the use of meters or otherwise, to measure structural movement within the school, the designated record presents abundant support for the finding of the trial court that the building experienced abnormal and excessive structural movement.  This fact, considered with the absence of any evidence indicating that the "Bond Ply" system was less elastic than the traditional four-ply system, substantiates the holding that structural movement rather than an inherent defect in the membrane system was the proximate cause of the damage sustained.

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The record reveals both direct and circumstantial evidence pointing to structural movement as the cause of the splits which appeared in the roofing membrane.  It is first to be noted that the very design of the school building created the potential for abnormal structural movement andstress within the building.  The manager of the roofing subcontractor, Chris Wille, testified that the structural steel which suggested the walls of circular and irregularly shaped rooms was placed in many directions and necessarily resulted in movement within the building in many different directions.  Milton Olson, a roofing expert employed to correct the leaks in the roof, deposed that he was thwarted by structural movement in his attempts to repair substrate cracks which had appeared directly beneath splits in the roofing membrane.  These movements invariably caused recracking.  Olson further explained that each dome was constructed in such a manner that its base could not expand, with the result that thermal movement in the dome was channeled in an upward direction.  He stated that


cracks present in the domes were evidence of such upward movement and that no roofing membrane could sustain those kinds of stresses.

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Dennis McNeil, a branch manager of a roof and waterproofing construction firm engaged by appellant to repair the roof, ratified Olson's analysis by his admission on cross-examination that cracks around the perimeters of the domes and at right angles to those perimeters could be characterized as classic structural movement cracks.  McNeil also acknowledged his statement made on deposition to the effect that splits in the roofing membrane on ridges located between the domes were an indication of some movement occurring at those points.

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Various efforts to minimize the effects of structural movement within the building which were taken during the replacement of the "Bond Ply" roofing membraneare additional evidence of the existence of such movement in abnormal amounts.  New expansion joints were installed to protect the replacement membrane from the splitting caused by the movement of the building.  McNeil testified that these new expansion joints were placed between the domes for the purpose of accommodating structural movement in those areas.  It was his opinion that expansion joints should probably have been so located in the original construction of the school.  Olson deposed that, due to cracking along the top edges of the ridges on sloped roofs, new expansion joints were installed there with the effect that all such ridges were made into a "complete expansion joint."  Nelson Hymans, a structural engineer with a consulting firm retained by appellant, testified


the building was improperly constructed.  Unworkmanlike installation of the roof in two particulars may well account for, and at the least contributed to, the development of the leaks which eventually required that the "Bond Ply" membrane be replaced.  Testimony was adduced which indicated that ponding, which results from improper sloping in the roof, occurred in the relatively flat area between the gymnasium and the domes and in the area of the domes themselves.  Leaking took place in both of these locations.  Upon opening up the roof for inspection, Olson observed felt plies which had deteriorated to the point where a substantial amount of water was entering the school.  This deterioration was attributed to the lack of proper drainage.  McNeil testified that asphaltjudged in the light of practices presently prevailing in the roofing industry.  The testimony of Schreiber, based as it is on present knowledge and practice, is not necessarily persuasive with regard to the reasonableness of actions taken eight years earlier.  The trial court recognized this when it chose to rely upon the testimony of Olson to establish that, at least at the time of the school's construction in 1968, the solid mopping of a roofing membrane was not universally considered inadvisable.  When asked if in his opinion it made any difference that the first ply of the "Bond Ply" roofing membrane had been mopped instead of nailed, Olson answered:

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A There's a big argument in the roofing industry as to which is the better of the


The first commercial radio stations in the United States began operation around 1920. Today, there may be as many as 12,000 radio stations in the United States programming in several distinct formats. When broadcasting their respective signals, these radio stations often use an analog signal, which may be modulated based on frequency or amplitude. Frequency modulated (FM) radio appears to be the dominant entertainment medium while amplitude modulated (AM) radio seems to be a popular outlet for news and information.
Unfortunately, analog radio may be unable to provide the sound quality and consistency that radio listeners desire. As such, several broadcasting related companies have begun to consider a movement to digital radio. Unlike analog radio reception, digital radio reception may be able to provide compact disk (CD) quality soundVice President-elect Joe Biden said he received a promise from Obama before he accepted the offer to join the ticket.

(CNN) – Before he accepted Barack Obama's offer to join his presidential ticket, Joe Biden got a promise from Obama: that he would be there for "every critical decision," Biden said in an interview broadcast Sunday.

Speaking to ABC's "This Week," Biden said he believes the vice president's role is to provide "the best, sagest, most accurate, most insightful advice and recommendations he or she can make to a president to help them make some of the very, very important decisions that have to be made."

When Obama talked to him about being his number two, "I said, 'I don't want to be picked unless you're picking me for my judgment.


and wise why wasn't he chosen as President? He didn't do well in the primaries as I recall.

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Gary in VA

I think President elect- Obama has been truly underestimated for his brain power/intellect. This man has thought out every move with great precision. Your going to be truly surprised of the capabilities of this
black man. With the office of Presidency at his discretion I see great things. Good luck and God's speed.

December 21, 2008 05:28 pm at 5:28 pm |

John Galt in Colorado

WHO IS JOHN GALT?

December 21, 2008 05:33 pm at 5:33 pm |

Lori

I am pleased to have Biden as Obama's VP.

After 8 years of the devil Cheney, I am so glad that we have 2 people in the White HouseRegister or Login

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STAFF REVIEW of Knee Deep (Xbox One)

Although Telltale is seen as being responsible for the modern revival of the classic point-and-click adventure genre, it’s not the only company that is trying to make a mark within it. Other, mostly independent, developers are also throwing their hats into the ring these days, including Prologue Games with its campy Twin Peaks-inspired title called Knee Deep.

Set in a smelly, gator-fearing Florida swamp town, Knee Deep is the tale of three different investigators who find themselves working on the same strange case. The first one – a twenty year-old blogger who calls herself Phaedra – stumbles upon the death of a once popular and bankable action movie star after getting sick of waiting in congested traffic, while the others


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2. Grady Jarrett, DT, Atlanta Falcons

Jarrett surprisingly dropped to the Falcons in the fifth round of the 2015 NFL draft, after earning the second-best PFF grade among defensive tackles his final season at Clemson in 2014. He ended up grading even better than first-round teammate and edge rusher Vic Beasley in his rookie season, despite playing just 268 snaps to Beasley’s 547. He was disruptive as a pass-rusher and even more so as a run defender. Jarrett is expected to compete for a starting job in a Falcons defense that needs some playmakers – they’d do well to give him an expanded role.

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3. Tyler Lockett, WR, Seattle Seahawks

Another underdrafted rookie who excelled in his first year after producing at a veryhigh level in college (Lockett was PFF’s No. 1-ranked wide receiver in 2014, out of Kansas State), Lockett is poised for a big 2016 season. He finished third on the team in targets behind leading receivers Doug Baldwin and Jermaine Kearse, but graded considerably better than Kearse and was a particularly dangerous threat on deep balls, with 26 percent of his targets coming on throws of 20-plus yards. He looks like a bona fide No. 2 target opposite Baldwin this season.

4. Dion Lewis, RB, New England Patriots

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It was injury that limited Lewis’s role in 2015, not any decision by the Patriots, and he was the No. 1-ranked running back in PFF’s elusive rating (which tracks a back’s ability to generate yards on his own) prior to his season-ending


his success in coverage, and his 58.4 NFL passer rating allowed was the fifth-lowest among NFL cornerbacks. Rollins isn’t currently being listed as a starter in the Green Bay secondary, he seems primed for a bigger role in 2016.

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6. Willie Young, OLB, Chicago Bears

Young was Chicago’s second-most productive pass-rusher a year ago, behind only fellow outside linebacker Pernell McPhee, and he graded well versus the run in addition to his 47 total QB pressures (including seven sacks). After just 532 snaps a year ago, Young might not be in line for a larger role given the presence of McPhee, Lamarr Houston and No. 9 overall pick from the 2016 draft Leonard Floyd, but his production from 2015 warrants it.

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7. Vance Walker, DE, Denver Broncos

The Broncos have the unenviablestep in filling the void left by Jackson.

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8. Zach Ertz, TE, Philadelphia Eagles

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Ertz saw the most snaps of any Philadelphia tight end last year, but there’s a strong case to be made that he should see an even bigger role in 2016, especially relative to fellow Philly TE Brent Celek. Ertz was the No. 4 tight end in PFF grades last year, faring well as a run-blocker in addition to his success as a pass-catcher (75 catches for 853 yards and two touchdowns). He could be the top receiving weapon for Eagles QB Sam Bradford this season, and he is an intriguing fantasy option at the tight end position as well.

9. Danielle Hunter, DE, Minnesota Vikings

The Vikings had one of the top-graded defenses in 2015, and were particularly


strong up front with defensive tackle Linval Joseph, defensive end Everson Griffen and outside linebacker Anthony Barr. But one of the quieter productive players was 2015 third-rounder Danielle Hunter, who from Week 6 on was very productive in a reserve defensive end role. He graded average as a pass-rusher, recording 37 total pressures including five sacks, and graded very well versus the run. Given that starting ends Griffen and Brian Robison earned below-average grades versus the run (both were good as rushers, particularly Griffen), we could see more of Hunter in 2016 as he develops in his second season.

