tapes to replace punch cards. Mechanical engineer James A. Weidenhammer used a regular vacuum cleaner and baby pants to solve the final hurdles for successful implementation of magnetic tapes.

In 1960 IBM's Stretch computer became the pioneer of computer "multitasking."

IBM, which sponsored the invention of the electric typewriter in the 1930s, developed on the most popular business machines - the IBM Selectric in 1961. Rather than use keys, the Selectric used a rotating ball to type the characters. It could be easily removed to change the font.

IBM is very proud of its role in the U.S. space program that put a man on the moon. Dr. Helmut Hoelzer (left) and Dr. Randolph Hoelker make orbital calculations at the Marshall Space Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Flights of the 30 millionhorsepower Saturn rocket were simulated on an IBM 7090.

IBM introduced the first floppy disk in 1971. The memory disk was 8 inches in diameter and could hold 80KB of memory. It did not work well when dirty so IBM put covers on them.

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The IBM Personal Computer was introduced in 1981. It came with an Intel processor, 16KB of user memory - expandable to 256KB, up to two floppy disks, and an optional color monitor. The operating system was called DOS and was made by a 32-person company called Microsoft.

In 1986 IBM, scientists won the Nobel Peace Prize for the scanning tunneling microscope - which would eventually manipulate atoms to spell I-B-M.

The huge changes in the computing world caught IBM by surprise in the 1990s with the PC


1997, IBM launched "eBusiness," turning the Internet into a tool for business and ushering in the future of electronic commerce.

In 2000, IBM made a commitment to Linux with the System/390 mainframe platform.

In 2002 IBM named president and COO, Sam Palmisano, to succeed Lou Gerstner as CEO. Palmisano began at IBM as a sales rep in 1973 and moved up from there.

With the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, IBM developed the Blue Gene supercomputer which was introduced in 2004. It was originally built to help biologists observe the invisible processes of protein folding and gene development - hence the name Gene.

One of IBM's current inititives is called Smart Planet. Introduced in 2008, the plan promises a smarter planet and a new strategic agenda forNEW YORK (Reuters) - A decade on big U.S. banks are still running down and selling off crisis-era mortgages, a process executives point to as weighing on loan growth.

FILE PHOTO: Girls walk by a locked and boarded up home in Brentwood, New York February 10, 2012. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Eager to see a turning point in loan books, analysts count these portfolios as one factor, along with home equity loan runoff and new mortgage demand, to watch for when deciphering the true loan growth picture as U.S. second-quarter bank earnings start on Friday.

Wells Fargo & Co and Bank of America Corp executives have flagged portfolios from prior to the 2008-2009 crisis era where banks are no longer originating similar new products when they are asked to predict a turning point


The GoPro Karma recall was one of the biggest tech blunders of 2016 . GoPro had to pull out all units of its drone last November just over two weeks after the Karma was launched. Now, the company says it plans to relaunch the Karma sometime this year.

GoPro had a rough 2016 to say the least. The company suffered tremendous financial losses due to the recall of the Karma drone. GoPro was forced to take action and launch a refund programme when some units of the Karma reportedly lost power mid-flight. To make matters worse, the company announced by the end of November that it was cutting 15 percent of its workforce due to the Karma drone mishap.

The layoffs impacted more than 200 workers. The entire entertainment divisionshape of the reflective surface is generated in such a way that a cross-sectional profile along the major axis direction of the reflective surface is defined as a hyperbola and the reflective surface is determined by an enveloping surface enveloping paraboloids of revolution that have the same focus as the hyperbola and that are tangent to the hyperbola.
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The fact that conservatives haven't blasted Murdoch's links to Imam Rauf demonstrates the insincerity of their attacks on Imam Rauf and American Muslims. As Gitlin argues (and should be obvious from the book's title), Imam Rauf's book is in fact a celebration of the U.S. Constitution, an embrace of religious freedom and pluralism, and an outright rejection of radical fundamentalism.

Imam Rauf's critics -- like Rick Santorum who last night called him a jihadist -- attack him as being outside of the ideological mainstream of American political and religious thinking, but their claims are without merit. Indeed, the Bush and Obama administrations asked Imam Rauf to represent the United States to the Islamic world precisely because he believes that


UFCThe Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is a U.S.-based mixed martial arts organization, recognized as the largest MMA promotion in the world. The UFC is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada and is owned and operated by Zuffa, LLC. This promotion is responsible for solidifying the sport's postion in the history-books.
UFC is currently undergoing a remarkable surge in popularity, along with greater mainstream media coverage. UFC programming can now be seen on FOX, FX, and FUEL TV in the United States, as well as in 35 other countries worldwide.

I'm very excited for this fight. I think its going to be a close competitive exciting fight and great way to culminate the trilogy. Both guys seem very ready. I'm very level on who I thinks going to win this fight. There'smany different outcomes I can envision. I'm going to edge slightly towards Cain I feel hes the more well rounded and I believe will slightly edge out Junior in a hard fought decision.

JDS had a solid tune up with Mark Hunt. Giving him even more confidence in his knock out ability. He's trained with an Olympic candidate which will help in TDD, getting out of the clinch, and popping back up. If Gustaf was able to do it against the LHW title holder so can JDS as long as he's not exhausted.

He's studied the rematch and knows exactly what Cain is going to do. He needs to find the opening, remain composed at all times. He'll clip Cain finishing him eventually regaining the title and setting up a


venues will be music venues and the ice house will be the ice house."

He already has a germ of an idea of the band lineup for the first few weeks of business at the new venue, suffice to say, it would be memorable and very Texas.

For Katial, this new venue is another milestone in the catalog of work that Pegstar has done these many years in town since Katial began booking club shows in Houston in November 2001, the first at Numbers in Montrose. The name Pegstar was a nod to one of his pet cats. His first show was a fundraiser for the Red Cross in the wake of 9/11, and he got bit by the booking bug as a music fan and the rest is history.

Themeetings with the neighbors have gone well, he says, and Pegstar has already held sound tests to get a feel for what an outdoor concert would sound like. He wants the neighbors to be involved in planning and wants their input along the way. He didn’t get to attend the latest neighborhood meeting, which was where the Reddit leak originated from.

The city of Houston is supportive, he says, and the council member for the area, Mayor Pro-Tem Ed Gonzalez, is on board with Pegstar’s plans.

"I think it's an interesting concept and I am glad to see interest in the area as it has been rather desolate for some time," says Gonzalez, who grew up not too far from the property. He remembers a few decades ago there being


light on an underrated part of the city with the new development.

"If you look at the neighborhood, it’s a really cool spot. There is history that is here that has been hidden," he says.

Fitzgerald’s was the impetus for the new development on White Oak, so it is not a stretch to say that could happen here.

He laughs nervously at the prospect of being waist-deep in constructing a venue and also putting together a huge music festival next summer.

Johnny So, his business partner at Fitzgerald's and the new site, also is helping iron out the details for the complex, among other things, so he will still be tending to festival duties while hammers swing across town.

Planning for FPSF’s 2015 edition began the Tuesday after the festival ended. He’s listeninggroups like 350.org and Greenpeace are organizing online campaigns to oppose every new coal, oil, and natural-gas project in the country. Greenpeace, for one, has etched out the position that the only good fossil fuels are the ones that are left in the ground. The Sierra Club, meanwhile, claims the U.S. is ready for 100 percent green energy.

New England’s energy grid strained to keep up with skyrocketing energy demand in December and January when arctic temperatures hammered the region. Boston received a shipment of natural gas from an export terminal owned by Novatek — one of the Russian energy giants sanctioned in 2014. Russian oil and gas shipments, however, aren’t covered by U.S. sanctions.

Massachusetts’ lack of pipeline infrastructure forced the state to rely on coal production during the


percent of the electricity makeup delivered this winter on the PJM Interconnection, the regional transmission organization responsible for delivering energy to more than 50 million people, said the group’s president and CEO, Andrew Ott.

“We could not have served customers without the coal-fired resources; that’s the reality,” he said.

PJM burned so much coal, in part, because the price of natural gas skyrocketed during the cold snap, Ott said. Winter weather pounded Massachusetts and New York again in late February, dropping several inches of rain in the state. The cold snap will likely continue for the time being as spring nears.

The latest barrage is forecast to roar into New England and New York through Tuesday, bringing snow, strong winds and coastal flooding, forecasters told CNN Tuesday. The latest storm couldTo link to the entire object, paste this link in email, IM or documentTo embed the entire object, paste this HTML in websiteTo link to this page, paste this link in email, IM or documentTo embed this page, paste this HTML in website

V.13:4 p.161

THE BULLETIN OF THE RUBBER GROWERS ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATED)
Vol. 13. APRIL, 1931. No. 4
A meeting of the Council was held on the 30th March, 1931,
the following being the important business transacted:—
Membership of Council.
Sympathetic references were made to the great loss sustained
by the deaths of Mr. William Duncan and Mr. Noel Bingley, and
the Council placed on record their appreciation of the services rendered
to the Association by these gentlemen. It was agreed that the casual
vacancies thus created should be filled at the Annual General Meeting.
Rubber Research Institute of


the Kedah Health Board.

