The Congress government in Rajasthan acquired 50,000 hectares of land for solar plants, but bypassed the wasteland near power sub-stations during the acquisition process. Solar plants situated close to sub-stations are most economical since this means you have to invest less in grid lines to evacuate the power.

Did Gehlot's government know that Vadra was going to buy, or did Vadra know in advance that the state government was going to announce it solar policy well in advance? Firstpost sent a mail to Vadra to get his version of things, but at the time of writing he had failed to respond.

Vadra started creating a land bank near power sub-stations from June 2009. Barely eight months later, in February 2010, the Central Government announced the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Missionthe government keeps changing and so does the solar policy,'' a private developer requesting anonymity said.

For instance, on 24 February 2009, the Rajasthan government had issued a circular making it mandatory for solar power producers to supply a certain amount of free power to the state as they were getting vast amounts of land at throwaway rates. Moreover, the government shut "open" access for solar power plants built on the allotted government land. While private solar power developers who procured land on their own were free to sell power outside the state under the "open" access system, those opting to lease government land would have got stuck in case the state did not buy their power.

This circular did not make sense, and was overturned in the new solar


policy of the state government in 2011. Under this policy, a private developer can take government land, but the land acquired by the government is 20-30 km away from the grid sub-stations.

The target in the first phase of NSM is 1,000 MW of grid-connected solar power projects by 2013. Jitender Singh says: "The decks have already been cleared for 820 mw of solar power. And over 800 private solar developers have registered with us.''

Vadra's land is thus in huge demand for grid-tied solar projects. He is selling these `agricultural' plots exclusively for solar plants. Since the state is promoting solar power, the rate for converting agricultural land to industrial use is lower than the normal rate prevailing in the state.

Pratap Raju, Joint Managing Director of PR Fonroche PvtLtd, who bought land from Vadra's company Blue Breeze Trading Pvt Ltd and Sky Light Realty Pvt Ltd, says: "Bikaner did not have quite as high isolation as other parts of Rajasthan. It was still quite good. More importantly, this land we chose was 2 km from the sub-station, which meant evacuation costs would be less. Moreover, the sub-station was a 220 kv and brand new, which meant that we could expect quite high uptime/availability. So juggling these several variables - insolation, distance to sub-station, available capacity at the said sub-station - we found this land to be a top choice for us.''

PR Fonroche, a French joint venture, is developing two solar projects totalling 20 mw of power at Kolayat, about 15 km away from Bikaner. The company


may have no choice.

Vadra began his real estate investments in Rajasthan in 2009, when the Central government had not yet announced its new solar policy. There was only a hint of it in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement (while launching India's Action Plan on Climate Change on 30 June 2008), that in the new energy strategy, "the sun occupies center-stage, as it should, being literally the original source of all energy."

"We will pool our scientific, technical and managerial talents, with sufficient financial resources, to develop solar energy as a source of abundant energy to power our economy and to transform the lives of our people. Our success in this endeavour will change the face of India. It would also enable India to help change the destinies of peoplearound the world'', said the PM.

Well, one person whose financial destiny it changed was his party boss's son-in-law.

Right from the beginning, it was clear that the Rajasthan government was sure to get the lead role in the new solar energy policy because it had perhaps the best solar radiation in India (6-7 kwh/sq m/day) and a vast pool of wasteland. Jodhpur district alone, a solar potential district, is bigger than Kerala.

To execute the policy, the Congress government in Rajasthan started creating a land bank in districts with solar potential. Surprisingly, land that was close to the grid was ignored during the acquisition.

And this is where Robert Vadra jumped in. In 2009, much before the grid-tied solar power generation policy was announced, he started buying wasteland near the sub-stations.


Unsuspecting farmers, who live with the hope that their land, which is barren and of no use, will get acquired one day, suddenly found a messiah in Robert Vadra's agent Mahesh Nagar, brother of Faridabad-based Congress leader Lalit Nagar.

Just 30 km outside Bikaner is a 220 kv grid sub-station located in Kolayat tehsil on National Highway 15. Between June 2009 and June 2010, 63 land deals were struck in Kolayat. And in all these deals, Mahesh Nagar is at the forefront, as an agent of Robert Vadra's companies, Blue Breeze, Sky Light, North India IT Parks, Real Earth, etc.

In some deals, he represented other individuals, including Robert Vadra's Private Secretary Manoj Arora, and his own brother Lalit Nagar, apart from some unknown companies. But Vadra's pointperson Mahesh Nagardays later on 18 May 2012.

BJP MP from Bikaner and former IAS officer Arjun Meghwal wondered why Robert Vadra had to invest in dead land in Bikaner. "One can understand Vadra investing in the Gurgaon realty sector, but why Bikaner of all the places,'' asked Meghwal.

Well, he has his answer now. Bikaner is fast emerging to as the next solar hub in the country! And Robert Vadra made his hay in the sun.


students then began to shout “Where are your girls?” making use of the term “sausage fest” to describe the other school. This was the point where the chants of “You killed Jesus” began, according to Pemstein, writes Simon Rios for WBUR.

The division title game played at Newton South high school ended with Catholic Memorial beating Newton North 77-73. Newton North has a large Jewish community of students, and many of the attendees at the game said they were alarmed by the chanting.

A statement from Catholic Memorial President Peter Folan read: “Catholic Memorial School is deeply disturbed by the behavior of a group of student spectators who made an unacceptable chant Friday night while playing Newton North high school.”

The statement continued to say that faculty and staff members ofdealer agreements. Following an extension,
that termination was to become effective on August 12,
1993. However, on August 11, 1993, the day before the
termination became effective, Krystal initiated a proceeding
before the Pennsylvania Board of Vehicle Manufacturers,
Dealers, and Salespersons (“Vehicle Board”) challenging the
legality of the franchise termination.3
  The Vehicle Board held a hearing on Krystal’s petition on
August 8, 1994, and entered an Order and Adjudication
upholding GM’s termination of the dealership agreements
on September 27, 1994.4 Krystal thereafter appealed that
Order to the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, but

3. The Board of Vehicles Act of December 22, 1983, P.L. 306, as
amended, 63 P.S. § 818.9)(c) provides, in pertinent part, the following:
    Canceling of franchises.—It shall be a violation of this act for any
    manufacturer, distributor, officer, agent or


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Members of the Washington County School District discussed their hopes for academic progress within the school system over the next several years at a board meeting last Monday. Principals laid out their plans for improvement from the current school year through 2017, as well as the district’s progress as a whole being addressed.

Lee Anne Ater, director of state and federal programs, presented the district’s plan to board members, expressing hopes of increasing math and reading scores at each level.

According to information from the 2013 County Data Book, Washington County can stake claim to being one of the top counties in Kentucky when it comes to overall child well-being.

The rankings are determined by scores for economic security, education, health and family and community. Washington County was ranked sixth,CANYON DE CHELLY, Ariz. — A sliver moon dangled overhead. Cedar and pinyon logs had burned to embers in the desert chill, blue corn mush had been spooned out and a Navajo medicine man had waved an eagle feather fan and offered blessings to the dawn.

About 150 runners began to slog through miles of sand toward the darkened mouth of the canyon. Here and there, and then as one, they raised their arms and loosened howls at the turquoise dawn.

“Wooo! Woooooooooo!”

Crows, startled, careened across a cloudless sky.

The Canyon de Chelly Ultra, a 34-mile-long trail race, had commenced, women and men running in beauty. I had driven hours across the mountains to see it.

The ultramarathon extends deep into Canyon de Chelly, the sacred heart of Navajo. Runners will pass


This year, Chris and Rachel each made a big, exciting decision – to move in with their respective partners for the first time. Chris had worked tirelessly to save up a deposit for his new house – [...]the addition of instruments such as the oud, the poet’s words were transformed into a song of the Middle East.

Ms. Hadad’s reinterpretation of Beloved Land drew more attention here than you might expect, because it was understood to be more significant than just a song. Israel tends to think of itself as a Western country, and still explains itself with stories about Europe: the dreams of the Vienna visionary Theodor Herzl, the socialist communes of the kibbutz movement, the Holocaust. But the country was founded in the Middle East, not in Europe, and about half of the Jews in Israel have roots not in Europe but in the Islamic countries of the Middle East and North Africa, in cities including Baghdad, Aleppo, and Casablanca. People from those Jewish


was in Hebrew and produced in Israel. There was a time when you could barely get Mizrahi music played on the radio, and anyone who wanted to keep up with the latest hits had to go to a cluster of scruffy cassette shops around the Tel Aviv bus station. That reality was an expression of the broader disenfranchisement of Israelis from the Islamic world, who were rarely spotted in the academy or in the corridors of power.

Recent years have seen a reversal. Mizrahi music is now the country’s leading pop genre. When the daily newspaper Yediot Ahronot published a list of the most-played songs of the year in 2017, the paper’s political reporter Amihai Attali remarked on Twitter that all 15 of the artists were Mizrahi: “Anthropologically, it’san incredible statistic,” he wrote. These days, it’s Mizrahi performers who fill the biggest venues. Stalwarts of the old music scene line up for collaborations with stars such as Ms. Hadad, which would have been unthinkable 10 or 15 years ago.

The Israeli army’s official 70th anniversary song (yes, there is such a thing), released in early March and sung by a military entertainment troupe, is also a cover of an Israeli classic, Don’t Worry, a comic number popular after the 1973 Yom Kippur War. In the song, a soldier at the front writes to reassure his girlfriend that he has plenty of time to rest “between bombardment and barrage,” and asks her to send fresh underwear. The original is very much a product of the style and sentiment


of the young Israel. But the new cover makes it a product of the present by adding a reggae beat and a Mizrahi twist, featuring two up-and-coming Mizrahi singers doing their mandatory army service, and adding warbling Mideastern-style vocals.

