with the highest bidder being Mr Robert MacKay Sutherland (1849-1916) of Wallside who intended making it his principal property. The remaining contents of the house were removed and sent to auction in December.

Robert MacKay Sutherland was a native of Falkirk and, as a boy, had entered the business of James Ross and Sons. This was a chemical manufacturing business established in 1845 on the Forth & Clyde Canal in Camelon. It had expanded by leasing land at Limewharf for tar distillation and the establishment of the Philipstoun Oil Works near Linlithgow. In 1879 the business was transferred to a partnership between Sutherland (manager of the Limewharf Works) and Robert Orr of Kinnaird who had also risen through the ranks. Their timing couldn’t have been better for this wasthe period when industry across Victorian Britain was reaching the height of prosperity.⁹

In early life Sutherland had married Alice D. Fleming, the daughter of James Fleming of Carmuirs in Falkirk. They had a family of two sons and three daughters and eventually resided at Wallside House, Falkirk, the former home of the firm’s founder James Ross.

The interiors of Solsgirth House were representative of late Victorian opulence. (Knight Frank)

Away from his principal business Robert Sutherland was also a trustee and manager of the Falkirk Savings Bank as well as being a supporter of the Falkirk Infirmary from its conception.

Wealth and prosperity allowed pioneering entrepreneurs to improve their social standing and the Sutherland’s move to Solsgirth was typical of the day. One of Robert’s first undertakings was to connect the


courtyard buildings to the main body of the house. According to Pevsner – Perth and Kinross there was also ‘a sizeable extension added to the east, with crow stepped gables and oriel windows to the two-storeys south part and a single-storey billiard room wing, a mullioned and transomed four-light window in its gable, projecting boldly north’.

In what was probably Solsgirth’s greatest period it was followed with significant remodelling by the architect James Graham Fairley between 1910 and 1913. These modifications shaped the house that we see today.

The original house was remodelled and thickened to the north c.1910-13 by J Graham Fairley who gave this west part bracketed broad eaves and barge-boarded dormer windows. He heightened the south west corner as a French pavilion-roofed low tower containing the principalentrance in a segmental-pedimented surround of Jacobean inspiration. A much taller and ogee-roofed tower, also Neo-Jacobean, was built on the west side. At the same time he erected a Tuscan-columned screen in front of the low 1890s service range at the house’s east end. Interiors in a mixture of Jacobean and Frenchy manners but without panache, the principal room (the ballroom) apparently formed by Fairley throwing together two rooms of the 1890s.¹⁰

Robert Sutherland died following a long illness at Solsgirth House in August 1916. The estate passed to his son James Fleming Sutherland (1889-1932) who had also taken over the running of James Ross and Son. He married Edith Mary, daughter of Richard Fitzgerald Meredith of Barnabrow House, Cloyne, in County Cork, in 1918. They remained at Solsgirth


House until the late 1920s when they moved to Knockbrex Castle, Kirkcudbright, as well as taking a London residence at 27 Egerton Gardens.

By 1929 the Solsgirth Estate consisted of the main house, a Home Farm, two farms at Newhall and Muirhead and about 100 acres of woodland providing shelter for pheasant, partridge and grouse shooting over Muirhead Moss. The house remained unoccupied and James Sutherland had put the estate up for auction in July but market conditions were against him. This wasn’t a good time to sell a large country estate and two years later, in July 1931, the estate was offered by Knight, Frank and Rutley for the ‘upset’ price of £6,000 at the Estate Room, Princess Street, Edinburgh.¹¹ This time James Sutherland could take consolation thatthere was a person willing to take Solsgirth House but he wouldn’t have known that he only had a short time left. Twelve months later he developed pneumonia and died suddenly at the age of 43.

Taken from The Scotsman newspaper of 12 Jun 1929. (British Newspaper Archive)

Walter Alexander – the last of the Solsgirth entrepreneursThe new owner of Solsgirth House turned out to be a man whose name is decorated on our buses today. At the time of the purchase Walter Alexander (1879-1959) was living with his wife, Isobel Daly Alexander, at The Manor in Camelon, Falkirk. For a scanty sum he had procured a magnificent mansion that will always be associated with him.

When he bought Solsgirth House he was at the height of his career and the


rise of his firm was a romance of enterprise and industry. In 1902 Walter Alexander was working as a grate-fitter at Bonnybridge Foundry and in the evenings spent time with his two brothers repairing and selling bicycles. This was the era when the bicycle was a most popular form of transport and he had managed to save enough money to set up a bicycle shop of his own in Camelon.

It was while he was working here that Walter visualised the possibilities of road transport. He had a motor lorry which he used for haulage work, but on the two weekend nights fitted wooden forms, put a hood over it, fitted bicycle lamps inside, and transported people between Falkirk, Bonnybridge and Denny for the price of a penny. In1913 he launched Alexander’s Motor Service and acquired his first bus in 1919, which was regarded as a luxury vehicle at the time because it had glass windows on its sides. The bus had softer seats than the hard wooden forms, but had solid tyres. The bus ran between Falkirk and Kilsyth and was driven by his son, also called Walter, and who remained with the company for the rest of his life. On the occasion of a football match between Airdrie and Falkirk this bus was switched to take ‘fans’ from Falkirk to Airdrie and back. Packed to the door, with passengers on the roof, the vehicle made this trip on one memorable occasion, and the conductress brought back an unheard of sum of money which was


never equalled for a journey of similar distance by a single-decker. By 1925 the firm was thoroughly established, had started building buses, and by this time the fleet of vehicles numbered 40. Then came the introduction of pneumatic or ‘balloon’ tyres, and the firm never looked back.¹²

An early charabanc party in Walter Alexander’s chain driven Belhaven. His son, Walter Alexander Jnr is at the steering wheel and would later take over the company. (Falkirk Herald)

Express services were started from Falkirk to Glasgow, while there were developments in other directions. On 1st January, 1927, Mr Alexander acquired running rights to Perth, Dundee and Aberdeen, and on that day a through service from Glasgow to Aberdeen and vice-versa was also inaugurated.

Possibly the greatest achievement for Walter Alexander was the introductionof the famous ‘Bluebird’ coaches, an idea conceived by his son shortly after they arrived at Solsgirth House. In 1934 he launched the smart blue and cream vehicles (produced at the Alexander works) with the ‘flying bird’ symbol that revolutionised motor coach travel comfort with the absolute luxury provided. A further important development took place in 1928 when there was a consolidation of bus services after the government allowed railway companies to provide bus services. The London, Midland & Scottish (LMS) and the London and North Eastern (LNER) Railways, bought a large stake in the Edinburgh based Scottish Motor Traction Company (SMT) and acquired a controlling interest in Walter Alexander & Sons. The group comprised of SMT Edinburgh; W. Alexander & Sons Ltd, Falkirk; Western SMT, Kilmarnock; and


Central SMT., Motherwell. They, with smaller operators provided a network that many believed ‘couldn’t be bettered by any other country in the world’.

It was arguably with the money received from the SMT that Walter Alexander was able to buy Solsgirth House.

In 1945 bus operations were nationalised by the Attlee government and the coachbuilding assets were transferred to a separate company called Walter Alexander and Co (Coachbuilders) Limited in 1947.¹³

Isobel Daly Alexander died in June 1935 and Walter commissioned a chapel to be built at the east of the property. He refurbished much of the interior making use of the original wallpaper in the dining room, redressed the library with French walnut woodwork, built an ornate stone loggia with tiled floor and remodelled the drawing room and ballroom aswell as providing en-suites to the bedrooms.

Walter Alexander remained at Solsgirth House until his death in 1959.

The ballroom. The scene of many happy family occasions over the years. (Knight Frank)The Chapel. Built to the east of the house by Walter Alexander. (Knight Frank)

His coachbuilding company, now run by his son Walter Alexander Jnr, prospered while the bus operations were eventually absorbed into three companies, Fife Scottish, Midland Scottish and Northern Scottish.

The coachbuilding operations eventually moved back to Camelon in Falkirk and, by the 1960s, they were also building buses in Belfast. Their buses were exported worldwide and in 1983 the company was named as the largest supplier of double-deck bus bodies in the world. In 1990 the Alexander family finally relinquished the business and it survived through various


owners. Today it is known as Alexander Dennis (comprising three famous names – Alexander, Dennis and Plaxton) employing about 2,000 people in the United Kingdom, continental Asia and North America.

The ‘Alexander’ name can still be seen on buses throughout the world. (Alan Sansbury)

The hotel years and uncertain futureAfter the departure of the Alexander family Solsgirth House remained in private hands. In 1996 it was bought by Bernie and Denise Burgin who used it as a family home for 15 years. In 2010 the estate was bought by a modern-day entrepreneur who rose from the humble beginnings of Stirling’s Raploch housing estate.

According to The Scotsman Steven MacLeod’s first foray into business was at the age of 10, washing cars and selling tablet and macaroon bars door to door. By14 he was washing dishes in a hotel and by the time he was 29 had bought Airth Castle Hotel in Stirlingshire. In time he added Melville Castle in Edinburgh, Glenbervie House Hotel, Larbert and the Hotel Colessio in Stirling, all operating as part of the Aurora Hotel Collection.

However, recent events don’t make happy reading for Solsgirth House. In January 2017 newspapers reported the hotel had closed down leaving many couples who had booked weddings looking for alternative venues. Steven Macleod accused Perth and Kinross Council of “bullying” the venue after it emerged that the council’s building control and licensing department had raised concerns over the hotel. Concerns had been raised by Scottish Fire and Rescue and building standards representatives and a number occasional (alcohol) licenses had been


refused on the basis that the premises were ‘unsuitable for use for the sale of alcohol’. It had regularly hosted receptions of up to 400 guests.

