the Manstreams' complaint as amended. For the reasons fully discussed below in assessing the affirmative defenses raised by the United States, there is no genuine issue of fact for trial, and the United States and all defendants are entitled *879 to summary judgment as a matter of law.
On September 3, 1985 the United States filed a two count complaint, captioned, United States of America, plaintiff v. David O. Manstream and Carolyn H. Manstream, defendants, Civil Action No. 85-V-1074-S.
The United States commenced this action to obtain judgment on the note executed by the Manstreams on May 6, 1977, the terms of which note are set out above. The United States also seeks judicial foreclosure of the mortgage executed by the Manstreams on May 6, 1977 in favor of theUnited States. Following foreclosure, if foreclosure is necessary and the United States is the successful bidder for the property at the foreclosure sale, the United States seeks an order evicting the Manstreams from said property.
The judicial foreclosure action seeks foreclosure for the second time of the property which was foreclosed on by the United States under the power of sale contained in the mortgage and the laws of the State of Alabama on September 3, 1981. The Manstreams were personally served, and filed an answer, titled, "RESPONSE TO COMPLAINT". In their answer they did not deny any of the material allegations of the United States' complaint, including personal and subject matter jurisdiction, the execution of the subject note, and mortgage, nor did they deny that they are in


81-109-S and their "RESPONSE TO COMPLAINT" of the United States filed in Civil Action 85-V-1074-S as an attempt to allege affirmative defenses to the foreclosure action and as a claim or counterclaim seeking injunctive relief and damages from the United States and the other named defendants. Pursuant to the mandate of the Court of Appeals the court has reviewed the Manstreams' complaint under the teaching of Block v. Neal, 460 U.S. 289, 103 S.Ct. 1089, 75 L.Ed.2d 67 (1983).
The United States contends that the Manstreams' claim for damages based on the alleged negligent inspection and supervision of the building of their house under the Federal Tort Claims Act is fatally defective because the Manstreams failed to file an administrative tort claim as required by the provisions of 28State Director, Farmers Home Administration, United States Department of Agriculture, Montgomery, Alabama, demonstrates that the individually named defendants, Ronald D. Waytt, Malvin Laye, John G. Rea, and Keith Geis, were all employees of the United States Department of Agriculture and all of the actions taken by these individuals were duly performed by them within the scope of their employment as official employees of the Farmers Home Administration, United States Department of Agriculture. In Claus v. Gyorkey, 674 F.2d 427, 431 (5th Cir.1981), the court said:
"The district court here properly summarized the law on absolute immunity:
It is only necessary that the action of the federal official bear some reasonable relation to and in connection with his duties and responsibilities to be within the scope of his authority. Scherer v.


This folder contains documents related to the city of Orange, Texas. Included in the contents is a history of the city and information about local industry, government, clubs, schools, and points of interest.

Former Roman Catholic Archbishop, Joseph Fiorenza is interviewed by David Goldstein. He answers questions about his education, the early years of his career, the Houston Catholic population, and the mission of the Catholic church in Houston.

Mayor Bill White Collection;Houston Oral History Project : a great city voices its past.

Contains copies of the River Oaks Corporation advertisements ; house plans of River Oaks homes ; Annual report of the Houston Chamber of Commerce, 1935 ; McCall's Home of the Month, April 1936. Clippings from: October 1935 to January 1937.

These documents discuss the history of Liberty county andhow the events that occurred there helped the state of Texas to gain its independence from Mexico. The documents begin: "Little has been told of the early history of Liberty County and of...

Dr. Nicolás Kanellos, a scholar whose expertise is the literature of the Hispanics in the United States, talks about the contributions of this minority group in all aspects of cultural life; his career as a scholar, college professor, and...

At the time of this interview in 1974, Richard Kesselus served as the Chief of Police of West University Place. The Assistant Chief at this time, Harold E. Ship, is also interviewed. They discuss in detail how officers were trained, daily...

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson was admitted to hospital on Sunday night, 10 days after testing positive for coronavirus. Downing Street said he was suffering from "persistent symptoms" and therefore would have further tests as a "precautionary step". Officials insist the PM remains in charge of the government.

The news was announced shortly after the Queen delivered a televised message to the nation, thanking people for following government rules to stay at home and praising those "coming together to help others". BBC royal correspondent Jonny Dymond said it was an address designed to reassure and inspire in hard times. She spoke after the number of people to die with coronavirus in the UK reached 4,934.

Scotland'schief medical officer also resigned on Sunday night after being criticised for breaking social distancing rules. Dr Catherine Calderwood had already apologised for making two trips to her second home, but initially she and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she would continue in the role. However, she later quit, admitting that the "justifiable focus" on her actions risked distracting from the pandemic response.

Elsewhere, the supply of personal protective equipment continues to cause concern, with The Royal Pharmaceutical Society warning its members on the high street don't have the right gloves, masks and aprons. The National Domestic Abuse helpline is also reporting a 25% increase in calls and online requests amid fears that restrictions could heighten family tensions and cut off escape routes.

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developments from around the world via our live page. Among those is the news that Japan is set to declare a state of emergency as the number of confirmed infections continues to rise.

In the US, President Donald Trump has warned there will be "a lot of death" in the next week or so, but also expressed hope coronavirus cases were "levelling off" in US hotspots. The number one hotspot though, New York, continues to suffer, with 594 new deaths reported on Sunday. However, that figure - and the figure for new infections - was lower than the day before.

The US is looking to Italy and Spain for positivity where the daily death rates continue to fall. In Italy, there's hope that one tiny village, quarantined in its entirety,the prime minister's admission to hospital appears on several front pages. The Metro says he had looked "poorly" in a video message last week. The Daily Telegraph reports that ministers are expressing concern privately that the PM is insisting he must remain in charge, while also trying to "sleep and rest a lot". Along with Boris Johnson, the Queen appears widely after what the Daily Mirror calls a "heartfelt rallying cry" which drew on her experience of the Blitz. The Sun and the Daily Mail both note that she evoked the words of Vera Lynn, telling a nation in shutdown "We will meet again" once the crisis is over. Elsewhere, there are pictures of well-populated parks alongside reports of the health secretary's warning that exercise outside the home


Bank group warns of heightened risk of cyber attacks

By Jim Finkle and David Henry

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JPMorgan Chase & Co's international headquarters are seen on Park Avenue in New York July 13, 2012.Andrew Burton

(Reuters) - A financial services industry group warned U.S. banks, brokerages and insurers on Wednesday to be on heightened alert for cyber attacks after Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase experienced unexplained outages on their public websites.

The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center, which is widely known as FS-ISAC, raised the cyber threat level to "high" from "elevated" in an advisory to members, citing "recent credible intelligence regarding the potential" for cyber attacks as its reason for the move.

The problems with the websites at the two banks came after an unidentified person posted a statementon the Internet threatening to attack Bank of America and the New York Stock Exchange as a "first step" in a campaign against U.S. companies. The posting said the attacks would continue until the film that had stirred up anti-U.S. protests across the Middle East was "erased" from the Internet.

It was not possible to identify the person who posted the statement. Nor was it clear if the threat had anything to do with the issues at either of the two banks.

Dan Holden, director of security research at Arbor Networks, said that several U.S. banks were under assault by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) campaign. He declined to identify them by name.

An outside security contractor who was familiar with the attacks said that they were "massive" in scope.

Denial-of-service


quick response to any malicious events."

The Reston, Virginia-based group is owned by dozens of firms, including the two banks, as well as Citigroup Inc, Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Morgan Stanley. Insurers including American International Group, Allstate Corp and State Farm Insurance also belong to the group, as do credit card companies MasterCard Inc and Visa Inc.

The advisory also cited a warning from Microsoft Corp that hackers have attacked some of its customers by means of a security bug in its widely used Internet Explorer browser.

Microsoft has yet to release software to fix that security flaw. The German government advised the public to stop using Internet Explorer until an update is released. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has advised users to follow steps recommended by Microsoft toillegal settler outpost. It was his latest step to expand Israeli settlement construction in the wake of Trump's inauguration.

Newly sworn-in Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spoke by phone Thursday with Netanyahu.

The prime minister's vow to establish new West Bank settlements came as Israeli security forces were completing the evacuation of Amona, where they broke into a synagogue to remove dozens of Israeli protesters who had barricaded themselves inside.

According to the Israeli anti-settlement watchdog Peace Now, Israel has not officially broken ground on a new settlement since 1992.

Since that time, however, it has greatly expanded its existing settlements and allowed dozens of unauthorized outposts to sprout up, in some cases subsequently legalizing them. In all, some 400,000 Israelis now live in West Bank settlements, in addition to 200,000 others


living in east Jerusalem.

The Palestinians claim both areas, captured by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war, as parts of a future independent state. The international community has opposed the settlements, built on occupied lands sought by the Palestinians, as obstacles to peace.

Britain and Germany, close Israeli allies, as well as the European Union criticized Netanyahu's approval this week of 3,000 new settlement homes in the West Bank.

"This spike in settlement activity undermines trust and makes a two-state solution -- with an Israel that is safe from terrorism and a Palestinian state that is viable and sovereign -- much harder to achieve," said Britain's minister for the Middle East, Tobias Ellwood.

Amona has emerged as a symbol of settler defiance. On Thursday, Israeli police completed the evacuation of the wind-sweptcommunity, where hundreds of Jewish activists joined residents in resisting the pullout.

Police began the evacuation Wednesday, but dozens of activists remained holed up in the synagogue. Police initially said 200 had barricaded themselves inside but later revised the number to about 100.

