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Ethypharm has chosen, for reasons sufficient to itself, not to
seek the necessary approval to sell pharmaceuticals in the
United States.19 It is thus forbidden to compete in the
relevant market. Because of its choice to leave to an
exclusive licensee the responsibility of obtaining FDA
approval for Antara and of selling and marketing that drug in
the United States, there is no cross-elasticity of demand
between what Ethypharm can lawfully offer, i.e., bulk drug
sales from outside the United States to an FDA-approved
entity, and what Abbott offers, a finished pharmaceutical
product within the United States.

       Indeed, Ethypharm‟s own Complaint defines the
relevant market in this case as the sale of fenofibrate products
in the United States. (J.A. at 143 (“For purposes of this
Complaint,passed on a second
opportunity to do so when it declined to exercise its right of
first refusal at the time Reliant transferred its rights in Antara,
complete with the approved NDA.

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companies to obtain FDA approval before marketing
prescription drugs). In fact, as Ethypharm explained in its
Complaint, that was its entire business plan:

      While Ethypharm develops, formulates, and
      manufactures its fenofibrate product for sale in
      the United States, it does not directly sell and
      distribute this product in this country.


imposes stringent requirements
on entities seeking to sell drugs in the United States. See
generally 21 U.S.C. § 355 (describing requirements for NDA
approvals); id. § 393 (establishing the FDA and providing its
scope). It is that high legal barrier to entry, specific to the
United States pharmaceutical market, that differentiates this
case from others in which a manufacturer has a legal right to
sell a good in the United States but chooses to utilize an
exclusive distributor.
       Ethypharm wants to have it both ways: it wants to pass
on to a licensee the expense and risk of qualifying to compete
in the United States pharmaceutical market, but, when that
arrangement fails to achieve success, Ethypharm seeks to
avail itself of the United States laws protecting fair
competition. The rules of antitrust standing do notA Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter will be on campus Wednesday, April 20 to help kick off a local version of the prestigious journalism competition for Wisconsin high school students.

Raquel Rutledge, who won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in local reporting for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, will be the keynote speaker at the annual conference of the Northeastern Wisconsin Scholastic Press Association (NEWSPA).

With funding from the Pulitzer Prizes Centennial Campfires Initiative, NEWSPA is sponsoring a yearlong journalism competition open to high school students from across the state. Rutledge has agreed to serve as a judge for the competition, which will include cash prizes for the winning students. The Campfires Initiative is a joint venture of the Pulitzer Prizes Board and the Federation of State Humanities Council in celebration of the 2016


taking aim at it in a big way. Led by White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, who recently denounced the plan as “a segmented replacement for Medicare that would burden seniors and end the program as we know it,” Democrats make it clear they intend to make Ryan and his budget political scarecrows on the campaign trail.

In calmly responding to these attacks, the 42-year-old Ryan demonstrates why he is perhaps his party’s best spokesman on budget issues—and why he is so often mentioned as its possible vice presidential nominee.

A new breed of political reformer

Any discussion with Paul Ryan inevitably moves to the topic of critics of his budget within his own party. As the Republican majority in the House moved closer to embracing the Ryan plan in 2011,presidents on the NRA. The leadership is vapid and based on the organization’s rules and by-laws, even if I was a member I could not run for a board seat.

I had a similar problem with the League of American Bicyclists about a decade ago. Several of us, all longtime members in good standing (and I have pretty damn impressive credentials in bicycling, including President of a state bicycling org in Hawaii, a state bike board in New Mexico, and several government advisory posts) tried to run for board seats on a “reform” platform. The existing board made damn sure that effort was impossible by manipulating rules and by-laws to prevent us from even knowing how to contact members. Even with those hurdles, we almost got enough votes to


A B.C. man who videotaped himself torturing cats and kittens has been sentenced to 17 months in jail for animal cruelty after police used a tattoo on his left hand to identity him.

Jordan Lucas, 29, was arrested in Richmond last August and placed in protective custody to protect him from other inmates. He will serve another seven months in jail to complete his sentence.

Jordan Lucas, 29, has been sentenced to 17 months in jail for cruelty to animals (Crimestoppers)

The police investigation began after a woman bought a cellphone on Craigslist, which had a video card left in the slot.

The card contained a 50-minute video of a man torturing a kitten by burning it, choking it, wrapping a cord around its neck and swinging it against furniture.

All that wasvisible of the perpetrator was the man's hands and a tattoo, which police used to identify Lucas. They eventually found more videos showing a total of five cats and one mouse being killed over a two-month period.

In court in Vancouver on Wednesday, Lucas's lawyer told the judge his client feels like "a piece of shit" for what he did, and that at the time he had been up for five days and was high on crack, heroin and meth.

The judge told Lucas his problems with the law will continue until he fixes his drug problem.


The biggest change in Miami came in the front office with the import of Mike Tannenbaum. It will be interesting to see how the new executive and second-year general manager Dennis Hickey evaluate the current roster -- especially those paid by the previous administration. With minimal salary-cap room this offseason, the Dolphins will have to make some tough decisions on its current big-money players. One thing we know isn't changing is the coaching staff. Joe Philbin and defensive coordinator Kevin Coyle both return to lead a team and unit that crumbled down the stretch, both on the field and on the sideline. Wide receiver Brian Hartline, who was with the team for six seasons, was given his walking papers, saving Miami $3.15 million.she had for him. "I
dreamt about you last night. That your touch scorched my body, your tongue on
my nipples. I’m dripping wet right now just thinking about it."

He swivelled with a growl.
Flinching, she took a step back at the intense expression on his face. The raw,
almost feral heat in his gaze, the slight tip to one corner of his lips, baring
white teeth. She trembled as she made the realisation; she was no longer the
predator but now the prey.

Just like that he'd switched on
her. She'd gotten what she'd wanted.

Her heart pounded against her
chest and dampness soaked her knickers. How could his obvious anger turn her on
so much?

"You want a bit of rough?
You want me to fuck you, is that it?"

Shocked by his language, her
words choked in her throat. No


one had ever spoken to her in that manner. She
clamped her thighs together, wanting to relief the building pressure.

"No, you don't," he
gritted out as he leaned over and tapped her thigh with his knuckles.
"Keep your legs apart."

She complied without
understanding why he'd made the demand, only knowing she'd do whatever he
asked, if it'd give her what she craved. Him fucking her hard and fast.

She’d taunted him for that reason.
If it would drive away the ache in her heart for a little while, then she’d take
it no matter how rough it was.

"Answer my question," he
said, the calmness in his deep voice belying the passion in his dark eyes.

"Yes," her voice was a
soft husky whisper, her body trembling with her own increasing desire.

"Say it, Tari," he
commanded.

"I want you to fuck me,"
shereplied and relished the freedom the words gave her.

Here's the blurb:

When
sassy heiress, Tari Essien, needs a place to escape the pressures of the
hounding press, she turns to Kola Banks, a deeply scarred ex-soldier who's also
the Essien chief of security. Kola can't offer Tari anything more than his
protection. She's family for goodness sake, even if they share no blood ties.

It’s
a weekend of lessons for both of them. Together they can't avoid the explosive
heat that sizzles between them, nor help pushing each others' boundaries
physically as well as emotionally.

But
when the weekend ends and Tari's life is in danger, will Kola put his body as
well as his heart in the line of fire to keep her safe?


Iberostar Group

Iberostar Group is a global tourism, hotel group and has four areas of business: the hotel division, the core business of the company; the holiday club, called The Club; (the inbound tourism and travel brands Almundo.com, World to Meet (W2M) and Iberoservice; and the property business. The company's trademark is "first line" hotels (meaning directly on the beach), surrounded by gardens.

Iberostar Group is owned by Spanish billionaire Miguel Fluxà Rosselló, the third generation heir to a shoe-making business.

Iberostar's head office is in Mallorca, Spain, and hotels that operate under their brand name are located in the continents of Europe, North America, Latin America, and Africa.

The company temporarily closed the Rose Hall Beach Hotel (but not the adjoining Rose Hall Suites Hotel or Rose Hall Grand Hotel), oneA survivor of the devastating Summerland fire on the Isle of Man which killed 50 people, including 15 from Merseyside and Cheshire, has made an emotional appeal for the three Liverpool friends who unintentionally started the blaze to get in touch with her.

Ruth McQuillan-Wilson, 48, was five at the time of the disaster and suffered terrible scarring to the backs of her legs and hands.

She was caught up in the disaster at the huge leisure complex in Douglas on Thursday August 2, 1973 with her then two-year-old sister, Lynda, and parents, Sam and Muriel.

Summerland fire survivor Ruth McQuillan-Wilson today

The married mother-of-five and grandmother of two, who also has two step-sons and a step-granddaughter, is writing a book about her ordeal. She hopes it will finally help her come


to terms with the fire and its traumatic aftermath.

As part of this process, Ruth has written a letter – a direct appeal to the boys from Liverpool who will now be in their mid to late 50s – and hopes its publication by the ECHO will lead to her getting their version of events.

On September 17, 1973, three Liverpool boys – two of them 12 and the other 14 – appeared before Douglas Juvenile Court and admitted wilfully and unlawfully damaging the lock of a plastic kiosk next to Summerland. They were each fined £3 and ordered to pay 33p compensation and 15p costs.

The court heard the boys unintentionally started a blaze in the kiosk after breaking in to smoke a cigarette. One of the boys told police:were children, while 80 people were injured. It was the biggest death toll in a fire in peacetime since 1929, and Summerland had only opened in May 1971.

A public inquiry opened on November 18, 1973 under the chairmanship of Mr Justice Joseph Cantley, and its report was published on May 24, 1974.

It returned a verdict of death by misadventure and found that there were “no villains” – just human beings who made mistakes.