Not everyone loves this development, or what it signifies. Asked last month for his opinion of a different Mizrahi cover by Ms. Hadad, this one of a 1974 hit by the beloved Israeli rock band Kaveret, band member Efraim Shamir called the new version “a musical ISIS” – that is, a particularly Middle Eastern kind of desecration. He was echoing an infamous comment from Tommy Lapid, a late politician and Cabinet minister born in Yugoslavia : Asked for his take on a Mizrahi song, Mr. Lapid joked, naming a Palestiniannot to exceed one (1) second, and which passes within a three-foot circle centered at a point fifteen (15) feet above the target-crossing point. The target-crossing point shall be measured from the level of Station 8. The target, in still air, must carry to a distance equivalent, on level ground, to 60 yards from the skeet house when passing through the center of the hoop, with an allowance tolerance of plus or minus two yards.”

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to look after her two younger siblings and her incapacitated mother, discovers that her wayward meth-cooking father is due to appear in court soon and has put the house up for collateral for his bail bond. If he fails to appear in court, they stand to lose everything. Meager as it is, their house and property are the only thing holding this shattered family together. Ree desperately tries to track her dad down through a series of tense encounters with the local community - most of whom are somehow related. Round these parts it seems almost everyone is kinfolk.

If taken out of its rural surroundings and placed in a dark, nighttime urban environment, Winter's Bone could easily be seen as a classic Film Noir thriller. Our protagonist standsalone trying to unravel a mystery while dangerous unknown forces thwart her at every turn. She is met with indifference at best, and violence at worst and inevitably comes face to face with the shocking reality of what has become of her father, and what she must do to carry on.

A great movie of determination and will, Winter's Bone is not for those who need a car crash every five minutes to keep them awake. Sit down, settle in and let the movie work through you. Jennifer Lawrence's performance as Bree is both effortless and spellbinding and she absolutely deserves an Academy Award nomination, as does Debra Granik for her amazing pitch perfect direction. I hope it will also receive a nod for best adapted screenplay as well,


UPDATED: The WGA and AMPTP closed in on a deal early Tuesday, averting the threat of a writers strike that could have begun today.

The sides came to terms shortly after midnight after a marathon day of negotiations that began around 11 a.m. PT. The talks were rocky for most of the day, with sources reporting pessimism about the prospect of the sides reaching a deal just two hours before the midnight PT deadline of the previous contract.

This round of WGA-AMPTP talks marked the most contentious labor talks in Hollywood in a decade, since the WGA last went on strike for 100 days starting Nov. 5, 2007. The increasing threat of a strike spurred engagement by the CEOs of the major conglomerates in the Alliance of Motion Picture andrecognizing the people and the work of popular culture. The show has been held annually since 1975 and is claimed to be based on the opinions of the general public.

In 1984, Michael Jackson was named "Entertainer of the Year" and his music video, Thriller, collected the award for "Favorite Video of the Year".

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Jackson won the Humanitarian Award from the Pocono Film Festival in 2009 after his death. It was received by his


the

impending sale. Dennis assumed this duty to Aqua on March 23, 2011, at the board meeting.

Eight days later, on March 31, 2011, he signed the Agreement with the Danielses that

included the warranty that he had disclosed all material information relating to C&A.

¶45.   There is enough evidence in the record to create a genuine issue of material fact as to

whether Dennis breached the Agreement by assuming a duty to Aqua and then warrantying

to the Danielses that he had disclosed all material information to them. Dennis cannot use

his duty to Aqua to shield himself from liability where he learned of material information due

to his fiduciary relationship and eight days later warranted to a third party that he had

disclosed all material information—despite withholding the confidential corporate

information.

¶46.   Tomajor archaeal phyla have been proposed: Euryarchaeota, Crenarchaeota, Nanoarchaeota, Thaumarchaeota, Aigarchaeota (candidate phylum) and Korarchaeota. The largest and first established phyla were the Euryarchaeota and Crenarchaeota and more recently four of them (Thaumarchaeota, Aigarchaeota, Crenarchaeota and Korarchaeota) were combined to the 'TACK' superphylum (Guy and Ettema [@bib51]).

At a first glance, Archaea resemble Bacteria, the second prokaryotic lineage, in respect to their unicellular lifestyle, the lack of organelles and nucleus, cell shape and size. Also they possess a similar DNA structure with one circular DNA, plasmids and operon structures are commonly found. In regard to metabolic complexity, Archaea resemble Bacteria and lower Eukaryotes. Absolutely unique for the Archaea is the absence of murein, one of the key features of bacterial cell walls, and their membrane. The archaeal membrane lipids


the park and its policy.

Its rangers have been given the kind of powers to shoot and kill normally only conferred on armed forces policing civil unrest.

They have a chart approximately halfway down the page that indicates that 72 poachers have been killed in the past decade, the majority of which were killed during 2014 and 2015:

There are actually some parts of your linked story that may have been lifted directly from the BBC article.

BBC - At one stage the park rangers were killing an average of two people every month - more than 20 people a year. Indeed, in 2015 more people were shot dead by park guards than rhinos were killed by poachers.
BoredPanda - However, more people were shot dead by park guards then the number of(ANSA) - Lecce, September 14 - The 17-year-old who has confessed to killing his girlfriend, 16-year-old Noemi Durini, told investigators he stabbed her to death, sources said Thursday. There had been reports that the girl had been killed by one or more blows to the head with a rock in a case that has shocked the nation. The boy told investigators that he killed the girl "because she was pushing for all of my family to be killed," sources said.

He said a knife that Noemi had with her was the murder weapon. He also said that he had intended to flee to Milan. Police struggled to save the boy from a lynching when he left a station at the southern town of Specchia overnight following questioning. The crowd


In Florida, a Battle Between Extreme Left and Extreme Right

In 2008, freshman Democrat Alan Grayson self-financed his race and won Florida's independent-leaning eighth district. Set along the famed I-4 corridor in Florida, this district has a history of deciding statewide elections because its voters have been fed up with George W. Bush, the Iraq War, and with scandals, both personal and political, surrounding the GOP. In 2008, they also turned out to vote for Obama and helped him carry the state.

When Grayson ran, he was anti-Bush and anti-war (he had a bumper sticker on his car that read, "Bush Lied, People Died"). And incumbent Ric Keller represented all that voters did not like about Republicans, especially the fact that he left his wife to marry a younger woman.

Thoughthe political climate has changed drastically in two years, Grayson continues to stick by his principles and is to conservatives what Michele Bachmann is to liberals. He's called Dick Cheney a "vampire" and told him to "STFU." He said the GOP's health care plan, if they even have one, would be for sick people to "die quickly." He's endeared himself to liberals and to MSNBC hosts and viewers and has fiercely backed President Obama's agenda. His beliefs are genuine. He's not a phony. He's pugnacious. At least that is what his supporters say they like about him, and that is why he's the type of candidate that some liberal activists, particularly those from the Netroots, wish there were more of. If Grayson gets re-elected in this climate, more


misleading at best and lies at worst. He hurled accusations, in one ad, that Webster was a draft-dodger. In another, he brought back the "Taliban Dan" comparison with more ferocity.

For the time being, these ads seem like they may have been a miscalculation, since they fit nicely with Webster's narrative of Grayson as an inflammatory lunatic who is far to the left of his district. Webster can also now play victim to Grayson's smear tactics while benefiting from a raised profile, more enthused supporters, and coffers filled with donations from conservatives across the country.

Two other things to look for in this race: conservative senior citizens groups have poured a million dollars into this race attacking Grayson (a blow that may be softened by the fact that Grayson hasa long-standing rule that subrogation liens against recoveries received by the estates of minors are invalid, found that the plan was not entitled to any recovery. We agree with that conclusion, but we disagree with the trial court's dismissal *516 of the plan's amended intervening complaint against the minor's father.

FACTS
On April 24, 1990, six-year-old Andrew Klem (Andrew) was injured when he was hit by a car driven by Claudia Mann (Mann). Andrew's medical expenses of $26,739.37 were paid by the Anchor Organization for Health Maintenance (Anchor), a group health care plan sponsored by the City of Chicago. Andrew's father, Edmund Klem, was employed by the City.
Anchor was authorized by the plan to extend benefits to members injured in accidents caused by third parties. The subscription certificate, which is


a third party for damages for which Anchor paid benefits. On December 23, 1993, Health Cost Controls of Illinois, Inc. (HCC), an assignee of Anchor, sent a notice of lien to the plaintiffs' attorney.
On December 30, 1993, the plaintiffs' attorney wrote HCC, informing it that the parents would be dismissing their claim for medical expenses. On January 21, 1994, the parents filed a notice of motion stating that they intended to dismiss count II of their complaint on that date. The notice of motion did not name HCC as a recipient. On January 21, the plaintiffs dismissed their claim for damages under the Family Expense Act and the plaintiffs' attorney wrote HCC to inform it of the dismissal.
On January 25, 1994, the plaintiffs signed a release settling theirsuit against Mann for $15,000.
On February 22, 1994, the plaintiffs filed a notice of motion stating that on February 23, 1994, they would dismiss their complaint against Mann. This motion did name HCC as a recipient. On February 22 or 23 (the order is stamped "February 22" but the *517 plaintiffs claim the order was issued February 23), the plaintiffs dismissed their action against Mann.
On March 2, 1994, the plaintiffs filed a motion to adjudicate the lien received from HCC. On March 17, 1994, HCC's attorney filed an appearance and presented HCC's petition to intervene and its response to the plaintiffs' motion.
On May 9, 1994, HCC filed an amended intervening complaint. In its complaint, HCC claimed that it was entitled to receive from the plaintiffs the money due