On Thursday, several hundred Israeli forces surrounded the building, and officers wearing goggles and wielding plastic shields broke through the doors and sprayed water to push back defiant protesters.

"The officers faced especially tough and violent resistance," police said in a statement. Protesters sprayed fire extinguishers at police and threw rocks, paint bottles and wooden planks, police said.

Fox News' Edmund DeMarche and The Associated Press contributed to this report


Wildlife Refuge, near the Valkaria airport and most anywhere else where ample, open, high-and-dry scrub habitat dominates the landscape.

White pelicans: They migrate here each winter from Canada, showing off long white-and-black wings, often floating in the Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands, located past the county's sewer plant at the west end of Wickham Road. Bird lovers can circle the man-made wetlands by car, making them one of the region's most popular wildlife viewing sites.

Harlequin duck and masked duck

In 2010, birders thought these two quacks must be lost. The two ducks — a harlequin duck and a masked duck — seldom seen in Florida popped up in Brevard County just in time for that year's Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival. Birders spotted a Harlequin duck in Sebastian Inlet andOn Friday, October 5, 2018 the 2018 EMS Awards Program was held in Atlantic City. The 2018 SIM Competition, Awards Program, and Key Note Speakers were broadcasted live during the Conference. To watch these recorded events, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/user/njemsconference

Outstanding EMS Call ‑ Honors an individual, multiple individuals, or teams on the same incident for an outstanding call/incident/rescue by EMS personnel.

Outstanding EMS Action by a Youth – Honors a child (15 years or younger) for a lifesaving act in which quick thinking, fast action and heroism were demonstrated, or, for unique advocacy of EMS in New Jersey.

Outstanding EMS Action by a Citizen ‑ Honors a private citizen for a lifesaving act in which quick thinking, fast action and heroism were demonstrated, or, for unique advocacy of EMS in New


Jersey.

Outstanding First Responder ‑ Honors a first responder affiliated with an organization (e.g., police, fire, industrial) who has assumed a leadership role by achievement in areas of on-scene patient care, outstanding rescue, public access to EMS, disaster preparedness, public education, and/or training. (Nominee must only be trained to a maximum of a First Responder level)

Outstanding EMT ‑ Honors a currently certified EMT who has assumed a leadership role in EMS by achievement in areas of patient care, public access to EMS, disaster preparedness, public education, and/or training in New Jersey. (Nominee must only be trained to a maximum of a EMT level)

Outstanding Paramedic ‑ Honors a currently recognized Paramedic or Flight Paramedic who has assumed a leadership role in EMS or the inter-facility environment by achievement in areasof patient care, public access to EMS, disaster preparedness, public education, and/or training.

Outstanding ALS-SCTU Nurse - Honors a currently recognized MICN, SCTU-RN, or Flight Nurse who has assumed a leadership role in EMS or the inter-facility environment by achievement in areas of patient care, public access to EMS, disaster preparedness, public education, and/or training.

Outstanding EMS Physician ‑ Honors a physician who has served as a medical director, on or off‑line, for either an ALS or a BLS service, and who has made a positive contribution to EMS in New Jersey.

Outstanding EMS Administrator ‑ Honors an EMS administrator on a local, county, regional, or state level who has served EMS in some capacity and who has made a positive contribution to EMS in New Jersey by achievement in areas


of patient care, public access to EMS, disaster preparedness, public education, and/or training.

Outstanding EMS Educator ‑ Honors a certified EMT instructor, course coordinator or clinical educator who has advanced EMS education in New Jersey through outstanding organization or innovation in the delivery of educational programs to EMS personnel.

Outstanding EMS Agency ‑ Honors a EMS agency that has assumed a leadership role in EMS by achievement in areas of patient care, public access to EMS, disaster preparedness, public education and/or training in New Jersey. The service maintains a positive image in the community and has taken meaningful and visible steps to assure quality of patient care, professionalism of its personnel and identifying and taking steps to improve the service in areas such as response times, quality improvement programs andcontinuing education.

EMS Volunteer Lifetime Achievement Award ‑ Honors an individual for lifetime achievement (service of 20 or more years) in the EMS field. At least 15 years of that experience must have been as an EMS volunteer. A commemorative plaque will also be permanently displayed in the NJ Office of EMS.

EMS Career Lifetime Achievement Award ‑ Honors an individual for lifetime achievement (service of 20 or more years) in the EMS field. At least 15 years of that experience must have been as a career EMS employee. A commemorative plaque will also be permanently displayed in the NJ Office of EMS.

Outstanding Hospital ER Nurse – Honors a registered nurse who demonstrates excellence in the provision of high quality clinical care for patients transitioning from the pre-hospital environment into


Prime Minister Golda Meir. One of the most intriguing questions is what effect would an Israeli air strike have had, if it had been launched at noon on October 6th, when it was absolutely clear that the Arabs had caught Israel napping and were about to launch a massive offensive on two fronts. Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, whose opposition apparently prevented the air strike, had argued that it would not have altered the situation on the ground. On the contrary, Israel would have been blamed as the aggressor and jeopardized vital American support in the UN Security Council as well as endangering the U.S. supply of crucial supplies of aircraft and other military equipment. Dayan viewed the Yom Kippur War as the 'second round' of the Arab driveShe's made herself as one of the UK's best known lookalikes thanks to her striking resemblance to Joan Collins, and Londoner Barbara Kealy is no less fierce than the real thing.

Joan famously set the template as being the original TV vixen in her role as Dynasty's Alexis Colby, while her tumultuous love life has seen her wed five times, currently with husband of 16 years Percy Gibson.

Meanwhile Barbara - who says she's significantly younger than her 84-year-old doppelganger - has been with her husband Dougie Donaghey, 64, since the early 1980s.

Despite being happily married, men from all over the world are still trying to woo Barbara who has recently published her first novel, Double Deception, based on the lookalike world - not that she minds.

Referring to the #MeToo


employ lookalikes to mingle at events – but not only do they opt for doubles of younger stars like Taylor Swift, many don't even know who Joan Collins is.

Barbara fumed: 'It's shocking, Joan is a legend – they should at least know who she is.'

Like the real Joan, Barbara looks fantastic for a woman of a certain age. Though she refuses to reveal a number, Barbara will clarify she is significantly younger than Joan who turns 85 this month.

Barbara said she's 'significantly younger' than Dame Joan, but is planning her first plastic surgery next year

Joan and Barbara have met on a few occasions and her lookalike said the Dynasty star definitely lives up to her feisty reputation

The Londoner credits her own enduring looks to good genes and cleanliving.

Barbara said: 'I don't do drugs, I don't smoke, I rarely drink. I'm careful with my diet and keep busy.'

But while Barbara represents a bygone age, she has no problem employing modern tactics to 'keep up with Joan' and is planning on having her first lot of cosmetic surgery next year.

'I'm going to have my neck and the bags under my eyes done,' said confessed.

What does Joan Collins herself think of the #MeToo movement? Joan has previously claimed she was sexually harassed by former 20th Century Fox boss Darryl F. Zanuck, a rejection that lead to her being dropped from iconic Sixties flick Cleopatra. And she's revealed the harrowing experience was a frequent occurrence during her tenure in Hollywood, though she insisted she 'never gave in' to the


sickening demands of the movie industry's titans. The 84-year-old actress told TMZ that she would need at least 'an hour and a half' to disclose all of her sexual harassment experiences. Speaking in light of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, Joan said: 'I can say that I don't think there's been a pretty young actress who's been around who hasn't had that kind of thing. 'And it's not just Hollywood, it's also in politics, it's also in fashion. It goes on a lot I'm sorry to say.' Asked how bad things got for her, Joan retorted: 'Oh, pretty bad. But I never gave in.' 'Oh, I can't say that. They're all dead,' before once again naming American film producer Darryl F. Zanuck. Advertisement

THE LOOKALIKE WORLD

In her years on theedges of showbiz Barbara – who began mimicking Joan during Dynasty's heyday in the 1980s – has seen it all.

And like the famous sister of her counterpart, Jackie Collins, Barbara has released a fictional novel which has teasing similarities to the real-life characters she has met in the lookalike world.

'People kept telling me I should write a book,' said Barbara, whose first novel Double Deception hit the shelves in January. 'It is a crime thriller with the lookalike world as a backdrop. There's a Marilyn, Elizabeth Taylor, a couple of queens…'

Not surprisingly, the book's central character is a Joan Collins double.

Barbara keeps in shape with clean living, but is planning on having her first lot of cosmetic surgery next year

MEETING THE REAL JOAN

The real Joan certainly knows who


Barbara is after two brief encounters where Barbara got a taste of the cattiness her idol is famed for.

She said: 'The first time I met Joan was at a book signing. One of the guys saw me and said 'oh my God, the lookalike'.

'My friend, who was buying me Joan's book as present, asked her to sign it to "our Alexis".

'Joan went "no, I can't" and put Barbara in the book instead. My friend said "wow, she even gives dirty looks like you".

Joan (right) is best known for her role as Alexis in the hit 1980s soap opera Dynasty

The pair had another chance encounter a few years later at some television studios, where they bumped into each other in the canteen.

'Joan gave this look to everybody and thenKYIV -- Ukrainians say the biggest problem facing their country ahead of a crucial presidential election in March is the same one that ushered in the current head of state in the first place: war.

It's been almost four years since officials from Ukraine, Russia, France, and Germany agreed on a way to end a hot phase of the conflict between Ukraine's central government and Russia-backed separatists in the east.

