gainful activity since the disability onset date, that she suffered from myofascial3 pain involving her left upper extremity and neck and prescription medication abuse, and that she had severe impairments that did not meet or equal a listed impairment. At the fourth step, the ALJ determined that Gowell could return to her past relevant work as a cashier and stock clerk and thus was not disabled within the meaning of the Social Security Act.

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Gowell appealed to the Appeals Council, which denied her request for review. Accordingly, the ALJ's judgment became the final decision of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration. Gowell then sought review in the district court, which granted summary judgment in favor of the Commissioner and dismissed her complaint. Gowell appeals, arguing that the ALJsevere mental impairments that affected her ability to work, primarily relying on the report of psychologist Dr. Michael Inman. Dr. Inman evaluated Gowell on December 22, 1995, and concluded that she had an above average ability to understand, remember, and carry out instructions and appeared to be capable of responding appropriately to supervision, co-workers, and work pressure. Dr. Inman noted that Gowell had not sought psychological treatment since a traumatic incident in 1968 and that her "[a]ffect was more consistent with mild hostility" than with depression. Gowell's reticence to approach psychiatric specialists is understandable given her testimony that in 1981 her second husband had her involuntarily committed. This fact, however, when considered with her subsequent work history, indicates that Gowell has worked for years with her impairments. Gowell


year.

In January, a reverse swastika was painted onto the star, while in March, someone painted a mute sign on it, seemingly protesting the presidential candidate’s offensive language and policies.

Then there was that time a service dog pooped on the sidewalk star, leaving us with this image:

My friend's service dog accidentally took a shit on Donald Trump's Hollywood star.

Best thing I've seen all day. pic.twitter.com/8lvqkTZPfk — Taylor (@Taybuggxoxo) March 16, 2016

Street artist Plastic Jesus even built a wall around Trump’s star in July (and no, Mexico did not pay for it).

Editor’s note: Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims — 1.6 billion members of an entire religion — from entering theTuesday, March 31

Today we went to Cabazon to the Dinosaur museum. The boys had a blast. We got to do a dino dig and pan for rocks. Inside some of the dinosaurs move and Henry was very afraid. I got him a gun and knife, his favorite, and he held onto those the entire day and still is holding them. He shot dinosaurs all day.

It is Norman's Spring Break so I took the boys bowling for the first time. Stephen totally dominated the game. Norman preferred to bowl granny style and Stephen liked the throw it. He thew it so hard the one time it went into the next lane. They had lots of fun.

Friday, March 6

It has been so cold and they boys have been wearing nothing


and down the mountain never looking back. This is a picture of his hand after climbing. He is a tough kid.

Norman had a transportation parade at school and was asked to make a firetruck. We worked for hours on it and he was so excited for the parade. Mark took the day off to see it. We get there and wait and wait to see Norman come out. Finally I spot him in a corner with a teacher and go see what is going on. He said he got nervous and threw up so I tried to get him to walk in the parade but he did not want to.Out & About: 17 - 23 July

Monday 17th July: Suzy is taking part in the Assembly's Brexit Committee and looking at the impact and opportunities for Welsh ports

Tuesday 18th July: Suzy and her team in the Assembly are meeting groups to discuss mental health and other issues

Friday 21st July: Suzy is visiting a pharmacy in Bridgend to find out more about the services they offer and work they do. She is following this up with meetings with local groups and representatives for Bridgend to discuss the town's economy and regeneration

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Between 1973 and 1976, we performed 121 secondary corrections of the lip in cleft lip and palate cases; 75 of them were unilateral. Most of the cases were originally operated upon in another unit, usually by the same surgeon using a straight line closure according to Veau (1931). The result was always a short lip at the site of operation. In addition, the typical deformity of the aperture of the nose, with flatness of the ala cartilage, has been frequently observed. Various techniques have been used to correct the secondary deformities of the lip; some were modified by the author. In most cases, the Tennison (1952) technique was used with modification of the Trauner (1966) flap. The results of this technique wereOff-message voters elect Thatcher top Tory

David Cameron has spent much time as Conservative leader trying to persuade Tories to put the politics of Margaret Thatcher behind them. But last night in Birmingham the opposition leader suffered what could only be described as a rebuff when conference delegates voted her the greatest Tory hero of all time.

Fortunately for Cameron's efforts to reshape the public image of his party, the vote for Thatcher came at a Guardian fringe meeting rather than on the conference floor. The result, which came at the end of a debate in which the claims of Britain's first and, so far, only female prime minister were weighed against those of Edmund Burke, Winston Churchill and Benjamin Disraeli, was emphatic. Thatcher won with 97 votes, against 53


for Churchill, 52 for Burke and 18 for Disraeli.

Putting the case for Thatcher, her former political secretary John Whittingdale MP said her claims were unassailable. "She will always be remembered as the original conviction politician," he said.

She had carried out the biggest redistribution of wealth in modern British history by giving council tenants the right to buy their houses.

"Margaret Thatcher did not just change Britain in a way that was permanent," Whittingdale said. "She changed the world."

This latest Thatcher victory came in a contest organised by the Guardian, in which Conservative MPs voted four candidates on to the short list in the summer, leaving attendees at the fringe meeting to pick the winner.

The case for Burke was put by Michael Gove, shadow schools secretary, while David Willetts, shadowskills secretary, championed Disraeli and Lord Baker of Dorking, the former education secretary, spoke on behalf of Churchill. Thatcher's claims did not go unchallenged. "She was a remarkable force in British politics," said Baker. "But was she a Conservative? I doubt it. I never ever heard her use the word Tory. Never."

Thatcher's removal left a wound in the party that has taken nearly 20 years to heal, said Willetts.

Whittingdale acknowledged that his former boss was extremely divisive. "The strength of feeling about her today is almost as great as it was in the 1980s," he said. Nor did she have any sense of humour, he said.

When Whittingdale and the speechwriters wanted Thatcher to parody the Monty Python "dead parrot" sketch in an attack on the Liberal Democrats in


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The sun had retreated behind the bank of low clouds that had rolled in. In the distance, a faint rumble of thunder could be heard. The wind was starting to pick up and the sea was becoming choppy. A light drizzle of rain began to fall.

Kynnaly and Glix trudged up the mountain trail, their robes whipping in the wind. From here, the village of Cabeiri could faintly be seen off to the east and the endless gray stretch of ocean just beyond it. The trail, if you could even call it that, was rocky and full of twists and turns that took the pair closer and closer to the summit.

"Whose idea was it to have the meeting on this blasted rock pile?" Kynnaly hissed at Glix through thewind.

Glix stopped abruptly and turned to face her. "Yours," he said with somewhat amused disdain. The two continued in silence. Thunder clapped more closely now and the rain was beginning to fall heavily. Glix muttered a few words and a translucent sphere appeared around the two, which the rain did not penetrate.

They were traveling up the rocky and desolate Daroq Mountains; mountains that few people from the small town below dared to enter. Those who climbed its slopes never returned and rumors buzzed around the village of vicious goblin tribes, pirate ghosts, and demon spirits, but so far, as on all their trips up the mountain, the pair had seen nothing more than a few pitiful, starved goblin wretches hiding in cracks and gullies.

The trail continued to wind


seemingly endlessly up the rocky and jagged slope. The two plodded on in silence. A dazzling bolt of lightning flashed across the sky, followed shortly by another and an almost defending bellow of thunder. The two Drows rounded a bend and stopped abruptly.

They had reached a small and relatively flat ledge. There were strange markings on the ground and cliff walls as well as an abandoned fire pit. Kynnaly scanned quickly about the area and then walked up to the cliff wall.

"Ssussun," Kynnaly hissed and a ball of flickering energy formed in her hand. When she tossed the small orb in the air, it returned and floated an arms length in front of her face, bobbing inconsistently in the air. Glix followed suit and the two slipped behindsome rocks and ducked into a small cave opening.

The inside of the cave was dark, except for the glowing spheres made by the two light orbs. The wind howled outside, making an eerie hollow noise in the cramped cavern. Kynnaly motioned with her hand, her orb following her finger around the confines of the cave, bobbing farther away at times to see in the dark corners. Suddenly there was a light thud behind them.

The two whirled around to find a figure kneeling on the floor, silhouetted by the light from the cave entrance. Immediately, two light orbs zipped over and hovered around it. It was an Artrell: a half-insect, half-man creature with four arms, each equipped with pincer-like claws. It stood and looked over the two newcomers, a


thick, slimy liquid oozing from its gaping maw.

"You wished to talk to me," it stated using the language of the Drow in a raspy, hissing voice. Rather clearly it spoke, considering the shape of its mouth and the fangs that were lodged there.

"Ah. Nishimoto," said Glix evenly. "Punctual as always. Forgive our lateness. Kynnaly found a new playmate down in the village."

Kynnaly grinned and the runes on her staff flashed briefly. Nishimoto eyed the staff. "One of these days you'll have to keep your promise and teach me to use that thing, Faern Kynnaly."

Kynnaly twirled the staff, its runes making tracers in the dark cave. "Of course, of course." She waved her hands and suddenly the staff vanished, leaving Kynnaly smirking. "I trust all goes well in themuch more...importance."

