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Germany's place in the Western alliance, and Kohl, the country's
longest serving leader, who oversaw reunification in 1990.

"A leadership debate would be a sign that there is a
leadership problem. But there isn't," Defence Minister Thomas de
Maiziere, one of Merkel's closest allies, told Reuters when
asked about the absence of any internal challenge to her.

Known to colleagues as "Mutti" - Mummy - Merkel sent a
reassuring message about her policy priorities should she win a
third term, a feat accomplished only by Adenauer and Kohl.

These included: creating equal opportunities for all,
including immigrants; delivering prosperity, job security and
fair wages; and ensuring solidarity for the weak in society,
such as the elderly and those living in the depressed east.

Sarah Kohl, a 23-year-old student who was attending her
first national party congress, credited Merkel with shielding
Germany from thetheir support plunge and they
may fail to make it into the state assembly at all.

Merkel faces the same risk in the national vote next year
and has made clear she will consider another "grand coalition"
with the SPD, or an unprecedented tie-up with the Greens if she
does not manage to form a parliamentary majority with the FDP.

Her chances of winning re-election are seen as high, in part
because of a disastrous start to her main challenger's campaign.
SPD candidate Peer Steinbrueck has suffered a backlash over
large sums he made giving speeches while a member of parliament.

A year ago, at the CDU's last annual congress in the eastern
city of Leipzig, the euro zone crisis was at a peak and people
could speak of little else. At the time, Merkel warned that
Europe faced its "toughest


domestic rather than
international issues.

The fiercest exchange was over whether to grant same-sex
couples the same tax breaks as married heterosexuals. Worried
about a backlash from conservatives, Merkel came out against any
tax change before the congress and the motion was rejected.

Dec 9 A former Cantor Fitzgerald trader has been
indicted on charges that he defrauded investors by lying about
the price of mortgage bond transactions he handled for them
after the financial crisis, U.S. prosecutors said on Friday.

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A Saskatoon man says he's been banned from entering the United States for five years after attempting to volunteer at an arts festival in Washington state this summer.

Kyle Kuchirka, 25, an actor and recent graduate of the University of Saskatchewan's drama department, said he tried to cross the U.S. border between Abbotsford, B.C., and Sumas, Wash., on Aug. 29.

Kuchirka, who is also a set designer, said he was on his way to volunteer his skills at the Sh'Bang Art Festival near Bellingham, Wash. But he was questioned at the border by an agent, who then directed him to a side room inside the large customs building.

After more than four hours of questioning, he said, he was handed a document informing him he was prohibited from entering the U.S.clients who have been banned.

"It's very, very indiscriminate how they are doing this."

Saunders said Canadian travellers may face questions at the U.S. border about their ties to Canada, such as home ownership, a permanent job, or money in the bank — to make sure they have reasons to return.

Kuchirka said he isn't a security threat and has no criminal record.

Inside the customs building, Kuchirka said the guard told him he would be taking American jobs.

Kuchirka replied that he was a volunteer, and his only payment was free meals. He was paying all of his own expenses.

The guard left and he said he was forced to wait another hour.

Finally, the guard returned with the document and his passport — with the words "ordered removed" handwritten on one page.

Kuchirka said


Oregon State Police Thursday released a dramatic video showing the gun battle that unfolded in August on Interstate 84 about 100 miles east of Portland, ending in the death of a Portland motorist.The freeway confrontation lasted only moments, according to the patrol car video from the Aug. 29 episode. The video, released to The Oregonian after a public records request, starts as Trooper Matt Zistel stops a Cadillac driven by John Van Allen, 34. Allen had three of his children with him that afternoon as he pulled over near Biggs Junction.The video shows Allen stepping out of his car and assuming a military pose. After Zistel repeatedly tells him to get back in his car, Allen pulls a pistol from his waistband, advancing on Zistel and firing. Thevideo doesn’t show Zistel.After shots are fired, the video shows Allen returning to his car and driving off. He was shot in the chest but the video shows no obvious injury.Zistel radios, “Shots fired” and then moments later, “I’ve been hit in the side. I’m okay.”Responding officers found Zistel suffering a gunshot wound. They found Allen’s car a half mile down the freeway, parked on the shoulder. Allen was dead, shot once in the chest.Zistel was treated for his injury at a hospital in The Dalles and released. He has been on administrative leave. Zistel, 26, has been with the agency five years. In a subsequent investigation, Sherman County District Attorney Wade McLeod concluded Zistel was justified in shooting Allen.Relatives said Allen was returning to his native South


news website.

The incident resulted in the deaths of two Russian troops – one of the pilots and a marine killed in an attack on a Russian helicopter sent to rescue the two pilots of the Su-24 bomber.

Russia’s relations with Turkey have taken a heavy blow, with Moscow accusing Ankara of aiding and abetting terrorists to protect revenues from oil smuggling in collusion with Islamic State. Russian President Vladimir Putin has called the incident a “stab in the back.”equitable estoppel and quashed the alternative writ of mandamus. Hence these consolidated appeals.
The two dispositive points on appeal are: 1) that the initiative election under the facts herein related was unconstitutional in that it violated the due process clauses of the Constitutions of the State of Florida and the United States of America, and 2) the City of New Smyrna Beach was estopped by its conduct and Andover's reliance thereon from changing the zoning on its property. Both points are meritorious, therefore, we reverse.
Prior to the summer of 1970, the tract of land involved in this dispute was zoned R-1 which permitted construction of single family residences only. On May 12, 1970, the city passed Zoning Ordinance No. 797 which established a zoning classification to be used in


on February 1, 1972. Prior to final closing, representatives of Andover, Mr. Boyette, and several attorneys met with various citizens who were opposed to the proposed development, but no accord was reached. On February 8, 1972, a petition was presented to the city commission containing 1,065 signatures of persons requesting that an election be scheduled, so that the city could present to the electorate a proposed ordinance which would prohibit any buildings in New Smyrna Beach which exceeded three stories in height. On February 11, 1972, Andover procured from Continental Mortgage Investors Corporation (amicus curiae) a development loan in the sum of $2.6 million dollars, and on February 18, 1972, the sale of the property from Indiatlantic to Andover was consummated.
Prior to closing and for several months thereafter,principals of Andover worked with the city manager, the head of the building department, the chairman of the planning and zoning board, and other representatives of the city on various aspects of developing the subject property. Andover and the "city people" felt that a better development plan than the Boyette plan (which had previously been submitted and approved as to the master plan and development of Phase I) could be devised. During the remainder of 1972, Andover worked with the city's representatives, architects, engineers, land developers, surveyors, sewer and drainage experts, environmental experts, and others in devising an amended development plan for the land. The city finally advised Andover that since it was substantially amending the Boyette plan, it would be necessary to start the whole process over


for obtaining the city's approval for development pursuant to the PUD zoning. On February 12, 1973, Andover presented its preliminary development plans to the planning board and approval was given. On March 27, 1973, the city commission considered the preliminary plans. Certain citizens appeared before the commission and voiced their opposition against allowing any multi-family development on the proposed site. Nevertheless, the city approved the preliminary plans.
Meanwhile, the opposition was laboring. On November 21, 1972, a referendum was held whereby the citizens of New Smyrna Beach decided that any future charter amendments to the city's charter would be submitted to the electorate for referendum. On March 20, 1973, a petition allegedly signed by more than 20 percent of the citizens of the city[4] requested that a referendum beDevelopment) Ordinance be and the same is hereby rescinded and repealed and all undeveloped properties now carrying this classification shall hereby revert to that zoning classification which applied to said properties immediately prior to the properties being zoned RR-PUD or to the most similar classification thereto now in existence in the City's zoning ordinance."
The city scheduled June 19, 1973, as referendum day. On June 4, 1973, the city's planning board approved Andover's final development plans. The city commission had scheduled final consideration of Andover's development plans for June 12, 1973. Due to the pending referendum, Andover and apparently some of the city fathers were of the view that it would be most practical for Andover to withdraw from the June 12 agenda. On June 19, 1973, the citizens


