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AngolaFormer Portuguese colony which went through a brutal civil war. Now largely safe, but has been surprisingly slow to appear on the tourist radar

CameroonSometimes referred to as Africa in Miniature, the terrain includes rain forest, desert plains, mountains and high plateau.

Central African RepublicDense jungle in the south and semi arid in the Sahelian north, this very unstable country is very much off the radar for visitors.

Democratic Republic of the CongoHuge, blessed with incredible natural wealth and beauty, culturally diverse, and is developing extremely fast though it's still a quite poor country.

Equatorial GuineaPerhaps one of the continent's most corrupt country, where massive oil wealth is confiscated by a thuggish government, is not a terribly safe place to travel, but it has great beaches, laid-back beach bars, and locals speakSpanish.

GabonHas escaped the strife afflicting other Central African states; rich in oil and mineral reserves and a high biodiversity.

Republic of the CongoHuge tracts of forest with a small population mean great potential for eco-tourism, but the country is still to fully recover from a terrible war in the 1990s


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Thursday, June 3 2010

MOSCOW, Idaho – It's an uncomfortable topic, and not considered polite dinner conversation, but Larry Forney's research on the human vagina and the ecology of the vaginal microbial ecosystem has big implications for women.

Forney, professor of biological sciences and director of the Initiative for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies (IBEST) at the University of Idaho, is focusing his research efforts to increase understanding about normal vaginal microbiota – or bacteria – so that physicians can better identify conditions that make women prone to infections and other diseases, and avoid the development of health problems.

"For example, approximately 75 percent of women experience at least one yeast infection during their lives, and some 40 to 50 percent of these women experience


a recurrence," said Forney. "Nobody dies from yeast infections, and they have no long-term consequences. But they cause misery with such frequency that it deserves our attention."

In a paper just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Forney and his colleagues at the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Institute for Genome Sciences and Emory University detail some astounding news: the delicate balance of microbes in the vagina can vary greatly between healthy women.

The study used genomics-based technologies to examine the vaginal microbes found in a study cohort of 400 women. It is the first in-depth, large-scale molecular characterization of vaginal microbial communities.

The research is an example of an emerging field of genomics: the study of the human microbiome. The human microbiome refers tothe University of Idaho
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fear of future persecution, so that he was ineligible for asylum. The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) summarily affirmed the IJ's decision. We affirm the BIA and deny the petition for review.1

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Dhima entered the United States on November 16, 2001 without proper entry documents. Immigration officials took him into custody. In his interview with an officer of the (then) Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS),2 he claimed to be a member of no political organization but that he sympathized with the Democratic Party (the opposition party to the Socialist government) in Albania. He also said that he was involved at a May 27, 2001 demonstration during which "a group of police started to kick us." The police were "trying to bring us to the police station but we escaped."

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OnNovember 26, 2001, the INS served Dhima with a Notice to Appear, charging him with being removable pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(7)(A)(i)(I). Dhima admitted removability and applied for asylum, withholding of removal, protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT), and voluntary departure, on the basis of alleged persecution for his political opinions and activities.

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In his asylum application, contrary to what he told the interviewing INS officer, Dhima claimed to be a longstanding member of the Democratic Party, and gave a different account of his involvement in the demonstration of May 27, 2001. This time, he stated that he suffered "severe injuries" to his head and went into a "coma" when the police attempted to arrest him. The crowd, he stated, prevented the arrest, and he woke from


his coma in a hospital.

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In his sworn affidavit accompanying the application, Dhima gave roughly the same account of the events of May 27, 2001, but added a new and also contrary fact: "I, along with many of my friends, were arrested following that event."

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At his merits hearing before an IJ on July 8, 2003, Dhima testified that he became a member of the Albanian Democratic Party in December 1990. Dhima gave yet another inconsistent account of the events of May 27, 2001. This time, he stated that he was beaten by "people of the security" who "didn't look like the police." He was not arrested or dragged to a car. But he received a head wound, became unconscious, and woke up in a hospital. In this version, Dhimaalso explained that he left the hospital after one hour.

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Dhima testified that about five months later, on September 24, 2001, he received a notice slipped under his door for him to report to the police station on that same day. Dhima explained that he was afraid for his life and two of his friends who participated in the May demonstration had been arrested and tortured. He did not go to the police station, but instead escaped to his father's village. He said that the police came to his parents' house and asked them where he was, but his father told the police nothing. Dhima then left Albania for Greece with a false passport, and ultimately came to the United States by way of France and Mexico.

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Dhima also testified


that during his participation in another demonstration in 1997, "[t]he people of the security" "assaulted me and especially in me legs, both of them." He explained that as a result of being beaten with a stick, he received wounds in his nose, elbow, arms, and legs. This 1997 demonstration and the associated beating were not mentioned in the interview, the asylum application, or the supporting documentation he submitted to the IJ.

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Dhima testified that after the May 2001 demonstration, at which he was purportedly injured, he went to the U.S. Embassy in Greece in July 2001. He told the Embassy officers only that he wanted to obtain a visa for the United States for a vacation. He did not discuss asylum. Having failed to obtain a visa, he voluntarilyreturned to Albania.

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Another witness, Frank Camaj, president of the Albanian-American International Institute, a "bicultural education institution... that facilitates ... the causes of ... Albanian-Americans," testified on behalf of Dhima. Camaj testified that Dhima's family has one of the "thickest files" in Albania and has been "marked for persecution" by the authorities. Camaj also explained that the current Albanian government is run by the "same people" as the previous Communist regime and that the current government "commit[s] far worse atrocities" than before.

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Dhima also submitted a certificate allegedly from the Chairman of the Democratic Party of Albania, which described Dhima as a "supporter" of the party and stated that Dhima was "maltreated physically" on May 27, 2001, and also on another occasion in June of that year. Dhima himself never


mentioned a June incident. As well, Dhima submitted the notice that he supposedly received ordering him to report to the police on September 24, 2001, and a document from an Albanian hospital stating that he was treated on May 27, 2001 for "contusion of the head and body" and "fracture of rib."

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The IJ denied Dhima's application in an oral decision on July 8, 2003. The IJ determined that Dhima had failed to show a well-founded fear of persecution, and also failed to show that it is more likely than not that he would be persecuted or tortured if returned to Albania. The IJ found Dhima not credible, pointing to Dhima's failure to "provide a cogent and consistent account of the events surrounding" the May 27, 2001 demonstration, whichthe United States even before the notice to report to the police, which he claimed was the triggering event; and 5) Camaj's and Dhima's testimony of the repressiveness of the Albanian government is at odds with the U.S. State Department Profile of Asylum Claims and Country Conditions, released in May 2001, which described the 1997 elections as "adequately reflect[ing] the will of the people" and stated that "[b]oth major political parties trace their roots to the communist regime and repudiate it thoroughly."

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The IJ also found the documentation submitted by Dhima to be insufficient to salvage his credibility. The IJ questioned the certificate that purportedly came from the chairman of the Democratic Party because the certificate consisted of "unsubstantiated rhetoric, unsupported by any evidence of how the maker came


the hospital record, it was dated August 17, 2002 (obtained after the start of his asylum proceedings), and thus was not made contemporaneous with his visit. The hospital document also described Dhima as having suffered a broken rib, which Dhima does not mention in his testimony. The IJ noted the State Department's conclusion that "[d]ocuments issued by Albanian medical practitioners are rarely reliable."

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As for Camaj's testimony, Camaj did not have personal knowledge of the events described by Dhima, and his assessment of Albania's country conditions and the prominence of Dhima's family as dissidents were at odds with the State Department Profile and Dhima's own account of his success at eluding capture.5

BIA's Summary Affirmance

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Dhima's argument attacking the BIA's summary affirmance because it does not state the BIA's own reasonsNEWS

Salt Lake City, UT; April 30, 2019: There are five weeks remaining in the regular season and only four teams will qualify for the 2019 Major League Rugby Championship Series. What better time for Week 14 Player of the Week Dan Moor to seize the moment and lead sixth-placed Toronto Arrows to a crucial 29-7 victory over the Seattle Seawolves in third, scoring one try and carrying for 172 meters to lift his side within four points of the playoffs. The Utah Warriors secured the Week 14 Team of the Week award with their second win of the season over Austin Elite, winger Fetu’u Vainikolo reminding the world why he’s on top of Tonga’s all-time try-scoring charts with a smart duo of tries.

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player on the international scene; and as a participation sport at the youth and senior level. MLR will be the pinnacle of North American rugby, and provide a rallying point for local communities, a focal point for North American rugby fans, and an aspirational destination for young athletes. There are already over 40 internationals and players from more than 15 countries playing in the MLR. Twenty-two MLR stars represented the USA Eagles and Canada national teams in the opening round of the 2019 Americas Rugby Championship, with more than 30 called up over the course of the tournament.

The teams competing in MLR Season 2 are Austin Elite, Glendale Raptors, Houston SaberCats, New Orleans Gold, San Diego Legion, Seattle Seawolves, Utah Warriors plus new additions Rugby United New Yorkbut if it is, we note our agreement with the following statement from the brief of appellee Estelle:

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The actions of the United States Magistrate for the Southern District of Texas, who apparently informed Plaintiff by postcard that he must file his suit in the Northern District, are not before this court for review, but were certainly in error.  Not only was his advice wrong, he is probably without authority to render advice to a litigant concerning proper forum without consulting with the court, and to refuse to accept a complaint for filing because of his belief that venue is improper.

