report of this was in 1998, when South Korean researchers announced—without presenting proof—that they had created a four-cell cloned human embryo. ACT's was the first scientifically documented account of this kind of experiment, so the media had every reason to jump at the story.

The New York Times, incidentally, got it right. It ran the story on page A14, inside the National section, under the skeptical headline, "Company Says It Produced Embryo Clones." Over the next few days, the story quickly shifted to ACT and its motives, the current state of cloning research, and the political backlash that the announcement had unleashed.

In what ways (if at all) has your own background as a former biotech researcher influenced your views on cloning research and on the pros and cons ofon the playground, or bear the brunt of his playmates' parents' disapproval of therapeutic cloning. He might have fun telling his friends later in life that he's been "cloned" ... but his parents don't want to trumpet that for him on a national stage.

Do you know how Trevor is doing now?

On April 19, 2002, after ten days of "conditioning" with chemotherapy, Trevor received a transplant of umbilical-cord-blood stem cells from an unrelated donor. For children his age, there is a 20 percent chance of dying from this procedure. It's still too early to tell how successful the transplant will be, but Trevor seems to be progressing well. On May 10, he was released from the hospital (after spending a month in an isolation room, to protect him from


infection), and allowed to return to a house that Ben and Adrienne have temporarily rented near the hospital.

Ben reports: "His appetite is coming back, and we are now 'outpatient' for the next three months. For the first month of that time, we have to go to the hospital seven days a week, about five hours per day. Plus, we have lots of meds and IV infusions we need to give him at home, and he still gets blood product infusions in the clinic as an outpatient."

Adrienne told me that "Trevor has an unbelievably great attitude." And Ben added, "He is a complete trooper. It's incredible what a two-year-old can withstand, and still remain in good spirits." Approximately one hundred days post-transplant, the Rosses say, their family will bethe Senate to pass a bill, put forward by Senator Brownback, that bans all forms of human cloning—whether for reproduction or medical research. This bill is similar to the legislation already passed by the House last July.

On April 30, however, Senators from opposite ends of the political spectrum joined forces to introduce a new bill—one that would keep therapeutic cloning legal, while banning any attempt to produce a human infant through cloning. Democrats Dianne Feinstein, of California, and Edward Kennedy, of Massachusetts, were joined by moderate Republican Arlen Specter, of Pennsylvania, in supporting it. Conservative Republican Orrin Hatch, of Utah, also threw his support behind the bill. "I come to this issue with a strong pro-life, pro-family record," he said. "But I do believe that a critical part


noticed that the theme was repeated, where instruction was given on how we might overcome the world. He also noticed another related theme having to do with how we should act as one of the Lord’s servants here on earth – effectively drawing down the blessings of heaven.

Jared began to document the pattern of these repeated themes – found in almost every Old and New Testament book, in the Book of Mormon, and in most other sacred literature. He documented six major elements of parallel repeated themes. Sometimes these themes would be direct parallels, for example, themes ABCDEF, ABCDEF. In other cases the second set of repeated themes would be in reverse order – an inverse parallelism, or as it is known among biblical scholars by the Greekbeen successful, southern canon could have been put on top of Little Round Top and decimated the Union line.

After holding up under several southern attacks, but then ultimately running out of ammunition, Chamberlain ordered the remaining troops to “fix bayonets” and they charged down the hill to force the southern troops off the slopes of Little Round Top and finally force them back into retreat.

Jared, on his third or fourth visit to Gettysburg, and after we spoke with some re-enactors and was fully into the spirit of the moment, had to run down the hill — to simulate and experience both the North’s successful defense, and the South’s defeated perspective. He then ran back up the hill. (A half hour later, he would tread across the field where


chapter one would find beautiful passages on how those same covenants are fulfilled.

He also found across many books of scripture, that when covenants are introduced, within a few verses one would often find verbiage having to do with how we find ourselves living in and dealing with the trials and tribulations and troubles of the world. Then later in the same chapter or book, he noticed that the theme was repeated, where instruction was given to us on how we might overcome the world.

He noticed that another theme usually had to do with how we should act as one of the Lord’s Servants here on earth – effectively bringing down the blessings of heaven.

Jared began to document the patterns of these repeated themes – found in almost everyOld and New Testament book, in the Book of Mormon, and in most other sacred literature.

He documented six major elements of parallel repeated themes. Sometimes these themes would be direct parallels, for example, themes ABCDEF, ABCDEF. In other instances the second set of repeated themes would be in reverse order – an inverse parallelism, or as it is known among biblical scholars, by the Greek term, chiasmus. In these cases, the themes would start out ABCDEF but the second set of parallels would be found in reverse order, FEDCBA.

Altogether, we have documented hundreds of examples and published a couple hundred of them online. We have spent the past five years of his life behind the scenes (off and on) refining the presentation of the pattern. However we had


Physical abuse is any act or failure to act that leads to the non-accidental, physical harm of a child or that places the child's physical well-being at risk. It includes, but is not limited to, beating, burning, choking, kicking, punching, harmful restraint and the use of a weapon or instrument. Click here for detailed definition

The Ananda Alert Systemis Jamaica's Child Recovery Strategy which was modeled off the Amber Alert System in the United States of America (USA)

Ananda Alert Secretariat was originally established in the Ministry of Local Government, however, since March 01, 2013 was first transferred to the Ministry of Youth and Culture and then the Ministy of Education Youth and Information. At present the Ananda Alert System is being operated from the National Children's Registry - NCRNotre Dame's OT win over Butler on Saturday was probably the best tournament game of the weekend, and it might not have gone that long had Irish senior guard Pat Connaughton not swooped in to swat down a Kellen Dunham shot with one second left in regulation.

Reader Joseph had prime seats in the corner, and had his camera out for this inbounds play. He "was hoping to catch a buzzer-beater," he writes, "but this was a million times better."


begin Getty Supreme Court Brexit Challenge Attorney General Jeremy Wright arrives at the Supreme Court in London EPA Supreme Court Brexit Challenge Protesters outside the Supreme Court in London, where the Government is appealing against a ruling that the Prime Minister must seek MPs' approval to trigger the process of taking Britain out of the European Union PA wire Supreme Court Brexit Challenge A protesters wearing a judge's wigs and robes stands outside the Supreme Court ahead of the challenge against a court ruling that Theresa May's government requires parliamentary approval to start the process of leaving the European Union, in Parliament Square, central London Reuters Supreme Court Brexit Challenge A protester holds up a placard outside the Supreme Court ahead of the challenge against a court rulingStrain: Exxon's bad fuel totals 5M gallons

Fri, 2014-03-28 05:42

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — More than five million gallons of gasoline shipped from the ExxonMobil Baton Rouge terminal in mid-March was tainted by something that's causing the intake and valve systems of vehicles to gum up, a state official said.
Mike Strain, Louisiana's Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry, said he's been speaking with Exxon officials since late Wednesday about the bad fuel. He said Thursday that the problem is contained to two batches of gasoline — a total of 120,000 barrels — shipped between March 12 and March 15. One barrel contains 42 gallons of gas..
"What we think is something got in the fuel that shouldn't have gotten in," Strain said.
Agents from the Department of Agriculture and Forestry's weights and


Japanese comedienne, Subversive Evil Cutie Pie, Kazumi Kusano drops a bomb on the status quo of the perception of Asian women. Her stand-up comedy shares her odd cultural experiences in America, interracial marriage, and her schizophrenic mother. In her sketch show, Karate Chop Teriyaki Comedy, she becomes a dominant Geisha, adorable Sumo Girl, and manic-depressive mother characters. She destroys Asian stereotypes.
Kazumi is the undefeated champion of Joke-E-Oke, the joke karaoke contest at the San Francisco Sketch Festival. She won 3rd place for both Walk the Plank 2013 and Flappers/Indi.com 2014 stand-up comedy competitions. She was invited to perform at Ventura, Cape Fear, and Out of Bounds Comedy Festivals. Her recent appearances include KTLA(FOX) Good Day LA, VNMN-TV Comedy Stir Fry, and The Bandit Hound.
On her first day atGay-rights advocates in New York state announced Wednesday the formation of a new coalition to revive efforts towards legalizing same-sex marriage in the Empire state.

The coalition — New Yorkers United for Marriage — is an alliance of the Empire State Pride Agenda, Freedom to Marry, Human Rights Campaign and Marriage Equality New York.

The campaign will be relying on the popular Democratic governor, Andrew Cuomo, to overcome Republican resistance and their own history of poor coordination, reported The New York Times.

The groups hope to avoid a repeat of 2009, when the marriage equality bill failed by eight votes in the state Senate.

Via Capitol Confidential:

“Today, we stand closer than ever to allowing all loving, committed couples to legally marry here in New York,” said Ross Levi, Executive Director of the


As the noble Lord was informed by my noble friend Lord Harris, the Minister of State for Home Affairs, on the 14th April, in United Kingdom law all citizens of Commonwealth countries including the United Kingdom are British subjects. It is estimated that, excluding Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States of America, for which no figures are available, there are at least 500,000 patrial United Kingdom nationals living abroad. Precise figures are not available since United Kingdom nationals resident overseas are not bound to register with our diplomatic posts. The following table gives the estimated numbers resident in each country. There is no means of knowing how many of these persons are domiciled in their country of residence.DETROIT -- Police say a young girl has fatally shot herself in Detroit after finding a handgun under her grandmother's pillow.

Detroit police Sgt. Michael Woody says in an email that police responded around midnight Tuesday to a home on the city's northwest side and the girl was taken by medics to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Relatives identified the girl as Mariah Davis, CBS Detroit reports.

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Police say the girl was 4 years old. CBS Detroit, citing family members at the scene, reports Davis was 5.

Family members told CBS Detroit station WWJ-AM she loved Disney movies.

