sound of voices echoing up. Aito made a motion and led Dismas down the hall in the other direction, where she knew there was another way down, farther away from the door that led out into the courtyard. It was longer this way, but that might mean they could make it to the exit before the others caught up.

Down the next staircase they went, and at the bottom Aito started to lead Dismas toward the nearest exit, his wings dragging out behind them. They heard shouts coming from around the corner and Dismas pulled her in the other direction. At this rate Aito knew they would end up in a part of the caps that she didn't know.

One door was familiar and Aito stopped Dismas and pulled ithandful of dirt to Aito.

"It grows," Kyrios said.

As they watched, some of the dirt began to shake and move to either side as a green shoot sprang up amongst the brown earth. It grew taller with every second and roots began to wrap around Kyrios's hand. Once it was an inch or so high Kyrios carefully put it into the hole that he had made and covered it up. The green shoot came up again, growing twice as, ten times as fast with every passing second. Within a minute they were standing around a young tree whose branches were already starting to part and blossom before their eyes. It shook and vibrated with the new life that was taking it by force, but it seemed to slow down


that's what Kato said too. Well, once he saw that he had nothing left to lose with his boss gone."

The dean collapsed back into his chair and moaned.

"To put it simply, you're under arrest, Mr..." Cain pushed the door so that he could see the lettering on the other side. "Padrone."

Cain and Dismas left the office so that the pair of soldiers standing outside could come in and deal with the former dean. Outside of the museum they met Leonidas, who was going over a document.

"How did it go?" Leonidas asked.

"Well, I certainly enjoyed it," Cain said, and Dismas nodded in agreement. This was the most fun they had had all week.

"So what will you do now?"

"I have to go back to the caps," Dismas said. "The kingBill Freind

Bill Freind's book American Field Couches was published by BlazeVox in 2008, and his chapbook An Anthology was released by housepress in 2000. He's had work in the Journal of Poetics Research, Noon: A Journal of the Short Poem, Western Humanities Review, Jacket 2, and others, and he's a contributing editor at Dispatches from the Poetry Wars.

The last time I heard the word redemption was from a guy who then dropped a Springsteen impression in the Best Buy parking lot. Beyond, goldenrod, high tension wires. Vistas are temporarily unavailable.


their relationship to the travellers that use them.

Chiangi Airport, Singapore

Chiangi Airport is one of the largest and busiest transport hubs not just in South East Asia, but in the world. In particular, the magnificent steel-and-glass design of Terminal 3 of Chiangi Airport is a stand-out feature for many reasons. Designed by the CPG Corporation and Tierra Design, Terminal 3 opened in 2008, adding an additional 22 million passenger-handling capacities and 380,000 square metres to the airport. However, the most impressive aspect of the terminal is how it has dispensed with utilitarian design in favour of warmer, more natural features. With plenty of natural light entering the space from over 900 skylights features include a butterfly garden, a 5-metre-high “Green Wall” with hanging plants and a waterfall.

Enchanted garden inChangi International Airport, Singapore.

Continuing with this natural theme, the airport added a fourth terminal in 2017, but also made some impressive advances in delivering fast, seamless travel to passengers travelling through. From principal designer SAA Architects Pte Ltd, the terminal includes features such as self check-in, automated bag drop and boarding, along with nature-inspired sculptures and plenty of vegetation.

The airport plans to continue with further expansion plans, adding a new “lifestyle destination” known as The Jewel in 2019. Designed by a consortium led by Moshe Safdie, the 10-storey building will be topped with Canopy Park, a 14,000 square metre garden environment with walking trails, gardens, dining and leisure activities.

Heydar Aliyev Airport, Bina, Azerbaijan

Terminal 1 features some stunning design innovations that make it one of the most unique and


imaginative airport designs in the world. Designed by Turkish studio Autoban, the terminal opened in 2014 with a total area of 65,000 square metres and an annual capacity of 6 million. For their work on this project, Autoban won the Red Dot award for interior design in 2014.

The most interesting design feature on display in Terminal 1 is a series of around a dozen oak-veneer semi-enclosed ‘cocoons’. Within each cocoon travellers can find various different amenities, including bars and cafes, shops and quiet spaces for relaxation.

The entrances to departure zone of Terminal 1 in Heydar Aliyev Airport, Bina

For Autoban, designing this space was all about encouraging relaxation and minimising stress, so in addition to including those innovative custom wooden cocoons, the design focuses heavily on organic shapes andNarrating ] Bob has come up with the idea... of bringing back two former members of the chorus for the show." "Both of them had to leave because of ill health." "His plan is to give them the Coldplay song "Fix You" to sing as a duet." "Today I'm off to meet Fred Knittle, a colorful personality in the chorus... until a heart attack five years ago forced him to stop." " An old cowpoke went riding out one dark and windy day " " Upon the trail he rested as he went along his way " " When all at once a mighty herd of red-eyed cows he saw " " A-ridin' through the ragged sky " " And up a cloudy draw " " Yippee-yi-ay Yippee-yi-oh


sounded so bleak." "I had" "It was shocking to me that he made it back from what he went through." "He really sounded like he was on the verge of death." "And, you know, he has never come back to us since then." "From that point on it was hell." "I couldn't see." "I couldn't hear." "I couldn't talk." "I didn't know anybody." "I didn't know my wife." "I didn't know my children- for months." "I took him to the local hospital here." "While he was in there- It was three days- he did nothing but sing day and night." "I mean, the top of his lungs, day and night." "The doctors would laugh, and the nurses- they'd say, "He's still in there singing."" "They felt they couldnot do anything for him there, so they sent him to a  [ Laughing ] - to Dartmouth Hitchcock up in New Hampshire." " What was he singing?" " Everything." "Everything from Young At Heart chorus." "He was singing "Golden Years."" " Golden years, bwop-bwop-bwop - Laying in the bed, singing." "That was the thing about it" "His state of mind" " He would say things that were actually really, really funny... almost acting as if he was on stage." "He was so sick, and that was really what was causing him to do those things... but it was so much in his personality." "Bob Cilman came in and he said..." ""You sang every song that we did on the tour in chorus in the emergency room...


the people appreciate you so much... it kinda gives you an uplift, you know." "Makes you feel great, you know." "I love it... especially when you go out on stage there." "They start clapping and everything else." "Oh, God." "That's really something." "[ Woman On P.A., Indistinct ]" "Here we go." " One more time, Ed." "I gotta get through a lot here." " -- [ Pop ]" " [ Vocalizing ]" "[ Stephen Narrating ] Despite Joe's absence, Bob presses on." "Of all the songs, "Schizophrenia" seems to have made the biggest leap forward... almost unrecognizable from what it was just six weeks ago." " Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah " " Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah,China Killed Prince

When Jorge Guajardo arrived in Beijing as Mexican ambassador in 2007, he came with a directive about what was his country’s most urgent issue with the Chinese government. Mexico needed China to curb its manufacturing and sale of a dangerous class of chemicals—precursors to making fentanyl and other synthetic drugs—that flowed nearly unchecked into North America.

The drugs were legal in China, sold openly online and through factory reps. Drug cartels in Mexico used the China-made chemicals to fuel their growing arsenal of heroinlike synthetics sold into the United States to feed the country’s hunger for opioids. For six years, his tenure as ambassador, Guajardo tried to get China’s government to stop production of the chemicals powering the deadly epidemic. The issue was so critical to his


Beijing, opioids produced from Chinese precursor chemicals killed the musical icon Prince, sparked a surge of drug overdoses unlike anything ever seen before in the United States, and helped power an unprecedented slump in Americans’ lifespans. Last year in the United States, 72,000 people died of drug overdoses—a 10 percent spike from 2016—and more than were killed by guns or car wrecks. The majority of those deaths involved opioids, now almost inevitably containing fentanyl.

Fentanyl is a potent synthetic opiate – the standard formulation is 50-100 times stronger than morphine – developed in 1959 that came into widespread medical use in the 1990s. It’s now widely used as a treatment for severe pain in everything from surgery to cancer therapy. The dozens of its cousins now flooding America’s streetwith SL Go, a mobile viewer app, currently in open beta.

Crucially, the original OnLive service – with a selection of individually sold streamed games and the subscription-only PlayPack – is and will still be available.

In fact, the company proudly claims that OnLive has suffered zero downtime since its launch in 2010 – despite the fact that firm came dangerously close to bankruptcy and laying off all of its employees.

With its death seemingly imminent in August 2012, OnLive was purchased by Gary Lauder of venture capitalist firm Lauder Partners for a reported $4.8m. Since then it has remained quiet while it built on its operations and technology, opened new data services and restructured its management team.

CloudLift and OnLive Go are the fruits of those labours, although time will tell


end of the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and other communicable diseases by 2030. It also aims to achieve universal health coverage and to provide access to safe and effective medicines and vaccines for all. This will entail, inter alia, support for the research and development of vaccines and medicines for diseases that primarily affect LMICs. Since the private sector, particularly the research-based pharmaceutical industry, is the most important innovator of health care products, improving adherence to high ethical standards globally must involve this industry.

The research-based pharmaceutical industry has an enormous impact on global health due to its global reach and its impact on setting international standards. In particular, its influence upon ethical standards in clinical research in LMICs cannot be ignored; most large, multinational pharmaceutical corporations undertakeNHL.com asked 48 of the League's top players for their opinions on topics surrounding the game at the 2019 NHL European and North American Player Media Tours in the offseason. An installment of their answers runs each Wednesday. In this edition, we've collected the best answers regarding the nickname of the Seattle NHL expansion team that will begin play in the 2021-22 season.

It seems everyone has an opinion on what the nickname of the new Seattle franchise should be.

NHL players are no different.

General manager Ron Francis said last week that Seattle hopes to announce its nickname in the first quarter or first half of next year.