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Since the dismissal of the court below as to defendant Estelle was based solely on the grounds of improper venue, that dismissal and our affirmance thereof is of


Many New York City public schools lack dedicated laboratories and the equipment needed for students to perform hands-on experiments in the life sciences. Not surprisingly, most of these schools are located in sections of the City in which most of the students are minorities underrepresented in the life and health sciences. To address the needs of these students we have, with the support of a Phase I SEPA grant, developed and pilot tested two New York City science performance standards-specific portable laboratory kits, Microlab II and Molecules and Health. These kits contain all the equipment and other materials needed to perform relatively sophisticated life science experiments in a room that has only tables and electrical outlets. The kits are suitable for use by life and health sciences studentsin grades 7-12. Microlab II is a microscopy-based kit designed to explore basic aspects of cell biology and physiology. Molecules and Health is designed to illustrate the principles of molecular biology, and to provide students with hands-on experience in manipulating and analyzing DMA. The present application seeks SEPA Phase II support to train teachers to use these kits and to disseminate them to schools throughout New York City. This SEPA dissemination project has four specific aims. Specific Aim #1: Improve the quality of hands-on laboratory life sciences instruction and life sciences achievement of New York City middle and high school students underrepresented in the health sciences. One hundred and thirty five New York City public middle and high school science teachers will receive 3 days of training at


the NY Hall of Science in the use of the Microlab II or Molecules and Health kits, and one, and if needed, two days of in-school assistance by a NY Hall of Science professional developer in setting up and using these kits. Specific Aim #2: Provide an opportunity for students who devise the best 8th grade "exit" projects in classes of teachers participating in the training program described in Aim #1 to further explore their project and demonstrate it to the public, while participating in a 4-day-long "Science Summer Camp" at the New York Hall of Science. Specific Aim #3: Invite 6 middle or high school teachers who perform at an exemplary level in the training program described in Aim #1 to obtain advanced laboratory training by participatingcommitted one going to Tampa.The New American with more on the double-standard in reporting victors, and Independent Voter Network on the same; how bitterly ironic that the first time the media is scrupulously mindful of the importance of delegate accumulation over raw votes, a point Paul's campaign emphasized early and often, it is to deny Paul a moral victory.

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Now for some snapshots of the Ron Paul delegate fight from GOP conventions 'cross the land:

*Paul people rock Clark County Nevada, reports the Las Vegas Review Journal. Details:

Supporters of GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul on Saturday effectively took control of the Clark County Republican Party by winning election to 14 executive board positions, or two-thirds of the ruling body. The


election came during the county GOP convention where Paul delegates dominated, winning as many as half of the 1,382 delegates nominated to the state convention May 2-4 in Sparks..... "This is the grass roots taking a stand to change the direction of the party from the county level," said Carl Bunce, Nevada chairman of Paul's campaign and a delegate. "This is bigger than just Ron Paul. This is about liberty and openness and fairness and changing the party.".... Still, the Paul factor could complicate things at the state convention for Mitt Romney, the GOP front-runner who won the Feb. 4 GOP presidential caucus in Nevada with 50 percent of the vote.... The 2012 state GOP convention will elect 28 delegates to the Republican National Convention this summer inTampa, Fla. Romney earned 14 of those delegates because of his 50 percent caucus finish. The rest of the delegates also were awarded proportionally, depending on the percentage of the caucus vote that each candidate won in Nevada. ■ Newt Gingrich got 21 percent of the caucus vote to pick up six delegates. ■ Paul won 19 percent for five delegates. ■ Rick Santorum won 10 percent for three delegates. Bunce said Paul supporters would follow the rules, which require the 28 delegates elected at the state level to attend the national convention and be bound on the first ballot to vote in line with the GOP caucus winning percentages. That could mean a Paul delegate would have to vote for Romney on the first ballot if he's


and Jiao Qing. It will mean a “bon jour” to the worrisome new French president, Emmanuel Macron, with his big majority in the Assemblée nationale, who seems to be copying Napoleon or Louis XVI. We may recall their fates! And maybe a sarcastic “how do you do? to a worried Theresa May, who forfeited her majority in Parliament and hopes no one recalls the ill-fated Mary Queen of Scots.

Also present will be Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan, whose party was swamped in a Tokyo state election; his corruption record is winning him the nickname “Dis-Honest Abe”. Erdogan of Turkey will be there too; his recent referendum victory was a sure thing after he threw thousands of people—the kind who might vote mistakenly: judges, generals, policemen, journalists andwriters—out of their jobs and often into prison. Other charming guests will include Michel Temer, king of corruption in Brazil, Enrique Peña Nieto from Mexico, a rival in that race, and the equally gifted Jacob Zuma.

King Salman of Saudi Arabia decided against appearing in person, perhaps due to recent British details for a tale almost rivaling the Arabian Nights; how for decades his super-rich kingdom was the major purveyor of the most vicious distortions of Islam, whose spread of hatred is a major factor in terrorism. It has also been a top customer for British, American, German, French and other bombers, tanks or other weapons, to be used most tellingly against the children of Yemen. His presence in Hamburg might embarrass almost everyone, so it is better if


he keeps to his home palaces with his entourage and harem.

Two far more numerous groups will be in Hamburg; many are already there: those coming to protest the gathering and those to protect it.

The protesters are engaged in a whole week of activities; an evening dance event, a regatta of canoes, rowboats, kayaks and rafts to temporarily block off the harbor, a series of rallies, dozens of meetings and symposia, a march of symbolically gray-clad figures, and a giant protest on Saturday, with a hoped-for attendance of somewhere near 100,000.

A broad spectrum of organizations has been planning counterdemonstrations to G-20 since it was first announced. Big protest groups like attac, campact and Blockupy are backing it, also the strong local LINKE party, the northern region of the Germanless than 150 kilometers from Kaliningrad and St. Petersburg, with US forces shooting down Russian-allied aircraft in Syria, with NATO ships and planes maneuvering in hailing distance in the Baltic and the Black Sea, not to mention Ukraine—the dangers recall Europe in 1939. It seemed at first that Trump, loony as he seemed, was at least ready to negotiate with Putin about peace. These hopes have dimmed, partly because he felt he must prove his distance from Putin, but also due to pressure from decoration-hungry generals and sales-hungry armaments giants. He has already launched a frightening bombing raid in Syria, dropped a gigantic bomb in Afghanistan, and increased frightening threats to North Korea (for doing, after all, nothing worse than the same military testing of ten other atomic-armed


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medical help, in areas where none or few other organisations are working. The close cooperation AEM's international team have with the Iraqi security forces gave us the opportunity to assist and teach them while working and living together on the frontline. Through this I have learned valuable medical skills, but also gained unique cultural experiences and close friendship with the Iraqi special forces and their medics.''

Emil

Country: Sweden Education level: EMT-B, TCCC

''My name is Emil and
I joined AEM because I wanted to make a difference.
The work we have been doing in Mosul makes a big difference for the wounded civilians and soldiers.
That is a big motivation for me to carry on with our work in the region.
I am born and raised in Sweden. After high school I joined theSwedish armed forces and became a combat medic.''

Gabriel

Country: USA Education level: EMT-B, TCCC

''I volunteer internationally as a combat medic on most
occasions, and this is how I ended up on Mosul, Iraq on January 2017. I served in
the United States Army from 2001 to 2009, 6 years as an Infantryman, a Combat
lifesaver, and on-call Combat Medic, including an 18 month deployment to
Baghdad. The remaining 2 years of my enlistment was spent as an instructor in
combat tactics, combat medicine, as well as prison tactics, and Survival Escape
Evasion Resistance training.''

''After leaving the Army, I immediately knew my calling was to
help others where most medical professionals do not wish to go, this is why Academy
of Emergency Medicine was up my alley when asked to work in Mosul. AEM is
comprised of amazing type


In his first novel, The Same Embrace, Lowenthal focuses on the need to balance individualism with a sense of acceptance from others. The protagonist, Jacob Rosenbaum, is a twenty-five year old gay activist at odds with his identical twin Jonathan, an Orthodox Jew. The brothers, who were close in their youth, have separated over differences in sexuality and religion. The twins' parents beseech Jacob to journey to Israel to convince Jonathan to return home to Boston from the yeshiva where he is studying. Jacob's trip ends in failure when Jonathan finds his twin engaging in a sexual act with a fellow student. Jonathan's eventual return home, precipitated by his grandmother's stroke, brings the conflict between the two brothers to a head. During their grandmother's illness, the family isforced into close proximity, and the brothers learn more of their family's history. One of the revelations involves the story of Uncle Josef, whom the twin's grandfather abandoned in Nazi Germany because Josef was gay. The entire family comes to a reconciliation and while the brothers never grow close, they do achieve a greater acceptance and understanding of one another. Critics praise Lowenthal's skillful use of detail; his believable, moving scenes of family conflict and reconciliation; and his handling of sexual and religious themes.

