of Marin County, according to the commission.

Some Bay Area actors are supposed to be included in the project, which will also include filming shoots in New York City.

KCBS’ Janice Wright Reports:

The film commission said the movie is about a wealthy woman who finds herself broke and in San Francisco, living with her sister and downsizing her life.

She eventually meets a man in the Bay Area who could solve her financial problems, but she first needs to discover who she is and, more importantly, accept San Francisco as her home.

The film, produced by Perdido Productions based in New York, is expected to be released by the end of 2013.

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the New York Yankees for the richest contract, or Clayton Kershaw's record for average annual value of $30,714,286 in the $215 million, seven-year deal he signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers in January.

The Tigers and their owner Mike Ilitch, who desperately wants to win a World Series, will close spring training showing their fans they are willing to pay what it takes to keep great players in today's market.

The franchise offered right-hander Max Scherzer $144 million over six years recently, but the AL Cy Young Award winner turned it down, likely setting himself up to become a free agent after the season. Detroit dealt Prince Fielder and his $214 million contract in November to Texas — less than two years after giving it to him — for secondbaseman Ian Kinsler, sending $30 million to the Rangers as part of the swap.

Clearly, the Tigers want Cabrera to end his career in the Motor City.

Cabrera, who turns 31 next month, has been voted AL MVP in each of the last two seasons. He is the first player to win the award in consecutive seasons since Frank Thomas did it two decades ago.

The Venezuelan slugger won the Triple Crown in 2012 — becoming the first player to lead either league in batting average, homers and RBIs since 1967, when Boston's Carl Yastrzemski pulled off the rare feat.

Cabrera followed up that startling accomplishment with another strong season at the plate despite struggling to stay healthy. He led the majors with a .348 batting average last year, and his 44


homers and 137 RBIs were both second to Baltimore's Chris Davis.

Cabrera was limited to 148 games last season — after playing 161 in each of the previous two years — because of a sore back and left hip flexor, a strained lower abdomen, shin trouble and a groin tear that led to an offseason surgery.

The eight-time All-Star has appeared to be healthy during spring training.

Injuries seem to be the only thing that can stop Cabrera.

He has a .321 career batting average with 365 homers and 1,260 RBIs, numbers that rank him with the greatest sluggers in the history of the game. He has played six seasons in Detroit after spending his first five with the Marlins.

"He's got an unbelievable stroke," Hall of Famer Al Kaline, who works inthe Tigers' front office, once said. "It's so effortless the way he gets through the zone so easily."

The Tigers have won three straight AL Central titles in part because Cabrera has led the league with batting averages of .348, .330 and .344. He has led the league in homers and RBIs twice.

As a 20-year-old rookie in 2003, Cabrera helped the Marlins win the World Series. The cash-strapped franchise traded him to Detroit in an eight-player deal after the 2007 season because it couldn't afford to pay him $20-plus million over the following two seasons, or even more when he was to become a free agent after the 2009 season.

Detroit kept Cabrera off the free-agent market once before, when they gave him that $152.3 million deal in 2008.

The Tigers


have moved Cabrera back to first base to replace Fielder after he played third base the previous two seasons. Former manager Jim Leyland has said Cabrera is talented enough to become a complete player.

"Hopefully someday when he goes to Cooperstown, people won't just say he was one hell of a hitter," Leyland once said.

The Tigers appear to be confident that Cabrera's off-the-field problems are behind him.

Cabrera pleaded no contest to drunken driving after being arrested in February 2011 in Florida. Charges of resisting an officer without violence and having an open container in a vehicle were dropped.

Near the end of the 2009 season, when Detroit was trying to win its first division title in more than two decades, Cabrera got into a fight with his wife that becameReceive the latest national-international updates in your inbox

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro made his first public appearance in nine months, attending the opening of an art studio in the country's capital. NBC 6's Steve Litz has the story. (Published Thursday, Jan 9, 2014)

Official newspapers and websites on Thursday carried a photo showing a seated, gray-haired Castro from behind, pointing at a work of art while artist Alexis Leyva leans in to talk to him at the Wednesday night event.

Yoani Sanchez: "I Am Cuban – a Jose Marti Cuban"

During her appearance at Miami Dade College's Freedom Tower Monday, Yoani Sanchez said that earlier in her world tour someone asked her if she is from Fidel Castro's Cuba or from Miami's Cuba. "I am Cuban – a Jose Marti Cuban,"


she said, referring to the 19th-century revolutionary. (Published Monday, Apr 1, 2013)

Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia published three other pictures on its website that showed Castro's face. Wearing a black jacket and green scarf on a cool Havana evening, Castro reaches out to touch a sculpture in one of the images.

Castro last appeared in public on April 9, 2013, when he attended the inauguration of Havana school.

Beaches in Cuba

In December he met privately with visiting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, a key ally of Cuba.

Castro, 87, led Cuba for 48 years before falling gravely ill in July 2006 and handing over power to his brother Raul, who formally became president in January 2008.and was on a military leave of absence from his position with the Dunkirk Police Department. Plaintiff alleges that the City of Dunkirk allowed him to accrue 13 holidays and 10 vacation days, paid him for the time, and then wrongfully deducted from his leave accruals an amount of time equal to the paid vacation and holidays.
In their answer filed December 16, 2003, defendants state that plaintiff was not entitled to the accrual of civilian vacation time while on military leave time without authorization by the City of Dunkirk. They contend that plaintiff's receipt of payment for the 13 holidays and 10 vacation days was an inadvertent error, not an authorization (Item 4).
On February 6, 2004, defendants filed a motion to dismiss the complaint pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1)


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In a visit meant to bolster Mike Braun, a wealthy former state legislator who won a bruising Republican Senate primary this week, Mr. Trump appeared before an excited crowd to share his administration’s track record: North Korea had freed three American prisoners. The United States had withdrawn from the nuclear agreement with Iran. And the American Embassy would soon open in Jerusalem.

The president’s message to his voters was clear — because of his efforts, “America is respected again.”

Also clear was his message to the supporters who packed the 7,300-capacity middle school


the Justice Department.  The company is accused of misleading investors of a highly touted colon cancer drug called Erbitux. CEO Samuel Waksal told investors on a conference call that he was "stunned'' at the FDA's decision to refuse the cancer drug application for Erbitux. However a copy of the FDA's rejection letter was obtained by The Cancer Letter. It suggests Waksal and his brother Harlan knew, or should have known, that the FDA had serious concerns about the way the company conducted a key clinical trial.  To add fuel to the fire, Harlan Waksal filed a Form 144 with the SEC on Dec. 6 to sell 700,000 shares of ImClone stock.  At the time of the filing the stock was at its 52-week high ofChina Experts Identify Cancer-Preventing Gene Type

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Scientists in China have identified a gene variant which appears to protect Chinese people from various types of cancer.
In the latest issue of the journal Nature Genetics, the experts said they had studied the DNA of nearly 10,000 Chinese people over 6-½ years and had found that the gene variant appeared far more frequently in those who were cancer-free.


obvious considering that cucumbers don't wear pants...

Thursday, June 19, 2008

We were standing in the back of the sanctuary and Becki's sis in law said, "there is a man over there taking a picture of us! Do you know him?!" I had to admit it was my husband so she wouldn't be too weirded out.

Cutting the cake

He had finished his cake and punch. He had done what he came for. Now it was time to go.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Today was Noah's Wednesday off. We spent the day biking and hanging out at the beach with the boys and the youth group. We had a great time!

Noah and I saw this highschool "couple". I commented how sad it was that the poor girl was thin and looked amazing but herEuropean leaders, the United Nations and international groups have condemned US President Donald Trump's measures against refugees and travellers from several Muslim-majority countries.

The chorus of criticism came as passport holders from Arab countries were blocked on Saturday from passing through customs at US airports and others were prevented from boarding US-bound planes.

Trump on Friday signed an executive order that will curb immigration and the entry of refugees from some Muslim-majority countries. He separately said he wanted the US to give priority to Syrian Christians fleeing the civil war there.

The bans, though temporary, took effect immediately, causing havoc and confusion for would-be travellers with passports from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.

The United Nations refugee agency and the International Organization for Migration called on the Trump administration


to continue offering asylum to people fleeing war and persecution, saying its resettlement programme was vital.

"The needs of refugees and migrants worldwide have never been greater and the US resettlement programme is one of the most important in the world," the two Geneva-based agencies said in a joint statement on Saturday.

'Part of our duties'

Germany and France also expressed discontent with Trump's measures.

"The reception of refugees fleeing the war, fleeing oppression, is part of our duties," Jean-Marc Ayrault, France's foreign minister, said during a joint news conference with his German counterpart, Sigmar Gabriel.

Germany has taken in more than one million refugees and migrants, mainly from the Middle East, since 2015.

Although traditionally open to asylum seekers, France has taken in far fewer refugees than Germany since the migrant crisis erupted.

READMORE: Donald Trump's #MuslimBan sparks outrage and fear

Some in the French government, particularly ex-premier Manuel Valls, have criticised Berlin's open-door policy, as has Trump.

"The United States is a country where Christian traditions have an important meaning. Loving your neighbour is a major Christian value, and that includes helping people," said Germany's Gabriel.

"I think that is what unites us in the West, and I think that is what we want to make clear to the Americans."

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim also said the Republicans' sweeping ban on people seeking refuge in the US is no solution to problems.

