away from his advance, drawing the colossus to the centre of the ruins. Then Khepri slammed his plunger down and a thump resounded through the earth. Seeing Sean was cornered, Tamose raised his flaming sword – and the ground gave way beneath him. With the scream of a vanquished god he fell into a black abyss whose walls were lined with ancient bones. Sean heard a tremendous splash, and when he dared to look over the rim of the pit, he saw a shattered Tamose immersed in a lake that had lain undisturbed for centuries. Steam hissed from the demonic being as its inner fires were quenched; then the earth shook again and buried it.

The locals who had seen Sean’s triumph gave their story to the tabloids andSean became a national hero. Some wanted him to be made king; but Sean had had enough of real or symbolic greatness and contented himself with a carton of beer. Khepri chose to stay in England to promote the rights of insects who were not considered sacred there; and while the tale of Tamose the Transcendent holds a prominent place in the national psyche it has been greatly sanitised for fear of upsetting children or offending recent immigrants.


Striking medical students defeated a plan that required them to perform two years of civil service after graduating.

Rabat, Morocco – Moroccan medical students have defeated a government plan that would have required them to spend two years in a civil service programme after graduation, but concerns persist about the state of the country’s healthcare system.

After months of protests, striking students signed an agreement this month with the health and higher education ministries that abandoned the mandatory civil service programme, which would have required them to work for two years in an area designated by the state – most likely an under-serviced region. The government promised to work out a new programme that integrated students’ feedback.

But the proposed programme has drawn attention to Morocco’s troubled healthcare system. In September,medicine. the long-time founder/editor of The Integrator Blog News & Reports, a primary connective terrain for the diverse stakeholders and professions in the field and was invited in May 2016 to serve as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. Besides his Integrative Practitioner column, he presently writes for Integrative Medicine: A Clinician’s Journal, the Huffington Post and elsewhere. He increasingly enjoys teaching and mentoring. He has keynoted, led plenary sessions, breakouts and offered guest lectures for dozens of organizations ranging from the Bastyr University to the Association of American Medical Colleges, the UCLA School of Medicine to the Institute for Health and Productivity Management, the AANP and AIHM to the American Hospital Association. He has consulted with insurers, employers, professional organizations, universities and government agencies


at all levels. As an organizer, Weeks convened the Integrative Medicine Industry Leadership Summits (2000-2002), directed the National Education Dialogue to Advance Integrated Care (2004-2006), fund-raised the start-up of the Integrated Healthcare Policy Consortium (2002), and co-founded the Academic Collaborative for Integrative Health, which he directed 2007-2015. In 2014, three consortia and others combined to grant him a Lifetime Achievement Living Tribute Award. Four academic institutions have granted Weeks honorary doctorates for his work. Seattle-based, he considers himself a particularly lucky soul to have worked remotely while living with his spouse Jeana Kimball, ND, MPH, and their children in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Puerto Rico for 6 of the last 15 years.nieces), parents, boyfriend and his family, my new sister-in-law, aunt, cousin…

There were chill days, adventure days around the island, rehearsals and dinners, volcanoes, the wedding itself. Getting ready. I’m so excited to see pictures! There were some precious moments: getting “Bridesmaid” shirts from the bride, figuring out hair and makeup, my dad coming in and out – I think the photographer got one of both him and the bride fixing hair in the mirror -, the first look at her in her dress, helping her get her train into the pickup truck she drove to the wedding (oh man. Amazing). Watching her watch my brother, my brother sitting faced away from her at the front. Distracting her when she kept saying, “I look at [him] and I’m gonna


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Overview

Will Scarlet is good at two things: stealing from the rich and keeping secretsskills that are in high demand in Robin Hood's band of thieves, who protect the people of Nottingham from the evil sheriff. Scarlet's biggest secret of all is one only Robin and his men know . . . that the boy terrorizing the sheriff's men is really a girl.

Scarlet's identity is in danger of being exposed when Lord Gisbourne arrives in town to rid Nottingham of the Hood and his men once and for all. As Gisbourne closes in, Scarlet mustdecide how much the people of Nottingham mean to her, especially Robin, whose quick smiles have the rare power to unsettle her. There is real honor among these thieves and so much moremaking this a fight worth dying for.

About the Author

A.C. Gaughen is the author of the Scarlet seriesScarlet, Lady Thief, and Lion Heartas well as Reign the Earth. She serves on the board of directors for the non-profit Boston GLOW to make sure young women have the support they need to become powerful leaders in their communities. She has a Masters in Creative Writing from St. Andrews University in Scotland and a Masters in Education from Harvard University.

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Editorial Reviews

"Debut novelist Gaughen does more than offer a rip-roaring tale, though it is that. The story, told in Scar's


distinctive first-person voice, captivates and gets readers as deeply into the heart of a troubled girl. . . has plenty for both the romantic and the adventure lover." - starred review, Booklist

"Plenty of swashbuckling adventure and a hearty dose of romance power this re-imagining of the legend of Robin Hood." - Publishers Weekly

"Scarlet is a worthy protagonist for adolescent female readers, and [the] nonstop action that peppers the plot will entice male teens with a penchant for semihistorical fiction." - VOYA on LION HEART

From the Publisher

Gaughen debuts with an inspired reimagining of the Robin Hood tale, one narrated by "Scarlet," a girl, and the love interest of 21-year-old "Rob." As in the original, the band of thieves steals from the wealthy to provide to the poor, with helpfrom rascally John Little and other minor miscreants. When the Sheriff of Nottinghamshire hires Lord Gisbourne, a "Thief Taker," to aid him in his tax-collecting mission, Rob and his outlaws fight to stop them before the hangings begin. Tough-minded, independent, and guilt-ridden, Scarlet is an expert thief and knife fighter, who offers detailed and rousing accounts of her feats ("I threw him to the side, and his blade grazed my leg.... His head hit the ground hard, and I didn't 'spect him to get up anytime soon"). But she also lies about her traumatic past and hides her vendetta against Gisbourne, putting everyone at risk. Gaughen creates a believable character in Scarlet, a fierce but feeling heroine surviving in an inequitable and unruly society. Alternating action sequences with


thought you knew!
Scarlet in set in Nottinghamshire, a small town ruled over by the evil and corrupt sheriff who oppresses the people beyond the breaking point. Robin is a nobleman who has had his title, lands and possessions unjustly taken from him. Of course, he loves his people so he steals for them so they can eat and pay their taxes and break them out of the jail when they are locked up. Everything is going as well as usual until the sheriff hires a new thief taker, one that even has the unflappable Will Scarlet terrified.
The story is told from Scarlet’s perspective, and she is the best and most daring thief in Robin Hood’s band. Very few people know that Scarlet is actually a girl, one witha chip on her shoulder and a shadowy past. The boys, Robin, Little John and Much, know what she is and are fiercely protective of Scarlet who hates being fussed over and treated differently.
The first thing you notice when you start reading the book is Scarlet’s dialect and since the book is told from her first person perspective, it’s constant throughout the book. It took me about two pages to get used to it and it seemed so natural after that.
I loved Scarlet! She had so much emotional baggage and a past that was a complete mystery, but it was slowly revealed throughout the book. The pain and angst the character feels is very well written. The fact that she is deadly with the knives made me love


very sure of herself and her capabilities, and has no problem letting people know. She does not dim herself to make others shine. She is good at what she does and she knows it and won't let anyone devalue her. And she is a very complicated character, with complicated motivations and I liked it.
Yes, the book had lots of action, and danger, and suspense...and yes...some good romance. Though...most of the time I wanted to smack the characters. Not every book needs a triangle that gets tiring. But the two men were interesting in their own right, and by the end I was interested in how it would all turn out because John, ah, I worry about John and where he will go from his actions as the end.story, this one still felt fresh and new in the way that it was told. The story of Scarlet is one that I have never read much about and Gaughen’s imagining of who Scarlet could have been is wonderful. Scarlet’s story melds in perfectly with Robin’s and her back story is slowly unraveled, a definite treat in its twists and turns.
Other loved characters such as Big John and Friar Tuck make their appearances as well, some more than others. Much, a character I hadn’t remembered from previous Robin Hood tales, has a big role as one of Hood’s band (along with John), and he quickly became one of my favorite characters. He was so endearing and charming in his own way that it would be hard to do


