Remy, and I'm getting ready to head back over to walk them this morning. My kits are enjoying the sunshine, even though Lovey keeps running in to check on me every 5 minutes or so.
I found the other day that I can no longer multi-task doing important things. I was watching the video of Kenny Rogers and the First Edition sing "Just Dropped In to See What Condition..."; I was really into the music and was tapping my fingers along with the beat. That was when there was a close-up of Kenny Rogers, and I realized that it looked like my nephew Mike. I was also working on my brother-in-law's family tree. His maternal family has a large number of members,all the citations back onto the various relatives... Aieee!
The clouds cleared just in time for Boulder to see last night's eclipse of the sun. .... Gary Sinese and the Lt. Dan Band played in Parker yesterday (I would have gone, had I been aware of it). .... I'll Have Another has arrived at Belmont Park, and will begin to prepare for the final race in the Triple Crown. Jockey Steve Cauthen, who was aboard Affirmed, the last Triple Crown winner in 1978, compared the two chestnuts yesterday, and said that he believes that I'll Have Another can win the Belmont, too. He stated that the compact chestnut colt has the same quiet drive and will to win that Affirmed possessed. .... Tangier Island, in the Chesapeake Bay, is


disappearing into the Bay. The water level is rising, there is a good deal of soil erosion from the waves, and there is land subsidence, all contributing to the permanent loss of land. From the air, Tangier used to look like a fish hook - now it looks like a teardrop. The island town of Saxis, in Accomack County, is also disappearing. If breakwaters and dredging are not done quickly, both of these towns with 400 years of history apiece will soon sink under the waters....

Sunday, May 20, 2012

I have fallen in love with a 2-year-old filly. Her name is Lola, and she lives at the Pelton Vanners Farm in Lady Lake, Florida. Her dam is a beautiful, mostly black Gypsy Vanner; her sire is a bay roan545 acres in the Gila National Forest in the southwestern part of the state. No structures were at risk, and no injuries were reported. About seven trails remained closed in the forest and more than 110 firefighters around the state were helping battle the blaze Saturday.
*In Utah, rain and cooler temperatures helped slow a wildfire that burned nearly 2 square miles in the western part of the state. Firefighters contained the blaze late Friday. No structures were threatened, and no injuries were reported. Authorities say the fire was sparked accidentally Thursday by a passing car.
*In Southern Oregon, crews worked Saturday to extinguish a 462-acre wildfire near the California and Nevada borders. The fire eight miles east of Lakeview, Oregon, near Highway 140 was not immediately threatening people or


property, but firefighters said they were concerned hot spots could ignite later in the fire season. The fire is believed to be human-caused and is burning on private land and in the Fremont-Winema National Forest.
And, going back to the thoroughbreds.... I'll Have Another has come out of the Preakness in fine shape, and will be heading for Belmont Park (and the Belmont Stakes) in New York. He will try to become the first Triple Crown winner since 1978, when Florida-bred Affirmed won it, under teenage jockey Steve Cauthen. Connections for Dullahan, Hansen, and Union Rags have said that they plan to run against the chestnut colt in the Belmont. ... OK, so I picked I'll Have Another - because I like his looks and his pedigree. My otherof the stretch. I'll Have Another began to make up ground with each stride, catching Bodemeister about 100 feet from the finish line. Bodemeister hung tough, but I'll Have Another was a good head in front at the line. Creative Cause finished third. I'll have more tomorrow.

In Lingerie, the filly who won the Black Eyed Susan Stakes (the fillies' equivalent of the Preakness) yesterday, is doing well. She won the race Friday, but it was noticed that her left fore was bleeding heavily in the winner's circle. She apparently grabbed a quarter coming out of the gate, and is sound and happy today, according to her trainer.

