(Kris Marshall) runs up and shoots the German, who falls to his knees. Quinn taunts and then executes him with a pistol round to the skull.

Fearful of the strange environment, they vent their rage upon the German prisoner, who is abused by everyone except Shakespeare, who becomes disgusted by the behavior, and Chevasse, who is too injured to move. During their first night, Starinski, who has isolated himself in a secluded area of the trench, is distracted by strange sounds and led deeper into the trenches, where he finds three German corpses wrapped in barbed wire in a standing position. As he shouts to alert the others, one of the corpses suddenly comes to life and ambushes him. Shakespeare finds Starinski's corpse lashed to the wall of theTattoos are a form of expression protected by the First Amendment, the Arizona Supreme Court has ruled in an opinion in favor of a couple who sought to open a tattooing business. The decision conflicts with other court decisions that said tattooing was not expressive enough to trigger free-speech review.

In July 2008, Ryan and Laetitia Coleman sought a permit to operate a tattoo parlor in Mesa, Ariz. The city denied the permit request. The Colemans sued in 2010 in state court, contending that officials had violated their free-speech rights under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and the free-speech provision of the Arizona Constitution.


when they played Virginia Sarsfields in the Killanny Tournament. In October of the same year the Emmets ran a fine football tournament in close proximity to the town and the vast crowd of spectators were thoroughly satisfied with the day’s proceedings. In the subsequent years games were practically non-existent in relation to Gaelic activity and it was 1901 before we read about a football game near Carrickmacross "The pitch wasn’t properly marked and so ended the tournament under the auspices of the Carrickmacross Gaelic club whose existence is a myth"

Official Founding and early 1900s

On September 26, 1903, a meeting of those interested in Gaelic games was held in the Foresters Hall, Carrickmacross to elect officers and to establish the club to the County Board. By coincidence itFamily Court, Orange County (Lori Currier Woods, J.), dated October 18, 2018. The order, insofar as appealed from, after a hearing, awarded the father physical custody of the parties' child.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.
The parties are the parents of one child, who was born in 2011. In 2017, the father commenced this proceeding seeking custody of the child. After a hearing that included the testimony of both parents and an in camera interview with the child, the Family Court awarded the mother and the father joint legal custody of the child, with physical custody to the father. The mother appeals from so much of the order as awarded the father physical custody of the child.
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by two witnesses. When each of these witnesses took the stand, however, neither of them was able to give a positive identification of the accused.

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The Government's first witness was Mrs. Carolina Sanchez. Upon direct examination by the Government, she testified that she worked as a waitress in a restaurant, and that on October 26, 1969, a man who had eaten in the restaurant paid her for his meal with a ten dollar bill. The bill turned out to be counterfeit. Counsel for the Government then asked her to describe the man who gave her the bill. The following dialogue between counsel and the witness ensued:

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Q. What did the person look like that gave you that ten dollar bill?

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A. Well, I really don't remember because so many people walkthat, notwithstanding a jury verdict of guilty, when the identifying witness is unsure, the conviction must be reversed. United States v. Johnson, 5th Cir. 1970, 427 F.2d 957. Johnson differs from the instant case in that there was only one witness offered to identify the defendant there, and that witness was unsure. In the instant case we have one witness who testified that she could not identify the appellant, and a second who identified him in one breath, but stated in the next breath that the man who allegedly passed him the counterfeit bills had a bump on his head, which "bump" was absent from the appellant's head. In the absence of other evidence to corroborate Mrs. Sanchez' nonidentification, and Mr. Cancino's rather ambivalent identification, we are doubtful


when its re-launch was due in the single most penetrated McDonald’s market in the world – Hong Kong.

The relationship between McDonald’s and the people of Hong Kong had been solid for years. With the brand being tightly embed into the fast-paced and busy everyday life of Hong Kong its market share in the QSR-category (Quick Service Restaurants) is stable around 50 %. Unsurprisingly, the market has consistently been viewed as one of the golden performers globally.

However, the consumption patterns are very different from the US and the big European markets. The specific global assumptions behind Big Mac did not hold true and, despite customers’ high awareness of the Big Mac, were not translated into strong favorable perceptions. Indeed, the sales contribution from Big Mac was considerably lower thanit with all the fervor that a rebellious and prematurely world-weary teen could muster. There was an annual contest staged by the public library in which art students drew different hisotiric buildings around town, and the winner would received one hundred dollars. (My first architectural drawing effort, which I drew in 1995 or 1996, as a sophomore or junior in high school, is pictured at the top of this post.) I won this contest multiple times, and it began my first "freelance" career, as people who had emotional investments in various houses and buildings began to hire me to draw them. This petered out pretty quickly, as I was too invested in "partying" to handle a bunch of commissions. But I remember being in art class, often stoned,


had basslines and tempers and nothing to lose. They talked about killing a brother just for the hell of it. They were armed and stoned.

So when The East initiated the Stop the Violence Movement and released the all-star charity single "Self-Destruction," in 1989, of course The West had to step up with a peace plan of its own.

Stop The Violence was founded by Edutainer KRS-One after a fan was killed at a PE/BDP show earlier in the year. The song is earnest but pretty wretched, but has great novelty value for its eclectic lineup, which included PE, DOug Fresh, Heavy D, Kool Moe Dee, Stetsasonic, Just-Ice and many many more.

The single was pretty successful and raised half a million dollars for the National Urban League.his left, with no Michigan players in front of them to serve as blockers. Did O'Neill take his eye off the snap for a second? Probably so, when seeing Miller, Jermaine Edmondson andto his left, with no Michigan players in front of them to serve as blockers.

O'Neill is still new to football, having learned to kick as an Australian rules football player in his native country. This is his second year in college football. And he likely has never been presented with an 11-man rush. He has never prepared to take a snap while seeing THREE members of the other team to his left with no blockers to help him. So yeah, that might have registered as unfamiliar and uncomfortable. And he lost concentration on the snap.

O'Neill is


being cast as the goat in this Wolverine tragedy. But his infallible coach, Jim Harbaugh, during his final timeout with :10 seconds left in the game, should have had an automatic check to bring the gunner in for tight protection if they saw 11 Spartans at the line of scrimmage. Or they should have anticipated MSU's 11 men at the line of scrimmage and brought the extra protection in as a pre-emptive move. Instead, Michigan put a gunner out wide left, but no Spartan went out there with the gunner. That gunner became a wasted resource. O'Neill probably noticed it, and that made him hesitate. A large part of that is on the coach. He set up O'Neill to fail.

Or Harbaugh could have gone for it on fourth-and-two.it in that situation. He didn't show any.

Wear The Pants, Take Some Blame

In light of the backlash and death threats O'Neill has received on social media, Harbaugh on Monday needs to attempt to take 100 percent of the blame for the mistake in the final :10 seconds. He needs to own it and protect his player.

But instead, he will probably complain about a face mask penalty that wasn't called, and his version of Joe Bolden's targeting foul. He'll blame the refs instead of himself. Michigan Man.

Jourdan Lewis getting away with interference against He'll leave out the part about Michigan'sgetting away with interference against Aaron Burbridge on a third-and-three in the third quarter. And are we completely sure Michigan didn't get a gift TD on that 1-yard plunge in


the third quarter? Did he really cross the goal line?

But don't let that stuff stop the masses from hailing once again to the victims vanquished.

Rather than blaming officials, Harbaugh should check his own mistakes and reflect on the decision to punt on fourth-and-two. He put the game in the hands of his Australian rules footballer who might not have been clear on American rules after he fumbled the snap. It looked as if O'Neill thought he was required to attempt a kick, once he fumbled the snap.

Some are saying he would have been better off taking a knee and letting MSU throw a Hail Mary from the 40. I'm not sure about that. Although he was in scramble mode, if he had just gotten a foot on thatball, it would have trickled 10 or 15 yards downfield, and that would have been the game. Punting on the run while being tackled? They do that all the time in Aussie football. His choice might not have been as outlandish as we think, based on O'Neill's skill set.

In the end, O'Neill tried to desperately get some sort of punt off, channeling Garo Yepremian, whom O'Neill has surely never heard of, (Google him, Super Bowl VII).

That's about when Miller (the son of former Spartan safety John Miller) and Morrissey (the son of former Spartan linebacker Jim Morrissey) began converging on O'Neill.

Miller had four interceptions in the Michigan game in 1987, a Spartan victory. Morrissey broke Harbaugh's arm in the 1984 game, a Spartan victory.

The only thing lacking was


Levi Jackson Jr. throwing a crucial block on this play.

"I just blitzed off the edge," Grayson Miller said, "and I saw him fumble it, and I took off after him and Matt and I hit him as he was bobbling it."

The force from their hit sent the ball straight to Rangers super hero Jalen Watts-Jackson.

Jackson nabbed the ball out of the air and scooted toward the sideline and the end zone.

"I was on the ground and I just saw Jalen taking off," Miller said.

"You go from :10 seconds and a guy punting the ball and saying, 'Okay, this is done,'" said Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio. "And then all the sudden life gets flipped upside down."

