only real star who has refused to accept a new deal and he was shipped out. It will be interesting to see if the Thunder do the same thing with Jackson.

It's not as if teams won't be interested in the lightning quick guard out of Boston College. The 24-year old Jackson - who was born in Italy - has been on fire this season in the absence of Durant and Westbrook, taking on the burden of the offense and shining, with an average of 22.8 points, 7.5 assists and 4.0 rebounds in 41.7 minutes per game this year.

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media caption Camden Lock fire eyewitness: "I could see flames"

Dozens of stall-holders have lost their entire stock after a blaze ripped through Camden Lock Market in north London overnight.

About 30 stalls were based in the Market Hall, where the fire began, while other local businesses had goods stored inside the destroyed building.

One market owner said he believed about 100 traders had been affected and some would be "finished" as a result.

About 70 firefighters tackled the blaze at the popular tourist attraction.

Major fires have hit the sprawling market area twice before in recent years, with one in 2008 leading to part of the site being shut down for over a year.

The market, which has been based in the area


since 1974, boasts more than 1,000 stalls and shops

image copyright Dan Ickowitz-Seidler/PA image caption No-one was injured in the fire

Market worker Kareem Khodeir said he believed about 100 traders had been affected, while 30 who had permanent stalls in the building "have completely lost everything".

"It most likely will destroy a few businesses completely," he said.

Deicola and Leora Neves, who own Camden Guitars, which is based in the damaged building, said their shop had been destroyed and "everything has gone".

"This is where we started and we're really feeling the loss of that," Ms Neves said.

image caption Firefighters contained the blaze to one building

image caption Much of the market was not affected by the blaze

Open-air trader Laetitia Dupont said the lamps she sells in the market, which she stored inthe burnt building, had all been destroyed.

"Even if the fire didn't touch it, the water has," she said.

Ms Dupont, who does not have insurance, added she was unsure what would happen to her business.

London Fire Brigade, which was called just before midnight, sent 10 fire engines and an aerial appliance to fight the flames.

Station manager Peter Wolfenden said the front of the building had been saved but the back was now "all charcoal".

image copyright Billy Farrington/Reuters image caption The blaze lit up the area around Camden Lock

image copyright Getty Images image caption London Fire Brigade said the back of the building had been turned to "charcoal"

Alex Proud, founder of the Proud Galleries in Camden, said the fire brigade had "turned up incredibly quickly and stopped what could have


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W hat do Martin Scorsese and Jordan Belfort have in common? Scorsese is a prolific filmmaker, with over fifty directing credits to his name; Belfort is a prolific Wall Street moneymaker, who made over fifty million dollars a year at the height of his career. When Scorsese makes a film, people pay attention; when Belfort talks, people listen. Scorsese’s films often center on the themes of greed, power and ego; Belfort’s claim to fame is itself the ultimate story of greed, power and ego. The famous director and the infamous stockbroker cross paths in Scorsese’s new film, The Wolf of Wall Street, chronicling the rise and fall of the man and the myth that is Jordan Belfort.

Leonardo DiCaprio takes on the titlerole, one reminiscent to that which he played in Steven Spielberg’s Catch Me if You Can. At twenty-two, Jordan is a married, middle-class New Yorker, with “high-minded aspirations”. After landing a junior-level job at a Wall Street brokerage firm, he’s immediately taken under the wing of senior broker Mark Hanna (Matthew McConaughey), who bestows upon him his first taste of success, as well as a few choice tips for replicating it. But Jordan’s career is off to a rocky start, when his first day as a licensed broker just happens to coincide with the catastrophic Black Monday stock market crash. Out of the job and desperate for work, he finds himself in the unlikeliest of places: a small operation called “Investor’s Center”, far removed from the hustle and


bustle of Wall Street. Calling on his natural salesmanship techniques, he discovers an innate talent for closing deals — and puts it to use selling penny stocks to the unsuspecting, racking up massive commissions in the process. His unorthodox recipe for success catches the attention of Donnie Azoff (Jonah Hill), and the two strike up an unlikely friendship. It’s not long until Jordan sets up shop for himself, recruits a few of his pals from the Bronx, teaches all of them his sales techniques and brands his new company “Stratton Oakmont, Inc.”. With a growing appetite — not just for money, but for sex and drugs (especially Quaaludes) — and a steadily growing army of brokers under his employ, he sets out to conquer Wall Street. His ambitionand questionable ethics even net him a beautiful ex-model, named Naomi (Margot Robbie), and earn him the moniker of "the Wolf of Wall Street" from Forbes magazine. Soon, he finds himself under the watchful eye of the FBI — in particular, a zealous agent named Patrick Denham (Kyle Chandler), who’s hellbent on bringing both him and his entire empire down.

Clocking in at a hefty three hours, The Wolf of Wall Street is a surreal study in excess, debauchery and narcotics that’s not for the faint of heart. Think of the film itself as one giant metaphor for the subject matter. Jordan’s meteoric rise from the ranks of the middle-class to the upper echelons of the rich and powerful makes him — and all those who idolize and follow


to the point of caricature — it suits the tone of the film perfectly. The rest of the impressive cast includes Rob Reiner as Jordan’s hot-tempered father, The Walking Dead’s John Bernthal as one of Jordan’s Bronx crew and The Artist’s Jean Dujardin as a Swiss banker; and there are small roles for Spike Jonze and Jon Favreau as well. Look carefully, and you'll even spot a cameo by the real Jordan Belfort (in the final scene of the film).

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This isn't the first time that Jordan Belfort's story has been brought to the screen (it also served as inspiration for the 2000 film, Boiler Room), but it'll certainly go down as the most memorable. Although some may balk at the notion of a three hour filmNineteen-year-old Sarah Siskin died of a heart arrythmia the same night she told her parents she wanted to enter inpatient treatment and make a plan for recovery from her seven-year battle with bulimia. Every part of her story is tragic, from her older sister's description of hugging her "all bones" body to the journal entries that reveal her feelings of failure. But one of the saddest parts is this account of the aftermath of Sarah's death:

Candles were lit, prayers whispered. The house filled with people, emptied, filled again. Food was everywhere on tables and countertops, on shelves in cabinets, food crammed into every corner of the fridge; food intended for comfort, for healing — everywhere, this reminder of Sarah's insurmountable war.

Sarah's story underscores the need for early detection


seal lip 63 is formed of a material softer than the material used for forming the extruded portion. Consequently, the weather strip tends to return to its initial shape, namely, the shape before the formation of the corner seal lip 63, and the radius of curvature of the corner increases with time. Eventually, the edge of the corner seal lip 63, particularly, portions of the edge contiguous with the extruded portions are crimped as shown at 10. The shape of the weather strip stabilizes after the curvature of the corner has decreased to some extent.
When setting the weather strip on the body of an automobile, the corner of the weather strip is bent again in the shape formed in the mold, but the crimps 10 are set inMAKEUP effects pro Mike Elizalde admits he had never heard of "Hellboy" when director Guillermo del Toro originally approached him about working on his 2004 movie based on the character. "I was not a comic book fan. I never have been," he says.

But the former Navy man -- who started in the movie business in 1987 as a sculptor, makeup artist and painter and struck up a friendship with the director while working on the 2002 vampire flick "Blade II" -- says he couldn't resist the opportunity to work on the outré project.

The sequel, "Hellboy II: The Golden Army," which opened Friday, was no less challenging for the Mazatlán, Mexico-born Elizalde, who now operates his own creature design studio, Spectral Motion, in Glendale with his wife, Mary.

"In the


of servo motors and software to make each eyeball roll the way that it needed to.

Star of the show: Of course, Elizalde had the task of transforming actor Ron Perlman into the devilish Hellboy. After applying a barrier cream to make it easier to remove the elaborate makeup, Elizalde would then glue on the various prosthetic pieces -- including a skullcap, a face piece and lower-lip appliance -- with surgical adhesive and attach the samurai-style wig, sideburns and goatee. Then came the paint.

"Around his eyes it's a water-based makeup stuff called Aquacolor," Elizalde says. "It's nice and silky-smooth, and you can get it off at the end of the day."

For the rest of Hellboy's body, Elizalde used a product his company mixes itself, a paste made with acryliccolors, surgical adhesive and thickening agent, which they call Bondo, "because it's similar to what auto body shops use for their cars." All in all, "it took us probably two hours to get him into the makeup and torso. In those scenes where he's not wearing a shirt, it took us about 3 1/2 hours."

The benevolent director: Elizalde can't say enough good things about Del Toro, praising the helmer for the way he kept his cool even when time and budget constraints altered his original vision. "On Mr. Wink, Guillermo really wanted to pull out all the stops and give it all the life of an actual creature, including tensioning tendons under the skin as he looked around," he says. The crew said, " 'Guillermo, we can deliver


that the whole organisation is sticking to Öcalan’s theory ?