Stephen MacLeod claimed his company had planned a significant investment in Solsgirth House and that he had been in advanced discussions with the local planning department. “However, the group’s plans were thwarted by the onerous requirements of the building control and licensing departments of Perth and Kinross Council, and the costs associated with these made it prohibitive to operate the business.”¹⁴

Steven McLeod, of Aurora Hotels Collection, faced disappointment when he had to close Solsgirth House as a hotel and wedding venue in early 2017. (Falkirk Herald)

In 2017, 147 years after it was built, Solsgirth House was placed on the market with offers over£1.95 million. Ironically, the property agent was Knight Frank who had marketed the house back in 1931. (The ‘Rutley’ was dropped from the Knight Frank name in 1996)

The interior is predominantly Neo-Jacobean and French, characterised by high quality ornate plasterwork, carved timber archways, timber panelling and parquet floors. (Knight Frank)Solsgirth is a large, well-detailed, late 19th century country house, broadly Scottish Domestic in style and enlarged in the early years of the 20th century introducing Neo-Jacobean and Classical influences. It is particularly distinguished by its Tuscan-columned garden loggia. (Knight Frank)

The single-storey loggia adjoining the south elevation. It is a Tuscan-columned screen with a low balustraded wall and moulded cornice. It is flanked by advanced, square-plan pavilions flanking with channelled rustication, round-arched openings; pierced parapets and ball-finials. Balustraded steps


alumina it would have to come from bauxite ore, which is mined in countries such as West Africa, the West Indies and Australia, causing huge environmental damage.

Osman, who took on the project under the University's Sustainable Energy, Pioneering Research Programme, has created a solution which is much more environmentally-friendly, effective and cheaper than the commercial catalyst which is currently available on the market for the production of dimethyl ether -- a biofuel which is regarded as the most promising of the 21st century. Osman says making the catalyst from aluminium foil cost about £120/kg while the commercial alumina catalyst comes in at around £305/kg.

Its unique thermal, chemical and mechanical stability means it can also be used as an absorbent, in electronic device fabrication, as a cutting tool materialThe Chinese University of Hong Kong has received a letter from the President of Student Union of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUSU) on 29 May 2010 for displaying publicly on campus a statue of the Goddess of Democracy and related art objects. The University Dean of Students has liaised with the President of CUSU to understand the details of the application.

The University respects freedom of expression but firmly believes that the University should always maintain political neutrality. It is the duty of the University to respect and defend the freedom of all members of the University to express different opinions and to hold different positions, and the University should not align itself with actions or activities which project a political position that would compromise the University°¶s


principle of political neutrality. The University°¶s Administrative and Planning Committee by secret ballot resolved unanimously to re-affirm the principle of political neutrality and for this reason could not accede to the request. The University understands the CUSU is exploring to organize some related activities, and has asked the University Dean of Students to continue to liaise with the President of CUSU.St. Thomas Aquinas Church (Palo Alto, California)

Started in 1901 and completed in 1902, St. Thomas Aquinas Church is the oldest church in Palo Alto, California and is a registered historic landmark. Its distinctive Carpenter Gothic Victorian style makes it a signature building for the downtown area.

The church is located just three blocks south of University Avenue. At the corner of Waverley and Homer Avenues, it's at the northern edge of the historic Professorville neighborhood of the city. The church was used as a location in the Hal Ashby film Harold and Maude (1971).

St. Thomas Aquinas Parish also includes two other churches, Our Lady of the Rosary Church and St. Albert the Great Church, both also in Palo Alto. The three parishes, as well as St. Aloysius Church in


brother's, if not better." In 1999 St Leonards Sixth Form and St Katharines Prep School opened their doors to boys for the first time; the school soon became completely co-educational.

St Katharines and St Leonards-New Park

St Katharines School was the original prep school of St Leonards, making full use of the campus and facilities while retaining a degree of autonomy. In March 2002 it was announced that the prep school would be relocated to the main building and renamed St Leonards Junior and Middle Schools. Following a further announcement in March 2005, St Leonards junior and middle schools merged with New Park School, also located in St Andrews, operating as one unit under the name St Leonards-New Park. In June 2011 it was announced that the junior school wouldScreaming Females at Subterranean on April 12, 2012

Marissa Paternoster of New Jersey-based three-piece Screaming Females used her vibrato vocals to lighten up Subterranean Thursday night. Accompanied by bassist King Mike and drummer Jarrett Dougherty, who backed up the only screaming female, Marissa, they gutted and devoured the night with gusto and unabashed vibrato. Paternoster tore it up with arpeggio guitar licks and ear-bleeding screams—yes—actual screams. Like a lioness, she roared on the stage and the crowd was smitten. Opening acts, Mayor Daley and Dethwarrant, both Chicago based punk rock bands, riled up the audience with noisy, silly nonsensical performances, with richly wild inhibition that tantalized the audience’s taste buds, warming them up for the anticipated headliner.

Basement show enthusiasts, Screaming Females have stuck by their philosophy that the DIY


space is the most comfortable setting to play live, which is how the three members met before they collaborated in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 2009.

Their latest record, Ugly, was released on Don Giovanni Records and recorded in the famous studio of local talent Steve Albini.

What was refreshing about the show was Paternoster’s ambition: She yelped and rattled her way through minor sound hiccups and “guitar troubles” for a nearly hour-long set.

Marissa’s voice is unique, likened to that of a strange mixture of Veruca Salt and the Sandwitches, a sort of yodeling that dates back to the times of Wanda Jackson, who the 1950s dubbed “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll.”

The night was female frenzied, with two chicks waling in Mayor Daley and Paternoster polishing it off with herA catastrophic landslide, one of the largest known on the surface of the Earth, took place within minutes in southwestern Utah more than 21 million years ago, reports a Kent State University geologist in a paper published in the November issue of the journal Geology.

The Markagunt gravity slide, the size of three Ohio counties, is one of the two largest known continental landslides (larger slides exist on the ocean floors). David Hacker, Ph.D., associate professor of geology at Kent State University at Trumbull, and two colleagues discovered and mapped the scope of the Markagunt slide over the past two summers.

His colleagues and co-authors are Robert F. Biek of the Utah Geological Survey and Peter D. Rowley of Geologic Mapping Inc. of New Harmony, Utah.

Geologists had known about smaller


portions of the Markagunt slide before the recent mapping showed its enormous extent. Hiking through the wilderness areas of the Dixie National Forest and Bureau of Land Management land, Hacker identified features showing that the Markagunt landslide was much bigger than previously known.

The landslide took place in an area between what is now Bryce Canyon National Park and the town of Beaver, Utah. It covered about 1,300 square miles, an area as big as Ohio's Cuyahoga, Portage and Summit counties combined.

Its rival in size, the "Heart Mountain slide," which took place around 50 million years ago in northwest Wyoming, was discovered in the 1940s and is a classic feature in geology textbooks.

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The Markagunt could prove to be much larger than the Heart Mountain slide, once it is mappedfractures and shear zones, along with the pseudotachylytes.

Hacker, who studies catastrophic geological events, said the slide originated when a volcanic field consisting of many strato-volcanoes, a type similar to Mount St. Helens in the Cascade Mountains, which erupted in 1980, collapsed and produced the massive landslide.

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The collapse may have been caused by the vertical inflation of deeper magma chambers that fed the volcanoes. Hacker has spent many summers in Utah mapping geologic features of the Pine Valley Mountains south of the Markagunt where he has found evidence of similar, but smaller slides from magma intrusions called laccoliths.

What is learned about the mega-landslide could help geologists better understand these extreme types of events. The Markagunt and the Heart Mountain slides document for the first time how large portions of


ancient volcanic fields have collapsed, Hacker said, representing "a new class of hazards in volcanic fields."

While the Markagunt landslide was a rare event, it shows the magnitude of what could happen in modern volcanic fields like the Cascades.

"We study events from the geologic past to better understand what could happen in the future," he said. The next steps in the research, conducted with his co-authors on the Geology paper, will be to continue mapping the slide, collect samples from the base for structural analysis and date the pseudotachylytes.

Hacker, who earned his Ph.D. in geology at Kent State, joined the faculty in 2000 after working for an environmental consulting company. He is co-author of the book Earth's Natural Hazards: Understanding Natural Disasters and Catastrophes, published in 2010.to other archaeans, is not consistent with the Neomura hypothesis. Instead, it supports the hypothesis that eukaryotes emerged from within one group of archaeans:

A 2016 study supports the 2D view. Its "new view of the tree of life" shows eukaryotes as a small group nested within Archaea, in particular within the TACK superphylum. However, the origin of eukaryotes remains unresolved, and the two domain and three domain scenarios remain viable hypotheses.

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at the expense of Pitney Bowes and its CMRS customers; (2) the Postal Service, through the promulgation of the CMRS regulations, breached the 1978 Statement of Understanding and related agreements, upon which Pitney Bowes justifiably relied; (3) the Postal Service did not seek a decision from the Postal Rate Commission authorizing the "fee" represented by the interest on advance deposits "appropriated and retained by the Postal Service," thereby exceeding the Postal Service's authority; (4) the CMRS regulations are arbitrary and capricious, in that they do not relate to any legitimate Postal Service purpose; (5) the Postal Service wrongfully appropriated monies, payable to Pitney Bowes pursuant to contractual arrangements between Pitney Bowes and its CMRS customers; and (6) the Postal Service's actions in promulgating the CMRS regulations and breachingGuadalupe on the back.

Originally the curator of an avant garde Los Angeles art gallery, Lopez con-ceived the El Vez concept as a part of a 1988 exhibition of Elvis "overkill." Subsequently, El Vez took his show to that year's Elvis Tribute Week in Memphis, where he performed both in front of Graceland and at Bad Bob's nightclub.

Traditionalist Elvis fans were far from amused, and Lopez barely escaped with his life. Undeterred, however, El Vez continues to this day, weirdly bridging the gap between the art world and Elvis fans. On January 8, 1993, he contributed to the celebrations that marked the issue of the Elvis postage stamp by performing at the main Hollywood Post Office on Wilcox Avenue.

When asked by a TV reporter how long this "Elvis thing"


A man inspects a house a day after it was hit by airstrikes carried out by the Saudi-led coalition that left six people killed and more than 40 others injured on May 17, 2019 in Sana’a, Yemen. (Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)

A U.S. Air Force veteran has registered as a foreign agent to represent the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as President Donald Trump invokes the Arms Export Control Act, bypassing Congress to unfreeze arms sales to the UAE and Saudi Arabia.