The report made a series of recommendations, after saying the design of Summerland meant it was “vulnerable to the spread of fire.”

Devastation following the fire in the Summerland entertainment complex in Douglas on the Isle of Man, August 2, 1973

Ruth adds: “The fire destroyed my life. I’m trying to come to terms with things – even


few months later."

Summerland was incredible – we’d never seen anything like it. Dad took us to the top floor first, via the flying staircase – it was there that he spotted smoke coming from a ventilator. He decided to ignore the announcement made from the stage a few moments later – the compere was telling people not to panic, that it was only a chip pan fire.

With dad leading we made our way back down. As we neared the lower levels we were met by a wall of flames travelling towards us at incredible speed. Dad grabbed my sister and was able to escape – but there were just seconds in it, and his coat melted.

The flames drove the rest of us back. Mum and I were caughtThursday, June 14, 2012

Enoch was right (again)

Legend has it that when Enoch Powell went to the House of Commons barber's one day and he was asked: "How would you like you hair cut, sir?" he replied: "In silence."

This tells us a great deal about the man sometimes described as the greatest Prime Minister this country never had.

His caustic answer to a perfectly polite and reasonable question shows he was never one to bandy words unnecessarily. He was not a particularly sociable man. And nor did he bother very much about what other people thought of him.

Enoch Powell, who was born 100 years ago on June 16, was one of those rare politicians who wasn’t desperate to be liked.

No doubt, like all those in his line of business, he


enjoyed the limelight, the applause of his audience and the admiration of his supporters.

But he was not afraid to say whet he thought. He was prepared to stick his neck out, make himself unpopular – especially among those on whom his career depended – and stick to his principles whatever the consequences for his own career.

This is called integrity. A rare commodity in a politician.

His critics, who are legion, claim his 1968 “rivers of blood” speech was a disastrous attempt to secure support for a planned challenge to Edward Heath for the leadership of the Conservative Party.

They say that until that speech, Mr Powell had never shown much interest in immigration.

Indeed, it is true he actually encouraged it when, as Minister of Health, he was persuading more peoplefrom the Commonwealth to work in the NHS.

He was a highly intelligent man – he translated ancient Greek texts and published four well-received books of poetry. He was an intellectual.

It is possible he miscalculated catastrophically. It is more likely, though, that he had become genuinely concerned at the transformation the country started to undergo in the 1960s.

“As I look ahead, I am filled with foreboding. Like the Roman, I seem to see 'the River Tiber foaming with much blood,” he said.

As a result, of course, he has gone down in history as a racist and anyone who refers approvingly to his views is similarly condemned.

Yet, while some of the language used in the 1960s might not be acceptable today, it is difficult to argue with the sentiment that


Britain was changing dramatically, without the consent of the people.

That, it seems to me, was the crucial point for Enoch Powell. Nobody had asked the British people if they were happy with the transformation taking place before their eyes.

There was little or no political debate about immigration. The main parties were all, basically, in favour of it and damn the consequences.

The voters had no say. There was no democratic legitimacy in the process. The people might approve of immigration but who would know? They had never been consulted.

After he was sidelined by the Tories and branded a racist by the entire sixties liberal establishment, Mr Powell continued to be his own man.

Never mind his comments about immigration, consider his views on Britain’s entry into the European Union.

He thoughtit would destroy this country’s sovereignty. He was so vehement that in the first election of 1974 he urged people to vote Labour.

Ted Heath and Mr Powell both believed this intervention tipped the balance and handed victory to Labour’s Harold Wilson.

As the former MP for Wolverhampton South West said: “If there be a conflict between the call of country and that of party, the call of country must come first.”
Mr Powell eventually became an MP in Ulster and continued to plough his own, unfashionable furrow.

Most of what he said remains relevant today. For instance, he was strongly opposed to reform of the House of Lords.

Of an elected upper house, he asked: "How can the same electorate be represented in two ways so that the two sets of representatives


For years, the state of Nevada has basically cornered the market on legal sports gambling in America. To legally make a bet on a sporting event, you still have to physically enter one of the many licensed sports book establishments in the state, (it's also legal in very limited ways and areas in Oregon, Delaware and Montana). The bad news is the in-state requirement has discouraged millions of bettors from doing their business in Nevada. The big question has always been: how can Nevada get that money into the state legally? And there's also been a smaller question asking how the best sports books can expand their businesses beyond the state.

Two bills just passed and signed into law in Carson City have finally provided the answer in aSantiago, Chile, in search of Communist microphones, found a listening device carefully hidden in the office of a senior "political officer." The security man, along with everyone else in the embassy, knew that this particular "political officer" was actually the Central Intelligence Agency's "Station Chief," or principal operative in Chile. Bugging his office would have indeed been a major coup for the opposition. Triumphantly. the security man ripped the microphone out of the wall - only to discover later that it had been installed hy the CIA station chief himself. The reason the CIA office was located in the embassy - as it is in most of the other countries in the world - is that by presidential order the State Department is responsible for hiding and housing


the CIA. Like the intelligence services of most other countries, the CI A has been unwilling to set up foreign offices under its own name. So American embassies - and, less frequently. military bases - provide the needed cover. State confers respectability on the Agency's operatives, dressing them up with the same titles and calling cards that give legitimate diplomats entree into foreign government circles. Protected by diplomatic immunity, the operatives recruit local officials as CIA agents to supply secret intelligence and, especially in the Third World, to help in the Agency's manipulation of a country's internal affairs. The CIA moves its men off the diplomatic lists only in Germany, Japan, and other countries where large numbers of American soldiers are stationed. In those countries, the CIA's commandpost is still in the U.S. Embassy, but most of the CIA personnel are under military cover. With nearly 500,000 U.S. troops scattered around the world, the CIA "units" buried among them do not attract undue attention. In contrast, it is difficult for the CIA to dwell inconspicuously within the American diplomatic corps, since more than a quarter of the 5,435 employees who purportedly work for State overseas are actually with the CIA. In places such as Argentina, Bolivia, Burma, and Guyana, where the Agency has special interests and projects, there are about as many CIA operatives under cover of substantive embassy jobs as there are legitimate State employees. The CIA also places smaller contingents in the ranks of other U.S. government agencies which operate overseas, particularly AID's


the CIA man in the Embassy is the one who leaves his radio on all the time.

Ironically, despite the State Department's total refusal to comment on anything concerning the CIA, the Department regularly publishes two documents, the Foreign Service List and the Biographic Register, which, when cross-checked, yield the names of most CIA operatives under embassy cover. Here is how it works: America's real diplomats have insisted on one thing in dealing with the CIA: that the corps of Foreign Service Officers (FSO) remain pure. Although there are rumors of exceptions. CIA personnel abroad are always given the cover rank of Foreign Service Reserve (FSR) or Staff (FSS) officers - not FSO. Of course, there are some legitimate officials from the State Department, AID, and USIA who holdrelations were so high. To have excluded the Agency from Peking, however, would have gone against a basic axiom of the post-World War II foreign policy establishment: the CIA follows the flag into American embassies. The Chinese government is presumably clever enough to identify the operative by sifting through the public documents available. In fact, his arrival may well have been cleared with the Chinese, who probably wanted reciprocal privileges for their secret service in Washington. Such are the arrangements the world's spooks are so fond of working out with each other - the Soviet KGB and the CIA even exchange names of intelligence analysts assigned to the other's capital. Sacrificing "State" Much to the alarm of a few high State Department officials, the proportion of CIA to


State personnel abroad has been steadily rising in recent years. The precise figures are zealously guarded, but several State sources confirm the trend. They cite as the main reason for this tilt toward the CIA a series of government-wide cutbacks that have hit State proportionately harder than the CIA. What troubles State is not, as one career diplomat put it, "the principle" that State should provide the CIA with cover. That is unquestioned, he says. Rather, most legitimate diplomats do not like being a minority within their own profession or having the rest of the world confuse them with the CIA's dirty tricksters. They generally regard themselves as working at a higher calling. While the State Department has been comparatively honest in accepting the personnel cuts ordered bythe Johnson and Nixon administrations, two sources familiar with the CIA budget report that the Agency has done everything possible to escape the reductions. Traditionally, when outsiders - even Presidents - have tried to meddle with the Agency's personnel allotment, the CIA has resisted on "national security" grounds. And when that argument failed, the CIA resorted to bureaucratic ruses: cutting out a job and then replacing the person eliminated with a "contract" or "local" employee, who would not show up on the personnel roster; or sending home a clandestine support officer - a specialist in things like renting "safe houses," "laundering" money, and installing phone taps - and then having the same work done by experts sent out from Washington on "temporary duty. " Not only does the


State Department provide the CIA with cover, but the Senate - and especially its Foreign Relations Committee - encourages the current practice of sending over 25% of our "diplomatic" corps abroad under false pretenses. Every year the Foreign Relations Committee routinely approves and sends to the full Senate for its advice and consent lists of "Foreign Service Reserve Officers to be consular officers and secretaries in the Diplomatic Service of the United States of America." In 1973, of the 121 names submitted by the State Department, more than 70 were CIA operatives. According to a knowledgeable source, the committee is informally told the number of CIA people on the lists, but "not who they are." No Senator in memory has publicly objected to being an accomplice to thiscover-building for the CIA. Just this spring [1974], the State Department took official, if secret, notice of its declining presence overseas compared to the CIA when Secretary Henry Kissinger authorized a high-level study of State-CIA staffing. The Department's top administrator, L. Dean Brown, who had urged the study be made in the first place, gave the job to Malcolm Toon, a career diplomat serving as U.S. Ambassador to Yugoslavia. Toon returned to Washington to compile the top-secret report. Asking not to be named and refusing to provide the specific figures, a source close to Kissinger says that Toon's report calls for a substantial reduction in the number of CIA operatives abroad under State cover. The source adds that Kissinger has not made up his mind on the issue.


the White House and in the congressional subcommittees that supposedly oversee the Agency. The CIA has lost no time in launching its counteroffensive. At a July 19 off-the-record session with key Democratic congressional aides, Carl Duckett, the CIA's Deputy Director for Intelligence, complained about the reductions recommended by the Toon report. According to a source who was present, Duckett said that, even without further embassy cuts, the CIA now doesn't have enough people overseas. CIA officials must be especially concerned about Toon's recommendations, since in countries where there are no U.S. military bases, the only alternative to embassy cover is "deep," or nonofficial, cover. American corporations operating overseas have long cooperated in making jobs available to the CIA and would probably continue to do so. Also, the Agencywould probably have to make more use of smaller firms where fewer people would know of the clandestine connection. Two examples of this type are:

Robert Mullen and Company, the Washington-based public relations concern for which E. Howard Hunt worked after he left the CIA and before the break-in at Democratic National Headquarters. Mullen provided CIA operatives with cover in Stockholm, Mexico City, and Singapore, and in 1971 set up a subsidiary in cooperation with the CIA called Interprogres, Ltd. According to a secret Agency document released with the House Judiciary Committee's impeachment evidence, "At least two [CIA] overseas assets have tangential tasks of promoting the acceptance of this company as a Mullen subsidiary."