Why is the women’s liberation so central to the PKK? This did not start with the paradigm shift. At the end of the 1980s, Abdullah Öcalan started developing his own analysis on the question of patriarchy. One of the main dynamics that led to this was his own marriage with Fatma, that was her nom-de-guerre. She was a founding member of the PKK, who left the movement in 1986. She was sent to Europe after the 3rd congress of the PKK to organize the movement there. Some time after she arrived there, she left the movement. Ever since, there has been no contact with her. It was not a usual marriage, it was full of struggles. It was alove marriage also. For a long time, it was described as something else, as if though she had been an agent sent by the Turkish state to control the PKK and things like that. Öcalan later wrote about it and said he really loved her, but that it has been a very big struggle, and that at the end this struggle led him to think about the women’s liberation issue. He arrived there coming from his own practical experience. It started in the late 1980s. Then, at the beginning of the 90s, when the Soviet Union collapsed, he was putting the women’s issue more and more at the center of socialism, attributing female characteristics to socialism. He was also providing answers to protect the heritage of socialism in


published in 2004. But then, in 2005, the congress happened after which the movement itself started to organize according to Democratic Confederalism. This was taken as a structure for the organisation. The paradigm shift started earlier, but this is the point where they started to put it into praxis. That was the time when all militants of the PKK where reading new literature. Abdullah Öcalan communicated with the militants through his meetings with his lawyers, he was telling them which books he was reading and recommended other people should read them, too. I remember that he mentioned Murray Bookchin’s « Ecology of freedom » in 2002 or 2003. That was when people were starting to read about ecology and things like that.

Why can we call the women’s movementdid you learn from them ?

Yes, since the very beginning. It is also important to keep in mind that the PKK could start its guerrilla struggle because of peoples’ solidarity and internationalism in the Middle East. In 1979, when Abdullah Öcalan crossed the border to Kobane with another ID and from there went to Syria to made contact with revolutionary Lebanese and Palestinian movements, the PKK was not known at the time. A lot of leading cadres had been jailed in Diyarbakir prison and the Turkish military coup of September 12th, 1980 was about to happen. So under such difficult conditions, without speaking Arabic, without any material opportunities, simply through the notion of peoples’s solidarity, it was possible for them to create the ground for August 15th, 1984


when they started the guerrilla struggle. This was made possible by revolutionary movements in the Middle East. This is how they went first to the military camps of the Palestinian liberation movement. Later, they were able to build their own camps where they were providing military, political and ideological training, educating the cadres of the movement. They had no money in their pockets. A lot of militants of the PKK died also in the struggle against Israeli attacks, as they stood in solidarity with the Palestinians. This is where they’re coming from, this happened 40 years ago. From the beginning, the PKK was always a Middle Eastern movement with a very strong understanding of internationalism, which prevented it from becoming a nationalist movement. This was the case forwhere women have been playing a very important role against the regime of Moubarak, although they faced sexual assaults, attacks and so on. Also, places like Tunisia where women were able to gain a lot. I was mentioning Iran and Afghanistan earlier, where our sisters there, despite all the attacks by warlords and imperialists, are organizing themselves. So, there is a very big potential.

For the Kurdish movement, history has always been a very important element and we say that the Middle East once has been the ground for the first social revolution which is the Neolithic revolution. For the first time in the history of humanity, people started to settle, to live in new forms of society. This was also led by women at that time. What we


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Firstly, its a cracking horror film/thriller about a child murderer on the loose in the Berlin of 1931. Lang’s use of framing and lighting is a revelation and would prove highly influential in the wider medium of film.

The film is also an amazing snapshot of Germany at the time, post World War I. A broken down society that is in need of repair with its people looking to different authority figures for a solution.

Finally, the film has many things to say about crime and punishment. But it also has a lot to say about justice. The killers crimes are abhorrent but there are no crimes that don’t warrant a fair trial. When the baying crowd with murder on its mind needs to satify its bloodlust, will it


major issues and scenaria that westudied." It would seem beneficial to all if this memorandum were published.

At the press conference after his first meeting with Angela Merkel in March, Alexis Tsipras made a statement which went hardly noticed. He said: "Germans are not to blame for the problems in Greece." I never thought that this reflected Tsipras' personal conviction. Rather, I felt it was meant to create positive vibes. Be that as it may, it certainly was a statement which would have deserved more discussion in Greece.

I have read several books about the history of Modern Greece and one of the threads running through all of them is the ambivalent relationship between Greeks and foreigners, particularly with Europe and the USA. Whenever something went wrong in Greece, thetheir conditions of life. Maybe some Greeks spent too much time in cafés and/or were a bit more corrupt than usual but it all seemed to work alright.

Only 13 years later and long before Greece's Eurozone entry, a young Greek university professor by the name of Yanis Varoufakis said in a TV interview during the 1993 election campaign that "the state of the Greek economy is in terminal decline." Well, if the Greek economy was in terminal decline then, the Eurozone entry put a gigantic turbo on that development.

I have become convinced that most of Greece's current problems have their origin during the period 1981-2009; a true Age of Folly. I link two articles below which shed light on my argument. Prof. Hatzis summarizes the Age of Folly


into banks and into investments, that would have the same effect as if the government doubled its spending. Money is a fungible entity. It needs to get into the economy and be put to profitable use. Where it comes from is of secondary importance.

Churchill once said: "Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory
tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough
people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon." Not until Tsipras begins to understand this will he be able to reach the place in history books which would be there for his asking.

Friday, July 10, 2015

Alexis Tsipras reportedly told the parliamentarians of his party: "We
got a mandate to bring a better deal than the ultimatum that theZuni and Ms. Billy began dating and then began living together in 1998.

They also had a daughter in 1998. Zuni left the Navajo police department in 2000

to stay home and care for their daughter, while Ms. Billy remained employed at

the police department. Zuni and Ms. Billy had a second child, a son, in 2000.

Zuni and Ms. Billy never married. Ms. Billy referred to Zuni as her “boyfriend”

and Zuni referred to Ms. Billy as his common law wife.

      The relationship between Zuni and Ms. Billy was volatile. Ms. Billy

admitted that, in the summer of 2002, she entered into a relationship, which

included sexual relations, with a fellow officer, Elroy Naswood. Tr. of Trial

Proc. at 702. Ms. Billy’s relationship with Naswood was a source of conflict

between


Zuni and Ms. Billy. On one occasion, Zuni became very angry with

                                        -2-
Ms. Billy because she had gone to Mesa, Arizona, with Naswood. On the other

hand, Zuni himself testified that he had an affair with another woman while his

relationship with Ms. Billy was ongoing.

      In 2003, Zuni and Ms. Billy moved out of the house they shared, and

Ms. Billy, along with the two children, moved into her sister’s house some thirty

miles south of Gallup, New Mexico. Zuni moved to Pinedale, some twenty-five

miles northeast ofGallup. Ms. Billy told Zuni that she did not want to be in a

relationship with him anymore, and Zuni accused her of seeing other men in the

police department. Ms. Billy continued to stay with Zuni, however, several nights

a week. Both parties indicated an interest in reuniting for the sake of their

children, and Zuni promised Ms. Billy he would work on controlling his temper.

They shared custody of the two children.

      In late 2003 or early 2004, Ms. Billy moved back in with Zuni, at his

mother’s house in Pinedale. In May 2005, Ms. Billy moved out again, apparently

after a fight in which Ms. Billy claimed Zuni reinjured her knee, which had

previously been injured in a work-related incident. Zuni denied ever injuring

Ms. Billy’s knee. When Ms.


Billy went to the hospital, however, she told hospital

personnel that she had hurt her knee in a fall. The fight resulting in the renewed

knee injury was precipitated by Zuni’s discovery of pictures of Ms. Billy dancing

in a sexually suggestive way with men at a conference she had attended. After

                                         -3-
their argument concerning the photographs, Ms. Billy apparently attempted

suicide.

      At the end of May 2005, Ms. Billy obtained a temporary restraining order

against Zuni, prohibiting him from contacting her or the two children. Ms. Billy

movedback into her sister’s house.

      On June 16, 2005, there was a hearing on the restraining order, during

which Ms. Billy indicated her desire to end her relationship with Zuni. Zuni

frequently called Ms. Billy after the hearing, and Ms. Billy allowed him to visit

their children. In July 2005, Zuni called Ms. Billy and told her he was going to

file a complaint against her, including allegations related to her prior suicide

attempt, if she did not “make this relationship work.” Id. at 453. Ms. Billy’s

sergeant subsequently told her that Zuni had filed a complaint against her, in

which he stated he wanted her fired.

      Zuni continued to call Ms. Billy and to visit their children. Zuni indicated

a desire to reconcile, but Ms.