A bipartisan effort to end American support to the Saudi, Emirati coalition passed both the House and Senate earlier in 2018, yet failed to overcome a veto by President Trump. However, members of Congress are able to place “holds” on a number of proposed sales to Saudi Arabia and theUAE — a roadblock that Trump is now prepared to circumvent.

These blocked sales attracted the interest of lobbyists seeking to reopen the flow of weapons to the Persian Gulf countries. Government relations firm American Defense International (ADI) has represented the UAE since 2018, according to FARA filings found using OpenSecret’s Foreign Lobby Watch tool. On May 21, 2019, Todd Harmer, senior vice president at ADI, registered as a foreign agent for the UAE.

According to a biography on the ADI website, Harmer is a veteran of the Air Force where he served in several high-ranking positions including as Commander of the 63rd Fighter Squadron, Chief of the Commander’s Action Group for United States Forces in Iraq and as the Air Force Legislative Liaison for the House of Representatives.

Along with


million Yemenis face famine and hundreds of thousands of civilians have been killed by both sides. UAE forces have been active in the ground war against the Iranian-linked Houthi rebels, creating a series of private armies and military bases throughout Yemen.

The UN condemned a variety of violations of international law and human rights abuses conducted by both the UAE, Saudi Arabia and the rest of their coalition, along with those on the Houthi rebel side. The UN found instances of torture in prisons controlled by the UAE, along with sexual violence committed by UAE personnel against detainees. The report also states that individuals in the coalition, including those from Saudi Arabia and the UAE, have committed actions that “may amount to war crimes.”

The U.S. arms sales to SaudiArabia and UAE are particularly controversial, in part because some of the U.S.-sold weapons have been distributed by coalition members to third parties such as al Qaeda-backed fighters and other extremist militias fighting in Yemen.

The desire by the Trump administration to reopen the deals may be in part because of the renewed tensions with Iran. The Saudi and Gulf States coalition has been militarily opposing the Iranian-backed Houthis for several years and the U.S. has recently taken an aggressive posture against alleged Iranian threats in the region.

On May 24, the Pentagon said it would deploy 1,500 U.S. troops to the Middle East in the coming weeks. The deployment follows the movement of an aircraft carrier strike group, along with aircraft, into areas near Iran earlier in May.

Sen. Jim


At least six women have been killed in a Saudi airstrike targeting a funeral in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a.

According to a preliminary count, 10 people were also injured in the strike on Arhab district on Wednesday, Yemen's al-Masirah television reported.

It is not the first time Saudi Arabia hits funerals in Yemen.

In October 2016, a similar strike in Sana'a left more than 140 people dead and over 520 wounded.

The first strike on October 8 hit the hall of the funeral that was packed with hundreds of adults and children. The second came three to eight minutes later when medical personnel were trying to help casualties from the first attack.

People carry the coffin of a man who was killed in Saudi airstrikes in the Old City of Sana'a, Yemen, January28, 2017. (Photo by AP)

Doctors Without Borders, also known by its French acronym as MSF, has said the Saudi war on Yemen has left about 200,000 people facing shortages of food, water and medicine in the city of Ta’izz.

The head of MSF's Yemen mission, Djoen Besselink, said in a press conference in Jordan on Wednesday that attacks on hospitals, ambulances and medical staff had severely limited the MSF activities in the city, which he visited in January.

He added that he saw unprecedented levels of destruction at the four MSF-supported hospitals in Ta’izz, adding, "There's not a single room without bullet holes, the windows are gone, there's no more equipment. It's total failure."

Saudi Arabia has been engaged in a deadly campaign against Yemen since March 2015. Riyadh’s aggression, which


WASHINGTON — Former White House strategist Steve Bannon has struck a deal to be interviewed by U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team rather than appearing before a grand jury, CNN reported on Wednesday, citing sources close to Bannon.

Bannon had been subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury in Mueller’s probe of alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and any ties with President Donald Trump’s campaign, according to a person familiar with the matter.

A spokesman for Mueller declined to comment on the CNN report. A lawyer who represented Bannon in an appearance before the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee on Tuesday could not be immediately reached.

Bannon was a close adviser during Trump’s campaign and in his first months in office, but he was fired from hisThe Florida-based sporting icon faces occasional criticism that she pays too little attention to her homeland, playing the Fed Cup only when it suits her Olympic qualification aspirations.

"Despite the fact that she was raised in America, Maria is a real Russian patriot," Tarpishchev told R-Sport.

Sharapova, 25, was born in the Western Siberian town of Nyagan but moved to the United States when she was seven.

She has since been absorbed into US pop culture, often appearing on chat shows where tennis talk is little more than an icebreaker for the more meaty themes of fashion and style.

And despite Sharapova being one of the world's top-earning female athletes with sponsorship deals taking her income into tens of millions of dollars, Tarpishchev insists that fame and fortune have not changed her.

"Sharapova


is all about the image," he acknowledged. "But this is one fantastically gifted player ... These contracts don't knock her, she doesn't suffer from the dizziness that can come with stardom."

As Russia's Fed Cup captain, Tarpishchev has to manage Sharapova's whims when it comes to representing her home country.

She was accused in some quarters of only playing in 2008 and 2012 to get into Russia's Olympic team for the Beijing and London Games.Animals

The Botanical Garden neighbors the Tijuca National Park, with a wide area of preserved forests. This closeness allows many animal species to enter the Botanical Garden and use it in many ways. There are many nests and species that are well established inside the arboretum or in the preserved areas that search for food at the Garden.

To meet the demands related to the fauna, it was created the Project on the Conservation of the Fauna of the Botanical Garden (PCF - acronym in Portuguese) acting in many ways towards the protection, the research, and the preservation of the fauna of the Botanical Garden. The PCF is responsible for the identification and measurement of the number of individuals and for research projects in ecology and animal behaviour while also


prey. In the last case, the leaves (shapes as tubes or urns) play an active part to capture the insects. Nevertheless, none of them depends exclusively on the animals captured to feed themselves, since, as all the other plants they synthesize their own food by means of photosynthesis.

Vertebrates

Mammals

Many mammals live inside the arboretum, as it the case of the Ingram's squirrels (Sciurus ingrami), wooly opossums (Caluromys philander, Monodelphis americana), among others, which can only be seen at night, such as the big-eared opossums (Didelphis Aurita), porcupines (Coendou villosus) and crab-eating raccoons (Procyon cancrivorus).

There are also the visitor's favorite animals, such as the sloth (Bradypus variegatus), which can sometimes be seen at the arboretum, and the black capuchins (Sapajus nigritus), two species of the Atlantic Forest; Despite being extremelywell-adapted to the Botanical Garden, the Capuchins are considered an endangered species according to IUCN's Red List in the VULNERABLE category. They are the only primates that had adapted and survived in the urban environment from the eight original species. There is also a tourist primate commonly seen by the visitors: the Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus and Callithrix penicillata), originally from the Northeast and the Center-East. They are considered to be invading species in Rio de Janeiro that have been gaining space thanks to their survival and reproduction skills. Since they are not from the region, they became highly efficient predators, contributing to the decrease in biodiversity and to the extinction of native species.

The mammals are better seen at night, when they leave their hiding places, but the most


famous are the big-eared opossums (Didelphs aurita) marsupials that are well adaped to the urban environment and porcupines (Coendou espinosus), arboreal rodents, with special hair similar to spines, using the cities light posts and wires to cross from one tree to another.

Many mammals cannot be easily seen, such as the stealthy crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus), the delicate lowland pacas (Cuniculus paca) and many other small (and a few bigger ones) animals from many species and families.

The bats that swarm around the tree alleys during the night, perform a tireless job of pollination and seed dispersion, which helps the flowers of the Botanical Garden and the entire city. The Bats of the Botanical Garden can be better seen during the nightly walks offered once each month to the visitors.

Birds

Somealso those that are always seen and that are really popular, such as the rusty-margined guan (Penelope supeciliaris) and the channel-billed toucan (Ramphastos vitellinus), that was reintroduced in Rio de Janeiro during the 1960s, after almost being extinct.

Reptiles

There are three species of tortoises and turtles in the Botanical Garden, and the most famous of them live at the Turtle Lake. They are exotic animals of two species: red-eared slider and D'orbigny's slider l (Trachemys scripta – American and Trachemys dorbigni – Brazilian). Those animals, raised as pets, were abandoned by irresponsible people at the Botanical Garden for many years and now they are being taken care of and are controlled to avoid any harm to the environment and to secure their well-being. They can be seen daily under


the sun close to the fountain at their lake.

The third species, from Brazil, is the South-American Snake-Necked Turtle, (Phrynops sp) that lives at the Friar Leandro Lake. It can sometimes be seen on the giant water lilies or swimming around.

Many lizards are also part of the Botanical Garden's fauna, among which there are the common lizard, Tropidurus torquatus, that likes to stay under the sun at the Karl Glasl Grotto and the tupinambis (Salvator merianae), that hide in regions of more dense vegetation. There is also some record of snakes,(Boa constrictor) and green snakes (Liophis sp), that do not present any harm to the visitors.

Fish

Some species of fish can be seen at the lakes of the Botanical Garden. There are exotic species such as the carps of theJapanese Garden, tambaquis and wolf fish of the Friar Leandro Lake and native species, such as the angelfish and the armored catfish of other bodies of water.

Amphibians

Many species of amphibian reside at the Botanical Garden, contributing to the biodiversity and to the night sounds. Those frogs and toads help to control insects and serve as food to many predators, such as bats, primates, and birds. The batrachians of the Botanical Garden are the biggest stars, along with the bats, of the night walks guided by the Fauna Team.


pursuit of human longevity by using every medical means possible. The healthcare industry needs to rethink its role and simplify its approach to care. The older role entailed waiting for the patient to arrive and fixing problems based on her complaints. When we reverse those lens, the role might mean identifying precursors to problems and helping people maintain their health before they fall sick. It’s time we think about healthcare differently.

Praveen Suthrum is co-founder and President of NextServices, a healthcare technology and management company with offices in Ann Arbor, Michigan and Mumbai, India. Not coincidentally, he is a passionate alumni of the University of Michigan Ross School of Business.