"It was an awful tragedy that has all of us shook up and our heart broke," aunt Freda Davis told WWJ-AM. "It seems like our souls was


Memorial service for Sheridan to be planned

A memorial service for Newborn Mayor Roger Sheridan, who passed away yesterday will be announced at a later time, according to his family. Sheridan's family appreciates all that friends and family of the late mayor have done, as well as the outpouring of prayers and sympathy from the public.A snapshot of the Chinese SOL Project.
In 2003, the International Solanaceae Project (SOL) was initiated by an international consortium of ten countries including Korea, China, the United Kingdom, India, the Netherlands, France, Japan, Spain, Italy and the United States. The first major effort of the SOL aimed to produce a DNA sequence map for euchromatin regions of 12 chromosomes of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) before 2010. Here we present an update on Chinese effort for sequencing the euchromatin region of chromosome 3.


was appointed by the council to serve as acting mayor
until a successor was elected and qualified to serve for the remainder of the term.
       {¶ 5} During a June 8, 2009 public council meeting related to the
appointment, Scott said that he would perform the duties of acting mayor at his
council member’s salary of $3,600 per year. That same day, the council passed a
resolution authorizing Scott’s compensation at his council member’s salary. Scott,
as acting mayor, signed the resolution on June 10.
       {¶ 6} Approximately five months later, in November 2009, Scott was
elected to serve for the remainder of the former mayor’s term. As the elected
mayor, he was paid the same salary as that of the previous mayor,$74,328.00
annually. Scott was not reelected in 2011.

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       {¶ 7} In September 2012, Scott filed in the court of appeals a petition for a
writ of mandamus, which he later amended, alleging that he was underpaid for his
service as mayor and acting mayor and that he was entitled to


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       {¶ 19} Scott argued in his amended petition that he is entitled to several
types of relief. In the first count of his amended petition, he alleges that Streetsboro
owes him compensation for unused vacation, sick, and personal leave. In the
second count, he alleges that he was underpaid for his service as[Cerebral calcifications: a clue for a diagnostic process in a nonspecific clinical case].
Coeliac disease is a gluten sensitive enteropathy, autoimmune in origin, which has been traditionally regarded as a gastrointestinal disease. Years later it has been reported an extraintestinal affection. A huge number of neurological syndromes of unknown cause had been initially described in association with coeliac disease, with total or partial response to a gluten free-diet. A specific kind of occipital cerebral calcifications in relation to coeliac disease has been also described, and sometimes it means the existence of a syndrome called "Gobby's Syndrome". We show a patient with a mild unknown coeliac disease, a woman who had occipital cerebral calcifications in a TAC cerebral, which was made because of her intractable migraines and that it lead


Samuel Beckett, Pic, 1" by Roger Pic. Via Wikimedia Commons

Clad in a black turtleneck and with a shock of white hair, Samuel Beckett was a gaunt, gloomy high priest of modernism. After the 1955 premiere of Samuel Beckett’s play Waiting for Godot (watch him stage a performance here), Kenneth Tynan quipped, ''It has no plot, no climax, no denouement; no beginning, no middle and no end.'' From there, Beckett’s work only got more austere, bleak and despairing. His 1969 play Breath, for instance, runs just a minute long and features just the sound of breathing.

An intensely private man, he managed to mesmerize the public even as he turned away from the limelight. When he won the Nobel Prize in 1969, his wife Suzanne, fearing the onslaught of fameSomalia’s largest radio broadcaster was forced off the air Saturday after police stormed Radio Shabelle headquarters and briefly detained three dozen journalists.

The largest Somali radio broadcaster was forced off the air Saturday after police stormed the headquarters of Radio Shabelle and briefly detained the station’s three dozen journalists.

Shabelle, a privately owned and often controversial station, was based in a government building near Mogadishu’s airport, considered one of the safer areas of the capital. Its personnel had reportedly been warned months earlier of the eviction order but failed to comply with it.

Many of the station’s young employees live in the compound, rarely venturing out due to safety concerns. Since 2007, 10 Shabelle journalists have been killed in Somalia, considered one of the world’s most dangerous countries for reporters and


a woman who said she was raped by government security forces.

The issue of land ownership is a larger contentious issue in the capital, which has seen an unprecedented construction boom and influx of foreign funding. Thousands of internally displaced refugees occupy buildings and camps throughout the capital. Their numbers soared during the 2011 famine and the government has slowly been trying to relocate them and reclaim the land they’ve been occupying.The video will start in 8 Cancel

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According to what we know, the push bike was invented in the late 19th century – just 200 years ago.

But a bombshell finding inside the Panchavarnaswamy Temple in India may prove ancient societies were much more advanced than we thought.

The Hindu place of worship was built in the 7th century and is still used regularly today.

But one man discovered something incredible while scaling the building.

(Image: PRAVEEN MOHAN)

Praveen Mohan, who runs YouTube channel Phenomenal Travel Videos stumbled across what he believes to be an old Indian riding a bike.

In his video he says:


Rakitovo Municipality

Rakitovo Municipality () is a municipality in the Pazardzhik Province of Bulgaria. The municipality consists of three settlements: two towns and one village.

Demography

At the 2011 census, the population of Rakitovo was 15,064. Most of the inhabitants (54.66%) were Bulgarians, and there was a significant minority of Gypsies/Romani (15.75%). 28.96% of the population's ethnicity was unknown.

Communities

Towns
 Rakitovo
 Kostandovo

Villages
 Dorkovo

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Category:Municipalities in Pazardzhik Province
Category:Municipalities of BulgariaIt was well after dark on a Saturday night in January 1963 when the Don Shirley Trio took the stage in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The program of show tunes, jazz and classical music, the local paper reported, was “brilliant and exciting and warmly received by the large crowd.” But its famed leader and pianist, Don Shirley, who was black, knew his welcome was conditional. A hateful sign stood at Manitowoc’s city limits: “N-----, don’t let the sun go down on you in our town.”

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When the trio set out on another tour later that year, Shirley hired a white driver, a gregarious Italian-American bouncer known as Tony Lip, to handle problems that might arise in the “sundown towns” of the North and the


Jim Crow-era South. “My father said it was almost on a daily basis they would get stopped, because a white man was driving a black man,” recalls Lip’s son Nick Vallelonga, who has turned their journey into Green Book, a new film garnering Oscar buzz.

Vallelonga was 5 years old when his father headed out on the road with the pianist. After they returned more than a year later, the men lived their separate lives—Shirley played to acclaim in Europe and Lip became an actor—but they remained friends. As a child Vallelonga visited Shirley in his studio in Manhattan and heard stories about their trip. “That’s an unbelievable movie,” he remembers thinking. “I’m gonna make it one day.” In his 20s, Vallelonga, an actor and occasional screenwriter, interviewed hisfather and Shirley about how these two men from starkly different backgrounds navigated the racism they encountered. But Shirley stipulated that he didn’t want the story told until after his death.

Both men passed away in 2013, and those conversations, along with letters Lip wrote his wife, form the basis of Green Book, which stars Mahershala Ali as Shirley and Viggo Mortensen as Lip. The title is a reference to The Negro Motorist Green Book, a travel guide for African-Americans published from 1936 to 1967 that promised “vacation without aggravation.”

Making the film more than half a century after the events it depicts hasn’t muted its powerful message about overcoming prejudice. Lip “was a product of his times. Italians lived with Italians. The Irish lived with the Irish. African-Americans lived


explosion in Awantipora area of Kashmir on Thursday, in one of the deadliest terror attacks on security forces in the valley in over a decade, police sources said. The incident took place when some 2,547 CRPF personnel were coming in a convoy of 78 vehicles from the transit camp in Jammu and headed to Srinagar. The attack took place at around 3.15 pm when CRPF convoy was moving from Jammu to Srinagar, they said. The convoy comprised 70 buses in which around 2500 personnel were travelling, according to Home Ministry sources in Delhi. The toll is expected to go up, the sources said.

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Thisup and down an incredible range of vocals. No earthly force could have stopped Frye from rising into her next commanding song.

It was as if Frye was right at home–and she was–as she shot the breeze with her guests in what could be described as both sweet nothings and a bombastic battlecry.

Privy to the fascination of the crowd she encompassed, brand-new features in her upcoming album “Boys’ Club,” confirmed to drop on Oct. 9, exacerbated the intoxicating haze the audience was spellbound by.

“Your Girlfriend” and “Big Bad Wolf” reaped the brand of foreboding storytelling reminiscent of the likes of Hayley Williams. It was as though whatever inspired the macabre tone whistling through the venue stared into the souls of the band members, but Frye and her troupe were


exposure to potential disasters.

An official examines the Cheomseongdae Observatory in central Gyeongju on Tuesday morning. (Yonhap)

Current status of damage: Leaning tower, fallen parts

Some 60 historical sites were damaged during the quake, the Cultural Heritage Administration announced Sunday.

On Tuesday morning, the state agency in charge of historical artifacts said that Monday evening’s aftershock, which occurred in southeastern Gyeongju, appeared to have caused no additional damage.

The previously announced damage includes fallen giwa from the roof of the Main Buddha Hall (Daewoongjeon) of Bulguksa Temple, which was temporarily repaired over the weekend, and a displaced banister on the temple’s Dabotap Pagoda (National Treasure No. 20).

The Buddhist temple, located in southeastern Gyeongju and built in 774 during the Silla Kingdom (57 B.C. to 935), was designated a UNESCO World Heritage in 1995alongside the nearby Seokguram Grotto, which is reported to be unharmed.

Cheomseongdae Observatory, which is National Treasure No. 31 and considered Asia’s oldest extant astronomical observatory, has leaned 2 centimeters farther northward after the quake, while a gap on its upper stone has widened by 5 centimeters. A survey in 2014 found the tower, situated in central Gyeongju, to be inclining 20.4 centimeters northward from its original position.

A historical artifacts preservation group conducts emergency repairs on cultural sites affected by the Gyeongju earthquake on Monday. (Cultural Heritage Administration)

Some academics have suggested disassembling and reassembling the 9.07-meter tall cylindrical granite block tower after the discovery of cracks, displacement of stones and discoloration in 2014. It has since been inspected four times a year by the National Research Institute of Cultural


Heritage. According to a report last year, some 30 parts of the tower show damage, while its northern base continues to sink.