Psychological Assessment Associates, Inc., a Washington psychological consulting firm specializing in behavioral research and analysis. By


the admission of its president John Gittinger, most of the company's business since it was founded in 1957 by three ex-CIA psychologists has come from Agency contracts. The firm had two "representatives" in Hong Kong, at least until June of this year [1974]. Unless their cover is blown, companies of this sort and operatives who work for them cannot be linked to the U.S. government. But the Agency has learned over the years that it is much more difficult and expensive to set up an operative as a businessman (or as a missionary or newsman) than to put him in an embassy. As a "private" citizen, the operative is not automatically exposed to the host country's key officials and to foreign diplomats, nor does he have direct accessAwake" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards but lost to the live version of "Set Fire to the Rain" by Adele.

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world."

He and the rest of the team will be sharing that vision via a livestream of the game's first design meeting. The team will be interacting with fans and giving away custom art – and also revealing their vision for the next Earthworm Jim. You can check out the stream here this Saturday, May 4, at 2 p.m. Central.

The Intellivision Amico isn't coming out until October 10, 2020, but you don't have to wait that long to get your Earthworm Jim fix. The Sega Genesis Mini is hitting shelves this September 19, and it includes the first game in the series.classes, and encourage public debates and programs that hopefully lead to more acceptance of diverse ways of livings. If what you have read makes some sense to you, should we not summon our elected representatives throughout the Kingdom of the Netherlands to be defenders of our socio-economic, civil, and human rights? Isn’t this the common heritage that we should cherish most in these trying times? Dr. Francio Guadeloupe, President of the University of St. Martin/Lecturer & Researcher at the University of Amsterdam.Dr. Adnan Hossain, Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Amsterdam.Dr. Ester Alake Tuenter, Lecturer & Researcher at the Iselinge University of Applied Sciences.Dr. Tine Davids, Lecturer & Researcher at the Radboud University Nijmegen.Drs. Erwin Wolthuis, Division Head at the University of St. Martin/PhD candidate at Walden University.Drs.


Jordi Halfman, Guest Lecturer at the University of St. Martin & PhD candidate at the University of Amsterdam.Drs. Khadija al Mourabit, Exchange Officer (International Office GSSS), University of Amsterdam.Drs. Gregory Richardson, Lecturer at the Instituto Pedagogico Arubano/PhD candidate at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.Drs. Sharelly Emanuelson, Director of UNIARTE Curaçao.Drs. Tamara Keers, KU Leuven.Mr. Josue Ferrol, Coordinator of the pre-USM program at the University of St. Martin.Mr. Pedro de Weever, Chief Editor of the Commentaries Journal of the University of St. Martin. Mrs. Oldine Bryson-Panthophlet, Chair of the SER Sint Maarten.Mr. Gerard Richardson, Secretary General SER Sint Maarten.Mrs. Lorraine Talmi, President of the Sint Maarten Hospitality & Trade Association.Mrs. Sharine Allamby-Duncan, policy maker Culture Department, Sint Maarten.of ongoing efforts to drum up opposition to the Palestinian plan, and appeared to confirm the support of Prime Minister Emil Boc.

"We reaffirmed our country's position that a negotiated solution between the parties, with no unilateral solution, is the only way to ensure real and solid grounds for a lasting peace," Boc said. Netanyahu did not touch on the issue during a press conference after his meeting with Boc.

Netanyahu has already visited Britain and France, among other countries, and continues on to Bulgaria on Thursday. Lieberman said that Israel had already garnered the support of the U.S., Canada, Italy and Germany and was working on convincing other like-minded nations to side with it in September.

Most of the developing world, including Arab and Muslim countries, can be counted on


to back the Palestinians - leaving very few countries that might still go either way at the UN.

"Israel is currently busy trying to get the moral majority in the United Nations," Lieberman said, but considering the bloc of Muslim and unaligned nations was between 125-130 countries, "we don't have any illusions."

The Palestinians aim to win two-thirds support in the 192-member General Assembly at the United Nations - or 129 countries - and are now about 13 countries short of their target.

The assembly's decisions aren't legally binding. That would require approval by the powerful Security Council, where the United States has indicated it will veto any Palestinian move in the absence of a negotiated peace deal.

The European Union is working to forge a common position on the issue evenCrosswalk.com aims to offer the most compelling biblically-based content to Christians on their walk with Jesus. Crosswalk.com is your online destination for all areas of Christian Living – faith, family, fun, and community. Each category is further divided into areas important to you and your Christian faith including Bible study, daily devotions, marriage, parenting, movie reviews, music, news, and more.

Gethsemane: The Traitor's Kiss

Dr. Ray Pritchard

Dr. Ray Pritchard is the president of Keep Believing Ministries, in Internet-based ministry serving Christians in 225 countries. He is the author of 29 books, including Stealth Attack, Fire and Rain, Credo, The ABCs of Christmas, The Healing Power of Forgiveness, An Anchor for the Soul and Why Did This Happen to Me? Ray and Marlene, his wife of 39 years, have three sons-Josh,


Mark and Nick, two daughters-in-law--Leah and Vanessa, and four grandchildren grandsons: Knox, Eli, Penny and Violet. His hobbies include biking, surfing the Internet, and anything related to the Civil War.

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“Jesus asked him, ’Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?’” (Luke 22:48).

When we study the four gospels, we find a remarkable series of facts about Judas:

He was personally chosen to be an apostle by Jesus Christ.
He forsook all to follow the Lord.
He spent 3 1/2 years traveling the length and breadth of Israel with Christ.
He saw the miracles of Christ in person.
He heard Christ give all his famous discourses.
He watched as Christ healed the sick, raised the dead, and cast out demons.
He, along with the other apostles, was sent out to preach the gospel.
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Reisman: Randy Credico goes from comic to candidate for governor

Everybody from President Barack Obama to Facebook "friends" has commented on the tragic death of Robin Williams, so it seemed appropriate to bring up the subject with Randy Credico.

You may not have heard of him but Credico, a self-described libertarian, is running in the Sept. 9 Democratic primary against Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Zephyr Teachout. In another life he was a stand-up comedian who played all the Vegas hotels (most of which since have been torn down) and blew his one shot on "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson.

Credico and Williams crossed paths on the comedy club circuit. He saw him perform at the Improv in 1975, before the "Mork and Mindy" days. Credico said Williams lifted a coupleof his jokes, one in particular involving William Rehnquist, the conservative chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

The joke went like this: "I went to a reception for William Rehnquist last night. I didn't get in because I wasn't properly dressed. I brought the white robe, but I forgot the hood."

Credico said he didn't mean to disparage Williams. "He was a very talented guy," he said. "I loved him in the movie 'Popeye.' "

Randy Credico, a candidate in the Democratic gubernatorial primary.(Photo: submitted)

In 1981, Credico was working at Dangerfield's and says after a show one night, he, Williams and another comedian, Sam Kinison, got together "and did a lot of blow; you know, cocaine."

Williams struggled with cocaine and alcohol addiction for most of his career.

"Other than that, I've


Braun die in that bunker in 1945?' That was a little over the top, I suppose."

The audience went "Whoa!"

Credico's other mistake was doing an impression of Carson. "He didn't like it." Comedians in those days knew they had succeeded if Carson invited them over to "the chair" to chat after their routines. Credico didn't get such approval. Carson gave him an "OK" sign and said, "Good stuff," and that was it. Credico's comedy career was finished.

"I'm the only comedian who did 'The Tonight Show' whose price went down the next day," he said.

If nothing else, Credico is refreshingly honest. His transformation from a comedian (he prefers "political satirist") to a political activist is documented in the one-hour "60 Spins Around the Sun," which includes his ill-fated "Tonight Show"spot and can be found on YouTube.

Talking to him is like taking a journey down an earnest stream of consciousness, one that includes numerous and disparate references to history, politics and show business. For instance, he will tell you that his favorite New York governor is William Seward and that Zephyr Teachout reminds him of Ruth Buzzi.

Credico said neither Teachout nor Cuomo have a sense of humor, so they would do poorly against him in a debate. "People warm up to me," he said. "I'm good on camera. It would be like Jack Kennedy against two Nixons."

His platform, outlined as a "New Deal for New York," includes eliminating bridge and road tolls, eliminating the Rockefeller drug laws, closing Indian Point nuclear plant and tearing down Attica prison. He


is against state-sponsored gambling as well as the SAFE Act, though he is personally afraid of guns. Credico said he would tax the super rich, especially the denizens of Wall Street.