"I think we're getting close," Francis said at the PrimeTime Sports Management Conference in Toronto.

Seattle has five yet-to-be-revealed names on its final list,


but that short list did not limit the responses from NHL players, who gave answers that ranged from the topical to the traditional to the hilarious.

Vegas Golden Knights forward Jonathan Marchessault knows what it's like to play on a team with a new nickname. Vegas' nickname was a source of constant speculation before it was announced Nov. 22, 2016 -- almost a full year before its first game -- and of much debate even after the Golden Knights started playing.

"I know probably everybody's going to criticize it at first, like the Golden Knights," said Marchessault, laughing. "But I guess the bar is high for Seattle now."

Marchessault said he's not sure what name he would suggest, but he would like to a see a color scheme similar to thatof Seattle's NFL team, which wears blue, silver and green.

"I think it would be cool to have the same colors as the Seattle Seahawks, like in the same blue tone there," he said.

Florida Panthers forward Jonathan Huberdeau went one step further and said the new hockey team should be called the Seahawks.

Nostalgia was on the minds of Philadelphia Flyers forward Kevin Hayes and Montreal Canadiens forward Max Domi, who each went the NBA route by suggesting SuperSonics, the name of Seattle's NBA team from 1967 until it moved to Oklahoma City before the 2008-09 season.

Anaheim Ducks goalie John Gibson and Chicago Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane also mentioned the Seahawks as well as the Thunderbirds, the nickname of Seattle's Western Hockey League team.

Minnesota Wild defenseman Matt Dumba, who played


Eagles or something," he said. "Some type of bird."

Buffalo Sabres defenseman Rasmus Dahlin stayed on the bird board, suggesting the Roosters.

Other members of the animal kingdom were in the mix too.

"Seattle Whales, I guess," Blackhawks forward Alex DeBrincat said. Stars forward Radek Faksa also suggested Whales.

Faska's teammate, goalie Ben Bishop, stayed with the nautical theme, riffing off Seattle's world-famous Pike Place Market and its signature fish-tossing spectacle.

"Seattle Fish; something along those lines," he said. "I always think about the fish markets there."

Edmonton Oilers forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins went down the nostalgia trail, too, citing a former NHL nickname before veering sharply at the last moment.

"They're a West Coast team," he said. "Maybe, like, the Seattle Whalers or something like that. Yeah, I don't know. A lot of orcas gothrough by Seattle.

"What's the building they have? The Space Needle? That wouldn't be the best. The Seattle Space Needles; maybe not the best."

Others also cited various cultural touchstones associated with the area.

St. Louis Blues center Ryan O'Reilly incorporated the music genre the city is known for, spearheaded by bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam in the 1990s.

"The Seattle Grunge," he said. "I just think Pearl Jam; it started there, all of those guys. That would be cool."

Nashville Predators forward Matt Duchene was in the same neighborhood with his suggestion: the Seattle Sound.

Boston goalie Tuukka Rask was inspired either by the city's reputation for year-round precipitation, or perhaps he was a big fan of a certain Dustin Hoffman/Tom Cruise hit movie from 1988.

"Seattle Rainmen," he said, smiling.

New Jersey Devils


leader was somewhere in the same world as she was made her worry for his safety...

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A cheerful and energetic young pirate, she may seem childish at first, but she's quite the capable leader. Her journey in the new world led her to battles against foes large and small. But her search for Johnny, the man she longs for, led her to places that she never quite imagined, and so it was with a sigh of relief when they were reunited at last. The fight wasn't over yet, though: they still had to find a way back home, and it seemed that in order to do that, they had to go through a rumble in the jungle...LONDON (AP) — Global health officials are closely monitoring a new respiratory virus related to SARS that is believed to have killed at least one person in Saudi Arabia and left a Qatari citizen in critical condition in London.

The germ is a coronavirus, from a family of viruses that cause the common cold as well as SARS, the severe acute respiratory syndrome that killed some 800 people, mostly in Asia, in a 2003 epidemic.

In the latest case, British officials alerted the World Health Organization on Saturday of the new virus in a man who transferred from Qatar to be treated in London. He had recently traveled to Saudi Arabia and is now being treated in an intensive care unit after suffering kidney failure.

WHO said virus samples from the


made the students several compilation tapes, mixing everything from Minor Threat to the Sugarhill Gang (and violating countless copyright laws). Lauraine told me about a new scene coming out of Olympia, Washington called Riot Grrrl.

Born at Evergreen State College, the Riot Grrrrl movement built on the failed promise of punk rock. In the 1970s, punk emerged as an androgynous subculture that rejected the beauty myth and the macho bullshit of mainstream hard rock (with Alice Cooper hacking up female mannequins and all). In 70s punk, females had a place on the stage or in front of it. But by the 1980s, punk had devolved into “hard core” and females bands faded out and females being groped in the pit at Corrosion of Conformity shows faded in.

So the radicalkids at Evergreeen and in other scenes across the country began to create pro-women punk rock. There was an explosion of bands like Bikini Kill, Heavens to Betsy, and Bratmobile. What the bands lacked in musical chops, they made up in passion. Most bands had only female members and the songs were about things like rape victimization and menstruation, stuff you were not going to hear Ozzy Osbourne singing about (although allied male groups, like Nirvana did take up the banner). They drew on influences like Patti Smith, Joan Jett and Yoko Ono and even the Black Panther Party for Self Defense. It was so exciting that something new was happening in music and it was coming from young women who were sick of being told that if


A Cup of Creativi-tea: Writer’s Block

Terri Wilson is a solo librarian at the law firm of Underwood, Wilson, Berry, Stein, and Johnson, PC in Amarillo, Texas. She has a BFA in Theatre from Eastern New Mexico University, an MFA in Theatre from Texas Tech University, and an MS in Library & Information Science from the University of North Texas. Prior to becoming a law librarian, Terri was a paraprofessional for six years in the reference department of the University Library at Texas Tech. And prior to that, she explored a cornucopia of employment positions while a laboring as a struggling actor (emphasis on the struggling part). Terri has recently started a blog for creative ideas for librarians.

In the business of librarianship we are often called upon to write.Summit last month -- at the very hotel where he had told us of his commitment to not altering state law one way or another -- Romney boasted that each time an issue involving reproductive rights came up during his governorship, "on every single one of them I came down on the side of respecting human life."

Romney's "Extreme Makeover: Political Edition" goes beyond abortion rights. Once he supported allowing gays to serve openly in the military and backed a federal law to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation -- not anymore. He's gone from saying "I don't line up with the NRA" to becoming, last August, a life member.

Romney told the Boston Globe in 1994 that, as a registered independent, he voted in the 1992 Democratic


primary for Paul Tsongas because Tsongas was from Massachusetts and he favored Tsongas's ideas over Bill Clinton's. Appearing last weekend on ABC's "This Week," Romney offered a contradictory explanation: "When there was no real contest in the Republican primary, I'd vote in the Democrat primary, vote for the person who I thought would be the weakest opponent for a Republican."

Surely a man with a Harvard MBA could do better than that. At the time of the primary, Tsongas was doing better than Clinton in matchups against George H.W. Bush. And Tsongas didn't need Romney's help trouncing Clinton in his home state.

To give this explanation the credit it doesn't deserve, Romney's rationale boils down to arguing that he didn't really mean his vote; he was just trying to gameNew cladding for Guy’s Hospital tower gets green light

Southwark's planning committee has approved proposals to re-clad Guy's Hospital tower and install a light installation at the top.

Councillors voted unanimously in favour of the planning application at Southwark Town Hall on Tuesday night.

Architect Greg Peynore of Peynore and Prasad told the committee that the 1974 tower "is in a very important location in a rapidly changing part of London".

"It's a culturally significant building," he said. "It's been called a Brutalist building and in many ways after 30-something years it may not be reflecting the image that the NHS would want it to.

"Our approach has been both to give this building a new lease of life and also to bring out the best qualities of the existing design.

"It was an


a bull’s-eye, Routes 7 and 15 used to cut through the middle of historic Leesburg until bypass detours for the highways were built around the city.

The $47.6 million project to shift Georgia Avenue/Maryland Route 97 includes a new 0.7-mile stretch of two-lane highway north of Goldmine Road and south of Holiday Drive. It will also include bike lanes and sidewalks, new lighting and signage, stormwater management facilities and drainage systems.

In addition, two new bridges will be built over Meadow Branch and Reddy Branch streams.

Construction will begin on the southern end of the project near the Longwood Community Center. The new roadway is expected to be ready for traffic by the fall of 2021.Former Gen.G mid laner Lee "Crown" Min-ho has signed with OpTic Gaming of the North American League of Legends Championship Series, the organization announced on Sunday.

Crown joins an OpTic roster that just lost Tristan "PowerOfEvil" Schrage, who signed with Counter Logic Gaming following the completion of his contract. Crown also joins a starting lineup likely to feature top laner Niship "Dhokla" Doshi and support Terry "Big" Chuong, who remain under contract with the team through the end of 2019. Matthew "Akaadian" Higginbotham and Dong "Arrow" Hyeon-Noh are out of contract, leaving OpTic in need of two more members to complete its starting lineup.

Crown was Gen.G's starting mid laner at the 2018 League of Legends World Championship, registering the highest kill participation among mid laners at the event. However,


he served in a backup role for most of the League Champions Korea summer split to Song "Fly" Yong-jun, playing in only three games and sitting out both summer playoff matches. He regained his starting role for the regional qualifiers and kept the starting spot into worlds. Gen.G was eliminated during the group stage of the competition, finishing fourth in Group B.

The South Korean mid won the 2017 world championship with the organization then known as Samsung Galaxy, completing a 3-0 sweep of SK Telecom T1 to lift the trophy at the Bird's Nest in Beijing.so this place-based landscape – kivas, cliff dwellings and rock art – can remain intact and appreciated by future generations.