peopled with characters compelling enough to walk right off the pages.
My favorite character throughout the series is Scarlet, the title character of the first novel, and the point-of-view character through whose eyes readers experience the entire story line in all three books. She is as three-dimensional and realistic as can be, full of unique qualities, abilities, and contradictions --- like her gruff exterior versus her soft heart for the suffering --- that make her a sympathetic character from the first page.
And anyone who appreciates the original Robin Hood tale will be relieved to know that Gaughen took great pains as she crafted each character, and that she included all the usual suspects, so to speak, from Little John to Friar Tuck, but with her own delightful twists inand her band absolutely need to know. Scarlet hints at it certain points during her narrative, but we don't know the whole story. And when the whole story does come out - whoa.
Scarlet is a strong heroine and stands up for herself. At the same time, she can be insecure and tends to hide when she's emotionally wounded or is scared. However, she doesn't allow this insecurity to put her friends in danger. It's almost as if, even though they can't see Scarlet, she's always watching from the trees.
I loved the men in the band as well. Robin is definitely a looker and I was shipping him and Scarlet immediately. He is fighting for his people while at the same time fighting his feelings for Scarlet. It's obvious


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GESSI FURNISHES THE WORLD’S MOST BEAUTIFUL SUITE

The Excelsior Hotel Gallia has always been one of the most prestigious hotels in Milan since 1932 when it opened for the first time under the name of Palazzo Gallia. Milan Studio Marco Piva attended to the restyling in 2015. The aim of Marco Piva was combining contemporary aesthetics with the original Belle Epoque style.

Located on the seventh floor of the Excelsior Hotel Gallia, the Katara Suite is a model of luxury and elegance, with two terraces, four bedrooms and a private spa. Opened in 2016, the Katara Suite, with its thousand square meters, is the absolute top of the Italian Presidential Suite (daily rate starts from 20 thousand euro) and it was created with furnishings from the most prestigious names inItalian design. Gessi luxury fittings style all the bathrooms and spa and a Gessi Private Wellness shower is inserted in a stunning Murano glass chandelier hanging over the jaw dropping round Jacuzzi pool.Last December, the Katara suite, has received the “Oscar of European tourism”, the most prestigious award in the tourism sector, in the category “World’s Leading Hotel Suite”.The World Travel Awards™ was founded in 1993 to recognise, acknowledge and celebrate excellence in the sectors of travel, tourism and hospitality. The winners received their awards on 10 December of last year in Phu Quoc in Vietnam.

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health care system so that it delivers scorable savings, higher quality, and better value to all Americans.

Michael O. Leavitt is the founder and Chairman of Leavitt Partners where he helps clients navigate the future as they transition to new and better models of care. In previous roles, Mr. Leavitt served in the Cabinet of President George W. Bush (as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and Secretary of Health and Human Services) and as a three-time elected governor of Utah.

Mike Leavitt grew up in Cedar City, Utah, where his upbringing was rooted in the values of the American West, with its emphasis on hard work and common sense. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business while working in the insurance industry. In 1984, he became chief executive ofThe Leavitt Group, a family business that is now the nation’s second largest, privately held insurance brokerage.

In 1993, Mr. Leavitt was elected governor of Utah, where he served three terms (1993-2003). In 2003, he joined the Cabinet of President George W. Bush, serving in two positions: first as leader of the Environmental Protection Agency (2003-2005) and then as secretary of Health and Human Services (2005-2009). At HHS, Mr. Leavitt administered a $750 billion budget — nearly 25 percent of the entire federal budget — and 67,000 employees.

He led the implementation of the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Program. The task required the design, systematization and implementation of a plan to provide 43 million seniors with a new prescription drug benefit. By the end of the first year, enrollments


2010, Mr. Leavitt was inducted into Utah's Technology Hall of Fame.

Mr. Leavitt is, at heart, an entrepreneur. As governor, he organized a group of his colleagues to form Western Governors University. At WGU, degrees are earned based on competency rather than credit hours. WGU now has more than 20,000 students who reside in each of the 50 states and several foreign countries. Enrollment is growing at 35 percent a year. In November 2008, TIME magazine named WGU “the best relatively cheap university you’ve never heard of.”

Collaborator is a word that comes up repeatedly when one examines Mr. Leavitt’s background. His skill led his colleague governors to elect him as chairman of the National Governors Association, the Republican Governors Association and Western Governors’ Association. His new book—Finding Allies, BuildingAlliances—was released in September 2013 by Jossey-Bass Publishers and chronicles his expertise and passion for collaboration.

Mr. Leavitt is a seasoned diplomat, leading U.S. delegations to more than 50 countries. He has conducted negotiations on matters related to health, the environment and trade. At the conclusion of his service, the Chinese government awarded him the China Public Health Award – the first time this award has ever been given to a foreign government official.


The home of music in Northern Ireland

Basia Bulat to perform at the Empire this November

After recently playing a packed-house at the Oslo Hackney on September 6th to celebrate Secret City Records’ 10th anniversary, Basia Bulat is happy to announce that she will play at the Empire Hall, Belfast on 16th November 2016.

Basia is releasing a brand new single to radio this week, the upbeat “La La Lie”, which The Evening Standard calls “irresistible and irresistibly catchy, La La Lie suggests Jess Glynn as much as Joanna Newsom.”

While The Guardian gave the Polaris Music Prize 2016 nominated Good Advice 4 stars upon its release, Basia Bulat was a guest on Later… With Jools Holland last May, was recently featured in The Independent and sat just yesterday with Ricky Rossfor a session on BBC Radio Scotland. See below for complete tour dates.

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Bulat teamed-up with friend and collaborator Jim James of My Morning Jacket on the album’s production, driving 600 miles from her home in Montreal to La La Land recording studio in James’ hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. Good Advice is a departure from Bulat’s previous work, with her voice backed up by drums, bass, electric guitar and keys. James plays electric guitar, synth, saxophone and bass on the album; further Louisville guests including members of Houndmouth, Twin Limb, Seth Kauffman of Floating Action and more also join Bulat.

Good Advice follows Bulat’s critically acclaimed Juno nominated and Polaris Music Prize short-listed 2013


has not been asked on the full Census, leaving the nation without an exact estimate of how many citizens are in the country and how many noncitizens and illegal aliens are in the country.

2020 Census: Counting Citizens Likely to Shift Power from Illegal Alien-Flooded Coasts to Middle Americahttps://t.co/mgqn5FQzT5 — John Binder 👽 (@JxhnBinder) March 30, 2018

As Breitbart News reported in detail, counting American citizens on the 2020 Census is likely to shift power away from coastal states harboring large illegal alien populations and towards middle America.

For example, California has an estimated three million illegal aliens, a total of about 5.3 million noncitizens, and a total population of about 39.5 million residents. Currently, California has 53 congressional seats, the most in the country.

If California’s congressional districts were set byMonster of Steel

Jan Haiko and Christine Wu taking on the steel roof of the Gasometer Vienna (B). A unique opportunity and quite a bit of fun.

For the building: The gas tanks of the Gasometer were build between 1896 and 1899 and used for the gas supply of the district. They were retired in 1984 and designated as protected historic landmarks. Under huge effort they were remodeled and revitalized and each one of the former tanks was divided into zones for living, working as well as shopping and entertainment.