THE BULLETIN OF THE RUBBER GROWERS ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATED)
Vol. 13. APRIL, 1931. No. 4
A meeting of the Council was held on the 30th March, 1931,
the following being the important business transacted:—
Membership of Council.
Sympathetic references were made to the great loss sustained
by the deaths of Mr. William Duncan and Mr. Noel Bingley, and
the Council placed on record their appreciation of the services rendered
to the Association by these gentlemen. It was agreed that the casual
vacancies thus created should be filled at the Annual General Meeting.
Rubber Research Institute of Malaya.
Funds.—A letter from the Board was submitted dealing with
the negotiations which were proceeding with a view to Johore
contributing to the Funds of the Institute on the same basis as other
States. It was agreed to forward a copy of the letterNorthern District of Illinois. The federal-entity venue provision provides in

relevant part:

          A civil action in which a defendant is an officer or employee of the United
          States or any agency therefor acting in his official capacity . . . or an agency of
          the United States, or the United States, may, except as otherwise provided by
          law, be brought in any judicial district in which (A) a defendant in the action
          resides, (b) a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise


issue occurred in the Northern District of Illinois because: (1) the specific

certifications identified in the complaint were issued to businesses operating in Montana,

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Nevada, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Carolina; (2) there is no reason to believe that the

challenged policy and practice will apply to farms located in the Northern District of Illinois with

any greater frequency than anywhere else in the United States; (3) the Secretary of Labor, who is

ultimately responsible for the policy and practice, resides inin the

current record to conclude that the challenged policy and practice was formulated in the Northern

District of Illinois. Were this a challenge to the erroneous adjudication of a particular application

for a certification by the Department’s Chicago National Processing Center, venue might well be

proper in the Northern District of Illinois. But that is not what this case is about, and, at least as

the record now stands, the Secretary has failed to carry his burden of demonstrating that venue

would be proper in the Northern District of Illinois.

       2.      The Public and Private Interest Factors Also Weigh Against Transfer

       In any event, the balance of interests weighs against transferring the case from this Court

to


no disrespect to the people who scored it but that decision shouldn’t go through.

“This is bad for boxing, bad for me, and a rematch is accepted straight away.”

Hogan jumped out to a strong start while Munguia (33-0, 26KOs) struggled to find his rhythm while aiming to please the sold-out crowd of 17,000 in attendance for his first title fight in Mexico. The 22-year old from Tijuana hit his stride midway through the contest, but never to the point of befuddling Hogan who was fighting for the first time both in Mexico and for a major title.

Just when Munguia thought he was going to pull away with the win, his determined challenger turned the tide at the worst possible time. Hogan landed right hands every time the defending titlisthe had previously been convicted of a

crime punishable by imprisonment for a term of more than one year,

possessed   a   firearm   in   and     affecting    interstate       or    foreign

commerce.    On the same day the government filed its notice of
intention to seek enhanced penalties under 18 U.S.C. § 924(e) on

account of Huff’s three prior convictions for violent felonies or

serious drug offenses, namely his June 1982 Texas conviction for

burglary of a habitation, his June 1987 Texas conviction for

burglary of a habitation, and his December 1995 federal conviction

for possession with intent to distribute and distribution of

marihuana.     On December 30, 2002, Huff filed his


Thousands of students across the United States walked out of their classrooms and into the nation’s schoolyards and streets on Friday in a renewed, coordinated protest against gun violence.

The demonstrations, from the statehouse in Texas to a Chicago park, coincided with the 19th anniversary of the mass shooting at Colorado’s Columbine High School — a rampage that stirs students still, even though it happened before most of today’s high school students were born.

Friday’s walkout was the third nationally organized student protest in the two months since 17 people were shot and killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Students walked out of classes in March and held rallies across the country later in the month. They say that elected officials have not done enough toprevent school shootings despite a yearslong national debate and the grim roll call of campus killings since Columbine.

Shortly before the walkout on Friday began, at 10 a.m., another Florida high school was the site of a shooting when a 19-year-old man entered Forest High School in Ocala and shot a 17-year-old student before being apprehended by an officer stationed at the school. The victim was expected to survive.


Mark I. Pinsky is the author of The Gospel according to The Simpsons, The Gospel according to Disney, and A Jew among the Evangelicals. He is a former religion reporter for the Orlando Sentinel and the Los Angeles Times.
Karlin-Stanford University, CaliforniaABUJA, NIGERIA/PARIS—A cholera outbreak is underway in camps for people displaced by the conflict with Boko Haram in Nigeria's Borno state, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today, calling for other humanitarian organizations to join the effort to halt it.

More than 1.6 million people are now displaced in Borno state, the majority of whom are in the capital, Maiduguri. The first cases of cholera appeared a month ago in an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Maiduguri and then spread to two of the city's other IDP sites. As of yesterday, 172 cholera cases and 16 deaths have been officially recorded.

In cooperation with the Borno State health authorities, MSF is providing emergency medical and logistics services to fight the epidemic. From September


10 to 15, 187 patients were admitted to MSF's cholera treatment center, which has a 100-bed capacity. Sixty-four percent were severe cases. The least serious cases were treated in outpatient oral rehydration facilities.

In tandem with providing medical care, MSF initiated an effort in late August to improve hygiene and sanitation in the camp where the first cholera cases appeared. This includes the chlorination of water sources, provision of chlorine solution for hand-washing, and home disinfection when a case is identified.

Since then, MSF personnel have also worked in the second affected camp, where they identified a contaminated water source. In mid-September, MSF launched the same type of operation in the third affected camp.

"Once again, MSF and the International Committee of the Red Cross find themselves alone," as the onlyPopular Georgetown bar sued for assault, negligence

An Arlington lawyer has sued the company that owns a popular Georgetown bar, charging assault and negligence after an alleged altercation with bouncers that ended with the severing of his pinkie finger.

In a civil suit filed last week in D.C. Superior Court, Robert S. Dyer sued Restaurant Enterprises Inc. — operators of the Smith Point bar and restaurant — for $500,000 in damages.

The suit alleges that about 1:30 a.m. Sept. 31, 2011, Dyer had consumed seven drinks at another establishment before he walked into the bar in the 1300 block of Wisconsin Avenue NW. Dyer, 50, ordered a beer for himself and a friend, the suit says, and was then served three shots of vodka mixed with Red Bull, an energy drink.

September


and energy. Taking a hiatus from RLD production in 2006, Jennie took time to co-author the book "Good Mail Day" (Quarry Books, 2009) with fellow zine maker Carolee Gilligan-Wheeler.

Since 2009, Red Letter Day has produced a variety of one shot zines. Subject matter often deals with mail art, correspondence, or fluxus. Titles include:

Waiting (in English and Japanese)
Bench/Mark
Hello! My Name Is Mail Art
Flux(Us): A Love Story

In 2010, Red Letter Day launched the blog “Everyday Should Be a Red Letter Day”, which chronicles Jennie’s adventures in the world of mail art: www.redletterdayzine.wordpress.com

Zine Libraries and collections where Red Letter Day can be found:
The Little MagaZine Collection, San Francisco Public Library
San Diego State University West Coast Zine Collection
Multnomah County Library Zine Collection

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TokyoGiovanni Trapattoni's side have arranged games in Dublin against Northern Ireland (24 May) and Scotland (29 May) before a crucial UEFA EURO 2012 away qualifier in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on 4 June. They are also hoping to confirm another friendly in June against Italy, Trapattoni's native country.

Trapattoni has announced a 33-strong squad for the games but five players have been included provisionally as they are currently battling with injury: defenders Sean St Ledger and Darren O'Dea, midfielders Keith Andrews and Damien Duff, and striker Kevin Doyle.

The only new face in the squad is the previously uncapped Wolves man Ward who has been a regular in the English Premier League this season. Striker Caleb Folan is also back in the fold with Ireland after his move


to the United States. Folan joined MLS outfit Colorado Rapids from Hull City AFC earlier this year but has not played for his country since 2009.

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Each page (10 posts) in the forums will be considered half an hour. Therefor, when page 2 starts it will be 10:30am. Make sense? At least a little bit?

Myron decides that he has finally gotten the guts up to ask a girl out if he is attracted to her. He has been working on this weak part of himself for a long time and dammit he WILL ASK THIS GIRL OUT. He glances at the signature pad and says "Lily. That's a pretty name! Hey Lily, I was wonderin-"

Lily closes the door in Myron's face and walks back to the kitchen reading the return address on the large mailer with Frank's name on it. "Too small to be anything other than paperwork,


but still it could be interesting anyways." she thinks to herself.

Frank uses the soap as a microphone.

Joe looks around his room in bewilderment, still half asleep. "Where did the horse go?"

Myron tells himself "See? You are a loser. She wouldn't have slammed the door in your face if you were worth talking to." He dejectedly presses the "Down" button on the elevator and waits for it to arrive.

Lily carefully slides the paperwork out of the envelope. She reads the large letters at the top "Official RIAA Music File Downloading Violation Notice". She then remembers that Frank has given her at least 2,000 songs from his computer.

Frank shoves his head under the shower and lets it all rain down on him.

Joe slowly crawls up off the floor and startsStarfall

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Smoke and mirrors

Well, it certainly sounded like good news at the time. The question now is whether it was all just smoke and mirrors. The largest settlement in history in a mortgage-lending discrimination case was greeted as groundbreaking when the Clinton Administration announced it earlier this year. "The Columbia National Mortgage Co. will offer $6.5 billion in home mortgages and extra efforts to help 78,000 minority and low- and moderate-income families unlock the door to home ownership," Clinton said at the time.

The announcement followed an incident two years ago in which the Department of Housing and Urban Development sent three test groups to Columbia’s Fort Worth, Texas, office for random discrimination testing. This technique, frequently employed by HUD and other public and private organizations, consists of sending aVacillating between prose poetry and traditional narrative, the project aims to represent the fracturing mind of a young queer Christian living in the Deep South as she tries to reconcile her family, faith and orientation.

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aimed at ensuring fairness for consumers, no different to buying goods and services from shops on the ‘high street’.

Evidence of unfair penalties was also uncovered, including the case of one driver who paid the correct fee for parking, but was still fined £100 after they failed to type their vehicle registration correctly into the ticket machine.

Around half of car parks use automatic number-plate recognition technology to track vehicles, while some did not inform drivers that payment was required at all. The average fine levied on drivers was £75.