Despite the damage, the tower’s sturdy design allows it to withstand quakes and even severe weathering, said Kim Deok-moon, who is in charge of architectural heritage at the research institute.

A team from the research institute began a detailed inspection of the observatory site Tuesday morning. Plans for restoration work on Cheomseongdae and other earthquake affected sites will be decided following the inspection.

Other major damage includes cracks on Bunhwangsa Temple’s Mojeonseoktap stone pagoda (National Treasure No. 30), in central Gyeongju.

No artifacts were harmed at the Gyeongju National Museum, which is home to over 100,000 artifacts including Silla-period golden crowns and Buddhist sculptures, the museum said Tuesday. Four windowpanels at the museum’s Archaeology Hall shattered and some of its outer wall tiles fell off, but the artifacts, most of them having been fastened to their display cases in preparation for possible earthquakes, remained unharmed, the museum said.

Of the museum’s three buildings, only the Art Hall, built in 2002, was constructed to withstand earthquakes. The main Archaeology Hall, which contains the most number of artifacts, was built in 1975 before mandatory earthquake proof measures were implemented in 1988. Reinforcement work was conducted on the building in 2013 after the structure failed a stress test in 2011, the museum said.

In and around Gyeongju, a group of workers specializing in the preservation of historical artifacts -- partially supported by the Cultural Heritage Administration -- has been playing an active


part in carrying out emergency repairs on minor fractures. As of Monday, a team of over 40 people is restoring fallen tiles at the Yangsanjae Shrine and the Joseon era nobility’s residence, Chunguidang, both located in southern Gyeongju.

A historical artifacts preservation group conducts emergency repairs on cultural sites affected by the Gyeongju earthquake on Monday. (Cultural Heritage Administration)

About a quarter of the roof tiles on the four walls enclosing Yangsanjae Shrine have been damaged. Restoration is estimated to take at least one week or more, said Jin Byung-gil, the group’s leader.

The team will later conduct repair works at some 30 sites including the Sungdeokjeon Shrine at the Gyeongju Oreung Royal Tombs, and the Joseon era dwelling Wolamjae. Last week, it completed emergency rainproof measures on some 17 sites,on the project.

The government "'suggested' that the ... members revisit the production impacts and associated job loss numbers, with different assumptions that obviously would then lead to a lesser impact," Gardner testified before a House Natural Resources subcommittee. "The ... team unanimously refused to use a 'fabricated' baseline scenario to soften the production loss numbers."

The Obama administration, without going into specifics, contested Gardner's claims after the hearing.

The charges escalate a dispute over environmental regulations that has been brewing for months, as the Obama administration tries to overhaul mining rules that were put in place at the end of the George W. Bush administration following a years-long review.

The prediction that the changes would cost 7,000 jobs was first made public in January of this year. As officials in the


pedal is in the form of a potentiometer and provides a control signal indicative of a desired position. A second sensor responsive to the actual position of the regulating member is also in the form of a potentiometer and provides a feedback signal indicative of the actual position of the regulating member. These signals are passed to a comparator which controls actuating signals to a servo motor which actuates the regulating member.
The absence of a direct mechanical connection between the accelerator pedal and the regulating member has led to the need of some form of safety device for preventing "runaway", that is, excessive engine speed such as could be caused by substantial disconformity between the actual position of the regulating member and the desired position as determined byal-Tanwih (The Verification and Enlightenment), is in my view by far the greatest tafsir of the last century. I believe that if any modern tafsir work is still read in centuries ahead, it will be this one. Yet, it has largely been overlooked, having been overshadowed by modernist works by the likes of Rida and Qutb. However, unlike many 20th century exegetes, Ibn ‘Ashur was firmly grounded in the classical tradition, hailing from a scholarly aristocratic family of judges. The distinguishing feature of his tafsīr is his identification of the ta’lil, or rationale as well as underlining the maqasid, or objectives. He also highlights rhetorical devices and reconciling different views. It gives one a solid foundation in tafsir.

It was published between 1956 and 1970 and was the fruit


A man is driving along a highway and sees a rabbit jump out across the middle of the road. He swerves to avoid hitting it, but unfortunately the rabbit jumps right in front of the car. The driver, a sensitive man as well as an animal lover, pulls over and gets out to see what has become of the rabbit. Much to his dismay, the rabbit is dead. The driver feels so awful that he begins to cry.
A beautiful blonde woman driving down the highway sees a man crying on the side of a road and pulls over. She steps out of the car and asks man what's wrong. "I feel terrible," he explains, "I accidentally hit this rabbit and killed it."
The blonde says, "Don't worry." She runsto her car and pulls out a spray can. She walks over to the limp, dead rabbit, bends down, and sprays the contents onto the rabbit. The rabbit jumps up, waves its paw at the two of them and hops off down the road. Ten feet away the rabbit stops, turns around and waves again, he hops down the road another 10 feet, turns and waves, hops another ten feet, turns and waves, and repeats this again and again and again, until he hops out of sight.
The man is astonished. He runs over to the woman and demands, "What is in that can? What did you spray on that rabbit?" The woman turns the can around so that the man can read the label. It says, "Hair Spray


ANSA REPORT - THE WORLD IS ASKING FOR MORE AND MORE NATURAL VANILLA, BUT THE CROPS CANNOT KEEP UP THE SUPPLY. VANILLA IS THE SECOND MOST EXPENSIVE SPICE AFTER SAFFRON AND THE EXTRACT COSTS 11.000 DOLLARS A KILO

The world is asking for more and more "natural" vanilla extracted from the plant and not obtained through chemical processes, but there are few crops and they cannot keep up with the demand. The result, explained an article in "Chemical & Engineering News", is that there are already serious shortages, and the price is ten times higher than a few years ago, making it the second most expensive spice in the world after saffron. 80% of natural vanilla consumed in the world, explains the article, and comes from Madagascar. However, lastthey were actually losing. Their win would tie the two teams in the standings, but Grenada would win the tiebreaker based on having scored more in previous matches. Barbados had to win by at least two goals or else they were eliminated.

With three minutes to go and Barbados still only winning by one, the team got desperate. Unable to score, they decided to force overtime. Since they were technically winning, the only way to do this was to score on themselves. Which they absolutely did. They didn't even pretend it was an accident; the kicker just kinda dicked around his own net for a bit and then gently lobbed the ball in, his goalie standing there and picking his nose the entire time.

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Prominent Asian direct selling company QNET announces a new and exciting partnership with Manchester City Football Club (MCFC), as the official direct selling partner of this Premier League football club based in Manchester, England. The sponsorship is set to kick-off several branding benefits and CSR partnerships.

The three year QNET-MCFC partnership with the 2013/2014 Barclays Premier League champions was announced at a press conference at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester in the presence of players Jesus Navas, Edin Dzeko and Stevan Jovetic on August 12.

QNET, a leading Asian direct selling company with its regional headquarters in Abu Dhabi, said the partnership synergizes well with both QNET and Manchester City’s values and stories.

Managing Director of QNET, JR Mayer says: “This groundbreaking partnership with MCFC marks another major involvement in sportsby QNET, a young player in an industry dominated by larger direct selling giants. This venture provides another strategic platform for QNET to further elevate its brand and achieve greater reach to its Independent Representatives (IRs) and consumers worldwide.”

Mayer adds: “We are absolutely thrilled with this partnership with Manchester City. Indeed, this is a timely and significant relationship between two brands which are keen in taking on any challenges for the taste of success.”

MCFC started from a humble beginning as a community club, just as QNET did with a small group of friends. The club rose to prominence after years of hard work and effort. Similarly, QNET rose from various challenges and a tough business environment. MCFC’s focus on giving back to the community through football finds resonance


in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Although not one of the leading footballing nations in Asia, the UAE has nonetheless produced some outstanding teams at both club and international level as well as some talented individual players. In Qatar, another football-loving country, teams are serious in upping the game with the Qatar Football Association (QFA) and Qatar Stars League (QSL) collaborating this year by organising a football fans area that features countless activities to celebrate the kick-off of the new season 2014-2015.

MCFC is owned and managed by major investors from Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE.educated mothers in both LPS and HPS. For example, about 62% of women with no education had received JSY in LPS compared to 21% in HPS. The coverage of JSY assistance was 38% among the Hindus and 24% among the others. About 65% of the poorest and 28% of the richest women in the LPS received JSY assistance; and this varied between 30% of the poorest and 9% of the richest women in the HPS of India. In LPS, about 73% of mothers who delivered in public health facility had received JSY assistance compared to 30% in HPS. This percentage was very much lower for the mothers who delivered in private health facility because of very few accredited private hospitals provided JSY assistance. For instance only 5.4% and


non-beneficiaries). The variation in contraceptive use among JSY beneficiaries and JSY non-beneficiaries was lower in HPS. In the LPS, breastfeeding initiation within one hour was almost double among women receiving JSY assistance compared to JSY non-beneficiaries (58% among JSY beneficiaries and 29.9% among JSY non-beneficiaries). The pattern holds true across states of India. Among the LPS, breastfeeding initiation was highest in Odisha (70.6% among JSY beneficiaries and 62.8% among JSY non-beneficiaries) and lowest in Rajasthan (31.2% among JSY beneficiaries and 24.3% among JSY non-beneficiaries). More than 10% difference in breastfeeding initiation was observed in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh among these states among those covered and not covered by JSY assistance.Table 2Percentage of mothers used contraceptive, initiate breastfeeding and had postnatal check-up of baby by JSY coverage in India,distribution of JSY coverage also suggested that it was higher in rural, among uneducated mothers, mothers with higher parity and mothers belonging to poor households at the national level as well as in the low performing states. Second, the state variations in outcome variables such as contraceptive use, breastfeeding initiation and postnatal check-up varied widely across the LPS and HPS. The states such as Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Assam with the highest prevalence of JSY coverage performed better not only than the other LPS but better than many HPS. For example, the JSY beneficiaries in the LPS had higher contraceptive prevalence than Gujarat, Maharashtra and Telangana where around less than 15 percent of the women were covered under the JSY scheme. The breastfeeding initiation after delivery in Odisha (68.1%)


in Police custody January 2012.