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10. Duke Johnson, RB, Cleveland Browns

Johnson is being considered something of a co-starter along with Isaiah Crowell in Cleveland’s backfield, but Johnson was the superior player a year ago. HeCytokines in osteoarthritis: mediators or markers of joint destruction?
The integrity of articular cartilage is maintained by the balance between cytokine-driven anabolic and catabolic processes. Unregulated or excess influences of these molecules are thought to play a part in the pathophysiology of many joint diseases. However, the role of cytokines in osteoarthritis (OA) is not well established. Our aims are twofold: firstly to consider the evidence for the contribution of cytokines to the pathophysiology of OA and secondly to evaluate their potential as markers of disease activity in OA. Cytokine homeostasis, the role of catabolic and anabolic cytokines in maintaining cartilage integrity, and the contribution of such cytokines to destructive processes in OA were examined. Consideration was given to the interrelationship between cartilage, bone, and synovium in OA; metabolites


Tokyó, etc.

東京 に すんで います

More examples:

Birmingham ni sunde imasu ビルミンハン に すんで います

California ni sunde imasu カリフォニア に すんで います

Swansea ni sunde imasu スワンし に すんで います

Glasgow ni sunde imasu グラスゴ に すんで います

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I live in Berlin = Berurin ni sunde imasu ＝ ベルリン に すんで います

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We live in France (this word is in the previous unit) – Furansu ni sunde imasu フランス に すんで いますUnion, World Bank and others, the GEI measures the “quality and dynamics of entrepreneurship ecosystems at a national and regional level.” Does the population have the skills to start a new business? Can they accept risk? What about access to capital? These are a few of 14 pillars the report scores. Of 137 countries in 2018, Tunisia ranked 40th overall, sixth in the Middle East and North Africa region and first in Africa.

Here in Tunisia, we’d like to see ourselves as one of the points on the map of entrepreneurship in the world.

Haythem Mehouachi, Tunisian investor

Showing confidence in the quality of Tunisian entrepreneurs, the GEI gives individuals a 76 percent score. Amel Saidane, president of Tunisian Startups, backs this up. Her hub of startups has successfully lobbied the


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A recent PC datamine has revealed that solo and duo modes could be coming to the newly released battle royale game Apex Legends, which was a surprise release last week and has taken the gaming landscape by storm, hitting 25 million players in just seven days.

Fortnite dataminer ShiinaBR discovered the modes by looking at the PC game files, noting two lines of code named "2-man squads" and "SOLO_MODE". Players have been wondering whether alternate modes will come to Apex Legends, as the main competitors all have multiple modes including solos, duos, and four-person squads. The roadmap of upcoming content which kicks off in March with the Battle Pass doesn't mention the additional modes, but it's safe to say that's likely due to the fact that thisThis invention relates to solid compositions wherein a functional group is entrapped in the lattice of a cross-linked hydrophobic polymer during in situ polymerization of the monomers forming the polymer lattice. More particularly, the invention relates to comb-like polymers which have entrapped various chemicals and provide for their sustained release.
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Electro Optic Systems Holdings Limited develops, manufactures, and sells telescopes and dome enclosures, laser satellite tracking systems, and electro-optic fire control systems in Australia, the United States, Singapore, and Germany. It operates through Defense Systems and Space segments. The company specializes in space information based on the use of EOS-developed instruments and sensors to detect, track, classify, and characterize objects in space. It offers defense products, including remote weapon systems, optical sensors, and related products, as well as fire control, surveillance, and weapon systems to approved military customers. The company also develops technologies in support of space debris management and asset management in space,President Trump, his elder children and his private businesses are suing Deutsche Bank and Capital One over congressional subpoenas issued to the organization, court papers filed Monday show.

Details: The lawsuit, first reported by the New York Times, was filed in the Southern District of New York. The move is in response to subpoenas from the House Financial Services Committee and the Intelligence Committee seeking to obtain Trump's financial records.

The big picture: The Trump administration has taken several steps to block oversight by House Democrats in recent days. Trump says he's against current and former White House aides testifying before congressional panels. Following the release of the Mueller report, Trump is turning to litigation strategies that he long used in business — resist, delay and sue, per Axios' Mike


Anker later acquired the estate through marriage.

Peder Anker utilized the slope from the main house down to Bogstadvannet for development with curved paths and artificial creeks. The landscape  was further developed from 1780. The estate was developed with a larger manor house in 1785. The last private owners were Nini Wedel-Jarlsberg (1880–1945) and Westye Parr Egeberg (1877–1959).

The property has been owned by Oslo municipality since 1954. The manor house is owned by Bogstad Foundation and operated as a museum in cooperation with the  Norwegian Museum of Cultural History. The manor house dating from between 1760-1780 was built in the style of Classicist architecture and is a typical example of building styles for the period. Bogstad Manor has been fully furnished with paintings, chandeliers, furniture  andsituation with the Quantum Code binary options software, presented to us through Michael Crawford? Initially I was doubtful, since it assured strange outcomes but after several days of assessment, I understand the facts. Look at my full review to discover it yourself.

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for the first few laps," recalls Buemi, who had never driven an electric car prior to testing for the inaugural 2014/2015 Formula E season.

Photos: The 2018/19 Formula E season Formula E 2018/19 – The 2018/19 Formula E season proved to be a thriller, with the exciting new Gen2 cars boasting top speeds of 280km/h. Eight different drivers won the first eight races in a season that went down to the wire. Hide Caption 1 of 15 Photos: The 2018/19 Formula E season Frenchman Jean-Eric Vergne became the first double champion in the sport's history, defending the title he won last season thanks to three race victories. Hide Caption 2 of 15 Photos: The 2018/19 Formula E season Robin Frijns won his second E-Prix of the season, storming tovictory in the final race of 2018/19 in New York. Hide Caption 3 of 15 Photos: The 2018/19 Formula E season Former world champion Sebastian Buemi claimed his first victory of 2018/19 at the first of a double-header in New York. Hide Caption 4 of 15 Photos: The 2018/19 Formula E season Jean-Eric Vergne strengthened his grip on the title with his third victory of the season in Bern, extending his lead to 38 points at the top of the championship. Hide Caption 5 of 15 Photos: The 2018/19 Formula E season Berlin, race 10 – An ecstatic Lucas Di Grassi celebrated in style after dominating the Berlin E-Prix to close the gap at the top of the drivers' championship. Hide Caption 6 of 15 Photos: The 2018/19


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The FBI wants the public's help in finding this man, known as John Doe 28, who is wanted for sexually abusing a child.

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The FBI wants the public's help in finding a man who is sexually abusing a child.

The bureau says "John Doe 28" is seen in images and video "engaging in sexually explicit activities with a child." These came to the attention of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in November 2012.

Authorities said John Doe 28's state and region are unknown, and is asking the public's help in identifying him.

The FBI believes enhanced images of the man offer several clues. The video shows him and the child inside a home with what appears to be a


FAQ is an introduction to the LTV. It's perspective is mainly that of a "Dual System" approach that has dominated Western academic economists' discussion of the LTV for the last century (when they have noticed the LTV at all). Recent developments, such as the "New Interpretation" of Gerard Dumenil, A. Lipietz, and Duncan Foley and the "Temporal Single System" approach of Guglielmo Carchedi, Alan Freeman, Andrew Kliman and others, are, at most, treated cursorily. A more comprehensive treatment of formalizations of Marx's economic theory would discuss his third volume argument for the law of the tendency of the rate of profits to decline, the Okishio theorem's use in refuting this law, and Andrew Kliman's defense of Marx's law in a dynamic setting.

A commodity is...an object outside us, aand endowments. Equilibrium prices are thought to coordinate individual maximization problems.

Alfred Marshall replaced the Classical distinction between market prices and prices of production with the notion of equilibrium existing in various runs. The most important of Marshall's equilibrium concepts are short run and long run equilibrium. In short run equilibrium, agents in the economy have chosen the optimal level of operation of a given capacity. In long run equilibrium, capacity output, levels of operation, and the mix of all inputs are all choice variables. The associated set of long run equilibrium prices are known as "normal prices." Normal prices show all industries earning the same normal rate of profits in competitive conditions.

Prices of production are sufficiently close to the notion of Neoclassical long-run equilibrium prices that a critique


critique was promoted among academic economists by the Neo-Ricardian or Sraffian school in what has become known as the Cambridge Capital Controversy (Harcourt 1972). Neoclassical economists have responded to this critique by:

Encouraging ignorance of the economics literature, the history of thought, and scholarship in general so as to ignore the critique.

Misrepresenting the critique as addressing only the measurement problem of constructing an adequate index number for capital.

Discarding long run Neoclassical theories, aggregate macroeconomic theories, and the marginal productivity theory of distribution in favor of disaggregated intertemporal and temporary General Equilibrium models, in which nearly anything can happen and nothing need happen.