Peter Adamson, chairman of the Society of Chief Officers of Trading Standards in Scotland (SCOTSS), said: "The main problems we found were inadequate signage and ticket machines that were difficult to use or malfunctioning.

"We also found evidence of unfair application of[Malaria and pregnancy: attitude of health care personnel during prenatal care in Cotonou, Benin].
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the state of knowledge and use of drug in pregnant women diagnosed with malaria at the first prenatal examination. Survey data were conducted of physicians and paramedical staff working the public and private sector in Cotonou, Benin from November 1996 to January 1997. A questionnaire including items on the type of antimalarials used, therapeutic regimens and compliance with the treatment posology and duration guidelines as defined by the WHO and recommended by the National Program against Malaria. A study of informational supports allowed validation of responses obtained during the interview on the day of survey. A random two-degree, stratified sample of 208 prescribers including 109 physicians, 51


cherished within mainstream
society.

Change within
ISKCON

From this point of view, it may be concluded that
ISKCON has been very world-rejecting indeed throughout
most of the 70's, having deviant norms on all the
variables mentioned above. After the death of Srila
Prabhupada, the guru of ISKCON, in 1977, however,
things have greatly changed. Prabhupada had not given
clear directions about authority within the movement
after his own death. He had vaguely mentioned that
devotees might turn to his "godbrother" (=brother
disciple of his own guru) Sridar Maharaja in India for
spiritual direction. Some did that, but these were a
minority. Prabhupada had also, some years before his
death, established a Governing Body Commission (GBC),
consisting of 11 "gurus", all Westerners, who each
govern their own zone of the world. The movement is
threatened by a certain degree of fragmentation, since
the 11 gurus may have slightly different
interpretationsof ideology and norms (Sjöblom,
in the present volume). Overall, there has been a
slight turn towards less world-rejection, although for
a large number of devotees, even this has not bean
enough. Obviously tired of alienation from
society-at-large, they want an even greater degree of
world-affirmation, and they do not conform to the
direction of the gurus. Many have moved out from the
temples and collectives. They dress conventionally,
although they are still vegetarians, chant the Hare
Krishna mantra, and consider themselves devotees.

Change within
DLM

DLM has shown much greater changes, and even
oscillations, on the dimension of
world-rejection/world-affirmation. Although never
quite as world-rejecting as ISKCON (it never for
instance adopted Hindu clothing or shaved heads), it
started off in the West in 1971 as a clearly
millenarian movement. The leader, Guru Maharaj Ji,
claimed that he was going to establish peace in the
world during his lifetime.


There were many Hindu
traditions, such as arti and darshan, within the
movement, and most followers were vegetarians. Some,
but not all of the followers, who called themselves
premies ("lovers"), lived collectively in ashrams.
Meetings, satsangs, were held every evening.

In 1974, Maharaj Ji got married to a Westerner. The
marriage was not approved of by his mother and two of
his elder brothers, nor by many of his Indian
devotees. There was a split within the movement, with
all the Western disciples accepting Maharaj Ji's
authority, while only some of the Indian devotees did
so. It is obvious that it was also partly a question
of policy: Maharaj Ji wanted to "Westernize" the
movement. He disposed of many Hindu traditions, put
less emphasis on ashrams, organized the movement in a
Western fashion with a large headquarters, and made
serious attempts to become more acceptedby mainstream
society. There was a strong change towards greater
world-affirmation, but some of these changes were not
really successful. His attempts to normalize relations
to society-at-large were not noticed by the press,
which continued to write negatively about the
movement. Since then, Maharaj Ji has avoided
publicity.

In 1976, Maharaj Ji declared that he felt that the
organization had come between his devotees and
himself, and he disposed of the headquarters
altogether. During the latter half of the 70's, the
movement clearly returned towards greater
world-rejection, although perhaps not reaching the
same level as in 1971-73. The millenarian ideology had
lost its credibility owing to a slowdown in the
expansion rate, and the millenarian jargon gradually
disappeared completely. Emphasis was placed on
devotion to the guru, ashram life was again
encouraged, and satsang meetings were arranged every
evening.

In 1980, Maharaj Ji took a new initiative: he
declared that


he wanted to get rid of all the
"religious" aspects of the movement, in fact, he
wanted no movement whatsoever. All ashrams were
abolished, and people who had been living in them in
some cases for 10 years or more suddenly found
themselves back to normal life. He abolished all
satsang meetings. Divine Light Mission as an
organization was also abolished. Most followers
stopped being vegetarians, although to a greater
extent they continued the practice of meditation.
There are still meditation teachers who initiate
people into the meditation techniques known as
"Knowledge", and new followers are still gained. Since
there are no meetings, no ashrams, and in most towns -
even no centres, the nature of the movement has
drastically changed. Maharaj Ji does not call himself
a guru anymore, and he points out that he is not
perfect, but human.

The changes during the 80'swere gradual and not so
swift as during the period 1974-76. The followers were
also slow to adapt to the changes requested. Although
Maharaj Ji still has a following of about the same
size as before, DLM has moved very close towards the
middle point between world-rejection and
world-affirmation.

Change within
TM

As Woodrum (1977) has pointed out, TM has gone
through several distinct phases. Two of these (a
"mystical" phase in the early 60's, and a "cosmic
consciousness" phase in the late 60's) will be
disregarded here, in order to limit consideration to
developments since 1970. It is evident, however, that
TM would have identified itself with a higher level of
world-rejection during the 60's than during the early
70's.

In the early 70's, TM came very close to the middle
point between world-rejection and world-affirmation.
It claimed not to be a religion, but a scientific
technique which


with families
and responsible jobs. Ashram inhabitants, on the other
hand, were slow to respond to the suggestion to
abandon the ashrams and satsang meetings. The cause
for the latter transformation may thus be described as
a mixture of change within the leader and among the
followers.

Regarding ISKCON, the sources of change seem to
have been predominantly within the followers: When
Srila Prabhupada was still alive, he was driving a
strict, orthodox hinduistic line, leaving little room
for ambiguity. The Western lifestyle was considered
decadent, and the main reason for man's unhappiness.
However, after his death, the pressure from mainstream
society seems to have forced his followers towards
greater world-affirmation, especially in the absence
of strong, directive leadership.

In the case of TM, changes of direction seem to
have been mainly outlined by the leadership. The
reason for this may be sought in the fact thatten year old members of almost any
religious movement (not living in isolation from the
rest of the society) tend to be less devoted to its
cause than new members.

It is important to emphasize that a regression
towards the mean of social norms is by no means a
necessity in all cases. If a religious movement
succeeds in isolating its members from
society-at-large, for instance by establishing
alternative societies, a high degree of
world-rejection may be maintained for long periods of
time. For the Amish people, as well as for the
Laestadian Christians in Northern Finland, it has been
possible to retain a high degree of deviant social
norms for generations.

The friction between the movement's social norms
and those of mainstream society may also lead to
splitting or fragmentation within the movement. One
part of the membership may want to become
world-affirming, while others wish


Maharaj Ji was the savior who would establish
peace in this world during his lifetime. After the
unsuccessful programme in the Houston Astrodome in
1973, and the crises within the movement after Maharaj
Ji's marriage in 1974, the millenarian aspects were
diminished, and they disappeared completely in the
late 70's. The focus turned towards the establishment
of individual rather than world peace (Björkqvist
1982).

Goal displacement is even more obvious within TM.
In the late 60's, TM recruited from the youth counter
culture, the drop outs. Large numbers of these people
were following the example of the Beatles, who had
become practitioners of TM, and Hindu philosophy and
meditation came into vogue. The goal towards which the
TM movement claimed to strive, or the product it
offered to provide, was "cosmic consciousness", a
famous concept in the late 60's. Cosmic consciousness
was something the youth counterthe death of
the guru, than ISKCON and perhaps also DLM. The latter
is still, regardless of its present high
world-affirmation, very dependent on its leader.

An interesting fact is that two of these three
movements (TM and DLM) are at the moment primarily
client cults. This may be the reflection of a major
trend within NRMs today, which also seems
understandable from the sociological point of view. In
the large cities of Europe and USA, I have noticed
that sect-like NRMs, so frequent during the 70's, seem
to be diminishing. They also recruited followers from
the counter culture, which was in itself
world-rejecting.

Today, the counter culture has largely disappeared,
and a "yuppie" lifestyle is now prevalent among young
people. At the same time, there is an upsurge of
alternative therapies, self-development techniques
etc., which one may learn without dedicating one's
whole life to a guru.


as it has something to offer. In this context
too, competition may wipe the board of unsuccessful
enterprises. If movements manage to find their own
ecological niche, i.e. find something to offer to at
least a subgroup of society, they may survive.

References

Bainbridge, William S. & Daniel H. Jackson
1981 The rise and decline of Transcendental
Meditation. In Bryan R. Wilson (ed.), The social
impact of new religious movements. New York: Rose of
Sharon Press, pp. 135-58.Karl Denninger was an early founder and organizer of the Tea Party movement in January and February 2009. Throughout 2010, he was outspoken in his opposition to the hijacking of the movement by the Republican party and has now begun speaking adamantly in favor of the Occupy Everything protests spreading across the country, identifying significant points of convergence between the goals of Occupy Wall Street and the original goals of the Tea Party movement. A Huffington Post article on Denninger from October 2010:

Karl Denninger, an original organizer of the Tea Party, is out with a livid blog post
blasting current leaders of the conservative movement and the apparent
hypocrisy in their views of the economic issues that originally
catalyzed its creation.