This invention relates to an apparatus such as a video tape recorder (VTR) in which a tape is wound on a tape guide drum through a specified angle (loading operation) to record information on or reproduce information from the tape, and more particularly, to a tape loading mechanism suitable for reducing the cost of the recording and reproducing apparatus.
The conventional tape loading mechanism such as used in a VTR, which is one of the applications of this invention, has the following drawbacks.
(1) The operation of the tape loading mechanism is complex and varied, requiring a large number of component parts. PA1 (2) To improve image quality, high precision is required for manufacture, assembly and coordination of the parts. PA1 (3) High reliability is required for maintaining the recordeddrive rings that drive the first and second rings--are stacked one upon the other so that they are rotatable concentrically. Similar to this construction, a mechanism which uses arc sliders in place of the rings is known. In such loading mechanisms, the rotating rings or arc drive members are held and positioned in the following manner. The position of these members in the radial direction is restricted by gears or rollers that receive their outer circumference by engaging with a gear formed on the outer circumference of these members. The vertical position is restricted by flanges formed integrally with the gears or rollers that clamp the rings or arc drive members.
The above conventional technique does not take into consideration the warping or deflection of the arc drive members


by their own weight when holding them in position. When, for example, the arc drive member with a gear formed on its outer circumference is to be held in position, it must be basically supported at all times by three members, that is, a first gear that drives the arc drive member, a second gear that supports the outer circumference of the arc drive member, and a roller that supports the inner circumference of the arc drive member and is arranged at an intermediate position between the two gears. When, however, the arc drive member is rotated through a wide rotating angle and the drive or support gear engages with the starting or terminating end of the gear of the arc drive member, the other end of thearc drive member parts from the three supporting points, with the result that the arc drive member will warp or deflect at its ends due to its own weight, impact, gear backlash or play. This in turn will easily result in an interference or collision between the arc drive members or between the arc drive members and other members, causing operation failures.
The arc drive members must transmit a pressing force to the pair of tape guides to force them to specified positions. When, however, the direction in which the tape guide is pushed differs from a direction in which the arc drive member is rotated, for example, when the arc drive member is rotated parallelly to the cassette mounting plane and the tape guide is pushed in a


direction inclined with respect to that plane, the arc drive member will receive a reaction acting in a direction opposite to that in which the tape guide is pressed, causing the arc drive member to deflect, leading to operation failures.
To forestall such operation failures requires many auxiliary parts, pushing up the cost of the mechanism.
(4) In the mechanism introduced in the Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 57-133558, the tape guide is guided along a predetermined path by a T-shaped rail (guide member) and by a tape guide with a C-shaped clamping portion that engages with the rail. In an apparatus where the tape guiding members are arranged three-dimensionally, the tape guide must be moved along a complex route made up of a straight, curved, and inclined paths toavoid interference by the tape guiding members mounted on the chassis (such as a stationary head, vertical position restricting guide, rotating drum, etc.). Further, if an attempt is made to reduce the size of the travel route for the tape guide to make the mechanism compact and lightweight, the rail may be formed of plastic in small size. In that case, however, the rail has a limited rigidity and when the tape guide is stressed with an overload, the rail would be deformed with the result that the tape guide would contact the tape guiding members such as a rotating drum during the loading operation, causing the mechanism to stop or damaging the travel guide.
The rail and the tape guide are engaged with each other with a very


small clearance. At the loading completion position, however, the tape guide has an increased clearance from the rail because the tape guide must be free from the restriction by the rail to be positioned by the catcher. Because of this greater clearance, the tape guide is pulled by the back tension of the tape immediately before the completion of the loading process and is thus greatly tilted contacting the rotating drum, causing damages to the rotating drum and head or even failing to enter into the catcher. Another drawback is that when the cassette is being loaded, the tape guide would incline outwardly from the cassette depending on the attitude of the apparatus and the clearance, so that the tape would fail to be loaded at a specifiedposition. As a result, the misaligned tape is extracted stopping the operation of the mechanism.
On the other hand, when the clearance is made small, the rail made up of a plurality of different arcs cannot provide a uniform clearance for both small arcs and large arcs, causing the tape guide to stick.
To forestall these operation failures, a large number of auxiliary parts are needed, increasing the cost of the mechanism. These are the disadvantages of the conventional mechanisms.


unsteady. So Marcus put in a buttress, using all the old stones and lime mortar. It was his first stone wall and by the time he’d finished he could pick the perfect stone for each place just by instinct.

Rebuilding the stone wall

The part sticking out from the barn is an old bread oven, with the access in the barn – there are people around here that still use outside bread ovens – and a well. The well in the barn was the only water for the house when we moved here, with a bucket on a chain. We had originally thought about putting a separate roof over the bread oven and well and joining it to the green house, but Dean and Marcus decided that a single roofhow structured water, or living water as I prefer to call it, helps provide the electrical charge needed to stabilize your character in the new reel. As I explained in that post, we have good quality water here, pure and unfiltered from a deep well, but we have noticed significant improvements since we started using the water structuring discs I’m going to talk about here.

In 2017 the inventor of the technology came to visit, to present his water structuring technology to John Lash and a small group of friends. Anton has had a successful business selling water structuring products and consulting in water structuring technology for nearly 20 years throughout the southern hemisphere. The background to his visit is that he listened to John’s interviews on Redice and


felt that he was of the few interviewees who recognised white genocide, which is an everyday issue for white South Africans and had something useful to say about it. White genocide and the plight of European settlers who built that country is not the subject of this post, but it is a fine example of the success of judeo-communism and well worth studying. If you know the enemy and their tactics, it is much easier to keep them out of your life.

Anton’s technology now goes under the acronym, ELFET, which stands for Electrical Field Entrainment Techniques, and involves mimicking the rhythms, shapes and movement of Nature using sound. (In South Africa it is known as Trivortex.) He has created software that turns sacred geometry into sound waves. ObjectsCorrection because they were conceived in error, but there are many A11s who are still stumbling around in the Sophianic blindspot – they do not know the story of the planet or the Anthropos or that there are two reels running. The best way to reach other A11s, is through the example you are able to offer by living as A11 in the new reel:

“the Director’s Cut, the version she originally dreamed of howit could play out, given that the Anthropos was left free to own and express its genius-level endowment, unhampered by extraneous deceit.” John Lash, The Directors Cut.

The frontline A11s, the first to breakthrough, need to be warriors and the key challenge for a warrior in these end-times, is how to ground yourself in the ‘new


water is from a very deep well, we have shungite crystals in the well, copper triskellians and a copper torsion coil around the well-head and with the pipes running from the well to the house laid in spirals – yet we still found noticeable improvement in the taste and texture of the water when we used a particular water structuring technology. This water structuring technology was demonstrated to us by man who came to meet with us and John Lash, to share his technology and learn how it could be applied in the new reel. He said he would have John drinking water by the end of four days – and he did. John described his work as “Thelete technology”. We were so impressed by the difference totheir tombs, I have to question what service they provided that was so highly valued? For example, Lady Fu Hau of the Shang dynasty (c. 1250 – 1192 B.C.) was a military general and a high priestess, who led military campaigns against other tribes and was also consulted for ritual and ceremonial matters. She had a lavish tomb, with weapons, bells, mirrors, ritual vessels and cowrie shells. She also had a statue erected in her honour. She was a powerful woman, and one of many, before the Abrahamic religions forced us into hiding and all but destroyed the memory of when we were valued for the power we wielded.

Lady Fu Hau (www.ancient-origins.net)

About two weeks after the telestic session in which the warrior shaman archetype was activated I had


should see some rags.'

I pulled out an old singlet and passed it to him. He was wiping his eyes when a whirring noise came from the front yard. Nan was at the fence, standing rock-solid, holding her camera up to one eye and winding the key for all she was worth. I watched her film the streak of paint up the side of the house, then hold the lens on Mario for a couple of seconds. It occurred to me that I'd be in the film too, so I waved at her.

Nan stopped the camera and tucked it back in its case. 'Hello, Mario!' she called. 'I hope you don't mind me filming.'

Mario was looking confused. 'I don't mind, Mrs Dickins, but why'd you want to do it?'Son – and he starts puttin' dirt on the coffin, and then he passes the shovel on so all the men have a turn. At the end, the funeral blokes sink a white cross in the dirt, but by now it's so wet everyone's slippin' over. Then, after, Gert walks with me to the gate and she looks at Bell Street and says, "It's got no right to be here if he isn't."'

Bess looked up and gave a little shake. 'She stayed behind, but I needed to get away. And here I am to tell the tale. So where are we up to?'

I shrugged. 'It's all ready, I think.'

Bess frowned, then stood up and went through to the lounge room. 'Goodness!' I heard her say. 'Where'd the banquet


contract it had signed in 2001.

Eni was involved in the development of several oil and gas projects in Iran before a series of US-led sanctions barred international oil corporations from investing in the country. The projects that the Italian energy giant was involved in Iran included the development of Phases 4 and 5 of the country’s South Pars oil field as well as the development of Darkhovin, Doroud and Balal oil fields.

The company had submitted a proposal to develop Darkhoveyn’s third phase and was reportedly close to finalizing a $1.5 billion agreement in 2009, but it was forced to halt operations after sanctions were imposed against Iran.

Iran is reportedly drawing around 160,000 barrels per day from Darkhoveyn. The third phase is aimed at raising daily output by anshame, the invasion of privacy, or the other assaults on students’ freedom of conscience."

FIRE’s concerns, expressed in letters to President Patrick Harker, had been whether, "somehow, the University of Delaware seems terrifyingly unaware that a state-sponsored institution of higher education in the United States does not have the legal right to engage in a program of systematic thought reform."

Now a new detailed report from FIRE is being published in its new journal, called "The Lantern: The Journal of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education," because of the egregious nature of the program.

It was described as "mandatory activities to coerce students to change their thoughts, values, attitudes, beliefs, and habits to conform to a highly specified social, environmental, and political agenda."

"The case continues to have a nationwide impact,"


A young boy survived eight days alone in the Kruger National Park surrounded by lions and elephants after being separated from his family.

Alex Mboweni, 12, astonished rescuers by fending for himself for so long, drinking from waterholes shared by wild animals.

He became separated from his family after they ran from border guards while crossing from their native Mozambique into Limpopo province in north east South Africa.

"I got lost and never thought anyone would find me alive. I did not know where I was or where to go and when the sun went down on the first day I sat next to an anthill to keep warm," he said.

"I was really scared at night as I heard wild animals making lots of noise. I heard lions roar in thenight and other animals making noises. I was very scared.

"I was so glad to see the sun come up and I was thirsty but I couldn't see any water for the next two days. On the third day I was really weak and I thought I was going to die but I kept walking until I suddenly found the river.