initiative measure recited that:
"... The people of the City of Laguna Beach hereby find and declare that geologic conditions in the City of Laguna Beach are relatively unstable, that building within the City may be affected by seismic disturbances along the Newport-Inglewood fault, and that the ecology of the City of Laguna Beach is unique and dependent upon the preservation of the natural contours of the hills and the integrity of the shoreline."
The court in striking down the ordinance reasoned:
"It is urged that interested persons can suffer no substantial injury because the election process itself provides the equivalent safeguards afforded by state zoning law procedures. We are unpersuaded. The kind of public debate on the merits of a proposed zoning measure afforded by the election process, including thelimited opportunity for the submission of written arguments to the voters, cannot be equated with a dispassionate study, evaluation and report upon the proposal by a staff of planning experts (§ 65804), notice and hearing before the planning commission (§ 65854), written recommendation by the planning commission with reasons for its recommendation (§ 65855), and notice and hearing before the legislative body (§ 65856)
... Moreover the election offers the voters but a single choice, to accept or reject the proposal in its entirety. The legislative body, however, is empowered to modify (as well as approve or reject) a recommendation of the planning commission thereby enabling it to consider and take into account in its actions the legitimate claims and suggestions of those who would be affected by the


in which it had invested $525,000 in developing a quarry business. Vigus acquired the tract in January, 1962. On May 16, 1962, the city council rezoned the tract from single family residence to heavy industrial and granted Vigus a special use to maintain a quarry thereon. Shortly thereafter, respondent procured and filed initiative petitions. The effect of the proposed ordinance was to rezone from heavy industrial to single family residence. The Supreme Court of Missouri, in rejecting the initiative petition, stated:
"The provisions of the St. Louis County charter and ordinances enacted pursuant thereto expressly provide that zoning ordinances may be enacted by the city council, after a public hearing, following public notice published in newspapers and posted signs, consideration of and report by the Planning Commission. The purposelandowner.[10] Those statutes primarily enunciate procedural requirements that meet elemental due process standards mandated by the Constitutions of the State of Florida and the United States of America. We quote with approval the following excerpts from the opinion of the Supreme Court of Oregon in Fasano v. Board of County Com'rs of Washington Cty.:[11]
"At this juncture we feel we would be ignoring reality to rigidly view all zoning decisions by local governing bodies as legislative acts to be accorded a full presumption of validity and shielded from less than constitutional scrutiny by the theory of separation of powers. Local and small decision groups are simply not the equivalent in all respects of state and national legislatures. There is a growing judicial recognition of this fact of life:
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initiative and referendum after issuance of a building permit or conditional building permit would, however, be subject to the doctrine of equitable estoppel to the same extent as in a case where such change had been made by the city elected body. Here, however, I do not consider that the facts support equitable estoppel. Also, in my view such an ordinance could be attacked on constitutional grounds.
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[1]  The land has as its eastern boundary the Atlantic Ocean and its western boundary the Halifax River (several of the 54 acres lie between the city's bulkhead line and the old mean high water line and are not susceptible to having a building situated on them). To the north of Andover's land is a parcel owned by the U.S. GovernmentThe surprise however comes in the form of Cynthia Bailey, a model who has also been cast. This brings the total number of Atlanta Housewives to a large seven. The five returning housewives brought us so much drama last year, one can only imagine what the addition of two new women will bring.

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grand opening celebration with a ribbon cutting, free food, drinks and T-shirts, with the first train departing campus at 10 a.m. en route to UNC Charlotte's Center City Festival. Come out for a fun celebration and be one of the first to ride the train. Click here to RVSP.

9th Street Station (UNC Charlotte Center City)

UNC Charlotte’s Center City Festival

10 a.m. to noon

Experience the best of Uptown Charlotte. UNC Charlotte Center City, in conjunction with Center City Partners, Google Fiber and the 7th Street Market, will host Uptown’s grand opening celebration, which also serves as the destination of the first ride from main campus. Start at UNC Charlotte Center City for free food, drinks and swag bags along with a DJ and pop-up shops from local Charlotte vendors onthe back lawn. Continue through First Ward Park to Google Fiber for more games, vendors and a virtual reality tour of Charlotte. Finish up at the 7th Street Market to explore the local retail, food and drink retailers. The first 100 students receive $5 Market Bucks to use at 7th Street Market.

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NoDa Festival

10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

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Explore the restaurants, breweries, shops, galleries and performing arts venues of Charlotte’s thriving historic arts and entertainment district.

East/West Blvd Station (Historic South End)

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The head of Puerto Rico's largest public university announced on Tuesday that she has resigned just hours before she faced arrest for failing to reopen an institution that has been shut down by a student strike for nearly two months.

Interim president Nivia Fernandez stepped down along with three members of the board of governors of the University of Puerto Rico, including the board's president and vice president.

FILE- The University of Puerto Rico's main gate is barricaded during a protest against a tuition increase in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, April 23, 2014. AP

The university's gates have remained locked and blocked by piles of desks and tires since late March as students protest $450million in budget cuts sought by a federal control board overseeing the island's finances. The island's governor has proposed the cuts be reduced to $241 million, but no deal has been reached.

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"Unfortunately, the university is being targeted by a disproportionate ... and unfair funding cut that not only places the university's physical integrity at great risk, but also the capacity it still has to attract top-quality teachers," the board members who resigned said in a letter to Gov. Ricardo Rossello.

The University of Puerto Rico serves more than 50,000 students across 11 campuses. The system already has been hit with nearly $350 million in


fair conclusion to the current and unusual situation that we find ourselves in," she said in her resignation letter.

Fernandez served for 13 weeks after the previous president resigned along with several top-ranking university officials in late February, also in protest of the looming cuts.

The university has been fined $1,000 daily ever since a judge ordered it be opened by May 11. Students voted earlier this month to indefinitely extend the strike, and they are scheduled to hold another meeting on the issue on Thursday.

Late last week, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education placed eight of 11 University of Puerto Rico campuses on probation in part because of the strike. The island's university system remains accredited.Angelina Jolie today defied her nerves to deliver a lecture on Women, Peace and Security in a new role at theLondon School of Economics.

The filmmaker and human rights advocate, 41, said she was 'feeling butterflies' before the lesson, beginning a new master's course on the impact of war on women.

She embodied her new, visiting professor mantle perfectly, paring down her iconic Hollywood image in favour of a simple yet sophisticated longline coat.

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A new role: Angelina Jolie arrived to address post-graduate students at the London School of Economics on Tuesday morning

Humanitarian work: Angelina accepted the new role of professor in practice for Women, Peace and Security last year

Angelina told London's Evening Standard: 'I’m a little nervous, feeling butterflies. I hope I do well. This is very


important to me.'

One starstruck attendee reassured the 'nervous' speaker by saying: 'Ms. Jolie, you did wonderfully!' while another simply said: 'Incredible lecture by Angelina today'.

After the lecture, Angelina was joined by her son Maddox as they took the short trip from their lavish hotel to Buckingham Palace.

Dressed appropriately in a smart black evening dress and matching leather boots, Angelina looked typically elegant as they made their way towards a waiting car.

It is understood Angelina and Maddox were given a highly unusual private tour of Buckingham Palace, where no members of the royal family were present.

The actress addressed a class of students taking the same-titled postgraduate course, Women, Peace and Security - and her speech went down well with the class, who described the presentation as 'wonderful'.

The course helpsscholars, practitioners, activists, policy-makers and students to develop strategies to promote justice, human rights and participation for women in conflict-affected situations around the world.

