next athletics director. I have worked with John for many years dating back to our shared experiences in the Southland Conference and I look forward to working with him in his new role. John is a proven leader, an innovative thinker and relationship-builder with unique skills and experiences that will make him a successful athletics director. His abilities in leading young people will serve him well in creating a positive environment for student-athletes at Mississippi State."

Scott Stricklin, former MSU Athletic Director/current University of Florida Athletic Director
"John is one of the brightest and most creative individuals I've ever been around. His integrity, along with his ability to anticipate challenges and identify solutions, will serve Mississippi State well. Bulldog student-athletes, coaches and staff will have a passionate advocate in John,Allen Welding; Allen, pursuant to a contract with Fluor Ocean Services, supplied Porche to work aboard a barge floating offshore and do welding on a pipeline being laid by the barge, replacing a regular Fluor employee who was absent from work. Fluor was to pay Allen an hourly rate for these services beginning when Porche left his home. Allen in *627 turn paid Porche's wages, withheld income taxes and FICA payments.
It was Fluor's responsibility to provide transportation from a Louisiana port to its barge, and it contracted with Coastal Marine to supply this service. Coastal transported Porche and several other persons to the barge on a crewboat. Porche met his death while transferring from the crewboat to the Fluor barge. The plaintiffs sued Fluor, under the Jones Act,


Johnson, whose hoarse tenor recalls the light airiness employed by Bill Nelson of British progsters Be Bop Deluxe, and his band explore unusual melodies and structures, as did many such '70s art-rock icons, on such otherwise rough-hewn tunes as "Calling Thermatico," "In Such Crooked Time" and "Monument Sails."

At the same time, Centro-Matic demonstrates an uncanny ability for creating offbeat but gloriously catchy melodies in the tradition of Husker Du, R.E.M. and the Jayhawks. The standout track "Patience for the Ride," with a bit of guitar fuzz and enigmatic bells leavening the pop, is one of the best songs that Uncle Tupelo's Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy never wrote.

Centro-Matic's unique sound has won the praises of such diverse musicians as Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers) and Ben Gibbard (Death CabFor Cutie, The Postal Service), but I am much chagrined, because I only learned about the group recently, after it had released several independent albums. Better late than never.

Gene Armstrong

Centro-Matic will play Friday, Sept. 1--along with Dave Alvin, Steve Wynn, the Sidewinders and a couple dozen other acts--as part of Club Congress' three-day 21st anniversary bash. Doors open at 7 p.m. A three-day pass costs $25; nightly cover is $10.

Sebadoh

Sebadoh III
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Originally released in September 1991, the same month as Nirvana's Nevermind, Sebadoh III marked the point when Lou Barlow, Eric Gaffney and Jason Loewenstein truly became a band. Barlow had been writing and releasing home-recorded cassettes of his own material even when he was still bassist for Dinosaur Jr. a few years earlier. Then Barlow began tape-trading with


Gaffney, and the duo released two cassettes together; but it was with III that the band settled into its anything-goes sense of musical schizophrenia.

Barlow was the sensitive one pining for the girl (the aw, shucks-pretty, acoustic "Truly Great Thing"), even as he was still working on his codependence issues with Dinosaur's J Mascis (album opener "The Freed Pig," a blueprint for early '90s lo-fi indie rock, serves as both an apology to, and admonition of, Mascis). Gaffney was prone to traditional song structures that delved into noisy, almost frightening excursions. ("Limb by Limb" and "As the World Dies ... " contain a fair amount of both, the latter especially disturbing.) New member Loewenstein favored meandering, jazzy odes to weed ("Smoke a Bowl") and backwoods country vamps ("Black HairedGurl").

This reissue contains a remastered version of the original album, plus a bonus disc of largely heretofore unheard songs, the Gimme Indie Rock! EP, and alternate versions of album tracks; some of it's essential, some throwaway. As Barlow aptly puts it in the liner notes, "We were a strange band ... Sebadoh III expresses that like no other album we recorded ... "


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Kirby was also the defense attorney for Preston Tucker,
whose development and financing of an advanced automobile, the 1948 Tucker
Sedan (also nicknamed the Tucker Torpedo) led to a
controversial SEC inquiry and stock fraud trial in 1949. The jury
found Tucker and his colleagues not guilty.

Kirby was John MacArthur's attorney. He and Paul Doolen,
MacArthur's CFO,
suggested that the MacArthurs create a foundation which was endowed
by the MacArthur's vast fortune. The legal document, written by
Kirby, that created the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation was two pages long and written in plain English.

In August 1978, Kirby suggested that the MacArthur Foundation
create the Fellows Program. The idea
first came to Kirby's attention through George Burch, a doctor at
Tulane
University. After bringing the idea to the original board
members of the MacArthur Foundation, heThe goalkeeper completed medical tests at the Gunners' London Colney training ground on Monday morning and will move to the Gunners on a season-long loan

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By Wayne Veysey | Chief Correspondent Emiliano Viviano has passed a medical at Arsenal and agreed the terms of a season-long loan from Palermo can reveal.The 27-year-old goalkeeper flew into London from Italy on Sunday night and headed straight for the first phase of medical tests at the Gunners' London Colney training ground.Goal understands the Italy international has now passed the medical despite a history of knee trouble.Viviano will join on a season-long loan, which gives Arsenal the option to buy him at the end of the campaign.It is understood that the north Londoners will pay a substantial loan fee for


Tron (TRX) blockchain technology successfully conducted the much lauded niTron Summit 2019 which hosted a number of who is who like CEO of Kiip, NWay’s CEO, CEO of BitGuild and director of Bancor, amongst other. There, the team behind the cryptographic project made series of claims including the achievement of over 2000 DApps milestone before the end of the year.

Subsequent to the summit which added to the value of the cryptocurrency, BitTorrent, a family of Tron blockchain technology, unveiled an airdrop timeline where it would be rewarding Tron (TRX) holders bountifully.

BitTorrent, in a release where the update was disclosed mentioned that it would kick start the bounty on February 11th, 2019. The first airdrop would take place when TRON’s block height reaches 6.6 million.

A total of 10,890,000,000 BitTorrentof restored tracks. But in the middle, about 80 miles of tracks between Carter Station, just south of Old Forge, and Saranac Lake are in such poor shape that passenger trains cannot operate legally without tens of millions of dollars in repairs.

That has Adirondack constituencies — bikers, hikers and snowmobilers — often at odds, saying these rail trails should go to create a year-round, one-of-a-kind destination they claim would spur new tourism and spending.

"This trail is the ideal alternative to a failed railroad," said Jim McCulley, president of Lake Placid Snowmobile Club and a member of the new Adirondack Recreation Trail Advocates. He said the cash-strapped state has little prospect of paying to upgrade the 80-mile stretch, so aging rails likely will remain useless for years.

Between 2007 and


repairing the rail bed as a real-world training exercise, with the society coming up with the cash to pay for the materials.

And he said the rail line will become more important in future years, if the price of gasoline rises. "Once those rails are gone, getting them back in is unlikely," he said.

The railroad has influential supporters, among them state Sen. Betty Little, a Queensbury Republican.

The North Country Regional Economic Development Council, one of the groups created by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to identify projects worthy of state support, backs state funding to restore the rail line. "The state will be able to pay to eventually restore the 80 miles of track," said council co-chairman Garry Douglas, president of North Country Chamber of Commerce.

About 30 miles south of SaranacLake lie the former mines at Tahawus, also in Essex County.

Here, the Chicago-based Saratoga and North Creek Railway wants to restore and reopen a 30-mile stretch of track — 13 miles of it in the forever-wild Forest Preserve — connecting the mine with North Creek, which would link up with the freight networks at Saratoga Springs.

That has sparked a legal challenge from a conservation group, Protect the Adirondacks, through the federal Surface Transportation Board.

The challenge is legally complicated, revolving around an easement that the U.S. government took over state objections during World War II to construct the line to the mine and ship strategic titanium ores for military production.

The railroad bought the line — which it believed legally included the easement, which is set to expire in 2062


One arrest in Shiraz

Yekta Fahandezh (یکتا فهندژ), a Bahai from Shiraz, was arrested by agents from the Ministry of Intelligence on March 16. The agents searched her home and seized books, a laptop and personal effects. She was transferred to Detention Facility 100 in Shiraz, and was allowed to meet her husband on March 17. In February 2012, Yekta was arrested and spent 83 days in Detention Facility 100. She was released on bail and later charged with propaganda against the regime.is cleansing. So, onto the next new thing - quickly - before Nissan finds out and makes an annoying commercial about it.Electric Moyo.

enamel

A certain jaw-dropping beauty exists when fashion, design and art come together as they do in the work of this designer from Japan. There's lots to view, from ephemeral, colorful and rich pattern designs, unique couture hand-bags, and porcelain shopping bag handles and tea-cups.enamel (Japan).

Stephen Bliss

An illustrator and designer specializing in powerful, eye-popping designs. Did some of the Rockstar Games Vice City street posters, and his portfolio includes some great two and three color poster and print work.Stephen Bliss.

Ohnangman

A super campy story starring what looks like the "Three Amigos" of the ghost hunter world. Fun, full-on movie site. If you can't read Korean, click on the


heart of the history of Mali, which is in turn the center of music and the mandingan language. Great origial animations on the photos.KELAMALI : La Bibliotheque du Mandi.

Tuesday, December 16, 2003

Unvisible

The portfolio of illustrator Bryan Collins, who has done lot of editorial work. Great composition with fantastically themed black and white illustrations.Unvisible (Brooklyn, NYC).

Carrot Top

One can never get enough of this fit, sexy red-head.Carrot Top. Design by Honest.

We've posted them before, but they're always worth another look -- mainly because there's always lots of new interesting work being done at this prolific design and fashion house.mongrel associates.

Monday, December 15, 2003

EGILL HARDAR

Something different, something in a different language, something from a different mood... and place... and time. Indy portfolio from beyond. Mostly print, with some real golden nuggets.EGILLFounded in 1993 by brothers Tom and David Gardner, The Motley Fool helps millions of people attain financial freedom through our website, podcasts, books, newspaper column, radio show, and premium investing services.