The Cambridge Capital Controversy is generally agreed to have exposed certain problems with Neoclassical capital theory. For example, Bohm-Bawerk's theory in which the interest rate is determined byprices are transformed to new quantities in a single system in which capitalists obtain profit in each industry in proportion to the capital advanced. Although contravening a century's interpretation of Marx, proponents of the Temporal Single System approach argue with style for their reading of Marx.

Anwar Shaikh also tested the ability of the LTV to explain temporal variations in prices. He used Italian input-output tables developed by Graziella Marzi and Paolo Varri for 1959 and 1969. These tables contain 25 sectors. Anwar Shaikh found that 92% of the temporal variation of the logarithm of prices of production is explained by variations in the logarithm of relative labor values.

Paul Cockshott, Allin Cottrel, Ed Ochoa, and Pavle Petrovic are some other economists whose recent empirical results support the LTV. Edward


Alexander of Ashland, Wisconsin, placed second with his acrylic painting of a Cinnamon Teal; Christine Clayton of Sidney, Ohio, took third place with her oil painting of a Blue-winged Teal.

In 2000, Clayton won the National Junior Duck Stamp Art Contest with a painting of a northern pintail. She was 17 at the time.

The judges for this year’s Federal Duck Stamp Contest were: Jacob Straub, a waterfowl biologist and the Wetlands and Waterfowl Conservation Chair in UW-Stevens Point’s College of Natural Resources; Jane Kim, an artist and science illustrator; Robert Spoerl, a lifelong hunter and conservationist with a passion for waterfowl; Tim Pearson, an artist and flyfishing guide who paints mostly in watercolors, inspired by the waters and surrounding wilderness of Lake Superior; and Richard Prager, an avid collectorThis was perhaps one of the biggest defensive plays of the season, as Scott Smith will attest to, and it shows up in this highlight reel. The Cleveland Browns faced a fourth-down and two situation right before the half and were on the cusp of swinging momentum in their favor inside the red zone. Browns' quarterback Baker Mayfield kept the ball and was already across the first down marker when David chased him down and punched the ball out, knocking it out of bounds behind the first-down line, where by rule, the ball would be spotted and creating a turnover on downs. David had eyes on Mayfield the whole time and as he came down on the blitz, got tied up with the guard. Once he saw Mayfield


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Khalida Brohi’s I Should Have Honor

Today, I’m presenting a guest post by Pakistani activist Khalida Brohi. Hailing from a Brauhi family from Balochistan, settled in upper Sindh, Khalida was lucky enough to have a father who supported her education. But she witnessed the terrible tradition of honour killing in her family when a cousin was killed for falling in love with someone of her own choice. She created the Sughar Foundation, an organization that helps other young women to escape that fate.

Her memoir I Should Have Honor: A Memoir of Hope and Pride in Pakistan is being published by Penguin Random House this fall.

I Should Have Honor

A Memoir of Hope and Pride in Pakistan

Honor is a very sensitive topic in Pakistan. Honor canAustralia openers Aaron Finch and Usman Khawaja laid an excellent platform with a century stand. While Finch fell on 93, Khawaja went on to hit a maiden ODI century with the tourists going to post a match-winning total in the third ODI against India on Friday.

Editorial team of CricketCountry.

First Published on March 9, 2019 3:32 PM ISTLast updated on March 9, 2019 3:32 PM IST


Transconjunctival Nd:YAG laser revision of failing trabeculectomy.
We used a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser delivered transconjunctivally to restore filtration to a failing trabeculectomy of a 51-year-old black woman with primary open-angle glaucoma and uncontrolled intraocular pressure (IOP) on maximally tolerated anti-glaucoma medical therapy. Initially, the Nd:YAG laser was directed via a goniolens at the interface of the trabeculectomy flap and scleral bed. This attempt to restore filtration was unsuccessful. In two separate treatment sessions the Nd:YAG laser was directed transconjunctivally onto the visible trabeculectomy flap margins, followed by focusing the laser onto the gray-white episcleral fibrous tissue overlying the scleral flap. During the last transconjunctival treatment, the bleb elevated immediately and the IOP decreased from 30 mm Hg to 18 mm Hg. These effects have been sustained over 3 monthsDecision delayed

Council moves both conference center proposals forward

Trey Propes, left, and Scott Ehrhardt, right, address members of the City Council while speaking on behalf of Ehrhardt Hospitality Group’s conference center proposal during Monday night’s meeting and vote at City Hall. Seated at front right is Kirk Farmer of the other developer, Farmer Holding Company.
Photo by Kris Wilson.

After more than two hours of debate, the Jefferson City Council voted to move both conference center proposals forward to the development stage, effectively holding off on any decision between the two.

At the City Council meeting Monday, members voted 6-4 to move conference center proposals from Jefferson City-based Farmer Holding Co. and Hannibal-based Ehrhardt Hospitality group forward to the development stage, where contract negotiations will begin.

Interim City Administrator Drew Hilpert said the


Laser applications in otolaryngology.
The perception of the laser has changed as lasers have moved from the laboratory into everyday conventional surgery. The physician's perception of the laser has expanded from the simple light scalpel to a tool with a variety of applications. This issue of Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America is designed to explain how lasers are used today in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery and to indicate new directions for the laser tomorrow.Indian Air Force today exposed Pakistan's lies providing evidence that the Pakistan Air Force had used F-16 fighter jets on Wednesday in an attempt to attack an Indian military installation. Pakistan had yesterday claimed that F-16 fighter jets were not use in yesterday's mission and no Pakistani aircraft had been shot down. In a joint press conference with the Army and the Navy, IAF officials showed the wreckage of the F-16 fighter jet that was shot down by the Indian Air Force's MiG 21 Bison Aircraft, a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft.

Earlier in the day, amidst mounting tension between the two nations, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan announced the release of IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who was captured during the dogfight between Indian and Pakistani air


troops on Wednesday. Commenting on the development, Air Vice Marshal RGK Kapoor said we are happy that our pilot is being released. We see this as a gesture in consonance with Geneva Convention, he said.

Also Read: India-Pakistan tension LIVE: IAF shows evidence of crashed F-16, exposes Pakistan's lie

Here are the key takeaways from joint press briefing by Army, Navy and Air Force.

Indian Air Force Statement

Air Vice Marshal RGK Kapoor said Pakistan used F-16s in this mission through their electronic signatures. A part of AMRAAM, air to air missile which is carried only on the Pakistani F-16s was recovered east of Rajouri within the Indian territory. His comment came in response to Pakistan's repeated claim that no F-16s were used in the operation.

"On Feb 27 at 10 am IAFradars detected Pakistan Air Force which breached the Indian air space. The Pakistan aircraft was intercepted by IAF. One F-16 of Pakistan Air Force was shot down by MiG 21 Bison. We lost one MiG 21 Bison but pilot landed in Pakistan territory."

IAF fighters were tasked to intercept the intruding Pakistani aircraft and managed to thwart them. Although PAF jets dropped bombs, they were not able to cause any damage, he added. IAF is happy and looks forward to the return of Abhinandan, Air Vice Marshal RGK Kapoor said.

Indian Army Statement

Major General Surinder Singh Mahal, Additional Director General Military Operations said Pakistan Army first resorted to unprovoked cross border firing in Sunderbani, Bimber, Nowshera and Krishna Ghati, and this was responded to by Indian Army in fitting manner.


In The Unblairable Lightness of Being, Dorota learns her parents are coming to America and don't know she is unwed and pregnant. After seeing her worry that her parents might force her to return to Poland, Chuck Bass offers to throw her and Vanya a wedding. Along with Blair, Eleanor, Cyrus, and the VDW's, Dorota and Vanya are married in a traditional Polish/Russian ceremony before her parents arrive. In the season finale Last Tango, Then Paris, Dorota and Vanya's daughter, Anastasia is born, and Cyrus and Eleanor are named her godparents.no" said gyarados and so vulpix and eevee left the school and they went to another school.

The other school was a vegetarian school and the principal was diglett and bulbasaur was the teacher. "Let's grow some flowers" said bulbasaur to jigglypuff. And ninetails and espeon realised that they didn't need to teach jigglypuff how to fight and that it was much better at this school where there was no fucking homophobia.


The daily adventures of four Sphynx: Dragonheart, a black and white tuxedo; Merlin, a blue lynx point and white fighting large cell lymphoma; Devi, a black and white rescue; and Chloe, a crazy tortoiseshell.

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Our human dad is an officer in the Canadian Forces. As such, he has participated in many different missions around the world, including serving in Kuwait during the first Gulf War, peacekeeping missions in Haiti, Bosnia, and Eritrea, and domestic operations such as the Winnipeg Floods in 1997. We are very proud of him and the work that he does, along with all the other members of the Canadian Forces, and all the other men and women who serve throughout the world.

Even though we are very proud of ourby mobile phones, and connections of mobile phones with projectors and televisions are also realized. Although a mobile phone may replace part of the functions of a computer and may be carried with one conveniently, the above problem also exists, that is, a projector and a television cannot be carried with one, or in some special situations, for example, in a vehicle such as a car, a train, etc., it will be very difficult when it is necessary to realize projection of the screen of a mobile phone.
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4 Consolidated global net POD development for the three months ended March 26, 2016 reflects the previously-announced closing of 2 self-serve coffee stations within Speedway locations.