Reflecting the increased industry attention towards healthcare,Disrupting Healthcare was the first panel of the three-day MIT GSW conference. It wasHe said his mention of keeping Carrier's jobs was meant to signify other manufacturing companies that might be tempted to move jobs outside the country — as Carrier long planned to do — in the future, and that he didn't even realize he had said it until he saw on the news that Carrier's workers expected him to make it happen.

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"About a week ago, I was watching the nightly news," Trump said, adding an obligatory dig at the media. "But they were doing a story on Carrier. And I say, 'Wow, that's something. I want to see that.'"

Trump recalled a "handsome" employee who was interviewed for the piece who didn't seem worried about the company's plans to move production to Mexico.

"He said something to the effect, 'No we're


The Ivan Venkov 'King's Folly' is Deer and Diamond Decor

If you're looking for a sumptuous sculpture to bring the great outdoors into your home, the Ivan Venkov 'King's Folly' deer cabinet is the classy creature to add an expensive dash to your decor.

Venkov, a Slovakian sculptor and artistic designer, converted the cut critter into a luxury item by adding an attachment that includes a crystal egg ornamental handle, a knob with hidden embellishments, and generous gold coating. The furniture actually has deeper meanings with every artistic touch as well, holding secret subtext in the significance of the details.

The half-cabinet half-sculpture may be a severed animal body but with the beautiful bling it boasts out of its backside, the Ivan Venkov 'King's Folly' piece will be a cherished treasureWhole Venue at

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Here East is London's newest venue with 33,000 sq ft of unique meeting and events space in the heart of East London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. This is a hi-tech space which is purpose-built for creativity and bringing people together to share ideas and be inspired. Ideal for conferences, TED-style talks, employee engagement, team building events and days. The space is flexible and can host a myriad of different layouts thanks to our in-house production team. We can easily accommodate meetings, dinners, awards galas, and consumer engagement events too.

Here East is London's newest and most exciting event space located in the heart of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Formerly the Press and Broadcast Centre used during the Olympics, the venue's First Floor Reception and Theatre


36% to people already on low wages, in order to boost Fremantle's "balances" (Fremantle has Charitable status, and so doesn't make "profit"), will surely
push these staff onto benefits. Whatever you call it, money is diverted from low paid staff into the coffers of Fremantle. With taxpayer funded benefits subsidising Fremantle's low pay policy.

The profiteering outsourcer attitude to public
sector work is not just about cutting staff pay. This was made plain in an exchange at the Commons Public Accounts Committee.

The
Committee put it to the boss of one of the biggest outsourcers, Serco's Alastair Lyons, that his company was making
excessive profits on the contract to tag offenders. He was accused of stashing these ill-gotten gains in a
company in the USA. Margaret Hodge MP, the chair of the committee,
stated that thequantity of the solution used for volume replacement, and need for mechanical ventilation were not the variables included in this review, which may have affected the research scope.

Despite the abovementioned limitations, this study concluded that children of preschool age were the main victims of burn accidents occurring at home and represented the largest contingent of pediatric hospitalizations for this cause. The results, similar to those described in the literature, added to the epidemiological knowledge of the population treated at the BCU-HEPA in Catanduva and demonstrate the need to raise awareness and provide guidance to parents and the general public, through educational programs and prevention campaigns.

Not only the biopsychosocial losses resulting from burns in children and adolescents must be considered, but also the ethical aspects of the issue. The


Woman Serves Stalker Cop with a Restraining Order, So He Killed Her and Shot Her Daughter

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Philadelphia – On Monday, a protection-from-abuse order was served on officer Stephan Rozniakowski, 32, of the Colwyn Police Department. Upon receiving the order, the enraged Rozniakowski who had a history of harassment, strapped on his bulletproof vest and weapon and went to the home of Valerie Morrow, 40, who had obtained the order against him.

The events that transpired next shock the conscience, and can be described as nothing less than absolutely horrifying. Rozniakowski proceeded to kick in Morrow’s front door to her home, then ran up stairs, shooting and killing Morrow.

“He came up the steps with his gun drawn, and as soon as he saw Mrs. Morrow and her daughter inthe hallway, he started repeatedly firing at them in their direction, striking Mrs. Morrow and also hitting her 15-year-old daughter,” Delaware County District Attorney Jack Whelan said yesterday.

The daughter suffered a gunshot wound to the left bicep, while Morrow was pronounced dead on the scene.

“Bridget fled into her bedroom, while, unfortunately, her mother lie dying in the hallway,” Whelan said.

Whelan went on to say that Morrow’s husband, Tom, a part-time cop in Morton Borough, returned fire from a revolver he retrieved from the nightstand, hitting Rozniakowski numerous times, potentially stopping what could have been a triple homicide.

Once out of bullets, Tom Morrow, who heard the sound of Rozniakowski reloading the magazine, jumped out of the second story bedroom window and ran to a neighbor’s home to call 9-1-1


on a broken ankle.

According to the criminal complaint, as cops were responding to the incident an odd transmission was received from the Delaware County police transmission system known as DELCOM.

Rozniakowski could be heard over DELCOM saying, “I’m unarmed.” He had brought along his police radio in the commission of this heinous crime.

“Who’s the actor? Tell me about the actor,” the dispatcher responded. “DELCOM, I am the actor,” Rozniakowski said.

As the daughter ran from the bedroom she claims to have seen Rozniakowski in the hallway mumbling apologies, as he held a gun to his head. She knocked the gun out of his hand and escaped from the home, according to the complaint.

Rozniakowski resigned from the department on Monday prior to the killing, according to Whelan. He is currently hospitalizedPutnam was elected president of the American Library Association in 1898 and again in 1904, and was appointed Librarian of Congress in 1899 by President William McKinley. He was the first experienced librarian to hold the post. He held the post until 1939 when he retired with the title of librarian emeritus to be succeeded by the poet Archibald MacLeish. Early during his administration, Putnam introduced a new system of classifying books that continues to this day as the Library of Congress classification. He also established an interlibrary loan system, and expanded the Library of Congress's role and relationships with other libraries, through the provision of centralized services.


durations of time. Accordingly, syringes have been devised which are equipped with a pressure gauge that is designed to monitor the pressure being exerted by the syringe on the contrast media as it is injected into the balloon that is located at the distal end of the catheter.
One of the most widely used types of pressure gauges used for this purpose is a simple standard strain gauge which is mounted on the barrel of the syringe. The strain gauge has a dial on the upper face of the gauge and a needle which is used to read pressures within a selected range. Commonly, the strain gauge is mounted to the syringe by the use of a threaded coupling. In other words, typically the syringe barrel is provided witha female threaded fitting and at the base of the strain gauge there is a corresponding threaded male fitting so that the strain gauge can be simply screwed into the female fitting to accomplish the desired attachment.
It is also customary in the art to construct the syringe apparatus from plastic materials in order to reduce the cost of the apparatus, thereby rendering the entire syringe apparatus disposable after a single procedure. On the other hand, the strain gauge device is typically a metal device and the threaded male coupling is most often fabricated from a machined brass part. On the one hand, in view of the relatively high pressures which are required to be exerted by the syringe on the contrast media, the strain gauge must be screwed


into the syringe barrel tight enough to prevent leakage from occurring as the syringe is operated. On the other hand, because the female fitting on the syringe barrel is customarily plastic and the male coupling on the strain gauge is brass, screwing the strain gauge too tightly can result in cracking and breaking the female fitting. Accordingly, care must be taken in the assembly of this type of syringe apparatus not to overtighten the threaded coupling.
Another problem which is encountered when attempting to attach the strain gauge using a threaded coupling in the mentioned manner, is that it is difficult to accurately position the dial of the strain gauge while at the same time tightening the strain gauge to the necessary degree without cracking the female coupling SinceTower Hamlets launches ‘Our East End’ quarterly after mayor kills off propaganda weekly

First front cover of 'Our East End' new quarterly launched by Tower Hamlets Council TH Council

A new magazine is being launched today in London’s East End replacing Tower Hamlets council’s once-controversial East End Life newspaper.

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Mayor John Biggs killed off Tower Hamlets council's 'East End Life' Mayor John Biggs killed off Tower Hamlets council's 'East End Life'

The new quarterly glossy, Our East End, now complies with government regulations on local authority publicity that is paid for out of council taxes.

Mayor John Biggs, who has been battling to get council spending back on track after allegations of malpractice under the


previous Lutfur Rahman administration, is banking on getting the government auditors out of the Town Hall after 19 months.

The auditors were sent in by the Communities Secretary to go through the books following widespread complaints and allegations of mis-spending and handing out public funds to often-unknown organisations favoured by the previous executive mayor.

The old administration—barred from office by the High Court last year—came under fire in Parliament for spending £1.5 million a year to run a weekly newspaper competing unfairly with the local press and using it for partisan propaganda.

Last edition of controversial 'East End Life' on May 16, 2016 Last edition of controversial 'East End Life' on May 16, 2016

Labour’s John Biggs pledged in his election campaign last year to stop its publication. The final edition appearedThe name Kodak has been synonymous with the world of cameras since the firm was founded by George Eastman in the 19th Century.

His vision to keep Kodak at the forefront of photography by the masses has seen its peaks and troughs.

George Eastman saw Kodak take off after pioneering roll film in 1886 - an alternative to cumbersome photographic plates normally only developed by chemists and specialists.

The opaque backing paper allowed roll film to be loaded in daylight. It is typically printed with frame number markings which can be viewed through a small red window at the rear of the camera.

It allowed people to carry around films without their exposure to daylight affecting their use.

$1 camera

Image caption Roll film was a major invention for Kodak

As roll film took off,


slides and 8mm home movies followed in 1936.

Cornered market

Kodak moments Kodak founder George Eastman produced the first camera film in rolls in 1883

The firm Kodak is set up in 1888 and launches the first consumer camera in 1888 with the slogan: "You press the button, we do the rest"

In 1900 Kodak introduces a consumer camera for $1 called the Brownie, which goes on to become a best-seller in America

In 1969 a Kodak camera is used by astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong during the first Moon landing

Kodak claims to have invented the world's first digital camera in 1975. It had a resolution of 0.1 megapixels; the camera was the size of a toaster Your Kodak moments

As with the Brownie, Kodak cornered the mass market again in the 1960swith the Instamatic. Using the new cartridge film which dropped into the camera without the need to attach to a reel, it was a huge hit. More than 50 million Instamatic cameras were produced between 1963 and 1970.