According to Denninger, "Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, Bob Barr, and
douchebag groups


such as the Tea Party Patriots" are to blame for the
bastardization of a movement that now seems focused on "Guns, gays,
God," instead of the Tea Party's original mission: to castigate the
federal government for supporting the "rampant theft" of taxpayer
dollars that went toward "propping up FAILED private businesses." Here's the down and dirty of what Denninger believes the Tea Party was all about:

In short, The Tea Party was and is about the the corruption of American
Politics and the blatant and outrageous theft from all Americans that
has resulted. It is about personal responsibility and enforcement of
the law against those who have robbed, financially ****d and pillaged
the nation . . . Tea Party my ass. This was nothing other than The Republican Party
stealing the anger of a population that was fedof Newsnight in which historian David Starkey explains how ‘whites have become black’ (start at 1:20), as evidenced by the behaviour of young white men and women during the London Riots. His choice of phrase is quite illuminating, ‘whites have become black’, he assigns the colours a range of meanings and histories which are tied up in complicated political and historical stereotypes, ideologies and perceptions. The phrase highlights the common link between criminality, violence and blackness, he uses the dichotomous colours to designate two different kinds of people and behaviour. This language has nothing to do with skin colour anymore, but it is incredible that such associations still cling to those of us who bear the burden of colour. We can no more shed the prejudices as we


can shed our skin. These associations, between colour and character, may be found the world over. In the US racism and colourism can be found in far more malicious and deadly form than in the UK. The “Black Lives Matter” campaign calls to attention the lethal manner in which black skin is criminalised and persecuted on the streets of American cities, where execution at the hands of a police officer may be doled out for having a less than white complexion.

Before I move on from this topic I’d like to briefly discuss a notion that arose during a week in the course on The Body and the City. In a paper by Steve Pile (1996) on the psychoanalysis of space he explores various oppositions and significations as theyCHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Dolphins found stranded on Gulf of Mexico beaches following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill were much more likely to have severe lung and adrenal gland damage “consistent with petroleum product exposure” than dolphins stranded elsewhere and prior to the spill, researchers report. One in five dolphins from the spill zone also...

Recently, a Cooper’s hawk (pictured above, being appropriately restrained for treatment) was brought to the Wildlife Medical Clinic by someone who found her on the ground, unable to fly. On observation, the bird was quiet and not very reactive. Now that may mean little or nothing to the inexperienced observer, but those familiar with this...

I recently returned from eight days in Boston, host city for the 2015 American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Convention. Half


After losing the first map, Ilios, the Fusion racked off three straight map wins to take the series 3–1. The following week, Philadelphia faced the Los Angeles Valiant. The Fusion took to the first two maps to enter halftime up 2–0, but subsequently, they dropped the second two as the match entered a fifth tiebreaker map, Busan, where Philadelphia eked out the victory, winning the match 3–2. Philadelphia's final match of Stage 1 was against the Paris Eternal on March 17. The Fusion split the first two maps, Busan and King's Row, to enter halftime tied. However, Philadelphia dominated in the final two maps, not allowing Paris to claim a single point in either one, to claim a 3–1 match victory. The win gave Philadelphia a 5–2 StageFriday, May 31, 2013

Mark Sanchez understands the New York Jets starting quarterback job
is still up for grabs.Anything short of 8-8 will be considered a
failure."The Browns are trying to pick up the tempo this season."We had
been talking about it for a while, and we made the decision that this
was the way to go after we had our draft," coach Leslie Frazier
said.Splitter, hitting six of his eight shots, had 14 points, and Green
buried three of four from 3-point range to account for a majority of his
11 points.Brandon Weeden is running the first-team offense in Browns
OTAs, but head coach Rob Chudzinski isnt ready to declare him the
starter.The company iRobot said the 30 robots would be delivered by the
end of the year, along with spares and other support gear.
Mornhinweg
said during a conference


call with season ticket holders Wednesday that
the Jets would have a bona fide quarterback competition.We have to play
a much more determined and efficient basketball game."We werent
focused, we allowed the Knicks to take Christian Louboutin Shoes
us out of our offense.Two of those miscues came in the third, when
Sandoval had a throwing error to begin the inning and center fielder
Angel Pagan later sent a high throw to third base that ended up in the
Giants dugout, allowing Dexter Fowler to trot home.Woodson says hes look
for fit in Raiders visit"It was just one of those nights," Indiana
coach Frank Vogel said.But women play an even greater role in sports,
specifically in the past, present and future lives of athletes.
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with four home runs and 13 RBIs in 28 games, will return Saturday.The
members of the NFLin a vehicle driven by 31-year-old Garant Evans of
Roselle.---Derrick Rose remains the centerpiece of the Chicago Bulls
franchise, even when hes in a three-piece suit seated at the end of the
teams bench for all 94 games in the regular season and playoffs."I dont
think it is going to hurt him at all," said Buffalo Bills wide receiver
Marquise Goodwin.The Knicks were whistled for 30 fouls, but Indiana
converted just 19 of 33 free throws.Snyder is a candidate for the
Phoenix Suns and Charlotte Bobcats coaching jobs.And they already know
what to expect when they open the conference finals at home against
Memphis on Sunday.

Thursday, May 23, 2013

I think as a team and team mates you have to find a way where
adversity can help you moving into the next season.He had won six of his
last seven


Darrelle Revis锟斤拷the list goes on and on.
The Spurs and
Grizzlies split their four-game series in the regular season, each team
winning twice on its home court.It s the only way this franchise can
start to move forward.396 with 11 RBIs during a 14-game hitting streak
overall.Without going into detail, Buzbee said in an email that a
court-encouraged effort to mediate the dispute was unsuccessful in
Houston earlier in the day.Gonzalez, who went 6 2/3 innings, giving up
three runs two earned and six hits with five strikeouts and three walks,
said catcher Kurt Suzuki helped him adjust after the first inning.
He
had not hit a home run in his first 81 at-bats this season, which was
hardly surprising.Wior and a union official didnt immediately return
messages.Teo was one of college footballs most outstanding players and
was a major part ofhelping the Fighting Irish reach the national title
game, where he turned in a dismal performance in a 42-14 defeat against
Alabama.That s how much Phillips and this new-look defense have meant to
the franchise.
With a runner on first and no out in the second,
Bumgarner fielded what looked like a double-play ball from Nolan Arenado
but threw the ball into center field, putting runners on second and
third."Well turn the page on it, and hopefully hell get where he needs
to be in his next start.An insurance payment would be considered a
"refund from the player," and would not counted against the
cap."Sometimes in the end, it comes down to making shots," Spurs coach
Gregg Popovich noted.
"George battled foul trouble and couldnt
contain Anthony quite as well as he had while the Pacers easily won the
previous two games.And


with marijuana possession,
possession of drug paraphernalia and weapons offenses stemming from a
45-caliber semi-automatic handgun, that included a hollow-point bullet,
found in the vehicle.Theres a not-so-subtle difference between the way
the Kansas City Chiefs are operating their defense under new coordinator
Bob Sutton, and what theyve done the past couple years under former
coach Romeo Crennel."Thats too many errors, particularly in this
ballpark where walks and errors kill you.Rex Brothers gave up a
run-scoring single to pinch-hitter Joaquin Arias, the first batter he
faced, cutting the Rockies lead to 10-8.

Monday, May 13, 2013

Alvarezs homer in the seventh cut the lead in half before Travis Sniders RBI single in the eighth tied it.Tim Christian Louboutin Discount Sale
Duncan contributed 16 points and five rebounds.Jeff Carter has two
goals and two assists over the past two games, netting Los AngelesAngeles.Even when the Wings
started winning again, it took them years to establish themselves as an
elite team.Hibbert, a 7-foot-2 center, made a 3-pointer from the corner
at the end of the first quarter, but it came just after the buzzer and
did not count.
The Wings never came close to missing the playoffs
the past 21 seasons.A group of Ekman-Larsson fans painted their faces
like the Swedish flag and wore jerseys that were half Coyotes, half
Swedish national team.After all, Halladay had his third solid outing in a
row.Hes healthy now but was limited to less than 25 minutes as Los
Angeles routed the Grizzlies in Game 1.Detroit dominated a scoreless
first period by out-shooting Los Angeles 13-4, and the Red Wings
finished with a 36-24 shot advantage.Volquez allowed five hits, struck
out three and walked none before giving way


the original numbering and folding these issues into the total… I should probably start making some phone calls.

Avengers Art Appreciation variants released in April 2012:

Age of Apocalypse #2 by Christian Nauck in the style of Egyptian hieroglyphs

Amazing Spider-Man #683 by Mike Del Mundo in the style of Saul Bass

Avengers #25 by Gabriele Dell’Otto in the style of Emanuel Luetze

Avengers Assemble #3 by Stephanie Hans in the style of Claude Monet

Captain America #10 by Richard Isanove in the style of Rembrandt

Daredevil #11 by Steffi Shütze in the style of Al Hirschfeld

Fantastic Four #605 by Michael Kaluta in the style of Winsor McCay

FF #17 by Gerald Parel in the style of Sandro Botticelli

Incredible Hulk #7 by Charles Paul Wilson III in the style of E.H. Shepard

Invincible Iron Man #515 byfirehouse, Dana’s apartment building…New York seemed completely different from Boston, the only city I knew as a kid. Unfortunately, I only set first set foot in the city in 2000, and by then, New York was a completely different place.

Ghostbusters was shot in New York over a four week period beginning in October ’83, then returned to L.A. for months of soundstage photography. Yet in those short four weeks, director Ivan Reitman and team managed to capture enough of the city to make Ghostbusters an iconic “New York” movie. The New York of 1983 is very different from the post-Giuliani city of today – it feels dangerous, gritty, dirty, tough, angry, and exciting. It seems like a struggle just to cross the street. How much has New York


changed a quarter of a century later? Let’s have a look…

The film opens at the New York Public Library, which has a ghost residing in its stacks. The first image of the film cranes to one of the NYPL’s lions…

…which seems to be thankfully unchanged all these years later. One of Reitman’s goals in shooting was to focus on New York statuary, and it seems appropriate to start off the film with one of the city’s most iconic symbols.