A mysterious find that could be an ancient fashion accessory has been unearthed by archaeologists working on a clothing billionaire’s restoration of one of the most iconic ruins in the Far North.

Danish fashion house magnate Anders Holch Povlsen, who owns nearly a dozen estates in Scotland, has given a £200,000 “gift” to help restore Castle Varrich, which overlooks both the Kyle of Tongue and the nearby village.

But time detectives have discovered a puzzling decorated bone disc near the walls.

Ironically it could provide a centuries old link to the industry that has helped accumulate a £4.5bn fortune for Mr Povlsen.

His fashion house Bestseller works with supermodels such as Helena Christensen, Kate Moss and Claudia Schiffer.

The castle is a popular trek for visitors and locals – the site enjoys commandinghis death in 1954. Each of these funds was intended to assist in the realization of a larger purpose: the creation, construction, and operation of a convalescent hospital on land that had been occupied as the home of Mr. du Pont's mother, Amelia, on the outskirts of the City of Wilmington.
In 1951 Eugene du Pont and his wife, together with his sisters and the children of a deceased sister conveyed fee simple title to 9.85 acres of land, on the Kennett Pike to the Homeopathic Hospital Association of Delaware, its successors and assigns. The deed did not purport to restrict the Hospital Association's use of the property in any way, but both the grantors and the grantee shared the understanding that the property, known as "Pelleport", would be


the said Homeopathic Hospital Association of Delaware shall decide, after consulting with the trustees of my residuary estate, that an additional building or buildings at Pelleport should be built, the aforesaid Endowment Fund, both principal and accumulated income, may then be expended in whole or in part for that purpose.
Any income received from said endowment fund after the termination of the said ten-year period may be applied towards maintenance of the hospital for convalescent patients at Pelleport or may be accumulated for later construction of a building or buildings at Pelleport as the said Board of Trustees may decide after consultation with the Trustees of my residuary estate.
Any additional building or buildings erected in whole or in part at any time out of this bequest shall be harmoniousin external appearance and structure with the building now being erected at Pelleport and so located as not to mar the setting or appearance of the building now being there erected.
As of September 30, 1993 the fair market value of the building fund was $6,900,000.00.
In due course, the construction of the Eugene and Amelia du Pont Memorial Hospital at Pelleport was completed and it has served the residents of this State for almost 40 years.
In 1992 the Delaware Medical Center, Inc. which had succeeded to the rights and obligations of the Homeopathic Hospital Association of Delaware, moved its convalescent care facility from Pelleport to its Wilmington Hospital facility and in effect closed Pelleport.

B. Changes in Nature of Convalescent Care Provided at Pelleport
When the convalescent hospital was first constructed


patients utilized wheelchairs than previously, and there was a greater need for critical care services as well as other medical services  x-rays, laboratory work  which Pelleport had not originally been designed to provide. Pelleport apparently encountered difficulties in servicing this new patient population.

C. Pelleport's Problems in Serving as a Rehabilitation Hospital

(1) Lack of Wheelchair Access.
One consequence of the transformation of Pelleport to a rehabilitation facility was the increasing percentage of its population who were wheelchair bound.[4] This presented both practical and legal problems to the Medical Center. Practically, the rooms at Pelleport, in particular the bathrooms, had doorways that did not provide adequate clearance for these patients. Dr. Bertram Greenspun, the Medical Director of the Medical Center's rehabilitation services testified that it was often difficult, iffor residential development.

E. Alternative Uses for Pelleport
In July 1992, the Medical Center relocated its inpatient rehabilitation center from Pelleport to Wilmington Hospital. It has considered several proposals for types of services the Medical Center could provide at Pelleport. One proposal was for outpatient, "ambulatory" rehabilitation services; another was for "medical adult daycare." Finally, *477 the Medical Center considered a proposal to make Pelleport an in-patient drug and alcohol treatment center. None of these proposals has been adopted, however, and the future status of the property and building of Pelleport remains uncertain.

II.
In this proceeding the Medical Center seeks judicial approval of its expending funds from the Endowment Fund established by the second codicil of Mr. du Pont's will to support the operation of the rehabilitative services that it now


at 96, 97 (1982). The homeopathic movement started and waned in the 19th century. The Delaware State Homeopathic Medical Society was organized in Wilmington in 1874. The Homeopathic Hospital Association of Delaware operated the Homeopathic Hospital starting in the 1880s; the name of the hospital was changed to the Memorial Hospital in 1940. By that time, and indeed for most of the twentieth century, the claims to a distinctive homeopathic medical practice had largely evaporated. Homeopathic and allopathic physicians practiced under a single licensing arrangement and were all members of the Medical Society of Delaware. See Lewis B. Flinn, Homeopathic Influence In the Delaware Community: A Retrospective Reassessment, 48 Del.Med.J. 418 (1976). The Memorial Hospital (and I assume the Homeopathic Hospital Association of Delaware) ceased to exist asa separate legal entity in 1965 with the merger of three local hospitals to form the Wilmington Medical Center. The hospital then known as the Memorial Division was later closed and its building demolished.
[2]  In addition to these testamentary gifts, in his third codicil Mr. du Pont gave an additional $500,000, if it were necessary to complete construction of the memorial and in the fifth codicil increased that amount to $700,000.
[3]  Mr. Caldas, the executive vice president of the Medical Center, testified that Medicare's system of compensation also incentivized the transfer of patients to rehabilitation facilities by reimbursing for rehabilitation services separately. That is, the hospital would receive compensation for rehabilitation services in addition to that provided as a flat fee (under the DRG system) for


Google is quietly running an excellent streaming service in Play Music. Earlier this week, a big update made it even better.

Play Music, which offers a huge library of music with curated and customizable stations, has always stood out with its embrace of contextual recommendations, i.e., suggesting different music for different settings. Google got a head start in this area when it bought Songza, an early pioneer in the area, and brought on co-founder Elias Roman as project manager.

"Our belief is that context is king," Roman told us earlier this year. "We’ve had a long time to get good at what it takes to be good at that."

In the past, Play Music featured something called music concierge, which let users click through a flow chart of things that mightto the easterly curb and within the southerly painted crosswalk of Sacramento Street. The truck was 20 feet long and extended approximately to the middle of Sansome Street. Plaintiff slowed down to 5 to 10 miles per hour as he passed the front of the truck and entered the intersection. When he was 5 feet into the intersection he observed a taxicab traveling westerly on Sacramento Street. At that time the cab had not entered the intersection and was approximately 6 feet from the extended easterly curb line of Sansome Street. The cab was traveling from 20 to 25 miles per hour. The plaintiff could have stopped within 2 to 10 feet. However, he concluded it was safe to proceed and that the cab would slow down and


let him through. Then he looked away, and when he arrived at a point three-fourths of the way across the intersection, he again looked at the cab which was 10 feet from him and had not slowed down. The plaintiff accelerated his speed and at a point approximately 21 feet from where he first observed the cab the right front bumper of the cab struck the rear of the motorcycle. At the time of the impact the cab was still traveling at least 20 to 25 miles per hour and had traveled 25 feet from the point where the plaintiff first observed it. The plaintiff received personal injuries. The owner of the taxicab, who was joined as a defendant, paid the plaintiff the sum of $1,750 in considerationfor a covenant not to sue. The action proceeded against the defendant Pacific Gas and Electric Company alone. Plaintiff claims that negligent parking of defendant's truck was a proximate cause of the injuries sustained. At the conclusion of the plaintiff's case the court granted a nonsuit on the grounds that there was no causal connection between the parking of the defendant's truck and the collision. The only evidence offered *674 by the plaintiff as to the cause of the accident was his own testimony.
We are of the opinion that, under the state of the evidence, the defendant's truck, as urged by plaintiff, was negligently parked in violation of section 586 of the California Vehicle Code which prohibits parking in a crosswalk and section 588 which requires parallel parking.


the cab. He was not called as a witness. The plaintiff has cited a number of cases which were decided on conflicting testimony. The factual situations in these cases are distinguishable from the present one, and it would serve no purpose to analyze them. The diagram introduced by plaintiff indicated that buildings which extended to the sidewalk were located on all four corners of the intersection. The cab was approaching an obstructed intersection as defined by Vehicle Code, section 511, regardless of the presence of the defendant's truck. That section provides, in effect, that as the cab driver, during the last 100 feet of his approach to the intersection, did not have a clear and unobstructed view for a distance of 100 feet of the street upon whichfrom accompanying clients interactive snorkeling with manta rays and dolphins to snowshoeing under a full moon. Maggie is passionate about psychology, writing, film that bridges all cultures in a collective spirit, the songs of palms and pines as they are orchestrated in the world by the moon, and all creatures under the sea. Maggie believes in the transformational power of healing by way of compassionate dialogue that only comes with trust, play, and exploration of self in nature -- be it with a snorkel and turtle friends in sapphire water or atop a mountain covered in white nearly to the sky.