Fast forward to today, and that deal, known as the Minsk accords, has largely failed, much to the dismay of most of Ukraine's 44 million citizens.

Sporadic fighting has killed more than 10,000 people and displaced 2 million more from an area sliced through by a 500-kilometer "line of contact" teeming with land mines. As the war grinds toward a sixth


Oleksandr Vilkul, whose opposition parties are regarded by some as Russia-friendly or pro-Russian, have suggested any peace deal should include compromises and dialogue with the separatists -- a nonstarter for many Ukrainians who equate such a move with capitulation.

One candidate who has laid out a "new strategy for peace and security" is Yulia Tymoshenko, a former gas executive and prime minister who lost a presidential runoff to Viktor Yanukovych in 2010 and looks like a front-runner in the looming race.

She proposed a "Budapest+" negotiating format involving the European Union, China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The name is a reference to widely lauded quadrilateral talks in 1994 at which a newly independent Kyiv agreed to give up the world's third-largest nuclear arsenal inexchange for security assurances from Washington, London, and Moscow. Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 and support for armed separatists in eastern Ukraine marked a clear abrogation of that commitment, in most Ukrainians' eyes.

Speaking to a packed house of supporters in the capital on January 22, Tymoshenko even offered up a hopeful vision to millions of eastern Ukrainians displaced by the war: "Gather up your fridge magnets, you'll soon have someplace to hang them."

But throughout, Tymoshenko was short on her plan's specifics.

"It does not reject the Minsk agreements and does not say what may be compromised regarding Donbas," Fesenko says in a reference to the eastern regions where separatists control large sections of territory.

Another candidate, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who plays a fictional president in a TV comedy series, recently


plans of action but also on the activities that have already been done."

After all, he says, "most of the candidates have been in Ukrainian [politics] for more than 20 years."

Polls have shown Ukrainians' desire for peace growing as the election approaches.

A poll published in November suggested 57 percent of people saw the Donbas conflict as the country's most pressing issue, ahead of corruption. That was up from 53 percent in June. Later the same month, another survey put that number at 66 percent of Ukrainians. By December, more polling said 72 percent of Ukrainians regarded the war as the country's biggest problem.

Volodymyr Fesenko, director of the Kyiv-based Penta Center for Political Studies, says there are three main reasons why candidates avoid details when it comes to ending thewar.

First, there's no "meaningful alternative" to the Minsk agreements at hand, and the Ukrainian and Russian positions are "fundamentally different." Second, Ukrainians themselves are not unified behind any single solution to the conflict. And third, he insists, Ukrainian voters and politicians are convinced that peace is most contingent on "Putin's position, [and] his readiness for a real compromise."

A peace breakthrough that could dramatically sway the race in Poroshenko's favor is unlikely before the election, given Putin's public disdain for the former businessman.

But both Fesenko and Haran suggest the war's hold on many voters, at least those farther from the war zones, might recede as election day nears. They point to the same polls indicating that the war falls to third or fourth place -- after economic issues, such


next few days. On January 17, the Stahls and the Schillings entered into a contract

for sale of the property for $675,000. Patricia executed the contract individually and by power of

attorney on Matthew's behalf. Closing was to take place on or before January 30. An addendum to

the contract provided that the Stahls would fulfill all the terms and conditions of the agreement for

warranty deed with U-Sell, including full payment of the mortgage balance, by January 30.

          On January 28, defendant Gerald Howell of U-Sell informed Nancy Schilling that the contract

between the Stahls and the Schillings "was cancelled." Patricia Stahl also told Nancy that she and

Howell "had decided not to sell" the property. On January 30, the Schillings went to theto the complaint as exhibit "C" was the contract for purchase and sale dated January

17, 2008. The names and addresses of the parties, as well as the description of the property, were

listed. The sale price was $675,000, with $1,000 paid as earnest money. The contract was signed

by the Schillings as buyers and the Stahls (with Patricia signing for Matthew by power of attorney)

as sellers. Above the signatures, in bold capital letters, was printed:

                                     "NOTICE TO PARTIES

       BY THE SIGNING OF THIS CONTRACT, YOU ARE ENTERING INTO


   The addendum, identified in the contract and similarly signed by the parties, was also included

as part of the exhibit. Pursuant to the addendum, the Stahls were party to the agreement for warranty

deed for the property at 205-207 W. Main in Poplar Grove. The Stahls warranted that they would

comply with and fulfill all terms of the agreement, including full payment of the mortgage balance,

taxes, insurance, and fees on or before January 30, 2008. They then would sell the property to the

Schillings for $675,000. The Schillings would provide to the Stahls $435,000 cash at closing and a

promissory note and mortgage in the amount of $240,000. The promissory note was to bear interest

at 4% simple interest per annum for five years, with interest to begin accruing from theCompetitive athletes and injuries: a rehabilitation performance perspective. Interview by Charles A Maher and Mary Faut Rodts.
The injured competitive athlete can be considered from a perspective that we term a rehabilitation performance perspective. Through consideration of the injured competitive athlete in this way, the health care provider can be guided in discovering and deciding how to formulate assessment protocols and plan for effective interventions. Aspects of our rehabilitation performance perspective and its seven psychologic states are illustrated with selected comments from an interview with Haley Scott. Scott, a competitive swimmer and student athlete from the University of Notre Dame, who had been paralyzed from a bus accident, has now returned to competition, school, and a full life.


of Wikipedia. Produced by a company called Directmedia, it has quickly become a bestseller in Amazon.de's software category. Yet, to make that DVD, Directmedia had to cooperate with Wikipedians – who helped to prepare the data by making it searchable and sortable, and to weed out articles not ready for publication. Directmedia has, in return, donated a substantial percentage of the profits from the DVD to Wikipedia's mother organization. The monetary donation, while not required, does help to maintain goodwill with the community. It has also made a separate “donation” of 10,000 reproductions of public domain paintings to the Wikimedia Commons.

The Wikipedia DVD was a working business model because it provided added value in two ways; new offline reader software was created and a well-organized effort to whipAsus announced the Zenfone 5z at MWC 2018 back in late February. The phone’s rollout to markets took a lot of time but it's finally in motion - it went to Europe, then launched in India in July and will hit the United States mid-August. In fact, the flagship just appeared on pre-order at Amazon with its 6.2” notched screen and Blue paintjob for $499. The actual launch date is August 13.

The Asus Zenfone 5z is powered by a Snapdragon 845 chipset and arrives in the United States unlocked for all carriers. The flagship has a dual camera on the back with 12 MP main sensor and 8 MP 120-degree wide-angle secondary one. It has dual SIM support, but the second port is hybrid, so its either SIM


to their partners.

Nicolette Uwimana has chosen to be open about being HIV-positive but, she says, that has made her life difficult.

She is a beautiful young woman, welcoming and very confident. Her purple extensions match her bright pink top with the printed slogan: "HIV stops with me".

image caption Nicolette Uwimana says the first thing employers want to know is her HIV status

Ms Uwimana contracted the virus at the age of 10 after being raped. Her family initially took care of her but eventually kicked her out because her treatment became expensive. She now lives in a cramped room with four others.

"My friends don't even want to associate with me, those who are not positive," she said.

"And when they hear my story they tend to point fingers - 'You wentThe invention relates to utility meters. More particularly, it relates to the mounting of natural gas meters at a residence or other building.
In standard mounting of a natural gas meter, the meter is surface mount to the side of a residence or other building. A supply line from the street service typically extends upward out of the ground just in front of the wall to which the meter is mounted. A building line extends out of the wall for connection to the meter. To install the meter, it is plumbed to connect with the building line and supply line. Optionally, it may be additionally secured to the wall by a mounting bracket. The plumbing required for such connection requires a worker to assemble a number of fittings which


Steganography is the practice of sending data in a concealed format so the very fact of sending the data is disguised. The word steganography is a combination of the Greek words στεγανός (steganos), meaning “covered, concealed, or protected”, and γράφειν (graphein) meaning “writing”.

Unlike cryptography, which conceals the contents of a secret message, steganography conceals the very fact that a message is communicated. The concept of steganography was first introduced in 1499, but the idea itself has existed since ancient times. There are stories of a method being used in the Roman Empire whereby a slave chosen to convey a secret message had his scalp shaved clean and a message was tattooed onto the skin. When the messenger’s hair grew back, he was dispatched on his mission. The receiverBy Caroline Copley

BERLIN (Reuters) - Just two days after resolving a coalition row over how to handle a record influx of refugees, Germany's ruling parties are embroiled in another spat over whether to limit the asylum rights of refugees from Syria.

The government was forced to clarify on Friday that its asylum policy for refugees from Syria remained unchanged after the interior minister said they would receive a modified refugee status and be barred from having family members join them.

But the comments made by Thomas de Maiziere in a radio interview have reopened a rift between Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CSU), its Bavarian sister party (CSU) and their Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners.

On Saturday, Ralf Stegner, deputy chairman of the SPD, accused the CDU of making half-baked proposals


instead of implementing the decisions agreed on by the coalition.

Restricting family reunions would only mean that more women and children would undertake the dangerous journey from Syria to Europe, he said, adding that the SPD opposed the idea.

"It's off the table as far as the SPD is concerned," Stegner told German radio. "This won't wash with the SPD, and the CDU knows this perfectly well."

However, lawmakers from the CSU, who govern the state of Bavaria which has borne the brunt of the refugee influx, backed de Maiziere's proposals.