Billy did not wish to. Zuni told her he was

receiving counseling for anger management. In early September 2005, while

Ms. Billy was staying at a motel in connection with her work, Zuni went to the

motel and, according to Ms. Billy, attempted to force her to have intercourse with

him. Zuni claims it was a consensual encounter. Ms. Billy asserts that she never

reported this forcible sexual encounter because she was ashamed.

                                          -4-
      Shortly thereafter, there was a second hearing on the restraining order

against Zuni, andthe order was modified to permit Zuni to have contact with his

two children. Both parties agreed the relationship was irreconcilable and they

agreed upon a custody and visitation schedule. The next day, they had an

argument at their daughter’s soccer game. The soccer coach testified that Zuni

was belligerent and shouting profanities; Zuni denied that he did so.

      With that background of the indisputably tumultuous relationship between

Zuni and Ms. Billy, we turn to the events of September 21, 2005, when the

particular activities relevant to this appeal occurred. It began when Zuni called

Ms. Billy in the early morning to report that their son, who had spent the night

with Zuni and who was already at school, was upset. Zuni accordingly asked

Ms. Billy to check on their son when


she took their daughter to school. When

Ms. Billy got to the school, she decided to withdraw both children from that

school and enroll them in a school closer to where she was living. She did so

without informing Zuni of the change in school.

      After enrolling the children in the new school, Ms. Billy proceeded to the

Gallup Indian Medical Center to arrange counseling appointments for the

children. While Zuni and Ms. Billy dispute who initiated the call, they

communicated with each other about the change in school and the counseling

appointments. Zuni testified that he was “a little upset” by Ms. Billy’s decision

to withdraw the children from the school they were in without consulting him. Id.

            each other. Id. at 959.

      Approximately two miles south of Gallup, Zuni began yelling at Ms. Billy.

She started to pull the car over to return to Gallup, but Zuni grabbed the steering

wheel and told her to keep going in the same direction. Zuni apologized and said

he would stop yelling. About twelve miles south of Gallup, Zuni started yelling

                                          -6-
again, wanting to know who was on her cell phone contact list. Ms. Billy grabbed

her phone, which was on the console between the two


tightly against her neck, making it difficult for her to breath. He

then choked her with his hands. She further stated that Zuni told her she “was

going to die and that it wasn’t worth living anymore.” Id. at 491. Zuni testified

that he did not intentionally hurt her, although she was straining against her

seatbelt in an effort to keep her cell phone from Zuni. He testified that he was in

a “rage.” Zuni then sat back in his seat and told her to drive. Ms. Billy testified

that, at that point, Zuni “was controlling the vehicle,” id. at 492, even though she

was driving. She “felt her life was threatened.” Id. at 644. She conceded on

cross-examination, however, that a photograph taken of her later that evening did

                                         -7-
not show any abrasion on the front of her neck from where she claims the seatbelt

pressed against her. She testified that when she attempted to turn around and

return to Gallup, Zuni grabbed the steering wheel and told her to keep going

south.

         They continued driving south and arrived at the El Sabino gas station,

where Ms. Billy announced she needed to get gas. Ms. Billy filled her car with

gas, then went into the store to pay for it, while Zuni stayed outside with the car.

Ms. Billy was


Billy went into the restroom to clean up, and Zuni went to purchase tickets so

they could walk along the trails. There were two other couples in the center, as

well as two staff members. Ms. Billy testified that she did not ask anyone for

help because she feared Zuni would hurt her or someone else.

      Zuni took Ms. Billy’s hand and they climbed up a trail. According to Zuni,

they passed perhaps ten other people as they walked up the trail. At the top, they

had what Zuni testified was consensual sexual intercourse and she claimed was

coerced. Ms. Billy then went to sit at the edge of a cliff. She testified that she

and Zuni discussed how the police and an ambulance would extricate a body that

had fallenoff the cliff. Ms. Billy testified that she thought Zuni was going to kill

her, so she decided to do whatever he told her to do. They walked back down the

trail, along which Zuni occasionally stopped and kissed her, and he laughed and

joked as if nothing unusual had happened.

      After walking through the visitor’s center, they got back in Ms. Billy’s car,

but this time with Zuni sitting in the back seat, behind Ms. Billy. They began to

drive back towards Gallup. As they were driving, Zuni began to squeeze


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Ms. Billy’s breasts. She testified that she asked him to stop, but he did not. Zuni

directed Ms. Billy to drive down a dirt road, into the forest, and she did as she

was told because she was afraid of him. He put the back seats in the SUV down

flat and invited her into the back to “talk.” When she had gotten into the back,

Zuni told her to take her clothes off, and they again had what he claimed was

consensual and she claimed was coerced sexual intercourse.

      They then both got dressed, with Zuni in the driver’s seat and Ms. Billy

remaining in the back. Zuni drove to his sister’s house in Gallup, went inside,

changed his shirt, and came out with asoda for Ms. Billy. Zuni drove to a

cellular phone store where Ms. Billy reported she had lost her cell phone. They

finally returned to the Medical Center parking lot. Zuni told her that he knew he

had hurt her but he wanted to forget about what had happened that day and move

forward for their children’s sake. He walked off to his car and Ms. Billy called

her sister, who met her at the Medical Center, where Ms. Billy reported she had

been raped. There were bruises and scratches on Ms. Billy’s hands and neck. Id.

at 519-21.

      Law enforcement personnel interviewed Zuni that evening. While he gave

slightly different versions of what happened at different points during the

interview, 3 the officers who interviewed Zuni testified that he ultimately admitted


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he used the seatbelt on Ms. Billy; that he had lost his temper; that he did not

remember trying to choke her but it was possible; and that Ms. Billy had told him

she was afraid of him. He also acknowledged saying, “[w]e are going to die

today” after they left the gas station. He claimed that all the sexual contact was

consensual, including the first one, which occurred some thirty-five minutes after

he choked Ms. Billy and threatened to kill her. Zuni admitted it was possible that

Ms. Billy had sex with him because she was scared. He also stated that he had

mentioned to Ms. Billy the height of the cliffs at El Morro, but that hegovernment

introduced into evidence a letter of apology Zuni wrote to Ms. Billy and their two

children. Id. at 1022. After a four-day trial, the jury found Zuni guilty on the

kidnapping charge, but innocent of the sexual abuse charge. Zuni did not move

for a judgment of acquittal, based on the sufficiency of the evidence, nor did he

otherwise object on that ground.

         In preparation for sentencing, the United States Probation Office prepared a

presentence report (“PSR”), which calculated Zuni’s advisory sentencing range

under the United States Sentencing Commission, Guidelines Manual (“USSG”) as

292 to 365 months, based upon a total offense level of 40 and a criminal history

category of I. It also recommended that, as a special condition of supervision

upon release, Zuni participate in a sex


                          -17-
      We conclude that the elements of the statute were satisfied in this case and

there was sufficient evidence establishing a kidnapping as a separate crime,

regardless of the existence of any assault or battery. Both Zuni and Ms. Billy

testified at trial. Ms. Billy testified repeatedly that she was afraid of Zuni, that, at

least starting at the point when Zuni pressed the seatbelt to her neck and

attempted to choke her, she felt she was not in control of her vehicle even though

she was driving, and that she felt compelled to do whatever Zuni told her to do,

because she fearedhe would hurt her or someone else. As the evidence above

indicates, Zuni threatened her life and the life of her sister; he told her that she

would die that day; he attempted to swerve the car into oncoming traffic; he

choked her when she refused to hand over her cell phone; and he was, by his own

admission, in a “rage.” She asked the clerk at the El Sabino gas station to call the

police, thereby further demonstrating her fear. The jury evidently found her

testimony credible. Accordingly, her testimony that “she was transported

involuntarily is . . . normally sufficient to support a jury finding that the victim

was in fact transported involuntarily.” Gabaldon, 389 F.3d at 1095 (further

quotation omitted). There was sufficient evidence to establish that Ms. Billy was

held against her will throughout


A South Florida lawyer will serve as a special magistrate in a mediation hearing on October 29 pitting Oldcastle Southern Group against the county commission for rejecting the company’s sand mining proposal in April following months of protests lodged by local citizens groups.Also the game has changed so much, many of the older players would struggle today with the speed and fitness required. While newer players would have trouble with the heavier ball and the physicality of the game.

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A second federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from ending protections for Dreamers—undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children. The ruling requires the Department of Homeland Security to continue accepting renewal applications for Dreamers protected by the Obama-era Deferred Action for Child Arrivals (DACA) program, which President Donald Trump moved to end last year.