Msiska, a former Natural Resources College student, died on January 29 2012, four days following his arrest after he was found with property suspected to have been stolen.

In February 2013 the High Court in Mzuzu gave the defence team led by lawyer Christon Ghambi of CHRAM Associates in Mzuzu, 30 days to monitor the progress of one of its client who was reportedly sick in Blantyre and was unable to attend the ongoing trial.

However, Justice Madise also ordered Ghambi to report to the court after the expiry of 30 days. But it seems he is yet to do so because NyasaTimes investigations have found that the Court is still waiting for Ghambi’s report to set the date for the resumption of the trial.

But atsexual, offensive, and unwelcome manner.
Michael's parents, upon discovering the incident, reported it to the Diocese. Officials of the Diocese told them that "this happens to young men all the time" and that Michael "would get over it." Diocese employees urged them to meet with Brewer to resolve the situation. After hearing of similar incidents between Brewer and other young boys, the Gibsons "expressed their concerns to the Diocese." They were told that the incident with Michael was "an innocent pat on the butt" and that they should "forgive and forget" and get on with their lives. According to the Gibsons, the Diocese continued to ignore them until Brewer was eventually removed from the Diocese.
The Gibsons filed a petition for damages against both Brewer and the Diocese, alleging nine


from Nigeria and Ghana drown after being thrown overboard

A group of Muslim migrants have been arrested for 'aggravated murder' after allegedly throwing 12 Christians into the Mediterranean sea during a recent crossing from Libya, Italian police reports.

Witnesses say a fight broke out on a rubber dinghy carrying more than 100 African migrants from Libya to Sicily, after which the men were thrown to their deaths.

A group of 15 men have now been arrested on suspicion of 'multiple aggravated murder motivated by religious hate,' Palermo police said in a statement.

Murders: A fight over religion broke out on a boat carrying 105 migrants from Libya, after which 12 men 'professing the Christian faith' were thrown to their deaths. Pictured: Migrants are transferred to holding centers after disembarking from in Augusta'sport, near Siracusa, Sicily

Italian police say they were informed of the alleged attacks by a group of Nigerian and Ghanaian survivors upon their arrival in Palermo, Sicily yesterday.

The survivors said they had boarded a rubber boat on the Libyan coast on April 14, which had 105 passengers aboard.

During the crossing, a fight broke out over religion, with the group of Muslim passengers threatening the Nigerians and Ghanaians after the latter declared themselves to be Christians.

'The threats then materialised and 12 people, all Nigerian and Ghanaian, are believed to have drowned in the Mediterranean,' the police statement added.

The 15 migrants arrested over the attack on their arrival in Palermo are from the Ivory Coast, Senegal, Mali and Guinea Bissau .

A group of 15 Muslim men, from the Ivory Coast,


Senegal, Mali and Guinea Bissau, have now been arrested on suspicion of 'multiple aggravated murder motivated by religious hate' (not pictured)

Italian Red Cross operators give first aid to immigrants as they arrive in the Italian port of Messina yesterday

This week, Italian coastguards intercepted more than 42 boats attempting to make the crossing to Europe

The police statement said their motive for the attack was that the victims 'professed the Christian faith while the aggressors were Muslim.'

This followed reports earlier today of a shipwreck feared to have cost 41 lives off the Italian coast.

Four men, two Nigerians, a Ghanaian and one from Niger, who had been rescued while floating in the Mediterranean by an Italian Navy helicopter reported the shipwreck once they arrived in the Italian port of Trapani today.

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Kamppi Chapel: K2S Architects

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Well, this is certainly an interesting design for a chapel. The Kamppi Chapel of Silence, designed by Finnish studio K2S Architects, is a small wooden tub of a structure supplying a bit of silence and peace from its urban surroundings in Helsinki’s commercial center. The wood tones in this sculptural volume exude a natural warmth which is only amplified by the indirect sunlight that enters through the top.


but the buildings, the skeleton of the town, remain under the water to this day. I visited the area with the goal of finding the location of sunken Derwent. Despite the area being one of the most popular hiking sites in the UK, it is surprisingly difficult to pinpoint where the town actually was. By following historical accounts, faded photographs, and the stories of local inhabitants, I followed the reservoir to the point where I believed Derwent to be.

The reservoir has become a spectacular ‘natural’ attraction, though manmade, and the village was reclaimed by nature, though by human interaction. The buildings still exist, and the residents went on to live lives elsewhere, but the village itself has become the smallest footnote in the occasional walking guide. By embarkingSessions is a vocal advocate of civil asset forfeiture, the process by which local law enforcement can permanently seize property or money that is suspected to have a connection to a crime. During an April 2015 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, then-Sen. Sessions was less than sympathetic toward a witness, Russ Caswell, whose hotel was wrongly seized when local law enforcement claimed that it had facilitated illicit activity.

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Sessions read from letters from law enforcement officials in support of forfeiture while addressing Caswell and defending the pernicious practice, which is often abused. He downplayed the instances in which the legitimately owned property of innocent people — who were never arrested, charged or convicted of any wrongdoing — was seized by law enforcement, who, in most states and at the federal


Time of Our Lives" EP (2009). Being a country pop power ballad, this song became Miley Cyrus's first solo single released to country radio.

Co-writer Jessi Alexander described the original song, which she wrote with his songwriting partner Jon Mabe, as being "more spiritual" than the released version, and said that it contained lines about prayer.

The title of this track is a reference to the phrase "Life's a climb… but the view is great" said by Miley Stewart in the film "Hannah Montana: The Movie".

Film producer Alfred Gough explained the meaning of "The Climb" saying, "The song is her journey, the lessons she's learned in the movie. It's an epic [...] power ballad that encapsulates Miley's journey and the message of the film."Mayookha bags bronze, qualifies for London Olympics

July 09, 2011 19:50 IST

Mayookha Johny grabbed her second medal with a new national record in triple jump while shot putter Om Prakash Karhana finished third as India won two bronze on the third and penultimate day of the Asian Athletics Championships in Kobe on Saturday.

Mayookha, who had won a gold in long jump on the opening day on Thursday, leapt 14.11m to win bronze, smashing her own national record of 14.02m which she set at the third leg of Asian Grand Prix at Wujiang, China to become the first Indian women triple jumper to cross 14m mark.

Compatriot M A Prajusha finished seventh with an effortof 13.63m.

Mayookha qualified for 2012 Olympics in triple jump, going past the London Games 'B' qualifying standard


of 14.10m.

The Kerala athlete has now qualified for the August 27 to September 4 World Championships in Daegu, South Korea in long jump as well triple jump.

She qualified in long jump as Asian champion while she crossed the 'B' standard of 14.10m in triple jump.

China's Limei Xie won the gold by leaping 14.54m, while Valeriya Kanatova of Uzbekistan bagged the silver with an effort of 14.14m.

The second bronze for India was won by shot putter Om Prakash Karhana who was defending the gold he won in the 2009 edition in Guangzhou.

Om Prakash's 19.47m was, however, more than half a meter less than the London Olympics and World Championships 'B' qualification standard of 20m.

Another Indian in the event, Saurabh Vij was fourth with an effort of 18.72m.

Chinese Taipei's Ming-HuangChang won the gold by tossing the iron ball to 20.14m while China's Jun Zhang was second in with an effort of 19.77.

The Indian camp, however, was a bit disappointed as Asian Games gold medallist Joseph Abraham and bronze winner Kavita Raut failed to make a podium finish in men's 400m hurdles and women's 5,000m, respectively.

Abraham, who had a national record timing of 49.51secs, finished fourth with a moderate 50.82sec. Compatriot Satinder Singh was sixth in a much slower 51.93 secs.


period (between June 4, 1997 and December 4, 2000).

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The district court agreed with Harrigill and denied the government's motion for summary judgment. The court found that Harrigill's April 15, 1995 remittance of $79,500 accompanying her extension application was a "deposit" rather than a "payment." Specifically, the court found that Harrigill's intent revealed that her remittance was a deposit under the fact-and-circumstances approach taken by the Tax Court in Risman v. Commissioner, 100 T.C. 191, 1993 WL 72856 (1993). The district court noted Harrigill's explanation that she made the remittance because she was having difficulties with her business partner (who was also her ex-husband), and she feared that she might not have the funds to pay her taxes in the future. The court also construed the IRS's February 23,A boy tries to catch soap bubbles on the promenade of the Bund along the Huangpu River during a May Day holiday in Shanghai on May 1, 2019.

The world's largest country by population could hit a ceiling six years earlier than expected, a new report predicts. China's population is likely to peak in 2023, according to a study by online database company Global Demographics and analytics firm Complete Intelligence. The Chinese government had previously estimated that the country would hit its maximum population size in 2029. "What we see is the rate of growth slowing pretty, pretty quickly," said Tony Nash, chief executive and founder of Complete Intelligence. "People had expected peak population in China to be a decade away, when in fact, it's not," he said. "It's


right around the corner." The decline in births is driven by a "maternity cliff," according to the report. The number of women of childbearing age in China — defined as aged 15 to 49 by the publishers — is set to fall from 346 million in 2018 to 318 million in 2023. With fewer women of childbearing age and fewer births per 1,000 women, the total number of newborns will drop as well. The study predicts that 13.3 million babies will be born in 2023, down from 15.2 million last year. China started easing its one-child policy in late 2013, and while those changes initially produced a boost in births, the effect may have worn off. That is, authors of the report wrote that Chinese mothers are nolonger delivering on "pent up demand" for children since the policy was lifted to counter aging problems in the country.