Glix reached into his robes and pulled out a knife made of shiny, black obsidian. The blade gleamed in the flickering orb light.

"A gift," he said, handing it to the Artrell. "For the Hive."

Nishimoto took the dagger and turned it over in his claws. "The Prismatic Dagger..."

"Only a replica, of course. Not good for combat," Kynnaly said.

"Of course..." hissed Nishimoto, placing the dagger in a satchel at his waist. "The Queen will be pleased."

Glix nodded. "A token of our good will and hope of continued friendship between our two kingdoms."

Nishimoto nodded. "Of course, Faern Glix."

"Now," Kynnaly said, looking up at the ceiling. "On to more pressing matters..."

A light breeze caught the ship's sails and carried it over the clam blue waters. The sea breeze was warm, but


carried a sharp bite of cold to come. Clear blue skies were overhead, but foreboding storm clouds could be seen rapidly building off to the west. The wooden ship, being of moderate size and common make, proudly flew the colors of the Queendom of Jewel atop its mast.

A single figure stood on the deck, staring blankly at the distant land in the east as if in deep thought. He was fairly tall for a goblin, but that wasn't saying much, and had grayish-green skin that showed scars from battle in addition to various lumps and warts. He wore ornate silver armor that shone brightly in the noonday sun. To his waist was clipped a sword.

A tapping on his shoulder disturbed his thoughts and he let out a gruntof surprise. Turning, he saw a young teen dressed in tattered clothes and a bandana. He was one of the ship's crew and wore a very nervous expression.

"My Lord," the boy said bowing deeply. "Your presence is requested in the hold."

The goblin nodded and waved his hand to dismiss the cabin boy. Taking one last look off to the east, he followed him over to where a portion of the deck had been swung up. The boy stood aside, allowing him to descend the steep and creaky steps down into the dark hull of the ship. The boy followed after him, closing the hatch above them.

The armor-clad goblin stepped down the last few stairs and into the hold. The lighting was sparse, but his eyes quickly adjusted. It


smelled of lamp oil and mildew. There were a few boxes laying about the area. A small group of three was standing nearby, intent on some parchment lying on a box. As he approached, one of them looked up.

"A message, Mish-Rak," said the elf. "From the Queen."

The one who spoke was a tall and lanky elf with light green skin and the traditional pointed ears. He was dressed in robes of varying shades of blue and held a strange glowing sphere in his hands.

Mish-Rak walked over to him, nodding to the others gathered around, a human navigator and a kobold page. Both were dressed in tattered clothes just like the boy. They returned the greeting.

"Good news, I hope?" he asked taking the glowing ball from the other.

"That remainsto be seen."

Mish-Rak grasped the sphere in one hand and held it up in front of his face. An image slowly appeared inside, surrounded by a swirling pattern of colors. It was the face of Simoriah, the ruler of the Queendom of Jewel. Simoriah was a stout-looking dwarf with long hair that was tied behind her head. She wore jeweled armor that sparked slightly. The goblin bowed his head.

"Ah. Greetings Mish-Rak. How goes your voyage?" said a sweet voice that seemed to come from inside his head.

"It goes well, my Lady. The winds are with us and our supplies are still plentiful."

"Wonderful. You are all in good health?"

"Aye."

"And what of the negotiations?"

Mish-Rak took and deep breath. "I regret that I must once again report no progress, my Lady."

The


image looked down in disappointment. "Ah. We'll keep trying then. Continue back to the Jeweled City. You and your crew deserve a rest. We'll send out another voyage in a month or two, to give King Lockheart time to cool down." She grinned.

Mish-Rak nodded. "Aye."

Simoriah smiled and clapped her hands once. "Excellent. How much longer will you be at sea?"

Mish-Rak looked over to the navigator who pointed to some charts on the box. He examined them for a brief moment. "We shall arrive before nightfall, m'Lady."

"Very well," came the voice. "We look forward to your return. Pleasant seas to you." With that, the image disappeared and the ball darkened. Mish-Rak handed it back to the elf.

He sighed and looked around at all present. "May I talk to you,Cye'Ren?" He paused. "Alone."

After only a moment's hesitation, the others bowed and retreated up to the deck. A bright gleam of sunlight blazed into the hold as they hatch was opened, forcing the two to shield their eyes. When the hatch was closed and they were alone, Mish-Rak spoke.

"I'm tired of these blasted 'negotiations'. Can't she see that they're getting us nowhere?" he said in an even tone that was clearly forced. "Simoriah still thinks there will be peace. We have peace. But that never seems to be enough. No. Not until all the kingdoms are united." He slowly turned his gaze over to Cye'Ren. His eyes betrayed his true feelings as he slowly shook his head. "That's impossible."

Cye'Ren hesitated a moment. "Perhaps."

"The negotiations have been going on


lowered his head and nodded slowly.

"Will you support me in presenting my idea to our Queen?" Cye'Ren continued.

"Aye. It's the best hope we have as of now. We shall talk with her when we reach port."

Cye'Ren bowed slightly. "Thank you. And may the gods help us to succeed."

The sun had dipped low on the horizon when the ship at last pulled into port at the Jeweled City. Most of the vessel's crew was up on the deck, scurrying around and shouting commands. In the midst of the chaos, Mish-Rak stood, as solemn as ever, gazing over the city that stretched before him. The slow bobbing motion of the ship was almost hypnotic.

A faint thump vibrated through the deck, stirring him from his trance. A wooden ramp had beenpushed up to the ship and some members of the crew were already beginning to descend down to the crowded and noisy docks. Mish-Rak felt a hand on his shoulder and turned to see Cye'Ren standing beside him. Cye'Ren nodded and he returned the gesture. With that, they both walked over to the ramp and followed it down to the bustling crowd below.

People of all ages were rushing about, the majority of them trying to buy a fish or two for the evening meal. The breeze was cold and carried a strong smell of the sea. As the two walked down the wooden planks of the dock, the crowd parted around them. Two such people from the Royal Guard were both respected and feared by common citizens.

Night was


beginning to fall and a number of pages were running about with torches, lighting lamps along the streets. It was a large and grand city with a large palace near its center. The streets were lined with shops and stores of all kinds. There was a sweets shop near by and a wonderful smell drifted into Mish-Rak's nostrils. Nearby, the sound of a blacksmith's hammer could be heard as well as the sound of bartering merchants. The streets were made of stone and were well kept. The crowd had begun to thin out.

Cye'Ren muttered a few words and suddenly rose into the air, followed shortly by Mish-Rak. The second grunted in surprise.

"Next time warn me before you do that," he said, grinning.

Cye'Ren chuckled. "But that takes all thefun out of it," he said, using his best whiny voice.

The two continued to rise over the rooftops. The view was amazing. The city stretched on in all directions before being swallowed up by the forest that surrounded it and the sun's golden reflection rippled on the boundless sea. Smoke was rising from the chimneys of many of the buildings, filling the air with a very distinctive and somehow warming smell. Ahead of them, the palace sparkled magnificently. The two drifted slowly towards it, as if walking on air. It was rapidly getting colder.

"Will you propose your idea tonight?" Mish-Rak asked.

"No. Not yet. Not until everything is worked out and perfected," Cye'Ren replied. "I want everything to be flawless."

Mish-Rak nodded. "Then I will mention nothing of it in


two moons, a large red one and a small green one began their nightly trek across the starry night sky.

In the street, a lone figure stood, silhouetted in the moonlight. Dark robes hid most of its figure, but behind a dark mask, two narrow eyes burned like hot embers as they scanned the street. Slowly the figure's gaze drifted up to the palace. Here its gaze lingered slightly. Then, it was gone, vanishing into the shadows like a phantasmal apparition. All was quiet as the cold of night descended upon the Jeweled City.solely in American state, on the seashore, and in Hawaii – though it's been found as so much north as Washington, D.C., in weather condition. is unfold by mosquitoes of the arthropod genus genus, which might breed in an exceedingly pool of water as little as a bottle cap and frequently bite throughout the day.The aggressive black vomit dipteron, mosquito, has unfold mostcases, however that dipteron is common within the us solely in American state, on the seashore, and in Hawaii – though it's been found as so much north as Washington, D.C., in weather condition.

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seemingly avoiding Subaru and the others.

The launched tail stinger did not end with a single blow, and rained upon them continuously. However, all of it was blocked by the shield which had taken the form of the young girl named Beatrice, and led the damage onto their rear.

The terrible shock wave blew violently, one of the scattered fragments of the aisle grazed Subaru’s cheek.

The noise became further distant, in the situation where his field of vision became white and as he squinted his eyes due to the pain of his cheek, Subaru had his glance robbed by Beatrice’s back.

The titanic scorpion which had been visible for a single instant, if this was indeed that scorpion’s tail stinger which had rained incessantly upon them then it was a matterof course that it was a mortar which could effortlessly turn a human body to dust.

Having that be shielded by a young girl with such a small build, gave Subaru the chance to pick up his life.

An instant before, he had been thinking of what unimaginable hell must he endure, having continued to wish for salvation from god.

Subaru had no room to be cursing his own misfortune, and close to his awareness, an existence separate from Beatrice or the scorpion had been present in the corner of his field of vision.

That was Echidna, who had been dragged into this attack and exposed to the same damage.