Neva
and Spotted Wolf, Arapaho Delegates to 1863 Visit Abraham Lincoln, with imprint
of Addis & Noel, Leavenworth, Kansas. Neva (standing) is wrapped in


a
masterpiece of porcupine quillwork embroidery on a brain-tanned buffalo robe of
the type that was sometimes presented as a special gift from a mother-in-law to
her daughter's husband. Such robes were made as sacred vows by Cheyenne and
Arapaho members of the Woman's Sewing Society. Also, such work was often pledged
as a prayer for the recovery of a sick relative or the return of a loved one too
long away at war. Once the work was completed, the vow was considered fulfilled,
and the maker was then at liberty to give or trade her work however she wished.
Twenty was considered the minimum number of quilled stripes for such a vow; 30
or more was deemed extraordinary. This robe has over 80 stripes running the
entire length. It represents a year or more of daily workby the woman who
created it. Among the property which George Custer reported he had destroyed
with Black Kettle's Cheyenne/Arapaho village at the Washita in November 1868,
were "573 tanned buffalo robes, many decorated." Spotted Wolf carries a pipe and
a beaded tobacco bag, indicative of his position as a Council Chief. His painted
and quillwork-decorated leather shirt with locks of human hair indicates his
earlier career as leader of one of the warrior societies. Neva grasps a bow and
a single arrow in his left hand. The nock and fletching of the arrow are seen
against his bare right shoulder.

George Bent, half white, half Cheyenne, and his wife Magpie, a Cheyenne (1867)

It's grey and overcast here - the clouds are hugging the foothills, and I can only see the bottom 50 feet of the first


Flatiron. Hopefully, the rain that is falling around the area will manage to help the fire fighters up in Poudre Canyon; that wildfire has spread to almost 8,000 acres, and is about 45% contained. It turns out that a man was camping there in the Poudre Canyon, and the wind over-turned his alcohol-burning stove. He tried to put the fire out, then fled. He has been ticketed, which has a cost of $350.00, but as the state has had to declare an Emergency Disaster, there is talk of holding him responsible for damages done by the fire.
The forecast for Pimlico is sunshine, and officials are hoping for a good turnout of fans and revelers. Coverage will begin at 2:30 on NBC Sports Channel, then switch to NBC atgrew up near trading posts, and knew well the ways of the white settlers. Niwot and his band of Southern Arapaho
lived peacefully in this area, following the buffalo, which formed the basis of
their subsistence and played a key role in their culture. When gold was
discovered in the mid-19th Century, fortune seekers flooded the area, as did
settlers. Niwot, who had learned English from his brother-in-law, a white
trader, sought to make peace with the newcomers, hoping to share the land. He
was mortally wounded in the Sand Creek Massacre in 1864. After that, the
Southern Arapaho were sent to Oklahoma, and the Northern Arapaho were moved to
the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. If you are interested, I highly recommend going to the exhibit, and the perusal of two books: Chief Left Hand


Military Institute's New Market Battlefield. VMI says it is the oldest battle re-enactment in the nation and one of the few held on the original site. During the real battle, VMI cadets entered were under the command of Confederate Gen. John C. Breckinridge. His 4,000-man army included 257 cadets. They went on to defeat Union forces totaling more than 6,000. Weekend activities include historical interpreters who will provide a civilian perspective on the era. The battle re-enactment is scheduled for Sunday. I miss going to see Civil War re-enactments - my favorite was the Battle of Olustee in Florida.
We're supposed to have rain during the weekend. I hope that Larimer County gets plenty of rain and no lightning! (Of course, we're expecting thunder and lightning storms with highwinds this afternoon and evening, too.)

Thursday, May 17, 2012

The wildfires in Arizona now have covered over 20 square miles. The wildfire here in Colorado has spread from 980 acres yesterday to over 5,000 acres right now. There are mandatory evacuations in Larimer County, and multiple road closures. The Poudre Canyon fire began Monday and was first reported at a size of 10 acres... Flames have been seen shooting 10 to 15 feet above the tree tops, and you can smell the smoke in Boulder. Winds have been gusty and erratic today, and the winds are supposed to become very gusty tomorrow ahead of a cold front that is supposed to bring lightning, thunderstorms, and, hopefully, rain.