At the time of shooting, the Ghostbusters crew was disappointed to find that the library was going through restoration work, and had to shoot tight to avoid showing too much scaffolding. Nevertheless, this shot reveals the extent of the work…

Today, the library is yet again under restoration – the topThe New York Times further fans the flames of the emerging uneasiness between Microsoft and its hardware partners. As the paper reports, Microsoft decided it needed to get into the hardware game (with Surface) after the utter failure of HP's Slate 500 Windows 7 tablet. "Microsoft worked with other hardware partners to devise products that would be competitive with the iPad, but it ran into disagreements over designs and prices. 'Faith had been lost' at Microsoft in its hardware partners, including by Steven Sinofsky, the powerful president of Microsoft's Windows division, according to [a] former Microsoft executive." The biggest news is not Surface itself. It's the changing industry it represents. Microsoft failed to deliver capable smartphone/tablet software, which pissed off OEMs, who, in turn, turned to Android (and


seat vacated by John Tobin. O’Malley talked about helping to secure $8.5 million for the renovation of the Jamaica Plain Branch Library, finding funding resources for the Curley K-8 School, and working with QUEST—a citywide group of Boston Public Schools (BPS) parents—during the process to form a new school-assignment plan.

O’Malley listed other accomplishments, such as bringing hazardous material and prescription drug drop-offs to the community and his record on the environment, including his effort with At-Large City Councilor Felix Arroyo to initiate a citywide composting program. He also said he is an accessible city councilor, noting that his cell phone is listed on his business card, he is active on social media and holds office hours and town hall meetings in the community.

One of the newer initiatives thathowever, the case was rebutted by IBM's articulation of a legitimate nonpretextual justification for the termination of Walker.  Accordingly, judgment was entered in favor of IBM.  On appeal, we affirm.

2
Walker came to IBM in June of 1967, and worked for four years as a systems engineer in the Data Processing Division's office in Little Rock, Arkansas.  In December of 1971, Walker was transferred to a marketing position in the Office Products Division.  In this position, Walker's job involved the sale of a large variety of IBM equipment.  In August 1973, Walker was promoted to sales representative, and in January 1974, he was promoted to account representative.  Walker held this position until his termination in August of 1978.

3
It is undisputed that Walker's performance


marketing manager, Tommy Anderson.  Because this transfer took place in November, Walker's 1976 evaluation was prepared by his former marketing manager.  That evaluation was the worst of Walker's career.

4
During the course of 1977, Walker claimed that he experienced difficulty with Anderson;  specifically, a lack of support and disagreement over sales methods.  Walker alleged that this was due in large part to his use of the "open door" policy which predicated his transfer into Anderson's department.  In March of 1978, Walker filed charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging racial discrimination.  Walker claims that after he filed these charges, Anderson made his life at work more difficult.  Walker then filed retaliation charges with the EEOC on May 29, 1978.

5
IBM's regional managerin Kansas City, Clyde Campbell, then met with Walker to discuss the situation.  Walker described his problems to Campbell at a meeting in Kansas City.  Following an investigation, Campbell told Walker that he found no basis for Walker's allegations of race discrimination, but Campbell stated that if Walker was still not satisfied he should continue to pursue his EEOC charges.

6
On June 14, 1978, Walker was told that his performance must improve or he would be terminated.  However, before Walker could be evaluated after his 1978 "warning," Walker violated one of IBM's "Rules of Business Conduct," and was terminated.  The IBM rule involved was known as the "firm order" rule.  Basically, it requires that a salesperson not process any order if a customer has


Circumscribed palmar hypokeratosis: two cases and a review of the literature.
A 60-year-old female and a 59-year-old male each presented with a solitary circumscribed patch of depressed skin of the right thenar palm and right sole, respectively. Both lesions were present for approximately 30 years without a history of trauma or other inciting incident. Histologically, the lesions showed a well-demarcated abrupt decrease in the thickness of the stratum corneum with a central area of thinned stratum corneum and hypogranulosis. Inflammation was absent. Ultrastructurally, keratin filaments were evident in the stratum corneum, and a diminished granular cell layer was apparent. There was a decrease in maturation of the keratinocytes, however, no defects in corneodesmosomes or other ultrastructural components were identified. No evidence of human papilloma virus was detected by inDemocrats Fight Trump to Preserve Cartels’ Migrant-Smuggling Business

Democrats have drafted a bill to preserve the cartel-operated smuggling business which has been used to deliver 180,000 Central American children and working-age youths to migrant parents and their employers in the United States.

The bill comes as President Donald Trump has begun shutting down the “Unaccompanied Alien Child” smuggling route by identifying and arresting the resident illegals who try to pick up — or “sponsor” — their smuggled migrant children or young workers.

The UAC children and youths are delivered by cartel-approved coyotes to the border patrol, which then must send the UACs to the shelters operated by the Department of Health and Human Services. In turn, since 2010, the HHS has fulfilled the coyotes’ smuggling contracts by delivering the UACs to


McAleenan, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency. “As a result, transnational criminal organizations are profiting from a billion-dollar human smuggling industry that treats people like a disposable commodity,” he told the Washington Post.

The inflow of Central American migrants is a useful gain for business groups. Since 2010, it has delivered more than half a million new consumers, at least 400,000 lower-skill workers and has allowed the rental of hundreds of thousands of apartments. Government employees also gain from the migration, including by the delivery of at least 180,000 children and youths into the nation’s schools.

Four million young Americans will join the workforce this year, but the federal government will also import 1.1 million legal immigrants, and allow an army of at least 2 million white-collar

Interview with CHiCO and Tomori Kudo on ACE (September 2010) ACE's Hiroyo Yamanaka (aka CHiCO) and Tomori Kudo are a musical duo signed at Universal Music. Since their debut on Everyone's Tamagotchi, they have gone on to work on numerous soundtrack and album productions. Their most significant works include the huge worldly score for Emil Chronicle Online, the humorous arrangements and vocals of Nobuo Uematsu's 10 Short Stories, and a range of memorable and multifaceted contributions to Xenoblade. In this interview, both artists discuss in detail their background, influences, and works before Xenoblade. They particularly focus on their experiments on their debut works and their diverse offerings to Emil Chronicle Online. In addition, they discuss their collaborations with other artists such as Nobuo Uematsu on 10 Short Stories


a great friend that I didn't have to be concerned about! I did not choose this musical path in the beginning, though. Initially I became an actress in a professional theater company and, aside of acting, I was also an assistant of the choreographer. One of my responsibilities was to choose suitable music to play during the shows. One day, I thought it would be much faster if I created the music, rather than spending so much time browsing so many songs to play, and that is how I started composing. After that, aside of continuing theater works, I formed some bands, performed backing vocals for concerts, and eventually shifted my career to music entirely. Tomori was one of the members from a bands I was in. Wewe thought of arranging. CHiCO: I was mainly in charge of the music for the mini games of Robopon for the Nintendo 64. The game has a stream of Tamagotchi, and my focus was on "how absurd" I could make it! When the Hudson staff come to the studio to listen, my considerations were "how to make them laugh". Even now those pieces are among my favorite songs. Tomori Kudo: Bomberman: The Second Attack, on the other hand, was done by multiple composers including Mitsuda-san and Hiroda-san. ACE composed the themes for the opening, ending, title screen, boss battles, the character Lily, certain stages, and so on. I really liked playing Bomberman, so I remember the composing part went very quickly.

Chris: ACE's magnum opus to date is probably


Emil Chronicle Online. Could you discuss what it was like to work on this MMORPG? What was the main concept for its music and how did you develop it? Tomori Kudo: We were told in the beginning that the concept was to produce "catchy music that that you can listen to for hours without getting bored, which does not have too much impact". The concept seemed like a contradiction at first. The reason is because the same tracks are looped forever, often over ten hours, for online games. Also the theme was to produce "healing sounds" in line of the nickname, ECO, of the game (the acronym of Emil Chronicle Online). Until then, I had never thought of making "music with less impact", so even with the tighthead, and is always eager to learn. That was the impression that I had of him. I still have a huge respect for how he approaches his music. Chris: CHiCO, on behalf of Procyon Studio, you recently sung the opening theme of Luminous Arc 3: Eyes. How did you achieve a suitably elating feel for this song? What do you think it brings to the game's opening? CHiCO: This song was composed by a female composer from Procyon Studio, Maki Kirioka. The first impression of the song was for it to be large scale and very epic. As well as the main melody, the chorus part is really sophisticated, and they are beautifully intertwined to make the piece full of emotion. The theme was really enormous, so my


or coincidence, but I feel like we are connected with an invisible thread! The producer, Yasunori Mitsuda, recommended me to the gig. From the studio, to the engineer, to the microphones, he gave me such a great environment to work in. It was so fun singing there. Mitsuda-san thinks that even the production environment is an important part of music. I was once again very much impressed by his attitude towards music. This song plays right after a dramatic development of the story soon after you start the game. As a result, I was aiming for this image of spreading out wings and flying into this epic world right away and tried to make players think they must continue the game desperately for the excitement. I would beCOLLEGE STATION, TX - SEPTEMBER 09: Kellen Mond #11 of the Texas A&M Aggies scrambles out of the pocket to avoid a tackle by Terrell Encalade #87 of the Nicholls State Colonels in the second quarter at Kyle Field on September 9, 2017 in College Station, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)

COLLEGE STATION, TX - SEPTEMBER 09: Kellen Mond #11 of the Texas A&M Aggies scrambles out of the pocket to avoid a tackle by Terrell Encalade #87 of the Nicholls State Colonels in the second quarter at