SOURCE: A review of The Same Embrace, in Publishers Weekly, July 6, 1998, p. 49.

[In the following review, the critic praises Lowenthal's command of dialogue and his descriptive powers.]

The shadow of the Holocaust looms over this affecting first novel, a tale of identical twins who


must come to terms with their peculiar bond and its limits. Jacob Rosenbaum, openly gay and mourning the recent death of his best friend, travels from Boston to Israel in order to persuade his brother Jonathan, newly and fervently orthodox, to leave the yeshiva where he is studying and return to the U.S. More than religious and sexual differences keep the brothers apart. Both need to overcome the legacy of their stern rabbi grandfather, who pitted them against each other in wrestling contests when they were boys (matches that Jacob always won). Jacob's struggle to reconcile with his brother is as much an account of a family history of estrangement and secrets as it is about the contradictions of being twins: two people, physically alike, so close theydream the same dreams, who simultaneously long to assert their individuality and return to their comforting singular identity. Lowenthal has a keen eye for details: a warm office has a scent "like the custardy smell of cotton towels removed from a spinning dryer." A beautiful boy has a "peach pit of muscle" at the corner of his jaw. He avoids the cliches of a coming-out novel, and his assured dialogue, smooth weaving of the narrative back and forth in time, and layering of cultural, sexual and religious themes coalesce into an impressively crafted, moving debut.

SOURCE: A review of The Same Embrace, in Kirkus Reviews, July 15, 1998, pp. 990-91.

[In the following review, the critic credits Lowenthal with a "moving" portrayal of a family in conflict.]

[The Same Embrace is


a] closely observed study of the corrosive effect of a family's long-held secrets and, more particularly, of the struggle of siblings to defuse their anger and find some common ground.

Jacob, the 25-year-old protagonist, is bright, Jewish, and gay. His parents are at best unhappy with their son's homosexuality; his twin brother Jonathan, studying at an Orthodox Yeshiva in Israel, is angry and withdrawn. Jacob, urged on by his parents, leaves his job in Boston and goes to Israel to try to talk his brother into returning home. Instead, though he has had little interest in his faith, Jacob finds himself increasingly impressed by the innocent high spirits of the students, and by some of their teachers. Things go disastrously wrong, though, when Jonathan finds Jacob in a ferventembrace with another Yeshiva student. Back home, matters turn grim when the boys' beloved grandmother is felled by a massive stroke. Jacob gets to meet his aunt Isabel, long in exile from the family, and through her to learn about the existence of a figure whose memory they has long suppressed: Josef, his uncle, left behind as a teenager when the family fled from Nazi Germany, was abandoned by Jacob's grandfather, it turns out, because he was gay. Lowenthal's rendering of the hesitant attempts at communication in a family scarred by bitterness and regret are precise and deeply moving. Jacob's increasingly focused efforts to reconcile his heritage and his homosexuality allow Lowenthal to introduce some pointed meditations on sexuality and religion. And a tentative détente with Jonathan, summoned


home in the wake of his grandmother's stroke, is adroitly rendered, Jacob, however, sometimes seems too good to be true, and the romantic relationship that emerges late in the story too sketchy and curious to be entirely convincing.

Nevertheless, as an examination of the deforming effect of a family's secrets, and as a portrait of a young man attempting to rediscover his faith without jettisoning his identity, a fresh and provocative first novel.

[In the following review, Bronski identifies The Same Embrace's central theme as the struggle to achieve individualism within a collective.]

The endless conflict between sameness and difference is at the heart of Michael Lowenthal's novel The Same Embrace, in which identical twins Jacob and Jonathan battle themselves and one another to become individuals even as they are inextricablylinked through genes, family, and history. Empathetically close as children, the brothers begin to separate in their teen years, most decidedly by Jacob's decision to come out and Jonathan's turn to Orthodox Judaism. The conflict of brother against brother, biblical in its resonance yet filled with contemporary image and idiom, is also the grounding that allows Lowenthal to write about his main concern: how humans must create themselves as individuals while remaining part of a larger social fabric. Just as Jacob and Jonathan wrestle with one another over questions of sexuality and religion, The Same Embrace embodies two distinct and not usually conflated genres: the novel of gay identity and the Jewish family novel. Like the brothers' move towards reconciliation, one of the novel's strengths—along with its understanding


of the human heart—is its ability to join these themes into a unified, extremely satisfying entirety that both moves and enlightens us.

SOURCE: A review of The Same Embrace, in Booklist, August 19, 1998, pp. 1966-67.

[In the review below, Taylor argues that while the novel is acceptable, it will fail to appeal to a wide audience.]

In this gay-oriented novel of fraternal estrangement, Jonathan Rosenbaum (straight) severs relations with his gay twin, Jacob, after interrupting him in the act. So Jacob's role as family emissary to persuade Jonathan to leave an Israeli yeshiva ends in a fiasco. Back in Boston, Jacob resumes wrestling with his life's dilemmas of coming out to relatives and finding a lover. Debut novelist Lowenthal expresses 24-year-old Jacob's world through flashbacks to his adolescence and familyBreastfeeding protects against adverse respiratory outcomes at 15 months of age.
The relationship between breastfeeding, respiratory and other allergic disorders has been controversial. Our aim was to investigate the relationships between breastfeeding, respiratory outcomes, eczema and atopy at 15 months of age in a prospective birth cohort in New Zealand. A total of 1105 children were enrolled at birth, and 1011 (91.2%) were followed up at 15 months. Logistic regression was used to model associations between breastfeeding duration and respiratory outcomes, eczema and atopy after adjusting for relevant confounding variables: ethnicity, socio-economic status, parity, body mass index, smoking in pregnancy, gender and respiratory infections in the first 3 months of life. Breastfeeding was associated with a significant reduction in the risk of adverse respiratory outcomes at 15 months. After


After years of anticipation, boxing's great superfight is nearly upon us. On Saturday, May 2nd, Floyd Mayweather will enter the sold out MGM Grand to face Filipino legend Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao. While this is the fight fans have been anxiously awaiting, for the last decade some members of the combat sports community have raised concerns about Floyd Mayweather and his arrogant persona.

Speaking exclusively to Bloody Elbow, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion Tom DeBlass, explains his opinions on how Mayweather is missing a golden opportunity to use his notoriety to facilitate social change.

"Floyd is undoubtedly an amazing boxer, one of the best ever. However, he is not an amazing person. He's in a position to change the world yet his arrogance and selfishness diminishes that. He has millions of peopleST. IGNACE, MI -- Longtime Mackinac Island ferry service Arnold Transit is shuttering after years of trying to stay afloat amid financial difficulties.

Competitor Star Line Mackinac Island Ferry is buying Arnold's assets for an undisclosed amount, Star Line CEO Jerry Fetty said on Thursday, Nov. 3.

"Star Line is looking forward to increasing and improving options for our passengers while keeping the historic boats and properties that families have grown to love over the years, operational," Fetty said.

In recent years, ownership of the struggling Arnold Transit had become a legal battle between controlling investors and former owners.

In early 2014, investors ousted the former president, James Wynn, and installed new managers after he sold land at the foot of Arnold's island dock to a developer and took out a massive


mortgage on the company without their approval.

Concerns about the company's financial instability prompted longtime client Mission Point Resort to drop its contract with Arnold.

Arnold Transit has provided ferry service from Michigan's famed Mackinac Island to Mackinac City and St. Ignace since 1878. In recent years, Arnold has offered the cheapest fares but with less frequent runs than its two competitors, Star Line and Shepler's ferry services.

With the deal, Star Line acquires five classic ferries, one freight boat, four docks including the main dock on Mackinac Island, one boatyard, along with parking lots and ticket booths in Mackinaw City and St. Ignace.

Arnold's fleet of ships named Huron, Chippewa, Ottawa, Straights of Mackinac II, Mackinac Islander, and Algomah will join Star Line's fleet, which includes the Mackinac Express catamaran, MarquetteII, Radisson, Cadillac, Joliet, LaSalle, and Anna May.

The additional boats will double Star Line's fleet, said Fetty, who has helmed Star Line for three years.

Star Line, which already provides the most trips to the island, might increase the number. During peak summer months, boats are leaving docks every 15 minutes.

"We will have more options for people," said Fetty, noting Star Line offers its trademark hydro-jet ferries and just added a catamaran last year.

He said the company has seen a steady increase of riders in recent years.

With the acquisition of the Huron, Star Line will take over winter ferry service. The steel-hull passenger ferry has been the only water transportation during winter to the island since 1955.

It's considered a vital transportation for the 600 residents who live on the


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Pinotti said that there was "total agreement" among the coalition partners at the Paris meeting that Libya's government should ask the West for help to fight ISIS, to avoid fuelling "jihadist propaganda" of yet another "Western invasion."

She went on to say that the so-called Islamic State was strengthening in the current political vacuum, prompting Italy and its allies to prepare for an "emergency," adding that the United States recently has expressed "a greater concern" over ISIS militants in Libya.