It's a lazy, warm day. I just woke up from a nap, and


am getting ready for lunch. The kits are basking on the patio, and Ernest Borgnine is playing a Basque on "Wagon Train" - oh, my, there's Leonard Nimoy... He must be playing either a son or nephew of Ernie....
About 6 last night, a very insistent squirrel demanded some nuts through the window screen. He (definitely a he) ate or buried all but two of them - then at 9:30, two raccoons cruised by and the the nuts. The critters provided good entertainment for my kits.
Saturday is the Preakness, and it's also my niece's birthday. Sunday night, the 20th, I'll be watching CBS to see Tom Selleck in a new Jesse Stone movie. On May 26, Encore Westerns is celebrating John Wayne's birthday by showing 19 of his moviesСтраници

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He belongs to the group known as the "Cappadocian Fathers", a title which reveals at once his birthplace in Asia Minor and his intellectual characteristics. Gregory was born of a deeply religious family, not very rich in worldly goods, to which circumstances he probably owed the pious training of his youth. His mother Emmelia was a martyr's daughter; two of his brothers, Basil of Cæsarea and Peter of Sebaste, became bishops like himself; his eldest sister, Macrina, became a model of piety and is honoured as a saint. Another brother, Naucratius, a lawyer, inclined to a life of asceticism, but died too young to realize his desires. A letter of Gregory to his younger brother, Peter, exhibits the feelings of lively gratitude which both cherished for their elder


brother Basil, whom Gregory calls "our father and our master". Probably, therefore, the difference in years between them was such as to have enabled Basil to supervise the education of his younger brothers. Basil's training was an antidote to the lessons of the pagan schools, wherein, as we know from a letter of St. Gregory of Nazianzus, Gregory of Nyssa spent some time, very probably in his early youth, for it is certain that while still a youth Gregory exercised the ecclesiastical office of rector. His family, it would seem, had endeavoured to turn his thoughts towards the Church, for when the young man chose a secular career and began the study of rhetoric, Basil remonstrated with him long and earnestly; when he had failed he called onGregory's friends to influence him against that objectionable secular calling. It was all in vain; moreover, it would seem that the young man married. There exists a letter addressed to him by Gregory of Nazianzus condoling with him on the loss of one Theosebeia, who must have been his wife, and with whom he continued to live, as with a sister, even after he became bishop. This is also evident from his treatise "De virginitate".

Some think that Gregory spent a certain time in retreat before his consecration as bishop, but we have no proof of the fact. His extant letters make no mention of such retirement from the world. Nor are we better informed of the circumstances of his election to the See of Nyssa, a little town


on the banks of the Halys, along the road between Cæsarea and Ancyra. According to Gregory of Nazianzus it was Basil who performed the episcopal consecration of his brother, before he himself had taken possession of the See of Sozima; which would place the beginning of Gregory of Nyssa's episcopate about 371. Was this brusque change in Gregory's career the result of a sudden vocation? St. Basil tells us that it was necessary to overcome his brother's repugnance, before he accepted the office of bishop. But this does not help us to an answer, as the episcopal charge in that day was beset with many dangers. Moreover in the fourth century, and even later, it was not uncommon to express dislike of the episcopal honour, and to flyfrom the prospect of election. The fugitives, however, were usually discovered and brought back, and the consecration took place when a show of resistance had saved the candidate's humility. Whether it was so in Gregory's case, or whether he really did feel his own unfitness, we do not know. In any case, St. Basil seems to have regretted at times the constraint thus put on his brother, now removed from his influence; in his letters he complains of Gregory's naive and clumsy interference with his (Basil's) business. To Basil the synod called in 372 by Gregory at Ancyra seemed the ruin of his own labours. In 375 Gregory seemed to him decidedly incapable of ruling a Church. At the same time he had but faint praise for Gregory's


zeal for souls.

On arriving in his see Gregory had to face great difficulties. His sudden elevation may have turned against him some who had hoped for the office themselves. It would appear that one of the courtiers of Emperor Valens had solicited the see either for himself or one of his friends. When Demosthenes, Governor of Pontus, convened an assembly of Eastern bishops, a certain Philocares, at one of its sessions, accused Gregory of wasting church property, and of irregularity in his election to the episcopate, whereupon Demosthenes ordered the Bishop of Nyssa to be seized and brought before him. Gregory at first allowed himself to be led away by his captors, then losing heart and discouraged by the cold and brutal treatment he met with, he tookan opportunity of escape and reached a place of safety. A Synod of Nyssa (376) deposed him, and he was reduced to wander from town to town, until the death of Valens in 378. The new emperor, Gratian, published an edict of tolerance, and Gregory returned to his see, where he was received with joy. A few months after this (January, 379) his brother Basil died; whereupon an era of activity began for Gregory. In 379 he assisted at the Council of Antioch which had been summoned because of the Meletian schism. Soon after this, it is supposed, he visited Palestine. There is reason for believing that he was sent officially to remedy the disorders of the Church of Arabia. But possibly his journey did not take place


till after the Council of Constantinople in 381, convened by Emperor Theodosius for the welfare of religion in that city. It asserted the faith of Nicæa, and tried to put an end to Arianism and Pneumatism in the East. This council was not looked on as an important one at the time; even those present at it seldom refer to it in their writings. Gregory himself, though he assisted at the council, mentions it only casually in his funeral oration over Meletius of Antioch, who died during the course of this assembly.