Later in the evening, the actress and her son Pax were seen leaving their hotel to go to Buckingham Palace

Dressed appropriately in a smart black evening dress and matching leather boots, Angelina looked typically elegant as the pair made their way towards a waiting car

They conduct original research and teach with the aim of promoting gender equality and enhancing women’s economic, social and political participation and security.

As part of her fellowship, Angelina will also be able to conduct her own research in the field.

The activist spoke about her experience and what has motivated her work as United Nations Special Envoy.

High praise: Students from the lecture


were full of high praise for the actress on social media after the lecture

Calming her nerves: She was told that her lecture was 'incredible'

Afterwards, students were full of praise for the actress, sharing pictures from inside her lecture and calling her presentation 'wonderful'.

Another post-graduate student added: 'She'll make an amazing visiting professor. So honored to hear her inaugural lecture at LSE on sexual violence, rape, working w/ refugees'.

One other shared a group picture with the actress and captioned it: 'When Angelina Jolie is the guest lecturer at LSE'.

Visiting: It is understood to be her first lecture at the Centre for Women, Peace and Security

In her new role, Angelina is invited to attended public events and workshops in association with the course, 'as her schedule allows'.

She co-founded the PreventingSexual Violence Initiative - aiming to end the stigma suffered by survivors of sexual violence, and children born of rape - five years ago.

Her work includes minimising the long term consequences this may have in communities as well as reconciliation and peacebuilding.

The school announced the presence of Angelina on their own social media account on Tuesday morning and word quickly spread across campus.

New work: Angelina (seen here giving evidence at the House of Lords committee, in 2015) may be best known publicly for her acting and directing but her work as United Nations Special Envoy has set her on a global mission to end the stigma suffered by survivors of sexual violence, and children born of rape

Activism: Angelina (here at Global Summit on Ending Sexual Violence in Conflict


in June 2014) launched the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative five years ago

For the cause: In her new role, Angelina (seen here again at the Global Summit in 2014) will be able to conduct research but also educate students on her experiences as United Nations Special Envoy

'Was just sitting in an LSE cafe waiting for my lecture,' one stunned Facebook user wrote. 'And Angelina Jolie strolls past and into the upstairs offices followed by flashing cameras.

'Needless to say, I was looking fairly out of place, we made eye contact and I saw my life flash before my eyes... Jokes but seriously if you're around on campus, Angelina is currently in Tower 2'

Naturally, the moviestar's visit wasn't without anticipated hysteria with some even suggesting that it was the best thingthe students, as well as to sharing my own experiences of working alongside governments and the United Nations.'

In the unpaid role, Angelina, alongside ex-foreign secretary William Hague, has agreed to teach a minimum of one lecture in the one-term master's course.

From September, the course will develop students will be able to take an entire master’s - which makes the London School of Economics the first to offer this.

Professor Christine Chinkin, Director of the Centre for Women, Peace and Security, said in a statement issued to MailOnline: 'I am delighted that LSE postgraduate students have had the unique opportunity to learn directly from the valuable insights, perspectives and experiences that Angelina Jolie brought to the class.'

Big voice: She this week celebrates the fifth anniversary the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative

Working


hard: The initiative aims to end the stigma suffered by survivors of sexual violence, and children born of rape

Chinkin continued: 'Global action to enhance women's human rights, and the economic, social and political participation of women takes place at all levels – through local activism, international institutions, and cross-border initiatives.

'Critical and constructive engagement with this work is at the core of the education programme of the Centre for Women, Peace and Security.'

Previously, Angelina was there to see the centre opened in February 2015 and has therefore been a supporter ever since.

It was Angelina's humanitarian work that brought her to London from Los Angeles with her six children, at the weekend.

Delighted: Angelina came over to London from Los Angeles for work, this week

Unsupported by ex-husband Brad Pitt during hervisit to the British capital, Angelina has been looking after Maddox, 15, Pax, 12, Zahara, 11, Shiloh, 10, and eight-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox, all by herself.

Angelina filed for divorce from her husband Brad in September 2016 after 10 years together, and confirmed that the family was 'coping' after a 'difficult time', last month.

So far, the family's stay has seen them stocking up on books at Waterstone's and also treated to new toys at Hamley's.

Working mum: With her she brought her six children Maddox, 15, Pax, 12, Zahara, 11, Shiloh, 10, and eight-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox

On Monday, Angelina commenced a busy week by taking part in a panel discussion at World Vision UK HQ on the 5 year anniversary of the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative.

Angelina said: 'All


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OCEAN CITY – The Worcester County Public Library’s new Ocean City branch turns one next week, and if the success of the first year is any indication, year number two won’t be terrible.

The new, state-of-the-art Ocean City public library opened on 100th Street last March 19 to rave reviews, and despite reservations by some about the closure of the old facility that had been on 14th Street for decades, the first year is considered by most to be an unequivocal success. The facility itself, which mixes traditional Ocean City architectural elements with modern amenities, has received rave reviews, but a library is more than just walls and windows and bookshelves and the new one in Ocean City has beenThe Captain grimaced when he heard the seaman called his name. It was the seaman's maiden voyage and he was clearly eager to please, but he was overly verbose and literal, the Captain didn't feel like dealing with that right now.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global equity markets and government bond yields fell on Wednesday on growing doubts that a U.S.-China trade deal can be reached soon and fears that unrest in Hong Kong may lead to a Chinese crackdown.

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., November 13, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

The day after U.S. President Donald Trump warned Washington would raise tariffs on Chinese goods “very substantially” without a deal, trade uncertainty pushed investors to park funds in safe havens. This boosted gold prices as well as the Swiss franc, Japanese yen and government debt.

A measure of emerging market currencies and an index of emerging market equities both registered their largest single-day declines in almost three months.

The dollar was stableexternal equity finance is typically greater than the cost of external debt which, in turn, is greater than the cost of internal funding.

Financial constraints certainly became more pervasive for many firms as the global financial crisis unfolded. However, those constraints have eased over time. More recently, external financing has become widely available at very favourable cost. Primarily, this reflects the stance of monetary policy (both in Australia and abroad), which is delivering historically low levels of interest rates, ample liquidity and has helped to push up equity prices.

Indeed, a common refrain of firms in the course of our business liaison has been that neither the cost nor the availability of external finance have been factors limiting investment of late. Moreover, (non-financial) corporate balance sheet data indicate that many


Donald Trump, who led a years-long movement to prove President Barack Obama was born in Kenya and thus ineligible to be president, abandoned that position in a speech in Washington Sept. 16, 2016.

"Hillary Clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy," Trump said. "I finished it. I finished it. You know what I mean. President Barack Obama was born in the United States. Period. Now we all want to get back to making America strong and great again."

At PolitiFact, our Flip-O-Meter judges whether someone has been consistent on an issue. The rating is not making a value judgment. Indeed, voters often like politicians who are flexible and have the ability to compromise or adapt their positions to the wishes of constituents. Still, accusations of shifting positionsare so common in politics that it is valuable to have us provide an analysis of a shift and rate the amount of change.

Trump previously took credit for Obama releasing his long-form birth certificate and pledged to donate $5 million to charity if Obama released his passport records.

"A book publisher came out three days ago and said that in his written synopsis of his book, he said he was born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia. His mother never spent a day in the hospital," Trump said in 2012.

"His grandmother in Kenya said, 'Oh no, he was born in Kenya and I was there and I witnessed the birth.' Now, she's on tape and I think that tape's going to be produced fairly soon ...The grandmother in Kenya


is on record saying he was born in Kenya," Trump said, incorrectly, in 2011.

Trump made an identical false claim in a 2011 Today show interview: "His grandmother in Kenya said he was born in Kenya and she was there and witnessed the birth, okay?"