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TO AMEND TITLE 33 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING CHAPTER 43 SO AS TO ENACT THE "REVISED UNIFORM LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ACT OF 2013", TO PROVIDE FOR THE MANNER IN WHICH AND REQUIREMENTS UNDER WHICH LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES ARE ORGANIZED, OPERATED, REGULATED, DISSOLVED, TRANSFERRED, AND CONVERTED, AND TO REPEAL CHAPTER 44, TITLE 33 RELATING TO THE "UNIFORM LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ACT OF 1996".

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SECTION 1. (A) The General Assembly finds that by Act 343 of 1996, the General Assembly enacted the South Carolina Uniform Limited Liability Company Act as contained in Chapter 44, Title 33. In 2006, the Uniform Law Commission, on which South Carolina has four participating commissioners,


developed and submitted to the various states for enactment the 2006 Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act. During the past year, a drafting committee was formed in South Carolina and charged with reviewing the 2006 Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act for adoption in South Carolina. The committee was asked to review the 2006 Uniform Act and suggest any needed modifications to make it fit with South Carolina practice or needs. The drafting committee's work and suggested changes to the 2006 Uniform Act are reflected in particular code sections, and in some cases in the Reporter's Comments as well.

The members of the committee were: Scott Barnes, Rob Bethea, Tom Brumgardt, Jim Burkhard, Joe Clark, Frank Cureton, Jones DuBose, Melissa Dunlap, Todd Ellis, Jay Henning, Maurice Holloway, Ben Means,David Merline, Jr., George Morrison, Graham Newman, and Shannon Wiley. Justin Dixon, a third year law student, provided invaluable assistance to the committee by preparing comparison reports and notes of the meetings. The General Assembly expresses its thanks to each of these fine individuals and attorneys for their diligence and professionalism in developing and preparing these suggested revisions and comments, and has chosen to enact these provisions as a new Chapter 43 of Title 33.

(B) The General Assembly further provides that the South Carolina version of the Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act of 2013 differs in some respects from the 2006 Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act adopted by the Uniform Law Commission and recommended to the states for adoption. As a result, South Carolina Reporter's Comments


of authority, amendment, or cancellation filed with the Secretary of State.

South Carolina Reporter's Comment

The primary purpose of Section 33-43-302 is to permit third parties dealing with LLCs to rely on the authority of persons identified in a recorded statement of authority. Likewise, the LLC can protect itself by recording a statement that identifies any limitation of authority to transfer LLC real property. The mere filing of a statement of authority with the Secretary of State is not notice to third parties; recording is necessary. (Members and managers are assumed to know who is authorized to act on behalf of the LLC by virtue of the terms of any operating agreement and the certificate of organization.)

It is assumed that statements of authority will be primarily used where the LLCthe member:

(A) in the conduct or winding up of the company's activities;

(B) from a use by the member of the company's property; or

(C) from the appropriation of a limited liability company opportunity;

(2) to refrain from dealing with the company in the conduct or winding up of the company's activities as or on behalf of a person having an interest adverse to the company; and

(3) to refrain from competing with the company in the conduct of the company's activities before the dissolution of the company.

(c) Subject to the business judgment rule, the duty of care of a member of a member-managed limited liability company in the conduct and winding up of the company's activities is to act with the care that a person in a like position would reasonably


the LLC. Under former law a member withdrawing from an "at will" LLC was entitled to have her membership then redeemed, and if withdrawing from a "term" LLC, to have her membership redeemed at the end of the term. This is no longer true. Existing LLCs, formed under the former law, should consider whether to provide in their operating agreements that withdrawing members will be entitled to have their interests redeemed by the LLC. If the provisions of the new act are not modified by the operating agreement, a member who withdraws will not receive anything for her interest until the LLC is dissolved.

Section 33-43-602. A person is dissociated as a member from a limited liability company when:

(1) the company has notice of the person's express will tothe limited liability company was converted to a partnership from a limited liability company;

(2) its former name;

(3) a statement of the number of votes cast by the members entitled to vote for and against the conversion and, if the vote is less than unanimous, the number or percentage required to approve the conversion pursuant to subsection (b); and

(4) a statement that the certificate of organization is cancelled as of the date the conversion takes effect.

(e) A conversion takes effect when the articles of conversion are filed with the Secretary of State or at a later date specified in the articles of conversion.

(f) A member who becomes a partner of a partnership as a result of a conversion remains liable as a member for the existing debts and obligation


a merger may be continued as if the merger had not occurred or the surviving entity may be substituted as a party to the action or proceeding; and

(5) except as prohibited by other law, all the rights, privileges, immunities, powers, and purposes of every limited liability company and other entity that is a party to a merger vest in the surviving entity.

(b) The Secretary of State is an agent for service of process in an action or proceeding against the surviving foreign entity to enforce an obligation of any party to a merger if the surviving foreign entity fails to appoint or maintain an agent designated for service of process in this State or the agent for service of process cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the2016 SEVENFRIDAY GAMES

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SMITH, Circuit Judge.

      Smith Flooring, Inc. ("Smith Flooring") obtained commercial property
insurance coverage from Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company
("Pennsylvania Lumbermens") from 2004 to 2009. Each year, Pennsylvania
Lumbermens issued Smith Flooring a new annual policy with endorsements that
excluded certain property from coverage. An endorsement excluding certain buildings
from coverage was omitted from the 2007–08 policy and again from the 2008–09
policy. One of those buildings, known as the Pine Warehouse, subsequently
collapsed, and Smith Flooring submitted a claim for the loss, which Pennsylvania
Lumbermens denied. Smith Flooring filed suit, alleging breach of contract and
seeking a declaratory judgment as to the terms ofPine Warehouse. However,
the 2007–08 and 2008–09 policies did not list an endorsement excluding buildings
at Location 1.

       In January 2009, the Pine Warehouse collapsed under the weight of sleet and
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court, alleging breach of contract and seeking a declaratory judgment as to the terms
of the insurance policy. Pennsylvania Lumbermens removed the case to the district
court and counterclaimed for reformation of the policy.

       Pennsylvania Lumbermens filed a motion requesting a bench trial on its
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trial on all issues. The case went to trial, and a


from the previous year's policy, as well as information that Henke
supplied to her. During direct examination, Roberts observed that the endorsements
in the 2007–08 policy differed from those in the 2006–07 policy. She noted that "the
. . . buildings at [L]ocation 1 that were not covered were not included on th[e]
endorsement" for the 2007–08 policy. Roberts acknowledged that she had prepared
the endorsements for the 2007–08 policy and that she had "intend[ed] to put [the
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nothingMusic Album "Time" is officially released

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This week, a transit cut at York University kicks in, making things a little worse and more expensive for thousands of York U students, faculty and staff.

It took over 10 years for the subway extension to reach York U. But instead of integrating the subway with existing buses — one trip, one fare — the York Region buses that used to travel to the centre of the York University campus are now diverting to the Pioneer Village subway stop.

This change leaves commuters with a new, unfair choice: pay another full fare to ride just one subway stop into the centre of campus, or walk 1.5 km to the university.

In other words, pay double, or walk.

Greater Toronto Area riders already pay some of the highest fares in Canada, andthe journalists managed to get on a bus and drive off to the distance of approximately 500m from the site. Then, people got off the bus and saw a skyrocket, followed by renewed gunfire. At that moment, Anatoly Klyan was wounded. His colleagues took him to the hospital, but he died there from sustained wounds.

Earlier, Speaker of the Supreme Council of the self-proclaimed Donetsk Republic Vladimir Makovich said a journalist had died in the region. “A journalist was heavily wounded, doctors could not save him. He died in a hospital,” Makovich said. However, he did not specify what media the journalist represented.

Other cases of journalists' deaths in south-east Ukraine

The death of Anatoly Klyan is not the first case of journalist’s killing in the military operation that the Ukrainian


authorities are conducting in south-eastern Ukraine.

Two correspondents from Russian central television and radio broadcasting company VGTRK, namely special correspondent Igor Kornelyuk and sound engineer Anton Voloshin, were killed near the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk on June 17. They came under mortar fire near a roadblock of militia, when they were making a TV footage about people’s militias taking away refugees from the dangerous zone. Journalists were carrying identification media badges. Eyewitnesses said that the shell had exploded near the filming crew. Sound engineer Voloshin died at the spot, Kornelyuk died at the local hospital later.

Italian photo correspondent Andrea Rocchelli and his Russian interpreter Andrey Mironov were killed in mortar fire near the city of Sloviansk on May 24.Zoe Weil

Zoe Weil is a pioneer in the field of humane education. She is the co-founder and President of the International Institute for Humane Education. She created and directed a nationally-recognized humane education program (Animalearn). And she created the first and only Humane Education Certificate program and affiliated M.Ed degree program focusing on humane education in the U.S. She has trained hundreds of teachers and activists to become humane educators, and conducts humane education training workshops across the U.S.. The co-author of several humane education books for young people, as well as a parent, she lives in Surry, Maine.