"Once we saw him drop the ball and he got hit," Cooknot remember the name Zac Leimbach tomorrow, but he was on the Rangers unit, flailing around, trying to create a diversion. They tell us he is a packaging major, likely under an assumed name. A bio was prepared for him, stating that he rushed for 1,500 yards and passed for 800 while leading Walled Lake Central to the Division 2 semifinals while in high school.

They all combined to get the ball to Watts-Jackson in the final seconds. Watts-Jackson had previously been a mild-mannered member of the third string. He played a few snaps against Oregon. Since then, he has been used only occasionally on special teams, and on this particular special opps group.

As Watts-Jackson weaved down the sideline with the ball, and fans around the world shrieking in


joy or agony, he appeared to peek up at the game clock. And it also looked like a cape sprung out from the back of his jersey.

Michigan's Wayne Lyons was the only Wolverine with a chance to stop Watts-Jackson short of the end zone. Edmondson didn't see Lyons.

Lyons angled toward Watts-Jackson, and jostled Edmondson on the shoulder - as if he wanted to let Edmondson know he was there, as if he might have been in on this whole thing. Edmondson turned and saw Lyons and then thought, what the heck, might as well block this guy, too.

Then Edmondson latched into him at the 10-yard line, providing one last key block to secure the touchdown.

Watts-Jackson could have gone out of bounds at the 10-yard line with still :01or :02 seconds on the clock, according to an ESPN replay. Instead, Watts-Jackson cut to the inside, gave Lyons a mini head butt, and leaped across the goal line.

"Everybody went crazy," said defensive back Demetrious Cox . "I thought he went out of bounds, but I was like, 'Man, he scored!'"

Through all of the confusion and celebration, don't overlook the fact that Watts-Jackson turned in a terrific piece of open-field running to complete the mission. Michigan's puntastrophe had been executed.

"People were diving and tackling each other," Cox said. "We couldn't believe it. I still couldn't believe it. That's a legendary play."

"Man, it was crazy," Bullough said. "It was insane. One of the best feelings ever."

They Believed In The Rangers

The big-name players believed in the Rangers. Bullough and Calhoun


Cook's fourth-down incompletion with 1:47 left. Even the equipment guy thought the game was over.

"To win in that fashion, when there were :10 seconds left, they were getting ready to punt, and the game was over, and then … that happened," Cook said. "And to win and experience that, and you're looking around for people to celebrate with, and everyone is just in tears, and everyone was just so mind-blown."

They ran to mob Watts-Jackson. But the one guy who made it happen was the one guy who couldn't enjoy it.

When Watts-Jackson crossed the goal line, his left knee drove into the turf while a Wolverine landed on his back, and something in his hip snapped. Fellow Rangers were the first ones to him. Morrissey and Dowell leaped onhim in once-in-a-lifetime euphoria. Watts-Jackson flung the ball back toward the 10-yard line, not in celebration, but in pain.

Leimbach jumped on him.

Sowards jumped on him.

One after another, they clubbed and ripped at him. They hugged him. He yelled as loudly as he could for them to stop. He was hurt bad. Demetrius Cooper grabbed him by the jersey and shook him around like a Christmas present. Watts-Jackson yelled to get the hell off of him.

But they couldn't hear, with all that joy going on in their heads, and the yells of the 10,000 Spartan fans who were maxing out their vocal chords at Michigan Stadium while the band played "Victory for MSU." Some of the other 100,000 in attendance were buzzing in anger that the Harbaugh Flux Capacitor


hadn't yet garbaged the Wolverines into instantly being as good as they think they were in 1901.

There was chaos in the end zone. Macgarrett Kings hid his head in his hands and was about to cry, but this was even too sugar-sweet for tears. His face reappeared with a half-smile, shaking his head.

"I ran out to the pile," Dantonio said. "I was just sort of chasing everybody in white. Then I saw Jalen down and didn't really know what was going on."

Watts-Jackson frantically, finally got through to his his teammates, that he was hurt, and to stop pounding on him. We would learn later that he broke his hip on the play, most likely not during the dog pile.

Validation? Please

The scoreboard at Michigan Stadium never displayed the finalpoint. But maybe MSU has the goods to stuff the run, make opponents one-dimensional and outscore them with offensive balance.

You going to count them out?

Watts-Jackson raised his arm in triumph as he was carted off the field. The reserve safety from Dearborn, Mich., by way of Orchard Lake St. Mary's, didn't participate in the locker room celebration after this game. He never saw the Bunyan trophy. Dantonio never had a chance to congratulate him. He was taken straight to the hospital.

Watts-Jackson family members Tweeted that he underwent surgery for the broken hip and will be out for the season, although Michigan State has not yet confirmed that. Family members tweeted a photo of him from the hospital, with family and friends surrounding him in his hospital bed. They


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FOXBORO, Mass. — Patriots wide receiver Tyree Barnes has moved on to another challenge, as he has departed from life in the Navy to try to earn a spot on an NFL roster.

But when tragedy strikes — like it did Saturday morning when 30 service members were killed in Afghanistan, including 22 Navy SEALs — Barnes can't help but pause and reflect upon the sacrifice that so many Americans make for their country.

"That's sad," Barnes said of Saturday's events. "I'm still a service member at heart. I still want to see those guys. Those are still guys that I went to the [Naval] Academy with, SEALs, Marines, everything. Those are still guys who went through the same things that I did, whether they went to the Academy


or not. We're still one team, one fight. Even though I have a Patriot uniform on, I'm still a service member at heart, so that's something I definitely cherish and want to make sure they're safe."

Barnes caught a glimpse of the news earlier in the day, but he hasn't had time to stay up to date on current affairs since starting training camp. Because of the long hours he spends every day at Gillette Stadium, he said he hasn't even turned on the television at his hotel.

Interestingly, when Barnes was an active member in the Navy, they all wanted to ask him about his status as a member of the Patriots. Now that he's with the Pats, they all want to know about life in the Navy.

"A lotThe Atlantic Coast Conference's media doesn't expect much out of Louisville men's basketball's in Chris Mack's first season as coach.

The Cards were picked to finish 11th in the ACC out of 15 teams, according to a vote of the league's media released Thursday.

Louisville did not have a player selected to the ACC's preseason first-team or second-team.

Duke was favored to finish first in the ACC this season. The Blue Devils received 52 first-place votes and edged Virginia, which received 47 first-place votes. North Carolina, Syracuse and Virginia Tech rounded out the projected top five.

UNC's Luke Maye was voted as the ACC's preseason player of the year ahead of Duke's RJ Barrett and Zion Williamson. Barrett beat out Williamson as the league's preseason freshman of the year.

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Public health laws and implications for a national accreditation program: parallel roadways without intersection?
Public health law has been one of the leading contributors to the extension of life expectancy in the 20th century. Nonetheless, the legal infrastructure supporting public health law in the United States is underdeveloped and nonuniform. With national interest growing in public health agency accreditation, the individual legal approach taken by states may pose an obstacle to wholesale adoption of a proposed voluntary national model. This article describes the legal foundations supporting accreditation or assessment programs in states participating in the Multi-State Learning Collaborative, a project funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The Turning Point Model State Public Health Act is recommended as one option to resolve the current impasse, assist in acceptance ofmarried Iwan Wiśniowiecki, a noble from Volhynia
Taking into account the dates of marriage and of bearing children of the last two daughters, researchers assume that they were daughters of the second marriage of Jelena Jaksić with Ivaniš Berislavić

Some genealogies also indicate that another daughter, Milica Despina, married Neagoe Basarab, Prince of Wallachia (1512–21). However, Milica was too old to be his daughter.

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RB Dalton Crossan had a great pro day and worked out in front of the Patriots and Colts. He has an a private workout with the Seahawks in April. Dalton will also attend the Giants and Jets local day

UNH TE Jordan Powell has been invited to the #Giants local day on April 7th.

Lamar running back Kade Harrington worked out with the #Texans and has a pre-draft visit with the Giants

New Haven LB Tyler Condit will attend the #Jets & #Giants local day

New Haven OT Zach Voytek will attend the #Jets and #Giants local day

Youngstown State CB David Rivers will attend the #Dolphins local day

Southern Illinois LB Chase Allen was worked out by #Buccaneers LB coach Mark Duffner

Charlotte WR Austin Duke has been invited to the #Panthers local day.the Big Ten knows he can shoot, and every team will likely do whatever it can to keep him from doing so.

There haven't been many open looks in halfcourt sets for Stauskas of late, and as the year goes on, he'll have to work even harder to find other ways to get the basketball and to contribute.

On Thursday, he put the ball on the floor and went to the basket. He went 3 of 6 from the floor, 4 of 6 from the line, and managed to finish in double figures with 11 points.

"He does not have the 50 games of experience that Trey (Burke) has," Michigan coach John Beilein said. "I don't have any reason to believe he won't respond, but time will tell.

"We just keep working


United Kingdom

United Kingdom (2001), Development Co-operation Review: Main Findings and Recommendations

The United Kingdom's development co-operation: new directions and a broader agenda

Britain's current government, first elected in 1997, has placed development issues high on the political agenda, both at home and abroad. Poverty reduction has become central to the United Kingdom's development co-operation and official development assistance (ODA), which is increasing, is now seen in a larger context of efforts in support of international development. Achieving greater coherence in policies affecting developing countries has become a priority for the government as a whole, and is also being pursued internationally, especially within European Union (EU) institutions. Two government White Papers on international development, published in 1997 and 2000, outline the new directions and broader agenda for Britain's development co-operation. The2000 White Paper addressed the opportunities and risks for development arising from increased globalisation, based on the recognition that the poorest countries could become more marginalised unless greater attention is paid to international economic linkages.