La-La Land Records and Warner Bros. present the world premiere release of John Morris’ (BLAZING SADDLES, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, CLUE) original motion picture score to the 1979 classic comedy THE IN-LAWS, starring Peter Falk, Alan Arkin and Richard Libertini, and directed by Arthur Hiller. Acclaimed composer John Morris finds the perfect pitch with his rousing and delightful orchestral score -- supporting story, character and action with verve, while expertly enhancing, but never stepping on, all the big laughs. Infectious themes abound – the main title being one for the ages! All these years later, the IN-LAWS still holds up as one of the great American comedies – and now finally, Morris’ wonderful score gets its due! Produced by Matt Verboys and Neil S. Bulk and mastered by James Nelson,time / the year as we know it now. This is also known as OS (Old Style) and NS (New Style).

The Calendar Act 1752 brought about further changes. In 1582 Pope Gregory XIII had reformed the calendar, then in use, known as the Julian Calendar (named after Julius Caesar). The Julian Calendar did not correspond exactly to the solar year. The new Gregorian Calendar cut 10 days from the year in adjustment. Other Catholic countries followed and adopted the Gregorian Calendar but England, being Protestant, did not. England therefore remained 10 days behind the New Style Calendar. By 1752 England was some 11 days behind other European countries. So in 1752 these days had to be cut out of the year to make the adjustment. Therefore Wednesday 2


September 1752 was followed immediately by Thursday 14 September.

In Scotland, 1 January became the official beginning of the year in 1600, the day after 31 December 1599.

Regnal Years

Some documents will be dated not by the calendar year but by the regnal year - how long the ruling monarch had been on the throne.

‘1 Elizabeth I’ means the first year of the reign of Elizabeth I. Elizabeth I came to the throne on 17 November 1558, so 1 Elizabeth I means some time between 17 November 1558 and 16 November 1559.

Watch out for documents written in the reign of Charles II. Although he came to the throne in May 1660, after the Commonwealth period, he actually calculated his regnal year as beginning on 30 January 1649, the date ofthe execution of his father Charles I. So documents written in the first year that Charles II was genuinely on the throne would actually be styled 12 Charles II.

For more information about dates (including saints days, regnal years, religious festivals and terms of the law courts) see C.R. Cheney and M. Jones (eds), ‘A Handbook of Dates: For Students of British History’ (Cambridge University Press, revd 2000).

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Arabic numerals were not used in England until the 16th century, and even after then Roman numerals continued to be used.

Most people today are still familiar with the classic Roman numerals. Be aware, however, that you will find them represented in a slightly different way in documents written in English. In particular, the lower case was used. A ‘1’ by


An independent scientific analysis released by Greenpeace India on January 29, 2013 exposed major flaws in the Genetically Modified (GM) corn biosafety assessment process

An independent scientific analysis released by Greenpeace India on January 29, 2013 exposed major flaws in the Genetically Modified (GM) corn biosafety assessment process done by the regulatory bodies in India.

Greenpeace India had commissioned Testbiotech, an independent research agency, to assess data presented by the US biotech giant, Monsanto, to the Indian authorities 'for biosafety tests prior to commercial approval' of its GM corn variety.

The stacked gene GM corn (MON89034xNK603) with bacterial genes for pest resistance and herbicide tolerance leads the GM crop approval pipeline in India and has been released into fields for trials several times in the past four years.

The biosafety and fieldthere are in fact substantial indications for health and environmental risks. Even in 2011 Greenpeace exposed grave violations of rules during field trials for the same corn by Monsanto in Bijapur District in Karnataka.

In the light of increasing evidences of failure of the GM regulatory system in India and the potential impacts of GM crops to our health, environment and socioeconomic realities, Greenpeace India demands the Union minister for Environment and Forest, Jayanthi Natarajan, under who sits the GEAC, to stop all open releases of GM crops, including those for field trials.


the death of actress Virginia Rappe.

Lost in the lurid hoopla is an understanding of Arbuckle’s standing in the history of cinema. He is one of the key figures in film comedy, as important in some ways as pioneers like Mack Sennett, who hired him to work at his Keystone studio in 1913. Arbuckle was on stage by the age of eight, and spent a decade touring the country as an actor and dancer. It was the kind of training the great screen clowns like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton received. The experience taught Arbuckle how to play any kind of scene or situation, from rube to aristocrat, rural to urban, slapstick to melodrama. He knew what made a joke work, what endeared characters to theatergoers, and how farhe could push a gag. Like the best screen comedians, Arbuckle knew how to make anyone laugh in a manner so effortless that it seems magical.

Arbuckle and Charlie Chaplin in The Rounders.

At Keystone, Sennett at first employed Arbuckle as a fat man, the butt of jokes. He didn’t originate the type on screen—the corpulent John Bunny, the first well-known film comedian, had made a string of successful movies at Vitagraph. Indeed, it’s a stereotype that appears throughout culture: think of the Greek god Bacchus, or Shakespeare’s Falstaff.

Arbuckle flourished on screen, starring in a wide gamut of films that appeared almost weekly. He built a stock company of actors and technicians, began overseeing his scripts, and eventually became a director. He teamed with Mabel Normand in a series of


domestic comedies that set a template for today’s television sitcoms, and held his own with comic stars like Charlie Chaplin. At the same time, he helped develop a new type of screen comedy, one based more on psychology than pratfalls, one that could examine the motives and feelings of its characters instead of just hurling them into slapstick chases.

Perhaps because of his dance training, Arbuckle was an uncommonly graceful performer, adept at comic falls but also at sleight of hand. He loved working with props, juggling everything from frying pans to vases, and he loved stretching out routines. Good Night, Nurse, for example, opens with a three-minute scene in which he tries to light a cigarette in the driving rain.

Buster Keaton as a doctor (note his blood-stained smock)and Arbuckle as prospective patient in Good Night, Nurse.

Arbuckle was also a fearless performer who would try anything for a laugh. He could be casually subversive, employing ghoulish black comedy in Good Night, Nurse, with its hints of dismemberment and murder at a sanitarium. He frequently dressed in drag, enjoyed the kind of violent jokes that would become standard in cartoons, and could be casually contemptuous of the status quo. On screen he was a man of enormous appetites—immature, irreverent, disdainful of authority and obsessed with sex in a weirdly adolescent way.

Just as important as his performing style, Arbuckle worked out new ways to film comedy. He used unusual angles to emphasize jokes, experimented with point of view to involve viewers more closely with characters, and found new


ways to exploit technology. Watch how the camera slowly goes out of focus when his character is sedated in Good Night, Nurse. Or how carefully he frames his jokes in The Garage.