"Hundreds of thousands of Syrians are getting shelter here, but it must only be subsidiary protection - this means for a limited period and without having family members join them," Andreas Scheuer, the secretary general of the Christian Social Union (CSU)told Bild am Sonntag.

Subsidiary protection means migrants are not granted asylum or refugee status and their rights are limited.

The latest row comes after the coalition ended weeks of infighting on Thursday evening on how to speed up the deportation of asylum seekers who have little chance of being allowed to stay.

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It is not the first time de Maiziere, a reserved man who prefers to operate out of the spotlight, has come under attack over his handling of the influx of hundreds of thousands of migrants, many of whom are fleeing war in the Middle East.

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De Maiziere was lambasted by mass-selling daily Bild earlier this week for taking a short break in Majorca while the government struggled to manage the pace and scale of the influx, which


is putting communities under strain.

Last month Merkel appointed her chief of staff Peter Altmaier to oversee the government's handling of the crisis, a move widely viewed as a rebuff to de Maiziere.

Opposition lawmakers kept up the pressure on de Maiziere on Saturday, with Green politician Renate Kuenast calling him a "loose canon".

"In this government the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing," said Ulla Jelpke from the opposition Left Party. "The interior minister is treating the chancellor and his coalition partner with disrespect."

(Editing by Gareth Jones)champions. After the Treaty of Versailles ended the Franco-Prussian War in 1871, Bismarck knew that he would have to reckon with ongoing French hostility that would be almost impossible to subdue. He had to prevent France from fostering effective anti-German alliances. With Austria-Hungary increasingly absorbed by domestic struggles, Russia was the most formidable of France’s potential allies. Not only was it large enough to make its quick military elimination in case of war impossible, it was also competing with the other French rival – the United Kingdom – for influence in China and South Asia. Hence, a Franco-Russian alliance was not only the most formidable but also the most likely anti-German coalition. The Reinsurance Policy (Rückversicherungspolitik) was key in preventing Russia joining forces with France: this policy guaranteed


right perceive the United States and Western liberalism as a “Western enemy”. For example, the left-wing party Die Linke is the successor of the East German ruling party, the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED), and it goes along with Russian revanchism and anti-Americanism because of the fact that the US prevented Soviet hegemony over Europe, which would probably have put the SED in a privileged position. Similarly, the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) – in its current form a pro-Germanic right-wing party – is against the US because the US prevented German hegemony over Europe in the Second World War. The FPÖ still hopes that a greater Germany could earn the place of a privileged Statthalter in a new Russian-led order of Europe. But are Germany’s conservativeGerman states then in existence. Likewise, today, an idealised version of the early 1990s is seen as a model for ill-considered ideas of a “peace order” that would stretch from Lisbon to Vladivostok.

Bismarck made use of this political camp for his own purposes, but intellectually, he never held them in high regard. He pushed for German unification only to preserve Prussia’s pre-eminence in Northern Germany. Falling far short of the idealistic dreams of the Pan-Germanists, he declined to include Austria in the new Germany – because it was culturally too different and because the strategic ramifications of such a move were beyond the reach of German power. He engaged Russia because he knew that French revanchism was implacable, not because he was a Zarenversteher (Tsar understander).

The atomisation of


– now more than ever – is bound to the European continent and that Germany’s ability to shape world politics beyond the continent is limited. Just as Bismarck was not enthusiastic about German unification – it was a pragmatic move made to preserve Prussian influence – he would not be enthusiastic about the EU today. Instead, he would perceive a unified Europe as a pragmatic solution to safeguard German influence on the continent. For that reason, he would maintain the union or even move towards further integration – provided that the intergovernmental nature of the project was preserved. In other words, a neo-Bismarckian German foreign policy would look quite like Angela Merkel’s.

Read more on: Note from Berlin, View from the Capitals, Wider Europe, European Power, German foreign policyvolunteers using three key criteria for selection – perseverance, management and leadership.

The celebration recognizes the contributions of every mom with an awards dinner and dance, scheduled for Saturday, August 21 at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown hotel, where the 2010 Mom of the Year will be announced.

Bell’s nomination reads: “Marty has overcome numerous obstacles during her few years as a mother. After the birth of her first son, Dillon, Marty’s husband was gone for three months training at Fort Benning, Georgia. While Dan was gone, Marty had a bleeding episode and lay on the bathroom floor with her month-old baby waiting for an ambulance. The paramedics told her to ‘say goodbye’ to her son, because they did not think she would make it, but Marty fought and when she


got to the hospital and was stable the first thing she asked for was that her baby be with her.

“Later on Marty had a miscarriage and stayed strong through that for her son and husband and when the doctors said it was safe, Marty got pregnant with Delainey. Everything was going good until her water broke three months early. She was admitted to the hospital to prevent the birth for as long as possible in order to give the baby every fighting chance. After four days little Delainey could not wait any longer, she was born three months early at one pound, 11 ounces. During the three months Delainey was in the hospital there were many trying moments, including a heart surgery. Through this all Marty never gaveThe Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee — the lower house of the Russian legislature — spoke about cryptocurrencies today. The deputy had a few interesting things to say about Russia’s hardline stance on cryptocurrencies in the past and possible future of the legality of Bitcoin in Russia, particularly for settlement with individuals and peer-to-peer transactions.

According to a report by prominent Russian news agency TASS, the deputy chairman spoke broadly about cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin today.

Andrei Lugovoi, the Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee for Security and Anti-Corruption claimed that Russia ranked 5th in the world for the number of people trading and using cryptocurrencies.

Citing expert estimates, Russia has approximately 200,000 users adopting Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The United States ranked first, with 1.2 million


users, followed by China at 355,000 users. Germany came in next, at 250,000 users, Lugovoi revealed.

He made the distinction amongst the naysayers and supporters of cryptocurrencies within Russia, picking out the Central Bank of Russia in particular. Those calling for cryptocurrencies to be banned pointed to the notion of its criminal usage. On the flipside, he also spoke about those who support the technology and the currency of bitcoin itself, calling for the legal regulation of the turnover of virtual currencies.

According to the publication, Lugovoi stated:

At the beginning of 2014, the Central bank had indicated its negative attitude towards cryptocurrencies…In summer of the same year, it was announced that the Central Bank was in favour of a careful approach to Bitcoin and saw a serious economic potential [withit].

The Deputy Chairman then revealed recent events in 2016, that could lead to a promising future for bitcoin in Russia. He added:

In the beginning of 2016, after a series of meetings with the fiscal authorities and businesses, it was stated that in the future, the Central Bank could begin to legalize and regulate certain transactions with Bitcoin, particularly peer-to-peer transactions and settlements with individuals.

The revelation could prove to be a significant turn in events for bitcoin adoption in the country. Peer-to-peer transactions and settlements between individuals would make for a marked contrast to when Russian authorities were proposing prison sentences for the ‘criminal’ activity of indulging Bitcoin.

Russian regulators and ministers have notably taken a notoriously hardline stance against bitcoin adopters in the past. As recently as the beginning


Activists in California said Tuesday that they would fly the "Baby Trump" balloon that has followed President Trump Donald John TrumpFederal prosecutor speaks out, says Barr 'has brought shame' on Justice Dept. Former Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick MORE at events around the world during his visit to the Bay Area.

In a Facebook post Tuesday morning, organizer William Johnson announced that the balloon would fly at Rossotti Park in Portola Valley after his group raised nearly $4,000 in donations in a fundraiser on the platform.

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Organizers initially planned to fly the balloon in both San Diego and San Francisco during the president's visit. Trump is visiting the Bay Area during a two-day trip to California this week where he is set to raise $15 million from supporters for his reelection campaign.

He is set to visit the home of real estate developer Geoffrey Palmer on Tuesday in Beverly Hills, and attend a luncheon in San Francisco before Wednesday fundraisers in Los Angeles and San Diego.


Just months after her 8 pups were murdered in front of her, dog dies in Bengaluru

Her puppies were smashed to the wall by a former-defence officer's wife

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Remember Ammu, the Bengaluru dog whose eight pups were killed in front of her by a defence officer’s wife in March this year?

The two-and-a-half-year-old dog died on Friday morning after a long period of suffering.

Ponnamma, the wife of an ex-flight lieutenant, had killed the eight pups by smashing them one by one against a wall. She claimed that she killed them because she wanted to teach the mother, living in a drain near her house, a lesson.

Ammu, who was being fostered by a family ever since the incident, was taken to a veterinary hospital run by the NGO Sevabhavi Samstha, after herThe quirky musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder came away the big winner when Tony nominations were announced this morning, racking up 10 nominations. The losers? Many big name stars making turns on the stage this year. Though Bryan Cranston and Chris O'Dowd got Leading Actor of a Play nominations—for All The Way and Of Mice and Men, respectively—and Neil Patrick Harris got one for his musical turn in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Denzel Washington, Daniel Radcliffe, James Franco, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, and Zachary Quinto were among those left out of the race. Quinto was the only cast member of the highly-regarded revival of The Glass Menagerie not to get a nomination.

Perennial Tony favorite Mark Rylance, often declared the best theater actor of his


generation, got nods in both the leading and featured categories for the Shakespearean roles he played in rep this year, the title role in Richard III and Olivia in Twelfth Night. In fact, the men of Twelfth Night took up three of the spots in the Featured Actor category. Audra McDonald may also be able to add another Tony to her collection in the only category she hasn't bested, Leading Actress of a Play for Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill. If she wins she will become the first person to win in all four acting categories.