An edict of Theodosius (30 July, 381; Cod. Theod., LXVI, tit. I., L. 3) having appointed certain episcopal sees as centres of Catholic communion in the East, Helladius of Cæsarea, Gregory of Nyssa and Otreius of Melitenewere chosen to fill them. At Constantinople Gregory gave evidence on two occasions of his talent as an orator; he delivered the discourse at the enthronization of St. Gregory of Nazianzus, also the aforesaid oration over Meletius of Antioch. It is very probable that Gregory was present at another Council of Constantinople in 383; his "Oratio de deitate Filii et Spiritus Sancti" seems to confirm this. In 385 or 386 he preached the funeral sermon over the imperial Princess Pulcheria, and shortly afterwards over Empress Flaccilla. A little later we meet him again at Constantinople, on which occasion his counsel was sought for the repression of ecclesiastical disorders in Arabia; he then disappears from history, and probably did not long survive this journey. From the above it will


be seen that his life is little known to us. It is difficult to outline clearly his personality, while his writings contain too many flights of eloquence to permit final judgment on his real character.

Most of his writings treat of the Sacred Scriptures. He was an ardent admirer of Origen, and applied constantly the latter's principles of hermeneutics. Gregory is ever in quest of allegorical interpretations and mystical meanings hidden away beneath the literal sense of texts. As a rule, however, the "great Cappadocians" tried to eliminate this tendency. His "Treatise on the Work of the Six Days" follows St. Basil's Hexæmeron. Another work, "On the Creation of Man", deals with the work of the Sixth Day...was in talks with Iraq to use their X-ray facilities.

Iraqi Oil Minister Jabar al-Luaibi said last month that exporting oil from the Kirkuk fields to Iran would start before the end of January.

Iraq and Iran plan to build a pipeline to carry the oil from Kirkuk to avoid having to use trucks. The planned pipeline could replace the existing export route from Kirkuk via Turkey and the Mediterranean.


prefers Harry Potter fanfiction to Jane Austen? Think again, because the market for alternative books outside of literature and fiction proper is massive. According to the Neilsen BookScan, 28,031,000 romance books and 20,111,000 were sold in 2015, compared to 7,578,000 classics. So the next time you debate reading the new Star Wars book because you want to or War and Peace because "everyone has read it," remember that there are plenty of people who would pick the former. Maybe you should let yourself, too.

When you look at the fiction best-seller list, what do you see? Chances are, it's filled with white, straight dudes who have written books about and for other white, straight dudes. When you look outside of the Literature umbrella, you're more likely to find diverseUNFORGETTABLE VENUES

Palazzo della Meridiana

A surprisingly elegant building in which different architectures and styles co-exist, frescoes and pictorial decorations of great value, a delightful outdoor area and a central position in the most visited part of the old city of Genoa, at the end of Via Garibaldi: all this is Palazzo della Meridiana, a 16th century home opened to the public in the Autumn of 2010.

Palazzo della Meridiana is one of the “Palazzi dei Rolli”, a system of 42 Genoese buildings that in 2006 became a Unesco World Heritage Site.

Under the current ownership (the Viziano Group), it has undergone long and thorough conservative restoration work and now has rooms outfitted specifically for receptions (up to 500 sitting people), exhibitions, meetings and events.