In 2015, he dodged a question of where Obama was born in an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper.

When Cooper asked directly if Trump believed Obama was born in the United States, Trump responded, "I don't know."

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Asout age-appropriate functions and tasks. In support of an application for being awarded civil invalidity, people can also refer to law no. 104 of 1992, which assesses social, relational and work disadvantages of a disabled person. INPS (Italian Social Security Institute) protection, on the other hand, is a social security protection based on health requirements (having a capacity for work which is reduced by more than ⅓, as established by law no. 222 of 1984), as well as on the following administrative requirement: having paid, as a worker, at least 260 weekly contributions, equivalent to five years of contribution and insurance, of which 156, equal to three years of contribution and insurance, were made in the five-year period preceding the date of submitting the application. If this is


      BANK

        ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
            FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

                     (Civil No. 90-CV-8101)

                    Argued OCTOBER 26, 1995
           Before: STAPLETON, McKEE, Circuit Judges,
and GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge

(Opinion filed: August 28, l996)

                    Union (the Annuity Fund, Pension
Fund, Health and Welfare Fund, Vacation Fund, and Apprentice
Fund), and two individual fiduciaries of those funds - Sean
McGarvey and Martin Rosenberg (collectively, the "Funds"). Each
of the funds are related Employee Benefit Plans managed by a
board of trustees. Historically, the Funds limited the majority
of their investments to federally-insured certificates of deposit
issued by Philadelphia area banks that the Funds' trustees were
familiar with.
     The seeds of the instant suit were sown in 1982 when
Richard Socket, the Funds' Administrator, met a Janney employee
named Michael Lloyd. Socket introduced Lloyd to the Funds'
trustees and recommended that the trustees consider and accept
Lloyd's advice on new investments. Socket was particularly
interested in CDs issued by non-Philadelphia area banks with
which Lloyd was familiar and which offered rates of interest
superior to


those offered by Philadelphia area banks.
     At some point between 1982 and June 1985, Lloyd became a
Vice President at Janney. He also became increasingly involved
with the Funds and their investments. During that period, the
Funds, on Lloyd's advice, purchased a total of 73 CDs and other
investments through Janney. The total value of these investments
was in excess of $3,000,000.
     The Funds contend that as time went on Lloyd routinely
attended meetings of the Funds' trustees, offered advice
concerning overall investment strategy, and came to be referred
to as the Funds' "investment consultant." The Funds also allege
that Lloyd would routinely call Socket and recommend a particular
investment as being particularly well-suited to the Funds'
specific investment strategy. According to Socket, it was rare
that the Funds did not acceptthat advice.
     At a meeting held on June 12, 1984 the trustees passed a
motion appointing Lloyd "the financial consultant to all funds."
See Brief of Appellee at 6. His relationship with the Funds can
be gleaned in part from the minutes of the trustees' meeting of
August 28, 1984, which read: "an investment decision may be made
by the [Funds'] administrator with the approval of one trustee
from each side [Employer and Union], to carry out recommendations
of investment consultant, Michael Lloyd." This relationship
continued for sometime to the apparent satisfaction of all
concerned.
     However, the plot began to thicken in early June of 1985
when Janney began investigating Lloyd because of suspected
improprieties in Lloyd's personal investments. Lloyd had failed
to make a payment to a partnership in which he


was a limited
partner, and Janney had come to suspect that he had tried to
cover-up the late payment by tendering a cashier's check that had
been fraudulently altered to create the appearance that it had
been timely presented. Lloyd failed to explain what had actually
occurred, but he did deny any wrongdoing. Despite Lloyd's
denial, Janney conducted an internal investigation. Pending the
completion of the investigation, and prior to a scheduled meeting
with Lloyd's attorney, Janney informed Lloyd that he was
suspended. Thereafter, on June 17, 1985, Janney informed Lloyd's
attorney of its intent to discharge Lloyd. The following
morning, June 18, 1985, Lloyd resigned from Janney.
     Each of the parties to this dispute put their own "spin" on
the circumstances leading to Lloyd's resignation. The Funds
argue that Lloyd continued to obfuscate and prevaricate
throughout Janney's      Our firm then made inquiries at Fidelity
          Bank, where the check had been drawn. . .
          After a search of their records, they
          notified us that they could find no evidence
          of a check dated February 21, 1985. However,
          based on their further review they identified
          that February check as one which was actually
          drawn May 21, 1985.


Funds of the circumstances
surrounding Lloyd's departure. Instead, Janney assigned a new
account executive, Mitchell B. Pinheiro, to Lloyd's accounts,
including the Funds' accounts. On June 20, 1985, Pinheiro wrote
a letter of introduction to Socket in which Pinheiro informed the
Funds only that Lloyd had resigned as a Janney representative.
     The NASD conducted its own investigation of Lloyd. That
investigation resulted only in the NASD issuing a letter of
caution to Lloyd in which it reminded him that he was obliged to
ensure that his own personal securities transactions were paid in
a timely fashion.
     Meanwhile, Lloyd had established Lloyd Securities, Inc.
("LSI"), upon leaving Janney. Six days after Lloyd left Janney,
the Funds decided to follow him and to transfer their accounts to
Lloyd's new firm. Once Lloyd obtained thenecessary regulatory
approvals he asked the Funds to transfer their accounts from
Janney to LSI. On June 24, 1985, the Funds' trustees voted to
transfer the Funds' accounts from Janney to Lloyd and his new
firm. However, the transfer was not made until sometime in
September of 1985 when Janney transferred the Funds' accounts to
Provident National Bank (as custodian) pending final transfer to
Lloyd and LSI, in accordance with instructions from Socket.
Janney does not suggest that it did not know that the accounts
were to be transferred to LSI and Lloyd when it transferred the
accounts to Provident pursuant to Socket's instructions. Janney
never told the Funds of the circumstances surrounding Lloyd's
departure from Janney.
     After the Funds transferred their accounts to LSI, the Funds
expanded the type and scope of investments which they permitted
Lloyd


to make on their behalf. The relationship with Lloyd
continued until March, 1990, when the Funds learned that Lloyd
and LSI were under investigation by the SEC and, concerned over
the handling of their investments, finally terminated their
relationship with Lloyd. However, by that time, Lloyd had stolen
Fund assets in excess of $500,000 and had wasted additional
assets in excess of $2,000,000 in what the Funds refer to as
"bizarre and worthless investments."
     Eventually, Lloyd pled guilty to numerous criminal offenses
based upon his fraudulent conduct. In his guilty plea, he
admitted stealing money from customers, including the Funds, and
covering the thefts with forged and bogus documents. He was
sentenced to a prison term and the SEC and other regulatory
authorities shut down LSI and its related companies.
     The Fundswho is
          not a named fiduciary is generally limited to
          the fiduciary functions which he or she
          performs with respect to the plan."