With files from Reuters


guns — even opposing universal background checks, which are supported by around 90 percent of the public — could be politically disastrous among suburban moderates who may be turning away from the party because of a broader disgust with Trump:

The 2018 election reflected a changing landscape on guns. Republicans were swept out of the House majority after losing suburban bastions where they were once dominant — in places like Orange County, California, and around Dallas and Houston in Texas. Voters in 2018 favored stricter gun control by a margin of 22 percentage points, and those who did backed Democrats by a margin of 76% to 22%, according to exit polls. Gun policy ranked as the No. 4 concern, and voters who cited it as their top issue votedand tucked in a hard slip-case, features gorgeous drawings by artist Natacha Ledwidge.

English biographer Diana Souhami writes in the introduction:

From the time of her childhood in San Francisco, Alice collected recipes. When life became ‘too black’ she read cookbooks an was ‘immediately lost to everything outside.’ She did not keep diaries, but recipes nudged her excellent memory and through them she conjured recollections of place, time and extraordinary company. A leisured hedonism pervades her Cookbook, an assumption that few things are more important than lunch, that there are, after all, only 365 of them in a year and that a bad one is a waste. Cooking was, she said, an art on a par with painting.

Yet despite her passion for culinary art, Toklas herself, not even five feet


From the day they met until Stein’s death, the two were never apart. Souhami writes:

They never travelled without each other, or entertained separately, or worked on independent projects. They regarded themselves as married. … In the stack of Gertrude’s manuscripts, most of them rejected by publishers until after her death, she wrote often of her love for Alice, whom she called her kitten, baby, queen, cherubim, cake, lobster and wife. When separated from Alice she felt low in her mind. And Alice, towards the end of her own long life, said that from the moment they met, ‘It was Gertrude Stein who held my complete attention, as she did for all the many years I knew her until her death, and all these empty ones since then.’

[…]

In herCookbook, written after out of a total of twenty years of lonely widowhood, Alice gives a gentle, teasing picture of the woman for whom most of the recipes were prepared. Gertrude, she says, was ‘always cheerful, agreeable and curious,’ did not like to see people working, had no time for officials or bureaucracy, liked American food and was good at finding mushrooms in fields. She never learned to reverse Auntie the car and spent a great deal of time changing spark-plugs. She disliked wasps, hornets, bees, spiders, centipedes and bats, and Alice would get rid of them with ‘determination, newspapers, a broom and pincers.’

There was nothing demeaning in her apparent servitude. She was the power behind the throne, the uncompromising promoter of Gertrude’s talent and the manager of


both their lives. She shaped their fame and promoted their public image. Those who wanted to see Gertrude were first checked out by Alice, and if Alice did not approve, they were turned away. It was she who selected the motto ‘a rose is a rose is a rose’ to appear in a circle on Gertrude’s stationery. Gertrude first used the words in a poem called ‘Sacred Emily.’ Above everything, Alice ensured that the quality of their daily life was orderly and agreeable. She cultivated the art of enjoyable living. Food, friendship, travel, painting, literature and conversation were its main ingredients.

But success, at least by way of cultural acclaim, came late in Stein’s life — by the time of her first bestseller, she was 58. Having just reachedthe zenith of her fame, Stein succumbed to cancer, leaving Alice widowed and heartbroken. Despite her own devastation, however, Alice once again put her love of Gertrude first: Per Stein’s will, Alice was free to sell anything she wished from Gertrude’s voluminous and prized art collection, valued at $6 million by 1967; but she knew how important these pictures were to Gertrude, so she set out to do anything she could to survive while keeping the collection intact. The Cookbook might have been her lifelong dream, but its ultimate manifestation was a survivalist business decision, its publication a source of income above all else. That it went on to become a cultural classic in its own right was, as far as Alice might be posthumously concerned, a side


well-known power of music to tap into brain circuits controlling emotion and movement, to actually control the brain circuitry of sensory perception. This discovery helps explain how drums unite tribes in ceremony, why armies march to bugle and drum into battle, why worship and ceremonies are infused by song, why speech is rhythmic, punctuated by rhythms of emphasis on particular syllables and words, and perhaps why we dance.

Schirmer and her graduate student Nicolas Escoffier from the University of Singapore first tested subjects by flashing a series of images on a video monitor and asked them to quickly identify when an image was flipped upside down. While participants focused on this task, a synthetic drumbeat gently tapped out a simple four-beat rhythm in the background, syncopated by skipping thesynchronizes brain waves.

The brain wave recordings also revealed a more surprising effect of rhythmic sound on brain function. Any sensory stimulus, such as seeing a picture or hearing a sound, will generate a brief brain wave in the region of cerebral cortex where such information is received and processed, much like the crack of a bat at home plate causes an eruption of cheers in a stadium. The researchers found that the sensory-evoked brain wave measured at the back of the skull over the region where vision is processed, peak each time the image was presented, but when the image was presented simultaneously with the missing drumbeat, the electrical response evoked by the picture was bigger than when the image was presented out of rhythm or flashed on


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obtain the assistance of counsel in two ways:  (1) by continuing their interrogation after he requested counsel, and (2) by eliciting a confession through an illusory promise of leniency.  We affirm.

I.

2
In September, 1986, the Indiana State Police questioned Lord about a missing person, Frederick Michael Thompson.  The police became suspicious of Lord because he was one of the last people seen with Thompson and because Lord's account of the events of September 5-6, 1986, contained some general inconsistencies.  On September 24, 1986, a county employee found Thompson's body, with a bullet wound to the back of the head, in a cistern beside an abandoned farmhouse.1  Following this discovery, the police returned to further question Lord, at which time they advised him of hisadditional information he wished to tell them.  While Sibbitt went to retrieve a tape recorder, Lord asked Munnier if he would be able to obtain a lawyer when he went to court.  Munnier replied that the court had a procedure for appointing lawyers.  After Sibbitt returned, the officers again advised Lord of his rights and, for the third time, Lord executed a waiver of those rights.  Lord then made further incriminating statements.

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At trial, Lord moved to suppress all statements he made after asking if there was any way he could get a lawyer.  After reviewing a videotape of the critical dialogue, the state trial court found Lord's request to be "equivocal and ambiguous, when viewed in the context in which it was made."


           CHARLES KNIGHT & Co., LUDGATE STREET.

                                 1846.

           LONDON: WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET

CONTENTS.

                                                             your minds, what do you think to do?’
  Minaya Alvar Fanez answered him again:
  ‘We are come here from fair Castile to live like banished men;
  There are here six hundred of us, besides some nine or ten;
  It is by fighting with the Moors that we have earned our bread;
  In the name of God, that made us, let nothing more be said.
  Let us sally forth upon them by the dawn of day.’
  The Cid replied, ‘Minaya, I approve of what you say;
  You have spoken for the best, and had done so without doubt.’
  The Moors that were within the town they took and turned them out,
  That none should know their secret: they laboured


not confined to words. The promises and
pledges which had been lavished to induce Sobieski to march to the
relief of Vienna, were broken and neglected after the service had been
rendered; and even worse than this, the Emperor refused to supply the
Poles with provisions and beasts of burthen when proceeding to fight
his own battles in Hungary. Sobieski recovered that kingdom which had
been promised to him if he expelled the infidels, but he recovered it
not for himself, but the Emperor. On October 12, a second victory,
which he characterized as greater than that of Vienna, delivered it
finally from the Ottoman yoke. The rejoicing of the Christian world was
universal when the result of the campaign was known; for all, Catholic
and Protestant, had been alike alarmed at the rapid and overpowering
advance of the Turkishfayllynge by men of the chyrche,
whych alway were wyth them. Rolland whych knewe hys ende by entyer
contemplacyon, hys eyen lyfte up to heven, and hys hondes joyned, al
stratched in the medowe, began to say thus, ‘Fayre Lorde God my maker,
my redemour, son of the gloryous moder of comfort, thou knowest myn
entencyon, thou knowest what I have doon. For the bounte that is in
the, by the grete mercy of whyche thou art envyronned, by the grace
whych in the aboundeth, by the meryte of thy passyon holy and bytter,
wyth a good and humble hert I requyre the that tofore the thys daye my
faultes, synnes, and ygnoraunces may be pardonned to me. And take no
regarde to the trespaces that I have doon to the, but beholde that I
deye for the and


high in the favour of the Persian monarch.
She urged him to spare his ships, and not engage with an enemy as
superior to his troops at sea as men to women; and said that nothing
was to be gained by a battle, for he was already in possession of
Attica, the great object of the campaign; and the adverse fleet, if
he only remained quiet, would soon be compelled to disperse for want
of provisions; while, if he advanced by land against Peloponnesus, it
would immediately separate, and all would fly to their several homes,
without caring to stay and fight in defence of the Athenians. Xerxes
acknowledged the advice to be good, but was guided by the opinion
of the majority; and attributing former defeats to the want of his
personal presence and encouragement, he determined toDominican monks that
the officers of that institution were chosen. The number of deaths,
however, began to diminish about or somewhat earlier than this time,
and grew smaller and smaller as the autumn advanced; and by the close
of the year Milan was delivered from this dreadful scourge.

The number who died in these few months was registered at 140,000, but
this is supposed to have been below the mark, because many persons were
privately buried by their friends, to avoid introducing the Monatti
into their houses.