"As I was drinking the water a huge elephant came charging at me so I ran away again. For the next few nights I slept on the anthill and went to the river once in the day to drink some water but I felt myself getting weaker and weaker."

The boy's father went to a police station in the border town of Saselamani to say his son was lost in


the bush. A search was then mounted by police and the family in the area where he had last been seen.

"After eight days I was too weak to walk to the river and I lost all hope. But then I heard the voice of my mother calling my name, said Alex.

"The voices echoed down the rivers and the valleys so I managed to get closer to where I heard the voice calling my name and it was real, it was my mother calling me."

A police spokesman said: "After his father told us Alex was lost in the park we went with him and his mother to look for his son.

"We told his mum to climb on top of a hill and call his name. She climbed up thehill and called her son's name five times and on the sixth shout, Alex appeared.

"I thought he must have been eaten by lions and it was only a million to one chance that he would be alive. I couldn't believe my eyes when he came out of the bush."

South Africa shares a 400-mile border with eastern neighbour Mozambique, more than half of which is the massive Kruger National Park which itself covers 7,000 sq miles and is a favourite with British tourists. It has nearly 150 species of animals including lions, cheetah, leopard, hippo, buffalo, zebra, rhino and elephants.

Tens of thousands of Mozambicans cross illegally into South Africa for a better life every year. The former Portuguese colony is one of the poorest countries in the world, ranked


about the company, the recruiting process and what recruiters are looking for in job candidates. Kim Brostko, senior human resources business partner at Ingram Micro, discussed performance management and focused on topics such as the purpose of evaluations, the calibration process and key outcomes. Under the direction of Jeff Streb, Ingram Micro is developing a partnership with Niagara University and the College of Business Administration.

This semester, through the aid of Dr. Williams, the faculty advisor for the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM), and Mike Skowronski, corporate relations director in Career Services at Niagara, a Meet the Professionals Night was sponsored by the Greater Niagara Human Resource Association (GNHRA). Local professionals from Goodyear, the New York State Power Authority, Norampac, Olin, and SIHI Pumps discussed careers in humanup 3 percent of the country’s retail sales while the U.S. is at 6 percent, the United Kingdom at 13 percent and Germany at 15 percent.

Dr. Kristine Principe brought in a group of six executives to speak to her Financial and Managerial Accounting in Healthcare Organizations class this semester. These executives are a part of the healthcare industry and gave an overview of initiatives in Western New York regarding population health. Vicky Landers is the new director of the Medicaid Health Home initiative at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center. Michele Brooks, coordinator of New York State Healthy Mom and Baby Program in Western New York, referenced the role of case workers. Ann Moretti, leader and coordinator of the Safety Net Association of Primary Care Affiliated Providers (SNAPCAP), discussed


faculty advisor for the Collegiate Entrepreneur Organization (CEO), Dr. McNab invited William Angus to speak to the club members. He presented on the importance of body language for success in the world of business and interactively taught the students. Dr. McNab also brought another interesting speaker to Niagara, Deborah Gondek, director of sustainability at Rich Products. This presentation, open to all Niagara students, was about sustainability, its importance and the steps she has helped Rich’s products to take towards a more sustainable business. Her presentation was very timely because sustainability is gaining much force in the business world, yet many businesses haven’t reaped the benefits of becoming more sustainable yet.

James Ingham, assistant professor of accounting, has also enhanced his lectures with guest speakers, including Elena Mendel, chief auditor,Review: ‘At the End of the Night’

After a brief flirtation with DV and Dogma, helmer Salvatore Piscicelli is on a more fluid track with his exploration of an actor's midlife crisis in "At the End of the Night." Plot uses the well-worn formula of a physical journey as a portal to inner discovery, but things stay fresh. Pic should nestle nicely into fest slots as well as Italophile screens at home.

After a brief flirtation with DV and Dogma, helmer Salvatore Piscicelli is on a more fluid track with his exploration of an actor’s midlife crisis in “At the End of the Night.” Plot uses the well-worn formula of a physical journey as a portal to inner discovery, but things stay fresh thanks to first-rate script and spot-on casting.


Tuesday, September 30, 2008

As You See It: Sept. 30, 2008 - Santa Cruz Sentinel: "Thursday night Capitola's City Council gave its police captains a three-year 16 percent pay increase, thereby ensuring continued dramatic increases in city personnel costs despite the clear decline in city revenues. Kudos to Mayor Nicol who pointed this out as he voted against the pay increase. In city government, you can't spend what you don't have. Unfortunately it fell on deaf ears.

City revenues are already dropping sharply. Sadly, it appears the only way for the voters to prod the council into getting serious about reducing costs now is to withhold approval of additional sales taxes until they get their budget under control."

Monday, September 29, 2008

Patrick McDonald keeps setting records. When last heard from, thesituation with one word: 'bankruptcy.' The mayor and his most senior cabinet members adamantly deny even considering the option."

Saturday, September 27, 2008

City officials want to slash labor costs by $65 million over the next five years in order to stave off financial woes, and seek the cooperation of unions that represent city employees.

The reduction, combined with other measures outlined in a new city report -- including as many as 46 layoffs -- would keep Las Vegas from draining its reserves during an economic downturn that's expected to last at least two more years.

Friday, September 26, 2008

Nye County Sheriff Tony DeMeo speaks to the press, giving preliminary information on the gunfight and shooting of one of his deputies Sept. 19.

After a sleepless night, the Nye County Sheriff's Office (NCSO)


likely” to restrict eligibility for coverage or drop health coverage altogether. The full survey is available online. The Health Affairs article based on the survey is also available online to subscribers or via the free link at the Kaiser Web site above. Now in its 10th year, the survey is a joint project of the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research & Educational Trust. A research team at Kaiser and HRET conducted and analyzed the survey, led by Gary Claxton, vice president and director of the Health Care Marketplace Project at Kaiser, and Jon Gabel, senior fellow at the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago. NORC works on the project under contract to HRET.

CARSON CITY -- If Nevada's elected officials don't act quicklycity negotiator and interim human resources director, Sandy Salerno, said the city is reviewing the unions' negotiation commitments, which were submitted on Wednesday. Initially, Salerno said, union representatives were 'unilaterally opposed to ground rules.'"

The 30-unit, three-story Thomas Apartments on Mulberry Street downtown is gutted in a spectacular blaze, completely destroyed, though no lives lost and injuries minimal to its 50-some residents, nor to firefighters, which included every on-duty person and more."

Mayor Carty Finkbeiner, his chief of staff, and even the city's police and fire chiefs, will be among 64 Toledo employees forced to take two days off without pay to help close a multi-million deficit in this year's general operating fund budget.

The city may have a $3 million to $7 million general operating fund deficit by year's end,


It's been rumored for a while now that Audi was exploring the possibility of adding a four-door sedan body style to its A3 range, but today, the German firm officially confirmed the news with the release of the first official sketches of the A3 Concept ahead of its world premiere at the 81st International Geneva Motor Show in early March. Its main purpose is to preview both the saloon variantCRIMESTOPPERS AT 713-222-TIPS. A CONTROVERSIAL DECISION BY A LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS STUDENTS AND PARENTS TAKING SIDES TONIGHT. THAT DECISION TO SIDE LINE A CHEERLEADER WHO HAS DOWN SYNDROME. THAT 10th GRADER'S TWIN SISTER WAS ALLOWED TO JOIN THE SQUAD AND SHE'S TAKING A STAND IN SUPPORT HER SISTER. JENNIFER BAUER IS JOINING US LIVE IN MANVEL WHERE THE SCHOOL SAYS IT'S DONE ALL IT CAN. RIGHT? Reporter: THE DISTRICT SAYS IT WANTS THE STUDENT TO BE PART OF A TEAM AND TO GET INVOLVED IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, BUT WHAT THE DISTRICT IS OFFERING A AND WHAT THE FAMILY WANTS ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. THIS IS A TENTH GRADER AT MANVEL HIGH SCHOOL WHO LOVES TO CHEER. THESE PICTURES ARE FROM LAST YEAR WHEN SHE CHEERED AT THE


HOMECOMING GAME FOR FUN. YOU MIGHT SAY IT'S IN HER BLOOD. HER OLDER SISTER, BRITTANY, IS ON THE TEAM AND SO IS HER TWIN SISTER, ALEXIS. THEIR MOM WOULD LIKE ALEXIA TO HAVE A SPOT ON THE TEAM, TOO. THE REASON I WANTED HER IS BECAUSE HER TWIN SISTER IS ALREADY ON THAT SQUAD AND SHE WOULD BE A GREAT SUPPORT TO HER ON THE FIELD. Reporter: SHE TRIED OUT FOR THE TEAM BUT DIDN'T MAKE IT. AS A COMPROMISE, THE ALVIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFERED HER A SPOT ON THE JC SQUAD. WE THOUGHT THE JUNIOR VARSITY CHEERLEADING PROGRAM WOULD OFFER A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT YOUNG LADY TO PARTICIPATE AND THAT SHE'LL HAVE THAT SENSE OF PARTICIPATION AND INVOLVEMENT THAT WET WANT FOR EVERY STUDENTVARSITY SO THAT SHE CAN CHEER WITH HER TWIN SISTER. THE DISTRICT SAYS AS A COMPROMISE, IT'S GOING TO ALLOW

MANVEL, Texas -

You could say cheerleading is in Alexia Guiton's blood. Her older sister Brittany is on the varsity team at Manvel High School and so is her twin sister Alexis.

"The reason I want her on the varsity team is because her twin sister is already on that squad and she would be a great support to her on the field," said Cynthia Guiton, Alexia's mother.

Alexia has Down syndrome, she tried out for the team but didn't make it. As a compromise the Alvin Independent School District offered her a spot on the junior varsity team, but the Guitons feel that isn't fair.

"They are not embracing disabled kids," Guiton


director of the San Francisco-based bank's diverse growth segments group. In fact, legally, banks and mutual fund companies are prohibited from asking for a customer's ethnic information, except banks are required to ask the question when making a mortgage, although the borrower can decide not to answer, Bryne said.