Like Chaplin, Arbuckle outgrew Keystone. He moved to New York, where producer Joseph Schenck established the Comique Film Corporation for him. In 1917, Arbuckle met Buster Keaton, at the time a vaudeville star, and convinced him to try movies. The fourteen subsequent films they made together document one of the best comic teams ever captured on film. Arbuckle taught Keaton the fundamentals of cinema, while Keaton helped hone his mentor’s comic skills. In 1920, Arbuckle signed a contract with Paramount, the first comedian to make the switch from shorts to feature films.

His screen persona worked against himwhen he was arrested after Rappe’s death. Stirred up by sensational newspaper accounts of debauchery, Americans were perfectly willing to believe that Arbuckle was guilty. When the truth became apparent, it was too late to save his career. Fortunately, many of his films survive. They rank with the best of the silent comedies. Ironically, it is their sense of innocence and wonder that distinguishes them from the more calculating slapstick shorts of the period. Fatty and Mabel Adrift, for example, displays a sunny, rural surrealism that has no real equivalent in films of the time.

Consciously or not, Arbuckle’s influence continues to be felt on screen and television. Keaton reworked many of the gags from the films he made with Arbuckle in his own series of shorts and features.


Arbuckle’s nephew Al St. John had a long screen career. Hollywood loves the stereotype Arbuckle inhabited: from Oliver Hardy down through Sydney Greenstreet, Laird Cregar and Peter Ustinov. In recent years John Belushi, John Candy and Chris Farley met untimely ends; John Goodman, George Wendt, Kevin Smith and others follow in the screen tradition established by John Bunny and Roscoe Arbuckle.

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The authors have found that international medical graduates (IMGs) constitute a valuable pool of applicants for residency training. The wide variation in their medical educations, prior careers, and cultural backgrounds requires a special approach to screening and interviewing IMGs. The authors share techniques and viewpoints developed in their program to screen applicants about their autobiographical statements, medical credentials, reference letters, and visa and immigration statuses. Interviewing guidelines that are sensitive to the applicant's career phase and that assess the person's interest in psychiatry, communication skills, character, acculturation, family context, and suitability for the specific residency program are presented.Vinyl sales rare bright spot for US music industry

Vinyl sales and music streaming both soared by more than 50 percent in 2014 in the United States, even as overall sales kept declining, a music industry monitor said.

With few blockbuster releases and streaming becoming more mainstream, consumers in the world's largest music market bought 257 million albums last year, a drop of 11 percent from 2013, Nielsen SoundScan said in data released late Wednesday.

The music industry saw one bright spot in the strong growth of vinyl which in recent years has become the format of choice for audiophiles and collectors.

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Vinyl sales jumped 52 percent to 9.2 million, the biggest


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Her latest album "1989," in which Swift moved more definitively from her country roots to pop, was officially the year's top-seller despite coming out in late October, selling 3.6 million copies as of December 28, Nielsen SoundScan said.

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Krikorian, who is entering his seventh season as head coach at FSU, was one of four scouts that provided expert analysis for Team USA during this year’s World Cup. He scouted eight teams, in eight games covering six different cities in Germany. Krikorian was on hand in Berlin for the opening game featuring Germany and Canada and was in the stands for the U.S.A.’s amazing comeback in the quarterfinals against Brazil.

Over the three weeks, Krikorian was in Bochum to see Japan vs. New Zealand and Canada vs. France; Moenchengladbach to


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“This was a tremendous experience,” said Krikorian. “To have the chance to watch the best players in the world and to witness the playing styles for each of the different countries represented at this year’s World Cup was an experience of a lifetime.”

This marks the second time that Krikorian has served as an advanced scout for Team USA working for then-U.S. head coach April Heinrichs at the 2003 Women’s World Cup held in the United States.

The trip also allowed Krikorian to re-connect with many former colleagues that served as his assistant at some point in time during his 21 years as head coach at the professional andcollege level. Pia Sundhage, the current U.S. women’s national team head coach, was an assistant coach with the Philadelphia Charge of the Women’s United Soccer Association for two seasons from 2001-02. Erica Walsh is an assistant coach for Team USA and the head women’s coach at Penn State, served as an assistant coach in Krikorian’s first year at FSU in 2005. Paul Rogers, who serves as the goalkeeper coach for the U.S. Women’s National Team, was an assistant coach and goalkeeper coach at Florida State for two seasons (2007-08). John Natale, head women’s coach at the University of Hartford and one of the four advanced scouts used by the USA at this year’s World Cup, was also an assistant with Sundhage for two seasons with the Philadelphia Charge.


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On the weekend of October 27, 2007, the Internet was suddenly bombarded with a rash of spam emails promoting U.S. presidential candidate Ron Paul. The spam run continued until Tuesday, October 30, when it stopped as suddenly as it began. At the same time, political blogs began to light up, accusing the campaign (or at least its ardent supporters) of running a criminal botnet for political purposes. We decided to cut through the spin and take a closer look at this botnet to determine its origins and shine some light on who might be responsible.

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US music file-sharer must pay damages Published duration 24 August 2012

image caption Joel Tenenbaum has been fighting the case since 2003.

Joel Tenenbaum must pay $675,000 (£426,000) in damages awarded to the major US music labels after his request for a retrial was turned down.

Mr Tenenbaum, 25, was found guilty of illegally downloading and distributing 31 songs in 2007.

A judge in Massachusetts ruled that the damages, set by a jury in 2009, had been fair.

Mr Tenenbaum was 16 years old when a letter was sent to his parents' home accusing him of illegal file-sharing.

He was asked to pay $5,250 (£3,319) for downloading seven songs. He claims he offered $500 (£316) which was all he could afford at the time, and it was declined.

In 2007 the case went to courtfor the first time. On his website Joel Tenenbaum says that he counter-claimed "asserting abuse of federal power".

He refused to settle and a new trial was set for 2009. The result of that trial was the awarding of damages to the major US record labels.

In the US a jury can set a fine of up to $150,000 for every occasion of wilful copyright infringement, meaning that Mr Tenenbaum's fine is below the maximum he could have received for the 31 songs he was found guilty of illegally sharing.

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) said it was "pleased" with the decision made by District Court Judge Rya Zobel in Massachusetts, reports Cnet

In court Mr Tenenbaum had admitted to file-sharing around 800 songs.

"I used the computer. I uploaded, I


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Dr. Gunter Denk is a businessman who has more than 25 years’ experience in management at an internationally active medium-sized company, and, most recently, as a Director of a Chinese company listed in Hong Kong with 11,000 employees. Denk is author of the widely acclaimed Books “Asia for the SME – Strategies without Illusions” and “Asia for Professionals”. He is furthermore a dedicated lecturer


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A police source said Sunday the group of teens were arrested in the parking lot of a high school in the Mediterranean port town of Agde, as several other complaints poured in about "armed clowns" in the region over the weekend.

In the nearby city of Montpellier a man disguised as a clown was arrested after beating up a pedestrian with an iron bar, while three motorists in different towns complained about "scary clowns" threatening them.

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EDITORS NOTE: An earlier version of this article reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told lawmakers that an Arab boy had fatally wounded a Jewish child. That was based on an English translation of Netanyahu's speech posted on his official website. However, the Hebrew translation reflects Netanyahu did not say a Jewish child was killed but rather critically injured. The story below has been updated to reflect that.

Disturbing video of a bleeding Palestinian boy writhing on the pavement while Israeli bystanders hurl verbal abuse has spread like wildfire on social media — along with sharply differing accounts underscoring the depth of anger and emotion driving a complex conflict.

Ahmed Manasrah, 13, was filmed after an incident in East Jerusalem on Monday. YouTube

An injured Ahmed Manasrah, 13, was filmed onMonday. What happened to him both before and after that roughly two-minute video has been fiercely disputed and characterized on opposite ends of the spectrum.