The number of births per 1,000 women rose sharply from 45.6 in 2015 to 49.9 in 2016, the year where all Chinese couples were allowed to have two children. In 2018, the figure dropped drastically to 43.9. Total births fell 12 percent from 2017 to 2018. "China has stabilized its total population successfully," Clint Laurent, founder of Global Demographics said in a press release. "But delaying relaxation of the One Child Policy means it is now short of childbearing women." Complete Intelligence's Nash told CNBC's Street Signs: "The real issue ... is that every woman who will have a child before 2035 is already alive." "There's really nothing that


The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Thoracic Surgery Practice and Access Task Force: 2014 Workforce Report.
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) has intermittently surveyed its workforce, providing isolated accounts of the current state of thoracic surgical practice. The 63-question survey instrument was received by 4,343 surgeon members of the STS, and responses were gathered between October 1 and November 5, 2014. The return rate was 29.1%. The median age of the active United States thoracic surgeons is 54 years. Women comprise 6.9% of the responders, constituting 6.3% of adult cardiac, 6.1% of congenital heart, and 11.8% of general thoracic surgeons. The decision to pursue a career in thoracic surgery was made before or in medical school by 48.3% of surgeons. Most survey respondents had a mean of 8.7 yearsbeen compromised, or they don't," Waithe told the Express in a telephone interview on Wednesday.

The group eventually plans to submit the petition to President George Maxwell Richards and launched the online version, which can be accessed through www.fixintt.com, on Wednesday.

Waithe said that the response to the petition has been good and recalled that on the day they started, he personally got more than 100 physical signatures in the first few hours. He noted that volunteers were also collecting signatures around the country.

"We anticipate a healthy response," he added.

Waithe explained they were not aiming at any particular number, but will submit the signatures they have obtained by the time they can meet with Richards. He said the group planned to write the Office of the President seeking an audience


for the submission, and they were hopeful of seeing him sometime next week.

The petition highlights a confrontation Mohammed had with two Special Reserve Police officers, WPC Marlene Gittens and PC Sean Batson, on December 2 at the corner of Henry Street and Independence Square, Port of Spain.

At the time of the incident, Mohammed, who was proceeding east along Independence Square on the centre lane, attempted to turn north onto Henry Street, when he was instructed by Gittens to continue proceeding east. In her report, Gittens stated that Mohammed instead drove onto Henry Street, following which she and Batson pursued his vehicle, which got stuck in traffic, and ordered him to pull to the side.

The officers, in their reports, had made recommendations that Mohammed be charged with failing toofficers–WPC Marlene Gittens and PC Sean Batson–at the corner of Henry Street and Independence Square, Port of Spain.

Mohammed claimed that he was directed to proceed north along Henry Street by one of the officers but was subsequently stopped by the officers. He telephoned Deputy Commissioner Jack Ewatski asking him to intervene. Following the Express' exclusive story on the matter, Mohammed was roundly criticised. Gibbs subsequently stated that it was determined that no action would be taken against Mohammed or the officers who Mohammed had accused of being rude to him.

"It has now been reported that you consider the incident closed and that the incident was a 'misunderstanding'. We write to express our surprise at this low level of accountability for a matter disturbing to the public conscience," the


Nizam Mohammed has left the public with many unanswered questions, says Independent Senator Helen Drayton.

She raised the matter yesterday in her contribution to a private motion on the process of constitutional reform at the Senate sitting at the Red House, Port of Spain.

Last December, Mohammed was involved in a traffic incident in which he failed to comply with the directives of WPC Marlene Gittens and PC Sean Batson, and instead tried to use his office and link to Commissioner of Police Dwayne Gibbs to avoid having to obey instructions from the officers. The incident was exclusively reported by the Express. Gibbs has since said the matter was closed.

Yesterday, however, in emphasising that there was a failure of institutions in this country, Drayton noted that many questions remain unanswered.

"TheST. PAUL, Alta. - The Alberta classroom where a minivan smashed through a window and landed on top of three students, killing one of them, will remain empty.

Glen Brodziak, superintendent of St. Paul Education, said most students from Racette Junior High where the crash occurred have chosen to return to the school in January.

But some students, including all of those who were in the Grade 6 French classroom, don't want to go back. They will be allowed to finish the year elsewhere.

"We fully support that and recognize that it may not be in their best interest to return," Brodziak said. "Some families are still dealing with some very real things that are concerning for them."

Brodziak said he's not sure if the two injured students are well enough to


return to classes.

One thing is certain — the classroom hit be the van will be closed for good.

"We just felt it was the best decision ... out of respect."

The return of students at Racette is short-term anyway. They were already there temporarily so $8 million in renovations could be done to their original school. The work is expected to be completed in the spring.

Witnesses have said the van was speeding down a back alley on Oct. 25 before it crossed onto the school grounds, smashed through a fence and crashed into the lower-level classroom.

Three girls were pinned under the vehicle and had to be airlifted to hospital. One of them, 11-year-old Megan Wolitski, died the next day.

The driver of the van, Richard Benson, faces several charges including criminalnegligence causing death. Relatives have said he has a history of seizures and they think he was having an attack at the time of the crash.

Racette's 250 students temporarily moved to St. Paul Regional High School so repairs could be made to their school.

Brodziak said the building is now structurally safe. As well, cement barriers have been placed along the side of the school.

Meetings were held with parents to determine if Racette students wanted to return to school. An open house was also held so parents and students could walk through the building for the first time since the crash.

"We had views on both sides," said Brodziak. "The biggest thing is no matter how you're impacted or affected you need to move forward.


March 2015Lights Out!” curated by Luis MaldonadoMarch 7th through April 4thIt’s All About Art, Port Chester, NY

February 2015 “BRURAL: Skin of Liberty, Fractured and re-Structured”curated by Vladimir Seleznev as part of Project 59, Inc.February 20th through March 16thFire Proof Temporary Storage GalleryBushwick (Brooklyn), NY

This exhibition in the Lower East Side, New York City, was about artists who co-opt painting's vocabulary for use with other media. Artist include Martha Clippinger, Katherine Daniels, Vicki DaSilva, Anne Ferrer, Joan Grubin, Lynne Harlow, Doreen McCarthy, and Gelah Penn.Construction Club 2011

The Purdue University North Central Construction Club students recently tackled a project for a custom builder. The students prepared a feasibility study for the builder, performing market research, soils analysis, site planning, permit procurement, scheduling, budgeting, staffing, pricing and profit analysis. To cap it off, they created a marketing program complete with sales projections.

Admittedly, this was an ambitious project for a group of students. But it was part of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) International Builder’s Show annual construction management competition.

Five PNC Construction Club members took on this challenge. Each year, the NAHB sponsors a competition for students that asks them to apply their skills to planning an actual construction project. This year’s project involved the construction of a model home complex with administrative


Roku debuts box-free Roku TV

As giant consumer electronics show CES gets under way in Las Vegas, streaming software platform for delivering video Roku has unveiled Roku TV, a new generation of Smart TVs designed to give consumers a simple entertainment experience in a complex connected world. The company plans to license the new reference design platform and software stack to manufacturers to build and distribute Roku TV models. TCL and Hisense are the first partners.

TCL is the third largest global TV manufacturer in the world and shipped nearly 12 million TVs in 2012, accounting for five per cent of the worldwide TV market. Hisense is the fifth largest global TV manufacturer in the world and shipped more than nine million TVs in 2012, accounting for nearly four perhe doesn’t get back pay he says the county owes him. The issue first surfaced in February when Briggs submitted a claim through his legal counsel to the Board of Supervisors. Citing a number of different legal precedents […]

Tension between El Dorado County Supervisors Ray Nutting and Ron Briggs has simmered for much of the past year, but at the March 11 Board of Supervisors meeting, it nearly boiled over. A portion of the meeting had dealt with the Ralph M. Brown Act’s requirements regarding preparation of the board agenda — specifically the […]

The Assistance League of Sierra Foothills will bring together three talented musicians for its Sept. 29 Inside the Creative Mind series. Peter Jaffe, renowned director and conductor of the Folsom, Auburn and Stockton symphonies; Gabe


Nelson, the legendary bass guitarist for the multi-platinum rock band Cake; and Jeremy Briggs, a Season 6 contestant on “The […]

Ousted District 2 Supervisor Ray Nutting has filed a civil suit in United States District Court, Eastern District of California, seeking monetary damages of up to $2.7 million from El Dorado County and various current and former county leaders ($100,000 each) for alleged improprieties related to his removal from office in 2014. The filing notes that […]

With work continuing on the Capital Southeast Connector, later this month the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors will decide what happens next on a 1 mile section of the project being built in this county. That mile is on White Rock Road, going from the county line to Windfield Way. Partsaid Terrance, an employee at the location. Both Chile Pies (Sweet & Savory) on Church and Chile Pies (& Ice Cream) at 601 Baker St. are affiliated with Green Chili Kitchen at 1801 McAllister. Heather at the Baker Street location confirmed the closure, noting that some staff of the Church Street location would be coming over after the Castro Chile Pies closes its doors.

Heather also informed us that the Baker Street Chile Pies has upcoming renovations on the way, and will be closed from Monday to Friday of next week for changes to decor and the "internal landscape" of the space, plus some menu updates.

There's no word on the cause of the Church Street closure, aside from our tipster's report, but if you can't stop by tomorrow to


In name, history and functions the
parallelism is maintained throughout.

Or we can find another familiar myth, partly Aryan, partly Semitic, where
many of the same outlines present themselves. The Argive Thebans
attributed the founding of their city and state to Cadmus. He collected
their ancestors into a community, gave them laws, invented the alphabet of
sixteen letters, taught them the art of smelting metals, established
oracles, and introduced the Dyonisiac worship, or that of the reproductive
principle. He subsequently left them and lived for a time with other
nations, and at last did not die, but was changed into a dragon and
carried by Zeus to Elysion.

The birthplace of this culture hero was somewhere far to the eastward of
Greece, somewhere in "the purple land" (Phoenicia); his mother was "the
far gleaming one" (Telephassa); he was one of fourever so little a piece of mud. The
beaver obeyed, and remained down long, even so that he came up utterly
exhausted, but reported that he had not reached bottom. Then the Rabbit
sent down the otter, but he also returned nearly dead and without success.
Great was the disappointment of the company on the raft, for what better
divers had they than the beaver and the otter?