Instead, Wells Fargo tries to draw new multicultural customers by advertising in media that caters to them, such as Chinese newspapers or radio stations popular with African-Americans.

Likewise, Wachovia, Bank of America and Citigroup have run focused, bilingual ad campaigns designed to pull people into their branches. These campaigns have included billboards, TV spots and glossy branch brochures.

Some banking companies have dabbled in direct mail. Last year U.S. Bancorp launched its first campaign targeted at prospective Hispanic checking customers. It usedNo agreement but US has 'positive' talks with N Korea Published duration 25 October 2011

image caption The US wants North Korea to commit to nuclear disarmament before talks can resume

The US and North Korea have failed to reach a deal on resuming international negotiations on the North's nuclear programme, after two days of talks.

US negotiator Stephen Bosworth said the meeting in Geneva had been positive.

But he said there was a long history of differences between them, which could not easily be overcome.

Pyongyang has recently pushed for a resumption of six-party talks, which broke down in April 2009 when North Korea walked out.

A month later, North Korea tested its second nuclear weapon.

Increased tension

After two days of talks in Switzerland, Mr Bosworth said: "It has been a very useful meeting.


- some differences had been narrowed, others explored.

image caption Kim Jong-il (R) reiterated his call for talks without preconditions

"We came to the conclusion that we will need more time and more discussion to reach agreement," Mr Bosworth said.

The US wants North Korea to adhere to a 2005 agreement it later reneged on - requiring it to give up its nuclear activities in return for security guarantees, aid and better relations.

There has been rising tension on the Korean peninsula since the North walked out on the six-party discussions - which involve South Korea, China, Russia, Japan and the US.

In 2010, 50 South Koreans were killed in attacks blamed on the North along their disputed border.

But prior to the Geneva talks, Washington and Pyongyang agreed to resume searching for theOne of the central elements of Jim Halpert's character as originally conceived is his devotion to playing pranks at the office to relieve boredom.

By far, his most common target is his overbearing desk mate, Dwight Schrute, though he later moves on to playing pranks on Stamford co-worker, Andy Bernard,when he transfers branches. He will sometimes prank another coworker, such as the unsuspecting Kevin, if thrown into an awkward situation or bored. More often than not, Pam Halpert collaborates with Jim on the pranks on Dwight.

On Jim's baseball card, it says that he has played 794 pranks on Dwight as of the release date of Work Bus, October 18, 2012.

Here are some of the more notable pranks Jim has played on Dwight, Andy, or any other unsuspecting co-worker. A


his room that is actually Angela, though he doesn't appear to recognize her (The Convention).

at a paper convention in Philadelphia just to find a hooker in his room that is actually Angela, though he doesn't appear to recognize her (The Convention). Made high-pitched noises with Pam, hoping Dwight would schedule an appointment with an ear doctor, called "pretendonitis" (The Coup).

with Pam, hoping Dwight would schedule an appointment with an ear doctor, called "pretendonitis" (The Coup). Switched his squeaky chair with Karen's chair, and then refused to get up all day to prevent her from taking it back (Initiation).

Season Four

Hired Elizabeth the Stripper by convincing Michael she was a "rabies nurse" (Fun Run).

by convincing Michael she was a "rabies nurse" (Fun Run). Sent IMs with Pam, convincing Dwight thatthe Dunder Mifflin website achieved self-awareness (Launch Party).

with Pam, convincing Dwight that the Dunder Mifflin website achieved self-awareness (Launch Party). Mocked Andy when Andy was trying to figure out what he should do when Dwight made a sale against the website (Launch Party).

Andy was trying to figure out what he should do when Dwight made a sale against the website (Launch Party). Encased the rocket launcher belonging to Dwight's avatar in Second Life (Local Ad, deleted scene).

belonging to Dwight's avatar in Second Life (Local Ad, deleted scene). Along with Michael and Dwight put on a fake mustache and infiltrated Karen's branch. This was admittedly against his will (Branch Wars).

put on a fake mustache and infiltrated Karen's branch. This was admittedly against his will (Branch Wars). Deliberately guessed the


wrong names playing "Celebrity" when Michael was giving blatantly obvious clues (Dinner Party).

playing "Celebrity" when Michael was giving blatantly obvious clues (Dinner Party). Stole Jan's CD (Dinner Party).

(Dinner Party). "Proposed" to Pam by asking her if she would wait while he tied his shoe (Chair Model).

by asking her if she would wait while he tied his shoe (Chair Model). "Proposed" to Pam by asking her if she'd get him a cup of coffee (Did I Stutter).

by asking her if she'd get him a cup of coffee (Did I Stutter). Linked Dwight's cell phone to his Bluetooth headset and took his calls. Additionally forwarded Dwight's office phone to his own (Goodbye Toby).

Season Five

Season Six

Season Seven

Adds 5 keys to Dwight's key ring but the prank fails after Pam laughs. Jim'shas a belt higher than a black belt (New Guys). A man dressed like Jim, claiming to be Jim and everyone else believes is Jim takes Jim's place. Jim and Pam's actor friend, Steve, pretends to be Jim while Jim is at the dentist. Steve is Asian and pretends that he has been this whole time and Dwight just never noticed. Steve knew everything Jim knew including his sales history and his password to access his messages. He also replaced his own family photos with ones of Pam, Steve, and two Asian children (Andy's Ancestry).

Jim and Pam's actor friend, Steve, pretends to be Jim while Jim is at the dentist. Steve is Asian and pretends that he has been this whole time and Dwight just never noticed. Steve


knew everything Jim knew including his sales history and his password to access his messages. He also replaced his own family photos with ones of Pam, Steve, and two Asian children (Andy's Ancestry). Convinced Dwight that electromagnetic radiation causes infertility. Jim placed a bag of popcorn with only one kernel popped under Dwight's chair hoping that Dwight will believe the poorly insulated wiring is what caused it. He convinces Dwight to shut down the building (Work Bus).

Jim placed a bag of popcorn with only one kernel popped under Dwight's chair hoping that Dwight will believe the poorly insulated wiring is what caused it. He convinces Dwight to shut down the building (Work Bus). Tricked Dwight into believing he was on a radio talk show. Jim, Pam, Nellie, andthen make Dwight believe that David Wallace has become insane and kidnapped a mailman and is holding him hostage. The prank nearly backfires when Dwight actually calls David. David however ignores Dwight and hangs up (The Boat). Sent Dwight (and unwittingly the entire office, except Pam) on a quest for "the Holy Grail", using a series of clues called "The Dunder Code" which Robert Dunder had supposedly left in the office years ago. The prank had been laid by Jim around 2005–2006, who subsequently forgot about it. By the time Dwight found the clues, years later, with the staff joining in, the grail had been found by warehouse worker Glenn, who was using it as a coffee mug (Customer Loyalty).

which Robert Dunder had supposedly left in the office


years ago. The prank had been laid by Jim around 2005–2006, who subsequently forgot about it. By the time Dwight found the clues, years later, with the staff joining in, the grail had been found by warehouse worker Glenn, who was using it as a coffee mug (Customer Loyalty). Told Dwight that he couldn't be his bestest mensch because he had to be older than him. He reveals that he called Michael to come in from Colorado to be his true bestest mensch. Simply the "Best Prank Ever" (Also, the last) (Finale).

He reveals that he called Michael to come in from Colorado to be his true bestest mensch. Simply the "Best Prank Ever" (Also, the last) (Finale). Called Dwight as a concerned citizen to complain about how "loud"Dunder Mifflin paper is (Where Are They Now?)

List of Pranks Pulled by Others

In a few cases, others have pulled or attempted pranks.

Pam, Ryan, and Kevin mocked Michael's efforts to talk about the death of loved ones, by recalling scenes from the movies Million Dollar Baby , The Lion King , and Weekend at Bernie's , and passing them off as memories (Grief Counseling).

by recalling scenes from the movies , , and , and passing them off as memories (Grief Counseling). Karen programmed the "9" button on Jim's phone to speed-dial a number in Hong Kong. (Josh Porter explained the prank to Jim, suggesting he was in on it, or that Karen had pulled the same prank before) (Gay Witch Hunt, deleted scene).

(Josh Porter explained the prank to Jim,


suggesting he was in on it, or that Karen had pulled the same prank before) (Gay Witch Hunt, deleted scene). Pam tricked Dwight into running laps around the building to see if he could beat Toby (who was not participating), using a digital thermometer as a stopwatch, then leaving him outside (The Merger).

to see if he could beat Toby (who was not participating), using a digital thermometer as a stopwatch, then leaving him outside (The Merger). Karen tricked Jim into believing she dated most of the guys at David Wallace's cocktail party, including David Wallace. She told Jim he was her first, also a lie (Cocktails).

She told Jim he was her first, also a lie (Cocktails). Pam drew of a sketch of a local flasher to look exactlya live porcupine in his own desk drawer , in an attempt to frame Jim. This backfired when Jim tricked Dwight into revealing the porcupine's name (Christmas Wishes).

, in an attempt to frame Jim. This backfired when Jim tricked Dwight into revealing the porcupine's name (Christmas Wishes). Dwight defaced his own car, writing "JIM IS AWESOME" in an attempt to frame Jim and get his Christmas bonus (see above). This backfired as Andy had decided not to withhold anyone's bonus (Christmas Wishes).

writing "JIM IS AWESOME" in an attempt to frame Jim and get his Christmas bonus (see above). This backfired as Andy had decided not to withhold anyone's bonus (Christmas Wishes). Dwight filled a bucket (taken from Jim's garage) with various disgusting ingredients and placed it above the


found the print spooler, labeled it "unapproved software", and I was
walked out the door.

The funny thing is, a friend at the time (and I didn't realize it) was higher
up in the management. He reached out to me on a multi-line BBS that was
popular in the area and offered me a full time job a few days later. I was in
school and obviously declined.

Working the rest of the summer for a Chemical Engineer in Martinez/Benecia
ended up being incredibly more interesting. So it was a net win.