Janney cites Blum v. Bacon, 457 U.S. 132 (1982) in arguing that
this regulation is entitled to substantial deference. See Brief
of Janney at 20. However, that is beside the point. First, it
is not as clear as Janney suggests that the alleged breach has no
nexus to any duty it may owe. Lloyd was retained and entrusted
with substantial assets belonging to the Funds. Although his
integrity and honesty may not bear a direct relation to the
caliber of financial advice he gave, it is


In this case, the fiduciary relationship existed, if at all,
as the result of an agreement under which Janney undertook for a
fee to provide advice on a regular basis to the Funds that would
"serve as a primary basis for investment decisions with respect
to plan assets" and to "render individualized investment advice
to the plan regarding such matters as . . . investment policies
or strategy, overall portfolio compositions, or diversity of plan
investments." The Funds came to have such a relationship with
Janney only because of their faith in Lloyd. When Lloyd left
Janney, it became uncertain whether that relationship would
continue and, shortly thereafter, the Funds ceased to utilize the
services of Janney in the same way. Accordingly, the fiduciary
status of Janney under ERISA, which was predicated solely on that
relationship, ceased. Under the applicable principleof trust
law, however, Janney's fiduciary duty to advise the Funds of
information they needed for their own protection continued at
least until someone (the Funds themselves or another investment
advisor) undertook to exercise the function that Lloyd had
performed as a Janney vice president. Thus, at the point when
Janney was advised of the Funds' intention of engaging Lloyd's
new firm as a fiduciary, Janney retained a fiduciary duty to
disclose to the Funds material information then in its possession
concerning Lloyd's conduct.
    Our holding that a duty to disclose material information may
extend beyond Lloyd's departure finds support in the common law
of trusts. Under the traditional law of trusts, a trustee cannot
relieve himself or herself of duties under the trust simply by
conveying the trust assets to another willing to serve. ii Austin
Wakeman Scott


ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — Citing religious rules, Turkey-backed Islamist factions in control of Afrin are systematically destroying cemeteries in the Kurdish enclave.

A resident of Afrin who wished to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation said that on Wednesday militants of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) removed tombstones from the graves in Edama village in the district.

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The tombs were also leveled. The militants told the residents that their reason was religious and the tombs were too high above ground and needed to be flattened.Last week, Turkey’s proxies also went to Meydanke village in the Shera district of Afrin under the same religious pretext, doing the same thing to that cemetery.In December, more than 500 tombs in Sinare village in the Shera district were destroyed by the militants. Theirreasoning reportedly was to enlarging the roads.In Islam, there are rules for tombs, but certain Salafist fatwas decree for tombs to be flat with the land and that it is irreligious to have them adorned or be above ground.The groups operating in Afrin took over the city with Turkish help on March 18, 2018, after 58 days of fighting. Turkey claimed that the city was run by terrorists and that it posed a danger to Ankara’s national security.Afrin, a Kurdish majority district known for its olive trees, was stable and safe prior to the invasion, hosting numerous refugees from the rest of Syria. It was a canton of the Northern Syrian Federation, administered by TEV-DEM.Yezidis, Assyrians, Syriacs, some Arabs and Turkmen participated in the defense of Afrin under


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2. "Youth unemployment has plummeted"

"Plummeted" is quite a strong word if you consider that the youth unemployment rate currently stands at 16.1% which is still higher than it was in 2008 before the economic crisis (13.8%).

743,000 young people aged 16-24 were unemployed in November to January 2015.

3. The number of doctors has increased and the number of nurses has gone up by 7000

The figure for nurses includes midwives and health visitors - and it's increased by 7,000 since 2012 but initially in the first years of coalition government it fell!

While GP numbers have been growing under the coalition, so has the population.

There


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RENO — A fireball spotted across a wide swath of the West from Reno to San Francisco might have broken up over the Pacific Ocean, experts said Friday.

The American Meteor Society based in New York has received reports from about 50 people in California and Nevada who saw the brilliant streak of light at 5:21 a.m. Thursday, spokesman Robert Lunsford said.

Lunsford said most of the reports came from the San Francisco Bay Area, but the fireball also was seen around Reno, and in San Diego and Redding, Calif. Most people described seeing an intense flash of blue or white light.

"It looks like it was heading from east to west, so it may have made it into the ocean," Lunsford told


The Associated Press. "Most of the people who saw it were heading off to work in the dark, and say it lit up the ground like it was almost daylight."

Ronald Normandin was driving to work in Vacaville, Calif., when the fireball lit up the inside of his car.

"It looked like it was real close. It had a long streak of light, and the front part appeared to be huge and a squarish shape," he said.

Marnie Mattice, of Reno, said she was jogging with a friend when she saw the meteor light up the sky "kind of like lightning," then appear like "a very bright signal flare" in the distance.

"It wasn't symmetrical like a star, but more of an irregular circle. As it burned out, it left a trailand what appeared to be smaller glowing particles. It lasted long enough that we could stand and watch it burn out completely," she said.

The fireball might have been about the size of a small car when it entered Earth's atmosphere, Lunsford said, adding that it most likely disintegrated from five to 50 miles above Earth. He said its speed wasn't immediately known, but even the slowest meteors travel 10 miles per second, which is much faster than a speeding bullet.

While meteors streak through the sky around the globe every day, they're rare to see because they also occur during daylight hours, on cloudy nights or over remote, uninhabited areas.

Thursday's event wasn't as spectacular as an April 22 fireball that streaked across the same general line of California and


Nevada, said Dan Ruby of the Fleischmann Planetarium in Reno.

Experts said the earlier fireball was probably about the size of a minivan when it entered the Earth's atmosphere with a loud boom and about one-third of the explosive force of the atomic bomb. It was seen from San Francisco and Sacramento, Calif., to Las Vegas and parts of northern Nevada.

"This latest fireball was a run-of-the-mill fireball. It wasn't as big or loud," Ruby said.

Only a handful of people reported hearing a "rumbling" noise with it, Lunsford said.

Astronomers say the meteor heralds the upcoming start of "fireball season," as February, March and April are the best months to see one anywhere in the sky just after sundown.E book Evaluation: Philo's Reply Queries Relating to his Affiliation While using the Illuminat Translate by Jeva Singh-Anand

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If you love beer, you have an appreciation for how it’s made.

According to the Brewers Association, an average of 1.5 new breweries opens every day in the U.S. alone, and 2013 saw a 15-percent increase in regional craft breweries. The microbrewery market, meanwhile, rose over 22 percent from 2012 to 2013. In 2014, 13 states reached the 100-brewery milestone. In November, the United States brewery count returned to historic levels. The number of opened breweries passed 3,200 mark and the number of brewery licenses reached the highest ever, topping 4,500 in the first sixth months of the year.

The boom in beer production marks the return of localized beer production specifically. The American Enterprise Institute calls this the “Golden Age of Beer,” and with this big boom comes bigbrewery.

So, whose brews are the best? We ranked the best new breweries in the U.S. based on innovation, quality, brew master background, and beer availability.

1. Spencer Trappist, Spencer, Mass.

Spencer Trappist Ale is the first and only certified Trappist brewery in the United States. Run by monks, the place only makes one beer (because that’s the way the old-school Belgium monks did it back in the day). Their ale is unfiltered and unpasteurized, and made with only four ingredients: well-protected glacial waters, Washington state hops, a proprietary blend of barley, and a family yeast.

2. Bluejacket, Washington, D.C.

Greg Engert is the only beer pro named Sommelier of the Year by Food and Wine. His Blue Jacket brewery is one “without borders.” So, expect constant experimentation and innovation, with nods to


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Last week, during a Lindy Hop class I was teaching with my dance partner Marcia Bodenmann, she was playing “The Dipsy Doodle” and I thought “wow, this is a cool version, who's that from?”.

I immediately bought the song.

While in class?

Yes, it only took me 20 seconds. Honestly! 😉

Freddy Gardner

Frederick James “Freddy” Gardner (23 December 1910 – 26 July 1950) was a self-taught jazz and dance band musician.

Born in London, Freddy Gardner was one of England's most popular saxophonists during the 1930s and '40s. He developed his technique by working in bands led by Syd Lipton, Billy Bissett, and Bert Firman.

A skilled clarinetist, alto, tenor, and baritone saxophonist, Gardner stayed busy as a sessionman throughout his all-too-brief career and may be heard on numerous recordings by theFour Stars, the Six Swingers, Jay Wilbur, Benny Carter, Teddy Foster, Valaida Snow, Ray Noble, Ike “Yowse Suh” Hatch, Mario “Harp” Lorenzi, and the internationally famous team of pianist Buck Washington and singing tap dancer John “Bubbles” Sublett.

