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Since war remains, alas, the universal means of securing land when a claim is challenged, the Jews of Israel have had to defend their land more often than any other contemporary people. In peace and in war,online placements aimed at the elusive 18- to 34-year-old demographic. The Americas will remain the largest and fastest-growing region for paid product placement in 2007, with projected spending of $3.79 bln and growth of 31.2%, followed by Asia and Europe. The United States will remain the world?s largest market for product placement in 2007 with spending of $2.90 bln, followed by Brazil, Mexico, Australia, and Japan. China will be the world?s fastest-growing product placement market in 2007 with spending growth of 34.5%, trailed by the US, Italy, India and Canada.


After months of vocal debate, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said the city won't move forward with a proposal to build a mixed-income, 233-unit public housing development in the city's Briargrove area. The project would have been the Houston Housing Authority's first in what's considered a "high opportunity" neighborhood, with access to well ranked schools and community amenities.

The mayor cited some of the same issues that opponents of the project have rallied around, including its high price tag -- $240,000 per unit, according to Turner's statement about his decision. The mayor's support for the project is required to get federal funding through the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program, so without it, the Fountain View location would be much more expensive for the Houston Housing Authority to build. Instead,The Democratic Socialists of America held their national convention in Atlanta this weekend, and one particular clip from the event is lighting up social media.

Watch the clip below where in just one minute there are several really funny moments between the socialists who are offended by just about everything including noise.

Andy Ngo tweeted: A look into what happened during one part of the national convention of the Democratic Socialists of America in Atlanta this weekend.

A look into what happened during one part of the national convention of the Democratic Socialists of America in Atlanta this weekend. pic.twitter.com/bWekVQxPWV — Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) August 4, 2019

Note that one guy calls for no noise around him because it triggers him.

The speaker calls him comrade, and then another guy complains about gender


seventh in the NFL is passing yards, and tied for sixth in passing touchdowns. Considering he has been sacked an NFL leading 31 times, his stats should be even more impressive to voters. The only quarterbacks in the AFC that have been as good as Luck are Tom Brady from the New England Patriots, and Derek Carr from the Oakland Raiders. However, Luck will need to lead the Colts to more wins in the second half of the season than the first in order to make the 2017 Pro Bowl.

T.Y. Hilton

Hilton is having another Pro Bowl caliber season in 2016. He currently has 709 receiving yards and four touchdowns. That number of receiving yards is good for fifth among all receivers in the NFL. Furthermore, Hilton has notfumbled the ball yet this season. He is also second the NFL in number of receptions for more than 20 yards (with 15 total). There are very little signs of Hilton slowing down for the second half of the season. He is on pace to surpass his total number of receiving yards last year, which was 1,124. And he is on pace to surpass his number of receiving touchdowns from last year, which was five. Hilton might be the most obvious choice for the Pro Bowl on the Colts roster right now.

Adam Vinatieri

Adam Vinatieri has been among the most accurate kickers in the league this season. He has yet to miss an extra point or field goal this season. Furthermore, on October 23rd, Vinatieri broke the record for


most consecutive field goals made with 43. Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker is the only other kicker to have made all of his field goals this season. Vinatieri is also tied for sixth for the longest field goal made, at 54 yards. It might seem weird to have a kicker on this list, but Vinatieri has been as close to a sure thing in the way of field goal kickers as there has been in the NFL this season.was killed by an Alien queen mother.

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The drones seem to make up the bulk of the White Hybrids. They are smaller than the king but seemingly no less intelligent.

History

Onboard the Skyliner, the White Hybrids are engaged by the protagonists: Caryn Delacroix, the female Predator 'Big Mama', a group of mercenaries trained in the ways of the Predator, and an Alien Queen Mother (allied to the group due to Caryn carrying her last offspring - a royal chestburster).

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warriors. However, the group is aided by the alien that came from Caryn - which is also a white hybrid but better resembles a xenomorph - who battles the Hybrid King. As the group begin to escape during the battle, the Queen Mother (which has been impregnated with a White Hybrid chestburster) kills the Hybrid King by grabbing him right before the chestburster emerges, causing it to burst through the king as well and kill them both. (The Chestbuster is consequently killed by Big Mama). The white hybrid/white xenomorph that aided the group leaves with Ash Parnell (formely Caryn Delacroix) and Big Mama.

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The biggest sixes in IPL history

The Ranchi boy is a pure entertainer when it comes to hard hitting. The infamous helicopter shot is one of his specialities. Led by MS Dhoni, the Chennai Super Kings was the most successful team in the history of the tournament before it got suspended in 2015.

The elimination match between Chennai Super Kings and the Mumbai Indians in the 2012 season was held at the Chinnaswamy Stadum in Bengaluru. The World Cup winning captain hit a six which measured 112 metres off James Franklin’s bowling. He is one of the leading six hitters in the history of ODI cricket, and there is no doubt the one he hit against Sri-Lanka in the final of the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup is the mostmemorable one.

Rohit Sharma (115 Metres)

Affectionately known as the “Hitman”, Rohit Sharma has been a mainstay of the limited overs Indian team for quite some time now. The Mumbai-based player is one of the most stylish and elegant wielders of the willow in the recent times.

In the second season of the IPL, when the right hander was still with the Deccan Chargers, he hit an enormous six in the last over of their innings against the bowling of Bangladeshi pacer Mashrafe Mortaza which travelled 115 metres. The Deccan Chargers were crowned the Champions that season, with Rohit Sharma playing a pivotal role in their success. Following his stint with the Deccan Chargers, he played for Mumbai Indians and led them to two IPL championships, first in 2013 and then


in 2015.

Gautam Gambhir (117 Metres)

Gautam Gambhir is an aggressive batsman who does not hesitate to call his shots, which helped India in many matches during his tenure at the International level. The southpaw played for the Delhi Daredevils in the early stages of his IPL before being brought into the fold of the Kolkata Knight Riders in 2011.

The Sawai Mann Singh Stadium is where Gambhir hit a 117 metre six against the home team, Rajasthan Royals, in 2013. Speedster S. Sreesanth was helpless as a mere spectator, as his delivery was sent to the stands with ease by his Indian teammate. Gambhir led the Kolkata Knight Riders to two IPL triumphs, one in 2012 and the other in 2014, and is still trying to book a berth inthe Indian cricket team after his brief return against England at Rajkot.

Ben Cutting (117 Metres)

The comparatively lesser-known cricketer on this list, the Australian all-rounder made his IPL debut in 2014 for the Rajasthan Royals. He played only 1 match during that season. A couple of years later he was roped in by the Sunrisers Hyderabad, featuring in 4 games last season. The lower order batsman scored some useful runs for them, which included a mammoth 117 metre six against the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2016 IPL final; he was Man of the Match as well. The Sunrisers Hyderabad are the defending champions, and the services of a utility player like Ben Cutting will be more than useful to defend the title in the upcoming season.

Chris Gayle (119


Metres)

Arguably the best T20 batsman the world has ever seen. It will take a beating to find someone of his calibre in the near future. He is probably the most successful IPL campaigner of all time, having scored 5 centuries and 20 fifties in the 92 matches he has played. He has hit a total of 251 sixes in the IPL, which is the most by a player by quite some distance, the second being Rohit Sharma at 163.