These include the art nouveau rooms designed by


After winning the "Volant V" in 1977 at the André Pilette Racing School, Zolder, Boutsen entered the Belgian Formula Ford 1600 championship and won it in 1978 with 15 victories in 18 races.[1] He also entered the 1978 Spa 24 Hours race, the very last auto race on the old 14 km (8.7 mi) Spa-Francorchamps circuit- driving a Toyota Trueno.[2] For 1979 he moved to Formula 3, winning three races in 1980 and second place in the European title race, behind Michele Alboreto.[1] In 1981 he moved to Formula 2 and was again second in the European championship, including winning at the 14-mile Nürburgring- this time behind Geoff Lees.[1]

He also entered the 1981 24 Hours of Le Mans. The race started at 3pm – one hour earlier thanusual due to the Parliamentary elections held on the same weekend. At 4:06pm Boutsen suffered a massive accident just after the Hunaudières kink, some 400 metres (0.25 mi) before the Mulsanne bosse (the "hump") when his WM P81-Peugeot was travelling at some 350 km/h (217 mph). A suspension piece had failed and the car hit the guard-rail losing the entire rear end. Boutsen was untouched, but the debris field of hurled parts and bodywork was spread over 150 metres (490 ft). Three marshals were struck by the debris. One of them, Thierry Mabilat, was killed - struck in the chest by a detached piece of the guard rail. Two of his colleagues, Claude Hertault and Serge David (who lost an arm), were seriously injured.

In 1983 he paid $500,000


for a drive in Formula One and made his debut with Arrows at his home race, the 1983 Belgian Grand Prix at the shortened 7 km (4.3 mi) Spa.[1] While he scored no points in 1983 his careful handling and close performance compared to experienced teammate Marc Surer. With backing from Barclay cigarettes he remained with the team for a further three seasons. The first saw Arrows struggle with their difficult firstturbocharged car, with powerful BMW turbo engines but poor handling. Boutsen scored points twice in the old Cosworth DFV powered A6 and once in the turbo machine. His second season saw several notable results, including 2nd place at Imola. Boutsen crossed the line third, behind Alain Prost and Elio de Angelis but after the race, Prost wasdisqualified because his car was 2 kg underweight. Three more points scores saw him 11th overall in the standings. A final season with Arrows saw no points for Boutsen in an uncompetitive car, but in parallel to F1 he drove for the Walter Brun team in Group C and clinched the World Championship title with them in 1986, winning that year's Spa 1000 km.

Boutsen got his big chance when he switched to the works Ford F1 team, Benetton, for the 1987 season as teammate to Teo Fabi. While the package wasn't a race winner it did allow him to run regularly in the top 6. He scored points in six races, his best being awarded 3rd place in Adelaide after the disqualification of Ayrton Senna's Lotus and moved


to 8th overall. At the Australian Grand Prix, Boutsen was furious with Fabi when the Italian refused to let his teammate lap him for a number of laps. When Boutsen confronted Fabi about this after the race, a frustrated Fabi (who had been unable to find an F1 drive for 1988), told the Belgian to "come back and see me when you have a pole position". Fabi scored no wins in his F1 career but did have 3 poles to his name while at that stage Boutsen could only boast his 2nd place at Imola in 1985.

1988 saw Boutsen with a new teammate, the fast, chain-smoking Italian Alessandro Nannini. When Cosworth stopped development of their turbocharged V6 engine, Benetton were forced to switch to normally aspirated Ford DFRV8engines in anticipation of the banning of turbos in 1989. Boutsen's consistency, mechanical sympathy and speed in the Rory Byrne designed Benetton B188 saw him score points in 10 of the 16 races, including five 3rd-place finishes (all behind the all-conquering McLaren-Honda's), and place 4th overall as the best non-turbo driver in the field.

His reputation as a reliable, fast driver with good development skills saw Frank Williams sign him on a two-year contract to replace Nigel Mansell (who was off to Ferrari) and drive the new V10Renault powered Williams FW12C. 1989 began with Boutsen on the back foot due to a heavy pre-season testing crash in Rio and because veteran teammate Riccardo Patrese had a major resurgence in form. However at the Canadian Grand Prix, Boutsen drove well


in wet conditions and took his maiden victory after Senna suffered a late engine failure. Although it was a welcome win (Boutsen became the first new winner in F1 since former Arrows teammate Gerhard Berger had won the 1986 Mexican Grand Prix for Benetton. Between then only Senna, Prost, Nigel Mansell, Nelson Piquet and Berger had won a race), it was considered a lucky win for the Belgian as he had been last at one stage and had a full 360° spin, though luckily he managed to keep his car off the walls. He managed to catch and pass Patrese who was suffering with a loose undertray and took the lead 3 laps from the end when the Honda V10 engine in Senna's McLaren MP4/5 seized. Three morepodium finishes came before Boutsen rounded the year off with a second victory at the rain-soaked Australian Grand Prix. Ironically Boutsen had been one of the drivers protesting about the conditions at the circuit before the race.