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Dunkin' DonutsU.S. comparable store sales in the first quarter were flat as an increase in average ticket was offset by a decline in traffic. Breakfast sandwich sales increased driven by value messaging around wake-up wraps and core sandwiches such as egg and cheese. Beverage sales were driven by the iced coffee category as Cold Brew sales continue to grow.

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in renewal income, and rental income driven by an increase in the number of leases for franchised locations. The increases in revenues were offset by a decline in sales at company-operated restaurants as there were no company-operated points of distribution in the first quarter of 2017.

Dunkin' DonutsU.S. segment profit in the first quarter increased to $108.0 million, an increase of $7.5 million over the prior year period, driven primarily by the increases in royalty income and franchise fees. Additionally, the prior year period was unfavorably impacted by the operating results of company-operated restaurants. The increases in segment profit were offset by a gain recognized in connection with the sale of real estate in the prior year period.

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Dunkin'NEW YORK - Magician David Blaine's latest stunt boasts lots of high-voltage snap, crackle and pop - but experts say he'll be safe from electrocution as long as he wears his chain-mail suit and metal headgear.

The show at Manhattan's Pier 54 calls for 1 million volts of electricity to flow from one Tesla coil to another, across his metal-clad body - for 72 hours, beginning at 7:30 p.m. ET Friday. He'll go without food and without a good night's sleep, with electricity crackling around him constantly.

Blaine's past endurance trials have included sitting in a box suspended above the River Thames in London for 44 days with only water, and standing unharnessed on a 100-foot-high (30-meter-high) pillar in New York City for 35 hours. He says the "Electrified" show


is "one of the craziest things that I ever dreamed up, and I don't know how I could go beyond it."

"I had wanted to do this for years," he told reporters at a preview on Tuesday. "Being in the middle of a lightning storm, it feels so amazing, being in an environment you shouldn't be in."

During the unusual press conference, Blaine mounted a platform on the pier, gave the go-ahead for the electricity to be switched on, and proceeded to shoot purplish arcs of lightning out of his hands and the top of his head.

Protected by Faraday suit
Blaine's stainless-steel chain-mail suit is a Faraday suit, an adaptation of the principle of the Faraday cage, in which an enclosure of highly conductive material shields whatever is within the enclosureZajc applauded the magician for making physics seem exciting. He said the stunt was basically safe, though it could prove risky if the suit deteriorated from exposure to the elements.

"To me, the amazing thing is that he plans to stand there for 72 hours, not that there's a million volts or these impressive lightning bolts passing through the Faraday cage that surrounds him," Zajc told Reuters.

Stuart Weiss, Blaine's doctor, said the main risks of the stunt include exposure to the ozone and nitrous oxides that are a byproduct of ionized air, which humans should not inhale in large quantities. A ventilation system will ensure that Blaine has breathable air, and a special visor in his helmet will protect his eyes from the ultraviolet radiation of the arcing electricity.

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NEW YORK -- As he faces a hefty suspension that could threaten his NFL career, Giants safety Will Hill has maintained his innocence to teammates.

Hill has already been suspended twice for drug-related suspensions, once for Adderall in 2012 and for marijuana in 2013. He's appealing the latest failed test.

"Will is a guy that has definitely had his struggles, as well as anyone of us within this league," Giants safety Antrel Rolle said on Tuesday night at the United Way of New York City's Gridiron Gala that raised almost $2 million for the city's youth. "Right now, I've spoken to Will several times and he's said, 'Antrel, I've been clean.' Right now, I have no choice but to go off what he says. Until we find out otherwise …"

Thereis no known timetable on Hill's appeal. The league declined comment on his situation and an inquiry to Hill's agent was not returned as of Wednesday morning.

Hill is coming off a breakout season. He started 10 games and was rated Pro Football Focus' second-best safety in 2013.

Hill, 24, has continued to work out at the Giants' facility as he awaits word on his status. He has not missed a workout and, by all accounts, has remained upbeat about his future with the team.

"He's all right," Rolle said. "Only that person knows what he has and hasn't done. And his attitude hasn't changed, his demeanor hasn't changed. The way he's been carrying himself hasn't changed. That is all we have right now."

The Giants have certainly covered their backside in


case Hill is not around this season. They signed Quintin Demps and re-signed Stevie Brown this offseason. They also drafted San Diego State's Nat Berhe in the fifth round on Saturday.

Hill's troubles (see the long list here) are nothing new. The former St. Peters Prep star and Star-Ledger Player of the Year was caught with marijuana and suspended for violating team rules at the University of Florida. He has since been suspended twice in his short NFL career.

Rolle and other veteran Giants (and ex-Giants) have tried to help. They kept in touch with Hill during the offseason in an attempt to keep him out of trouble.

"I've been speaking to Will quite frequently in the offseason," Rolle said. "I'm sure other guys, like Deon Grant, have reached out tohim. You just check up on him and make sure everything is all right, just make sure he's taking care of himself.

"As far as I know this offseason, he was pretty good, he was staying straight and he was taking care what he needed to. He was training hard, working out hard, so we don't really know anything until we know."

That is the problem with the NFL's offseason rules. Teams and coaches can only do so much to keep troubled players in line. Rules prohibit them from meeting regularly with players in the offseason.

It's something that has drawn some criticism of late. Ravens coach John Harbaugh expressed his dissatisfaction with the restrictions at the NFL Meetings several months back. Other coaches have also balked at the limitations.

The Giants


were crossing their fingers with Hill this offseason, a team source told NJ.com at the NFL Combine. They thought it would have been beneficial to everyone involved if Hill were able to check in regularly with his coaches throughout the offseason. But he wasn't, and now faces another suspension that could end his run with the Giants.

As Rolle sees it, there is only so much you can do. Sometimes, the player needs to take responsibility for himself and his career.

"At the end of the of the day, an adult has to be an adult," Rolle said. "Will has to be accountable for his own life. Will has to be smart enough and alert enough to know the dos and don'ts of this league.

"Like I said, he's told usSaturday, November 30, 2013

New Tyler Cowen book

I have been reading the new book by Tyler Cowen, Average Is Over, about how "machine intelligence" will change life in the near future. (Apparently, he uses the term because he wants to refer to a category of machines that includes computers but is broader.) Robert Anton Wilson wrote about the effect of automation eliminating jobs; Cowen's book has a lot about that but also tackles other effects. His book is full of striking passages:

It's already the case that 60 percent of U.S. employers check credit scores before making a hire -- this is a reality, not some dystopian science fiction world of the distant future.

Cowen says that the ability of chess players is closely and accurately rated and predicts that similar


An Alabama pastor whose residential ministry for sex offenders was shut down by a new law, has been allowed by a federal judge to proceed with his religious liberty lawsuit against the state.

Pastor Ricky Martin of the Triumph church in rural Clanton says Alabama targeted his ministry when it passed a law that only applied to one county, and only shut down his program.

“We was trying our best to provide the housing for them,” said Martin. “They was going to church, they was serving the lord, they had been saved, of course.”

Alabama has some of the most restrictive laws in the nation that govern where sex offenders can live. The state requires offenders to have an approved address before they can leave prison. Sex offenders in Alabama arealso prohibited from living within 2,000 feet from any school, college or daycare. If an offender does not supply law enforcement with an approved address by the time he or she is eligible for release, the offender is remanded to the custody of the local sheriff. The law has no exception for mental illness or disability.

Martin said he ministered to sex offenders in prison, and began the transitional housing program behind his church after many men were unable to leave jail when their sentences were completed.

The pastor had five trailers set up behind the church, about 300ft from each other, and that, at most, he had about a dozen men living in the trailers at any one time. Just 8,700 residents live in Clanton, a town smack in


of electromagnets that circumscribe the exterior of the bell jar. The magnets form an axial magnetic field that transfers the plasma from the plasma source to the magnetic bucket.
To contain the plasma as it exits the bell jar and enters the bucket, the magnetic bucket is surrounded with strips of vertically oriented permanent magnets that extend along the cylindrical side walls of the bucket from the top to the bottom of the bucket. Each magnet is oppositely polarized from each adjacent magnet such that a magnetic field extending from one magnet to an adjacent magnet penetrates into the interior of the bucket by approximately a centimeter to confine the plasma in the bucket to a central region extending from the source to the workpiece.
To accelerate the plasma fromThe Rams were a ratings dud Sunday in their new city as well as their former one.

The team’s first regular-season game in the Los Angeles area since returning after a 21-year stint in St. Louis was much-ballyhooed there, and drew a sellout crowd (announced at 91,046) to the Los Angeles Coliseum.

But the television ratings performance was as lackluster as the game, a field-goal snoozfest won by the Rams 9-3.

The telecast, on the Fox network outlet, was seen in just 12 percent of homes in that market with a TV. That’s according to Nielsen, which measures viewership. Only three times in their two-plus decades in St. Louis did the Rams have a lower rating — once when they were playing at the same time as a World Series game


involving the Cardinals, the other late in the 2008 season (when the Rams were on their way to a 2-14) and the other late in the 2009 season (when they finished 1-15).