Wynn Steps Closer to Big Share Buyback

Wynn's largest shareholder is one step closer to being kicked off the board.

Wynn Resorts(NASDAQ:WYNN) is one step closer to making one of the strangest, most profitable share buybacks in corporate history. A year ago today, the company announced that it was redeeming Kazuo Okada's 24-million-share stake in Wynn Resorts due to improper actions with Philippine officials, invoking a clause that allows the company to buy back the shares.

The company issued a 10-year, $1.9 billion promissory note with an interest rate of 2% to Okada. The note was a discount to the


for the union to "pack up and go". "We have made a very clear commitment about asset sales, and yet the ETU down there in Redcliffe running a misinformation campaign," he said. "It is just not true.

"... It is time for the ETU to tell the truth. It is actually time for the ETU down in Redcliffe to pack up, stop harassing the people down there. "The feedback we are getting are people are sick and tired of the ETU people being in their face and telling them these falsehoods. They may as well pack up and go back to the various parts of Queensland they have come from, certainly most of them don't live in Redcliffe." ETU state secretary, Peter Simpson, said the premier had "sour grapes".dropping by parachute over areas of Pakistan on Friday, officials said.

An Indian plane has also delivered aid to Pakistan despite the rivalry between the two countries, which have fought three wars, two of them over Kashmir.

But the Kashmiri conflict continued unabated. Police in Indian-held Kashmir said a woman suicide bomber blew herself up Thursday near an army convoy. A militant group said five soldiers died, but police denied it.

Nearly a dozen Islamic rebel groups are fighting for Kashmir’s independence from India or its merger with Pakistan. Tens of thousands have died.

Otto Warmbier was arrested in January 2016 at the end of a brief tourist visit to North Korea. He had been medically evacuated and was being treated at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center when he died at


coincided with increased productivity in that habitat due to the growth of annual grasses [@pone.0101346-Poilecot1]. Mopane woodland occurred in dry parts of the buffalos\' range, but rainfall in the rainy season created temporary water holes, increasing the accessibility of mopane woodland by removing the spatial constraints imposed by the daily water dependency of buffalo. There were significant differences in selection ratios between the rainy season and both flood seasons, with an emphasis on dry habitats far from permanent water in the former, and habitats close to water channels in the latter.

Overall habitat selection during the early flood season was significant, but mixed acacia woodland, a dry habitat far from permanent water, was the only habitat significantly avoided in second order habitat selection. This was probably because early floodhome ranges had to be close to permanent water channels. The three-month delay between the end of the rainy season and vegetative dormancy [@pone.0101346-Zhang1] meant that most forage was still green during the early flood season. Although spatially restricted by water availability, the delayed onset of vegetation senescence during the early flood season meant that buffalo did not need to be as selective in their habitat use as they did during the late flood season, explaining the lack of difference between rainy and early flood season third order selection ratios.

Third order selection was strongest during the late flood season, when vegetation was senescent in most habitats [@pone.0101346-Zhang1], but the receding water caused grasses in both secondary and tertiary floodplains to be at their most productive [@pone.0101346-MurrayHudson1]. The contrast


2008 to drier habitats further from permanent water when the floodplains were inundated in 2009. This demonstrated the impact of annual fluctuations in water availability on habitat profitability and selection, which counter-acted to some extent the effects of seasonal water cycles. The time scale of this study was too short for the habitat composition of the range used by the buffalo to change substantially, so the habitat map was valid for both years, but changes in water levels altered the timing and abundance of floodplain forage growth, which was associated with flood waters receding.

The water-dependency of buffalo meant that, in the late flood season, home ranges had to be close to permanent water, which explains the lack of a significant shift in second order selection between the twoBuilding large-scale processing facilities can be extraordinarily challenging in remote locations, or under adverse conditions. One particular geography that is both remote and suffers from severe adverse conditions includes the land comprising the western provinces of Canada, where several companies are now trying to establish processing plants for removing oil from oil sands.
Given the difficulties of building a facility entirely on-site, there has been considerable interest in what we shall call 2nd Generation Modular Construction. In that technology, a facility is logically segmented into truckable modules, the modules are constructed in an established industrial area, trucked or airlifted to the plant site, and then coupled together at the plant site. Several 2nd Generation Modular Construction facilities are in place in the tar sands of Alberta, Canada, and they


The Patriots won their 20th straight regular season home game pulling off a 20-16 victory over the Dallas Cowboys Sunday afternoon.

The win propels the Patriots to 5-1, and back on top of their division while sinking the Cowboys to 2-3. The game was surprisingly defensive oriented for a game featuring the NFL’s No. 1 offense in the Patriots and the leagues No. 3 passing offense in the Cowboys.

This was the first time the Patriots had been held to below 30 points in a regular season game since the last time the Patriots played Rob Ryan’s defense last year against Cleveland. But, in a reversal of roles, the Pats defense kept them in the game and was able to get the ball to Tom Brady with enough time leftto win it.

Sloppy Start

The first quarter was filled with mistakes from both teams, as the Cowboys opened with an interception by Kyle Arrington. The Patriots drive was stalled in the red zone where they settled for a 31-yard field goal. Later however, Brady tossed an interception to Terrence Newman to give the Cowboys the ball at the Patriot 24-yard line.

In a sign of things to come, the defense forced the Cowboys to go three and out and the Cowboys settled for a field goal to tie it. Then after the Patriots fumbled the ensuing kickoff, the Cowboys gave the ball right back with a fumble by Tashard Choice.

The first quarter ended in a 3-3 tie.

Offenses Heat Up

The second quarter started off well for the Patriots as Deion Branch


a 1-yard touchdown pass to Jason Witten.

The half ended with the Patriots up 13-10.

Offense Sputters, Defense Bends but Doesn’t Break

The second half started rather inauspiciously for Patriots as they went three and out, with Brady being sacked for the second time by DeMarcus Ware and then getting hit on a play where the Cowboys rushed just three. The Cowboys followed that up with a 12-play drive spanning 77 yards, but which stalled at the 5-yard line as the Cowboys settled for a Dan Bailey 22-yard field goal to tie it at 13.

Late in the third quarter the Patriots were moving the ball well and after stalling in Cowboys territory, got the ball back after a running into the kicker penalty. However, the drive ended when Cowboy linebacker Bradiean 8-yard run on 3rd and 18 to give Brady the ball back with 2:31 remaining and two timeouts.

Brady was just 19-31 with 209 yards one touchdown and two interceptions until this point, far from impressive especially by his standards.

But on this drive he was brilliant, completing nine out of 10 for all of the 80 necessary yards, and most importantly, adding one to the touchdown column. Taking what the Cowboys gave him, with the offensive line finally giving him time to throw, Brady hit mostly short and intermediate passes to navigate down the field.

With 27 seconds left at the 8-yard line of the Cowboys, the Patriots used their final timeout. Then on 2nd and 4, Hernandez redeemed himself for his fumble by beating Mike Jenkins on a


production isn't worth the overall package if the player hurts team chemistry. I have never seen a team win a championship unless it had good team chemistry. MW did not help, but rather damaged, that end of things. I claimed this long before other players have come out and said the team was not together for the 2012 season. How did I know?

TO also had the most drops year in and year out too. Wallace may not have had the same amount of drops, but He RARELY fought for a ball like TO did either.

Where was the team chemistry problem in 2011,2010,2009? Wallace was a member of the team in those years we had two back to back 12-4 seasons and a Super Bowl birth.
Injuries hurt our seasonPerhaps the most elusive artist in history, Banksy is an unknown individual who specialises in street art, graffiti and stencilled pictures. Managing to keep his identity secret from the public, Banksy produces alternative artworks that are often displayed in public areas around Britain. Much of Banksy’s work is there to promote various political and social ideas that are often anti-establishment. With the art of Banksy carrying a gritty and urban feel he is known as an artist for the people, in particular the working class which sets him apart from other, more conservative artists. The growing cult following of Banksy and the mysteriousness shrouded around his identity makes his work incredibly sought after. It isn’t very often that his work goes on sale to the general public and


Monkey’s, this time in a long line of apes side by side holding the message. Originaly created as a wall mural in a Brighton nightclub the piece was sold in London at Bonhams Urban Art in 2005 in London.

7. Queen Victoria – $478,095

A move which very much annoyed British Royalists Banksy created this image of Queen Victoria in all her lesbian glory in 2002. Six years later the artwork was sold at its highest price.

6. Insane Clown – $481,165

This stencilled picture of a maniacal, gun wielding clown sold in London at Phillips de Pury auction in 2008.

5. Space Girl and Bird – $575,813

Part of the infamous ‘Think Tank’ collection this image is seen as one of Banksy’s more poignant works. The combination of the small girl in adeep sea diving helmet holding a yellow bird helped the stencil drawing sell for a staggering amount of money.

4. Vandalised Phone Box – $605,000

Most probably the most famous of Banksy’s sculptures featuring a traditional red British phone box that has been bent in two with a pick axe wedged into the middle. Throughout his work Banksy has used the iconic phone box often. Sold in New York for the RED charity in 2008.

3. The Rude Lord – $658,025

Based on a real portrait of English painter Thomas Beach from the year 1776 which had been altered by Banksy in order to showcase a casual raise of the middle finger. Another in the series of Banksy’s corrupted oil pieces.

2. Simple Intelligence Testing – $1,265,120

A five part piece depicting an especially


that stems from the changing of the guard from founder Dan Scott to the Northern California Brewers Guild, a trade organization that represents breweries in this part of the state. That announcement came in December, and the expectation was that the coming beer week would be run by a well-organized team.

But while dates for the major events have been established (the brewers’ showcase, the beer fest on Capitol Mall), a complete online events calendarwas nowhere to be found at Sacbeerweek.com as of press time. I’ve been told the calendar will be functional soon. In addition, a previous incarnation of the website – Sacramentobeerweek.com – is still up and running (and is the first hit that comes up in a Google search), though it refers to last year’s events.triple IPA winner at Bistro this year? Pliny the Younger.