Left-arm spinner Ali Murtaza may still have nightmares of bowling to Chris Gayle during Pune Warriors match against Royal Challengers Bangalore, where he was struck for a 119 metre six over mid-wicket by the Jamaican. Though the Chinnaswamy is a relatively smaller ground to clear, yet the distance travelled wascommendable as the ball went out of the stadium, forcing the umpires to use a new ball.

Ross Taylor (119 Metres)

Ross Taylor was one of most dependable batsman for the kiwis before Kane Williamson took that honour. Taylor is a great striker of the ball and likes to play his shots in the leg side. It was during the inaugural, 2008 season of the IPL that Ross Taylor was gifted a juicy half-length delivery by country-mate Jacob Oram (who is himself a clinical striker of the ball). The right hander smashed the ball over mid-wicket for a massive maximum, which travelled 119 metres. Ross Taylor has not been very successful in his IPL career, but a player of his capabilities could win a game single handed when on song.

Robin


Uthappa (120 Metres)

Unfortunate not to have enjoyed an extended International career, Robin Uthappa is a destructive top order bat with a variety of shots in his quiver. Suited perfectly for the T20 format, the Karnataka player has had an impressive IPL career and average close to 30 with 17 fifties. It was during the 2010 IPL season that he punched the ball for a 120 metre six of West Indian Dwayne Bravo’s delivery. The attacking batsman was roped in by the Kolkata Knight Riders in 2014, and has been one of their most important batsmen in the squad. He will no doubt play a key role for them in the upcoming season.

Adam Gilchrist (122 Metres)

Adam Gilchrist was one of the most feared batsmen during his heyday. He andMatthew Hayden, both southpaws, formed one of the most lethal opening pairs in world cricket in the 50-over format. Gilchrist is also one of just 9 players (so far) to have scored more than one century in the IPL. Dharamsala may be the most picturesque cricket venue in the world and when Gilly is in full swing, it enhances the beauty. Playing for the Kings XI Punjab in 2011, the Australian hit a 122 metre six in reply to a poor delivery from South African Charl Langeveldt. Had Gilly hit the ball with more power, the ball could have easily landed on the foothills!

Praveen Kumar (124 Metres)

The crafty Indian pacer is the odd one out on this list. We are quite aware of what he is capable of


with the cricket ball, but he is a clean hitter as well when he takes his stance at the 22 yards. Once again we back to the first season of the IPL and again to the Chinnaswamy Stadium.

Yusuf Pathan’s off spin was demolished and sent to the roof after the Uttar Pradesh player was promoted up the order. Kumar hit a six that went 124 metres. He scored two more maximums in that particular match, but failed to guide RCB to victory, as visitors Rajasthan Royals snatched vital points in their away fixture.

Albie Morkel (125 Metres)

A very useful all-rounder, Albie Morkel is a player who can give his team vital runs in the tail end of an innings and can hit the ball very hard. It was dueto these qualities that he got an opportunity to feature in the Chennai Super Kings team. They were phenomenal in the 2008 edition, but failed to clinch the title. It was during a league stage match that he hit Indian spinner Pragyan Ojha for a 125 metre six which went out of the Chepauk Stadium! The ball flew so high that the cameraman was unable to track it. The commentators jokingly said that the ball might have rolled on to the beach nearby.


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'IOA should learn their lessons from suspension'

The Indian sports fraternity heaved a sigh of relief on the country's return to the Olympic fold but said the IOA should learn a lesson from the 14 months of suspension so that the embarrassing episode is never repeated.

The International Olympic Committee lifted the ban imposed on India in December 2012 after the IOA held elections on Sunday in compliance with the IOC directives.

The Indian athletes had to compete under the banner of international federations or the IOC during the 14-month period of suspension. Three Indians walked under the IOC flag during the Sochi Winter Olympics opening ceremony on February 7.

Sports Minister Jitendra Singh said in the last 14 months of exile "a major step has


been taken to clean up Indian sports".

"In the last one year or so the sportspersons, sports lovers have raised their concerns and their voices. The Government of India had raised its voice in Lausanne (in May last year) and at other forums for lifting ban on India," he said.

'Happy that athletes can now represent the country'

Hockey Olympian Aslam Sher Khan, who is also president of Olympians Association of India, said the new office-bearers of the IOA should work to usher in a new era in Indian sports.

"The new office-bearers of the IOA should learn a lesson from the suspension. They should usher in a new era in India sports by working for the welfare of the athletes," he said.

"I hope the IOA is not just a body tosend Indian athletes for international events. It should involve itself in the overall development of Indian sports," he added.

The 2008 and 2012 Olympics medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar said he was happy that the three Indian athletes will now be able to walk under the tri-colour during the closing ceremony of the Sochi Winter Games on February 23.

"It's a great day for all the athletes who put their blood, sweat and tears to represent the country under the Indian tri-colour and win medals. It's time for everyone to get ready for Commonwealth and Asian Games because now we can participate under the tri-colour and not as independent athletes under the IOC flag," Sushil said.

"I am happy for Shiva Keshavan and the other two athletes who can now represent the


country at the closing ceremony of the Sochi Games. My humble request to all the officials is we don't want a repeat of the Sochi Olympics," Sushil said.

"The ban should not have happened at all in first place. All this brought disrepute to our country. It was really disappointing. But, now I can hope it's a new beginning. Now it's time to work together and build a better tomorrow."

Image: ndependent Olympic Indian participants walk at the opening ceremony with the Olympic flagPhotographs: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

'Should now prepare for the upcoming CWG and Asian Games'

The 2008 Beijing Olympics bronze-medallist boxer Vijender Singh said the country should now prepare for the upcoming Commonwealth and Asian Games.

"A new administration has come in place in the IOA and I hope this would heraldwork for the betterment of the athletes. Let's forget about the past and work for a better future," he said.

'A different feeling to represent your country'

Former 'sprint queen' P T Usha said she was happy that Indian athletes will again be able to compete in international events under the tri-colour.

"It's always a different feeling to represent your country whether it's Olympics, Asian Games or the Commonwealth Games. How would you get the inspiration to compete as an Independent Athlete. I felt sorry for the three Indians in the Winter Olympics," she said.

"Now the ban has been lifted. It's good news for India and Indian athletes. We should now concentrate on the important events coming up."


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Air pollution can affect genes

In his lab at UBC, Carlsten studies the impact of two-hour increases in exposure to diesel exhaust on human physiology. He said that each research subject also breathes filtered air for comparative purposes.

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MILITIA MEN SET HOUSE OF LIBYAN PM THENI ABLAZE: ARABIYA

LIBYA'S NEIGHBOURS AGREE NOT TO INTERVENE IN LIBYAN AFFAIRS, CALL FOR NATIONAL DIALOGUE

The strikes puzzled all media outlets, including Reuters which just over the weekend reported that "Unidentified war planes attacked positions of an armed faction in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Saturday, residents and local media said. Local channel al-Nabaa said the planes had attacked four positions of the Operation Dawn, an umbrella of Islamist-leaning forces from Misrata which has been trying to expel brigades from Zintan, also located in western Libya." This follows


a similar report when on Monday, the government said unknown fighter jets had bombed positions from armed factions in Tripoli, an attack claimed by a renegade general in Benghazi.