Best PlayAll the WayCasa ValentinaOutside MullingarMothers and SonsAct One

The nominators saw fit to expand this category to five nominees, which is odd considering the new plays weren't really the story ofthis Broadway season. It was a good morning for Tony veteran playwrights, as Harvey Fierstein (Casa Valentina), John Patrick Shanley (Outside Mullingar), and Terrence McNally (Mothers and Sons) all saw nominations.

Best Revival of a PlayTwelfth NightThe Glass MenagerieA Raisin in the SunThe Cripple of Inishmaan

The late-breaking raves for Martin McDonagh's The Cripple of Inishmaan, coupled with the apparent ice-cold shoulder given to Waiting for Godot, gave shape to this quartet of nominees. This is, somewhat improbably, the first time any production of The Glass Menagerie has been Tony nominated.

Best Lead Actor in a PlaySamuel Barnett - Twelfth NightBryan Cranston – All the WayChris O'Dowd - Of Mice and MenMark Rylance – Richard IIITony Shalhoub – Act One

Denzel Washington, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, and Daniel Radcliffe's snubs clear the


way for a Bryan Cranston win. The Tonys love Mark Rylance, yes, but they can always throw him a trophy in Featured Actor. In the wake of all those powerhouse actors on the sidelines, it's gotta be a good morning for Samuel Barnett (previously of The History Boys fame), enjoying his second career Tony nominations.

Best Lead Actress in a PlayTyne Daly – Mothers & SonsLaTanya Richardson Jackson - A Raisin in the SunCherry Jones – The Glass MenagerieAudra McDonald – Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and GrillEstelle Parsons – The Velocity of Autumn

Jackson grabs a nod for the role that won Phylicia Rashad a Tony merely a decade ago. Audra McDonald stands a chance at winning her 73rd career Tony, though it's more likely that this comes downCarole King MusicalA Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder

Out of that great mass of possibilities emerge these four highly tour-able productions. The near total shut-out for The Bridges of Madison County in the major categories has to count as the morning's most stinging snub.

Best Revival of a MusicalHedwig and the Angry InchLes MiserablesViolet

With only four possibilities in this category — and Cabaret having the stigma of being a revival that didn't really change from its previous production — this trio was fairly academic.

Expect Neil Patrick Harris to walk home with his first Tony Award this year, especially with the Gentleman's Guide, uh, gentleman splitting votes. The big snub in this category was Steven Pasquale, a victim of the general Bridges of Madison County massacre.

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As he was holding on to her, McQueen noticed there was a droop in the left corner of her mouth. “Smile at me,” he told her. McQueen knew that if the droop was still there when she smiled, something was seriously wrong.

“What else is going on?” he asked her. She told him she had numbness and weakness on her right side. “I asked her if I could call the ambulance for her. She wasn’t sure, so I asked her again. She nodded


Russia introduced nationwide legislation banning "the promotion of non-traditional relationships to children" in 2013, building on older legislation on individual Russian regions. The law has been criticized by rights activists as well as the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

A UN human rights panel has ruled that a Russian regional law banning gay propaganda among minors is in violation of a legally binding international treaty on human rights.

The UN Human Rights Committee ruled last month that the anti-gay propaganda law in Russia’s Arkhangelsk region was “ambiguous, disproportionate and discriminatory,” citing a Russian court case in which the law had been used to prosecute Kirill Nepomnyashchy, a gay rights activist.

An Arkhangelsk court had charged Nepomnyashchy with an administrative offence for displaying a poster reading “Homosexuality is a healthy formGiętkie

Giętkie  () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biała Piska, within Pisz County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately  west of Biała Piska,  east of Pisz, and  east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945, the area was part of Germany (East Prussia).

The village has a population of 70.

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Reports recounting dark and salacious deeds were popular with the public, and, like today's sensationalist tabloids, sold in large numbers. Crimes could generate sequences of sheets covering descriptive accounts, court proceedings, last words, lamentations and executions as they occurred. As competition was fierce, immediacy was paramount, and these occasions provided an opportunity for printers and patterers to maximise sales.In recent years, an electric motor has been driven, using an inverter of a pulse width modulation system (hereinafter, referred to as a PWM system as appropriate), in many cases. When an electric motor is driven, using such an inverter of the PWM system, the neutral point potential of the winding is not zero, which causes a potential difference between the outer ring and the inner ring of the bearing (hereinafter, referred to as a shaft voltage). The shaft voltage includes a high-frequency component caused by switching. When the shaft voltage reaches the dielectric breakdown voltage of the oil film inside of the bearing, micro-current flows in the bearing and causes electrolytic corrosion inside of the bearing. When the electrolytic corrosion proceeds, a wavy abrasion phenomenon can occur


Former senior provincial legislator sentenced to 16 years in prison for bribery

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CHANGCHUN, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- Li Wenke, a former senior legislator in northeast China's Liaoning Province, was sentenced to 16 years in prison Thursday for taking bribes of over 36.59 million yuan (5.34 million U.S. dollars) as well as offering bribes.

Li, former deputy director of the Standing Committee of Liaoning Provincial People's Congress, was also fined 3 million yuan. His illegal gains will be retrieved and the bribes paid will be confiscated before both are turned over to the national treasury, according to a statement by the Intermediate People's Court of Tonghua, northeast China's Jilin Province.

The court found that Li illegally accepted money and valuables personally or through others between 1997and 2016, and took advantage of his positions to help others with promotions, businesses, as well as project contracting and construction in return.

He was also found guilty of giving cash and valuables worth more than 1.86 million yuan to a number of officials between 2009 and 2011 when he was seeking to be nominated as Liaoning's vice governor and deputy director of the Standing Committee of Liaoning Provincial People's Congress, said the statement.

The court said Li was given a lenient punishment as he confessed to his crimes, showed repentance, voluntarily surrendered his illicit gains, and provided additional information about crimes that he had committed.

Li said in court that he complied with the judgment and would not file an appeal.


it. Recognising the ‘whole’ individual in the prevention and treatment of illness might hold the important thing to some diagnoses for medical doctors.

As well as, holistic medicine schools ceaselessly maintain wholistic seminars and workshops that vary from hours a day to weeks at a time. Integrative medicine is a more recent time period that emphasizes the mixing of CAM approaches with typical drugs, …

The College of Colorado School of Medicine is a member of the American Medical School Software Service (AMCAS) and requires all college students thinking about attending medical school in Colorado to apply through the AMCAS based in Washington, DC. After finding out 5 years in direction of drugs, he is telling me now that it isn’t attainable to get admission in medical school. College ofA conservative New York Times writer who has fiercely criticized President Trump Donald John TrumpFederal prosecutor speaks out, says Barr 'has brought shame' on Justice Dept. Former Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick MORE warned in a Tuesday column that the Washington political class is in hysterics over Russia and looking to circumvent the Democratic process with an investigation that has so far failed to turn up any evidence of collusion.

David Brooks, who has in the past likened Trump to authoritarian “strongmen” such as Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and North Korea's Kim Jong Un, said Trump is now getting a raw deal from his political enemies and


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Ch. 55

On the Hours of the Day

Through her night and day offices, the Church celebrates the mysteries of Christ. At night Christ was arrested for us, and so we sing nocturns in the night. In the morning he was mocked, so we sing Lauds. At the first hour he was handed over to the pagans, and so we sing Prime. At the third hour he was scourged, so we sing Terce. At the sixth our he was crucified, therefore we sing Sext. At the ninth hour he died, so we sing None. In the evening he was taken down from the Cross, so we sing Vespers. At the end of the day he was


buried, so we sing Compline.

CAP. LV. – Idem de horis diei.

Per diurna quoque et nocturna officia celebrat Ecclesia Christi mysteria. In nocte est Christus pro nobis comprehensus, ideo in nocte nocturnum psallimus. Mane est illusus, ideo Matutinam canimus. Prima hora est gentibus traditus, ideo Primam cantamus. Tertia hora est flagellatus, idcirco Tertiam psallimus. Sexta hora est crucifixus, propterea Sextam canimus. Nona hora mortuus est, ideo Nonam cantamus. In vespere est de cruce depositus, idcirco Vesperam psallimus. In fine diei est sepultus, ideo completorium canimus.

Ch. 56

On the Night Hours

The Lord harrowed Hell at night, and he emerged from it in the morning as the Victor over death. At the first hour he appeared to Mary. At the third he met two coming from the tomb. He showed himself atthe sixth hour to James, at the ninth to Peter, and at Vespers to the two disciples on the road to Emmaus. At Compline he ate with the Apostles.

CAP. LVI. – De nocturnalibus horis.

Nocturna enim hora Dominus infernum spoliavit, matutina victor de morte remeavit. Prima Mariae apparuit. Tertia duabus a monumento euntibus obviavit. Sexta Iacobo, Nona Petro, Vespera duobus ambulantibus in Emmaus se manifestavit; Completorio cum apostolis manducavit.

Ch. 57

On the Hours of Day and Night

Also at night Peter mourned his denial, and later spend all night fishing. In the morning Christ stood on the shore and filled the net with fishes. At the first hour he ate with the seven, and committed his sheep to Peter. At the third hour the Holy Spirit came down upon the believers.


At the sixth he reclined with the eleven. At the ninth he ascended into heaven as they watched. At Vespers before his passion he ate with them and gave them his body. At the hour of Compline he prayed the Father on their behalf.

CAP. LVII. – De horis diei et noctis.