"We're all Americans and we're all New Yorkers," he said. "People who are well off should not be dodging, but there are so many loopholes — and they're just going to have to pay their fair share when the economy is in the shape that it's in."

Later in the day, he called me in his Reagan voice to say he was making an appearance at the White Plains train station, coming up from the city. I waited next to a sign that asks riders not to toss gum on the platform. I missed him. I hope he didn'tBy Paul Taylor

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Elder statesmen who built and shaped the European Union have a clear message for Britain as it prepares for a referendum on whether to stay in the bloc: "We love you. Don't leave us now."

Valery Giscard d'Estaing, father of the European Monetary System that was the forerunner of the euro single currency, said that despite its long-standing semi-detached approach to Europe, keeping Britain in was well worth the trouble.

"I strongly hope they stay," the former French president, who turned 90 on Feb. 2, told Reuters in an interview in Paris.

Giscard took office a year after Britain joined the European Economic Community in 1973 and, despite building close relations with then West Germany, he has always been an Anglophile.

"Britain has an ancient and very


brilliant history, the good citizenship of its population, an old and deeply authentic democratic tradition and expertise in international trade," the veteran center-right statesman said.

Europe was perfectly able to accommodate a member state that wanted to be in the big single market but did not wish to join the euro or be drawn into closer political union with continental powers, Giscard said.

Etienne Davignon, 83, the Belgian statesman and business leader who served in the European Commission under its only British president, Roy Jenkins, said the EU could adapt its structure to allow the euro zone to integrate further while keeping Britain in the EU's single market.

"This is not an impossible question to resolve: how you go further without harming those who are left behind," Davignon said in aseparate interview in Brussels.

"This is a legal organization and it’s perfectly possible to organize this."

The former Commission vice-president, who restructured and modernized Europe's steel industry in the 1980s, said Britain had made a major contribution to the EU by promoting the development of the single market and free trade.

"Britain is an honest member. What is decided they implement. What they don’t like, they argue on," Davignon said.

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Both statesmen said a British vote to leave the EU in a referendum expected as early as June would be a lose-lose proposition for all sides.

"AT A TANGENT"

Giscard, who has met every British leader from Edward Heath - the only one he described as a "true European" - to David Cameron, said geography dictated the nature of Britain's ties with continental


Europe.

"From the outset, Britain positioned itself somewhat at a tangent to the European system," he said. "The current efforts by David Cameron's government run along the same lines."

Most of the issues that the Conservative British leader was trying to address in a renegotiation of membership terms, due to culminate in an agreement at a Brussels summit later this week, were "false problems" that could easily be settled, he said.

For example, the EU had recognized since the 1991 Maastricht treaty that the objective of "ever closer union" did not mean Britain would have to join the single currency. It was Britain that had chosen to admit European migrant workers as soon as the bloc enlarged in 2004, and London could amend its welfare laws if it wanted to changethe benefits they receive, he argued.

As for Britain's fear that the City of London financial center could have regulation imposed on it by the euro zone, he said: "The problem doesn't arise in reality because euro zone countries have no intention of regulating non-euro countries."

The only "red line" in any deal should be that Britain and other outsiders are not allowed a right of prior approval on the closer integration of the euro zone, Giscard said.

At a time of global political disorder and instability around Europe's borders in the Middle East and Africa, a British exit from the EU would spread disorder into Europe, dealing a blow to the standing of the bloc and its single currency.

It would also damage British economic interests, he said.

"London's prosperity is very


much built on its financial activity, and breaking or weakening that link would certainly have a negative effect on the prosperity of London as well," Giscard said.

Giscard, who served as president from 1974 to 1981, went on to head the convention that drafted an ill-fated European constitution in 2003, which was voted down in referendums in France and the Netherlands in 2005.

He is still active in public life as he enters his 10th decade, his mind as razor-sharp as ever, and keen to revive European integration, which he acknowledges has broken down.

He plans to address the Oxford Union debating club at Britain's ancient university in early March to encourage Britons to see the advantages of EU membership.

His longtime partner in European leadership, former West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt,died a few weeks ago. They maintained regular ties for decades after leaving power.

Keen to speak a few words of English during the interview, he said: "To break up a system that works will have a negative impact. The British will wonder 'What are we going to do now?' and Europeans will say 'It's too bad the British left'."

Turning to the future of the EU, Giscard said he was sure there would be initiatives after next year's French and German elections to reinvigorate the drive towards political union.

"The momentum can be revived, first of all by a British decision to stay in the union," he said.

Core euro zone countries centered on the EU's six founding members - France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg - could commit


program was initially based on the selection of pure lines from local landraces ([@B63]). Later, Strampelli recognized the great value of the inheritance laws described by Mendel and started a true hybridization program. The most successful result was the cultivar 'Cappelli,' released in 1915 ([@B31]). This pioneer cultivar had a major global impact in the years that followed, and most of the modern varieties can be traced back to the 'Capelli' lineage.

A second major impact was provided by the shuttle breeding system developed by the Nobel laureate Norman E. Borlaug several years later in Mexico and his deployment of dwarfing genes to increase harvest index ([@B22]). This resulted in the release of several semi-dwarf and widely adapted cultivars that are still grown nowadays ([@B46]). The modern scenario ofin line with the results of previous authors ([@B35]) and it provided interesting information about the history of alleles exchange among breeding programs. Slight differences were, however, observed from past works, due to the significant increase in this study of the number of elites derived from the ICARDA breeding program, which alone defined two novel well distinct clusters (5 and 9), and also the study of recent Australian and Canadian cultivars, which also created a cluster not described before by [@B35].

Genetic Diversity and the Future of Durum Wheat Breeding
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The scenario of today's global cultivation of durum wheat can be summarized in the work of few great breeders: North Africa and the Middle East countries still heavily rely on 'Karim' (syn. 'Bittern,' 'Yavaros79') a mega-cultivar bred by Dr. Gregorio


Vazquez (CIMMYT), similarly 'Simeto' is probably the most grown cultivar around the World and it was developed in Italy by Dr. Fortunato Calcagno (Pro.Se.Me), and the 'Cham' series that occupy some of the driest areas of the World were bred at ICARDA in Syria by Dr. Miloudi Nachit. The scenario of the industrialized World is only slightly more segmented, with few mega-cultivars also occupying significant land area. As shown by this genetic diversity study, most of the modern germplasm has only 58 to 44% of the genes still segregating, regardless of the breeding strategy or combination of germplasm utilized. Unexpectedly, the two centers of origin of durum wheat do not appear to be the most exploitable source of allelic diversity with most of their loci in fixed state.professor at the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Misdiagnoses often occur after the death of a family member. The DSM strongly encourages practitioners not to jump to the conclusion that someone is depressed who is exhibiting natural symptoms associated with grief.

In an interview with the New York Times, a fifty year old woman exemplifies the problem. After her husband died, her doctor prescribed her an antidepressant. “He told me, ‘You have to function, you have to keep your job, you have a daughter to raise,’ ” she shared.

To complicate the problem further, pharmaceutical companies strongly encourage the use of antidepressants to patients and doctors alike. Sometimes, to the point of breaking the law.

Criminal and civil fines in the billions

GlaxoSmithKline LLC pled guilty in 2012 for “marketing drugs


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County Commission will vote on Senate appointment Wednesday

Page A1 of the July 15 North Kitsap Herald. This edition is two sections, 36 pages, with USA Weekend and local and regional advertising inserts.

— image credit: Page designed by Richard Walker

Kitsap County commissioners expect to appoint a state senator Wednesday. Rep. Christine Rolfes, D-Bainbridge, is the top choice of county precinct committee officers to succeed Phil Rockefeller, who resigned to accept appointment by Gov. Chris Gregoire to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council.

The Canoe Journey — a gathering of canoe families from indigenous nations in British Columbia and Washington — will stop at Port Gamble S'Klallam and Suquamish next week.

And three people are vying for a position on the North Kitsap School Board.

Those are the top stories inof my body, with the toxicity within me (due to natural, as well as pharmaceutical inputs) ravaging within me. It was ugly.

Unrecognizable and with a failed immune system that hit her like a Mack truck after the birth of her daughter, Theresa’s “new normal” in life was filled with perpetual infection, inflammation and chronic pain. The small airways of her lungs were wrecked and her tonsils and glands were infected and swollen for at least seven to eight years straight, without a moment’s respite. She had no idea that gluten and other food sensitivities were virtually killing her. Previous pleasures like singing, ballroom dance, power volleyball and hikes in nature became distant memories she thought she’d never experience again.

After over a dozen years of profound struggling, I accidentally


Michigan Woman Sues, Claims Doctor Forced Abortion After She Said Stop Caitlin Bruce claims she said stop; Dr. Abraham Hodari says it was too late.

June 4, 2010 -- A young Michigan woman who changed her mind about having an abortion while on the doctor's table has accused her doctor of terminating her pregnancy even after she pleaded with him to stop.

A lawsuit filed by 20-year-old Caitlin Bruce against Dr. Abraham Hodari is now winding its way through the Genesee County court system, but the case has raised questions about when an abortion can be stopped.

Bruce said she walked into Hodari's Feminine Health Care Clinic in Flint, Mich., in April 2008, intending to have an abortion. She claims in an interview with ABCNews.com she changed her mind, but waspinned down, her mouth covered to muffle her screams, while Hodari forcibly terminated her pregnancy.

"This is a question about choice. Who makes the decision here? He told her she could back out any time," Bruce's attorney Tom Pabst said. "Who does he think he is?"

Hodari's lawyer called the lawsuit "baseless" and said Bruce changed her mind too late and that the doctor had no choice but to finish what he started.

"He did nothing improper," Hodari's attorney Steve Weiss said.