The United States is putting in place a regional plan to allow Central Americans and Mexicans to remain in their countries and not have to emigrate. American officials pledged $5.8 billion in aid and investment Tuesday for strengthening government and economic development in Central America, and another $4.8 billion in development aid for southern Mexico.

The plan, which aims to promote better security conditions and job opportunities, was announced in a joint U.S.-Mexican statement released by the State Department and read aloud by Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard in Mexico City.

"In sum, I think this is good news, very good news for Mexico," Ebrard said.

Newly inaugurated President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador waxed poetic about the plan to provide jobs so people won't have to emigrate.

"I have a dreamthat I want to see become a reality ... that nobody will want to go work in the United States anymore," he said at a morning news conference before the announcement.

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The combination of public and private investment for the stay-at-home effort doesn't require congressional approval, unlike Trump's signature project to stem illegal immigration by means of a border wall.

More than 49,000 children crossed the border alone during the 2018 budget year. The average length of time that children spend in shelters has increased from 40 days in the 2016 fiscal year to 59 in 2018, according to federal data.


to Congress. This includes auditing agency operations, reporting on how well government programs are meeting goals and investigating allegations involving unethical activities.

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Passed by Congress in 1978, the Contract Disputes Act (CDA) lays out uniform steps for litigating government contract disputes in order to ensure fairness. As part of the CDA, the government and the contractor are encouraged to deal with the dispute at the lowest level possible.

In order to file a claim, written complaints must be submitted to the government's contracting officer within six years ofof the petrol-station's chain's efforts to boost revenue from non-oil activities to 70 per cent of overall income by 2018 from the current level of 50 per cent, managing director Chakkrit Charuchinda said yesterday.

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This will be the first official meeting on the Bt350-billion programme since it was suspended by the ruling junta last month.

"We will discuss the time frame and a master plan for managing the country's water system," he said.

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Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu delivers a speech during the annual international military-technical forum "ARMY" at Patriot Expocentre in Moscow Region, Russia August 21, 2018. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

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Wednesday, April 11, 2012

A Mother's Hope

Tad & I walked anxiously toward the Grand Ballroom of the Marriott Marquis hotel wondering what this evening would bring. Tonight would be PFLAG's 4th Annual Gala called Straight for Equality. I was told it would be an incredible night. And it was. . . .

When I entered the Grand Ballroom, the first thing I noticed were names of companies lighting the side walls. Companies like KPMG, Johnson and Johnson, Barclay's Bank, American Airlines, Marriott, Kellogg and many others. These were companies that were supporting the LGBT community and these were companies that were helping to make the world safer and more accepting for my son.

Tad and I were guests at the Kellogg table. Kellogg has been supporting the Straight for Equality Programsince its inception, Mitra Chappell, explained to me with pride. Mitra's job as Diversity and Inclusion Director for Kellogg is to make sure their workplace honors the diversity in their employees who they consider family. This year they had two tables of employees attending the event, many bringing their partners to experience this wonderful event.

With New Kellogg Friends

I fell in love with Mark and John who sat next to Tad and me. John shared how incredibly hard Mark works as the Senior Diversity and Inclusion Director in the Chicago area. I also met a plant manager from Ohio and some employees from Florida. Kellogg is making a difference not only within their company, but across the nation. Every employee I talked to said that they loved working for


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Guests

Lawrence Wilkerson,
served as chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell from 2002 to 2005. Colonel Wilkerson prepared Powell’s infamous Iraq WMD speech to the United Nations.

Norman Solomon,
longtime activist, founding director of the Institute for Public Accuracy, co-founder of RootsAction.org, and author of many books, including War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death.

Ten years ago this week, a defining moment occurred in the Bush administration’s push to invade Iraq. On Feb. 5, 2003, then-Secretary of State General Colin Powell addressed the United Nations Security Council. His message was clear: Iraq possessed extremely dangerous weapons of mass destruction and Saddam Hussein was systematically trying to deceive U.N. inspectors by hiding prohibited weapons. A decade later, we host a debate between Powell’s former aide,to the entire amount that Iraq claimed to have produced in the years prior to the Gulf War.

AARON MATÉ: That was then-Secretary of State Colin Powell speaking at the U.N. February 5th, 2003. Powell also estimated Iraq had a stockpile of between 100 and 500 tons of chemical weapons agent. All of his claims about weapons of mass destruction turned out to be false.

AMYGOODMAN: But at the time, most of the media took Powell at his word. The day after Powell’s speech, The New York Times ran an editorial called "The Case Against Iraq." It said Powell’s performance was, quote, "all the more convincing because he dispensed with apocalyptic invocations of a struggle of good and evil and focused on shaping a sober, factual case against Mr. Hussein’s


regime," unquote. The Washington Post titled its editorial "Irrefutable" and declared, quote, "it is hard to imagine how anyone could doubt that Iraq possesses weapons of mass destruction," unquote. Well, the invasion began six weeks after Powell made his speech at the U.N.

For more, we’re joined by two people. From Oklahoma City, we’re joined by Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson. He served as chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell from 2002 to 2005. He helped prepare Powell’s infamous U.N. speech, which he has since renounced. And from San Francisco, California, we’re joined by Norman Solomon, founding director of the Institute for Public Accuracy, also wrote the book War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death.

We welcome you both to Democracy Now! Colonel Lawrenceour intelligence system at the time, the 16 entities that compose our intelligence services, and spoken for by the then-master of that intelligence community, George Tenet, the director of Central Intelligence, and vouchsafed multiple times by his deputy, the DDCI, John McLaughlin. But it came from a much wider array, Amy. It came from Israel. It came from France. It came from Jordan. It came from Germany. Indeed, it came from almost every intelligence service that, at one time or another, had fed into the U.S. process with regard to Iraq. And frankly, we were all wrong. Was the intelligence politicized in addition to being wrong at its roots? Absolutely. And the leader of that politicization was the vice president of the United States, Richard Cheney.

AARON MATÉ: Now,


primrose path by the propaganda flowing out of the White House and the Congress and elsewhere. That presents a picture of a pretty purblind, apathetic, ignorant public, representatives in the government and elsewhere. I can’t support that kind of broad-brush painting of the situation.

AMYGOODMAN: There was a million people in the streets protesting.

NORMANSOLOMON: Where did they get the idea there were weapons of mass destruction? Did they get it from their everyday lives? Did they get it from their PTA? No—

COL. LAWRENCEWILKERSON: They probably got it from the same place a lot of people in the government got it—

NORMANSOLOMON: —they got it from the administration, that was peddling that line for years as agenda building for war.

COL. LAWRENCEWILKERSON: —which was that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction,had used them against his own people. No one thought he would get rid of them, since his number-one enemy, Iran, was kept at bay, certainly in part, because he possessed them. I think there was a pretty good feeling across the world, not just in the United States, that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. And by the way, there is no question, I don’t think, in anyone’s mind, that once the international sanctions were off Saddam Hussein and once the international focus was off of him, he would go right back to building weapons of mass destruction again, including a pursuit of a nuclear weapon. So, let’s not make this too much of a—of, essentially, a calumny on the American people, their representatives in the


A small group of researchers with the U.S. Weather Bureau's National Severe Storms Project (NSSP) moves from Kansas City to the Weather Radar Laboratory in Norman, Oklahoma, and begins work with a recently installed research Weather Surveillance Radar-1957 (WSR-57).

1964

The entire National Severe Storms Project operation moves to Norman and is reorganized as the National Severe Storms Laboratory with Edwin Kessler as the new director.

In 1956, Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory built a 3 cm continuous wave Doppler radar that used one antenna to transmit and another to receive. This radar was designed to detect very high wind speeds in tornadoes, but could not determine the distance to the tornadoes. In 1964, NSSL engineers modifed this radar to transmit in pulses. The pulsed Doppler radar could receive data in between eachtransmit pulse, eliminating the need for two antennas and solving the distance problem.

1965

Aircraft flew into thunderstorms to measure turbulence during Project Rough Rider in the 1960s, '70s and early '80s. This data was combined with measurements of the intensity of the rain from the WSR-57 to understand how thunderstorm echoes and turbulence are related. This research led to improved commercial airline safety guidelines in the vicinity of thunderstorms that are still in use today.

1967

Researchers place two Doppler radars so that each has a different view of the same storm. It is the first dual-Doppler experiment in the United States.

1969

NSSL obtains a surplus 10 cm Doppler radar that had been used by the U.S. Air Force.

1971

The experimental NSSL Doppler radar becomes operational.

1973

NSSL engineers create a contoured black and white


display, a vast improvement from the grid of numbers currently in use.

On May 24, an NSSL team intercepts a storm being scanned by the NSSL Doppler radar. The team documents the entire life cycle of the tornado on film. Researchers are able to compare the film images with Doppler radar data and discover a pattern that meant the tornado was forming before it appeared on film. They name this pattern the Tornado Vortex Signature (TVS). This important discovery eventually led to NOAA to deploying a nationwide network of Doppler radars.