The spiritual connection to the landscape also includes the region’s flora. The prehistoric peoples of Cedar Mesa used a number of the native plants for food, medicine, clothing, housing and ornaments. Native grasses such as Indian ricegrass and dropseed were harvested in early summer and ground into meal for making bread. The prickly pear cactus provided fruits that could be peeled and eaten. Other plants such as the yucca were used for weaving baskets.

The Basketweavers and culture likely derived from earlier nomadic hunters and gathers. Artifacts from the Basketweavers are some the oldest found in the area. It is believed likely that a series of droughts drove the Basketweavers


to the nearby mountains. Later, after their descendants returned around AD 1050, they brought with them the influence of the Mesa Verde people to the east and the Kayenta people to the south. By the late 1200s, the prehistoric Puebloans moved out of the area, also likely because of the droughts of the 12th and 13th centuries, in addition to a lack of natural resources and competition with the nomadic tribes from the north. Today, the canyons of Cedar Mesa are important to the Hopi, Ute, Navajo and various Pueblo tribes. Bears Ears is a national monument to all Americans, teeming in Native American culture and connecting us to the spiritual and natural world.

Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument is ground zero in the fight for our public lands,passionate anglers and a small camera crew. Our new film, CHROME, celebrates the joy and passion that steelhead evoke in the fly fishing community. The film also takes a long, hard look at the threats that climate change and ocean acidification pose to these iconic fish.

We were incredibly fortunate to have a handful of major conservation organizations, including the National Wildlife Federation, support the film. Many of the world’s top fly fishing brands also came on board as sponsors. CHROME is currently touring the U.S. as part of the 2016 Fly Fishing Film Tour, and we anticipate releasing the film, which is 12 minutes long, to the general public in mid-April.

The only way we’re going to protect incredible fish like steelhead and salmon, and the only way we’re


Innovation Academy at Martin has numerous partnerships throughout the business and educational community, including a partnership with the University of Texas and the National Wildlife Federation.

Students gardening. Photo by Erica Brokaw

Last fall, the Innovation Academy held an event in order to build a monarch butterfly refuge and food garden on their campus. There were over 70 students, teachers, parents, and community members at the event and Chipotle donated burritos to feed everyone who attended.

During the event, there were 7 gardens built from scratch and a total of 12 gardens planted in. The turnout resulted in the most successful community gardening day of any school in Austin Independent School District (ISD) history. Part of the gardening project included a cross-curricular, Project Based Learning (PBL) curriculum for the students.

Students gardening.Photo by Erica Brokaw

Monarch. Photo by Marya Fowler

For the weeks leading up to the gardening event, the students studied about the migration of the monarchs in social studies and about the life cycle and environmental factors of the monarchs during science class. The students even drew up plans and designed the garden during their “Gateways to Technology” class. With all of the information they gathered about the monarch: their lives, needs, why they are in danger, and what people can do to help, the students then created presentations using photos from the garden project as well.

Martin Middle School also held a STEAM (STEM, including the arts) night in order to showcase their Fine Arts programs, and all of the excellent projects occurring in science and math classes. The


event was held in the Austin ISD Performing Arts Center (PAC).

During Martin’s STEAM night, over 500 parents, educators, and community members attended. In between the performances, the Innovation Academy students went on stage and their Power Point presentations were projected on the large screens in front of the audience. The groups each went through their presentations, with all students being responsible for speaking to the audience about their section.

Not only was this the first time that many of the students had spoken publically, but it was also the first time any of them had ever been on a large stage in an auditorium. The students did an excellent job and generated a lot of conversation about the monarchs in the school and community. Success!

Martin Middle School is certifiedwith the National Wildlife Federation as a Schoolyard Habitat since the area offers places for wildlife to find food, water, cover, and places to reproduce and raise their young. The area also is maintained through sustainable gardening.

This past October, our first grade Eco-Schools USA Monarch Heroes at Piney Point Elementary hosted a fabulous Garden Party in Houston, TX! The students in two of the classes had been working since they returned to school in August on this project, and the Heroes event marked the celebration of their accomplishments so far.

Monarch Heroes is an initiative of the National Wildlife Federation’s to help students save the declining Monarch population by providing more habitat and raising awareness of their plight.

By participating in this program, our first grade leaders have learned a


2013, students diverted 11,839 pounds of waste from the landfill. Beyond recycling, they compost organic matter in twelve outdoor chambers and several in-class vermicompost bins (i.e. worms). In 2014, they composted meats, cheeses, bones, oil, and paper towels through a community initiative. As of December 2014, 26,677 pounds of organics have been collected from the lunchroom, classroom, and restroom areas, which has reduced landfill pick-ups from five times a week to twice a week and the waste disposal bill from $534 per month to $261 per month. Lunchroom waste has now been reduced to wax-coated milk cartons and silver-lined potato chip bags.

Earth Heroes

Park Forest Elementary School broadcasts their successes to the community through fairs, exhibits, and presentations. In the future, they will set up community tours showing wheresupporters like NWF backing this vision gave it credibility and national standing – their voice is not easily ignored!

After many unsuccessful appeals to the US Department of State, it appeared that we had exhausted our options. With the determined insistence of former NWF board member Steven Montgomery, and fast action by NWF to mobilize fellow national conservation organizations, a sign on letter was produced at the 11th hour that helped to push the State Department to finally support and sign off on our bid to host.

Then, on May 21, 2014, to our amazement, and the amazement of many around the world, the IUCN Council voted unanimously to award the 2016 World Conservation Congress to Hawai‘i!

As we count down to September 1-10, 2016 when the world will meet in


Hawai‘i, I encourage all NWF members, supporters and affiliates to consider how they can be part of this once-in-a-lifetime historic opportunity.

If you are an NWF affiliate or partner organization, consider joining as an IUCN member and send a delegation to the Congress. Your participation and support will help to ensure that the 2016 World Conservation Congress leaves a legacy that will change the world.

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About the Author: Chipper Wichman is the President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of the National Tropical Botanical Garden. For the past 40 years, Chipper has worked at the National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG) where he has led efforts to preserve the precious natural and cultural resources of Hawai`i where he was born and raised. Some of Chipper’s many accomplishmentsMcKnight not indicted in Krystal Barrows' shooting

CHILLICOTHE – A Ross County grand jury did not return a secret indictment for Ross County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Brett McKnight in the accidental death of Krystal Barrows.

The Ohio Attorney General's Office met with the grand jury Friday, said Jill Del Greco, spokeswoman for the state office. The case is now closed because the grand jury did not return the indictment.

Details of the grand jury's decision are secret under Ohio law, Del Greco said. She could not comment on McKnight's future with the Ross County Sheriff's Office.

Barrows, 35, was killed during service of a warrant Dec. 11, 2013, when McKnight's gun inadvertently fired. Barrows was struck by a bullet during the no-knock search warrant at a residence off U.S. 23 South when


the single round was fired as law enforcement entered.

She died the next day in a Columbus hospital.

The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation later determined the round had come from a submachine gun held by McKnight, who reported he never realized the gun had fired. A shell casing was found just outside the home, and evidence showed the bullet had passed through the home from the outside before hitting Barrows.

The initial investigation was completed and sent to Ross County Prosecutor Matthew Schmidt in February 2014, who asked the attorney general's office to take an independent look and make a recommendation on how to proceed.

The attorney general's office turned over the investigation to its special prosecutors, who then asked BCI to follow up on some additional questions surrounding the case,Del Greco said.

McKnight was initially placed on administrative leave after the shooting, but he was put back on active duty in February 2014 at the recommendation of his doctor and with clearance from the sheriff office's insurance provider.

As of December, McKnight was serving as a shift supervisor on road patrol, according to Lt. Mike Preston, and was not allowed to perform tactical work.

Information on McKnight's current standing with the department has yet to be released.


and regulates the amount of glucose that is taken up by your skeletal muscles to be used for energy. As a result, glycine supplementation may benefit people suffering from hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar, anemia, and chronic fatigue.

Digestive System

Your digestive system relies on glycine in order to function normally. Glycine is found in high concentrations in your gallbladder and assists in the production of bile, which is a substance used to digest dietary fatty acids. Glycine is a common ingredient in antacids because of its ability to balance the acid-base ratio in your digestive tract, according to a 2006 study published in the "Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences."

Nervous System

According to the book, "Anabolic Primer," glycine is best known for its effects on your nervous system. Glycine affects the productiona hit to Comey's credibility. Farenthold himself asked Comey in July if Guccifer ever accessed Clinton's files.

"He did not. He admitted that was a lie," Comey replied.

The prospect of diminishing credibility comes at a bad time for the FBI chief, who was already on tense terms with Congress. Adding to his plight was Monday's discovery that Paul Combetta, an IT aide for Clinton tech firm Platte River Networks, may have sought help from users of the online "Reddit" discussion board in figuring out how to conceal data that might have been relevant to the investigation into Clinton's handling of classified information.

Employees of the firm had already refused to testify or claimed their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination to avoid testifying before Congress. The FBI failed to respond to


was aware of these facts at the time of their investigation," he wrote Monday.

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Matthew Whitaker, who heads the nonprofit Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust and who served as a Bush appointee in the Justice Department during a period that overlapped Comey's time as deputy attorney general, criticized the agency's behavior. "You would have hoped that they already gave Congress the information before a subpoena was necessary," he said.

"The investigation could and should be reopened, but it won't be," he added. "It was clear from the FBI's assessment of the case that they put weight on whether Clinton intended to expose classified information, but not whether she intended her actions as the law requires nor whether the information was actually exposed."

In the meantime, lawmakers like Farentholdthese "assessments" rely solely upon computer climate models for their future scenarios of gloom and doom. As it turns out, climate modeling (or forecasting) isn't necessarily climate science, because the modeler gets to choose a preferred answer, and then tune the internal equations to get there.