The cornering of the home photography market by Kodak was reflected in the figures; in 1976, the company sold 90% of the photographic film in the US along with 85% of the cameras.

Although competitors such as AGFA and Nikon have been rivals of Kodak for generations, it was Fuji who gave the firm the biggest headache.

In 1984, Kodak turned down the chance to be the official film for the Los Angeles Olympics, an offer Fuji snapped up without hesitation.

Fuji then took a large piece of the non-digital market in the mid


1990s, when it invented the single-use film camera.

In 1975, Kodak engineer Steven Sasson created what the company describes as the first digital camera, a toaster-size prototype capturing black-and-white images at a resolution of 0.1 megapixels.

Although the technology did not catch on immediately, analysts felt the company's failure to capitalise on this was the start of its decline.

Overtaken by rivals

Former Kodak vice president Don Strickland claims he left the company in 1993 after he failed to get backing from within the company to release a digital camera.

Image caption The switch to digital undermined Kodak's reliance on conventional film sales

He said: "We developed the world's first consumer digital camera but we could not get approval to launch or sell it because of fear of the effects on the film market...as Sony, and the surge of camera phones means consumers can readily share images with less hassle."

Where now?

Image caption Kodak's decision to focus on cheaper cameras is seen as a mistake

But what does the future hold for Kodak? If it ceases trading, will the name disappear?

"Kodak played a role in pretty much everyone's life in the 20th Century because it was the company we entrusted our most treasured possession to - our memories," said Robert Burley, a photography professor at Ryerson University in Toronto.

"One of the interesting parts of this bankruptcy story is everyone's saddened by it," he continued.

"There's a kind of emotional connection to Kodak for many people.

"You could find that name inside every American household and, in the last five years, it's disappeared. At the very


Pregnancy Counselling Services (PCS), a charitable organisation that claims to offer practical help and advice to enable people "to make informed decisions" about their pregnancies. As a teen, Rebecca had faced a crisis pregnancy of her own. When the child was born, she put it up for adoption. She wanted to be able to help other young people who were struggling to make a choice between keeping a pregnancy, adoption or abortion.

It was 2000, and Sarah* was 17, pregnant and scared, when her mother took her to see a PCS counsellor in Timaru. The session left her traumatised for years. "It felt like they didn't consider my feelings. They had one objective in mind, and that was to bring another baby into this world… I can remember beingto talk with someone who is understanding of their situation and willing to explore all options." Cogs gave PCS $8250.

In the same year, PCS also applied to Hamilton City Council for funding. The council granted $4600. The organisation also received money from the Catholic Church and anti-abortion group Voice for Life, formerly known as the Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child, or Spuc.

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Last year, PCS's 58 volunteers spent 386 hours in phone counselling, 108 hours in face to face counselling, took 1422 calls and 275 texts. They also gave clients $1534 worth of baby clothing and equipment.

Though the organisation says it's difficult to measure the impact that their counselling may have on a person's life, a few clients do leave feedback. "You care about people and


result.

Today, 36 years since it was registered as a charity, PCS has 12 branches across New Zealand, (from Whangarei, Auckland, Hamilton, Hawkes Bay, Gisborne, Whanganui and Wellington, to Timaru and Dunedin) and three phone hubs open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

In July, PCS ran two ads on Facebook. Both showed photos of pregnant women, with the organisation's logo and contact details, alongside the words, "Call us, we care!"

The PCS website makes no mention of the organisation's founding, anti-abortion purpose. On the homepage, the slogan, "We care. Call us," sits over an image of a worried looking young woman staring into the distance. Behind her, in soft focus, is a man with folded arms. A cartoon style thought bubble protruding from her mouth reads, "Should Idepression, anxiety and some alcohol and drug use, Boden says the increase was small - "on par with exposure to anything stressful".

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Sandy Simpson has volunteered with PCS as a counsellor for more than 20 years, and chairs the organisation's board of trustees. She says although PCS was founded as a anti-abortion charity and many of its counsellors are anti-abortion, this does not affect their professionalism with clients. She says they avoid taking on volunteers who are "extremely pro-life or pro-abortion".

PCS counsellors are not required to hold qualifications or be professionally registered. They are trained by other PCS volunteers, discuss cases at monthly meetings, and can attend annual conferences with other PCS counsellors and guest speakers. "The way we train our people is that, even if that kind of


their pregnancy with appropriate support, even if their first response was to seek a Termination of Pregnancy [sic]". Last year, speaking to student group Pro-Life Auckland, he said nine of the ten women who came to their practice in its first year seeking an abortion decided to "keep their babies".

Erin*, a former patient of Dr Hassan's at his Nelson clinic, St Luke's Medical Centre, where the crisis pregnancy centre is based, recalls being refused a prescription for the oral contraceptive pill. The mother of two had signed up to the nearest practice when she moved to Nelson with her family, and was unaware that Dr Hassan objected to both contraception and abortion.

She realised after he refused her the pill that he had strong beliefs. When she fell pregnantsomething to be treated with medication like a disease. He provided clients with a list of doctors that would provide those services.

Crisis Pregnancy Support's Māori liaison nurse is featured on Voice For Life's abortion law reform campaign page We Deserve Better, talking about her work at CPS. She is described as a nurse "who works in her community to uplift, nurture, and empower young pregnant wahine to keep their pēpi."

Last year, Crisis Pregnancy Support Wairarapa founding trustee and former chair Dr Mizpa Essed submitted to the Law Commission, saying if abortion was decriminalised, there would be "no protection at all for out little heart beating babies".

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Internal Affairs would not be interviewed for this article. In an emailed response to questions, the department would not say whether it was


Phase one of the new regime in Philadelphia was completed successfully in 2016 as the Eagles exchanged the inadequate Sam Bradford for the promise of Carson Wentz. Quarterback of the future secured, phase two began with the arrival of wideouts Alshon Jeffery and Torrey Smith in free agency. The playmaking overhaul, however, is as yet incomplete. The Eagles remain desperate to add a talented speedster, could use more depth on the perimeter, and need a legitimate lead back. Defensively, corner is pressing. Jim Schwartz needs at least two bodies capable of executing his jam-heavy scheme while isolated on an island on the perimeter. He further needs to re-tool a defensive line lacking a serviceable nose tackle. Here are a handful of prospects that could help.

Need: Developmental wide receiver

Theadditions of Jeffery and Smith were mere stop-gaps. Jeffery is only signed for one year, and Smith has not produced in a couple of seasons. Among the incumbents, Jordan Matthews is solid but nothing more, and patience with Nelson Agholor is almost spent. In order to expand the offense from head coach Doug Pederson’s conservative first-year scheme, a legitimate vertical threat is needed. Specifically, a receiver with game-breaking ability is a priority. Depending on the organization’s attitude toward retaining Jeffery over the long-term, Mike Williams could fulfil that criteria. Combining the pair sounds good on paper, but they might conflict because of the similarity in skillset. Rather, the Eagles might look to the other end of the size-speed spectrum.

Early-round target: John Ross, Washington

Assuming his medicals check out, Ross


also required at nickel, a position currently manned by Ron Brooks. Expect the Eagles to go hard and heavy in this stacked corner class.

Early-round target: Cordrea Tankersley, Clemson

Tankersley’s development has been a joy to behold through his two starting seasons at Clemson. Young corners are tested early and often in the ACC, but Tankersley held his own in 2015. Overall, he was excellent that year, yet he only emerged as a legitimate first-round pick through his performances last season. Tankersley is a long, versatile defender, capable of nullifying college football’s top receivers. He possesses outstanding press technique, transitions fluidly and is gifted with excellent ball skills. The Clemson corner could also execute the zone elements of Schwartz’s varied scheme because of his marvellous instincts and physicality attacking theline of scrimmage. Tankersley is right atop the second tier of corners.

"Reliable, gave up only one catch of 30-plus yards in 2016 and only one touchdown." Cordrea Tankersley profile:https://t.co/o9h1jYv0aN — PFF College (@PFF_College) February 28, 2017

Mid- or late-round target: Desmond King, Iowa

A disappointing Senior Bowl week hurt King’s reputation somewhat, but his performances at Iowa make him a tantalizing prospect. Covering long-developing crossing routes man to man is amongst a corner’s most difficult assignments, yet King thrived in those situations. He used his long frame to reject inside-breaking routes on a consistent basis in 2016. While King is most natural mixing it up physically at the line of scrimmage, he also possesses excellent zone awareness. He could legitimately thrive in a predominantly cover two or cover three scheme.


Stock Exchange.
B. Summary
This matter involves inaccurate and misleading statements
made by AMD to the public concerning its development in a "clean
room" of a 486 microprocessor which would be fully compatible
with Intel Corporation's ("Intel") 486 microprocessor. Beginning
in June 1992 and continuing through August 1993, AMD led the
public to believe that it was independently designing the
microcode for its 486 microprocessor without access to Intel
microcode when, in fact, AMD had provided its engineers in the
"clean room" with Intel's copyrighted 386 microcode to accelerate
the Company's development efforts.1/
AMD made these statements via press releases and filings
with the Commission, as well as during conferences with industry
analysts. The press releases containing the statements were
disseminated to the public. Many were also incorporated in AMD's
Form 8-K reports filed on December 15, 1992, April 22, 1993, and
June 7, 1993.In addition, the Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition
("MD&A") sections of AMD's Form 10-K report for its fiscal year
ended December 27, 1992 and its Form 10-Q reports for its
quarters ended March 28, 1993 and June 27, 1993 failed to
disclose AMD's use of the Intel 386 microcode.
On September 2, 1993, AMD issued a press release disclosing
for the first time that its "clean room" engineers had been given
Intel's 386 microcode and that some portion of Intel's 386
microcode was probably incorporated into AMD's 486 microcode.
The following day, AMD announced that it had intentionally
exposed its engineers to Intel's 386 microcode in order to
accelerate the development process and that approximately 25% or
600-700 lines of AMD's Am486 microcode were "substantially
similar" to Intel's copyrighted 386 microcode. Following these
1/ Microcode is the