"Regional issues cannot be solved by closing the doors on people," Yildirim said during a joint news conference in Ankara with Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May, adding that Western countries should do


more to help ease Turkey's refugee burden.

May, however, refused to condemn Trump's refugee suspension.

"The United States is responsible for the United States' policy on refugees," she said when repeatedly pressed on the issue.

But other European leaders made their concerns clear, with Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn condemning the new measures.

"The decision is ... bad for Europe, because it's going to strengthen even further the mistrust and hatred towards the West in the heart of the Muslim world," he told the Sunday edition of German daily Tagesspiegel, excerpts of which were released a day in advance.

'Extreme xenophobia'

Inside the US, Democrats were also quick to condemn Trump's order, saying it would tarnish the reputation of the country.

"Today's executive order from President Trump is more about extreme xenophobia than extreme vetting,"Washington DC, said.

"It’s what he promised to do during the campaign trail and in his inauguration speech."

'Not time for walls'

Trump on Wednesday also ordered the construction of a US-Mexican border wall, a major promise during his election campaign, as part of a package of measures to curb undocumented immigration.

Ostensibly referring to Trump's executive order, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a speech on Saturday: "Today is not the time to erect walls between nations. They have forgotten that the Berlin wall fell years ago."

READ MORE: Trump's first week - Executive overdrive

He added: "Today is the time for peaceful co-existence, not the time to create distance among nations."

But Milos Zeman, the president of the Czech Republic, praised the decision. Writing on Twitter, Zeman's spokesperson said Trump "protects his country"


Free version, and upgrade nags have been removed as well. Sharp-eyed fans of the client will notice a slight interface refresh to the recycle bin and quarantine windows, unifying them.

Certainly, not having nags makes the program less annoying, while risk-enhancing practice of relegating auto-updates to the premium version is thankfully going away. The Web filter bolsters your Web browser's native malicious site blocking technology, and works in all browsers including Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome, Opera, and Safari.

Unfortunately, during installation Cloud Antivirus commandeers your search provider and opts you in to changing it to Yahoo. Otherwise, the installation process is fast. I did notice a slight hiccup during several installation tests where the program appeared to ready to use, but in fact required another five to seven seconds beforeCode of Princess EX will launch for Switch on August 2 in Japan for 4,000 yen at retail and 3,700 yen via download, publisher Pikii announced.

In North America, the game is currently slated for a summer release.

Here is an overview of the game, via North American publisher Nicalis:

About Journeying back to an acclaimed cult hit, Code of Princess EX is an updated remake of the classic Nintendo 3DS “hack-and-slash” action game that features role-playing game (RPG) elements. This all-new EX version introduces higher-resolution art, a local (two-player) co-op option for the entire Campaign Mode and numerous other gameplay additions and enhancements including improved AI, updated balancing, a new character leveling-up system and overall better playability. The story within Code of Princess EX follows Princess Solange of DeLuxia as


local/online multiplayer modes include leaderboards and let players track their coveted “Princess Points.”

Created by former members of the original Guardian Heroesdevelopment team.

Characters and worlds created by legendary Capcom artist Kinu Nishimura, with art contributions from Street Fighter artist Bengus.

View a new set of screenshots at the gallery.The South African Renewable Energy Council (Sarec) officially launched

The South African Renewable Energy Council (Sarec) has been formally launched as the umbrella body and single voice for all renewable-energy associations in the country.
The Council is an umbrella body for all renewable energy industry associations in South Africa and founder members include SAPVIA (Solar Power) SASTELA (Solar thermal power); SESSA (Sustainable Energy) and SAWEA (Wind Energy).

The technologies represented are installing nearly 4,000 MW of new electricity into the South African Grid and have provided thousands of South African home with solar water heating, heat exchangers and rooftop solar power. Board member Davin Chown (SAPVIA) explained to guests how the vision of a single voice for the renewable energy industry had developed in the years leading up to the negotiation


of the Green Economy Accord.

Pancho Ndebele, also a Board member representing SASTELA recounted the negotiations in NEDLAC and the collective decision made by the renewable energy industry: "Government wanted us to commit to the vision of a developmental state and to detail the contribution we would make to such a partnership approach", he said. "We commited to forming an umbrella body that would exist as a single point of contact for Government and other stakeholders to engage the broader Renewable Energy Community."

The thread was developed further by Johan van den Berg, SAREC Chair and board representative of SAWEA. He explained the significant progress made in setting up the Council, now fully functional in its new offices. "We are deeply indebted to GIZ for financial assistance and to Governmentofficials for their support of our vision", he said.

The circle was closed by Carryn Bateman, who represents SESSA on the SAREC Board. "When the Sustainable Energy Association of Southern Africa was formed in 1974, the vision was to be inclusive of all renewable energy", she explained. Over time, renewable energy has grown so much that dedicated associations are now needed for the larger technologies. SAREC is the logical continuation of the vision that launched SESSA forty years ago." SAREC is presently filming a documentary on the socio-economic and community benefits of renewable energy. Projects procured during the first three rounds of Governmentâ€™s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme will invest over 11 billion rand into community development surrounding these plants over the next twenty years. The association


Josh Cohen Creator / Director / Producer

Josh Cohen is from Los Angeles and has always been passionate about Hollywood. Josh's showbiz career began when he gave a speech at his sister's bat mitzvah that erupted the audience in laughter. While in college at Indiana University, Josh began his professional career when he wrote and directed one the first official stage adaptations of Joss Whedon's Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, selling out every performance. He went on to direct Into The Woods, once again selling out all performances. In his last semester at I.U., Josh sold his first screenplay to a major studio, "Love Drug" and has been a working writer ever since. Josh has optioned and sold several screenplays and is delighted to be telling the story of ASST:Support for rural development by the EAFRD - Voluntary modulation of direct payments under the CAP (debate)
President
The next item on the agenda is the joint debate on
the report by Jan Mulder on behalf of the Committee for Agriculture and Rural Development regarding a proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)
- C6-0237/2006 -
the report by Lutz Goepel on behalf of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development on the submission relating to the Regulation of the Council establishing the principles for the voluntary modulation of direct payments set out in Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing specific support schemes


principles of rural development, such as national cofinancing. We propose optional cofinancing as a compromise, to meet the expectations of the Council.
Let me now turn to the Mulder report on the proposed amendments to Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005. The text is a legal translation of what was decided last September by the heads of state and government in relation to the so-called 'capping provision', which is common to all structural instruments, including the Rural Development Fund, and is also reproduced in the general regulation on the structural funds. Moreover, the text reflects the non-cofinancing requirement for an amount of EUR 320 million as part of the Rural Development Fund allocation to Portugal, which was also agreed at last December's Council meeting.
I have taken note of the draftsman's position,importance to this House and to Europe's farmers.
You, Mr President, by your wise and astute decision, have ensured that Members from all groups will get the chance to speak, albeit at a rather later hour. Following a decision by the Council - which, as is so often the case with agriculture debates, is notably absent today - the Commission submitted a proposal according to which 20% of agricultural direct payments would be shifted from the first pillar of CAP to the second, from which they could be spent without mandatory co-funding.
That is a concession by the majority on the Council and, whether it wishes to or not, on the part of the Commission, as part of the budget compromise reached in December 2005. The Commissioner has confirmed as


much. This House has already expressed strong misgivings about this in the interinstitutional agreement on the Financial Perspective. When I say that the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development firmly rejected this proposal, I mean that it did so with only three dissenting votes, and its rejection of the draft legislation was indeed unanimous.
This is not just about differences of opinion where specific policies are concerned; it is also about where Parliament, as an institution, should stand in the forthcoming debates on the reorientation of the Community budget. As part of the Budget compromise, all the institutions agreed that all the Community's outgoings, among them the post-2013 agricultural expenditure in particular, should be subject to review, and that this House will play a full part in this processthe Commission proposals on voluntary modulation.
Herbert Bösch
draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Budgets. - (DE) Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I have not been in this House long, but I have been here long enough to realise that solid agreement between the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the Committee on Budgets, such as we have here with the rejection of this draft, is not that frequent an occurrence.
The opinion of the Committee on Budgets does, of course, concentrate on the issues of relevance to the budget, and there are with regard to these sufficient arguments available to justify the firm repudiation of the Commission's proposal. The Member States can, by way of voluntary modulation, unilaterally and without consultation with Parliament, increase non-mandatory