Texas A&M quarterback Kellen Mond (11) passes downfield against Nicholls State during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017, in College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/Sam Craft)

Texas A&M quarterback Kellen Mond (11) passes downfield against Nicholls


State during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017, in College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/Sam

COLLEGE STATION, TX - SEPTEMBER 09: Kellen Mond #11 of the Texas A&M Aggies warms up before playing the Nicholls State Colonels at Kyle Field on September 9, 2017 in College Station, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)

COLLEGE STATION, TX - SEPTEMBER 09: Kellen Mond #11 of the Texas A&M Aggies warms up before playing the Nicholls State Colonels at Kyle Field on September 9, 2017 in College Station, Texas. (Photo by Bob

COLLEGE STATION, TX - SEPTEMBER 09: Kellen Mond #11 of the Texas A&M Aggies throws a touchdown pass in the first quarter against the Nicholls State Colonels at Kyle Field on September 9, 2017 in CollegeStation, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)

COLLEGE STATION, TX - SEPTEMBER 09: Kellen Mond #11 of the Texas A&M Aggies throws a touchdown pass in the first quarter against the Nicholls State Colonels at Kyle Field on September 9, 2017 in College

COLLEGE STATION, TX - SEPTEMBER 09: Kellen Mond #11 of the Texas A&M Aggies warms up before playing the Nicholls State Colonels at Kyle Field on September 9, 2017 in College Station, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)

COLLEGE STATION, TX - SEPTEMBER 09: Kellen Mond #11 of the Texas A&M Aggies warms up before playing the Nicholls State Colonels at Kyle Field on September 9, 2017 in College Station, Texas. (Photo by Bob

COLLEGE STATION, TX - SEPTEMBER 09: Lorran Fonseca #49 of the Nicholls State Colonels connects


on 37 yard field goal out of the hold of Tyler St. Germain #19 in the second quarter against the Texas A&M Aggies at Kyle Field on September 9, 2017 in College Station, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)

COLLEGE STATION, TX - SEPTEMBER 09: Lorran Fonseca #49 of the Nicholls State Colonels connects on 37 yard field goal out of the hold of Tyler St. Germain #19 in the second quarter against the Texas A&M

COLLEGE STATION, TX - SEPTEMBER 09: Head coach Kevin Sumlin of the Texas A&M Aggies at Kyle Field on September 9, 2017 in College Station, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)

COLLEGE STATION, TX - SEPTEMBER 09: Head coach Kevin Sumlin of the Texas A&M Aggies at Kyle Field on September 9, 2017 in CollegeStation, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)

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COLLEGE STATION, TX - SEPTEMBER 09: Head coach Kevin Sumlin of the Texas A&M Aggies at Kyle Field on September 9, 2017 in College Station, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)

COLLEGE STATION, TX - SEPTEMBER 09: Head coach Kevin Sumlin of the Texas A&M Aggies at Kyle Field on September 9, 2017 in College Station, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)

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COLLEGE STATION, TX - SEPTEMBER 09: Kellen Mond #11 of the Texas A&M Aggies scrambles out of the pocket to avoid a tackle by Terrell Encalade #87 of the Nicholls State Colonels in the second quarter at Kyle Field on September 9, 2017 in College Station, Texas.


(Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)

COLLEGE STATION, TX - SEPTEMBER 09: Kellen Mond #11 of the Texas A&M Aggies scrambles out of the pocket to avoid a tackle by Terrell Encalade #87 of the Nicholls State Colonels in the second quarter at

COLLEGE STATION, TX - SEPTEMBER 09: Kellen Mond #11 of the Texas A&M Aggies throws a pass as he gets pressure from Tyler Johnson #90 of the Nicholls State Colonels at Kyle Field on September 9, 2017 in College Station, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)

COLLEGE STATION, TX - SEPTEMBER 09: Kellen Mond #11 of the Texas A&M Aggies throws a pass as he gets pressure from Tyler Johnson #90 of the Nicholls State Colonels at Kyle Field on September 9, 2017 in

COLLEGE STATION, TX - SEPTEMBER 09:Chase Fourcade #9 of the Nicholls State Colonels rolls out of the pocket against the Texas A&M Aggies at Kyle Field on September 9, 2017 in College Station, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)

COLLEGE STATION, TX - SEPTEMBER 09: Mason Roberts #13 of the Nicholls State Colonels is tackled by Charles Oliver at Kyle Field on September 9, 2017 in College Station, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)

COLLEGE STATION, TX - SEPTEMBER 09: Mason Roberts #13 of the Nicholls State Colonels is tackled by Charles Oliver at Kyle Field on September 9, 2017 in College Station, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty

COLLEGE STATION, TX - SEPTEMBER 09: Christian Boutte #1 of the Nicholls State Colonels is called for pass interference on Kendrick Rogers #13 of the Texas A&M Aggies


at Kyle Field on September 9, 2017 in College Station, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)

COLLEGE STATION, TX - SEPTEMBER 09: Christian Boutte #1 of the Nicholls State Colonels is called for pass interference on Kendrick Rogers #13 of the Texas A&M Aggies at Kyle Field on September 9, 2017 in

COLLEGE STATION, TX - SEPTEMBER 09: Trayveon Williams #5 of the Texas A&M Aggies is tackled by Evan Veron #48 of the Nicholls State Colonels in the first quarter at Kyle Field on September 9, 2017 in College Station, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)

COLLEGE STATION, TX - SEPTEMBER 09: Head coach Tim Rebowe of the Nicholls State Colonels argues with the field judge after he was flagged for unsportsman like conduct at Kyle Field on September 9,2017 in College Station, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)

COLLEGE STATION, TX - SEPTEMBER 09: Head coach Tim Rebowe of the Nicholls State Colonels argues with the field judge after he was flagged for unsportsman like conduct at Kyle Field on September 9, 2017 in

COLLEGE STATION, TX - SEPTEMBER 09: Dontrell Taylor #29 of the Nicholls State Colonels is pursued by Tyrel Dodson #25 of the Texas A&M Aggies and Otaro Alaka #42 in the first quarter at Kyle Field on September 9, 2017 in College Station, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)

COLLEGE STATION, TX - SEPTEMBER 09: Trayveon Williams #5 of the Texas A&M Aggies is tackled by Evan Veron #48 of the Nicholls State Colonels in the first quarter at Kyle Field on September 9, 2017


in College Station, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)

Texas A&M running back Trayveon Williams (5) dives over the goal line for a touchdown against Nicholls State during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017, in College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/Sam Craft)

Texas A&M running back Trayveon Williams (5) dives over the goal line for a touchdown against Nicholls State during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017, in College

Nicholls State wide receiver Mason Roberts (13) catches a pass for a first down as Texas A&M defensive back Charles Oliver (21) defends during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017, in College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/Sam Craft)

Nicholls State wide receiver Mason Roberts(13) catches a pass for a first down as Texas A&M defensive back Charles Oliver (21) defends during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game Saturday,

Nicholls State quarterback Chase Fourcade (9) passes downfield against Texas A&M during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017, in College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/Sam Craft)

Nicholls State quarterback Chase Fourcade (9) passes downfield against Texas A&M during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017, in College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/Sam

Nicholls State running back Kyran Irvin (30) is stopped for a loss by Texas A&M defensive lineman Daylon Mack (5) and lineman Qualen Cunningham (9) during the second quarter of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017, in


College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/Sam Craft)

Nicholls State running back Kyran Irvin (30) is stopped for a loss by Texas A&M defensive lineman Daylon Mack (5) and lineman Qualen Cunningham (9) during the second quarter of an NCAA college football game

Nicholls State running back Kyran Irvin (30) carries the ball against Texas A&M during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017, in College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/Sam Craft)

Nicholls State running back Kyran Irvin (30) carries the ball against Texas A&M during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017, in College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/Sam

Texas A&M quarterback Kellen Mond (11) looks to pass against Nicholls State during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept.a touchdown against Nicholls State during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017, in College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/Sam Craft)

Texas A&M wide receiver Christian Kirk (3) turns into the end zone after catching a pass for a touchdown against Nicholls State during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 9,

COLLEGE STATION – Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin isn't pleased with plenty of things about his 1-1 team entering its Saturday morning home game against Louisiana-Lafayette, and he honed in on the offensive line on Monday night during his weekly radio show.

"Basically we've got to be better on the offensive line – we have to," Sumlin said. "When people talk about quarterbacks, it's not always on the quarterback."

Sumlin said


under second-year assistant Jim Turner, and they're still searching for answers following a one-point loss at UCLA (45-44) and the 10-point victory over an FCS foe.

With the Ragin' Cajuns on tap Saturday at Kyle Field, the latest depth chart shows Colton Prater at left tackle, Ryan McCollum at left guard, Erik McCoy at center, Connor Lanfear at right guard and Keaton Sutherland at right tackle. That lineup is definitely subject to change with A&M opening SEC play on Sept. 23 against Arkansas in Arlington's AT&T Stadium.

Koda Martin was a preseason All-SEC selection – apparently in large part because he was one of three A&M representatives at SEC Media Days in July – but he's still listed as a backup at tackle. He might work his way back intoWhat to Know A fifth NYPD officer has died by suicide in the last two months, officials said Saturday

Since the start of June a deputy chief, a senior detective and two patrol officers have also taken their own lives

NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill has described the rash of suicides as a crisis for the department

A fifth NYPD officer has died by suicide in the last two months, escalating a recent crisis that has caused all levels of police leadership to speak out on the need for cops to look after their mental health and that of their colleagues.

The officer died Saturday afternoon on Staten Island, officials confirmed. The Sergeants Benevolent Association tweeted that the late officer was a sergeant, but beyond that details were not immediately available.