In nocte nihilominus Petrus negatione ploravit, qui postea tota nocte in piscando laboravit. In mane Christus in littore stetit, rete piscibus implevit. Prima hora cum septem comedit, Petro oves suas commisit. Tertia hora Spiritus sanctus super credentes descendit. Sexta cum undecim Dominus recubuit. Nona eis videntibus coelos ascendit. In Vespera vero ante passionem cum eis coenavit, corpus suum tradidit. Completorio pro eis Patrem oravit.Pathology education: quo vadis?
The teaching of pathology and the face of pathology as a career are changing rapidly. A short questionnaire was constructed covering key areas impacted by curricular change to collect data for a workshop to be held at the Annual Meeting of the West and Mid-West Region of the Association of Pathology Chairs. Questions included the ongoing existence of pathology as a separate discipline, the degree of 'control' exercised by pathology faculty, the length of the course (hours), the use of microscopes, and selected outcomes data, specifically National Board of Medical Examiners graphs of comparative performance of disciplines and US Medical Licensing Examination Step 1 data. The written responses and discussion by attendees at the meeting are presented with preliminary analysis and commentary. It was concluded


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63) Indus Valley Civilization

The Indus Valley Civilization (the Harappan Civilization or the Indus Civilization or the Indus River Valley Civilization) is one of the earliest civilizations in the world. The civilization flourished around the Indus River basin and its tributaries consisting of present day Pakistan and northwest India. In India the largest Harappan site is located in Haryana Rakhigarhi, and the second largest is in Dholavira, Gujarat. Construction of well-planned cities by using bricks, and proper drainage system are the main features of this civilization. At the time of its height, the Indus Valley Civilization geographically extended to Egypt or Mesopotamia. On the basis of archaeological research and radio carbon dating, origin of the Indus Valley Civilization lies between 3300 – 1300 BCE. Though people used to


live on the banks of the Indus River before this period but it was only during a Bronze Age when they actually started living as civilized and urban societies. Harappa and Mohenjo-daro were the two prominent cities of Indus Valley Civilization.

Facts about Indus Valley Civilization

Mohenjo-daro is the largest site and Allahdino is the smallest site of the Indus Valley Civilization.

The Indus Valley Civilization had a total population of over five million. Most of its people were artisans and traders. Merchants were very wealthy and given extra political powers.

Towns were laid down in a rectangular pattern. Most of the houses were two-storey and very spacious. Town planning is a unique feature of the Indus Valley Civilization. There were well built granaries, citadels, burial grounds and bathing platforms.

The towns usedfoot.

Similarities between the Indus Valley Civilization and the Egyptian River Valley Civilization have been noticed by the scholars. First of all both the civilizations were dependent upon river system and flourished around the Indus and the Nile rivers respectively. It has also been found out that both of these civilizations had almost similar lifestyle and customs.

Limestone and steatite were the most common materials used to make stone sculpture in Harappa.

Information about rituals and beliefs of the Indus Valley Civilization is limited at present. But according to studies it is clear that people living in this civilization used to worship deities especially fertility deities. Religious activities were performed by priests. Ritualistic baths were part of Harappan Civilization. On some of the seals there are pictures of people doing meditation


of rats as an extremely valuable experimental model. By modifying the rats' diets, McCollum produced animals with rickets. Because of these studies, rickets, a disease in which bones become deformed, is virtually nonexistent in developed countries. In a field of research that had few findings of importance for decades, he was instrumental in ushering in a new era.

McCollum, the fourth of five children and the first son, was born on March 3, 1879, near Fort Scott, Kansas, to Cornelius Armstrong McCollum, a farmer believed to be of Scottish descent, and Martha Catherine Kidwell McCollum, the daughter of mountain people also originally from Scotland. McCollum grew up on a farm, and as a child he was very inquisitive, a trait he had all of his life. Oddly enough fora man who would devote his life to researching nutrition and the role vitamins play in having good health, as an infant he suffered from scurvy, a nutritional disease later determined to be caused by the lack of vitamin C. He was cured when his mother fed him apple peels, which contain this vitamin. His parents understood the value of advanced education, and his mother in particular was determined that her children should receive higher education. He attended the University of Kansas in Lawrence, where as a sophomore he became interested in organic chemistry. At the end of his junior year, he was elected to membership in Sigma Xi, the honorary scientific society. He graduated with a baccalaureate degree in 1903 and a master's of arts degree a


year later. McCollum continued his education at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, and graduated in 1906 with a doctorate in organic chemistry.

After an unsuccessful search for a position in the field of organic chemistry, McCollum began to study biochemistry. In 1907 he became an instructor in agricultural chemistry at the Wisconsin Agricultural Experimental Station and quickly rose through the academic ranks, becoming a full professor in 1913. In his early work he performed chemical analyses on the diets of dairy cattle and studied how different diets affected the cows' health and reproductive capacities. However, he thought the procedures were long and tedious in such large animals. Fortuitously, references in scientific journals about using mice in other experiments led him to develop a rat colony for his nutritionalnormal health. He had created the alphabetical nomenclature for vitamins.

Although pleased with his rapid rise at the Wisconsin Agricultural Experimental Station, McCollum felt somewhat restricted in his research. At this time, funds from the Rockefeller Foundation established a School of Hygiene and Public Health at Johns Hopkins Medical School in Baltimore. Highly respected among his peers, McCollum was offered a position as the first faculty member--professor of biochemistry--which he assumed in 1917. He was made emeritus professor in 1945.

A coincidence led to the discovery for which McCollum is best known: producing rickets in rats. The rats had bending, fractures, and swellings of the ends of the long bones in their legs. But McCollum did not know recognize it as rickets until John Howland, professor of pediatrics at Johns


Hopkins Medical School, stopped by McCollum's office to inquire whether anyone had ever produced rickets in rats. After McCollum described his rats, he and Howland concluded the rats had rickets. The discovery threw new light on the disease. McCollum identified the missing factor in the rats' diets that resulted in rickets, which he named vitamin D. (Another researcher had discovered a different vitamin, so C was taken.) Vitamin D aids in the absorption of calcium, which is used in bones and teeth, and is found in fortified milk, fish such as tuna and sardines, dairy products, and egg yolks. It also is formed in the body when a person is exposed to sunlight. Because of this discovery, people changed their diets to include vitamin D, and now ricketsis rare in most developed countries. Some of McCollum's research efforts focused on trace elements, simple substances essential to life in very small quantities. Through his research he started to isolate these substances. McCollum showed that a deficiency of calcium eventually would produce muscular spasms. Other trace elements he focused on include fluorine, zinc, and manganese.

In addition to his laboratory research, McCollum lectured widely about progress and problems in nutritional studies. In 1923 he started writing articles for the popular press in McCall's magazine. In honor of his outstanding contributions in the field of nutrition, he received many awards. He was a member of numerous national and international organizations devoted to public health, including the international committee on vitamin standards of the League of Nations in 1931, the


food and nutrition board of the National Research Council starting in 1942, and the World Health Organization. In 1948 the McCollum-Pratt Institute was created at Johns Hopkins for the study of trace elements. Years after his retirement in 1946, he remained actively interested in nutrition and related health fields and published the comprehensive book A History of Nutrition in 1957. He died in Baltimore, Maryland, November 15, 1967.

It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge - Enrico Fermi.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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67) Hypermnesia

Hypermnesia defines great memory capacity. This capacity is often judged as a gift by others, yet considered a pathology by the medical field. This casehouse drinks milkix) the Norwegian lives in the first housex) the man who smokes blends lives next to the one who keeps catsxi) the man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhillxii) the owner who smokes BlueMaster drinks beerxiii) the German smokes Princexiv) the Norwegian lives next to the blue housexv) the man who smokes blend has a neighbor who drinks water

Einstein wrote this riddle last century. He said that 98% of the world could not solve it.

It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge - Enrico Fermi.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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72) Four Different Types Of Teeth & Their Function

Four Different Types Of


grinding food so that it becomes totally in a semi-liquid form helping food particles to gulp down the throat and digest smoothly. These teeth first premolar in the upper jaw appears at the age of 10 while the second in the bottom appears at 11.

Since these teeth are situated deep into the mouth and rarely gets exposure to the outside air, Dr. Shervin Louie, the renowned dentist in Los Angeles, recommends a thorough brushing and the use of mouth rinsing agents in order to protect them from bacterial attack. Also, these teeth have the most higher chances of developing plaque, tarter, and germs because of their remote location so the methods mentioned above will give them good protection.

Molars:

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Any Chinese Super League club interested in Chelsea striker Diego Costa will have fork out a whopping £150m to snap him up this summer, as per reports.

The Spaniard is likely to command a significant fee regardless of any outside factors, but due to a 100 percent tax on foreign deals imposed in the Far East, it’s just got a lot more expensive to take him to China.

According to The Sun, he has been heavily linked with a £76m move to Tianjin Quanjian this summer, but with this tax levied on the signing of all foreign players, it remains to be seen whether or not that is still an option open to the Premier League winner.

Costa and Chelsea will undoubtedly be focusing on the FA Cup final this


Only in the Amazon rainforest there are 1/3 of the world's total bird's species, but this percentage grows bigger if we include other habitats such as the tropical savannah of Brazil (Cerrado), the Pantanal region and adjacent areas of Bolivia and Paraguay.

In fact, South America is often referred to as "bird-continent", being macaws one of the most representative of all South American birds.

The abundant water and vegetation with favorable climate for breeding make the paradise like home for the birds, and a top destination for birdwatching enthusiasts.