The extravagant credulity of the Milanese, and the fury and crimes
which sprung from that credulity, may be partially excused on the
ground that in that age even learned men believed in the possibility
of exciting pestilence by means half–medical, half–magical, and that
evil spirits exercised a malign influence over the air, and interfered
visibly


for mere
credit’s sake), an electuary of London treacle and wood–sorrel (I am
persuaded a leg of veal and green–sauce is far better), bole–armeniac
(no whit better than tobacco–clay, except that ‘tis dearer and farther
fetched). If these avail not, if they light upon rich families (let the
poor shift for themselves), they will provide for them (taking a share
with them) pearls, hyacinth–stone prepared (after their gross way),
bezoar–stone of the east, unicorn’s horn (equivalent to harts–horn),
lignum aloes—strange they omitted gold, but that I believe they mean to
put into their own purse.”[126] The ridicule is not undeserved, when
we find such articles as crab’s eyes, julap of violets, oil of amber,
confection of hyacinth, and other preparations of precious stones
in the materia medica of the day. Dr. Thomson, however, has his own
‘Ternion of effectual Chymical Remedies,’a felon in possession of a firearm. The events immediately preceding the arrest are in dispute.
The defendant states that he and his companion were driving from the Algiers Project down Hancock Street, in Gretna, when he noticed Officer Panuski's patrol car parked by the roadside. The defendant testified that as he passed the patrol car he noticed that it began to follow him for a couple of blocks. The patrolman then blinked his warning lights and motioned the defendant to the side of the road. Cobb testified that the officer told him to get out of his car and allegedly asked the defendant: "Nigger, who has been shooting the police in Algiers?" The defendant testified that he told the officer that he did not know anything about a


shooting as he worked every day. He stated that he then informed the policeman that his wife's gun was in the car. The officer searched the car without defendant's permission and found the gun in the console between the two front seats. This incident occurred about 7:00-7:30 P. M. According to defendant he was arrested, badly beaten and then taken to the police station to be booked. He stated that he was never asked for his driver's license, which was in his *1240 wallet and he was never issued a traffic citation.
Officer Panuski testified to a different version of the arrest of the defendant. He stated that on July 28, 1979 at approximately 9:30 P. M. he was parked by the side of the road on Hancock Street.As he was seated writing his trip sheet he noticed a blue Oldsmobile which was weaving in traffic. He stated that as he followed the defendant's vehicle he noticed two males in the front seat. He signaled the driver of the vehicle to pull over to the side of the road and told the occupants to walk to the rear of their car. When the officer asked for defendant's driver's license, defendant claimed he had to return to the car for it. Defendant sat sideways in the driver's seat while he searched under the seat. (The passenger was at the rear of the stopped vehicle at this time.) As he continued to look for the license the officer stood outside of the car beside the open door. When


defendant slid open the door to the console between the bucket seats, Officer Panuski noticed the handle of a gun protruding from beneath a piece of paper in the compartment. Officer Panuski testified that the inside of the car was well lit from the street light such that he could see the defendant reach toward the gun. At that moment Officer Panuski drew his revolver and ordered defendant to freeze. Mr. Cobb continued moving toward the gun so Panuski pulled him from the vehicle. But Cobb pushed Panuski who began falling backward but was able to reholster his gun. Lieutenant Lawson arrived on the scene at that time[2] and assisted Officer Panuski in subduing defendant Cobb. (R., pp. 91-130).
While Officer Panuski was placing handcuffs on defendant the passengerwith the driver's door open. Officer Panuski was standing by the open door next to the defendant. The handle of a gun was visible as the defendant opened the console located between the two front seats. The gun became fully visible as certain papers which were partially covering it were removed by the defendant. The officer ordered the defendant to freeze as he reached for the gun. The officer had his service revolver pulled and pointed toward the defendant. Panuski testified that he struggled with defendant outside the car in the process of arresting him. The defendant was then subdued and handcuffed. The officer contacted his police station for a check of the defendant's criminal record. The officer was alerted that the defendant was a convicted felon. The


defendant was arrested for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Although the firearm was seized pursuant to a warrantless search, the search was legal under the guidelines set forth by the United States Supreme court in Terry v. Ohio, supra, and State v. Reed, supra. The officer, during a lawful investigatory stop took temporary custody of a weapon, for his own personal protection. He had reason to fear for his life, due to the defendant's action in moving his hand towards the weapon. This set of circumstances warranted the seizure of the gun. Once the computer check of the defendant disclosed the fact that he was a convicted felon, the officer was justified in retaining the item for evidentiary purposes.
The seizure of the weapon from the defendant'sthe following inscription "A true copy of the original on file in this office" and each was signed "Johnnie Koppel, Deputy Sheriff, Parish of Jefferson, La., March 10, 1980." The State Exhibit 6 was an original fingerprint card, under the original signature of Johnnie Koppel and dated March 10, 1979. The in globo exhibit, State Exhibit 7, consisted of the defendant's prior court record of the felony offense and each item in the offering was stamped and was under seal. The inscription reads "A true copy of the original on file in this office", and was signed "Debra Schnexnayder, Deputy Clerk, 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jefferson, La."
At the trial of this matter, Officer Johnnie Koppel testified that he was an employee of the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's


to NCIC in regard to Appellant's prior criminal record. If he had made the call, then a radio call back to Panuski, at the scene would have been made. If these two calls were not made, then Officer Panuski has not been truthful and he had no basis for Appellant's arrest, as he testified.
F. The radio tapes would have or will explain why the arrest register, from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Department, shows that appellant, Elbert A. Cobb, was booked at 6:32 P. M., more than three (3) hours prior to the time that the police had testified that the stop and arrest was made. The time in booking is shown in the following:
Assistant D. A. Hall: At this time, I am showing him the arrest register fromand medications. It's also a good idea to meet with a doctor if you have a family history of infertility, since some and parenting issues may be hereditary, says Dawn Stacey,LMHC (licensed mental health counselor). It can also and parenting a brownish discharge or bright red blood. It's no secret that gas and increased flatulence is a symptom of pregnancy, but for and parenting women this and parenting be one of their first clues to the pregnancy and arthritis symptoms changes, even before a pregnancy test. In the 1960s, he became and parenting by various experiments that the timing of conception within and parenting menstrual cycle and the acidity or alkalinity of the female reproductive tract helped determine parsnting baby's sex. If tests parebting ruled out other causes


A boy and his father playing with a new toy may have caused an international sporting furore between Australian and Honduras, after allegations of "espionage" surfaced when a drone was spotted at Olympic Park.

Honduras coach Jorge Luis Pinto launched a scathing attack on the Socceroos, accusing them of spying on his team, saying it was an embarrassment to Australia.

The Honduran football association, FENAFUTH, accused Football Federation Australia of attempting to film the visitors' training session at ANZ Stadium on Monday evening after a drone was seen flying over the venue. The team's staff filmed the drone as it flew over the players and were quick to suggest it was deployed by the Australians to try and gain an insight into their tactics and preparations.

Speaking at the pre-match pressOsgood and is employed by UBI.
*966 Around February 2000, the relationship between James Osgood and RDO soured. As a result, RDO ceased doing business with UBI. RDO contends that after February 2000, Matthew Osgood solicited RDO's customers to purchase potato flake from other sources by exposing RDO's trade secrets and making untrue statement to RDO's customers.
Also around February 2000, RDO contacted the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of North Dakota and the FBI, contending that UBI and James Osgood were skimming profits from it by failing to remit all proceeds from the sales of potato flake. An investigation was then commenced against UBI, James Osgood, and Matthew Osgood. No charges have been filed with respect to this investigation.
In March 2000, James Osgood brought suit against RDO in


the District of Idaho, alleging breach of contract for amounts unpaid to him under the management agreement. He subsequently amended his complaint to include various tort-based claims, which generally allege harm to his business reputation as a result of the FBI investigation.
RDO then brought suit in July 2001 against UBI, James Osgood, and Matthew Osgood in the District of North Dakota. RDO's suit against Matthew Osgood is based on its claim that he had disclosed RDO's trade secrets and tortiously interfered with RDO's business relationships.[1] In addition to the claims against Matthew Osgood, RDO alleges several claims against James Osgood and UBI, none of which are at issue here. James Osgood then interposed seven counterclaims; these counterclaims are identical to his claims in the District of Idaho. UBIreceived his first retirement check in 1981. In reaching this holding, the North Dakota Supreme Court found that the superintendent reasonably should have known of or discovered his potential claim in 1981 when he received his first check.
RDO contends that Snortland is directly on point with the circumstances presented here, arguing that Osgood should have known of the breach in 1992. This reliance, however, is misplaced. The Court agrees with Osgood's assessment that the breach in Snortland was a single, one-time event, that event being the failure "to properly and accurately report [his] compensation to the appropriate state agency responsible for determining and paying the retirement benefits." Id. at 577. Every payment after this event was merely the "resulting injury" of the initial "wrongful act." Id.; accord Brown


from his position as a shareholder. (Id. at 3.) Osgood also anticipated that the shareholders would likely utilize the "Texas Shootout Provision" contained in the shareholder agreement, which allowed them to force a buyout of his ownership. (Id.) In February 2000, representatives of RDO traveled to Boise to meet with Osgood. (Id.) During this meeting, Offutt accused Osgood of stealing from RDO. (Id.) Also during this meeting, "Offutt threatened to `ruin' James Osgood, and hinted darkly at political connections which would permit him to make good on the threat." (Id.)
Shortly thereafter, RDO initiated an investigation of James Osgood, Matthew Osgood, and UBI with the U.S. Attorney's office. (Id.) No charges resulted from this investigation. Osgood contends that this investigation arose because the shareholders did not want to buyhis freedom was short lived as Grimlord transported him back to Virtual Reality as Grimlord still needed Tyler Steele for his next plot. Outside of that, Dark Heart fits the category of Zelton's army.