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jrjarrett
This thread hits home. I switched jobs a few years ago because the IT policies
on workstations were being ratcheted down to make my job as a developer
difficult to impossible.

Now, the company I work for, ostensibly a _software_ company, got its ISO
certifications, which meant policiesUltra Electronics manufactured circuits using a silica glass substrate. A film of tantalum was deposited by sputtering followed by a layer of gold by evaporation. The gold layer was first etched following application of a photo resist to form solder compatible connection pads. Resistive networks were formed, also by a photo resist and etching process. These were trimmed to a high precision by selective adonization of the film. Capacitors and semiconductors were in the form of LID (Leadless Inverted Devices) soldered to the surface by selectively heating the substrate from the underside. Completed circuits were potted in a diallyl phthalate resin. Several customized passive networks were made using these techniques as were some amplifiers and other specialized circuits. It is believed that some passive networks were used in


What's The Keystone XL Debate All About Anyway?

Addressing the two sides of the debate about the Keystone XL pipeline and the companies most heavily affected by its outcome.

On Friday, the U.S. Senate gave the controversial Keystone XL pipeline its stamp of approval by passing a measure introduced by a Republican senator.

The measure, introduced by Sen. John Hoeven of North Dakota as an amendment to this year's budget resolution, passed by an overwhelming 62 to 37 vote, in a largely symbolic victory that suggests Congress is likely to approve the Keystone project later this year.

Though the Senate's approval is the most recent boost to the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, other federal bodies have also concluded in its favor. A recently released U.S. State Department study cast an overwhelmingly favorablethat were home to thousands of Conservatives.

Bernier won 30 Quebec orphan ridings. In the greater Montreal area, a region that consistently gave the Conservatives the cold shoulder over the Harper decade and still does to this day according to the polls on voting intentions, he won all but one riding.

The dairy farmers who backed Scheer may not have as strong an incentive to support the Conservatives against pro-supply management Liberal, New Democrat and Bloc Québécois candidates in 2019. But Bernier’s strength in his home province was at least in part based on the party’s relative absence in urban Quebec. It is typically hard to build on a vacuum.

Like most Quebec Liberals in 2006, most 2017 Quebec Conservative MPs believed their re-election odds would be better with an out-of-province


protect against are
eavesdropping, exploits, and lateral spreading of attackers and
malware," said Byos' Katz.

"That's because VPNs only encrypt data in transit, but don't protect
where the data is residing -- the user's device," he explained.

"Once an attacker or malware gets into a device, they often go
undetected, seizing or manipulating data with the ultimate goal of
moving from the single remote laptop or tablet into the big prize: the
company network and servers," warned Katz.

Even with the best security in place, employees are just one of the many potential weak links in a chain.

"It's one thing if a large organization, presumably with robust
security processes in place, implements a work-from-home policy for
its employees," said Panorays' Shapira.

"What happens, however, when one of its supply chain partners does the
same? In that case, the organization needs toOn the human colony on the planet Pluto citizen Cordo hears of his father's death but when he goes to pay the death taxes he finds he hasn't enough money. In despair he goes to throw himself off a tower block but is prevented from doing so by the arrival of the Doctor & Leela. He tells them how the company runs the planet, are responsible for the artificial suns and tax the population to death. The Tardis is detected and the Gatherer investigates with the Doctor, Leela & Cordo fleeing to the under city, where Cordo goes to join a group of outlaws. They are captured and taken to the group's leader Mandrel. K-9 exits the Tardis and is detected by the Gatherer. The Doctor is sent


There the character was nasty and malicious, here it works.

I saw the cash machine at the end of this episode and thought "isn't 1977 a little early for cash machines?" A little research reveals the first one was used in the UK in 1967!

A couple of notes on the end credits: firstly there's no script editor credited because Robert Holmes is the writer of this story. I also see a first visual effects credit for Peter Logan who I believe to be the same Peter Logan who appears with his exploding paste on Braniac Science Abuse

As we previously said the production order for this season was vastly different from the transmission order. Sunmakers was recorded third, after Horror of Fang Rock (broadcast first) and before Image of theFendahl (broadcast third, before this story). Apparently Sunmakers was due to be broadcast third but someone realised that meant there were two "humans in space" stories on the trot so it was swapped with Image of the Fendahl.

It's quite possible that my earliest memory of Doctor Who, of the Doctor meeting K-9 in a tunnel, comes from this episode.


and made negative comments about him in front of the youth. During one altercation in February 1998, Berglund made a comment to Vasquez that Vasquez was too domineering with the minors and had a "typical Hispanic macho attitude." Later that month, Vasquez filed a grievance against Berglund for that remark. The director of the facility, Karma Leeds, offered to transfer Vasquez out of turquoise cottage to alleviate the conflict, but Vasquez did not want to leave turquoise cottage so he withdrew his grievance.

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The following month, Berglund sent a memo to Leeds describing incidents in which she believed Vasquez had behaved inappropriately. This memo was in response to Leeds' request for information regarding the conduct and behavior of Vasquez. Then, in the fall of 1998, Berglund commented to Vasquezthat he should take a job in the field because "Hispanics do good in the field."

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The culmination of the conflict occurred on March 27, 1999. Berglund was acting director of DKC on that day because neither the director nor the assistant director were present. Vasquez called Berglund to request permission for his cottage to play football against garnet cottage. Vasquez contends that Berglund granted his request, providing the game was touch football. Berglund claims that there was a policy at DKC that no football of any kind was to be played, and she therefore refused his request to play football but said he could play soccer.

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Approximately one half hour after the telephone call, Berglund and two DPO Is walked out to the recreation area. As they approached the


area, Berglund noticed two youths sitting on the curb, one of whom stood up, threw a soccer ball toward the field, and yelled something in the direction of the field. When Berglund and the two DPOs arrived at the field, they saw the youth from turquoise cottage and garnet cottage kicking a soccer ball. Some had flags hanging from their waistbands. All play stopped when Berglund arrived at the field. Berglund asked several of the youth if they had been playing football, but they denied it. Vasquez then took the youth back to turquoise cottage. Vasquez later admitted that the youth were playing football, and that he saw the game end abruptly and two players throw down their flags as Berglund approached the field.

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Berglund next called Mario Ng,the DPO I for garnet cottage. Ng admitted to playing football and stated that he was not aware that Berglund had spoken to Vasquez before the game. Berglund proceeded to turquoise cottage and again questioned the youth about the game. One youth denied playing football, but Vasquez told Berglund that the youth had been playing football. After Berglund left, Vasquez told the youth that they should write letters to Berglund, apologizing for lying to her and being disrespectful, which they subsequently did.

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On the following Monday, Berglund sent Leeds a memo detailing her version of the events of March 27. The memo stated that Vasquez disobeyed Berglund's order to not play football. Leeds also read the letters from the youth in turquoise cottage admitting that they had lied to


Berglund and that one had acted as a lookout during the football game. Leeds then talked to Vasquez's supervisor, Star French, and Mario Ng. Finally, Leeds spoke with Vasquez, who denied doing anything wrong. However, Leeds received the impression that Vasquez knew he should not have been playing football. On April 2, 1999, Leeds removed Vasquez from turquoise cottage and placed him in a field position. On April 5, 1999, Star French issued a letter of warning to Vasquez for failing to follow instructions from an acting residential supervisor. Vasquez chose not to respond to the letter.

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On June 23, 1999, Vasquez filed a charge of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), alleging harassment and disparate treatment during the period of March 27, 1999, to April 5,into the misconduct, she was simply the auditor to which the case was assigned. Id. at 461, 468. Similarly, she had made no unsolicited suggestion to terminate the employee, and her report was made on a standard form. Id. at 467. Finally, the ultimate decisionmaker was neither aware of her discriminatory comments nor even the employee's race. Id. at 468. Consequently, the court found no nexus between the racial animus and the decision to terminate. In contrast, Berglund initiated the complaint and Leeds was aware of both Berglund's discriminatory comments and Vasquez' national origin and sex. In fact, Leeds' transfer of Vasquez was precisely what Berglund had desired all along, and was consistent with Berglund's racist remark that "Hispanics do well in the field."

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Nevertheless, it is true that


withdrew his grievance against Berglund after Leeds told him that the only solution to the conflict between them was to transfer him out of the Turquoise cottage, and that the only way he could avoid the transfer was to withdraw his grievance against Berglund. He promptly did. Thus, Vasquez raised a triable issue as to the adverse employment action since a reasonable jury could find that the transfer was reasonably likely to deter Vasquez' protected activity.

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Third, Vasquez proffered sufficient evidence that a causal link existed between the protected activity and the adverse action. Although the passing of the year between his protected activity in February of 1998 and the transfer in March of 1999, standing alone, is probably too long to raise an inference of discrimination, Vasquez alsoboth of these aspects of the hostile work environment in turn.

A. Berglund's Harassing Conduct

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As the majority recognizes, Vasquez proffered evidence of bigoted statements directed at him by Berglund. She told Vasquez that because he was Hispanic and male, "he was too aggressive, macho and domineering with the minors." She also stated that he had a "typical Hispanic macho attitude" and needed to be less aggressive with the minors. These statements were openly hostile to Vasquez and suggested that he was dangerous and unqualified to work with minors because of his race and sex. In addition, Berglund later told Vasquez that he should transfer out of the Turquoise cottage because "Hispanics do well in the field. You'll be better off. You'll get days off." These statements revealed Berglund's stereotyping


of Hispanics as lazy and unambitious, and are akin to "racial profiling" in the workplace.