The United Kingdom has fully embraced the partnership approach to development and geared its aid programme around achieving the results-oriented international development targets and millennium development goals, set mostly for 2015. Recognising that no country can achieve unilaterally the objective of eliminating world poverty, the Department for International Development (DFID) has been charged by the British government with fostering international efforts in support of poverty reduction. DFID pursues this mandate by "engaging with and influencing" others in support of developing countries' own efforts to overcome poverty. Among Members of the OECD's Development Assistance Committee


(DAC), the United Kingdom has taken a leading role in promoting the development partnership strategy - as articulated in the DAC's 1996 policy statement Shaping the 21st Century: The Contribution of Development Co-operation - and in mobilising the international development community to work towards achieving the international development targets.

The United Kingdom's development co-operation has gone through a period of substantial transformations since 1997. The recasting of DFID as an autonomous government department has strengthened its capacities to pursue its broader agenda as well as enabled it to play an active role in promoting policy coherence. These efforts have benefited from the strong political leadership provided by the Secretary of State for International Development, a Cabinet-level minister.

As a demonstration of its commitment to reducing world poverty and to reverseapproach is replicable and can serve as a model for a common approach by bilateral donors is an important question.

Recent changes in the United Kingdom's development co-operation

Since the last DAC Peer Review of the United Kingdom in 1997, a series of adjustments have been made which reinforce the United Kingdom's reputation as a leading donor within the international development community. Many of these changes constitute a significant departure from previous practices and bring the United Kingdom's programme into line with good practices internationally. The objective of the new approaches and ideas has been to make international development efforts more effective. These changes include:

Poverty reduction and a commitment to working to achieve the international development targets have become central to the United Kingdom's development co-operation. The International Development Bill,


recently introduced into Parliament, consolidates the poverty reduction objective for Britain's ODA (except in the case of assistance to United Kingdom overseas territories, which have a special position in the United Kingdom's aid programme).

A government White Paper on international development, entitled Eliminating World Poverty: Making Globalisation Work for the Poor, was published in December 2000. This White Paper emphasises the need, if globalisation is to work for the poor, for effective governments and strong and reformed international institutions, in addition to strong and vibrant private sectors. It also stresses the importance of donors working collectively.

A more comprehensive approach to promoting policy coherence has been adopted. This is being pursued through strong political leadership, a better use of existing co-ordination mechanisms within the British government and the mobilisation ofDFID's experience and analytical capacities in support of this objective.

The United Kingdom has played a key role in promoting and supporting multilateral efforts for the untying of aid, notably the recommendation on untying aid to least-developed countries adopted by the DAC in April 2001. Untying of the British aid programme was facilitated by the abolition of the Aid and Trade Provision, a mixed-credits scheme, in 1997. The government announced in December 2000 its intention to end the tying of all remaining development assistance to the procurement of British goods and services, and implementation of this decision proceeded on schedule with effect from 1 April 2001.

Promoting public awareness of development issues has become a higher priority. DFID has become a more transparent organisation with most of its strategies prepared


after consultations with stakeholders, civil society representatives and the public, and disseminated widely.

To translate the United Kingdom's development objectives into policies, a wide range of strategy papers have been developed and published. These include Target Strategy Papers, which analyse the challenge of each international development target and what needs to be done to achieve it, and Institutional Strategy Papers, which cover DFID's partnership with multilateral institutions. The United Kingdom has prepared multi-year Country Strategy Papers for many years and started to publish these in 1998.

DFID is now working more closely with international agencies at different levels and within their governing bodies, but also on co-ordination of policy and performance within selected developing countries. A stronger involvement with international organisations appears to be developing across DFID, based on afor successfully implementing the current decentralisation process, and for achieving a more effective policy dialogue with partner countries and other donors in country.

The role of DFID's Evaluation Department has changed from a primary focus on conducting ex post assessments of the impact of projects to a focus on sectoral and thematic studies of strong current relevance. The department is also contributing to efforts within DFID to improve the quality of performance assessment and knowledge management systems. The Evaluation Department has consequently taken on a broader role in sharing lessons learnt.

The current government's objective of improving the delivery of the United Kingdom's public services has reinforced DFID's attention to the development impact of its activities. A set of time-bound and results-oriented performance targets is agreed with the Treasury and


laid out in a triennial Public Service Agreement.

Challenges for the United Kingdom's development co-operation

Fostering enhanced development partnerships points to a need for donors to have strong representation in partner countries and well defined country strategies supporting host-country owned poverty reduction strategies. With the ambitious objectives assigned to its aid programme, the United Kingdom is also encountering a number of specific challenges. Addressing these will help maintain the United Kingdom's leading position within the international development community and contribute to help DFID be more effective in pursuing its engaging and influencing agenda.

The government recognises that a more substantial ODA/GNI performance is necessary to demonstrate the United Kingdom's commitment to tackling world poverty and has reiterated its commitment to the United Nations' ODA/GNI target of 0.7%. Although the United Kingdomthe difficulties with implementing policies that are fully consistent with development objectives, for example in relation to the EU's "Everything but Arms" initiative.

The destination of the United Kingdom's bilateral aid indicates a strong focus on least-developed and other low-income countries, consistent with its stated policy framework. In the context of an expanding ODA budget, DFID needs to make decisions on country and regional allocations taking account of the relative weight given to the number of poor people, the likelihood of achieving the international development targets, the availability of other resource flows and the policy environment. DFID is active in a number of poor countries with weak policy environments and governance concerns, with the objective of supporting forces for positive change and protecting the poorest people. An additional issue


is whether more emphasis should be given to drawing out and sharing lessons learnt from these experiences.

The strategies prepared by DFID form part of its engagement and influencing agenda within the international development community. DFID collaborates widely with other donors, for example in international fora and by making its research and experience available to others. There are, however, some perceptions that the United Kingdom, in its pursuit of its influencing agenda, needs to pay more attention to creating a broader sense of ownership among other donors in its alliances around common objectives and priorities. There is consequently scope for DFID to deepen its collaborative approach.

DFID has an ambitious and well-articulated policy framework, primarily focused on the achievement of the international development targets. Providing operational guidance to staff, especiallygood policy environments, while remaining engaged through appropriate instruments elsewhere.

Continue to seek and develop effective ways of promoting policy coherence, in such areas as trade, environment and conflict reduction, across the United Kingdom government and at European and international levels.

Continue to support partner countries in the development of their own poverty reduction strategies and use these as the basis for future Country Strategy Papers.

Promote opportunities to deepen DFID's collaboration with other donors when preparing Country and Institutional Strategy Papers and in programme implementation.

Maintain an active dialogue with parliamentarians, civil society, the media and the public on the aims and evolving instruments and risks associated with delivering a high-impact aid programme, particularly in view of the ambitious nature of Britain's development co-operation.

Give further consideration to the need to develop


operational guidance, particularly for field offices, on implementation of DFID's policies and partnership agenda, relevant to the range of policy environments found in developing countries.

Focus the next generation of bilateral country programmes on addressing the challenges of greater sector focus, the appropriate mix of aid instruments and how best to pursue sustainable capacity building in partner countries. DFID's headquarters should update the guidance it provides to country programme managers to enable them to identify the appropriate mix of instruments, including how to assess and manage the fiduciary risk of direct budget support.

Given the degree of financial authority delegated to offices in main partner countries, consider how DFID can further enhance information flows between field offices and headquarters and ensure that decisions on the appropriate number and mix ofelongated member, commonly known as a blade, having an upper hiatused edge into the keyway of the lock and then to move that blade in an in-and-out manner relative to the lock while at the same time applying a torque to the plug. The purpose of moving the blade in and out is to cause the abutting surfaces of the upper and lower lock pins to move and be located at a shear line and when all the lock pins are located at the shear line, the lock will open, e.g. when the top pins are wholly contained in the lock housing and the bottom pins are wholly contained within the plug and the abutting surfaces of both top and bottom pins are located at a shear line,


International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities and Handicaps: exercises in its application in a hospital medical record.
The principles and philosophies of the WHO International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities and Handicaps were enthusiastically espoused by all staff of a large rehabilitation hospital. It was universally seen as an accurate and standardized way of recording and reporting a patient's functional state and opened up opportunities for research between causation and consequences of diseases, the relations of impairments to handicaps, and so on. In short, it promised a hard data base about disability, which presently has been studied only anecdotally, or by large random community samples. The joy of the principle turned into torment when the attempts to apply the system to current and past medical records were made. Retrospective codification ofa bruised hip) early in preseason and was a little behind his teammates in the lead up to the first regular season game. Obviously we know what Powers is capable of: He was the 2013 MLS Rookie of the Year and is a two-time Rapids team MVP entering his third season.