Join the California Auto Museum and the Saratoga Auto Museum on another bucket-list tour to Italy. From August 29 through September 7, 2015 we experience the wonderful cuisine, beautiful and historic scenery, and the legendary automotive heart of Italy around Bologna and Modena (the “Motor Valley”).

Experience iconic Italian marques like Ducati, Lamborghini, Maserati and Ferrari amongst others. See Torino, known as the “capitol of the Alps” a city of renaissance beauty and home to several automotive design firms. From Torino it is off to picturesque Lake Como where our experience concludes with the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.

The expedition starts in Bologna, world renowned for its cuisine. We will be staying near the city center, which is one of


design houses make Torino their home, as well as the Italian National Automobile Museum.

See Fiat’s retired factory that was complete with roof-top test track! Wrap the experience up with the Italian Grand Prix at the Monza Circuit – one of the world’s most historic and iconic Grand Prix races. It is one of four remaining inaugural Formula One championship races from 1950 (the British, Belgian and Monaco GP’s being the others).

Come with us as we see the world’s best racing drivers such as Fernando Alonso, Sebastian Vettel, Nico Rosberg, and Lewis Hamilton compete for the FIA World Drivers’ Championship. Watch legendary F1 teams such as Ferrari, Mercedes Benz, Lotus and McLaren battle for the Worlds Constructor Championship. See the Tifosi root on the home team with their enormousStory highlights The film causing the furor is made by an Israeli-American, the WSJ reports

Romney and Obama campaigns argue over response to the violence

A State Department officer is killed in Libya, the U.S. says

Clinton says the U.S. is working to protect its citizens worldwide

The United States said it was taking measures to protect its citizens worldwide after protesters angry about an online film considered offensive to Islam attacked U.S. diplomatic compounds in Libya and Egypt on Tuesday, killing an American.

In Cairo, several men scaled the walls of the U.S. Embassy and tore down its American flag, according to CNN producer Mohamed Fadel Fahmy, who was on the scene.

In Libya, witnesses say members of a radical Islamist group called Ansar al-Sharia protested near the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, where


shots.

Egyptian groups point to U.S. websites, including YouTube, that have scenes from the film. Some anti-Muslim blogs also have flagged the movie.

In a series of disjointed scenes, the film depicts Prophet Mohammed as a child molester, womanizer and ruthless killer.

Bacile -- who wrote, directed and produced the film -- said he wanted to showcase his view of Islam as a hateful religion, the Journal reported, citing a telephone interview with him.

Bacile, 52, told the newspaper that to make the film, he had raised $5 million from about 100 Jewish donors, who he declined to identify. He said he made the two-hour movie over a three-month period last year in California, using about 60 actors and 45 crew members, the Journal reported.

Most of the Muslim world considers depictions ofAbraham Lincoln were produced?"

He added that "the film portrays the prophet in a very ugly manner, alluding to topics like sex, which is not acceptable."

The U.S. Embassy in Cairo announced that it had canceled visa services for Wednesday.

It also said in a statement that it "condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims -- as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions."

"Respect for religious beliefs is a cornerstone of American democracy," the statement said. "We firmly reject the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the religious beliefs of others."

The embassy statement set off a political spat back in the United States after the Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, criticized its message and linked


it to his opponent for the White House.

"It's disgraceful that the Obama Administration's first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions, but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks," Romney said in a statement released late Tuesday.

He said he was "outraged" by the attacks in Libya and Egypt.

The Obama campaign quickly responded to Romney's comments.

"We are shocked that, at a time when the United States of America is confronting the tragic death of one of our diplomatic officers in Libya, Governor Romney would choose to launch a political attack," Ben LaBolt, an Obama campaign spokesman said in an email.

Demonstrations elicited a mixture of reactions from the Egyptian street, where last year tens of thousands turned out in opposition to former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

Thissummer, Egypt's first Islamist president, Mohamed Morsy, was sworn into power at Tahrir Square, the scene of the nation's revolution in 2011.

Though Tuesday's embassy protests are the first that Morsy has dealt with, Egypt recently produced similar scenarios when protesters attacked the Israeli and Syrian embassies in unrelated episodes.

"These protests are a bad image for Egypt," said a Cairo street vendor named Ahmed. "Of course I'm against insulting Islam, but it's the undereducated, poor people who are out here causing problems."

"All I want for Egypt is security and stability," he said. "And as you can see this isn't it."

The incident occurred on the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks as crowds gathered across the United States in somber remembrance of a day that left nearly 3,000 people dead.

Tuesday's


focus on the controversial film also drew comparisons to outcry generated from a 2008 movie produced by an anti-Muslim Dutch lawmaker to portray Islam as a violent religion.

Geert Wilders' film "Fitna," which he released online, featured images of terrorist acts superimposed over verses from the Quran.Distance and socioeconomic status as a health service predictor on the periphery in the southern region of Israel.
This research focuses on the accessibility of health-services to the population in the southern region of Israel, comparing accessibility within the periphery. The objective was to study whether there is a correlation between the number of patient visits to specialist-clinics to the geographical distance from the patient's home and the patient's socioeconomic-status. The population of the study was patients insured by the Clalit HMO, the major health-provider on the periphery in Israel's southern region who visited the Soroka University Medical Center's (SUMC) out-patient specialist-clinics between 2000 and 2005. The specialist-clinics in the study were divided into five categories: (1) pediatrics (2) orthopedics (3) audio lab (4) sleep lab; (5) geriatrics. The


for summary judgment filed by Cirrus.

BACKGROUND
Enreach develops and markets embedded software products, including interactive television services. Embedded software is a software program for microprocessors that are embedded in a variety of electronic products such as televisions and cellular telephones. Enreach's products are built around a common software platform called the MicroBrowser, or eBrowser. In late 1997, Xu and Wu began full-time employment at Enreach as software engineers. In 1998, Xu was promoted to chief software architect. It is not disputed that at the time Xu and Wu began working for Enreach they signed an employee confidentiality and proprietary information agreement. That agreement stated, among other things, as follows:
I agree at all times during the term of my employment and during the two year period thereafter to hold innot disputed that MicroBrowser contained functions and features similar to those described in EIS's brochure.
On September 17, 1999, Xu left Enreach. It is not disputed that, when he left Enreach, Xu had a copy of the MicroBrowser source code on his personal laptop. The EIS Defendants submit undisputed evidence that Xu had copied the source code onto his laptop with Enreach's knowledge before he took a business trip to Germany on behalf of the company. On November 11, 1999, Wu left Enreach.
According to Xu's declaration, he began to write source code for the EIS embedded Internet browser, called iPanel, only after he left Enreach, and EIS did not complete a working model of iPanel until June, 2000. It is not disputed that EIS received copyright registrations for nine


of one percent of the number of files in the EIS code and less than one-tenth of one percent of the number of files in the Enreach code.
In early 2001, Enreach contacted the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office seeking a criminal investigation of EIS and Xu. In June, 2001, an investigator from the District Attorney's Office interviewed Xu and several other EIS employees. During his interview, Xu stated that he had not used Enreach source code in creating source code for EIS and that he did not begin writing source code specifically for iPanel until after he left Enreach. The District Attorney's Office did not pursue criminal charges against Xu or EIS.
It is not disputed that, in September, 2001, EIS released iPanel. Along with the nine copyrightsemipalmata
Spotted redshank, Tringa erythropus
Greater yellowlegs, Tringa melanoleuca
Wilson's phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor
Red-necked phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus
Red phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius

Skuas and jaegers
Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Stercorariidae

Skuas and jaegers are in general medium to large birds, typically with gray or brown plumage, often with white markings on the wings. They have longish bills with hooked tips and webbed feet with sharp claws. They look like large dark gulls, but have a fleshy cere above the upper mandible. They are strong, acrobatic fliers.

South polar skua, Stercorarius maccormicki (A)
Pomarine jaeger, Stercorarius pomarinus
Parasitic jaeger, Stercorarius parasiticus
Long-tailed jaeger, Stercorarius longicaudus (A)

Gulls, terns, and skimmers
Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Laridae

Laridae is a family of medium to large seabirds and includes gulls, terns, kittiwakes, and skimmers. They are typically gray or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have stout,


sparrow, Passerculus sandwichensis
Song sparrow, Melospiza melodia
Lincoln's sparrow, Melospiza lincolnii
Swamp sparrow, Melospiza georgiana
Canyon towhee, Melozone fuscus
Rufous-crowned sparrow, Aimophila ruficeps
Green-tailed towhee, Pipilo chlorurus
Spotted towhee, Pipilo maculatus
Eastern towhee, Pipilo erythrophthalmus

Yellow-breasted chat
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Icteriidae

This species was historically placed in the wood-warblers (Parulidae) but nonetheless most authorities were unsure if it belonged there. It was placed in its own family in 2017.

Yellow-breasted chat, Icteria virens

Icterids
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Icteridae

The icterids are a group of small to medium-sized, often colorful passerine birds restricted to the New World and include the grackles, New World blackbirds, and New World orioles. Most species have black as a predominant plumage color, often enlivened by yellow, orange, or red.

Yellow-headed blackbird, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Bobolink, Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Eastern meadowlark, Sturnella magna
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There are a great many architectural wonders around the world. The works of man, in buildings at least, have often been monuments to different Gods that were worshipped. Ancient Egypt has a large share of these buildings. In the far past, the Pharaohs that ruled Egypt were the local Gods to their people. In death, their journey back to the underworld was paved with riches stored in huge pyramids. Each pharaoh had their own pyramid, stocked with necessities for their next life.

While Egypt is not the only ancient culture that worshipped gods, the dry desert environment has been beneficial in preserving their ancient buildings. Southeast Asia is another place where ancient temples were built. Cambodia and Thailand are tropical jungles where many ancient ruins are found. Buddhism


his injury but the immediate verdict was not good. Ramires, who was substituted himself by John Terry is a doubt for Saturday with a muscle strain in his hip.
Elsewhere, Josh McEachran made his Watford debut in the first-half as they lost a last minute equaliser at home to Norwich and then lost extra-time as well.