But the Rams were no ratings winners Sunday in St. Louis, either. The game, shown on KTVI (Channel 2) drew just 6.8 percent of St. Louis homes with a TV. That was the lowest rating of the four NFL games televised locally that day, and also behind the 7.5 figure the Cardinals-Giants baseball game that was being played simultaneously generated on Fox Sports Midwest.• Dutchman responds to criticism after Champions League exit • ‘Expectations at a club like Manchester United are very high’

Louis van Gaal has no doubt he is the right man to lead Manchester United despite the club’s early exit from the Champions League.

United crashed out of Europe’s biggest club competition – one they have won three times – on Tuesday when they lost 3-2 in Wolfsburg.

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Van Gaal’s critics again railed against the Dutchman in the wake of the defeat. Paul Scholes labelled United average while his former team-mate Rio Ferdinand said dropping into the Europa League was an embarrassment.

But Van Gaal launched an impassioned defence of his management at his weekly press conference. When asked if


New Delhi: When the largest historical contributor to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions — United States of America — pulled out of the Paris Agreement, aimed at lowering the effects of GHG and climate change, it heaped blame on India and China for skewing the Accord in their favour.

That argument, a basic knowledge of facts shows, cuts absolutely no ice. President Donald Trump, in his speech announcing the US withdrawal from the Pact said “China will be allowed to build hundreds of additional coal plants. So, we can’t build the plants, but they can, according to this agreement. India will be allowed to double its coal production by 2020.”

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He went on to say8 Eyes, referred to as 8 Eyes on the North American packaging, is a 2D action platforming video game developed by Thinking Rabbit for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The game features eight levels, and can be played by one or two players. It also features a large, diverse soundtrack, composed by Kenzou Kumei, often quoting from the operatic repertoire, consisting of three pieces for each of the eight levels, each set in a different part of the world.
8 Eyes is set in a post-apocalyptic future. Mankind is recovering from hundreds of years of chaos and nuclear war, and civilization is being rebuilt by the Great King, who harnesses the power of eight jewels. The jewels, known as the 8 Eyes, were formed at the centers of eight nuclear


explosions that came close to destroying the Earth. The 8 Eyes have mysterious power which, in the wrong hands, could bring about the end of the world. The Great King's eight power-hungry dukes steal the jewels for themselves and banish the King to the nuclear wastelands, threatening to once again plunge the Earth into war.
The player controls Orin the Falconer and his fighting falcon Cutrus. His mission is to penetrate the Dukes' eight castles and retrieve the 8 Eyes. With the help of Cutrus, you must fight the Dukes' soldiers, nuclear mutants, and the duke of each castle to retrieve the jewels. After the jewels have been recovered, you must return them to the Altar of Peace so that the Great King may return and finish rebuilding theEarth.
The game consists of eight levels, each set in the castle of one of the dukes. At the completion of each level, Orin receives a new sword. The player can choose to play each of the first seven castles in any order, though the boss at the end of each is vulnerable to only one sword. It is therefore easier to play levels in a particular order. There are hints about the correct order hidden throughout the game. Only after each has been completed can the House of Ruth be played.
After the House of Ruth has been cleared and the 8 Eyes recovered, the player must return the jewels to the Altar of Peace. At this point the jewels must be placed in a particular order, or the


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Jane Lynch has returned to hermusical roots. The actress and comedian. He said he never wanted her to see a music teacher.

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Ev Hadden is wild about blues music — especially female singers, swamp rhythms, and piano. She had no previous radio experience when she joined her local community radio station in Boise, Idaho, this summer


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Beijing: The Chinese government has accused a detained Swedish national of operating an unlicensed rights group in China, which "fabricated and distorted" information about the country and organised others to "interfere" in sensitive cases.

Beijing confirmed earlier this month that authorities had detained Peter Dahlin, the 35-year-old co-founder of the Chinese Urgent Action Working Group, on suspicion of endangering state security. The organization worked with Chinese human rights lawyers.

Chinese police and national security authorities said in a statement they had "smashed an illegal organisation that sponsored activities jeopardising China`s national security". The statement was released via the official Xinhua news agency late on Tuesday.

Sweden`s embassy in Beijing said it continued to work "intensively" on the matter and that its diplomats had visited Dahlin on Saturday.

"He is feeling well consideringconfessing, although it was not possible to verify if he was speaking of his own free will.

It was not possible to reach Dahlin for comment and unclear whether he has a lawyer.

Xinhua said Dahlin and Wang Quanzhang, a lawyer with Fengrui Law Firm, which is at the centre of a separate government crackdown on rights lawyers, co-founded the Joint Development Institute Limited in Hong Kong in August, 2009.

Wang was formally arrested this month on a charge of subverting state power, according to New York-based rights group Human Rights Watch.


2007, Larsen told the Associated Press that Prosper's default rate "hovered at around 2.7%." That, however, included many new loans that simply hadn't had time to go bad. Larsen refers to this obliquely in the AP story, noting that as more loans matured the rate would rise, but there's no hint of just how steep that rise would be. Prosper's data now shows that now shows that close to 36% of the loans made before Nov. 27, 2007--the date of the AP story--have ended in default, roughly thirteen times what a casual reader would have thought from Larsen's comments. That is close, coincidentally, to the total 39% (or roughly two in five) default for the Prosper loans that have reached the end of their three year term.

The articlePolice say suspected militants have shot and killed three men in Indian-controlled Kashmir.

Police said on Tuesday a group of three suspected insurgents overnight fired at three local men at a close range in the main town of Baramulla.

The three died instantly.

No rebel group has claimed responsibility for the deaths of the men.

Police officer Imtiyaz Husain says they were investigating the motive behind the killings but blamed the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba for the shootings.

Nuclear-armed India and Pakistan each administer part of Kashmir, but both claim it in its entirety.

Rebels have been fighting Indian rule since 1989, demanding Indian-controlled Kashmir be made part of Pakistan or become an independent country. India accuses Pakistan of arming and training the rebels, a charge Pakistan denies.


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By comparison, the UN has tended to be seen as relatively democratic, neither sharing the IMF\'s and World Bank\'s weighted-voting system nor showing the routine circumvention of democratic and transparent processes that characterise the WTO. The UN and its specialist agencies have been criticised as being: starved of resources; increasingly dependent on discretionary funding; compromised in their neutrality; and sidelined by the major powers in favour of the World Bank, over which these powers exert greater control. However, criticism of the UN\'s democratic processes has been more limited, and has focused mainly on the selection processes for agency heads, notably those of WHO.[@bib5],WASHINGTON - (AP) -- Thirty-one days into the partial government shutdown, Democrats and Republicans appeared no closer to ending the impasse than when it began, with President Donald Trump lashing out at his opponents after they dismissed a plan he'd billed as a compromise.

Trump on Sunday branded House Speaker Nancy Pelosi a "radical" and said she was acting "irrationally." The president also tried to fend off criticism from the right, as conservatives accused him of embracing "amnesty" for immigrants in the country illegally.

Trump offered on Saturday to temporarily extend protections for young immigrants brought to the country illegally as children and those fleeing disaster zones in exchange for $5.7 billion for his border wall. But Democrats said the three-year proposal didn't go nearly far enough.

"No, Amnesty is not


hostage taking. Because if the president can arbitrarily shut down the government now, he will do it time and again."

As news media reported the outline of Trump's proposal ahead of his Saturday speech, Pelosi and other Democrats made clear the president's plan was a non-starter -- a quick reaction Trump took issue with Sunday.

"Nancy Pelosi and some of the Democrats turned down my offer yesterday before I even got up to speak. They don't see crime & drugs, they only see 2020," he said in first of a flurry of morning tweets.

Trump also lashed out at Pelosi personally -- something he had refrained from early on -- and accused her, without evidence, of having "behaved so irrationally" and moving "so far to the left that she has nowofficially become a Radical Democrat."

He also appeared to threaten to target millions of people living in the country illegally if he doesn't eventually get his way, writing that "there will be no big push to remove the 11,000,000 plus people who are here illegally-but be careful Nancy!"

Pelosi responded with a tweet of her own, urging Trump to "Re-open the government, let workers get their paychecks and then we can discuss how we can come together to protect the border."

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer also dug in during an appearance in New York, where he predicted Democrats would block the president's proposal from passing the Senate.

"If he opens the government, we'll discuss whatever he offers, but hostage taking should not work," Schumer said as he pushed legislation that would


A new sales day devoted exclusively to deals on wine and dubbed 9/9 is to be held by online retailer Alibaba in China on 9 September, company founder Jack Ma has announced. Reporting by Jane Anson in Bordeaux, and Chris Mercer and Sylvia Wu in London

Jack Ma confirmed speculation in the trade about a new, annual Alibaba wine sales day on 9 September during a public discussion with Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi at the Vinitaly show in Verona today (11 April), according to a report by Italian press agency Ansa.