In 2008, Bruce was 18, pregnant by her much-older boyfriend, and unemployed. She had dropped out of high school in 11th grade and was just starting to build a life for herself. Her father, she said, had convinced her that the best thing for her would be to terminate the


pregnancy.

"He just thought I was too young and I hadn't finished school," Bruce said. "And how was I going to support the baby?"

Bruce said she'd had doubts about the abortion from the beginning, describing her emotions after finding out about the pregnancy as excited and nervous at the same time.

"I was really confused, asking everybody else what I should do. Everybody told me, 'You were too young,'" she said. "What I really wanted to hear was, 'We'll help you out.'"

In the end, she walked into the clinic. When a technician performed a sonogram and handed Bruce the picture of her 6-week-old fetus -- even though she had specifically filled out paper work saying she didn't want to see the ultrasound or any pictures -- she began to seriouslyquestion her decision.

"I sat in the room for like five minutes and cried," she said.

What happened next is in dispute.

Michigan Woman Describes Horrific Abortion; Doctor Says He's Justified

Bruce said she was put into an examination room and told Hodari she was nervous.

"He was just teling me you'll be okay," she said. "It'll be fine. It's a quick procedure. It'll just feel like a cramp in your stomach."

Bruce said she begged Hodari to stop as soon as she felt him insert the speculum to start the procedure and despite her objections, brutally forced the abortion on her while his assistants pinned her to the table.

"He had a real tight grip over my mouth, but I was screaming .. and trying to pull my legs together," she said.

Bruce said Hodari,


who she described as "very irate," seemed to give up at one point, telling her she could go home. As she began to relax, she said, he suddenly and painfully finished terminating the pregnancy.

"And that's when I felt the worst pain in my stomach," she said. "It really felt like he was ripping everything in me out, that's how painful it was."

Bruce said Hodari never spoke another word to her afterward and that she simply laid in the room by herself, terrified.

But Weiss told ABCNews.com a different version of the abortion. He said that by the time Bruce changed her mind, the procedure was already at the point where the pregnancy was doomed. He had broken her water and Bruce was bleeding.

"By the time she said stop, Dr.Hodari had already placed the dilator into her uterus," Weiss said. "By that time the pregnancy had been terminated. He had to continue the abortion."

Though Hodari did remove the dilator at Bruce's request, Weiss said, her health would have been in jeopardy if he didn't finish.

Weiss pointed to Bruce's own expert witness who Weiss claimed agreed that the doctor should have finished the abortion once the pregnancy was no longer viable.

"From that point on her own expert witness has said Dr. Hodari acted within reason," he said.

But Pabst argued that "we weren't at that point" in the procedure.

"The water wasn't broken," the lawyer said. "She hadn't felt the pain her in belly."

Vicki Saporta, president of the Washington, D.C.-based National Abortion Federation, a professional association of abortion providers, said


would never have children again.

Several weeks after the procedure, sunken into a deep depression, Bruce said she was in her car at the top of a hill, prepared to kill herself by speeding into a building at the bottom.

It was her mother's phone call that saved her life, she says. Once in therapy, she said, "My therapist had to convince me this wasn't my fault what happened. It was his fault because I told him to stop."

Shortly after that, Bruce was surprised to be pregnant again. She gave birth last year to a baby girl, who she is raising with her boyfriend.

"I still have my bad days," she said. "My therapist taught me how to work through them because I have to take care of my daughter. Iyears. Belichick has the most wins among active NFL coaches with 263, while Reid is second with 184.

GRONK RETURNS: Being a spectator over the final eight games of the regular season and playoffs was not fun for Gronkowski. While rehabbing from back surgery this offseason, he also adopted the strict diet regimen that Brady says has helped keep him healthy since the 2008 injury. Gronk says he's eager to show he still has the skills that made him one of the most dominating tight ends in football.

"It's been a while, and I just can't wait to get out there," he said.

ROOKIE WATCH: The Chiefs planned to use Spencer Ware and Kareem Hunt in tandem at running back, but Ware went down with a season-ending injury in a preseason


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Arnette Goggles ran a video contest last season to uncover some of the most promising rookie riders in Europe. The winners from the different countries not only won a bunch of swag and support for the upcoming season, they also netted a roadtrip across the glaciers of the continent this fall. This video shows what went down…

What a crew – five of the lucky winners of the Arnette ALL EYES ON ME Snow Rookie Project 2011, filmer Felix Urbauer and photographer Lorenz Holder gathered in beautiful Saas Fee late at night in the beginning of October. Earlier this year Thomas Kigle (GER), Gregor Betschon (CH), Louis Labertrande (F) Marius Bakken (NO), Andreas Grong (NO) and Roland Hörtnagl (A) applied with theirWrongful Death Lawsuit

A federal judge has dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit against a Brooklyn Center police officer who shot and killed a man during a traffic stop. U.S. District Court Judge David Doty ruled Monday that Officer Ryan Soliday was justified in using deadly force against 24-year-old Edmond Fair in August 2013.


Archer finale, the press release offers the following explanation:

"There are only two other characters after Duke's own heart, the 'Most Interesting Man in the World' from those Dos Equis commercials and Archer, an international spy and lady killer. A man among men. A man who can do anything and anyone he wants, much like the king himself, Duke Nukem."

Following its most recent delay, Duke Nukem Forever is planned to release internationally on June 10, and in the U.S. on June 14 for PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3.Scripture | Theology | Church | Art | Culture

Sneaking a Sacrament

I have seen so much beauty and wonder accompany the Eucharist. Maybe not as much as I saw this past Sunday.

With a toddler in my arms, I rose as soon as the invitation was extended and went to receive the bread and wine. My desperation for Jesus was too intense to wait and piously reflect in the seat. I just needed Him. Not in two minutes, not in one. I needed Him then and there by whatever means.

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When I returned, I found my 7-yr old son distraught and on the verge of tears. My wife had joined the communion line. Our older daughter, who I baptized just last year, went with her. My wife and I


body of our Lord, broken for him. He was desperate. He did not want to wait two minutes. Not one minute. He needed something at that very moment.

His mother and sister returned. That 9-yr old girl stuck out her hand as she walked past to get to her seat. In one motion, her little fingers swiftly opened his and secretively placed something inside.A new species of moth with a wingspan of a mere 0.4 inches, beady eyes, golden coifh has been named after the soon-to-be 45th US president.

And ironically, Neopalpa donaldtrumpi‘s native habitat lies between the US and Mexico.

Evolutionary biologist Vazrick Nazari said in a research paper published on ZooKeys that the moth was discovered in 1998 in California, but new specimens discovered south of the border had different features than their cousins and so was determined to be a different species within the Neopalpa genus.

One of the main differences between n. donaldtrumpi and n. neonata is the yellowish-white scales on its head, the scientist noted.“Its distinctive wing pattern and its unique DNA bar code immediately flagged it as a new and un-described species,” Nazari, a researcher from Ottawa, Canada,


creditors.

Resolving the competing interests of each of these parties can be complex, especially given the often intangible nature of technology and its importance to most businesses.

Speaker

Michael Sneddon, General Counsel of Oakton will discuss the myriad of issues that may arise when a party faces the possibility of significant disruption to its business caused by the insolvency of the counterparty and what rights each of those parties have and actions they can take to protect their rights under the licence arrangement.

Michael has practiced law for over 29 years, the last 8 years as General Counsel of Oakton. Oakton is an international IT Consultancy company, listed on the ASX and head quartered in Melbourne. With over 1100 staff, it is one of the largest Australian Owned IT companies.Wildlife officials have finally captured a large invasive Asian water monitor that had been running loose in the Florida Keys for more than a year.

Florida Fish and Wildlife officials posted pictures on Facebook with this caption: "Elusive lizard captured!"

The lizard was more than 5 feet (1.52 meters) long and weighed 20 pounds (9 kilograms).

Crews of staff members and volunteers had been setting traps and searching for the lizard. Once it was caught, the lizard was removed from the wild. Wildlife officials say this helps prevent the establishment of a new nonnative species.

Wildlife officers advise people to snap pictures if they see nonnative wildlife and report it to the agency.


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during Egypt tours ((English house)) the place where the English ruler was living during the colonization -also enjoy swimming in hot spring then we then the going to black desert have dinner and sleep in the sand dunes.

black desert

Day 2

Moving after breakfast to the Bedouin village [El haez ] cold spring – crystal mountain egypt –then going to El Agabat then to Roman spring (ain khadra –Then going to the new white desert.

crystal mountain egypt

crystal mountain egypt

Day 3

similarly, the new White desert to the old white desert Egypt –wadi El khiam .

then, we will move to see some stones which formed from the effect of the wind like [mushroom – horse – chicken –ice cream ]returning to Bahariya then to Cairo

Discover Baharya Oasis city and around.

Visit Anglize MountainAngliz Mountain, then, Back to the camp for dinner and overnight.

Camp

the second day the desert by jeep to the White Desert, (Lunch at the village) on the way you will visit Black Desert, crystal mountain Egypt, Agabat Sand Dunes, Flower Stones.

Old White Desert and Camping at the New White Desert for overnight after getting dinner.

Sand Dunes

on your third day. After, breakfast drive back to Bahariya Oasis then, go to the camp for a shower and get lunch then transfer to the bus station to catch the bus at 3:00 pm back to Cairo and you will arrive at 8:00 pm.

White Desert

DAY1:

Transfer by air-conditioned transport from your hotel in Cairo (350km), Check-in at International Hot Spring Hotel Tour of Local Antiquities.

Visit the Golden Mummies; the 26th Dynasty temple and


Remember how's G.O made his debut as anBJ recently?