Wednesday 25 September
The league cup draw hands us a tasty away trip to Arsenal. It remains to be seen if Arsène Wenger keeps to his philosophy of playing the kids or beefs up his team for our visit. He hasn’t had a great deal of luck in the league cup.

Thursday 26 September
The news on Marco van Ginkel is not good. The young Belgian had surgery on anterior cruciate ligaments today and will be backOp-Ed: Mideast crisis prelude to major war

Iran, Russia, and China plan to hold mass military exercises in Syria. Iran will unveil several home-made destroyers and missile Frigates soon, and Iran threatens to break off nuclear discussions if the West does not lift oil sanctions.

An Iranian ship crossing the Suez Canal in March 2012.

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Haaretz and Time of Israel reports: Iran, Russia, China, and Syria are making preparation for joint military exercise in Syria by early July, according to Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency. Analysts assess this will be the largest exercise in recent Mideast history. According to informed sources, four countries will conduct war games in the air, on the land, and at the sea, with roughly 90,000 soldiers, 1,000 tanks and 400 aircraft participation.


World War III as the nations are now lining up for combat. Russia will do everything it can to save the Assad regime. Syria is Russia’s foothold in the Mideast. Russia needs Syrian warm water ports for its fleet and it has billions of dollars invested in Syria. Iran needs Assad to stay in power because Syria gives Iran access to Israel. While Russia will not risk war with the West, the stakes are now real high as Russia has already warned the West that the Syrian revolution could turn into a world war. Syria remains in a no win situation because when Assad is removed from power, the Muslim Brotherhood will replace him. This could mean that this new regime will be part of the caliphate theocracySara Israelsen-Hartley is a special projects reporter for the Deseret News where she covers screens and their effects on individuals, families and society. During more than 11 years with the Deseret News, she has also covered societal and public health issues, such as divorce reform, same-sex marriage, abortion, pornography, etc., as well as education, city government, faith in the public square, and crime and the judicial system. In 2011, she was honored as the Best Newspaper Reporter by Utah's
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General Michael Hayden, who also headed CIA, admits US and UK agencies have become too secretive for their own good

Western intelligence agencies must be more transparent and open to scrutiny if they are to keep public support for the type of mass surveillance techniques that have been revealed by Edward Snowden, a former director of the US National Security Agency has admitted.

General Michael Hayden said he believed the American and British intelligence agencies had to "show a lot more leg" if they wanted to win broad public understanding and support for the type of programmes they were undertaking.

Speaking in London, Hayden said western security services were having to make difficult adjustments to new challenges. It was not fair for America's critics to "cross your arms and cluck atattacks, terrorism and transnational crime, are not the product of nation states. They are the product of nation state weakness or nation state absence.

"So we are taking this hardwired national security structure which is designed to go this way, and we are trying to get it to go that way."

Hayden defended the NSA's Prism programme which, he said, had not "caused much of a ripple in the United States".

But he admitted that a separate programme that allowed the NSA to collect simple 'metadata' on all phone calls in the United States was "going deep and to the edge of the line."

Hayden said: "I can understand congressmen saying, 'I'm not sure that was the intent in that provision of the Patriot Act'.

"But then I would say, 'Why didn't you


clines were wider or absent and mtDNA introgression was asymmetric. We discuss alternative, nonexclusive hypotheses about evolutionary processes generating these patterns, including drift, selection, long-distance dispersal and spatial shifts in hybrid zone location and structure. The distribution of intraspecific mtDNA lineages supports a scenario in which B. bufo held a local refugium during the last glacial maximum. Present-day genetic profiles are best explained by an advance of B. spinosus from a nearby Iberian refugium, largely superseding the local B. bufo population, followed by an advance of B. bufo from the Balkans, with prongs north and south of the Alps, driving B. spinosus southwards. A pendulum moving hybrid zone, first northwards and then southwards, explains the wide areas of introgression at either side of the current position of thestyles and substyles, Kung Fu includes the legendary Shaolin style of fighting, which was named after a 6th century monastery in Hunan, China. The Shaolin style was developed over many centuries, expanding from 72 basic fighting movements in its early development to 170 moves divided into five styles named after the animal the movements were supposed to resemble or represent; the Tiger, Leopard, Snake, Dragon and Crane. It is said that a monk named Bodhidharma (Ta Mo) traveled in 500 A.D. from India to China. He went to the Shaolin temple in Hunan Province. Bodhidharma found that the monks had no physical exercise and felt that meditation and physical movement were both important to attaining enlightenment. Bodhidhara designed a training program to help the monks strengthen their bodies,


which then allowed them to endure long meditations. The series of movements developed by Bodhidharma eventually evolved into Kung Fu.

Chinese Martial Arts include training in many traditional Chinese martial arts. These classes include both internal and external types of training. Internal training focus is on the proper body dynamics and the use of internal energy while external training includes muscle strength and flexibility, speed and coordination skills aimed at developing fighting skills and weapon training.

Kung Fu classes include training in:

Northern Shaolin Kung Fu - this is a Chinese martial art system that develops strong stances, with an emphasis on leg techniques like sweeping, kicking and jumping techniques.

Tan Tui - "spring leg" is a Chinese martial art that uses routines to develop a strong foundation for all martial artspractice of Chi Kung.

Chin na - is a Chinese martial art that used joint locks to control the opponent. Attacks to sensitive areas of the body with grabs and pressure strikes are used to immobilize an attacker.

I'd like to find out more about:

Jodo

The art is about 400 years old and was founded by Muso Gonnosuke, a samurai who suffered defeat at the hands of Miyamoto Mushashi, the greatest sword man / warrior in Japanese history.
Gonnosuke survived the defeat and was determined to find a way to beat Mushashi. After traveling around japan and studying other martial arts, Gonnosuke retreated to a shrine to meditate.
He had a dream about the use of a stick as a weapon to defeat the sword. Gonnosuke developed techniques with the Jo suing his


knowledge of the sword and other weapons. He incorporated
techniques of the spear, the halberd, the staff and the sword to develop his new art Jojutsu. With his new weapon and techniques he went back to challenge Mushashi again and defeated
Mushashi in what may have been Mushashi's only loss. Shindo Musu Ryu Jodo is the name of the art that Gonnosuke developed.

Jo-Do, the way of the stick, is the art of practice using a Jo, a 50 inch staff and a Bokken, a wooden sword. The Jo is used to defend against attacks by an opponent yielding a bokken
in the way that a sword is used to cut and strike. The Jo is used to block, counter and attack the bokken as well as targeted areas of the body.

TrainingTaiwan becomes the first Asian country to approve a bill legalizing same-sex marriage

Lawmakers in Taiwan have approved a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in a landmark decision that makes the self-ruled island the first place in Asia to pass gay marriage legislation.

The vote came almost two years after the island's Constitutional Court ruled that the existing law; which said marriage was between a man and a woman was unconstitutional. The panel of judges gave the island's parliament two years to amend or enact new laws.

On Friday, only a week off the two-year deadline lawmakers in Taiwan's Legislative Yuan passed a bill making same-sex marriage a reality and it will go into effect on May 24.

Tens of thousands of people braved pouring rain Friday to demonstrate in favor of same-sex


marriage outside the parliament, where lawmakers were voting on three draft bills. The successful Cabinet bill was backed by LGBTQ groups, despite the fact it creates a law different to straight marriage.

For instance, under Cabinet's bill, a Taiwanese person could not marry foreigners from countries where same-sex marriage is not legal. Thousands turned of gay rights activists, many bearing umbrellas, rainbow flags and rainbow placards, gathered in heavy rain in the capital Taipei in support of marriage equality.

Although the island has a large gay community and its annual gay pride parade is the biggest in Asia, the issue of marriage equality has divided Taiwanese society. In a controversial referendum in November last year, 67% voted to reject same-sex marriage.seeing each other, he made a regular habit of sharing his Spin class Spotify playlists with me. He followed me on Instagram and I followed back. It seemed perfectly harmless and, frankly, natural. After three or four dates, we made plans to Netflix and chill at his place on a Friday night. It was going to be our first sleepover and he was even going to cook me dinner. Friday rolled around and I hadn't heard anything, so I reached out. He said he was feeling particularly antisocial and asked if we could reschedule. We pushed the date to Saturday. Again, he wasn't feeling himself.

I knew it was over, but those muscles! I tried one last time. We made plans for a Wednesday. On Tuesday afternoon, I reached


out to confirm. I asked if he still wanted to hang out the next day and he responded defensively. I brushed it off and reassured him that I still wanted to see him. Five hours later he replied. He'd needed time to "think about it," "things had changed" and he wasn't "emotionally available at the moment."

No shit, I thought. I sent him my favorite brush-off GIF and prepared to find a dude who had read more than two books in 10 years. Weeks passed and I filed the experience away in the annals of my sex life. Then it happened. He liked a particularly gratuitous selfie on Instagram. He may have been dead to me, but he wasn't gone. In fact, his avatar began to haunt me inMetro International (no relation to Britain's own Metro) announced plans to sell newspapers in Italy and Portugal. Metro International's 2008 annual report reveals that only nine of the company's 20 publishing operations were profitable. Analysis of the first quarter of 2009, published by the website Newspaperinnovation.com, reveals that eight of its 13 majority-owned titles recorded losses.

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In Austria Oberösterreichische Neue, a free title for the Linz area, has announced that it will close. Portugal recently lost the sporting freesheet Diario Desportivo and the San Francisco free daily City Star closed on 15 May. Italian title, 24Minuti, closed in April. Swiss freesheets, Le Matin Bleu and 20 Minutes, are to merge.

"In 2004/2005 free newspapers became very popular,"


Among the many definitions of jihad are a "war or struggle against unbelievers" and "a crusade for a principle or belief." Given those definitions, I believe it's time for an American jihad.

An American jihad would reawaken in American citizens the certain knowledge that our Constitution is a sacred document that better defines and preserves the liberty and autonomy of human beings than the charter of any other nation on earth.