She had once declared acting separately and tried to part ways with Subaru and Beatrice, but immediately preceding the commencement of the attack


unshapely she turned her body around and with the support of Subaru’s arm, somehow laid foot upon the crumbled floor.

Somehow supporting her actions until the very end, Subaru looked down onto his arm.

ーーLetters engraved as wounds, patterns of black speckles covering it which he did know happened when, painful and fierce white scars all over his body remained which had been carved by his own volition.

Subaru: “It, moves better than, what’s in the limits…… of my memories?”

His arm’s functioning being better than what he remembered, or the countless scratches on them. His physique, which had become slightly stronger, narrowly managed to save Echidna from falling to death.

Though his body was too defective and limited for the execution of the『Book of the Dead』plan.

Echidna: “Somehow I managed, to get backalso granting the ability to do so to the amputated part.

Subaru: “U~gh, gh, u~gh……”

He wailed. Whilst spilling out a wail from his throat, slowly and steadily, Subaru dragged his feet.

As for why he was dragging them, it was not because of fatigue. The problem was physical. With a large and deep tear in the flesh of his left leg, and in a situation where he continuously bled from that wound he had no choice but to move that way.

And, what Subaru was dragging, was not his body alone.

???: “……Enough, now. Leave me, and go.”

So pronounced Echidna, having lost all of her strength, as she was dragged along by Subaru who was dragging his feet.

Subaru took both of her armpits in his arms, pulling her from behind and anyhow


heard Subaru, the echoing sweet voice of the young girl within his mind as he held the piece of rubble in his hand. However, this action was not for the sake of reading the『Book of the Dead』.

That may happen in terms of results, but as of this moment, Subaru did not have that in mind whatsoever.

He was being, a suicide assistant. A suicide assistant, for the sake of making someone’s parting, who was already on the verge of dying, as comfortable as possible.

If someone had the right to take away that life, then surely this moment alone was sincerelyーー.

This was the sole opportunity of atonement for Subaru, who happened to be present here, for Natsuki Subaru, who no longer was capable of doing anything.

It was the sole opportunity,he had been trapped in, unable to fulfill the wish entrusted onto him, protected by the young girl who tried to save his heart, and finally, unable to stain his hands with blood for the sake of the dying young girl, as Subaru knelt down in his own disgrace, Echidna apologized to him and died.

Subaru: “ーーーー”

He wanted to die.

He wanted to forget everything that had happened just now, and die.

He wanted the people all over the world to point their fingers towards Natsuki Subaru, saying that he deserved to die, and be sentenced to death penalty. Natsuki Subaru despaired upon oneself, that he had committed a sin befitting of that.

He, despaired.

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Despair, feasted upon and eroded away Natsuki


India’s more developed States, especially its southern States, have seen improvements in child nutrition over the last five years, but have a patchy record on immunisation, new official data shows.

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has begun releasing data for the fourth round of the District Level Health Survey, which covers all of the country, except the eight backward northern States known as the Empowered Action Group (EAG) states, and Assam. As of Friday, data for all the other major States, except Gujarat, was available. The new numbers deal with nutritional and health coverage for 2012-13 based on a large sample survey conducted by the Mumbai-based International Institute for Population Studies.

The DLHS data confirms the fall in child stunting previously reported by The Hindu from other sources.In all five southern States, child stunting has declined to between 20 and 30 percentage of all children. Maharashtra, Karnataka, Haryana and Punjab have seen the largest declines in child stunting.

India’s more developed States also show large increases in breastfeeding and in institutional deliveries. The mean age at marriage has risen to 20 in the southern States, and indices show that fertility will continue to fall in India; the proportion of women aged 20-25 with more than two children has declined, most sharply in Maharashtra and Karnataka.

However, on several other health indicators, the picture is more mixed. Female sterilisation remains by far the most common method of family planning, with over 95 per cent of all contraception in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh being female sterilisation. In several


Two Stockton, Calif., malls were forced to close this week after police say as many as 200 teens were involved in a brawl.

According to multiple reports, the Stockton Police Department said the Weberstown and Sherwood malls closed early on Thursday after 150 to 200 youths became involved in a large brawl around 5:30 p.m.

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Police said the group initially started fighting in the Weberstown mall parking lot, then moved to the Sherwood mall across the street where they continued fighting. The crowd was eventually dispersed and the mall lockdowns lifted.

Police are still investigating the fight and the cause of the brawl remains unclear.

One person was injured and taken to a hospital. No other injuries have been reported and no one has been arrested.Characteristics of Conversion Disorder in an Urban Academic Children's Medical Center.
Background. Literature on childhood conversion disorder (CD) is sparse and is mostly limited to the outpatient population. Method. Our study retrospectively examines the characteristics of childhood CD in 42 children and adolescents seen by the psychiatric consultation-liaison service in an urban academic medical center with a large minority population. Results. CD accounted for 11% of our consultations. The majority of patients were female adolescents, but in the younger cohort, the male-to-female ratio equalized. Other somatic symptoms and additional psychiatric diagnoses were common, anxiety disorders in particular. Antecedent stressors were identified in 95% of patients, most commonly related to family stressors. Recent or remote history of abuse was rare. Neurological presentations were complex, with almost half of the patients


lineup during the first two months of the season under new head coach Owen Coyle.

He struggled to adjust to Coyle’s one-forward formation at the start of the year, but Bruin eventually settled in, scoring his first goal on April 25 and starting all but one game for the rest of the year. He adapted to playing as a lone striker, with his total of 11 goals taking him to 47 combined regular season and playoff tallies for his carries, fourth-most in MLS since 2011.

The new contract has led to a larger role in the locker room, with Bruin – who, following Brad Davis’ offseason departure to Kansas City, is now the second-longest tenured member of the Dynamo behind goalkeeper Tyler Deric – taking on more of a leadershipMueller seeks to question Trump about Flynn, Comey departures

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President Donald Trump speaks as he signs a Section 201 action in the Oval Office on Jan. 23, 2018. Special Counsel Robert Mueller has indicated he would like to interview Trump about the departures of former FBI Director James Comey and former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

President Donald Trump speaks as he signs a Section 201 action in the Oval Office on Jan. 23, 2018. Special Counsel Robert Mueller has indicated he would like to interview Trump about the departures of former FBI Director James Comey and former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

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Special Counsel Robert Mueller is seeking to question President Donald Trump in the coming weeks about his decisions to oust


national security adviser Michael Flynn and FBI Director James Comey, according to two people familiar with his plans.

Mueller's interest in the events that led Trump to push out Flynn and Comey indicates that his investigation is intensifying its focus on possible efforts by the president or others to obstruct or blunt the special counsel's probe.

Trump's attorneys have crafted some negotiating terms for the president's interview with Mueller's team, one that could be presented to the special counsel as soon as next week, according to the two people.

The president's legal team hopes to provide Trump's testimony in a hybrid form — answering some questions in a face-to-face interview and others in a written statement.

Those discussions come amid signs of stepped-up activity by the special counsel. Last week, Attorney GeneralJeff Sessions was interviewed for several hours by Mueller's investigators, according to Justice Department officials.

A spokesman for the special counsel's office, Peter Carr, declined to comment. A White House spokesman referred questions to the president's legal team. Two attorneys for Trump, Jay Sekulow and John Dowd, declined to comment.

Within the past two weeks, the special counsel's office has indicated to the White House that the two central subjects that investigators wish to discuss with the president are the departures of Flynn and Comey and the events surrounding their firings.

Flynn resigned in February after The Washington Post reported that he misled Vice President Mike Pence and other administration officials about his communications with the Russian ambassador to the United States.

Late last year, Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the


FBI about his contacts with the Russian ambassador. Trump then tweeted that "he had to fire General Flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the FBI." Previously, the White House had cited only the false statements to Pence as a rationale for dismissing Flynn.

Trump fired Comey in May, several days after the then-FBI director told Congress he could not comment on whether there was evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. Comey later testified that the president had asked him several months earlier whether he could see a way to "letting Flynn go."

Mueller has also expressed interest in Trump's efforts to remove Jeff Sessions as attorney general or pressure him into quitting, according to a person familiar with the probe who said the specialcounsel was seeking to determine whether there was a "pattern" of behavior by the president.

Earlier this month, Trump declined to say whether he would grant an interview to Mueller and his team, deflecting questions on the topic by saying there had been "no collusion" between his campaign and Russia during the 2016 presidential election.

"We'll see what happens," Trump said when asked directly about meeting with the special counsel.

Behind the scenes, Trump has told his team of lawyers that he is not worried about being interviewed, because he has done nothing wrong, according to people familiar with his views. His attorneys also support a sit-down, as long as there are clear parameters and topics.

A look at the links between Russian officials and Donald Trump's campaign and White House administration,


along with those involved in the investigation.

However, some of Trump's close advisers and friends fear a face-to-face interview with Mueller could put the president in legal jeopardy. A central worry, they say, is Trump's lack of precision in his speech and his penchant for hyperbole.

People close to Trump have tried to warn him for months that Mueller is a "killer," in the words of one associate, noting that the special counsel has shown interest in the president's actions.

Roger Stone, a longtime informal adviser to Trump, said he should try to avoid an interview at all costs, saying agreeing to such a session would be a "suicide mission."