Turns out the renegade general was lying, and merely trying to take credit for another party's intervention. That party, or rather, parties has been revealed as Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, which as the NYT reports, "have secretly teamed up to launch airstrikes against Islamist-allied militias battling for control of Tripoli, Libya, four senior American officials said, in a major escalation between the supporters and opponents of political Islam."

But what is surprising is not the intervention: after all, hardly a day passes now when there isn't some small to medium political invasion taking place somewhere, in a world inwhich newsflow no longer affects anything. It is that both countries decided to roundly ignore advising the one country which previously had made it quite clear it has explicit national interests in Libya: the United States.

The United States, the officials said, was caught by surprise: Egypt and the Emirates, both close allies and military partners, acted without informing Washington or seeking its consent, leaving the Obama administration on the sidelines.

It gets worse: Egyptian officials explicitly denied the operation to American diplomats, the officials said. It is almost as if the theme of ignoring and/or mocking US superpower status exhibited most recently by both China and Russia, is gradually spreading to even the more "banana" republics around the world. Because while one can debate the pros and cons of


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And while "old-line Arab autocrats" may see the military invasion as justified (they can simply point to what the US is doing in Iraq), that doesn't mean that the US is happy in being ignored. In fact, quite the contrary: the US is "fuming" (perhaps because it is not the one conducting theachieved their objective of halting the militants' progress. They haven't.

The strikes have also proved counterproductive so-far: the Islamist militias fighting for control of Tripoli successfully seized its airport the night after they were hit with the second round of strikes. American officials said Egypt had provided bases for the launch of the strikes. President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt and other officials have issued vigorous but carefully worded public statements denying any direct involvement inside Libya by Egyptian forces. In private, officials said, their denials had been more thorough. ... American officials said the success of that earlier raid may have emboldened Egypt and the U.A.E. to think they could carry off the airstrikes without detection. Or the brazenness of the attack may reflect the vehemence of their determination


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Although Donald Trump himself has not yet reacted to the events on Twitter, some American officials have commented on the demonstrations.

The White House issued a statement saying that the United States supports the Iranian people and condemns the government.

And Secretary of State Michael Pompeo also issued messages of support for Iranian protesters and condemned any acts of violence by authorities in the Islamic Republic.

But critics say the Trump administration's message of support for the people of Iran is not genuine as the United States is partially responsible for the economic


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NEW DELHI: Indian Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj excused from attending the groundbreaking ceremony of Kartarpur border crossing between India and Pakistan.

Swaraj made announcement hours after Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi invited her, sharing the news through her official twitter handle she wrote, "I thank HE Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi Foreign Minister of Pakistan for inviting me to attend the groundbreaking ceremony of the Kartarpur Sahib corridor on the Pakistan side of the International boundary on 28 November 2018."

Qureshi invites Indian counterpart, Sidhu to Pakistan for Kartarpur ceremony

In a set of tweets, Swaraj thanked Qureshi and said “we welcome this proposal and we are sending two ministers”.

The ministers Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Hardeep Singh Puri would represent the country at the Pakistan’s groundbreaking ceremony for acorridor to Kartapur Gurdwara, the first major contact between the two sides after months of strained ties.

"Since I am unable to travel to Kartarpur Sahib on the scheduled date, Government of India will be represented by my esteemed colleagues Mrs. Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Mr. H. S. Puri," she said.

Swaraj continued to add on that, “We hope that the Government of Pakistan will expedite construction of the corridor in order to ensure that our citizens can pay their respects at the Gurudwara Kartarpur Sahib using the corridor as soon as possible,”

FM Qureshi

Shah Mehmood Qureshi earlier extended an invitation to his Indian counterpart to attend the ceremony for opening of the border crossing between the two countries on November 28.

The foreign minister also invited Chief Minister of India's Punjab


province Amarinder Singh and former Indian cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu to attend the ceremony.

Kartarpur Sahib

Kartarpur Sahib is located across Ravi river in Pakistan and is about four km from the Dera Baba Nanak shrine.

The demand to build a corridor linking India’s border district of Gurdaspur with a historic gurudwara in Pakistan has been a long-pending demand of the Sikh community.

The corridor, once built, will give Indian pilgrims easy access to the shrine in Kartarpur.the respective first portions transversely of the strip at an angle to the edges of the strip, and such that the elongate portions of the contact blanks having the first portions thereof at one said side edge portion are parallel to and interposed between the elongate portions of the contact blanks having the first portions thereof at the other said side edge portion.
The invention also provides a method of forming blanks for forming respective electrical contact elements, from a strip, the method including:
forming side by side adjacent first portions of the blanks, positioned at respective first and second edge portions of the strip adjacent respective first and second lengthwise edges of the strip, the first portions each defining respective first and second bifurcated contact parts which are spaced


apart in the lengthwise direction of the strip, the first and second contact parts of each first portion joining at a base part of the respective first portion;
forming elongate portions of the respective contact blanks, which are joined to the base parts of the first portions;
the elongate portions of the contact blanks extending away from the respective first portions transversely of the strip at an angle to the edges of the strip, and such that the elongate portions of the contact blanks having the first portions thereof at one side edge portion are parallel to and interposed between the elongate portions of the contact blanks having the first portions thereof at the other side edge portion.
The invention further provides an electrical connector having contact elements formed from theUnion home minister Amit Shah waves at the crowd gathered for the Aastha rally in Jind in Haryana. (Photo cour... Read More

JIND: Virtually kick-starting BJP's poll campaign in Haryana two months before the assembly polls scheduled for October, BJP chief and home minister Amit Shah said on Friday the defanging of Article 370 was the real tribute to soldiers from the state who had died for the country.

Shah was in Jind on Friday to address BJP's "Astha rally", organised by Rajya Sabha MP and former Union minister Birender Singh.

Speaking for the first time at a public rally after the revocation of Jammu & Kashmir's special status, Shah said Article 370 was a big hurdle in fulfilling former home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's dream of integrated India. He said


that greed for power had kept successive Congress governments from taking this decision for 70 years while BJP removed that hurdle within 75 days of its second successive term at the Centre. He said it would prove to be a milestone in maintaining the country's unity and integrity.

"Scrapping of Article 370 is a historic decision. Such decisions are taken by those who have no greed for power and a clear vision. I am proud that my leader Narendra Modi has done this for the sake of the country's integrity," Shah said. He also said the "soul" of Atal Bihari Vajpayee would be blessing Modi today as there could be no better tribute than this on his first death anniversary.

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Another alleged humiliating incident occurred during a press conference about “Avonte’s Law” named after a young


in May 2016 after taking on more responsibility and asking for a raise for months, even though less senior staff members had been given raises before him, according to the allegations.

In June 2016, his raise was rescinded and he was stripped of the legislative director title.

According to the suit, Gentile said the pay cut and demotion was for an unapproved vacation that Bistreich took beginning June 6, 2016, even though Gentile approved the vacation days in January 2016.

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A Hilo man was arrested Tuesday (March 2) in connection with an unlawful entry into a motor vehicle in Kona.

Kona patrol officers responded to an 1:11 p.m. report of a man entering a sedan near the Lyman’s surf area on Ali’i Drive. A witness reported that the man removed a fanny pack and baseball cap from the car and then left the area in a green sports-utility vehicle. Police obtained a license plate number of the SUV and a description of the suspect.