The forecast models are known as "general circulation models," or GCMs, and are generated by various government research groups around the world. Every six years, the U.S. Department of Energy supervises a "model intercomparison" project. For the most recent one, in 2013, 34 modeling teams sent in a "frozen code" model to be compared with the predictions from other groups. These form a community of base models, which the researchers feel are their "best" version, and after this point the code cannot be


changed until the inter-comparison is done.

According to an Oct. 2016 news story in Science magazine, the modeling team from Germany's Max Planck Institute was finalizing their inter-comparison version when the team leader, Erich Roeckner, became temporarily unavailable to participate in the work. As the team tested the model before submitting it, they found it now predicted twice as much warming (7 degrees Celsius) for doubled carbon dioxide as it had in its previous iteration. Science reported that Roeckner had a unique ability to tune the model's cloud formation algorithm, and so in his absence, the model produced heating way outside the norm. Roeckner's team eventually got the warming down to a level that was within the range of the other models.

Enter Frederic Hourdin, who headed up the Frenchjob at cornerback, while No.2 pick Sean Davis will also look to earn a starting job as the team's new strong safety.

With Eifert out, expect second year man Tyler Kroft to start at tight end for the early portions of the 2016 season. As a rookie, Kroft caught 11 passes for 129 yards and one touchdowns for the Bengals.

The Bengals will already be without Vontaze Burfict for their Week 2 matchup in Pittsburgh, as Burfict will be out for the first three games of the 2016 season for his actions during Cincinnati's wild card loss at the hands of the Steelers.


of Virginia. According to the second amended complaint, at the time of the debt collection activities in issue, Liliana Vitullo, but not Julio Vitullo, was the owner of a property located on River Road in Capon Bridge, West Virginia. On October 4, 2006, Liliana Vitullo signed a deed of trust and note secured by the Capon Bridge property. Julio Vitullo signed neither the deed of trust nor the note. The second amended complaint alleges that the current noteholder is defendant Green Tree Servicing, LLC ("Green Tree"), a Delaware limited liability company with its principal place of business in Minnesota.
Defendant Daniel J. Mancini is an attorney who maintains a law firm named Mancini & Associates in Pennsylvania. On June 2, 2008, Mancini sent a letter to Liliana Vitullo entitledthe second, subordinated deed of trust securing the second note. Yet, because the sale price of the Capon Bridge property at foreclosure was insufficient to satisfy the first note, the foreclosure created a deficiency on the first note, and it is this deficiency that is the subject of Count XIV. Although the second deed of trust was likely extinguished at foreclosure, the debt under the second note remains. Green Tree asserts that it has no affiliation with the first deed of trust or note, and that it has simply provided debt servicing on the second note since August 2009, which, because the security interest has been extinguished, must proceed against Liliana Vitullo in her personal capacity. Under these facts, Green Tree may not be a proper defendant in


with Merkel, it also puts him in a tricky position to convince the entire political party that he is the right leader. Schulz left the presidency of the European Parliament last year in order to battle for the German chancellery. At the time, he denied he would join another coalition with the conservatives, given that in the past this has damaged the position of the party. However, after the conservatives failed to reach an agreement with other smaller parties, Schulz found himself in a complicated situation. Also, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, a socialist party member, asked Schulz to reach an agreement with Merkel and avoid the need for another election.

German Chancellor and head of the German Christian Democrats (CDU) Angela Merkel during statements following all-night preliminary coalition talksare still worthy of our admiration for their fidelity, no
less than for their beauty.

And lastly, to conclude this introductory chapter, it may be worth
while to attempt to answer the question of what analogy we can find
between the work of Giotto and that of the present day, and what
lessons we can derive from the former. Now that we have had our road
cleared of the many difficulties that beset the old Italian artist,
have we any left that he can teach us how to master, and if so, what
are they?

The answer is a very simple one. In his time art was suffering its
restriction to a certain class of subjects, the religious; and a
certain way of representing those subjects, the conventional. This
restriction had engendered a purely formal and unemotional art, and an
almost


position of Anna's head suggests that of a famous
modern picture, perhaps the most celebrated ever painted in England,
the _Huguenots_, by Mr. J. E. Millais, R.A. _A propos_ of this fresco,
Mr. Ruskin remarks, that the artist has heightened the effect of the
leading figures by wilfully coarsening the features of the subordinate
characters, and that the horizontal lines of the architecture enhance
by contrast the beauty of the curved draperies. I am, however,
inclined to think that the first of these contrasts is accidental, as
the type of face of the servants in this composition, is found
throughout the minor characters in Giotto's pictures; indeed, it may
be noticed that, whether from his own uncomeliness, or some other more
recondite reason, the painter had a curious difficulty in depicting
beautiful faces, that belongs to him alone of contemporaryand the youth behind, who is in the act of breaking the
rod over his knee. Mr. Ruskin remarks of this last figure that in
Perugino's treatment of the same subject (at Cannes) there is "nothing
in the action of the disappointed suitors so perfectly true and
touching as that of the youth breaking his rod in this composition of
Giotto."

12. The _Return of the Virgin Mary to her Home._--The figure of the
violin-player in this composition is remarkable, not only for its
beauty, but for being identical with that of one of the attendants in
the fresco of the _Daughter of Herodias dancing before Herod_, in the
Santa Croce at Florence. It is a very quiet picture, full of slow
movement and dignified grace, but a little wanting in the variety of
action which is generally characteristic of


four allegorical works in
the ceiling of the choir, is the _Crucifixion_, and a small _predella_
to it in monochrome, representing St. Francis and four monks of the
order gazing towards the cross in the above picture.

Professor Dobbert's conjecture, that Giotto visited Assisi a second
time, and then designed both the allegorical pictures and those in the
transept, and left them to be executed by his pupils, seems to be
refuted by the excessive superiority of the ceiling frescoes to those
of the transept, and the unlikeness of the former to the work of any
of Giotto's pupils. It must be repeated here that there is not at
present the slightest evidence of Giotto having been twice at Assisi,
and that the professor's conjecture is not supported by anything but
Crowe's idea that the transept frescoes were done atwhich spring
two trefoiled arches. The sides of these windows are also enriched
with a similar shaft, then a rich border of mosaic, inclosed again by
a spiral, terminating in a second pointed arch which forms the outer
border to the window, above which is a triangular canopy thickly
carved. The whole of these windows, with the exception of the mosaic
band, are executed in white marble, and surrounded by slabs of green
serpentine and red porphyry.

The fourth story has but one window, rather larger than both those in
the second or third story, and divided by two spirals instead of one.
It is noticeable that the sides and canopy of this highest aperture
are comparatively simple in form and devoid of sculpture, which
practically ceases with the third story. Giotto was too thorough an
artist to put elaborate sculpture


[The incidence of coccidia of the genus Cryptosporidium (Cryptosporidiidae) in diarrheal diseases in calves].
In the period from March 1983 to June 1984, the occurrence of Cryptosporidium sp. coccidia in smears of gut contents and samples of excrements stained after Heine (1982) was investigated in calves at the age of 30 days, coming from 16 farms of central Bohemia. The oocysts of Cryptosporidium sp. were diagnosed in 68 calves (occurrence extensity 37.15%) out of the 183 dissected calves with the indication of digestion disorders and in 177 samples of excrements (extensity 33.71%) out of the 525 samples examined. The maximum occurrence of cryptosporidia was recorded in ten- and fourteen-day-old calves (13.9-11.3%); the first findings were reported on the third day of the age of the calves. The intensity ofBarely an hour after the Austin Police Department announced two separate deadly package explosions were linked, a third explosion was reported at an Austin home.

This time, the victim survived the blast but still suffered life-threatening injuries. She has only been identified as an elderly woman in her 70s.

The latest explosion to rock the Texas capital came five hours after an explosion in a quiet east Austin neighborhood killed a teen boy and injured a woman in her 40s. Police said it shares similarities with that detonation and a fatal blast at a home in north Austin March 2.

In the all of the blasts, the explosive was encased in a package that was left on the front porch. None was delivered by mail services.

The victims in the first two


end and the tip end thereof is usually tapered from the larger diameter at the butt end to the smaller diameter of the tip end. The butt end and the tip end of the shaft could also be tapered or straight with a uniform diameter as noted above, or one could be tapered and the other straight.
In playing the game of golf, a golfer swings the club and aims the head thereof toward a golf ball which is located, for example, on a ground level surface. Ideally, when the club head strikes the ball, the ball is directed in a long trajectory toward, and on line with, an associated hole-like cup located on a fine grass surface.
Many years ago, shafts for golf clubs were made from wood suchas, for example, hickory which was suitable for the bending and twisting to which the club was subjected when swung by the golfer. However, the use of wood for the shafts influenced the manner in which the golfer had to swing the club. Later, clubs with metal shafts, such as steel shafts, were developed and evolved into a highly successful product which enhanced the golfers playing of the game. In recent years, clubs with non-metallic shafts have been developed and provide a viable and popular option to the use of the metal shafts. The non-metallic shafts are typically made from blended layers of fiber reinforced polymer matrix composites such as, for example, graphite fibers carried in a prescribed pattern within an epoxy matrix.
There are several factors which are


considered when designing a golf club to enhance the playing of the game. Perhaps the most important factor is the weight of the shaft. One of the parameters which is considered in the use of a golf club is the "swing weight" of the club. The swing weight parameter represents generally the weight of the club as it is being swung and is related to the overall weight and the weight distribution in the club. Clubs are classified in several principal grades, and several sub grades within each principal grade, based on the swing weight of the clubs. Generally, the lighter weight clubs are used by the weaker hitters while the heavier weight clubs are used by the stronger hitters such as the low-handicap and professional golfers.
The developmentAbstract : The objective of this study was to assess the completeness of the epidemiological surveillance system for invasive meningococcal diseases in greater Tunis.
A six-year retrospective study (2003-2008) identified all cases of invasive meningococcal disease reported on Mandatory Notification records of the Tunis Regional Department of Health and those reported by the Tunis Children's hospital microbiology laboratory, considered to be the main source of diagnoses of invasive meningococcal disease in Greater Tunis. The "capture-recapture" method was applied. Thirty-eight cases of invasive meningococcal disease reported to the Regional Department of Health and 47 cases provided by the children's hospital were analysed during the study period and 25 cases common to both sources were identified. The total number of cases of invasive meningococcal disease was estimated to be 71 (95%


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Army breaks ground on DoD's biggest solar project to date

Jared Serbu reports.