A marvelous improviser comparable with Rudy Powell, Benny Carter, Alix Combelle, Russell Procope, Ken Mackintosh, or Willie Smith, Gardner performed regularly over the radio and from 1936 through 1939 recorded with his own small groups or his Swing Orchestra, a larger ensemble that included in its ranks trombonist and future bandleader Ted Heath.

After serving in the Second World War he was featured as a soloist with Peter Yorke & His Concert Orchestra, and most certainly would have prospered as a name artist during the LP era had not fate intervened.

Tragically felled


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Phil Ochs was born five months before Bob Dylan and died sixteen months before Elvis Presley, and that tells you all you need to know about him, and that tells you nothing. Ochs was an earnest activist, and a rebel, and a satirist, and a town crier, and a crack-up. He built and dismantled personae with such rapidity that it’s sometimes difficult to find the real person who, in theory, provided the foundation on which those personae were built and dismantled. Born in Texas, raised in Ohio, gifted musically and culturally omnivorous, Ochs appeared on the Greenwich Village folk scene in 1962 and performed at Newport, the folkies’ Mecca, in 1963. Early on, he defined a certain kind of straightforwardly sardonic protest song, bringing WoodyGuthrie’s plainspokenness into the tumult of the sixties. Bob Dylan famously remarked that Ochs was getting better and better, and that Dylan could’t keep up with him. In 1967, he took a sharp left turn in his work, abandoning guitar-and-voice for a lavishly pretentious folk-rock. He brooded, marvelously, and then broke out of the brooding with both gallows humor and lovely, clear poetry. Many of his most beloved songs come from this period, such as “Pleasures of the Harbor”and “Tape from California.”

Then came Ochs’ sixth album, Rehearsals for Retirement, which he released in 1969. The album was recorded after Ochs appeared at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, and it’s at once a document of the deepest despair—it grew out of terror and sorrow over the death of


hand bandaged. And that’s just the offstage drama. Onstage, Ochs played some of his beloved protest songs but also the standard “Mona Lisa,” Merle Haggard’s “Okie From Muskogee,” and medleys devoted to the work of Elvis and Buddy Holly.

Gunfight at Carnegie Hall was, for most purposes, the last of Ochs as a singer. He began to suffer from crippling writer’s block and equally crippling alcoholism. He traveled extensively (he was mugged in Tanzania, damaging his voice), became interested in Chilean politics, performed at a huge rally in Central Park in April 1975 when the Vietnam War ended. And then, the eternal darkness of madness: Ochs started telling people that he was a man named John Butler Train who had murdered the real Phil Ochs and taken his place.provided between the splined male and female members in order to allow for their initial assembly and subsequent disassembly. It is to the latter applications that the present invention is directed.
In one type of previously known anti-backlash mechanism, a shaft having splines at one end is provided with a relatively large diameter axial bore extending inwardly from the splined end of the shaft, such that the splined portion of the shaft is essentially tubular in configuration. The splined tubular portion of the shaft is further provided with several longitudinal slots passing through the tubular wall of the shaft and extending along the splined portion of the shaft. The slots divide the tubular end of the shaft into a set of deflectable, splined fingers. The splined portion of the


If you want to drop off the grid, don't forget to cancel your streaming services. That's the lesson from a new case reported in The Coloradoan, which saw one couple's Spotify and Netflix accounts used to track them after they fled to Mexico.

The fugitives were Brittany Nunn and her husband Peter Barr, who fled their home in Wellington, Colorado after losing a custody battle over Nunn's two children. The court had awarded primary custody of the two sisters — six and four years old, respectively — to their biological fathers. But Nunn and her husband defied the order, spurring a seven-month manhunt that drew in local, state, and federal investigators alongside private detectives hired by the fathers.

The fugitive couple was finally located through a search warrant served toSpotify. According to the company's records, the couple's account had been used by an IP address in Mexico, although the limits of US law prevented a more specific identification. The lead was confirmed by similar records from Netflix, and investigators finally traced a package delivered to Nunn to a Cabo address. From there, federal agents worked with the Mexican consulate on bringing the couple and the abducted children back to the US.

It's a clever tactic and a reminder of how many modern services can quietly give away a user's location. For Fourth Amendment purists, the story is also a reminder that old-fashioned warrants are still a perfectly viable way to track down criminals. While broad, FISA-ordered business records requests have become both common and controversial in the intelligence


Li Yang (footballer)

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In the aforementioned structure, a high pressure fluid is introduced to an outlet chamber through the communication passage. When the sum of the resilient biasing force applied to the valve element from the first helical spring and the pressing force applied to the piston from the fluid exceeds the resilient biasing force applied to the piston from the second helical spring, the piston is displaced in a direction to further compress the second helical spring. As a


result, the valve element is seated on the valve seat (the communication passage is closed), whereby the pressure reducing valve is placed in a closed condition. Consequently, the overly high pressure fluid is prevented from being led out from the pressure reducing valve.
On the other hand, after closure of the valve element, when the fluid is led out from the outlet chamber and the pressure inside the outlet chamber is lowered, under an action of the resilient biasing force of the second helical spring, the piston is displaced in opposition to the pressing force applied to the piston by the fluid and the resilient biasing force applied to the valve element from the first helical spring. As a result, the valve element separates away from the valve seat(the communication passage is opened), thereby placing the pressure reducing valve in an open condition, together with the second helical spring being compressed and restored to its original condition. In this case, the fluid that was introduced to the inlet chamber is led out to the exterior of the pressure reducing valve through the outlet chamber.
By displacement of the piston as described above, the fluid is led out from the pressure reducing valve in an appropriately pressure-adjusted condition.


The new variety of rose plant of the present invention originated from a controlled crossing in a breeding program of two distinct parents during the summer of 2002. The crossing was between an un-named seedling, the seed parent, and another un-named seedling, the pollen parent by the same inventor.
The resulting seeds were planted during the following winter. The resulting seedlings were evaluated and exhibited distinctive physical and biological characteristics. The new rose plant was selected as a single plant from the seedling beds due to its superior characteristics and asexually propagated for further evaluation. This new and distinctive rose variety is named ‘KORglojaka’.beneath the mound. There are tunnels and galleries in both super‐ and subterranean elements. Entrances to the mound appear to be transient features, possibly associated with ventilation requirements. The mound can reach just over a meter in height above ground level. Typically, these mounds are constructed near the base of a tree and solely of the leaves and small twigs from nearby trees (or uniformly cut lengths of ground flora where trees are less abundant). In the sessile oak woodlands of South Yorkshire, nest mounds commonly contain a substantial proportion of primordial acorns still attached to peduncle and short twig (author\'s observation). In the pine plantations, such as Highlow Wood, the nest mounds are largely pine needles. As per usual, nests are sited most frequently where they benefit


for the Australian government, with a stable outlook because it feels Australia is well placed to withstand potential adverse financial and economic shocks, and because of the political consensus about prudent budget policies.

However, the ratings agencies do point to some risks for Australia if some of the worst-case scenarios play out in the global economy.

S&P says the biggest threat relates to the Australian dollar's failure to adjust to changes in the nation's export prices, and the prospect of international funding drying up for Australia's banks.

"We could lower the ratings if external imbalances were to grow more than we currently expect, either because the exchange rate no longer adjusts to terms of trade movements, the terms of trade deteriorates quickly and markedly, or the banking sector's cost of externalDuring the armed conflict, the Colombian military committed human rights abuses on a massive and systematic scale. Some of the worst cases include the 1985 siege of the Palace of Justice, army collusion in paramilitary massacres and the False Positives scandalduring the 2000s that saw thousands of people murdered and dressed in guerrilla uniforms in order to boost army war figures.