Powers has looked good when given the opportunity this year. He’s has great awareness on the ball, and his passes always seem to find an open man. I would not be surprised to see him work his way back into the starting lineup, especially if Gabriel Torres is not productive in the central attacking midfield role. The Rapids also have a few attackers who are candidates for international call-ups during the Gold Cup this summer: Torres (Panama), Dillon


off an intense U.S. national team camp in January, so his fitness was at a high level prior to his illness. He said he was available to start Saturday vs. Philadelphia, but Pablo Mastroeni decided to start Bobby Burling and Axel Sjoberg, with O’Neill entering in the 74th minute.

Burling is suspended for the NYCFC match after receiving a red card against the Union, so all signs point to an O’Neill/Sjoberg pairing for the home opener with Jared Watts as center back cover on the bench. On Wednesday, O’Neill and Sjoberg were paired together in central defense during 10-vs.-6 drills.

I have a good friend who lives in England and is a life-long Wolves supporter. While he says (Kevin) Doyle is a very good guy with a terrific work rate,on the 2014 rules, but I must warn you, this is about to get dense.

American players in the national team pool and players returning to MLS after previously being sold for a transfer fee are subject to an “allocation” order, in which teams at the top of the allocation list have first preference on signing players. The allocation order is reset each year.

Players who are entering the league as “designated players” — i.e., players whose salary exceeds the normal MLS salary cap guidelines — can be signed by any team at any time, so long as the league determines they are “of a certain threshold.” (According to the league, this threshold is determined by salary size.) Each team is allowed up to three designated players.

There are edge cases,


Project Cyclone

In the 1960's, Project Cyclone was a secret American government experiment in which down-and-out pregnant women were used as subjects in various drug tests. The women were told that the drugs were "completely safe" and "would not affect" their unborn children. In return for their participation, the mothers-to-be were provided with financial coverage for their pregnancy related medical bills and a one time cash sum that would help the mothers get on their feet after their little ones were born.

Project Cyclone was run by the same shadowy, quasi-government agencies that OK'd the Tuskogee Syphilis Experiments, the Lynchburg Eugenics work, and the gassing of American towns in the 1950's.

It was expected that the babies would develop paranormal abilities. They did not.

Years passed. The old guard generation (1950's and1960's, "good ol' boy" network) of shadowy, quasi-government directors aged and retired or passed away. In the 1960's and 1970's, computers and databases were far from what they would eventually become in the 1990's and 2000's. In the interim years, papers were shredded. Documents were burned. Information was lost. Much was not passed on to the current new generation (1990's and 2000's, New World Order/Illuminati) of shadowy, quasi-government directors.

Then, the second generation was born, the grandchildren of the original Project Cyclone participants. Some of them developed paranormal abilities in their teens or early twenties. A mysterious Deep Throat from the government discovered Project Cyclone and began covertly contacting the "Cyclone Kids" to warn them and to advise them on how to avoid being discovered by the current government.


to this magical world.

The girl is entranced by this magnificent forest and decides to explore where the path leads and uses her chalk to draw a boat, a hot air balloon, and witness different cities and aircrafts never seen before on Earth. She gets absorbed into this world and along the way she sees a mystical bird trapped in a cage. The bird is being watched by security guards and luckily the girl is able to retrieve the bird and set it free.

The bird guides the girl as they escape from these guards and soon they find themselves in the forest again except there is a purple door. The bird tells the girl to open it and we enter back to our world except the girl makes aWolf and he mentions how most people know his story but not the facts. Immediately based on the tone of his voice and dialogue I feel as though it may be innocent but he becomes a unreliable narrator and that makes the story that much entertaining. We learn that he was making a cake for his grandmother (Who looks remarkably similar to Little Red Riding Hood so it's possible he's lying and he disguised himself as his granny) and needed a cup of sugar so he went to his neighbors which so happens to be one of the pigs and did I mention he has a cold? Well the straw triggered his sinuses and he blew down the house and killing the pig.

It uses this excuse for his


makes the connection that Cendrillon is not acting like herself and figures out that there's a special birthday party/ball for Monsieur Thibault's son Paul tonight. They are not royalty but Monsieur Thibault is one of the richest man in the island.

Cendrillon family doesn't permit her to attend the ball but the godmother makes the connection that she can finally use the magic wand to help her godchild. When everyone in Cendrillon household leaves to the party, the godmother uses her magic and creates a phenomenal carriage and a beautiful gown for Cendrillon and both head to the party.

The illustrations are one of the best I have ever seen in a children's book and make the magic and beauty of both the Carribean and Cendrillon story to pop outand we don't get a reason how she became an orphan but then again this is a children's book. She has a dog named Toto and life is rough on the farm. The crop has been doing too well this season and Dorothy hints in many ways that she wants to escape this gray-view Kansas.

Luckily for her a tornado brews up in Kansas and comes heading her way. Her aunt and uncle reach underground for protection and she would have too except Toto escaped and running around the house and hiding so Dorothy tries to capture him but it's too late. The tornado blows the house away and Dorothy is caught stuck inside the tornado. Surprisingly being inside a tornado is relatively calm until they crash to the


ground.

Dorothy thinks they have landed faraway from the farm but when she opens the front door immediately we are introduced into this different world. Clearly we are not in Kansas as flowers of different color are blooming, colors of all spectrum is shone beautiful across the landscape and weird buildings are popping up in front of Dorothy.

We are introduced to munchkins and the Good Witch of the North. She tells Dorothy that she has brought peace to the land by killing the Wicked Witch of the East with her house. She has used the munchkins as slaves and was too powerful to be overthrown by the Good witch. She tells her that there are 4 witches in total: the Good Witch of the North & South, and theWicked Witch of the East and West. Dorothy is in awe by all this and in that moment of wonder she realize that Auntie Em is still in Kansas.

She begs to be returned to her world and the Good Witch tells her that if she visits the Wizard of Oz in the Emerald city it is quite possible that he will grant her wish. To protect her from evil the Good witch gives her the Wicked Witch silver slippers and a protective kiss on the forehead (I see J.K. Rowling stoled this idea from this book).

During her journey to the Emerald city, she encounters new strangers who become her companions such as the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodsman, and the Cowardly Lion. Each one seeks something such as a


so this was normal to them compare to now this book would be considered for older kids. I couldn't give this 5 stars because I grew up with the movie and even though the book came first, if it contradicted the movie I was disappointed and the whole repetition of wanting a brain, a heart, and courage became tedious in the book.

One thing that the book could have erased altogether which the movie did brilliantly was the ending. In the last 30 pages or so the characters have to go on this long and tedious adventure to help get Dorothy back to Kansas and at that point I wanted to give up. The segment was trying to cater to the magical hat that Dorothy discovers that allows theWinged Monkeys to obey her bidding for 3 events. She spends one of them and then that long plot to cater to the other two which wasn't necessary. I love how in the film Glinda just shows up in a bubble to help Dorothy.

I miss all the scenes where we get to see the Witched Witch because in the book she is such a minor character and her storyline last for 2 seconds so her appearance is brief whereas the film you felt her presence everywhere which is brilliant. The Tin Woodsman is an idiot the way he became tin because if you had a magic axe that kept chopping up your body then how about getting a new axe when your arm got chopped off the first


in the years that follow since the books and movies have ended that I would find myself reading more adventures about Harry and the gang again particularly after Deathly Hallows. I worshiped the films as a child, I saw the 1st movie twice in the same day of its released and I played all the video games, dressed up like Harry for Halloween, except participate in the midnight release parties because I never read the books until High School.

I wished my passion for reading would have started way sooner because I would have been the million of fans waiting in line in costume waiting for the final book to be released and be part of the conclusion of this beautiful story. Now that the play was being releasedand no expectations this could be a magical experience for you.

The play is divided into two parts with a total of 4 Acts. It begins immediately where Deathly Hallows ended which is Harry and the gang dropping off their kids for the first time on the express train to Hogwarts. We meet James, Lily, Rose Granger-Weasley, and the main character Albus Severus Potter. He is Harry's second child and he is scared up to his wits about Hogwarts because he has big shoes to fill being the son of Harry Potter.

Immediately I fell in love with Albus because he reminded me so much of his father and the stubborn-side of the Weasleys and his cousin Rose is almost an exact replica of Hermoine except the annoyance level reaches


found himself and love Harry Potter. Plus how he was proud that Harry named his second child as Albus Severus Potter after the two names of one of the respected and powerful wizards. Dumbledores scenes are still as powerful in the books and we got to see a vulnerable yet wise side of him even though he was a painting. It was intense between him and Harry and I love how in many ways he still helps Harry even though he is dead and his painting is speaking for him. I wanted to cry when Albus and Scorpius met Cedric during the maze and couldn't do nothing except watch him run to his death but at least he knew his father loved him.

Then the moment where the floodgates opened and couldn't hold it in which is Harry watching his parents being murdered and he couldn't do nothing about it. He had visions growing up of the murder but it's always been distorted and he only remembers his mothers screams and trying to protect him. But this time around he saw his father getting killed instantly and then his mother pleading for his life. We read those scenes countless before but when I was reading it I felt like I was part of the scene and got caught up in the moment and it felt real. I cannot describe the experience but I felt like my heart was being ripped out while reading and watching that scene being played out in my head.