The Army broke ground Friday on the largest solar energy project the Defense
Department has undertaken so far.

It is dedicating dozens of acres of southern Arizona land for solar panels that
will be built and operated by a local utility company, with most of the resulting
energy going to the local Army base.

The solar installation at Fort Huachuca certainly isn't the military's first foray
into the idea of trading land for renewable
energy, but it is the largest project any military service has committed to
thus far. The field of 75,000 solar modules will occupy about 70 acres of land and
produce 18 megawatts of electricity, enough to light a small-sized city.

In a political environment in which DoD issometimes criticized for expending
funds on "green" initiatives that might otherwise be directed to warfighting, Army
officials were quick to assert that the solar project won't cost the federal
government a dime. Tucson Electric Power, the local utility that already delivers
electricity service to most of southern Arizona, including Fort Huachuca, will
finance the construction and operation of the solar panels.

Katherine Hammack, the assistant secretary of the Army for installations, energy
and environment, said the deal would benefit both parties. The utility will get
close-to-free real estate on which it can build new generation capacity, and the
Army will move closer to its renewable energy goals by making use of land it
currently owns, but for which it has no immediately foreseeable military need.

"This land was an obstacle course in World War II, at times there were


barracks
there, and now it's going to be for renewable energy," Hammack said.

Fort Huachuca, a center of several Army intelligence and information technology
operations, will consume most or all of the power the solar installation generates
during Arizona's power-hungry summer months when air conditioners and servers put
heavy loads on the electric grid at the relatively-isolated base, just a few dozen
miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. During the winter though, it's possible
that some of the energy will be diverted to the local grid if the base doesn't
need it, officials said.

Incentives for both participants

Under the terms of the arrangement, the Army's electricity rates will neither go
up nor down, but the service will make progress toward the pledge each of the
military services has made to the White House: getting at least one gigawatt of
theirYou are here

Real Estate Auctions

In 1946, Hall and Hall began offering our hallmark real estate services to owners and prospective owners of rural real estate in the Rocky Mountain West through private treaty sales and long term mortgages.

Our market area has expanded over the last two decades into the more traditional farming country where auctions have always been the most commonly practiced method for selling real estate. At the same time, both ranches and farms have increasingly become recognized as a legitimate asset class for all manner of investors. Since virtually every investment class asset from stocks and bonds to rare art and collectibles is traded in an auction market, it was an easy decision for Hall and Hall to offer this type of liquidity for owners of


Minnesota Vikings fire coach Leslie Frazier

This is an archived article that was published on sltrib.com in 2013, and information in the article may be outdated. It is provided only for personal research purposes and may not be reprinted.

Minneapolis • Leslie Frazier's admirers were all over the Minnesota Vikings locker room and throughout the organization.

Credited with keeping the team on an even keel and eliciting maximum effort through several rough stretches of his three-plus seasons, Frazier rarely spoke a pessimistic word. In the NFL, though, even the class acts have a hard time staying when the losses pile up.

The Vikings fired Frazier on Monday, one year after they made the playoffs and one day after they finished a 5-10-1 season.

"It's a harsh business," safety Harrison Smith said. "As aDetroit on Sunday he said he was proud of the job he'd done. Urging the front office to honor the remaining season on his contract, the 54-year-old Frazier made a point to mention the quarterback problem and how decisions related to that position required significant front office input. Frazier also pointed out the lack of depth the Vikings had this year.

"We have tremendous respect and appreciation for Leslie and what he has done for the Minnesota Vikings," owner Zygi Wilf said in a statement distributed by the team. "He stepped in and established a strong positive culture here, and he has been the consummate professional as our head coach and in this community. Making this change is difficult but what we determined is best for the organization."

Hired by


Brad Childress to be the defensive coordinator in 2007, Frazier interviewed for seven head coach openings over a three-year span: Atlanta and Miami in 2008, Denver, Detroit and St. Louis in 2009, and Buffalo and Seattle in 2010. His opportunity came with the Vikings when Childress was fired in the middle of a messy 2010 season.

Frazier went 3-3 as the interim, enduring a roof collapse at the Metrodome that sent the last two home games elsewhere and guiding an improbable win at playoff-bound Philadelphia after the NFL postponed the game by two days because of a forecast snowstorm.

Frazier got the job for good in 2011, but after a lockout-shortened offseason, the Vikings went 3-13 behind an ineffective Donovan McNabb and then rookie Christian Ponder at quarterback. In 2012,they staged a remarkable turnaround, riding Adrian Peterson to a spot in the playoffs.

Childress had his contract extended in 2009 with the Vikings on their way to the NFC championship game, but they came unglued the following fall. Wary of a similarly expensive over-commitment, Wilf and the front office merely picked up a fourth-year option on Frazier's deal last January, putting him in a prove-it situation for 2013.

Things got off to a rotten start. Ponder sputtered and produced three straight turnover-plagued performances. The Vikings lost all three games, including on last-minute touchdowns to Chicago and Cleveland.

They lost two other games and tied one in similar fashion, squandering leads inside the 52-second mark, so quarterback was far from the only problem. Though veteran cornerback Antoine Winfield was cut before


When the lights come on in a basement bathroom at Cecil B. Moore Recreation Center in Strawberry Mansion, roaches skitter along the floor.

Light pours in through cracks in a wall at a West Philadelphia rec center, where walking on the long-neglected tennis courts could be considered dangerous: The pavement swallows your shoes up to the ankle.

GALLERY: A visual tour of some of Philly's rec centers

In Juniata, graffiti mars what's left of the safety matting at a damaged playground in a park where people stop on an overpass and dump mattresses and other trash right into the watershed preserve.

And in a Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood, a young girl with a petition laments the conditions at her local playground and waits, yet another year, for improvements.

"When you see a horror movie,you think of a place like this..." she told PhillyVoice.

The city's Parks and Recreation Department has been underfunded for years – decades, depending on who you ask – and the effects are obvious.

"We aren't talking about having Frank Gehry coming in here. We are talking about some basic renovations." – George Matysik, executive director, Philadelphia Parks Alliance

As recently as 2013, City Controller Alan Butkovitz presented a report on the city's park system, pointing out fire hazards, exposed wires and crumbling exteriors at many city parks.

Former Mayor Michael Nutter earmarked an additional $19 million for the city's park system early in his administration, but the recession whittled that down to a fraction.

That could soon change, however.

New Mayor Jim Kenney's 2017 spending plan calls for a new tax on sugary


the past few years, Center City's parks – he pointed to Rittenhouse Square and trendy downtown "pop-up parks" as examples – have been the focus of attention from politicians.

But, outside Center City, Matysik said, neighborhood parks haven't seen investment for far too long.

"Our city has chronically underfunded our parks for years," he said.

As Kenney noted in his budget address, investment at parks like these could help improve education and reduce crime. He told City Council that studies have shown that investment in libraries and parks and rec centers raises school attendance rates and grade-point averages in schools.

After a $5 million investment to improve Hunting Park at North Ninth and West Lycoming streets in North Philadelphia, crime within a half-mile radius of the park dropped 89 percent for thenext three years, Kenney has pointed out.

Perhaps those results could be replicated with a little investment.

"We aren't talking about having Frank Gehry coming in here," said Matysik, bringing up the name of a notable architect. "We are talking about some basic renovations."

PhillyVoice spent a recent couple of days visiting a few of the 150 parks and 156 rec centers in the city to assess the level of neglect. Here's what we found:

Hayden Mitman /PhillyVoice Ronald Lewis, president of the Cecil B. Moore Advisory Council, points out the crumbling walls of an unusable bathroom in the basement at the rec center.

Cecil B. Moore Recreation Center, Strawberry Mansion

This rec center, located on the 6.8-acre Reyburn Park at West Lehigh and West Sedgley avenues – across the street from the former


site of Connie Mack Stadium – might be a perfect example of how some basic renovations could make a real difference for the community.

On a recent tour, Ronald Lewis, president of the Cecil B. Moore Advisory Council, pointed out water-damaged roofs and walls, ruined fencing, a warped basketball court – responsible for injuries to several players, he said – as well as several bathrooms and a kitchen rendered unusable due to neglect and lack of funding.

"You have to know where you're at when you're playing on this floor or you'll twist an ankle." – Ronald Lewis, president, Cecil B. Moore Advisory Council

A new heating system was installed recently, but Lewis said he couldn't recall the last time the center saw any investment to make repairs to the crumblingstructure.

"I'd have to find some of the ancient people," he joked when asked when the rec center last saw improvements. "We haven't gotten anything."

He said that the last time the Moore Rec Center received additional funding was "about 10 to 12" years ago – thanks to Philly-born musician Jill Scott.

Lewis pointed out humps and bubbles in an upstairs basketball court, noting the flaws in the court are so well-known that local kids get "home-field advantage" by using warped areas of the hardwood against players who aren't familiar with the court.

"You have to know where you're at when you're playing on this floor or you'll twist an ankle," he said.