"I find it to be a death wish. Why would you walk into a perjury trap?" Stone said. "The president would bethe educational community at large.

"Essentially, I became frustrated at finding endless ideas on the Internet but no lessons with tips on evaluation and with original handouts for the class," Saitz told Education World. "Most of the sites that I came across were mainly elementary, and I wanted secondary school lessons."

In the biography activity, students work in groups of four to create six good interview questions. Each student conducts an interview with a partner and then the two exchange roles. Their grade is determined by their performance in creating interview questions, writing the biography of their partner, and designing a cover for a book or a magazine article based on the interview.

The review writing lesson involves studying and creating a review of any object, person, or thing other than


Roger David Conn

Former Durango resident Roger David Conn died of melanoma Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, at his home in Cortez. He had turned 65 three weeks earlier.

Mr. Conn was born to Donald and Bernice (Jenson) Conn on Jan. 28, 1948, in Albert Lea, Minn. Most of his childhood was spent in Loveland, and he graduated from Loveland High School in 1966. He earned an associate’s degree from Northeastern Junior College in Sterling in 1968.

In 1978, he married Barbara Eggleston in Las Vegas. The marriage ended in divorce in 1999.

The couple had two daughters and lived along the Western Slope while Mr. Conn was a manager with City Market, moving to Montrose, Alamosa, Silverthorne and Grand Junction.

In 1985, the Conns moved to Durango, where Mr. Conn started Conn Distributingin 1986. The company serviced several lines of products to area grocery stores.

In 2003, Mr. Conn moved to Cortez with his longtime companion, Joey Sanford. The couple enjoyed spending time with friends, hiking and taking drives in the country. Mr. Conn was an active member of the Durango Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks Lodge No. 507 for 22 years. He was an avid reader and enjoyed watching sports.

Mr. Conn is survived by his companion, Joey Sanford, of Cortez; daughters Kristin Conn of Durango and Kathryn “Kati” Rogers of Bayfield; sisters Betsy Burns of Loveland and Mary Downs of Gillette, Wyo.; former wife, Barbara Conn, of Durango; two grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.


and advancement guiding member to the outlet guide. The tensioner is formed into a unit which is assembled onto a bracket.
In a conventional tensioner, a yarn advance guiding member or pulley is installed onto the shaft end of the rotary shaft of the braking device. The shaft protrudes from the insertion hole for a tubular member that stands on the bracket. The advance guiding member is supported rotatably on the tubular member via a bearing. Therefore, when yarn chips, and debris, enter from the opening of the insertion hole for the tubular member, the rotary shaft is braked by the friction force of sliding on such debris. As a result, a tension force larger than a set braking force is added to the yarn and breaking of thePlaintiffs also sought both a preliminary and permanent injunction prohibiting Defendants from displaying the cross on government property. On September 22, 2006, this case was consolidated with JEWISH WAR VETERANS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, INC., ET AL., v. RUMSFELD, Case no. 06cv1728, 2006 WL 2784924 (Aug. 24, 2006) (now Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America, Inc., et al. v. Gates) ("Jewish War Veterans"),
The FAC was subject to a motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction, filed October 10, 2006. Amicus Pacific Justice Institute filed a brief on October 13, 2006 in support of Defendants' motion to dismiss. The Court issued an order on November 7, 2006, noting the amicus brief had raised the issue of Article III standing, and directed the parties to


address this issue either in their briefing on the motion to dismiss, or in a subsequent motion. The Court denied the motion to dismiss on November 29, 2006 by minute order following a hearing.
On May 31, 2007, the consolidated cases were reassigned to Judge Larry Burns. On June 4, the Court ordered Plaintiff Trunk to show cause why the certain claims in the FAC filed in Trunk v. City of San Diego should not be dismissed as nonjusticiable.[1] In its order to show cause (the "OSC"), the Court noted that it did not intend to revisit the earlier rulings regarding standing, but that additional questions going to the issue of subject matter jurisdiction presented themselves. In particular, it was not clear to the Court Trunk had standing toin violation of the California state constitution and was not subject to the injunction, and its actions mooted the injunction. Id. at 1048-49. In effect, Trunk is arguing his injury stems from the fact that he is no longer being injured by violations of California law and thus, the particular remedy he sought is no longer available.
Clearly, Trunk would prefer above all else that the California constitutional violations were brought to an end by removal of the cross. However, his wishes, by themselves, cannot give rise to standing. Trunk had an interest in having his injury under California's constitution end, but he had no protected interest in having that injury brought to an end in the manner of his choosing. The injunction, issued pursuant to the California state


interest in the injunction the United States was bound to respect. See Lujan, 504 U.S. at 560, 112 S.Ct. 2130 (explaining that an "injury in fact" sufficient to confer standing refers to "an invasion of a legally protected interest"). The fact the United States wished the Mt. Soledad property to be subject solely to federal law is therefore not in itself improper and did not result in any cognizable injury to Trunk.
The Ninth Circuit held the taking put an end to any California constitutional violation by the City. Paulson, 475 F.3d at 1048-49 (Plaintiffs' appeal became moot with the City's divestment of its interest in the memorial) (citation omitted). Obviously, Trunk would have preferred that the violation was remedied by removing or altering the cross; but, as aThe Court's intervention would resolve nothing except whether the United States obtains the property by taking it, or by donation.
Plaintiff makes clear the relief he actually wants is transfer of the land back to the City. The Court cannot grant this relief. Regardless of how the Court rules on Trunk's request to invalidate Public Law 109-272, the United States will own the land at issue here.

F. Application of Article III Standing Requirements
Looking at the three elements of standing required under Lujan, Trunk has not shown he has suffered an "injury in fact," consisting of "an invasion of a legally protected interest which is ... concrete and particularized and ... actual or imminent, not conjectural or hypothetical." Lujan, 504 U.S. at 560, 112 S.Ct. 2130 (citations and quotation marks


US authorities and senior Israeli officials have held a meeting in Washington to discuss Iran and the latest sanctions imposed against the Islamic Republic, a US official says.

“As a matter of fact, this afternoon we have a meeting with the senior Israeli team to talk about Iran and to talk about sanctions,” AFP reported Robert Einhorn, a US State Department adviser, as saying on Thursday.

The diplomat did not divulge further information on the nature of the talks or the identity of the Israeli team members due to attend the White House meeting.

However, he hinted at the intelligence work involved and said that the Israelis “are an important source of information. We cooperate on intelligence matters with lots of friendly countries around the world, but Israeli intelligence is particularlyLizzie Armitstead

A women's version of the Tour of Britain has been given the go-ahead for 2014.

The race will be staged over five days in May, which is separate to the men's event held in September.

Head of British Cycling Brian Cookson said: "It will be the first step in having a full equivalent Tour of Britain as it develops."

He also said the reinstatement of a Tour de France for women should be explored.

British Olympian and former world time trial champion Emma Pooley has started a petition with other high profile female cyclists, which has collected nearly 80,000 signatures, external-link urging women to be allowed to compete in the world's most famous cycle race.

There have been a number of versions of the race over the years but the women's equivalent


finally ended in 2009 because of a lack of sponsorship and media coverage.

Cookson, who is vying for the presidency of cycling's world governing body, the UCI, against current incumbent Pat McQuaid, said he was organising a meeting with ASO, the Tour de France owners, Pooley, Olympic road race champion Marianne Vos and Tracey Gaudry, a member of the UCI's management committee.

"Undoubtedly having a female equivalent of the biggest bike race in the world is an objective we should need to explore," he added.

Women's Tour de France Began in 1984 as the 'Tour de France Feminin' but stopped after the 1989 event

Returned in 1992 - but after a legal battle over trademark rights, was forced to re-brand as the 'Grande Boucle' in 1998

Cancelled in 2004 because of logistics problems

Returnedget there tomorrow, nor next week, but what riders like Marianne and Emma have achieved shows us the potential there is given the right focus, investment and, crucially, leadership by the UCI."

This year's Tour of Britain, which is set to feature 2012 Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins and sprinter Mark Cavendish, starts in Peebles, Scotland, on 15 September.

On the final day, for the first time, a women's race will take place in London to run alongside the men's stage.


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Special thanks to Pat Barrett and the folks at Level Ten Products for this article. Many of the parts needed to repair the issues can be purchased from Level Ten Products and we recommend you visit their web site or give them a call at (973) 827-1000. The E40D and 4R100 codes are for gas […] More »the ball carrier saunters on for a mid half touchdown.
The Supernumaries kick short after the teams are reformed, and the ball fails to be recovered by a clumsy Thro-Ra (is there another kind?). A Dark Elf Blitzer snatches the ball away, but is tripped on his escape. This time the Khemri cage the ball before retrieving it, but the half ticks away and ends with Anupshi Rises' new +ST Thro-Ra taking a shattered ankle as compensation for his recent good luck.