Harry and Albus are


that J.K. Rowling has taken us on and being kind enough to publish the play for those who are unable to see the play in London.

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I do not know the chronological order of when Maya Angelou wrote these children books but if this was written after Kofi and His Magic (which in my imagination she did) then she dedicated herself hard on this book and it's a total success both poem and the artwork.

The difference with this children book is Tom Feelings. Decades ago he was in Africa working as an illustrator and other jobs and he constantly was drawing African women and never both to published it or make a story of it. As the years went by he never touched those drawings untilone day he decided he wanted to make a story of the iconic images of beautiful African women.

He suggested that Maya Angelou should write the poem/story because they were friends and the expert who can describe the emotions and thoughts of what it means to be an African woman. Maya Angelou had lived in Ghana for years and studied in the University so it was interesting how faithful she was when it came to Tom Feelings artwork.

The illustrations are stunning and the only issue I had with this book was I wish the people who were in charge of matching the illustrations with the poem should have done a better job of feeling the spaces and not making it into a jumbo mess of too many drawings and


in my life until finally I read that book. The same incident applies to John Corey Whaley. I have seen his other books being read by my goodreads family and the BookTube community but never bother picking up any of his books until now.

This book was hilarious, realistic, heartwarming, and sad all mixed of intense emotions. I highly recommend everyone to read it but don't be surprised by the outcome.

We meet Solomon Reed who is a teenager suffering agoraphobia and has anxiety issues. Growing up was a difficult process and then one day he had a mental episode at school and for the last three years he has been a recluse/prisoner in his own home. His family feels awful of his situation but they realize that him simplybreathing and eating is a miracle in of itself and it's become a burden for them especially since they haven't seen any improvements in his time in captivity.

Solomon is lonely boy who has cease communications with anyone that is not his family and while that may seem okay for him in actuality he's become a prisoner in his own mind and his form of escape is watching Star Trek The New Generation and read books and comics. He suffers major anxiety attacks every day and you feel awful the way he suffers these intense moments and being drain of energy for the rest of the day.

While that couldn't get any more depressing, we meet Lisa Prayton who is a junior at Upland High. Her personality is annoying because


she plans every single minute of her day because free time is considered missed opportunities and she likes to be in control and manage a million things at once while her family life has gone to shambles. She remembers vividly about Solomon Reed and his infamous mental breakdown episode and hasn't heard anything about his state of being in the last three years. Then one day we discover that for weeks she has been looking up what colleges she wants to apply for which are all out-of-state because she wants to get the f@ck out of Upland, California.

She wants to attend Woodlawn University for its psychology program and in order to get a full-ride scholarship she has to write an essay on her personal experience with mental illness.She connects the dots and decides that she is going to meet Solomon Reed, become his friend, and cure his agoraphobia. Sounds simple enough right? Well it's harder than it looks and it's pretty f@cked up to enter into someone's life who has low self-esteem and make it seem that you want to be their friend when in reality they have become your little experiment.

Lisa has a boyfriend named Clark Robbins. He's an athlete and the complete opposite of her in which he has no clue what he wants to do with his life, very relaxed, and loves his suburban life of Upland. Lisa is always pushing him to think about their future and to attend a university nearby Woodlawn but that dream isn't realistic. She tells him


about this essay and while it clearly pisses him off that she's using Solomon, he puts his beliefs in the back of thoughts because he believe she's going to fail. What I love about Clark's character is he's a humble teenager and sex is not on his top priority which is rare in the 21st century and relatable to my lifestyle.

Luckily Lisa made the right connections and moves and got into contact with Solomon and immediately she notices that he's not crazy, very intelligent, and has made this huge world in the confines of his home. His parents are excited he's made a new friend and room for improvement is an actual possibility for the first time in Solomon life. We learn immediately that he is gay andMore women trouble for Newell

Thursday 28 December 2006 23:07 BST

Birmingham City's marketing department have unwittingly set up Luton Town boss Mike Newell, after promoting tonight's game against the Hatters as "Ladies' Night".

The St Andrew's club, who offered a £5 entrance fee to women as part of a series of cut-price seasonal packages, had earmarked the game for this special deal before Newell landed himself in hot water over his comments about female officials.

Newell has yet to face a disciplinary hearing at the Football Association following his outburst against Amy Rayner, who was an assistant referee during Luton's game against QPR earlier this season.

He has been charged with improper conduct and also failing to act in the best interests of the game after his emotional outpouring following the game


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Administrative Proceedings
¶ 15 The first claimants, David Clouse and Lynn Michel, filed with the WHU on February 25, 2004, claims for wages and longevity pay improperly withheld by the County. Clouse and Michel claimed to have earned the pay between July 1, 2001, and the dates of their respective retirements in 2003. Several other deputies filed claims between March and June 2004.
¶ 16 The WHU Compliance Specialist issued its Determination of several of the deputies' claims on June 23, 2004. The Compliance Specialist determined that the County owed the Deputies additional wages and longevity pay withheld for the two years before the County had notice


for a higher amount, which is what has been done for several years." The Compliance Specialist further took issue with the lack of support for the County's position that it could "retroactively take credit on this longevity pay they contend was an overpayment and offset it against wages now found due."
¶ 18 The Compliance Specialist ultimately transferred for final resolution the 38 pending claims from the WHU to the Department's Hearings Bureau. The hearing officer held a scheduling conference on March 16, 2005. The hearing officer also ordered the County to provide two individual claimants, Lamb and Bourassa, certain information by March 31, 2005, necessary to calculate the wages to which they would be entitled. Deputy Lamb requested a default against the County on April 21, 2005, afterofficer further determined that the County should have adjusted for its mistake going back to July 1, 2001, the date when the County began calculating longevity without considering the $2,000 supplement to the sheriff's base salary.

District Court Proceedings
¶ 21 The Deputies filed a petition for judicial review of the Agency's determination regarding the longevity calculation. The County filed a cross-petition for judicial review on November 7, 2005. The Deputies moved to dismiss the County's cross-petition for failing to file the petition within the 30 days required by statute. The District Court initially granted the motion to dismiss the petition, but later issued an order amending the prior ruling to allow the County's petition to proceed.
¶ 22 The District Court agreed with the hearing officer that the calculation of


cross-appeal the court's determination of jurisdiction upon the County's motion for reconsideration. This failure precludes the Court from reaching the merits of the Deputy's subject matter jurisdiction argument on the County's appeal.
¶ 28 Did the District Court properly use a rank based minimum salary in calculating the Deputies' longevity pay rather than the department's minimum salary?
¶ 29 The County, like dozens of counties across Montana, negotiated its method of calculating longevity with the Association as part of the Agreement. Section 7-4-2510, MCA, leaves open to negotiation the meaning of "minimum base annual salary." From 1991 to 2004, the deputies received one percent of their rank's base salary as longevity. The County unilaterally changed the method of calculation for sheriff's deputies' longevity in February 2004. As a result, allthe erroneous interpretation in the 1981 opinion. See, e.g., 43 Mont. Op. No. 44 Atty. Gen. at 6 (November 28, 1989).
¶ 37 Nothing on the statute's face prevents the County from calculating longevity using a "minimum base annual salary" gauged to the individual deputy's rank, rather than on the statutory minimum. The County unilaterally changed its definition of "minimum base annual salary" in 2004 to the more limited definition despite having negotiated a different definition of "minimum base annual salary" for the deputies as part of its Agreement. The County cannot rely on its erroneous interpretation of § 7-4-2510, MCA, to justify its unilateral departure from the terms of its Agreement with the Deputies. The District Court correctly calculated the base salary used for Deputies' longevity pay using


has shown more strength in standing up to Prime Minister Stephen Harper? Who, he asked, has put in more hours both on the road and in the House of Commons?

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Boy Wonder will offer image, Mr. Mulcair said, while he will offer toughness and deep experience, not only as a politician but a public administrator as well.

When he demands to see investor-state provisions of the Canadian-European trade deal, it's because, having taken on Dow Chemical on pesticides as Quebec's environment minister, "I know what it means as a state to be told that you no longer have the sovereignty to make decisions based on the health of your population."

As for Mr. Trudeau, "he stood up in the House and applauded Mr. Harper for a trade dealhe has yet to read," the NDP Leader said.

Mr. Mulcair has been caught up in an ethics imbroglio as his party is accused of misusing office space and House of Commons funds for partisan advantage. He flatly rejects the allegation as one put up by a kangaroo court, whereas, he said, a real court convicted a Conservative operative on robocalls this month. But with ethics having become such a high-profile issue (in Alberta, Toronto, Ottawa), the story doesn't help his party's image.

His plan to change 150 years of history does not include a sweeping democratic reform package that could attract a lot of attention.

The NDP's fall, in tandem with the big Liberal rise, is primarily the result, Mr. Muclair analyzed, of atavism – the inclination to revert to


IT'S ironic Brian Lake has had two different identities during his AFL career, the other being Brian Harris.

But going by the names 'Good Brian' or 'Bad Brian' would be far more apt.

The enigmatic key defender, who reverted to using his father's surname in 2008, has become renowned for his both his 'footy smarts' and, let's say, 'footy stupids' since he was first drafted by the Western Bulldogs from South Australia in 2001.