This same year, NSSL commissions a second Doppler radar 15 miles west of Oklahoma City and names it the Cimarron radar. This gives NSSL the ability to conduct dual-Doppler experiments by simultaneously scanning the same storm with both radars.

NSSLconducts the Joint Doppler Operational Project (JDOP) to prove that Doppler radar could improve the nation's ability to warn for severe thunderstorms and tornadoes. This led to the decision in 1979 by the National Weather Service (NWS), the U.S. Air Force's Air Weather Service, and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to include Doppler capability in their future operational radars.

1981–1984

NSSL attempts to deploy TOTO, the TOtable Tornado Observatory in the path of an oncoming tornado. They are unsuccessful.

1985

NSSL researchers develop and test a technology that transmits radar energy pulses both horizontally and vertically on the Cimarron radar. They discover this capability provides valuable information about the type and amount of precipitation that is falling and call it dual-polarization technology.

NSSL researchers begin development of the Warning Decision Support System (WDSS)


designed to enhance National Weather Service warning capabilities. WDSS contains a combination of sophisticated severe weather detection algorithms and an innovative, user-friendly display.

1991

NSSL participates in the Cooperative Oklahoma Profiler Studies of 1991 (COPS-91) and uses instrumented aircraft and a ground-based network of instruments to sample tornadic supercells.

1994

The Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment (VORTEX) begins. VORTEX is a two-year project designed to answer a number of ongoing questions about the causes of tornado formation. It was a near record for the fewest number of tornadoes in the VORTEX area, but operations still occurred on 18 days and collected data on storms on 9 days.

NSSL partners with the University of Oklahoma to develop the first mobile Doppler radar.

1995

The Department of Commerce awards NSSL a Gold MedalNWS begins and becomes an annual event.

NSSL's Warning Decision Support System (WDSS) provides weather support during the 2000 Summer Olympic Games, in Sydney, Australia.

2001

NSSL participates in the Pacific Land falling Jets Experiment (PACJET) along and offshore of the U.S. Pacific coastline to improve short-term forecasts and warnings of floods, damaging winds and other severe weather.

A fire destroys the NSSL field research equipment storage facility including one of two mobile radars, a new lightning mapping array, a new mobile laboratory, a mobile mesonet instrumented vehicle, and many valuable instruments.

The Joint Polarization Experiment (J-POLE) tests the polarimetric capabilities of the WSR-88D in Norman, OK in an operational demonstration in collaboration with operational hydrologists, meteorologists and aviation users.

NSSL partners with researchers from around the world for the International H20 (IHOP) field


project. The goal is to improve understanding of the process of convective initiation and boundary evolution, and learn what types of data are needed to make forecasts of thunderstorms and rainfall amounts more specific.

NSSL participates in the Bow Echo and Mesoscale Convective Vortices Experiment (BAMEX) during May–June 2003 to understand the processes and improve prediction of systems that produce severe winds.

The Oklahoma Lightning Mapping Array (O-LMA) becomes operational and is used by NSSL researchers to investigate how lightning characteristics relate to updrafts, precipitation, and severe storm processes.

The Thunderstorm Electrification and Lightning Experiment (TELEX) begins the first year of a two year project to learn how lightning and other electrical storm properties are dependent on storm characteristics.

2004

NEXRAD Program Management Committee approves taking first steps towards upgrading the national operationalWSR-88D network to include dual-polarimetric capabilities developed by NSSL.

It is the second year of TELEX.

NSSL seamlessly mosaics all 130 NWS and Department of Defense weather radars across the U.S. to provide the first high-resolution depiction of storms and quantitative precipitation estimation products from coast-to-coast in real-time.

NSSL deploys a mobile radar to provide data for the Flash Flood and Debris Flow project in California.

2007

NSSL introduces real-time MPAR data to forecasters in a simulated operational environment and receive positive feedback. The project is called “Phased Array Radar Innovative Sensing Experiment” (PARISE) and is ongoing.

NSSL researchers create the Meteorological Development Lab to invite collaboration and discussion on current projects being developed.

NSSL launches a new Web site to reach out to a wider audience including students, researchers, colleagues, media and the public.

The


mobile radar and a team of researchers to support the 2010 Winter Olympic Games through their participation in Science and NOWcasting of Olympic Weather for Vancouver (SNOW-V10). It is a unique opportunity for international collaboration on the science of winter nowcasting in complex terrain.

NSSL/CIMMS team win the prestigious Vaisala Award for their Outstanding Research Paper, “Rapid Sampling of Severe Storms by the National Weather Radar Testbed Phased Array Radar.”

NSSL deploys a mobile radar in the Southwest Colorado Radar Project to collect data on thunderstorm rainfall to better understand and forecast flash flooding caused by the Southwest Monsoon.

The Central Oklahoma chapter of the American Red Cross uses NSSL's WDSS-II: On Demand system to assess tornado disaster areas much faster than before.

VORTEX2 continues and logs over 25,000 miles for eachvehicle over the two-year project sampling 36 supercell thunderstorms and 11 tornadoes.

The Kimpel Symposium, a review of successful meteorological programs in Oklahoma including contributions made by Dr. Jeff Kimpel, and a look into the future of severe weather research, was held at the National Weather Center on Friday, June 18, 2010.

NSSL deploys a mobile radar to help with winter weather forecasts over southwest Colorado.

The first annual Warn-on-Forecast workshop was held in Norman.

NSSL's mobile radar scans the early and mature stages of the first tornado in an outbreak in central Oklahoma. A long track EF-4 tornado is captured by MPAR and tornadoes threaten the National Weather Center building.

NSSL launches the 2-Dimensional Video Disdrometer (2DVD) attached to a balloon to learn more about storm electricity and how it relates to


Oklahoma.

The Hydrological Cycle in the Mediterranean (HyMeX) is a 10-year international effort to better understand, quantify and model the hydrologic cycle in support of improved forecasts and warnings of flash floods in the region. NSSL ships a mobile radar to France to participate. It is the largest weather field project in European history.

Mesoscale Predictability Experiment (MPEX). Researchers collected data on pre-storm and post-storm environments in an effort to better predict when and where thunderstorms will form.

Researchers collect data on tornadoes that struck within 30 miles of the laboratory and research radars.

2014

NSSL’s Multiple Radar Multiple Sensor system—a merging of NMQ and WDSS-II—went into NWS operations, providing information to NWS forecasters at unprecedentedly high spatial and temporal resolution over the continental United States and southern Canada.

NOAA scientists tackled the mysteryof nighttime thunderstorms in the Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN) field experiment, an intensive campaign deploying instrumented aircraft, ground-based instruments, mobile radars, and weather balloons to collect data before and during nighttime thunderstorms in the western Great Plains, to learn what triggers these storms and how they impact lives, property, agriculture and the water budget in the region.

NSSL's early Doppler research was carried out on a surplus 10-cm military radar. [+]

NSSL's early Doppler research was carried out on a surplus 10-cm military radar.

The May 24, 1973 Union City, OK tornado provided researchers their first opportunity to see the entire life cycle of a tornado. [+]

The May 24, 1973 Union City, OK tornado provided researchers their first opportunity to see the entire life cycle of a tornado.

NSSL engineers


shows how dual-polarization techniques can better identify and quantify precipitation types and areas. The bottom color scale progresses from light, moderate, to heavy rain through rain/hail mix, graupel/sleet, hail, dry and wet snow, and ice.

Doppler On Wheels (DOW)—the first mobile Doppler radar, jointly developed by NSSL and the University of Oklahoma. [+]

Doppler On Wheels (DOW)—the first mobile Doppler radar, jointly developed by NSSL and the University of Oklahoma.

The 1995 Dimmitt, Texas tornado. Project VORTEX tracked this tornado and made it the most comprehensively observed tornado in history to that time. [+]

The 1995 Dimmitt, Texas tornado. Project VORTEX tracked this tornado and made it the most comprehensively observed tornado in history to that time.

NSSL has been awarded two Department of Commerce Gold Medals: one in 1995 for the workgovernment on the Biblis A and B reactors as an immediate response to the Fukushima accident was illegal. The state ministry of the environment acted illegally in March 2011, when an order was issued for the immediate closure of the Biblis units. RWE complied with the decree by shutting Biblis-A immediately, however as the plants were in compliance with the relevant safety requirements, the German government had no legal grounds for shutting them. The court ruled that the closure notice was illegal because RWE had not been given sufficient opportunity to respond to the order. Nevertheless, the units are now definitely shutdown, based on the later political phaseout decision (Atomausstieg).

Incidents
On December 17, 1987 an incident (INES 1) occurred: Operators overlooked a stop valve that had not been closed.