AMD's Announcements Regarding Its Development of a
"Clean Room" Version of its 486 Microprocessor
In view of the uncertainty caused by the pending litigation,
AMD concluded that it was prudent to develop a fully compatible
version of Intel's 486 microprocessor that did not incorporate
Intel's copyrighted 486 microcode. At AMD's annual shareholders
meeting held on May 22, 1992, the Company disclosed that an
adverse verdict in the then ongoing 287 Microcode Litigation
would delay AMD's introduction of its reverse-engineered Am486
microprocessor inasmuch as the Company would have to develop an
"independently engineered microcode." At the same time, AMD
stated that it was confident that it could create a "clean room"
version of 486 microcode.
On June 17, 1992, the jury in the 287 Microcode Litigation,
returned a verdict holding that AMD did not have a license to
Intel's microcode and that AMD's 287August 6, 1992 meeting, AMD's senior management
was advised that the "clean room" would be given access to
Intel's 386 microcode to expedite the Company's development of
the Am486 microcode. At a November 1992 meeting, AMD management
was informed that the 386 microcode had been delivered into the
clean room shortly after it opened in early October 1992 and that
the engineers had been instructed to "[f]low chart/understand 386
microcode." Thereafter, a January 29, 1993 memorandum informed
management that "[t]he clean room has the 386 microcode, and they
have studied it in detail."
4. AMD's Disclosures Regarding the Clean Room 486
Microcode -- December 15, 1992 through June 4, 1993
On December 2, 1992, AMD moved for judgment notwithstanding
the jury verdict in the 287 Microcode Litigation and a
declaration that AMD's copyright license extended to future
generations of Intel microcode. The Court


provided Intel's 386
microcode to the clean room or that the Court of Appeal's
decision, if not overturned, would remove one source of legal
authority for doing so. In addition, during a June 22, 1993
conference with analysts, an AMD spokesman stated that "this
[appellate decision], incidentally, has no impact on our 486
business." The June 4, 1993 News Release was attached as an
exhibit to AMD's Form 8-K filed on June 7, 1993.11/
Despite the Court of Appeal's reversal, AMD went forward
with its "Independence Day" announcements. On July 6, 1993, the
Company issued a press release introducing its Am486
microprocessor incorporating "proprietary" microcode developed by
AMD. This press release went through at least ten revisions, but
it still did not disclose the clean room's access to disputed
intellectual property or discuss the possible impact of the
arbitration reversal on the cleanthe second
quarter ended June 27, 1993. In the MD&A, AMD stated that
shipments of its 486 microprocessors incorporating microcode
developed by AMD would begin in the third quarter of 1993. The
company went on to state that its future growth was dependent on
market acceptance of both the Am486 microprocessor with Intel
microcode and Am486 microprocessor with AMD microcode. AMD,
however, did not reveal the clean room engineers' access to
Intel's 386 microcode.
AMD also noted that it had filed a Petition for Hearing with
the California Supreme Court seeking review of the Court of
Appeals' decision reversing the arbitration award. While the
Company warned that an adverse decision by the California Supreme
Court could, among other things, preclude AMD from selling Am386
microprocessors with Intel microcode, the Company did not mention
that an adverse decision might also create legal risks for


following day, AMD
stated that: (1) it intentionally provided engineers with the 386
microcode "to ensure that we came to market quickly"; and
(2) approximately 25% or 600-700 lines of AMD's 486 microcode was
"substantially similar" to Intel's 386 microcode. For the first
time, AMD also acknowledged the existence of the second clean
13/ On December 30, 1994, the California Supreme Court reversed
the Court of Appeal's decision overturning the arbitrator's
award. Thereafter, AMD and Intel called a truce to their
long-standing litigation battles and entered into a global
settlement of all pending litigation. Under the terms of
the settlement, AMD received a license to manufacture and
sell 287, 386 and 486 microprocessors incorporating Intel
microcode.
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room and its ongoing effort to produce "squeaky clean" microcode.
On September 4, 1993, AMD's common stock fell 2 points; it
was the New Yorkinclude a definition of
"independently derived" or mentioning the fact that clean room
engineers had been intentionally exposed to Intel's 386
microcode, AMD overstated the protection that the clean room
approach afforded investors.
AMD's Form 10-K filed on March 26, 1993 (for the fiscal year
ended December 27, 1992) also failed to disclose the clean room's
use of Intel's 386 microcode in developing AMD's microcode for
its 486 chips. As discussed above, this uncertainty might have
had a "material unfavorable impact on net sales and revenues from
continuing operations" of a business division which accounted for
about 35 percent of total 1992 sales. The possibility that AMD's
486 microcode might have been tainted by the clean room's use of
Intel's 386 microcode was also a "matter that would have had an
impact on future operations and have not had an impact in


the
past." Therefore, disclosure was required within the MD&A.
AMD's Form 8-K filed April 22, 1993 contained the press
releases of April 19th and 22nd stating that AMD had been
developing "a `clean room' microcode in order to achieve
technological independence" by July 4, 1993. These press
releases contrasted the "Am486 with Intel microcode" with the
"Am486 with the AMD microcode" when, in fact, the clean room 486
microcode was developed by engineers who had access to Intel 386
microcode.
AMD's Form 10-Q filed May 11, 1993 (for the quarter ended
March 28, 1993) failed to disclose the clean room's access to
Intel's 386 microcode and thereby precluded the reasonable
investor from assessing material changes in financial condition
and results of operations that had occurred since the end of the
preceding fiscal year. Disclosure of the clean room's access to
Intel's 386 microcode wouldhave enabled the reasonable investor
to better assess the possible impact of the litigations on AMD's
operations and sales.
AMD's Form 8-K filed June 7, 1993 contained the June 4th
press release discussing the impact of the California's Sixth
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District Court of Appeal's opinion. The press release, however,
made no mention of the clean room's access to Intel's 386
microcode and the possible effect on AMD's efforts to compete in
the 486 market if the Court of Appeal's opinion became the final
decision in the case.
AMD's Form 1O-Q filed on August 2, 1993 (for the second
quarter ended June 27, 1993) claimed that shipments of its 486
microprocessors incorporating microcode developed by AMD would
begin in the third quarter of 1993. While the Company warned
that an adverse decision by the California Supreme Court could
preclude AMD from selling


Spend another Saturday with world-class opera when PBS airs No. 8 in its 11-part "Great Performances at the Met." On July 11, Bellini's music soars in "La Sonnambula," an updated production of the 19th-century Italian tale of a haunted sleepwalker who must prove her love. The program, sung in Italian with English subtitles, is scheduled for noon.

Confused about money? Financial historian Niall Ferguson will explain it all to you, with a look backward and forward, showing where money, and all the various financial instruments on which our economy relies, have come from. The four-part series "The Ascent of Money," an expanded version of a single hour that aired in January, begins July 8 on PBS at 9 p.m.

Life at downing street

"Number 10," the British drama series about thefamous occupants of that London address, brings to life the country's prime ministers. First aired on ITV in 1983, this seven-episode DVD box set ($49.99), available in the US June 30, covers top figures from the Napoleonic era to the 1920s, going behind the news headlines into the private lives and trials of Britain's leaders.

A cinematic view

As Iran's political upheaval spills across the news, several classic and perceptive films about Iranian society might give a perspective beyond the street protests and violence. "The Color of Paradise" (1999), by director Majid Majidi, tenderly portrays a blind boy's relationship with his widowed father who is contemplating remarrying. "The Circle" (2000), by Jafar Panahi and banned in Iran, is the haunting tale of a group of women released from prison who


suffer daily hardships and indignities. "Where is the Friend's Home," "Life goes on," and "Through the Olive Trees," all by Abbas Kiarostami and known as the Koker trilogy, revolve around life, death, and change in the northern Iranian village of Koker.

In a nod to the tough economy, the National Park Service is offering Fee-Free Weekends on July 18-19 and Aug. 15-16. Park concessions are also throwing in discounts. For more details go to: nps.gov.

Vivacious voices of India

Putumayo's CD compilations emphasize a "feel good" mellowness that can occasionally tumble into global Muzak, but "India," a compilation of pop music colored by India's lyrical film soundtracks, is an unqualified triumph. Ten selections perfectly blend hedonism with authentic touches of India's venerable musical heritage. While A.R. Rahman, composer of the "Slumdogthe steam. Similar to a vapor, they flow along with the steam path that exerts the impulse onto the turbine blades. As long as the droplets remain in this small size range, they do not have an adverse effect on either the operation or on the performance of the turbine. However, as they flow through the stationary and rotating blades, the droplets grow. During the contact with metal surfaces, probably in particular with the concave metal surfaces of the stationary blades, the small condensate droplets spread on the surface and form a closed condensate film that flows on the blades over the concave or convex surfaces subject to the effect of the shearing forces of the steam. At the trailing edge of the blade, the fluid film leaves


Thirty-some summers ago, when I was 15, I lost my virginity to a boy who didn’t care a bit about my emotional well-being. He was very popular, on his way to college in the fall, and sleeping with any girl who would spread her legs to have sex with him that summer.