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The intensity of the Democratic campaign here is in question. Challenger Bernie Sanders is navigating how to maximize his impact on the party going forward, and likely nominee Clinton is taking on Trump and raising money for the general election. She will be in California on Thursday and Friday for fundraisers and events; Sanders has not yet announced plans to campaign in the state.

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2014 – Cory Tucker
Mr. Tucker has made valuable contributions to the UNLV Libraries, the field of librarianship, and the university community. In the area of scholarship, Tucker has published numerous articles and presented at major conference. His scholarly record includes articles in eight peer reviewed journals; thirteen book reviews; eight articles in non-refereed journals, and twelve conference presentations. Tucker has made national service contributions to the collection management section of the association for library collections andtechnical services (ALCTS), part of the national American Library Association. His campus service activities have included the UNLV Graduate College New Program Committee and Senior Faculty Senate Representative for the Library from 2008-2010.

2013 – Cory Lampert
Ms. Lampert was honored for her expertise and skill in moving a project from conception to implementation to assessment, the establishment of a highly cooperative and productive work environment, and her efforts to make library collections available as widely as possible. In addition, Lampert has a substantial record of scholarship, a role in consistently securing grants, and a commitment to local, regional, and national service. Due to Lampert's work the University Libraries' digital collections have received national recognition and stature.

2012 – Lateka Grays
Among her contributions, Grays:

Designed a virtual library presence for the William


F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration, Singapore Campus and is the liaison for the students, faculty and staff of the Singapore and Macau campus.

As part of the former Collection Management Department, Grays coordinated training activities on library resources for the UNLV campus with publishers such as ProQuest, Ebsco Publishing, Elsevier, LexisNexis and Thomson Reuters.

Serves as faculty advisor for UNLV Black Student Organization and contributes time and expertise for other UNLV organizations including Rebel Connection, Marketplace Career Day and Career Services.

Volunteered her time and coordinated activities as the registration supervisor for the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) UNLV Robotics competition.

Additionally, her work as the inaugural coordinator of the Mason Peer Research Coach program has been integral to the success of undergraduate students from first generationor at risk populations. Along with numerous conference presentations and book reviews, Grays has published peer-reviewed journal articles on the provision of library services for distance education students and gaming researchers.

2011 – Jason Vaughan
Among his many contributions, Vaughan:

Explored, researched and recommended the UNLV Libraries’ acquisition of a new Discovery Platform to enhance the discovery of the libraries’ collections, becoming a nationally recognized expert on the subject.

Co-authored two successful Library Services and Technology Act grants to provide funds for the digitalization of library collections – Menus: the Art of Dining and The Historic Landscape of Nevada.

Provided national leadership in the area of digitalization of library collections and served as chair of the statewide Digital Advisory Committee.

Led the Libraries in promoting digital collections through innovative social media platforms like Flickr,


and in exploring digital outsourcing.

Vaughan’s scholarly efforts for 2010 include publication of a book, Library Technology Reports: Library Web Scale Discovery Services, four journal articles, three of which were refereed, and four refereed presentations.

2010 – Priscilla Finley
Among her many contributions, Finley:

Created online walkthroughs that teach students to search effectively for relevant books and journal articles.

Developed online exercises in collaboration with history graduate students where new history students could practice applying historical methods to sources available from UNLV Libraries.

Worked with faculty to develop research assignments that would be effective in large classes and distance education classes.

Finley's scholarly efforts for 2009 include co-authorship of a book chapter and her continued authorship of book reviews. She served UNLV on the Faculty Senate Scholarship Committee and the Graduate College Curriculum Committee. TheLibrary Faculty note in particular Finley's strong relationships with her colleagues in the College of Liberal Arts as well as her innovative use of technological applications for instruction.

2009 – Susie Skarl
Skarl was honored for her dedication to the profession and to the University Libraries. As liaison to the faculty, staff, and students of the College of Urban Affairs she operates with a high level of engagement focused on research assistance and instruction. Skarl wrote and successfully implemented a proposal that integrated information literacy at the curricular level. She used assessment data, her experience, and faculty collaboration to help retool the research component of the foundation class, Fundamentals of Oral Communication, into an evolved and more relevant course structure. In all she taught nearly 50 classes in the past


year, across several disciplines--in addition to managing the library instruction schedule in the absence of a department head. Besides her work as a liaison and her key role in the library’s Instruction Department, Skarl managed to actively mentor several of her colleagues and library interns, staff the reference desk, and continue with her instrumental work with UNLV’s Entertainment Studies group. In the past year she has authored two book chapters and delivered three refereed presentations. She has been serving on ACRL's Teaching Methods Committee, and she was on UNLV's Faculty Senate Program Review Committee. For the University Libraries she was co-chair of the search for a new head of Instruction, and she was on the Library Faculty Merit Committee.In the last week of June 2019, as this article was being written, tensions between the U.S. and Iranian governments escalated sharply. On June 20, 2019, in response to aggressive U.S. actions, including the mobilization of troops, naval forces, and aerial provocations, Iran shot down a U.S. surveillance drone flying near the Iranian border.(1) The U.S. government used this as an excuse to threaten to bomb Iran.(2) The United States might implement this threat in the near future, setting off a wider conflict.

The origins of these tensions are often traced to the U.S. dispute with Iran on its nuclear programme. However, both the Iranian nuclear issue and the current war-tensions should be more properly viewed within the context of a four-decade-long effort by the United States to undermine


the Iranian government and assert U.S. hegemony over West Asia.

In this article, I will review the history of the Iranian nuclear issue from this perspective. This history is instructive because it sheds light on political trends both within the United States and Iran; it also reveals how arms-control issues have been used by Western nations to destabilize governments that they view unfavourably. I will conclude with some comments on the positions adopted by the Indian government, and a brief outlook on where these events might lead.

Background

The origins of both the Iranian nuclear programme, and also the larger conflict between the United States and Iran, can be traced back to two separate decisions made by the U.S. president, Dwight Eisenhower. In 1953, the Eisenhower administration engineered a coup thatPeace” programme, the United States and then other European countries entered into a succession of agreements on nuclear cooperation with the Shah’s regime. In 1967, the United States provided Iran with its first nuclear reactor —the Tehran Research Reactor, located at Tehran university, which used highly enriched uranium. The Shah also procured a 10% stake in the European reactor-fuel company, Eurodiff, and sanctioned a $1 billion loan to assist with the construction of the Tricastin nuclear plant in France.(6) A West German company, Kraftwerk Union, started to construct the Bushehr nuclear plant in Iran.(7)

Although Iran signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1968, the Shah’s regime was not coy about its nuclear weapons ambitions. In 1974, soon after India’s first nuclear test—performed, incidentally, with fissile material from India’s research


site of the Bushehr plant.

Iranian analysts argue that it was imperative for Iran—simply for commercial reasons—to complete work on the Bushehr plant, and find a source of fuel for the TRR, which was also being used for medical applications.(14) After negotiations over many years, in January 1995 the Russian company, Atomstroyexport, agreed to complete the Bushehr nuclear plant, using the infrastructure already in place. However, negotiations over fuel for the plant took even longer, and were finally concluded only in 2005.(15) In this period, the Iranian government developed its own expertise in enriching uranium to use as nuclear fuel. Iran claimed that developing this technology was essential as a backup, since international avenues for obtaining fuel for its reactors were blocked.