The Constitution, along with the miracle of our nation's founding and the providential history of America fighting and winning war after war against oppressive regimes, proves our manifest destiny not only to preserve our borders and safety and national character at home, but to spread around the world our love of individual freedom and insist on its reflection inestablishments in Brazil


by Tommy Goudge (May 23, 2008), Ohsweken, Ontario – St. Pie, Quebec’s Alain Bergeron made a long trip well worth it on Friday night as he passed Jared Zimbardi for the feature win on the last circuit of the 20 lap Corr/Pak Merchandising Sprint Car feature during Round 2 of Friday Night Thunder presented by Iroquois Poker at Ohsweken Speedway. Cody MacPherson continued his hot start by picking up his second ESSO Thunderstock feature in a row, while 15 year old Mitchell Brown won his first feature in ESSO Mini-Stock action, and Lee Hils became the second winner in the new Fun Stock division

28 cars filed entries for Round 2 of the Corr/Pak Merchandising Sprint Car division, with Bergeron a new visitor this week from his hometown ofSt. Pie, approximately 1 hour East of Montreal. Bergeron’s evening almost ended prematurely in hot laps when the 8b began smoking heavily, but Alain’s crew got things fixed in time for his heat, in which he finished 3rd and became eligible for the redraw for feature starting positions.

Brad Malloy and John Riegling brought the field to the green flag to begin the 20 lap feature event, with Riegling taking the early lead. Jared Zimbardi made his presence known early on as he advanced from his 8th starting position to 3rd in just the first 2 corners. Bergeron fell in behind Zimbardi’s #35 and the two began a race-long battle, while also chasing the #5m of Malloy and Riegling’s #1a. Malloy got past Riegling near the midway point of


the feature and it appeared for a time that Brad and the #5m would visit victory lane for the first time, but an untimely caution period proved to be his undoing as Rob Pietz (#69) and Louie Carufel (#47x) came together and made contact with the wall entering turn 3. Both machines suffered extensive front end damage in the incident, which also dropped Pietz in the point’s standings after a fine 4th place finish on opening night.

On the restart, Zimbardi was too strong for Malloy to hold off and the #35 set sail out front, but Bergeron quickly followed and began to apply pressure to Zimbardi for the lead. The two drivers waged an exciting duel at the front of the field and were involved in a side-by-sideright where he left off last week – in the lead. Behind him, plenty of side-by-side action could be found, as Brad Bacher, Ryan Dinning, and Glen Leinen all advanced to challenge for top 5 finishes from deep in the field. Leinen tried many different lines around the track to get around Fargnoli and into a position to challenge MacPherson for the win, but was not able to overtake Fargnoli’s #55f. Leinen settled for 3rd while Kevin Knapp ran a steady race to bring his #4k home in 4th, in front of a hard-charging Bacher who crossed the stripe 5th. Heat race wins for the ESSO Thunder-Stocks went to Fargnoli and MacPherson.

24 ESSO Mini-Stocks filled the pits for their second event of the season at Ohsweken, and it


their way from deeper in the field into the top 10, but ran out of time to mount a challenge at the front. Brown eventually cleared Hallett and Castelein, who battled for 2nd, leaving Brown to finish the last few laps without a serious challenge. Castelein prevailed for 2nd, with Hallett 3rd, Hilborn’s #72 in 4th and #113 Mark Thorne rounding out the top 5. Heat race victories went to Giberson, Castelein, and Brown.

In Fun Stock action, a new driver joined the fray and took home the victory in the 25 lap feature, run on the smaller track in Ohsweken’s infield this week. Lee Hils brought his #181 to victory lane and entered his name in the record book as the 2nd Fun Stock feature winner at OhswekenFed.Reg. 75,718-19 (1979).  Before the hearing, two more OPE manufacturers withdrew.  See JA at 10 n. 4.

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After prehearing conferences in February and March, 1980, a hearing before an administrative law judge was held in July and August of that year.  Warner and ARW submitted a total of 31 studies, 13 on behalf of Warner and 18 on behalf of ARW, to demonstrate the effectiveness of their OPEs.4   In addition, the manufacturers presented the testimony of many of the investigators who conducted the studies.  The manufacturers sought to bolster this evidence by the testimony of experts who testified that, based on their review of the submitted studies, the drugs had been shown to be effective.  In opposition, the FDA produced the testimony


reduction of pain "on sitting, on post-partum days two and three, in the 20 subjects less than 21 years old";  and for reduction of pain in multipara subjects (those who had earlier pregnancies) "on ambulation on post-partum days three, four and five," but not in primiparas, first pregnancies subjects, as a group.  JA at 399.

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ARW argues that these positive results in six of 240 comparisons constitute the required statutory showing of effectiveness.  The Commissioner stated that the most reliable test of effectiveness is the comparison of the total drug group to the total placebo group, a comparison never made in this study.  JA at 405.  Since there was expert evidence to support the Commissioner's conclusion that the post-hoc stratification was inappropriate, the Commissioner'scross-examination was originally set at the March 4, 1980 prehearing conference.  At that time, the ALJ stressed to the parties that their witnesses had to be available during that period.  See JA at 3386.  On July 17, 1980, the first day of the hearing, Warner informed the ALJ that three of its witnesses, Drs. Protzel, Royer and Vallis, would not be able to testify on the date scheduled because of "their heavy professional schedules."    JA at 3412.  It provided no further explanation to the ALJ.  Warner proposed that the FDA cross-examine these doctors by written questions or telephone.  The ALJ denied this request and told Warner that if the witnesses could not be available for cross-examination on the appointed


day, their direct testimony would be stricken.  After two interlocutory appeals to the Commissioner, and subsequent consideration by the ALJ of the alternative means proposed by Warner, including having one of the experts, Dr. Royer, cross-examined on Saturday or in his hometown, Detroit, the ALJ persisted in his position that the witnesses must be produced.  Because the witnesses did not appear for oral cross-examination, their written testimony was stricken.

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Warner alleges that the ALJ has no discretion to exclude relevant evidence in an adjudicatory proceeding, and that it was prejudiced because the excluded testimony might have provided the FDA with the necessary evidence of effectiveness for three of the studies Warner submitted.  It asks us to remand the proceeding to the agency for additional testimony.

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The AdministrativeDynamic Modulation of Supramolecular Chirality Driven by Factors from Internal to External Levels.
Supramolecular chirality, generated by the asymmetric assembly of chiral or achiral molecules, has attracted intense study owing to its potential to offer insights into natural biological structures and its crucial roles in advanced materials. The optical activity and stacking pathway of building molecules both greatly determine the chirality of the whole supramolecular structure. The flexibility of supramolecular structures makes their chirality easy to modulate through abundant means. Adjustment of the molecular structure or packing mode, or external stimuli that act like a finger gently pushing toy bricks, can greatly change the chirality of supramolecular assemblies. The dynamic regulation of chiral nanostructures on the intramolecular, intermolecular, and external levels could be regarded as the modulatory essence in


WASHINGTON — Under pressure from Republicans and Democrats, the Trump administration on Thursday turned over to Congress a list of Russia-connected entities it will use to determine new sanctions meant to rebuke Russia for actions in Eastern Europe, Syria and the 2016 United States presidential election.

Administration officials made clear to lawmakers that they intended to impose sanctions on individuals in the United States and elsewhere who did “significant” business with the Russian entities, sending an early warning that such deals must soon end.

The list appeared to be an attempt to mollify critics — including Senators John McCain, Republican of Arizona, and Benjamin L. Cardin, Democrat of Maryland — who said that the administration had not moved quickly enough to punish a key American adversary, using legislation passed byCongress in July and signed by President Trump in August. That legislation required that the administration produce the list of entities by Oct. 1.

Administration officials said the list, a copy of which was obtained by The New York Times, was not itself an imposition of sanctions, but rather the government’s assessment of organizations or persons “that are part of, or operating for or on behalf of, the defense or intelligence sectors of the government of the Russian Federation.”


No tax rises on petrol, says Theresa May

Fuel duty is to be frozen for the ninth year in a row, the prime minister is to announce - saying the government is "on the side of "hard-working families".
Mrs May will tell the Conservative conference: "They are the people for whom this party must deliver."
A car is a necessity "not a luxury" for millions of people, she will add.
Last month, Chancellor Philip Hammond said the policy saved drivers money, but would cost the Treasury £38bn if it continued for another three years.
But AA president Edmund King said the freeze would bring relief to millions of UK drivers and businesses.
"The high pump prices are already forcing many families to cut back on journeys, household expenditure or both," he said.
The average UKpetrol price is currently 130.6p per litre, while diesel is 134.5p.
In the past 12 months, average petrol prices have gone up by 11.5p a litre, with diesel up by 14p a litre.
According to the RAC Foundation, 61% of the price of petrol and nearly 60% of the price of diesel is taxation.
Mrs May will close the Conservative conference by declaring Britain's post-Brexit future is "full of promise" and vowing the "best days lie ahead of us".
And, in confirming the fuel duty freeze, she will say the difference having a "little bit of money left to put away at the end of the month" cannot be "measured in pounds and pence".
"It's the joy and precious memories that a week's holiday with the family brings," she will say.
"It's the peace


United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Chief Leon Panetta reportedly held a secret visit to Turkey lately, the Ankara-based Turkish daily Sabah reported.

Talks included planning for a possible regime change in Syria and ensuring the safety of the Assad family, the paper said.

Brutality HR group: Syria revolt claims 400 lives News agencies Concerns over Syrian security forces' aggressiveness against demonstrators grow as Damascus-based human rights says victims number in the hundreds HR group: Syria revolt claims 400 lives

Panetta reportedly set up a camp in the Turkish capital for five days in order to discuss the uprisings in Arab countries with top Turkish officials.

Panetta is rumored to have met with head of the Turkish Intelligence Organization (MIT), members of the government and officials from the General Staff.

MIT chief HakanFidan was sent to Syria to meet Syrian President Bashar Assad by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan last month.