In the midst of their distress the (female) muskrat came forward and
announced her willingness to make the attempt. Her proposal was received
with derision, but as poor help is better than none in an emergency, the
Rabbit gave her permission, and down she dived. She too remained long,
very long, a whole day and night, and they gave her up for lost. But at
length she floated to the surface,


are
the same as those of the winds that blow from them. The East, however,
has, in regard to the others, a pre-eminence, for it is not merely the
home of the east wind, but of the light and the dawn as well. Hence it
attained a marked preponderance in the myths; it was either the greatest,
wisest and oldest of the four brothers, who, by personification,
represented the cardinal points and the four winds, or else the Light-God
was separated from the quadruplet and appears as a fifth personage
governing the other four, and being, in fact, the supreme ruler of both
the spiritual and human worlds.

Such was the mental processes which took place in the Algonkin mind, and
gave rise to two cycles of myths, the one representing Wabun or Michabo as
one of four brothers, whosebeautiful or
clear. Hence the meaning of the compound is The Beautiful Shining One.
Oxomuco, which Chavero derives from _xomitl_, foot, is perhaps the same as
_Xmukane_, the mother of the human race, according to the _Popol Vuh_, a
name which, I have elsewhere shown, appears to be from a Maya root,
meaning to conceal or bury in the ground. The hint is of the fertilizing
action of the warm light on the seed hidden in the soil. See _The Names of
the Gods in the Kiche Myths, Trans. of the Amer. Phil. Soc._ 1881.]

Now began the struggle between the two brothers, Tezcatlipoca and
Quetzalcoatl, which was destined to destroy time after time the world,
with all its inhabitants, and to plunge even the heavenly luminaries into
a common ruin.

The half sun created by Quetzalcoatl lighted the world


for the sacrifice. Then
Quetzalcoatl builded a great fire and took his son--his son born of his
own flesh, without the aid of woman--and cast him into the flames, whence
he rose into the sky as the sun which lights the world. When the Light-God
kindles the flames of the dawn in the orient sky, shortly the sun emerges
from below the horizon and ascends the heavens. Tlaloc, god of waters,
followed, and into the glowing ashes of the pyre threw his son, who rose
as the moon.

Tezcatlipoca had it now in mind to people the earth, and he, therefore,
smote a certain rock with a stick, and from it issued four hundred
barbarians (_chichimeca_).[1] Certain five goddesses, however, whom he had
already created in the eighth heaven, descended and slew these four
hundred, all but three. These goddessesno, they knew he was biding his time,
with set purpose and a fixed certainty of success. They knew that in the
second heaven there were certain frightful women, without flesh or bones,
whose names were the Terrible, or the Thin Dart-Throwers, who were waiting
there until this world should end, when they would descend and eat up all
mankind.[1] Asked concerning the time of this destruction, they replied
that as to the day or season they knew it not, but it would be "when
Tezcatlipoca should steal the sun from heaven for himself"; in other
words, when eternal night should close in upon the Universe.[2]

[Footnote 1: These frightful beings were called the _Tzitzimime_, a word
which Molina in his Vocabulary renders "cosa espantosa o cosa de aguero."
For a thorough discussion of their place in Mexican mythology,


explanation which I have to give of these coincidences--which could
easily be increased--is that the number four was chosen as that of the
four cardinal points, and that the fifth or present age, that in which we
live, is that which is ruled by the ruler of the four points, by the
Spirit of Light, who was believed to govern them, as, in fact, the early
dawn does, by defining the relations of space, act as guide and governor
of the motions of men.

All through Aztec mythology, traditions and customs, we can discover this
ancient myth of the four brothers, the four ancestors of their race, or
the four chieftains who led their progenitors to their respective
habitations. The rude mountaineers of Meztitlan, who worshiped with
particular zeal Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl, and had inscribed, in
gigantic figures, the sacred_Tlalli_, earth, _oc_ from _octli_, the native wine made from
the maguey, enormous quantities of which are consumed by the lower classes
in Mexico at this day, and which was well known to the ancients. Another
derivation of the name is from _tlalli_, and _onoc_, being, to be, hence,
"resident on the earth." This does not seem appropriate.]

His wife or sister, Chalchihuitlicue, She of the Emerald Skirts, was
goddess of flowing streams, brooks, lakes and rivers. Her name, probably,
has reference to their limpid waters.[1] It is derived from
_chalchihuitl_, a species of jade or precious green stone, very highly
esteemed by the natives of Mexico and Central America, and worked by them
into ornaments and talismans, often elaborately engraved and inscribed
with symbols, by an art now altogether lost.[2] According to one myth,
Quetzalcoatl's mother took the name


lofty house, he was supposed to watch over
the interests of his faithful adherents.

Such was the tradition of their mythical hero told by the Itzas. No wonder
that the early missionaries, many of whom, like Landa, had lived in Mexico
and had become familiar with the story of Quetzalcoatl and his alleged
departure toward the east, identified him with Kukulcan, and that,
following the notion of this assumed identity, numerous later writers have
framed theories to account for the civilization of ancient Yucatan through
colonies of "Toltec" immigrants.

It can, indeed, be shown beyond doubt that there were various points of
contact between the Aztec and Maya civilizations. The complex and
artificial method of reckoning time was one of these; certain
architectural devices were others; a small number of words, probably a
hundred all told, have been borrowed by theas in so many mythologies, the history of the
world is that of the day; each begins with a dawn. Thus the _Popol Vuh_
reads:--

"This is how the heaven exists, how the Heart of Heaven exists, he, the
god, whose name is Qabauil."

"His word came in the darkness to the Lord, to Gucumatz, and it spoke with
the Lord, with Gucumatz."

"They spoke together; they consulted and planned; they understood; they
united in words and plans."

"As they consulted, the day appeared, the white light came forth, mankind
was produced, while thus they held counsel about the growth of trees and
vines, about life and mankind, in the darkness, in the night (the creation
was brought about), by the Heart of Heaven, whose name is Hurakan."[1]

[Footnote 1: _Popol Vuh, le Livre Sacre des Quiches_, p. 9 (Paris, 1861).]

But


quoque pollicitum fuisse, se aliquando has regiones
revisurum." Father Nobrega, _ubi supra_. For the other particulars I have
given see Nicolao del Techo, _Historia Provinciae Paraquariae_, Lib. vi,
cap. iv, "De D. Thomae Apostoli itineribus;" and P. Antonio Ruiz,
_Conquista Espiritual hecha por los Religiosos de la Compania de Jesus en
las Provincias del Paraguay, Parana, Uruguay y Tape_, fol. 29, 30 (4to.,
Madrid, 1639). The remarkable identity of the words relating to their
religious beliefs and observances throughout this widespread group of
tribes has been demonstrated and forcibly commented on by Alcide
D'Orbigny, _L'Homme Americain_, vol. ii, p. 277. The Vicomte de Porto
Seguro identifies Zume with the _Cemi_ of the Antilles, and this etymology
is at any rate not so fanciful as most of those he gives in his
imaginative work, _L'Origine Touranienne des Americaines Tupis-Caribes_,
p. 62 (Vienna,first house of a small and nice apartment block which is managed by a caretaker. The German & International neighbors are very helpful and the is a very good atmosphere in the community.
The large 3-room apartment has two balcony's and windows in all rooms. There are many, many standing- and hanging lamps arount the flat. The heating and warm-water is done by modern & trouble-free gas-equipment.
The Living-Room & Bar is equipped with a double-couch in front of the large Cable-TV with DVD-Player and a octagonal glass-cabinet. There is also a small sleeping couch, a large console-table, some smaller Lamp-cabinets and a couch-table.
The complete (with glasses and some bottles) equipped Bar in the living-room is furnished with 2 Teakwood Bar-Cabinets, 3 Bar-Chairs, a double bench, fridge and HiFi-Stereo Equipment


time! This has caused rampant speculation and investigations to try to uncover who the real Satoshi Nakamoto is.

2009: Bitcoin pre-exchange listing period

It was on January 3, 2009, that Bitcoin was brought to life when Satoshi mined the genesis block (block number 0), allowing him to amass a mining reward of 100 bitcoins. The first ever bitcoin transaction took place on January 12, 2009, which was a transaction from Nakamoto to programmer Hal Finney.

Finney was an ardent supporter and contributor to the Bitcoin network from the very beginning, so was rewarded for his hard work with 10 bitcoins.

In these early days before Bitcoin was listed on an exchange, the price of mined bitcoins was determined via individuals trading BTC on a Bitcoin forum. There was no mandated price toand SolidCoin. Notably, this was also when Litecoin was created, a cryptocurrency marketed as “the silver to Bitcoin’s gold.” The emergence of competitors via the advent of altcoins meant that BTC would never again have a total monopoly of the market.

Bitcoin in 2012: Getting professional

After several successful hackings, including a theft on Linode of around 50,000 BTC in March 2012, and even an investigation by the FBI in April 2012, the Bitcoin Foundation was established in September 2012 with the initial aim to revive the cryptocurrency’s reputation and further its development and mass adoption. Since then, the foundation has helped to positively steer the public, political, and media discourse about Bitcoin. These three realms which we identify in the section below as having an influence on bitcoin price.

The


in February 2014, the exchange reported that approximately 850,000 bitcoins belonging to its customers were missing in February 2014. At the time, the loss amounted to more than $450 million. As a consequence, the exchange was forced to shut halt bitcoin withdrawals.

It was unclear then how exactly the bitcoins went “missing”. In April 2015, the security company WizSec came to the conclusion that “most or all of the missing bitcoins were stolen straight out of the Mt. Gox hot wallet over time, beginning in late 2011.” It was, in fact, not the first issue the exchange had faced since its establishment, with all range of problems from lawsuits and a warrant issued by the US Department of Homeland Security to seize money, to major withdrawal delays.

All in all,BTC’s price, following the split, it fell slightly from $2874 to $2719. It quickly recovered, reaching a new ALT of $3000 on August 6, and surpassing $4000 by mid-August. At the start of September, it was $4710, but its bull runs briefly impeded by the announcement of China’s ICO crackdown on September 4, which resulted in a dip from $4531 to $4308.