Ma dubbed the new project as a ‘day of wine’ and appears to have taken inspiration from China’s ‘singles day’, on 11 November, which he was also instrumental in popularising as a shopping event in China, akin toChâteau Haut-Mazeris, Château Puy-Guilhem, Château de Sours and Château Mayne Blanc, with plans to buy more over the next few years.

Decanter.com understands that the group of Chinese investors, including Ma, are to form their own negociant company in Bordeaux.

Online wine sales in China have risen strongly in recent years. Alibaba rival JD.com told DecanterChina.com last month that it expects to triple its online wine sales this year.

At the Vinitaly conference, Ma spoke about the digital economy and its importance to Italian producers. He said that he wanted Alibaba to be the gateway for Italian produce in China, according to Ansa.

Italy’s wine industry has said it wants to reach €7.5bn in exports by 2020, up from €5.4bn today.


Grand Rapids, Michigan (CNN) Republican Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan may have been prepared to deal with critics at his first town hall since publicly stating earlier this month that President Donald Trump has engaged in impeachable conduct, but instead he got a standing ovation Tuesday.

Attendees even booed and heckled a woman in a Make America Great Again hat who defended Trump, prompting Amash to step in. "Let's be respectful," he urged the crowd.

During the town hall, which went on for two hours, an hour longer than planned, Amash defended his conservative credentials -- "I'm who I said I was. I'm a principled, constitutional conservative" -- and once again brushed off a new primary challenge from Michigan state Rep. Jim Lower.

"I am not concerned about it," Amash toldeBook WebGL: Up and Running: Building 3D Graphics for the Web download

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P2P Markets: Russian Localbitcoins Trade Outpaces Venezuela

During the week of March 2, roughly 14,365 BTC changed hands via peer-to-peer (P2P) exchange Localbitcoins, equating to approximately $51.51 million worth of trade. Of that, 3,593 was BTC traded via the Russian markets, 83 percent more volume than was produced by Localbitcoins’ second-largest market, Venezuela.

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Russia, Venezuela and United States Comprise Largest Markets on Localbitcoins

Approximately 3,593 BTC were traded for Russian rubles (RUB) on Localbitcoins this past week, making it the largest P2P market by trade volume. Russian Localbitcoins trade activity during the week of March 2 equated to 918 million RUB (approximately $13.81 million).

Venezuela comprised the second largest national market on Localbitcoins during the week of March 2, producing 1,953 BTCby Mid-Sussex with the Delaware State Fire Prevention Commission in 2017 stated the squad discovered in March 2017 that a previous member had been making cash withdrawals from the company's bank account and using the money for personal purposes. The audit stated the member repaid nearly $95,000; another $10,000 in outstanding checks were voided.

In its exclusive, the Cape Gazette reported, no charges had been filed. “Charges were brought after a thorough investigation and a determination that McCabe's actions met the standard for criminal prosecution,” Kanefsky said.

An investigation by state Auditor Thomas Wagner was underway at the time of the Cape Gazette's breaking story, but his report was not complete until March 28, 2018.

In March, the state audit estimated the former treasurer misappropriated about $120,000 from the squad, and


the report was sent to the Department of Justice where it was reviewed by the office of Civil Rights and Public Trust, which determines whether someone's actions meet the standard for criminal prosecution, Kanefsky said.

At the time of misappropriated funds and subsequent audits, Ray Johnson was the squad president, and he remains president. Wagner notes that Ray Johnson and treasurer McCabe were married at the time of the misappropriations. Ray's brother, Joseph Johnson, is now treasurer.

Wagner's audit states the debit card was used for a $400 car payment in Ray Johnson’s name, and the treasurer wrote three checks totaling $5,000 to cash. One $5,000 check for cash was signed by both the treasurer and Ray Johnson, the audit states.

Kanefsky would not say whether anyone else would be indictedwho were married at the time,” the audit states.

Two checks each for $1,300 and one for $1,250 were unsupported payments to a former career chief supervisor and EMS chief. Jerry Johnson, Raymond's brother, was the emergency medical services chief before he was charged in May 2017 with groping a part-time employee at the Long Neck station. Jerry Johnson later pleaded no contest to third-degree unlawful sexual contact, and he was given probation before judgement.


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Microsoft Stores Sell Samsung's New Android Phone

A Microsoft Store might not be the first place one might look for an Android phone but the company's retail locations are taking orders for the new Samsung Galaxy S8, launched last week.

Even as Microsoft stores already sell other competitive devices, such as the Facebook Oculus virtual reality headsets, and the company itself now supports Apple's iOS and Android in numerous ways, the idea of it now selling an Android phone -- and one from the largest supplier -- is somewhat striking.

Certainly, it's not remarkable considering Microsoft's support of other platforms and that Samsung has offered Microsoft apps on its previous phones the Galaxy S6 and S7 (the latter was removed from the market last year after some started catchingthe trio were brought a day earlier and quickly treated for dehydration, bad sunburn and malnourishment.

Nasau, also known as Edward, and his two 15-year-old cousins, Samuel Pelesa and Filo Filo, jumped into the 12-foot- (3.5-meter-) long boat, known locally as a "tinnie," sometime in late September â�� Nasau couldn't remember the date â�� to make what they thought was a short journey between islands in their archipelago home of Tokelau.

But they ran out of fuel for their outboard motor and began drifting out to sea. As land retreated from sight, they contemplated the handful of coconuts they had brought with them to snack on â�� and the little else in the boat."

what a story of hope and self reliance! three teens were almost dead but managed to survive


the bill's failings aren't enough for the party to vote against C-51.

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May is vehemently opposed to the bill and says she'll present amendments, but that the best way to deal with it would be to scrap it.

The proposal has been criticized for its potential effects on free speech, privacy and the ability to protest, but former CSIS assistant director of intelligence Ray Boisvert told CBC News the day the bill was announced that it's "very, very necessary" to give more power to disrupt when there is an immediate threat to life.

Mulcair said the fact the bill was presented at a "campaign-style event" in Richmond Hill instead of in Parliament shows the bill is politically motivated.

"What they're trying to do is posture and position," heIn June 2015, Dylann Roof opened fire in a black church in Charleston, South Carolina, killing nine people, with the explicit intent of sparking a “race war” between America’s white and minority population. In February 2019, a group of online right-wingers is working to turn Roof’s dark vision into reality, building a cult of personality around the Charleston killer and encouraging others to carry out similar attacks.

And new research from the Anti-Defamation League has found evidence this campaign might be working.

“Within the past two years, a number of zealous Roof fans and would-be copycats have emerged, including some who have crossed the line into criminal activity,” two researchers at the Anti-Defamation League write. The researchers list four examples of individuals who may have been inspired by Roof who


Manson associate to justify their belief.

At least one of the individuals arrested for violent threats was an active member of this group: His online handle was “DC Bowl Gang,” referring to the fact that he lived in Washington, DC. He had also celebrated the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter and had a stockpile of illegal weapons; he had threatened a journalist and had grown increasingly radical after his brother’s death by suicide in October. He was arrested only after his family reported him to the FBI.

The causal link between the Bowl Gang and real-world violence is less clear in other cases, but the correlation between online praise and these violent incidents is concerning. While there are thousands of hate crimes every year in the United States, an online subculture dedicatedsplit, Pitcavage and his co-author, the ADL’s Joanna Mendelson, report, with some prominent voices condemning Roof for bringing down law enforcement on their heads.

The rise of Roof admirers coincides with the rise of the loose online group we now know as the alt-right, which allowed new voices to shape the neo-Nazi subculture. Atomwaffen, a particularly radical alt-right group founded in October 2015, began openly encouraging supporters to plan and commit “lone wolf” attacks on African Americans, Jews, and other minority groups.

To bolster their argument, Atomwaffen propagandists relied on the work of James Mason, a Denver-based, old-school neo-Nazi who used to correspond with Charles Manson. Mason’s Siege newsletter, published between 1980 and 1986, argued that individual acts of violence could add up, destabilizing the American political system and bringing


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new moral low for our city."

In a news release, King listed 24 contributions to Turner's campaign from 14 donors, including the spouses of club owners, between June 30, 2015 and Dec. 10, 2018, totaling $49,800. He painted the donations as an attempt from club owners to "buy influence."

"As we all know, Houston has a reputation for being the capital of human trafficking in the United States, and so it is incredibly inappropriate for our mayor to be taking contributions from this industry," King said at a news conference Thursday.

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Sue Davis, the communications director for Turner's campaign, pointed to steps the mayor has taken to cut down on human trafficking, and in a statement linked to a March news story titled,"Houston earns praise for efforts to combat human trafficking."

"It's sad to watch Bill King politicize this serious issue while Mayor Turner is advancing real solutions," Davis said, calling Houston's standards and policies "the model for the fight against human trafficking."

King, while flanked by anti-trafficking advocates, told reporters that among Turner's campaign donors are the owners of Treasures, an adult entertainment club sued by the city and Harris County in 2012 for allegedly harboring prostitutes, drugs, illegal weapons and sexual assaults.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo returned contributions from one of the club owners last year, King noted. He further tied Turner's contributions to a 2013 settlement in which the city agreed to stop enforcing a 3-foot rule between dancers and customers, while allowing dancers to be fully topless.