The talks also touched on the fighting in Libya, Turkish-Israeli relations, intelligence-sharing in Iraq, cooperation in Afghanistan and the fight against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party or PKK, Sabah said.

Sabah's claim that Panneta's talks included planning for possible regime change in Syria and ensuring the safety of the Assad family, were not corroborated by any other source.


undercover in a New York insane asylum and published the disturbing findings of her sojourn in Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World. Bly, who died in 1922 at the age of 57, also traveled around the world in 72 days.

Karl Marx was also born on May 5, along with a lot of other people, such as the singer Adele. In 2018, Marx turns 200, which means Google will probably make his doodle in 2019.With the threat of US President Donald Trump’s impeachment back this week investors are betting that the market could ultimately rally the way it did in the Clinton era.

The stock market ended trading in negative territory on Tuesday after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, concerning his recent interaction with Ukrainian President Voldomyr Zelensky.

Stocks shrugged off risks from the possible impeachment when a memo of Trump’s conversation with Zelensky did not show that Trump threatened to withhold aid from Ukraine.

Also on rt.com 'Ask for first conversation with Zelensky, ask for Pence's call': Trump trolls opponents amid impeachment threat

Analysts say the House could impeach Trump, as it did with President Bill Clinton, but it is unlikely the Senate will go along with


it creation of life, of romance, of art or business. While the Magician is the primal spark, the idea made real, and the High Priestess is the one who gives the idea a form, the Empress is the womb where it gestates and grows till it is ready to be born. This is why her symbol is Venus, goddess of beautiful things as well as love. Even so, the Empress is more Demeter, goddess of abundance, then sensual Venus. She is the giver of Earthly gifts, yet at the same time, she can, in anger withhold, as Demeter did when her daughter, Persephone, was kidnapped. In fury and grief, she kept the Earth barren till her child was returned to her.final, the semi-finals and perhaps the quarter-finals,” says Francoise Marais marketing manager for Hyundai South Africa, makers of the giant vuvuzela.

South Africa have bowed out of the World Cup 2010 and have made history as the first World Cup host team to exit the competition in the group stages. While we making history we might as well honk the world biggest trumpet.

The Jabulani Ball has been a hot topic at the World Cup 2010 soccer show piece currently being played on South Africa soil. The new ‘Jabulani’ ball has been widely criticised mainly because of its irregular flight.

England coach Fabio Capello says, “It is good when you play short passes, but when you try to switch the ball with long passes, it is very difficult to understand the


Parreira has announced his final 23-man squad for the 2010 Soccer World Cup.

The surprise omission from the squad is the very experienced striker Benni McCarthy, the other 4 players left out of the 23 man squad are goalkeeper Rowen Fernandez, defender Bryce Moon, midfielder Franklyn Cale and defender Innocent Mdledle.

Bafana will be kicking off their 2010 campaign on Friday, June 11 against Mexico at Soccer City in Johannesburg. Kick-off is at 16:00. Mexico are you ready for this…?Share

First responders attend to the young man after the blast.Photo: KENA BETANCUR/This content is subject to copyright.

Sunday morning in Central Park, an 18-year-old man suffered a “partial amputation” of his foot after accidentally stepping on a device New York police are calling “an experiment with fireworks or explosives” which, though clearly very dangerous, was not constructed to deliberately hurt anyone, and does not seem to be terrorism-related, according to ABCNews.

The bizarre incident occurred in an area of the park near East 60th Street close to the entrance of the Central Park Zoo, and the cannonlike blast was heard blocks away, startling many, including attendees of the funeral for author and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel that was being held nearby. According to the Daily News, the man’s


Iraqi state television channel Al Iraqiya yesterday broadcast its first Kurdish news bulletin one week after Kurds voted for independence from Baghdad.

“The first time we broadcast Kurdish news on the television channel and on Al Iraqiya radio,” said Kareem Hammadi, director of the government channel.

The bulletin began in Kurdish at 19:00 (16:00 GMT) and lasted about ten minutes. It dealt with local and international affairs.

On 25 September nearly 93 per cent of Iraqi Kurds voted for independence in a non-binding referendum that challenged the central government. Iraq said the vote was unconstitutional and its results would not be accepted.

As a result of the vote, Baghdad halted international flights to and from Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports in the Kurdish region.

Read: Kurds vote ‘yes’ to independence

The Iraqi government yesterday refusedNEW DELHI: The Delhi Police on Friday suspended three cops pending an inquiry after the Aam Aadmi Party uploaded a video of alleged police brutality in the national capital.

The video, which comes days after Aam Aadmi Party's dharna against the Delhi Police at Rail Bhavan, shows three 'cops' beating up a man with a stick. The cops are also seen taking out money from his wallet.

AAP said the video was shot on January 12.

"Delhi police is known to be brutal. Every now and then we hear of stories about Delhi police's brutality. Here is another such video. Not only does the video clearly show Delhi Police's inhuman behavior but also the urban legend of police extorting money is caught on camera," AAP said in its message with the


video.

"This video was shot by a vigilante near Lal Quila," the party said and asked whether home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde would take action against the policemen involved.

Delhi police suspended the three constables — Jitendra, Arvid and Saurabh — seen in the video, pending an inquiry.

Any such incident will not be tolerated, Delhi Police commissioner BS Bassi said.

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal led a protest earlier this week demanding suspension of SHOs concerned in three cases — the Danish tourist's gang-rape and the run-ins AAP ministers Somnath Bharti and Rekha Birla had with the police.

The protest had come to an abrupt end on January 21 after two police officers were sent on leave.

(With inputs from PTI)of the keys in developing games, especially in the mobile space, said Frielinghaus but acquisition of users was only the first step. Retention proves more difficult on an open mobile platform than in the closed environment of MXit.

"MXit is a different category of acquisition. There are opportunities with a captive market.

"They will find you and tell all their friends - with no SEO (search engine optimisation) or banner ads. MXit is a circle of trust, Facebook is for everyone else," he said.

Golden opportunity

Frielinghaus said that despite users spending long periods on MXit, they were often bored and looking for something engaging while maintaining contact with their friends. The Moonbase game fits into this market well because it was inherently social.

"Moonbase is a deeply social game. Playing it alone


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Simon has had a busy year, especially with a lot of family concerns. His new flexible work arrangements, now in place for several months, are helping a lot. Simon works a half day from home on a Tuesday and uses other time on that day to attend to his immediate family and parents.

Adrian’s relationship with his dad, Gary, struck a chord in our micro-documentary series so we decided to explore how fatherhood and work has changed between generations. In this Insights discussion we have Adrian and his dad together with mutual colleague, Glenn House, who together span three generations of fathers in the construction industry. They are […]

Things have been heating up for Tom. He has been promoted, but has had a bit of a setback with hisWhen it came to New Zealand and China, John Key was acutely aware of the high stakes.

He knew China was an economic lifeline following the Global Financial Crisis, as export growth to our traditional markets stalled or went backwards. He knew our living standards depended on lifting the economic relationship and setting aggressive new targets for trade in goods and services.

Key also knew he had to lead engagement from the top, investing his personal time and mana in the exercise. The importance of guanxi, or business networks established over time through strong personal connections, was not lost on Key, who made no fewer than six official visits to China during his time as Prime Minister.

His commitment was clear on a number of occasions, including at the height of


a serious food safety scare, when instead of sending officials in his place, Key personally flew to China to front up to the Chinese leadership, as well as millions of concerned Chinese mothers via the national news media.

Key also strongly encouraged other Ministers to spend time on the ground in China. There were more than 15 Ministerial visits in 2010, a key year in setting the tone of the relationship. Numerous high level business delegations followed, developing new opportunities in sectors from science and education to film and TV production.

This investment in China led to unprecedented levels of cooperation. In 2010, Key and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to double bilateral trade to $20 billion by 2015, a goal reached a year early. A more ambitious goal wasanswer to the "small Mars problem."
Jumpin' Jupiter! (exoplanets) (Weidenschilling, 1996) and (Marzari, 2002)
Many of the first discovered exoplanets did not fit within the nice, clean planetary formation models that had been developed in the 20th century. Instead of gas giants of finding gas giants orbiting circularly at five to fifteen AU, scientists found hot jupiters and jupiters with very high eccentricities. This didn't make sense.
Marzari hypothesized a cause as chaotic behavior amongst multiple gas giants, followed by close-by interactions amongst the planets. The result was at least one giant expelled from the planetary system during the process, and another jumping to a much closer orbit than that at which the planet formed.
Nice Model (Multiple papers, 2005 and later)
The Nice Model is an evolving framework that initially described problems


Bank of Commerce of Rochester, appointed by the Comptroller of the Currency of the United States under section 9826, Comp. St., to compound the liability of certain directors named in the petition and ratify a contract dated May 19, 1924, entered into between the National Bank of Commerce of Rochester (herein called the old bank) and the National Bank of Rochester (called the new bank), which was organized a short time prior to the suspension of payment and business of the former. It is averred that, being unable to pay the checks and drafts of its depositors, on May 17, 1924, the old bank closed its doors and made a contract transferring a part of its assets to the new bank, which, in consideration thereof and in furtherto the new bank. It is shown that the receiver has carefully examined into the circumstances relating to the prior transfers, and has tested the considerations and values and is convinced that full value has been given. After searching investigation lasting many months, he concluded that the old bank was insolvent at the time it suspended payment; that considerable of its property had been negligently dissipated, and dividends had unlawfully been paid for which the named directors were probably liable. Before bringing an action against them, however, the directors named in the petition suggested compromising their liabilities, with the result that negotiations to that end started. During its continuance, the prospect of amicable adjustment became uncertain, and, upon the demand of the new bank for payment of the


balance unpaid upon *935 its note, this action was brought and answers have been interposed by the directors denying liability. Afterwards an offer to pay $750,000 was tendered by certain directors who had contributed to a fund in settlement of all claims and causes of action against them. The amount tendered was suggested by the Comptroller of the Currency during the negotiations, and the amount is considered by him and by the receiver as a reasonable and just sum to compose all differences as to any existing liability and responsibility of the contributing directors arising out of their negligence and maladministration. The new bank has expressed its willingness to waive all claims and rights to assessments on the capital stock of the old bank to pay the balanceseclusion

* Autistic patient locked in room

Taylor visited Peacock on Monday at his new place. A photo of the two men was posted to the Community Connections Facebook page.