Gunbots and Tankbots
Among Grimlord's forces were a group of heavy duty robots known as Gunbots and Tankbots. These robots are commanded by Grimlord and Blue Boar and were most distinguishable by their bulky appearance as well as their massive built-in firearms. They mainly serve as backup or support during a battle whenever a single mutant challenges Ryan. These robots are often transported in black minivans.

Air Stryker
Air Stryker (voiced by Dave Mallow) is a humanoid helicopter who serves as an aerial lieutenant. In one event, he collided with Ryan causing the Trooper to experience amnesia. He


out Grimlord's agendas and travel in twos or threes. In human form, Skugs apparently gained more individuality and intelligence than they normally have in their true forms, as evidenced by Ziktor's secretaries and inventor Strickland. When confronted by the Troopers, they change into their true form and split into a few more to increase the difficulty against their adversaries. They can shift through solid floors back into virtual reality. If the Troopers can't beat the Skugs in our world, then they must fight them in the "Battle Grid" (which is a last virtual outpost in a black hole) in a life or death situation. These characters are similar to the Putty Patrollers and Z Putty Patrollers and other foot soldiers in future Power Rangers seasons.

There are a rareoverheat a bit when attacked by all three before recovering, and in the end J.B. managed to destroy Serpentoid with the "Laser Lance" command. First stabbing him through the stomach, giving him heartburn, then finishing him off. Serpentoid fits the category of General Ivar's Machine Men army.

Photobot
 First Appearance: "Kaitlin Goes Hollywood" (10/09/95)
 Voice Actor: Terrence Stone

Half movie camera, half robot. Grimlord planned to use him to destroy the Troopers, and then photograph the loss for all to see. In battle, Photobot could blast a power laser from his camera lens-resembling eye. First JB and Kaitlin (who used her "Double Team command" in battle for the first time) attacked with a VR Double team, which didn't help much, and the Laser Lance impalement appeared to only tickle him,


yesterday and today.”
He said speed was necessary for bringing about prosperity and development and now the time was coming when fast will lead the slow.
The minister said despite of challenges the country had success stories as well and added that the present government had doubled the budget of higher education in three years.
To another query, he said strengthening of institutions was significant to overcome corruption adding that vibrant and robust civil society was necessary for ensuring transparency.
Reform, development and stability should be synchronised, it was the crux of the discussion.
Later, talking to the media, the minister said: “It is not a national service to make the national institutions controversial”.
He said the PPP should understand that people do not want disruption in the country.
Preparations for 2018 general election shouldinsights, and experiences that they gain from their service — sought-after assets for any organization in any sector.

Consider volunteers like Cully Davis, who served with Peace Corps as an English teacher in Thailand. Today, he is managing director at Credit Suisse, helping to oversee equity capital market growth in the Americas. And he credits his Peace Corps experience with fostering many of the traits critical to his day-to-day work, from patience to creativity to managing ambiguity. “These are skills I use today as a managing partner, identifying innovative high-technology companies and helping them finance further growth,” he said.

Jessica Graham spent two years as an AmeriCorps National Teaching Fellow with Citizen Schools in Boston. She currently works with tech giant Cisco in government and community relations, and her service


at the Aspen Institute, AmeriCorps Alums, and National Peace Corps Association — is the effort to formalize these connections and take what has been an informal network of employers to scale. Through this partnership, employers gain increased access to a dedicated, highly qualified, and mission-oriented pool of potential employees. National service alumni gain additional opportunities to apply their skills in the workplace.

One year since Obama’s call to action, nearly 250 employers from private, public, and nonprofit sectors have signed on as Employers of National Service. They’ve seen, as Stacey D. Stewart, US president of United Way Worldwide, put it, that the alumni of our nation’s service corps are:

Proven leaders with the commitment and resolve to get things done. They encompass diverse skill sets and experience that enable themunder which all adults who cross the U.S.-Mexico border without passing through an official port of entry are prosecuted. Following Trump’s signing of an executive order Plannlast week—only after the policy sparked international outrage—Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents will no longer separate families.

More than 2,000 children remain in detention centers without their parents, and the Trump administration is planning to detain families together indefinitely while adults await immigration trials.

Dozens of social justice groups were mobilizing their ranks to participate in the Families Belong Together protests this week, including Planned Parenthood, Win Without War, and National Nurses United.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American Medical Association (AMA) have both spoken out against the Trump administration’s practice of separating families, citing the grave psychological damage being done


Arizona, Kansas, Utah and Virginia are among the states that have turned to supply-side measures, such as strict structural requirements for abortion clinics that could force providers out of business. Nationwide, only 14% of ob-gyns offer abortion care, according to [NPR's "Shots"/Kaiser Health News].

[Theodore Joyce of the City University of New York and the National Bureau of Economic Research] writes that the supply-side strategy has been particularly effective in Texas, where a law called the Woman's Right to Know Act took effect in January 2004. The law includes demand-side restrictions that require women seeking abortion services before 16 weeks of pregnancy to receive certain information at least 24 hours before the procedure. After 16 weeks, the law includes supply-side restrictions requiring that abortions be performed in hospitals ora Christmas tree in the summer?! It would look so fake and ‘inauthentic’ when all the other trees are adorned with their natural beauty – leaves, flowers. When everything is green, the evergreens do not look so green anymore. But at Christmas even a shabby tree can look festive and proud when decorated.

This Christmas Eve I took my grandmother to a traditional service at a nearby Lutheran church. I grew up near this church and was even baptized there but in my childhood memories it stood as big, old, cold and dark. I was sitting in the wooden pew this Sunday and new memories were created. The church was still big and old but it was not cold and it was not dark. It was filled with people


(as expected on Christmas Eve) and our bodies helped to heat the place. It was filled with candles and lights and it made the atmosphere simply enchanting. Not to mention the focus of the evening – the Light of the world.

When we were walking toward the church before the evening service, my grandmother commented on the illuminated church tower which looked so majestic and inviting against the night skies. Her eyesight is starting to fail but it amazes me what details she catches. Anything that speaks of beauty and creativity. She always asks about the lights in the distance, she notices decorations in the shop windows and we stopped by a shop which had a disco ball. The ball was turning and it illuminated the sidewalk with whatCastle in the climactic battle of the Mexican-American War wrapped in the tricolor; the other five (all between the ages of fifteen and nineteen) fought to the death against the gabachos despite orders from their commanders to fall back. Sounds pretty valiant to me, but don't take my palabra for it: When American reporters asked President Harry Truman why he paid his respects to the chavos at their monument when he visited Mexico City in 1947, Give 'em Hell simply replied, "Brave men don't belong to any one country. I respect bravery wherever I see it."

Dear Mexican: Why is it that all Mexicans (not the pocho/Chicano Mexicans like me, but the border-brother ones) always have those stupid fucking stickers depicting the images of their huge families, with all


their names, from big to small, on the back window of their Chevy Astro vans?

Pocho Wanting Wabs to Stop Being So Stupid

Dear Wab:Mijo, were you around during the 1980s? Back then, gabachos used to hang mini-yield signs from their back-seat windows with stupid sayings like "Baby on Board" or "My Child Can Beat Up Your Honor Student." (Maybe you saw the Simpsons episode where Homer wrote a barbershop quartet song addressing the phenomenon, thereby catapulting him to international acclaim and an audience with George Harrison over a brownie?) Point is, folks in America have been putting crap on their cars since Henry Ford included a copy of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion with each Model T. Mexicans might seem to suffer more from this malady —Crowds of activists are arrested after they rushed past barriers and protested from the steps of the Capitol before the confirmation vote on Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, in Washington, Oct. 6. J. Scott Applewhite | AP

WASHINGTON — Amid protests in the streets nationwide and hundreds of arrests at the U.S. Capitol alone, the GOP-run U.S. Senate put Trump-named federal appellate judge Brett Kavanaugh on the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 6, cementing its right-wing majority. As people continued anti-Kavanaugh chants outside, retired Justice Anthony Kennedy swore Kavanaugh in to the court’s ninth seat – the one Kennedy had vacated.

The Planned Parenthood Action Fund organized marches and protests in 28 states, aided by the National Domestic Workers Alliance and other organizations. Women and their supporters demonstrated from one


the Ottaway News Service, as Port Jervis bureau chief for the Middletown, NY Times Herald Record, and as a researcher and writer for Congressional Quarterly. Mark obtained his BA in public policy from the University of Chicago and worked as the University of Chicago correspondent for the Chicago Daily News.Remembering a rabbi who marched

In October 1943, more than 400 rabbis marched on Washington. Among them was Binyomin Kamenetzky.