One video of Manasrah posted on YouTube opens with a shot of the boy lying on the ground with his legs awkwardly bent under him, a pool of blood beneath his head. Voices are heard shouting "die, you f*****" and "die, you son of a whore" as Israeli authorities mill around, trying at times to push back the gawkers and the person filming.

Manasrah squirms on the ground in distress as an ambulance passes, at times attempting to lift his head and move his legs. The camera cuts away to show people walking before panning back from a distance to show the boy lying on


the pavement in the Pisgat Ze'ev neighborhood of East Jerusalem. An officer lifts his shirt and appears to check him as the boy sits up, then nudges the boy with his foot and pushes him back into a lying-down position.

The circumstances preceding the the video could not be independently verified by NBC News.

Israeli police say Manasreh and his 15-year-old cousin stabbed and seriously wounded two Israelis and then ran away before being shot. They released a surveillance video on Tuesday amid the online furor that police said shows what appeared to be Manasrah and his cousin calmly walking past a camera then running back into the frame with what appear to be knives raised.

Manasrah's family denies he attacked Israelis.

Some headlines and videos say Manasrah was run over byan Israeli civilian, others say it was by an Israeli military vehicle. Some say he was shot and bled to death, others say he's in the hospital. There's been little clarity from officials, too, except to confirm that Manasrah is alive.

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Articles in the Israeli press have largely focused on the attack which preceded the video, running stories about two teens behind a stabbing which critically injured a 13-year-old. Israeli police have offered several different ages for the stabbing victims, ranging from 13 and to later a 16-year-old. A hospital spokesman told NBC News on Wednesday that the Israeli victims were aged 13 and 21.

"Palestinian


Child Bleeds to Death While Israeli Police and Civilians Watch, Shouting Insults,” screamed one headline in the Arab media. "Teen Shot by Israelis Stomped On, Left to Bleed to Death," read another.

The swirl of conflicting information prompted the Hadassah Hospital to issue a statement, saying it wished to inform the public that "in stark contrast to circulating rumors" Manasrah was hospitalized, stable and fully conscious.

It was Mansrah's cousin who died — and the Palestinian presidency condemned the 15-year-old's death as an "execution … in front of the media" and a "heinous crime."

Israel has repeatedly stressed that both Manasrah and his cousin — who live in the Palestinian neighborhood of Beit Hanina in East Jerusalem — were "terrorists."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed the sea of misinformation and misrepresentationin an impassioned speech telling Palestinian authorities to "stop lying" and inciting violence.

"An Arab boy critically wounds a Jewish child and after that the security forces stop him and prevent him from continuing on a stabbing spree and he becomes a martyr supposedly executed unjustly?" Netanyahu told the Knesset. "First of all, he is not dead, he is alive. Secondly, he was not executed; he was attempting to execute others. He tried to kill and murder, but the exact opposite is presented in a distorted and outrageous manner."

Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told NBC News that Manasrah's cousin was shot because he had a knife in his hand, and that the 13-year-old was run over by a car. He also said an Israeli died in the Pisgat Ze'ev


clashes and other violence since Oct. 1. In addition, more than 4,200 have been injured in West Bank and Gaza, the Red Crescent says. Over that same period, the Red Cross says seven Israelis have been killed and 99 others wounded.

Young people have been a unique and driving force in the recent violence, according to Nicholas Burns, a professor at Harvard's Kennedy School and a former Under Secretary of State.

"It's young Palestinian kids in the street who are shooting or knifing Israelis," Burns said.

Adding complexity to what he called "potentially a very significant, and very unsettling and violent uprising" is that it appears the youth are acting alone — without organized leadership.

He said that will make stemming the violence particularly challenging for Israeli authorities.

"There appears to be noSpanish Inquisition

The Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition (), commonly known as the Spanish Inquisition (Inquisición española), was established in 1478 by Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. It was intended to maintain Catholic orthodoxy in their kingdoms and to replace the Medieval Inquisition, which was under Papal control. It became the most substantive of the three different manifestations of the wider Catholic Inquisition along with the Roman Inquisition and Portuguese Inquisition. The "Spanish Inquisition" may be defined broadly, operating in Spain and in all Spanish colonies and territories, which included the Canary Islands, the Kingdom of Naples, and all Spanish possessions in North, Central, and South America. According to modern estimates, around 150,000 were prosecuted for various offenses during the


- that varied from county to county, but were left alone besides that. Forced conversion of minorities was against the law, and so was the belief in the existence of witchcraft, oracles or similar superstitions. In general, all "people from the book" were permitted to practice their own customs and religions as far as they did not attempt proselytizing on the Christian population. Jews particularly had surprising freedoms and protections compared to other areas of Europe and were allowed to hold high public offices such as the counselor, treasurer or secretary for the crown.

During most of the medieval period intermarriage with converts was allowed and encouraged. The intellectual cooperation between religions was the norm in Castile. Some examples are the Toledo School of Translators from the 11th century.papacy had tried and partially succeeded, in forcing the Mozarabic Rite out of Iberia. Its meddling attempts had been pivotal for Aragon's loss of Rosellon. The meddling regarding Aragon's control over South Italy was even stronger historically. In their lifetime, the Catholic Monarchs had problems with Pope Paul II, a very strong proponent of absolute authority for the church over the kings. Carrillo actively opposed them both and often used Spain's "mixed blood" as an excuse to intervene. The papacy and the monarch of Europe had been involved in a  war for power all through the high Middle Ages that Rome had already won in other powerful kingdoms like France.
Since the legitimacy granted by the church was necessary both, especially Isabella, to stay in power, the creation


of Lerma and Archbishop of Valencia Juan de Ribera, decreed the Expulsion of the Moriscos. Hundreds of thousands of Moriscos were expelled, some of them probably sincere Christians. This was further fueled by the religious intolerance of Archbishop Ribera who quoted the Old Testament texts ordering the enemies of God to be slain without mercy and setting forth the duties of kings to extirpate them. The edict required: 'The Moriscos to depart, under the pain of death and confiscation, without trial or sentence... to take with them no money, bullion, jewels or bills of exchange.... just what they could carry.' Although initial estimates of the number expelled such as those of Henri Lapeyre reach 300,000 Moriscos (or 4% of the total Spanish population), the extent and severity ofof Cádiz also obtained its abolition, largely as a result of the Holy Office's condemnation of the popular revolt against French invasion. But the Inquisition was reconstituted when Ferdinand VII recovered the throne on 1 July 1814. Juan Antonio Llorente, who had been the Inquisition's general secretary in 1789, became a Bonapartist and published a critical history in 1817 from his French exile, based on his privileged access to its archives.

Possibly as a result of Llorente's criticisms, the Inquisition was once again temporarily abolished during the three-year Liberal interlude known as the Trienio liberal, but still the old system had not yet had its last gasp. Later, during the period known as the Ominous Decade, the Inquisition was not formally re-established, although, de facto, it returned under the


also appears as the Grand Inquisitor. The Captain Alatriste novels by the Spanish writer Arturo Pérez-Reverte are set in the early 17th century. The second novel, Purity of Blood, has the narrator being tortured by the Inquisition and describes an auto-da-fé. Carme Riera's novella, published in 1994, Dins el Darrer Blau (In the Last Blue) is set during the repression of the chuetas (conversos from Majorca) at the end of the 17th century. In 1998, the Spanish writer Miguel Delibes published the historical novel The Heretic, about the Protestants of Valladolid and their repression by the Inquisition. Samuel Shellabarger's Captain from Castile deals directly with the Spanish Inquisition during the first part of the novel.