Other problems need to be addressed. Water damage from leaks in the roof caused brown stains to grow on the


walls and ceilings throughout the rec center. Grime and dust from chipping paint blanket a kitchen near an upstairs activity room that hasn't been used in over a year.

"It's not usable," he said. "Would you want to prepare a meal in here?"

Hayden Mitman /PhillyVoice Ronald Lewis, president of the Cecil B. Moore Advisory Council, points out where plaster is falling into a basement gym at the recreation center.

Near the kitchen, there's a lab with 10 computers – shuttered because there is no Internet access, Lewis said.

Peeling paint could be seen throughout the complex. Lewis said that he's concerned there could be asbestos in the walls and lead leaching from the paint.

But conditions at Cecil B. Moore Rec Center are perhaps the worst in the basement.

An area used regularlysay it," he said. "These centers are dealing with hundreds of kids and they've got buildings that look like something from the Third World."

Hayden Mitman/PhillyVoice Denise Carey, who leads activities at West Mill Creek, displays the bucket used under the sink in the kitchen.

West Mill Creek, West Philadelphia

Located across about three blocks – a total of 5.3 acres stretching between Westminster Avenue and Funston Street at 51st Street in West Philly – West Mill Creek Park includes a rec center, playground, ballfield, two tennis courts, two basketball courts and a new water spray feature.

An impressive list of recreational amenities, perhaps, but the real story of the park is much different.

According to Keith Coleman, president of the West Mill Creek Advisory Council, the ruined and rutted tennis courts –


sometimes, though."

Coleman said the park's basketball courts need repairs to a retaining wall and the courts are cracked. The baseball fields, he said, are also full of holes and divots. In fact, about four years ago, a player tripped in a divot and fell, injuring his spine, according to Coleman.

Hayden Mitman/PhillyVoice Hayden Mitman/PhillyVoice Cracks in the kitchen wall at the West Mill Creek Recreation Center in West Philadelphia, where light can be see shining through.

"He can't play ball no more," Coleman said.

Inside the rec center here, Denise Carey, who runs the summer camp and activities at West Mill Creek, said the building almost has too many problems to list. The sink in the kitchen, she said, needs a trap in the drain, something she's been trying to getdone for years. Instead, the sink drains into a bucket.

"For five years I've been trying to get a half-inch trap under the sink, five years," she said.

The toilets in the bathrooms, she said, leak into the grass alongside the rec center.

"When you flush the toilet, it comes up in the grass out here," she said. "We are in dire straits here."

In a tour of the rec center, Carey pointed out cracks in the kitchen wall that are so wide, light can be seen pouring in. Leaks in the walls and roof have destroyed workstations that once made up the center's computer lab. Those computers are damaged and in storage. The center doesn't have Internet access anymore.

Both Carey and Coleman said that they feel the park has been abandoned


to go to Alaska to see a bald eagle," he said as he walked the park recently. "But they're right here flying around."

The park hosts ranger programs, as well as nature and bird walks and even a 5K run. But it is besieged by problems – illegal trash dumping and graffiti – and has no bathroom facilities, Irizarry noted.

A restroom facility is important, he said, as a paved trail through the park, added in 2012, has helped to increase use of the park.

Hayden Mitman /PhillyVoice Robin Irizarry, Philadelphia Watershed coordinator for the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Inc., stands in the large field that a variety of wildlife call home at Tacony Creek Park.

A maple syrup festival was held here recently, but Irizarry said they had to partner with nearbybusinesses so attendees had access to bathrooms.

"That's one thing that comes up a lot," he said. "There's just not any restrooms in this park."

"People just pull up and throw things off the overpass... People know that there's not a lot of people around most of the time, so they think that getting away with something won't be that difficult." – Robin Irizarry, watershed coordinator

While Kenney's initiative would not include the hiring of new personnel, the mayor said in his budget address that fixing up the city's infrastructure would create jobs.

This would be great for Tacony Creek Park, said Irizarry, as the park has problems with vandalism, and having a few extra eyes on the park at nights could be a big help. With the East Wyoming Avenue overpass


challenged to play safely here.

Hayden Mitman /PhillyVoice Angela Smith, 12, stands in a divot in the safety mat at the playground at Max Myers.

Max Myers, Castor Gardens

At first glance, Max Myers Playground, on 12 acres at Magee and Bustleton avenues in Northeast Philadelphia, might be the best-looking city park we visited. It has facilities for hockey, baseball and tennis, as well as a pool and playground. The rec center is clean and decorated, with a detailed and colorful mural that glistens in the late afternoon sun.

On a recent afternoon, children played basketball and ran around on the fields.

"I like to come here to play with my sister. There's not a lot of parks to play at around here. But all we can do here is sit and talk.Japan national team appoints Akira Nishino, who led “Miracle of Miami” Olympics win over Brazil

Not often does Japanese football and Miami-Dade County intersect, but it did on Monday. The Japan Football Association appointed Akira Nishino as its manager. What makes this notable locally is that Akira Nishino has managed in Miami before.

The new man in charge of the national team was in charge of Japan’s U-23 side from 1994 through 1996. That included the 1996 Olympics, when group-stage matches were held at Miami’s Orange Bowl. Nishino led one of the biggest upsets of the tournament, when his squad defeated Brazil 1-0. While the Olympics are an U-23 tournament, since 1996 three players over 23 have been allowed to participate. The squad featured names like Roberto Carlos, Rivaldo, Ronaldo


1. Tottenham can win – with Bale

There is no such thing as a one-man team. Sure, Manchester United probably would not be about to win the league without Robin van Persie's goals and Barcelona's struggle against Paris Saint-Germain last week proved that they are not the same side without Lionel Messi. Yet equally United would not win the league if they did not have a proper defence, while Barça are able to support the best player in the world with the best midfield in the world – and arguably of all time – which makes it slightly disingenuous to dismiss Tottenham as Gareth Bale plus 10 extras.

In Hugo Lloris Tottenham have one of the league's outstanding goalkeepers. Jan Vertonghen has been exceptional in defence, Mousa Dembélé has beentypically assured in midfield and Aaron Lennon has enjoyed another productive season on the right flank. Tottenham's squad is not packed with spoofers, leaving aside Emmanuel Adebayor for one moment.

Yet only the most blinkered Tottenham fan would argue that Bale is not the key. At his most devastating he has regularly been the difference for them this season, his staggering displays and goals dragging Tottenham out of a hole on more than one occasion. There are several games they would not have won without Bale and that is why there was such panic when he went down clutching his ankle against Basel two weeks ago. Without Bale, Tottenham have lost a winnable Europa League tie against Basel and were held at home by Everton in the league, so


so keen to play the 21-year-old but Arsenal did go on a four-game winning run in his absence, so perhaps there is no need for him to start his third game in a week at Fulham. Wilshere could do with a rest.

6. Norwich must throw off the shackles

Norwich, four points above the bottom three, have won only once in the league in 2013 and, more pertinently, they have drawn six of their past 10 matches. Last season Paul Lambert earned admiration for his innovative tactics and gung-ho attitude but his replacement, Chris Hughton, has been much more conservative and Norwich are the division's third-lowest scorers. It has not helped that Grant Holt has failed to recapture his form from last season while Luciano Becchio, who arrived from LeedsCan Sunderland lift their Everton curse?

In September, Martin O'Neill suggested that Sunderland's defeat by Everton in their FA Cup quarter-final last season was the start of the malaise that led to his sacking last month. "It really deflated us, perhaps more than I thought at the time," he said. "Even though we had a great performance a few days later against Manchester City at the Etihad. We were the only team to take any points off them last season at home. But it seems to have lingered on. What we have to do – I know there's two seasons separating the two things – is win a game or two."

Sunderland needed to do more than that, though, and O'Neill ended up paying for the slump in form with


operation mode of the electric driver circuit, a first current path of the electric driver circuit in which a current flows from the external voltage supply source through the inductor/coil to a reference potential of the electric driver circuit is activated. During a subsequent second cycle of the regulation operation mode of the electric driver circuit, the first current path is deactivated and a second current path is activated in which the current flows from the inductor to the first output terminal of the driver circuit to charge the external capacitor.
When the output voltage at the first output terminal is at the same level as the voltage of the voltage supply source coupled to the input terminal of the electric driver circuit, the current/energy which was generated inthe inductor within the first cycle of the regulation operation mode cannot be discharged within the second cycle of the regulation operation mode to the external capacitor connected to the first output terminal. This causes a huge coil current peak in the inductor, and therefore a huge battery current peak. These current peaks may cause unexpected shutdown of mobile devices including the light-emitting diode, such as a flash LED module, due to the high battery current consumption. Therefore, such peaks of current in the inductor have to be avoided, especially in high current flash-LED-drivers.
It is desirable to provide an electric driver circuit for driving a light-emitting diode in which the occurrence of a huge coil current peak or a huge battery current peak during a regulation operation mode


Open letter re: Closing of Veterans Affairs offices

This week I attended a news conference where two Yukon veterans outlined their opposition to the Government of Canada’s decision to close nine Veterans Affairs offices across Canada.

It was an emotional event and one that is part of a national campaign launched at the beginning of October to protest the pending closures. The veterans in attendance explained the impact the decision will have on themselves and others who rely on these services.

Announced as a cost-cutting measure in the 2012 federal budget, the move means many veterans will now have to receive assistance through Service Canada offices instead of the specialized care available from Veterans Affairs. As one of the veterans put it there is no other duty where you sign onWilliam Grant named Grand Spirits Master 2012

William Grant has been named The Spirits Business’ Grand Spirits Master 2012 for the second consecutive year.

The Balvenie’s haul of Masters medals this year helped William Grant secure the title of Grand Spirit Master 2012

The UK-based drinks group, whose portfolio of spirits brands include The Balvenie, Sailor Jerry and Hendricks, won the most awards across all the Spirits Masters categories during 2012.