In exchange,


that prompted Turner to respond to his mayoral foes. On Monday, candidate Tony Buzbee began airing a 30-second TV ad titled "Hogs In Charge."

"Turner gives millions in wasteful city contracts to the donors who fund his campaign," the ad narrator says. "...But Turner's allies don't care. They're just hogs fighting for a place at the trough."

In response, Davis said in a statement that Buzbee "has no vision for Houston, no ideas and no plans to improve our city."

"What Mr. Buzbee does have is a big case of hypocrisy when it comes to conflicts of interest and campaign contributions," Davis continued, pointing to campaign donations Buzbee, an attorney, has made to judges assigned to his cases. Buzbee responded to the statement on Twitter by alleging that his campaign hadOhio State football alters 2015 nonconference games including a Labor Day game at Va. Tech

COLUMBUS — Ohio State announced a series of changes to its 2015 football schedule.

As expected, the Buckeyes will open the season on a Monday night at Virginia Tech. Originally scheduled for Sept. 26, the Labor Day showdown will be televised by ESPN.

OSU also added home games against Hawaii (Sept. 12) and Western Michigan (Sept. 26) and shifted a previously scheduled visit from Northern Illinois (Sept. 19).

The Big Ten will move to a nine-game conference schedule in 2016. With an impending four-team playoff expected to factor in strength of schedule, athletic director Gene Smith has said OSU hopes to play all three of its nonconference games against opponents from the six power conferences by 2018.


Q:

Identify jazzy song from Theme Hospital Intro Music

Ever since I originally played Theme Hospital in the 90's, this has been bugging me.
There is a song on the intro video that plays over game footage, or in this game trailer. It sounds very 60's and features a trumpet as the main instrument.
I have heard this song used before on television for adverts or segways in programmes but have never been able to identify it.

A:

This song is a production music (also catalogue or library music) from the Archive: Kitsch Pop, by the Warner/Chappell Music Company.
The song is called Fly Away and is written by Roger Webb, reference CHAP205-1 and was released in 1996, two years before the game, so it could have been chosen to feature in the Theme HospitalA driver ran over a border policeman in the city of Acre near the city market Sunday in a suspected car-ramming attack, before continuing and wounding two other soldiers near the train station.

Magen David Adom paramedics evacuated two people, approximately 20 years old, who were lightly wounded to the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya.

The driver was shot on the spot and said to be in critical condition.

The motives have yet to be determined.


"When we contemplate the whole globe as one great dewdrop, striped and dotted with continents and islands, flying through space with other stars all singing and shining together as one, the whole universe appears as an infinite storm of beauty." (John Muir, Travels in Alaska)

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Monday, April 30, 2012

The Purple People Hike from Nebaj to Todos Santos

Apparently tiny shoeshine boys like frisbee. Or maybe they just wanted a chance to be a kid for once.

In the central square in Nebaj, a village in the northwestern highlands of Guatemala, Dave was throwing a disc with a tall guy named Steve. A dozen little boys fought for their attention and their toy. Soon four older girls joined in (you go girls!); one of them had a decent throw and sent itto Dave every time (aww!). Older boys stood around the outside of the circle, looking cool and desperately seeking a way into the circle without looking too eager. Men sat on the church stairs and watched the show. Women walking through the square appeared confused, annoyed, and amused.

frisbee in the main square

A few of the boys crashed into a puppy pile, trying to rip the frisbee away from each other. Steve, who just spent seven months working in an orphanage in eastern Guatemala, broke up the fight with a twitch of his head and a shake of his hand. He took away the frisbee and walked out of the square.

The kids followed him.

He sat down on a bench. The kids crowded around him. They stared. He stared back.

Steve


launched into the funniest clown routine I've ever seen. He made faces, pulled his ears, made his eyes big and small. He made a rock appear and then disappear. He switched around kids' baseball caps. The kids squealed and hung their round, wide eyes on his every movement. The adults around the square, who were pretending not to watch, snorted and smirked. He was hilarious.

steve clowns with the kiddos

So began our walk through the northwestern highlands of Guatemala, starting in the village of Nebaj and walking west to Todos Santos. It took six full days, two travel days plus four days of walking, to make the trek. Here's what we did:

Yellow: places we slept. Blue: villages we walked through.

Buses: where we took public transit. Tree: La Torre, highestbedtime.

dinner over the campfire

DAY 4: La Ventosa

First thing in the morning, we walked down to the Pericon River, where we made breakfast and took a long break. Looong break--this group does 2-3 hour meal breaks! Dave and Lisa jumped in the freezing water. Crazy.

crazy.

The hike out of the Pericon River Valley, through the village of El Pericon, and onto the second altiplano was way longer and harder than I expected. I had the "Day Three Blues" (the third consecutive day of hiking is always the hardest).

pericon river

The second altiplano was not as spectacular as the first. We followed a dirt road through scrubby pastures to the village of San Nicolas, which had a road. People here have much more contact with the outside world; they waved and smiled


as we passed.

guy on his bike, driving a few horses loaded with firewood

We had lunch under the shade of a lone tree, within sight of "The Hill of Terror." It actually wasn't that bad. Dave was sick and he did it in under 10 minutes. Crazy.

thumbs up (then he puked)

Descending the Hill of Terror, we ended up at the paved highway in La Capellania, where we picked up a microbus to cut out the walking along the highway. We spent the night in La Ventosa with a man named Geronimo and his family, where we enjoyed another tamascal and a dinner of mashed potatoes with tortillas (starch and more starch).

sweating in the tamascal

DAY 5: Todos Santos

We left La Ventosa with one of the family dogs, named Negrita, whoA Brother And Sister Get Married (And Later, Their Son Tweets It)

As comedian John Fugelsang recalls, all in life was dandy until one fateful day, at age 6, he noticed an odd motif in some photos: "In every family picture ... my mother was wearing a habit."

Last August, he tweeted his parents' unusual love story — with photos — on the first anniversary of his father's death. In a series of blurbs 140 characters or less, he tells it better than I ever could:

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Fugelsang, who has hosted America's Funniest Home Videos and consulted for Rosie O'Donnell, among other things, explained more in an interview.

Not only had his mother, Peggy, joined a convent after an abusive childhood, taking the name Sister Damien. But his father, Jack, had become a Franciscan monk after high school. The two met in Brooklyn when Jack — or Brother Boniface — had become ill with tuberculosis.

"From all accounts I heard, he fell madly, desperately, insanely in love with this Southern nurse in a nun's habit that he knew he could never have, and had sworn to God he would never want to have," Fugelsang says.

Brother Boniface did the only thing he coulddo. He held a secret torch for Sister Damien for some 10 years. During that time, he expressed his love through platonic letters. She had been sent to Malawi to care for people with leprosy. And every week, he would write. He kept her — and all of the sisters — apprised of the latest: of LBJ and MLK and everything else U.S.A.

Then, her father died. When she returned home to take care of her family, Brother Boniface found out and intercepted her — showing up at the hospital where she was working and professing his love. "She was appalled," says Fugelsang.

But eventually, Boniface won her over. They broke their religious vows and made new ones — to each other. As Fugelsang says, it was their first love


and second marriage, the first being a marriage to God. They dropped their names and became Jack and Peggy again. They had kids and lived happily married for decades, from what Fugelsang recalls.

"I can honestly say that my father's love only grew as he got older and as they aged," says Fugelsang. "The romance didn't slow down for him at all. He was someone who was completely unable to separate his devotion to God from his devotion to his wife."

Well into his 60s, Jack's heart thumped at full force — emotionally and spiritually. But then, two heart attacks had doctors shaking their heads, saying there was nothing they could do.

"So he just began telling everyone that he wasn't going to die," says Fugelsang, "that he was going tolive on because he was too in love. And he held on longer than any of the doctors thought he could."

A risky stem-cell treatment in Thailand afforded him a few more years.

"It was amazing seeing how even in the last days of his life, the love just got deeper and deeper. I have photos of him in his hospital bed looking at her with a kind of naked, calm love that I've seldom seen on a man's face."

Jack died in August 2010.

"You know, we live in a culture where men are not really celebrated for love," says Fugelsang. "And so for me, the most defining personal dynamic in my life has been watching a man madly in love with his wife."

"And now I'm going to be a dad


and other academic activities due to the strike. The petitioner also urged the court to exempt loss of attendance of those unable to attend classes due to non-resolution of the issue between the varsity and the students’ union.

JNU counsel Monika Arora supported the issues raised by the student, and submitted that around 6,000 students are suffering because of the agitation. She also contended that around five of the schools have been permanently shut down.

Arora, who was assisted by advocate Kushal Kumar, also produced a picture of the campus and photos of agitating students. The bench then directed the JNUSU to file its response before the next date of hearing on April 13.

The court also recorded in its order that the JNUSU had admitted to being part of thein a statement. "I appreciate the Panthers for giving me this opportunity and look forward to being back with my teammates. I am disappointed to leave my teammates and the Carolina Panthers during our season. My decision to take a leave of absence allows me to focus on my family until the legal process has run its course."