The second half starts more skilfully, with the Khemri catching the ball right off and pushing up the left field in a lop-sided cage. As the two teams meet a solid line forms, with curses and moans crossing the no-man's land between. The tension breaks quickly when a


Witch Elf is launched off the end of the line and into the crowd, and the 'Dark Elf Air Force' leap en-masse over the Khemri. They can only worry the well defended ball carrier though, who surges forwards into contact with a weakened section of the defensive line. Despite good support, his impetuousness puts him on the wrong end of an Assassin's blade, and the ball ends up among his escort. A confident push by a circling Witch Elf nudges the ball back over to the Supernumaries side of the lines, where it is picked up by a lineman who backpedals deep into friendly territory and away from the ensuing brawl. From the melee a rushing skeleton somehow manages to catch up with him and knock him over.He recovers and quickly passes long to the waiting Witch Elf, well into the Anupshi half. She is quickly supported and while a number of Khemri manage to get back, only one ineffective Tomb Guardian can threaten her. The touchdown looks imminent, but a lightning bolt from the crowd flattens the unfortunate Witch, frying her for the rest of the game. The Dark Elves recover the ball again, but there are now more opponents than friendly around the ball. A brawl ensues on the side-line, with the ball being knocked around as much as the players. It looks as though the only Dark Elf near the ball is about to be sent crowdward to leave the Khemri free to recover it, but when the attacking skeleton manages to


only knock himself over the path is opened for a straight pass to a waiting receiver on the touchline, who chalks up a second touchdown for the Supernumaries.
With only seconds left as the teams reform for a quick Anupshi revenge beating before the whistle blows, the Dark Elves catch the Khemri flat-footed and burst into the ill-defended half to catch the ball. Panic ensues among the now-defenders as they scramble to prevent a shock last-second third touchdown. They only manage to get markers to the ball carrier, and a very quick repeat of the last touchdown, to a Dark Elf receiver waiting on the touchline, looks to be on the cards. However, the unlucky thrower fumbles and the whistle blows with the ball sitting at his feet.President Mohamed Farmaajo has today officially unveiled one million books published and printed locally for primary schools as the government endevours to standardize education system in the country.

The president said the one million student books alongside 102,000 teachers’ guide will be instrumental in enhancing teaching and learning across the country.

According to a statement from Villa Somalia, the books will reach 300,000 students in 915 schools countrywide. The government now runs 24 public schools carrying 65,000 students. These schools were previously run by private organisations following the collapse of government in 1991.

“If you want to know human development and how countries develop, it is about quality of education and how many children you educate,” the President said. He added the government will continue expanding access to education and even


Plague Ship by Andre Norton

Plague Ship is the second novel in a seven volume series about the Free Traders – A crew of Merchants that explore new worlds and make contact with new species to open up trade. The story was published in 1956, and though it is almost sixty years old now, it has aged gracefully.

Set within its own clear continuity, it makes no specific references to style, language or culture that could otherwise date the book. The story makes no effort to try to explain the precise intricacies of its scientific principles; a common pitfall of vintage science fiction that causes the stories to become nonsensical as our evolving knowledge of technology destroys their credibility.

The first chapter does an amazing job setting the scene on thestrange and exotic planet of Sargol; its strange cultural practices, its beautiful scenery and its interesting people. Dutiful and honour-bound, the crew of the Solar Queen are all likable and well-written characters. The antagonists are the IS – InterSolar – an interplanetary trading conglomerate that uses corrupt bureaucratic processes and corporate espionage to undermine their competitors and secure trading rights

At its heart this is an under-dog story. It is a tale of over-comming obstacles and challenges, and the battle of truth over injustice. This is a theme we can all relate to at some point in our lives, whether it is in our youths or in our adulthoods.

The story is well paced and broken into three Acts. The first Act deals with the inter-relationships between the Solar Queen,


the IS agents trying to sabotage their trade negotiations, and the Salariki – the native inhabitants of Sargol – and there is plenty of well-written exploration of the Salariki culture and their environment.

An interesting species, they remind you of the Na’Vi from James Cameron’s Avatar – a strong, lithe and cat-like alien species that lives in balance with their surrounding environment. An interesting and unique part of these people is their sense of smell. It is so strong that it has guided their cultural evolution, and their customs and currency all revolve around scent and aroma.

The second Act deals with their travels in space as they leave Sargol behind and return to Terra to sell their acquired commodities. It is during this time they begin to fall illcampaign had raised about $211,000, though some of it is earmarked for the general election.

But other progressive upstarts have posted even more impressive upticks in response to interference from the DCCC, which helps elect and reelect Democrats in the House. Laura Moser, a candidate in an open Democratic House primary in Texas, raised $60,000 in the 48 hours after the DCCC released an opposition research memo attacking her in February 2018.

Newman, a 55-year-old former nonprofit executive and management consultant, has also yet to fully recover from the loss of her consultants. Two firms dropped her after the DCCC decision and another two that she was in the process of hiring withdrew their offers.

Newman has hired some new consultants, but she is still searching for polling and direct-mail firms.


Rachel's Tomb, Cave of the Patriarchs now listed as Muslim sites, Israel condemned over Temple Mount 'aggression.'

UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) passed a resolution Wednesday listing the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hevron and Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem as Muslim sites.

The resolution - which passed with 26 in favor, six voted against, and 25 abstentions - condemned Israel for archaeological excavations in the Old City of Jerusalem and particularly near the Temple Mount.

An initial draft of the resolution had also called for the Kotel (Western Wall) to be listed as an Islamic site - or more specifically as an "extension of the Al Aqsa Mosque" - but that detail was hastily withdrawn after widespread condemnation, including from UNESCO's own Director-General.

The revised draft also toned-downsome of the more blatant anti-Israel language in the original, including referring to Jerusalem as the "occupied capital of Palestine."

Nevertheless, the resolution accepted Wednesday does co-opt two other ancient Jewish holy sites: the Cave of the Patriarchs and Rachel's Tomb, which contain the remains of the Jewish patriarchs and matriarchs and are regular sites of pilgrimage for Jewish worshipers.

Both sites, however, have seen Muslims lay claim to them as well - which including the building of mosques directly on top of the Jewish shrines.

The resolution was backed by six Arab UNESCO members - Algeria, Egypt, Kuwait, Morocco, Tunisia and theUnited Arab Emirates (UAE) - who spearheaded the initiative on behalf of the Palestinian Authority.

The only countries who voted against were the United States, Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, the


Czech Republic and Estonia.

The resolution "deeply deplores the recent repression in East Jerusalem, and the failure of Israel, the Occupying Power (sic), to cease the persistent excavations and works in East Jerusalem particularly in and around the Old City."

It also calls for the "prompt reconstruction of schools, universities, cultural heritage sites, cultural institutions, media centers and places of worship that have been destroyed or damaged by the consecutive Israeli wars on Gaza."

Israel has in fact allowed construction materials into the Gaza Strip, but construction work has been moving at a snail's pace due to corruption and inefficiencies, as well as some donor states failing to deliver on their pledges of funding to the Hamas government.

AFP contributed to this report.Buoyed by love, Joannie Rochette skated to Olympic bronze for her mother

Joannie Rochette, who stuck to her decision to compete, felt as though her mother was present as she skated to Olympic bronze, said Rochette's boyfriend, ice dancer Guillaume Gfeller. Rochette's mother passed on suddenly this week.

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Canada's Joannie Rochette skated to an Olympic bronze medal in the women's figure skating finals. She said she was buoyed by the outpouring of support from neighbors and strangers alike.

The record books will say figure skater Joannie Rochette won a bronze medal at the Vancouver Olympics. But that is just the outward symbol of a more poignant victory, which she shared with thousands of roaring fans in the Pacific Coliseum on Thursday night – and many more around the globe.

Buoyed by


story emerged Thursday as family members, friends, and Rochette herself offered a glimpse at how she managed to skate to a personal best performance during the most trying time of her life.

When Rochette first received news on Sunday that her mom had passed on, she immediately declared she would skate anyway. But those who were with her during the week say she wavered, particularly before the short program on Tuesday – the first major competition she ever attended without her mom watching.

“It was difficult for her to stand by this decision,” said Gfeller, who spent much of the week with her in the athletes’ village. “When she would get sad, she’d say, ‘How could I skate?' But it was only moments. Overall, she wanted to be skating.”

Rochette herselfThe Edmonton Oilers organization have been carefully watching all the players during the past few pre-season games. They have been ruthlessly pruning the training camp rosters, sending guys down to the Oklahoma City Barons.

After the Oilers’ cringeworthy 5-0 shut out at the hands of the Chicago Blackhawks, they sent Curtis Hamilton, Kale Kessy, Jason Williams, Martin Gernat, and Iiro Pakarinen to Oklahoma

After the game where the Edmonton Oilers played the Winnipeg Jets, another five bit the dust. This time it was Travis Ewanyk, Mitchell Moroz, Dillon Simpson, Jordan Oesterle, and Andrew Miller.

Most of the cuts are fairly unsurprising. With a roster as big as they started out with, it’s basically a given that many will be sent to Oklahoma to develop their skills. The only way to stand


out is to engage beast mode and bring everything you have, which can cause a drastic change in tides. The newly signed Vladimir Tkachev was on most people’s list of players that would likely be cut sooner rather than later, but he truly excelled and managed to snag a three-year contract.

Some of the returning players in camp are still recovering – Luke Gazdic and Brandon Davidson are both injured, and some like Andrew Ference and Oscar Klefbom are a little bruised up.