To initiate development, a newly fertilized egg must generate pronuclei that can combine to create a zygotic genome capable of initiating mitosis. The fertilized egg must also stimulate translation of previously quiescent, maternally deposited mRNAs. The goal of this proposal is to increase our understanding of this critical, but incompletely understood, developmental stage of "egg activation" in the model organism Drosophila. The first specific aim focuses on the function of an important player in the fertilized egg: the "Young Arrest" (Ya) gene. YA is a maternally encoded nuclear lamina protein that is essential for male and female pronuclei to initiate their first mitotic division. Our phenotypic analysis of Ya mutants suggests either that YA mediates changes in chromatin condensation needed for passage into S phase of the firstWhen Poona Ford made his first start with the Seattle Seahawks on December 16th, 2018, he was out to continue on his mission of defying the odds that were stacked against his success. At 5’11” and 310 pounds, he’s not exactly your traditional nose tackle. But all it took was a chance. In his first ever play as a starter, he proved himself one of the squad’s most effective defenders against the run. Ford bounced off the down block by the San Francisco 49ers right guard, and as quickly as his doubters turned their heads, number 97 made the stop on Matt Breida for a three-yard gain.

The Seahawks may have lost the game 23-26, but their valiant effort can be attributed in part to Ford’s performance. Pro Football


They had received 35 phone calls from Poona’s adoring public. In two hours.

Poona ultimately did not attend Oregon. Or Louisville. In early 2014, it was announced that Charlie Strong was moving to coach the Texas Longhorns, and Poona followed him.

“I stayed committed because he was honestly just straight up with me. He kept it real with me. I respected that about him enough for me to follow, even though I’d never been [to Texas] in my life.”

“Commitment” has always been a virtue at the forefront of Poona’s vocabulary. He knew early on that he would have to go the extra mile if he was to play in any league beyond high school, and luckily, he had a coach with reciprocal dedication.

Early Exposure

Even the younger kids of the townto see. No matter what he’s doing, he wants to compete. He wants to win.” And apparently, he always does.

For the Win…

After four years with the Longhorns, Poona declared for the 2018 NFL Draft. His tape was strong. His resume, solid. His reputation as close to unscathed as one could imagine. Hell, he was even named the Big 12 Conference Defensive Lineman of the Year. But the weekend came and went, and by the end of the day on April 28th, 2018, Poona’s name went unsung.

It is not a coincidence that Poona’s folder ended up on Pete Carroll’s desk; Seahawks defensive line and assistant head coach Clint Hurtt was the defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator at Louisville when Poona was initially scouted back in high school. Carroll,


Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and eBay have joined forces to present the Martha Stewart American Made Market, exclusively on eBay, an online marketplace that will spotlight makers, support artisans, and celebrate the handmade. Curated by Martha Stewart and her team at Martha Stewart Living, the American Made Market will honor a new generation of great American entrepreneurs with a curated ecommerce experience that will include products in categories such as, but not limited to, crafts and food.

The Martha Stewart American Made Market on eBay is an extension of Martha Stewart's American Made program, which celebrated its second year this fall.

"We at MSLO want to give consumers access to well-crafted, unique goods, created by new generations of makers and carefully selected by our team. eBay is a terrific partnerfor us on this journey, as they are giving these artisans a profitable marketplace to sell their goods, tell their stories, and market themselves with the Martha stamp of approval," said Inbar Barak, SVP/digital programming and strategy, MSLO.

"We are thrilled to partner with Martha Stewart's American Made and to bring a wealth of exceptional artisanal goods from American entrepreneurs to our global marketplace," said Marcelle Parrish, head of eBay Fashion. "eBay connects people to the things they need and love in new ways that help buyers and sellers to get the most out of shopping. This partnership reflects that, giving shoppers access to an expanded selection of incredible inventory and the artisans selected by Martha Stewart's team exposure to our global community of 124 million."

The Martha Stewart American


reconsideration by the Social Security Administration after finding him not to be disabled.  Thompson then requested an administrative hearing.  An administrative law judge (ALJ) affirmed the denial of his application;  the Appeals Council denied his request for review.  Thompson appealed to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.  The district court granted the Secretary's motion for summary judgment, finding that the denial of the application was supported by substantial evidence.  That decision is now before us on Thompson's timely appeal.
The medical evidence before the Secretary and the district court revealed that Thompson experienced a sudden loss of vision in his left eye in April, 1987.  A retinal detachment was diagnosed by Dr. Eric Johnson, who referred Thompsonto another ophthalmologist, Dr. Dan R. Lightfoot, for surgical repair of the retina.  Dr. Lightfoot operated on Thompson's left eye and performed additional laser surgery, but vision in the eye remains at 20/200 due to retinal surface wrinkling.  In addition, Thompson began in September, 1987 to complain of a significant loss of vision in his right eye.  A macular hole was subsequently diagnosed.  An operation was performed in 1989.  The vision in Thompson's left eye has since stabilized at 20/30, with partial occlusion of his visual field.
In addition to his vision problems, Thompson is afflicted with what the medical record describes as "a severe history of terminal tremor, right hand more than left, which is worse when he attempts to do fine coordinated


activities, such as writing or printing."   Thompson was treated for this condition by Dr. Kurt Osborne, a neurologist.  Dr. Osborne prescribed Mysoline in an effort to decrease the tremor and improve Thompson's coordination.  Although the drug improved the tremor somewhat, it caused Thompson to feel drowsy and slowed down his reaction time.  Dr. Osborne recommended that the medication continue.  He noted, however, that Thompson "would probably never become completely normal."
Prior to the onset of his disabilities, Thompson had been employed since 1968 as a "stationary engineer supervisor" at the Louisiana Pacific Pulp Mill, where he supervised maintenance of the mill's steam boilers, turbine generators and water treatment plant.  Thompson's job required him periodically to inspect the inner workings of the boilers,which entailed significant climbing.  In addition, Thompson's job required him to be able to read electrical schematics and to monitor various gauges.  He was required to work near heavy equipment and moving machinery, occasionally in dim lighting.  In event of an emergency, he was responsible for the evacuation of the 12-14 persons under his charge.
By October of 1987, Thompson's vision problems had become sufficiently pronounced that his employer placed him on disability.  After Thompson underwent his two eye operations his condition stabilized but did not improve significantly.  He attempted to return to work in 1987, but after less than a month he and his employers agreed that his disabilities continued to pose a safety hazard, and Thompson was again placed on disability.2
At his


hearing before the ALJ, Thompson testified that he can see "fairly well" out of his right eye, except for a "little black dot" that obscures a portion of his view, but cannot see "at all" out of his left eye.  He stated that he experiences double vision on close reading, which is eliminated if he covers his left eye.  His tremor is "a lot better" with the medication, but has not disappeared.  He stated that because of his tremor he cannot work with a screwdriver or other small hand tools.  Thompson also stated that because of his lack of binocular vision and the resultant loss of depth perception, he experiences difficulty walking over uneven surfaces.  He testified that he does some driving (withthe assistance of his wife, who watches one side of the road), performs some light housekeeping chores, watches television, and reads magazines (although not without discomfort).  Thompson stated that he had agreed with his employers to stop working because his vision problems made the job too dangerous for himself and for the workers he was entrusted to supervise.  He stated that he was unable to see well enough in dim light to work around the machinery at the plant.  He also could not read the electrical schematics and gauges necessary to the plant's operation.
Dr. Johnson testified that Thompson continues to suffer from severe visual loss with essential blindness in his left eye and reduced vision in his right.  Thompson's residual vision is affected by


visual acuity of 20/200) in his left eye, and right eye visual acuity of 20/30, that he experienced double vision at reading distance which could be eliminated by closing the left eye, that he was right handed, that he had a relatively mild essential tremor affecting his right arm resulting in slight tremulous breakdown of his hand writing, and that he was able to print slowly and laboriously with his left hand, the expert testified that in light of Thompson's limited vision and right hand tremor, he could perform "perhaps five percent' of the stationary engineer jobs for which he was qualified.  The expert stated that a maximum of 350 such jobs existed in California and 2,500 in the national economy.  None of these jobs existedhis dominant right hand due to his tremor, that he was unable to write clearly with that hand, and that he was unable to operate a screwdriver or other small hand tools with that hand.  This testimony is consistent with the medical record;  Dr. Osborne noted that Thompson's coordination, though somewhat improved by medication, would likely never be completely normal.
Nevertheless, the ALJ refused to include inability to operate a screwdriver or other small hand tools as a factor in the hypothetical.  In support of this decision, the ALJ stated that if Thompson could not operate a screwdriver with his right hand, then he could operate it using both hands.  While this may be true, it is irrelevant.  Screwdrivers must often be operated with


Three die in crash of helicopter flying to Shands to pick up donor organ

Monday

Dec 26, 2011 at 2:07 PMDec 27, 2011 at 10:17 AM

A helicopter en route from a Jacksonville hospital to Shands at the University of Florida to pick up an organ to transplant to a patient crashed in rural Clay County on Monday morning, killing three.