Now the military is attempting to influence the outcome of the national Truth Commission tasked with documenting decades of armed conflict. The Commission was established in the 2016 peace agreement to build ‘historical memory’ which promotes reconciliation and prevents any potential return to violence. Yet with different sides presenting their own testimonies, recent official documents suggest the military is seeking to whitewash its role in atrocities by setting


how its testimonies are received by the Truth Commission. ‘The active and coordinated participation of members of the National Army in the CEV [Truth Commission] will permit it to culturally position the role it has played in the construction of peace and democracy in Colombia’, he wrote. ‘The army must construct and reconstruct its truth over the origins, causes, development and impact of the armed conflict’, it subsequently reads.

A key aspect of this strategy is presenting the military as victims of the armed conflict. While many soldiers and other service personnel were killed or injured, the armed forces have been guilty of perpetrating massive abuses against several social groups: trade unionists, left-wing political activists, community leaders, journalists, lawyers and peasant farmers are among those most targeted. This violencewas legitimised by stigmatising their political or social activities as the work of ‘guerrillas’ or ‘terrorists’.

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By positioning soldiers as primarily victims, the military will seek to emphasise violations committed by the FARC, even though around 80 per cent of human rights abuses were committed by State security forces and the paramilitary groups which operated alongside them. Indeed, it was the presence of the FARC that provided grounds for the forced displacement of millions of civilians in lands that were subsequently appropriated by multinational companies and Colombian elites for resource extraction, agriculture or ranching.

The Truth Commission faces a daunting task to establish the facts over decades of armed conflict, with many powerful interests keen


E15 Hits the Marketplace

The first consumer to pump E15 into his car was Jere White, executive director of the Kansas Corn Commission.

Fuel breaks through "blend wall"

On the east Kansas prairie, a long-awaited event finally came to pass this summer. On July 11, 15% ethanol gasoline (E15) was pumped at a retail location, following Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approval of the fuel several weeks earlier.

The first consumer, fittingly enough, was the executive director of the Kansas Corn Commission, Jere White, who pumped the fuel into his Chevrolet Camaro. White and his organization, which is naturally a strong booster of the first new fuel to hit the marketplace in 20 years, worked with state agencies to make E15 legal.

"As far as the car is concerned, it’s the same as before—itto 2011, according to a peer-reviewed study by University of Wisconsin and Iowa State University economists.

Moreover, in a survey on ethanol taken earlier this year by the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA), 58% of consumers said they were very likely or somewhat likely to purchase E15.

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When the puck drops in Vancouver tonight for Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals, it will be the start of a championship for either the Canucks or Bruins. New York Rangers fans across this great planet should have an easy time cheering for Vancouver, considering the long history the Bruins and Rangers have had as rival Original Six teams. Hold that thought for a moment.

I’ve been cheering for Vancouver to win the series and hoist Lord Stanley’s Cup since they eliminated the Nashville Predators in the 2nd round (my third preferred team to win it). Now after much controversy from the team north of the border, I’m not so sure now. Does a lifelong Rangers fan and native New Yorker even think about


their goalie, Roberto Luongo, who’s known for falling apart in the playoffs, criticizing the way Bruins goalie Tim Thomas plays. Thomas is well on his way to his 2nd Vezina Trophy for the league’s most valuable goaltender and bested Luongo in Game 6 after those harsh words. In fact, Luongo allowed 3 goals and was pulled halfway through the first period, finishing with an embarrassing 15 goals allowed in 2+ games on the road. Rangers fans may also be bitter towards Chris Higgins, who was a disaster with the Blueshirts, but is playing well for Vancouver.

The Bruins to me were the team to beat once they traded for Tomas Kaberle. Now the former Leafs blue-liner hasn’t been good, but the Bs play as a team and pick eachto bring back Branko Ivanković, but didn't sack Shahrokhi. Instead, he appointed Shahrokhi as Directing Manager of national team, a title that never existed before. This is among one of many controversial decisions that Dadgan has made. In fact, forcing the former manager in the new manager's coaching staff has never happened before in history of football.

During Iran's World Cup qualification campaign, Dadgan almost showed up at Team Melli's every training session and went along with them to all away games in foreign countries. This has raised many questions about his interference with coaching. The fact that Ivanković's team still plays a lot like Shahrokhi's team, very defensive and cautious, added to the controversy about Dadgan and Shahrokhi's interference with Branko Ivanković's decisions. Ivanković has never complained so


quick delve into French cookery bible Larousse Gastronomique gave me the answer: the only meat in a Hamburger is beef. The name is an abbreviation of Hamburger steak, which is beef grilled in the style of the town of Hamburg in Germany. German immigrants introduced it to the US and the rest is history.

Taking Larousse as my starting point, a basic hamburger recipe contains minced beef, chopped onion, beaten egg, salt, pepper and parsley ‘if liked’. Four hundred grams of beef (14oz) makes four burgers, which are fried or grilled until droplets of blood appear on the surface, meaning they are cooked.

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Is it really coming out so soon? Who really knows. Apparently a big chunk of the fundingwas the largest Civil War battle in Florida. The Union army attempted to capture the state capital of Tallahassee but were defeated at the Battle of Natural Bridge on March 8, 1865. Florida was one of only two Confederate states not to have its capital captured in the war.

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One of the early Union objectives in the war was the capture of the Mississippi River, in order to cut the Confederacy in half. "The key to the river was New Orleans, the South's largest port [and] greatest industrial center." In April 1862, a Union naval task force commanded by Commander David D. Porter attacked Forts Jackson and St. Philip, which guarded the river approach to the city from the south. While part of the fleet bombarded the forts, other


vessels forced a break in the obstructions in the river and enabled the rest of the fleet to steam upriver to the city. A Union army force commanded by Major General Benjamin Butler landed near the forts and forced their surrender.

The following year, the Union Army of the Gulf commanded by Major General Nathaniel P. Banks laid siege to Port Hudson for nearly eight weeks, the longest siege in US military history. To cut Port Hudson's supply lines through the Red River, Banks first advanced up Bayou Teche, capturing the Atchafalaya and the Red rivers up to Alexandria. (See Bayou Teche Campaign.) The Confederates defending the city surrendered on July 9, after hearing of the surrender at Vicksburg. These two surrenders gave the Union control over the entireBlack Magic

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Black Magic is more than a film about sport. It is an account of the creative use of sport made by the Noongar people of Western Australia’s south-west to advance their people’s standing.

Noongar Aboriginal people, from as early as 1920, channelled the natural talent of their young people into competitive sport, notably running, boxing and football.

With boxing and foot-racing at country shows open to all, Beaufort Dinah, ‘King of the Blackfellows’, and Ernie Cockie became champion fighters.

Stakes were high at professional foot-racing. Archie Jones, a brilliant runner, was undefeated until his own promoter was betting against him.

In national football, the Hayward Brothers broke into the WA league in the 1930s, about the same time Doug Nicolls pioneered Aboriginal involvement in the Victorian Football League.

They were followed by


Graham Farmer and Ted Kilmurray [1950s] to more current players such as Nicky Winmar, Jim and Phillip Krakouer and Derek Kickett.

Through the narrative of these sportsmen, their relatives and friends, the film establishes that the motivation to succeed in sport arises from a more general desire to be accepted and recognised. The close kinship bonds that link Noongar families, the quality of interaction between the generations, and an Aboriginal value system that Noongars would like others to understand and share are revealed through personal stories told with pathos and wry humour.

The background music and artwork in the film have been produced from within the community, creating a rich, cohesive picture of Noongar life and culture.over Local Music Earth. To Submit music for the show/station, email Justin Sane Show mp3 Tracks properly tagged with artist & Song Please.