A nuclear weapons programme?

In 2002, as the UnitedStates prepared to attack Iraq under the guise of a false narrative of Iraqi “weapons of mass destruction”, it also started leveling allegations that Iran was developing nuclear weapons. The first set of allegations were based on satellite data that showed that Iran had constructed a uranium enrichment facility in Natanz, which it had not reported to the IAEA.(16)

The Iranian government pointed out that there was nothing illegal about the Natanz facility. Under the Non Proliferation Treaty, Iran had a right to construct facilities to enrich uranium. Moreover, under the safeguards agreement it had signed with the International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA), it was not obliged to report these facilities to the IAEA until “180 days before the first receipt of nuclear material at the facility”. Therefore Iran was


was not particularly interested in resolving the Iranian nuclear issue, but rather in keeping the issue alive as a means of exerting pressure on the government in Tehran.

The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action

Iran and Western powers finally reached a deal on the Iranian nuclear programme in 2015 in a deal called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Although a significant proportion of the media-commentary on this deal has focused on its technical aspects, the deal’s political aspects are far more significant.

The JCPOA owes its existence to a changed political scenario in Iran, and a shift in the strategy of the United States.

In 2013, Hasan Rouhani, from the so-called “reformist” faction, was elected the President of Iran, replacing Mahmoud Ahmedinejad. Rouhani had been the chief nuclear negotiator forIran from 2003–2005 and he explicitly campaigned for the Presidency by promising progress on the Iranian nuclear issue. One of his slogans was “It’s good to have centrifuges running, provided that people’s lives and sustenance are also spinning”.(27) Rouhani was referring to the fact that UN sanctions had severely damaged the Iranian economy and created hardships, including shortages of essential drugs.(28)

However, without minimizing the impact of sanctions on ordinary Iranians, it is important to recognize another force that was in play at the time. Iran itself is a deeply class-divided society and at least a section of its affluent elite would prefer an alliance with the West. A simplistic but useful characterization of this tendency is provided by the lament—which this author has himself heard from wealthy Iranians—for


the lost days when Iranians could “go to Paris on shopping trips.” This section of society—which remains enormously influential—was willing to make a number of concessions to resolve the Iranian nuclear dispute.

Second, within the American strategic establishment, there has been a consistent stream of thought, that holds that it would desirable for Washington to co-opt the Iranian elite instead of replacing it. For instance, this policy was advocated in the 2006 report of the so-called “Iraq Study Group”, which was chaired by the former U.S. secretary of state, James Baker, and the U.S. congressman Lee Hamilton, and presented to then U.S. President, George W. Bush. The report stated that “Given the ability of Iran and Syria to influence events within Iraq and their interest in avoiding chaos inIraq, the United States should try to engage them constructively. The issue of Iran’s nuclear programmes should continue to be dealt with by the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany.”(29)

The political situation in West Asia caused the Obama administration to pivot to this policy during Obama’s second term. Indeed Obama’s defense secretary from 2011-13 was Leon Panetta—also a member of the Iraq Study Group.

The immediate tactical imperatives of this policy-shift were clear. In 2011, long-term U.S. client regimes in Tunisia and Egypt collapsed during the “Arab spring” uprisings. Although Washington wholeheartedly supported efforts by traditional Arab elites to suppress these democratic impulses, including by supporting the Egyptian military coup in 2013, these events destabilized U.S. policy in the region.

On another front, in 2014,


of Action, which was revealed in 2013. After 20 months of further negotiations between Iran and the so-called P5+1—the five permanent members of the security council and Germany, precisely as envisioned in the Baker-Hamilton report—the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action was released in 2015.

From a technical perspective, the JCPOA involved an acceptance, by the P5+1, of what Iran had already offered—a reduced and restructured nuclear energy programme, with extensive verification by the International Atomic Energy Agency. Under the JCPOA, Iran also agreed to stop operating about 80% of its centrifuges, and place them in storage for 15 years. Moreover, it agreed to reduce its stockpile of enriched uranium to 300 kg—the same figure that Turkey and Brazil had negotiated five years previously.(31)

The JCPOA also formalized Iran’s renouncement ofbuilding up its enrichment capabilities, the JCPOA involved not just a freeze but also a rollback of the Iranian nuclear programme. Iran also succumbed to the U.S. demand for access to the Parchin facility, which was visited by IAEA inspectors in 2015.

These concessions were a grave error, as subsequent events were to show.

Hawkish U.S. perspectives

The Iran nuclear deal was consistently opposed by hawks within the U.S. establishment. The various candidates for the Republican ticket for the 2016 Presidential election openly competed with each other in expressing their hostility to the Iran deal.(36) Trump, in particular, had already declared in 2015 that “The Iran nuclear deal is a terrible one for the United States and the world. It does nothing but make Iran rich”,(37) and he reiterated this position


Lebanon, which is only prevented from electorally taking over the reigns of government by an explicitly sectarian constitution. Hamas won the last Palestinian election in 2006, and although it was driven out of the West Bank by Israeli-backed forces soon afterwards, it has governed Gaza since 2007. The Houthi government in Sanaa has far more legitimacy than the U.S.-recognized government of Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, which largely functions from Riyadh.

What is common to these three groups is that each of them has successfully resisted military attacks by U.S. allied forces. Hezbollah played the major role in driving out the Israeli army from Lebanon in 2000, and also resisted Israeli attacks on Lebanon in 2006. In spite of strangulating the Gazan economy for more than a decade, and waging multiplethe process of initiating a conflict with Iran. In March 2018, Trump appointed John Bolton as his National Security Advisor. Bolton has not only long advocated regime change in Iran, he has openly patronized the cult-like anti-Iranian group, Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (MEK).(40) Even the U.S. State Department classified the MEK as a foreign terrorist group until 2012.

In May 2018, the United States formally withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal. This was in spite of the fact that, just a few weeks earlier, the pro-U.S. Amano reported to the IAEA board that “As of today, I can state that Iran is implementing its nuclear-related commitments.”(41)

The Trump administration made some weak attempts to counter these assessments by referring to a clownish presentation made by the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in April


what it called “waivers” allowing eight countries, including India and China, to continue oil-trade with Iran for six months beyond the six-month period granted to others. These waivers ended in May 2019. As a predictable consequence of these sanctions, Iranian oil exports fell by a factor of about five: from 2.5 million barrels per day (bpd) in April 2018 to about 500,000 bpd in May 2019.(43)

The end of the “waivers” marked the start of the second stage of the U.S. strategy, involving direct threats of force. In June 2019, the Pentagon announced that it had deployed 1,000 additional troops to West Asia for “defensive purposes.” One of the stated justifications for this move was that two oil tankers transiting through the Gulf of Oman were damaged in therecently Pelosi explained that Trump should “De-escalate, de-escalate, de-escalate. Take a deep breath and de-escalate.”(57) These urgent appeals to avoid military action do not represent any genuine desire for peace. Rather, there are clear military and economic reasons that make war with Iran a risky proposition for the United States.