As well as being named Grand Spirits Master, William Grant also picked up the award for Scotch Whisky Master, after picking up an impressive seven Master, 11 Gold and two Silver medals at the competition held in April this year.

Daisy Jones, associate publisher of The Spirits Business, said: “After another record year of entries The Spirits Masters series has fast become


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This past week, there was an old-school battle of wits that captured the world's attention: a chess championship. How quaint! A realm in which the human mind is still king, it was dubbed the most exciting chess championship in decades, with the 22-year-old chess sensation Magnus Carlsen, the "Mozart of chess," at work on the board while the titans of Wall Street hung on the edge of their seats—they claim it's pure interest in the beauty of chess; we imagine they have uses for Carlsen's brain in structured products units. It was a good reminder that even with the overwhelming nature of


According to a submission made to the New Zealand government by the major studios, the mere threat of sending out an infringement warning halved movie piracy in less than a month. After years of battling for "3 strikes" the studios haven't sent out a single warning, but nevertheless insist that to reduce piracy further they'll have to send out thousands. The recording labels want to do the same at a greatly reduced cost, but the ISPs want to charge four times more than they do now.

The Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Act 2011 was finally implemented in 2011 after years of complex lobbying, but the idea behind it is simple. Internet users spotted uploading copyright material are first sent two warnings via their ISP. On receipt of athird, copyright holders can take the Internet account holder to the Copyright Tribunal where they face hefty fines.

New Zealand’s Economic Development Ministry is currently reviewing the fees the recording industry and movie studios pay ISPs to send out infringement notices. Submissions sent in by the entertainment industry as part of that process and later obtained by Fairfox under the Official Information Act have turned up some interesting claims, not least that the movie industry has sent out a grand total of zero warnings.

But despite ignoring the system they lobbied to have introduced, the Hollywood-backed Federation Against Copyright Theft told the government that the illegal viewing of the top 200 movies by New Zealanders dropped from 110,000 instances in August to just 50,000 in September 2011, a better than


left me to unpack and looked around the area immediately around our hotel, he came running back to get DD. Turns out there is a condor nesting site about a hundred yards away (and another 200 below) from the hotel. They come in at dusk. So in her first hour at the GC, she got to see 3 condors in flight and on the cliffs. She was ecstatic.
The next day, a juvenile one actually landed on the roof of the little shop nearby and hung out for about 40 minutes, and DD happened to be there when he did. They mutually checked each other out until a Condor specialist chased him away, explaining to DD that the bird had just been released and had to be trained notevery trip Ive been on.

The bonding

This one is very subjective.

On the Peru trip, we were with our group nonstop for the first few days. This led to getting to know people rather quickly. On the Southwest trip, the group split up after lunch on the first day and didnt spend time together again till the next morning. And this was not for relaxed together time, but for a guided tour followed by a three hour bus ride. Day 4 was also mostly on our own.

Additionally, it felt like a real effort was made to help people connect on the other trip. For example, the introductions were conducted in a circle, before the welcome dinner. Whereas the introductions on the Southwest trip were sort of an afterthought to the


to the various guides and the parents pretended it was fine since were all on vacation.

While the entertainment was great, it was not interactive. After being invited to join in the Peruvian dancing, I eagerly awaited the chance to watch DD learn one of the Hopi dances. Never happened. They performed, posed for pictures, and left. Same for all the entertainers. There was never a night with an equivalent to the vegetable carving or the fabulous white-elephant exchange that we had thought were hallmarks of an ABD.

On the rafting trip in Peru, we left the river to be met by towels, dry clothes, and a scrumptious snack buffet. There was a photographer on land taking pictures the whole way. We floated down a section along the Inca trail,people in our group got up to watch the sunrise, and they saw elk and deer grazing on the hotel lawn. It was great to be able to stop back by the room during the day to change forgotten camera batteries, use a private bathroom, or take a little rest. It was wonderful to be at the canyon as the sun set.

There are trains and buses that drop tourists off around 11:45 and pick them back up again around 4. Between those hours, the area along the South Rim and in the restaurants and shops felt like WDW on a busy summer day. Big crowds, long lines. But first thing in the morning, and after 4, it felt much more private. As the sun set it became very


time we finished dinner and checked out the cool little history room at Bright Angel, the line had disappeared at the ice cream parlor so DD was able to end the day on a sugary note.

Other info about Thunderbird

We ate breakfast both mornings in the Arizona Room at Bright Angel. This was pretty basic but did include a few more choices than wed had so far. There was fresh fruit, eggs, bacon, sausage, potatoes, cereal and biscuits and gravy. It was not bad at all, and very convenient.

The dinner the first night was in an upstairs room in the Thunderbird. I didnt like this location at all. Im sure it is supposed to be pretty with its canyon view. Unfortunately, this was a late-ish dinner, and theA journey of psychic discovery

Cape Coast Castle in Ghana

When humans replaced gold and ivory as cargo
When Africans were sold and branded
as merchandise
When the castle became a hothouse
of rebellion
Then protection was needed from within
As well as from without.

Barak and Michelle Obama once came
Wonder if they too smelled the lingering
500 years stench of death
felt the pain of the souls the screamed
‘Remember us, Remember us’

Where a church once administered
to the souls of the slave owners in the sunshine
A Priest shrine, in the bowels of the dungeons,
now minister to the souls of the dead
and to the hearts of the living
who want to remember
Marriages too are celebrated here

If each wreath, stacked neatly in a corner of the dungeon
Represents a million dead
There would not be enough
To atone for the blood that was shed.

Cape Coast


News Release

Monday, February 12, 2007

Transnational Gang Summit Concludes

Los Angeles: The three-day International Chiefs of Police Summit on Transnational Gangs concluded this afternoon at the Universal Hilton, after closing remarks from attendees, including Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton.

"This was a great success," said Chief Bratton. "All the attendees are walking away with a better understanding of the gang challenge across the continent, and we have made some important contacts that will lead to better communication and sharing among agencies."

The summit concluded after identifying four initiatives for future action:

•The Top-20 Fugitive Initiative, which will identify twenty of the most-wanted gang fugitives within North and Central America.

•Summit attendees formed a working group to develop intelligence and information sharing mechanisms with the El Salvador national police agency. The group will reporton its progress at an annual anti-gang conference in El Salvador during the week of April 25, 2007.

•Create an officer-exchange program among the foreign agencies and local police and sheriff departments to expose officers to challenges in the foreign countries and see how they may affect enforcement.

•Identify ways in which law enforcement can affect prevention and intervention efforts to keep new members from joining gangs.

Among the international attendees were Mexico, Canada, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras.

The summit began February 7, 2007, with a news conference attended by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Chief Bratton, and the two other co-hosts, Los Angeles County Sheriff Leroy Baca and the head of the FBI's Los Angeles office, J. Stephen Tidwell.

The summit was well represented by nearly all the police agencies within Los


the priests in Jerusalem didn’t declare him to be God, but they did tell him that he was the fulfillment of the prophecy in Daniel 8; the Egyptians did declare him to be Pharaoh and the son of the god Amun; there are some who even think that he influenced the development of Buddhism. Everywhere that Alexander the Great, the original “Man of Macedonia,” went he was told that he was divine; a living deity living among mortal men. What Alexander The Great didn't realize was the impact he would have on people after his death. [ read more... ]

Alexander the Great was from Macedonia and went on a military campaign where he and his armies conquered most of the known world at the time. Not only didhe conquer the world, but he managed to get most of the regions that he conquered to declare him to be a living god. His home town of Macedonia thought of him as a son of Zeus; the priests in Jerusalem didn’t declare him to be God, but they did tell him that he was the fulfillment of the prophecy in Daniel 8; the Egyptians did declare him to be Pharaoh and the son of the god Amun; there are some who even think that he influenced the development of Buddhism. Everywhere that Alexander the Great, the original “Man of Macedonia,” went he was told that he was divine; a living deity living among mortal men. What Alexander The Great didn't realize was the impact he would have


right in my district.”

KNIC Partners will spend $275 million to install nine year-round ice rinks, including one with seats for 5,000 spectators, inside the armory. The developer also signed a 99-year lease, officials announced in April.

Kevin Parker, founder of KNIC Partners, called Tuesday's vote "a historic occasion for the Bronx, New York City and ice sports in the United States.

"The Kingsbridge National Ice Center is destined to awe and inspire, and take its rightful place alongside the City's world-class attractions," Parker said in a statement.

The 750,000-square-foot complex will include 50,000 square feet of community space, a wellness center and business incubator, as well as free ice skating and tutoring for children.

The ice center is set to create nearly 180 permanent jobs and 890 construction jobs, although elected officialsWhile the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art is always packed with flashy, eye-catching artwork, a new multimedia installation in the museum’s lobby is designed especially to enhance the dramatic space.

Sonja Thomsen’s in the space of elsewhere adorns the museum’s entrance and central stairway with a series of highly reflective, immersive geometric forms and patterns.

The work, which was installed in July, is site-specific, meaning it was created for MMoCA alone. Before creating it, Thomsen, a Milwaukee-based photographer and installation artist who teaches at the Art Institute of Chicago, spent nearly six months making sketches from her visits to the museum. She paid close attention to the building’s aesthetic quirks, drafting up ways to best accentuate its singular architecture.

Sonja Thomsen, in the space of elsewhere (details), 2017. Site-specific installation with


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Two poles are placed at the ends of the curve in hill bends. Ultrasonic sensors are fixed on each pole. Ultrasonic sensor senses the incoming vehicles towards the pole and sends information to Arduino UNO controller board. Warning signal lights are fixed to each pole connected with Arduino UNO controller board. Arduino UNO makes the warning signal glows brighter according to the program, when the vehicles approach near to the bend in hill road.