"Our organisation has been working with Ashley for about five years, so it's a really big event for us that he's now here. A lot of people never thought it would happen."

SUPPLIED Ashley Peacock has been in mental health care for 10 years, including years in seclusion.

Peacock had been detained as a compulsory patient under the Mental Health Act because of his mental illness, intellectual disabilities and autism. He lived in a 10-square-metre seclusion room at the Tawhirimatea mental health unit in Porirua.

Peacock had been widely reported to love animals, so the big question was - are there animals at his


new home?

Taylor said "it's not a farm or anything" but Peacock was close to animals he could visit.

There was "no doubt" Peacock was traumatised by his experiences in isolation, Taylor said.

"The first six months to a year, after that we'll know a bit more about how it's going to go, to really understand how he's going to cope in this very different environment. It's very hard to know, but early indications are very positive."

"[The photo] he did that, he wanted to do that. He put his arm over my shoulder, and there we are. He's pretty happy."

FAIRFAX NZ Ashley Peacock plays with a family pet during his time at the mental health facility.

IHC director of advocacy Trish Grant said Peacock's move to his new home was a greatof the 1930’s and thereafter together with its emergence from study and effort and teaching from the Bible and Christian principles/

Then there was the phase where Cofounder Bill W. was turning away from the Akron A.A. Christian fellowship technique and program and being strongly influenced in part by Rev. Samuel M. Shoemaker, Jr., and the Oxford Group life-changing ideas. Next, Bill called his writing and publication of the Big Book and the Twelve Steps a “New Version of the Program”—an incontrovertible situation. Finally there was the phase where the entire A.A. “new version” was further changed just before the Big Book went to press; and the idea of “One” God, the Creator, the Maker, the Father of Light, the Heavenly Father of the Lord Jesus Christ gave way


the door and sit down whether a drunk or not and whether he or she wants to quit drinking or not.

Our discussion of the importance of knowing about "old school" early A.A. begins there

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Richard G. Burns holds a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Stanford University where he was Case Editor of the Stanford Law Review. He was a Phi Beta Kappa in his Junior Year at UC Berkeley. There he received an A.A. degree in economics with Honorable Mention. He was an Information and Education Specialist in the United States Army wherehe held the rank of Sgt. He attended the information-education school at Washington & Lee University. He practiced law in California from 1951 to 1986. He was president of the Corte Madera Chamber of Commerce, Corte Madera Center Merchants Council, Mill Valley Community Church, Redwoods Retirement Center, and Almonte District Improvemen Club. Also elected Director of the Almonte Sanitary District. He is a writer, historian, retired attorney, Bible student, CDAAC, and active recovered member of the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous with continuous sobriety beginning April 21, 1986.

He writes under the pen name Dick B. He has devoted 24 years to researching the history and successes of the early A.A. Christian Fellowship in Akron; and published 46 titles, more than 1450 articles, and materials on Facebook, Twitter, MauiHistorian.Blogspot.com, Alcoholics


Anonymous History.com, In the Rooms, Linked-in, Tumbler, MauiHistorian.Word Press.com, Aa Historian WordPress.com, AA History with Dick B. on cyber recovery social, Dick B. YouTube Channel, Articles Base, GoArticles.com, SearchWarp, Self Growth Experts, Social network forums on International Christian Recovery Coalition Forums, Recovery Internet Fellowship, Cyber Recovery, Daily Recovery, Christian Recovery Ministries, radio, TV, and over 70 audio blogs on the history subject. He regularly conducts radio interviews of Christian Recovery Leaders and Workers on www.ChristianRecoveryRadio.com.

He is Executive Director of the International Christian Recovery Coalition and of Freedom Ranch Maui Incorporated. He is an Advisor to God's Way Ministry, a Christian Church and is also a consultant to Wyoming Pacific Oil Company. Listed in Marquis Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in America, Who's Who in Law, Who'sEducing Information: Interrogation: Science and Art

Intelligence in Recent Public Literature

This compilation of 10 articles on interrogation methods and
their efficacy comprises the first phase of a larger project sponsored by the
Intelligence Science Board, which was chartered in 2002 to advise senior
intelligence officials on scientific and technical issues of importance to the
Intelligence Community. Robert A. Fein, a member of the Science Board, chaired
the effort by what appears to have been a truly high-powered team. Eleven
individuals with security and counterintelligence experience served on his
"experts committee," drawn chiefly from the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and military intelligence units. The project also enlisted an outside
advisory group, made up of three Harvard University professors (including the
distinguished historian and intelligence scholar Ernest May), two college
presidents, a scientist with the Nuclear Threat Initiative, and a Goldman Sachs
vice


Angleton, probing his views on
counterintelligence. At Angleton's suggestion, he and I met weekly for a few
months at the Army-Navy Club in Washington DC. One of the key principles of
counterintelligence interrogation, he emphasized to me, was this: if you
torture a subject, he will tell you whatever you want to hear. The infliction
of pain was a useless approach-- "counterproductive," as some of the
authors in this anthology would put it. Angleton also had little regard for the
polygraph or for chemicals as instruments of truth-seeking. He was not above
using some forms of discomfort, though, such as Spartan quarters for the
subject, along with sleep deprivation, time disorientation, and exhaustive
questioning by way of a "good cop, bad cop" routine. Like some of the
authors in this volume, he believed in using a combination of rapport-building
(thehistory, society was unkind to those with any type of disability, and people with intellectual disability were commonly viewed as burdens on their families.

Greek and Roman philosophers, who valued reasoning abilities, disparaged people with intellectual disability as barely human.[35] The oldest physiological view of intellectual disability is in the writings of Hippocrates in the late fifth century BCE, who believed that it was caused by an imbalance in the four humors in the brain.

Caliph Al-Walid (r. 705–715) built one of the first care homes for intellectually disabled individuals and built the first hospital which accommodated intellectually disabled individuals as part of its services. In addition, Al-Walid assigned each intellectually disabled individual a caregiver.[36]

Until the Enlightenment in Europe, care and asylum was provided by families and the church (in


monasteries and other religious communities), focusing on the provision of basic physical needs such as food, shelter and clothing. Negative stereotypes were prominent in social attitudes of the time.

In the 13th century, England declared people with intellectual disability to be incapable of making decisions or managing their affairs.[35]Guardianships were created to take over their financial affairs.

In the 17th century, Thomas Willis provided the first description of intellectual disability as a disease.[35] He believed that it was caused by structural problems in the brain. According to Willis, the anatomical problems could be either an inborn condition or acquired later in life.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, housing and care moved away from families and towards an asylum model. People were placed by, or removed from, their families (usually inthe relative ease to the provider, not based on the needs of the individual. A survey taken in 1891 in Cape Town, South Africa shows the distribution between different facilities. Out of 2046 persons surveyed, 1,281 were in private dwellings, 120 in jails, and 645 in asylums, with men representing nearly two thirds of the number surveyed. In situations of scarcity of accommodation, preference was given to white men and black men (whose insanity threatened white society by disrupting employment relations and the tabooed sexual contact with white women).[37]

In the late 19th century, in response to Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, Francis Galton proposed selective breeding of humans to reduce intellectual disability.[35] Early in the 20th century the eugenics movement became popular throughout the world. This


led to forced sterilization and prohibition of marriage in most of the developed world and was later used by Adolf Hitler as a rationale for the mass murder of people with intellectual disability during the holocaust. Eugenics was later abandoned as an evil violation of human rights, and the practice of forced sterilization and prohibition from marriage was discontinued by most of the developed world by the mid-20th century.

Although ancient Roman law had declared people with intellectual disability to be incapable of the deliberate intent to harm that was necessary for a person to commit a crime, during the 1920s, Western society believed they were morally degenerate.[35]

Ignoring the prevailing attitude, Civitans adopted service to people with developmental disabilities as a major organizational emphasis in 1952. Their earliest effortsrecognized the human needs of those with intellectual disability and provided the same basic human rights as for the rest of the population.

The publication of this book may be regarded as the first move towards the widespread adoption of the social model of disability in regard to these types of disabilities, and was the impetus for the development of government strategies for desegregation. Successful lawsuits against governments and an increasing awareness of human rights and self-advocacy also contributed to this process, resulting in the passing in the U.S. of the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act in 1980.

From the 1960s to the present, most states have moved towards the elimination of segregated institutions. Normalization and deinstitutionalization are dominant.[35] Along with the work of Wolfensberger and others including Gunnar


retardation and mentally retarded were invented in the middle of the 20th century to replace the previous set of terms, which included "imbecile"[43][44] and "moron"[45] and are now considered offensive. By the end of the 20th century, these terms themselves have come to be widely seen as disparaging, politically incorrect, and in need of replacement.[46] The term intellectual disability is now preferred by most advocates and researchers in most English-speaking countries.[4][5] The term "mental retardation" was used in the American Psychiatric Association's DSM-IV and in the World Health Organization's ICD-10 (codes F70–F79). In the next revision, the ICD-11, this term have been replaced by the term "disorders of intellectual development" (codes 6A00–6A04; 6A00.Z for the "unspecified" diagnosis code).[47][48] The term "intellectual disability (intellectual developmental disorder)" is used indefined by time of onset. Amentia was the term used to denote an individual who developed deficits in mental functioning early in life, while dementia included individuals who develop mental deficiencies as adults. Theodor Meynert in the 1890s lectures described amentia as a form of sudden-onset confusion (German: Verwirrtheit), often with hallucinations.[52] This term long in use in psychiatry in this sense. Emil Kraepelin in the 1910s wrote that “acute confusion (amentia)” is a form of febrile delirium.[52] By 1912, amentia was a classification lumping "idiots, imbeciles, and feeble minded" individuals in a category separate from a dementia classification, in which the onset is later in life. In Russian psychiatry the term “amentia” defines a form of clouding of consciousness, which is dominated by confusion, true hallucinations, incoherence


of thinking and speech and chaotic movements.[53] In Russia “amentia” (Russian: аменция) is not associated with intellectual disability and mean only clouding of consciousness.