Too many ATHs to keep up with

November and December were the glory days for BTC. (Image credit: CoinMarketCap)

From October to the end of the year, it was a case of one ATH replacing another. At the end of October, $6000 was reached for the first time, with $7000 following in early November. On November 20, a new ALT of $8000 was reached, demonstrating a quick recovery from


on crypto and ICO advertisements on March 14, and Twitter on March 26. After all three announcements, BTC price dropped.

Major crypto exchange hacks

A number of significant hacks occurred in 2018, all of which have been said to have caused substantial price declines. Notable hacks include the aforementioned CoinCheck hack and the hacking of South Korean exchange Conrail on June 10, which contributed to BTC declining by 10%.

ETF – Will they or won’t they

One event that had many traders speculating over BTC price were the proposals for two bitcoin ETFs to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Those anticipating the proposal to pass speculated that it would lead to a massive bull run. In the end, the proposals were rejected, shutting the door on the bull runIn Wisconsin your child can attend any school in a neighboring district (called interdistrict choice). Some districts allow students to transfer to schools in the same district (intradistrict choice) or an adjoining one, with the primary goal of promoting racial integration in Milwaukee and its surrounding suburban districts. Children can also attend charter schools, and low-income students are eligible for scholarship funding to attend private schools. Milwaukee has the country's largest urban-school-voucher program, which allows disadvantaged children to attend private school using publicly funded scholarships.
Under the federal No Child Left Behind law, students attending a Title I school designated as "in need of improvement" have the right to attend a higher performing school in the district.


nozzle by which the curtain is formed, the substrate passes over a vacuum chamber or suction nozzle by which the space between the covering thermoplastic film and the substrate is evacuated by virtue of the air pervious nature of the substrate.

In each of these two methods, the substrate with articles or products held thereto by the plastic film, is cut into sections, each of which forms one of the desired packages. To enable these packages to be conveniently displayed with a view to generating impulse buying at the retail level, the cards have holes in their upper portions by which they are hung on a display rack.

Obviously the sales appeal created by the packages thus displayed, to a major degree depends upon the attractiveness of the packages. Ifon the display card, is uniformly spaced from all surface areas of the articles contiguous to the film.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the invention can be embodied in forms other than as herein disclosed for purposes of illustration.

The invention is defined by the following claims:

1. In the method of skin packaging of articles wherein a thin substantially clear thermoplastic film laid onto an air pervious substrate bearing the article to be packaged is drawn tautly about the article and onto the surface of the substrate surrounding the article to thereby secure the article to the substrate, by evacuating the space between the film'and the substrate through the air pervious substrate, the improvement which assures a uniform unmottled appearance for the packaged article, and which improvement


In 2014, Russian troops showed the world how to use small drones on Ukraine’s battlefields, where they guided attacks on tanks and other vehicles. But the world, it seems, has learned quickly. The Russian military, having themselves been bloodied by off-the-shelf drones in Syria, has announced that all of its services will now be trained to fight them off.

Izvestiya reports that new tactics developed by the Defense Ministry to counter UAVs were tested by Russian warships in October wargames off the Crimean coast. During the exercise, drones attacked the naval vessels in patterns modeled after the ways Syrian insurgent groups have been using them.

While the U.S. military and others have developed tactics, techniques, and procedures to fight off drones, Russia is the first country to implement such trainingon such a wide scale. The move follows a January attack by anti-Assad forces on a Russian military base in Syria, using ten small drones modified to carry explosives.

Russian military officials frequently cite attacks by armed consumer drones flown by “terrorist” groups, said Samuel Bendett, a researcher at the CNA Corporation and a fellow in Russia Studies at the American Foreign Policy Council.

“This threat was judged to be great enough to introduce training to counter such small drones with small fires across so many Russian services – airborne troops, marines and land formations. The training will concern everyone in uniform - from a cook, medic and logistician to front-line forces,” Bendett said.

He added that Russian troops may soon be equipped with rifle-like electronic-warfare devices that can disable a


221 F.3d 686 (4th Cir. 2000)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.JOHN FITZGERALD PRESCOTT, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 99-6721 (CR-95-323-PJM, CA-98-2131-PJM)
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
Argued: June 7, 2000Decided: July 31, 2000

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt.
Peter J. Messitte, District Judge.
COUNSEL ARGUED: Christopher Eric Gatewood, Third-Year Law Student, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW APPELLATE LITIGATION CLINIC, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellant. Andrew Clayton White, Assistant United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Neal L. Walters, Tamer Soliman, Third-Year Law Student, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW APPELLATE LITIGATION CLINIC, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellant. Lynne A. Battaglia, United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.
Before MOTZ, TRAXLER, and KING, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Traxler wrote the majority opinion, in whichand tuition assistance for SEALs and their families and much more.

Operation Homefront

This group focuses on support for military families, particularly ones going through financial hardship. Operation Homefront offers food assistance, auto and home repair and moving services, among many other services. The group also operates Operation Homefront Villages, which are transitional housing communities for veterans returning home from abroad, as well as their families. Hearts of Valor, another initiative, offers support for caregivers of wounded soldiers.

Partners for Patriots

This is another group that connects disabled veterans with service dogs.

Projects for Patriots

This group, started by the Home Builders Association of Greater Siouxland, Iowa, remodels homes for disabled veterans and makes them more adaptive, depending on the type of disability. The first beneficiary of the project was Todd Landen, an Army


Pa.

Support Siouxland Soldiers

Another Sioux City, Iowa-based organization that focuses mainly on preventing homelessness among veterans through offering rental assistance and housing grants. The group also sends care packages to soldiers deployed abroad and Christmas presents to military children.

Task Force Dagger Foundation

TFDF aims to fill gaps in services provided by the Army, Department of Defense and the VA. They also assist in paying medical bills for illnesses or injuries not covered by the VA or Tricare for veterans and their families.

The Green Beret Foundation

This group offers services specifically for members of the U.S. Army Special Forces. Wounded Green Berets can receive financial assistance and a rucksack full of gear for an extended hospital stay. Other services include supplemental care for victims of traumatic brain injuries and PTSD, as wellas helping families of Green Berets pay for funeral costs. The Green Beret Foundation also created Steel Mags, a support group for the wives and sisters of Green Berets.

Trump donated $10,000 to the group in 2014.

Veterans Airlift Command

This network of volunteer pilots provides air transportation for wounded veterans and their families.

Warriors for Freedom

This fundraising organization holds events for veterans and their families to raise awareness about traumatic brain injury and PTSD. The group posted on Facebook Friday morning: "Thank you, Mr. Trump for supporting incredible heroes across our nation."

22Kill

This group aims to prevent suicide among veterans. Its name comes from a 2012 VA report that found an average 22 veterans commit suicide daily in the United States. Representatives from the group presented Trump with an "honor ring" at


Shakespeare wouldn't know what to think: the seven ages of man he immortalised in verse over four centuries ago are no more. What with twentysomethings clinging to adolescence and sixtysomethings refusing to move gracefully to pensioner status, the new ages look very different from even a generation ago.

The changes, which have seen women delaying motherhood and men postponing leaving home, have prompted sociologists to draw up a new adulthood timetable – provided they make it: increasingly, it seems, people jump from childhood to kidulthood and progress no further.

A US-based developmental psychologist, who is leading efforts to analyse the new age groups, believes the twenties – which once saw adults married and saddled with a family before even reaching the halfway mark – should be viewed as the newlife stage of "emerging adulthood".

Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, a professor of psychology at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, thinks hitting 20 is no longer the gateway to becoming an adult, but is the start of a further 10-year journey to reaching that milestone. "I realised twentysomethings didn't fit into any of the traditional life stages," Professor Arnett said. "They were clearly different from adolescents, but they were not young adults either; they were somewhere in between," he added, comparing the new developmental phase with the emergence of adolescence at the turn of the 20th century. "Emerging adults are still making lots of changes, to their jobs, their love partners, where they live, and who with. They are not young adults because they have not yet settled into a stable


path," he said.

Delaying adulthood has had a knock-on effect on other milestones, with 50 being declared the new 40, and 60 the new 50. Women strive to dress and look younger, while men take up extreme sports such as ultra-marathon running and mountaineering in an attempt to hold off Father Time.

Frank Furedi, professor of sociology at the University of Kent, blamed the prolongation of adolescence on a lack of "cultural affirmation" for adulthood. "The attributes of adulthood are no longer seen as a status symbol because adults try to escape from their own adulthood and become kids. All culture is youth culture," he said. "There are now books on quarter-life crises. When there's no valuation of adult status, then it's not surprising that it's not something people areanxious to achieve."

As life expectancy rises, delaying the task of growing up might appear a win-win situation. But there is a downside. "Infantilising young people has made them insecure. They are scared of relationships because they have an existential insecurity about becoming close," Professor Furedi said.

The IoS tested this in a snap survey of men and women from their twenties to their sixties to see how dramatically their lives have changed from those of their parents at the same age. The results are shown above.

The new ages of man (and woman) How lives and expectations have changed

MEN: 20s

Keith Robertson

Kitchen porter, 24, from Bristol

Keith earns about £13,000 a year and rents a flat with his girlfriend. His father, Lesley, 56, lives in Milton Keynes where he earns about £16,000


working in a jewellery shop. My mum worked in a chemist and they lived in a flat. He now works in a warehouse. A real difference between the generations is education. My parents just worked and that's what was expected. Another point is family. Some don't bother with kids at all now; my parents had seven!"

WOMEN: 20s

Clare Waddell

Student, 20, from Liverpool

Clare is single and lives with her mother, Carol, 48, who is a full-time carer for her parents. Carol owns her terrace house.

"I study English at John Moores University in Liverpool. I want to be in a happy place with a nice job. Money is not so much an issue, and with the recession and Tories getting in, I don't think holding out for that is very realistic.I would feel happier if they were not cutting the number of police. Where I live is not exactly a leafy suburb, if you know what I mean. I would like to teach, a role that actually helps people."

What did your mother do inher twenties?

"I think my mum met my dad when she was 20 and she had me when she was about 28. She didn't go to university. After school, it took her a year to find a job. She worked as a receptionist at Johnsons the cleaners.

She quit when she had me and became a full time mum."