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However, the hostility toward Vasquez did not stop there. Instead, Berglund engaged in a campaign of deprecation and harassment, the aim of which can only be interpreted as an attempt to cast Vasquez as incompetent and to have him transferred out of the Turquoise cottage. Berglund's harassing conduct included filing a number of false and harassing complaints against Vasquez and threatening him with reprisals and revenge (that she would "get" him). In addition, Berglund subjected Vasquez to public humiliation, screaming at him in front of the minors on several occasions. During one of these episodes, Berglund publicly accused Vasquez of permitting the minors to get high by sniffing fresh paint. During another, she beratedcommunity continues to grow across the country.4 Sadly, the majority fails to grasp that the nature of Berglund's conflict with Vasquez is in all likelihood based on her animosity towards Hispanics. The substance of her comments reveals particularly offensive stereotypes about Hispanics as lazy, and about Hispanic males as aggressive and domineering. Our society should not tolerate this type of racial prejudice anywhere, but it is particularly pernicious in a protected environment such as the workplace. Berglund's racist remarks, combined with the allegations of her humiliating comments and false accusations, suffice to raise a triable issue as to whether Vasquez was subjected to an abusive workplace because of his race and his sex.

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B. The County's Complicity in the Harassment

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The majority overlooks the actions of Vasquez' employer in analyzing


there are authors to write about them, this includes ones that can be lowered into the floor while the patient hangs at ground level.

The technician droids moved the bacta tank out of position on repulsors and onto a recessed platform in the treatment area. Fi, breather mask still in place, hung more heavily on the suspension straps as the pale blue liquid was pumped away and the cylindrical tank descended below deck level. The droids moved a repulsor gurney into place and maneuvered Fi onto it, placed a temperature sensor somewhere that would have raised a loud objection had he been conscious, then covered him in a padded blue wrapping. The mask was still breathing for him.
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with corporate muscle.

It isn’t entirely coincidental that superhero movies have dominated the action genre in the 21st century. These are times of civil rights for corporate persons—the starkest example of which is the Supreme Court’s 2010 ruling on Citizens United, which granted corporations the First Amendment right to contribute to election campaigns like humans do. At least in the eyes of the law, corporations look more and more like better, stronger doubles of the human body. The insights about contemporary power contained in The Avengers are cut with a reassuring fantasy. At the moment of ultimate need these corporate overmen abandon their own agenda and unite with competitors for the good of humankind.

The art world has superheroes of its own, epitomized by the mega-gallery: Gagosian, Hauser & Wirth,


explain, they do not directly challenge) the district court's            denial  of  Nelson  Mantecon  Zayas' motion  to  dismiss  his            indictment.   In September 1991 Mantecon  was indicted, along            with thirty-eight  co-defendants, in  the District of  Puerto            Rico.   The  superseding Puerto  Rico indictment  charged him            with  one  count ofSeptember  27,  1991,  Mantecon filed  a  motion  to            dismiss the Puerto Rico indictment.   His contention was that            the  indictment violated  the Double  Jeopardy Clause  of the            Fifth Amendment by charging him  with the "same offenses" for            which  he had already been  indicted in Florida.   On October            21, the government opposed  the motion.  On November


In the motion, Mantecon's attorney  stated that            he had  not received  a copy  of the  government's opposition            until  November  15, and  that he  had  filed the  reply memo            "promptly" on November 21.   The latter statement was untrue,            and it created the  false impression that the reply  memo and            the order  had crossed  paths through     recovering  drugs from  their drop-off  points in  the ocean.            The  Florida indictment, on the other hand, identified him as            a   ringleader   who   arranged   for   shipments,   financed            preparations, provided  boats, captains  and  crews, and  was            responsible for distributing the imported drugs.                 In


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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Uhm... Bob Barr only presidential candidate on Texas ballot?

The Democrats and Republicans have missed the filing deadline for getting on the ballot in Texas. Here's a Bob Barr press release:

Bob Barr is slated to be the only presidential candidate on the ballot in Texas after Republicans and Democrats missed the Aug. 26 deadline to file in the state.

"Unless the state of Texas violates their own election laws, Congressman Barr will be the only presidential candidate on the ballot," says Russell Verney, campaign manager for the Barr Campaign and the former campaign manager for Ross Perot. "Texas law makes70 days before the general election. It says, “A political party is entitled to have the names of its nominees for president and vice-president placed on the ballot if before 5 p.m. of the 70th day before presidential election day, the party’s state chair signs and delivers to the secretary of state a written certification of the name’s of the party’s nominees for president and vice-president.”

This year, that deadline is August 26. UPDATE: At 2:30 pm Texas time, August 27, Kim Kizer of the Texas Secretary of State’s elections division says neither major party’s certification has been received in the Elections Division. The Executive Office of the Secretary of State refers all questions back to the Elections Division.

This year, neither the Democratic Party nor the Republican Party obeyed


without qualifying under Subsection

(a), in each subsequent general election following a general

election in which the party had a nominee for a statewide office who

received a number of votes equal to at least five percent of the

total number of votes received by all candidates for that office.

Posted by: Cain | 2008-08-27 9:26:20 PM

"Are you refereing to the three conditions within 192.031? 181 is a different section."

Yes I am. The condition stipulated in Chapter 181.005 has been met by both major parties, but that condition is only one of three conditions stipulated in 192.031.

Posted by: Jeff | 2008-08-27 9:29:00 PM

George,

Informed sources has it that given the stresses on the military and the constrained budget that Bush's next Imperial military war will be to Invade New Mexico and make it partconcept of an established political party and how that party has certain methods such as a primary or other method such as as small regiional to statewide conventions for selecting candidates to these offices. Section 181 defines when where and how such conventions shall be held.

The office of President of the US is different from all other offices in that it is conducted in all states. And the candidates are selected usually by some means of a National Convention that no one state has the authority to set the regulations for. So 181 which sets specific regulations for state wide elections seems to preety much ignore the Presidential Election which has its own specific chapter in Texas election code. Chapter 11 in which section 192 is found.

So what


I am contesting is that I think that 181 is irelevent for the office of President of the United States. I believe that 192.031 sets the rules for the candidate for the President of the United States being on the ballott and I also believe that Section 192,062 set the terms of how a party can remove a candidate for the President of the.... from the texas Ballott and replace him/her with another individual.

In both cases this action must be completed 70 Days before the Presidential Election. The only real question is did the Republican Party of Texas State Chairmen file for Mccain and did the Democratic Party Chairman of Texas file in time for Obama?

Let us suppose they both did then this is pretty much a muteAM

Section 181 has no relevance to presidential nominees. No state's presidential primary determines that national party's nominee. After all, Hillary Clinton won the Texas Democratic presidential primary by a vote of 1,459,814 to 1,358,785 (although Obama won the Texas caucus).

The Republican National Committee worked hard lobbying various states to ease these certification deadlines, in 2003, and again in 2007, when the party realized its very late conventions in 2004 and even later in 2008 bumped up against certain state laws. The Republican National Committee would not have done all this work if these deadlines don't matter. But the Texas legislature slipped up and did the reverse!

Posted by: Richard Winger | 2008-08-28 7:35:24 AM

I love the latest update, about how the secretary of state 'found' the missing applications for


Natalie Jaresko has the face of a sad magician whose voodoo spells stopped working long time ago’. The Ukraine”s Minister for Finance, Ms. Jaresko nowadays is a common figure on Ukrainian TV. Before becoming the Minister for Finance of Ukraine, this dual Ukrainian-American citizen worked for the US State Department. In the 1990s, she was the first Chief of the Economic Section of the US Embassy in Ukraine, then made her millions as the CEO of a number of investment companies working in Ukraine.

Using all her newly acquired Ukrainian vocabulary she is explaining vehemently to her fellow Ukrainians that they should stop worrying about their country’s precarious financial position.

On television, she preaches that ‘default’ is not necessarily a bad word after which hunger and cold automatically loom, thatmillion inhabitants.

Ukraine, swimming through the ocean of reforms, is in uncharted waters. Other countries that went through the painful period of reforms, the level of urbanization was definitely lower. In Poland, for example, which has about the same number of people as Ukraine, there is only one city with the population over a million – Warsaw with her 1.7 million inhabitants.

Just two years ago, under the previous “corrupt regime,” the average salary in Ukraine was $500 a month, average social security check—$200 a month when the prices for goods were less than half what they are today. The sarcastic new Governor of Odessa region, Mikheil Saakashvili, remarked that Ukrainians would have to toil hard for the next 20 years if they want to get back the living standards


of Ukraine, Natalie Jaresko, the one who often goes on TV, says that she sends her kids to the private International School in Kiev on the money she made before in private sector as a head of Horizon Capital Investment Company. (Out of respect to her less fortunate co-citizens one might advise her to stop wearing half-pound weights of gold on her wrists, neck, fingers and ears while on television.)

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko … well, he is a billionaire.

The Ukrainian Government blames the situation on war in the east of the country and on corruption of the previous—the word “criminal” is always used— regime. There is a big part of truth in this claim, but also political slyness.

Yes, the war takes a heavy toll on Ukraine’s economy but6 million people who barely survive in the regions under the control of anti-Kiev insurgents haven’t gotten anything from the Kiev government money-wise for more than a year and a half—no salaries, no retirement money, no social security, no benefits of any kind, effectively being cut off from Ukraine’s budget as unnecessary ballast.

As far as the “previous corrupt regime” mantra is concerned, the word “previous” holds just a bit of water. Today’s President of Ukraine, oligarch Petro Poroshenko, for one, started his political career in 1998, winning his seat in Supreme Rada, became Secretary for Security and Defense in 2004 (dismissed in 2005 after allegations of corruption) and appointed Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Finance and Banking in 2006, head of the Council of the Ukraine National


CHICAGO -- Late in the evening Tuesday, long after the Bulls' desultory loss to San Antonio, Joakim Noah finally appeared and stood near his locker in full uniform for his regular postgame media debriefing.

The tallest Bull was upset but not angry.

Taj Gibson might not be a starter for the Bulls, but there's no doubting his importance. Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images

His team had gotten blown out early by the methodical Spurs, only creeping back to respectability -- and a 104-96 loss -- during "Jimmer Time" in the fourth quarter.

Noah takes losses hard -- "It'll be tough to go to bed tonight," he said -- and the only victories he really celebrates come against the Miami Heat, whom the Bulls had defeated just two days prior.

So when a reporter asked Noahif the makeup of the locker room helps the team bounce back from these types of games, he barely blinked before giving his answer.