There are 18 species of tropical rainforest macaws, including extinct and critically endangered species. Six species are already extinct, being the Spix's macaw (Cyanopsitta Spixii) one of them. It is considered critically endangered, possibly extinct, last seen in the wild in 2000.

Macawsare part of the parrot species - there are over 300 parrot species in the world and 30 of them comprise the genus Amazona - most prominent in the rainforest, although, they are found in other tropical habitats.

Parrots feed on fruits, seeds, grass and leaves. Their powerful beaks is used to crack hard shells. A good example of this is the Hyacinth macaw, able to crack coconuts as well as macadamia nuts. Southeast Asia and Australia have cockatoos, while the tropical forests of Central and South America have macaws.

Well known for their bright colours and laud call, macaws gather by the hundreds in the clay cliffs of the Amazon river to feed on minerals. Minerals help the birds process toxins found in the seeds they eat.

A common sight


largest macaw and the largest flying parrot species in the world.

Flying Macaw

It can reach 1 meter (40 in) and 1.5-2 kg (3-4 pounds) in weight, with a wingspan of 120-140 cm (48-56in).

It is entirely blue with black under the wings and a black beak, with yellow on the lower side of the beak and around the eyes.

Hyacinth macaw in one of the endangered species of tropical rainforest macaws, victim of the bird cage trade and habitat loss.

The smallest member of the parrot family is the Pigmy parrot. Found in the rainforests of New Guinea, it can reach little over 8cm (3.5in) long.

With different conservation status, the tropical rainforest macaw population is threatened by destruction of habitat through deforestation and illegal trapping for the bird trade.

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Paulina Creek drops 80 feet (24 meters) at Paulina Falls, located in the Newberry National Volcanic Monument in Deschutes County, Oregon. Paulina Falls is located on the west flank of the Newberry Volcano, a potentially active volcano that last erupted nearly 1,500 years ago. The waterfall flows over and erodes remnants of previous eruptions; over a period of 2,000 years, geologists believe the waterfall has moved 200 feet (61 meters) upstream due to erosion.more

Whatever its origins, the archetype of the avaricious Jew acquired its place in the culture. It can operate at the level of playground insult – “Jew” as a synonym for stinginess – and at the level of global conspiracy theory, with Jews, or “Rothschilds”, the hidden hand pulling the strings of world capitalism and its necessary corollary, imperialism. It is planted deep in the soil of western civilisation, in Britain, the land of Fagin and Shylock, especially. It is deep enough to shape our thinking – there to be reached for when a crisis, such as the 2008 crash, requires an easy, explanatory villain – but also so deep that it is almost buried, out of sight.

The result is that sometimes we can’t even see it, even when


California Shooting: About the weapon used in bar shooting

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (KNBC) – The Glock 21 .45-caliber handgun that a Marine Corps veteran used to kill at least 12 people, including a sheriff’s sergeant, in a bar in Thousand Oaks, California, was bought legally, the Ventura County sheriff said Thursday. But a comprehensive ban on the large-capacity magazine with which it was equipped is being blocked by a federal lawsuit brought by the state affiliate of the National Rifle Association.

The California State Sheriff’s Association and other law enforcement groups are supporting the NRA lawsuit and none had comment after the sergeant was killed.

People comforted one another early Thursday near the scene of the shooting in Thousand Oaks, Calif Credit Mark J. Terrill/Associated Press

To be sure, it appears thatthe gunman would have been unable to have legally obtained a large-capacity magazine in California regardless of the court fight. He would have been a child when California first prohibited magazines larger than 10 rounds in 2000 and grandfathered in ones people already owned. But Thursday’s shooting drew attention to the legal battle.

After the San Bernardino shooting, voters approved extending the ban to all magazines, with the new law to go into effect in July 2017. But that the lawsuit brought by the California Rifle and Pistol Association halted its implementation.

The veteran, identified as 28-year-old Ian David Long, shot his way into the western-themed Borderline Bar & Grill and killed at least 12, including Ventura County Sheriff Sgt. Ron Helus. Helus, a 29-year veteran of the department and


towards Islamabad.

Analysts said the air strike had bolstered Mr Modi’s re-election campaign by putting national security back on the agenda and burnishing his strongman image.

Since India’s attack, Pakistan has restricted a portion of its airspace near the eastern border with India, disrupting the operations of international airlines flying to Europe and Asia. The closure has forced Pakistan’s domestic carriers to fly a longer western route along Iran, adding to the flying time between the capital Islamabad and the southern port city of Karachi.

“There has been a severe impact, most of the flights have to take a longer detour. It’s created scheduling and networking issues, flights are getting delayed, some are getting cancelled,” said Kapil Kaul, South Asia chief for the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation.

After India launched itsit will be fast. Extremely fast.

Bakistan is urged by WB to spend less on defense and more on human development. Human development of what? Health? Education (primary/secondary/tertiary?)? At the end it has to trade to employ and absorb its work force and for it to trade properly it has to learn to trade with India and it regards India as its nemesis. And anyway it has vowed to bleed India with 1000 cuts, that will keep their defense spending up.

So end of the day, Bakistan is in a monkey-trap. It cannot trade with India and it cannot spend on education or growing its economy. It falls further into debt trap and a further spiral down for its economy (Bakistan Rupee may hit Rs. 200 to USD by end


ACC Tournament Quarterfinals: #5 North Carolina vs #4 Louisville, 2:30 PM(approx), ESPN/ACC Network

The rubber game of what is now a three game series. UNC won the first game in Chapel Hill rallying from down 13 in the second half winning the game on a Marcus Paige layup with eight seconds left. The second game in Louisville, UNC owned an 18 point lead early in the second half. Louisville chipped away and eventually tied the game. The Heels fell by ten in overtime. Given how even the teams were in two games, it stands to reason a third match-up will be tight although the teams aren't the same as they were in the previous two meetings.

Obviously the personnel change for Louisville in the loss of Chris Jones and UNCto last season's form. He wouldn't go as far as to say he was 100% but put his health north of 90%. The difference between Paige struggling with injury or not is the difference between him being a spot up shooter who lives on the perimeter versus a complete scorer. While Paige is an effective three point shooter, what made him a complete offensive threat last season was the ability to drive the basketball. Paige getting into the lane opens the door for easy looks and setting up his teammates. It also backs the defender off to create space to take three pointers.

Likewise Justin Jackson has been a critical piece for UNC since the loss at Duke. Since February 18th, Jackson has scored in double figures in six


straight games. His personal offensive ratings have been 123, 95, 120, 140, 158 and 134. The only game under 100 was versus NC State where he actually scored 16 points but did so on 5-13 shooting. In Jackson's first 26 games of the season he hit 11 threes. He is 8-18 in the past six games or 44% to go along with being more aggressive on the offensive end. Jackson providing complimentary scoring to Paige could give the Heels a boost that hasn't been there all season offensively.

UNC 72 Louisville 69Q:

WWII: What navy controlled the Mediterranean during the North African Campaign?

Inspired by the question about the Strait of Gibraltar, I wondered how Germany was able to get troops to North Africa, given the naval power of Britain?  Based upon this question, I would doubt that they went through Turkey.  The Wikipedia article was interesting, but did not mention how and where German forces arrived.  Were they able to use ports in Italian controlled Libya?  Even still, why didn't Britain, simply sink the German vessels?  If Italy controlled the Mediterranean, how was Britain able land troops?
What navy controlled the Mediterranean during the North African Campaign?

A:

The British Navy by-and-large had control of the Mediterranean. However, there were some caveats.

The successful German invasions of Greece and


to T.E.D.'s answer, have a look at this (modern) map of the area.

The Allies landed at Casablanca, Oran, and Algiers on 8 November. At the same time the British were finishing the 2nd Battle of El-Alamein and just beginning their drive west.
The Italian Navy was not doing well against the British alone. The arrival of the American fleet and aircraft decidedly tipped the balance of power in the Mediterranean in favor of the Allies. The US brought 3 battleships, 3 heavy cruisers, 5 light cruisers, USS Ranger, and swarms of destroyers and escort carriers to the landings alone. A few weeks later the French Fleet at Toulon is scuttled removing the potential of being seized by Germany.
Air power was a different matter. The British were still thousandsof miles away in Egypt. There's 700 km between Oran and Tunis outside the combat radius of many Allied fighter aircraft in 1942. It would take some time for the Americans to build up air bases in their newly liberated (...ish) territory.
The very next day the Germans start air lifting troops into Vichy controlled Tunis with a rapidity that took the Allies by surprise. Tunis is just 200 km from Axis-controlled Sicily. This means Axis convoys and airlifts could have air cover and for a while they had greater numbers of aircraft. The area was also heavily mined. Any Allied air or sea attack would be taking a great risk.

The Allies had tried to prevent the Axis build up with substantial air and sea forces but Tunis and


Bizerta were only 190 km (120 mi) from the ports and airfields of western Sicily, 290 km (180 mi) from Palermo and 480 km (300 mi) from Naples, making it very difficult to intercept Axis transports which had the benefit of substantial air cover. From mid-November 1942 to January 1943, 243,000 men and 856,000 long tons (870,000 t) of supplies and equipment arrived in Tunisia by sea and air.