David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies

By Rafael Madoff, Special to The Jewish Star

When I first invited Rav Binyomin Kamenetzky to speak about his participation in the 1943 march by rabbis in Washington, I assumed he had spoken about that episode on many previous occasions. I was startled to learn that, in fact, his address to the June 2007 national conference of the David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies would be the first time he had ever publicly addressed the topic.

Rav Kamenetzky, like all of the other marchers whom I have interviewed, assumed that the protest had been a failure. After all, President Franklin D. Roosevelt had refused to


the rabbis had urged in their petition.

During the final 15 months of the war, the Board helped save more than 200,000 refugees. It did so by bribing Nazi officials, financing the sheltering of refugees, and sending emissaries (including Raoul Wallenberg) into occupied Europe to rescue Jews. The War Refugee Board’s efforts confirmed the principle at the heart of the rabbis’ march — that if the U.S. government showed the will, ways would be found to rescue people.

By leaving their pulpits and yeshivas and traveling to Washington that day, these rabbis had, without realizing it, played an important part in a process that ultimately led to the saving of lives.

Rav Kamenetzky’s remarks at the 2007 Wyman Institute conference, held at the Fordham University School of Law, moved many inthe march. Hopefully Rav Kamenetzky’s example of activism will inspire others to carry on the good fight.

Dr. Rafael Medoff is founding director of the David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, and author or editor of 16 books about Jewish history and the Holocaust.


Kenya set to introduce tax for taking selfies

Taking selfies, street preaching and hawking food will cost you more under new taxes proposed by different counties in Kenya.

In Siaya County, street preachers will pay KSh20,000 ($198) upfront per day to use lawns maintained by the county government if the Finance Bill 2018 is approved, reports Ugbliz .

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For a region popular for its local musicians fond of performing with live bands, an entertainment permit of KSh1,000 per night will be required. According to Finance Executive Mary Kimanzi, local operators of film/video shows will pay KSh1,500 per day.

In Nairobi, supermarkets and shopping malls will surrender a share of proceeds from private car parks and sale of packaging bags to shoppers as the county looks for new revenue streams to finance Sh32Held at St Mary-le-Tower and led by Canon Charles Jenkin, the service raised funds for the East Anglian Air Ambulance – providing a boost for the vital service that helps save hundreds of lives a year.

Readers at the annual event included Star editor Terry Hunt, Pip Duffy from the East Anglian Ambulance service and Amanda Long from the East of England Co-operative Society, which was supporting the concert.

Attendees enjoyed singing traditional carols, which were interspersed by special performances from the church choir. It was the third time the Star’s concert has been held at St Mary-le-Tower.

Mr Hunt said: “The service was very enjoyable and got everyone into the festive spirit.

“It was a chance to reflect on the past year and enjoy some splendid music from the church choir


and the organist Dr Giles Brightwell.

“I would like to thank Canon Charles Jenkin and his team for organising this celebration.”

Concert of Carols

Ipswich Star and East Anglian Daily Times Editor Terry Hunt gives a Christmas Greeting at the annual Ipswich Star Concert of Carols at St. Mary-le-Tower Church in Ipswich on Wednesday, 19 December.

The audience at the annual Ipswich Star Concert of Carols sing along at St. Mary-le-Tower Church in Ipswich on Wednesday, 19 December.

The audience at the annual Ipswich Star Concert of Carols sing along at St. Mary-le-Tower Church in Ipswich on Wednesday, 19 December.

The audience at the annual Ipswich Star Concert of Carols sing along at St. Mary-le-Tower Church in Ipswich on Wednesday, 19 December.

Canon Charles Jenkins gives a prayer at the annual Ipswich Star Concert ofCarols at St. Mary-le-Tower Church in Ipswich on Wednesday, 19 December.

Dr Michael Nicholas, director of music at St Mary-le-Tower Church leads the mens and boys choir in O Little Town of Bethlehem at the annual Ipswich Star Concert of Carols at St. Mary-le-Tower Church in Ipswich on Wednesday, 19 December.

A member of the boys choir at the St Mary-le-Tower Church sings in the annual Ipswich Star Concert of Carols at St. Mary-le-Tower Church in Ipswich on Wednesday, 19 December.

Members of the boys and mens choir at the St Mary-le-Tower Church sing in the annual Ipswich Star Concert of Carols at St. Mary-le-Tower Church in Ipswich on Wednesday, 19 December.


the time:

The Invisible Hand managed to severely damage this Star Destroyer, and a number of clone troopers are seen dying. The most reasonable explanation is that the Republic Star Destroyer was merely attempting to defend itself and disable the Separatist gun batteries that were damaging it -- the crew of the Star Destroyer was not trying to destroy the controls of the Invisible Hand and force it to crash on the heavily populated Coruscant.
Also, the crew of this Star Destroyer may not have realized in the chaos of battle that they were attacking the specific ship that had the Chancellor and Jedi on it. The Invisible Hand was not the only Providence-class dreadnought used by the Separatists.

A:

I would imagine the Clone Troopers would attack the ship to keepUpdate on AIDS and sexual behavior of college students: seven years later.
This survey of 54 single, sexually active college students indicated that there has been a significant increase in concern about AIDS compared to a survey on a similar sample in 1985. A majority of this sample have been involved in monogamous relationships during the past year and 35% have had the AIDS test on which no seropositive results were reported. Yet, despite an increase in AIDS in the nation's heterosexual population, the majority of students continue to engage in unprotected sexual relations. Nevertheless, the over-all pattern of results suggests that there has been a clear shift toward more conservative sexual practices compared to the casual lifestyles during the pre-AIDS era and the early 1980s.


written on them. Aces are worth 1 or 11, depending on what gives you the best score. Face cards counts as 10. The sum of your hand is displayed on screen beneath your cards.Betting and winning: Every round both player and dealer bets 5 IQ (or 10, if player say "Double"). The winner of each round takes the pot, or if it is a draw, the pot is divided equally. The first person to drop to an IQ of 40 has lost, and has also completed their bimbo transformation. The other person has then won, and has also become incredibly intelligent.Misc: When Jessica's IQ is high enough she counts cards and calculates probabilities, making her more likely to get a good hand. There is also a cheat togglewhich is disposed behind the recording medium to form an electric field between it and the recording head. The electrostatic ink jet recording head has an ink chamber which temporarily stores ink containing toner particles and a plurality of ejection electrodes formed near the end of the ink chamber and directed toward the counter electrode. The ink near the front end of the ejection electrode forms a concave meniscus due to its surface tension, and consequently, the ink is supplied to the front end of the ejection electrode. If positive voltage relative to the counter electrode is supplied to a certain ejection electrode of the head, then the particulate matter in ink will be moved toward the front end of that ejection electrode by the electric field generated


promote development and opportunities in the region, contributing to the prevention of the migratory phenomenon and attacking its structural causes simultaneously.

The initiative was made official via the signing of a joint declaration by the four Presidents of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico, last December 1, in the framework of the swearing-in of Andrés Manuel López Obrador as President of the United Mexican States.

The declaration emphasizes, among other ideas, the importance of addressing the migratory phenomenon in a joint fashion with a regional viewpoint since no one country can address this complex problem in an isolated way, as the Global Compact for Migration approved today by the conference in Marrakech sustains.A reporter said he was arrested Tuesday in Charleston, West Virginia for asking Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price a question about the cruel GOP healthcare bill that passed the U.S. House last week.

"Our First Amendment rights are under attack every day, particularly from the Trump administration."

—Jamie Lynn Crofts, ACLU of West VirginiaDan Heyman, who works for Public News Service, said he repeatedly asked Price whether domestic violence is considered a pre-existing condition under Trumpcare. Price, who was visiting the state capitol, refused to answer, and Heyman was suddenly arrested by West Virginia Capitol Police.

During a statement to local press, Heyman said, "I think they just decided I was too persistent in asking this question and trying to do my job, and so they arrested me."

"First time


Afghanistan, where U.S. investigators have learned many of the Sept. 11 hijackers trained. This suggests Zubaydah may have had direct contact with the hijackers and chosen them for training.

He also had telephone contacts with at least one student at U.S.
flight schools, according to a July 10, 2001, memo from a Phoenix
FBI agent.

The CIA, FBI and Pakistani authorities captured and wounded Zubaydah in a raid in Faisalabad, Pakistan, in March. He is believed to have masterminded the failed millennium bombing plots in Los Angeles and Jordan, and has been linked to failed plots to attack the U.S. embassies in Paris and Sarajevo.

Zubaydah was also indirectly linked, through a web of associations with other al Qaeda members in Europe, to lead Sept. 11 hijacker Mohamed Atta and his cell inseeing such a huge outpouring of support on a rainy Saturday for the creative community, and attendees and vendors had a great time. Many thanks to all who attended, and especially the vendors for their hard work!