"The tragic news


today that another member of the NYPD has been lost to suicide breaks our hearts, and is a deep sorrow felt by all of New York City. To every member of the NYPD, please know this: it is okay to feel vulnerable," NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill said in a statement released via Twitter.

This most recent officer's death follows the June 5 suicide of Deputy Chief Steven Silks, the June 6 death of Det. Joseph Calabrese, the June 14 death of 29-year-old Officer Michael Caddy at the 121st Precinct in Staten Island and the June 27 death of Officer Kevin Preiss at his Long Island home.

Last month, after the deaths of Silks and Calabrese a day apart, Commissioner O'Neill spoke exclusively with News 4 about the need for copsadducts in the DNA^[@CR13]^, they may mutually influence each other's intracellular distribution, binding and effects even in sequential treatment regimens.

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now more akin to that of the original Beetle. The boot capacity is a practical 310 litres, up from 209 litres in the 1998 model. The Beetle has four seats, with a split-fold rear seat for added versatility.

Inside the cabin, the Beetle’s designers created a modern, practical and distinctive appearance with easy to identify and ergonomic controls. Certain features, such as the glovebox and colour accent panels hark back to the original.

Three trim levels will be available – Beetle, Design and Sport – and each will be endowed with its own individual character and features. A wide range of innovative optional equipment will also be available, ranging from Keyless Access through satellite navigation systems and a panoramic sunroof to bi-xenon headlights and LED daytime running lights – allOpening new potential for MUMPS.
In an interview with Computers in Healthcare, Terry Ragon, founder and president of InterSystems Corporation, says that as MUMPS-based technologies become further refined in the next few years, they will serve as platforms for additional technologies such as RDBMS and application generators. He also looks at the directions for the expanding international MUMPS community.


COAL MINE FATALITY - On Thursday, December 7, 1995, a continuous
mining machine operator was operating the continuous mining machine, utilizing
a remote control, advancing an entry. The continuous mining machine had
mined about 27 feet of a 40-foot cut, when a slicken-sided "horseback", 7 feet
long, 5 feet wide, and 12 to 14 inches thick, fell from the newly exposed roof.
The roof fall struck the mining machine operator who was positioned against the
left rib, several inches inby the last permanent roof support (roof bolt).

This is the 43rd coal mine fatality in 1995. As of December 7, of last year there
had been 41 fatalities. This death is the sixth classified as ROOF FALL in
1995.This remarkable memoir of immigration and assimilation provides a rare view of urban life in Chicago in the late 1800s by a newcomer to the city and the Midwest, and the nation as well. Francis O'Neill left Ireland in 1865. After five years traveling the world as a sailor, he and his family settled in Chicago just shortly before the Great Fire of 1871. As O'Neill looked back on his life, writing in Chicago at the age of 83, he could give first-hand accounts of Pullman strike of 1894, the railway strike of 1903, and the packinghouse strike of 1904. He could also reflect on the corruption that kept him, in spite of his innovations, extremely high exam scores, and performance, subject to powerful aldermen who prevented his


advance as a member of the Chicago Police Department. Despite these obstacles, O'Neill eventually rose to be chief of police--a position from which he could enact much-needed civil service reform. In addition to his professional success, O'Neill is also remembered and beloved for his hobby, preserving traditional Irish music. O'Neill's story offers perspective on the inner workings of the police department at the turn of the twentieth century. His memoir also brings to life the challenges involved in succeeding in a new land, providing for his family, and integrating into a new culture. Francis O'Neill serves as a fine documentarian of the Irish immigrant experience in Chicago.

Francis O Neill was born to a farming family in County Cork in Ireland in 1848. He left home in 1865 anddied a true Chicagoan in 1936.Mary Lesch is Francis O Neill s great-granddaughter. She is now retired and divides her time between Chicago and Harbert, Michigan.Ellen Skerrett is currently writing a history of Loyola University Chicago. She is the co-author and editor of number of books on Catholicism and Chicago, including At the Crossroads: Old Saint Patrick s and the Chicago Irish (Wild Onion Books, 1997)."

"Anyone interested in Chicago's history as well as Irish music will profit from reading the life story of tough, effective, honorable, yet humble Chief Francis O'Neill." --Lawrence J. McCaffrey, professor of Irish history, emeritus, Loyola University of Chicago" "Simple human joy, in music and in discovery, animate every page of the newly published memoirs he left behind. . . . Today he [O'Neill]


is remembered with pride for his efforts on behalf of Irish traditional music, and this remarkable book gives us a rare glimpse at the extraordinary individual who undertook it." --Irish Voice" "O'Neill records so many encounters with the humble and the great that anyone researching Chicago history from 1871 through 1905 needs to consult this book. The depth of his thinking on issues of his time is impressive, and issues such as political patronage reverberate today. . . . A truly remarkable life." --Gary Johnson, president, Chicago History Museum" "Anyone interested in Chicago's history as well as Irish music will profit from reading the life story of tough, effective, honorable, yet humble Chief Francis O'Neill." --Lawrence J. McCaffrey, professor of Irish history, emeritus, Loyola University of Chicago" "O'Neillrecords so many encounters with the humble and the great that anyone researching Chicago history from 1871 through 1905 needs to consult this book. The depth of his thinking on issues of his time is impressive, and issues such as political patronage reverberate today. . . . A truly remarkable life." --Gary Johnson, president, Chicago History Museum" "This fascinating memoir of the eventful life of a nineteenth-century Irish immigrant is dense with detail about Francis O'Neill's career as a sailor, a policeman, and a scholar of Irish music. O'Neill provides valuable insights into the two very different and equally remarkable phases of his life: the rise from the ranks to the position of General Superintendent of Chicago Police, and the passion for Irish history and traditional music that


drove him to preserve hundreds of tunes for future generations." --Dr. Charles Fanning, director of Irish studies, Southern Illinois University Carbondale "This fascinating memoir of the eventful life of a nineteenth-century Irish immigrant is dense with detail about Francis O'Neill's career as a sailor, a policeman, and a scholar of Irish music. O'Neill provides valuable insights into the two very different and equally remarkable phases of his life: the rise from the ranks to the position of General Superintendent of Chicago Police, and the passion for Irish history and traditional music that drove him to preserve hundreds of tunes for future generations." --Dr. Charles Fanning, director of Irish studies, Southern Illinois University CarbondaleI remember very clearly my first experience with divestment at the University of Michigan. I was 6,000 miles away and it was the spring of 2014. I was nearing the end of a gap year in Jerusalem, and the six of us who were slated to head to the University of Michigan were getting frantic messages from our older friends on the night of the vote. There were huge lines outside the Michigan Union on campus. The Jewish students were leaving in tears, arguments escalated and people hurled slurs. Though deliberations went into the early hours of the morning, the resolution did not pass.

The whole thing was deeply disorienting. Here I was in Jerusalem, having discussions over hummus in Abu Gosh and being taught Arabic by a Palestinian-Israeli.


to suggest reality is more complex.

Consider that at last year's meeting, a Black Lives Matter activist was brought in to present on the tense state of race relations in St. Louis and elsewhere in the United States. A stunningly produced video featured upbeat music and a call for all who suffered under white colonialists — the American police, the Israeli government — to band together. It flattened all distinctions — political, historical and religious — between Oakland and the West Bank. Instead, there was a master narrative: the aggressors versus victims, the bullies versus the underdogs, the oppressors and the oppressed. The implications were clear: If you stand for justice and freedom, you stand against Israel.

A close friend stood up to offer her views during “community concerns,” whichis intended for anyone on campus to urge representatives to consider their point of view before they go to a vote.

My friend is progressive, organized a solidarity campaign when anti-Muslim and racist flyers were plastered around campus, and led interfaith dialogues throughout the year. She is a left-wing Zionist, no defender of the occupation. She was nervous, she was passionate and she cried in front of the entire room as she explained that she supports Black Lives Matter, that she supports the voices of the marginalized on campus — and that she also supports the state of Israel and believes the divestment resolution to be counterproductive and wrong.

Seconds later, a video of my friend was uploaded to Twitter with the sneering caption “white zionist tears.”

I learned a lot


one needs to see the early drafts. Then, when you go to revise, be like Papa with the axe, and do away with the words that get in the way.

One of my former Gotham Writers’ Workshop students got in touch with me recently about a problem she was having. She’d just started an MFA program, and was having problems right off the bat. When she was my student I had given her input on my experiences with MFA programs (I was in one bad one, which I left, then one excellent one). I knew she had gotten into a couple, and was weighing which one to go to.

The story she had worked on in class was about a girl who had been held captive in a basement, whoSaturday, 5 May 2018

Everything You Need To Know About Zika Virus …… DAILY BEAST

By Chioma Umeha

What it Zika?

Zika is a mosquito-borne illness named for the
forest in Uganda where it originates. American and European scientists
unintentionally discovered it in 1947 while studying a rhesus monkey for yellow
fever. It did not appear in humans until 1952 when it was reported in Uganda
and the United Republic of Tanzania.

Is this the first outbreak of this scale?

Yes. The first major outbreak of Zika occurred in
Micronesia in 2007. There were just 49 confirmed cases and no hospitalizations.
The next was 2013-2014 in French Polynesia, which resulted in a total of 19,000
suspected cases. Experts estimate that the number of those affected in the
current outbreak has already passed 1 million.

What happens to those infected?

In one out of five


Financial directors, or CFOs, based in UK and Ireland earn well above the global average – taking home around €176.300 per year, research from recruitment specialist Michael Page finds. The research involved 2,800 CFOs from a number of different countries, and highlights that the average salary of financial directors differs greatly between regions.