Edmonton now has a roster of 22 forwards, 12 defencemen, and 4 goalies.

Adrianna Szenthe

Adrianna is a graduate student at the University of Chicago. Having previously worn blue and orange in a city of die-hard Canadiens supporters, she feels confident she can contend with a city of Blackhawksproud of his apparent triumph over Wilson: “He left the courtroom sarcastically sorry for Wilson.”

He also feels proud that his disguise as a woman seems to have worked, and he feels proud that Wilson is unlikely ever to discover the disguise: “I'll give him a century to find her in -- a couple of them if he likes.”

He also feels proud of the fact that he has even disposed of his disguise: “the clothes that gave her her sex burnt up and the ashes thrown away -- oh, certainly, he'll find HER easy enough!”

He feels especially proud of his own general cleverness: “This reflection set him to admiring, for the hundredth time, the shrewd ingenuities by which he had insured himself against detection -- more, against even suspicion.”

He


Theater, 3733 N. Southport. This is a rare opportunity to see a great film in a spectacular presentation.

Rod Steiger, who lived with a laugh that filled a room and a depression that consumed a decade, died Tuesday. The actor, who played more than 100 roles over 55 years and won an Oscar and two nominations, was 77. The cause of death, pneumonia and kidney failure, would have disappointed him: "I want to die in front of the camera," he liked to say.

In his new movie "Small Time Crooks," opening Friday, Woody Allen plays an ex-con who dreams up a bank heist. It involves tunneling into a vault from a basement down the street, and he installs his wife (Tracey Ullman) to run a cookie store as a cover.The cookies make them millionaires, the money goes to her head, and she hires a British art expert (Hugh Grant) to tutor her on culture, while her husband misses his old pals and their card games.

George C. Scott is dead at 71. He was a powerful screen and stage presence whose enormous range was illustrated by his two famous military roles: Gen. Buck Turgidson in "Dr. Strangelove" and Gen. George C. Patton in "Patton."

Conventional wisdom has it that the Motion Picture Academy likes to honor Feel Good films with its Oscars. Gritty and violent movies may be nominated for the best picture award, but the winner will be a movie that embraces traditional values and leaves us with a warm glow. That theory has certainly held true over


for anyone who purchased a new vehicle. However, CEO Elon Musk had called the program “not sustainable,” and after January 2017, the company announced that it was restructuring the perk: new drivers would get up to 400 kWh of power a year (about a thousand miles), after which point they’d have to pay. The company has brought the perk out a couple of times: drivers could give their fellow drivers without the perk a referral code that granted them unlimited charging, but that was phased out earlier this year.

Now, the perk appears to be back as a way to help entice drivers to check out its more expensive offerings. At the end of July, Tesla announced its latest set of earnings, in which it revealed that it hadcameras and took to their iPads to broadcast and podcast what they deemed was massive damage done by imposing a ban on their favourite dish for a couple of days.

Even the foreign media, which usually ignores retrograde practices in their own countries, started labelling India a Ban-Ban nation. Anyone and everyone who could speak English with an Oxbridge or Harvard accent left their bedrooms and boardrooms to moan and groan about the death of the freedom of gastronomy. All the famous TV anchors and the usual experts on everything, from potatoes to politics, played down the physical assault on impoverished Nepali women by a depraved diplomat, who would have been dead meat by now in any other country’s media coverage. They were more concerned about missing a meaty


not served in hostels or at government functions. Sticking to mutually acceptable principles and conventions has been the prudent policy of various governments worldwide. For example, horsemeat is banned in the US. Pork can’t be served or sold in most West Asian counties in deference to the religious beliefs of citizens. In India, 24 of the 29 states have banned cow slaughter. The majority of states permit the sale of beef only in designated places. Last week, when all the five states—Maharashtra, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Haryana —imposed a temporary ban on the sale of meat during the Jain festival period, it was dubbed as a move to restrict the palate preferences of the people. But such bans are imposed periodically in various parts of the country dependingupon the local situation. But never before has the country seen such an angry and aggressive protest against it. The BJP is hitting back at its detractors with a vengeance by imposing a ban regime on more and more states.

The uproar over a temporary ban on meat sale in certain parts of the country is also motivated by political, cultural and commercial reasons. India is the fifth largest exporter of beef in the world. As the BJP-led NDA government moves forward on its agenda of imposing a total ban on cow slaughter, it would hurt the massive commercial interests of a section of the trading community. According to some reports, powerful political leaders in Maharashtra and North India clandestinely support the beef mafia, which smuggles cows from India


of wages due, or to become due, or as an advance on wages to be earned: (a) Any order, check, draft, note, memorandum, or other acknowledgment of indebtedness, unless it is negotiable and payable in cash, on demand, without discount, at some established place of business in the State, the name and address of which must appear on the instrument, and at the time of its issuance and for a reasonable time thereafter, which must be at least 30 days, the maker or drawer has sufficient funds in, or credit, arrangement, or understanding with the drawee for its payment. ... Where an instrument mentioned in subdivision (a) is protested or dishonored, the notice or memorandum of protest or dishonor is admissible as proof of presentation, nonpayment and protestan electrical breakdown is created in the discharge space by applying the high voltage in the serial triggering method or the external triggering method, in order to achieve high reliability in starting of discharge in the discharge lamp, it is effective to use a high no-load open-circuit voltage applied to the lamp. In the case of the AC driving method, it is effective to increase the no-load open-circuit voltage applied to the lamp. In the AC driving method, in order to achieve the high reliability, a resonance assist is carried out, in which while a high voltage is increased by generating a series resonance to the lamp, an igniter is operated to create an electrical breakdown in the discharge space.
In FIG. 14, the principle of the resonance assist


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After completing the secondary school in Hamburg, he studied civil engineering at the Technische Hochschule in Stuttgart, and physics, mathematics and philosophy at various universities, including Berlin, Erlangen, Göttingen and Munich. Reichenbach was active in youth movements and student organizations, and published articles about the university reform, the freedom of research, and against anti-Semitic infiltrations in student organizations. Reichenbach himself was of Jewish ancestry.

In 1920 Reichenbach began teaching at the Technische Hochschule at Stuttgart as Privatdozent. In the same year, he published his first book on the philosophical implications of the theory of relativity, The Theory of Relativity and A Priori Knowledge, which criticized the Kantian notion of synthetic a priori. He subsequently published Axiomatization of the Theory of Relativity (1924), From Copernicus to Einstein (1927) and ThePhilosophy of Space and Time (1928), the last stating the logical positivist view on the theory of relativity.

In 1926, with the help of Albert Einstein, Max Planck and Max von Laue, Reichenbach became assistant professor in the physics department of Berlin University. He gained notice for his methods of teaching, as he was easily approached and his courses were open to discussion and debate. This was highly unusual at the time, although the practice is nowadays a common one.

When Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933, Reichenbach was immediately dismissed from his appointment at the University of Berlin under the government's so called "Race Laws" due to his Jewish ancestry. He thereupon emigrated to Turkey, where he headed the Department of Philosophy at the University of Istanbul.


He introduced interdisciplinary seminars and courses on scientific subjects, and in 1935 he published The Theory of Probability.

Reichenbach helped establish UCLA as a leading philosophy department in the United States in the post-war period. Hilary Putnam, one of the major names in Western Philosophy during the latter half of the 20th century, may have been his most prominent student.

Reichenbach died in Los Angeles on April 9, 1953, while working on problems in the philosophy of time and on the nature of scientific laws. This work resulted in two books published posthumously: The Direction of Time and Nomological Statements and Admissible Operations.

1931. "Ziele und Wege der heutigen Naturphilosophie." English translation: "Aims and methods of modern philosophy of nature" in Reichenbach (1959).

1935. Wahrscheinlichkeitslehre : eine Untersuchung über die logischen undConference. A small portion of funds will support distinguished plenary speakers from other disciplines, relevant to research on addictive drugs, who will describe strategies, concepts or techniques likely to be useful to an INRC audience. Invited symposium speakers, not normally INRC participants, will receive partial support. Funds requested for administrative and meeting expenses represent about 15% of the total. This year, INRC has five confirmed plenary speakers on various topics, including Drs. Gary Bessell, Emory University, Jonathan Sweedler, University of Illinois, and Paul Worley, Johns Hopkins University. Drs. Huda Akil and Stan Watson from the Univ. of Michigan were elected the Founders' Lecturer for the 2006 Meeting. Eight symposia will cover a wide range of topics described in the application, including proteomics and drug abuse, genetic insights into


mental health disorders among pregnant women in low- and middle-income countries.\[[@ref7]\] Pregnant women aged more than 18 years, with gestational age more than 28 weeks, attending the antenatal clinic, were consecutively sampled and were invited to participate in the study. A gestational age ≥28 weeks was selected because the early gestational period is characterized by symptoms of physical morbidities which might mask psychiatric morbidities.

After obtaining written informed consent, the clinical interview schedule-revised (CIS-R), which is a standardized semi-structured questionnaire to assess the mental state of subjects, was administered by a trained person after translating it into the local language. The Schedule has 14 subsections: somatic symptoms, fatigue, concentration, sleep problems, irritability, worry about physical health, depression, depressive ideas, worry, anxiety, phobia, panic, obsessions, and compulsions. Scores of subsectionsHistory

According to the recent understanding of Uralic studies, the establishment of Proto-Uralic peoples goes back to the Stone Age in the 5th millennium BC. Then, Proto-Ural divided into Proto-Samoyed and Proto-Finno-Ugric. The latter is the carrier of Pit–Comb Ware culture.