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Thereafter, and on the 16th day of July, 1949, the plaintiff filed an application in said cause, the material portion of which is as follows:
"Plaintiff further alleges that no where in the original decree or in the order modifying said decree was there any disposition of the jointly acquired property of the parties. That at that time the parties hereto was the owner of the following described real property, to-wit:
"Lots Five (5) and Six (6), Block Six (6) Overlook Part, an addition to the City of Tulsa, County of Tulsa, State of Oklahoma, according to the recorded plat thereof.
"That in addition to the real estate, said parties owned one complete set of household furniture and equipment, and certain


permitting her to take James Phillip Titlsworth to California with her and to provide for and adjust the former award of child support, together with all other necessary and proper relief to which she may be entitled."
On August 29, 1949, a hearing was had on the amended application at which hearing certain evidence was introduced. At the conclusion of the hearing the court made its order, the material portions of which are as follows:
"The Court not being ready to announce a decision or judgment on the matter of interpretation of said judgment of February 3, 1947, takes such matter under advisement until September 23, 1949.
"Now on this September 23, 1949, the above matter comes on for judgment on the matter of the interpretation of the decree of February3, 1947, and though no evidence was introduced to show any agreement between the plaintiff and defendant prior to said decree as to how Lots Five (5) and Six (6), Overlook Addition to the City of Tulsa, Oklahoma, according to the recorded plat thereof, were to be divided and there was no minutes other than the decree itself, and the Court has no independent recollection thereof, and the Court is of the opinion and so finds that it was the intention of said decree to permit the plaintiff to have possession of the foregoing real estate, same being the home of the parties hereto, until the youngest child, Robert Dean Titsworth, who was of the age of 2 years at the time of the entry of said decree,


the mortgage payments on the house located at 1406 West Archer Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma, occupied by the plaintiff," what did it mean? Just how far may the court go in construing this provision of the decree?
Title 12 O.S. 1941 § 1279 provides as follows:
"A divorce granted at the instance of one party shall operate as a dissolution of the marriage contract as to both, and shall be a bar to any claim of either party in or to the property of the other, except in cases where actual fraud shall have been committed by or on behalf of the successful party."
It further appears from the evidence that the title to the real estate in question was in the defendant, that said property was acquired by the parties duringto the next aspect of this piece. I recently read an article in the conservative weekly of the Catholic Church in the United States, the National Catholic Register. The article is titled “Catholic, Christian and Killing for a Living” and is essentially an interview with retired Marine sniper Jack Coughlin, who intentionally killed dozens of people in US military war zones during his military career. Without any sense of irony, Coughlin is described in the article as “pro-life.” He also justifies the murders he undertook in the name of fighting “evil.” Of course, left unsaid is that many of the fighters and other people he and his fellow snipers kill also believe they are fighting “evil.”

Jethro Gibbs, the head agent on the NCIS team (played by Mark Harmon),


is also a former Marine sniper. Although he is rarely bothered by the memories of the murders he committed (nor by the killings he and his team commit in every episode), his justification is usually of a more personal nature. Indeed, the defining murder he committed as a sniper was the killing of a drug trafficker that murdered his first wife and daughter. If any killing haunts him it is this one. Yet, it does not stop him from killing again. Likewise, any qualms felt by the individuals employed as snipers in today’s military are apparently not enough to change any aspect of the military’s use of these killers.

Instead, what the civilian sees is greater and greater justification for the killing that comes with war; and greater andgreater equating of murder with heroic action. The war in Iraq, which the Catholic Church did not think met its just war doctrine, nevertheless produced Catholic snipers, pilots, and other military-approved killers, not to mention torturers, all of whom exist today with relatively clear consciences. Why? Because their religion (like virtually every other) provides them with enough theological loopholes to continue living without examining the nature of their deeds.

Then, there are the politicians. Here in the United State the interminable election season is beginning. Politicians from both parties are gathering supporters, building campaign bank accounts, hiring writers and advertising companies. They are also redesigning their public personas and redefining their political positions depending on what their advisors tell them the polls are saying. As I write, the media


is full of potential presidents explaining their positions on the Iraq invasion of 2003 and the succeeding occupation. All of this is occurring while the somewhat contrived phenomenon known as the Islamic State claims to have taken another Iraqi city. The brother of former president George W. Bush claims that it was faulty intelligence that caused his brother’s administration to go to war in Iraq. Most of the other Republican candidates agree. Of course, this is nonsense. As anyone who was cognizant in 2002 remembers, the intelligence wasn’t faulty. It said there were no active WMD. It was the determination of the neocon wing of the US ruling class that denied that intelligence, made up their own, and sent the US military off. The Democrats followed willingly. Eventhose who voted against the original authorization for war, like candidate Bernie Sanders, usually voted to fund it after the troops were in country.

From Baghdad to Ramadi, Al-Gharaib to Mosul, and all points between and around, a fair amount of the onus for this war resides with those politicians and the people who voted for them again and again. The torturers in US-run prisons, the civil war fomented by US intelligence, the massive civilian casualties—all of this is their responsibility. So is the current situation in that country, Afghanistan and elsewhere in the Middle East and South Asia. So are groups like Islamic State, which, according to recent reports in various Israeli media, is actually coordinating some of its attacks in Syria with Tel Aviv. At the same


time, recent press releases from the US Pentagon have informed the world that the United States has Special Forces troops operating in Syria. In other words, there are ground troops in Syria.

The incredible popularity of films like American Sniper prove, if nothing else, that the willingness to continue this imperial path of foolish and deadly destruction has plenty of support among those in the imperial nation. Whatever the reasons beyond those that serve the war industry and its benefactors, the brutality, senselessness, and plain old death of war is spreading, not shrinking.

As for those other reasons, what could they be? Why are mass murderers in the uniform of supposedly civilized nations (like the US) celebrated while those, like Chelsea Manning, who expose their crimes, are imprisoned or, evenFormer pro cricketer to head DVML

A former professional cricketer has been tasked with making a success of Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium.

Terry Davies (53), a former deputy chief executive of the South Australian Cricket Association who at present works for the South Australian Tourism Commission, has been appointed chief executive of Dunedin Venues Management Ltd.

Mr Davies, a professional cricketer with Glamorgan County Cricket Club in Wales in the 1980s, will be the company's third chief executive. The company manages council-owned venues in Dunedin, including the stadium.

The last chief executive, Darren Burden, left in December, just a year after taking over from David Davies.

The stadium, now in its third year of operations, has failed to meet its budget each year and has had to turn to ratepayers for millions of


dollars of extra funding.

It has struggled to attract headline concerts, with none, at this stage, booked for the 2014-15 year.

Since leaving the South Australian Cricket Association, Mr Davies has worked for Etihad Stadium, Melbourne, generating revenue through venue membership clubs, corporate hospitality and sponsorship.

At present, he is the event strategy manager at the South Australian Tourism Commission, reviewing its strategic plan for events, with responsibility for their commercialisation.

He was commercial manager and then deputy chief executive of the cricket association during a period when the Adelaide Oval became known as a national entertainment venue, hosting concerts by AC/DC, Pearl Jam, Fleetwood Mac and hosting the International Rugby Sevens.

A statement issued by DVML last night said Mr Davies saw it as a ''terrific challenge'' to ensure all DVML venuessucceeded and wanted to ''grow the businesses significantly''.

Mr Davies was in Dunedin last weekend attending events at the stadium, it said. He is set to begin work for DVML late next month. His wife is to join him later.

Speaking from Perth last night, DVML chairman Sir John Hansen said Mr Davies was chosen from a shortlist of four. The board had sought someone with significant commercial experience.

''[Mr Davies] has got a great deal of background in all sorts of commercial activities, in attracting shows to South Australia, driving revenue and membership up enormously at the Adelaide Oval at a period when it really became successful.


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