On the military front, the United States is overstretched and cannot afford to enter into full-scale hostilities with Iran. By some estimates, the U.S. government has spent almost $6 trillion on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and on related spending.(58) Moreover these wars—which have devastated those countries—have also had a non-negligible impact, in terms of lives lost, within the United States. Counting both official U.S. military personnel and U.S. contractors, almost 15,000 American fighters have already died in


the Iraqi army, which had been weakened by years of sanctions and a prior war. But one of Iran’s main strengths is political. In both Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States ruthlessly exploited deep internal fissures within those societies. But it has been unable to find any foothold within Iran. Whatever the divisions within the Iranian polity, there is absolutely no support for U.S.-backed regime change. Hawks in the U.S. establishment can only count on the assistance of fringe groups like the MEK that have no base within Iran.(60) Faced with a population that is united in its anti-imperialist stance, the United States cannot hope to succeed militarily in Iran.

Although it is less widely recognized, the United States is also overstretched on the economic front. Under the Trumpis because it tends to push other large countries to design mechanisms to bypass the U.S. financial system. For instance, in February 2019, France, Germany and the United Kingdom established the so-called “Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges” (INSTEX) to enable trade with Iran, bypassing U.S. sanctions.(62) Even the Indian government took some steps towards setting up a mechanism to pay for Iranian oil purchases in Indian rupees.(63) Perhaps most seriously for the United States, the Chinese government has also moved to trade with Iran through special payment mechanisms and by using the Chinese yuan instead of the dollar.(64)

So far these steps have only been tentative, and largely ineffective, considering the U.S.’s continuing global financial dominance. However, if the U.S. government continues to use its economy as a


and 2012 on topics including the spread of cancer through the body and the evolution of HIV. “Most research projects take many years from first idea until publication,” Nowak said. Nowak also continued to facilitate meetings between Epstein and leading academics at Harvard and MIT. Pictures from one meeting in 2012, on an archived version of one of Epstein’s foundation websites, show him at Nowak’s office with a group including mathematician and geneticist Eric Lander, director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and David Gergen of the Harvard Kennedy School, a CNN political analyst and former adviser to presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Clinton. Also pictured were Black and Gardner, Harvard geneticist George Church; MIT physicist Seth Lloyd; Ted Kaptchuk, a Harvard expert on the placeboon Twitter that this was a “stupid and offensive statement” and said that Epstein had broken off contact with him about 18 months previously.

@evopsychgoogle This was a stupid and offensive statement by me, as i myself shortly realised and then received a lot of vitriolic criticism. Age of sexual maturation is virtually irrelevant and this was before the Miami Herald published its devastating account of Epstein's actual behaviour.

Trivers retired from Rutgers University in New Jersey in 2017 after accusing a colleague of scientific fraud and refusing to teach a class in anthropology the university had assigned to him. He did not respond to requests for comment about Epstein from BuzzFeed News.

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Describing himself as a “quantum mechanic,” Lloyd is an MIT physicist who in July told the New York Times that he met Epstein in 2004 at a dinner organized by Brockman. He said Epstein had interesting ideas that “turned out to be quite vague.” In that article, Lloyd didn’t comment on any later association with the financier, but on Aug. 21, BuzzFeed News asked him about four scientific papers published between 2010 and 2014 that acknowledged funding from Epstein. That same day, Robert Rutledge, an astrophysicist at McGill University in Canada, extended the list to 19 papers published since 2008. Lloyd told BuzzFeed News by email that he would make an apology, which he published on Medium the next day. In thiswith the AI Foundation, a startup in San Francisco. He did not respond to requests for comment from BuzzFeed News. Ira Lamster

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Lamster, former dean of the Columbia University College of Dental Medicine, told Reuters in 2015 that he accepted about $100,000 from Epstein to research whether dentists could help in the early diagnosis of diabetes. “I was introduced to Jeffrey Epstein in late 2011 (as best as I recall) by one of my faculty members, who was his dentist,” Lamster told BuzzFeed News by email. He said he received a single check in 2012. “I sent him a thank you message, but had no other substantive communication with him after that time. “I inquired about his background and learned that he had a


his victims or other victims of sexual abuse.” Reif also said he had asked MIT Provost Marty Schmidt to convene a group to investigate the Epstein donations and identify any lessons for the future. Harvard University Epstein valued his connections to Harvard, which are repeatedly mentioned in press releases issued by his foundations. Before his conviction, he was friendly with Lawrence Summers, president of Harvard from 2001 to 2006, and celebrity law professor Alan Dershowitz, who later worked on his criminal defense. Epstein was also on the advisory board of the Harvard Society of Mind, Brain, and Behavior. BuzzFeed News could find no confirmed record of a donation to Harvard after Epstein’s conviction. An archived web page claims donations in the period 2010–12, but these claims are notthe Bruce and Marsha Moskowitz Foundation, which “provides grants to qualified organizations that improve patient safety and the quality of healthcare.” Bruce Moskowitz is a doctor in Palm Beach, Florida, and part of a social scene centered on President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club that once included Epstein. He was recently accused, in emails obtained by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, of meddling in plans by the federal Department of Veterans Affairs to launch a new digital health platform. Neither the Melanoma Research Alliance nor Moskowitz responded to queries from BuzzFeed News. In archived web pages, Epstein’s foundation claimed to have supported many other institutions after his conviction. Some alleged recipients, including Cornell University, Stanford University, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, Duke University, and New York University,


World War II it had less than 20 houses. Now it is a thriving and rapidly growing part of Nafpaktos. Its landmarks are the impressive St Paraskevi Cathedral, the construction of which is still ongoing, and the Mornos river bridge with its five arches, constructed in 1939 as part of Greece's preparation for the war. The river is now mostly dry; its water is used for farm irrigation but most of it is diverted to the municipal water supply of Athens.

Dafni in general and Kato Dafni in particular, have a rich cultural history. Many locals, most of them retired, gather at its roadside cafes to analyze geopolitical issues and world affairs. Politics and international events receive daily scrutiny by people keeping abreast through radio, television and newspapers. Financialof water supply and the functioning of the storm water drainage of the metropolitan area thus are major concerns for the local, state, district and federal governments. In response to the challenges outlined above, the Federal Government, the State of Mexico and the Federal District initiated a US$2.8 billion Water Sustainability Program in 2007.

In parallel, the government of the Federal District launched a Green Plan which includes water conservation as an important element. Investments envisaged under both plans include an increase in wastewater treatment, the import of groundwater from irrigated areas North of the city where the groundwater table increased due to irrigation with wastewater, the construction of a major new storm water drainage tunnel, increased water imports from an expansion of the energy-intensive Cutzamala system that pumps


out during the rainy season. The Great Canal has lost its gradient due to land subsidence in some parts of the city, losing its discharge capacity from 90 m³/second to 12 m³/second in the last 30 years, and the secondary sewerage network is insufficient to carry high volumes of stormwater and wastewater. This situation has resulted in chronic flooding, on occasions, even of wastewater. Poor neighborhoods located in hillsides are particularly affected by waterborne, diseases, suspension of electricity service and need for piped water supply. A total of 668 floods have been recorded throughout the 1980-2000 period, for which a total of 2,771,284 people have needed immediate assistance (including evacuation and displacement). During this period, some of the municipalities that have had the most floods have been Ecatepecflood, to treat all the wastewater collected, and to reduce groundwater overexploitation.