In one talk session clip back on March 4, G.O talked about his trainee days, where he practiced and received singing lessons through an SM Entertainment affiliated academy. He revealed that he used to be a part of a group called the Changwon Musician Union, and he was able to enroll at the SM academy with his group members.�

He shared, "One famous person who received lessons [at that academy] was Girls' Generation's�Taeyeon. We got along closely, eating hamburgers and practicing together."�

"They launched an 'SM Best Singing Contest', and Taeyeon came in 1st place, while I came in 2nd place. At the time, I couldn't accept the results. Back then, I would practice 10 hours straight, and even if my voiceLeinenweber,
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        Kevin Sroga alleges that he purchased vehicles from the City of Chicago at a
public auction, but the City prevented him from taking possession of them by
unlawfully “seizing” them. He sued the City, two named employees, and multiple Jane
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Eskom replaces Dladla with Maritz in the power seat

JOHANNESBURG - The Eskom board this week pushed former acting chief executive Johnny Dladla out of his influential position - after a mere four months at the helm of the troubled power utility - to make way for another temporary head, Sean Maritz.

Eskom said it had introduced a new role of rotating acting chief executives in an effort to embed organisation stability. The utility said it would soon embark on a recruitment process to find a permanent candidate for the position.

Maritz is information technology group executive. The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) described the changes as highly agitating and said they would weaken steps to stabilise Eskom. NUM energy sector co-ordinator Paris Mashego said it was a bad decision thatThe devastating fire that destroyed the village hall, fire station and RCMP office in Rogersville likely started in the building’s attic, according to a preliminary report from the Office of the Fire Marshal.

The massive fire destroyed the building on Jan. 9.

Norman Thibodeau, the province’s acting fire marshal, said it is believed the fire started in the building's attic.

"The investigation has determined the area of origin to be in the attic above the electrical room and the most probable cause being an electrical fault," he said.

The fire department, RCMP and city hall are using temporary locations while a plan for a new building is sorted out. The cost of the damage is still unknown but is estimated in the millions.

The blaze was spotted by a Rogersville resident at about


It was for the battle of Dranesville, fought Dec. 20, 1861. The Union victory there left about 50 dead, and another 260 wounded. It was a small battle, only a brigade’s worth of troops on both sides, but the dead and wounded left their mark on the landscape. In 1861 there was a strip of land owned by John Rowzee where the 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery unlimbered. By 1912, that strip of land had become home to the Dranesville Church of the Brethren. A Christian denomination with a core tenet of pacifism, the Brethren hold a commemoration every year in their sanctuary so that the dead and suffering of Dranesville are never forgotten. That is a risk, too, without the program—the entirety of the battlefield is all butwas “Amazing Grace”, and the memories of these soldiers came flooding into the sanctuary. With the end of the song, the lights to the sanctuary were turned off, descending the congregation into a near a total darkness—except for the 50 candles ahead of us. Those candles were our guiding light. And then they started to go out as names were read.

“Sixth South Carolina Infantry, Killed in Action.”

“Obadiah Harden.” Elected as captain of Company E, Harden fell wounded in front of his men on December 20. His wound festered, turned to tetanus, and he died New Year’s Day, 1862. He was immediately followed by,

“Thomas Harden.” Obadiah’s younger brother died as the Carolinians pushed towards the Leesburg Pike, running into the 6th and 9th Pennsylvania Reserves. Both Harden brothers were


brought back to Chester County, South Carolina.

Obadiah Harden (Ancestry)

It got darker.

“9th Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry.”

“Alexander B. Smith.” The 22-year old Smith had worked in coal before the war, and was among the first Federals hit at Dranesville. Moments before his skirmishing company deployed Smith stood alongside a fellow soldier and traded salt pork for corned beef. They shared a quick smoke, and then rushed headlong into the thick pines in front of them. As the skirmishers fell back from the point of contact, Smith fell, shot in the neck. He was brought back to camp the following day and died of his wounds on January 14.

“11th Virginia Infantry, Killed in Action.”

“John Henry.” Here was an example of a new generation at war. These were not experienced veterans engaged inpitched battle, but rather, new soldiers seeing serious combat for the first time. In loading his musket, something went wrong, and Henry ended up shooting himself through the bottom of the chin. The bullet passed through his brain and the young Lynchburg resident was likely dead by the time his body hit the ground.

The candles kept going out, and it got darker. Until the end, with just one small flame left. At the speaker’s podium the presenter held the candle, giving just enough to read from the page. But as the last name rang out over the pews the speaker leaned down and blew out the flame. We were left in the total darkness, and it was over. In lieu of a discussion about what either side should


the end of 2011. That is good news because this will be a net rise over 2010 growth, when charities were able to gather up an additional median gain of 3.5%. Nevertheless, those charities are still below 2007 levels and much of the gains have been in the form of donated medicine, food, and services rather than monetary funds. The Chronicle counts the 400 as a barometer of the charitable world. As such, it is a reminder of the many needs out there. The article also charts some patterns in charities of interest to the savvy philanthropist. There is a bit of promising news for the charitably inclined, too, as headway has been made on the worldwide malaria problem, with charitable organizations at the forefront of vaccine development.co-workers with dementia, too. A recent story out of DeKalb County (i.e., Atlanta) illustrates this coming trend. Meet Linda Carter, the Superior Court clerk of DeKalb County. At age 59, Linda suffers from early onset Alzheimer’s. Her condition was a secret held between Linda and a helpful confidant in the court office. This confidant helped Linda perform her duties and remain employed. Obviously, such an effort is not sustainable. Recently, their secret was revealed when Linda was offered a routine form to sign. In reality, the form was a letter of resignation prepared for her. She signed it. Linda wants her job back. She sued the court to reinstate her post, once it became clear what had transpired. Now, a quagmire has developed as other employees have deemed


Sept. 26, 2011). So, what did him in? As Forbes reports it was undercapitalization, among other missteps, making the case one of several recent ones in a rash of such cases. It was the U.S. Open in 2005 and The United States Tennis Association contracted with Restaurant Associates to provide catering services. Restaurant Associates, in turn, subcontracted beverages out to All American Concessions. The sole shareholder of All American Concessions was one Marty Rosen. As a condition of the subcontract with Restaurant Associates, All American Concessions was required to obtain proper insurance. A class action suit was later filed against all three – the USTA, Restaurant Associates, and All American – leaving Restaurant Associates out $92,000, but with All American declining to participate. Naturally, Restaurant Associates sued Allthe elbows, knees, the skin behind the ears, the trunk, and the scalp. The disease may also affect the underarms and genital areas. The lesions vary in size from minute papules to sheets covering large parts of the body. Quite often, they are discs from half an inch to several inches in size. The lesions are always dry and rarely become infected. Recent studies have shown that psoriasis involves an abnormality in the mechanism in which the skin grows and replaces itself. The abnormality is related to the metabolism of amino acids, the nature's basic building blocks for the reproduction of cell tissues. Heredity also plays a role in the development of psoriasis as it tends to occur in families. The factors that aggravate and precipitate the outbreak


Chad Brown wears a lot of different hats.

The 46-year-old Navy veteran is part entrepreneur, part environmental advocate, part designer, part nonprofit president and that same organization's only paid employee. If it were up to him, though, he'd be happy to be known as just one thing: a fly fisherman.

His shop in North Portland, a small affair called Soul River Inc. just off Interstate Avenue in the Kenton Neighborhood, is dotted with gear of his own design. An army green inflatable raft sits in one corner and meticulously crafted flies long to be casted from inside a glass case.

The work Brown values most happens behind the retail space, however, in a cramped room taken up mostly by a conference table. The walls are covered with blown-up pictures of kidsand teenagers, usually up to their waists in river water with a rod in hand, smiling as they cast their lines in the hopes of landing a sizable fish.

This is where Brown runs the 501(c)(3) portion of Soul River Inc. This is where he introduces at-risk youth and other vets to the idea of conservation. This is where he'll tell you about how a river saved his life.

Headwaters of trauma

Brown had a knack for art and design from the time he was a youngster growing up in near Austin, Texas, and his plan was to pursue it as a career. In 1990, he was enrolled at The Art Institute of Dallas, studying to become a commercial artist. When his money started to run short, he dropped out and


joined the Navy.

Brown would travel to 14 different countries as a member of a Joint Taskforce Expeditionary Unit, which often shadowed special operations teams around the world. He served in Operation Desert Storm, at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba, at a NASA research station in Antarctica and in Mogadishu, Somalia, during a period of extreme violence.

The movie "Black Hawk Down" takes place around the same time Brown was in the war-torn country's capital city. The violence he saw wasn't dissimilar to that portrayed in the film.

"Desert Storm was a lot of hurry up and wait, but Somalia was a whole different ball game," Brown said. "It was like the wild wild west, fast and rapid. It was ugly. I was in the mix for a lot of the messthroughout the city."

He came out unscathed, physically at least, in 1994 and immediately threw himself back into school, finishing his undergraduate degree at an art school in Atlanta. Brown moved to New York to get his masters degree in photography, communications and design at the prestigious Pratt Institute.

"The way I staged everything coming out of the military was just like boom, boom, boom, one after the other," he said. "It was back to back for me and I didnt really have time to think about what i went through."

Signs of mental health issues began to creep into his life toward the end of his time at Pratt. He sometimes got lost on his way home, a route he knew well. A couple times a month, he would find


himself sobbing in the middle of the street for no particular reason.

Each time, he shook it off and worked even harder.

After finishing his graduate degree, he won a few awards and found success quickly, taking on lucrative contract design work and feeling his way around the advertising industry in New York. Eventually, he found himself pitching ideas to Russell Simmons, the hip-hop mogul, and doing work for Phat Farm, Simmons' fashion line.

The pace of his life, again, increased. But despite his success, he knew something was off.

"For a lot of vets, we find ways to cope with things. Whether it's alcohol or drugs or cigarettes, but I think for me, the more I could step into that arena of a fast lifestyle, that was kind of my wayof coping," he said.