European Council last December.
On the other hand, however, it is worth our emphasising that the Commission proposal tries to improve the outcome of this highhandedness on the part of the European Council towards both the institutions and the Treaty itself.
We agree in principle with the Commission proposals for defining the measure on a multiannual basis at national level and retaining the limits which exist in the Rural Development Fund. However, although these improving proposals could be considered as a good effort by the Commission towards the Council, they cannot be considered adequate.
As the Socialist Group in the European Parliament, we shall vote against the legislative text of the Commission regulation on voluntary modulation at this stage for the following reasons: firstly, in order to strengthen the Commission's negotiatinga short time: changes to the support system, liberalisation of agricultural markets, and increasingly stringent norms and standards in various fields. It is all too much, too soon. What agriculture needs is clear and stable rules for at least the coming few years. That is why I support Mr Goepel's report.
Andrzej Tomasz Zapałowski
on behalf of the IND/DEM Group. - (PL) Mr President, today's debate on the voluntary modulation of direct payments once again highlights the different ways in which the old and the new Member States understand the common agricultural policy. When the old members think of the future of the CAP, they think of the future of agriculture in their own countries, rather than in the enlarged European Union.
Rejecting the Commission's proposal is the most appropriate course


the following facts.
The new Member States are characterised by significant under-investment in the farming sector and their farmers' incomes are vastly disproportionate to those in the other Member States. They are also ignored as regards the fundamental principles of non-discrimination, solidarity and proportionality, and by having to cofinance direct payments from their own budgets, which are much smaller, not to mention the huge reduction of around EUR 20 billion in the pool of funds for rural development for 2007-2013 in comparison to what was promised during the accession negotiations.
Here I must also point out that support for rural development as set out in the strategic Community guidelines should make allowance for the differing structural problems in the fifteen and the ten EU member states, including Bulgaria and Romania.interest rates charged on real estate transactions escalated and Poston was unable to obtain permanent financing.
In late 1979, or early 1980, the notes representing the construction financing became due. At that time Poston conferred with Tom Carter, the president of the Credit Union, regarding an extension of the due date of the notes. In April 1980, a formal extension agreement was entered into between Poston and the Credit Union.
After the expiration of the extension agreement, Poston contacted Carter, seeking the Credit Union's permission to have the apartment units converted into townhouses. Carter encouraged Poston to convert the apartments into townhouses at a cost of $2,500.00. At this time Poston and Carter discussed the fact that the market was unsettled with respect to interest rates, which meant fewer potential


buyers. Poston was under the impression that an understanding and agreement had been reached between him and Carter that he would be given a reasonable period of time to dispose of the townhouse units after converting them.
In the fall of 1980 Carter first mentioned foreclosure to Poston. At that time Poston had a potential buyer for one unit, but Carter refused to allow the townhouses to be sold as individual units. In October or November of 1980, the Credit Union employed J.E. Sawyer, an attorney, to pursue the collection of the notes and to foreclose the mortgages, if necessary. At this time Poston had the townhouse units listed under a contract with Nelson Tucker at a price of $235,000. This price would have enabled Poston to pay theI-10 west reopened after crash trapped drivers on Basin Bridge for hours

RAMAH – Crews reopened I-10 westbound at the Atachafalaya Basin Bridge after a crash involving two 18-wheelers closed both lanes for hours Wednesday morning. Drivers can still expect severe congestion and 30 mile traffic delays.

The multi-vehicle crash happened around 10:20 a.m. near the Whiskey Bay Bridge and Ramah. First responders said two people suffered moderate injuries. The driver of one of the 18-wheelers was trapped inside the cabin of his truck. Crews worked for hours to free him. He was removed just after 2 p.m.

Louisiana State Police diverted incoming traffic to the 415 exit to Highway 190 toward Livonia, but many other drivers were trapped behind the accident as first responders worked. One WBRZ News 2 viewer


that PacSun can improve its co-marketing efforts with brands, noting the retailer has avoided sponsoring the Van's Warped Tour in the past much to the chagrin of many of its vendors which have.

The company will tweak its approach to merchandising.

The company reiterated its commitment to balancing assortments between core brands and private label merchandise within stores and noted that it does not expect a material change to the current mix. That being said, it also noted that it would like to layer in a greater amount of life-style, fashion and iconic brands such as Levi's and Nike, which will help broaden the appeal of the overall store concept.

The company will once again tweak its approach to footwear merchandising noting that the decision to exit the category in Aprilbegan operations, Childers Oil built a new plant near Princeton, West Virginia, at the junction of two major highways--Interstate 77 and U.S. Route 460.

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In January 1980, Childers Oil built a retail service station adjacent to its Princeton plant.   It leased the station to the Short Stop partnership.   The competition-less station prospered.   In early 1982, however, Amoco announced its withdrawal from West Virginia.   Mr. Childers learned of Amoco's action in his Sunday newspaper.

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If Mr. Childers worried of not having a supplier, his fears were quickly erased.   The very next day, William Lucas, a distributorship salesman for Exxon, telephoned Mr. Childers to express Exxon's interest in replacing Amoco as Childers Oil's supplier.   At the time, Exxon had no


that Exxon would not build a retail station on the tract if Childers Oil would sign an Exxon Distributor Agreement.2 2]

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A few weeks passed.   Then Lucas and his boss, Lowe Lunsford, paid Mr. Childers another visit.   Again, Mr. Childers brought up his concern about Exxon's plans for its land.   Lunsford assured him that the property was in Exxon's inactive "land bank," and Exxon had no plans to construct a station there.

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Through the summer of 1982, Mr. Childers continued negotiations with Exxon.   Both Lucas and Lunsford repeated their assurances that Exxon would not compete with Short Stop by building on its "land bank" tract.

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On September 14, 1982, Childers Oil signed Exxon's standard Distributor Agreement.   The agreement contains a boilerplateintegration clause:

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25.  ENTIRE AGREEMENT:  This writing is intended by the parties to be the final, complete and exclusive statement of their agreement about the matters covered herein.   THERE ARE NO ORAL UNDERSTANDINGS, REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AFFECTING IT.

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Mr. Childers asked that Exxon's promise not to compete be included in the agreement, but was told that no changes could be made in the form.   He signed anyway.   The agreement was to expire on March 31, 1984.

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Within a few months, Mr. and Mrs. Childers began hearing new rumors that Exxon was planning to develop its property.   Mr. Childers called Lunsford each time he heard such a rumor.   At first, Lunsford said that he had heard nothing, but he later


expressly stated that a company-owned station would not be built.

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Sometime in late 1983, a contractor showed up at Childers Oil and said he was there for a pre-bid conference on the "new station."   Mr. Childers told the contractor that he had no intention of building a new station.   He immediately called Lunsford, who said that Exxon was "just getting some cost figures together" and was not actually planning to build.

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Nonetheless, before the end of 1983, Exxon began construction of a station to compete with Short Stop.   Mr. Childers called Lunsford at the first sign of construction.   Lunsford said, "Jim, I am sorry, I didn't have the clout I thought I had, I couldn't prevent this from happening."

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By June 1984, Exxon'sretail service station was open for business.   Short Stop's business immediately and sharply declined.   On June 10, 1984, Mr. Childers appeared in front of the Small Business Subcommittee of the Joint Committee of Government and Finance of the West Virginia Legislature to complain of Exxon's conduct.   To contravene Mr. Childers' complaint, Exxon sent a written response, with a cover letter signed by Lunsford, to members of the subcommittee on September 14, 1984.   In it, Exxon asserted that it had always planned to build the station, and no one at Exxon had told Childers otherwise.   Exxon's response was not sent to Mr. Childers, and he did not inquire about the subcommittee's handling of his complaint.   In September


1988, at Mr. Childers' deposition, he first learned of the existence of this document.

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If they desired relief through litigation, 1984 was the most apt moment for the Childers to have filed suit against Exxon.   Instead, they took fateful steps toward financial and litigation ruin.   In early 1984, with construction of the company station going on before their eyes, they signed a second distributorship agreement, substantively identical to and expressly superseding the first.   This new agreement extended the Exxon franchise for three years.   The Childers spent $700,000, most of it borrowed, turning Short Stop into an extravagant traveler's mecca.   The new and improved Short Stop included an ice cream store, convenience store, delicatessen, separate restroom building, and a largeincrease in gasoline capacity.

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The revenue of Short Stop could not keep up with the increased debt burden.   In January 1986, Childers Oil's account with Exxon became delinquent (over thirty days late) in an amount exceeding $100,000.   The parties agreed on a payment plan under which Childers Oil would pay the two oldest outstanding invoices each time it picked up a load of gasoline from Exxon.   This repayment scheme did not work, however, because Childers Oil began purchasing gasoline from Pennzoil instead of Exxon, and thus avoided the triggering of two-for-one payments.   Exxon soon exercised its contractual right to demand payment by cashier's check.

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Things got even worse when Exxon learned that Childers Oil had sold Pennzoil gas under Exxon's trademark.


 On April 23, 1986, Exxon exercised its right under the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act3 to terminate the franchise, effective July 24, 1986, because of the misbranding.   The appellants admit the misbranding and the lawfulness of the franchise termination.

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During the three-month window between notice and the effective date of the termination, Mr. and Mrs. Childers tried to sell Childers Oil to H.C. Lewis, an Exxon distributor in Welch, West Virginia.   The Childers and Lewis agreed that Lewis would purchase Childers Oil and sell gas to Short Stop, which the Childers would continue to own.   The agreement, however, was contingent on Exxon's increasing Lewis' allotment so that he would have enough gas to supply Short Stop.   Because it had no more Soon after moving in, the plaintiffs noticed flying insects in the house.   An inspection in January 1986 disclosed termite damage to the exterior of the house.   A subsequent inspection in February 1988 revealed substantial structural damage caused by the prior termite infestation.   Plaintiffs brought their breach of contract and fraud action in April 1988, more than two years after the plaintiffs knew as a result of the initial termite inspection that they had been injured and by whom.   The trial court granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment on the ground that the two-year limitations period began to run no later than the time the first inspection was conducted and thus had completely run before the plaintiffs commenced their


reduced again in November to R$299,00 (≈170USD). The console was distributed nationwide in Brazil in December 2009. By August 2010, there were approximately 40 games launched for Zeebo in Brazil. On September 1, 2010, Zeebo announced that it was adding new capabilities and accessories to the Zeebo in Brazil, including Internet connectivity, a keyboard and new more ergonomic gamepad. The new Brazilian system configuration was priced identical to the previous one: R$299 (≈170USD). The company announced that Brazilian owners of previous system configurations can upgrade to the new one for free.