In the novel La Catedral del Mar  by Ildefonso Falcones, published in 2006Cleidocranial dysostosis, severe micrognathism, bilateral absence of thumbs and first metatarsal bone, and distal aphalangia: a new genetic syndrome.
Five patients from three families have a new genetic syndrome. The features include cleidocranial dysostosis, bilateral absence of the thumbs and of the distal phalanges of the fingers, hypoplasia of the first metatarsus, absence of the distal phalanx and hypoplasia of the proximal phalanx of the big toe, pelvic dysplasia, bilateral hip dislocation, a constant facial dysmorphism with sparse hair, peculiar ears, severe micrognathism, and retracted and poorly delineated lips. The existence of consanguinity in two of the families, both with two affected siblings, as well as the lack of sex predilection, allow us to postulate that this syndrome is inherited in a recessive manner.


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This image from a video released by BP shows oil spewing from a yellowish, broken pipe 5,000 feet below the surface. The oil looks like steam rushing from a geyser. The video released May 12 gives a not-yet-seen glimpse of the leaking well a mile underwater. The stream occasionally can be seen becoming lighter as natural gas mixes into the gusher. BP/AP

A Coast Guard plane flies over the Development Driller III oil drilling platform, which is drilling a relief well at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana on May 12. Charlie Riedel/AP

From left, Transocean Limited President and CEO Steven Newman, BP America President and Chairman Lamar McKay, Global Business Lines Presidentand Halliburton's Chief Health, Safety, and Environmental Officer Timothy Probert, and Cameron President and CEO Jack Moore are sworn in before they testify during a House subcommittee hearing on the Gulf Coast oil spill on May 12 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Carolyn Kaster/AP

Tony Wiygul swings Alex Holbert, 5, while spending time on the beach in Long Beach, Miss., on May 12. Fishing and tourism throughout the Gulf Coast are threatened by the oil spill. Sean Gardner/Reuters

Risers, the outer casings of oil drill pipes, are seen on the deck of the service vessel Joe Griffin as it prepares to head to Port Fouchon at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana on May 11. Gerald Herbert/Reuters

A small


pollution containment chamber, known as the 'top hat', is seen being lowered into the Gulf of Mexico in Port Fourchon, La. BP announced May 12 that the top hat was on the sea floor near the well that has spewed at least 4 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Kelley/Deepwater Horizon Unified Command/AP

Vessels involved in the containment effort are seen at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana on May 11. Gerald Herbert/AP

Demonstrators stand with a 50-foot banner in front of the White House on May 11, in Washington. The banner was signed by Gulf residents and marched from the Department of Interior to the White House. The banneris to protest drilling of fossil fuels and reads 'Obama: this is your crude awakening.' Carolyn Kaster/AP

Oil is seen in the water from the bridge of the boat Joe Griffin at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana on May 11. Gerald Herbert/AP

Members of the Louisiana National Guard watch a Blackhawk helicopter lift off after attaching a sandbag to its belly in Port Fourchon, La., on May 11. Helicopters are dropping sandbags at the mouths of marshes along Port Fourchon and nearby Grand Isle to keep oil from being carried inland with tides. Patrick Semansky/AP

Service vessel Joe Griffin crew members uncouple a fuel hose after servicing the Development Driller III, in the background, which is drilling the


relief well at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on May 11. Gerald Herbert/AP

Oil is seen in the water from the bridge of the boat Joe Griffin at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on May 11. Gerald Herbert/AP

The Development Driller III, which is drilling the relief well, is seen at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the on May 11. Gerald Herbert/AP

A Blackhawk helicopter prepares to drop sandbags in their efforts to dam off part of the marsh on Elmer's Island in Grand Isle, La., on May 10. Alex Brandon/AP

Workers place absorbent booms on the beach in Grand Isle, La. to guard against the oil coming ashore on May 10. Alex Brandon/AP

Charlie Pelizza and SharonTaylor of The US Fish and Wildlife Service release a black gannet into the wild that was rescued from the Gulf of Mexico at the Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge on May 10. Rick Silva/AP

Oil, scooped up with a bucket from the Gulf of Mexico off the side of the supply vessel Joe Griffin is seen in the hands of an AP reporter on May 10. Gerald Herbert/AP

An oil soaked bird struggles against the side of the HOS Iron Horse supply vessel at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Gerald Herbert/AP

Black waves of oil and brown whitecaps are seen off the side of the supply vessel Joe Griffin at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill containment efforts on May 9. Gerald Herbert/AP

An item believed


to be a tar ball is seen on the west end of Dauphin Island, Ala. Tar balls reportedly washed up on the shore Saturday, triggering cleanup efforts on the island. G.M. Andrews/Press-Register/AP

Oil is seen from an aerial view at the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off the coast of Mobile, Ala. Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Michael B. Watkins/US Navy/AP

Michael Domingo Labat, 3, his 2-year-old brother Trey and friend Jason Melerine play while their mothers wait in a food and gift card distribution line at the Breton Sound Marina in Hopedale, La., on May 5. The boys are all children of commercial fishermen who are currently unemployed and don't know when they will be able to return to work. Vicki Smith/AP

A shrimp boat collects oil with booms in theat the Venice Marina in Venice, La. NOAA has restricted commercial and recreational fishing in oil-affected portions of the Gulf of Mexico. Their boat has been recruited to aid with the oil spill cleanup efforts. Eric Gay/AP

Prisoners from the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center line up as they prepare to undertake a training exercise to learn how to cleanse oil from birds affected by the oil slick from the BP Deepwater Horizon platform disaster in New Orleans. Mark Ralston/AFP/Newscom

Workers prepare hundreds of oil booms at the Pensacola Naval Air Station Monday, to be deployed along the Gulf Coast. The US Coast Guard Buoy Tender Oak will sail from Pensacola on Tuesday to begin oil skimming operations, weather permitting, according to Commander Mike Glander. Scott Keeler/St. Petersburg Times/PSG/Newscom

A line of


booms have been set up on the southwest side of Ship Island as a barrier from the oncoming oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday. William Colgin/Sun Herald/AP

Randy Lanctot, director of Louisiana Wildlife Federation, walks past oil booms at the coast of South Pass, La., where oil leaking from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead continues to spread in the Gulf of Mexico, on May 2. A huge, wind-driven oil slick bore down on the US Gulf coast on Sunday, threatening an environmental catastrophe. The Obama administration heaped pressure on BP to halt the uncontrolled spill from the sunken oil rig. Carlos Barria/Reuters

President Obama talks with Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (r.) who greeted him upon his arrival at Louis Armstrong International New Orleans Airport en route to thefree from marshland due to strong currents and high wind. Fishermen deployed oil booms in the Gulf of Mexico in a desperate attempt to stop a massive oil spill from contaminating the marshes along the Louisiana coastline. Edmund D. Fountain/St. Petersburg Times/AP

Shrimp boats are seen docked at a marina in Venice, La., on May 2 after US officials closed commercial and recreational fishing for a minimum of 10 days in federal waters affected by the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Carlos Barria/Reuters

Out of work fisherman hired by BP attempt to contain the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Gerald Herbert/AP

President Obama talks with US Coast Guard commandant Adm. Thad Allen, who is serving as the National Incident Commander (2nd. r.) and Louisiana Gov. Bobby


the coast of South Pass, south of Venice, La., where oil leaking from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead continues to spread in the Gulf of Mexico on May 1. Carlos Barria/Reuters

Charter and commercial fishermen listen to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration administrator Jane Lubchenco, (not shown), in Venice, La., on April 30. Local fishermen are worried about how their industry will withstand a growing oil spill that resulted from last week's explosion and collapse of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Louisiana. Patrick Semansky/AP

The oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico can be seen in this photo provided by NASA on April 29. Oil from the massive spill started to ooze ashore, threatening migratory birds, nesting pelicans, river otters, and minkalong Louisiana's fragile islands and barrier marshes. NASA/AP