The first time I met Erik Petersen was after an acoustic show he played in Clark Park after a night of Pointless Fest in Philly, on an unbelievably hot August weekend in 2005. I was on tour with my band Countdown to Armageddon, our friends Kakistocracy from Asheville, and Schifosi from Melbourne, and after the gig our friends invited us to join them to watch Erik play. Read More

After several months of work, the music video I filmed and produced for Duesenjaeger for the track “Woanders Mit Dav” is finally complete! The


cards into the ceiling decked out in his signature tux. I had the honor of making a documentary short titled “I’m Here on Wednesdays” with Mary Chakhtoura about Cliff last year, and we hosted a little screening at the Twilight in May while he was performing there. It was our first attempt at making a movie, and he was so awesome and patient in working with us on the project.Two bank robbery suspects, including one dressed in a green leprechaun costume, have been shot dead after a St Patrick's Day chase and shootout with police in Tennessee.

A police spokesman said First State Bank in the Nashville suburb of Gallatin was held up by a costumed man carrying a large gun yesterday afternoon. The man fled the bank with an undisclosed amount of cash and jumped into a waiting car driven by the other man.

The police spokesman said the suspects fired at police during a car chase. At least one shot hit a police car, causing it to stop.

The two fugitives then ran into a field and were killed during a shootout with officers.

The stolen money was recovered from the getaway car.

Police said no one else was hurt.

Sharon


Riehemann, manager of the Fifth Third Bank next door, said she saw a man in a green top hat, vest and shorts and a fake beard run away from First State Bank with a blue bag in his hands. She said he had just been in her bank but left without speaking.

"He started to come in, then looked at his watch, then turned around and left," she said. He walked toward the other bank, and then a couple of minutes later he ran out of the bank with a blue bag in his hands, Ms Riehemann said.

Police are still trying to identify the two men. The officers involved in the shooting are on administrative duty while the investigation continues.

Last December, a man wearing a Santa Claus suit -Stephanie Smith loves music.

A registered practical nurse and full-time student, Smith, 33, used to spend most of her free time going to see live bands, checking out the local music scene in her hometown of Hamilton.

But when her husband Craig, an artist and chef, started going to breakfast events hosted by the Barton Street Battalion, the CPL’s first supporters’ group, she decided to tag along.

“There was no way I was missing out on breakfast,” she quipped.

Trading in late nights for early(ish) mornings quickly became routine, and what began as an excuse to eat bacon and bagels grew into a love for soccer and her fellow Forge FC fans.

“The group started getting bigger and bigger,” recalled Smith, happily reminiscing about her early days as a Forge supporter.

“The excitement from


Behind the business

Copywriter and author, Marilyn Messik was a regular contributor to national magazines when her children were small and, not being one to sit on her thumbs, she also set up a children’s party business, working from home before opening first one shop and then another. After several years, she then (low boredom threshold!) completely changed direction and moved into the travel market, initially focusing on New England in the U.S.A.

Her advisory, planning and booking service flourished and she concurrently set up a publishing company to make information more widely available. The U.S.Welcome Selected Hotels & Inns annual publication was a lush, full colour guide to independent hotels, country inns and B&Bs which eventually grew to take in accommodation all over America.

The growth of the directory ledto invitations to speak at industry conferences and Marilyn became a board member of the Professional Association of Innkeepers and was made an honorary member of the New England Innkeepers Association for her work in promoting that area. As a niche company, the U.S. Welcome promotional budgets were limited but strategic alliances with organisations such as North West Airlines, Johansens and the Debenhams Group, offered opportunity to reach optimum numbers of targeted consumers and the publication was finally bought out by Thomas Cook Publishing.

Subsequently, Marilyn set up Create Communication to work with businesses, helping them shape their messages to optimum effect. Her clients now range from start-ups and SMEs to corporates; in fields such as legal, financial, medical, publishing, the arts and commerce.

She’s a serial networker on the


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Ilana Glazer, Broad City (Comedy Central)

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Bradley Whitford, Transparent (Amazon)

Josh Charles, Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central)

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Peter Gallagher, Togetherness(HBO)

Susie Essman, Broad City (Comedy Central)

Best movie made for television

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Matthew Rhys,Obama’s Defense-Spending Crisis

On February 24, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel walked into the Pentagon briefing room to deliver a speech unveiling the defense budget of the United States for the coming fiscal year. Two days later, gunmen without insignia on their uniforms began occupying key positions in Crimea. It was the start of a Russian takeover of the Ukrainian province, a move that has touched off the biggest crisis in Europe since the civil war in the former Yugoslavia in the early 1990s.

The disjunction between those two events is startling—and worrying. The defense budget Hagel has produced is based on the assumption that (as President Obama often says) the “tide of war is receding.” Therefore, in this new era, the United States can afford to slash military manpower


levels to focus on longer-term research-and-development projects while relying on a small number of Special Operations Forces and unmanned drone aircraft to protect American interests. Similar assumptions have been made before. They underlay the defense budget cuts of the 1920s, the late 1940s, and the 1990s. In each case, those assumptions were tragically flawed and left the United States unready to face conflicts once they erupted.

But never before has the refutation of the budget-cutting logic occurred within 48 hours of the budget’s unveiling.

Yet even as Russian troops were overseeing the annexation of Crimea, thus raising the risk of a major war in Europe for the first time in decades, the budget-cutting imperative in Washington remained unaffected. Indeed, it is likely that Hagel’s defense budget, which already contains significantthe Navy is likely to lose a total of 10 large-surface combatants (its bigger ships) and to see a two-year delay in procurement of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The F-35 is designed to replace aging F-18 fighters as the mainstay of the strike groups (the planes that take off and land on carriers).

The U.S. Navy is already down to a battle force of 289, of which only 104 are deployed at any one time to cover the entire world. As it happens, that is a slight increase from 2006, when it hit a low of 281 ships, but less than half the size of the 597-ship Navy of 1987 (to say nothing of the 931-ship Navy of 1967). The only year before 2006 in which the Navy


for almost one-third of global-defense spending,more than the next 10 countries combined. But the U.S. armed forces also have more missions to carry out than the next 10 armed forces combined. The U.S. military is the only true global force in the world today. It is expected to maintain the peace in Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region, to respond to grave humanitarian or security emergencies in other parts of the world, and to deal with transnational threats such as terrorism, nuclear proliferation, weapons-trafficking, and cyber attacks. Every other military in the world is regional in orientation. China, Russia, and Iran, to take but three prominent examples, are trying only to dominate their local area—they are not sending expeditionary forces around the world as the U.S.has done routinely since World War II. The U.S. military has to counter China, Russia, and Iran, among others, in their own backyards, while also dealing with a multitude of other threats, such as al-Qaeda. Put another way, our military routinely has to maintain dominance of all the seas, space, and cyberspace, while maintaining the selective ability to dominate the air and ground on any chosen battlefield.

That costs money.

Yet for all the budget-cutting going on in Washington, there has been no diminution of the missions assigned to the armed forces. They are still expected to carry out all their traditional peacetime responsibilities while being prepared for unforeseen missions, such as those precipitated by the bombing of Libya in 2011 and by the disaster of typhoon Haiyan in the


What's new in foot and ankle surgery.
This update summarizes recent research pertaining to the subspecialty of orthopaedic foot and ankle surgery that was published or presented between August 2009 and July 2010. The sources of these studies include The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American and British Volumes), Foot & Ankle International, and the proceedings of Specialty Day at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), held on March 13, 2010, in New Orleans, Louisiana, and the summer meeting of the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society (AOFAS), held on July 7 through 10, 2010, in National Harbor, Maryland.JP-2003-120231A (corresponding to U.S. Pat. No. 6,805,080 B2) describes a valve timing controller which controls opening and closing timing of a valve driven by a driven shaft by changing a rotation phase of the driven shaft to a driving shaft of an internal combustion engine. The opening and closing timing is changed by changing a pressure of oil in the advance chamber and the retard chamber in the housing so as to rotate the vane rotor relative to the housing. The relative rotation of the vane rotor to the housing is limited when the vane part of the vane rotor contacts the partition part of the housing.
When the oil pressure is comparatively low in each oil pressure chamber, for example, immediately after the engine start, the vane rotor


then interrogate you on all the details. It's so wonderful to have stories that defy people's expectations on life. Like if the guy in the craigslist date story was George W Bush, that would be A-list, and unexpected. Or, for example, the other day I got on the bus and this old lady followed me on and she was complaining and yelling at the bus driver about not running on schedule. Then some people were sitting in the exclusive old people/handicapped seating and she yelled at them. Then she went back to screaming at the bus driver. And all of a sudden the bus driver got up, came over to the old lady, pulled down his pants, and TOOK A SHIT right on the old lady's lap. ThenMILAN (Reuters) - An engineering study commissioned by Italian motorway operator Autostrade last year warned about the condition of a bridge that collapsed this week in Genoa, the head of the university department that conducted the study said on Friday.

Coffins containing bodies of victims of the Genoa bridge collapse are seen at the Genoa Trade Fair and Exhibition Centre in Genoa, Italy August 17, 2018. REUTERS/Massimo Pinca

Autostrade per l’Italia, controlled by infrastructure group Atlantia, manages the section of the A10 motorway linking the French border to the port city where the 50-year-old bridge gave way on Tuesday, killing at least 38 people.

Stefano Della Torre, head of the Department of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering at Milan’s Politecnico university, told Reuters the study flagged an “anomaly” in some