The Zeebo was launched in Mexico in November 2009. It shipped to national retailers across the country on November 4, 2009, with a suggested price of 2,499 Mexican pesos (approximately $205 US). The Mexican system configuration was similarThiruvalluvar. The first claim of Thiruvalluvar as an authority appears in a 16th-century Jain text, about 1,100 years after his life.

Hinduism
According to other scholars, Thiruvalluvar's writings suggest that he belonged to Hinduism. Hindu teachers have mapped his teachings in Tirukkuṛaḷ to the teachings found in Hindu texts. Valluvar's treatment of the concept of ahimsa or non-violence, which is the principal concept in both Jainism and Hinduism, bolsters this argument. While the text extols the virtue of non-violence, it also dedicates many of 700 porul couplets to various aspects of statecraft and warfare in a manner similar to Arthasastra: "An army has a duty to kill in battle, and a king must execute criminals for justice." This non-mystic realism and the readiness for just war teachings are similar


Hinduise a Buddhist text. According to Geetha, the deconstruction and reinterpetation of the history of Thiruvalluvar into a Buddhist framework by Thass shows the significance and appropriation of Thiruvalluvar's text by all sections of Tamil society.

Christianity
The 19th-century Christian missionary George Uglow Pope claimed that Thiruvalluvar must have come in contact with Christian teachers such as Pantaenus of Alexandria, imbibed Christian ideas and peculiarities of Alexandrian teachers and then wrote the "wonderful Kurral" with an echo of the "Sermon of the Mount". According to Pope, Thiruvalluvar must have lived in the 9th century AD because that would fit the historical chronology to his theory.

Since the 1960s, some South Indian Christians led by M. Deivanayagam at the Madras Christian College, have presented Valluvar as a disciple of Thomas theApostle. According to this theory, Thomas visited present-day Chennai, where Valluvar listened to his lectures on the Sermon of the Mount.

According to John Lazarus, the Kural’s chapter on "no killing" applies to both humans and animals, in stark contrast to the Bible’s concept of killing, which refers only to the taking away of human life. He observes, “None of the ten epithets by which the Deity is described in the opening chapter of the Kural have the remotest connection with Christ or God, that is to say, as they are designated in the Bible.” He also says that the chapter on love “is quite different from the Apostle’s eulogium in 1 Cor. xiii.”

According to Zvelebil, the ethics and ideas in Thiruvalluvar's work are not Christian ethics, but


and withdraw, without the payees' authorized endorsements, funds from certain checks of United States Treasury and the New York City Retirement System payable to third persons. Though Rodney does not dispute that his Fleet account served as a vehicle for the unlawful transactions the Government charges, he asserts that all of the evidence the Government produced at trial to link him with the offenses charged is circumstantial and that the proof is insufficient as a matter of law to establish his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Consequently, at the conclusion of the Government's direct case, Rodney moved for a judgment of acquittal pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 29 ("Rule 29").[1] Also, in connection with the preparation of the Court's instructions to the jury, Rodney requested that, inseveral occasions, including notices of suspicious activity in the account. The Government's evidence at the very least raises a reasonable inference that there was a causal connection between the timing of the bank's notification that there was suspicious activity on the account and Rodney's claim that he had lost his Fleet debit card and his driver's license. The Government's evidence, when viewed in a light most favorable to it, raises a reasonable inference that Rodney had, in fact, not lost his Fleet debit card and driver's license, but was attempting to conceal the fraudulent scheme after he had reason to believe that it may have been or was about to be uncovered. The Court notes that, when viewed in a light most favorable to the Government, the evidence


establishing the timing of Fleet's threatened closure of Rodney's account and the termination of the fraudulent activity, coupled with the uncontested evidence that Rodney did not inquire into the status or activity in his account that was shown on Fleet's statements regularly addressed to him at the residence he reported to the bank upon opening the account, raises a reasonable inference that at the very least, Rodney knowingly and willingly participated in the alleged scheme.
From this evidence, considered together with the documentary evidence establishing the nature of the forged checks, the Court concludes that a rational jury could find Rodney guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of both bank fraud and receipt of stolen federal funds.
Furthermore, the Court finds that the evidence adduced by the Government regarding the notationsmade on Rodney's account screen by Fleet's telephone customer service representative raises a reasonable inference that Rodney was aware of Fleet's notifications and the activity in his account. The Court finds that a rational jury could reasonably infer that Rodney's actions during this time are consistent with knowledge and participation in the fraudulent scheme of which he stands accused.
In short, when the evidence is considered as a whole, after viewing it in a light most favorable to the Government and granting the Government the benefit of all reasonable inferences, the Court finds ample basis from which a rational trier of fact could conclude that Rodney is guilty of the offenses charged beyond a reasonable doubt. Accordingly, the Court denies Rodney's motion for a judgment of acquittal.

B. THE COURT'S


when it sold the landfill to a private party.
Section 337.15 required any action based on alleged defects in the design, construction or operation of the landfill be *390 brought within 10 years after the county ceased ownership and operation of the landfill. Because plaintiffs and appellants Stephen Gaggero and Sue Gaggero, individually and as trustees of the Gagerro Family Trust (collectively Gaggeros), and The Good Earth Nursery, Inc., did not file their complaint, which alleges the county is responsible for subsidence on the site of the landfill, until 2000, their complaint is time-barred.

FACTUAL SUMMARY
The county opened the Fallbrook landfill in 1959 and closed it in 1967. In 1969 Hollis Warner and Bernice Warner bought the landfill from the county in an "as is" transaction.
The Gaggeros bought the landfillfrom the Warners in 1974 and operated a nursery on it. In 1985 Stephen Gaggero noticed subsidence on the property and attributed it to settling of the landfill. Since 1988 the county has monitored the site for purposes of detecting methane gas migration and water intrusion into the site.
In 1998 and 1999 severe subsidence at the former landfill caused major damage to nursery structures on the property. According to plaintiffs, the subsidence was the result of a defective design and operation of the landfill. In particular, they allege decomposition of material placed in the landfill produced methane gas, which in turn has created void pockets in areas beneath the landfill covering.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On June 11, 1999, the Gaggeros filed a claim for damages with the county. The claim was


H1Z1 broke out of “Early access”

Cooked in H1Z1 Early access on Steam more than three years. In January 2015 the gunman landed on the shores of Early Access, and in 2016-m split into two games — “varivestis” H1Z1: Just Survive and H1Z1 battle Royal: King of the Kill. This metamorphosis is not over: the first eventually turned into Just Survive, and the second in H1Z1. Now the developers of Daybreak Games has decided that the shooter has had enough turmoil and can leave the “Early access”.

The main novelty release — mode Auto Royale. It on the battlefield face 30 teams of four, with each of the groups moves through the level on the machine. Group circling, destroy each other and collect weapons and power — UPS- repair kits,mines, and so on. At Auto Royale you can find two unique “cars” — fast and nimble sedan and an armored reconnaissance vehicles.

New fun is still not in place as it should and is at the stage of beta testing. However, the authors promise to follow the community feedback and, if necessary, to make the car a Royal battle changes.

With the release of the game added to not only Auto mode Royale supplements enough. Now, in the beginning of the match, you can choose the landing point and see where there are other players. Also, H1Z1 is back awards according to results of battles, such as victory in battle for singles, pairs or groups of five you will Crate container Victory. In addition, the creators have adjusted the


Lawyer call on International Criminal Court to investigate Cambodian leaders for atrocities

THE HAGUE, Netherlands – A human rights lawyer is calling on the International Criminal Court to investigate Cambodian authorities and the country's authoritarian leader, Prime Minister Hun Sen, for what he says is a systematic pattern of crimes to crush dissent and attempts to shield former Khmer Rouge leaders from genocide prosecutions.

American attorney Morton Sklar says the request is based on a "systemic" pattern of attacks on political opponents and what he portrayed as Cambodian government efforts to stymie the work of the United Nations-backed tribunal prosecuting members of the Khmer Rouge regime, whose rule from 1975-1979 left an estimated 1.7 million people dead from starvation, disease, forced labor and executions.from Cornell University, and an MBA from The Anderson School at UCLA.

Jeff Lotman, CEO Global Icons, LLC and Co-Founder Global Biomimicry, LLC:
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An award-winning entrepreneur, author, and biomimetic inventor, Jay Harman has founded and grown multi-million-dollar research and manufacturing companies that develop, patent, and license innovative products, ranging from prize-winning watercraft to interlocking building bricks, afterburners for aircraft engines, and non-invasive technology for measuring blood glucose and other electrolytes. He is credited with being among the first pioneering scientists to make biomimicry a cornerstone of modern and future engineering. His latest ventures—PAX Scientific, PAX Water Technologies, PAX Mixer, and PAX Streamline—design more efficient industrial equipment including refrigeration, turbines, fans, mixers, and pumps based on Jay’s revolutionary concepts.

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continuously fractious antagonist, the restrained and polite teenage students, the completely ignored science (a baby chimp mutates into a giant gorilla), and the explosive overacting duels between Michael Gough and his co-stars.