"I don't take anything for granted, this team doesn't take anything for granted," Noah said. "Just because you usually do something doesn't mean it just happens. You gotta go out there and do it."

A bounce-back victory seemed to be in the cards, and the Bulls went out and got one.

As reporter and subject expected, Chicago bounced back with a vengeance Thursday night, drubbing the Houston Rockets 111-87. It was a fun victory -- and a gutty one.

After Mike Dunleavy got nailed above his eye by a Chandler Parsons' elbow in the second quarter, he returned with 10 stitches to score all 21 of his points


SAN FRANCISCO -- As the clock ticked toward another potential regional transit strike, Bay Area public officials banded together Friday to press management and labor to resolve their differences and spare the riding public significant hardship.

The unions representing the majority of Bay Area Rapid Transit workers issued a 72-hour notice of intent to strike late Thursday as the clock ticked toward a Sunday midnight deadline on contract negotiations.

That marks the end of a 30-day contract extension that both sides accepted after a 4 1/2-day strike last month. It was the first regional transit strike in 16 years.

With a line of local and regional officials behind him, California Labor Secretary Marty Morgenstern joined San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee at his City Hall office Friday morning to call for anFlash drive

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Plaintiff appeals. We affirm.
Plaintiff Susan E. Hertel alleged in her proposed first-amended complaint that defendant Kevin B. Sullivan was a Catholic priest employed by defendant, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield, and that he was pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Decatur. Plaintiff, who attended Our Lady of Lourdes, began counseling with Sullivan in 1982 for a family problem. Plaintiff and Sullivan allegedly began to engage in sexual conduct in January 1983, then sexual intercourse in September 1983. In August 1985 plaintiff told Sullivan she thought she was pregnant, and at his request arranged for a dilation and curettage. Sullivan began to ignore plaintiff at church and treat her differently from other parishioners, and as a result plaintiff began to suffer from severe depression. In May1986 plaintiff reported all this to the bishop, who allegedly refused to intervene.
The complaint continued that on July 25, 1986, following an extremely demeaning telephone conversation with Sullivan, plaintiff collapsed at her apartment and was not discovered until several days later. Plaintiff's circulation was affected, resulting in the eventual amputation of her left leg and part of her right foot (the final operation taking place in 1991). Plaintiff and Sullivan engaged in sexual relations until May 1988, but from 1983 to 1992 Sullivan treated plaintiff differently than he treated other parishioners, refusing to see her, refusing to counsel her, and hanging up on her or refusing her calls. Sullivan refused to administer the sacraments of the church to plaintiff and refused to allow her to participate in church


functions. According to the complaint, Sullivan denied any relationship with plaintiff and claimed she was "crazy." When plaintiff told Sullivan she was contemplating suicide he allegedly told her that was not his problem, that he could not keep her from committing suicide, and "it's your problem, do what you want to do."
Plaintiff alleged she was emotionally and financially dependent on Sullivan, who controlled her every thought and action. Plaintiff alleged she did not realize the actions of Sullivan and the Diocese were wrongful until July 1991, when she began therapy with her present psychologist (Daniel D. Hocking), and it was not until 1992 that she was emotionally capable of understanding her victimization and taking meaningful action for her own protection. Plaintiff's complaint alleged Sullivan was guilty of negligence,many occasions beginning in February 1985. Plaintiff was hospitalized for depression in March 1985. At that time she told various persons, including her psychologist and several psychiatrists, about the alleged relationship. At that time plaintiff believed her depression was connected with the relationship. When she collapsed July 27, 1986, plaintiff had taken an overdose of prescribed medication. Again at that time she believed that Sullivan was responsible for her depression and her continuing dependency upon him. Sullivan did nothing to encourage a relationship after 1988. In a subsequent affidavit plaintiff stated her deposition answers were based on what she knows now, since her therapy with Mr. Hocking, and not what she knew prior to that time. "Simply put, at the time of the events, I neither considered the


Malaysia Airlines was struggling with growing losses, debt and a troubled business model well before the loss of two of its airplanes this year.

Faced with competition from low-cost Asian carriers as well as pressure from the high-end airlines of the Persian Gulf, Malaysia Airlines had been losing money in the last three years. Tense labor relations and a bureaucratic management culture had stymied earlier efforts to reform the airline despite more than $1 billion in government investment in the last decade.

On Friday, the Malaysian government, signaling that the embattled airline remained a strategic asset, announced that it would take full control of the company through a stock buyback and restructure its operations in an attempt to restore confidence in the flagging business.

While a restructuring was long overdue, thethe students' protest against segregation in the
South. Some of these youngsters, this brochure tells us, spent as long as 60 days
in jail for the crime of seating themselves—in non-violent protests—in certain restaurants
in stores where segregation is carried out.

The booklet has a foreword, headed "Only the Young and the Brave," written by Lillian
Smith. I will quote two paragraphs from that foreword, which may make you want to
write and get the booklet so as to read the letters of the students themselves. She
says:

"I was deeply moved by these stories. There is validity in them: and thoughtfulness,
and modesty, and a nice understatement. But courage shines through as do the high
spirits and
gaiety
and refusal to resent which turned some nasty ordeals into significant experiences,
and even into adventure."

And her last paragraph says:

"But you and


Coronavirus: Racist 'zoombombing' at virtual synagogue By Jane Wakefield

Technology reporter Published duration 31 March Related Topics Coronavirus pandemic

image caption One family held up a sign of peace amid the abuse

A synagogue service being held online has been hijacked by racist accounts which posted anti-Semitic abuse to congregants, the BBC has learned.

The meeting was being held on video chat app Zoom.

"Zoombombing" - where uninvited guests enter meetings - is on the rise as more people use the app to stay in touch during the coronavirus restrictions.

Experts advised people to secure meetings against intruders.

A BBC employee who attended the meeting at a synagogue in London explained what happened: "There were about 205 of us logged on - including lots of families with little kids - and suddenly the numbers wentup to 243."

The group chat, which appears on the right-hand side of the screen, rapidly filled up with "vile abuse", she said.

There appeared to be only one uninvited guest on the screen, suggesting the rest of the accounts may have been generated automatically by one person.

"The rabbi didn't realise what was going on until one of the congregants texted him. By then lots of people had taken their children offline," the BBC was told.

"It was terrifying at what is a really terrifying time anyway," the BBC employee added.

Details of the meeting had been published on the synagogue's website.

"Communities advertising meetings like this are exposing themselves to all kinds of risks," said the BBC employee.

The synagogue's rabbi described the incident as being an "intrusive violation", and said it had


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PHOENIX (FOX 10) - Phoenix Police officials said Wednesday afternoon that fire investigators are looking into a fire that destroyed a Catholic church in north Phoenix.

According to the Phoenix Fire Department, over 60 firefighters battled a fire at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Parish near 40th Street and Shea Boulevard.

The incident happened at around midnight on Wednesday. According to Phoenix Police, officers responded to the church, where officers noticed a fire had started in the area of the sanctuary. Officers then evacuated and secured the area for fire crews to respond.

The fire spread to the attic and was burning the roof of the church. Crews used a defensive strategy to fight the fire and are working to extinguish the fireand prevent it from spreading to nearby buildings.

No one was injured, and an investigation is ongoing.

"It's devastating," said Joseph Pomarico. "It was a beautiful, beautiful church."

The Diocese of Phoenix released the following statement on the fire:

"This morning we awoke to the tragic news of the fire at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Phoenix. The Phoenix Fire Department is investigating the fire. The church building was destroyed and there were no injuries. We will have more to share as it becomes available.

We are heartbroken for the St. Joseph Catholic community and we are grateful for the bravery of the fire fighters and first responders.

There are tentative plans to celebrate Masses somewhere on the church property this weekend.

Today on this feast day of St. Joseph the Worker, we ask the


community to join us in prayer."

According to the church's website, St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Parish was established in 1969 and was built in 1972.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Earlier on Wednesday, Phoenix Police officials said, in a statement, that Phoenix Fire arson investigators have taken over an investigation surrounding the fire. However, Phoenix Police officials have since said the Phoenix Fire Investigations Unit will determine the cause and origin of the fire, and the use of the term "arson" is incorrect and premature.An amputee who lost his arm after being hit by a train as a teenager has
become the first person in the UK to receive a bionic hand on the NHS.

Since losing his right arm as a teenager in a terrifying accident, Mike Swainger has been robbed of the everyday actions that most of us take for granted.

But now, Mr Swainger is once again able to tie his shoe laces and walk hand in hand with a loved one after becoming the first person in the UK to be fitted with a bionic hand on the NHS.

Mr Swainger, 33, from Hull, who lost his right arm and leg aged 13 when he was hit by a train while playing with friends, said that his new battery-powered hand, known as


connected to his bicep and the other linked to his tricep.

Electronic impulses from the muscles and nerve endings create a current, which triggers the movement in the hand. If Mr Swainger tenses his bicep, the hand closes and if he tenses his tricep, it opens.

Mr Swainger learnt about the bionic arm after carrying out research on the subject and approached the manufacturer, RSLSteeper, offering to be a test case for the firm.

He was told the technology was in the very early stages of development and was more often used abroad or in the private sector, rather than the NHS.

Six months ago, after undergoing checks to test the signals in his arm, Mr Swainger was told he was to be the first person in this country to be fitted'Mother of George' is a deep look at a couple struggling to conceive

The cinematography in 'Mother of George' is lustrous, though the film gets bogged down in melodrama.

By
Peter Rainer, Film critic /
September 27, 2013

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Danai Gurira in a scene from 'Mother of George.'

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“Mother of George,” directed by Andrew Dosunmu, a Nigerian living in New York, and written by Darci Picoult, is about a newly married Nigerian couple living in Brooklyn, Ike (Danai Gurira) and Ayo (Isaach De Bankolé), and the problems that ensue when they are unable to conceive a child.

The cinematography by Bradford Young is rich-toned and lustrous, and the film, until it bogs down in melodramatics, has a sensual ease. We are not looking at these people from the outside. Dosunmu pulls us deep