Two weeks after we had sex for the first time, he and I and his best friend got drunk — me for the first time in my life — and I ended up having sex in a park with both of them. It was somewhat miserable for me to have sex consecutively with two young men, ages 17 and 19, and to hear the second one ask, in the midst of intercourse, “Are you using birth control?”the same cylinder of the machine. The loops at the free edge of the inner layer are then held on support arranged in a circle and the free edge of the inner layer is then held on support members arranged in a circle. The free edge of the outer layer is held by the needles until a relative rotation of at least 180 degrees between the circle of support members and the cylinder has been effected. The loops held onto the support members are transferred to the needles of the cylinder, and a final few rows are knit before the fabric is removed from the needles. PA1 U.S. Pat. No. 4,958,507 (Allaire et al.) discloses a method for closing the toe of a double-layered sock. A first course


knit by needles corresponding to the end of the tip of a first layer is transferred onto a central transfer plate of a machine where the sock is held. Knitting of the first layer continues from the tip to the mock-up edges. Then knitting is continued on the mock-up edges of the second layer to the tip, the knit tubular structure being suspended by one circular end, from the central transfer plate and, by the other circular end from the needle cylinder in the course of work, shaping the two concentric layers within each other. The initial course in standby on the plate is transferred to the needles of the cylinder to join the two layers together, and the toe is joined together by knitting.
While these methods haveTHE Watchet artist behind an enormous art installation commemorating the end of the First World War has been praised by Prime Minister Theresa May. Rob Heard from Watchet in West Somerset has single-handedly create the Shrouds of the Somme out of 72,396 individual shrouded figures which are currently on display in London's Olympic Park. In a personal letter to Rob, Prime Minister Theresa May said: "Your painstaking work crafting 72,396 figures for the 'Shrouds of the Somme' installation has resulted in a truly moving piece of art that is a poignant tribute to the terrible sacrifices of the First World War.
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Joe Chamberlain had already seen a shot saved when Fillingham popped up at the other end to head home on five minutes. He then doubled the hosts' lead,


again with a header, having been left unmarked from a free-kick in the 20th minute.
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A WEST Somerset artist has been working to create an extraordinary piece of commemorative art to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War. Created by Watchet's Rob Heard, the enormous scale of the Shrouds of the Somme brings a genuine sense of the true cost of the conflict, while remembering those who gave their all as individuals.
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WELLINGTON AFC will look to take confidence from last weekend's win as they go to Hengrove Athletic tomorrow . Wednesday night saw them knocked out of the Les Phillips Cup by Toolstation Western League Premier Division high-fliers Willand Rovers.
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Harbour Community Bookshop, which is open from March to October, in Watchet faces closure due tothe building being in a state of disrepair. West Somerset Council had not renewed the lease on the building, on the Esplanade, in order to carry out repairs.
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The council's cabinet yesterday agreed an extra 22,000 a year to help support communities to run library buildings, and a commitment to retain 19 libraries under the authority's control. However, the extra cash will only be used to support community groups the council hopes will come forward to keep 15 under-threat libraries open.
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CHARGE: Abi Parr on the ball for Bishops Lydeard Ladies, beaten 5-2 at Middlezoy Rovers on Sunday. Pic: Ash Magill The game was goalless for the first 28 minutes, only for Jason Vincent to head the hosts into the lead.
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WELLINGTON came unstuck at home to Willand Rovers on Saturday,


the visitors winning 2-0 to leapfrog Bridgwater Town at the top of the table. The first half was a fairly even affair, though Willand saw a free-kick strike the post, and the teams went in goalless at the break.
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Community interest group Wellington Mills CIC will be holding a consultation day on Saturday, October 27, to reveal its plans for the historically important buildings. "We've been working with local heritage architect Claire Fear and her team at the Thread practice to come up with some radical new thinking for the site," said Keith Wheatley, a director of Wellington Mills CIC.
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WELLINGTON were unable to build on an early goal on Saturday, as visitors Bradford Town avenged a 2-0 loss earlier in the season. Joe Chamberlain's corner found the net withand Joe Chamberlain all found the net.
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THIS weekend's treat for local football fans is a Somerset Senior Cup clash between local rivals Minehead and Watchet Town at Irnham Road. Though the rivalry between West Somerset's two senior clubs dates back almost 128 years, the majority of the clashes were witnessed during the early 20th century when both clubs played in the West Somerset League, and meetings between the two have been few and far between.
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Conor Bryant and Joe Chamberlain bagged a brace apiece for the Tangerines, and Jack Bryant completed the scoring for Clive Jones' team, who are now 12th in the table. Tomorrow night sees Wellington host Buckland Athletic, and on Saturday they go to Cadbury Heath .
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Avon and Somerset Police Officers issued the appeal to find


a man involved in incidents of indecent exposure on the Old Mineral Line between Washford and Watchet. Police wanted to speak with him after two reports of a man indecently exposing himself to women.
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Charlie Bridges equalised for the Tangerines, only for Kyle Thomas to score the winner from the penalty spot with just five minutes to go. The result leaves Wellington 14th in the Premier Division standings, and this Saturday they are at home to second-bottom Shortwood United, who are yet to pick up a point this season .
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Avon and Somerset Police Officers issued the appeal to find a man involved in incidents of indecent exposure on the Old Mineral Line between Washford and Watchet. Police wanted to speak with him after two reports of a man indecentlyexposing himself to women.
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The event was organised by Robin Wichard from Living History Mobile Museum, who arranged for a 1940s military train to pass along the West Somerset Railway line. The event featured music and comedy from the 1940s at Minehead , Washford, Watchet, and Bishops Lydeard stations, performed by nationally-known artists, while the Watchet Film Society will present a special showing of "Guernsey Literary and Potato Society" on the Friday evening .
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TAUNTON Town play their second match since the departure of manager Leigh Robinson and assistant Michael Meaker tomorrow, as Bemerton Heath Harlequins visit for an FA Cup first round qualifying tie . The Peacocks fielded a young side at home to Street in the Southern League Cup on Tuesday night, and were beaten 5-2.
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WATCHET Bowling Club


had three representatives at the men's national finals at Leamington Spa this year - with two becoming English champions. Luke Townsend competed in the Champion of Champions event, reaching the second round; Sam Steel was in the Two-wood and Under-25 singles, making the semi-final; and in the National Pairs Neil Williams went with Sam Steel, and they won! As National Pairs champions, they go on to represent England next July against Scotland, and Watchet wish them all the best.
Comment?Located on the banks of the historic Frederica River, Epworth By The Sea is a ministry owned and operated by the South Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church. The property was purchased on October 29, 1949 and the gates opened in 1950.
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Did Hillary and Bernie connect with Hispanic voters?

This primary season has been historic for a number of good and bad reasons. We'll leave the bad reasons out for now, but I can't help but highlight the fact that, on Wednesday, the nation witnessed a major debate in both English and Spanish — with no subtitles — where diversity and bilingualism was embraced, not shunned.

Javier Galeano | Reuters

Democratic U.S. presidential candidates Senator Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton wave before the start of the Univision News and Washington Post Democratic U.S. presidential candidates debate in Kendall, Florida, March 9, 2016.

In the Miami debate, sponsored by the Washington Post and Spanish-language channel Univision, both candidates were far from perfect. Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders passed on the opportunity to denounce DonaldTrump as a racist. Clinton's use of the Spanish word, "basta" (enough) was a poor attempt to connect with the Hispanic audience. Comments by Sanders on immigration during his opening remarks seemed like an afterthought. And while a significant amount of time was dedicated to the topic of immigration, there was no mention of it in either candidates' closing statements.

Yet, for all the failed opportunities during the debate to win the Hispanic vote, Univision anchor and debate moderator Jorge Ramos forced the two candidates to make a bold statement on immigration and separate themselves from the Obama administration's immigration record.

During Obama's administration, more than 2.8 million people have been deported (through the end of 2015), according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement statistics. The official statement from the


When the show returns on Friday, Rafael is broke, homeless, and living with Jane after some hotel business went bad with Petra (Yael Groblas) and his kinda evil sister Luisa (Yara Martinez). Meanwhile, Jane had just been about to tell Rafael about her feelings for him when she went to meet the guy who had found the letter from her late husband Michael, only to discover it was her adorable first love, Tyler Posey. Or Adam. Whatever you want to call him.

Now, the question that has to be answered is whether or not this is a sexy shirtless argument with Rafael that sends Adam out of the picture, or a real serious argument that sends Jane's feelings out of the picture instead.

You'll just have to see!When the rabbits aren't on the course, they're leashed--and you know perfectly well why.) Spiegel Online

Updates & Recurring Themes

Of course the real Ganges River is ridiculously polluted [NOTW 536, 5-15-1998], but now the clueless Hindu immigrant population of New York City has found a home away from home: Jamaica Bay, adjacent to JFK Int'l Airport. It's a protected federal seashore, but getting harder to use as a seashore, given all the junk offerings Hindus make in the Bay. (Bonus: Unlike the Ganges, which at least flows, Jamaica Bay basically just sits there, and the trash bobs.) New York Times

Chutzpah! James Tesi is a "sovereign" [NOTW M199, 1-30-2011], except he's a variant, a member (caucasian, to boot) of the (black) Moorish National Republic, but he's nobody, he says, subject


fellow in a windowless room to perform rote tasks just tricky enough to make him have to think, but still rote, tasks involving numbers that connected to nothing he'd ever see or care about, a stack of tasks that never went down, and nail a clock to the wall where he can see it, and just leave the man there to his mind's own devices.New York Times [April 1]

The VA Gets Its Man: The Iraqi insurgents and the Afghan Taliban couldn't kill him, but Marine Clay Hunt finally met his match: U.S. Veterans Affairs bureaucracy (and its underfunding). He killed himself on March 31 after a two-year campaign fighting post-traumatic stress disorder with mostly shrugs from the VA, which at the end, had flat-out lost his paperwork. "Hewas held on the first floor of the St. Anthony. Guests were able to go ballroom to ballroom and enjoy the band, décor, and even a lounge area. The lounge area décor complimented the hotel and the entire wedding décor. Florals for the wedding were by DeVinnie’s Paradise. The band was Blind Date Austin. They did a wonderful job with entertainment and the guests danced non-stop throughout the reception. Lisa and her team with Haute Weddings, San Antonio did a wonderful job coordinating the wedding.

Michael Carr Photography is a Houston based portrait photography studio that has specialized in weddings and portrait photography for the past 20 years. Since the beginning, the studio has been owned and operated by Michael and his wife Lisa. The studio is available for


kind of place where children learned how to sail at about the time they started walking and were allowed to skipper on their own from the moment they proved competent enough.

From there, Peter got involved in water-borne environmentalism on the queen of the Hudson River, the sloop Clearwater (one of Pete and Toshi Seeger’s many give-backs to the community), and then he joined up with Greenpeace. There he rose to become captain of the Rainbow Warrior — and was in command when French terrorists spies government-employed-murderous-thugs sunk the ship with two limpet mines, killing one crew member, Fernando Pereira.

In other words, Peter has been there and back again, and has some very hard-won knowledge of what the real world is like — a view barred to those whodisasters like Katrina. The report claims that natural disasters tend to pull communities together, while man made ones divide communities.