Dr Decker returns from a disastrous African research trip with some rare plants and a baby chimp (no problems with customs, strangely). After making some outlandish, long-winded claims to the press about crossing the scientific divide between plants and animals, he soon finds himself in conflict with the Dean of Essex College, where he lecherously lectures. Continuing with his researches to prove his claims, he breeds his giant plants and injects their sap into the monkey.But I'm telling you the plot. Needless to say, the chimp/gorilla can easily be hypnotised to sit in the back of avan and leap out and murder the doctor's rivals. But everything goes tits up when a giant-sized Konga rampages through suburbia...Michael Gough is as over-the-top as the strain on his heart will allow, but still gets upstaged by the gorilla suit. Young pop singer Jess Conrad plays the student rival for the object of his affections, and a young Steven Berkoff (with hair!) is one of his college colleagues. Jack Watson (Vault of Horror, Tower of Evil, The Wild Geese) plays a rather wooden detective with the worst line in the whole movie (it's in the trailer). George Pastell, fresh from ordering Christopher Lee about in The Mummy, again flashes his turban. Probably cast because he's good at getting throttled...

The tone is alternately sedate and dramatically frantic. Schizophrenically


He always cracks me up.The carnivorous plants in Dr Decker's greenhouse are also impressively animated. Not quite as bizarre as the shadowy mutations in Die Monster Die! but these get much more screen time. Some snap, some wiggle, some just look extremely phallic in an otherwise repressed post-1950s atmosphere.

OK. It's a bad movie with a monkey-suit, but it can't be dismissed as a kiddie flick because of its barely restrained sexual obsessions, and occasional sadistic violence. The ending even achieves a little poignancy. After all, in everything bad, there's always a little good.I get an extra kick from this film, knowing that it was shot near to where I live. The locations include the streets around Merton Park Studios (see the previous entry), Croydon High Street (standing inbrand new introduction by teen star Jess Conrad.

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I think a healthy hunk of Konga's schizophrenic tone--and moment of poignancy--can be attributed to Gerard Schurmann's score, which jumps back and forth excitedly between themes even in the opening credits. (Sadly, the jarring jump in the end titles music is clearly a case of astonishingly sloppy chopping. But Cohen was wise enough to usher the score off to the side as Big Ben chimed over Decker and his poor little monkey in its shadow.)

I'm crazy about Michael Gough, even when he's in total grot like Batman & Robin or tiny roles in arguably better films like Venom, and his Cohen films are the primary reason. He plays such a complete and utter hateful bastard so delightfully in all of


as well. Anythng with a man in cheesy ape suit gets two thumbs up from me.

Konga will be released on a Region 2 DVD by Network on May 13th, 2013 and is available for pre-order from amazon uk. It seems a lifetime ago now since I went to see this at the pictures as a 14 year old in 1961. We thought it was great in those days. The music score helped it no end and the main reason it works so well is because Michael Gough plays his part absolutely straight. I could watch him in anything. He was a fine actor.

When I went to see it, the supporting film was "The Hellfire Club", starring Keith Michell and Peter Arne, in'Scope and colour and with the tamestPollution levels in many Chinese lakes have declined somewhat from high levels in the past decade, helped by billion-dollar investments in urban sewers and waste water treatment.

Concentrations of phosphorous fell by a third from 2006 to 2014 in 862 freshwater lakes in China, although they remain above clean water levels, according to an article published this week in the journal Nature Geoscience.

Phosphorous is vital to life, but high concentrations can trigger blooms of toxic algae that choke fish and other life. Man-made sources of phosphorous include waste water, livestock farming, aquaculture and chemicals.

Improved sanitation facilities are key

"The current decline in the most populated areas is due to improved sanitation facilities such as pipelines, waste water treatment plants and improved rural toilets," says Yan Lin, one of the authors


MANILA, Philippines—United States President Barack Obama has nominated a State Department intelligence official for the next United States ambassador to the Philippines.

Philip Goldberg, Assistant Secretary at the Bureau for Intelligence and Research (INR) at the US Department of State, will replace outgoing US Ambassador to the Philippines Harry Thomas Jr., if confirmed by the US Congress, the US Embassy in Manila said yesterday.

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Thomas will be leaving the Philippines soon, having completed a three-year tour of duty here.

Goldberg, 57, was one of eight officials that Obama nominated to key administration posts on July 30, including the new US envoys to Indonesia, Namibia, Trinidad and Tobago, Cameroon, Argentina and Niger, as well as a new deputy interior secretary.

“I am grateful that these impressive individuals have chosen to dedicate their talentsto serving the American people at this important time for our country. I look forward to working with them in the months and years ahead,” Obama said in a statement that the US Embassy released on Wednesday.

Goldberg, a career diplomat, has served various posts around Eastern Europe, Africa and Latin America throughout his career.

A Boston native, Goldberg served as the State Department’s Bosnia Desk Officer from 1994 to 1996, during the Bosnian War. He returned to the home office as special assistant and later executive assistant to the deputy secretary of state until 2000.

He briefly served as acting deputy assistant secretary for legislative affairs in 2001 before being posted in Santiago, Chile, as charge d’affaires and deputy chief of mission until 2004.

Goldberg then served as chief of mission


in Pristina, Kosovo, from 2005 to 2006 before being posted to Bolivia from 2006 to 2008, his last known overseas posting.

His time in Bolivia was punctuated by controversy after Bolivian President Evo Morales kicked him out of the country in 2008, accusing the US envoy of meddling in state affairs amid the political unrest in the South American state.

Bolivia suspected Goldberg of provoking the political opposition and of ordering US Peace Corps volunteers to undertake surveillance in their areas of assignment, charges that Washington denied.

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Morales, who figured in the news earlier this month after Europe diverted a plane carrying the Bolivian president suspected of carrying US fugitive and intelligence whistle-blower Edward Snowden, is known to be an ally of Venezuela, a US critic.

Goldberg also served as an officerat the US Embassy in Bogota, Colombia and Pretoria, South Africa.

In his current posting at the State Department, Goldberg is at the lead of intelligence gathering and analysis “to serve US diplomacy.” His office also “serves as the focal point in the State Department for ensuring policy review of sensitive counterintelligence and law enforcement activities around the world,” the State Department said on its website.

His office, the INR, also “analyzes geographical and international boundary issues,” according to the State Department website.

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The Calgary Flames signed defenseman Noah Hanifin to a six-year, $29.7 million ($4.95M AAV) on Thursday night. The Flames acquired Hanifin from the Carolina Hurricanes in late-June trade. Calgary gave up Dougie Hamilton, Michael Ferland and Adam Fox and received the 21-year-old defenseman and forward Elias Lindholm. Hanifin is coming off of the best offensive…

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A controller identifies a condition of a hazardous internal short by comparing patterns of series element voltages to the last known balance condition of the series elements. If the loaded or resting voltage of one or more contiguous series elements uniformly drop from the previously known condition by an amount consistent with an over-current condition, an over-current internal short circuit fault is registered. The desired response is to prevent the affected series elements from heating to a hazardous temperature by summoning the maximum heat rejection capability of the system until the short ceases and the affected elements cool, the cooling function is no longer able to operate due to low voltage, or the affected series string has drained all of its energy through the short. Also includes areGain (xe2x80x9cDGxe2x80x9d) stage.
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trustee's fee of $12,036 by charging 10 percent against the unpaid balance of the purchase money note ($87,518.27) and the home improvement note ($32,849.54). However, neither note provided for a 10 percent trustee's fee. The deed of trust for the purchase money note provided for a "reasonable trustee's fee," and the home improvement note provided for a five percent trustee's fee as a "commission" if the property was sold at foreclosure.
The record also shows that Edwards was not a third party trustee; rather, he was the president of the bank that loaned the money. He was not paid a "trustee's fee" by Galveston S & L. Much of what he did in connection with the two loans he would have done as president of the bank, even iflater this year; bringing the grand total of Blue Flag beaches and marinas in the UAE to 12. This follows a successful pilot year in 2011, in which the UAE’s first four Blue Flags were awarded.

These newly awarded sites join a global list of 3,849 beaches and marinas across 46 different countries, from the tropical shores of the Caribbean islands to the rugged cliffs of New Zealand. The beaches and marinas awarded the flag include:

Lisa Perry, Programmes Director at EWS-WWF stated: “It is with great pleasure we are able to announce that seven more sites have been awarded the Blue Flag in the UAE with another due to be announced later in the year. The commitment of beach and marina management and operators across the country is very


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Was the west bank of the Nile farmed in Ancient Egypt?

This seems like a simple question, but I couldn't find an answer that would have used the detail I was hoping. So, the background: I've been going through Bob Brier's 'The History of Ancient Egypt' and in it, he often mentions that the west bank of the Nile was the realm of the dead, and west in general was a metaphor for the dead.
What Mr Brier hasn't mentioned to this point is how this affected the land on the western half. As the floods of the Nile would have extended to both east and west, did the people farm only the "living" part or also the "deadlands" of the west?
General searches on farming provide the crops theyused which are not of interest. This site says that the lands of the dead was:

For the ancient Egyptians, the west (specifically the desert west of the Nile) was the destination of the dead.

Implying that the western bank would have perhaps been good for farming though doesn't indicate anything for certain.
In Mr Brier's book, he mentions that military action took place on both sides of the river (including defensive organisations):

Sesostris I (1971–1926 B.C.) was another great king. He built forts in Nubia
  (the Biblical Kush) to control the gold supply. These mud-brick forts were
  very impressive. There was one on each side of the Nile to control trade
  on the river

... and that, in general, the west was a symbol of death:

The second


Katherine Kealoha will go to jail as she awaits her sentencing in October.

U.S. District Court Judge J. Michael Seabright revoked Kealoha’s bail Friday and ordered her detained in the Federal Detention Center in Honolulu.