Had Hardy not taken a the leave of absence with pay, he likely would have faced an unpaid suspension from the league.

The NFL Players Association released a statement Wednesday saying, "Today, Greg Hardy made a decision to take a voluntary leave of absence to resolve his pending legal issue. The NFLPA and NFL worked with Greg, his representatives and the Carolina Panthers on this matter. We support this decision and hope


the best for him and his family."

Earlier Wednesday, with security around the stadium amped up, Hardy and his agent Drew Rosenhaus emerged from the team's facility, stepped into the player's Bentley and drove away. Earlier, two police officers on motorcycles guarded the entrance to the team's practice facility.

Panthers coach Ron Rivera was 20 minutes late arriving to Wednesday's practice and said that Hardy would not participate in workouts as he walked past reporters.

The coach later said he had a 90-minute conversation with the defensive end to make sure Hardy was in a good place.

"Greg's hurt, he really is," Rivera said. "It's a tough situation and he knows he put himself in it. He was apologetic."

Rivera said he expects Hardy to take a few days away and return tothe team "in due time."

"He's still a part of this football team," Rivera said.

Hardy, who was tagged as the team's franchise player this offseason and signed a one-year, $13.1 million deal, is Carolina's top pass rusher.

He tied a franchise record with 15 sacks last season and has 26 in in his last 32 games.

Rivera activated Hardy for the season opener against Tampa Bay, but then abruptly deactivated him before Sunday's game against Detroit — a move Gettleman supported.

"At that time we felt it was at the right thing to do," Gettleman said. "It's constantly changing. There is no rule book for this. There's no magic list we can hit checkboxes that bring us to the right answer."

Veteran safety Roman Harper said Wednesday during open locker room that every


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The Legend of Zelda series is a personal favorite of mine and has been since I was very young. But, it has never occurred to me to question why I adore the series; why do I keep buying these games? In fact, why do thousands of people love this series?

A group of clinical psychologists and academics asked the same question and evaluated the game series for various psychological themes. The result of which was an edited volume, The Psychology of Zelda, with essays describing and evaluating various psychological themes found in The Legend of Zelda series.

But we weren’t discussing this at an academic conference, we were at PAX South 2019 in a packed room, and one of the biggest theater at the venue. The themesdiscussed in the panel were also some of the ones included in the edited volumes, with some of the presenters having authored the essays behind them. You can see the chapter topics below.

This book was featured in a panel at PAX South. The panelists were all subject experts in the feild and most were contributors to the edited volume, of the same name. Dr. Anthony Bean , Dr. Stephen Daniel, doctoral candidate Louise Grann, Dr. Ryan Kelly, and Dr. Raffael Buccamazzo (Dr. B).

Dr. Bean is a clinical psychologist whose interests include archetypal identification and video games as therapeutic tools. Dr. Daniel is an assistant professor at Appalachian State University with research specializing in communication and psychological constructs in gaming. Louise Grann is a doctoral candidate at the University


of West Georgia and whose research interests is in the experience of gamers and what she refers to as ‘transcendent play.’

Dr. Kelly is a psychologist in Charlotte, NC as well as the co-founder of GeeksLikeUs. Lastly, Dr. Raffael Buccamazzo is the clinical director of TakeThis, a mental health non-profit that runs all of the AFK rooms across the country, and the co-founder of a geek therapy clinic called SavePoint Behavioral Health.

This panel was a platform for the panelists to express why they love the Zelda franchise but also summate a sample of the chapters in the book. The first question posited to the panel of writers and psychologists was: Why do we love this game? Each game has a very similar premise. The only thing that differentiates oneanother large theme in these games: feminism. In the first few games, Zelda was a classic damsel in distress and Link was the classic hero who saved her. However, as the game series progressed, Zelda herself changes. In the later games, she is a much stronger character, and, in the newest game, outright rejects Link’s help. It brings up an interesting question, with how things are going, will we get a game where Zelda saves Link instead?

To back up the theme of feminism, Dr. Kelly posits a theory that the CBT Triangle in psychology is reflected by the Triforce. The CBT triangle is a triangle with apices representing thoughts, emotions, and behavior. All the apices are connected and affect one another. The Triforce reflects these in that its


knife. Defendant was arrested for unrelated auto theft charges by the Pojoaque Tribal Police on December 16, 2001, and remained in custody from December 16 to December 28.[1] On December 28, 2001, Defendant gave a voluntary statement to the investigating officers. Defendant admitted that he was at the victim's home and was responsible for the victim's death, but Defendant explained that he was defending himself from sexual advances. After the attack, Defendant picked up the knife, glass, and hammer he had used as weapons, and he fled in the victim's car. Defendant threw the knife, glass, and hammer out of the car on the highway. On the next day he abandoned the car and returned to his house. While he was at his home, he changed out ofunitary conduct. One could find a separation of time and physical distance between the time the defendant in Livernois entered the dwelling while armed and his subsequent shooting of the victim.
{47} Defendant in this case was not charged with aggravated burglary based on his entry into the victim's home while armed or even that he armed himself with a deadly weapon once inside. Instead, the State charged Defendant with aggravated burglary based on his entry into the structure and application of force to Fr. Mack. It was Defendant's touching or application of force to Fr. Mack in a rude or angry manner while entering, leaving or inside Fr. Mack's house that resulted in the aggravated burglary conviction. It was also the force used during the commission of the


into its run. The MCU has settled down into a smooth conveyor belt of films, churning out three movies a year based on characters both well-known and obscure, including sequels and also original films based on characters never before seen on screen. Somehow it has managed to do this whilst not becoming too tired or formulaic, even if some of the series' standby tropes have become increasingly obvious (particularly a tendency towards self-deprecating humour and a big CGI finale).

Captain Marvel is an interesting movie in that it introduces the - arguably - single most powerful superhero in the entire Marvel canon to cinema audiences. Captain Marvel is the closest thing the comics have to Superman, a being capable of flight, firing energy beams our of her body andeven travelling through interstellar space purely on her own power. In the comics the character (who has had several identities) can suffer from the Superman syndrome - coming up with a credible threat to her is quite tough - which is presumably why Marvel held fire this long on bringing her into the fold.

The movie also has a bit more riding on it than that. This is an origin movie not just for Captain Marvel but for the entire MCU. It explains the origins of Nick Fury, Agent Coulson and the modern focus of SHIELD on superheroes. It also brings in the Kree-Skrull War, one of the most iconic storylines and elements from the Marvel Comics which fan have been eager to see ever since the MCU started.


and severe abdominal pain two years into treatment with infliximab, a strong medication.

At this point, in March 2017, the patient removed all animal products and processed foods from his diet for 40 days for religious reasons.

Prior to this, his diet had been typical of an American, consisting of meat and dairy products every day, refined grains and processed foods.

The man claimed to have experienced a total absence of symptoms by eating mostly grains, legumes, vegetables, and fruits.

He also said he was simultaneously trying to reduce stress by doing yoga, weight-lifting and running.

When he failed to stick to his diet, his symptoms would flare up, particularly fatigue, nausea, bloating.

Tests six months later showed complete healing of the linings in his gut, and after 18 months, the patient was ableLast Chevy Cruze rolls off the line at Lordstown Assembly. What's next for the Ohio GM plant?

General Motors will end production this week at the first of five North American plants it wants to close by early next year as part of a companywide restructuring. Production at the Lordstown, Ohio plant ends on Wednesday. (March 5)
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For the first time in over 100 years, GM won't be assembling automobiles in Ohio.

Just two years ago, the plant employed 4,500 workers. After two rounds of shift eliminations, the plant was down to roughly 1,700 hourly employees. A few hundred employees will remain at the plant, building service parts, through the end of March.

Wednesday was a somber day in the Mahoning Valley, an area about 60 miles southeast of Cleveland that's endured


reporters Wednesday. “And if they say no, we’ll look for someone else to come in and buy it.”

Brown, a possible 2020 challenger to Republican President Donald Trump, was again critical of the president’s response to the Lordstown closure.

During a 2017 rally in the region, Trump told attendees not to sell their houses or move, that manufacturing jobs would be returning to the valley – an area that helped him win Ohio in 2016 and could be important in 2020. Trump threatened retaliation against GM soon after the November announcement.

Gov. Mike DeWine met with Trump last week and said the president is concerned about the Lordstown plant shutting down.

Why can't a new company take over the plant?

DeWine met with GM CEO Mary Barra in January. Afterward, he said GMwas in 2014.

The incarceration camp there was open from 1942 to 1946. It officially became known as the Tule Lake Segregation Center because those imprisoned there had been transferred from one of the other nine incarceration camps because they had refused to answer yes to one of two “loyalty questions.” Draft resisters were also sent there.

According to Wikipedia, there are currently only 90 National Historic Sites in the United States. Such a designation would make Tule Lake a protected area of national historic significance.

“National Parks Conservation Association applauds Senator Boxer’s legislation to establish Tule Lake National Historic Site, joining Manzanar and Minidoka in our National Park System to connect visitors to our country’s history and the injustices that Japanese Americans faced during World War II,” said Ron Sundergill,