Water supply and exchange. 14 m3/s more water would be mobilized from various sources. The largest of these imports  (5 m3/s) will consist of groundwater from the Tula Valley North of Greater Mexico, where the groundwater table has increased from many years of irrigation with untreated wastewater, at a cost of US$255 million. The second-largest source of additional water will be mobilized through an exchange of treated wastewater for clean water at present used for irrigation in the Vaso del Christo area (4 m3/s), at a cost of 140 million. As part of the "rehabilitation" of existing sources, the Cutzamala system is expected to be expanded by 3 m3/s, at a cost of US$275 million. Finally, 2 m3/s would be made


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The shooting occurred at the Inland Regional Centre, a facility for people with developmental disabilities.

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Bernardino, California. 5 of 15 HANDOUT A still image from a video footage courtesy of Nbcla.com shows first responders transporting an injured person at a shooting in San Bernardino, California. 6 of 15 HANDOUT A still image from a video footage courtesy of Nbcla.com shows first responders transporting an injured person at a shooting in San Bernardino, California. 7 of 15 REUTERS Rescue crews tend to the injured in the intersection outside the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California. 8 of 15 REUTERS Emergency services are responding to reports of an active shooter at the Inland Regional Centre, a facility for people with developmental disabilities. 9 of 15 REUTERS Emergency services are responding to reports of an active shooter at the Inland Regional Centre, a facility forfacility for people with developmental disabilities. 15 of 15 REUTERS Emergency services are responding to reports of an active shooter at the Inland Regional Centre, a facility for people with developmental disabilities.

Triage units were being set up in the area, and some people were seen being wheeled away on gurneys. Others walked quickly as they were led away by authorities.

Terry Petit says he got a text from his daughter saying she was hiding after gunfire erupted at the social services facility in Southern California where she works.

Petit choked back tears as he read the texts for reporters.

REUTERS Police say at least 20 people are reported wounded in a shooting in San Bernardino, California.

He says she wrote: "People shot. In the office waiting for cops. Pray for us. I


am locked in an office."

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A local San Bernadino man whose wife works at the centre told CNN "the guy came in next to her office and started shooting".

NBCLA There are reports of multiple victims.

"They locked themselves in her office, they seen bodies on the floor.

"She said right now ambulances are taking people out on stretchers. She was able to get out but there's still people inside. She's okay."

The unnamed man said his wife "works with kids with disabilities" and that the shooting took place in a "pretty big building." He estimated there were likely to be "a couple hundred" people inside.

The president and CEO of the Southern California social services centre where gunfire has erupted says the focus is on a building that houses at least 25This 14-year-old inventor designed a bulletproof wall to protect students during school shootings originally appeared on goodmorningamerica.com

Audrey Larson is a 14-year-old inventor.

For past competitions, she's created glow-in-the-dark pajamas and a device to pet your dog. But this year, after hearing about the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, she felt compelled to focus on a more serious issue.

"It's really scary to just think about, and that's kind of what sparked that idea," Larson said. "Some of my friends were having anxiety about being at school and I don't think that's fair to any kid."

Larson was looking for an idea to enter into competition, and discussions around school shootings among her peers led her to what she says is her own solution to the problem. She invented a foldable bulletproof


wall model that can be used to protect students like her in the event of a school shooting.

"It's a foldable two-panel barrier that comes out of the wall for kids to hide behind in the event of a lockdown and, ultimately, in the event of a school shooting," Larson told "GMA" about her invention called Safe K.I.D.S. The name stands for Kevlar-cellulose-nanocrystal-AR500-steel Instant Defense System.

PHOTO: Audrey Larson, 14, is pictured on July 31, 2018, with her invention idea on how to keep schools safe during a school shooting. (ABC News) More

Larson, who lives in Connecticut, first submitted her idea to the Connecticut Invention Convention, a program for young students to build projects centered on innovation. She won awards there before moving on to the National Invention Convention andEntrepreneurship Expo (NICEE) in Michigan. There Larson competed against other young inventors from all over the country, winning more awards and placing second in her grade level. She is currently working on securing a patent.

"It's very relevant, it really addresses the fears that are in school children today," said Mary Lombardo, a judge at the Connecticut Invention Convention and the vice president of engineering and innovation and research at United Technologies Corporation.

Lombardo is of two minds when it comes down to the issue.

"As a mom I was saddened that these are the things that are on the mind of a freshman girl in high school," Lombardo said. "I think as an engineer, I was fascinated with the robustness and detailed design work," she continued.

PHOTO: Safe K.I.D.S. is a


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Mom Who Claimed Dreadlocked Man Kidnapped Her 2-Year-Old Son Admits To Leaving Him To Die In Woods

Charisse Stinson confessed to beating the child so badly, he suffered seizures.

Published September 6th

A Florida mother who reported her 2-year-old son was kidnapped by a man with gold teeth and dreadlocks has admitted to beating the boy and leaving him in the woods to die.

According to authorities, Charisse Stinson, 21, admitted to the hitting her son in the face and causing him to suffer seizures. Stinson was questioned by police in Largo when she confessed to hitting Jordan Belliveau, in the face “during a moment of frustration” after she noticed an unexplained injuryto his right leg, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by the Tampa Bay Times.

Stinson said she hit Jordan in the face with the back of her hand, which caused him to slam his head into a wall and suffer seizures. The next day, Jordan’s condition worsened, so Stinson took the boy to a wooded area in the middle of the night and abandoned him.

On Tuesday, Stinson was arrested is now being held without bail at the Pinellas County Jail on a first-degree murder charge.

When Stinson first claimed her child was kidnapped on Saturday, investigators spent over 60 hours searching for the boy. The young mother first told police a man named “Antwan” offered her and her son a ride late Saturday. She said while they were in


the car, “Antwan” hit her in the face and knocked her unconscious.

She said when she awoke in a park, her son was missing. An Amber Alert was issued in the area and police released a witness sketch of the suspect.

Jordan’s body was found late Tuesday afternoon behind a baseball field at the Largo Sports Complex, the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Written by Rachel Herron

(Photo: WFLA/Pinellas County Sheriff's Office)

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Photo Credit: Ken Klassy/Antarctic Photo Library McMurdo Station during the winter of 2011. The research station joined with the rest of the Antarctic bases in celebrating the winter solstice, a tradition that dates back to the early explorers.

Waiting for the sun Antarctic research stations observe winter solstice

U.S. Antarctic Program research stations across Antarctica marked the beginning of the end of winter this week.

The winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere fell on June 20, a traditional day of celebration for those spending the winter in Antarctica. Research station crews exchange Midwinter Greetings to one another through email, usually with photos of the group and a message of goodwill for the more than 40 permanent research stations on the continent.

McMurdo Station Midwinter Greeting. South Pole Station Midwinter Greeting. Palmer Station


our plate. Starting with turtle soup, we passed on to a generous helping of mutton, and from that to plum pudding, mince pies, and jellies, all washed down with an excellent dry champagne. With a largely assorted dessert of crystallized fruits, almonds and raisins and nuts came the port and liqueurs, which brought us into good form. … With such a dinner we agreed that life in the Antarctic Regions was worth living.”

These days, turtle soup has been replaced by sesame sashimi tuna tartar and plum pudding with chocolate lava cake and vanilla ice cream — just a couple of items off the menus from the U.S. Antarctic Program research stations.