MEN: 30s

Justin Harper-Ronald

Call-centre worker, 31, from London

Justin is a former soldier and an architecture graduate. He earns about £14,000 a year and rents a flat. He has a long-term


in his thirties?

"My dad married my mother in his early thirties. My mum had four kids from a previous marriage; I guess that's something different. I'm looking to settle down with my girlfriend, but around this time my dad was taking on four kids. They had two further kids. Both myself and my dad were in the military, but there it ends."

WOMEN: 30s

Katharine Sanderson

Science journalist, 35, from Hereford

Katharine earns about £35,000 a year and lives with her boyfriend's parents. Her mum, Eileen, 63, is retired. She and her husband own their home.

"I did a degree at Imperial College and a chemistry PhD at Cambridge. I think I lived a different life to my parents, simply because I could. I was brought up by parents I was impressed by:I was never told to get married or have children and I've never felt they were disappointed in anything I did."

What did your mother do in her thirties?

"I was six when she was 35 and a mum with two children. On paper she was just a housewife, but she was doing lots. She trained as a teacher and taught at my primary

school. She had a husband, a house and children. I have none of those things."

MEN: 40s

Neil Townend

Company MD, 46, from Cheltenham

Neil is the managing director of a corporate entertainment company. He earns £40,000 to £50,000 a year and rents a detached house in the country with his girlfriend. His father, Alan, 74, is retired. He is married and has a house in Cheltenham and in Spain.

"I run


decided we really love it, we might hold on to it. With people in the 20 to 30 age group, we found that their parents tended to settle down earlier. We have always lived an active life. I lived in Hong Kong for six years before leaving home, and I sail, paint in oils, and do a lot of skiing, mainly in Europe."

What did your mother do in her forties?

"She was completely different. She was what you might call a classic corporate wife. She got married at 24, and we lived in Ireland, Malta and Hong Kong. She was what people expected a woman to be back then. She did a lot of entertaining in the home, but she went back to part-time working, at a school library,when she was 45."

MEN: 50s

Richard Hunt

Company secretary, 58, from Portsmouth

Richard earns £40,000 as a company secretary. He is married and owns his own house. His father, Michael Penn Hunt, died two years ago aged 84.

"I trained as a company secretary for a car tyre company in Havant. I have been doing this for 23 years now. With the recession I'm just trying to survive and hope for a decent retirement. I do a lot of choral singing, bell-ringing, and some DIY. I went to Surrey University and while there I auditioned for the Guildford Choral Society. I met my current wife through the bell-ringing. We practise once a week and on Sundays – and, of course, at weddings."

What did your father do in his fifties?

"We had a family


business that went bust in the recession of the 1980s. It was started in 1825 as a glorified builder's, outfitting offices in banks. But when that recession kicked in, people started to cut back on individual offices in particular. My dad got taken on by another company, fortunately, and bought a shell of a boat which he fixed up. It was a 40ft Moody, the only one handmade out of the Moody shipyards. He had an OK retirement when he did eventually retire on a state pension."

WOMEN: 50s

Helen Fellows

Retired, 52, from Portsmouth

Helen is a retired widow and lives in her own house in Portsmouth. Her mother, Dorothy is dead.

"About six months ago I took early retirement from IBM and spent last summer working as a windsurfing instructor aton his state pension and his NHS pension. His father, Dave, is dead.

"I used to work as a storekeeper in a hospital in south London. I have been politically active since I was a teenager. I joined the young socialists in the 1960s and was active in the Socialist Alliance when it was around in the late 1990s and early 2000s. I spend a lot of time on the internet writing my blog or discussing on Facebook. Facebook is great for networking with people."

What did your father do in his sixties?

"I suppose in one way we are the same: he was a tenant of the same housing association as me, but they were in Manchester. He retired with both a Post Office pension and an Army pension. He


took early retirement but started work again soon after as a filing clerk. He volunteered in an ex-servicemen's care home. He started going to the synagogue more, but I don't know if that was out of genuine belief or just as more of a social thing. My dad married late. Both my parents left school at 12 and started working because their fathers had died. My dad ended up in the Army and was in India in the 1920s."

WOMEN: 60s

Ulla Kite

Teacher, 63, from south London

Ulla teaches modern languages at Dulwich College, south London, but also has her state pension. She is widowed and owns her home. Her mother, Marlis Rolfe, is dead.

"I was born in 1947, in Germany, and now I teach at a private school. I cameto England when I was 23 after I studied English, French, and German. I'm interested in photography and architecture. I travel a lot and I've just came back from China. My mother used to tell me not to travel but leave it until I was older, but she never really went anywhere herself. I'm interested in music: my late husband, Christopher, played the harpsichord, as do I, and I also play the cello."

What did your mother do in her sixties?

"My mother never really worked after having children. She was a private secretary before she had children and worked as a nanny. She worked for the German chancellor at one point, but after she had children she stopped and the war disrupted everything. Many of my family fled to


THE IRISH AMBASSADOR to the Soviet Union at the time of the Chernobyl disaster criticised the Russians for blaming the incident on staff at the plant as a “typical Soviet tactic”.

In State Papers released by the Department of Foreign Affairs from 1986, Tadhg O’Sullivan was sharply critical of how the Russians reported on and handled the explosion at the nuclear power plant.

The ambassador's letter to the Department of Foreign Affairs Source: National Archives 2016_22_1441

A letter written at the time to the Department from Sligo County Council also urged the government to condemn the Soviet Union for their failure to notify other European countries immediately after the disaster.

Pravda

In an edition of the Soviet state newspaper Pravda – dated 21 July 1986 – seen by the ambassador and sent toin its concern over safety standards in the nuclear industry in this country.”

Local worries

It was clear that officials in Ireland were very worried about the impact that the Chernobyl disaster could have.

In a letter sent to the department by Sligo County Council – dated 2 July 1986 – councillors urge condemnation for the conduct of the Russian authorities.

It said: “At its meeting on 16 June 1986, Sligo County Council adopted the following resolution: That the Russian government be condemned for their failure to notify other European countries about the Chernobyl disaster immediately after it happened.”

Source: National Archives 2016_22_1441

It is known that it took a week for Ireland to be affected but relevant agencies at the time were keen to ascertain what measures should be taken to safeguard Irish


Gable Robinson Chertow are featured presenters at 2003 NWCA Convention in New York City Sept 10

* ASICS, Cliff Keen, and Resilite Present the 2003 NWCA Convention * Gable, Robinson, and Chertow are the featured presenters (Manheim, PA) The National Wrestling Coaches Association is pleased to announce the 2003 NWCA Convention will be held September 10-11 at the New York Athletic Club in New York City. The NWCA convention, which is presented by ASICS, Cliff Keen and Resilite will precede the 2003 World Championships at Madison Square Garden. The convention offers coaches of all levels and other wrestling leaders an opportunity to develop proficiencies in a variety of areas while networking with their peers. The convention offers technique clinics, workshops, coaching education programs and numerous social activities. Among thewill be doing a special technique session on Thursday evening that will be open to the public. Gable is considered one of the nation's top athletes and coaches. He was the 1972 Olympic Gold Medalist. Coach Chertow will be presenting a technique session that will include unique drills and essential skills for all levels. Chertow was a 1988 Olympian and three-time All-American for Penn State University. He currently is the founder and director of The Gold Medal Training Camp System, which is one of the most successful camps in the nation. Robinson, Gable, and Chertow are all members of the ASICS Tiger Advisory Board. A trade show will also be hosted, featuring the latest products and services within the wrestling community. Sponsors for the convention include ASICS, Resilite


Pink's 2017 AMAs Performance Was Spellbinding & Somehow She Sang Live From The Sky

After a slow start to the American Music Awards — Pink and Kelly Clarkson made a vocally impressive but otherwise unremarkable tribute performance to first responders — Pink returned to the AMAs to do what Pink does best: Fly through the air while still managing to belt out impossibly perfect verses. And this time, she took it to a new level. At the 2017 AMAs, Pink performed from the side of a building while flipping through the air in a harness along with trapeze artists, because of course she did.

The wild performance of her new hit "Beautiful Trauma" was impeccably choreographed and amazingly athletic, and Pink didn't miss a note. As a crowd of onlookers,including host Tracee Ellis Ross, watched from below, Pink showed up in a big way, as she's always been known to do. Her moves were graceful, precise and deliberate. She knew exactly what she was doing.

It's hardly the first time Pink has showed off her athletic ability — she's developed a kind of second home in the air, and she lives up to her own sky-high standards with each new performance. At the 2016 Billboard Music Awards, the star belted out notes to her hit "Just Like Fire" while suspended in the air, again delivering a seamless performance even as flames danced just behind her.

This habit goes back years — viewers were equally stunned at the 2009 Video Music Awards when the singer pulled similar stunts performing "Sober."


Commissioner in disallowing for the calendar year 1960 a certain alleged intangible drilling and development cost to Loyce Phillips in the amount of $9,000.00. The remainder of *61 this opinion will be directed to that question.
Upon his graduation from the University of Texas in 1949 with a B.S. degree in Geology, Plaintiffs' son, Jack L. Phillips, became and since that time has been continuously associated with his father in charge of drilling and production of oil and gas. In all transactions hereinafter referred to Jack L. Phillips acted both for himself and as agent for his father, Loyce Phillips.
Early in September 1960 Humble Oil and Refining Company, hereinafter referred to as Humble, acting by and through its agent and employee, Grover Hubley, hereinafter referred to as Hubley, contactedproducing. Humble's principal interest was in the Woodbine production and it had very little, if any, interest in the Sub-Clarksville production in the area.
Shortly after his conversation with Hubley relative to the farmout, above referred to, and prior to September 20, 1960, Jack L. Phillips went to Freestone County to find the approximate location where the Pace Well was to be drilled. As he was leaving the location, he met Harry S. Phillips who was trying also to find the location and who in the ensuing conversation advised Jack L. Phillips that he, Harry S. Phillips, had taken the farmout for the drilling of the Pace Well which Hubley had discussed with Jack L. Phillips. Immediately following that conversation with Harry S. Phillips, Jack L. Phillips went to