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Samoyed, Khanty and Mansi have bred reindeer around the tundra between the Ob River and the Yenisei and made it available as various tools of life, from food sources to the means of transportation. Komi has been engaged in agriculture and reindeer breeding, and settled in the forest. Sami, via contact with Scandinavian agrarian society from ancient times, has been conducting high-intensive animal husbandry by trade. Ancient Hungarians were equestrian nomads. In Finland, Estonia, and Hungary, they worked as a remarkable bearer of modern states based on agriculture and


industry.

Urheimat

The Urheimat, the location of the most ancient habitat of the Uralic peoples, is considered by various theories. Gy. Laszlo has placed the origin in the forest zone between the Oka river and Central Poland. The writings of E. N. Setala and M. Zsirai place the original homeland in the Middle of the Volga and Kama region. According to E.Itkonen, the area extended to the Baltic sea. P. Hajdu has suggested the Uralic homeland being in Western and North-western Siberia.[7]Breadcrumb Trail Links

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Premier-designate Jason Kenney has a list of more than 60 names to choose from as he begins the process of building his first cabinet.

Kenney’s UCP won a strong majority, taking 63 out of a possible 87 seats, according to unofficial tallies. Speaking outside the legislature on Wednesday afternoon,


Israeli held for sneaking into Egypt

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt on Monday said it had detained an Israeli army officer in the Taba region of the Sinai peninsula for sneaking through the border, but his mother and Israeli media said he was a civilian pro-Palestinian activist.

The Egyptian state news agency MENA said the man was a Tel Aviv resident of Russian origin who was not carrying a passport, and that his name had not been on tourist arrival lists. An Egyptian state security officer said the man was an army officer who had been detained on Saturday and was still being interrogated.

But Israeli media reported that Andrei Pshenichnikov, a known pro-Palestinian activist, had crossed into Egypt with the intention of entering the Gaza Strip, an area that is offlimits to Israelis for security reasons.

His mother, Svetlana, told Israel Radio that he was in custody in Egypt and that he had intended to travel via Sinai to Cairo to rendezvous with friends from France.

"He received his visa (to visit Egypt) and went to Eilat, intending to cross into Egypt, tour the area and then go to Cairo, but Israeli police stopped him at the border and said he had tried to cross the border illegally ... They held him for several days and they demanded he sign an undertaking not to go to Cairo, but he refused."

She added that her son was eventually released by Israeli authorities after his Israeli and Russian passports had been confiscated, but that later in the day he had called from Taba


and said he had been detained there by Egyptian authorities.

"After he finished his army service ... he supported (Palestinians) ... He later rented an apartment in a refugee camp in Bethlehem to prove to the locals that there are Israelis who are in favour of peace," Svetlana added, in poor Hebrew with a heavy Russian accent.

Egyptian security sources in Sinai said the detainee had been gathering information about Sinai from drivers in the area near the Taba border crossing between Egypt and Israel.

Egypt is trying to reassert control over Sinai, which has suffered from lax security since the uprising that overthrew Hosni Mubarak in February 2011.

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(WMT) and Nordstrom’s (JWN) are the standouts. Wal-Mart has been delivering dividend growth forever, as YCharts reported in an earlier 10-part series, and continues to generate strong cash to cover the payout.

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Between 19, the PvdA led coalition governments with the Catholic People's Party (KVP and combinations of VVD, ARP and CHU, with the PvdA's Willem Drees as prime minister. The KVP and the PvdA together had a large majority in parliament. Under his leadership the Netherlands.

Brittany Andrews, Actress: ATV 1: Party Like a Porn Star. Brittany Andrews started her career as a model and host of various talk shows. She quickly took the reins of her first show, Talking Blue (1995 and became the Segment Producer for the cable-access talk show. She became Co-Producer in only a few short years, and the show went on to win a Cable Ace Award for her efforts).GENEVA, July 22 – The UN’s 54-nation Economic and Social Council singled out Israel as the only violator of economic and social rights in the world, by a resolution adopted on Monday by a majority of 42 states including all EU members.

Only Australia and the U.S. opposed, with abstentions by Honduras and Panama. Eight countries were absent.

The text excoriates Israel for such crimes as “destruction of homes and properties, economic institutions and agricultural lands and orchards in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, as well as in the occupied Syrian Golan”; of the “exploitation of natural resources”; and of “the dumping of all kinds of waste materials in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan, which gravely threaten their natural resources.”

The


The only ingress and egress to the new 411 by-pass was a ramp built to the south. There was no property of the plaintiffs physically taken or appropriated.
Because of the presentation of incompetent evidence, a mistrial was declared initially. The second trial in circuit court resulted in a jury verdict for the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs were awarded $50,000.00 in actual damages and $18,034.11 for expenses and attorney fees.
Final judgment was signed on March 18, 1977 and entered on May 18, 1977. The defendant made a timely motion for new trial which was filed on June 16, 1977. An amended motion for new trial was filed on September 16, 1977. In late September the defendant drafted, signed, and presented to the court an order overruling the motion for newtrial. This order was taken under advisement and on December 1, 1977, was entered by the court. The order granted the defendant 30 days to file an appeal bond and 90 days to file the bill of exceptions. The defendant contends that he did not receive notice of the filing of this order until mid-March 1978 at which time the plaintiffs wrote the defendant demanding payment. On March 21, 1978, a "motion to set aside order overruling motion for new trial," which had been prepared by the defendant, was made pursuant to Rule 60 of Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure. This motion was sustained by the circuit judge and on March 27, 1978, a new order overruling the motion for new trial was entered. This order granted the


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Category:Japanese-language surnamesis terrorism in this strict sense of the word. The killing of an employer, a threat to set fire to a factory or a death threat to its owner, an assassination attempt, with revolver in hand, against a government minister—all these are terrorist acts in the full and authentic sense. However, anyone who has an idea of the true nature of international Social Democracy ought to know that it has always opposed this kind of terrorism and does so in the most irreconcilable way."[9]

Many later Marxists, in particular Karl Kautsky, criticized Bolshevik leaders for terrorism tactics. He stated that "among the phenomena for which Bolshevism has been responsible, Terrorism, which begins with the abolition of every form of freedom of the Press, and ends in a system of


was an acceptable tool.[20]

After World War II, Marxist–Leninist groups seeking independence, like nationalists, concentrated on guerrilla warfare along with terrorism.[21] By the late 1950s and early 1960s there was a change from wars of national liberation to contemporary terrorism.[22] For decades, terrorist groups tended to be closely linked to communist ideology, being the predominant category of terrorists in the 1970s and 1980s, but today they are in the minority,[23] their decline attributed to the end of the cold war and the fall of the Soviet Union.[24][25]

Soviet Union

Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and other leading Bolshevik ideologists promulgated mass terror as a necessary weapon during the dictatorship of proletariat and the resulting class struggle. In his book "Defence of Terrorism" Trotsky emphasized that "...the historical tenacity of the bougeoisie iscolossal... We are forced to tear off this class and chop it away. The Red Terror is a weapon used against a class that, despite being doomed to destruction, does not want to perish.".[8] On the other hand, they opposed to individual terror, which has been used earlied by Russian "People's Will organization. According to Trotsky, "The damaging of machines by workers, for example, is terrorism in this strict sense of the word. The killing of an employer, a threat to set fire to a factory or a death threat to its owner, an assassination attempt, with revolver in hand, against a government minister—all these are terrorist acts in the full and authentic sense. However, anyone who has an idea of the true nature of international Social Democracy


in part, and remand for further proceedings.
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The reporters quote Erin Matthews . . . with the National Democratic Institute. Yes, NDI is in Iraq. Yes, once upon a time America's left would be yelling.

But they're busy drooling over Barack and, besides, Mad Maddie Albright's Barack's gal now, right? She was only a problem when she was standing next to Hillary. (Mad Maddie chairs NDI.) And War Monger Susan Rice is Barack's buddy that he's appointed to the UN. (Rice serves on the NDI board.)

Funded by U.S. taxpayers, the Baghdad office of the National Democratic Institute for


International Affairs stands at the ambitious heart of the American effort to make Iraq a model democracy in the Arab world. In the 13 months it has operated in the country, the institute has tutored political aspirants from all of Iraq's major parties, trained about 10,000 domestic election observers and nurtured thousands of ordinary citizens seeking to build the institutions that form the backbone of free societies.The work is in many ways entirely routine for the institute -- as it is for the two other Washington-based organizations that are here advising on the architecture of democracy: the International Republican Institute (IRI), which declined requests for an interview, and the International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES), which along with the United Nations is providing crucial technical assistance to Iraq'selectoral commission. The groups work in scores of countries, from those in Eastern Europe to Yemen and Indonesia, and arrived in Baghdad with solid reputations for encouraging democratic norms. Together, the three have been allotted as much as $90 million for their work in Iraq.But such is the state of Iraq less than a week before elections for the National Assembly that the Democratic Institute's instructors dare not see their names in print. "You can say, 'an official with an international organization that operates in Iraq,' " said the institute's country director, a former political operative and public relations executive who, like his boss, happens to be Canadian. He later agreed to allow the use of the organization's name.