The former city prosecutor, her former Honolulu police chief husband Louis Kealoha and two police officers who conspired to frame her uncle for the theft of her mailbox in June 2013 were convicted Thursday of conspiracy.

The jury also found them guilty of three obstruction of justice charges, after hearing evidence for 18 days and deliberating for one and a half days.

Louis Kealoha and the two convicted officers — Derek Hahn and Minh-Hung “Bobby” Nguyen — remain free on bail until their sentencing hearings in October.

One other defendant in the trial — retired HPD Major Gordonsitting on undeveloped land and waiting for its value to rise.

Since 1995, the value of land in the UK has risen by 544 per cent whereas the value of the buildings sitting it has only risen by 219 per cent. And the value of land is largely determined by its location, not by any effort on the part of the landowner – a point made by Winston Churchill, a proponent of LVT, in 1909:

“Roads are made, streets are made, services are improved, electric light turns night into day, water is brought from reservoirs a hundred miles off in the mountains – and all the while the landlord sits still. Every one of those improvements is effected by the labour and cost of other people and the taxpayers. To


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Australia-Korea Foundation 2015-16 funding round open

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10 March 2015

The Australia-Korea Foundation (AKF) is seeking innovative ideas from Australians to work collaboratively with their Korean partners and promote a positive image of contemporary Australia. The funding round closes at 4pm AEST Thursday 16th April.

AKF Chair, Mr Peter Coleman, says “The Foundation is offering grants in education, business, sports, science and the arts. We look to support the creation of Korea-expertise among Australians, building cultural, economic and language knowledge to support engagement across a range of fields.”

The priority areas for the Australia-Korea Foundation in 2015-16 are:

Korean language and literacy;

Economic diplomacy;

Science and innovation (with a focus on health, ageing and social change); and

Sports diplomacy (deepening sports and business relations developed during the 2015 AFC Asian Cup and the forthcoming 2018 WinterThe European Commission has presented proposals for two programmes, "Fiscalis 2007" and "Customs 2007", to help Member States work more closely together against tax and customs fraud, through improved electronic systems for information exchange between national administrations, co-operation in investigations, training seminars for customs and tax officials and experts and the exchanges of officials between national administrations. Customs 2007 also aims to reduce customs compliance costs for economic operators by encouraging the development of a paperless electronic customs system. The two programmes would be open to candidate countries as well as Member States. The programmes would replace and strengthen existing programmes that expire at the end of 2002. The proposed Decisions to establish the programmes will be submitted to the European Parliament and the Council for adoption under


the co-decision procedure. The cost of the programmes would be shared between the European Union budget and the participating countries and, for the EU budget, spread over the five years, would be €56 million for Fiscalis 2007 and €133 million for Customs 2007. Both programmes would run from 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2007.

Taxation and Internal Market Commissioner Frits Bolkestein said "Fiscalis 2007 and Customs 2007 will facilitate more intensive co-operation between Member States, as well as candidate countries, to combat large scale customs and tax fraud. Such fraud seriously damages both EU and national financial interests."

Fiscalis 2007

The Commission's January 2000 report on VAT fraud underscored the need for Member States to commit themselves to strengthening control and administrative co-operation (see IP/00/115). This need was endorsed bythe Council's ad hoc group on tax fraud in their June 2000 report. The existing and new Member States acting alone are not able to assure the proper functioning of the taxation systems of the Internal Market. For example, in the absence of full cooperation between national tax authorities, large scale fraud is possible because goods transported by commercial operators from one Member State to another cross Member States' borders free of VAT or excise duty. The existing Fiscalis programme has proved to be successful in helping Member States to combat fraud. Therefore the Commission proposes that the programme be continued and also extended to direct (income and corporation) tax, whereas the current Fiscalis programme applies only to Value Added Tax (VAT) and excise duties.

Communication and information exchange


and participation in each other's national training courses. Fiscalis 2007 would also include provision for language training, given that an insufficient level of linguistic competence reduces the chances of successful co-operation between administrations.

Customs 2007

The Commission proposal for Customs 2007 is designed to help to facilitate trade and to combat fraud so as to safeguard the financial and security interests of the Community and its citizens. The proposed programme also takes into account the increasingly important role of customs with regard to new policies such as health and environmental protection. A particular focus of Customs 2007 will be helping candidate countries to prepare their systems to respond to open market conditions and to implement customs controls on behalf of the EU at the new external frontier.

Co-operation against fraud

Customs 2007customs tariffs to be sent out each day in eleven languages. There is also work underway to link to applicant countries' systems in preparation for their accession.

Training

Customs 2007 would continue existing training activities common training programmes, exchanges of officials, seminars, workshops and project groups, and technical assistance to the applicant countries and to the administrations of non-EU countries.

The full text of the proposed Decisions to establish the Fiscalis 2007 programme and the Customs 2007 programme)" are available on the Europa internet site:


'A Chorus Line' Takes The Show On The Road

Now-classic Piece Has Original Star Directing

If "A Chorus Line" was created today, there's a good chance the show would not make it to Broadway.

The big-budget revivals and techno-driven musicals that inhabit Broadway today are worlds away from a stripped-down production about a group of unknown dancers auditioning for a show.

But in 1975, producers were more willing to take a chance on a different product. "A Chorus Line" opened on Broadway on July 25, 1975, and proved a runaway hit. It logged 6,137 performances before closing on April 28, 1990. Since then, numerous touring productions have been launched, with the latest one arriving Tuesday to Chrysler Hall.

Though the show now qualifies as a period piece like "Show Boat" or "Oklahoma!" itstill delivers a fresh message. Against a bare stage, a group of performers spill out their childhood memories, a few quite painful, and ponder their future in the business. The scenario is relived every day as young people flock to New York City for a chance to make it big on Broadway.

"It still resonates today because people can relate to those characters," says Baayork Lee, who directed the current touring production.

Lee credits "A Chorus Line" with launching her second career as a director of musicals and operas. She grew up in New York City and at age 5, appeared on Broadway in "The King and I" starring Yul Brynner. She originated the role of Connie in "A Chorus Line" and rose to become assistant director to Michael Bennett,


one of Broadway's legendary choreographers and the show's creator. As the popularity of "A Chorus Line" spawned other productions here and abroad, Bennett tapped Lee to direct some of them.

In the 1970s, when it was difficult for women to get directing jobs, Lee says she was "blessed that he let me take over for him." She put together this current show, which opened in Atlanta July 10 and will tour for 13 weeks.

"A Chorus Line" rings true because its script draws from the actual experiences of a group of 22 dancers whom Bennett gathered together one night in 1974. During a marathon session that Bennett taped, the dancers talked about their family backgrounds and their dreams of becoming a dancer. Their stories range from one boy who followedhis sister to dance class to a girl who was ridiculed by her high school drama teacher and swore she'd prove him wrong.

The dancers also unburdened their fears about being rejected in an audition and about growing older in a business that focuses on youth and stamina. Many of the concerns emerged in the show in the character of Cassie, an older dancer who's competing for a spot in the chorus line.

Lee was among that original group that Bennett convened.

"People started talking about their childhood stories, which were amazing," she says. "We did two workshops, which had never existed before. Dancers contributed choreography and dialogue and participated in the development of the workshop."

Another declaration to come out of the sessions was that dancers deserve more respect and recognition


for the contribution they make to a Broadway show, she says.

"Dancers are always on the lowest rung of the ladder," she says. "We're the lowest paid. We're asked to do the most and stay the longest."

"One (Singular Sensation)," the show's signature song, is an eloquent tribute to the unique contribution each individual brings to a production.

Bennett took the raw tapes and fashioned a script with writer Nicholas Dante. The script was shown to producer Joseph Papp, who provided the money and the space for the workshops. Marvin Hamlisch wrote the music with Edward Kleban as lyricist.

Broadway audiences were stunned when "A Chorus Line" opened in 1975. The show won nine Tony Awards, the Pulitzer Prize and numerous other awards.

Lee stayed with "A Chorus Line" for three years beforeThe MoHu Arts Festival is back.

The 10-day event begins Friday, Oct. 5, as a way to draw attention to the diversity of arts offerings in the region. And once again I have mixed feelings.

Yes, it's great the event supports the arts in all its diversity. That includes big-name guests to our region: Nobel Prize-winning novelist J.M. Coetzee at the New York State Writers Institute on Oct. 12 or Warren Haynes on Oct. 13 at The Egg come to mind.

It also includes plenty of homegrown talent, from small-scale classes such as Beginning Crochet with Barbara Neu-Berti on Oct. 7 at the Sand Lake Center for the Arts (limited to 12 students) to a big collaboration by Albany Pro Musica and Albany Symphony Orchestra, who will perform Bach's Magnificat on


SEOUL, South Korea -- Was it a bluff? A warning that Washington would shoot down North Korea's next missile test? A restatement of past policy? Or simply just what it seemed: a straightforward threat of annihilation from the president of the United States?

Officials and pundits across Asia struggled Wednesday to parse Donald Trump's vow Tuesday at the U.N. General Assembly to "totally destroy North Korea" if provoked.

In a region well used to Pyongyang's pursuit of nuclear weapons generating a seemingly never-ending cycle of threats and counter-threats, Trump's comments stood out.

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South Korea officially played them down, while some politicians worried that Trump's words signaled a loss of influence for Seoul. Tokyo focused on his mention of Japanese citizens abducted by the North. Analystsacross Asia expressed surprise, worry, even wry amusement, in one case, that Trump's words seemed to mirror threats normally emanating from North Korean state media.