The research stations also host parties and other activities in conjunction with the winter solstice. In one ofAn executive order signed by President Donald Trump imposes a blanket ban on all Syrian asylum seekers until “sufficient changes” are made to the refugee program, while barring entry to the citizens of some Arab countries for three months.

"I hereby proclaim that the entry of more than 50,000 refugees in fiscal year 2017 would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, and thus suspend any such entry until such time as I determine that additional admissions would be in the national interest," the executive order says, according to the text published by The New York Times.

While no Syrian refugees will be allowed to enter the US for an indefinite period, the order also calls for a pause in all refugee admissions for at least 120 days,


Police have been searching weapons for some time, staging various house raids, but usually without success. This time, they discovered Kalashnikovs and other guns.

Mohamed Abrini, who was seen on CCTV footage in Brussels Airport together with the terrorists minutes before the attack - but who escaped unharmed before being arrested later on - declared that weapons had been hidden somewhere. It is not at all clear though whether the latest discovery can be linked to the March attacks.

Four people were taken in for questioning. Two of them are brothers with links to the Kamikaze Riders, the Brussels motor gang that made the headlines in 2015, when it was thought they were preparing a terrorist attack in Brussels on New Year's Eve.

In the same case, one man was apprehendedOn Wednesday, there was an event held in the EU, which usually doesn’t gather much attention, but the combination with other events made it attractive. We are talking about the visit of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev to Brussels. Yes, no mistake. We are talking about the same president of the largest Central Asian republic, who has been in power since ... the year when the Berlin wall started collapsing in Europe (1989). As First Secretary of the Communist party of the Kazakh SSR, Nazarbayev did not change course after the country separated from the USSR in 1991. His rule remained as authoritarian as before. Nazarbayev is the ideologist behind the Eurasian economic union, created 20 years after he announced his idea back in 1994. Kazakhstan, however, has the


come exactly from the EU. This however, did not stop Nazarbayev from adding that China and Russia remain Kazakhstan’s most important partners.

Where is the problem?

Juncker was laconic during the brief statements, after which no questions were allowed. He said that he raised the subject of rule of law during his conversations with the Kazakh president, so he would not repeat himself in front of journalists. “I have known the president for a long time and I know, that he treats this problem very seriously”, added Juncker, never missing to name him his friend as well. After this the word was given to Mr Nazarbayev, who thanked for the congratulations from the EU on the event of the presidential elections last year, which, in his words, were praised byabout things, in which it otherwise swears as in its own Bible.

Or covering works of art in order not to offend a visiting leader of a theocratic state, as Italy did during the visit of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani earlier this year. Both him and PM Matteo Renzi denied. According to international media, however, not only were the naked statues covered from the sight of the Iranian head of state, but there was no wine served at the official meals. Something France refused to do (also with Rouhani). President Obama’s lecture, mere days after the humiliating flight of sparks between Jean-Claude Juncker, Donald Tusk, and Ahmet Davutoğlu showed once more how weak Europe has become in the last few years. So much so that it is even unable


Neurology on wheels: This AP doctor is treating patients in villages for free

Dr Bindu Menon and her team travel to villages in AP every Sunday, spreading awareness and providing treatment for neurology-related diseases for free.

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Dr Bindu Menon recalls that it has been a long time that she has taken a vacation from her job. A doctor at a hospital in Nellore by the weekdays, on Sunday she is a traveller who visits nearby villages in a mini-bus. No, Dr Bindu doesn’t go on a leisure trip but rather she is greeted with warm smiles from villagers, awaiting the sight of her bus for their medical check-ups. Armed with assistants from the Dr Bindu Menon foundation, the doctor spends almost a day in the village, treating patientsgovernment. The opinions, results, and conclusions are those of the authors and no endorsement by the Ontario Brain Institute is intended or should be inferred. This work was originally featured within the first author's doctoral thesis, as part of a larger body of work on neurophysiological variation ([@B77]). The authors thank the Rehabilitations Sciences Institute at the University of Toronto for their support throughout the doctoral program. We would also like to acknowledge the efforts of the members of the CIHR "NeuroCare" Team and the members of the Concussion Centre (Bloorview Research Institute), specifically Talia Dick, James Murphy, and Katherine Mah. We are grateful to the youth and families for their participation in this research. Special thanks to Christopher Gupta for his work on collating background literature. Jordan


us to say Nazis are bad and un-American, and we're not worried about being on the right side of history here."

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As Hines says, Wolfenstein games have always centred around a man helping to save the world from Nazi oppression. The upcoming Wolfenstein II, which launches at the end of the month, continues the alternate history story of 2014 outing The New Order and moves the action to a Nazi-occupied America.

As BJ Blazkowicz, players rally a resistance and attempt to liberate the nation - putting the anti-Nazi theme seen in the game's timely marketing at the centre of the game.

"[In the game] freeing America is the first step to freeing the world," says Hines. "So the idea of #NoMoreNazis in America is, in fact, what the entire gamealienating customers, but people who are against freeing the world from the hate and murder of a Nazi regime probably aren't interested in playing Wolfenstein"

While thoroughly explored in the indie space, political themes and topical issues rarely find their way into AAA blockbusters. As Hines says, this has not been intentional in the case of Wolfenstein - merely a bi-product of the franchise's fiction - but other publishers have attempted to achieve something more with their biggest games.

2K Games' Mafia III aimed to present an honest depiction of racism in the '60s, while Ubisoft's upcoming Far Cry 5 is arguably positioned as an exploration of extremist cults. But these examples are few and far between - aside from the obvious risk of alienating players and affecting sales, why


all kinds of topics," he says. "Their ability to immerse players in an alternate role, in an alternate world, like Wolfenstein's Nazi-infested America, allows players to actually feel and experience the emotions of the situation.

"Games like BioShock and This War of Mine have been expressive and powerful experiences that reflected topical issues and politics, and the video game industry is a more well-rounded and thoughtful medium because of them."the things we can’t see—such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. He existed before anything else, and he holds all creation together. Christ is also the head of the church, which is his body. He is the beginning, supreme over all who rise from the dead. So he is first in everything. For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, and through him God reconciled everything to himself.

In other words, Jesus Christ not only created the entire universe, but He also holds it together by the power of His words. It was God’s intention to save humanity through His Son, Jesus. It is this same Jesus who also said this…

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night on May 1st, 2011. The President of the United States of America announces that a very strategic strike by covert military forces had lead to the death of Osama Bin Laden. The mastermind behind the 9/11 attack on the United States. The mastermind behind hundreds of other attacks, leaving thousands dead in his wake.

At the onset of the news, I was so excited. I’m so thankful to the countless men and women serving our nation in the military. I’m so thankful that nearly a decade of work has paid off for them. I’m so thankful that they didn’t quit. I’m so thankful to the President of the United States for not giving up and for allowing us to find him.

Then I woke up Monday morning. I feltA Kings Fan Abroad: Teacher Spreads Love of Team in Thailand

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A teacher from the Sacramento area has imparted his love for the Kings on his students in Thailand.

Kevin Johnson shares a name with Sacramento’s mayor. Johnson has been a fan of KJ and the Sacramento Kings.

While living in Thailand with his girlfriend, Johnson has been teaching English to children. The couple recorded a video of the students cheering for the Sacramento Kings, showing support for the team knows no borders.

“We just thought, ‘let’s have fun the last week of school with the kids,'” Johnson said, Skyping from his hotel