Middle East and the United KingdomThe research discovers that CFOs in the Middle East earn the most. A financial director in the region earns on average €197.800 per year – €50,000 more than the worldwide average salary for CFOs, while the average bonus awarded in the Middle East accounts for 14.8% of their yearly salary. The UK and Ireland have the second highest average, with an average salary of €176.300 and the highest average bonus at18.4% – with particularly the British banking sector contributing to the high bonus average.

Asian CFOs too earn well, making €174,400 on average and a bonus of 17%, while North American CFOs take in an average of €166,500 and a bonus of 13.9%. Some regions have relatively depressed CFO income, at least, below the global average, which stands at €145,000. Dutch CFOs for instance, earn €128,300 per year, which is €4,500 lower than the European average and €15,000 less than the global average – the average bonus in the Netherlands of 16.3% is however above the average bonus of 15.6%. African and South American CFOs fare the worst from a financial perspective, earning around €114,000 with bonuses at 12.7% and 13.9% respectively.

Finding better salariesThe research also investigated which sectors


Yuzuru Hanyu overcame a sub-par free skate and hung on to win the Olympic gold medal at the Sochi Games on Friday night.

In doing so Hanyu became the first Japanese man to capture the Olympic gold in figure skating. He joins Shizuka Arakawa (winner at the 2006 Turin Games) as the only Japanese to claim skating’s Holy Grail.

It is Japan’s first gold medal of the games. In achieving the feat, Hanyu became the second-youngest man to take the title at 19 years, 69 days.

Only American Dick Button was younger (18 years, 202 days) when he won at the 1948 St. Moritz Games in Switzerland.

“Oh my God. I’m so surprised. I can’t find words,” said Hanyu after his victory. “It was such a difficult program for me and IA Minimal Future? Art as Object 1958–1968

A Minimal Future? Art as Object 1958–1968 is the first large-scale exhibition in America to historically examine the emergence of minimal art in the late 1950s to 1960s. Presenting sculptures, paintings, and photographs produced by 40 influential American artists, the exhibition presents minimal art—one of the most significant art movements of the 20th century—as a constellation of dialectical practices about the structure, form, material, production, and function of the artwork and its relationship to space and to the spectator.

A Minimal Future? Art as Object 1958–1968

A Minimal Future? Art as Object 1958–1968 is the first large-scale exhibition in America to historically examine the emergence of minimal art in the late 1950s to 1960s. Presenting sculptures, paintings, and photographs produced by 40 influential American


Such a fluid dispensing nozzle is known in the form of a nozzle for filling with fuel. In the known nozzle the venturi is placed high in the spout close to the connection between the spout and the body of the nozzle. The end valve is situated close to the output end of the spout. The known nozzle has the drawback that due to air being drawn in by the venturi a mixture of air and fuel is present in the spout. This results in the following problems. Firstly, the volume of the fluid present between the end valve and the main valve, which is situated in the body of the nozzle, is not guaranteed, which is contrary to the requirements imposed by the weights and measures inspection.the victims of eight episodes of mob violence and vandalism.

He did not see a pattern.

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But the New York Post did, reporting: "The way the game is played, one of a number of young blacks decides to show that he can knock down some stranger on the streets, preferably with one punch, as they pass by. Often, some other member of the group records the event so that a video of that 'achievement' is put on the Internet to be celebrated."

The violence, caught on video, was so egregious even the CBS affiliate in New York had trouble ignoring it. The station reported that Rabbi Yaacov Behrman said "he believes the assaults are part of


a disturbing game by some African-American teens."

The same station, however, reported on the Knockout Game in Hoboken just a few days before without mentioning the central organizing feature of the violence: The race of the perpetrators.

In Washington, D.C., the CBS affiliate reported this week that at least two people were recent victims of the Knockout Game. But the station got it wrong on two counts. One was of omission: It did not mention that everyone involved in committing the Knockout Game is black.

The station also did not report that white and Asian people throughout the district are subject to frequent black mob violence on bike trails, on mass transit, in entertainment districts, in "gay" neighborhoods and just about everywhere else, as documented in "White Girl Bleed a Lot:had no idea it was happening around the country until I researched it and found the book "White Girl Bleed A Lot."

For reporters willing to look, hundreds of examples are easy to find – though more often the perpetrators are identified as "unruly teens" or "rambunctious" rather than creators of racial violence and mayhem.

A smattering:

In Hoboken, three black people punched a homeless person in September. He died. Not too much different from an earlier episode in Syracuse, where a black mob killed Michael Daniels in May.

In August in Lansing, several black people tried to play the Knockout Game with a twist: They used a taser. It misfired. The victim's gun did not. He wounded his attacker but stopped firing after the Knockout Artist begged for mercy.

In January, several


members of the University of Alabama national championship football team attacked two students in what many call the Knockout Game.

At the University of Illinois in Champaign, the game has a different name: Polar Bear Hunting. But with dozens of examples, including a local TV reporter, the black mobs play by the same rules: Find a defenseless white or Asian person, and punch them in the face until your arms are tired. Or they are knocked out. Or dead.

In Chicago last year, two black people killed a Mexican immigrant and grandfather as he was collecting cans in a downtown alley. The local press had trouble talking about the race of the perpetrators, but Mexican national news did not: Top 100 Black Mob Violence Videos #87: Spanish edition.

CNN however, waseager to report that the families of the black people arrested and later convicted of the crime after posting it on Facebook were good boys who were just playing a "prank that got out of hand."

In St. Cloud, Minn., a car full of black people came upon a college student in an alley walking two girls home from the library. The car screeched to a stop, one man got out and hit 20-year old Colton Gleason in the face. He died. His attacker was convicted earlier this year after the jury rejected his defense that Colton and the two female college students he was walking home actually hit their car.

In March of this year, six black people were convicted in the stabbing death of Matthew Chew in New


London, Conn. The headline tells the story: 25-year-old victim loses Knockout Game.

In Pittsburgh last year, several black people were caught on video punching a teacher in the face as they passed each other in an alley. That happened twice: Earlier that year, another teacher was almost killed as he slipped and fell in traffic while fleeing the Knockout Game, on video.

Last year in Meriden, Conn., DeAndre Felton and his 10 of his friends thought they found an easy mark for a bit of the old Knockout Game. They chose the wrong guy: He pulled a knife and killed DeAndre and wounded one other attacker. The attackers' parents said their children were innocent, just like Trayvon Martin in Florida.

In St. Louis earlier this year, a black person was sentencedto life for the Knockout Game death of a 72-year old Vietnamese immigrant.

In St. Louis alone, a judge said one person was responsible for 300 episodes of the Knockout Game.

In Oklahoma earlier this year, an accused killer of the Australian college student Chris Lane tweeted that he was "playing golf" and hitting "woods" prior to the murder earlier this month. Woods is short for “peckerwoods:” White people. The Knockout Game.

He said he did that five times since the acquittal of George Zimmerman for the death of Trayvon Martin.

Anyone looking at the hundreds and hundreds of examples – many on video – knows this: The victims can be white. Or Asian. Or women. Or homosexual. But this much they have in common: All of attackers in the Knockout Game


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There are still two years to go until the next Copa América but host nation Brazil is already looking into how to organize the tournament and among changes to the format it is being reported that Conmebol intend to invite France, Spain, Italy and Portugal to play in 2019.

Copa América: plans to expand from 12 to 16 teams

Brazilian media outlet Globoesporte reported on Friday that plans are afoot to invite the four European heavyweights to compete against the best of South America at the 2019 edition, which would require official authority to expand the tournament from 12 to 16 teams.

Conmebol officials are to meet in the next few weeks to discuss the proposal, set up an organizing committee and to finalize the number of teams that willcontest the 2019 Copa. However, Globoesporte also stated that the possibility of expanding the competition from the 10 Conmebol member nations and two invited sides (Mexico and the USA) is far from agreed upon.

Copa and Euros to run in parallel from 2020

But there is a growing desire among Conmebol chiefs to include the four “Latin” European countries, with the obvious draw of including some of the world’s most famous non-Latin American players in the tournament and the reigning European champions, led by Cristiano Ronaldo. It would also be the last feasible opportunity for European sides to compete in the Copa América with the two tournaments to run side-by-side from 2020.


644 F.Supp.2d 322 (2009)
William GORDON, Andre Combs, Robert DiDonato, Delano Brown, and Steven Dennehy as individuals and on behalf of all other similarly situated, Plaintiffs,
v.
Henry LEMONS, Jr., Chairman of the New York State Division of Parole, and the New York State Division of Parole, Defendants.
No. 08 Civ. 5673(SAS).
United States District Court, S.D. New York.
July 24, 2009.
*325 Stephen N. Dratch, Esq., Franzblau Dratch, P.C., New York, NY, for Plaintiffs.
Frederick Hongyee Wen, Daniel A. Schulze, Assistant Attorneys General, New York, NY, for Defendants.

OPINION AND ORDER
SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge:

I. INTRODUCTION
William Gordon, Andre Combs, Robert DiDonato, Delano Brown, and Steven Dennehy (collectively "plaintiffs") bring the instant suit as individuals and on behalf of all others similarly situated against Henry Lemons, Jr., Chairman of the New York State Division of Parole, andhave been mooted by his next parole board appearance, rendering the appeal futile.[15]
Second, plaintiffs have attached four new exhibits to their complaint.[16] The first is a copy of a decision of the New York Supreme Court for Albany County, in which Justice Edward A. Sheridan noted the policy of then-Governor George Pataki "to curtail parole for all violent felons."[17] The second is the text of a speech given by Vernon Manley, a former member of the New York State Board of Parole, in which Manley describes the cursory process of parole board hearings and the lack of adequate training for members *327 of the board of parole.[18] The third is a 2007 report concerning the history of parole in New York State, including a note that the parole