By Chad SmithStaff writer

A helicopter en route from a Jacksonville hospital to Shands at the University of Florida to pick up a heart to transplant to another patient crashed in rural Clay County on Monday morning, killing all three people aboard.

Two of the people killed were Mayo Clinic Hospital employees — Luis Bonilla, a cardiac surgeon, and David Hines, an organ-procurement technician — who were traveling to Gainesville to “harvest organs”Erasmus student at Sligo Institute of Technology in 2006. She went on to work at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Learning Technology, a publishing house for educational products in Dublin. The idea of starting a company was something she went back and forth on until September 2011, when she launched ThoughtBox, an educational-software provider that teaches subjects through “gameful learning”.

A few days before presenting the idea to the NDRC LaunchPad, Luminea met Claire Burge, an entrepreneur who had just sold her own business, and the momentum behind ThoughtBox quickly took over.

“The first two years were just, ‘Go! Go! Go!’ ” she says. “To be honest, I had a very patient boyfriend. It was a case of going to work around nine and then coming home at midnight.”

ThoughtBox has since become


A 4-year assessment of a new water-fluoridation scheme in New South Wales, Australia.
To monitor the changes in dental caries prevalence of 5- to 7-year-old children living in a fluoridated area, a newly fluoridated area and in an area without water fluoridation, in NSW, Australia. Dental caries prevalence was recorded for 5- to 7-year-old children, living in the three study locations, by six trained and calibrated examiners in 2008, 2010 and 2012. A questionnaire recorded demographic data, toothbrushing behaviour and sugary drink consumption. Caries experience was measured using the decayed, missing, and filled teeth (dmft) index for primary teeth, the percentage of children who were caries free and the significant caries index. Univariate analysis was undertaken to determine independent predictors of caries. The caries prevalence changed over time. InThe Limca Book of Records, 2003 has made a new entry indicating a new record as under:
Dr. Rajesh Shah, Director, Homeopathy India Foundation has treated patients from 100 countries since he started his practice in 1985 in Mumbai. Graduating from Bombay Homoeopathic Medical College, in 1984, his first patient from abroad was in 1985. The global patients vary from poor families from countries like Ethiopia to the family of the ex-president of the United States. Besides his teaching visits to countries and his articles in international periodicals, the Internet has played a major role in helping his patients find him directly.

Excerpts from Limca Book of Records, 2003;
Over the period of last 18 years, Dr. Rajesh Shah has been communicating with the people through various media to spread the


message of homeopathy. "I am a homeopathy activist," says Dr. Shah.

The readers of various publications in many countries, the viewers of his talks on the television, the students and the doctors who have been taught by him in many countries and the visitors to his websites, who were looking out for someone who could treat patients with homoeopathy, found Dr. Rajesh Shah's clinic as a source of treatment.

As of now, Dr. Rajesh Shah's clinics in Mumbai has been visited by patients from many countries. There are so many people who come to Mumbai for getting treated with homeopathy by Dr. Shah.

"My responsibility towards my patients who visit me all the way flying over 12000 kilometers, is all the more. I am morally bound to make sure that theirAL MUKKALAH, Yemen – The Houthis and their allies have been booted out of southern Yemen, but their withdrawal has only exposed internal fissures over southern demands for autonomy or outright independence, which have grown during almost 12 months of war.

Some southerners now feel betrayed by President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi and say they are being sidelined despite paying a heavy toll in the fighting. Others believe they are now in a better position to impose their influence and win concessions from Sanaa. Which way their support falls could well decide Yemen’s future.

The north-south rift goes back decades. The British ruled over the territory that would become South Yemen from the late 1830s until 1967, when the territory secured independence. It would become a communist state two years


later.

The north, meanwhile, became a self-governing monarchy after the fall of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, although Arab nationalists, inspired by General Gamal Abdel Nasser in Egypt, overthrew the king in the 1960s.

In 1990 the two Yemens unified, but the marriage was not a happy one – the southerners felt that they were given a raw deal after the north implanted its own men in key positions and monopolised wealth that is mostly produced in the south. A civil war ensued in 1994, with the north winning the day.

Hadi is a southerner but has been seen as an empty suit who did nothing to stop his predecessor, Ali Abdullah Saleh, from waging war on the south in the 1990s and then failing to adequately address post-war grievances inthe south. Hadi was Saleh’s defence minister in 1994 and then vice president until he took power in the Saudi-led transition following the fall of Saleh in 2012.

However, as the Houthis, a Shia minority from northern Yemen backed by Saleh and his supporters, managed to seize the capital Sanaa and begin marching south last year, Hadi and the southerners united around a common enemy, albeit for different reasons – while Hadi fought for power, the southerners fought to resist another assault from the north.

When the Houthis and their supporters seized parts of the southern capital of Aden in March it was the southern militias who kept up the ground resistance while the Saudi-led coalition pounded the city from above. When the Houthis eventually started to be pushed back


last summer, the long-sidelined southerners felt they would be given a bigger stake.

Since then Hadi has been playing a delicate balancing act trying to keep the southerners on side.

Hadi the southerner?

Hadi has promised to place southerners in positions of authority in southern districts, already appointing leading separatists as governors in two southern provinces, Aden and Lahj, while naming another southerner as Aden’s security chief. He has also promised to bring in reforms to better integrate the south and has said that he will train more southerners in the army.

According to Ali al-Ghoraib, a leading separatist figure in Aden who was named Aden's deputy governor early in January, Hadi has for some months taken a much softer approach towards the separatists, not cracking down on southern activists and theiractivities.

In contrast to the months of Houthi domination, the South Yemen flag has been allowed to fly high across the region once again.

The new approach has led some in the south to conclude that the tide has turned in their favour and that they could finally be in the driving seat for the first time since unification.

Analysts say that Hadi seems genuinely convinced that if he manages to provide some reforms he will be able to make the south abandon its claims of independence.

“We are satisfied with the appointments,” Ghoraib told Middle East Eye.

Hadi the northerner?

But Hadi in many ways remains a northerner. He has publically endorsed continued unification and has a close relationship with some north-based forces such as the Islamist Islah party and the party of


Resistance, made up of southern militias, has tried to regain control and push the militants out.

The well-funded and highly trained AQAP fighters stormed Mukallah in eastern Hadamout province in April 2015 and seized millions of dollars from the central bank, going on to win battles in southern Abyan and Hadramout provinces.

The Islamic State (IS) group is also fighting to have a stake in the south. Their fighters are carrying brazen attacks against local military officials and coalition forces in Aden.

The belief among some in the south is that Saleh and some northern forces are using these groups to undermine moves to secession.

Ghoraib, however, believes that once the south is free to handle its own affairs and a “strong military and security system” is put in place, al-Qaeda andother militants would fade away in the south.

A war between allies

With uncertainty continuing to rage despite the pushback against the Houthis, mistrust is festering.

Some analysts in the south believe that rather than being a reward for their support against the Houthis, Hadi appointed the hardline separatists as a last-ditch attempt to restore peace to the unruly areas. They argue that while Hadi needs the support of the south to strengthen his own power, he sees this alliance as a means to an end.

Separatist leaders have largely embraced Hadi only tentatively, taking his offers of promotions and administrative jobs but only reluctantly displaying their links with the man and intentionally trying to be pictured exclusively with the South Yemen flag.

Yasser al-Yafae, a political analyst from Aden, told MEE that


and other vulnerable Americans.

LEADING A HISTORIC MOBILIZATION:

President Trump has led a historic mobilization to rapidly ramp up testing and the distribution of medical supplies. President Trump mobilized the full resources of the Government and the private sector to increase the production and distribution of supplies like masks and ventilators. President Trump utilized the Defense Production Act, and the private sector responded, with numerous companies stepping up to shift production to make medical supplies.

The Administration launched Project Air-bridge to airlift supplies to the United States from around the world. The President surged resources and personnel to assist healthcare providers on the frontlines. At the President’s direction, the military and FEMA stood up emergency medical sites around the country, and two naval ships were deployed to assist hospitals. President Trumpsafe and healthy markets, including guidance for food businesses on COVID-19 and on food safety and live markets.

The WHO has been working closely with the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, to prevent zoonotic diseases in all concerned sectors. The WHO is committed to working with all countries to find tailored solutions to stop transmission, while ensuring essential health services continue and mitigating the social and economic impacts of the pandemic. Only by working together will we bring this pandemic under control. The work has to happen not only at the international and national level but also at the community level.

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On 15th Apr, Tedros said after Trump stopped the WHO funding temporarily:

When the nations