1990 saw more consistent points scoring drives, including his third and final Grand Prix victory - a lights-to-flag victory in Hungary where he took his first pole position and held off sustained pressure from Alessandro Nannini (Benetton) and Ayrton Senna (McLaren) to win. However, with Nigel Mansell available in 1991, Williams Renault felt they needed a 'star' driver to put together a championship bid. Despite Boutsen winning three races in two years to Patrese's one, the team felt that Patrese had been more consistent (and had worked well with Mansell in 1988)


and decided to keep the Italian to drive alongside Mansell.

With no vacancies among the top teams Boutsen had to drop down to the Ligier team. Despite having a sizeable budget and Lamborghini V12 engines, the JS35 was an uncompetitive car and Boutsen was frequently unable to disguise his disgust with the machinery given to him. The arrival of Renault engines in 1992 improved matters a little and in his final race for the team he scored 5th place, his first points since leaving Williams.

Initially he was unable to find a drive for 1993 but Barclay secured him a slot at Jordan, replacing Ivan Capelli. Boutsen was rusty, too tall for the car and largely outpaced by young teammate Rubens Barrichello, failing to score any points in ten races.With Eddie Jordan keen to bring in younger, well-sponsored drivers to the seat the decision was taken to turn Boutsen's home race into a farewell event, though he retired on the first lap.

For 1994, Boutsen was hired by Ford Motorsport to lead their works challenge on the newly created Super Tourenwagen Cup in Germany. Driving a factory prepared Ford Mondeo built by Eggenberger Motorsport, that first season was a learning year for both Boutsen and the team.

The following year, Boutsen was joined by his old Williams teammate Riccardo Patrese, but the season was a disaster. Attempting to follow Audi's lead by developing a four-wheel drive car, the Mondeo was totally uncompetitive.

Boutsen started in only the first four races in 1996 before leaving the team and turning his attention


to sports car racing. After three years of limited success, Ford pulled the plug on the project at the end of that season to focus solely on the British series.

Boutsen then drove sports cars in the US, driving for Champion Racing in a Porsche 911 GT1, alongside Bill Adam and Hans Stuck. The trio finished 2nd in class at the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1997, Boutsen won the GT-One US Championship with the Champion Racing in 1998. After a crash at Le Mans in 1999 at the wheel of a Toyota GT-One he retired from racing altogether.[1]

Today Boutsen runs his own company, Boutsen Aviation, in Monaco.[3] Its business is the "Sale and Acquisition of Business Jets". He founded the company in 1997 with his wife Daniela andup to May 2011, the company had sold 205 aircraft, ranging from Airbus Corporate Jets to Cessna Citation. He is also co-owner of Boutsen Energy Racing alongside his brother-in-law Olivier Lainé and Georges Kaczka. The team competes in the Formula Le Mans class in the Le Mans Series. Boutsen also runs cars in Formula Renault and Eurocup Mégane Trophy.


people in his base as well," she said. "And I think that he's trying to divide so he can conquer, not unite so we can all conquer."

The U.S. went on to capture its second straight World Cup two weeks after Rapinoe's White House comment, which quickly went viral online.

Todd also pressed Rapinoe on what she plans to do next, asking the athlete if she would ever run for office.

Rapinoe replied that she plans to continue playing soccer.Campbell U.S. Pat. No. 1,431,930; Billi et al. U.S. Pat. No. 3,868,009; and Munsch U.S. Pat. No. 5,188,212 each disclose rotary apparatus for transferring articles without changing the orientation of the same. Kovara U.S. Pat. No. 5,029,695 is representative of a starwheel for transferring articles in an oriented position around its periphery from one conveyor mechanism to another.
British Patent Application Publication 2100696 discloses a machine for forming, filling and sealing cartons and comprised of eight work stations, namely a straw and sealing tape applicator station, a carton blank wrapping and folding station, a seam and one end bonding station, a carton rotator and conveyor transport station, an other end closure preform station, a filler station, an other end closure sealing station, and a carton ejector station. At the