Amid the speculation, the focus of Trump's belligerence, North Korea, remained silent in the hours after the speech.

Officials from the office of South Korean President Moon Jae-in, a liberal who has advocated dialogue with the North while being forced into a hawkish position by the North's weapons tests, called Trump's words a signal of Washington's strong resolve to deal with the North, but also essentially a repetition of the basic stance that all options will be considered when confronting Pyongyang.

Trump has previously threatened the North with "fire and fury." Pyongyang responded to those past remarks with a string of weapons tests, including its sixth


and most powerful nuclear detonation and two missiles that flew over U.S. ally Japan.

Park Soo-hyun, a Moon spokesman, said that Trump's comments "reaffirmed the need to put maximum sanctions and pressure against North Korea's nuclear and missile provocations" so that Pyongyang realizes that abandoning its nuclear weapons is the only way forward.

Marcus Noland, a North Korea specialist with the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, said in an online post that Trump's threat will feed a long-standing North Korean narrative that claims that the United States poses an existential threat.

"With those words, President Trump handed the Kim regime the soundbite of the century. It will play on a continuous loop on North Korean national television," Noland wrote.

North Korea's regular weapons tests are an attempt to create anarsenal of nuclear missiles that can threaten U.S. troops throughout Asia and the U.S. mainland. Pyongyang tested its first two intercontinental ballistic missiles in July and claims that it can now accurately reach the U.S. homeland, though outside experts say the North may still need more tests before its weapons are fully viable. Each new test pushes the nation that much closer to that goal.

Some South Korean opposition politicians saw the comments as another sign that South Korea is losing its voice in international efforts to deal with the North's nuclear program.

Trump's U.N. speech came days after U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis created unease in South Korea by saying without elaboration that the United States has military options against North Korea that wouldn't involve the destruction of Seoul.


The South Korean capital is within easy artillery range of the huge array of North Korean weapons dug in along a border only an hour's drive from greater Seoul's 25 million people.

Kim Su-min, a lawmaker in the People's Party, expressed worry that South Korean officials heard nothing from Washington before both Mattis' and Trump's remarks.

"The government should comprehensively review its diplomatic and national security system and do its absolute best so that our stance on critical issues related to the existence of our country and the lives of our people doesn't go ignored," Kim said.

Diplomacy meant to rid the North of its nukes has been moribund for years, and Pyongyang has made huge strides over the last several years in its quest for nuclear tipped missiles that canreach anywhere in the world. Trump has pushed Beijing, which is the North's only major ally, to do more to influence Pyongyang's behavior, so far to no avail.

A Chinese expert on North Korea was surprised by the vehemence of Trump's speech, saying "his rhetoric is full of military force."

Cheng Xiaohe of Renmin University said in an interview that he initially thought that "the U.S. had nearly declared war on North Korea." The speech signals that "if North Korea conducts another missile test, the U.S. is very likely to intercept."

Officials in Tokyo, meanwhile, welcomed a reference by Trump to North Korea's abduction of Japanese citizens in the 1970s and '80s.

"I think it means an understanding has gotten through" to the United States and other countries, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary


Yasutoshi Nishimura said, according to Kyodo News service.

Trump said, "We know it kidnapped a sweet 13-year-old Japanese girl from a beach in her own country to enslave her as a language tutor for North Korea's spies."

Shigeru (R) and Sakie Yokota, the parents of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korean agents in 1977, show portraits of their daughter which were brought back by Japanese delegates from North Korea after a fact-finding mission, in this November 2004 file photo. Getty

The girl, Megumi Yokota, was one of at least 17 people that Japan says North Korea kidnapped.

Andrei Lankov, a North Korea expert at Kookmin University in South Korea, described Trump's threats as similar to the type of bluffing that North Korea has used for decades.

"It's a bit funny toNew Delhi: While giving relief to Delhiites, the Delhi High Court has extended the deadline by July 23 for reviewing the report put up by Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) to study the feasibility of proposed BRT corridor in the city. While criticizing the proposed BRT corridor, the HC ruled that there was no need of a BRT corridor in the city for the time being.

Senior lawyer KTS Tulsi, appearing for Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) before a division bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and RS Endlaw, said that the CRRI has given a similar report in this regard.

Tulsi further said that taking this into consideration the chaotic scene in the BRT corridor, it has become necessary for the Delhi government to look into the report and file


there was a defect of parties because the Board of Review had not been made a respondent, and (2) the petition was untimely because more than thirty days had passed since the filing of the Commission's orders in 1977 and 1978. The circuit court sustained the demurrer on the second ground and dismissed the petition.
This case raises the question of the proper procedure to follow in appealing an assessment by the Tax Commission. Prior to enactment of the APA, a taxpayer aggrieved by an assessment appealed to the Tax Commission, and, if dissatisfied with the Commission's decision, then appealed to the Tax Board of Review. Code §§ 12-37-50, 12-5-50. If unable to obtain relief through this process of administrative review, the taxpayer could pay the tax under protestMelanie Balakit

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The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee has settled a free speech lawsuit with Giles County school officials, calling the settlement a "victory for free speech," according to a news release.

The ACLU-TN filed the lawsuit in November against the school district's superintendent, school board and a high school principal after a student was prohibited from wearing a pro-LGBT T-shirt to school.

The T-shirt read "Some People Are Gay, Get Over It." Prohibition of the T-shirt violated students' free speech rights, according to the lawsuit.

Contrary to Giles County school officials, a United States district judge upheld students' rights to wear pro-LGBT apparel to school.

A temporary injunction written by United States District Judge Kevin Sharp in December said students are allowed to wear pro-LGBT apparel to school as long as


it does not disrupt the school environment.

The injunction also said Giles County school employees cannot prohibit students from wearing apparel "bearing the rainbow symbol or other symbols and phrases associated with LGBT rights."

Sharp later wrote a preliminary injunction again defending a student's right to wear pro-LGBT apparel to school.

The student's T-shirt, though political in nature, did not disrupt the school environment, according to the injunction.

"Student expression on LGBT issues is speech on a purely political topic, which falls clearly within the ambit of the First Amendment's protection," the preliminary injunction states.

The lawsuit settlement comes after the Giles County school board approved a new dress code in June.

The new dress code prohibits students from wearing apparel with writing on it, unless it is a school-approved T-shirt or trademark logo.

The    Hrusovsky’s convictions stem from the sexual assault of the eight-

year-old victim that occurred multiple times in 1993 and 1994.4 Hrusovsky

also took indecent photographs of the victim at his photography studio.5 As

stated above, he pled guilty and was sentenced on June 20, 1996.

Specifically, the court sentenced him to three consecutive terms of five to 15

years’ incarceration for the IDSI counts, and a consecutive term of one to

three years’ imprisonment for the sexual abuse conviction. These sentences

were to run concurrently to a sentence imposed against Hrusovsky in

Northampton County.6

        The docket reflects that the case was inactive until January 27, 2014,

when Hrusovsky filed a pro se motion for transcription.     The court denied

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Specifically, he raised claims

challenging the legality of his sentence and the failure to join his Lehigh

County cases with the case in Northampton County.

      On May 27, 2014, in its Pa.R.Crim.P. 907 notice, the PCRA court

notified Hrusovsky of its intention to treat the filing as a PCRA petition, and

to dismiss the petition without a hearing.     See Order, 5/27/2014.       In a

footnote, the court explained its rationale for dismissing the case:

              Although attempting to style his request for a relief as a
      challenge to legality of sentence imposed after guilty plea
      entered inand Giannis was awesome at it. When Giannis got his first triple double is where Monroe really started to look like he might not fit long term with the Bucks, because before he had been part of the problem (with his defense) but he was also part of the solution because they desperately needed his bully ball scoring with such a cramped lane. But with the ball in Giannis’ hands, and him being such a monster going to the hoop, having a good roll man became way more valuable to the Bucks. And that is how Miles Plumlee went from an end of bench afterthought in the Brandon Knight trade, to a guy who looked really good and signing a 4 year $50 million deal. Before Point Giannis,


Recent months have seen increasing deadly skirmishes between military forces along the Nagorno-Karabakh/Azerbaijan border in the South Caucasus.

These tensions are rooted in the region’s 20-year-old armed conflict involving the states of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh, which has resulted in more than a million people displaced between 1988 and 1994.

Yet despite these recent incidents and past traumatic personal experiences, lasting peaceful interactions have emerged across ethnic and national boundaries, some of them centered on the preservation of cultural heritage.

Indeed, while there have been many incidents of cultural destruction during the conflict, several communities – some of which I have studied myself – have made efforts to respect, protect and preserve heritage sites associated with their supposed ethnic and national “enemies.”

Break up of the Soviet Union led to conflict

In thepast, Armenians and Azeris have had considerable periods of co-existence and cooperation. The two groups had a significant rate of intermarriage during the Soviet period and shared cities, buildings and sometimes apartments. The two populations still interact daily, for example, in the Kvemo-Kartli region in Southern Georgia and in Tabriz, Iran.

In the late 1980s, however, as the Soviet Union slowly collapsed, tensions arose in Nagorno-Karabakh, an enclave located in the highlands of the South Caucasus.

Assigned by the Soviet authorities to the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic, a country with an important Muslim majority, the region was mostly populated by ethnic Armenians who are in majority orthodox Christians.

When South Caucasian countries announced their independence, conflicts between ethnic Armenians and Azerbaijanis increased as the Nagorno-Karabakh sought to join the new Armenian


republic. The situation triggered a six-year-long armed conflict between Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh, backed by Armenia.