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Katrina did not cause people to lose their way of life. An Iraq veteran who had been shrimping, lost his family when after he lost his job, the BP compensation payment only came to $1,700 for six month. He had been paid mostly in cash, and was unable to document his income. He feels like a failure, and has contemplated suicide.

Steve Pico tracked the problems of the Price William Sound communities after the Exxon spill. “The communities were blindsided, they did not realize what was happening to them until the suicides started, divorces started and domestic violence became acute.” Now he is seeing the same issues start sooner in


first noticed this guy playing it was the summer and I was reading The Picture of Dorian Gray (and later 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea). Now every time I hear him I think of Dorian, the Nautilus, and summer.

Downtown Grand Rapids had a fair amount of snow piled around town. I decided to head out on lunch, knowing full well there might be untouched sidewalks I'd have to trudge through.

Luckily nearly every sidewalk I had to take was clear of snow, and those that weren't had only a little snow. Someone even cleared part of Veteran's Memorial Park (though as you can see from the top photo, not all paths were cleared).

In the evening we took Peppy to the vet to get checked out. She's got a smallNews analysis

Wielding wealth and industrial might second only to the United States, the Chinese regime has employed imagery of the ancient Silk Road as part of a vision to take center stage in economic and political influence across Asia and Europe.

“One Belt, One Road” (OBOR), also known as the Belt and Road Initiative, has been a cornerstone of Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s foreign policy since he became head of the Communist Party in 2013. In the last few years, Beijing has invested hundreds of billions of dollars, and has called to mobilize up to $5 trillion, in energy, transport, and port projects in partnerships with scores of countries over the next five years.

Covering over 60 nations, OBOR projects so far have had mixed results. On the one hand,


south, and southeast Asia, as well as Siberia. It also includes a Maritime Silk Road that links Chinese ports with destinations on Indian Ocean coasts as far as eastern Africa.

Buying Influence

International scrutiny of OBOR’s economic feasibility has been paired with concerns that its driver, the Chinese Communist Party, is attempting to buy political allegiances to consolidate its geostrategic position. In an era where the CCP professes to avoid exporting communist revolution, generous offers for ambitious projects like dams and high-speed rail lines seem geared to align the interests of local governments with Beijing’s long-term aims.

The Trump Administration’s National Security Strategy, released Dec. 18, called for the United States to recognize and check the efforts of China and Russia to whittle away at the post-Cold War international order traditionallywage of just $12.38 per hour, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But Ikea's average store wage is heading north of $15. After its living wage announcement last year, the company opened two new locations -- one in Merriam, Kansas, and another in Miami -- and the higher wages (and attendant publicity) likely helped the company lure more candidates.

The nordic Ikea already has a pretty decent environmental record. Last year Ikea upped its game by raising the average minimum wage for US employees. They used MIT's Living Wage Calculator in their decision making process. The website purportedly calculates the living wage in counties and states of the United States. Ikea's policy used the calculator for its American retail businesses as a starting point for employees. That decision


was good news last year:The program has been a real success and Ikea announced that they are going ahead with scheduling a second round of raises. This was a surprise to conservative naysayers who assumed most Ikeas would have burned to the ground during the living wage apocalypse that happened last year after the announcement. Instead, Ikea claims that there are real benefits to trying to pay a living wage to the people that make you lots of money. It turns out that paying people better, treating employees better, makes things ... better. Ikea CFO Rob Olson was asked about the benefits:That's strange.a road in Canberra attracted a fine.

The former Labor government minister Terry Connolly was unapologetic for that tough stance.

"If the government sat back and did nothing and failed to enforce the law, when the first young person was killed or injured we would be held to account in this Assembly," Mr Connolly told the Legislative Assembly in 1993.

"We are not prepared to do that."

Squeegees seized by WA Police after four windscreen washers were charged over an alleged confrontation with a female motorist in February 2015. ( @BelmontPol )

Two years after the ban was lifted on window washers, the ACT coroner called for them to be banned again after finding the death of Lorraine Brown, 56, was in part due to the distraction caused by having her windscreen cleaned


at an intersection in Red Hill.

Ms Brown died when she drove off from the intersection and a truck with faulty brakes slammed into her car in 2003.

Calls to ban windscreen washers at traffic lights occur regularly in the ACT, and at times have even stemmed from the Government itself, but they have never progressed much further.

Why was the ban lifted?

The current ACT Government does not actually know why the law outlawing window washers was lifted, but said it had no plans to change the legislation.

It was an earlier Labor government, the Stanhope government, that changed the law in 2004.

Then Labor minister for urban services Bill Wood had the changes passed through with little fanfare among almost 40 other amendments.

The only official explanation given was that "new regulation 22Apermits the roadside activities prohibited by (the) new Australian road rules".

The replacement of the words "must not" in the national legislation with "may" allowed the new legal industry in Canberra to be born.

The Pedestrian Council's Mr Scruby has urged the Government to revisit the rule.

"These are the sort of things you see in Asia, where the death toll is two and three times greater than Australia, and that's why... because it's dangerous," Mr Scruby said.

People washing windscreens at an intersection in Canberra. ( ABC News: Ewan Gilbert )

Mr Scruby said pedestrian safety aside, the effect on a motorist who injured someone working on the road could be devastating.

"You hit that person and under ACT law it seems (windscreen washers have) got the right of way," Mr Scruby said.

"How


Manchester United look to have been handed a potential transfer boost as Paulo Dybala reportedly looks for a way out of Juventus after becoming unsettled.

ESPN recently reported of the Argentina international’s personal troubles at Juve, with Massimiliano Allegri giving him a reduced role in the team and Pavel Nedved telling him to get his act together a bit more off the pitch.

Don Balon now claim this friction with Allegri has led Dybala to become ‘determined’ to move away from Turin, suggesting Real Madrid could be his preferred move.

Still, United may also be interested in this development after recent links that they too were keen to snap up this exciting attacking talent.

While the Red Devils have just moved to bring in Alexis Sanchez from Arsenal this January, there couldCompany.
Nationwide Mutual is engaged in the business of holding substantial or controlling stock interests, primarily in life insurance and financial service corporations.
Nationwide's proxy statement of December 9, 1982 accurately recounts the history of the proposed merger:
In September, 1982, certain officers of Nationwide Mutual informally approached the President of the Corporation proposing the transaction. They discussed the general terms of the possibility of an acquisition by Nationwide Mutual of the remaining publicly held Class A common shares of the corporation for cash. They also proposed affecting a similar acquisition with respect to the outstanding publicly held shares of stock of Nationwide Life, the principal operating subsidiary of the Corporation.... In each transaction, Nationwide Mutual proposed that the public shareholders would receive cash for their shares. The president subsequently contacted


the two other members of the executive committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation who were not directors, officers, or employees of Nationwide Mutual or Nationwide Mutual Fire. The President reported on his discussions concerning the proposal. Following their preliminary discussions, those unaffiliated members of the corporation's Executive Committee retained independent legal counsel to advise them in respect of the proposal and to represent the interest of the public shareholders of the Corporation.
At a special meeting of the directors held on November 2, 1982, the directors of the Corporation were advised that on the following day the Investment Committee of Nationwide Mutual's Board of Directors would recommend to its full Board, and Nationwide Mutual's Board of Directors would consider, a proposal which, if made and accepted,counsel in respect of the proposal, and after reviewing in detail the report of First Boston in respect of the fairness of the proposed price, and discussing with representatives thereof the terms of its engagements and the scope of its opinion, the Evaluation Committee determined to recommend to the full Board of Directors of the Corporation that the Corporation accept Nationwide Mutual's proposals made on the terms presented to the Evaluation Committee.
On the following day, November 3, 1982, the Board of Directors of the Corporation met in joint session with the Boards of Directors of Nationwide Mutual and Nationwide Mutual Fire, and Nationwide Mutual formally presented the proposal to the Corporation.... The joint session was addressed by representatives of First Boston in respect of the proposed price payable


terms of the proposed merger to be fair to the public shareholder, based upon both First Boston's opinion and its review with representatives of First Boston of the terms and conditions of First Boston's engagement, and the scope of the investigation in giving the opinion.
The Evaluation Committee carefully reviewed with representatives of First Boston the terms of its engagement in this matter, particularly in respect of its relationship with Nationwide Mutual. The members of the Evaluation Committee concluded that, based upon its discussions with such representatives, it was appropriate in this case to rely upon First Boston's valuation and opinion in determining the fairness of the financial terms of the proposed merger to the public shareholders.
The members of the Evaluation Committee believe that, from a financial point ofThree billy goats live on one side
of a stream. They look at the grass on the other
side of the stream and decide that it is greener.
The only way to cross the stream is over a bridge,
under which a troll lives. The three goats cross the
bridge one at a time, from the smallest to the
largest. The first two goats are confronted by the
troll, but persuade him to let them go by telling
him that they are smaller than the next
goat..........
This is another version of - The Three Billy Goats Gruff


Adams kicks off headline tour with awesome London show

Ryan Adams played the first headline show of his current UK tour with a sprawling gig at London's Shepherds Bush Empire, and was joined on stage by friend and actor Johnny Depp last night (Thursday 18 September, 2014). See footage and photos below.

- Read our interview with Ryan Adams talking about the music he's working on with Depp here

We were there. It was brilliant. After the critical acclaim of his latest self-titled record and appearing at the Invictus Games and on Later...With Jools Holland this week, anticipation was high for Adams' return to headlining gigs in the UK. After building the tension with a seemingly never-ending dialogue track from 1950s pulp movies, he burst onto stage with a firey performanceof latest single 'Gimme Something Good'.

Flowing into Cardinals' classic 'Fix It' from Cardinology before a heart-wrenching rendition of 'Dirty Rain' from Ashes & Fire, Adams and band remained in high spirits throughout - feeding off the devotion of his howling, hardcore fans.

"I love you," one fan screamed. "I love you too," he replied, "it's an unconditional love, it comes with some fucked up songs."

It was a set that leant heavily on new material and Cardinals tracks - not to mention punky numbers from this year's 1984. As a result, the evening largely headed into freeform jams and open-road classic rock - with never a dull a moment.

Highlights came in the form of 'Easy Plateau', 'Trouble' and 'I Just Might', and the moment when Adams introduced his band to