Good Brian is a likable character who has been among the best tall defenders over the last decade, earning All-Australian jumpers in 2009 and 2010 with the Dogs, before crossing to Hawthorn and winning a premiership and a Norm Smith Medal.

Good Brian's judgement of the ball coming into defence is second to none, his VFL/AFL match-record of24 marks against Brisbane in 2007, and his 10 in last year's grand final triumph, testament to his ability.

Good Brian can also be a successful stopper, and once kept St Kilda behemoth and two-time Coleman Medallist Fraser Gehrig possessionless during a match in 2007, before going on to win a club best-and-fairest that year.

Bad Brian has earned a reputation as suffering what non-medical experts call 'brain fades', and been a source of frustration for coaches, teammates, fans … and probably Good Brian.

Bad Brian can be lazy out on the field and regularly found himself on the receiving end of a 'rocket' from former Bulldogs coach Rodney Eade, who remarked after a game against Hawthorn in 2010: "I thought he was playing for them with the way he kicked


the ball back to them".

Bad Brian has been suspended more times than most, bookended by his three separate bans in 2004 (twice for rough conduct and once for tripping) and the seven matches he will miss in 2014 - three for the elbow that struck

Fremantle's Michael Walters in last year's premiership decider, and the four for the ugly incident involving North's Drew Petrie last Friday night.

Good Brian had argued at the tribunal on Tuesday night that Bad Brian was not actually trying to choke the Kangaroos forward during their now infamous wrestle on the wing at the MCG, but merely trying to grab at the 'V' of his jumper.

Petrie certainly showed no ill-effects from the incident, the big fella taking a magnificent pack mark in the goalsquare momentslater before slotting one of his five match-winning goals.

But, described by one of Lake's former Bulldogs teammates Rob Murphy as "graphic", the 'wrestle' was not a good look for the game, and while four weeks may have been one too harsh, Bad Brian deserved to be punished.

It's just unfortunate for the Hawks, they will now be left without Good Brian for a month - he would have come in handy against Adelaide tonight and Sydney in a fortnight.


ORLANDO, Fla. -- A Chuck E. Cheese in Orlando is picking up the pieces after a pickup truck crashed into their building Monday afternoon.

The Orange County Fire Rescue responded to a call of a single-vehicle crash at the Chuck E. Cheese on International Drive in Orlando. Firefighters say the pickup truck ended up at the restaurant's women's restroom.

Fortunately, no injuries after this pickup truck crashed into @ChuckECheese on I-Drive. Only a few patrons in the restaurant at the time. No one was in the women's restroom, where the truck ended up. pic.twitter.com/CucKX6MmFI — OCFire Rescue (@OCFireRescue) December 9, 2019

Only a few customers were at the restaurant at the time of the crash and no one was hurt, according to the Orange County Fire Rescue.

The crash remains under investigation.Hundreds of domestic workers in four London hospitals are on strike to demand a 30p pay raise.

On July 11, cleaners, porters and security guards at Whipps Cross University Hospital, Royal London Hospital, St Bartholomew’s Hospital and Mile End Hospital launched a seven-day work stoppage. The workers have announced plans for further strake actions later this month, as well as in August and September.

The workers are employed by Serco, a British outsourcing company that won a £600 million contract with Barts Health NHS Trust last year. The company has capped pay raises at one percent, despite the rising cost of living in London.

Unite trade union officer Colenzo Jarret-Thorpe, quoted in the Standard, said, “Low paid workers who keep our hospitals clean, safe and running smoothly are not prepared to


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Wife Wants Ouma Pardon

Kassim Ouma joined the Ugandan army as a â€œKadogo,â€? the Kiswahili term for child soldier in the mid 1980s and later joined the armyâ€™s boxing team. When the team competed in the World Military Boxing Championship in San Antonio, Texas, in 1998, he was able to get his passport. He fled

(Oumaâ€™s wife, Cassie shown with their child).Â Former International Boxing Federation (IBF) junior middleweight champion Kassim Oumaâ€™s wife has made a passionate plea for the pardoning of her husband against charges of deserting the army.

American Cassie Jamison, in the company of her child Rahim Oundo and members of Oumaâ€™s family including national boxer Hamza Wandera told a press conference at the National Council of Sports (NCS) yesterday she was concerned about Oumaâ€™s predicament. â€œI amhere on Kassimâ€™s concerns about his pardoning by government for his deserting the army and would love to leave the country tomorrow with a clear stand,â€? she said.

Jamison, who has been in the country since August 30 to visit Oumaâ€™s family added, â€œIt has been a great time seeing where Kassim has come from. His people, mostly his grandmother whom he dearly misses and the good people at large. Kassim has always looked forward to coming back to his country but has not yet had clearance from government.â€?

She said 27-year-old Kassim promises to still raise the Ugandan flag high wherever he enters the ring. Florida-based Ouma joined the Ugandan army as a â€œKadogo,â€? the Kiswahili term for child soldier in the mid 1980s and later joined the armyâ€™s


boxing team. When the team competed in the World Military Boxing Championship in San Antonio, Texas, in 1998, he was able to get his passport. He fled, first to Kenya, then back to the United States.

Ouma won the IBF title in 2004 but the Ugandan government issued a press release declaring Ouma a deserter, saying he would be arrested if he returned. However sources close to the Joint Chief of Staff in the Uganda Peopleâ€™s Defense Force (UPDF), as the national army is known, and the Uganda Professional Boxing Commission (UPBC) intimated there was not as much interest in pursuing the professional boxer and that he would soon be declared free.

Ssebaggala writes for The Black Star News from Uganda.

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Somewhere in rural India, a cart driver, Hiraman (Raj Kapoor), is caught transporting illegal goods. He narrowly escapes imprisonment and makes his first vow: never to transport illegal goods again. Later, he takes a job transporting bamboo, and this leads to an unfortunate accident with another cart. After being beaten by the other cart drivers, Hiraman makes his second vow: never to transport bamboo again. One evening, a man approaches Hiraman with the request to transport a bundle for him some 30 km. Hiraman assures himself it's neither illegal nor bamboo-made, and agrees. That "bundle" turns out to be Hira Bai (Waheeda Rehman), an actress and nautanki dancer. Both Hiraman and Hira Bai are curious about each other, with Hira Bai clearly having the upper hand


in terms of smarts and wordliness. Yet Hiraman's naivete and good nature charms Hira Bai, who asks him about his family and his home and, when discovering the similarity in their names (they both have hira, or "diamond", in their name), declares Hiraman her meeta (companion, best friend). Furthermore, what Hiraman may lack in education he makes up in emotional depth; Hira Bai is soon taken by Hiraman's genuine goodness and fab ability to sing evocative songs.

The famous Duniya Banane Wale song being a good example. Who wouldn't be taken in by this? Sigh, oh, Raj Kapoor.

Eventually, after thirty hours together in which a true bond has been formed, they arrive at the fair, Hira Bai's destination. She invites him to watch her theatre troupe perform, and whilegreat film. Great acting, great story, great songs, and I liked the cinematography too. The shots of the rural landscape and villages were really nice. Raj Kapoor was perhaps a little old for his character but it was easy to overlook given his heartfelt performance. Films like this make me want to watch more of Raj's and Waheeda's films!

Great summary of an outstanding movie. Like you I enjoyed the empowered role given Waheeda here. The ending was sad but inevitable and the only one that would have worked. I was blown away by the way it started with saajan re jhoot mat bolo - to begin a film with such a powerful number was great, and turned out to be an apt precursor of the film's quality


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Seth Moulton served as a Captain in the United States Marine Corps and was honorably discharged after completing four tours of duty in Iraq. Use of Seth's military rank, titles, or photographs in uniform do not imply endorsement by the Marine Corps or the Department of Defense.card number if a card has been stolen, a compromised SIN number can be a much bigger hassle. It is the number that government and employers use to track income, taxes and eligibility for various programs like Employment Insurance and the Canada Pension Plan.

In light of concerns over identity theft, Mr. Boyd said Canadians should be living without the cards now. "We do not recommend people carry that card with them," he told senators.

The government's omnibus budget bill, C-38, removes sections from several acts that mention a requirement to show a SIN card.

Officials from the Human Resources department also explained several changes in the bill dealing with privacy protection of SIN, EI and CPP files. The budget bill consolidates privacy rules into a single act, which the officials


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Obama Inauguration 'Champagne' Makes French Whine

The French have been told to put a cork in it and stop whining about the "champagne" that will be served at President Obama’s inauguration party later this month.

The scuffle began when it was announced that Obama's swearing in would be celebrated with flutes of "Korbel Natural Russian River Valley Champagne." This really ticked off the Champagne Bureau, Washington's champagne lobby, which responded by saying that under U.S. law, sparkling wine made in California can only be called “California Champagne” -- not the other way round, according to the Los Angeles Times.

“We would urge the inaugural committee to follow that law and not state the sparkling wine being served is Champagne, as they did in today's release,” director of the Champagne Bureau Sam                                            OPINION

       Professor Shirley Russell, Ph.D., was employed by Meharry Medical College for thirty-three
(33) years, starting in 1970, until the disputed termination of her employment in 2003. She served
as Chair of the Department of Microbiology during much of her career at Meharry. She also served
as Associate Dean for Research in the School of Dentistry and received numerous grants for
research, including a “keloid” project she worked on for thirty years.