An oil-covered Northern Gannet is seen in a pen at a facility in Fort Jackson, La., on April 30. The bird is normally white when full grown. Alex Brandon/AP

Dr. Erica Miller (l.) and Danene Birtell with Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research help a Northern Gannet covered in oil on April 30 in Fort Jackson, La. Alex Brandon/AP

An aerial view of the Gulf of Mexico south of Louisiana where oil is leaking from the Deepwater Horizon wellhead. The massive oil spill continues to grow as the government grows concerned that the rig's operator is ill-equipped to contain it. Officials are offering a military response to try to avert a massive environmental disaster along the ecologically fragile US coastline. Greenpeace/AP

Cleanup vessels work in


the area of an oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico on April 26 in this image provided by DigitalGlobe. DigitalGlobe/AP

Oil is seen in the water near the site of last week's explosion and collapse of the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig on April 28. Gerald Herbert/AP

Crews work to contain the spreading oil spill on April 28. Greenpeace/AP

A worker on the oil skimmer Louisiana Responder looks over oil booms as they collect oil from the leaking pipeline on April 27 near the site of the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. Patrick Semansky/AP

The Louisiana oil spill can be seen from space as shown in this image provided by NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on the Aqua satellite. NASA/AP

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The most fascinating tale my dad has ever told me is the one about his trip to Nairobi from Machakos on foot through the bushes, sometimes in the dark. It happened around 1943 or thereabouts and my father was barely 5 years old.

A section of the crowd during the historic promulgation of the new constitution 27th August 2010

His uncle was carrying some tobacco from his small shamba to sell in Nairobi and the environs. It took them about two days to get to Nairobi. On their way back they were “loaded” with cash and so they took a bus. The highlights of that trip was that he saw a car for the very


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Marc Smith is facing two felonies and five misdemeanor counts.

(The Oregonian/OregonLive/file)

A former Hood River County sheriff's deputy arrested in September allegedly used a work cellphone to film a minor in a state of nudity, according to his indictment.

Marc Smith is also facing allegations he touched a girl's breast, exposed his genitals to her and filmed and photographed her intimate area, among other allegations. The alleged abuse happened in August and September of 2015 and 2016, according to the indictment.

Smith allegedly committed the crimes while he was off-duty, the county sheriff previously said in a news release. Sheriff Matt English said Smith resigned a week after his Sept. 9 arrest, amid an Oregon State Police investigation.

English said the sheriff's office learned of the allegations against the former deputy afterthey were reported to the office.

"Although there is a presumption of innocence until proven guilty, the grand jury's decision underscores the fact that law enforcement should be held to the same standard as any citizen and we must be accountable for our actions whether on or off duty," English said in an email Wednesday. "Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victim and victim's family."

Smith is facing single felony counts of luring a minor and second-degree online sexual corruption of a child.

He also faces two misdemeanor counts of private indecency and single misdemeanor counts of third-degree sex abuse, invasion of personal privacy and first-degree official misconduct.

Smith is scheduled to be arraigned Monday. He was initially held in the Northern Oregon Regional Corrections Facility in The Dalles and


not so called “zombies”.

Victims of the abuse only really have three avenues to go down – sue RBS; complain to their MP; or go to the media. However in all three of these routes the odds are stacked against them. Unless they have an MP like Jim Hood or Guto Bebb, complaining to their MP tends to get them nowhere. Speaking on Channel 4 News on Monday, Jesse Norman, MP for Hereford and Herefordshire South, admitted that all 650 of the country’s MPs share a dirty little secret – that their inboxes have, for the past four years, been stuffed full with emails from constituents complaining that RBS has snuffed out their livelihoods and destroyed their businesses.

Complaining to the bank, Financial Ombudsman Service or the regulators is amy book Shredded: Inside RBS The Bank That Broke Britain, which is published by Birlinn in spring 2014. Not only is this sort of behaviour by RBS holding back the UK’s economic recovery, causing unemployment and reducing tax revenues, it is also creating much unwarranted misery including family breakdowns and even suicide among targeted firms. It is also completely destroying any trust which UK citizens may at one time have had in the banking sector.

For the record, the top people at GRG include Derek Sach, Richard Dorman, James Cresswell, Frank McCusker, Joss Brushfield, John Baini, David Whatham, Andy Thomson, Neil Graham, Tony Lewis and Laura Barlow, while the top people at West Register include Aubrey Adams, James Rowney, and the ex LGIM property expert Helen Gordon.

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but the new calculations meant the bank could say they were in breach of their covenant because the value of the business was close to the amount borrowed. The business was put into the bank’s Global Restructuring Group, where it was hit with higher charges. In July 2011, the bank valued the hotel and slashed its worth to £1.8m even though an independent report had valued the business at £3.1m the previous year. The new lower valuation meant the business was worth far less than the loan. The business went into administration in autumn 2011 and was bought by West Register for £1.4m a couple of months later.

The hotel is still owned by West Register and the bank says it will at best break even when it issold. Warren believes the hotel will soon be worth £4m again in a rising market — a substantial profit for the bank. He and his wife have lost £1.2m, their livelihood, their home and are now divorcing.

We have no duty to be fair, ruined businessman told

RBS forced an Edinburgh businessman to sell his home to his company before pushing it into administration and buying its assets in bulk at a fraction of their original value. Leonard Wilcox, 69, is fighting RBS in the courts over the loss of a prime residential site which was first valued at £5.35m but was later snapped up by the bank’s property division, West Register, for £1.1m.

He claims the bank misled him into taking a loan to buy four houses before pulling the


plug on the deal and using the threat of bankruptcy to force him to sell his home. RBS is pursuing him for personal guarantees worth £467,000, arguing that it had no duty to “act fairly and in good faith” towards him because the relationship was “purely contractual”. Wilcox believes the bank deliberately “cherry-picked” his site for West Register. “I believe a decision was taken by the bank to take the site, and everything thereafter led up to that happening,” he said.

Wilcox’s firm, Bayfields Ltd, became embroiled with RBS in 2007 when he bought a bungalow in the exclusive Barnton Park Wood area and spotted a development opportunity. He planned to buy the four neighbouring houses and sell the whole site to a developer with plans to add 12loan. But GRG brought in a new surveyor who slashed the value to £1.2m.

The bank then demanded that Wilcox sell his bungalow to Bayfields so GRG had the entire site within its control. Wilcox tried to resist but was told he would face bankruptcy if he refused. The sale went through in 2010. The firm went into administration in August 2011. All five houses went into receivership and were sold to West Register. Wilcox and his wife were forced to leave their home.


My Guru, Dr. Jacobs

A funny thing happened on my way to saving the world.

When I was 19 years old, I wanted to save the world. And I knew that the way to accomplish this was through political movements. So at the beginning of my sophomore year at Brandeis University, I joined the radical leftist Students for a Democratic Society (infamous as the S.D.S.).

It was 1967, and the anti-Vietnam war movement was mobilizing. This was a cause I could champion with my whole heart. I was taught at teach-ins, sat down at sit-ins, and wielded a picket sign with a vengeance at anti-war demonstrations. My heart welled up in love and compassion for the poor, napalmed Vietnamese peasants, and blazed up in hatred for the armed forces, the Pentagon,shoulder, I hopped to a bicycle rickshaw that took us to the Garden Hotel, Aurangabad's finest. To my beseeching request, the clerk at the front desk answered, "There is no such list. But we do have a guest in the hotel who may be able to help you. He's a doctor from England, sent by the United Nations."

A doctor from England? I could not believe my good luck. "Is he here now? Can I see him?" I asked eagerly.

"No, he works at the Aurangabad Hospital. But he always comes back here for lunch."

Mary Lou and I sat down and waited. A couple hours later, three white people entered: a young couple and a middle-aged, stocky man with thinning red-brown hair and a face that looked like he belonged