Between 1988 and 1994, the conflict resulted in 30,000 to 35,000 fatalities, and the displacement of more than a million people, leading to two-way exoduses of entire villages between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Armenians fled to the newly independent Armenian state and Azeris residing in Armenia and Karabakh moved to Azerbaijan. The conflict ended with a 1994 cease-fire agreement, the Bishkek protocol signed under the aegis of an international council of nations known as the Minsk group. However, further negotiations have failed to create a permanent peaceful resolution.

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Tensions flaring again

Nagorno-Karabakh thus maintains a de facto autonomous status, although internationally still recognized as part of Azerbaijan.

Over the past two years, the cease fired has been breadedweekly resulting in the death of almost a hundred people. 2014 was the deadliest year since 1994. And 2015 has not started well. For the month of January alone, Armenian news reported 11 fatalities on its side, while Azerbaijan recorded 14 dead. The continuing skirmishes have triggered fears of a return to wholesale conflict.

Several proposals have been made to improve the deteriorating situation. One solution focuses on the development of symbolic, cultural initiatives that would promote an atmosphere conducive to negotiation.

Antagonism has long marked the relationship between Armenians, on the one hand, and Turkey and Azerbaijan on the other. This has led to numerous destructions on both sides of cultural symbols such as churches, mosques, Christian and Muslim cemeteries, museums, and libraries of old manuscripts.

Evidence suggests, for example,


that the Azerbaijani army destroyed the cemetery of Djulfa, in Nakhitchevan (part of Azerbaijan.)

This medieval site included several thousand khachkars – sculpted stone crosses historically connected to Armenian traditions. Khachkars are strongly connected to Armenian identity and craftsmanship and are, as of 2010, listed as UNESCO’s intangible World Heritage.

Image © 2009 DigitalGlobe, Inc and AAAS

Even preservation efforts have, at times, been counterproductive.

The Karabakh government has, for example, restored mosques as Persian rather than Azerbaijani mosques, thus denying the ethnic attribution of the construction. In Baku, Azerbaijan, the Armenian church Saint Gregory was restored, only to be later used as the Presidential library.

And yet, beyond the resentment fueled by nationalist ideologies, individuals from across the region have found ways to establish trustful relationships with their neighbors.

A tale of twovillages

During the early development of the Nagorno-Karabakh war, increasing threats towards Armenians living in Azerbaijan and toward Azeris residing in Armenia and Karabakh led to a massive population movement. Up to 28,000 people engaged in swaps between villages.

One of these exchanges was documented in an ethnographic study by Arsen Hakobyan.

The story unfolded as follows. In the late 1980s, Armenian village elders from a village in Azerbaijan gathered and discussed possibilities to re-settle their community in Armenia. A group was organized to visit several Azeri villages in Armenian territory. After due consideration a contract was signed between what had been the Azeri village of Kyzyl-Shafag in northern Armenia and what had been the Armenian village of Kerkendj in Azerbaijan.

As the exchange started, some Armenians and Azeris remained in their


original villages long enough to teach the newcomers about their environment and subsistence economy. As the Armenians arrived in Kyzyl-Shafag, for example, Azeris had already planted potatoes and taught the new owners (who had previously mostly been involved in viticulture) how to cultivate these tubers, and how to breed cattle.

Hakobyan 2006 in Hakobyan, 2011, Anthropology of ethnic conflicts in the context of everyday life, Acta Ethnographica Hungarica, 56 (2), pp. 429–447

Councils from the two villages not only agreed to exchange houses and skills, they also trusted each other to protect their cemeteries and culturally significant constructions. These had been left behind as a central stipulation of the exchange contract.

Today in the Armenian cemetery in Kerkendji, Azerbaijan, the gates, fences, tombs, and even the trees, are still being caredfor. And, as no Armenians can access the location, Azeri villagers send pictures of the cemetery to them on their phones. This contact between the two groups is integrated in their communities and goes beyond the act of preserving buildings.

Hakobyan 2006 in Hakobyan, 2011, Anthropology of ethnic conflicts in the context of everyday life, Acta Ethnographica Hungarica, 56 (2), pp. 429–447

Meanwhile in the once Azeri village of Kyzyl-Shafag there was a rock on a hill, revered by both Armenians and Azeris. Next to this rock was the Azeri mullah’s house. Several years after the exchange, the Armenian newcomers decided to build a chapel (vank) near the sacred stone. The construction was then consecrated in 1997 with a feast involving Azerbaijani musicians.

Even the next generation is involved in this


contract. In the now Armenian village of Kyzyl-Shafag, young people can still watch a 20-year-old video tape of their parents’ village of Kerkendj. Since they cannot access the village anymore, this tape connects them to the genesis of their community.

These agreements are not systematic but they do exist throughout the entire region.

Preservation of memories can help resolve conflicts

I had the opportunity to spend two summers (2008-9) in Kalavan, a village in Armenia that still retains much of its Azeri heritage – such as the mullah’s house and the Muslim cemetery. As in Kyzyl-Shafag, there is a sacred stone which today is used for Christian rituals but was once revered by the Azeri population. Some of the Kalavan residents are still in touch with their Azerbaijani counterparts to exchangenews about their respective communities.

Another village, Yeghegis, in Armenia, has preserved murals in its historical buildings, places of worship and cemeteries, irrespective of their ethnic, religious, or cultural affiliations.

As several post-Soviet countries currently undergo significant unrest and secessionist threats, tension in the South Caucasus may significantly increase. Moreover, despite modest progress in the peace-making process in March, the Armenian and Azerbaijani states foster these tensions by, among other things, building a mono-ethnic, mono-cultural national history.

The above examples of cooperation contradict the current ideology that coexistence is impossible.

Reanimating the peace-building process should thus include careful consideration of these tenuous yet significant interactions, and emphasize the preservation of unbiased memory as an instrument for conflict resolution.


cohort). Children from diverse backgrounds were enrolled from all over Germany irrespective of their health status; they were selected using a sophisticated sampling design to ensure they represented the German population.

Three study teams travelled over three years and set up temporary examination centres in 167 locations across the country. The baseline examination of 4,716 participants aged 3 to 17 included blood pressure, height and weight. The measurements were repeated 11 years later in the 14 to 29-year-olds, who also had an ultrasound of their arteries. The ultrasound assessed the thickness of the inner two layers of the carotid artery: thicker lining is an early indicator of clogged arteries.

High blood pressure (hypertension) at baseline was associated with a 33% increased risk of having a thicker lining of the artery[Changes in bones of the foot and development of inserting tendons of the lower leg musculature in tibial aplasia].
Skeleton, muscles and tendons were investigated in 3 lower legs with aplasia of the tibia. The tibiofibular joint appears to be rather a syndesmosis than a diarthrosis. In all 3 cases, talus and calcaneus are connected by a synostosis. Also in the other parts of the skeleton of the feet, synarthroses with different extensions are found. The muscles, normally originating from the tibia, have shifted their origin to the fibula. The proximal part of the inserting tendons under the retinacula is quite normal. Also, their distal part in the region of the metatarsalia and of the digits exhibits no alterations. In the region of the tarsus in which already alterations


in bone formation are found, the tendons of the flexor muscles of the toes exhibit some variations. Often the muscles show a new, strong insertion into the bones of the tarsus. The normal connection between the proximal and distal parts of the tendons is sometimes still indicated by a thin bundle of collagenous fibers. In all 3 cases, the tibialis anterior muscle inserts into the distal part of the tendons of the flexor muscles of the toes, indicating that there are also connections between tendons of muscles from different blastemas.a giant university town. That explains the excessive number of artists, drinking, and fighting. Maybe the problem was one of presentation: the "main city" from the player's perspective is in the Vale. I wonder why they didn't put the main hub in Jade Forest if it is meant to be the urban area.

I still worry about the lack of workshops for useful tools, machines, or weapons. Where are they? They're not in the urban area with the population density, they're not in the farm area with cheap labor, and they're not near the wall where the need is presumably very high.

@DachengHeh, I always associated the name with "hoser" ala Strange Brew. "Stop it ya hoser!"

@KlepIt's also where the old hippie professor Cho lives and cooks up his various


Michigan awarding $40,200 to the titleholders1 of approximately five acres of land condemned by the federal government for U.S. Interstate Highway 75.

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Originally in 1960 the State of Michigan sought to condemn the same site as a portion of a 10-acre tract then completely owned by Jowan M. June, Inc. This condemnation suit, however, was terminated by Michigan because the Michigan statute did not allow for an enhancement set-off. Eighteen months later a condemnation suit was filed by the United States seeking the five acres still owned by June.  It also sought setoff for the enhancement of the value of the other five acres.  During the interval when neither suit was pending, the five acres not needed for the highway had been conveyed by June, Inc. toTrauskle Investment Company to settle a prior debt.  Trauskle was a separate corporation, incorporated eleven years before June, Inc., whose stockholders, directors and officers are the wives of three former stockholders, directors and officers of June, Inc.

3
The briefs in this case reveal no disputes of fact.  The brief for the United States of America portrays the pretrial and trial proceedings accurately:

4
"On May 22, 1966, the United States requested of the court a pretrial ruling that the 10 acres of the defendants be considered under common ownership for the purposes of this proceeding in order that benefits for project enhancement to the five acres of remainder could be set off in the award of just compensation.  The United States based its argument for this request on