        At the time


of which was
to begin the next day, July 1, 2003, and end December 31, 2003. It was to be signed and returned
to Meharry by July 1.2 Concerned with the six (6) month contract term, Dr. Russell went straight
to the office of the Dean to discuss the contract. After being advised the Dean was not available, Dr.
Russell secured an appointment with the Dean for July 10, 2003, the earliest date the Dean was
available. Being mindful of the July 1 deadline, Dr. Russell signed the six (6) month contract and
submitted it to Meharry on July 1 with the notation it was signed under duress. The Dean rejected
the contract and promptly returned it, unsigned, to Dr. Russell with notification it was rejected
because of the duress notation. Furthermore, the Dean unequivocally informedwith Dr. Soni, created a reasonable
expectation of future employment even in the face of a tenure policy. Id. at 351.

       Meharry adopted a tenure program in 1984; however, it was never fully implemented.
Moreover, an official moratorium of the inactive tenure program was announced in 1996. Dr.
Russell was never officially considered for tenure at Meharry from the inception of the program in
1984 to 1996 when Meharry officially established the moratorium.

        Dr. Russell only requested tenure review on one occasion after the tenure program was
adopted in 1984. That request was submitted in 1994 along with her request to be classified as a full
professor. She did not receive a response to her tenure request, yet she took no


Bishop, 47 Tenn. 24, (Tenn.1869).

        In the briefest of terms, Dr. Russell complains that she was presented with a “take it or leave
it” scenario. The evidence in the record establishes that she was informed, unequivocally, she could
either sign the contract of employment as offered – without the notation of duress – or not.5 The
contract of employment Meharry offered Dr. Russell was a six (6) month extension of her full
professorship at the same salary and the same terms and conditions as before, with two material
exceptions. The only material differences between the contract at issue and those Dr. Russell had
entered into for the past several years was the length of the term, six (6) months instead of twelve
(12), and she was to serverates "will continue to remain stable."
) Standard & Poors retains California's cautionary credit rating despite
state regulators' decision to raise electricity rates. The state has been on
a credit watch "with negative implications" since it began spending $45
million a day to buy electricity for customers of two nearly bankrupt
utilities. The crediw watch will remain in effect despite a rate increase
state regulators approved Tuesday.
) President Bush says the electricity price caps sought by California's Gray
Davis and other Western governors would worsen the region's energy crisis
instead of helping cure it. In a speech to the Kalamazoo Chamber of Commerce,
Bush says price controls helped cause the gasoline crisis of the 1970s, and
he won't make the same mistake.
) Joseph Fichera, the governor's


a spokeswoman for Barton, confirmed that he had circulated
some proposals for responding to the Western power crisis among subcommittee
members late last week. Some of the ideas were deleted before the list was
forwarded to the White House, Jordan added, but she would not say which ones.
Barton has presided over several hearings on the power crunch and has said
that he is "more than prepared" to draft legislation to help California. A
White House task force, headed by Vice President Dick Cheney, is also
developing a national energy policy.
President Bush has repeatedly stated his opposition to caps on wholesale
power prices. He has called for a concerted effort to increase energy
production.
The list of ideas Barton sent to subcommittee members was aimed at boostingplants on federal and Indian lands,
restarting mothballed nuclear reactors and delaying for a year a plan to
divert water in California's Trinity River from power generation to
environmental restoration.
On the conservation side, Barton proposed allowing states to lengthen
daylight savings time and requiring federal facilities to reduce energy use
by 10 percent.
Finally, the Federal Emergency Management Agency would be directed to open an
office in California, conduct an educational campaign to prepare the public
for blackouts and have a plan ready to provide assistance during power
outages.
Barton has been skeptical of the idea of having the federal government limit
the cost of wholesale power in the West and did not include that among his
proposals. Instead, he said the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should


investigate whether wholesale prices are "unjust and unreasonable" -- a
finding FERC already has made once.
That drew the criticism of four California Democrats -- Reps. Henry Waxman of
Los Angeles, Anna Eshoo of Atherton, Jane Harman of Torrance and Lois Capps
of Santa Barbara -- who sit on the House Commerce Committee. They sent a
letter to Barton on Friday spelling out their objections.
"He's left off the 10-ton gorilla solution, which is directing the FERC to
.?.?. impose a reasonable cap on the price of wholesale electricity," Harman
said.
The Democrats also said that Barton's proposals would "undermine the Clean
Air Act" and that there is "widespread agreement among those directly
involved in California's electricity system that clean air rules are not
responsible for electricity shortages."
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Bush calls California energy crisis 'ominous'

But he foresees no quick relief, opposes controls
By George E. Condon Jr.
COPLEY NEWS SERVICE
March 28, 2001
KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- President Bush yesterday made his most extensive remarks
yet on the energy crisis in California, calling the situation "ominous" and
proclaiming that "the time to act is now."
Despite that pledge, though, he held out little hope of any speedy relief for
the hard-hit state. He also restated his opposition to energy price controls.
The president, who has previously addressed the energy crunch only in answers
to reporters' questions, used a "state of the economy" speech to a business
group at Western Michigan University to elaborate on his still-evolving
energy policy.
He broke no new ground in his remarks, but seemed


of the American people to find new sources of energy and to
develop the new technologies that use energy better, more efficiently and
more cleanly."
He singled out for criticism any call that Washington cap energy prices.
"This administration does not, and will not, support energy price controls,"
he said to applause from the business-oriented audience. "Price controls do
not increase supply, and they do not encourage conservation. Price controls
contributed to the gas lines of the 1970s. And the United States will not
repeat the mistake again."
He portrayed the energy crisis as a clear threat to his hopes of revitalizing
the national economy.
And he signaled that he understands Californians are facing hardships.
"The lights are dimming in California. Consumers and businesses in California
are payingsharply higher energy bills. And as we compare our future energy
needs to the currently projected domestic energy supply, we see an ominous
growing gap," he said.
He said the blame for the problem belongs to previous decision-makers.
"Our people are paying a high price for years of neglect. And the time to act
is now," he said.
Meanwhile, Bush said he would nominate utility regulators from Texas and
Pennsylvania to fill vacancies at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
or FERC, the agency that has played a pivotal role in the California crisis.
However, Bush stopped short of replacing the chairman of the commission,
Curtis Hebert, who has drawn fire from Gov. Gray Davis and other California
officials for his outspoken faith in open power markets and staunch


opposition to federal controls on the soaring price of wholesale power sold
in the West.
There was widespread speculation that Hebert, a Republican, was on his way
out as chairman.
A White House spokeswoman would not say whether Bush has ruled out naming
another commissioner to the top job at a later date.
Bush nominated Patrick Henry Wood III and Nora Mead Brownell to round out the
five-member commission.
Wood is chairman of the Texas Public Utility Commission and was an adviser to
Bush on energy issues during the presidential transition. Many observers had
expected Bush to name him chairman of FERC.
Brownell is a member of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
Both nominees, who face Senate confirmation, were praised by power industry
officials and consumer groups. Theyhave helped steer deregulation plans in
their states that are thought to be on sounder footing than California's
failed experiment.
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Rate hike means new political heat for California governor

By Alexa Haussler
ASSOCIATED PRESS
March 28, 2001
SACRAMENTO ) Rolling blackouts and a record increase in electricity rates are
putting the political squeeze on Gov. Gray Davis just as he prepares for his
re-election campaign.
The Democratic governor took a hit Tuesday when the Public Utilities
Commission ) three of its five members appointed by Davis ) approved the very
rate hikes he has repeatedly said would not be needed.
The power crunch is just the weakness political foes are looking for; it
could leave everyone from business owners to consumers looking for someone to
blame at the polls next


Republicans turn the criticism back at him. The state GOP has already run
radio ads criticizing Davis' handling of the power problems and are launching
an all-out effort to blame him for the rate increases.
"It's a colossal failure of mismanagement on the part of the governor's PUC,"
said Assemblyman Keith Richman, R-Northridge.
But even with the energy crisis, Republicans have their work cut out for them
in 2002.
The state GOP ) long shackled by infighting between moderates and
conservatives ) is in the minority in the Legislature, holds just one
statewide office, Jones', and must come up with millions to match the nearly
$26 million Davis had raised nearly two years before the election.
And polls have shown residents growing increasingly frustrated with the
energy crisis,immediate rate increase, the utilities will be in Bankruptcy
Court."
?????Before the vote, sign-carrying protesters chanted, "Rate hikes, no way,
make the energy companies pay." And the commission heard a parade of
witnesses, most opposing the rate increase. Some called on the state to use
eminent domain to seize power plants, as Davis said he might do as a last
resort.
?????Doug Heller, of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in Santa
Monica, told the commission, "Go to these power pirates and tell them the
state treasury is not their money orchard."
?????Barbara George, of Women's Energy Matters, said, "We should give the
generators 24 hours to sign their plants over to the state and leave." George
was one of several people ejected for repeatedly disrupting the meeting.
?????At a hearing