From rapids to stillwater

In 2007, Brown knew he needed a change. He took a job in Portland as a senior art director at an ad agency. When it came to pace, though, Portland is no New York.

The slower speed of the city gave him more time to think and the demons that haunted him from afar on the east coast drew closer. Depression set in, for real this time, and within six months of arriving in Oregon, Brown lost his job and began a period of on-again, off-again homelessness that would last for years.

He knew he needed help and turned to Veterans Affairs, but the paperwork and numerous doctor visits proved difficult to navigate. He was put on heavy medications and enrolled in therapy, but


until a friend introduced him to fly fishing.

Soon after, he would discover that the river itself would be his savior.

He still can't say exactly what it was about fishing on the Clackamas River that soothed him. Perhaps it was the consistent sounds of running water or maybe the repetitive action of casting a line. Whatever it was, fly fishing was the only thing that made him feel any better. He bartered with the doctors at the VA: if he spent more time fishing and continued to improve, they would decrease his meds.

He was still looking for a larger sense of purpose, though.

A breakthrough on the water

Chad Brown poses with a group of kids and vets on a recent excursion to the Arctic Circle.

It was 2012 when Brown gotthe idea for Soul River Inc. He knew the river had saved his life, but he wanted to help other people find their own version of fly fishing, that which could soothe the wounds left by trauma.

"Your soul river is different than my soul river," he said. "Your soul river may be hiking or skateboarding, but its the idea being able to connect on a personal level that you can use as a coping mechanism to help you go through your process."

The next year, he finally got his paperwork from the VA diagnosing him as 50 percent mentally disabled. With that diagnosis came roughly six years of backpay and a chance for Brown to start over again. He paid off some debt he'd accumulated, and sunk the rest


into Soul River Inc.

Even though he's been out of the military for more than 20 years, the imprint left on Brown by his service, and on Soul River Inc., is indelible. He organizes seven expeditions a year, which he calls "deployments," to places in environmental peril, which he calls "hot zones."

The trips vary widely — some as close as Eastern Oregon, others as far away as the Arctic Circle — but the mission stays the same. Brown throws together small groups of underserved youth with veterans from all branches of the military for an immersion class in environmental stewardship, leadership and advocacy.

Citlalli Briseño was 16 when she was volunteering for the city in her hometown of Vancouver. Someone mentioned that there was an opportunity to go camping withsome kind of outdoor nonprofit and she jumped at the chance.

That year, 2014, Briseño went with Brown and a group of youngsters to stay on the land of the Quinault tribe in Washington. She was so taken with the experience, the next year she went with the group to the Arctic Circle.

"I loved it," she said. "Being out there in the middle of nowhere with the vets. It's hard to explain, but they are natural leaders and it rubbed off on us."

Now, at the age of 19, Briseño is the youngest member of the Board of Directors for Soul River Inc., and has taken a keen interest in the environment. When she starts summer school this year, she plans to major in marine biology with a focus on


the Arctic.

Citlalli Briseno casts a line on a recent excursion with Soul River Inc.

By any measure, Soul River Inc. has been a success. Brown and other members of the organization see themselves as a family, many of them staying in contact whether they are planning a deployment or not.

Still, Brown felt like he could do more.

A different kind of justice

Taking kids who have traumatic backgrounds out into the wilderness presents its own special challenges, Brown said.

"If John Doe, at 16 years old, had his brother get shot in the streets by the cops and two months later John Doe is wanting to come on a deployment, he's bringing that into the wild. How do we deal with that?"

It's a vexing question with no easy answers. The issues ofenvironmental justice and social justice are intertwined to the point that they can't be addressed separately, Brown said, but to do so, people need to be able to talk to each other about things that are, in the best of times, contentious.

On April 22, Brown will attempt to start that conversation. He's partnered with Oregon Wild, a local conservation group, and the Portland EcoFilm Festival to present two films at the Hollywood Theater. The first, a short documentary about Brown's most recent deployment to Alaska. The second, the premier of an environmentally-focused music video from Michael Crenshaw.

For Brown, though, the most-important part of the evening will come after the films. He's put together a diverse panel of speakers to talk to the audience about their own experiences in


U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Commissioner's Statement on the Employment Situation News Release

Advance copies of this statement are made available to the press
under lock-up conditions with the explicit understanding that the
data are embargoed until 8:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Statement of
Keith Hall
Commissioner
Bureau of Labor Statistics
before the
Joint Economic Committee
UNITED STATES CONGRESS
Friday, March 6, 2009
Madam Chair and Members of the Committee:
Thank you for the opportunity to discuss the employment and
unemployment data we released this morning.
The sharp and widespread contraction in the labor market
continued in February. Nonfarm payroll employment fell by
651,000, following declines of 681,000 in December and 655,000 in
January. Since the recession began in December 2007, job losses
have totaled 4.4 million, well more than half of which occurred
in the past 4 months. In February, the unemployment rate climbed
from 7.6 to 8.1 percent,the highest rate in over 25 years.
Manufacturing employment declined by 168,000 in February and
has dropped by 1.3 million since the start of the recession.
Employment has fallen in nearly all manufacturing industries
during this period. In February, manufacturing hours decreased
by two-tenths of an hour, as did factory overtime hours.
Construction employment fell by 104,000 in February with
losses throughout the sector. This industry has shed 904,000
jobs since the recession began, with about half of the decline
occurring in the past 4 months.
In February, employment continued to decline sharply
throughout most of the service-providing sector. Professional
and business services employment dropped by 180,000, including
78,000 jobs lost at temporary help agencies. Employment in
temporary help has fallen by 686,000 since the recession began.
Other large over-the-month job losses occurred in transportation
and warehousing (-49,000), especially trucking; financial
activities (-44,000); retail trade


Murray Olderman is a columnist and cartoonist whose work was distributed by Newspaper Enterprise Association, a Scripps-Howard syndicate, to 650 daily newspapers. After serving as executive editor, he retired from the syndicate but remains active as a writer and artist, and his stories have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and the Miami Herald.DONATE Seated on a plastic chair outside a school in South Sudan’s northern town of Aweil, Kristine Akodit shifts her 1-year-old daughter in her arms as she breastfeeds. “Hunger is here,” says the young mother, whose three children sometimes go days without food. At the launch of a European Union funded school meal program, Akodit hangs her head. This year is worse than last, she says. Akodit is among the almost seven million South Sudanese people facing hunger — sixty-one percent of the population — with 1.8 million on the brink of starvation. The crisis is largely a consequence of the civil war that broke out in South Sudan in 2013 shortly after it gained independence from the north. In 2015, the South Sudanese government launched a multi-million


dollar project meant to develop farms that would feed its people and even export the surplus. But according to the U.S. government, the farming project was instead used to cover up the sale of approximately US$150 million in weapons, including rifles, grenade launchers, and shoulder-fired rockets. In December, an Israeli security services firm contracted to run the project, as well as its owner, were blacklisted for allegedly fueling the conflict by supplying arms to both the government and the opposition. In its sanctions announcement, the U.S. Treasury Department mentioned — but didn’t name or blacklist — a “major multi-national oil firm” that was in “close collaboration.” Newly leaked internal documents, emails, and other records obtained by OCCRP, as well as confirmation by two closely placed sources, show whokept off the books and oversight institutions are sidestepped, the money’s either being used to line the pockets of politicians or support military operations,” said J.R. Mailey, investigations director at The Sentry, a Washington-based advocacy group that investigates links between war crimes, corruption, and human rights violations. The project shows how “multinational companies are benefiting from the violence of South Sudan,” said Edmund Yakani, executive director for Community Empowerment for Progress Organization, a local advocacy organization. 🔗Arming Both Sides The South Sudan civil war started as a power struggle in 2013, just two years after the country’s independence from Sudan, and escalated along ethnic lines, killing almost 400,000 people and displacing millions. Both the government, led by President Salva Kiir, and the opposition, led by former Vice President


Riek Machar, stand accused of committing grave human rights atrocities, including using rape as a weapon of war. The U.S. Treasury Department alleges that Israel Ziv, the man behind Global CST, provided weapons and ammunition to both sides. "Treasury is targeting individuals who have provided soldiers, armored vehicles, and weapons used to fuel the conflict in South Sudan," Sigal Mandelker, Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, said in announcing the sanctions in December. "We are intent on holding accountable those who profit off the misery and suffering of the South Sudanese people and facilitate violence against civilians.” Ziv denied the allegations, and said the U.S. has yet to present evidence to support the sanctions. South Sudan’s government called the sanctions “unjustified.” In July 2018It defies belief, but a 180 million year old fern fossil unearthed in Sweden is so exquisitely preserved that it is possible to see its cells dividing.

So pristine is the fossil, reported scientists from the Swedish Museum of Natural History in the journal Science in March, that it is possible for them to estimate its genome size from the size of its cell nuclei -- and that it has remained substantially unchanged from its living descendants since the early Jurassic.

The ferns were swallowed by a volcanic mudflow called a lahar, in which gas and rocky debris from an eruption mix with water and sediment. After entombment, hot salty water percolated into the coarse sediments around the ferns and acted as a preservative brine that immortalized the hapless plants.


Sam Howroyd: Behind the rise in FMCG online spend

Fast moving consumer goods are becoming a major driver of online advertising spend on the up, this week studies on Brand Republic examines some of the reasons behind this, as well as how consumers view what companies do with their data.

Its tracking of social media activity revealed that while there were nearly 1.3m social media posts in total around the Ryder Cup between 27 September and 1 October, many of them were in countries not taking part in the tournament.

Tens of thousands of messages were sent in Canada, South Africa and Australia, while countries outside the traditional golfing heartlands - such as India and Mexico - generated thousands of tweets. In total, tweets came from 113 different countries.Arsenal have agreed a deal in principle to sign Manchester United and England forward Danny Welbeck as talks continue to complete the deal before the close of the transfer window, Press Association Sport understands.