This map also shows the importance of Malta astride the shipping lanes between Italy and North Africa, and why it was so difficult to resupply. By the time of Operation Torch supplies were getting through, and raids from Malta began to cut into Axis shipping to North Africa.
But the weight of Allied numbers finally fell. In April 1943 they beganOperation Flax to cut the air supply lines between Tunis and Sicily. They made sweeps attacking air convoys, their staging areas, and air bases whittling down the Italian merchant navy, German transport aircraft, and their escorts.
In May 1943 Operation Retribution ("retribution" for Royal Navy losses at Crete), the Allied naval blockade of Tunis with the order to "Sink, burn and destroy. Let nothing pass". There was no serious naval opposition and Tunis fell shortly after bagging some 230,000 POWs.
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candidates, including Obama in 2008 and the DNC in 2009, while he also produces Donald Trump's Celebrity Apprentice and was behind Sarah Palin's first reality effort.

Downey, while not publicly identifying with a party, is a devout Catholic who has spoken in public about her faith quite often. She starred in the TV series Touched By an Angel. Producers have not commented on the likeness.

UPDATE: "This is utter nonsense," say exec producers Burnett and Downey in a joint statement. "The actor who played Satan, Mehdi Ouzaani, is a highly acclaimed Moroccan actor. He has previously played parts in several Biblical epics - including Satanic characters long before Barack Obama was elected as our President."

Downey added, "Both Mark and I have nothing but respect and love our President, who isMore and more women are coming forward to allege that Donald Trump has sexually harassed or assaulted them, and on Wednesday night, journalist Natasha Stoynoff posted her own disturbing account at People.com.

Stoynoff writes that, in late 2005, she was working on a feature story for People about Donald and Melania Trump’s first wedding anniversary, and traveled to the Mar-a-Lago estate to interview the couple.

While Trump was giving her a tour of the house, Stoynoff writes, he brought her to one room, shut the door, “and within seconds, he was pushing me against the wall, and forcing his tongue down my throat.”

Though Trump’s butler soon interrupted to tell them they had to go to the interview, she writes, after the butler left again the mogul continued to make his


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PHILADELPHIA – This is not some late night horror show in which blood gushes in every scene, severed body parts appear randomly and death eventually overtakes almost everyone.

This has blood gushing, severed body parts and an abundance of death, but it is real.

It’s the ongoing murder trial of abortionist Kermit Gosnell,accused of butchering seven babies – yes, after they were born alive – and fatally doping a refugee from Nepal with Demerol in a clinic that smelled of cat urine, where the furniture was stained with blood and the doctor kept a collection of severed baby feet. As often as possible, the report says, Gosnell induced labor for women so pregnant that, as he joked on one occasion, the baby was so big he could ‘walk me to the bus stop.’ Then, hundreds of times over the years, he slit their little necks, according to the grand jury report,” Henneberger wrote.

Illustrative was the handling of the case by the Associated Press. When a former worker at Gosnell’s Women’s Medical Society Clinic testified he saw 100 babies born who


July 27, 2009 – Toronto – At the end of this week, Delta Hotels and Resorts’ Community Cruiser will cross the finish line on its cross-country tour of Canada. The tour saw six Delta employees – Community Ambassadors – stop off in 33 different communities between Victoria, B.C. and St. John’s, N.L. to participate in a series of volunteer and fundraising activities.

The Delta Community Cruiser stopped in 10 provinces over a 60-day period – a journey of 11,000 kilometres across the country that was taken in the new 2010 Toyota Prius.

“The purpose of this tour was to show Canadians how easy it is to make an impact on your local community, just by getting involved and lending a hand to those in need,” said Hank Stackhouse, President andbusiness excellence by the prestigious National Quality Institute with three Canada Awards for Excellence, including the award program’s highest honour, the Order of Excellence (2007). The company also consistently ranks as one of the country’s best employers in The Globe and Mail’s Report on Business annual “50 Best Employers” list (2001–2003, 2005–2009). As well, its Corporate Social Responsibility platform, Delta Helps, includes a chain-wide commitment to the communities it serves through a national partnership with Habitat for Humanity Canada, participation in the Hotel Association of Canada’s Green Key Eco-Rating program, and work with various other charitable groups.

Toyota Canada Inc. (TCI) is the exclusive Canadian distributor of Toyota and Lexus cars, SUVs and trucks, and Toyota industrial equipment. TCI’s head office is in Toronto, with regional offices in Vancouver,


"In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came up with the idea that pollution, the threat of global warming, water shortages, famine and the like would fit the bill." - "The First Global Revolution", A Report by the Council of the Club of Rome by Alexander King and Bertrand Schneider 1991 "Banking was conceived in iniquity and was born in sin. The bankers own the earth. Take it away from them, but leave them the power to create money, and with the flick of the pen they will create enough deposits to buy it back again. However, take it away from them, and all the great fortunes like mine will disappear and they ought to disappear, for this would be a happier and better worldfirst glimpse at the true nature of the world and how we have been misled and deceived at every level. This site is not the end all and be all but it's a start. The Globalist Agenda represents a plan to bring all of Earth's inhabitants under the control of a single, global state. There is a small, but powerful group of individuals who are the architects and instigators behind the formation and implementation of this "New World Order". Using their influence through international organizations such as the IMF, World Bank, the Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA), the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), the Trilateral Commission, the Bilderberg Group, the United Nations, NATO, and hundreds of other non-governmental organizations, the objective of these internationalists is nothing less


Information about Finland in many languages

Infopankki is a multi-language website providing vital information to people planning to move to Finland and to immigrants already living in the country. The website also helps authorities with multi-language communications.

Infopankki is a multi-language website providing vital information to people planning to move to Finland and to immigrants already living in the country. The website also helps authorities with multi-language communications.
Infopankki offers users reliable information in their own language about moving to Finland, work, studying, housing, education, health, family, problem situations and leisure activities.
The languages of the service are Finnish, Swedish, English, Russian, Estonian, French, Somali, Spanish, Turkish, Chinese, Persian and Arabic. The language versions are identical in content.Parc Oriental de Maulévrier

The 29-hectare park, at the beginning of the twentieth century, was a part of the ownership of the Castle Colbert.
The castle was bought in the late nineteenth century by a Cholet industrialist , Mr. BERGéRE. At the request of the owner, architect Alexandre MARCEL restored the interior and arranged the surrounding landscape.
Between 1899 and 1913, he created an eastern area with a strong Japanese design,

at the rear of the castle, around the river.

Having married the daughter of the owner, he was a frequent visitor to Maulévrier and with meticulousness and patience, he gradually developed what has become the Oriental Park. He installed a pond, fed by the river (La Moine) and planted many exotic plants.

Khmer elements are reproduced from moulds of the 1900 Exhibition in


which he had participated. Alexander MARCEL died on June 30, 1928. His wife lived in the Castle until 1945.

From this period, the park was converted into agricultural and forest farming and progressively planted with trees up to 1980. After 40 years, the 29 ha of the current ownership were completely laid fallow, the walks completely overrun with brushwood and instead of the major alleys of the past remained walks of about 1 meter wide. Works (lanterns, bridges, pier, temple, pagoda...) were in ruins or had even disappeared.

In 1976, the property was sold and divided into three parts: the castle with its outbuildings and the garden, the college acquired 2 ha to build a sports ground, the SAFER a public organization for the rural arrangement, bought the remaining 29hectares.

The town council of Maulevrier bought the park in 1980 and the park was listed, in the same year, as the sites. An association was created to ensure the management and the maintenance of the park. Using documents, photographs found and other evidence, its restoration began. Originally called Association Castle Park Colbert, the association took the name Oriental Park in 1985. These were the first volunteers of the association who undertook major work within the park.

In 1987, Japanese professors from the horticultural universities of TOKYO and NIIGATA recognized the 12 hectares of the classified site as Japanese- gardens inspired of the period EDO (XVI-XIX centuries).

Since that date, major projects have been started and are still continuing today. The park is now recognised as the biggest Japanese inspired park


in Europe and is a pilot project in Europe for the quality of its restoration and enhancement.
These projects, the work and activities are carried out by an association (Act 1901) made up of volunteers, a permanent team of professionals and apprentices.Sound and Community in the Muslim Call to Prayer

by Joseph Progler
This article was originally published by Smithsonian Folkways Magazine. The full article, with multimedia illustration, can be viewed on their website.

From the public to the intimate the Islamic call to prayer, adhan,1 literally meaning “announcement,” pervades Muslim culture. It can be heard up to five times a day in Muslim communities, once for each of the five daily prayers. Often broadcast from the minarets of mosques and through media, there is also a tradition of reciting adhan into the ear of a newborn. In Muslim folk medicine, the adhan is even said to have medicinal qualities.

There are a number of stories in the Islamic oral tradition about the origins of adhan. After establishing the first Muslim community in


There is no ban on Christian advertising, just like there is no ban on people wearing crucifixes at work or whatever other bizarre fantasy the Church of England has come up with.

Here's what happened: A commercial agency decided a Church of England ad might upset paying customers going to the cinema so it decided not to take it. They did so, rather predictably given they are a commercial agency, for commercial reasons. Then the Church of England played an absolute blinder of a press strategy and got themselves on the front of the Mail, the Times and all over the BBC. Fair do's to them. If you're in PR, watch what Arun Arora, director of communications for the Church of England, is doing and learn it. It's agreat way of getting far more free advertising than you would ever have been able to pay for by putting your ad in a cinema.

The ad shows a variety of people from different walks of life praying and encouraging the viewer to do the same. It would not, one imagines, have been very effective. It's incredibly dusty and a bit odd. Whenever the church reaches out to the public it merely serves to highlight how distant it is from it and the ad largely complies with that trend.

The ad was given the green light by the Cinema Advertising Authority and the British Board of Film Classification. So it was not banned. This is worth repeating because the word 'ban' has been flung around with gusto over the last