Idiot indicated the greatest degree of intellectual disability, where the mental age is two years or less, and the person cannot guard himself or herself against common physical dangers. The term was gradually replaced by the term profound mental retardation (which has itself since been replaced by other terms).

Imbecile indicated an intellectual disability less extreme than idiocy and not necessarily inherited. It is now usually subdivided into two categories, known as severe intellectual disability and moderate intellectual disability.

Moron was defined by the American Association for the Study of the Feeble-minded in 1910, following work by Henry H. Goddard, as the term for an adult witha mental age between eight and twelve; mild intellectual disability is now the term for this condition. Alternative definitions of these terms based on IQ were also used. This group was known in UK law from 1911 to 1959–60 as feeble-minded.

Mongolism and Mongoloid idiot were medical terms used to identify someone with Down syndrome, as the doctor who first described the syndrome, John Langdon Down, believed that children with Down syndrome shared facial similarities with Blumenbach's "Mongolian race." The Mongolian People's Republic requested that the medical community cease use of the term as a referent to intellectual disability. Their request was granted in the 1960s, when the World Health Organization agreed that the term should cease being used within the medical community.[54]

In the field of special education, educable


of retarded in relation to being mentally slow was in 1895. The term mentally retarded was used to replace terms like idiot, moron, and imbecile because retarded was not then a derogatory term. By the 1960s, however, the term had taken on a partially derogatory meaning as well. The noun retard is particularly seen as pejorative; a BBC survey in 2003 ranked it as the most offensive disability-related word, ahead of terms such as spastic (or its abbreviation spaz) and mong.[55] The terms mentally retarded and mental retardation are still fairly common, but currently the Special Olympics, Best Buddies, and over 100 other organizations are striving to eliminate their use by referring to the word retard and its variants as the "r-word", in an effort to equate itage of 18) are generally considered more polite terms than mental retardation.

United States

In North America, intellectual disability is subsumed into the broader term developmental disability, which also includes epilepsy, autism, cerebral palsy, and other disorders that develop during the developmental period (birth to age 18). Because service provision is tied to the designation 'developmental disability', it is used by many parents, direct support professionals, and physicians. In the United States, however, in school-based settings, the more specific term mental retardation or, more recently (and preferably), intellectual disability, is still typically used, and is one of 13 categories of disability under which children may be identified for special education services under Public Law 108-446.

The phrase intellectual disability is increasingly being used as a synonym for people with significantly below-average


cognitive ability. These terms are sometimes used as a means of separating general intellectual limitations from specific, limited deficits as well as indicating that it is not an emotional or psychological disability. It is not specific to congenital disorders such as Down syndrome.

The American Association on Mental Retardation changed its name to the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) in 2007, and soon thereafter changed the names of its scholarly journals[58] to reflect the term "intellectual disability". In 2010, the AAIDD released its 11th edition of its terminology and classification manual, which also used the term intellectual disability.[59][60]

United Kingdom

In the UK, mental handicap had become the common medical term, replacing mental subnormality in Scotland and mental deficiency in England and Wales, until Stephen Dorrell, Secretary ofState for Health for the United Kingdom from 1995–97, changed the NHS's designation to learning disability.[61] The new term is not yet widely understood, and is often taken to refer to problems affecting schoolwork (the American usage), which are known in the UK as "learning difficulties". British social workers may use "learning difficulty" to refer to both people with intellectual disability and those with conditions such as dyslexia.[62] In education, "learning difficulties" is applied to a wide range of conditions: "specific learning difficulty" may refer to dyslexia, dyscalculia or developmental coordination disorder, while "moderate learning difficulties", "severe learning difficulties" and "profound learning difficulties" refer to more significant impairments.[63][64]

In England and Wales between 1983 and 2008, the Mental Health Act 1983 defined "mental impairment" and "severe mental impairment" as


of that, when a contestant on Celebrity Big Brother live used the phrase "walking like a retard", despite complaints from the public and the charity Mencap, the communications regulator Ofcom did not uphold the complaint saying "it was not used in an offensive context [...] and had been used light-heartedly". It was, however, noted that two previous similar complaints from other shows were upheld.[67]

Australia

In the past, Australia has used British and American terms interchangeably, including "mental retardation" and "mental handicap". Today, "intellectual disability" is the preferred and more commonly used descriptor.[68]

Society and culture

People with intellectual disabilities are often not seen as full citizens of society. Person-centered planning and approaches are seen as methods of addressing the continued labeling and exclusion of socially devalued people, such as people withmain respondent (usually the mother) chose a mixed category or if the ethnic categories for the child\'s parents were different. If the main respondent chose a 'mixed' ethnic category for the child, but the categories of the child's natural parents were the same, we reclassified the child according to the parents' ethnicity. Ethnic categories used for analysis are white; Indian; Pakistani; Bangladeshi; black Caribbean; black African; other and their 'mixed' counterparts. The white mixed group is made up of children whose parents are from different white backgrounds, for example, a white mixed child might have a white European mother and a white British father.

Our analyses included cohort member\'s gender, age, sweep at assessment as a measure of time and a quadratic term for time. The linear but not


BOSTON -- In the first two games of their three-game series at Fenway Park this week, the Red Sox and Twins managed to score only four runs combined. Red Sox veteran John Lackey knew this. So did Twins rookie starter Kyle Gibson. With runs at a premium, the two battled Wednesday afternoon in what shaped up to be a pitchers' duel of unforeseeable proportions.

Who blinked first during their outing? Neither.

John Lackey became the first Red Sox pitcher to throw nine shutout innings without earning a win since Matt Young did so in 1991 David Butler II/USA TODAY Sports

Under beautiful skies, both Gibson and Lackey pitched shutout ball, leading the way for their respective teams in a scoreless tie that was settled in extras when the Red Sox walkedHolland Under-21 international who had been released by FC Twente, had joined on a free transfer. Davies had enjoyed a taste of first-team action and that was the last we would see of him for a while. At least that was the theory.

The reality turned out to be rather different. Laudrup selected Davies for the first match after the international break, a 2-0 defeat at Aston Villa and, to the Dane’s credit, kept faith with him for the remainder of the season. Davies flourished, visibly growing in confidence with each game he played, so much so that Tiendalli was reduced to being a bit-part player. It has been a meteoric rise for Davies ever since, culminating in this week’s £10m swap deal with Gylfi Sigurdsson at Tottenham Hotspur,


where the 21-year-old will be Mauricio Pochettino’s first-choice left-back.

Not bad for someone who was turning up for first-team games at Swansea in his Volkswagen Polo, complete with wind-down windows – a source of amusement among the rest of the squad – less than two years ago. Davies had not long graduated from the youth team and was earning around £400 a week at the time. His salary at White Hart Lane is likely to have a couple more zeros on the end.

For Davies, it must feel as though the last two years have passed by in a blur. He has been a man in a hurry. Four weeks after making his first Premier League start, he was filling Taylor’s boots for country as well as club, making hisWales debut in the 2-1 win over Scotland in October 2012. The following month he signed a three-and-a-half-year contract at the Liberty Stadium as reward for his progress.

His first senior goal arrived against Stoke in January last year and encapsulated what Davies is all about.

Picking up the ball just inside his own half, he played a give-and-go, continued his run and brushed off the challenge from Jon Walters when possession was returned to him on the edge of the penalty area. He then slipped away from Ryan Shawcross, evaded Robert Huth and dispatched a low shot into the corner of the net.

Davies struck twice in the Premier League last season, including a superb left-footed volley at The Hawthorns at the start of September, yet he is a defender


first and foremost – not a full-back waiting to be converted into a left-winger (similarities with Gareth Bale are confined to their nationality and favoured foot).

Indeed, Laudrup wondered whether Davies would end up as a left-sided centre-half later in his career. At 1.81m (5ft 11in), he probably lacks a bit of height to play in the middle of defence. He is also, by his own admission, not blessed with great pace. Not that he suffers as a result.

Davies reads the game well, he has a lovely left foot and is technically strong. There is nothing flamboyant about him; he is composed in possession and uses the ball intelligently. He made more successful passes than any other left-back in the Premier League last season (admittedly, Swansea’s style of playcontributes to that statistic) and his first instinct is always to try to play forward, rather than go sideways and look for the safe option. He also possesses a decent strike.

In December last year, when Davies signed a one-year extension that tied him to Swansea until 2017, Laudrup spoke as if he knew what was around the corner. “[Ben] has already done a lot but every day in training he wants to improve. He doesn’t think he has arrived and that is the right attitude. I am sure one day – although it may not be good news for Swansea – we will see Ben at one of the top five or six clubs in the Premier League.”

In an ideal world Swansea would have kept hold of Davies,


who was born in Neath and came through their academy, but they were resigned to the fact that his head had been turned once Tottenham made it clear they were serious about signing him. From that point on it was a case of trying to make the best of a bad situation, which is why Swansea pushed so hard for Sigurdsson, who excelled at the Liberty Stadium during a loan spell a couple of years ago, to be part of the deal.

Comparisons between Davies and Luke Shaw, another young and talented British left-back on the move this summer, are inevitable. Although they broke through into the first team at pretty much the same time, Shaw, at 19, is two years younger than Davies. The England international cost ManchesterUnited an initial £27m, which is three times as much as the Welshman was valued at – something that has aggrieved Swansea supporters, who feel Spurs are getting Davies on the cheap.

Although Shaw has yet to score a senior goal, the England international is a more natural attacker than Davies; at times at Southampton he was operating so far forward that he was playing almost as a winger. Last season Shaw delivered 142 crosses from open play for Southampton from 35 Premier League games; Davies made 75 from 34 matches for Swansea. That said, both players ended up with one assist to their name.

Perhaps the biggest compliment to Davies is that Taylor’s absence, which threatened to leave a huge void, almost went unnoticed at Swansea. Taylor, it is