The 23-year-old appears set to be given the opportunity to leave Old Trafford as manager Louis van Gaal continues to build a squad he feels can challenge for honours.

Arsenal's north London rivals Tottenham were also believed to be keen on a move for Welbeck, who has scored 20 goals in 92 Barclays Premier League appearances, but the Manchester-born striker is now in talks with Arsenal.

However, it remains to be seen if a deal can be agreed before the 11pm deadline - with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger at a charity football event in Rome.

Welbeck has appeared


as a substitute in two of United's league games so far this season - draws at both Sunderland and Burnley - and started in the remarkable 4-0 Capital Cup exit at the hands of MK Dons.

Having come through the ranks at Old Trafford, Welbeck has also spent time out on loan at Preston and with the Black Cats before establishing himself in Sir Alex Ferguson's first-team squad.

Welbeck has scored eight goals in 26 England caps and has lifted the Barclays Premier League trophy and the League Cup during his time with the Red Devils.

Now he could be set to become Arsenal's fifth summer signing following the arrivals of Alexis Sanchez, Mathieu Debuchy, David Ospina and Calum Chambers and would add to Wenger's options in attack - with TheoA strong start by a pair of rookies

DOUG FERGUSON

Oct. 11, 2014

NAPA, Calif. (AP) — The Ryder Cup was two weeks ago. The Tour Championship was only a month ago. Both events that ended a long year on the PGA Tour were only for the elite few. Many others came to the Frys.com Open for a new season fresh and ready to go.

Martin Laird was a prime example at Silverado, as were a pair of rookies.

Laird went back to his old coach in the summer and was making headway when he narrowly missed out on the FedEx Cup playoffs, which gave him seven weeks away from golf. He returned at the Frys.com Open with two straight rounds of 5-under 67 to take a one-shot lead into the weekend.

"You never


know how you're going to play after seven weeks off like I had," Laird said Friday after making four straight birdies around the turn to take the lead. "Just to come out and put back-to-back 67s up and play very solid — very solid 67s — I'm extremely happy."

He was one shot ahead of Bae Sang-moon, who made all three of his birdies on the par 5s for a 69; and Zach Blair, one of the 20 rookies in the field at Silverado.

Blair didn't even think he would be on tour a couple of weeks ago. He missed every cut during the Web.com Tour Finals until the final event in Florida, when he tied the course record on the Valley Course at the TPC Sawgrass with a 63and finished second to earn his card.

In his first start, he put together rounds of 69-66 and was in the second-to-last group going into the weekend.

"I was in the last group today," Blair said, referring to rookies and players with the least amount of status getting either the first or last tee times ahead of the cut. "So yeah, I pulled the pins today. It would be nice to say there."

And then there was Mark Hubbard, who was all smiles Friday evening for all the right reasons.

Hubbard played at San Jose State, and the Spartans have connections with the Frys.com Open organizers, which are based not far from San Jose. He qualified last year at CordeValle, and he's no stranger to Silverado.

After a solid start with a 69,


Hubbard was having another good day when his prospects improved mightily in the final few holes. He had a hole-in-one at No. 7, and then nearly holed out from the fairway on No. 8 for a tap-in birdie. He missed a short birdie attempt on his final hole, but by then he was in no mood to complain. Hubbard would up with a 65, the best score of the week, and was only two shots out of the lead.

"It's pretty cool," he said. "Fifth hole-in-one ever, only second in actual competition. I had a couple in qualifying for college, but to have it in my first PGA event as a PGA member is pretty cool."

The season opener on the PGA Tour had a little for everyone.

Laird was at10-under 134, confident in his swing and particularly pleased that all the work on his short game the last month paid off so nicely. His round ended with a wedge from the first cut of rough that set up a tap-in birdie, his 11th of the week.

Hubbard was in a group that included David Lingmerth (68) and Scott Langley, whose wife recently gave birth to their first child. Langley holed a bunker shot on his way to a 66 that put him at 8-under 136.

Hideki Matsuyama looked strong in his 67 and was three behind. In the group four shots behind were Brooks Koepka (70) and Hunter Mahan, one of four Ryder Cup players at Silverado, all of whom made the cut.

Matt Kuchar, like Mahan, had a 68.


He was five shots behind. Not to be forgotten was Jimmy Walker, who opened with a 75 only to bounce back with eight birdies in his round of 66. He was still seven shots behind, but still playing.

Lee Westwood had a 69 in the morning and was eight shots behind.

Silverado hadn't hosted a PGA Tour event since 1980, and it appeared the players were starting to figure out how to navigate the tight, winding fairways and small greens that are all about being on the right side of the hole.

There were 13 rounds at 67 or better, compared with only three in the opening round.

The next test is the weekend, where the stakes get a little higher. It's a new experience for the rookies, and they sounded eagerbut also a relatively critical moment since the surgeon no longer has access to the heart when the retractor is removed.
In systems comprising an external fastening rod, which is mounted to the operating table, there is almost no practical way to reposition the system to the other side. The reason behind this is that all regions located vertically below the surgical area are considered non-sterile. A mounting on the operating table will thus be in the non-sterile region and cannot be detached and relocated to another point. Likewise, work steps that must be carried out during surgery in this region, such as loosening a clamped connection, are impermissible.


Thinking Beyond Buildings: Gordon Beckman, AIA, John Portman & Assoc.

Gordon Beckman’s interest in high-rise buildings started when he was 12 years old. Along with several of his neighborhood friends in Rockford, IL, he decided to construct a tree house. It started with modest dimensions, but “pretty soon, it was a five-story tree house that went well above the telephone wires,” says Beckman, AIA, principal and design director at John Portman & Associates in Atlanta. He says the project even attracted enough attention to make the local news.

Now, more than 40 years later, Beckman has experience working nationally and internationally, designing U.S. projects like HALO Corporate Headquarters in Niles, IL, and New Music City Convention Center Hotel in Nashville, TN, along with global projects like China Center. And heIn early 2013, Fu Ping published her autobiography Bend, Not Break, coauthored with Meimei Fox. The book, along with her media interviews, has been found to contain many exaggerations, distortions, and fabrications. Fu Ping has responded by claiming to be a victim of a "smear campaign" of ulterior motives.

This blog documents the facts, questions, and falsehoods behind her book and words.

Monday, February 17, 2014

The Guardian: Six Things I Know: Tech Entrepreneur Ping Fu on Why Life is a Mountain Range

The Guardian, which had played a leadingrole in questioning Fu Ping's story, published the following profile of her on February 17, 2014, as part of its "Women in Leadership" series. Apparently their reporters do not even bother to fact-check against their own archives:

Six things I know: tech entrepreneur Ping


Fu on why life is a mountain rangeBorn in China, exiled to the US and now a successful entrepreneur in a developing industry, Ping Fu's life is one of change and survival

Harriet Minter

Tech entrepreneur Ping Fu works in an industry that embraces those who embrace change and Fu learned these skills younger than most. She was born in China on the eve of the Cultural Revolution, grew up with abuse and violence and was finally exiled from her country. She ended up in the US where she studied computer science and worked in software companies before starting Geomagic, a 3D software development company. She is the author of "Bend, Not Break: from Mao's China to the White House".

Here are six things life has taught her:

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some discretion when it comes to the
source of your advice.

~~~
menloparkbum
_the startup world is becoming inundated with people who just want to sell
stuff to startup founders_

He's part of the parallel universe in silicon valley (physically, and in
spirit) of people who hold seminars, arrange mixers, make blogs, write twitter
posts, and generally act as a big sideshow and social group for 2nd rate
startups and their entourages.

It's a surreal place filled with the same people at every event (and linked on
every blog or re-tweeted on every tweet) who seem like they must be important,
but aren't.

Sometimes worlds collide and Tim Ferris does a talk at Google (or TED - WTF?)
or Tara Hunt doles out free beer at a conference room at Yahoo!...

In my experience unless your girlfriend is working for one of theirand resource extraction – that can afford to scoop up the talent from the public service and put them to work in a system that allows them to operate largely unseen.

This is on top of the lobby registers in Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia.

All these registers list the names of lobbyists, the companies they work for and the corporate clients and groups their company is paid to represent.

But as a way for the public or journalists to understand for sure who is lobbying for which corporate causes, the register is only useful if you have a lobbying company with one lobbyist, advocating for one client. There are very few, if any, of those.

For example, one of the 293 lobby companies registered with


a year as a senior media advisor for Resources Minister Martin Ferguson before getting a job as a senior external affairs advisor for Royal Dutch Shell.

Matthew Doman, a corporate communications manager for gas company Santos, used to work as a media advisor to Liberal Party powerbroker Nick Minchin and for the former Trade Minister Mark Vaile.

Brad Williams, who spent four years as Mark Vaile’s chief of staff, is currently the manager for government affairs at Inpex – an oil and gas company which recently won approval for a $34 billion LNG project near Darwin.

The list, if there was space, could go on and on.

Then there are the former state and federal government MPs and ministers who have strolled through the revolving lobby door in recent years to companiesthat include major resources industry corporations on their client lists.

Take former Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, for example. Mr Downer is a registered lobbyist with Bespoke Approach, which includes the likes of Xstrata, Petrochina and Yancoal among its clients. Also at Bespoke is Nick Bolkus, a former minister in both the Hawke and Keating Governments.

Lobby company SAS Consulting includes two former ministers, Con Sciacca and Larry Anthony, and former MP Phil Barresi. Sciacca’s former Chief of Staff Luke Giribon also works at SAS, which includes gas and electricity company ERM Power and the group of companies owned by coal mining magnate Nathan Tinkler.

Also lobbying for GRA and its partner company GRA Everingham is John Dawkins, who left politics in 1984 after 18 years as an MP and minister.

None of