Arduino microcontroller is interfaced with two ultrasonic sensors. Arduino is programmed to find the distance of vehicles at particular time interval. From the change in distance of the vehiclecourse, benefit not at all from the Bumiputra system.

Some indication of the nature of Muslim dreams in Malaysia can be gauged from the speech of Mahathir Mohammed, the former "moderate" president of the country. In his notorious address several years ago to assembled heads of Muslim states, he seemed to be advocating "reform" when he called for the harnessing of science and technology -- not in order to investigate the structure of DNA, or the Eight-Fold Path, or De Sitter space, or how to preserve biodiversity in both Wilsonian (Woodrow and E.O.) senses. No, no, what he had in mind, and what he called for, was a Muslim "reform" that would permit Muslim countries to catch up with the West almost entirely in one area and one area


apparently swears up and down that just before his death, so did the prominent relative in question.

The Malaysian Constitution adopted at the time of the countrys independence from British colonial rule in 1957 provided for special treatment to the Bumiputeras in government employment and in the matter of admission to educational institutions. In the aftermath of the 1969 riots, the Malaysian government introduced, in 1971, the New Economic Policy (NEP) to provide affirmative action programmes for the majority Bumiputeras(sons of the soil) i.e. ethnic Malays, in business, education and the civil service to compensate for their economic and social backwardness. The NEP used many tactics to give the bumiputera a bigger slice of the economic pie. There were government contracts for construction, the importing of foreign cars and    After stopping to get gas, Elvis drove to Saint Michael, North Dakota, to pick
up Bear’s daughter at the home of Bear’s mother. After Bear’s daughter got in the
truck, Bear asked Elvis if she could drive because Elvis and Richard had been
drinking alcohol. Elvis agreed. Bear drove the group to purchase groceries and liquor
before continuing to her sister’s house in Fort Totten. When they arrived, Elvis,
Richard, Bear, and Thundershield carried items inside. Bear left her daughter at her
sister’s home. As they were getting back into the truck, Thundershield took his knife,

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        The Honorable Ralph R. Erickson, then United States District Judge for the
District of North Dakota, now United States Circuit Judge.


the road near a gravel truck trail to let Elvis drive. Elvis exited the truck,
and Thundershield immediately followed, knife in hand. Before Elvis could re-enter
the truck, Bear saw Thundershield grab Elvis, and a fight ensued with Thundershield
still wielding the knife.

        Bear called the Fort Totten Law Enforcement Center (LEC) using Elvis’s cell
phone. Bear called the LEC four times, and each time the line disconnected. Cody
LaRoque, a dispatcher with the LEC, recorded in the dispatch log that an unidentified
female called four times between 9:07 p.m. and 9:10 p.m. on April 9, 2016. LaRoque
testified that during the first call to the LEC, the female caller, later identified as Bear,
said someone was stabbed and described the location. LaRoque dispatched Bureau of
Indian Affairs Officer Terryfind the
keys to the truck. After subduing Richard, Thundershield dragged Elvis across the
road into the ditch. Bear saw Thundershield stomp on Elvis’s face. Thundershield put
Bear into the passenger seat of the truck and drove away.

       According to Bear, as Thundershield drove away from Elvis and Richard, he
repeatedly said, “I have to kill them. I have to kill them.” Id. at 364. Less than a mile
away, Thundershield turned the truck around and drove back toward Elvis and
Richard’s location. Richard was standing on the side of the road trying to wave down
the truck as Thundershield approached. According to Bear, Thundershield then “ran
over Richard.” Id. at 364–65. Thundershield then stopped the truck, jumped out, and
a few minutes later jumped back in. Thundershield drove west for


a short distance
before turning around again. Bear saw a truck parked near the bodies of Richard and
Elvis flashing its hazard lights. Thundershield continued driving toward Hamar, North
Dakota.

       Edward Charboneau, who drove the truck that Bear saw at the scene, had
arrived minutes at the scene. Charboneau saw a body in the ditch and stopped. He
called the Fort Totten Police Department (FTPD). When Charboneau went to check
on the first individual, he noticed the second. He called the police back and told them
to send two ambulances because there were two individuals in the ditch.

        Officer Morgan arrived at the scene at 9:16 p.m. An ambulance arrived minutes
later. An EMT and his partner examined Richard. When the EMT removed                   -8-
drunkenness. Moreover, Thundershield asserts that Peltier testified inconsistently in
that he gave three versions of the story: one to law enforcement, a second to the grand
jury, and a third to the jury at trial. During all three accounts, it was established that
Peltier drank so heavily that he could not recall driving his boss’s van to a bar, talking
to the two bar owners, purchasing two liters of vodka from the bar owners, driving the
van back home, talking with his wife on the phone, and learning from Thundershield
that he had killed two people. Thundershield asserts that although Peltier’s testimony
was offered to corroborate Bear’s story, Peltier had to rely on the memories of


Doom has an equally unrealistic scene where Indy his companions escape from a plane by jumping out in a life raft while at a high altitude (the Mythbusters even tested this and proved it to be impossible; it could be done with an escape slide but that's not what was used in the movie).

That same movie also featured a man ripping out a prisoner's still-beating heart with his bare hands. The Last Crusade had Indy stop a pursuing Nazi by jamming a flagpole into the wheel of his motorcycle causing it to flip into the air (also tested and proved impossible by the Mythbusters). While it's still a strange idea, by Indy's standards the fridge scene really isn't that far-fetched.

A lot of people also complained about Indy havinga son, but I didn't think Shia LaBeouf was that bad in the role. (Yes, I'm defending one of his movies. You can start pelting me with rotten fruit now) The idea of giving Indy a son was actually an interesting choice, especially given the last film was about Indy's relationship to his father.

That's actually another thing, a lot of people have criticized the choice to kill off Henry Jones Sr. because it supposedly conflicts with the events of The Last Crusade, even though it was addressed in that movie. While the Holy Grail has healing powers (even healing what might otherwise have been a lethal gunshot wound), the only way to get eternal life from it would require you to remain in its presence (as that knight


had done), which means staying in those ruins because the grail isn't allowed leave.

Now one choice that I think was a very good one was the decision to bring back Marion Ravenwood, Indy's original love interest, instead of trying to find him a new one like The Temple of Doom and The Last Crusade did. Marion was probably the best of the various love interests. She had the right balance of qualities. Willie Scott was too much of a damsel in distress, always screaming and finding ways to cause lots of trouble (even Indy got fed up with her at times). Elsa being a femme fatale was an interesting turn but Marion was the most complex. She was strong and certainly capable of being tough but also hadfor bidding. With over 1,500 lots ranging from Aaron Judge’s Debut and First Career Home Run Jersey to Mickey Mantle’s 1957 Game Used and Signed All Star Bat, this is the BIGGEST Auction in the History of Steiner Auctions. The auction ENDS SATURDAY, July 29th, 2017 at 1 PM EST. Visit steinerauctions.com to bid and for more information. Read More

New York Yankees rookie sensation Aaron Judge blasted a home run in his first Major League at-bat last August 13th, and that game-used jersey worn by the All-Star outfielder spearheads a multitude of baseball memorabilia on the auction block in the Steiner Auctions “2017 Mid-Summer Classic” auction. The online auction runs through Saturday, July 29 at 1:00 pm. See us at the National Sports Collectors Convention to bid and


Description:Books, libraries, and newspapers have at last become things of the past. Now handheld Memes allow for constant communication and entertainment. They can even anticipate our needs, dialing the doctor before we know we're sick, or prompting us with words we can't recall. Yet a few dedicated wordsmiths are still laboring on the final print edition of the North American Dictionary of the English Language. But one evening, right before it's released, Anana Johnson finds that the chief editor—her father—has vanished. In alternating points of view, Anana and her bookish colleague Bart follow their only clue, the word ALICE, down the proverbial rabbit hole, into subterranean passages, the stacks of the Mercantile Library, and secret meetings of an anti-Meme underground resistance, racing closer to the truth about Anana'sof four distinct actions: operations (movement or major offensives – cards vary from 2 to 5 in value), strategic redeployment, replacement points (rebuilding units after combat losses) or special events (see below). There are three separate decks of cards (Mobilisation, Limited War and Total War – the last contains events which happened late in the real war, and also has a slightly higher average value for operations points, representing a higher level of industrial mobilisation), the latter two being added to the deck in the course of the game.

Each turn each player draws a hand of seven cards, and must take six actions, one of which must be a randomly determined "Mandated Offensive", representing political pressure to make an attack which s/he might otherwise not have chosen, and


February, he elaborated further saying,
While the iconic filmmaker has never specifically mentioned Netflix by name, under the
leadership of Sarandos, the streaming giant has been aggressive in pursuing Oscars
glory over the past few years with the push especially paying off at this year's ceremony
as 'Roma' took home three statuettes. Although originally Sarandos said Netflix would
stick to a day-and-date formula, giving some of its films brief theatrical runs beginning the
same day they were made available to its subscribers, Netflix released 'Roma' in a limited
number of theaters for a three-week run before the film appeared on the service, showing
that it was willing to alter its business model in a few cases in order to pursue Oscar gold.
Reps for both Spielberg and SarandosLindsay Lohan

Lindsay Lohan, born July 2, 1986, is an actress who grew up on Long Island and starred in movies including "Freaky Friday," "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen," "Mean Girls" and "Herbie: Fully Loaded." She also has released two pop music albums. Her off-screen and off-stage life has faced scrutiny following highly publicized car accidents, arrests and admittance to alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs. (Photo GETTY IMAGES)

Lindsay Lohan, born July 2, 1986, is an actress who grew up on Long Island and starred in movies including "Freaky Friday," "Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen," "Mean Girls" and "Herbie: Fully Loaded." She also has released two pop music albums. Her off-screen and off-stage life has faced scrutiny following highly publicized car accidents, arrests and admittance to alcohol and