by saying he was unaware that Lynch would
move to raise rates Tuesday, particularly given events that occurred late
last week.
?????On Friday, Davis Finance Director Tim Gage and Susan Kennedy, one of his
top aides, met with Assembly leaders behind closed doors. At the meeting, a
participant warned that rates might have to rise 50% to 100%.
?????Also Friday, a top aide to Davis told The Times that Davis' staff was
convinced that a rate hike was necessary, even as Davis continued to publicly
oppose it. On Sunday, a top Davis aide referred reporters to Lynch, who
confirmed that she would move to raise rates Tuesday.
?????Two months ago, Harry Snyder of Consumers Union was defending Davis.
Now, Snyder, who has worked with Davis on various issues for decades, is,
like many others, raising questions about the governor's credibility, his
penchant for secrecy and his competence.
?????"Something is wrong," Snyder said. "Either he is over his depth, or it
is hubris, or it is the great river in Egypt, 'Denial.' "
?????Here are some of the governor's statements and actions, since called
into question:
?????* Davis held a news conference Feb. 23 to say he had reached an
agreement on a rescue plan with Southern California Edison that included a
deal to buy its massive transmission system for $2.76 billion. A final
package, he said, would be announced within a week, not only with Edison but
with San Diego Gas and Electric.
?????A month later, a top utility executive described the talks as
"dreadfully slow." Negotiations over a similar deal with Pacific


any more aggressive as a result of the two new members it will soon
have. President Bush has picked two state utility regulators to fill
vacancies on the five-member commission, the White House announced Tuesday.
?????The president plans to nominate Pat Wood III, chairman of the Texas
Utility Commission and a Bush ally, and Nora Mead Brownell, a member of the
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, to the FERC governing board.
?????Administration officials have indicated that Wood, 38, would assume the
FERC chairmanship, a position now held by Curt Hebert Jr., a staunch advocate
of energy deregulation.

?????Shake-Up at FERC Was Expected
?????The shake-up has been expected because of continuing complaints that
FERC has not been aggressive enough in dealing with high energy prices and
electricity shortages in California and elsewhere in the
government still is shelling out some $50 million in daily power purchases
and has committed as much as $40 billion to future power contracts. Davis
continues to negotiate a takeover of the utilities' share of the state power
transmission grid in exchange for paying off some of the utilities' debts.
?????Despite all the hand-wringing and arm-waving, nothing that state
government has done since January has provided any significant new power
generation or conservation. Consumers are right to wonder what happened to a
promised statewide conservation campaign. After first ducking the power
problem, Davis launched a flurry of initiatives early in the year, most of
them still works in progress. But he still has not given the people an
understandable, coherent plan for getting out of this fix. Worse,


officials to take a harder line with out-of-
state power generators, which have reaped windfall profits by charging sky-
high wholesale prices for their electricity.
Consumer groups urged the PUC to support special taxes on the generators'
earnings or even seizure of the companies' California power plants.
"Your actions are reprehensible," Ross Mirkarimi, a public-power supporter,
told the commission. "Do not do Gov. Davis' dirty work."
The governor did not attend yesterday's meeting, but his presence nonetheless
loomed large over the proceedings.
Consumer advocates derided Davis' claims this week that he played no role in
the decision to raise rates. They noted that the governor's appointees hold a
majority on the PUC and worked closely with Davis on a variety of past
issues.
Davis' staff was briefed onthe rate hike before the PUC publicized its
decision.
'DAVIS CONTROLS PUC'
"Gov. Davis controls the PUC," said Doug Heller, assistant organizing
director of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights. "He is
responsible for the rate hike. We are paying more because of the failure of
his leadership."
"It seems absurd that Gov. Davis is saying his own agency is acting without
his consent," said Susannah Churchill, head of energy policy for the
California Public Interest Research Group. "He's just looking for political
cover."
The PUC decision was made on a day when California's grid operators declared
a Stage 2 alert, the first in a week, indicating that power reserves had
dropped below 5 percent.
When tiered rates are implemented, customers of Pacific Gas and Electric Co.


energy producers.
Hebert has been sharply critical of California's response to its electricity
mess, once describing Davis' plan to take over the utilities' transmission
lines as "nationalization." He is adamantly opposed to price controls and
enjoys the strong backing of fellow Mississippian and Senate Majority Leader
Trent Lott, who pressured the White House to keep him.
Hebert and Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham have voiced strong opposition to
price controls on wholesale electricity, arguing that would worsen
California's blackouts by discouraging electricity sales from outside the
state.
Vice President Dick Cheney, who met informally with about 10 senators in his
Senate office yesterday, also restated the administration's opposition to
price caps, telling Feinstein price controls would not work and citing their
failure in the Nixon administration.
Feinstein, who hashave
to clean our clothes by hand and dry them in the basement. It's crazy.''
Though utilities still cannot set their own rates for electricity because of
a rate freeze mandated by the state's 1996 attempt at deregulation, the PUC
has the authority to increase rates. The rate freeze must end by March 2002.
The PUC meeting was disrupted at least five times by screaming protesters.
Before the meeting, a group led by former Green Party senatorial candidate
Medea Benjamin stood in the PUC chambers with yellow signs saying ``We Won't
Pay.''
``We don't need increases in our bills, we need increases in law enforcement
so our governor can protect us from these modern-day robber barons,'' said
Doug Heller of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights in


for the cost of power purchased on the spot
market.
Bruce Foster, an Edison vice president, offered a similar lukewarm
endorsement of the increase. ``I'm not saying that it will do it,'' he said,
acknowledging the possibility of more increases down the road, but he called
the hike ``a step in the right direction.''
Rate hike vs. bankruptcy
Commissioner Richard Bilas said he feared that if the utilities were forced
into bankruptcy, the judge overseeing such a case could order much bigger
rate hikes to stabilize the companies' finances.
``A rate increase designed by this commission is far better than one designed
by a bankruptcy judge,'' Bilas said, adding that he also was concerned about
how the state appeared to be buying electricity ``like a drunken sailor.''
Butothers reacted angrily to the commission's decision. Several protesters
hoisted signs at the meeting that read, ``we won't pay'' and chanted, ``rate
hikes go away, make the energy companies pay.'' Police later escorted them
out of the meeting after commission President Loretta Lynch became annoyed at
their noisy interruptions.
Instead of raising rates, they and other consumer advocates urged Davis to
use the state's power of eminent domain to take over the power plants
operated by companies accused of gouging the public.
``The governor should start seizing plants until these crooks start playing
by the rules of society,'' said Mike Florio, senior attorney with The Utility
Reform Network in San Francisco. ``They're economic war criminals.''
Officials in Davis' office said Tuesday that they intend to review the
commission's


increase like everyone else, said Bruce
Foster, vice president of regulatory affairs at Southern California Edison.
Many businesses are concerned that higher power costs could push California
and the nation into a recession.
"It's upsetting,'' said Peterson, who owns Peterson Construction & Design
Inc. "Less money coming into California means less people purchasing. Who are
we going to sell homes to?''
At Panama Joe's Hair Design in Irvine, owner Joe Gayle said he has no choice
but to pay the higher rates. He's got hair dryers, electric hair clippers,
lights, a refrigerator, a microwave and computer to run a nine-station hair
salon.
Last month Gayle's bill was $234. A year ago it was $183. Now he expects it
to top $300 a month.
"They jack it up becausethe lights
on.
"It's amazing to think that we have the world's seventh-largest economy - and
a Third World power system," said Fred Smoller, chairman of the
political-science department at Chapman University. "It's certainly a blow to
our collective ego."
Rolling blackouts finally hit Orange County last week. Workers were plunged
into darkness. Children studied by candlelight. Cars crawled through lawless
intersections. Elevators halted between floors, libraries checked out books
by hand, and portable generators were rushed to sewer-lift stations to keep
raw sewage from spilling into the ocean.
Outsiders scoff. Californians are a gaggle of goofy tree-huggers guilty of
"mass myopia" and "willful energy abnegation," charged Charles Krauthammer,
columnist for the New York Daily News.
"Californians refuse to acknowledge that in the real world, their desire for


mean for the year
ahead?"
"It's really scary," said Pearce, who held his breath as the lights went out
in buildings across the street last week. "This is one that, when they were
studying California's infrastructure, nobody even predicted. What's going to
happen with the sewers and roads and airports and everything else?"
Indeed, the crisis may be exposing the weak spots in California's go-go
economy.
One concern is that production shifted this year from California to more
energy-reliable areas might never return, Carney said. And if, even for the
short term, California businesses are perceived as being unreliable suppliers
because they have unreliable power, the effects could be lasting, he said.
Others worry about the effect of outages on people themselves. As a culture,
we've becoming utterlycosts through
price increases.
Before the rate increases, power costs in California were slightly higher
than the national average, but lower than the prices paid in New York and
other Northeastern States. Residential electricity users already pay an
average of about $65 a month, state officials say. In addition, under a
previous commission decision, rates will go up an additional 10 percent next
year.
The commission, which approved the rate increase 5 to 0, also voted to
require that the two large utilities, the Pacific Gas and Electric Company
and Southern California Edison, reimburse the state's Department of Water
Resources $4 billion spent on their behalf and begin paying alternative
energy generators, which account for more than a quarter of the state's daily
energy needs. The two utilities