What, I'd like to know, was the Democratic Party, which


of questionable legality, which is why it was all done covertly.Does anyone else see the huge irony and hypocrisy here?The opposition party in the U.S. was actually working hand in glove with the government (and with the Republican Party!) in a subversive foreign policy effort of the Bush administration even as its chosen presidential candidate and nominal party leader, John Kerry, was campaigning against the foreign policy and foreign policy establishment of the Bush administration as inept and untrustworthy.It takes nothing away from the students and workers of the Ukraine who took to the streets and overturned the results of a corrupt election to say that citizens in America, and especially people who call themselves members of the Democratic Party, should be outraged that they and their party,the victims of fraud and voter abuse at home, were engaged in some of the same kinds of subterfuges overseas that GOP operatives and Republican-led election bureaucracies were using against them here at home.

Despite its failure so far to even put a dent in the massive popular support for Chavez and the revolution in Venezuela, the US establishment continues to funnel millions of dollars to Venezuelan opposition groups to try to destabilise the government. The publicly acknowledged component of this funding is channelled through so-called "non-government organisations" in Venezuela (such as SUMATE, whose leader, Corina Machado, endorsed the unsuccessful 2002 coup against Chavez) from bastions of the US Right including USAID, the International Republican Institute, the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, the American Centre for International Labour


and the United States Institute for Peace (USIP). Ironically, these groups carry out the same disruptive work that the CIA and USAID are well known for, yet under the protective rhetoric of democracy and peace.[16] However, the type of democracy promoted by these organisations is best referred to as low-intensity democracy, or polyarchy.While only one study has exposed the anti-democratic orientation of the USIP, far more studies (especially more recently) have laid bare the 'democracy' promoting practices of the NED and its cohorts - it's four primary grantees being the National Democratic Institute, the International Republican Institute, the Center for International Private Enterprise, and the AFL-CIO's Solidarity Center.[17] The seminal study examining the NED is Professor Robinson's Promoting Polyarchy: he notes that:

"[T]he NED was created in the highestechelons of the US national security state, as part of the same project that led to the illegal operations of the Iran-Contra scandal. It is organically integrated into the overall execution of US national security and foreign policy. In structure, organization, and operation, it is closer to clandestine and national security organs such as the CIA than apolitical or humanitarian endowments as its name would suggest. The NED has operated in tandem with all major interventionist undertakings in the 1980s and 1990s."[18]

As the latter part of this study will illustrate, some of HRW's Americas Advisory Board are directly promoting the agenda of the NED-linked 'democracy' establishment, while many others are closely linked to its most influential proponents. For reasons of concision, however, the author has chosen to focus


found at SourceWatch.)

And while NDI can be in Iraq, true democracy can't. al-Maliki's reign has seen repeated, high-levels of abuse aimed at the press. It's been spread out for nearly three years so many have looked the other way. But don't forget, following the crackdown (when the Green Zone was almost breached in 2006), he came up with 'his' multi-point plan (the plan was largely what local areas had already implemented) to which he added a direct attack on the press. The plan -- like every other promise he makes -- never got implemented. But his hostility and disdain for the press was there in writing. And his attitude has flourished and been embraced by so many others. So it's no surprise that the provincial elections are comingwasn't over even then. Under Iraqi tradition, the tribe had failed to protect the laborers who were in its territory and thus owed a blood debt to their families. The Jabouri blamed Al Qaeda for the original killings and wouldn't pay. But Jaafari settled things by putting up 15 million Iraqi dinars in compensation for each victim, roughly $180,000 total. "All the people in the area now respect him," says Sheik Behjat Abdul Majid, who heads a local council that handles tribal issues. "If he needs any support, then we will all support him."The upcoming election--the first of four planned for this year in Iraq--has more than 14,000 candidates campaigning as hard as they can, with one foot in the country's future and the other planted deep in


the past. Most have no hope of winning, since only 440 provincial council seats are at stake. But the outcome is of far more than local importance. For one thing, it could begin to correct the underrepresentation of Sunni Arabs, many of whom boycotted the 2005 elections.

Officials with the 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart confirmed that the body of a soldier assigned to the Warrior Transition Unit was found Friday morning in his barracks."That's all the information we can release because next of kin still needs to be notified," said 3rd ID spokesman Maj. Lee Peters late Friday afternoon.

Capt. Warren A. Frank had served nearly three tours in Iraq. He was a Marine, but he was also a husband and a father who looked forward to retiringfrom the service, teaching high school history and coaching track.Those dreams and ambitions were dashed when Frank, 26, was killed Nov. 25 while supporting combat operations in Ninewa province, Iraq, the Department of Defense reported.According to a statement released by his father, Warren R. Frank, his son was killed while conducting a humanitarian food drop when his team encountered enemy small arms fire, and at least one of the attackers might have been dressed as an Iraqi soldier.The same attack killed Master Sgt. Anthony Davis, a Triangle resident who was buried at Arlington National Cemetery last month.

The above is from Mark Berman's "Mourning a Fallen Marine's Lost Future" (Washington Post)and we're noting it and, you may have noticed, other write ups on funerals more than normal. In past


every day it will include Iraqis. It is this century's tragedy. Built on lies and continued due to the apathy of some and the greed of others.

Friday, January 09, 2009

Friday, January 9, 2009. Chaos and violence continue, the US did not follow Geneva in Iraq, the puppet government attempts to impose 'conditions' on reporters, KBR and Halliburton find that a spotlight comes with greed, and more.

You Just Need a Dilettante To Know Which Way The Wind Blows. And Tom Hayden is one -- a greying, dottering one, but a dilettante none the less. At ZNet (link provided so you can visit the scene of his crime), Tommy list a series of wants: "our new president to succeed, restore hope, and launch a new New Deal at home, notby US forces in Iraq may not be freed or given trials, even though U.S. forces lost the authority to hold them at the beginning of this year, a U.S. military spokesman said. . . U.S. forces are holding 15,000 prisoners, most of whom have been detained without charge under the authority of a U.N. Security Council resolution which expired on Dec. 31."

Earlier this week (Tuesday), US House Rep John Conyers, as chair of the House Judiciary Committee, introduced the "National Commission on Presidential War Power and Civil Liberties" with Jerry Nadler, Sheila Jackson-Lee, Bill Delahunt and Eddie Bernice Johnson among the co-sponsors. The bill argues for the establishment of "a Blue Ribbon Commission comprised of experts outsdie government service to investigate the broad range of policies of


the Bush adminstration that were undertaken by the Bush administration under claims of unreviewable war powers." Monday, the Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by Patrick Leahy, released three documents [PDF format warning] from the Office of legal Counsel -- one on the White House authority to use force against Iraq, a second on the UN Security Council from November 8, 2002 and a third entitled "Re: 'Protected Persons' in Occupied Iraq" (March 18, 2004) which is the one we're focusing on.

This memo (25 pages plus Appendix) was written by then Assistant Attorney General Jack Goldsmith. The lie the White House repeated was that Geneva didn't apply to Afghanstian (legally, it should have applied) but Iraq was a war and they were following the Geneva Conventions. That was a lie.They were selectively following it. Goldsmith found, W"e conclude that the following persons, if captured in occupied Iraq, are not 'protected persons' within the meaning of GC article 4: U.S. nationals, nationals of a State not bound by the Convention, nationals of a co-belligerent State, and operatives of the al Qaeda terrorist organization who are not Iraqi nationals or permanent residents of Iraq." The White House honored Geneva selectively. They lied to the American people yet again. Equally disturbing is the legal opinion including pages 22 through 24 where the conditions arguing for the protection of members of a resistance movement are selectively noted by Goldsmith who attempts to impose limitations via revisionary history. Acknowledging the need for resistance against the Nazis, he does allow Geneve would protect


Germans but, by his argument, members of the resistance in Germany or Poland who were French would not be protected. The Nazis were not limited to Germany and the resistance movement against the Nazis was an European movement -- a fact Goldsmith is either ignorant of or pretends to be. It's an appalling and shoddy legal opinion. He distorts or selectively ignores historical facts and when you're dealing with the Holocaust, that is especially offensive. This is a glimpse at just how sick the 'minds' at work in the current White House were.

So along with the approximately 16,000 prisoners the US was holding in Iraq that Amensty International was aware of, there are who knows how many others captured in Iraq and taken elsewhere? And, no, the expirationstay with the trucks, like sitting ducks. And as Kelly Dougherty (IVAW) has explained repeatedly, they would wait and wait and then finally be told to destroy the trucks and any cargo on it. Which would frequently anger the local populations. In March of last year, Iraq Veterans Against the War held their Winter Soldier Investigation. KPFA carried the hearings live for the bulk of the four days and Aaron Glantz and Aimee Allison were the on air moderators. One of the ways to hear the audio of the hearings is to go to Glatnz' War Comes Home site. [Allison is co-host of the station's The Morning Show and co-author with David Solnit of Army Of None.] March 14th was the first day of panels (the previous day